Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, February 19, 1868, Image 2

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South Carolina Radical Negro Conven tion. TWENTY-THIRD DAY. CllARMATON, Feb. ll. Th? C jiiveuiiou assembled at half-pant ten A. M. Pr?sident, A. G. Mackey. Prayer by tLe Kev. Jos. ll. Ruiner. The roll ?as called, and a quorum answer in-; to their nunns, the President announced the Convention ready to proceed to business. Thi' Journal of Monday was read aud ap proved. Mr. D.il offered absolution authorizing the Pr**ideut ol the Convention to request Gene lal Cadby to draw from thc State Treasury a sufficient amount of Bills Receivable to pay tho members the amount of their mileage on Saturday next, ?.t 3 P. M. ! it. C. DeLargfc moved to lay t ue motton on th?; table which was carried. J. J. Wright moved tu take up the unfin ii>hcd bu iues-s ut'j eiterday, which was carried. The President unuounoed the uuliuidhcd bu>iuess toi be the (*il of tue yeas and naya un ihe questiou of stnkiug out th?; 23J Sec t on of the Bill of Rights, which reads as follows : "Section 23d. Treason against the State M'IUII consist iu iovyiug war against the s&me or in adhering to its enemies giving them lid aud comfort; uo person shall bc convicted of it ca-u J, unless uu the testimony of two wit nesses tu tue SU.U10 overt act, o:- on confession in open court." Mr. Whittemoro moved to .-.uspend the cal ling o? the yeas and nays. k\ L. Ca; doz i hoped not, as Lhere had al ready been sutlieieut discusi?n ou tho subject. Mr. Whittem re sa d that there had ocen a great deal of caucusing ou tiuis matter nineo adjournment. He had uo desire to retain in tue Bill of Rights anything detrimental tu the people of the State, but he toought argu moms couid be brought forward to show t?Y.t thu people of the State could not be injured bv tue introduction and retention cf this clause. . The President stated all debite after the call for ayos and nays was out of order. The yeas and nays were then taken and re sal :ed aa follows : xeayu SOj Nays 15. Mr. X. G. Pai kcr, Chairman of the Finance Cotnuiiiiee/st?toJ that it was well known to tho members, that thc money ($30,000) io puy their per diem Lad arrived, a.id they also knew iu what manner it was to be received aud paid out. Ile therefore moved that the House du now adjourn to attend to that business. Un the motion bejng put, it was lost. Mr. E. W. M. Mackey moved ttiat when the house adjourn, it adj mm at half-past twelve o'clock. Mr. Parker moved to amend by. making it hu.fuast eleveu u'clock. lue question.being taken or. the original tn otu) ;i, it was lost, aud the amendment adopted. i he Convention then adjourned. TWENTY Et? U HT ll DA?, CHARLESTON, Fob. 12. The Convention met at half past ll) o'clock A. M. and was op-ucd wi:h prayer by Rsv. B. b\ Wtiittemon-. Tue roll was called and a quorum Lund present. The President presented a. memorial from thtf Reconstruction Convention Of Georgia, re commending t.;at Congress b-; petitioned by the several Conventions now L. sos--iou to HQ vauce a loan ot iiiilU.UUU.OUO to the ph.:.teri of the S >uth. The memorial Was referred tu the Committee on Petitions. Air. Parker moved tha:, in the absence of Mr. Boozer, who was likely tu bc a*"ay for the balance of the session, a Chairmau bo appointed to the Committee on Miscellaneous Provisions of tho Constitution. Wright thought no such necessity existed, ?4 the next member ou ihe Committee would properly oecupy the place of the absent Chair man. On motion, the motion of Mr. Parker was tabled. Sections 24, 25, 2?, 27,2^,20,30, 31,32 and :;j of the Bill of Rights were, after a prolonged but un-interesting debate, passed to a third reading, in tho following words ; Section 24. Ail persons have u right to be secure from unreasonable searches or seizures13 of their pei.sous, houses, paper? or possessions/ All warrants shall be by affirmation or oath, and the order, iu the warrant, to a civil offi cer, to make search in soapected places, or to arrest one or more suspected persons, or to seizj their property, shall be accompanied with a special designation of the persms or objects of search, arrestor seizure; and no warrant shall be issued but ia cases and with the formalities prescribed by the laws. Sectio i 25. Private property shall not bo taken'br applied for public use of corpora tions, without the consent of the owner or a j usc compensation being made therefore ; Pro vided, however, that laws may be made secur ing to persons or corporations the right of way over the lands of other persons, and for works of internal improvement the right to establish depots, stations, turnouts, etc., but a just compensation, in all cases, shall be first made to the owner. Sccton 2G. The power of suspending the laws, or tho execution of the laws, ought never to be exercised but by the L-gislature, or by authority derived therefrom to be exercised in sucn particular caso* only as the L gislature shall expressly provide for. Section 27. No person shall, in anv case, be subject to law martial, or to any pains or penalties therefrom by virtue of that law, ex cept those employed in the army or navy, aud except thu militia iu actual service, but by authority of the Legislature. Section 28. The Legislative, Executive and Judicial powers of thc Government, shall ever be separate, and dis?nct.fwm each other, and no pcrsori or persons, exercising thc functions of one of the said Departments, shall aasumj or discharge thc duties of any other. Section 29. Thc Legislature ought frequent ly to assemble for thc redre-s of gricvauces, and for making new k.ws as tbe commou good may require. Section 30. The people have a right to keep and bear arm* fer the common defence. As in times of peace, annies are dangerous to liberty, they shall not be maintained with out the consent of the Legislature. Thc mil itary power shall always bo bald in exact subordination to the civil authority and be governed by it. " Section 31. In tima of peace no soldier ought to be quartered in any house without the cousent of the owner, aud, in time of war, such quarters ought not to be made but in a inanuer prescribed by law. Section 32. No person who conscientiously fcC.upIes to heir arms shall be compelled so to do, but shall pay an equivalent for porsonal service. Section 33. AU elections shall be free and open and every inhabitant of this common wealth possessing the qualifications provided for iu this constitution, shall have an equal right to elect officers and to be elected to fill public offices. Thc Convention then adjourned. TWENTY-FIFTH DAY. CHARLESTON-, Feb. 12. - Thc proceedings on this day, apart from ro:*sideration of cerUi.i sections of the Bill ul Rights, may be gathered from the following, concerning the abolubirg of the Districts and otber matters. Mr. N. (i. Parker offered a resolution re questing Geuerul Canby tq abolish the Dis trict Courts of the State, and to declare va cant all otlices connected therewith. Mr. T. J. Robertson said he held in his hand a petition signed by nearly every mem ber of the Convention, asking General Canby to abolish th? District Courts, and to dismiss from their offices the Judges and all the offi cers connected with that Court. These District Courts he regarded aa the oil'?pring of the infernal c:de adopted by the Lej?isiatnre in 1805, a code only intended to punish the colored people. These Courts also discriminated against tho poor. No person c luld bring a suit in them against another unless a deposit is made in advance to meet the cost?. A person nuable to make this ad v mee is debarred the privileges of the Court and the. rights he should enjoy in common wich the more fortunate and wealthy. He . also knew that moat of the Judges of tba Dis trict Courts elected by tbe ?egislatwe of 1865, are unfriendly to the colored people and opposed in toto to the Reconstruction Ac's ot'Cougress. Thoir prtjudiees are so bitter that it is impossible for ihe colored man to obtain justice. Th??c Courts tire now in SO*si'>ti in the dif ferent country districts eviry ?aret-k, and col ored persons are being tried, convicted and .tent to the penitentiary on thc most trivial otfeuces. li was upon these grounds, and in the petformance ol what he felt to be his du ty, that he had drawn a petition requesting General Granby to abolish the District Courts ol the State. Mr. Donaldson asked what disposition the gentleman proposed to make of the vast amount of business now in litigation in tho D strict Courts. Mr. Robertson said Le wouid let it lay over until the establishment of a souud loyul Gov ernment, ?jome men :r.igbt bi- kept in jail a little longer awaiting the de cision of a Court to try tb? onY.nce, but it would be better tor them to remain there a little time thnn to be sjut to the penitentiary. Mr. LL s.ie asked Mr. Robertson to amend the petition by making the request of General 'Cunby to dismiss the Judge*, not to abolish the Courts. Ile doubted whether General Dinby had any authority to abolish the Court. Mr. Robertson declined to accept the pro posed amendment. li. C. DcLarge moved that the resolution aud petition be reierred to the Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions to report to morrow. He did not wish to see this matter rushed through in favor of abolishing the Courts. Tue Convention refusing to refer and the question being pul on the original motion, it was adopted. Mr. Le-sim desired to have his name re corded as voting " no." -Mr. li. F. Whiltemore introduced two pro posed additional, sections to the Constitution in reference to amendments to the Constitu tion by the General Assembly and their rati licaliou by the people. All amendments agreed upou by two-thirds of the members ot the Geueral Assembly, after being read three times in each house, are to be submitted to the people, and if ratiiied by a majority of qualified electors they are to become parts of tne Constitution. Every fifteen years the Ley:i>lature is to submit the question of a general revision of the Constitution to the people. H. E. Hayne offered the following, which waa referred to the Committee on Petilious: 'Resolved, That this Convention petitions Congress tor the removal of the disabilities of such per.-ons in this State who accept iu good lath the Reconstruction Acts of Congress and thc Constitution of the Cn i ted States as amended. Mr. Runion offered a resolution in relation tu the permanent printing of the Journal, and fixing the number of copies at one thou sa id, which was lost. U. ll. Cain ifiered the following, which wan adopted : Resolved, That the Committee on Petitions be hereby requested to report this house, at one o'clock tomorrow, the preamble and resolutions relative to petitioning Congress for a grant of ?ljOOO.OOU, to be appropriated to thc purchase of lands in this Slate. Mr. Chamberlain eiferet) a resolution, whic' wa-, adopted, requesting the President io ioi ward to General Oauby. without delay, a copy Of the resolution i:i relation tb the District Courts, adopted by the house to-day. Dr- J. L. NCA-CM presented the petition of sundry citizen* of Anderson Di-triet, iu rel erehc'e'Vo the d:\ition of that district, which was referred tu tho Committee on the Legis lative part of the Constitution. Mr. C. C. Rowen offered a resolution that General Cunby be requested to enforce the Ordinance of the Convention declaring null and void all coutracts for slaven, until such time as the State is reconstructed. Mr. Bjweu said that cases of this character were Oeing tried now before the Court ol Equity, in which it had been said the ordi nance had no binding effect. The resolution was adopted. J. J. Wiight called for the second reading of the report of the Committee on the Leg UJative part of the Constitution. The report was taken up and Sections 1, 2. 3, 4, 5, Dj 7, 8, 8, IO, read a second time, jail of which, with th? exception ol No. Ii, "which was recommitted to the Legislative Committee, to alter in a?cordance with the ordinance adopted by the Convention dividing Bickens District, passed to a third reading. The 11th Section received ita second read ing, and pending its consideration the Con vokion adjourned. TWENTY-SIXTH DAT. CHARLESTON, Feb. 14. The Convention assembled at half-past 10 A. M., and was cailed to order by the Presi dent, A. G. Mi key. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Wm. Dor rington, (colored.) The roll waa called and a quorum answer ing to their names, the President announced the Convention ready to proceed to business. Mr. C. C. Bowen moved a reconsideration of the 8th section, which is as follow*: Section H. The Senate shall be composed of one member from each county, to be elected for thc term of four years, by the qualified voters of the State, in thc same manner by which members of thc House of Representa tives are chosen. Thc motion was carried. Mr. Bowen said a proposition bad been made to change thc names of the districts in to countica, aud Charleston would, therefore, become a county. Heretofore Charleston had always been entitled to two Senators when she was only an election district. Now thc Convention proposed to make the city a coun ty, and the section read, that eacb county .mall bc entitled to but one Senator. No mat ter how great a populatiou Charleston might have, she would bc entitled to but one Sena tor. Any other district or county having sufficient territory could bc divided and im mediately obtain another Senator. It was apparent to every gentleman upon the floor lhat thc City of Charleston never rau bc di vided into two counties. Take the case of Bickens District which had been recently di vided, lt now becomes two counties and gets two Senators. Ile would niuke a motion, which, upon the principles of equity aud jus tice, he thought, when they came to consider it, there would be no difficulty in adding au amendment to the section. He moved to add i '. Except Charleston, which shall be al lowed two Senators." ' After this, followed long and elaborate do bate of the question, thc most scmible and prominent men in the Convention warmly ad vocating the amendment allowing Charleston two senators ; and upon the ayes and uays being taken, the amendment was adopted by fifty live ayes to fifty one nays. The eighth section then pushed to its third reading. The President announced that thc hour for tho special order had arrived. The special order being the report of the committee on petition to Congress for tho loan of ft 1,000, U0O for the purchase ol'lands, waa taken up. Mr. W. E. R.se read the report which re commended that the prayer of the pctitiou be granted, and that the President be requested to forward a copy of the preamble and resolu tions to Congress at as early a day as practi cable Charles D. Hayne moved that the report be adopted, Mr. Leslie obtained tho floor and opposed thc adoption of the report ou the ground that the memorial or petition to Congress for a loan in the present condition of the treasury, and finances of the country, would be unsuc cessful, and raise expectations among the colored people tLat would rever be realized. R. H. Cain replied and said : It was a mea sure which would give immediate relief to thc thousands of freed people who now have no lands of their own. It wi" be a means of encouraging them to industry if tho petition be granted by Con gress. It will bethe means of meeting one of the ersat vants of the present among the poor. It will lay the foundation for the fu ture prosperity of tho country as no other measure will at this time, because it will bring about a reconciliation in the minds of thou sands of these helpless people, which nothing else can. This rae?Kure, if carried o?t, will bring capital to the State and stimulate the poor to renewed efforts io Hie, such as they never have ?ad before? J Suah a measure will give to the landhold ers relief from their embarrassments finan cially, and enable them to get fair compensa tion'for their lands. Il will relieve the Government of tho res ponsibility of taking care of the- thousands who now aw fed at the Commissaries and fos tered in laziness. If adopted by the Government it will save the Stale from untold expenses, in taking care, of paupers and convicts-made such hy rea son of not haying an opportunity to procure homes for" themselves, and Lave resorted to thieving, as a menus of support. The discussion was continued up to half pact 2 o'clock when the Convention adjourned. THE ADVERTISER. JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, FEB. IO, 18C8. Our Club Hates. We are now furnishing thc ADVERTISER to Clubs at the following very low rates: Two Copies one Year, $5.50. Five Copies one Year, 12 50. Ten Copies ono Year, 22.50. Twenty Copies one Year, 40.00. No Clubs rcecired for a loss period than ono year,-and in all cases the Cash will be required in advance. The names of tho entire Club must be sont at ono time. Advertiser Agents. The following gcr?flemon are our authorized Agents, and will receipt for all monies for Sub scriptions or Advertisements sent through them : B. W. HARD, Gr.tnitev.illo, S. C.. Mi M. PADGETT, Minc Crook, S. C. CHAS. NK-KKRSON, Big Creek, S. C. Rov. J. P. BODIK, Kirkley** X R'ds, S. C. JACOB HOIST i Bro. Huiot's Store, S. C. Tho. Right Kev. Ignatius P?rsico, D . D. This prelate of tho Roman Catholic Chuich, who held divine service in c-ur town on Sunday last, is an Italian, and hos, wo ir? informed, labored sinco his early manhood in India and Hiodoostan. His clerical rank is high, ho being Bishop of GratiaaopoliB and ex-Vicar Apostolic of Hindoo stan. For the improvement, of his boaltb, as well as/If we are correctly informed, on account of some political troublo in Italy, be is now in America. We aro glad to nnnounce that ho will preach in EJgefield on the third Sunday of every month. Bishop P?RSICO is a man of tho widest travel, of vast and wonderful experience, and of great learning. On Sunday last his Church was densely crowded with earnest listoncrs ; and his discourse, upon " Evidences of Christianity," was able nndinteresting. He prottched, most faithfullv, Christ the Foundation Stunt ; and no individual, ?et bim bc of whatever creed bo maj-, could havo taken exception to a singlo word or thought. Plenty of Suing. On Monday, March 2nd, will begin tho Spring Term ot tho Court of Common Picas and General Scssio: s for Edgellebl District. Saturday last was Return Day. Moro than three hundred Writs have been returned. Here's Your Mau. That is ho is the man lor you if you wkh to buy or soil Real Estuto ia Rd gefiel?! District. We mean JOHN L. ADDISON. Esq. See his card, beaded .'Real Estate'Ag-ney." Ag a practical lawyer, an experienced un J . far-seeing business man, and a gentleman of h'ghest probity, Mr. ADDISON is too well known in his native District to need any endorsomout at our hands. Changed Hands. The Grocery Store of Mr. A. A. GLOVER, a! the corner below Mr. B. C. BRYAN'S. This popu lar establishment of our town bus passed into tho proprietorship of Mr. W. A. GLOVER, who will have ever reody for bis customers, aud at prices most reasonablo, Every Varioty of Family Groceries. The advertisement handed us by Mr. G LO vu ii will appear in our nett issue. A Model Livery Stable. That of CONWAY A TURNER in Augusta. And if all EdgeGeld are not acquainted with this fact, it is high time, for their own ialeresi's sake, that they should be. And, quits apart from the gen oral and absolute merits of this popular Stable, it should bc homo in mind that tho " TURNER" of the firm is our staunch and honest fellow-citi zen of Saluda, known to his frionds os " STARLIN." And if a bettor man than "STARLIN," taken ir. rear, in front, or on either flank, can be found, we should liko to behold him. Certain are we that no man bas more friends-or stronger one?. As to the way in which horses are taken care of at CONWAY A TURNER'S, WC have only to say, on a cold, frosty morning, we raw the em; .oyoes there warming the bits before putting them into tho mouths of the auimals. And when they ?lo this, you may bc suro they do everything else they ought to. And at this Stable too you may always sec thc finest horses in Georgia, and, if you wish, trade for one-or two-or a dozen. Tho CONWAY A TortXXR Establishment is vory-.ncar several other first-class institutions : to wit, the Planters Hotel, and tho Dry Goods Palaco ol Richards A Rrothors. If wo mistake not, it is uluiost immediately in roar of Richards A Brothers. Thc Place Yon Get Your Wouey Back. Mr. PEMBI.?'3 Seed Store in Augusta! Really Mr. PKMULE is so intelligent and experienced ? mun in Gardening and Horticulture, and gives you, while you purchase your Seeds, ro mu-:h useful information and instruction, that you scorn to get your money back boforo you have even planted or sown. His Shop is tnt Wathington Streut, only u few stops from Broad ; turn tho corner below Hyams' and Mrs. Frederick's, and you will seo the sign of the Augusta Seed Store. And a complete thing is this ?arno Seed Store. Mr. PKMBLE keeps strictly up with the times, and of all tho latert improvements in Seeds and Varieties he is want ing in none. And now is tho time to buy. Do not stick too closely to your ol?-timo seeds and vegetables. Tho world moves in this respectas iu all others. But go to PKVBLE'S and get now things. Be it old or new, however, PEVBLE will have it. And, of a surety, you will never find a pleasanter gentleman-to deal w th. Important to Medical Students. Or thoso intending to becoino SD. Tho Faculty of that Invaluablo Institution in our neigbbotiog city of Augusta, the Medical Collego of Goorgin, have decided to establish a Sumner or Prepara tory School, in addition to thc regular course. This couse will be strictly elementary, and the Biodo of teaching rather acudomk than otherwise. Tho daily exorcises will consist of three recita tions of ono hour each, from Mot day to Friday of each woek, tho afternoon being dovoted to dis section, clinical exercises, and service at tho Dis pensary. * This Summor Term will commouco on Monday, Otb of April, and end on Friday, 3rd July, 1SGS. Foes, for tho course, $50,00 in ndvanco. No charge for Matriculation Ticket No Dogrecs will be conferred. In presenting this additional facility for the thorough preparation aud instruction of moJical students, the Faculty deem it unnecessary to du moro than advert to tho ologibility of Augusta for such ?i school. Thoy " are suro that devotion to study during tho delightful months of April May and Jeno, under this system, will secure more bonofit to the student than twelve months' super vision by a proc?ptor as ordinarily practisod." . How Was lt? What mado Barnum and Girard rich ? Adver tising. What sold our Government bond's ? Jay Cook's advertising. What made Bonner's Ledger ? Advertising. Whut made Stewart'n fortune ? Ad vertising. What sold 210,000 tickets bl tho Cros by Opera-house scheme? Advertising. Then what should inorchants do ? Advertise. jt??-"Tell me, ye angelic hosts, yo messen gers of Jove, shall swindled printers here below have no redress above r Tho shining angel bond replied, tu us is knowledge given; delinquents on tho.pr intel's bPQk caa sorer eater heaven." Exposing Ignorance and Repelling Defamation. On oar first page will bo found; a very truthful and timely loiter from one of our most intelligent and widely-known fellow-citizens, one whose high character, clear understanding and long experi ence entitle him to an attentive hearing-Dr. II. R. COOK of Beech Island. This letter is address ?d to Gen. SCOTT, of tho .Freedmen'* Bureau for South Carolina. Soino two or three montes ago, it will bo remembered, this officer issuad a Circular Letter to tho Planters and Freedmen of our State. Dr. COOK, we know, has been serious ly unwell for a long time past; else wo have no doubt bis attention would have been attracted to this matter sooner. Perhaps this' lotter of Gen. Scott was well meant, and doubtless the Freedmen were satisfied with it ; but as regards the white people, they could only look upon it aa a pop-gun of prejudice." Of course tho sad experienco of Dr. COOK is that of nine out ten of our planters and farmers. Sambo, most undoubtedly, has an ungovernable tendency to advance backwards, unless he is kept moving by a fire in his rear. It is jost os neces sary for uogryes, individually or collectively, to have aa absolute ruler as for a suit of spades to have an ace. 'And in this same pitiful Freedmen's Bureau there ure many sleek and woll fed gentlemen who have done little clso than make of the South a hell upon earth for tho last three years, pretending that they can only serve. Philanthropy and the Prince of Peace by prolonging strifo horol Hero and here alone, and only by violating tho consti tutions of these States, can these most dovoutly isintercstcd philanthropists fulfill , thoir divine commission! Whotbcr they aro to'be pitiod for stupidity, orcredited wi(h arrant hypocrisy, let unwarped and . intelligent men judge. If Edgefield Hus Tears, Let Her Shed Them Now.. For a distinguished son of ber's bas fallon met ingloriously! Aaron Alpeoria Bradley-orator,, patriot, law-giver, lawyer, niggor! Who has not read lately of Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, the loud mouthed and blatant yunkce-nigger lawyer, who, for almost a year past, has beon the instigator of a monthly riot in or near Savannah ? And whom tho niggers, black aud whito, of Chatham county, ia which lies the above mentioucd unfortunate and much-defiled city, finally sent us a delegate to tho Great Ringed-Strcaked-and-Striped of Georgia? And wb ) has cut such fantastic tricks boforo tho milk and-molasscs face of the said Streakcd-and Striped as to cause bis constituents and brother delegates to weep? At first, Aaron Alpcoria's brother delegates wept in sorrow, bat more latter ly tbey hayo wept in auger; aad the upshot of the matter is that they have risen io their outruged might and majesty, and by a unanimous vote, ex pelled Aaron Alpeoria from thu Ringed-Strcaked and Striped. This outrage to*a sun of Edgefield was perpetrated on.j last week. But^aron Al peoria ha-' >haved very badly. So badly that old ?core? a raked up agaiust bim. And ono of these old scores was Ibis. Our fingers blush , like radishes as wc recbrd it! That, seventeen years agu; in or ab jut New York, Aaron Alpooria seduced a wouiau, und was tried therefor by a Brooklyn Court, and found guilty, and incarcera ted in the Stato Prison two years. We really do not know what waa the Hclual result of thc inves tigation : whether our Aaron Alpeoria.WAS proved to he Aaron the seducer or not. But during the investigation, the Streaked-and.Striped was A '"earful Vesuvius ; the blacks, and the tans, ami the zelluus, aud the white livers rugTd together most furiously and said many vain thing/. And Aaron Alpooriu's friends shed insults like cabbur leave? shed rain drops. And as for Aaron Alpeo ria himself, bo was a wbolo cabbage, and tho in* suits rolled from him like a mountain torrent And the Ringed Strenkcd-und.Striped could not uor would not sta'ad it. And tboy rose and ejected bim. And ho went his way-sadder and perhaps wisor. But who knows ? For truly Aaron Alpo oria docs not seem to bo easily squelched. But how about Aaron Alpeoria being a son of Edgefield ? Well, iu one of thc volcanic speeches made in Aaron Alpeoria's bohalf, the speaker af firmed that Aaron Alpeoria was born in?dg*fielJ. South Carolina. When wo road it wt/j^p-iil with amazomont and snorted with incredulity. And we set ourselves to work to ferret out the mattel . And it turns out that Aaron Alpeoria is really au old fashioned "Simkins nigger." That many yoar? ago, bo nod from from Edgefield and from hts owner, the late Col. ELDRED SIMKINS, father of Col. ARTHUR SIMKINS, for so many years the honored oditor of this paper. Freedmen of the* Simkins family, still living herc, seem to know all about tho mattor. Shall wc march into Georgia, as the English ure marching into Abyssinia, and punish tho llinged-Strcukcd-and-Strlpcd for its brazen au dacity? Is the President .Meditating a Coup d'Etat? A telegraphic dispatch from Washington of February 13th is to tho following effect: The President nominated for distiugui'ed cour age, skill and ability displayed during the war of tho rebellion, Gen. Wm. T. Sherman to be Gen eral of thu armies of tho United States by brevet. And another, dated February 14th, is af. follows : The President was asked by the Senute whethor he had created a now military department here, and under what law ? And another, dated, dated February 13tb, sj". * ks thus : It is stated Shorman telegraphs regretting his nomination and deprecating hi) confirmation as Brevet Goneral, expressing a disinclination tn assume tho command of tne now division, with headquarters at Washington. Tho first dispatch says nothing about tho crea .lion, by thc President, o? a now Military Division with headquarters nt Washington ; but, judging from thc query of the Senate and from Gen. Sherman's dsispatb, such must bc thc case. And no matter what tbc President intends, it seems that Sherman is about to fail him. Tho great Ulyssos ba.? been tried and found utterly wuutiug; un i the great Tecumseh is following in his foot steps. The lattor, however, has not told any mis erable lies as yet. All this looks as if matters at Washington were hastening to a crisis. Tho sooner tho better. Or, at all events, things could scarcely, under any ciieumstances, go woreo. -? ? ? " There's A Lie Out." In August last, when President Johnson sus pended Stanton, Secretary of War, and moro than onco thereafter, Geni. Grant., who assumed the War Office, promised and pledged himself to the President that in case tho Senate should, by a vote, restore Stanton, he, Grant, would notyiold thc ullico tu Stanton ; and further, that if be did nut retain it h niseif, bo would rcsturo it to tho President. These pledges, as is now veil known to the public, were reuewed up to the Saturday before tho Senate voted Stanton back into the War Department, which took placo on Monday. No sooner, howevor, was Grant notified of the pro ceedings of tho Senate, than, without even seeing tho President, or having the slightest communica tion with him in any way, bo restored tho offico to Stanton. Never was one man more shamefully deceived and betrayed by another than Prtsidont Johnson by Grunt. Nor were those pledges given by Grant privately, but beforo most of the mem bors of the Cabinet, some of whom have testified to this cuecL Tho lengthy correspondence botwoon tho Presi dent and Grant on this subject bas- been called ?.r by Congress, and is being published by the press fur and near. Wo huvo not room for it. It makes the Prcfident np* ar a good deal like un old sim ''-.on, and uoubtcdly proves Grant to boa wreu cu, weak-minded, characterless, Radical pimp. The letters of the latter maintain, with indecent hardihood, that tho charge? of perfidy against him are misrepresentations. But hu docs nut clear his skirts. There is a lie out, and it ii clear that Grant han told it. Tho Radicals havo becu in sore travail fur a IVcsidontial candidate, and, casting their cy.os upon Grant, they have rc. quired him to perform como striking and signal act which they might take us a test of bis fidelity. This act Grant has pcrformod ; and proved him eolf both knave and fool ia tho performance. t^^SWmmVM*mm*mmiiem*mvmvm*mvm*vmm?KnmmwmsimsW*UWUWSWB The Abyssinian King and the Abys- j sintan War. In Africa, at tho Southern extremity of tho ! ? Red Sea, Hes the ancientand powurful kingdom , of Abyssinia. Its present king is ono Theodoro or Thoodorns ; and he is a bad man. Soon after' | Queer, Victoria became a widow, this Theodore i conceived the tender dosign of becoming tho sue- i cessor of thc lntnentatcd Prince Albert," and ac cordingly made formal matrimonial proposals to 1 tho rojal widow. At first the Miijosty of Britain ? took no notk-o of these proposals, but upon their being renewed and urged, she indignantly and contemptuously repelled them. Whereupon, Theodore gathered up the British subjects who happened at tho timo to bc driving their fortunes in his realm, and declared that their lives should pay the forfeit of their Queen's unreasonable pride. This happened ci~ht or ton months ago; and tho hapless captives, although not sacrificed, are ?tili immured ia the tyrant's duogoous at Magdala, a far interior town. Well, wo do not know whethor Thoodore really seized upon thoso Englishmen becauso Queen Vic toria refused to become- his wife, or not. Per haps that was only a nowspapor joko. Bat it is certain that ho has seized upon thom and holds them as captives ut Magdala. And as Le makes nothing of cutting off thc beads of his own sub jects by tho tens of thousands, these enterprising JOHN Bulls may be pleasantly gobblod up any fino day. But, in thc meantime, tho British Lion has be come rampant, and tho British government has sent a large army to punish thc truculent Theo dore, and rescue the captives. Most of tbii force has gone from the Queeu'e East Indian province?, from whoncc, through tho Straits of Bab el Man deb, leading from the South Pacific Ocean into tho Rod Sea, tho voyago is cosy. Muny regi ments, however, have also gone from England itself. The commander of the expedition is Sir Robert Nupicr. The place of disembarking the troops is Anncs'y Bay, in tho Red Sea, on the Eastern coast of Abyssinia. Thodore, with his army, is in the heart of the country, and thc English forces must penetrate far into tho interior to reach him'. So disaffectod arc his subjects and tributary princes, and SJ ril ling are they to give aid in overthrowing the re morseless tyrant, that tho British government is in high and reasonable lopoof a compaign " short, sharp and decisive." As yet, tho British army has not fairly commenced its maroh into the in terior of Abyssinia. Below, will bo found an interesting portrait of tho amiable Theodore : His appearance WHB that of a man about forty five, of middling stature, and possessed of a well knit but not over-powerful frame, conveying more the idea of being tough nnd wiry thau of strong physical developments. His complexion is dark, approaching to black, but be bas nothing of the negro av.out I?TOI. H|> features uro altogether those of a European. His bead is well formed, and bis bair is arranged in large plaits extending back from the forehead. Thc forehead is high, and tends to bc prominent. His cy > is black, lull of fire, quick and piercing. His nose has a little of the Roman about it, being slightly arched and pointed. His mouth is perfect, and the imit?, which during the convorsatiotfemitinuully played upon it, was exceedingly ugreeable, I may say fascinating. He bas very little moustache or board. His manner was peculiarly pleasant, gra cious, and even polite, and his general expression, even when his features were at rest, wu? ono of intelligence und benevolence. On thc whole, tho physiognomist nould lind no truce of tierce pas sion except in (he lightning glance of bis eye. I watched for the-keen shot of light coming from them at times, and reflected upon wbat he could bo cnpablo of, but they did not strike me ns treacherous eyos. I folt that ho could act suvugo ly under irritation. ? ? ? -- The New Reconstruction Bill. Tho new Reconstruction' Bill, tho extreme cli max of usurpation and fanatical revenge, which originated with the House Committee (and which proposes to deprivo tho President of all power to further " oppose" the Congressional, scheme of Reconstruction, and to devolve his pres ent powers upon Gen. GRAST, aa Geueral-in-cbicf of the army, thereby making the lattor unbridled Dictator over tho Southern State*) vus passed hy the House, as wo havo already announced, nftor soveral days debate, on January 21st, by a vote of' 124 yeas to 45 mys-enough lo curry it over a veto by tho president. This Bill was promptly introduced, on January 22, in tho Senate; but up to the present time, although it has boen, and is still being, thoroughly debated, no action has been Ukon on it When it is finally passod in full, as it doubtless will be, thc time will have nrrived for President JOHNSON to bring his quarrel with Congress to a crisis, by boldly refusing to' execute this new re construction law, or to sub'ide quietly-bound h ind and foot, and sold to the Philistiuos. . -? ? ? i A-Famous South-Western Paper. Perhaps no journal in all Amerl 't is more widely known and admired than the Mobile Ad vertiser <t Register. Lately, this paper has passed f.-om tho proj r'.etorship of-CLAKB E.*q , into that of W. D. MANX Esq., nnd has dropped from its name the "Advertiser." At present it is sim ply " The Mobile Register." But its Editor is still thd same-Hon. JOHN* FORSYTH-statesman, scholar, gentleman, wit. The Register is not only a vehiclo of the vastest and most varied informa tion ; but is so conducted us to refino the tasto of every reader. Indeed we could not name a more invaluable instrument in the education of the younger mombcrs of a family than thc Mohiie Register. Rarely, in fact, will you And ignorant children whore such a newspaper as this is reud daily or weekly. To subscribers in this part of the world, we should recommend the Weekly Register. Terms: ono year, $5.00. Six months, $3 00. JSif' An rcronaut went up from tho City of Mexico in Christmas morning in a hot air balloon. He struck a cold current, ibich chilled bis appa ratus and sent him down rapidly and broke his bones. ?3f It is said that tho most distinguished fashion writer of P.iris is an old woman who lives in an attic, smokes a short pipe, woars a yellow bandana round ho hoad and signs horself "Coun tess." ??3r True love is a natural sacrament; and if over a young man thanks God for having saved what is good and, noble in his soul it is whon ho thinks of offering.it,tho lady ho loves. jEST NearnSberman, Texas, recently, Mrs. Betty, a widow lady, met her death in a most singular manner. She was in the act of get ting on a horse, when a common sewing need die, which struck in her dress caught in thc saddle and was driven in her body near her breast, slightly piercing hor heart. She liv ed only about half an hour. ?gyThe Mongrel Convention of Georgia lately spent four hours debating about an en quiry whether ono of its members had been in the Stato's Prison. A more sensible enqui ry would be, whether they all do not deserve to be in the State's Prison.-Day Book. J?* The infant of a poor flower woman di?d rm tts mother's arm while she was ped dling her bouquets on the streets of London, starved to death. -i-?.-.>- ? STILT, SO GENTLY G'KR MK STEALING. Co rimiasioner Rollins offered a reward of $300 for such informnlion ns would lead to the detection of any illicit still and the con viction of the proprietors. Sharp Yankees have been putting up $30 stills, and then in forming the authorities and obtaining the re ward. This is the latest on tho revenue. -? st ?-: GEORGIA RADICAL NEGRO CONVENTION. ATLANTA, Feb. 12, p. m.-Aaron Alpeoria Bradley (negro) was, by a unanimous vote, expelled to-day for gross insults offered the Convention. The third section of the Franchise Com mittee's report, which proposed to disfran chise until January 1st, 1869, all who can't register under the Sherman Bill, was defeat- i ed by the adoption of Miller's substitute. : This disfranchises only tlwe convicted of j treason, embezzlement of public fundu, n\al- : feasance in office, crime punishable by law 1 w.iu imprisonment in the Penitentiary, of br.b'ng, i^ta. and insane-yeas 114, naya j lo-tour-fifths of the negroes roting in tho j. affirmative, j j Washington News. The Wu.3u:u?t-ju Cor espondent of the Au ?udt? Cluonicle & Sentinel) says, unlcc date if Februiry 1 lib : Stupidity, when fouiid the inherent attri bute of a negro cart-driver or a Jiodd-carrier, ts excusable; but when found to be one of tho ^tribute; of tho Generul-in Chief of the Americai; armies and the aspirant of Presi dential honors, it is not only inexcusable, but humiliatingly mortifying to the sensibilities of every well-tbiiiking man claiming to be a cit izen of thc States of this Union. The developments of the recent Grant Johnson cmbroglio has covered the former with shame and confusion.. The Intelligencer. of ibis city, h?s well said thar, " be stands to day charged (and the charges, proven out of the mouths of half a dozen witnesses.) with what, stains bis rfpntation as an officer und a gentleman." And yet he bas so fast ened hioiiielf upon thc skirts of the Radical party by MQ receut manifestations of his pe cuZiarfituoss as a leader and standard bearer, that they cannot, if they would, shake him off. They would, doubtless, ho glad to do so, but this neither Grant nor his friends will now permit, mid to cover up thc duplicity or perfidy of his course a-td conduct toward the President, they arc now crying, " stop thief," by denouncing tho developments made by the President at the instance of the House of Representatives, ':as an infamous outrage on our soldiers." In alluding to this fact, says the editor of " my two papers, both dailies,-' that: " When wc recollect that without the sol dier thus assailed, thc rebellion would have iriumphed. and thc Government of the United States wo::ld have be -n destroyed and sup plaut.'d by that of slave conspirators, we have the reason for this savage malevolence " " Savage malevolence" indeed I to convict a man out of his" own mouth of duplicity and double dealing, and more the shame when a man and tn acknowledged soldier in high place ?3 guilty of so. undignified-not to say base-treachery to his superior. But in all this, Pres dent Johnson stands today the champion of truth, and his garment* are un stained b} ywtact with the Major General and his pimp,-li. M. Stanton, the so called Secre tary of -War. This undignified controversy which has sprung up betv, .en General Grant and the President, and which now occupies so much public attention, bares- all the ear works of tho would-be Secretary of War, and Grant's stupidity has so far blinded him to the base usc to which Stanton has been manipulating him, that h?3 shame aud humiliation i* now visible in every lineage of his countenance. But treachery, however criminal, is a prere quisite-a .'.'.te qua non-to the favor and con fidence of the Radical party. This fact, I have no doubt, was impressively forced upon the Generals convictions, and he has acted accordingly. The impeachment Investigation Commit tee of thc Mouse have taken this matter un der their sp-u-d supervision, and thc Presi dent is to be imi/Oached becauso he refused to recognize Mr. Stan'on as Secretary of War. This is but another cry of " catch thief.'1 But the country has bec imo familiar with this cry of " wolf," uutil they have no longer any fears for thc safety of the sheepfold, We shall, there/ore,li sec what we shalUee." -? * ? Two RESOLUTE SLAVES.-We have in thia village a man and woman, both of whom de clare that they arestill slaves ; that thoy have never becu und never can be set frise until their masters are paid for them or set theni ?ree ot" their own accord. Thc man is a cook (or Mr. K, and thc womau a seamstress for Mrs. 1?. both ure excellent servants, very industrious aud seldom seen on tho street. By others o:' their own color they are called contemptuously "senesh niggers," They do not mind this, bu: persist in telling their black acquaintances that not ono of, them is free, bat that all of them have been stolen by the Yankees:. These determined slaves me not connected w-tb er.ch other by blood or mar riage, and formed a common opinion in re gard to their stains when they were hun dreds-of miles ??put.-Native Virginian. One of thc ancients being a-.ked what is t'ic usfe of philosophy, rep ied : " To enable rr.? to live with myself." lie who is not able to live happily with himself is not much of a man, and sue who sighs cf loneliness gives good evidence of her feebleness as a woman." .'Stand onto: my sunlight," said Diogenes to Alexander- This is also tho command of every well cultivated mind, to those who are disposed to obtrude too much upon his atten tion. It is daly the goodness or the vanity of an educated person that leads him out into society ; goodness in desiring to benefit others, or vanity ju seek i tig the approbation and ap plause of their fellows. A THRILLING SCENE OS A RAIMIOAD-DE STRUCTION OK A 3LE~?MNC CAR IN RAI-U) MO TION.-The Chicago Republican gives the particulars of the burning of the magnificent palace sleeping car " City of Chicago." on the Burlington, Quincy and Chicago Railroad, a few nights ago. lt says : The traiu was moving a* good speed, when suddenly a ke/osene ?amp in the rear cud ol the car exploded,'and instantly that part of the coach was in flames, which, with frightful rapid ty, sciz?.c tue beading and woodwork, liad it been thc forward lamp, and the flames been driven back upon their prey, there is lit tle doubt that several lives must have been lost, with such fierceness did the devouring element make progress, eveu against the headway of the train. Mr. Bishop, our iufor munt, was sleepiug in the middle section, and answering the first alarm, sprang for thedoor. Returning to g-t his boots from beneath his berth, be was driven back in haste by the llames and stifling smoke. For a few minute* the utmost alarm prevailed, and one or two ol the passengers were with difficulty saved from their own frantic efforts to leap from thc train. All, however, safely reached the car in front, but most of them left behind in their berths such nrt:cle3 ol' apparel ind valuables as they hail laid asid;; ir. disrobing lor the night. This brought two unfortunates out in the light Undress uniform, for a winter night, of cotton shills and drawers-a state of affairs which instantly culled for contributions from the baggage ol their liiere fortunate fellow passengers. While all this was transpiring in thees Capo of passenger?, the flames had Uketrpos session of thc entire ill-fated car, forward and aft, aud were leaping and streaming through thc rear windows, presenting a mast extraor dinary spectacle, as the train kept on its way with heightened speed, it having been decided, on short consultation, to make for the water station at Buda, a run of twelve miles, where it was boped the flames might bo drowned out. Vain hope ! for the unfortunate car, instead of bc-iug rescued, dragged the water station and a-i adjoining wood-pile to share its fate, all being burned together. The instance is full of a warning that none will take earlier than tho managers of the' Pullman line, to instantly and forever banish the fatal kerosene from these splendid cars. They were chosen, we know, witb a view to securing a brilliant light, and adopted wiih the best and most secure of known appliances. But this recent proof is enough to demon strate their peril and decree their banishment. The u City of Chicago" was a magnificent coach built at the Aurora shops, at an origi nal cost of over twenty thousand dollars. How IT is DONK.-Aa the nou*e of Rep resentatives is now constituted, it requires one hundred and thirty votes ia a full House to pass a bill over the President's veto. The last amendatory Reconstruction Act p:\ssed that body by a vote of one hundred and twenty-three to forty-five. Seventeen of these yeas were cast by members representing dis tricts which, last fall, gavo Democratic ma jorities. If these seventeen votes were taken from the veas and added to tho nays there suit would be-yens one huudred and six, nays sixty-two. This vote would defeat any Radical legislation which the Jacobins might attempt. , A further an-lysis of this vole shows that in the seventeen districts misrepresented by Radical Jacobins the Dexocratic majority was, last full. 1S.G17. These ligures show that seventeen nmmhers whose principles have been repudiated and condemned hy their con stituents. 'i".vc now the power, and aro daily sing it, of .t'tking lair? which their own con stituents loathe and contemn.-Chronicle ? Sentinel The Clrtb House Assembly. [OPINIONS OF THE NORTHERN PRESS] The South Carolina convcntionist3 arc in a joyful mood, having had their board bills paid and ibeir'p icketbooks lined alresh. Tue black members are very gay and Pompeyish. -N.P.Herald. The negro convention haj been in session here for two. weeks." lt is a remarkable body. Thc negro ^delegates are in the majority, a number of them from the Northern States, and those whose antecedents are known are decidedly disreputable characters. The pre siding officer is a white mao who first saw the light iu tho Charleston jail, and there are other white members who have had consid erable acquaintance with bars aud grates. The papers here report the proceedings daily, made ap prJacipally of " point? of order' and wordy discussions, through all of which it is impossible to see anything of a constitution. The members, have voted themselves eleven dollars per diem, and twenty cents mileage ; and as they ear. iu the market and roost pro miscuously among their coloured friends, their daily expenses can scarcely exceed fifty cents. Their special tax bill to raise the funds for their own pay will take about one dollar and tweuty-five ceuts out of every ?100 worth of property in the State, aud this bill General Caiiby will no doubt enforce. God help the white inhabitants of this country 1 Last year the taxes could not be paid and are not yet paid, and this year brings its owu burden, with this enormous convention tax superadded. And the tax-payers are not represented in this Convention-were studi ously kept outside the ring-regard the whole proceeeings as a tyrannical and monstrous outrage, and are required to pay the expen ses. AmoDg the most mouthy and officious of the white delegates are C. C. Bowen, an ex Confederate cavalry captain, who, for forgery and other offences, was court-martialed and dismissed the service ; F. J. Mose3, Jr., a lit tle IJrialx Heep, who was blatant for seces sion and was private secretary to Gov. Pick ens, and, as his aid, raised the rebel flag on Fort Sumter, after the fight was over and An derson had left, and was enrolling officer du ring the war, and, as THE MERCURY says, aided the rebellion in every way, only wisely keeping out of the fight. As he followed the Pickens then it is not strange that he should follow the -pickings still. Of these and others Tm; MERCURY gives biographical sketches, which, it is said, are to be issued hereafter in pamphlet form. Whittemore, a Massachusetts man, is the live gorilla of the concern, and has mado more money out of the negroes than any Cotton or rice planter probably ever did, but all in the name of the new gospel. The city is wretchedly dull and depressed, aud the condition of the interior defies de scription. Planters who employed forty hands last year now hire but two, and *ome have none. They are broken, and, wherever they attempt to rally, a fresii blow from the Radi cals brings them to the ground awain_Char leston Cer. N. Y. World, Jan. 30! ARRIVAI, or MU. DIVIS?T VICKSRURC. The Vicksburg papers of the 22ud announce the arrival of Jefferson Davis and family at that place on the 2lat The Times, Gen. Mc CaroMe's paper, says he went unannounced to the residence of his brother, Mr. Joseph Da vis, lt wiis well understood by the frieudsof Mr. Davis, that anything like.a public demon stration would, under present circumstances, be distasteful to him, and hence nothing o' thc kind was or will bc attemplcJ. During thc day, yesterday, he was met and warmly greeted by many old friends, all of whom were glad to welcome an honored friend, and the foremost man of the ago once more to his home. - r - ; In the days of his power, M^JDavis was never more warmly beloved and honored than at this moment, and Our people will allow no opportunity of testifying theirfespect to him in a quiet and informal manner. It will hu gratifying to the millions who honor and revere the late chief of the Con federate States to know that he is in first-rate health. We think we never saw him looking better, cr m-.re vigorous than he is at present. He is evid-nt.ly in better physical condition than at any time during the war, and is but slightly more grey than when we saw him more than four years ago. "HYMENEAL?" MARRIKO, on tho 30th ult., by M. M. Padget, Esq., nt thc residence of tho brillo'? father, Mr. MALON C. WltrO?ITan? Uta LIZZIES. HAR RIS. MARRIED, on tho 13th, inst., by Rev. II. T# Bartley, at thc residence of tho bride's father, Mr. CALVIN PROCTOR and Mi? MARY SAM PLES. PROSECUTORS, WITNESSES AND DEFENDANTS IN all Criminal Cases in thc District Court of Eil?cfield District, and in all Criminal Case.? in ihcJProvost duri transferred to the Civil Authori-. tics of Edgetleld District will take notice to at tend at the C"urt of-General Sessions "or Edge, field on Ut Monday in March next. LEROY F. YOUMANS, Solicitor Southern Circuit. Feb. 19 2t 8 CHEAP ONE very light BRETT CARRIAGE, almost new. Ono largo ERETT in good order-very little worn. One TOP BUGGY AND HARNESS used .only about ? months. One second hand El'UGY AND HARNESS. One fine blooded MARE, sound and gentle. Will be sold unusually eheap for cash. If not disposed of before, they will be offered on next Sales Day at public outcry. JOHN E. BACON. Feb. 10_ 2t 8 Itch. Ointment, WARRANTED TO CURB. Just reccieved and fur ?ale by G. L. PENN. Feb. 18 ff S State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, # IN ORDINARY. pY vV. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edge ll field District. 'Whereas. Wilson liol.-ton has applied to mo for Letters of Administration, on nil and singular thc goods ?nd chattels, riubts undera ?its of Davis S. Dodie, late of thcDistrict aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cito and admonish nil and singular, tho kindred and creditors of thc said deceased, to be and appear before me, nt our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holden at Kdgolield Court House on tho 20th day of Fob. inst., to show cause, if any, why thc said administra loh should not bo granted. ' Givnn.under my hand and seal, this 15th day of I Fob. in thc year of our Lord ono thousand einht | hundred aud sixty-seven and in thc ninety-second year of Ain&ric.'.n Independence. W.F. DURISOE, O.E.D. Feb. 10_2t_ State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, /AT Oil Di NA nr. BY VT. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edge lield District, Whoreas, John T. Barnc, hns appliod to mo for Lotters of Administration, on all and singular tho goodi nnd chattels, rights and cred its of William Barnes, late of tho District aforesaid, deceased. Thcso are, therefore, to cite nnd admonish all and Mugulnr, the kindred und creditors of thc said deceased, to be and appear before mc, at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to bo holden at Edgefiold C. H., on the 2cUh day of Feb. in.-t., to show cause, if any, why the said administration should not ho granted. Given under my hand and real, tbii 11th day of Feb. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and in tho ninety-second year of American Independence. W.F. DURISOE, O.E.D. Fob. 12 2to 8 SALUDA HOUSE. HAVING Rontcd tho ?hove well known nO TEL, in tho Town of Edgelield, I am pro- ] parid, fmm this dato forwnrd.ro ENTERTAIN! TRAVELERS. PERMANENT BOARDERS and DAY HOARDERS. Tho Saludii House is situ-itjd in a quiet part of the Town, and its R^oms and Chambers aro ] airv and commodious. Nothing, cither as regards Tab??, Lodging or Service, shatl bo left undone on my part to dc- j servo tho patronage and confidence of tho public. ? A. A. GLOVER. Fob ll tf 7 * COMMERCIAL. AUGUSTA, Feb. 16. GOLD-Brokers aro buying at 141 and selling at 143. SILVER-Buying at 132 and telling at 13G. COTTON.-Sales during tho morning were on a basis of 131(0,19 for middling, butin the after noon, owing to favorablo foreign and New York accounts, prices were fuller and closed firm at an advanco of fully Ja; sales of the day, 923 bales; receipts, 915 bales. BACON-Smoked Shoulders, 12i cents; E. B Sides, 14@14i; CR. Sides, 111@15; C. Sides 15@15Jc; Dry Salted Shoulders lt@lli; Dry Salted C. R. Sides 14@14i ; Hams I8(q}22e. CORN-New White $1 30, Mixed $1 25? 1 30. WHEAT-Whito, $2 75@2 90; Red, $2 40? 2 50. OATS aro quiet We quote at $1 15. Report of Grand Jury. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) Extra Tenn, EDGKKIELD DISTRICT. J 1868. To Iii* honor T. N. Daxekin*, Judge Pretiding : Tho Grand Jury in attendance the present term, respectfully submit tho following report : They deemed it unnecessary to examino, the Poor House and grounds by a Committee of their Body, os a recout inspection wu made with care, and from a report of the now acting Secretary and Treasurer they believe tho same in good con dition. The tem. of office of the Commissioners has expired. But doubtless they will soon bo re appointed, and thc same system and good order continuo. The Grand Jury reprisent the Roads in bad order-but confidently believe the causo to be the disorganised condition of Labor. The Grand Jury have examined tho Jail and Court House. Tho latter needs many repairs which ought to lttract tho attontion of tho Com missioners of Public Buildings. Attention is calka to tao Stove in the Court room-which is very disagreeable owing to its present arrange ment. Thc Jail needs come repairs inside-and while it is not regarded secure, with care and attontion on tho part of the officer in charge, prisoners could bo safely kept. Thc rooms and cells we find in a filthy and offensive condition-rendering the air breathed by the prisoners entirely un wholesome.. But it is due to the present officer lately placed in charge-to say that he is bending his attention to improve tho condition and com fort of the prisoners. A few pairs of blankots are ncedod for the Jail, and attention is directed to this point. With thoeo^exceptions, the Jail is in fair condition, and the prisoners, five in num ber, are provided for. It is not tho intention of the Grand Jury in this report to reflect upon the Commissioners, as perhaps/the Board ham uoneall they could, under thc trying times, to keep tb" Buildings in repair. In conclusion, we will say, it it is not our de sire to go beyond our sworn duty, but being in structed by his Honor, and sworn to present all grievances coming under our observation, wo preseut as one of our greatest, the present system of drawing juries ; and though a negro jury was not inflicted on us, it is yet no less a grievance, as wc escaped it by tho merest accident. Respectfully submitted, ~~W.X SANDERS, Foreman. Does It Pay lo Use Guano? The following extracts, from a pamphlet issued by Messrs. WILCOX, Ginns A Co., Importers and dealers ia Guano, at Augusta and Savannah, Ga., will not only satisfactorily answer this question, but they demonstrate beyond a doubt that tann ing cannot be carried ou profitably in the worn out lands of tho South, under the present system of lab*or, unless a free use of fertilizers is made, i s beside, thc onormous profit of from 100 to 400 per cent obtained on the investment by the increased yield in the crop, by being enabled to make as much on 50 acres is they would on 100 without manure, tho saving to the planter in cost of labor, stock, and provisions, will bo very great In this connection we would say that Messrs WILCOX, GIBBS J: Co., oro one of the most reliai lo firms and probably the largest dealers in Guano in coantry, and as they import their Phcenlt Guano direct and their MunipuUtel Guano i= prepared under their own supervision, planters can rely on getting an unadulterated article, and at prices covering only a fa? profit on the COST or uiroTA TioN. Ruid the certificates, than which no better testimony could be produced, and sec the practi cal results of thc usc of this "valuable fertilizer: ATHENS, GA., Jan. 18,1S68. Ueisr.. Wilcox, Gibbs A Co., Augusta, Ga. Please lind below results of an experiment made thc pu<t season on a very poor piece of land iu thocjrporato iimits of our town with Peruvian, Pbwnix, Wilcox, Gibbs A Co.'s Manipulated Guano, and no manure at all : COST PER Acm:. YIELD Pin ACRE. Peruvian Guuno, $12.00, 1,120 lbs. Seed cotton Phoenix Guano, $10.00, 1,000 lbs. u \V.,G.ACo's Mun. $10.50, 1,200 lbs. " No manure at ' . 2S0 lbs. " It will be sec.i from tho foregoing experiment that while the Phoenix, at a cost of $2.00 less per acre, noirly. ociuallcd^tho Peruvian. Wilcox, Gibbs A Co's Manipulated Guano, at a cost of' $1.50 less per acre, surpassed it by 140 lbs. I think Wilcox, Gibbs A Co.'s Manipulated Guano thc beet commercial manure I have ever used. Very Rcspoctfully, Ac, M. C. FLLTOX. COSYERS, GA., NOV. 22,186.1. Messrs. Wilcox, Gibbs A Co.: In reply to your inquiries, I would stato I used the ton of Pheonix Guano bought from you last fall, on Wheat, ap plying 120 lbs. per acre on land that had been in cultivation two years ; the sowing was done in thc ordinury way. The yiold was twenty (20) bushels to the acre, of a most excellent quality of Wheat. The balance of thc field, upon which no Guano was used, which was tho same grade of land in every particular, yielded only five bushels per acre. I wits so well pleased with the result that I never expect to plant again without using Guano, and I would give the Phoenix thc prefer ence over all others I have tried. Yours, Ac, D. T. WHITE. COVIKCTOX, Gi., Dec. 2G, 18G7. Messrs. Wilcox, GIBBS A Co.: Your favor re questing results ot Phoenix Guano purchased of you last-Spring, is to hand. I used the Guano on Cotton ; I put 200 lbs. per aero on common groy land, two and-a-half feet apart, in drill, bodded about two to three inches undor ground. I left one row unmanurcd, and on tho row ad joining it I put a double quantity (400 lbs. per acre ) Thc result was, tho laud manured with 200 lbs. per acre mad'! four times as much os tho unmanured, and the row I put tho 400 lbs. per acre mado nearly double as much as tho land on which I put 200 lbs. Yours, etc., JosiAn PERRY. Sheriff's Sale. Ira Golding, ") vs. \ Fi Fa. Wm. T. Golding. J BY Virtue of a Writ of Fi Fa, to me directed, in tho abovo slatod cato, i will proceed to sell at Edgcfield Court House, on. the 1st Monday in April next, (at thc risk of thc former purcha ser,) the following property bolonging to the De fendant W. T. Golding, viz : Ono Storo-Housc and Lot adjoining James B. Sullivan. Ono Black Mule, 2??- Terms Cash. ISAAC BOLES, S. E. D. Fob. 19_ 7t 8. Sheriff's Sale. John S. Colos 1 ,. vs. > Lien on Crop. Robt. J. Grafton. J BY Virtue of an Execution in tho abovo stated case, I will proceed to sell at the defendant's residence on WEDNESDAY ll th March ucxt> .tho following property to wit: FOUR BALES COTTON, more or less. TWENTY BUSHELS CORN. TWO HUNDRED POUNDS FODDER. . Terms Cash. ISAAC BOLES, S.E.D. Feb. 19. 3t 8 State of Southe Carolina, KDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN ORDINARY. Ex Parte L D.PADGET, Administrator, Petition that tho properly of R. W. ADAMS, deceased be re appraised. - ' ON tho Application of L. D. Padget, Adminis trator of R. W. Adams, deceased, These aro to cito ?nd admonish all and singular tho next of kin of said dee'd, as also all and singular the pur chasers of property at the sale sahl estate and all and singular tho creditors thereof' to bc and appear in my ofiico on Thursday, tho lOth day of March next, tn fhow causo, if any they have, why thc salo bill of said Est ato should not be revised and the true value of property ascertained, with a view to the fina! settlement of said Es tato.. W. F. DURISOE, O.E.D. Fob. 17 . ?. . ?