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From thc Cofum?fii'pW?^ix.^'^ Gen. Butler'? Letter. The sentiments of so true and gallant a man as Gen. Butler are entitled to consideration. We suppose that there is no mau true? to the State thau he. But we are disposed to '.hink that the impetuosity of the soldier that is in him, is not wholly consistent with the con servatism of thu slate-Muan. The General is of thu opinion that th.: position taken by the late Democratic Convention of this State on the sub ject of qualified negro suffrage, is premature nn<l calculated to prejudice the interests of the party North. In the first place, we have every reason to believe that the course taken by the South Carolina Democrats meets the warm approval of the leading gentlemen cf the par ty in the North, lt helps them ; it helps us ; ar.d more than thU,_and fiiritboy.e^ this, it is right. The rule o?tHe white man is* not in consistent with a fair and.legitimate showing for the colored mau. It is true, that, political ly speaking, toe must never noto th? negro, lut we must bring ike negro io its, by-kindness and by just concessions. In the second place, a3 we conceive it, the whites of the South and the- Democratic party munt take an ajfiirma tive position on the subject of soffrare. This gives vitalityvto a party. Ia fine, we are. neith er for M no suffrage" -nor' for, " all suffrage bat, aa the Journal of Commerce says, "there is a middle ground that would meet the views of the great body of" the American people/'" Gu thabiddie ground, the South Carolina Democrats have planted themselves and rais ed their standard. Allow hs to'commend ourfriend from Edge field, and those who. concur wilh him in opin ton, to the following exlraot from our Wash ington correspondence. . The writer being one of our fellow citizens, and, when he wrote, in a position to write knowingly, his statements may bo relied upon-at least, as the truthful results of his observation :. . "Irlconversation with leadingDemocratic gen deuten here,, we ru.d. that the coarse that South Carolina hr alien, through the late Democratic mo- eut. is highly approved* and without'" e ption, eomme^ed> .It; ia deemed tke only practicable and practical lino of action that-is'before. us - and the idea which, same of our--people;hftyet"- thai our conserva tive action on negro.suffrage is calculated to damage tho Democratic party North, is deem ed utrorly* unfounded. We are told that the Democratic Convention started out in the right direction, and they bid us go on, as the course is calculated to give us successes South and to help the cause North " The great*objective point before the South is success in the Presidential canvass., next fall. To this, let the Southern people audr?ss themselves-in ali jearnestness. Let them not fail to seek to bring the colored element on the Democratic side. Show tho colored peo ple where their true interests lie? deal with them kindly, fairly, truthfully, and they will bu lound ready to vote with their ancient friends, and natural protectors. We have around us, as. a practical thing, negro voting ?l?ments. Such being the case, and dealing, as we must,, with accomplished facts-accom plished though.they jmay be for a lime.only let the Southern, people consoiidate their ne gro elements into one Democratic mass, in fuse into that mass the spirit of Democratic principles, and use thc power thus obtaiued fur tbe good of both wees, and (he good of thc country at large. Against the army of radi calism we must briDg ?very column wo can get, and it matters uot whether thcao columns Oe composed of fair Saxons or dusky Ethio pians. We want victory, for a couutry is to be saved, and constitutional liberty is at stake." . ' ".' EoG3FIELD, S. -May 9,.1SGS. .To the Edited of ike Columb ia Phoenix :.. "Will you permit-ino-to dissent brielly, .yet with the greatest respect, from the conclu sions at which the Central Executive Com-' uiittedof thc Demccrtic party of South.Car olina appear to have arrived, in opposing an other convention of the people of the State, before the meeting of the National-Democrat jc Convention-in New York, on the 4th of July next? I think that a mistake has been made in not having some of tue questions disposed of in the late Columbia Convention more fully discussed -nd canvassed. Thai body was assembled on very short notice,, and was but a partial repr?sentation of the peo ple. Before we aro committed to a .position involving such grave political considerations, it is proper tba-; the enth-epeople should have a Tul* hearing. With the appointments of that Convention, I have no objections to urge. Had I partici patel in its deliberations, I would have voted for most of its appointees. Nor could any thing be further from me than to reflect fu: moment upon the character, intentions aud perfect good fahh of tbat body ; but from its position upon the question of suffrage, I will venture to withhold my concurrence. It is unfortunate, in my poor .opinion, that subject had not been left in abeyance and, if acted upon at all, only after thc fullest and irees.t discussion. Qualified suffrage, to which this Convention committed the Democrats of the State, is to us a two-edged sword. If adopt ed, it must be uniform ; and if uniformly ap; plied, it acts both ways; and deprives many of our worthiest white voters of thc ballot, at tho same time that it curtails tho negio vote. To this I could never consent, for rea . sons which are.too obvious to mention. But, Mr. Editor, il occuid fx me . that the occasion for the agitation of this question has not jet arisen with us. It would have, been time to have discussed. it when, the subject shall be referred to the States for their action. We, tho white people ofSout"i Carolina, have now no voice in thc question of suffrage. That is regulated for us. by the bayonet, .if. the Democratic party should be successful iii the.November elections, South Carolina might find herself in ah awkward and embarrassing position, by having prematurely tak?u'ground less acceptable than Chat taken by. the con trolling wing of the same party North. It is in the recognition, of this right of each State to regulate the question of suffrage within its j borders in its own way, with no other restric tion than conformity to that provision of th? F?d?ral Constitution which guarantees a re publican form, of Goveruinen-., that thc Dem ocratic party differs so fundamentally and ir reconcilably from-the radicals, who claim that the General Government is paramount in all things, can mskc and nnmake'States, depose' executive, judicial and legislative ofBcers;nt will, as mere dependencies upon the centrar' ' Government, and enforce a system of suffrage, in direct conflict with the expressed will of the people of the different States. If, on the otber hand, a radical President should ta elected, universai'sn?Vage will be. the inevita tie rule ; ^i:.d wherever in theue United States, North, Sou?rb, East or West,, any attempt shall bo made to abridge it, it wi"! bo enforced by the bayonet. It is only through thc Democratic party tbat we can hope for deliverance. By'its agency, the ancient regrmey tbe dignity of the States, the equilibrium of the Government - may be 'restored. Its failure will bo their death-knell. Wo should, therefore, if possi ble,'ck> nothing to disturb its harmony.. . Bot five States in the American TJnion ad Boit'the negro into the body politic. Tbe Democratic platforms in ?oery State exclude him in the wost emphatic terms. Why sbould our? differ so radically from t he entire party ? One of the prominent- leading cardinal fea tpr?rf'of the Democratic creed, from time im memorial, has been the exclusion of any other than the white race from the body; politic Indian. Chinaman and negro. To admit any other .would neutralize the Government, and eradicate that essential element of conserva tism, which has hitherto cheeked/ic from nan ni og into the most absolute and brutal des potism of forced represented jjy ntimoei*. It is sincerely lo be .hoped that South Car olina will not be the first-at least, of the Southern State3-to infringe this, vvbolesomc ru it?, but bear the ills she bas with what pa? tieneo and'endurance may be necessary to preserve the integrity of her. dharaeter, rath er than fly to those,which are so prominently befofe her. I did not, however, propose to extend this communication to its presen* length-no fur ther, in fact, than to urge with great respect the Central Committee, to withdraw their op position.^ lo a Convention, propose 1 to be as ?eurb'ed upon due notice, wTie'ro the whole question of qualified EuffrageL ubout7 which' there j's a -contrariety of opinion, conid be calmly and temperatdyJ&BC^^ fetf representalioo.' And failing in-tfai^ to place on record my protest against Jae .Hate's as SI tei ntl El OVi an th( .fcawua?s: C,..:;??S* iii ?w ^ j... ? bl??i??rfp; TnVcuS? at this juncture. I apprehend th.it it would very seriously embarrass the action of thc Democratic party, and as little to that.end should bo done by us as posible. Very respectfully,. ?vyj^M- C^BU-TLER. ---^r---.[j Republican Nominating cojiv??tion. ! CHICAGO, May 20.-Governor Ward, of New. Jersey, cailed..theVwonvention'to order.-. Bishop Simpson prayed/ ' ^r,$y *. Carl Sch?r?, was mffl&tem porarf "Chairma A committee of one from each State was appointed on credentials. Texas was unrep resented. The Southern States, were all called-nine teen negroes are among their delegates. The canvass for vice-President is spirited. . It " thought Wade will lead ou the first ballot. The Convention adjourned after effecting an organisation to await the report of the committee- on credential to-morrow* ^CHICAGO, -May 21, noon.-Yesterday the Southern States wero called, and represented on: all the committees. Gov. Hawley bein, made permanent President, was introduced to the Convention by Governor Brown, of Georgia. The Southern States are also rep; resented among the Vice Presidents and Sqc retaries in the permanent organization CHICAGO, May'21, noon.-Nothing definite regarding the nomination of ? Vice President. Hamlin seems to gain ground The platform agreed upon by the commit tee was foreshadowed in Carl Schurz's speech I No leader ventures a positive prediction on the Vice President. The Southern delegates secm^disposed to support Wilson. [ CHICAGO, May 21.-The Committee on res olutions reported. Congratulates -the country on the assured success ol the Congressional plan of Reconstruction. Congress mu st gua: antee and maintain suffrage to the Southern loyalists. Denounces repudiation as a na . tional crime. National obligations must be paid in letter and spirit. Demands equaliza tion and redaction of taxes. Pavois extend ing redemption of the debt to the Jagest day reducirg interest whenever^ honorably possi ble. The Government should be adminis tered with strictest economy. Corruption and extravagance fostered'by Johnson should be reformed. Lincoln's death is deplored : de ploring Johnson's accession, denounces him as a usurper and violator of the laws and the obstructor of reconstruction, and justly im peached of high crimes and misdemeanors No citizen, native or naturalized, must be imprisoned when abroad except for violations of law. Eulogizes soldiers and sailors. Thei bounties are obligations never to be forgotten Their orphans' and widows are the nation' wards. Immigration should be fostered by liberal and just policy. The Convention sym pathises with all oppressed people who are struggling for their rights. The report was adopted wi:h but two or three dissenting. Lo;an nominated Grant for the Presidency he wa3 unanimously nominated. Governor Browu, announcing Georgia's vote, said that the maxim ol Georgia was Republican-ene mies in war, in peace'-frieuds, On the first ballot for Vice-President. Wade received one huRdred and forty-nine;' Fenton one hundred and thirty-tw.i; Wilson one hundred and nineteen; Colfax one hundred and eighteen; Harlan sixteen; Kilby six Creswell fourteen; Pomeroy one. On the fifth ballot Colfax was nominated, receiving five hundred and fifty two votes. The Convention adjourned subject to the call of the President. Call tor a Democratic JH?etiU?. Thc uudersig.ied unite in ? call for a meet ing of the Democratic party of Charleston District, to be held on Saturday evening, 23d instant, at eight o'clock, for the purpose o? considering a response to the invitation of thc Democracy pf Edgefield District, to meet in convention in Columbia and nominate delegates to' the National Democratic Con venrion, to be hold in New York on the 4th July. A Hst with the caption above has been left at this office for signatuies. The object of the meeting is ono of parament interest to every one who cares for the welfare of the country; - We have remained too long inert and voiceless-Charleston must express her self. We earnestly invite every one who is in sympathy with the Democratic party, to sign the-call, and tb attend the meeting. Let it not bc said, that at such a time as this the Democracy of Charleston stands aloof. Our fellow citizens of Edgefield b*v<j taken posi tion, and call upon the State to respond. We cannot be silent.-Charleston Mercury, 23d. ? From Washington. WASHINGTON, May 22, noon.-In the Man agers' investigation Chas. W. Woolley hav ing swore he spent no money to influence im peachment declines answering questions re garding his investments. Edmund Cooper testifies he was approach ed by his brother-in-law-and friends ot Sena tor Pomeroy proposing for forty thousand dollars to secure-five votes for acquittal. Sen ators Morton and Nye were on the list. The exam'tnaticn of telegraphers and dis patches continues. A full Cabiuet'mecting took place to day Giantand Colfax will be serenaded to-night It is stated that Senator Pomeroy is about publishing a statement regarding Cooper's ev idence. The general belief is that the nro position was a trap set to catch the Presi lent's" friends. The following is the text of the Radical platform : Wherein the South is affected, First-we :ongratnlate the country on tb? assured sue :esspf thc Reconstruction policy of Congress is evinced by the adoption, in the majority of ;he Sr?t?s-lately in rebellion, of constitutions ;ecur?ngleqcal) civil and political rights to all, md ic is the duty of the Government to sus tain those institutions and to prevent the peo ple of those States from being remitted to a state of anarchy. [Cheers.] Second"-the julranteboy* Congress of equal suffrage to ilr loyal men at the Sonth was demanded, by jvery consideration of public safety,- of grati lud?'ari?V?f justice, and must be maintained, A-bile the question of suffrage in all the loyal States properly belong to the, people of those States. [Cheers-] ? ' . WASHINGTON," May 23, neon-Grant's ser enade response : G ENTLEGEN :- Being unaccustomed ito pub ic speaking-, and without any desire to culti vate that power (laughter), it is impossible br me to.find-appropriate language to -.hank ron for thia - demonstration. All that ll can jay is that to. whatever posiiiou I msy be jailed, by your will, I shall eudeavor tc dis, marge its duties with fidelity and honesty o!. )urpo8e. Of my rectitude in thc performance jf'public duties you will have to judge for ^ourselves by my reoord before you. .Pomeroy denies authorization or knowledge if. the Cooper letter. SOLDIER KILLED.-A cavalry soldip.rby the ?ame of Brown, wHh two other soldiers of his garri on, deserted a few days since. Tho ?ua?d succeeded in arresting thorn in thc leighborhood of Wilson Pierce's. Brown at empted to make his escape; when a member t-the guard fired upon him killing bira al most instantl}'. nis remains were conveyed o this plaee for interment. Brown, is saifi o have been a regular United States soldier T the last fourteen }*ears.-Dahlonega Sig al," JGth. . REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.-Thc fulloVing re the Republican nominations for ceunly [ficers for Barnwell t Sheriff- ColonerN: G. W. "Walker. Jhdge of Probate Court-I. N. J'eagbe. Clerk of Court of -Common PIPRS-Captain rrn. N. Nearlarid. County Commissioners-- Conrad Ehrhardt, er)jarr??n:H. Nearland, R. B. Elliott, (col ed.) Coroner- W. E. Armstrong.' Schoo?Ooramissioner-W. J. Mixo'n. A correspondent, who sends us the above, ys : "Colonel N; G. W. Walker has been leriff for" many years, and ls universally es smed by all classes. Messrs. Teague, Arm .ong and Mixon, whites, are natives. irhardt>bas beeu a resident ,of the State Bf'-twenty years, is a man of fine property,.] d;first class busine?? man. R. B. Elliott is > only colored-man or. the ti cket."- Chark s I fourier. .is iw ? y'? - . - 3 .?.-?-...... i 4i il th n St: jo; dil Y< ?if iii , JAME S BACON, EDITOE. WED^ESl?k-Y, MAY 27, 1868. - ?- .Wy_ aroirnow furnishing th? ADVERTISER to 0)j?3 at'.thi?'foirompg very low roles : vTwo Copies one Yoar, ?v; $5.50., . Five Copios oneiYtar, .. 12.50. t?n Cop?? onepar, ^ 2?3^ " Twenty Copies one Year, 40.00. No Clubs received for a less period? than ono Tear(-ahd in all casos tho Cash wiU be required in advance. The names of the entire Club must be sent at one time. Advertiser Agents. Tho following gentlemen are our authorized Agents, and wiltreoeipt for all monies for Sub scriptions or Advertisement* sent through them : B. Wi HAHD, Granitoville, S. C. M. M. PADOETT, Mine Creek, S. C. CHAS. NICKERSOK, Big Creek, S. C. Rev.J. P. Bonis,' Kirksey's X R'ds, S. C. JACOB HOIET & BRO. Huiet's Store, S. O. , Come ont to the BaIIot-Box-!--RalIy for t . Your Country. On Tuesday and Wednesday next, tho 2nd and 3d of June, an election is to take placo for District Officers. At times wo aro called upon to elect m?n who.merely havo a kind of theoretical con trol over us, and wo never fool their weight, but the Officers to be elected next week, aro to tako charge of us and our affairs, tangibly and practi cally, and in some way or other, their influence is to bc felt and seen, for thc next four years to come* How* important is it thjn, that we shall be vig ilant, and that'every man, woman and child in the District, shall take this election to heart, and strain every nerve, to secure the election of good men and true. He that is not with us now, is against us, and wo should employ all our wealth, influence, and popularity, with the blacks, as . well as the whites, to win votes for the mon of our choice It is childish weakness for us to Bland' aloof from tho freedmen, and say wo will not bo contaminated by a contact with them. Fortune, and superior, and tyranical power, havo made thou* cot only our equals, but if wo romain list Icis to the issues of the day, our political superi ors, and our Legislators, and Governors. Apply to each one of them every legitimate means of con trol,' and let him know, that if be opposes you, he cannot eat meat from your larder, bread from your kitchen or milk from your dairy. Thc Conservativo Committee, and the friends of | the District, havo put in nomination,.some of the very best and most capable men of our knowledge, for ali the effice* to be filled, and all that the in quiring voter need to do, is to cast eyes over the columns of the Advertiser, io find a candidate suitable to tho most fastidious* tustc. People of Edgefield, as in days of yore, come to tho rescue ! "Awake, arise, or be forever fallen!" ? ? ? - Public Meeting. OUT citizens wifl bear in mind, that, in accord ance with a Resolution parsed by the Central Executive Committee, and the Sub-Committees of Edgefield District, " a meeting of tho Demo cratic Party of Edgefield District" will be hold " on the first Monday, in June noxt, to consider the various questions of vital intorcst affecting said porty." Therefore, let there be a grand rallying of the pcopie at the Cenrt Houso on Mouday next. Come, everybody, and bring your neighbor with you. Several of our best and most prominent citizens aro oipcctod to address tho meeting. Election Precincts in 7th Regiment. Mr. LKVI HILL, Chairman Board of Registers 7th Regiment, Edgefield District, has issued tho fullowiug orders : " There will be an Election held in accordance with General Ordor No. 77, on Tuesday and Wed nesday, the 2nd and 3rd days of June 18GS, ?t the following named places in the 7th Regiment, Edgefield District Sf C., viz: . At Beech Island, for the voting precinct of Beech Island. At Hamburg for tho voting precinct of Ham burg. At Orangeville, for the votiug precincts of G rangeville, 1 lather's and Cherokee Ponds. At Edgefield Court Housa for tho voting pre cincts of Edgefield C. H., Pine House, Lybrands and Ridge, for the following Cc JU ty Officers, viz : A Judge of tho Probato# Court, a Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, a Sheriff, a Coroner, three County Commissioners, and one School Commissioner. We understand that tho Plca?ant Lane Box is thc only election precinct that will be opened in the Otb Regiment. CST Aud Ricbardsonville is the only election precinct that will be opened in tho 10th Regiment. New Goods. Maj. 3. C. BRYAK has just opened a beautiful array of Summer Dress Goods' to which, wo in vite the attention of the ladies. They ore beauti ful beyond comparison, and will bo so declared on inspection. Mnj B. Has marked his goods very low, evincing a determination to offer them at os reasonable prices as they can bo bought in Augusta. Give him a call forthwith. . - ? ? ? -. ?p?r Mr. 0. F. CHEATH?X has a now advertise ment in this issue. Read it, and moko it a point tb grvc Lim a trial. His goods are all of thc best jollity; his prices are os moderato as tho most ponurioua could desire. Read tko well-timed communication sign jd " PROGRESS." Reflect on the proposition he sriogs before you, and prepare to tako action in :hc premises at once. We.witl revert to this mat .er in our next issue. Republican Nomination for District Officers. At a meotiog of tho Delegates of the Nomina .?cg Committee of tho Republican party for this District, held in Granite ville, on Monday last, ve learn thc following nominations were made : For Clerk-A. RAMSAY. For Sheriff-JOBS MCDEVITT, Jr. ... For.Judfjeof Probate-J). L. TURNER. for Coroner-PETER Molleen. For School Commissioner-Rev. E. L. WHATLEY^ We have'not been able, to guthor tho nominees br Road Commissioners. General Cunby has issued an order post >oning the municipal elections in South Carolina. i?S- In New York Stato thoro is no love for raything that looks tike miscegenation. The 1 eternal negro" is now kicked an i abused on all ides,' und what is allowed by the Reconstruction Constitution of Carolina is decide d to bo illegal ty the Supremo Court at Buffalo. A colored girl, t seems, entered ono of the white schools in that ity, and was permitted by thc teacher to reinain. Complaint was made to tho superintendent, who leci'ded that the'girl most leave tho school. This rought the matter before the Supreme Court, rhlch rulod against the right of colored children D attend any school ixcopt those designed for ii cm exclusively. ?33* A number of hogs have died in various arts of thej&ate of Maryland, supposed to bo uused by eating scventeen-your locusts. ?ST Rio* Janeiro advices stato that the United tates Minister Wobb is prossing mediation with >e United States between tho belligerents, throat jlpg interference in case tho Paraguayan war is rolpnged ^P?r.Says the Rome Coil fier, wo saw in town j last Wednesday a child named Margaret A. avis, aged ten years and ton months, and weigh g one hundred and sixty-two and a hfllf pounds. bo snys wo havn't got a healthy country ? . jS?r* non. John A. Gilmor, of North Carolina, od at his rosldonco in Greensboro' on Thursday, ay 14V Mr. Gilmer for many years was ono of o most prominent public men in our sister State 0 bad been both United States and Confederate utos Sonator. No man in North Carolina en? yed a larger mensuro of publia confidence then 1 the deceased. _ igr A colorod man wbo-died recently In New ??.city, at the ago of 71, was the ownor of ;b t booses and $100,000 in bonds. Ho bogan b as a hocjtr servant ?22*-;= . ... % ' ? AT'YVuru"Alioi?l RailU'?y j'tallulirgT" Tho magnitude of tho appliances for building tho great Pacific Railroad, tho most wo^?isA?^j work of fte nin?J???nth century, shouft^TOjieo- ' pie in this part'bf: tho world somo ^wrj'o'f~nbw Ute workj'pught to be done hero, wbtrp. railroads are soimperatively needed. Hypryi ailee in' a while we-see notices in. the paporstH^another twentyyiiVf miles of -Hbo PaciffoMlaiiroad has boen completed' ?nd/that trio .amouut .6f :iind agreed upon has been turned ov?j-fo ihOjCo^toyl. by tho government It will be remembered that Confess ?ranted to. two Companies, the Union Pacific, rmd thc Cen tral Pacific, tho right to build their Respective lines from opposite ends until they should meet and connect. The Union Pacific Company is working from the Missouri Uiver, westward ; while the Central Pacific Is working from San Francisco, eastward.*- - The ?ormir have-neariyr*r quite, crossed tho level plains of. Nebraska and come to tho outlying hills of the Rocky Mountain range; while the latter, it appears is making equally wonderful and gratifyinghead way. Though there is a heavier force of men and teams at work on tho California end of tho Road than on this, yoi tho progress of distance is. far slower. - For while on this ?rad tho path lies, for many hun dred miles, along an absolute plain ; -on the Cal ifornia end, it is up and over the grand -Sierra Nevada chain of mountains. About twenty-five thousand Chinamen are at work on the california end, if we mistake not, tho .contractors are grad ing on this (the Eastern) slope of the SIrreas, andbeginning to strotch their labors oat into the great Salt Lake Basin. The last and greatest of j the tunnels through the Sierras is already opened, and the oroFsing of this dreaded range is now regularly made by the locomotive. At Cisco, ou the Sierras, the locomotivo screams on a spot ?j high as Mount Washington, the highest of the New England mountains. Think of it ! 1 ! This achievement of helving and blasting a pathway of one hundred aSd fifty miles through primeval granite barriers, is equivalent to more than 600 miles of ordinary railroad, in cost and resistance overcome. Upward of $20,000,000 have leen expended in .crossing those mountains alone. And it is believed that fully half of the distance bo tweon the Pacific- coast and the Missouri River will bo built by the Central Pacific Company, as the ale dy accomplished work of crossing the Sierras is by far tho most difficult in their line, and moro costly to prepar? for the ironJhan the 650 miles.cast of "t {.? In all probability the year 1870 will see regular trains of cars running across tho entire breadth of the American continent-from New York to San Francisco-through California, Nevad?, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska,Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York ! And while all this is going on, cannot-we of Edgefiold pluck up courage to build that little branch to the Prno House, or some other availa ble point ? Wo are fossils, we are Rip Yan Win kles, we aro " sticks in the mud." If we do not give up many of our abs ol etc " notions," .and ex hibit moro advanced ideas, our neighbors, and the world at large, will, leave us ignobly behind in the raco ofbuman progress. ? -?-? Isalette, the Female Spy. The issue of June 4th of that standard Carolina paper, the Yorkville Enquirer, will contain the first chapters of a thrilling nouvcllette under the title of " Isolette, the Female Spy.-A Story of ] tho War," written expressly for its columns, by J. WITHERSPOON Envix, one of the most popular authors in the State. Gne of tho most painful circumstances connect ed with the heroic defence of Charleston, during its three years of siege, is to he found in the fact, that during all this time, there were persons in tho city, "in high life," who wcro engaged as spies in *scnding information to the besiegers. Drawings of. the fortifications were furnished, weak, points noted, and tho movements of troops indicated as soon as begun, and the fleet notified of the time of arrival and departure of blockade running vessels. So cautiously did those emissa ries of the enemy conduct their work, that for i 1 jng time thc skill of tho most eminent detectives was baffled in thoir endeavors to break jjy fcUoiV correspondence. Ttfcs? TpTcswcre Sf source of extreme annoyance to thc commanders in Charleston, and thc information they were en abled to f am iib often thwarted their boit matured designB upon the enemy. As a proof of the-com pleteness of this conspiracy, it may be romarked that the daily paper.? of the city wore frequently read on boord the blockado fleet the same day )f their publication. The author of " Isolette, or the Female Spy," has taken the principal character and incidents in thi? affair, and under as?urned names has pre tented them in thc form of a thrilling and well written romance, historic and imaginative. The urcumstances of tho story are detailed as begin ing on James Island, and in connection with lome of the of the South Carolina regiments itationed thore. After many thrilling adventures, n which the " femnlo spy" figures largely, the loroes of tho plot follow their regiment to Vir jinia, heforo tho walls of Petersburg.' Tho sur ?onder of General Lee's army, in 1865, finds them igaiu among the Santcc hills, where the narra ive closes. Persons who wish to secure this interesting tory complete, should tend in their subscriptions it once, as only a limited number of copies of the lapor will be printed to supply futuro orders. To iccoinmodate persons who desire tho Euquirer on icxount of tho story, tho following are the terms n advance: One copy, three months, $1; ten iopies, three months, $7 50 ; ono copy, ono year, ?3 50. Address L. M. GRIST, Yorkville^S. 0. The Now York Sun gives a brief state aent why tho incomo tax is unconstitutional. It lays the Constitution provides that all direct taxes hall be levied upon.tbe Slates in proportion to heir population. Congress has no power to levy my .direct tax upon indivividual citizens, and nus t impose such ta rcs upon the States ?nd upon hem only. Tho income tax is a direct tax; it is evlcd not upon tho States but upon individuals, md therefore it is unconstitutional, and cannot ighiTully be collected of any man. ??3~ A Richmond lady during the war refused i moldier from Louisiana; who was captivated by i cr graces, and married another, who not long iftcr the marriage deserted her. No tidings iould.be learned of the one she had chosen, and he lived, in great seclusion. Lately, however, iho received a letter from the administrator of | ho rejected suitor, by which it appeared that he lad nevor forgotten her, and had left her on his ying bed his whoto fortune, amounting to some 20,000. " ??* Russia, it is rumored, is preparing for a J .eb attack upon Turkey, not yet having aban oned tho design of establishing her capital at I landantinople. AJRutsiap army, consisting of 0,000 cavalry and 300,000 infantry and artillery, as been sent to tho frontier of the Danubian 'rincipalities. On the other band, tho Sultan as march an army of observation, composed of | 5,000 men' tv Shumlah, where there wore many cvere contests in in the Crimean war. ??tT" A little four year , old child in Portland ?ld his father ho was a fool. On Seing repri anded by bis mother and required to say he was irry, he toddled up to the insulted parent and [claimed, " papa I'm sorry you's a fool.'' The French Emperor, who was sixty in pril last, said a few days ago, speaking-to Dopu 58: "I am told people say I am getting old, id om losing energy, let them glvo me a chance td they willSGC-" ?e said to the same gentle, an : "I cannot.conceive how you pan be afraid the law or the pr OHS, and pf tho law on public cctings. Why, gentlemen, there is nothing to ir so lpng as one keeps his hand on the hilt of e ?word, and mine is always there." ?5?r* General Meade has agreed to pardqn the ung mon from Qreone county, Ala., who wore ed by a Military Commission at Selma, and it off under gaari and handcuffed tn the J)ry rtugss. tn ?ST Tho Quartermaster's department at Nub- pl lo will be wound op next week. It was worts' ^ 00,000 per annora to tho City of JlooJfj. J tij ot : 6 For thc? A?vert?fcrT"" Z ' At a Democratic meeting held at Mt. Willing May 23rd, OoL G. D. HDIET presiding, the follow-; ing Resolution was submitted ajwt, unanimously^ adopted: ' . * gj Bcaolccd, That we, tho member* ?f;lhe Mt i Willing Democratic Club, feel o'ariclv?s in duty? bound to support tho nomination for. District' officers made by the Central Democratic Club ol' Edgefield CU. Mi. i&* ?M B. J. BOUKNI?aTi^'ry. j -" "-rr?-:.y For the Advertiser'. MB. EDITOR.-It was with pleasure I noticed yonr recent c iitorial advocating the construction of a Branch Road to connect Edgefield C. H. with the " outer world" by means of the Colum bia and Hamburg Railroad. Instead however of limiting tho design to tho purpose mentioned in yonr article, it would redound far more to the interests, net only of the District, but of the State generally,-to make it a.part of a much larger scheme ; one which would in*? few years reduce the price of bacon and corn to the cotton planter and mechanic, which wonld attract immi grants from abroad, and which wonld place the District on tho great highway and thoroughfare of the produce from tho teeming plains of the West to'the Atlantic Coast. Cincinnatti and Louisville are now pushing their Roads towards Knoxville, Tenn., and efforts are being made to revive thc Blue Ridge Road, on which the State has uiready lavished her millions. Sooner or la ter this Road must be built to afford an outlet for the Western products, even if the capital needed has to be provided by the Western merchants. Unices proper measures are adopted by the people of this section, the immense advantages which will be afforded by those Roads, will be lost. In Tact, steps are now being taken by a powerful combination to open a line of communi cation from Port Royal to the West by another Route. Application has already been made to Congress to subsidize the Fort Royal Railroad Company, (directed by Northern men,) and strong hopes aro expressed of inco?is. And a- project iii on foot, to construct a Road from the termination, of the Port Royal Road at Augusta, Ga., to the Blue Ridge Road, thus avoiding this ssction alto gether. The advantages of tho Route via Aiken and Ninety-Six on the Greenville Road are so superior to that by the Savannah River Valley, that should we allow the other Road to bo constructed first, it will be our own fault The interests of the City of Charleston.-of tho South Carolina Road and of the Greenville Railroad, aro mani featly in favor of the Aiken and Ninety-Six route, for should a connexion be mado at Augnsta, a large portion of the trudie wonld find it? way to the Ocean via Savannah, to the detriment of our own Roads and City,-in-the prosperity of which every citizen of South Carolina is interested. At the bead of the competing enterprize are shrewd meo, with capital and influence at their command; and Augusta, appreciating the im menso value of such a trade passing through her corporate- limits, will sti-ain every nerve to force it that way. However could we got the start, manifesting a proper spirit and determination to construct the Aiken and Ninety-Six Road, then the Port Royal Company might be induced to form their connexion wita the West by this Route, and thus the influence of that company, might be brought to assist in our project In this view immodiato and erJtergetio action is imperatively demanded. It is worse than folly to wait for better times, when by waiting, we may loose the opportunity of enlisting the assis tanco of tho partie:; interested in building tho Port Royal Road. The depressed condition of the country is one of the strongest arguments in favor of action, for success in this enterprize would increaso the value of our lands and their products ;-it would create business whore now employment is needed,-it would attract immi gration, and thus assist in reviving our former prosperity. Should the people of Edgefield take hold of the matter in earnest, assistance might be expected from some if not all of tho three Rail rood Companies referred to, as well as from tho State and City of Charleston. For such a short Road-less than 50 miles long-over a country ?q?ilv fpUL?a??r *?4-<Wtlr?fc*-?-?rngV?r--*BTream to cross, the outlay would be comparatively light Within five milts of the line of road are over 300,000 acres of land, which at an average in creased value of $2 per acre would amount to $800,000,-more that half tho probable cost of the Road. Land owners could well afford to sub scribe one-third the quantity of land owned by them near tbeJine, and make money by the op oration, oven if they never received ono cont of dividends, for thc increased valoo of the balance would moro than compensate them for the portion subscribed. In Alabama the value of property in four counties having Railroads increased 70 per cen from 1853 to 1859, whilst in four counties, Without Roads, the increase was only 10 per cent At present land when sold does not bring one quarter its intrinsic value, and thousand* of acres Bro lying useless and unproductive. Building this Road will create a demand for lands Which otherwise will lay for years untenanted and deso late. In the far west, lands lying near Rail road, appreciate molt rapidly in value. The efforts that are being mado to induce immigra tion to this State from Europe, and the recent severe winters at tho North, turning the attention of the residents* of their rigorous climate to the ?unnier Holds of the South, will cause the tide of immigration to tarn thia way. Nine-tenths of the immigrants who may come, will locate on ar near Railroads. As practical men, we should axert ourselves to dovelopo the Natural Resources of the favored section-in which our lot hos been cast, and one of tho first steps-should be to con -tract Railroads. The completion of the Bine Ridge Road whl feavo a similar effect to that brought about by building the Georgia State Road-now in ono. of the most prosperous sec tiona of that great State-making the lands along the connecting Roads sought after; and appre ;iated. No doubt it will bo extremely difficult to arouse people, deproised as every one is, to take action in any enterprize, not promising immediate re turns. But the effort should be made-an inter jst should be arousod if possible-and if the neons to build tbe entire Road capnot bc raised .hen the Branch connecting Edgefield Village with the Columbia and Augusta Road should be ocatcd with a view of forming a link in the brough line. PROGRESS -? ? ? ??r A lady was urged by her friends to marry i widower,, and us an argument thoy spoke of his wo beautiful children. " Children," replied the ady, "arelike toothpicks; a person wants ber >wn." j&a~ A Chicago girl of i weet nineteen now ?ports her fifth husband. His four predecessors mjoyed married lifo from eire months to a year ach. tST The young Prince Imperial hos just be t?n to travel alone, preceded by orders that he ball be received with honors similar to those iaid the Emperor. . $?r The president of ono of the Boston $a ings Banks states that the deposit? have been oubled during 1867, through extensive adver Ising in the newspapers. fgr At Colt's fijrearms factory, in Connecticut, usiness is very brisk, thc hands being engagod i making 30,000 Berdan rifle> for Russia. About )ur hundred workmen are now cm ployed.^ ty At Berlin, lately, it is reported that a oman seventy-two years of age gave birth to a ? ild. HOUSES B?RNKD.-T-TWO houses (dwelling ad kitchen, unoccupied) belonging to Mr. ndrew McBlvy, at McElvy's precinct, in thfis ?strict, were sot on fire Saturday night, I Otb istant, and entirely destroyed. The League Etd been meeting in one of the houses for ?me time, and held a meeting there in the 'ternojq preceedingthe night of the buming, ig-the proprietor ?told tbiun that- was the st meeting they would be allowed to hold w i his premises. . They be Mme indignant, -jj, ha houses were bumed that night, and tho ", rotation fences of several citizens in tho ;0 cinity wore also set on fire at theaamil ? nc-Spartanburg Spartan. j* Democratic Club at Liberty Hill, i In pursuance of precious notice a number of the citizen?of the neighborhood met at Liberty Hill, Edgefield District, S. jp., on Saturday May 9th, 1^^-for tho'ppr^ose n ;organLn'ng^t?)emo-r craticVjftub^j 'WC. .. |?4 . " .> .' '? On motion by Maj. W. Trill'E it ir AX thc meeting was organized by the appointment of Capt B. M. ?TJL'LJJEUT to,-.nc Chair, anuVqf P. H. Aniiis and: J. P. Cr.cTcnriELD. to hot as feecretaries;/ ?J The President in a f?w pertinent remarks ex plained thc object of the meeting, and urged tho propriety, and necessity, of such organizations to' secure the triumph of Democratic principles, and thereby the salvation of the country. It was then moved that the President appoint a Committee of Five to arrange business for the meeting, whoroupon the following gentlemen weroappointed, 'Hgt Dr. J. E. Lewis, J. P. Crutch-. field, Dr. Jos. Jennings Col. J. F.- Talbert,, and Dr. C. M. Burkhalter. After a brief consultation; the Committee re ported the following Preamble and Resolutions, which wero unanimously adopted : WHEREAS, The Democracy of the Unit?d States of America aro organizing for the great political contest that must shortly bo entered into,-and our State and District seem to be moving in this matter, forming their Democratic Clubs,-we, the c. JZCDS of Liberty Hill and vicinity, feel, it to be our duty to give our aid to this great move ment, believing a's we do that the National Demo cratic Party is true to Constitutional liberty and firmly attached to tho principles o: Government transmitted to ns by our' fore -fathers ; and being anxious to maintain und, preserve law and order, and promote the w?lis.re of all classes of our people, are ready and prepared to co-operate with the Democracy of our State/ and of the United Stales, in any line of policy that will be consis tent with those great principles of Constitutional liberty. Retched therefore, That we organize onrielvor into a Clnb to be knowe as the Democratic Glob of Liberty Hill, Edgefield District, B.C., and earnestly solicit all good citizens to unite with us in ar res til jg the dangers which threaten our Con stations! liberty. Resolved, That the duties of the members olf this. Club shall be to use their Utmost influence and exertion in peaceable opposition to any meas ure which, in their judgment, is in violation of the Constitution of the United States. Resoled, That a Committee nf Five bo ap pointed, by the Chair to draft a C onstitution and by-laws for thc government of this Club, tobo submitted for adoption a:-, our ncx inseting. Tho Club then proceeded to on tor into a perma nent organization and tho following officers-were elected : Capt. B. M. TALBERT, President. - Dr. C. M. BCRKHALTKR, J. P. CnuTcunsLD and Capt. Jr F. BURRISS, Vice-Pn .?idents. P. H. AnAiis, Recording Secret try; W. H. Yr.LDELL, Corresponding Secretary. On motion a Committee of Five was appointed to draft a Constitution and By-Uws : Dr. J. E. Lewis, Capt J. F. Burriss, G. J. Sheppard, J. P. Cruchfield and J. T. Ch natham vere appointed. It was then moved that the regular meetings of this Club take place on the Satur lay of, or after the foll moon in each month, at lt) o'clock ?. M. A motion was then made and adopted that pro ceedings of this meeting bo published in the Edgefield Advertiser. There being no further business the meeting adjourned. B. M. TALBERT, Pres. - For tte Advertiser. Organization of a Democratic Clnb at Norris ville. Ia accordance with previous notice, quite a number of citizens io the vicinity of Norrisvillc, assembled at the Storo of W. A. MERRITT ? Co., on Saturday the 16th inst., for the purpose of or ganizing a Democratic Club. The meeting was called to order by J. M* NOREIS, Esq., and on motion of tho same JA H. E LEK, Esq., was called to the Chair and E. Vf. Mc LENNA was requested to act as Secretary. Tho Chairman briefly stated the object of the meeting, and dtjt motion a Committee of Five were appointed to frame a Constitution for the govern ment of-tho Clnb, and also to draft Resolutions expressive of the sentiments of this meeting. The Committee retired for a short time and re turned with a Constitution, brief in form, but ap propriate to the time and occasion-regarding this Club as " auxiliary to the Edgefield Democratic Ciub, and to the groat Democratic party of thc State, and of the Unitod States.". The- Committoe recommended the adoption of the Resolutions passod by the Richland District Democratic Club, at their meeting held on Mon day, tho 4th, in Columbia, and published in the Advertiser of tho 13th, as expressive of the senti ments of this meeting. The Resolutions were then read by the Chair man, and, after being modified to suit ibo change of came, locality, ?c., were unanimously adopted. A committee of Threo was appointed by the Chair to nominate Permanent Officers for the Club. The following gentlemen were nominated and duly confirmed : For President-JAS. E. LEE, Erq. vice-Presidents-J. M. NORRIS, Esq., and WM. HOLSTOX. Secretary.-E. W. MCLESNA. Treasurer-Dr. H. M. FALK. Tho Secretary 'was requested to furnish a copy of the minutes of this meeting to the Edgefield Advertiser for publication. Thirty-two names wero enrolled. Oa motion, tho meeting adjourned to meet on Saturday; tho 30th, at 2 o'cloek, P. M. . . E. W. MCLENXA, Sco'ry. -:-? ?-1 Democratic Meeting at Dom's Gold Klines, S. C. In pursuance of a short notice,a large num ber of the citizens of the vicinity of Dom's Gold Mi?es, Abbeville District, met on Satur day, the 2d of Maj, 1868. The meeting was called to ordor by Capt. F. H. Edmunds, and on motion of the same gentleman, Major G. W. Maxsori was called to the Chair, and W. A. Smith was requested to act as Secretary. The Chairman, in a brief and eloquent ad dress, explained the object of the meeting to be, to form a Democratic Club, und very for cibly urged the necessity of united action everywhere (both North and South) to rescue Dur country from military rule and negro lo m ?nation, and again restore constitutional ib?rty. On motion, the Chairmau appointed .a com mittee of three, consisting of Messrs. W. B. Dorn, Esq., Dr. J. H. Jennings^ ?nd Capt. F. 9. Edmunds, to prepare busir.es:; for the neeting. On motion, the Chair appointed a commit ? ee of three, consisting of Messrs. E.. A. Tur lee, Dr. P. H- Bradley ard Dr. J. C. Beal!, o draft a constitution ancl by-laws for the government of the Glob, to be presented to he next meeting for their consideration. The committee appointed to prepare busi icss for the meeting reported as follows: , w We, accepting the defeat of our policy by ? bree of arma, and believing the people of ' mr State firmly attached to the principles of onstitutional liberties as handed down to "us ' ty the fathers of the Republic ; and recog- I liziog the National Democratic party as the ' nly party true to those principles ; and know- 1 Dg that the policy of the Radical party, if < uccessful, must invariably- lead to bloodshed < nd all the countless horrors of a war of races ; j nd being anxious to preserve peace, law and i rder, by uniting, for the overthrow of these t nemies of our peace, and country, therefore, < cit Resolved, Th&t we form ourselves into a 1 iemocratic Club, to be known as the Dom's T iitie Democratic Club of Abbeville District, c . C. ; and that we pledge our sacred honor > bo governed by such r?les and by-laws us majori ty ?of the Club shall enact for its-gov- o mmetrt. . h Resolved, That those colored men Who & 3ted the Democratic ticket or abstained from ( )ting, we recognize as our friends, and will * and by them as such, and give them all the. isi?tanc? in our power, and tO' those who ive acted against t? hitherto, eitiief while." . colored, we now extend- an invitSt??h'to ? in us rn the c?use of ilbefty, to rofsaK? the ? idical party, ami tor assist m in keeping ft ace in tbs country. M i^f^?l)2^^?H? "weca? brit hold a?'?n?m?ef all such as will tot unite with us, their old friends and .nrastei's, the--oply ones who are really inter^?d in th^^e|R^te^nd best know what ^tains to the!r;\good^^id we this"-action i&Sora$> upon us?j-&ndRyhope tbatii tte colored inen will take- in timp'and wi& lo^it?rd to.assist.'us?Jn saving them' and the country from TUIOT^ Resolved, That the proceedings of the meeting be published in the Edgefield Adver tiser,. Abbeville Banner and Press. ..G. W. MAXSON, Chairman.. W. A. SMITH, Secretaiy. A Third Political Party Proposed. ? The most astounding political intrigue eyer knowff to the' ^S^$SS^f^!c?^Sm^t^w on loot among prominent politicians and office-holders in this city and elsewhere. The chief movers in it are Andrew Johnson, Pres ident of the United States, after acquittal,, and Chief Justice Chase. The object is the formation of a third party, and the defeat of Gen. Grant if. nominated at Chicago. On Tuesday last EX-GOT. Pratt, of Maryland, said that acquittal would follow, and before the week was out the country would be as tonished .by au entire change of Cabinet. It has since , transpired that the President baa agreed to send in a new Cabinet of Republi cans, immediately after acquittal, and to adopt and strictly carr}' out the Reconstruction j measures ? of Congress. Senator Hender? last night stated this agreement te be a fe ct ( and it is believed by shrewd judges to be 0. ? of the. principal cements whereby sufficient strength and power may be given to Mr. ["Chase's party to make it formidable, and throw tbe Presiden liai election into the House: of Representatives, if not to elect ita candi date before the people. This movement ex pects tobe able to defeat General Grant by' arraying itself against tho extreme Radical element in the Republican party, which, it -is believed, will be his main support- The Eroposition that the President shall abandon I is opposition to Congress-is intended to neu tralize the-power ol ?bat body long enough to make inroads upon it in favor of this move* ment. When the Administration is fully re organized, its power and patronage will be used to enhance M.\ Chase's prospects. It is not believed he would accept a Democratic nomination, but the fact that Mr. Voorhees and many other prominent Democrats openly advocate his nomination, is conclusive that a strong Democratic support is at his command. Mr. Chase is unreserved in his expressions of contempt for General Grant as apolitical leader, and for the impeachment movement, and bewails what be terms the tendency di the party to take up with email men,- and says the party has surrendered to Gen. Grant His influence bas been exerted from the be ginning to defeat tba inrpeachmer.it, and he is believed to have done more than any other man to secure the acquittal of Mr. Johnson. Hencd the latter is willing, if acquitted, to." reward Mr. Chase by throwing the influence of the administration in his favor. The dis covery of this intrigue has-startled the politi cal metropolis to its- very centre. All eyes are anxiously turned on the Chicago Conven tion. The intriguers hope for thc nomination: of Wade as Vice President, which they claim will place Grant on such an extreme Radical basis as to afford additional capital for the iew combination. These are the develop ments which arc in everybody's mouth to-day, to the exclu-ion almost of even the verdict: Tbose who choose can take these statements cum grano salis. But they are based on the facts and names mentioned above, and have an absolute foundation. One thing is certain, the Chief Justice is still a candidate for the Presidency ; any one who doubts this deserves a straight jacket-N. Y. Times.. Death of Dr. J. T. Paterson.. In the Savannah Xe LU, of the 18 tb, we lind tho following particulars of the death of Dr. J. T. PATTEHSO.V. Dr. P. was well known in this vicinity, and was connected with Prof. HOLMES for a short while in the Nitre Bureau at" thia place. The News says : About one o'clock Saturday it was rumored that Dr. J. T. Paterson had committed sui cide hy taking laudanum at his room in the Pavilion House. On making inquiries at the proper sources, we learned that Dr. Paterson had died a few minutes before twelve o'clock. The night be fore he cime in about eleven o'clock, appa rcntly iu a very nervous condition, and laid down with his clothes on. .Between twelve and two o'clock ho arose and took three or four drinks of spirits. His wife, who was ly ing on the lounge, being aroused by 6omc movement or remark of the Doctor, asked him what he hud taken. His reply' was " laudanum." She then asked him how much he had taken, to which.' he replied, " fortv drops." " Is not that a large dose ?" said she. " No,,' he replied, u not for a man in my condition." This remark quieted his wife, and after some further conversation both went to sleep. About eight o'clock in the morning thc proprietor of thc hotel came in aud asked the Doctor seme questions, to which he made answers, hut none of them very rational. Hi did not get up then, but laid on the bed and sunk into a deep sleep, breathing vet y heavily. About eleven o'clock his wife became alarmed at his sleeping so long and breathing so hear dy, and tried to awake him to conscious) ess. Failing in this, she sent for Dr. J.'D'. Fish* the attendant physician, who arrived about half-past eleVen,o'clock.|JHc found, the patient in an insensible condition, with all the indi cations which follow the taking cf laudanum. Remedies were found useless, and a few min utes after tba Doctor's arrival the soul of James T. Paterson winged i ts", flight to another ' world It is supposed by many that the deceased committed suicide, and there were many ru mors afloat on the .streets relative to the causes which prompted him to end his earth ly existence, but we are not advised that.any of them have a just foundation. It is tho opinion of Dr. Fish that the de ceased did not intend to commit suicide, that he bad been drinking and was nervous, and Anding that ho could not sleep,-had resource to laudanum, a bottle of whick was always kept, in the sideboard ; .that unwittingly he either took more than be intended, cr thought that the quantity taken would only produce the repose which he stood in need of. The Doctor states that he attended the deceased two or three days previous, and had several conversations, with him, and saw nothing either in his conduct or .conversation to indi cate, that ho was at all depressed, or that?he in the least meditated killing himself. The deceased is a Scotchman by birth, very intelligent, and at. the time ol' his death was thirty-six years of age. Several years previ ous to the war he carnie to Boston, Massachu setts, and engaged in his-profession of dentis try. There ho married, and also there his wife died, after which ie removed- to Charles ton, South Carolina, where te worked as a dentis1", for some titee, and then moved to Au gusta, Georgia, where ho worked at his pro fession. While there be married his.present wife. AtJ.be breaking out of the war be ?vent to Richmond, Va-, and, we learn, was ror a time a s ure eon in the C. S. A. During ,he latter part of the war he was employed in Richmond, Va., and Columbia, S. C., litho graphing Confederate money. After, the .lose of the war,, some time ia the fill of-1865, m removed ti this city. He had, been carry ng on an extensive lumber business for some ime past, having his mills at Daricn and hi.; ?nice here. . His remains were taken to Augusta yes crday, by the Central Railroad, where tiley rill be interred in a lot of the family in the emetery there,. William Glassgow, a member of the firm f Glasgow Br?then, ? heavy grocer in St Louis, as just- won half of the capital prizo 'ia the [adrid lottery, amounting to $75,000 ic gold. Air. ilasgow has been Blending; tba winter in Ha ve.o a. k-orfl he ?WTchased the ticket, 1 GT They ate -about to try -a, curioaa: CVQ?O in ac iM&^?'^d-lte-^ifchxe,TftV im'^oVftftfl ont <fe?ra#^ hfredSi "fi, lend f?%lo*'bft n|?-brai^ ";i%'^w?a'i?; Traaos, ft ia to be i "EfJiiT^vTb. UJd?am, of iexaa,' died at Houston on the 7th inst The Telegraph Bays: He was ono of the few men who never changed; or even modified his convictions, be cause of the humiliation which events had brought upon their adherents. The darker grew the times, the more firmly did his faith lay held of those great principles of constitu tional liberty 'and government which were taught us by the fathers of the Republic. He was classic in his patriotism ; he was Spartan in the firmness of bis adherence to principle . he was Roman in the loftiness of his courage in maintaining the honor of the memory of thecause he loved.;, .be. Faa.yeJigioaa^iii the streug'th of his devotion to liberty and justice ; he wau Christian martyr-like in' the benjie fortitude with wifchfielwre np" nifderthe 1088 ?1 S???U?S-and pd^ prill which had ot?et?aown over his beloved conntry. ^ j g PBA* WrrH "B??THEB ^rtLEr.-During the forty-eight hours which preceeded the vote'-oiB ^mpeachinent fh? Radicals were ac tively engaged in all sorts of attempts to in fluence and control the vote3 of those Sena tors \ rh o . were thought. to be : doubtful - Among "otEers7 Mr. Willey,' Senator from Weat Virginia, who ia a ran?ant "professer" of the Methodist persuasion, was thought to be very uncertain? AU other ! effor ts having proved unavailing to indues him to " venti late" bia position, SeDator Harlan, himself a ' Methodist, telegraphed' to^ Hishop Simpson .. these words :'. "il fear Broth?f ,lTriley is Joit?[" " .To wh? ch':Bishop Simpaor? .replied ; Brother . Willey professes to be r. Christian. Brother Willey has a sod +>? bo saved. ? He cannot barter away his sonl and imperil the country. Pray with ? Brother Willoy." " Whereupon Brothel: Harlan prayed wj?i Br^ec Walley, and Bather Willey was ?a?ed.^. . . . . NoEimation of District 0?2ci rs BV ME J)?MO C EA TJC . PA*!*.. .'. . r-r-.v....i'.,/v*..y Thc fellowing kieket has-been nominated ty tbu Democratic Party for Edgefoli District : For'??erk.^k\i?: Z. W. CARWIEE.' ; -For Sheriff^??pt L. YANCEY BEAN. For Jtidge of Pfoiola.-WJE. DTJBI80E, Esq For Tax Collector.-Capt BENJ. ROPER. .For Cironer.-Ooh W. H. MOSS. For School Committioner.-'Rtv. L. R. GWALT NEY. .For F.o?d eJonimler?onert.-GEO. J. SHEP PARD,. GEO. D. HUIET and BENJ. BE?TIS. P. W. PIGEBNS, .' Chairman of the Committee. Tho diction hoe been ordered to commence the 2od day of Juno next. Heretofore there have bee n co general party divis; on:i in the local elec tions in the State. Eui ander the new order of things .that has been inaug? rated, Loyal Secret . Leagues have been formed through our State to concentrate the votes of all radicals to carry out ' extreme party measures, without reference to merit or 'rnrth, and scch an organization forces upon all, who ire not radicals, the necessity of organizing to ?ave our locad offices, so important to the District, from falling into the hands of to tally incompetent men. . Our policy of nomina tors bas thus boer forced on us. In the practi cal affairr of our every day lifo these ' local Dis trict offices are of the last1, importance to us. It is therefo re hoped that every person entitled to vote, Mill certainly tarn out at the election and do their da ty fully.' True wo are all poor now, but then every map who bas any property what ever, will feel it deeply if theso District offices fall into thc hands of incompetent and had dis posed men. The new Constitution, that has been proposed, abolishes the Court of Chancery, MB administered under separate.Chancellors, and merges Chancery jurisdiction in tho Coufjf bf Common!Pleas, and the duties of both bre henceforth to be adminis tered hy the same Judge It will therefore bo perceived that there is bat one person to act as Clerk' and Commissioner in Equity.. We have therefore nominated bot one for both these offices. So too instead of our old u Board bf Commis sioners of Roads," we are now to have bat three " Road Commissioners," and wo have located one in e Lch ol' our Regiments. An this organization and nomination has been forced on us by those who call themselves Radi cals, it is loped that every good and true man will consider himself as voting not formen alone, but for principles. Those who were- for "Old EJgefield," as she w?s.Jn prouder and better days, are specially called onto stand hy principle and virtue, in this our day of (rial and sadness. We dodi e. nothing but to promote the welfare of the District Wu have no personal or indi vidual preferences to promote. . F. W. PICKENS, Chairman. for SlieriffV WE h*?v3 been authorized by the friends of Mr. NAT 'HAMEY, Sa;: to announce hi? as a Candidate for the Office u SHERRIFF of Edge field District at the ensuing' election. May ll 'te 20 Tor Sheriff* WE'.havel Veen authorised by t? friends.of Maj or IS A AC BOLES to announce him a? a Can didate for election to the Office of SHERIFF of Edge field a; tho. ensuing election. ? May 5 te* - , 19 For Clerk. The-Frieids of Capt S. HARRISON will sap port him at a candidate for re-election to the Clerk's Offi ?O of Edgefield at Ure approaching election. . May 4 * te? ' ?9V Por Pi?bale jadge or Ordinary. . We have been requested by the' friends- of W. F. DURISOE^ Eiiqy to nominate him as a candidate foi: re-election to the office of Judge Probate, pr Ordinary, for Edgefield at the election in June next. /. ? May 4 te? 19 ; " ??=-? 1 iVI&$om& Notice. A REGUIAR CONVOCATION OF BEZ? t% LE EL CHAPTER, No. 8, B * . M., will ie held in their Hall on -Saturday evening, the Ith Jane, at 'A o'clock. .. . . By order of the High Priest W. W. ADAMS, See*ry. M?y 27 lt ?. Save Year GT???L?. ntRESH an i GENUINE RAT POISON, war* " ranted to kill. For sale at the old stand, j der Mason; : Hall. .... T. J. TEAGUE, Agent May 21 _: tf ?fr Important Notice. rHE Commissioners of Roads, Bridges and Fer ries throughout th< District, a\id the Cous is of the Towns of Hamburg and EdgcCcld, will - ,ke notice, -That under Orders from Gen. Can by, roceeds of all. Liconaeo tor the Salo of Spiritu )8 LiqaorB are required to be pail over to tho ommissioneri of the Poor for the District, to he jplied ?y th< m to the support of the Poor. t< Paymenis are required at once, end. must.be. ade to H. T. Wright, Treasurer of the Board, ho id authori ted to receipt for the same. . "W. L. <J0LEMAN7 Chair. Board. May 27 St . , . 32 Off for Arkansas ! ' ]?ERSONS Laving at y manner of business in . Arkansas,; that ctn be traosneted by an gent, will do., well io address Capt. E. W. ORNE, at Lott?, S. C., or confer with him at ? iro", seven ntUes-Soutii-East- of that point, as '?' i is anxious, to visit that State during the ap oaohing S?tam?r/and will do so vt he can g?? isincss enotigU to 'pay any considerable pan of ? expenses OB the trip. . . . May. 19- , . . ? lt?_fl Mill Notice. ?-Y MILLS will, hereafter bo u?cler the Con stat Supertlslo^orii reliable 'while mia idrevery attention-will-be given to give-?>?rtij? tishwtlou-to Qptow^v^,- u, ri&..? TheiMi^le-wgfjofto Hjmt.^th^ongh^ ?pa? ^ r tho glowing C|*p, <Tr ' i& v.-; 'fi , p #