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?sq* : DDBisoE, KEESE & co. 'Sr?flI?f EDGEFIELD, S, ^ DECEIVER 18, 1867. ?-'.<'?'.i J ? n ? i, ? i, i . i,. i, j,.ii|iiiiii1iilnii>iliiii>iiiiii'|iitiii>il?>u>i>ni>>il(<?iMiP??>iltii>>iiiii/i>ii<ii>ii>'t.<n?t,(iii?i,i<ii ;..;/.-.. ciy.:! 3.?1 OKIl?ot?KiJi : - ? eaaw T sx t.: au uti ja rn . o i i *: : u j*- :i * ? v. i ?4 u :i i . ..?>:, y.-; :r/.i't, I? / VKI .! ..: "''."i f< . . ? :? :.f ll I. ? . \ - i," .- ' : ?' . K M- ri .-: f.'S? ' ?< ? - ,-.i'<.i-l' ? : 'Y i : -TZA'j . , ' ...... ft *V3 .,ii,rii|iiiM?|ii,niiiiiiitiii,iiwniV?uu'ii"iiMiMii^ . ; ?i-'-, f rLj nt : JT ? V0L?3TE SXXII.-No. 51. "??Hr <V?i- rho I?ir."i?. M. C. BUTLER. LB ROY F. YOUMAXS. BUTIJ3R & YOUMANS, ATTORNEY S AT LAW, AfD Solicitors in Equity, WILL .Practice in Edgefield and 'he adjoin ing Districts, in the United States Courts, and in Bankruptcy. Also, in Augusta, Ga. . office: Edgefield C. H., S. C. Sept 3 tf 36 JOSEPH ABSZY. H. T. WRIGHT. ABNEY & WRIGHT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW ASD Solicitors io Equity, EDGEFIELD, S. C., Will Practice in the United States Courts, giving their especial attention to oases in Bankruptcy. July 30 tf_31 JONES & NORRIS, Attorney s at Law, AND SOLICITORS IN EQUITY, Wi JLL PRACTICE ia the Courts of this State and of the United States. Particular attention g ven to cases in Bank ruptcy. Nov 5 3m? 45 Di DENTISTRY. TR. H. PARKE fl. respectfully announces that he is well pr?parai to execute in the best manner and promptly all work in tho business, -and at greatly reduced; figures. Having acquainted himself with the late ines timable improvements ir. the profession, and se cured a full slock of mal.orials, ic, ho warrant good and satisfactory work to all who may desire his services. #. Edgefield, S. C., Aug. I, tf31 For Sheriff. The Friends of Capt. A. P. WEST respectful ly announce him as a Candidate for Sheriff ol Edgefiold atthe next election. Nov 7 te? 45 IPS' Wo have been authorised by the Friends of Capt. H. BOULWARE to announce him s Candidate for Sheriff of Edgefield District at the next election. Apr 12 te? 16 Fox Tax 'Collector. The Many .Friends ol'D. A. J. BELL, Esq., 'respectfully nominate him as r. Candidate fo: Tax Collector at tho next election. Oct 18 te 43 THB many Friends of Capt. JAMES MITCH; ELL respectfully nomlni.te him as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR at tho next election. .-*- - - -~ SALUDA. Dec 6 te? 50 We have been requested by many friends of Mr. JOHN A. BARKER to announce him a Can didate for Tax Collector of Edgefield District at the ensuing election. Oct 2, te* 4 ?3" We have boen authorized by friends ol Capt. STUART HARRISON to announce him s Candidato for re-election to the office of Clerk ol the Court of Common Pleas for this District, ai the next-election. April 9 te 15 j?Sy~We have boen authorized by the manj friends of Capt. L. YANCEY DEAN to an nounce him a Candidate for Clerk of the Couri of Common Ploas for Edgcfield^District at th? next election. June 20 te 27 NEW FALL AND WINTER From New York and Baltimore ! - Ti HE Subscribers aro now receiving their FALL AND WINTER GOODS, which were bought in the best markets in this Country, and which in point of STY'LE, QUALITY and PRICE defy competition. READ! ?READ! Our Stock consists in part of Brown and Bleached SHEETINGS ; Brown and Bleached SHIRTINGS ; Pillow C?so LINENS and COTTONS ; Cotton and Linen DIAPER ; Brown and Bleached JEANS ; French and American MERINOES ; Figured and Solid DELAINES ; Beautiful POPLINS and ALPACAS ; LUSTRES and Ornamental TWILLS; Ornament?l LUSTRES in variety ; Opera and nil Wool FLANNELS ; Canton FLANNELS; CLOAKS, SHAWLS, NUBIAS, SONTAGS, Balmoral and Hoop SKIRTS; COLLARS, GLOVKS, HOSIERY ; Lidies'and Gents' UNDERVESTS ; Ladios' and Misses' HATS, RIBBONS. FLOWERS and FEATHERS; READY MADE CLOTHING-a largo am well selected Stock, from the cheapest to th fiuest ; Doe Skin CASSIMKRE; CASSIMERES and SATINETS ; TWEEDS and Kentucky JEANS ; E3d BLANKETS, Saddle BLANKETS ; Men's and Boys' HATS-all kinds; Lftilic?. M?ss;s, Men's, Boys and Children' SHOES, in great variety; GROCERIES,-large stock and fine variety; HARDWARE. CROCKERY, GLASSWARE F:ne FRENCH BRANDIES; Baker's and Gibson's best WHISKIES ; MADEIRA, PORT and SHERRY WINES j California CHAMPAGNES ; CHEWING an<l SMOKING TOBACCO; Havana and Ame-ican SEGAR3; TRUNKS, VALISES, CARPET BAGS: BRIDLES, Ac, Ac. Call and examine for yourselves before pu cha=in7 cl?ewhero. You will CERTAINLY SAV MONEY. Ct A. CHEA TH A M & BRO., No. 3, Park Row. Oct 7 _tf_41_ NOTICE. ALL tho5e indebted to the Estate of ELB EB POSEY, dee'd., are notified to pay up at! early day. Old debts may be compromise Those having demands against said Estate w presont them to me. W. H. TIMMERMAN, Ex'or. Oct 22 _2m _43 Final Settlement. AFINAL Settlement on thc Estato of DAV1 PAYNE, dec'.!., will be inni.'e in the Ore nary'* Office, on the 1st January 1S63. Thu having any domands ogniu?t the said Estate w present them by that day. Th? Notes and A counts due the Enate will he found in the han of Messrs. BCTLEW k YO?J?ANS, upon whom i persons interested will do well to call. R W. PAYNE, Ad'or. Oct 7_12t 41 LNFORJUATION. Information* ?^narantee? to produc? a luxuria growth of hair upon a bald head or baardli face, also a recipe for the removal of Pimpl Blotcho", Eruption?, etc., on tho l?cin, leaving t .ame s ft, cle \r, and Wiutiful, can bo obtain without ?hafg? hy addressing THOS. F. CHAPMAN, Cntwrtt, 823 Broadway, New York Sept 18 6a 3S WE HAVE JUST OPENED" AND ARE OFFERING AS LARGE AND AS CHEAP A STOCK OF DRY GOODS, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, as was ever offered in this city. We do not mention prices, but assure the people that no house can orwilf sell Goods Cheaper than we. H. F. RUSSELL & CO. AUGUSTA, GA. Nov. 3, 3m 45 Established 1845. H. TUTT IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE. -DEALER IN DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, DYE-STUFFS, SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, 264 Broad Street. Augusta, Ga?, HAS NOW IN STORE one of the most complete Stocks in the South, to which he respectfully invites* the attention of Merchants, Physicians and Planters. The Stock embraces everything to be found ina FIRST CLSSS WHOLESALE DRUG HOUSE, both of American and Foreign production, which is offered at prices that cannot fail to pleaso. Having had an experience of twenty-two years, in the Drug Trade in Augusta, he flatters himself that he fully understands the wanta of the people. Merchants are assured that thev can purchase their supplies from U9 at NEW YORK PRICES, freight and expenses added. All that we ask is an examination of our Stock and Prices. Oct 23 3m 43 SADDLES, HARNESS, LEATHER, AND SHOE FINDINGS ! ALBERT HATCH. CHAS. G. GOODRICH. HATCH ? GOODRICH, w No. 271 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. E INVITE THE ATTENTION OF OUR FRIENDS AND TBE PUBLIC generally to our full and complete stock of ' * SADDLES, SRIDLES, HARNESS, TR'tU&XS, WHIPS, COLLAR*, HARNESS' MOfTISTfffGS, HORS? BLAIffiETS, :-LEATHER OF"ALL KINDS, SHOE-FINDINGS, And a well assorted lot of BELTINGS. We would be happy to receive a call from all our fricuds at our new stand, INO. 271 Broad Street, Augusta, Oct 22 MATCH & GOODRICH. 3m 43 To the Boot und Shoe Buyers of South Carolina f THE EMPIRE ?ND SHOE E^POiiyi! Great Reduction in Prices ! WE ARE SELLING ONE OF THE LARGEST AND BEST SELECTED Stocks of BOOTS AND SHOES ever opened in this City. An experience of Twenty years, and buying strictly foi Cash, enables us to sell lour Goods from 25 to 35 per Cent Cheaper than au y oilier House. ?J^^Call and examine. A trial will convince. Goods freely shown, and one price asked. MILES' CELEBRATED BOOTS AND SHOES always on hand. Also, WOOD'S CELEBRATED BROGANS, and all other Manufacturer's work of note. I?IR. CARROLL wishes his old friends and customers lo understand that there is no Shoddy or Paper Stuffed Shoes kept in this Establishment. Our Goods are warranted. "?STOrders respectfully solicited. . . / ROBERT CARROLL, WITH E. F. BLODGETT & CO., ? , ?02 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. " tl Augusta, hov 4 . to ' tf44 GROCERIES ! OUR OLD AND NEW. FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS WILL "BE SUP plied as usual with the best of - Groceries and Articles Used by Planters AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES, at the old Stand of ESTES SC CLAIM. JOHN M CLARK & SONS, 278* Broad St., Augusta, Ga. Oct 22 3m43 C H O'DQWD & MULHERIN, 283 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., u^AVE NOW ON HAND FOR THE TALL AND WINTER TRADI the largest and most complete Stock of GROCERIES in the City. Our Stocl having been purchased before the advance in Gold, we tire prepared to sell J?S> LOW AS TiHC-E LOWEST. j?5^?Merchants and Planters and Planters visiting our City world do well to cal before purchasing elsewhere. Augusta, Oct 22 3m 43 Ta Stock, Wholesale and Retail. Jaconet ?nd Swiss EDGING S and INSERTIONS. GRAY k TURLEY. In Stock, Wholesale find Retail. Book and Mall EDGINGS ur.d INSERTING3. GRAY A TURLEY. In Stock, Wholesale and Retail. Book. Jaconet and Mull EMBROIDERED BANDS._GRAY k TURLEY. lostock, Wholesale and Retail. Book. Jaconet and Mull EMBROIDERED FLOUNCING._flBAY A TURLEY^ In Stock, Wholesale and Retail. Embroidered. Hemmed and Tapo Bordered HAND KERCHIEFS. . GRAY* TURLEY. In Stock, Wholesale and Rota;]. Bonnet and Trimming RIBBONS, in variety. GRAY k TURLEY. In Stock, Wbolcsalo and Retail. Ladie3 and Gents' Fancy NECK TIES, in gret variety._GRAY A TURLEY. In Stock, Wbolcsalo and Retail. SUSPENDERS and BRACES, in great variet' GRAY k TURLEY. In Stock, Wholesale and Retail. COLOGNE EXTRACTS, POMADE and FANC SOAPS. GRAY & TURLEY. In Stock, ai Wholesale Only. Steamboat, Mogul and Great Mogul PLAYIN CARDS* . GRAY k TURLEY. In Stock, Wholesale and Retail. GEAI AT?RLEY. I OKAY A TURLEY. Scandalous. . > -. We turn the author of the following doggDrd over to tho tender mercies of tho ladies. Wo malro ; no apologies for him, as he has neither youth nor; ago to rocommond him to jlomenoy. Wo h reason to believe that this act of hi3 was theil snit of mature deliberation. Hear what the has,., say: As along the street I blundered, Much I marveled, muoh I wondered ; Seeing sights and things that mortal. <g . j Nover saw or dreamed before ; . On tho pavement carno a rapping As of foot-falls gantry tapping, And I heard a muslin-flapping, . Which my eye would-fain exp^re^. ?. ".Tis some female," Jthon:I muttered-- ? I had soon tho thing before : Only this and nothing more. . Carno tb is femalo swooping by mo ;.. ' Fearing sho should chanco to spy ino, Suddenly I stepped into a- * Friendly, waiting, opon door ; Thence I saw the lovely maidon Boing from somo distant Aden All perfumed and dry goods laden, Pass me and go on before ; Naught had I to do but follow And noto down tho things she wore, 'Twas a mystery to explore. . . And I found-by closo ipepoction-. That her haughty upper suction. Something chance had called a bonnet, On its pericranium wore; ? And her breast was heaving slowly, 'Neath a garment fashioned lowly, And I knew the movement wholly, I had never .seen before ; For I knew 'twas "patent heavers" That this radiant maiden wore, Only these and nothing more. Then I notieed an uncertain Lifting of the muslin curtain, That her feet had deftly hidden From my errant eyos before ; With each lift came a desiro That'twould lift a little higher, And at last it did aspire . 1 Higher than I had seen before And I knew A was a " tilter" That this saintly mffclon woro'; Just a " tilter"-nothing more. And tho tilting and the rocking " Up and down tho splondid stocking,' Gartered, hy a bluish ribbon, ? . . That I chanccd-lc soo sho woro. Showed me-'twas a sight for wooping,! Tha|?pa!r of calves wore creeping Out of place, as sho was sweeping Like a'stately queen before; Cd vea that she bad lately purchased From a fancy dry goods Btoro, . Pat ont calvos-and cot much moro. And tne'-fltitterfng ani tfa flapping Of this maiden's gan dy trapping Showed me sights that never mortal Eye had durcd to iee before ; !-Sights-wvoalod J>y-e?ety- l!?ine Of the folds of muslin drifting Round brr, which the winds were shifting Eyo-wnrd, higher, more and moro; Sights that onto mortal Vision Never wero revealed before, Nameless hore forever moro. 1 And while thus her rigging fluttered, Much I wondered, and I muttered : " And you call this thing a woman That is truncing on boforc; She the brazen doll of fashion, Wrapped in one tremendous passim ; funken from her noblo station, To tho thing that goos before ; Oh ! that every mortal vision Should such mystery exploro." This I muttered-nothing more. And tho thoucl :ame o'er mo gushiog, " Where has gono tho art of blushing That wo loved in wifo or maiden, lu thc saintly days of yore ?" Call mc, if you will, uncivil, Whilo I name her "thing of evil," And I wish tho very devil Had tho toggery sho wore, And again sho were arrayed in Drosses like her mother wore, Vanished now forever more. The Ncgro--What ls his Ethnological Status, &c. The Rev. E. T. WINKLEB, of Charleston, on the night of the 8th, delivcrod in thc Cita del Baptist Church of that City, a discouffo on " Tho Negro-Wiiat is his Ethnologies Status, ?c." in reply to tho recently pub lished pamphlet by AniEL. ,: Tho Churcl," says the Courier, " was ovorwhelmincy crowded by a brilliant congregation," aid the greatest interest was taken in the subj ct of the learned divine. In the progress of ?ia discourse Mr. "WINKI.ER thoroughly dissccsd, clearly refuted and completely cast asido.be arguments on which were based Aiux's efforts to prove the Negro a beast, and oa?e quently not endowed with immortality. We regret our want of space prevents our >ub lishing this masterly effort entire j but, whilst we omit the conclusive and convining Biblical and historical deductions of therev erend speaker, we must make room fo the concluding paragraphs of his lecture, etab lishing that the Negro is possessed, likcour selves, of an immortal soul, and that it i our solemn duty to continue friendly and kid to the colored man, and to aid and urge hil to seek his eternal salvation through the ame ment of our blessed Redeemer. We do'e as follows : No ! the argument of Ariel is as untr2 as it is mischievous. The T ?gro shires wit the members of every other race th j priv?ges and responsibilities of a man. If he Iocs not build for eternity, neither did tbe Sa.crn before he came out of the desert, norloea tho wandering Tartar or the Red Man < to day- If n barbarian in bis native land, e is a higher typo of man than the white Pes.'ray of Patagonia, the black native of Tasnnia, the yellow Bushman of the Cape. If c is crowned with crisp bair, it is true hair, f the microscope shows, being a uniform cylder, without tbe notches that characterize ool. Ile has the human stature and the bumaeye, embracing earth and heaven in its rangiile has the human hand, which no bruteas ; for we cannot apply the name to tho pv of thc Chimpanzee, with its stump, inBtel nf a thumb. He has tho band, that instrtieat incident to und productive of all other il ru ments, os Aristotle says, tho hand thocan multiply i's power by the wheel, thexle, thc lever and the screw, and that can siject to its usc tho strength and swiftness ?the brute creation. He has tho human, ain, differing from that of the ape, as Soemrfing attests, by not less than fifteen imptaot anatomical differences. He has the frmn consciousness ; tho human will, comlled not by instinct .but by reason; the .man ,p,ower of living, in the past/.and- tbet'Jre, the faculty of merqory and, the seutiiiit oj hope ; he has the social affections arid tense of duty that can be cultivated ; ho m bo taught religion, be eau be Christianiz can live for Cori. And as a sensible s his humanity God has given Lim the 'endowment cf the Word, the faculty ot sj .which, in itself, contends Huxley, ' 'change a brute into a. man, and which c the man of society; and besides this language which at once confers ideas ai power of intellectual productiveness-t '-rions gift which makes men ! For is by language that we think ? What is th .save a speaking to ourselves, and what can wo form save those we caa express i . languages ? And is it not in languagi we put forth our hnman life most effici that we learn and teach, and personate judge, and counsel and command ? even by this gifr, received from God, tl gro claims his place among the sons of A r"and able like ourselves to interpret into s; ' the testimony which nature gives in si g$f her Maker, able to worship as the voil ..n&Ts are not, nor has earth, for inartic !-murmurs are all that sho can teach her dren. He may also claim his place prayers and songs of thanksgiving.arnon sous of God. There is no need that wo should den humanity of the negro in order to sav Southern society either from miscegen or destruction. This would be sirnpl; philophy of despair. Two unequal race . ing in the same land should neither 1 flamed with mutual hostility and summ to arms-a conflict that would soon de the one ; nor be persuaded into an unna social equality, and commixture of w divergent types-a union which would drag down the other. A respectful sub nation on the one side, a condescending 1 ness on the other, and virtue and religio the part of both, will enable them, ea? .its own sphere, to contribute to the happ of all. But if, at a time, when all good ?were striving and praying for this end, \ tthe relations of these races were the ' "elicite, and were most difficult of ad jnent, some violent partisan should ap| declaring that on? of them had no soul, 'therefore no responsibility to God, to lar society ; who so blind as not to see in the common cueray of both? Who so s Righted as not to foresee the result when the doctrine should be carried out to it? 'cessary consequences-the reins thrown 1 jpon the neck of passion-the encourager of every vice and every crime? Heretofore the Southern people have ?regarded the negro as a brute, or treated as a brute, and it is too lato to chance opinions or our conduct now.. ' We ] preached the Gospel to bim, as a lost, ye ^immortal creature, and wo thunk God foi ^restraining influence of that Gospel now. we resign tho charge of this race, it is no unbecoming pride that we point t Kinany, who, coming like their ancient li man, out of the hf:art of a heathen contin have herc learned tho name of Jesus, have heard the simple story of their con : sion ; we have 6een the tears of penitci joy through which they looked upr?n the ? ,vior*s cross; wo have felt the communis jjriassion of thc prayers with which they w [..ltd with the God of Jacob, and tltrillei |"hear their wild and plaintive chorussi Ii^jf-c?-Uk. -?&saxlcA...th*tn- .down, jato water, as Philip led the Ethiopian ?f o?d," t?tere, baptized th-m in the name of the une God. We have felt our own huma: exalted, animated by the sarne benign: , holy, heavenly spirit that guided the F I Evangelist, a* we haye stretched a help hatfcTto the humbler brother of our conni race. And now we will not abjure our \ history, or prove recreant, to the memory our missionary fathers, or apostatise fr faith in the prophecies and promises rccon in thc word of everlasting life ! it is imf sible. _ Shall we wboec souls aro lighted, "With wisdom from on hi^h, Shall wc to men benighted, Thc lamp of life deny ? No, not with our content shall this ra heretofore an integral part ol eur South? society-this race which has gathered j silver fleeces of our fields, which hus tend our infancy, which has enjoyed with us co munion of the body and blood of Ohrist degraded to bestial .irresponsibility, a doomed to eternal annihilation. Wo will r heed the charmer, charm he never so wise who would consiga us to alazcppa's fate-t helpless nun bound to the untamed bru and both rushing on with panic terror a muiual rage to darkness and to death. N we will hope and wait for a better futui And while we wait we will pray-if it only that child-prayer, which, uttered by ti lips ol genius, is now sounding over a com neut: "God bless us, every one I" Gi bless the black man! God blc-s thc whi man ! God bless us, every ona, by gatherii us, every one, aronnd the cross of Jes! Christ! That is our only. Lope-tho on hope of our. country-the only Lope of oi world. Yes, we will pray that thc an?:el ai them which once sounded on tito plains i Bethlehem-"Glory to God in the highest on earth peace and good will to men"-ma swell the music of every speech, that it ma return to heaven, blent with perpetual incen: of sacrifice and thanksgiving from every coi tincnt. Go forth, thou glorious, benignai Gosnell not to tho Ethiopian only, butt ev y creature, according, lo tho great cou mission of thy Lord J ? Vi ait, waft, ye winds thi?, ? tory, And you, ye waters, roll; . Till, like a sea of glory, It aproad? from pole to polo; Salvation, 0 salvation ! Tho joyful nows proelaim, Till earth's remotest nation Hu* learned Meriah'* naroo, Till o'er our ransomed nature, Tho Lu mb for Inners slain Redeemer, King, Creator In bliss returns to reign ! -? ? ? Beautiful Legend. They tell a story that ono day Rabbi Judal and his brethren, the seven pillars of wisdom sat in the court of tho temple on feast day disputing about rest. One said it was to hav attained sufficient wealth, yet without sin The second Baid thai it was fame and praisi of all men. Tho third, that it was the pod session of power to rulo the state. The fourth that it consisted only in a happy home. Thi fifth, that it must be in the old a.-e of ont who is|rich, po wert ul, famous, surrounded bj children, and children's children. The sixtl said that all were vain unless a mau keep al the ritual law of Moses. And Rabbi Judah the venerable, the tallest of the brothers said ; M Ye have spoken wisely, but ono tbinp more is necessary. Ho can only find res! ..-ho to all these things addeth this: That ht keepeth tho tradition of the Elders." Theresatin the court, a fair-haired boy, playing with his lilies in his lap; and hearing I the talk, dropped them with ?.stonishmeni ! from his hands and looked up-that boy ol j twelve-and said : :' Na/, nay, fathers, lie I only findoth rest who loves his brother as himself, and Go I with his whole heart and soul. Ho is greater than fume, and wealth, j and power ; happier ?than a happy home, \ happy without it; belter than honored agc; j he is law to himself, and above all tradition. . The doctor.-- were astonished. They said : " When Christ cometh, shall he teach us irrealer things?" And they thanked God, for they said : "Tho bid men are not always wise, yet God be praised that ont of ibo month of this young suckling has His praiso i become perfect." -,-. j |>3rA Journeyman ma-"n in London 1 killed.blmiiolf.thu other day inVlUpair, uf-the j discovery, the day after his wedcing, that his wife had a glass oyo. Address of Hon. B. H. Hill. On taking Lia seat as President o Georgia Conservative State Convention, at Macon, on tbe G th", Mr. HIM addr the Convention as follows: Gentlemen of Vie Convention: Youi sembling is auspicious-auspicious in and in place ; auspicious for our State all tho States ; for Constitutional governi and for human liberty. When I look this large, intelligent and venerable as bly, I am assured your deliberations tv; as they ought to be, as tbe grave issue fore you require they should be, wise, crate and considerate, but firm, frank determined. Eighty years ago the fathers of the pie of all these States, fresh from the mon struggles of a revolution waged fo liberties, of each State, assembled, in P delphi? to found and organize a constiti and government adapted to the condition wants of the people, and thenceforth I known as peculiarly . American. They resented States, each acknowledged to b dependent, sovereign aud absolute. ' found interests common to all thc States, interests local an i peculiar to each S They naturally and wisely determined to fide to a common and federal governmeni administration of the interests commo all. leaving to each State the undistu control of the interests peculiar to ii They framed a written Constitution foi General Government, and in that wri Constitution sought distinctly toset fortl powers conferred, and declared the com interest, thc general welfare, which the excise of those powers was destined to mote and conserve. To protect the St from encroachments by the General Gov meut, they declared teat all powers not < gated were expressly reserved. To prc the General Government from interferenc the States, they ; declared that the Gen Government, within its powers, shouli supreme. Under this happy arrangement of dist but harmonious government-the great Ai ?can idea-all hedged about, by written i stitutions-the great American safe-gunrc our people grew and prospered as no pe grew and prospered, as no people ever be either grew or prospared. But, unfortunately, in thc Convention ii differences existed which were not reconc aid solved with sufficient distinctness; di enees, too, touching the respective rights powers of the created and the creating { ernments. These differences continued exist, to enlarge and to excite, until fiat they culminated in a fearful, disastrous ever to be regretted collision of arms. After a gallant defence of her convictii honestly entertained, and of her rights !' enjoyed according to those convictions, South laid down her arms. Every intellig and honest man knows that the people of South desisted from thc struggle shicer desiring, and in good faith iutending, to main in thc Union of our common father; modified only by the legitimate issues sctl by the arbitrament of arms. All who otherwise slander a frank, noble and ga'l people, and tbey know they slander. W --hen. ?IKVJ:* nat union and peace and gi will in union ? liieru is bur one answer to this questi Ir. is because th" startling fact is now plaii devol ved to the whole world of manki which a few jr iso mer. always saw and feat tiiat there are Americans who were ne satisfied with the original arrangement mt by our fathers-with the idea of central o local governments c*.ch sovereign initssphe and they are ak:ng advantage of our uni lunate convulsions, aed of thc passions the by engendered, to abrogate that arrangenn Ktid to destroy thc governments there founded. Therefore the ?reat question now beft thc American people-tho question out which all other questions prow-is : Sh wc, can we,' preserve that original arrana meet? Shall we, can we, retain and contin a genera1 government, supreme in ?ts sphoi but limited in its powers t'? thc general inti ests, common to all thc States, and loc governments, absolute over tho iocal int?r?t peculiar tu each Sute? Sh.-.ll wc keep fiii w/h plainly written constituents? Can we cc tinue constitutional governments ? If we can. i interests aro 'thereby saved, and all 7.0th questions ara thereby settled. If we ennnt all tho interests of all thc pe .plc of all tl Staten arc jeopardized and destroyed, si all-Slate?, people and interests-aro hurrit into wild conftbioti, subjected fo tlio terrib ordeal of bloody anarchy, and bound to tl inevitable destiny of universal, irrernrdiab despotism ! Negro supremacy,'universal su frage, social and political equality of race are ail usiics, fearful issues, but they are a subordinate issues. God fixo'd thc q?cstioi of equality. Human governments must se tlc and protect rights. If. wo can presan our American arrangements of'government all rights-adequate, appropriate and equi rights for all races-are SPCure ; but if tbos governments are not preserved, all right? an all equality for all races are gon<\ and a people on the continent must become th uicre'subjccts bf power, and the remedilcs victims of wrong and tyranny. The party which .seeks to destroy th es wisely ordered and well balanced govern monta, framed in ]787? is one with which yo ?a'u make no compromise without being fais to'thc white race, false to the Constitatioi und false to every original and fundaments principle fn which the American f?derativ system rests. Ic needs no wiseman, no annotated prophel therefore, ;o tell you your duty. That dut; is as manifest os existence, aud us importan as life. .It is summed up in one sentence kold on, hold on, al all hazzurds and throng} all sacrifices, to- the Constitutum . of you1 fathers. We are calied " 1 ->bels" and " trait ors," because wo desire to live under, tba Constitution, whilo they who call us so an daily engaged iu tho rebellious and traitorou: work ol' insidiously .undermining and des troying that Constitution and every principfi incorporated in it. They would conceal b] their words the'treason their neis malu patent. They divert by their calumnies o other's attention from the wicked measure bj which thoy aro bringing ruin upon all. Hitherto they have had the aid of tbe pcopli of the North. But they have secure'! thaJ aid by the most monstrous and persisten! misrepresentations and slanders of our de sires, our actions and purposes. But I air fully convinced that tho people of thc Nortl -eve.i a large proportion of those" known af Republicans-do not in their hearts desire ti: do us inj us! icc. They have oppressed, be cans ) they btivo misunderstood. But Blanden caiiiiot always deceive. Wrongs cannot al ways triumph. The time is coming, aye, ia j at hand, when that people, undeceived, will I r?st? lo our relief'and hurl from p-jwer the j party that has deceived tliem to ?ppreis'us, I Conscious that tliev are now a minority o? j tho Auieri'ciin people) they are seeking ta prolong tbe power they acquit ed itv passion j and throiigh ilop^ption, hy adding to their ! ?il?fpguo of enormities the double .crime of ! disfranchising, itilofligenco.an.H virtue a.id en* I franchising ignorance and. vice. Let ns go I on in the even tenor of our way, bravely en j during, but fearlessly making known at alt j times aud in tho most emphatic <" m?nnar our j grievances and our.wrongR. ! The 'Convention soon tn afwnm'de at*:Afi ' Un i wt* I l'ft !4>f?'fir-' Cirri von i i"n r-v'-r li . > i I G o-'ia of vrMo!?'tf^iV?.m?l fWl'fiiP tr I is not oj the peuple, i ,rili u^i, ic?iew tho fraudulent agencies of its call, nor tho criminal purpose of itsasSiimbliug, nor dissect tho character of its members. . May the God of the patriot, even at this .late day, flash light upon the minds of a; least all who are native oF our soil, and may they yet pause before they become hopeless*-! ly recreant to all they hold dear, and to all for which their childrcn'can have hope. From thc Memphis Ledger. End ol a Thrilling Romance of thc . Road. The particulars of tho dating adventures of a modern Dick Turpin, in the vicinity of Hick ory Wy tho depot, have from time to time reached the public-through our columns. His exploits and i insensibility to dancer recall to .mind the period when every road was lined with footpads and |; staud and deliver" .became a famil.ir sound to travellers. A few. days ago wc mentioned that Mr. Greenleaf, whom the robber compelled to strip in tho woods, had,.with frieuds, met him j that shots wen exchanged, the highwayman, after expead ing the contents of bis repeater, coolly, turn ing off into the woods aod escaping. But another, the last and bloodiest chap ter in the eventful, drama, is now to be re corded. On Sunday a man came to the first station this bide of Wytbe depot, and com plained to some gentlemen present that he had been robbed iu the woods. Among tho.'? , who listened to the story was Mr. Alfred Battle, who, it will be remembered, was sho' I ai* kum the roadside a day or two following j Mr. Greeuleafs adventure. It seem? that Mr. B. when the robber was rapidly approach mg was frightened by the sudden appearance of the horsemen who came up and noticed that a couple of - the unwelcome visitor's fin gers were missing. While tho man wa* teH;> ing his story on Sunday, be observed a simi lar defect in that member. A closer glance caused him to recognize the features, and in a moment the alleged victim of a robbery was in the grasp of two strong men. Mr. Battle had not mistaken his man. The pris oner confessed that be bad not only shot at him, but had forced Greenleaf to strip, and sent the threatening letter. He added that he did not desire to kill Mr. G.; merely desir . ed to frighten a little money out of him. If his actions could longer have surprised any one, the witnesses of the unexpected de nouement would doubtless have been startled ttt this, the most reckless of his exploits. But it seemed only a matter of course. He bad been hunted in the thickets and swamps by armed men and bloodhounds, and eluded them. Believing he could appear among tho people, and by telling a pitiful talc be regard ed as but another of the victims of the robber whose exploits had spread terror and amaze meut throughout the community, he adopted that method of further baffling pursuit., He did not reckon upon the absence of a finger or two be raying him. It simply happened that Mr. Battle's eye3 were sharp and fal filled their office even when bullets were whistling about, their owner's head, and the robber's ruse failed. Somehow, thc captured robber suddenly disappeared from the station, whither no one seemed to know. A few curious ones started in search. Late in the afternoon the form of a ruun was seen dangling from a tree in a swamp; it was lifeless -r and two of ihs fin 'gerrt-of.the loft ifol&t*^J?J|f'^jgydfaj' lokl tho story. No further explanation w?s' required. Judge Lynch had been at work ; and he highwayman, whose daring exploits had been narrated with, bated breath- at a thousand firesides*, was a rigid corpse. A swift witness had risen agiinst bim,.and th< executioner stalked: behind bira until tho fa td moment arrived. Who sent the de-spera-' do into the shadows? Nobody kuows, no body carts, now .that he has gone from them forever. AN INTERESTING INCIDENT.-Quite an iu tf resting incident took place at the Catholic Orphans' Fair Room, on Main street, Thurs day night hist. Mr. Jefferson Davis, accotn panied by Jud?e Ould, visited the fuir on that night, and, whilst he was enjoying the delica cies at the supper table, tbs ladies and gen tlemen present agreed to rnfile ofl' a most beautiful segar stand with a musical box at tached, which had beet: sent, with many oth er handsome articles, from Brussels, Belgium, thc winner to present it to him.' The raffle occured, and the prize was won by a gentle man from Baltimore, Mr. M-, who re. quested that Miss M. C. 3--, the interest ing young iudy-wko was instrumental iu get ting up thc ?afile, . should pri??nf' it in t!;e. name of those who Lad co.ntnbuttfd. Miss. II-, approaching the ex-Pres?deuVsaid-: "Mr. Davis--in the namc'and at the re quest of the gentleman who won the . prize,, and of those iadies and gentlemen who .con tributed, I present you this token of ??r res pect for you, thc President of thc Confede rate State-:. We only wish we had some? thing more worthy 0f . yo5r.acceptur.ee, bm, after loukiaround the,table, find uoikiiig ^?re suitable, and, though small.the "gift,; we 1 hope you will accept it. We wish front our hearts every blessiug for yourself.and family.,". In reply, Mr. Davis said : . ... ; . "I thank yon and the ladies- and -gentle man for your kindness, and will place-this with thc gold-headed cane, presented ta me" by the Catholic ladies of Norfolk, who held a fair for a ckaritablepurpO&e inst Spring.-"Your kindness will not be forgotten. The Catho lics have always been my friends/and'tcan-' not forget the circumstance tbat ?tbe Half Father, the head of your Church, was tho first sovereign who sent mo his blessing m my^ misfortunes. May God bless you all." After which Mr. Dapis departed, amidst" the adieus and blessings of tkoso 'present. Richmond Whig. > -? ? ? * A NEW HORROR.-The latest horror comes from France. A- shoemaker" living at La Vilett?, near Pari*, has' contr'tv-ed, with the perverted intrenuity of a wholly bestial, but, perhaps, balf-crazed mind, to infliet nh' en1 tirely new specks of anguish Upon the -woman who waa misemble enough- to be-bis wife. For a lengthened period' be pad been -rn thc J habit of beating and otherwise brutally mal treating tho unfortunate wretch. The mr.n was a drunkard. Ills pciucipal -reproach against thc pattner ot bis home was that she -refused him the weans to procure drink.- ard in his end'-avor to wring -his 1-booty froorhcr by torture, ho flung ber tu-lh?.-ground,-put. his knoe on ber chesty essayed'/a^stranjrie , ker, and thou gouged one of ker cy ea out. He told her" deliberately- that lie. intender!, there and then io - kill hi nsclf, and that she should be spectatress of jus death and i shad der at his grimaces.". He tied ber hand and foot, gagged ber, and opening a knife, swo'c" that if she dared to stir he would, at once cut. her throat. Next, be slowly . and coolly pro I ceeded to hang himself fjp a huge nail wnich. j kc had driven tuto the wallfctdriiikiug >*hilev I he was mnking his.preparatio^s-po,less.than' 1 fifteen glasses ot rum. Then, slan&ng jace j to face before the pinioned ?s?fierec, he kicktd. away the stool beneath kira,,; and,was.duly i strangled, his;victim, being, compared,, as iu. I a iiideous.nightmare, helplessly to? witness the j convulsions.of u-.hnjbs *?u the di?.ort iou of bis features. -At last the .woman-, ?oiUrived , to liberate herself from her .bonds,, and. ker shrieks brought up the neighbors, and the nHSJ ??<. -n-i> .?. if .im bimi* ijt?p ,>c)j . U R^Vb ?W*H frtifcl? - iW*%r..i*Al?8M?i t*fe? ?u rf* M*!** ?rf*f# ^^?jtt ? vcij i; b.i ?j>i icjji.-i.it3 at ..... cad lo tko cir ? cumferenco of a three cen?, piece. The Negroes in the Louisiana Ra dical Ocn vention are growing somewhat b&igert-nt, and one fellow is even "ready ?or'r?v.lu - On ;fhe Tihj.in Convention, n negro rf-m ber named Cromwell declared u we will roto unjil the last one. of us. lies down, jbrever; that negroes were going to have their (?jgh: if by r?volution and blood, in f pite of A i dy Johnson or any other man." He deda a ci h ? was ready for revolution. Pinchback, also a colored member, d?-pre cited the remarks of Cromwell, and declared that the colored people of this oountry , r< ulri jet no rights if.the whites ,did not see fit to give them ; that to talk of a war of traces, wa.* all humbug. He.alluded to thefi?sparity cl' uumbers between the races and declared that Cbc slaveholders of the South had been ic rh..es pa.'jt, and were still the friends of thu negro.; that it was the province, .ol' "the-Rndi cal Congress, not this ConveaJjon,^o..dj/*:usi: a question, of thia kind in regard t J Kepi:ba c?n States. -?A From thc Charleston News. A New Sonrce of We alt h. The hidden,resources of oar Stato-are bi - ing gradually brought to light and made avail able through the researches of her scientific mear Lands that were heretofore considered useless,have been.found to abound-?in-mineral productions, and the pick and hammer ol the geologist constantly show that nat aro has in her bidden storehouse bountiful deposits cf the various materials that have bern consid ered peculiar to other climes.- Ai; rtit?nite ville Q large deposit of barr stone of tito fim ?t quality has been discovered. This.' kind i-f atone was for a long time imported ii om Fi a:, m JUL the quarries of. that country ire neaijy exhausted, and it hal berti found oeceasar/ to clamp the smaller fragments jt iget her ia order to furnish a stone of largo dimensions. Other discoveries have been recently made that are ol' far greater importance, and bid lair to revolutionize some brauchte of trade by supplying to the world a superior: article of pbospbated mauures, from an inexhausti ble deposit almost at our own doors. . ,4 For some time tho com ir.unity have been startled by rumor.? that a large supply -ot a superior quality of fertilizing matenai. had been discovered near the city. Thoso ri/moi s were not unfounded,.and a company has been organized to utilize the material so bounti fully supplied by nature. Professor F. S. lioimes, in connection with other distin-ui-h ed chemists, has tor some time been engaged iu analytical experiments, which have nt length produced a result which will .gvVe to Charleston a large exporting trade, and?reato a business that, will speedily restorer ? Ju* for mer, prestige. . The deposits referred to extend along the banks of the Ashley river for miles, and.o vi sist of decomposed bones and-, other animal matter, solidified until thoy have attained the consistency of soft stone. Some tran;p. : have been found to contain from GO- to 75 per cent, of pure phosphates, and there is eve ry indication that the whole bed is formed of manure wuich is more valuable .than the Po ru,viatiguano, which sells at ?OO-per tan. T .o deposits cover many square miles, ancL may ^rpduce tens ot millions of: dollars. Cha-1.--* pix> h, . t h rough h Sr mau n re bed^'iiiaj larger aud more wealthy than New " York or New Orleans. Specimens of this marl or deposit were ta ken io Philadelphia and shown to thu Presi dent aua officers jt tne large fertiliziBglworks in that city. They immediately attracted at tention, as ou bei .g subjected tu a clo o ft i .-.La, they- ehowco. aycry. lui ge per. con a e of ^?.ospuate o? lime, ano) a-mining am manu* lacturing compauy ,was at Onco organist, all the stock being taken aud paid iu. The deposit was fouud oh tte plautation of Professor Holmes, on the Ashley river, a few miles from the. city, but the /company ?llave secured a large tract cf-lundo?lje?ii g, aud design commenciug operations *t aq eu ly day., The charter of the company- was granted by Chancellor Johnson, ma?jj?rdtu cu witb.tbc provisions made by . the S?*-- *L.g ?sl?turc, under the. name of ^?ie.jChjjrk^si.jL Mining and Manufacturing Company, with & capital of ?1,000,000. This company ui' have its principal office - ,in Charleatun^-v. ic: at" present will be located ianthe rear^oif:'. le-^or^Holmcs'bookstore. rj ."Ata recent"meeting of the Board of. ?ir tors, held .in. this city, t.He company wai fe organised and our. esteemed feUoit-cu,.^. . Professor F. S, /Holmes, was nnapuoputly elected President and Geologist^ Dr?)s. A, Pratt, a, distinguished analytical chemist*, wn elcc.ted the Cuemist and Supqriuiendt..- ol thc WorJ?3,;ahd Mr. Arthur H." ?o?pu^ecre Jlary .of the company.. .; r^T We congratulate Dr.^Prattinlying t^c.;-, . ed thc means necessary to c^rry'rjut.rhc ct.cr L> bed scheme that brought him\to ojir. ciy tm? years ago.u Professor Hoimgej aui Dr. Pratt are justly enliticd-,to t?q creen pTti;.\ . .i.ig inaugurated this eute.r^r?c^. ami il: tiring labors. _ol\.the- fermer ,_?ec^(f?i?a?; ;.: the causc-bf science .hH,vc.-aOasU.a?j;"llhvir rew,ard.. ... ? ? -*TT?-? rrfrr*-n-v>? Ended in SraoUc. ' Impeachment is dead; aud-Mni Ashley, a-; ellie! mourner, s?fs in^g?ct?clcj?i 'a jd ^h. .=, lamenting that after ?tthw Ittbor thetno-j brought forth'sfcobhl " tiave bcon^-eo uar':-.' ridiculous/* There: ara'^?cw ?fore 'tajsniil i . stances rn history "of " g?c;tt_cry-- aniMi:: e wool." Tb?grhn committce>~sat,fHr toort ;, sending: lor ""persons arad papers,0 ?id * mnlaHtfg a -rlflass of testimony coveting :tfc\:.. ty-strven'htfridred anaVsixty nine pages. Pure ly, taotrght Ashley, Logan aud Ben'Bqtkr, this would be proof enough to oust the "IU.KU at the other end of the Aventic." tm* The evidence was laid b?fero Con^rec^. Our readers have seen its leading poittTs.oTho tpsrhiiony of General Grant, Judg^sBiack, n^rMf; Seward was- dear in itr^oosfrtent viudlcattdn ot* the Pre?idcbt;-'butr Ibo' i n peachers werfe* deaf 'toHho Toi?e*!' M?nn ; andnn ? report as intenopcr%t??'rnti'it?a?rmi ?as it was 'unwarrantable in its-condn??.!!^, thhy recommended the arraignment--of't o GWff Magistrate. 1 1 ? ' '. \ " TlieTttTce is now played out. Th<?fcnt4A?n has fallen," and impeachment-is "clfec u .Hy .squelched. The vote of one humirvd acd eight to fiftyscven, agairret the r*sohatibn of imp??bhmenti "was of unmistakable- m>j...ri ; and by the usinai device known topaplmmen fary'l?w, thedoor has been foruver cia: d to any revival of the-mad- project.--Charle*ion News. ?' * -"^ 1 .?.?;?o?.o --!-ta?a*-dSml IU The se^tlemenl^qf the estatW?f^P xi i e ari: e>tima??d'atraboul rt m?????n irtd^.fif.V' of dolfars", b?V'instead oT'vielflinW^riy j^-tit thev cost S30.QOO.t3% Ke,ep,f?ern7\fp^^ lei faX?%?1* ?K^ho ffrou'n^rfuat1 M-Vt?r.'N?' .a K&ffl Eff?M^ ieVvice: ^tfflrWi, : es \*4 itf^toT?togr.il?rojvriiKiaj^ia, card, gives a fi >.t denial to tl^tf^rm.MjJi ?if ectecvive Baker -before tho Impoac iracht pr?^T??*r^limm-Biwiilow is said to have r^a? j^Btr??l ; ?t 4fa?r.iit?kt8n/by Au . further'??ys?? tha'the rchjes pot ?belieWt"Mr. IWUWMW #Nfw^vi ' r .? any o' her mau," giving aid and c itnfbrc to I the rebellion.