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Church Parish, lt is written by a responsible citizen in whose statements con fidence maj p~operly be placed : Mr. Samuel Fioscr hating the supervision and charge of a plantation and a number o? negroe**, informed, the men that they must writ unid Saluiday to register lheir names. Th? registration began ou .Monday and wa> '. p continue through tho week. Some of th ia /M left thc plantation on Monday (the first day "1 the registration^ and returned la'e lLat evening without registering. Mr. Fras-r then tedd them that "if they left aeain bo fore S ::u:diy, they need n->t return.-' An altercation ensued, in * which tho negroes set up thc right to be absent fruin th-; place fas long as the registration lasted" ' without ar. , liability lo fi*>e nrdeduction of wages fur vL< lost lin.e. Mr. Pras'er, on the other hand, gave them to understand that hhs duty to his employer rc juired him to make a deduction for their absence on Monday and for any oth er day, except the day allowed the n tor the purpose of registering- Having absented them ?elves on .Munday th ?y failed to rcceivu their rations when the other lab o re ns got theirs.; and having expressed their determination t< leave again oh Tuesday and for e very day of the week, Mr. Fraser refused to give thom the rations for that week. They then left fjr the registratiou precinct. Arriving then?, they mady complaint to the two registrars, Mr. Smith (white) and Aaron Logan (black) that Mr. Frace? hud forbidden their comin<j to register, and threatened to turn th- m oil if they left the plantation. Aaron demanded that Framer should be arrested. All thc ne groes pr?sent (about one hundred and fifty) clamored fur thc arrest. Mr. Smith auvised against it; saying there w^re no affidavits, ot the facts, and a tore statement was not suffi cient. Besides, it was late in thc afternoon, ar.d before Mr. Fraser could be arrested (he ? lived four miles off) and brought tu them, and then sent to Charleston (filteren miles far ther), it would be midnight. Ile expresser a doubt, too, as to his right to arrest a man who lived four miles from.the precinct, on n charge of attempting to prevent the atten dance of the very men wh ) wen- then present, and who had beat lhere unmolested, the ichoL of ike precious day. Ile refund to sign th< warrant, at least until he could think the matter over. But Aaron would not be de layed a moment. He grew furious-threat cned his white coiiea^uc-swore he would take the responsibility on himself, nu i there upon scrawled off a sort of maudite u lo bring Sam. Fraser before him to be dealt with.' ?c., ?;c. Thc negroes, inspired by Aaron's resolution, howled for vengeance on Fraser. Aa:on called for volunteers "to arrest th* villain." A hundred voices cried out, "Th go," u Gib me dc wnrrum." Aaron picked out a dozen men arme:!* with guns and mus leets (aboutthirty present had these weapons) and commanded them to " bring the villi-in before Lim," u VU show the white scoundrel how he dare to line you for coming here/' Atc., ?c. Tho negroes took thc paper and proceeded to thc house of Mr. Fraser. They found him lying down on a bench. The;, rushed up to him, cocked their guns: leveled them at him and cried out, "I arress you," " wc come to fetch you, dead or alive, to Mr. Logan." They commanded him to go with them. He mounted his horse, and, guarded ou all sides by the negroes, was conducted into the august presence of tlrj dusky dig nitary. In thc meantime, however, Mr. Smith (a Northern gentleman) the co registrar of Aaron, finding that no more business could be done that d.iy, had undertaken, in his capacity ol' Chairman of the Board, to adjourn thc regis tration tur the day. He, therefore, declared the books closed, and proceeded to gather up the looks. Aaron claimed that he had at m ich right to the possession of them n* he. Mr. Smith, had. This was not conceded. On the contrary, Mr. Smith informed bim thai the books were put in his charge and he in tended to keep them. Thereupon Aa: on said he " must have some nf ihem.n " You have no right to take all." And the negroes around cried cut. '. Yas, flat's so," " don't ge um all," " ti ck some/' " tock some." Mr. Smith, however, was firm. So he went away with the books, a wi<er man his one day'.? expel ici-.ce of lue negro character. A little before sunset, Mr. Fraser, with I In armed escort, vras brought before :he Bable Aaron. The negro laborer who had made the complaint was told by Aaron to make bi statemcut agah. He did so. Another ne gro was then i.-alled up to corroborate that pratcmcnt. Ul fortunately and most unwit tingly, he let cut that Mr. Fraser had tedd them that " thsy could go and reyislcr on Saturday,* but that the "conditio i of the crop did not admit of their absence more than one day ;'? and that "work they were engaged in could not be delayed and they must therefore " put oil" registering till Sat urday." The two negroes having given their state ment, Mr. Fraser asked if Le u could say a few words." This request was flattering to A-iron. It was a clear acknowledgment from a white man that a negro had, for the time being, power and authority over him. Leave was, therefore, graciously granted him. Ile began by calling attention to tho. fact, thar what the first nigger said was not supported by what the other nigger said ; and he was about to weigh the two in the scales of truth and justice and show which should bc be lieved, when Justice Aaron, who had it all his ov.-n way, (there not. being one white man present to help Fraser.) declared the audi e-nce at an end, and announced his determina lion '. to take the fellow (Frauor) to Charles ton any how ;" and " he didn't want to hear ' nuliin furrer' from him no how ;'' and "he may jest as well shet up at once/' ?fcc. TLis announcement was hailed with rapturous ap plause by tho assembled crowd. To make all matters sure, however, and to make thc most of the cxp.oit of capturing Fraser, as well as tb enjoy the satisfaction of subjecting one white man, though, for a few hours onlv, tu negro control ; of making him, bv order and at the p;ril of his life, halt or advance.; go this way r?r that way ; go faster or slower ; sit or rise; be silent or speak, ?fcc, ?.to. ; ali in accordance with a negro's will, this fellow Aaron determined to go in person with the guard which he had appointed to take Mr. Fraser to Charleston. Ho could not forego the pleasure of harrowing him with taunts and threats, through the dark hours of the night, and showing him at all the negro hu?s on thc wayside, as a specimen of negro as cendancy over the white man. Eight armed negroes are selected by Aaron , as the guard. Mr. Fraser is put in their , .charge. Aaron- mounts his burse. Mr. Fra- ? ocr attempt? to mount his. Aaron orders | him to dismount and walk. The whole pack j yelj out, " Git o;f dat boas you dam white I debbie you." He is forced tc dismount. Aaron I alone rides ; ail the others walk. Mr. Fraser 1 is then inarched by this guard, headed by i Aaron, through swamp and jungle, bramble t and bush, by thc most indirect, blind and j circuitous pathways, in tho direction of Char- i lenton. The reason for taking these by-cuts i ?nd blind paths is soon made apparent. It t yras not, as Mr. Fraser apprehended from i j their curses and threats, to "finish bim ?D an out-oftbe-way place and leave him there to rot." These various divorcees from any thing like a frequented pathway, wa3 to bring bim to tho numerous negro quarters, which, within distances varying from a hundred yards to a half mile, were stretched on either side ol' tho main road which led to the city. At each of these negro quarters, Aaron com manded a bait. The negroes were aroused from their sleep ; light* were ordered and the negroes assemble. Then Aaron paraded M>. Fraser before them, and proceeded to ex plain " who was tbc white villain be had in custody :-how he had ordered his arrest and what be intcuded to do witb him," &c. &c This outrage was repeated all along the route to the city, which was not reached till three o'clock next morning. Arriving in Charleston, Aaron and his guard delivered Mr. Fraser to the military stationed at the Citadel. At 9 or 10 o'clock that day. Mr. Fraser was called before the officer in command, and was informed that be had been illegally arrested, and was discharged. What puntabment Aaron and his fellow brutes are to receive remains to be seen. It is gratify ing to know that Aaron is under arrest by order of the military. Our citizens apprized of the occurrences above narrated, should regard them as ' the beginning of the end," aud prepare accordingly. D. Scenes at Antietam. WASHINGTON. Sept. 18. The attendance at the dedication of the Na tional Cemetery at Antietam is estimated at f-ur teen thousand. Th* Governors of New York, Nsw Jer-ey. Pennsylvania, Maine, West Virginia and Maryland wrre present. Ex-Governor Bradford was orator of the day. The oration concludes: Come peril to the Constitution whence it may, lrom States Rights or Consolidation, let mn on this anni versary cf i's adoption, in lbe name of thc men v.vo made it, by<he memory of the men who have died for it, upon this spot where blood has been so profusely shed in its behalf, appeal to you to protect, preserve and de fend it." J.ijL west of :iic maia sta;;d and within thc cemetery enclosure, i> a limestone rock, some .-ix feet long by two or three ?eft high, known far and wide throughout Washington county-, as Le rs rock, frorn the fact, it i> said, that Gen. Lee stood thereon during the fiercest li?ht at Antietam,-directing ibo rperauons of tue Confederate anny. During tb? day pur ties ot curiosity-hunters wr-re busily er.gage'i iu chipping pieces of t!i2 rock as relics. McClellan's position dubing the fight was painted cat near a red farm house, in a pbsi' ?ion a little less commanding than that occu pied by Gen. Lee. The" following illustrates the harmony oi the ceremonies : The loud call for Governor Geary, nf Penn sylvania, on thc conclusion of the address of , -x-Govcrnor B;adford, showed that many Pennsylvanians were present, and that there, was an undercurrent of ill feeling on some slight, real or fancied, to their Governor, in his nama not appearing in the programme. Thc outcry for Governoi Geary, for the time being, overpowered thc calls lor the President, and prevented a word of tue reading ol the poem from being heard. The brass band es sayed to perform a piece with as little effect, and. finally, after a hurried consultation on the stand, Governor Geary was induced to present himself and a?k that the programme should bc gone through with without toter rup:io!.. When be subsequently spoke after the proceedings were ended, be showed con siderable feeling. The President and members of the Cabinet left the t?tand while Gov. Geary was speaking in older to proceed lo Recdysville to lake the train, and this proceeding was taken Ly some of thc'friends of the Governor a j au iuten ,tiona! slight. Governor Gean' thus opened bis speech : ( Fc'.low-cilizens-After all you have beard to-day, I had supposed you would want noth ing ?nore. The programme opened and con cluded with pt.i3*er ; those who have waited must come iii at the last hour, but, my friends, we still have a place in the beans of the peo plc- (applause). Wheo yon come to Pennsyl vania wc let ever} body speak-wc want to hear. Thanks to Almighty God for His pre servation and care ol' the country, we have no crag-(applause)-we have no programmes for thc purpose-(nenewed applause)-we have no gag oa our programmes. The ."ttilitary Stay Law. The Greenville Mountaineer is in favour of continuing tho Military ?tay law (General Orders No. 10) in force, as far as it applies to the State Coum. It says : We sec our worthy cotemporary of the Charleston Courier, is inclined to rejoice in thc hope of removing Stay orders, arl con sequently of opening the floodgates of sheriff sales in the present borrible depression in fi nancial matters. Does thc Courier also sec with satisfaction thc probable restoration of arrest and imprisonment for debt? Is now the time to tutu lbe sharp edges of the kw upon the unfortunate debtors of South Carob na, and to deprive them utterly of that .' mercy in their woe," that almost only mer cy from rules which the order of General Sickles bas afforded? Shall we unchain and ?et loose the demons of covetousness and shy lockism for a season u^on the down-trodden population ol South Carolina, and remand them.back to arrest and imprisonment for the misfortune of debt, and yet complain cf Rad ical government. We maintain that thc un staffed operation and enforcement of the old debtor and creditor laws ol South Carolina at this tiuie, would Lc a most merciless and oppressive thing; in it? immediate effects more ruinous to the country than Stevens1 ni ild Confiscation. It is a little strange that there is mary men anxious to have sheriff sales operating in al! casj->s, under nil circumstances, utterly opposed to any relief laws or order, whilst they are crying out against confiscation and disfranchisement. They would instantly pau perize (bc great majority of the Slate, and transfer their land to strangers for a misera Lie trifle of costs, or little more than cosis ol the executions, for debts for the negtoes ibat the State and the United States have taken av?.y fi-om the purchasers, and call it justice and good government. TL-eir idea of good government is first to so gt.vern as to rob men of tue consideration upon which their debts are founded, negroes, bank p iper, bank stocks, railroad stocks, tte, ?fcc., and then, if he bas a little land left, to take that away for almost literally nothing, and wind up by im prisoning the debtor. If tho debtor bas a wife who ha? inherited a little property or a farm, our merciless Soulb Can.lina law drives her from thar, and will leave ber andkerchil dren to stat ve for the misfortunes of ber hus band, perhaps to pay a security debt or per chance a debt for an emancipated negro. Such abominations we trust will be abrO";;ted soon forever in this State. A FOKCED SALK-:TJIEMKX?O?S SACRO-ICE. -A tract of land, owned by Joseph Jones, of Warren county, North Carolina, which cost forty thousand dollars before the war, was 'sold for five thousand >ix hundred dollars by thc United Stales Marshal, last week, in j * the above named county. It is situated near | Shocco Springs. Mr. Jones was indebted to ? t Northern men, and they have pounced upon him, :ir,d forced the sale of his valuable prop erty for a mere song. Mr. Peter Davis was the purchaser. We learn these facts from a gentleman just returned from Warrcnton. The removal of General Sickles is likely to prove anything but a blessing to those citi /. ins of our sister Slate, who are so tmfortu ?ateas to bc in debt.-Tobacco Plant. From New Orleans. NEW CI:LEANS, September 21. Tbe interments from yellow fever io -ix o'clock this morning were GI. The Picayune, o? to day, says the l\ vur has a wider spread, ind tho number of eases greater than duri::g the epidemic of \6?> 1. but owing to the milder type of the disease lbe mortality is compara .ively small. FFIEEDMAN KILLED.-We learn, without j ?eaiing thc particulars, that a yoting Ireed- j nan, bearing the name of George Dial, was ?bot and killed, in bisownyurd, near Clinton, n this District, on Tuesday night last, by mother freedman, one Bob Young, the same vbo made the radical, inflammatory harangue j i1 o the froedmeu hero on Saturday last.- j 0 iaureasvillo Herald. j <:i THE ADVERTISER. JAMES T - BACON, EDITOK. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 18G7. Our Club Rates. Wo aro now furnishing tho ADVEUTISKR to Clubs nt the following very low rates: Two Copies ono Year, $5.50. Five Copio3 ono Year,'- 12 50. Ten Copies one Year, 22.50. Twenty Copies ono Year, 40.00. No Clubs roceived for a loss period than ono year,-and in all cases thc Cash will be required in advance. The names of the entire Club must bo sent at one timo. Fanerai Notice. REV. D. B. CLAYTON, Universalist, will preach tho funeral of Mrs. M i nc AH UT TEAGUE, dee'd., at the house of Dr. A. G. TEAGUE, in this Vil lage, next Sunday, tho 29th inst., at lol o'clock, A. M. Thc friends, relations, and public gene rally are invited to attend. Death of Another Old Citizen. B. S. Conni;ns, Esq.,-a good and universally respected man. Ile deported this life, during thc course of the past week, at h'm hume near Stevens' Crock. Thc Latest News. Wo are indebted to Mr. STABLING TURNER, of Augusta, for a CouttitvtionaliutoT Tuesday Morn ing, from wbich.wo extract several items in our " La'cst News" column. Mr. TURNER informs us that he will havo for sale at ibis plano on Monday, the 7th October, a few first class Saddle and Harness Hor.-es, just brought oat from Kentucky. Lovers of fine horses will do well to bo present. Registration. Mr. MCKENXA, Chairman of thc B.mrd of Reg istrars for tho 9th R-gimect, informs us that the Ut?! Registration in that Regiment pill be'about 000 whi'cs, and 1000 negroes. Tho books will close at Pleasant Lane, on Wednesday and Thurs day, tho 25!h nnd 2Gih. Mr. B. M. LAMAR, one of the Registrars for tho 10th Regiment, has authorized us to announce that the Books for tho 10th Regiment will remain open at Ricbardsonrilio from Tuesday tho 24th, until Saturday the 2Sth, after srhieh time regis tration will ciose in that Regiment. Order No. IO Not Yet Interfered With. Wo moan as regards its application to the pro cess of thu State Courts. Since tho President pronounced it null as regards tho process of thc United Stotel Courts, our pcoplo, as a general thing, have been in dread lest the wise and hu mane Stay Law proclaimed by Gcnl. SICKLES should bo entirely upset. We arc happy to say that as yet wo hear nothing and read nothing that would indicate any intention on the part of Gcnl. CANBV to intcrfero with this Stay Law. That it should, of wisdom and humanity, remain in force requires uo words to provo. F.i!gcfichi Without a Sherill'. Edgefield is without a Sheriff. As is well kuown, Wu. SPIRES, Esq., the incumbent of three years past, resigned some months ago. As yet thc Military authorities have appointed no ono in his place. Edgefield is a very large District, but ".e arc happy to say that there <?ra extremely few men in it who could-and still fewer who would -perform the solemn rito of swallowing the iron clad oath. Of the aborigines, mviic .' Saturday last was Rcturu Day preceding the F'ill Term of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Edgefield District. There being no Sheriff, of courre no writs were is.-ucd or served. This Court will sit on Monday tho 7th proximo. Judge ALDRirn of Bnrnwoll will pre side. Wc take it.for granted but little will bo done; and foor that thc upshot of this sheriff Ices and rudderless condition will ho the forcing of every body into tho Military or Provost Court. A New Paper in Columbia. "The Chronicle Publishing Company" of Co lum'nia sent forth to the public during the past week, the fir?' number of " The Daily Chronicle." It is a very neat end well-arranged fheer, and, in every' respect, promises well. Tho salutatory says: "Wo havo no political aim or ambition, and shall endeavor to observe a strict neutrality In all party matters, yet bo conscientiously atten tive to tho interests of the State. To make a good newspaper is tho object of our labor, and to th is end thc co-operation of the public is earnestly Invoked." Terms-in advance. Ono year-$S.00. Six months-$4.00. Three months-?2.00. Tho Daily Chronicle has our best wishes. " Bc Ye Also Ready, Por Ye Know Not." The following kind and humorous letter, which equally pleased Bui amused us, wc give to our readers.. Also the solemn warning contained in tho caption. And we beg them te remember that if tb? niters ire low with them, with us they arc entirely driod up-leaving nothing but summer's dust. The first result of the " icruliraititory search " was ten tcn-ccU shinplastcrs; but the .' raise" spoken of in tho postcript brought forth the wholo ewful Throe Dollars. Nothing like trying-especially with ? gcod intention! We commend this proceeding asa sublime example WOODLAWN, S. C., Sept 19, 1SG7. MR. EDITOR : Last week I received a paper of thc Advertiser persuasion with " timo out" writ ten just above my name. This multum-in-pnrvo message carno in a drcad.'ul unlucky time; anti iC-.ve ri?e lo tho rcfl.clion that one's time fre quently rues out (a- well nt the newspaper office as elsewhc ) before he is aware of it, or before hcisroady to receive the awful announcement. "Bo yo also ready, <or yo know not,"-would haxe saved mo much anxiety in this present di lemma, as it bas doubtless done for many other unprepared enos on much gravor occasions, if only heeded in duo season. But how, MR. EIJI Ton, can any man, however prudent, bo always ready ia thefo evil days, when the waters aro low, Ac. Yon h ive ibo idea. The fact is, Greenbacks are scarce-very ! ! I When thia "limo out" was rightly interpreted a ''scru'imititcry" search was made doep down into the arcana of our receptacle for such trash, to do termine how handsomely we might respond ; and licre, my friend, is the result ! take it, and may it provo a blessing-in a small way ! I know it will nat keep thc thiog going half a year, but per haps it will keep up tho Darno until a " raise" is nade, and whon that " raise" is made, wont your mbscriber rejoice, nnd shan't you, Mr. Editor, ilso, rejoice? Yes, Sir! The Adeertiter is a ?trie-tyiiH-non in ovory well 'emulated Edgefield homo ; wbich moans, when rccly rendered, that there is no getting along without it. ;-freer still, that it is an ubjoluto in lispcnsabiNty. But I am off thc subject : Inclosed I sond you liceo National currencies which, when properly istimitcd, amount to ten in number, and are de igned for thc Adverti-er-wy Adcertiier-as far LS they will go. Very truly and hopefully, Your subscriber, TH OS. J. M. p. S.-Thia minuto I havo been slightly " rnis d," and, in turn, I "raise" you. T. J. M. ?Sf' Tho Washington Ular sa1,8 it learns that Mckies bas a letter from Gov. Orr, expressing Tatitudo in behalf of thc people of South Caro ina for what Sickles did for them during his iule. piT- Attorney General Stanhcry is prepnring ,n opinion petting forth lhat all person? pardoned y tho recent amnesty proclamation havo a right a register and to vote. jjSir The LaGrango (Ga.) Reporter, of Frilay, i*s a card from " Many Voters," nominating ?aton Cox, a negro of that placo, as candidato >r Congress in tho Third District. ?gr-h sensitivo lady from tho country, looking or a coach : " Pray, sir, are yon engaged ?" Cab nan : " Ooh, bless ycr purly soul, ma'am, I have BOO married Lhoso ser?n years, and haT? nine a^dren" i A Crying Want in Augusta. Our fair and beautiful neighbor, Augusta, ii ono of the most delightful citied in the South, with as charming suburbs as wo have ever'scen. Her social, moral and literary status is highly en viable. She ia destined to be- one of the largest, as sho is already one of the mont benutiful mid prosperous, inland cities of the Southern States. We aro deligbtod to witness-or rather to road of -her great internal improvements and business prosperity. Are our people aware that a Strtot Railroad is actually in progress in Augusta.. Ac tua!'} in progress! The Railroad Company to which tho City Council, months ago, granted the right of way through tho streets, and to which they guaranteed many-rights, privileges and im munities, have at last begun their work in dead earnest. Tho iron is now hoing laid, and the cars arc now being constructed. Anti by tho close of 1SC7, one may make a circuit of four or five miles through the beautiful streets of Augusta in a few minutes, and fur a few cents-seared in a comfortable car-in thc company of polito and social people. Delightful prospect for business; delightful prospect for pleasure ! Imagine, ladies from rural shades, how charmingly convenient il will bo tu i .-.'tie from the incomparable Planters Hotel, and take passage in a luxurious cir to (Jray k Mullarky's. now much better this than having to foot it, whether the weather he thick or thin ! And how further charmingly convpui ent it will be, after you have almost expired in ecstasy over Grny k Mulls.rky's fine goods, to enter another car and be put down at H. F. Rus sell k Co s; to expire ngnin ! And thence tu Per kins' exquisite Art Gallery, fora photograph-or to Mrs. Fredericks, for bonbons-or Prontaut's, for a bracelet-or, up thc street again, to Mrs. Twccdy's or Madame Fillotte's, for a bonnet-or to Mosher nnd Seh'iul'i, for a tea-set-or lo tho Richards Bros., for silks, satins and laces-or, down Ibo street agair, to thc lovely and nobly coltivatcd Cemetery-oj, up again, to the Facto ries-or, perhaps, to the Sand Hills. Through Broad StrCet with its flores, and through Oreen Street with its roses. Eairaceing ! But, really, we did not intend to meander so extensively through these alluring streets, nor so far sway from our main point-the " Crying Want"-ibo want oT a large, elegant and commo dious Opera House, or Theatre. Call it one, or call it tho other. Tho same building might bs made, as in thc Com?an cities, to an.'wer equally well fur tho lyric or histrionic drama. With this one want supplied, Augusta would truly be a place whither country people might ?-u to ru? tho rust off of soul and body. For, Iring as Augusta does upon tho great route from the Nortbecst to the Southwest, her Opera nouso would always be in demand. The best artistes actors, singers, players, dancers, lecturers-would undoubtedly visit ber annually. And these ar tisics-to say nothing of the immense enjoyment nod edification nfforded to tho resident population -would attract to the city hundreds upon hun dreds of people from the country-and thousands upon thousands of dollars. Why, oven in this little village, at this moment, wc could lay our finger opon a dozen persons who would rush to Augusta on the approach of Parepa, Lagrange, Ristori, Edwin Booth, or Dickens. But, at this moment, bow bad would ba their chance when they got there ? As good, to be sore, ns anybody's else. Natives and visitors alike suffer under terrible disagr?meul?. A Tbei tre-building, low, small, dnrk and cramped; tho performers on the stage almost jumping into the mouths of tho too adjacont audience ; the stage narrow, contracted, and without any of the acces sories demanded by modern art; no place fur the orche tra; an orchestra of more than half a doten' instruments making a uoiio like the roaring of I the hulls of Bashan ; tho most pianissimo passages of the singers founding like a railroad whistle ; fairies jumping out of the most unfairy-like pl.ices; and queens titting upon most unqueen likc thrones; the paint, and tinsel, and bras*,<m$\ wrinkles, and palpitators, all glaring out most fearfully. And the audience! In perfect obscurity ! Style, and dress, and elegance, and beauty, and fashion, all lost! If portly Mrs. Shoddy were to come along-of course she would come from the North -and attend thc opera or tho play in Augusta, how dismayed and taken-in she would ho. River.? of pearls might roll from ber hair, a Niagara of diamonds might flow over her mountainous bosorn^ rings might glisten upon her beefy fingers, nnd bells might tinklo at the ends of her corpulent toes; hut in tho narrowness aud dead-level of the Augusta Theatre, all would he lost. Of late, wo have reid much in the Au^us'a pa pers of difieren? projects for building nn Opera House in that city. The hare probability of rasa a consummation delights us. Are these projects dead? At least they seem to sleep. And in thc meantime, Lagrange, who has returned lo th!? country, and whose vocal execution is the rawt miraculous in the world, will, if she visits Anguil la, have to pipe and trill in narrowness and gloom. Wc humbly assure the capitalists of Augusta that their city needs an Opera House, for a temple rf Art and all aesthetic Attirais, far moro than she needs acres of buildings added to the vast wilder ness of trade. A Word in Favor of Sinners. We, South Carolinians, aro the Mn:.era; ami tho fact that South Carolina Courts have nevo: grated a Dirorco is the word in our favor. On thc outside of Ihis paper may be found II short article giving an accatint of tho number of divorces granted in one year in th -mall and vir tuous State of Connecticut. It is enough to make a decent man's blood r- ? ld ; to ssy nothing o' a decent woman'.?. This increasing practice and freedom of divorce is a bnd ?ind ominous sign. It was one of the signs which accompanied the corruption and fal of tho Bomafl Empire. Thc looseness of famii) ties is one of the worst things which can occur to a couutry. This is implied iu the freedom of di vorcc. Thero aro thousands of people, intelli gent, respectable people, whose doctrines on thi: subject aro extremely horrible. They hold tba) if a couple have not perfect affection for cadi other, or if there is some incompatibility in them'? they aro at perfect liberty to get a divorce. Ou this subjuct.one would think we were not a Chris tian peuple. It is one of tho most solemn laws of Christian doctrine, elven by Jesus when upon earth, that no dkorco should bu given except, for adultery. And yet elie laws, courts and churches ol' most of our States aro Constantly violating this solemn docirioo of Christianity. No divorces were allowed in tho primitive ages of mankind. It crept into tho Jewish Church, said Christ, from tho hardness of their hearts. Of all the St?tcs in this Union, Indiana, wo bo lievc, goes ahead in facility of granting divorces. Even New York Courts have been obliged to deny the validity of Indinna divorces. Tho effect of (he Indiana laws is, if wc do not very much orr, to make that Sute a good harem, in which the bashaws may tako and put away their wives at pleasure. Perhaps if tho clergy iu these rogions, where divorces arc so common, bad preached moro upon tho philosophy, practice and duties of the family state, and loss upon politics, publie and private morals there would be somewhat botter. More sermons from tho text, " Whosoever putteth away his wife and marrieth anothor committoth adulte, ry" would IIAVO been productive of much greater good tba" so many upoa " Universal Suffrage" and 'Tho Higher Law." As we have mid nboro, Sooth Carolina Courts never granted a divorce. This is reserved for the Legislature ; and has been very raroly-if ever^ done. And our enemies at thc North must cortainly acknowledge that this fart is a monumont to the glory of South Carolina, which will outlivo crea thc crimu of " rebellion." 2&r- The New Origins Picayune, says: "We regret to hear it said that, some planters in thi j richer portions of this Slate and Mississippi, pur. pose to give up planting nnd remove either to some city or go abroad. Tho reason is lint, they ! cannot hope to Focura labor enough to curry on their plantations to any large extent, and that the insolence and exactions of tho freedmen moko Ufa th?? qaite ?tyWaafftt* j Negro Jurors. The following order was issued yesterday : HKADQ'RS SECOND MI LITA nv DISTRICT, ) CHARLESTON) S. C., September 13, 18G7. j General Orders Ko. 89 : Paragraph II. of General Orden No. 32, dated May 30. lS?7j is modified as fol lows : All citizens assessed for taxes, and who shall have paid taxes for the current year, and who are qualified, and have been, or may be, duly registered a? voters, are hereby de clared qualified to serve as jurors. It shall be a sufficient ground of challenge to thc competency of auy person drawn as a juror, that be ba? not been duly reg istered as a voter. Such right of challenge may be exercised in behalf of the people, or of the accused, in all criminal proceedings, and by either party b all civil actions and proceedings. ' Any requirement of a property qualifica tion for jurors, in addition to the qualifica tions herein prescribed, is hereby abrogated. The Governor of North and South Caroli na, respectively, are hereby authorized and empowered to order, if it should be necessa-. ry, special terms of courts, to bc he'd for the purpose of revising and preparing jury lists, and to provide for summoning and drawing jurors in accordance with the requirements of this order. By command of Brevet Major-General En. R. S. CANDY. LOUIS V. CAZIARC, Adj'..-General. The following is paragraph II, of General Orders, No. 32 : "All citizens assessed of taxes, and "who shall have paid taxes for tho current year are qualified to servo as jurors. It shall be the duty of the proper civil officers charged with providing lisLs of jurors, to proceed within their several jurisdictions, without de lay, and ascertain the namC3 of all qualified persons, and plac-* them on the jury lists, and from such revised lists all jurors sholl be hereaft?r summoned and drawn in the man ner rt quired by law. Order No. 32 made every person who had paid the current taxes eligible as a juror; Order No." 89 makes eligible only those who have paid taxes and arc qualified and regis tered .voters. Every person, therefore, in ibis State, who is disfranchised by law, or who does not. register, will be ineligible to serve as a juror.-Charleston Mercury. Tax Executions. The Spartanburg Spartan asks in forcible terms for a postponement of the tax execu tions, and says the State dcbls should be stayed, as are those of every other creditor. This is the article in full : We learn from the Sumter Watchman that the Sheriff of that district bas received per emptory instructions from the Comptroller General to collect forthwith upon all tax exe cutions lodged in bis office,, and he is thus compelled* to proceed immediately against all defendants. Much cost, he says may be saved, however, by prompt attention to thc matter, and urg?>s the parties to payment, since there is no longer any discretion with bim. Such an order as this, at tho present moment, is an outrage on the people. Wc presume that a portion of the good citizens of Spartanburg, like those of Sumter, have not paid their taxes, and most of them be cause they wow utterly unable to get the money. Three or four weeks faence our peo ple could begin to raise a littlo money to pay tbe exorbitant and cruel taxes now, with unfeeling severity, and without mitigation under the extreme poverty of our people and the unprecedented scarcity of money, is de manded of them. What little property they may have, perhaps a small tract of land, a mere trille, to pay a few dollars to the State. No doubt thc money is needed to pay the expenses of the State government. But why cannot the State, ns a creditor, wail a little while longer, as well as thousands and thousands of other creditors, who have been ^Tailing for yera mnd blears for ?fi*** j~??ly due to them and for value received, which is not always the ease in the matter of taxes, which are sometimes very foolishly and un justly required of thc people ? Thc Sheriff of Sumter dechre1 that he bas no discretion in the matter, that his orders are peremp tory, consequently any rigour that may be used in collecting the laxes cannot be charged to the Tix Collectant nor to the Sheriff. But we would ask. is there no dircrctiou with the Comptroller-General ? Is there no ooo au thorize to represent the State of South Caro lina, to stay the hand of the Sheriff or Tax Collector, when ono of her acts, by rigid en forcement, is to break up and uiterly ruin thousands of her own citizens, and thus drive them and their children from their humble heme?, to sock mercy and shelter among strangers ? CONFISCATION IN TBXas.-Tbe military com manders ir., thc South conifccfttfl property vinrfat and left ar, suits their caprices. Net long since some negroes were kill.-i upon a plan tation nenr Centreville, Texas. A man by the name of Burroughs was arrested upon thc charge of participating ir. thc killing of i he negroes. He was tried twice and honor ably acquitted, not a shadow fjf evidence be in? adduced against him. Gen. Griffin, bow ever, did not feel satisfied with this, and thou.1 h he could not get him convicted, he revenged 1 imself by taking about $1,000 worth of Mr. Borroughs1 colton, eic, and di viding it among the families of each of the negroes who bad been killed. This is alto gether a new mode of administering justice. A man is tried and acquitted of a crime charged against him, but beitis an innocent man, it is not punishment sufficient lo be tried twice for a crime bc did not commit, he mnst ba actually fined a thousand dollars for being an innocent, tnan. Tf the annals of mil itary barbarity can exceed this specimen of rufiianism, then Gen. Griffin may congratu late himself that he is a peg or two less bru tal than some other licensed military satrap. -Nashville Gazette. UNPLEASANT, IF TRCK.-In Philadelphia, one pleasant Sunday evening, an old lady whose failing eyes demandca an unusually large prayer book, started for church a little carly. Stopping on the way to call on a friend, she laid her prayerbook on the centre table. When the bells began to chime she snatched what she supposed to be her prayer book, ant. Marted for church. Her seat was at the chancel end of the gallery. The organ ceased playing. The minister said: ''The Lord is in His Holy Temple, let all the earth keep silence before Him." Tn tho effort to open her supposed prayer-book, she started the spring of the music box which she had taken instead. It began to play-in her con sternation she put it on the fbor. It would not stop-she put it on the seat, it sounded louder than ever. Finally she carried it out while it played the u Washing Day," an Irish jig tune. A party of Southern gentlemen gave a din ner to General Beauregard at the New York Hotel, on the 18th. In the course of his re marks the General stated tlut he had received tempting offers- from English capitalists to take up hin ahode ?D Enc land as Superinten dent of extensive engineering works in that country, but ho had concluded after calmly surveying the different governments of thc world, their status, and their inherent strength, that this country possessed thc most stable governmen t of any existing on the face of the earth, and for bis part he was determined to spend his life under thc flag of thc govern ment that was tho moat stable 2nd thc least liable to disorganization. It was nothing short of sheer nonsense to talk of another rebellion. If they wanted to raise one, they could not. It was utterly impossible, and would be impossible for them to do BO for the next generation. A Provost f'.-urt has heen established for tho Post of Darlington, to embrace tho district? of Williamsburg, Marion, Darlington., Marlboro' ar.d ChosterfiolJ. E. A. Law, D. 0. McIntosh, *nd lt. Vf. lloyd, Esq?., of Darlington, aro tho officers of this Court. Tho Post Commander, upon thc application of my person sued or prosecuted in the above di.'tri<-ts, may order the transfer of the oatu to thc Pn>vdi)t Court, oon satisfactory evidence that the ?adi of justice induira men tauufcx. j LATEST JSTEWS. From Washington. WASHIMUTON, September 22. Tho correspondence between Gov. Orr ead Sicklos vt-ill bo published. It is qnite long. AU hiding to Sickle?' removal, Orr says : " I desire to express to you tho great regret which I feel, personally and officially, at tho course taken by the President and his advisers in ?his matter." Sickles replies, explaining his course, thanking the Governor, and argues the caso generally. Gr*nt has referred to Stanbery Fitz John Por ter's application for a new trial. The documonts eover a letter from Gen. Pope, opposing a now hearing. From Charleston. ' CHARLESTON, September 22. Accounts from Edisto, Wadmalaw and other Sea Islands, say the third brood of caterpillars havo appeared, and they are destroying the crop with great Tapidity. It is feared that tho Soa I; l.ind crop will be almost a total failure. From Mexico. NEW YORK, September 23. The Herald's City of Mexico spocial says Max imilian's body had arrived there. Marquez was seen in thc mountains, making tis wa) to thc coast. X3T The Yellow Fever is on the increase a New Orleans-79 deaths on tb^p 23d. A dispatch from Lancaster, Pa., says Thad Stevens is very sick and supposed to bo dying. ?SfA. T. Stewart is in Paris. There ia no in his reported death. / ? ? . U. S. DIST. COURT FOU SOUTH CAROLINA. ?ft^r a session of over five *eeks this Court adjourned on Monday. The last four days of the Court were occupied in the trial of tbe case of the United Slates vs. Geo. R. Crump, Wm. B. Davison & Frank Arnim, who were charged, as we have previously mentioned, with distilling and rectifying spirituous liquors without a license at a Vinegar Factory near Hamburg. After strong and lengthy argu ments, in. which the District Attorney is said to have spuken seven hours and a half, the case waa given to thc Jury on Saturday at 4 o'clock. At 9 o'clock at night they brought in a verdict of guilty against all the parties. On Monday morning. Iii* Honor Judge Bryan imposed a penalty of ?10.825, together with costs, amounting to ?$1,575.7:5 ; the said pen alty to be paid by first of January next, or the parties to be imprisoned twelve months in default of payment.-Greenville Moun taineer 19th inst. COLORED VOTERS.-The Richmond Whig pays the following compliment to tho colored voters in that city who voted on the 15th inst., on an important question of internal improvement : The voting yesterday upon the question whether Richmond should subscribe ?2,000, 000 towards the construction of tho Chesa peake and Ohio Railroad, was orderly, suffi ciently animated, and, by a large majority, in the right direction. It was the first time that our colored citizens have exercised the right o? suffrage, and we accept as an auspicious fact that their votes were cast upon a great question of peaceful development rather than upon thc heated and, in thc moin, unprofita ble issues of party politics. They cannot do better than lo realize at all times the fact lhai their interests are far moro connected with the material progress and advancement of the State, the development of her resources, and the unfolding of her wealth, than with the selfish coutcsts of politicians and parlies. How THE POOR NEGROES ARE DELUDED. A Noxubee County (Miss.) correspondent gives an account of a radical meeting called \-^WMKywi? and throe whirc mon, wnloli the negroes were induced lo atlend by the announcement that their registration tickets would be void rf they remained away. A while speaker at the meeting promised them the mules and lands of their employers, and then took up a subscription to bear his ex pense* to the general convention to Jackson. Ile collected, over $500. DEATH OF GENERAL GRIFFIN.-A telegram in tho Baltimore papers nf Mondav announces the death of General Griffin in Galveston, of yellow fever. General Griffin^wa-: next in rank io General Sheridan in the Fifth Military District, and on the removal of that officer assumed the temporary command of thc Dis trict. He was jrenerally known at the South for his order forbidding public honors to be paid to the remains of General Albert Sidney Johnston. THE GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO GIVE THE REMAINS OF WILKES BOOTH TO ms BROTHER. -BALTIMORE, Sept. 18.-M.-. Edwin Booth is recovering, and is now consider**] safe Irom thc thrratcned loss of his arm. Ile has made inplication a<rain for thc remains of his broth er, pleading Tcry earnestly that his mother, be rn 2 verv a zed, craves thc d:>ad body so M to inter il. before she dies, noar that of his distinguished fatht-r, who is bnried near this city. This request has boen denied. A Rt'MOR.-We leam that on yesterday several prominent citizens were visited by the depnty United Stales Marshal, or Commis sioner, and handed subpoenas to be and ap pear at a term of the United States District. Court to be held in Savannab on tho twenty- : second day of October proximo, to testify in a case in which thc United Stat, s is interest ed. Thc narri ea of tdicae pr-n.lomon sr?; : 1 Thomas Metcalf,Esq., General A. R Wright, Colonel Claiborne Snead and J. A. Christain, Chief of Police. The u caso in which tho United Slates is interested" is supposed also to interest Mr. Blodgett, the P ?unostcr of Augusta, and to have reference to the repo;t of his having taken the oath of office known as the test, or iron clad, oat li-despite tho fact that he did, in the year of our Lord, 1801, raise for, and command a company in the Confederate service, known first KS the " Blod gett Volunteers," otherwise company I,third, regiment of Georgia volunteers, and after wards as '. Blodgctt's Battery," having been . transferred from infantry to artillery_Con stitutionalist. A case has como up Ircm General Old's command for revivion nf the proceedings of a court-martial recently held in Mississippi. Tho facts as proved aro that a L'eutenant commanding in a town in Mississippi sent his paramour to a hotel iu the pince to board.. Thc hotel proprietor refused to give her a room. The officer remonstrated and threat ened, and failing to induce tho hotel-keeper to yield, sent for a detachment of soldiers, took possession of thcThotel, and placed bis paramour in a room. The facts were re ported to General Ord, and ft court-marlial ordered. The Court found the Lieutenant guilty as charged, and sentenced him to dis missal from the service. General Grant ap proves the sentence. Judge Holt recommends abatement of the sen:euee, and that the offi cer be suspended one month, on the ground that ihc principal fitness was once in thc Con federate service. The President to day ap proved thc sentence ot dismissal. ^S?^In New Orleans, on tho 19th, - coloro d Judgo presided for the first time. <".< the tench of tho Recorder's Court in tho first district of that oily. Tho ball rolls on. VST Tho Raleigh (N. C.) Register, edited by Daniel R. Guodloc, the recognized organ cf the Republican party of ibo State, denounces tho re cent Radical Convention, and in bi.?er and scath ing terms, ex-communicates Holden and his coad jutors. Tho porty is certainly hopelessly divided. The Constitutional Union men will hold an im I mense mass meeting next Friday, 27th. All tho most, influential and prominent citizens have signed the call. ?&~ Hiatos, Rowan Helper, ?hodid more than any othoi man to procure tho abolition nf slavery, and precipitate tho war, was ia State<ville. N. C., last week. Tho American s.iys that ho persisted . in oarrying out his principles by refusing to allow a sagro to oriya him to Paridlos College. 1 A Display. A military procession did honour to Gen. Sickles in New "i'ork, on Friday. After the marching, saluting, brass-handing and crowd ing, a speech., of welcome was delivered by GeD. Sharp. To this Gen. Sickles replied. He was not very definite, but* made ibe fol lowing incidental reference to District No. 2 : I shall not refer to my recent services in tho Carolinas any furner than to declare and I know ney comrades here will believe my docla'atioirs--that I bav?'obeyed all tie or ders I have ever received, and that I faithful ly endeavoured to exercise the authority I possessed for the vrelf'are of the people com mitted to my charge, acccrding to the true intent and meaning of the laws which gov erned my action. Much remains to be done before our beloved country can enjoy the re pose and security you won for k-tr at Gettys burg, and- Atlanta, and Spottsylvania, and Winchester, and Richmond. Ibe enemies who surrendered to Grant, and Sherman, and Sheridau, are now on their parole of honour to obey the laws of the land. 1 believe their parole will be kept whenever the government, in all its departments, is agreed upon the duty to be performed. The will of the people to put down the rebellion must be executed. Then, aud not till then, shall we have peace. Let us have f.-ith in the future. Now, let mo say in concludion: Let no one take counsel ot the timid. Whoever may be tried and found wanting, the armies, of to day, the armies of I8?5, the citi2en soldiers of the republic,' and Grant, their invincible leader, will Dover fal ter, will never fail. From Richmond. RICHMOND, September 20. Another negro today sued the Richmond and Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad for non-admittance to first class car upon a'first class ticket, purchased in New York. The Company have determined to. stand a suit, so a3 to test the question for railroads South.. Thermometer here, in the shade. 95. (No wonder they object to the negro.) Gen. tfnfford. enters ugpn the duties of his office, as Revenue Collector here, October 1st. Schofield tlis morning issued au order that the ballots of the white and colored voters in the coming .election be taken separately. In every district of 500 voter*, three persons shall assist tho registering officer in receiving votes; and more than five huudred, six-per sons shall assist, all being previously sworn to the impartial discharge of duties, and selected from among registered voters of their districts. From the West. NORTH PLATTS, ria OMAHA, Sept. 19. The Commissioners held a "council with Spotted Tail, Turkey Leg and other Chiefs to-day. The Indian ultimatum is the with drawal of the troops from the Powder River country and abandonment of Smokey Hill and Pacific Railroad. They also demand g ns. ammunition and presents. The Commission will reply to-morrow. War seems inevitable now. It is given cut by the President's confiden tial friends tha.t he intends to keep quiet now uutil after the fa>l elections. The President is ol the opinion that matters are just right, everything being favorable to a vindication of his course at the polls.. If he should go any further he is afraid he might make a mistake, and injure the prospects of carrying the elec tions. No Cabinet changes will take place uutil Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York baye spoken. The large numbers of Democratic politicians who Lad been swarming thc White House for the last two weeks are rapidly leav ing for their homes, having become satisfied that there is to bc a lui! in malters for the present. -* ? ? _:JHr" Estimates, propared in Chnrleston, of the total crop of cotton in the South duriog tho past year, foot up 1,070,000 bales. pSrlt has bien hinted that Susan H. Anthony and some of the female apostles of woman's ?nf frage arc coming to South Carolina,to. aluBU>-Ulc Stute before tbc meeting ?f^the Convention, in order to convince our people that petticoats have juit as much right to the ballot box as panta loons. jJS^The Rome (Ga) Courier says: "A negri, in the employment of General Cumming?, of thi connly, was whipping his wife one day last montli, wh:n she seized au nx*. and inflicted such a binn un his hend, that he died last 1'riday from the effects of it." jf?ETTho Sjmrlnn says it lias been requested to give notice that thc South Carolina Presbytery will meet in tho Presbyterian Church of Spar tnnburg on thc 1 'th instant, and that a full at tendance is expected, as business of importance will come before that body. ?3r*Thc Millodgevillo Reorder advises the planters to cu' tbc grass and make hay, and thus save thousands of dollars annually expended for this article. jj37"Tli3 Montgomery Mail soys that thc en suing cotton crop-of Alabama will be satisiacto jy. Thc crop is estimated at from fifty to seventy thousand bales. ?SBf'fhe Washington correspondent of thc Beeton Poet says : Ex Gor. F. W. Picken", of S. C., is here to eur.?ulc ni th thc President tuuchiig the affairs in the Second Military District. De says the rete oral of Sickles has greatly encour aged ihe industrial classes cf South Carolina,and thal confidet.ee In thc good faith of the Federal Government is being rapidly restored. General Canby has teen favorably received and every one is pleased with the change. Governor Pick ens thinks that several negroes will bc returned to Congress. gSf Chief Justfco Chase leaves has loft Wash ington for Cbio, wilcro be will remain un i! after, tbc elcctiou iu that Slate. Thc Ballimore and Ohio Railroad Company bave put at bis service their directors' car. The Chief Justice does not pro pose participating in the canvass in Ohio, hut he docs not he.-iiate to say that he will give thc weight of his advice, influence and vote to the Republican ticket and in favor of tho tuffrage amendment to the State Constitution. ?3?* A gentleman-ibo bas recently returned from a trip through tho counties north of Atlanta, inform* the Intel'iyenccr that so abundant hus been the yield of corn that in many places it i offered at 25 cents per bushel. This looks like the good lime coming. ' Lost or Mislaid, ADUE NOTE given by Wilson llolson and Moses ll olson, Sr., for $200, payable to M. C. Corder, or bearer, and dated l'Jtb Jan. IS?O, with a credit of $39,92, sometime in Dec. 1S55. All persons are cautioned against trading for said Note, aud any information cor.ceroing it will be thankfully received. E. WHITTLE. Sept 2^ 3t? 39 Estate Notice. ALL Persons indehtod to tho Estate of JAS. S. ADAMS. docM.i nrofcq-.esied to pay up forthwith ; and ibo.-e having claim:; ngainst said Estate aro notified to present tho same, duly at tested, by thc 20th Dec. next, as on that day a final settlement will bo made on said IC ?tate iu thc Ordinary's Office RACHEL ADAMS, Ex'ix. Sopt 20 3m 39 NOTICE. A LL Persons Indebted to ibo Estate of the lato ?JL WILLIAM IL SUMMERALL, will make payment without delny to the undersigned; and any who bare claims on said Estato will render tho same duly attested, oither to W. P. Finley, Esq., Attorney at Law, or tho undersigned, at Aiken, S. C. JOHN S. PARLUE, Ad'or. Sept 10 4t 37 The (?real Fever and Ague Cure. Ct U ALLENBERG ER'S PILLS NEVER FAIL. K3 For sale by TEAGUE A CARWILE, Under Masonic Hall. Dept 18 tf 38 INFORMATION. Information guaranteed to produce a luxuriant growth of hair upon a bald bead or beardles? lace, also a recipe for tho removal of Pimples, Blotches, Eruptions, etc., on the skin, loaring the sume s ft, clear, and beautiful, can bc obtained without charge by addressing TIIOS. F. CHAPMAN, CHEMIST. ! S33 Broadway, New lurk, j Sept 16 Sa 38 1 COMMERCIAL. AUGUSTA, Sept. 23. * GOLD.-The brokera are buying at 142 and selling at 144. COTTON-Market quiet and prices easter; salei rather limited ; the only quotation wo can give i? 2t cents for a high class of middling; sales of th? day foot up 76 bales, as follows, 9 at 15, 4 at 1?, 3 at 16*. ll at 19, ll at 20, 2 at 20J, 21 at 20}. 2 at 20$, 6 at 21, 4 at 21}, and 3 bales at 21} cent/. Receipts, S3 bales. WHEAT-Red $2.15@2,20 ; White at $2,25? 2,50. CORN-Adyaaced-Wo quote primo whito scarce and in demand at $1,50@1,55, yellow and mi.tod at $1,30?1,35. CORN MEAL-City boltod, $1,60; Country $l-,40. - . '. O ATS 65@7f> cts. per bushel. BACON-Clear Sid?vl9}@21^Ribb?d Sides, 18(2)19} ; Shoulders, 17}@?8; "Hams, 23@25e. Religious Notice. Tho Executive Board of the Edgefield Associa tion will hold its next meeting at Fellowship Church, on Saturday before tho 5th Sabbath in Septembor. Thc following members compose the Board : .L. R. Gwaltnoy, B. C. Bryan, Tl. B. Watson, J. F. Peterson, L. Cnlbrcath, J. W. Coleman, J. F. Talbert, J. JJ. Wideman, Thomas Gotten, J. P. Mealing, D. D. Bruns?n, S. Waites, P. McKellar, T. L. Moore, E. Devoro, Z. Watkins, E. M. Swear ,lingen, W. A. Gaines, O. C. Sheppard, John Joses. A full meeting is earnestly desired. L. B. GWALTNEY, Chairman. Sept 17 .38 i nion Meeting. The Union Meeting of the 4th Divisi?n will be with the Big Stephens' Creek Church, on Satur day before the 5th Sabbath in September. The Superintendent?, Teachers and Pcpils of tho Sunday Schools in this Division arc earnestly requested to attend. J. S. MATHEWS, MOD. Sept 18 38 Tim jp oirtcfcixt TO . . ? ... ; AL.IJ WHO ARE INTERESTED, AND I CONSIDER ALL INTERESTED WHO WISH TO EUY GOODS CHEAP FOR CASH I I EXPECT TO OPEN A STOCK OF GOODS at Liberty Hill i.bout the 16th of October next, which I will offer as Cheap as can ba afforded for Cash. I will use every effort in my power to conviucc the pccple that it is to their interest to buy Goods for the Cash. My motto will be "A Quick Penny is Better than a Slow Shilling." G. J. SHEPHARD. Longmirca' Store, S. C., Sept 10 tf 38 THE CHEAPEST DAILY PAPER IN THE SOUTH! THF, NATIONAL xREPUBLICAiV, PUBLISHED DAILY, AT ATTG-TXST.A-, QA. CONTAINS TI?E LATEST NEWS from all parts ot the World, by Telegraph and Mail, lt abo furnishes the moat reliable Market Reporta at home and abroad. THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN advocates Reconstruction under the laws of Congress, and urges " Convention and Relief" tb the people. TERMS : Daily, ono year, $5.00 . Daily, six iu-inths. 2-W Daily, three months,___ _ 1|26 D. C. CPTTIVcrTEditor. E. H. PUCHE, Business Manager. Augusta, Sept 23 St 39 Lost. BETWEEN thc Village and Edgewood a letter, without envelope, addressed to Mrs PICK i:.vs, and signed A. P. ALDRIC"!. Any ono who will deliver the ?aid letter at this <?Bce, or "to Mrs. P a' Edgewood, will confer upon that lady a very croat favor. Sept 24 lt 39 COTTON TAX. Notice to Cotton Tax Payers ! A. LL PERSONS WISHING TO RECOVER fr'-m thc United States tho INTERNAL REVE NUE TAX ON COTTON, which baa been or may hereafter bo paid by them, will do well to communicate with thc undersigned immediately, and we will forward necessary papers and in structions. We have made arrangements with persons olsowhcre, whose position gives them in fluence and advantage, and proposo to prosecute these claims for a share of what is recovered, without risk or expense to the claimant Influential Agents at important poin?s desired. For further particulars address HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON & CO., Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Sept 10 3t 38 _ TO KENT. THE WELL KNOWN PLANTATION at tho Cross Roads, two miles from Edgefield C. H., upon vrbirh Jons IICIET is now raming, con taining near Five Hundred Acres, in good state ot' cultivation-well adapted ta Cotton, Corn, Small Grain, Ac.,-to Rent for tho year 186S, -either ra a whole or in part. For further particulars and terms, apply to my A cent JO.IN iiviET, upon thc premise*. Z. W. CARWILE, Acting Trustee. Sept 17 _4t_38 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN ORDINARY. BY W. F. DURISOE, Esquire, Ordinary of Edgefield District. Whereas, John T. Middleton hasspplied to me for Letters o( Administration, oe all and sin gularthc goods and chattels, rights and credits of Wm. E. Middleton, late of the District afore said, dee'd. Tbcacaro, thoreforc, to cite and admonish all and singular, thc kindred end cieditors of tho said deceased to be and appear before me, ot our next Ordinary's Court for thc said District, to be holden at Edgefield C H., on tbe 3d day of Oct. inst., to show cause, if any, why the said administration should not bc granted. Given under my band and seal, this IStb day of Sept in the year of our Lord, ono thou sand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and in the 92d year of American Indepot.dencc. W. F. DURISOE,O.E. D. Sept >4_2t_39 Brandy, Whiskey and Wine. keep constantly on hand a CHOICE STOCK OF THE REST BRANDIES, WHIS KIES and WINES for Medicinol purposes, which will bo sold at ihe lowest market prices. TEAGUE & CARWILE, Under Masonic nail. Sept 17_. tr .38 To Consumptives. Tho Rev. EDWARD A. 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