Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, April 08, 1868, Image 1

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WT- - - rt (i PAYABLE TN ADVANCE. . q , w-: Advertisements will bo inserted at the rate of ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS por Square (10 Minion lines or less,) for tho first insertion, and ONE DOLLAR for each subsequent insertion. A liberal discount will be made to these wishing to adVerai?by.'ihtt.yerir. Announcing Candidates $5,00^ in. advance. ESTABLISHED 1802. CHARLESTON- COURIER, DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY, BY A. S. WILMINGTON & CO. Dairy Paper, $8.00 per Annum. Tri-Weckly Paper, 84.00 per Annum. -o THE COURIER has entered on the sixty sixth year of its publication. During this long period of ita existence, despite the mutations of fortune and time, it ia? been liberally jup portcd, whilst many bf its contemporaries have been compcllod to succumb to financial necessities. Wo gratefully record this evidence of the appre ciation of our jwn, and tho tfforts of our prede cessors, to nuke it That it is, and always ha. been. ONE AMONG THE LEADING COM MERCIAL AND NEWS JOURNALS OF THE SOUTH, and will renew our exertions [to add to its acceptability to thc public, ns well os to place it easily within the reach of all who desire a FIRST CLASS CHEAP PAPER. In furtherance of this purpose we now issue tho Daily and Tri- Weehly Coiriir to our Sub scribers, a t thc ra'c of eight and four dollars per annum respectively. Our purpose is to furnish a first class paper upon the rso.n reasonable living prices. Charleston, Jan 20 tf 4 The tireat Popular Paper! Tiffi 1ER SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Six Dollars a Year ! The Charleston Tri-Weekly News, THREE DOLLARS A YEAR-TWO DOL LARS FOR SIX MONTHS ! TERMS, CASH IN ADVANCE! <-r*0" 55S^No Paper sent unless the Cash accompa nies tho order. 55?"Nc Paper sent for a longer time than paid for. RIORDAN, DAWSON cV CO., PROPRIETORS. Charleston, Dec 23 3t32 1868 ! THE SOUTHERN FAVORITE. BURKE'S WEEKLY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. -s Beautifully Illustrated, and Ele gantly Printed. Pronouiiceil by the Southern press to be thc most elegant and talented young people's paper printed in this country I We aro now publishing JIarooner's Island, t Sequel to tuc Young Marooncrs, aud Juck Dobell or a Buy's Adventures in Texas, by one of Fan nin's men-pronounced '' equal to tho heit o Mayne Reid's stories." We ?hall begin, in thi first number of iSGS, a thrilling story, by a lad] of Virginia, enti'-lod "ELLEN HINTER: A Tal of the War," whioh will run for several month? Among the regula? contributor* u> BURKS? WEEKLY are Rev. F. R. GOULDIX* . author o "The Young Marooner'*;" Mr?. JANS T. U CROSS ; Mrs. FORD, of Rome, Qa. ; Miss MARY J UPSHUR, of Norfolk, Va , and many others. TERMS-$2 a year in advance; Three copie for $5 ,- Five copies for SS ; Ten. copies for $1.' and Twouty-ono copies for Clergymen and Touchers ?umishod at $1 50 po annum. The volume big'05 with thc July number. Back numbers can bo supplied from tho firsl and all yearly subucribcrs may receive tue num bora for the fir<t six months, stitched in an ciegan illuminated curer. Address, J. W. BURKE & CO., Publishers, Macon, Ga. Dec 23 tf 52 ?arSubttriptions received at the Adecrtin 0Sice'fi/r BUKKY.'S WEEKLY. UNIVERS ALIST HERALD NOTASULGA, ALA. JOHN C. B?RRUSS, Editor SL Proprietor. Terms, S2.00 per Year in Advance. . THIS PAPER has entered upon its lGth Vo Ame. It is the Urgiin of tho Universalii denomination in the Svuth and Southwest. Tr it a ye:.r. Money can be s.jt by mail, at tl risk of the editor. Fib 24 la 9 INSURANCE AGENCY. PARTIES wishing to Insure their DWE1 LINOS. GOODS, can do so on the low? terra?, and ia the BEST COMPANIES, ly dal ing on the Undersigned. D. R. DUR1S0E, Agent for A. G. HALL'S Insurance Agcnc Jan 1 ' ' Jil PLA! L'EBS' HOTEL; AUGUSTA, GA. Newly Furnished and Retitte?, Unsurpassed by any Hotel South, Was Reopened to the Public Oct. 8,1864. T. S. NICKERSON, Proprietor. .Tun. 1. tf 1 BEEF MARKET. I WILL CONTINUE TO FURNISH G0( BEEF and MUTTON to the people of Edged on Monday, Wednesday and Sntardny rnornii at reasonable prices, but STRICTLY FOR CAS A. A. GLOVER, Agent Jan 22 tf < Estate Noties. ALL persons havinjr claims against th? Est of W. E. MIDDLETON, dee'd., arc uotif td present the same to the nnderMjjDed with? delay, and those indebted to said Estate are auested to pay up forthwith. H J. T. MIDDLETON, Adm'oi Oct ?, 18*7 ?ly a Sweet Nature Dons her Vernal Hobes. BX MRS. ?I A UV TYABB.' . Sweet nature dons her vernal robes, And music floats on overy breeze; The perfumes of tu? ?rplcy groves, ' Aro gently wafted njw to these. And low voiced winds from sunny clime*, Sing sweetly in the.shaded bowers, Or tune their hearts td murmurs low, And fold their wings amid the flowers. The little brook* -that lately robed, Or rushed and rambled angrily, I Have lost their harsh discordant notes, "> And sing a low sweet lullaby. ' 1 ' .. The little bird? -aweot, Nature's .choir ? The sweetest minstrels, ever gi?n- ; > Will lift our hearts np higher-higher, And sing us to tho gates of Heaven : 0, give me but thc woodland e.boir, The sighing breeze, the murmuring seo, They'll "lift my simple nature higher, . Than muab of sago philosophy. . -? -*-? The Captive's Flight. A TEMPLAR STORY. ~~~~ It was midday in Syria. The air was sultry and oppressive. Nota breath of wind moved along the sandy solitude., where no treo offered a welcome shade. The sterile and barren de sert spread around on every side-all deso late, all burning in the hot rays of the sun. There were no fountains, no trees, nothing to be seen but th? plain of sand, save where in the distance a long line Cf gloomy and rugged rocks arose. Through this frightful desert traveled n Christian knight. All day he had gone on, the sun sending down fiercest rays upon his helmed head and glittering and polished ar mor."' Faint arid weary he went on, and as be neared the gloomy but grateful rocks a thrill of joy passed through his bosom. '.Ha:" he exclaimed, as towards "evening he entered the shadow of a lofty, precipitous height. " Here is a grateful place to rest. Here I may dismount and refresh mjsell and weary steed. But first let me find some spring where my horse and I 'may obtniu a draught of water." So saying, he went cn more slowly thanbe fore. It was weM that he bad reached this place of rest.. His horse trembled with utter fatigue, and seemed scarce abie to walk. The knight himself felt exhausted^ land Iiis iron frame was almost broken down by the ?abor of the day. At length he found a spring which gushed musically from one of the rocks into a pool below. Here he dismounted, and rider and horse both rushed eagerly to thc water. Thc knight drank long and heavily. " Praised be the Holy Virgin !" he ex ciaimcd brushing away the drops of water which clung to hi? mustache, Praised and forever blessed be St.-,'' ,:Ho! Christian?" suddenly exclaimed a voice behind him in Arabic, " surrender !" Thc knight turned swiftly around, drawing his swore as he did so. Before him wa3 a ?Saracen knight, dressed in chain armor, mounted on a light Arabic steed. Surrender, Sir Christian !" " Who art thou who darest call on rae lo .-urrender ?" " I-I am Hornet, th? Governor of Arc, the well known iu the camp of Saladin." "Aud 1 Count Roland fly Courcy, despise thee for au infidel and ba?e heathen !" cried ?he Christian, lifting his s ?ord ; "soc?me on, thou on horse nnd ? on foot I will fight thee ; Ged judge the right !" " Fool !" cried the Saracen. " Dost thou think that I am alone as thou ort ? See !" He blew a silver trumpet which hung by his side. At the sound a number of followers came riding one after another from the clefts and defiles of thc surrounding rocks. " Wilt thou fight now ? Yield, Christian !" De Courcy stood for a moment and looked around. As many as a hundred men were there before him. How could he fight against such fearful odds! " lam your prisoner ; but, Hamet, if thou durst, I will fight you for my freedom." The Saracen smiled sarcasi ?cally. " No, no, Sir Christian. I wish not to kill thee. Soldiers, give him another horse, for his is weary. Form around and let us go." His follower? obeyed. With the captive knight in their midst they departed. " Where .\rt thou taking me?" said Dc Courcy lo Hamet. " Where ?" To Arc. Thit will thenceforth be thy home." " B.,ast not thyself too greatly. I may bc freed-from thy hand." The palace of Hamet lay a little way out of town, upon a gentle 6101061100, facing the sea. ; It WP? a magnificent edifice, built in the luxurious style of the Saracen?. Among the many pinces around it was a tilting yard, built for the purpose of enjoying that chival rous sport which the Moslem loved as well as the Ci:ri>tian. De Cutircy was made a slave. He was al lowed the freedom of thc house and grounds, but it was impossibl : for him to escape-foi wherever he went he was walcLed. Yet hi: situation was not so miserable as might bc conceived. Among the maid ms who dwelt in Ilamet's palace the mos' beautiful was hi.; peerless daughter, Donnah. She it was who on his arrival, pitied him, and saved him from a dungeon. She it was whose dark eye wonk sometime? rest upon him with an expresfiioi which made hi? youthful heart throb with un accustomed violence. " Oh ! had J but my freedom, and my gal lant men behind me, how eagerly I wonk loree my way even into the middle of Ham el's ho!d to win the lovely punnah !" A tournament! The proclamation wer. round and the -tidings spread far and wini that Hamet was going to prepare a tourna ment, which for splendor aud magnific?me could not be surpassed. My father," said Donnah, " wh-.-re wit your knights come from ?" " Where? From my own bravo troop, an I'rom Arc, where some of the bravest of al .be fatflnut dwell." ' And wilt thou have Moslems only ?" *. Yes. Would I venture to let the failhlet Christian approach here ? No, by Allah'! " But there are Christian captives wh were once soldiers." " Well." " They can wield the sword and takfe part in the tournament.-1' '.Well said." *' if they are killed, let them die-they ai only Christians ; but if they are victorious li them be free." *.? " I will do so. 'Tis a glorious thoughtful daughter. 1 have here a Christian knigh? he shall fight for his freedom." ,n ? Wbo is he ?" " Who ? The famous knight De Courcy Hamet saw not the flush which mantle the fair cheek of Dounab, a? she turned awa nor did he see her as she spoke low words 1 encouragement to De Courcy. She gave bim a small piece of parcbrn/ei and in it the enraptured youth read : ? . " When the tournament is won, Donni will be ahead-on her way to the Christir camp.-" ff Brave girl ! Ob 1 thank heaven, I can y be fiee. The morrow will give me happine and liberty." iBmttW- un iii?MnpaiMBi-i The morning-for which -he so ei longed dawned at, lengtL, and even at Jy hour the grouud was thronged wi visitors, who came te witecss the S] About turee Lours before midday the pc? sounded, and the knights who w tined to fights'low?y ?a'lheivd"?ogelher ?ides wcre enclosed by raised s?ats f tators. The fourth was open. At .per end sat Hamebon a sort of throne he occupied by virtne of his lotty mol his seat Jio couid observe - eb that ha Around him wore many of tac uipst-b ladies in the city,., wliiwp.hil?!ii eyes a wini eager interest. . . " Where is ponn?h ?" said Hame't attendant. " Donnah ? 1 She said she was' ill." * "111!' How so? Yesterday 'she w .wcll?*' i ' I'.ut-iW. lo " I knew it. She said so." a/"*!; ' - Hamel ; ?.?oked:' uneasy,1 bru i be sudd ?oj signal trumpet drove &W?y3?aIr- th save '.hose.of intense eagerness. nod. ment. First two Saracens engaged, and w lowesby others. Few were injured g Thus"iai'it"was merely spo-t. The tors'Waited patiently for the more bl?oi tests which were' txfi follow. They d wait lorrg? for after about an hour a Ch knight stepped forward to encounter.! cen, whose prowess had elicited most applause of the .admiring gazers. N< U : cst was excited by the contest, for iras.something more than emulation I strength to the conibataati. In the was fierce fanaticism and deadly bali thc Christian ; iu the other determine! lution, mingled with th? inspiring h< liberty and all that can make li?? happ "Who is this Christian ?" said ali saw bim. . - * - . And, indeed, in his appearanco tbei something which might well excite thi osity of the beholders. Ile was tall, a his limbs were strongly knit together, armor was ol heavy (dato, ;.nd giistenei zingly in the rays of thc sun. In bis ht held lightly th vj ponderous tilting while his bor?e was managf.d with admi grace. " Who is he ?" " The Christian knight De Courcy." The answer came from i iamet, end p among the surrounding crowds. The two knights were stationed, made ready. The signal was given, a cloud of duM each rode towards the < There was a shock, a rattling of arm crash of arms, a dark lunn fell hc-adlo tbe r-prth. . The Cloud rolled away. Thc Christian knight tat carro, as a s upen his horse, holding a broken spear, at ]'.i> feet lay a horse and warrior in the nies of death A fierce yell broke from the excited th The knight rode siowiv to Mamet. ''Ami free?" - .. Free 1sprig of a Christian ! Wilt claim freedom after killing so brave a wa as be ? No, thou shah not yet be free, er ?nd harder work is before thee." De Courcy retired, and with another s awaited thc approach of a new antugo H-- 'lui riot wait l'.>"Mi. Amid loud cries th., ?! :._d ol' irum.peis and drums, cain? other Saracen warrior. Iii.; finn was mos; gigantic. Iiis armor was thick beavy. wbi.e the hor e which ho rode one of the Hoity and fiery steeds usc; the Crusaders. Again thc two knights took their stat Again thc signal was given and they ru; together. Tho spen;1 of ice Saracen avoided by Do Courcy, and striking t tingly upon his shield, it glanced from I ridding 1rs nun weapon with an iron gi ho dtrectfeiPit full against the breast of foe. As the Saracen's spear glanced, Courcy struck him tvhb irresistible" li Tb? horse wns irhrowii back ?poi: hishaunc The heavy form of lh< ril'-T was hurled i the giound. "Vengeance! vengeance! Death to Christian i" yelled 'ur infon'med crowd. . Dc Courcy shook ids sp--- r in defiant, all around him. " Come on. bring hither *- ?mr bravest ! " Seize him !" shouted Unmet Never I" cried De C orey. He tin his horse aridatruck bisspui^ deep inti ilauks. Ibo steed sprang forward. A s of men-at-arms stood opposii . bim ; the S? of thc Hying knight scatteri ' tin m all. A -away ho weet over b?il, L.vcr;plain, a\ and his horse's hoofs thundered along rocky road as he lied, leaving his astouif foes far behind him. Whr:. ?bout'ten ir fi om the eily he .?nw bo for -. hi ai a y juill di ed in a light chai.*: armor. n\.? mounted u a horse. '. Who art thou 1n he cried, as he came ?lYour deliverer!" said a voice wi thrilled through him. and lifting up the met which covered his head, a mass of c luxuriant hair fell down. ' Donnai: n De Courcy pressed ber to his heart. '? Fly, Doininh, riv ! The foe is behind i And the Christian knight and his brave 1 dy pushed swiftly toward the Christian ca A week after ihcro was a croat festiva ' tho catnp of the Crusaders. The souud of barp, the merry of p'ais laughter, songs music rebounded 'fr ?:n every bide. In [ air flaunted gorgeous .banners of many lions, and beneath them the festivities w carried on. Al I. was joy,-for thero thc famous kni j De Courcy married t.'ie lovely D..?jnah,. Ri ard ihc Lion-hearted giving away the bri DcstifuTio's ix MA.jax DISTRICT.-' , find iii 'he Marion Crescent the follow . communication, cbted LcGettc's Mill, miles south of Marion C. H., March 22: . The destitution in this neighborhood . alarming in the superlative degree, and i less help comes from some source, and t immediately, and I know of no other sou that it can rome Ir.-in but thc government t haif crop will not bu made, and starvat " with many is inevitable. The fact is, mi ?- are this moment without a morsel of brc ii but as yet I have hrrard of but one or t deaths caused by the Rame. My barna a 1 mills are !. aunted by day and night, e\ wait for corn to come in and ba ground tl fl they may get a few quarts <>f meal to cai I! home to their starving families! The des union :nivy ba equally divided between .1 white-; and blacks. I made a plenty for ni is self and family last year; and aouio to spa "' but 1 do not expect lo, have that plenty lol 0 Circumstances will deprive mo of it. Ste necessity will oblige me, affr next week, withhold subsistence from thirty or forty i a dividu'ils who cannot help themselves.1 L: gnage fails me to describe, while my hei Bickens.a t! the thought; .e 1 am an old man, but never witnessed sn ?t 5cflMtuth?n and affliction before, aud hope G .that I may never .sae such a.time aga-iu, 17 Starvation will multiply tho night raids .) 1 ; ready commenced. The Lord onlv knows, what, will become usa',!. " DAVID LEGETT?. id Ddrfng'tM session ' of the Conferoneo y, tho New England Moth dist Episcopal Churc ol ai Boston! on the 2Stli, the Committee on t c -ur?o of the Country, llirough tho Hov'. G llb? 3^ Haven, reporicd rcs'dutiotis endorsing irapcac jjj j ment, and eulogizing General Grant and Secret i ry Stnuton for-their iintriotic conduct. Tho ros i lutions were uniniim mdy adopted, nnd it w gt : voted to send copies t ) the Soo ikcr of tho Hom 83 thc President of tho Senate, Stanton, Grant, ai J tho Chisf Justice. Constitution of the South "Carr Radical Negro Convention . .ri >??-. i - ??_ ARTICLE! IX. FINANCE AND TAXATION. . SEC. 1. The 0?ner?l*As5?rn,blj; si vide by law for ? uniform and equal assess me nt'and taxation/and snail p such regulations as snail secare a jos tionibr taxation ?f alf -property,-real Dal and'po?s?ssoryi "except mines and X?iaimSf the proce?dsof which alone taxed-; and also*-excepting such proj may-be .exempted:by Jaw for omnicip catioual,-literary, scientific, religious ( itablc purposes. The, General Assembly may.^rojj nu?lly ipr a poll'tax not to ex'c?ed obj oh 'each poi 1, wli i'ch^sb al 1 be 'applied sively to the public school fand.'; And .??tiorrfc^poltnsrx'sb?U be levied by anj <?ipal corporation. |: ..' t' J ? 3. The' General Assembly.'shall pro an annual tax sufficient to defray tl mated expenses of. the State, tor each and whenever it sbul' jappen that, sue nary ~anMa of *' State for any yea exceed tn. .?.v-ome of the State for sue the .General Assembly shall prc-vido io iug a. tax for tbe.ens.uingyear, s'ufficien other sources ol income, tp pay. the def: of the preceding year, together with ft mated expenses of the ensuing" year. 4. No tax shall be levied except in ance of a law, which shall distinctly si object of the same ; to which object sn shall be applied. . *? -v5. It shall be the dnty-of the Genei sembly to enact laws for. the excmptioi taxation of all public schools, college institutions pf learning, all charitable,! tions in the nature of asylums for the i deaf* and dumb, blind, idiotic and ini persons, all public libraries, churches ai rying grounds ; but property of as-oci au! societies, although connected with table objects, shall not be exempt from' County or Municipal taxation-; Pro That this exemption shall not extend b the buildings and precises actually occ by such scboolsrco'.leg?s, institutions of ing. asylums, libraries, churches and grounds, although connected with char objects. G. .'be General Assembly shall provii the valuation and assessment of al 1 lane the improvements thereon prior to thie a Wing ot tho General Assembly of 187( thereafter on every fifth year. 7. For the purpose of defraying extn nary expLnditur.es, tho State may cot public debts ; but such debts shall be.a med by law ior some single object, to b tinctly specified therein; and no suet shall take effect until it shall have boen p by the vote of two-thirds of the mernot e-iuh branch of the General Assembly, recorded by yeas and nays or. the journ: each Hou?e respectively ; r.nd every-?ucl eball'levy a tax annually sufficient to pa annual interests of such debt. ni 8. The corp Tate authorities of Cogi To/vujiLipj, ScLoul Districts, Cities, T and Villages may bu vested with power ; scs> and collect laxos f^r corporate purp: auch taxes to be uniform in respect to pei ami property within tho juridiction o: body impbtfrg tho sam-N And thc CPI Asscmb y ?hatl require tint all the prop except that heretofore exempted withn limits of. muuicipal corporation^ <Un{ taxed for tho payment of debts contra under authority of law. ?. The Gene; a! A.-.--. mbly shall pfevid the incorporation and organizion of c and towns, and shall restrict their power taxation, Borrowing money, contracting d and loaning their credit. 10. No scrip, certificate, or other evid of State indebtedness shall be issued, ca fur the redemption cf st ?ck, bonds, or ? evidences ot indebtedness previously is? or for such debts -asare expressly authoi in this Constitution. 11. An accurate statement of tho. reC: and expenditures of the publie money ? be published with the laws of each ri'-; session of the General A-sembly in such : nor as r! ay, by law. be directed. 12. N<> money shall bc drawn from Treasury, but in pursuance of appropria made by law. r Ll. The fiscal year shall commence on fL>; day of November tn each year. 14. Any debt coal rafted by tile Slate i be by loan on State Bonds, of amp tm ts less than fifty dollars each, oil interest,1 p ble within twenty years ficr"the ifrial sage ol* the law uTithorizing MIMI'debt, correct'ng't-try ot'all snell bontis sh M ki'pt by the Tieasureriii rib metical ordei as always to exhibit the number and am.-, unpaid, and lo whom severally made paya 15. Suitable laws shall bo p.i.-scd by General Assembly for the safe kcepingktr fer and disbursement of the State, COB aud school fun/js, and all officers'and o persons charged'with Lue same, shall Ieee] accurate entry of each sum received, kn each payment and transfer; and shall j suclTsccurify ior the faithful discharge'of s duties a? the General Assembly may prov And it shall bo the duty of tho General sembly la pass laws making embezzleir 0; suu'u fuuds a felony, punishable by , and iiiiprisonmeut.proporlionc'i to thc ame , of deficiency or embezzlement, and the ni convicted ot such feTc-ly shall be ajsquali from ever holding any office of "honor .1 emolument in this State; Provided, howe That the General Assembly, b'v a two-tl vote, may remove the disability upon pnyrri j in full of i li J principal,and interest of the i . embezzltd. ; f***' ' 16.-No debt contracted by thia State in 1 half of the late rebellion, in whole or in p shall ever be paid. s . ARTICLE X. . EDUCATION. t j SEC. 1. Thc snpervision of public instr i tion sbatl be*-vested in a Stato Supcrint , dent of Education, who shall be elected j the qualified electors of the State in si ( manner and at such times as tho other St ) o?icers are elected; his powers, .duties, te 1 of office and compensation shall ,be dtfii ! by the General Assembly, t 2. There shall be elected biennially, in e? . County, by the qualified electors thereof, < . School Commissioner; said Commissioneri o constitute a State Board - ol Education, . which the State Superintendent shall by virt of his office, be Chairman ; the powers, dui ,t and compensation - of. the members of b ?j Board shall be determined by law. Q 3. -The General Assembly shall, as poon t. practicable after ibo adoption of tbfs Cou; tution, provide for. (a liberal and uniform s t tem of free public schools throughout I State, and shall 'alsp' make provision for I a division of the St:ite into suitable School E tl fricts.' There-shall b# kept open at least i months in each year one or moro schools [. each School District. 4. It shall be the duty of the General J jr sembly to provide for the compulsory atti dance, at either:public or private schools, all children between the ages of six and s: 3f teen years, not physically or mentally di: b bled, for ' a term equivalent to twenty-fo ,J months at least ; Pruvidod, That no law . that effect shall be passed nntil a system r I public schools bas been thoroughly and coi * r pletely organized, and facilities afforded j all tho..inhabitants of .the Stato.. for thc fi ?- i education of their children, as I 5. The .General Assembly shall Josy at ea o, regujar session after the adoption of tl id Constitution an annual tax on all taxai J property throughout the State for the suppc ? ol" public- schools, which taxsua.ll be.culb at the^ame,.Ump and by the same;agen thc general Sja,te levy, ?ud shall be paid the Treasury of ?he'State. "There, sha! assessed ou all taxable polls'in tho Stat aftnujl'tifx^orVne ?foliar ori each poll procepfls ?f'wtich'tax'sh?lr bV applied al to educational purposes ; Provided, The .penori dhalt-ovw'Be deprived-1 BT thfc'r'ig ?aufirhge i for the *non payment of said ? -No ut her poll or capitation tax shall be lc .in: tho S ta Le, nor shall the,, amount asae each poll., cxefied.thet? lirait, .given in 8e.pLio.iv The ScJ^oj:Tax,shall.b,e dist-jb among the so Yeral 'School Districts'of State, ia, propp^tiojijtoi the respective, n/jn of thc, pupils attending the publie sch Np religious sect ox sects shall have e:: sive tight to,' or cotilrol of any part of school fonds of the State,'nor shall aecta principles bo taught in the publictscbools ?'.'16. Within five years after the first reg session of the General, Assembly, ; follov th? adoption of this Constitution, it .sha! the duty ot the General Assembly, townies for the establishment .and support of a S Normal School, which shall be open;t< persons ' who may wish to become teach 7. Educational institutions for the .bei of all the blind, deaf and dumb, and 6 other benevolent 'institutions as the pu good may require, shall bo established sirpported'b'y the State, subject to suchn tationa as may be prescribed by law. 8. Providions shall be made bylaw, ase as practicable, for the .establishment maiatenan.ee of a State. Reform for j uve offenders. . 0. Tie Ijeneral Assembly shall provide the ma menant of thc State University, a's soon as'praclicable, provide for the esl lishment of an Agricultural College, and s appropriate the land given to this State, the support of such a college, by the Ac Congress, passed July 2, 1862; or the mo or scrip, as-thc case may bc, arising from sale ol said lands, or any lands which c hereafter be given or appropriated for s purpose, for the support and mainteuanci such college, and may make the same branch uf the State University, for instruct in A?i?ictilture, the Mechanic Arts, and Natural Sciences connected therewith. 40. The proceeds of all lands that h been or hereafter may be given by the Uni States to this State, for educational purpi and not otherwise appropriated by this Si or thc United States, and of. all lands or c er property given by individuals, or approj atcd by thc State for like purposes, ?ind all estates of deceased persons who haved Without leaving a will or heir, shall be curtly invested and sacredly preserved a State School Fund, and tho annual iotci aud income of said fund, .together with si other means as the Gehend, Assembly n provide, shall be faithfully appropriated the purpose of establishing and maintain free public schools, and for rib other purpc or uses whatever. ARTICLE XT. CHARITABLE A SD PENAL INSTITUTIONS. Sep. 1. Institutions for the benefit.ol' insane, blind, deal' and dumb, and thc pc shall always be fostered and supported this Sta.'e, and shall be subject to such rc, lations as thc General Assembly may em 2. The Directora ol' the Penitentiary si bo e eci' J or appointed, as tho General. sembly ipilY direct. other State institutions, such as may be hf after created, shall be appointed by the G . ernoV, ?by and with the consent of the Sena and upon all nominations made by the G ernor,'thc q'ie'-tionshall bo taken by yeas f nays, and entered upon their journals. -'. 4. Tho.Gjvcrnor N'nall have power to a'l vacancies that .may occur in the oiB aforesaid, until thc ncxt.session of the .Ge ral Assembly, and until a ^successor shail appointed and c infirmed. 5. The re pective Counties of this St chail make tuch provision1) as may be del ;rir.ed by law, for a!! tHrWC inh&bU?ritV v by reason of age,- and infirmities or mi.sl Hines; imy have a ciahn -jpon thc sympal and aili ot' society. - . . G. The Phy.-.icifin of the Lunatic Asyh who shall bo Superintendent of the Fal shall be appointed by thc Governor, with advice and consent i f tho Senate. All ot otnC''i's ?nd employees snail be anpoitited thc Governor. AKTICLUXII. CORPORATIONS, SEC. 1., Corporations may be formed un general laws: but, may fi otu nun toi time altered OJ; repeajed. I 2. f . . pr 'perty of corporations now ; !sdi7g or hereafter created,' shall be subj to taxation, rxeept i? caaes otherwise provic \ for in thifl1 w?istil inion. '6. No right of way ?hall be appropria t-'?-t;ie U.-.U..01' ai>y corporation until full d. . peu-atioii therefor .-<hall bo first made, or , cured by a d<.'p,qsit of money t'*.the own f irrespective ol' Ruy benefit from a: inipro ? mi nt proposed .by such itWrporatipn, v.b j compen.sition s!;all !!.. ascertained by a ji of wnlve men, in a duri bf Record, aj si; . btFprcsr-ibnl hy i'm law:- - I 4. 'Dirts from eorr>iralk>U6 shall bc seem j by such individual liitbilbyof the rtockho t ers aud other moans, 41s may . be prescril . hy law.. . ?...;.?--, > - 1 .?5. AU general lawsjtnd spacial Acts pa? r pursuant lo this section,"shall make pw , ions therein for fixing the personal Ibbil ? of s'ockholdcrs und^er.proi'er liriniaUons; a l shall prevent and, pui js!i Iraudule^t misrep j seniations as"'to'the capital, property and sources of such corporations : and shall a regulate the p-.blic uss of alH'ranchises wi: [ have heretofore been, or hereafter may be c ' atcd or granted, by or under .tho authorit of-this Stato,-and ?hall liniitall tolls, impo nnd other charges and demands under st laws; .. G. The General Assembly shall grant - charter for banking purposes, nor renew a y banding corporations now in existence, exci h upon the condition that the stockholders sb c be liable to the amount of their respect n share or shares of stock in such banking d stitutions, for .its debts and liabilities up note, bill, 01 otherwise; and upon the,furil h condition that-no director or other: officer e said corporation shall borrow any money fri ,0 said corporation : and if any director or oil jf officer shall be convicted 'upon indictment e, directly or indirectly violating this sectil !s lie shall be punishedby'"fine br imprist d mont, at tho discretion of the Court. 'I books,(pflpers, and accounts of all banks sh is be open to inspection, under such reeulatic ?- as'rnny bc pre^crined by law. s- . ARTICLE XIII. io ' ? -, ? MILlTiA. s- SECV 1. The Militia of this State shall ct x sist of all able-bodied male citrzens of t in Stat?j between the ages of oightcen and for ?ive'ye?rs, ?xc?pt such persons as are^now, g. mB'y hereafter bo exempted by the laws n- the United States, or who may be adverse of bcaring'nrms, as providedfor in this Cons s- tntion; nnd shall be organized, arrm a- equipped and disciplined as the General ? ir -sembly mayby hw provide, to 2., Thc Governor shall have power toe of: out the militia to execute the laws, repn n- ' insurrection and preservo the public peace, to j 3.. 'There shall be an Adjutant and Insp< ti? tor-Qencral elected by the qualified eleett I of the State, at thc same time and in t :h : ?ame ^banner as the other State officers, w iis shall rank as a Brigadier-General, and whe le duties and compensation "shall 'be prescrib rt I by law. Tho Governor shall appoint, by a yith. the advice and consent of the I such'other staff officer as the General J b?y may'direct. . ?> ARTIGLE XIV. .-. MISCELLANEOUS. '"Sifc.'l." No person shall be elected pointed to any office in this Sfa'teJ un' possess the qualifications of ?ti ?lecfor . ft. Lotteries, and the sale'oflottery ti for any purpose whatever, are prohibir? the General Assembly shall prevent th? by penal iuws. 3. The State Library shall be sub} such regulations as the General Ass may prescribe. ., . ? .? 4. The General. Assembly may dire law, in what manner claims against the may he established and adjusted. a., Divorces from the bonds of matri shall not be allowed but by the judgm a .Court,.as shall be prescribed by law. J-6. No person who denies the existe! the Supreme Being shall hold any offi< der this^Constitution. 7. The printing'of the laws, journals, legislative documents and papers for branch of the General Assembly, wit printing required for the Executive and departments of State, shall be let. on con in such manner as shall be prescribed bj .8. The real and personal property woman, held at the time of her marris^ that which she may thereafter acquire, e by gift, grant, inheritance, devise, or c wise-shall not be subject to levy and sa' her nusbands debts ; bot shall be held a separate property and may bebequeathe vised or alienated hy ber the same as i were unmarried ; Provided, That no gi grant from the husband to the wife sbi detrimental to the just claims of biz cred 9. The General.Assembly shall provid the removal of air causes which in?; pending when this Constitution goes int feet to Courts created by the same. Don't Employ Them. The position which we assumed in thi per, on-Sunday morning last, was taken mature deliberation and a careful surve the whole surroundings. We advised S?mmern people to refuse employment,' port, aid. or patronage to those negroes have arrayed themselves in. a position of ttlity to tbe Southern whites. There i power under the sun, which can compe white capital of the South tu give >uppo its direst enemies. But leaving out pf the possibility of any such attempt b made, we insist that the safety of the w race demands that, as the negroes haye < bined against them, they should agiee au themselves not to employ, in the future, one whoas known to be hostile to them. This is no new idea. The same prim has governed capital' in its dealings with bor hi every State in. the civilized w< This has been moro marked and stringer those countries where the. people have 1 permitted to have a voies'in the selectit their rulers and law makers. Long be the establishment of the.Government of United States the people of the mother ci try had fuund it necessary, io order to ; fraliza the control which, through the ba labor had assumed over the capital of country. If-ia . monarchical England, w the ballot was restricted to a comparan small class, it was found necessary for protection of capit J that its owners she -"iu-t?ie selectiotrof their laborers;-" give* ployment to those alone who were known to be hostile to it, how much more obliga is it now upon the people of the South w by the fraudulent manipulation of the Ri tration boards, a large body of ignorant debauched negroes, late slaves, are given ascendancy even in the construction of organic law ? This rule of giving employment to tl I only who are known to be friendly, is bu amplification of the first great law of na -higher than all human laws-that of i protection. Even ia the better days of ? Republic, when our people were divided ipftrtifs upon mere questions of exp?die and ci vi i administration, it is well known Democrats gave no employment to Wt i or Wilina to Democrats. This principle ? acted upon in the distribution of the hi^l : offices of A he Government. A Whig adt i ist ration appoiuted no Democrats to offici 1 Democratic Legisla! ure or community c tnC-no Wuikis. This is the rule now wi is being enforced with the extremist rigi uv the Milita:y Commander in this distric At-the North-throughout the whole cc 1 trv-Iber.: is notan office, or employmeu " any State, county or municipal control wi Ls iiot held by thc supporters of the ru party. The success of party there pron ' such action. Here the safely of the pa demands it. We are fully awaro of tho , that the coursa .which, we advise, tobe ] duciivo of tlie-greatt?at amount of good, tho be adopt: d by the entire whito populotioi [' tho Sta' e. But if ali our peoplo will not ag ' to it, let those who believe it right act ir j pond'eiily and for themselves in this mat 1 There are at least three hundred registe I negroes employed by the merchants of city aboftt their storrs as porters, r,uiin q t*c. There ure as many more who ure me al servants in the families of the white p plc. Then there is a large number of d men, hucksters, mechanics, Sec., amouut io at least four hundred. All ol' these wo " be compelled ha leave tho city if tho patr !" age and support of the decent, whito pen y was withdrawn from them. We believe t " nineteen twentieths of the-e people, un -' the seditious manipulations of-.Bryant, t !" Beardhand Richardson, aro the mortal I ? of the white race. Shall we keep them ami ? U9-2- Shall we pay them to slayluerc and g s tr ?ir us / These questions the good peoph 0 Augusta must answer for themselves...,. C :s earnest advice is to. treat kindly and d " fairly with those who have shown, by th conduct, that ?hey are not under the cont 0 o? the Radical leaders. Give tliem empli .v ment, and aid them in their efforts to elev; J| themselves in the scale of virtue aud inte '' genoe. Contribute liberally for the advan 'e meut of morality and learning among thc ?" Defend them from oppression, protect th P .from persccution,.and aid them in tho vin ?r; catio.i of all their rights. Weshould ende: 0 or lo cultivate with them feelings of muti 111 respect .apd consideration. But tho?e w ?l have placed themselves in a'hostile ai tiru ?* to'our welfare ?ud safety should be cut adi D> at once.-Chroniplej?c Sentinel. IE AR?KST OF SrJBposED K. K. K's.-A pfti T of young men, Mprosed to be K. K. K 38 while going through the streets, ou Mond night last, disguised as Ku Klux, and beari a coffin with them, were arrested by the I lice, but were subsequently discharged, as w.as evident That they were only out for a" little sport. They were ;nbt Ku "Klu-f, h 30 'called themselves the Q. Q. Q's ;' and T 7" public may rest assured that when thc Kia 0r of the real Ku'Klux gather For good o'r br ?' they w il (.'not be found in numbers so smi to that a dozen policemen can handle thei *" Their object, however, is not to disturb ti ?i peace, nor to frighten good people out of th< s' wit?.'* They havo a -higher and a grand mission to perform than simply to frigbti di negroes and Radicals, They have a count S3 to rescue from evil bands, and principles save from utter destruction. These objee c- they will carry out, despite tho opposition ire ianatics, or the ridicule ?f the credulous, at he se-only the wicked enemies of constitution bo liberty now have cause to fear ; and the se need Bb; withal, no fear of the raw-hsad-an ed bloody*ones part of the story. Th*- ? rig ad will triumph, and Radicalism must give wi before the grand head .of the Ku Klux Klau. -Chronicle & Sec tin el. "th A Gio wins Tribute to the " Lost Cause. " j We like the following eloquent, (and beau tiful as eloquent,) extract from en editorial fri th?firsr issue of the a Bahner ofthe South," from the pen of its ?ditor, Rev. A. J. RYAJJ, the Poet Priest of the South. . The words of the distinguished editor glow with the fire of patriotism, eloquence and principle, and will find a responsive echo in ever j true Southern breast: By birth and eentimerit we are of theSouth. Dearer than all other interests, of this world, to ns, are those of our own laigEd. O veronese interests we shall watch. Firmly and^aith '??f?y 9rt 'shall defend them, and more so now than evevyhen those interests are in such sore need of brave defence and true defenders. Believing,' as we do,- that the South had" right, and reason,'and principle, On. her sidecar the late war, We feel that we should not let the traditions and memories and glories of the struggle pass into oblivion. We most keep them alive and aglow-we most pass them down-we must make our children proud of them. There is not a day nor a deed of the struggle of which we may feel ashamed. W e owe it to the past to preserve the story of our struggle, and the future will not lorgive us if we tail to record it. And in recording it we must not use words of apology,'as though we doubted of the righteousaess of our canse; but, plainly and fearlessly, true to ourselves, te our cause,'to our country-true to the dust ol tue dead at our feet-true to'the spirits of those who were so true to us-true to the living in their terrible loss-true to the Fu ture which is coming down to ask of us the vindication of our course and the story of our past-we munt declare, and still declare, and never cease declaring, in words as brave as our warriors were, that in the dread struggle in which our Flag went down with not a stain of dishonor on the virgin4 purity of its folds, Justice stood ou the side of the men who wore the Grey. And J us tice has not chang ed sides because wc have been defeated. Un conquered and unconquerable, Justice is still with the conquered. The success of pur cause has been lost-not its right j for failure can never make right wrong ; nor can success transform the iniquity ot wroog into the sa credness of right. Brute force goes down in to battlefields not to test the rightfulness of causes but to try the strength of combatants. The success of the sword is no argument in ia vor of the cause for which it has been un sheathed. The surrender of the sword is no argument against the cause which drew it from the scabbard. Shot and shell dp not . reason-they slaughter-and slaughter, be it more or less, is only slaughter-it is no argument for or against the rights of those who kill or are killed. Bullets may mangle flesh- spill blood-slay men-but they eau never reach the vital principles tor which men contend^. These principles are. beyond ..the range of musket and cannon. Battle-field.-, may be the burial-places of men-never ol rights. Above the smoke and storm and shock of battles, unaffected by victory or de feat, calm and immovable Justice sits on her eternal throne, and in her eyes rieht is right forever-wrong is eternally wrong-and tram pied right is grander than triumphant wrong From the decisions given against us in .thc court of battle, we therefore appeal; and these decisions wc carry up to the high tribunal o Justice for reversal. This, and this alone was settled by battle-that we were the weak er party. We had less brute force on oui side and we were obliged to yield to the su p. rior strength cf our assailants. Thc ar mies and government of the Confederacy wen but the mortal flesh and blood of au immorM cause. They are gone-it is living. No steel, nor lead, could touch its life or take i away. It is living in the loves of Souther) hearts-it is living in the memories of th Southern dead-it is living in the stone which Southern mothers are telling their lil tte children-it is living in tho sorrows an tears of our widows aud orphans. And w shall keep it a .'ive. The right of our caus did not fall with Richmond. It exists to da .as clearly as it did when the first boom of ou guns sounded across the Carolina waters, an when the Palmetto flag-mid the ringing < bells, and the rapture ot gladdened hearts an the sounding of cheers which the shore set over the sea-waved in triumph over Suinte 'Arft on that April day when Jtee gave u his sword bright and unblemished as when b first girded it ou, he yielded merely, and or ly, the policy of further resistance-not. tb principle which had lifted that resistance inl a right and sanctified it as a duty. Right b gan our struggle,"right justified and ennoble it, right animated our soldiers, right mac1 them Krong tu suffer, strong to endure ; rigl made them-brave to dare, and, bravest ot a) todie ; right marched with them, step, by ste infoevf-ry gory fi?id ; right?fiasbed in the she? of their swords, and thundered in the booi of their cannons in every fray ; right wreatl fd a glory around their- bannen wherev< their banners were borne ; rieht consecrate their victories and consoled tuem in their d< feats; right lit in their hearts th.o flames i th ;t heroism which blazed out into doathlei deeds ; right nei ved them to every sacrifie they made, to every bard-hip they endured right lit beacon-fires of glory on the plains < Alanassa^, on the heights of Fredericksburg, i the fwamps of t he Chickahominy.in the trend pl Ricumund, on the mountains of Tcnnesse in the battle-prices of Kentucky, on the soil G-e rgia,on thc seaboard of the Carolinas, in tl wilds beyond tho Mis-issippi ; and, now, rig' stands amid our rums and graves, and poin in'g to the glories of our cause and waiting i hope for the terrible retribution of the futuf lifts towards the heavens the manacled hand which, there at least, have never pleaded vain, and solemnly protests against the o pressions of victoriou? wrong ; and we, f ono, join now and always in the protest. .V stand by the Past of our country and cam and we accept no Future which will not a cept that'Past. There are men who bei their principles before the bayonet. The ?fe men who dosent the altars ot a Lost Can ro?riid which they once stood with th ; blot in their heart.?; panting for libation, f i! w: kneel to offer homage at the altars 01 ncc? ful wrong. There arc men who trample u der foot the very standards that once float proudly over them. There are men ba enough to lift their hands against the ve rights for whicli they once uplifted swort We are not such. For us, principle is pri ciple, right is right-yesterday-to-day-I morrow-forever. Submission to might not surrender of right. Wo yield to the o _but shall nevor yield up the other. We shall do our best, therefore to sa from oblivion the memories and traditio of the Confederacy. Whoever in the Sou is ashamed ot these had better not rc U THE BANNER or THE SOUTH." Amid t questions which agitate the present, wa ebor never lose pride in our past. It is too gra to be forgotten. Pass down its memories they should live forever. 3 A. J. R. A corporal named Henderson, attach to tho garrison of Columbia, was tried by Cot Martial, for Btiifclnjr Colonel Guenther, whik duty. He was found guilty, and sentenced the court to be reduced to tho raks, dru mme d' < of comp, bis ho*d to be'snaved, to forfeit all pj and to bo imprisoned for three years at bi labor, in Port iiacoa; and during 'tho. term his imprisonmtint, to wear a boll weighing tbir two pounds, attached to a thirty-8ix inch ohs now we are io ue urovci???? We do not thick we can give, .a better ex pose of the negro Constitution, -than the fol lowing article taken from the Charleston Mercury : THB NBOKO CONSTITUTION.-Wo apread before.oar readers thin morning, in full, thc remit, to accomplish which one hundred and .twenty negroes, mulattoes and.low white: have been knocking their skulis together for two blessed months, ut an expense to the St tte of over $100,000. They call thia thing, be gotten ic illegitimacy, a constitution, and have the impudence to ask white mea to vote for it. A like ' combinat ion of folly, i fraud ?and licentiousness was never before submitted to Lae judgment of A civilized people. - They propose to inaugurate a government ema tri angular foundation of ignorance, repudiation ana miscegenation. The political power of the State is to be thrown into the hands of th; uneducated and. depraved. Bona fide sai es axe to be repudiated, debts denied, and . .property stolen is to 1?property lost White children, boya and girls, aro to be buddied together in the school room with young ne groes, and there is to be no law against the intermarriage of waites and blacks. The con sequences of the adoption and enforcement of such a constitution are inevitable. AU the uegroes having the power to vote, while mauy of the white men aro disfranchised, the ne groes can put whom, they please in office, and there can be no doubt that their choice will fall, on those of their own race. It is true that the convention, to avoid offending the prejudices of white Radicals at the North, has nominated only white men to Congress and to the principal Si Ate offices, but when il comes to the local offices it, will be quite another affair. It is not to be supposed that the White Radicals eau humbug tho negroes into giving all of them offices, and even if they did, their number ia so small that every white Radical in the State might have an office, and yet there be many placea left to be filled by negroes. There will be negro legis lators, negro sheriffs, negro constables, negro tar-collectors, negro ordinaries, negro judges, negro mayors, negro aldermen, negro police, in short every petty office'in the State will be filled by negroes. And it ia just in those off ces,' that. they will come most in collision with the white peopl e. ? negro Congress mun, a negro legislator may bo only a good subject of ridicule, but a negro judge to de cree away life or property, ? negro policeman with a club in his hand, and a negro mayor, with the power of fine and imprisonment, are -much more serious affairs. Wo mistake tho character and temper of our white population, lt they will long submit with patience to the annoyances, insults and oppressions to which these thiugs will give rise. In regard to edu cation, most white people will keep their chil dren away from the pablic schools, but white people too poor to have their children educa ted otherwise are to bo compelled to-send them to the public schools. Will the poor white men of this State submit to such com pulsion? No, indeed. The adoption of this constitution and the attempt to enforce it, will produce evil, and may end in anarchy. - In our judgment, the white race in South Carolina, should have nothing to do with any of tho electors putting such a government , over them. Tivy should consider it a rulli . ty, and bide their time to make it so. lt is set up by the sword ; and it does not become * them, to aid the sword, in their own ruin and j degradation. . -_. *~ _j-?? From tho Columbus Enquirer, ISL A Midnight Tragedy. . - ' ? MURDER OF GEO. W. ASHBURN. Our citizens were greatly .startled, on Mon * day night and yesterday morning, by the news ? that George W. Ashburn had been killed in the house in which he was living, in the upper f part of Oglethorpe street, by a body of tuen ir. disguise. The killing occurred between 3 twelve and one o'clock Monday night. The e shots fixed were heard, by a number of persons * li-ring in the neighborhood; the men who j committed the deed were secu on the streets by one or two persons; and the tragedy was e witnes ed by several persons in and about e the house. Yet there seems to be no evi * dance clearly, implicating any one in the af fair. Ashburn was shot in the head, thigh, , aad foot or ankle, and other shots, it is sato1, \ pissed through his clothes. Ile must have been killed immediately. The shots were ll eridenfJy fired from pistols. r" There were a variety of rumors, and sevc P rn! wild conjectures as to the character of the 16 parties who committed the outrageous deed. A coroner's inquest was held yesterday at the L.3USO of. the murder, which, we understand. ?- was attended by the Mayor of the city and e, t'r.Q Commandant of the post. We under : i and that, according to thestatements of r. t groes in the bouse, a party of masked or dir i I guised men, whoso numbers they variously ' estimate from fifteen to thirty or forty, came P to thc house at the hour above named and demanded admission. This was refused, and 11 they then proceeded to break into the house, , having posted themselves at both doors. ?J Wh?h they effected an entrance, Ashburn was standing near his bed with a pistol in his s" hand. Tho men immediately commenced shooting at him with pistols, and quickly c?i3- ? J3 patched him, Ashburn, it is said, not tiring. * It was reported yesterday that a negro womiu 5 living in the house had stated that she recog . oized one of the men, whose mask had fallen >n off; naming a most respectable and orderly 38 young gentleman of Columbus. But we e' learn that on examination at the ir quest she denied having made such a statement/, ami said that she could not identify the man. No one acquainted with the young gentleman believed for a moment that he was concerned [P iu the affair. A* negro mao testified that he ' saw one of the men in the alley between tho I8' house of the tragedy and the next one, with 10 out a mask, and that ho knew him. As this P" charge may also be disproved, we will not jT publish tho name of the mau implicated. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that G. W. ;e' Ashburn was murdered by parties unknown. ?, There aro, .is we have said above, a variety of conjectures as to the cause of this shocking re murder, and the. character of tho parties by s? whom it was committed, The deceased was ? a fomenter ol: discord and a mau of strife. He was obnoxious Lo tho white people of this w" city, not merely un account of his disorgani nI zing political course, which .had been greatly c instrumental in creating and keeping alive *e bad feeling* Iwtween the two races, but be |7 cause of his sc cia! habits. -The first presump is* tion, therefore, was that his political opponents n~ hod compassed his (loath. But there arc ma ?* ny, and it is said ono or more w hi tc Radicals, 18 who do not believe thi.'. That he was in an ne- (pry collision with nome of hit own party is weil understood, and it was reported jester 76 clay afternoon that one of his political friends 08 had been arrested because of threats he had yi bean heard to utter against Ashburn. The *d personal difficulties of tho deceased in this 1? caty had been many, but it cannot be credited that from any one of these, sprang the ani nd mosity that put so tragic an end to'his stormy r life. .... . Ashburn was eontiidered the chief organizer of the black Radical party of Georgia; His : ed influence over the ' negroes waa 'great, and art there was considerable excitement among this rtB class of the population on account ot' his * by bloody death. We are glad toaay, however, )ut that wfe heard of no violent demonstrations . by-any of them. We hope* that, like good Ji citizens, they have - como to tho sensible con - tdoaiottto1 awaH-ps^eTHlyimtflnrestigarons of of the proper authorities sad to- afeW?'tip ty- holding the laws, relying upon thom to enforce .... m in. justice without part .a li ty or favor. ^ 1 !