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ttafetuusloji News. . , . .. In ti e House, ou the 3d, a resolution sta ting Buchanan's death, .iud, as a mark of ros peet for cue who had told such eminent pub lic station, that the Speaker appoint a com mittee of seven, &c, was passed by SO to 10. A resolution complimentary to Buchanan, and appointing a committee of seven to at tend ?is funeral was tabled-.several membcis objecting-t-> ike declaration that the deceased's motives were patriotic-by a vote uf 73 to -17. Paine, from the Reconstruction Committee, reponed back tho Arkansas bill as amended bv the Senate, with an amendment. " Brooks objected, as the Reconstruction Committee had not ordered the report. ?The Speaker decided the House had con trol/ 4g?fegHonse refused to receive thc report by n v,otc of.55 to\5E, The Judiciary Committee amendments to tbcHouse Oumibus bill adds Florida and ex cludes Alabama. Ouc of the fundamental conditions is that there is never to be ar. abridgement of suffrage on account of race or color ; and in thc Georgia case, in addition to . the nullification-of tie first and third sub di visions of sectiou sevijnteeu of the fifth article of the Constitution, except the proviso to the first sub-civ-ision.- The Legislatuie may lt convened, within thirty days after the passage of this act by the Governor elect with a pre requisite that tho Stale Legislatures adopt the fourteenth amendment, which fact it is the duty of the President to proclaim within ten days after official notifications of its adop tion. The Secretary of War, at the suggestion of the General commanding the armies, sent to the House a letter from the General com manding thc First District, dated May 15th, regarding the effect of the fourteenth article in the States still uuder provisional govern ment. Ile supposes its effect would make va cant all offices held by persons incompetent nuder the amendment. The number in Vir ginia would be several thousands and only a small portion of these vacancies can possibly be filled 17 persons possessing the necessary qualification including ability tb take the ca'h. General Schofield adds : " I have already appoiuttd iu Virginia nearly five hundred tiliccrs and would have appointed more if qualified persons could be fuund." He con cludes When'the amendment is adopted a large number of offices must remaiu vacant until Congress gives some relief." In the House, on the 4th, on motion of Stevens tho House non concurred in the Sen ate amendments to the Arkansas bill, and asked a committee of conference. The tax bill was resumed. Allison in discussing the revenue frauds said : " that fraudulent practices had gone to such an extent in Richmond that even the judiral ermine had been stained/' Tlie section confirming the appointing power on the Commissioners was discussed to thc reces;. On the 5th, in the Senate, the Omuibus Admission Bill was takon up. Trumbull explained why Alabama was erased. Regarding Florida, which was added, Trum bull said that General Meade reported a ma jority for the Constitution of five thousand and "fifty. Wilson moved to insert Alabama. Sherman and Stewart favored the amend mcnt. Morton favored the early admission of Ala bama, but feared its insertion would jeopard tho whole bill, and wo Jd therefore vote against the amendment, but would favor a separate bill for Alabama's immediate admission. Wilson denounced tbeprovision under which Alabama had voted in very harsh terms as being absurd. .Quite a harsh debate arose among the Re publicans-who had favored the clause requir ing the majority of registered voters to ratify the Constitution. Without action the Senate went into Exe cutive session'and adjourned. Wade appointed Trumbull, Drake and Wil liams a Committee of Conference on the Ar kansas bill. Nothing of importance was said or done in t thc House on the -5th. ? ^<SiMlt?)> nn (Unr.ll. lilt DmnOmS Arl. \ mrssfon bil! wag resumes* "?11 .?1 n>rm?niiam? An amendment including Alabama was discussed all day. Morton said that he had changed Lis mind about the danger of the defeat of the bill by including Alabama, and should, therefore, vote for the amendment. Tho debate was scathing and mostly con fined to the record of opposing Senators on iic<rro capacity. Without taking a vote on the amendment, the Senate adopted the Conference repoit re gardiug Arkansas, and, after Executive ses sion, adjourned. The Sonate, in Exceptive session, rejectod Gen. McClellan as Minister to England, and confirmed Alfred T. Lacy as Collector of thc First Revenue District of Louisiana. Thc Conference Committee on Arkansas agreed-to the original House bill, with the additional stipulation that any alteration in said Constitution, prospective du ils effects,, may be made in regard to thc time and place of residoucc of voters. Chief Justice Chase Turned Democrat. WASHINGTON, Juno 3, p. m.-A telegram in the Herald, professing to originate with a person crjoyingintimate relations with Chase, represeuls tLat Chase would only accept the nomination when the nation is in thc utmost peril and not then at the sacrifice of his hon est convictions. He admits that the Radical party and him self differ widely, and, as parties arc now or ganized, he is with the Democratic party. He djfiers with them only on one point-that of universal manhood suffrage ; but agrees with them ou all other great issues, and, if elected by that party, would certainly carry out their policy. The deplorable condition of the Southern States demands proper Congressional consid eration, and also material aid from the Gen eral Government. There is no constitutional authority for holding thc Southern Slates in subjection. It is alike unwise and unjust. He favors thc enfrancais?ment and remov al of political disabilities from every white in the South. He thinks that freedom and manhood suf frage arc unquestioned rights, but controverts any other power than that of the States them selves to confer the right, the general Gov ernment having no c?ntrol over thc matter. He Opposes thc political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth article, and proposing'a general amnesty as relief. He regards gene ral amnesty as absolutely "necessary. He urges liberal aid to Southern Railroads and naviga ble rivers. lie thinks the Government should build levees, from Cairo to thc Gulf. Urge3 an ear ly return to specie payment. Condemns in strong terms the trial of citizens by military commission during peace. Hopes if Johnson reorganizes the Cabinet, that he will appoint a duo proportion from the Southern States. Replying to a question, Chase said Con gress- had no power tb abiidge the President's pardoning power. St. LEGER GRENFELL.-The Mobile Eegif ter says :" The public was greatly gratified notlong since to learn that this gallant Eng lish soldier had escaped from bis priRon at ?he Dry Tortugas, and in his love of liberty, at the risk of lifer he bad trusted himself to the'mercies of. a Irai! boat in an attempt to eros? the Florida Straits lo Cuba. We have the-pleasure Of stating that hi? voyage was jr^rjde' nrsafety, and that a letter has been re ceived, fre?n him in Havana, sending his thanks And a**"rjr#wledgriieBts for kind trealmont to some of thu firmy officers at Tortugas, and stating hhat tvs was just about to sail for O?d England. We ric not doubt that every gen tleman officer belonging to the garrison of his prison guard rejoices ai als escape. The A ugo* ta papers annonnee?n.' appear ance ia.fJi?tmari?tof flour made from this year's ??beat. AIM, that the firtt shipment of Georgia micat bas already reached New York. ?St The famous ftijt Parson died at Fort Lyon, Colorado/on Oho 23d ult.-aged CO years. fijt In Lancaster, cighieon rcspoobble color cd men havo fonaaUy witidawa from the Union I J***?*,* I? tu THE LATEEX-PKESIPENT BUCHANAN.-The last words of the venerable ex President Bu chanan were: ,l God bless my countryl"aud they were repeated by him several times in a whisper. One of his latest requests was that ex Presidents Pierce and Fillmore and Pres ident Johnson bc invited to attend h;s funeral.. Thc following order is-published "La the Wash ington papers : WASHINGTON, June 2, lSiiS:'-The Presi dent, with deep.regret, anuouuees to the..peo ple of the United States the decease, at Wheat land, Pennsylvania,' on the first instant; of his honored predecessor, James Buchanan. This event will occasion mourning in thc nation for the loss of an eminent citizen and honored public servant. As a mark of respect for his memory it is ordered that the Executive De partment be immediately placed in mourning, and all business be suspended on the day of the funeral. It is further ordered that the ^Yar and Navy Departments cause suitable military and naval honors -to be paid on this occasion to tho memory of the illustrious dead. ANDREW JOHNSON. LANCASTER, June 5, neon.-Mr.- Buchanan's fuueral was very imposing; there were many delegations from abroad. The Masons as sisted throughout, and their funeral ceremo nies accompanied the religious rites. On Saturday previous to his decease, while giving directions to his executor regarding his fune ral, Mr. Buchanan said: " The principles of the Christi '.n religion were instilled into my mind in my youth, ami from all I have ob served and experienced in the long life Prov idence has vouchsafed to mc, I have only be come more strengthened in ray conviction of the divine character of the Saviour and the power of atonemc.it through His redeeming grace and mercy." Responding to- au ex pressed-hope that he.-.-miyht live to see the country fully restored, Mr. Buchanan said : " I have no lear of the future ; posterity will do me full justice. I have always felt and still feel that I discharged every public duty imposed upon me'conscientiously. I have no regret for any public act of my life, and his tory will "vindicate my memory from every unjust aspersion." Eis last'words were " Oh, God Almighty, as thou wilt." -? ? ? TUE" REMOVAL OF DISABILITIES.-The fol lowing letter was received by a citizen of Co lumbia, in reply to an application for the re moval of disabilities: SENATE CHAMBER, WASHINGTON CITY. Dear Sir : I havoyour letter, of the 19th, in reference to the removal of your political disabilities. I am not sure that tho lime has yet come to make exceptions to our general policy in individual ca*es; to do so, would be to open tbe door to innumerable applications ; and once open, it would be difficult to shut it. I hope to meet such cases as yours by some general enactment ; arid as soon as the condi tion of the country will permit, I shall be the first to advocate the removal of all disabili ties under which you labor at present. Your.? trulv, CHARLES SUMMER. To-, Esq., Columbia, S. C. -? -+T + DEMOCRATIC MEETING.-A meeting of the Ccutral Club of this District was held on Mon day last, in Simpson's Hall. The meeting adopted a resolution to the effect that, the Democracy of the District not accepting the qualified suffrage clause of" the April-Colum bia Platform, believe it impolitic aud too late now, to disturb the existing State organ ization of the Democratic party. The names of Delegates to the 4th of July Convention, in New York, were sent to tho State Execu tive Committee, in response to late invitation circular. This District therefore, willmot be represented in the Convention at Columbia to be held on Monday next.-Liurensvillc Herald. IMMIGRANTS AT NEWBERRY.--Tbe first batch of auy considerable number of German immigrants, (says the Newberry Herald, of the 27tli iustant,) arrived here on Wednesday last, under the care of the Rev. T. S. Boinest. the energetic, persevering and working Pres dent of our Immigration Society-about twen ty-two in number, stout, rosy-cheeked, intel ligent looking men, women and children. Their arrival was an occasion of great rnter t??ef fore??u??r^Pa'fargo "ahd'Vor?rnueil in flux, wc cannot but feel gratiGed at the pros pect before us-an increase of white popula tion, greater prosperity, enhanced value of property and more abundant products. Let them come, the more the better; five thou sand of these working, thrifty people' can find abundant room in this district, aad would build up thc waste places, restore the thou sands of acres of laud now cast out into old field, simply because tho owners have not thc loree nor desire to- make ?kern yield of the fruits of the earth. Invite them herc, send for them, and if no other way give them thc land which is now idle, it will bc as bread Cast on th? waters, returning after many days, in an increase of prosperity to the district. We learn from Mr. Boirest that bc had many adverse influences to work against, and not being, able to talk to these people", found no little difficulty in counteracting them, aud under thc circnmstauccs, without au inter preter from home wo think he succeeded well. He tells us that at ore time he had about fifty consenting to come, but before leaving, more than half of thom were stolen off under false persuasions. i Tho party now here have all gone to work and from what we learn, give universal satis faction. Mr. Boinest has for months been woruiug a family of Germans, and gives his j opinion that their labor is just what we need, and of twice the value that of our old system. The zeal manifested by our farmers iii fur thering a project of such vital importance, and of such interest to them, is flattering for our future. -:-? # ? A TERRIBLY SIGNIFICANT FACT-2,500 COFFINS IN ONE YEAR.-Bishop Atkinson, of North Carolina, in an address delivered last Sunday evening in Christchurch in this city, relating chiefly to church matters and mis sionary work, made one statement which is calculated to arrest the attention of every thiuking person, regardless of sects, creeds, or political views. He was referring to the rapid extinction of the negroes in the South, and in illustration of the state of things even in North Carolina, he spoke of a negro town opposite or near Newbern, consisting of 10, 000 inhabitants. In that town, said the Bish op, one coffin-dealer alone filled orders for 2,500 coffins in a single year !-Hartford Times. A " WILD MAN."-Wo have been told by an honest Dutchman of the Fork, in Lexjng tOD, of the appearance, in (hat locality, of a: wild man. Two negroes, father and son, went down to a branch, near where they liv ed. As they stood on one side of the branch, they noticed on the other side, amid tbe thick sh rubbery there, a figure, standing erect, with a robe wrapped around him, and hav ing ? strange aspect iu general. Slowly this figure raised a pistol, anc, taking deliberate aim, fired at the two colored men. Where upon, the younger fled, crying, M tho wild man." The elder stood Iiis ground, whether bravely, or because he could not run, we know not, until he saw the figure slowly marching away and along the line of the stream. Since then, thc wild man bas once agaiu made his appearance.-Columbia Phoe nix. :-?--?--? ACCIDENTAL DEATH.-A colored man by the name cf Peter Bowman, was kjll.ed al most instantly on Thursday morning last, -in ; the neighborhood of the village, by the acci dental discharge of a rifle. It had been laid p.-i a table i > the bick piazza?, by another col ored man, some whero neara water shelf, and as' he was setting -do^n a pail of water it is ?upposed it scraped the trigger, thereby causing its discharge. The ball struck Peter, .who was pacing at the time, just below the eye, anembe fell arid ?nta?>?iiam|r expired.-Bai ur well Sentinel. -? ? ? ty Tho Agents and clerks of tho Freedman's Bureau in this State are paid, in salaries, $58,SS0 per apnum. and in Georgia $7S,500. The total salaries of the Bureau aro $S09,310. J3??" A tremendous b.ojl storm passed over Effingham and Scrivon counties cn Friday last Tho ({round was covored with bail-sixmos as targa aa Partridge ??gs. Tho crop? suffered rory 20 renJy. THE ADVERTISER. JAKES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, JUNE IO, 1868. ?$T "OLD SALUDA," and "No. II,'' of Hon. GI D. TILLMAN'S articles, havebeen received and will appear in our next issue. ---? ? ?, Cooling, Strengthening Inspiring, Tho. Iced Whiskey Punch which we hayo just received from Mr. M. T. MCGREGOR'S Bar at the Saluda House. The " Saluda Bar" is, par excel lence, one of the institutions of our town, and ful ly meriti its popularity. During the coming hot season, the Saluda Bar promises)its patrons peren nial joy and refreshment * A New Firm In Edgefield. CUEATUAU A BRUKSON. See the notice in another column. Thcso are our young and enter prising friends, Mossrs. Oscar E. Cheatham and Wm. H. Brunson. They are friends of all in these parts, and aliare their friends ; orjought tobe, for their deserts aro high, an J th eir record is very clear. To the largo and elegant stock of. Groce ries, Provisions and Sundries, already held in store by Mr. .0. P. Cheatham, thero have been made large and'important additions.' The new Firm is fitted up in a style that would do crodif to New York itself, and their goods are held at as low rates in currency as they can be had perhaps this side- of tho great metropolis. We take great pleasure in introducing and recommending them to the public under their new style and title, and beg leave to express our oarncst hopes for their compl?te success. >?-?-?-: The Elections for District Officers. As regards our own ' District, we are not ; e able to announce the result We have ascertained that in the 10th Rogimorit, the Democrats are 350 in majority ; and that at Graniteville and Ly brand's, in the 7th Regiment, the Democrats are also ahead. We can say nothing regarding Ham burg. At Edgefield C. H. and Pleasant Lane, tho Radicals have carriod the day. In our next issue wo will endoavor to give the fical upshot Tho District however hus gono" for the Radicals by a large majority. In Greenville, Laurens, York, Spartanburg, Union, Marion, Anderson, Ocone?, Lancaster and Newberry, the fact is pretty well established that the Democratio ticket is elected. Our exchanges from Charleston, Columbia, Marlborough, Orange burg, and Barnwell already announce the success of the Radicals in thoso Districts. The Promennde Concert. Remember the Promenade Concert on Wednes day overling tho 17th inst It will be an exceed ingly beautiful and alluring adair. And the cause, as we have before stated, is eminently worthy of | patronago and support. Miss Baie, " the Soldiers? Friend," Among Us. Miss M. A. BUIE, the patriotic Southern woman who labored so nobly, so untiringly, and with such eminent success, in behalf of the soldiers of j the " Lost Cause," is now in Edgefield} for tho purpose of establishing here, should she meet with sufficient encouragement, a Female School of high order. Teaching girls and young ladies is Miss' BCIE'S legitimate avocation; for yeats before the waT (and in our own District) she was thus employed. Miss Br[E is so well known throughout this seotion thst we deom it unneces sary to say much concerning her claims or ca pacities. Her claims to thc generous patronage and high consideration of all true Southern peo ple are certainly not to bo disputed or ignored. Her capacetics for the avocation she now proposes to rosume, are great; she has'knowledge, and ex peri* nee, and administrative talent, and hon esty, and enthusiastic devotion to her own people and country. oho bas already set on foot measures for raising a fund to educate, free of cost to themselves, the daughters of deceased Confederate soldiers. This is noble, and well befits Miss BUIE'S past record. Should she succeed in Edgefield, this eleemosyna ..j mmttssaettt KI esicMms .?..>.???.??. *1U oe a lean ing feature in her Institution. If we mistake not, Miss BDIE, although here but a few days, has already the promise of some twenty pupils. Parents wishing to confer with Miss BUIE, will find her at tho private residence of ARTHUR GLOVER, Esq. Another Democratic Victory. Tho telegraph brings the gratifying intelligence (sa) j the Charleston Courier) that Oregon has been carried by tho Democrats, by a thousand majority. The new member of Congress, and the ?tate is only entitled to one, is a Democrat, and tho Legislature now stauds with a Democratic instead of a Republican majority in both Housos. This Legislature will shortly be called upon to elect a Senator to succeed Williams. The result f is of coarse obvious. So has tho first gun been fired against Grant and bis radical associates. Take courage, con servatives, Democrats, or oppositionists, by what ever namo ye are pleased to signify .your abhor rence of tho destructionists. Concerning Bankruptcy. No more petitions in bankruptcy, save in oases where the bankrupt is ablo to show assots to the amount of fifty cents on the dollar, can now be flied. The week junt past, ended the opportunity. The bill proposing to extend the time to the 1st of Jan'ry, J SOD; has nevor boon roported by the Judiciary Committoe, and theroforo bas notbeeji acted upon by Congress. This announcement may servo tn remove an erroneous impression whioh seems to prevail to some extent There ls a movement among the leading members of the Radical party which looks to a postponement of the entire question of Southern representation in Congress until next winter. A correspondent of the Boston Herald says: * This movement has created a feeling akin to consterna tion among thc senators and members elect from tho Southern, States- who ar? herc clamoring at tho door.' of either House for seats upon the floor. One of tho reasons alleged for tho sudden change of base-indeed the most potent reason-is the Tear that somo of. the Southern Stales-those that havo tho largest doctoral vote-aro likely to cast those votes for the Democratic presidential ticket. Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas and Virginia arc specially named, and aro likely to be kept out from this fear." ' From F em un tl i na, Florida* From this beautiful and flourishing city of the Land of Flowers there comes to ut a very ablo and very pleasant paper, The Coinmercial Index, which is only a new name for our old and valued 'riend, The Fernandina Courier. This paper-has lately passo'd Into new bands, and now begins a new lifo. Wo send it the assurance of our best wishes. We like the plan of the Index exceedingly, and the execution of its initial numbers is decidedly [ J? jr th y Of tho plan. The Index is published by J. M. ARNOW A CO. Terms of subscription, cash in advance, $2,00 por annum ; $1.00 for six months. *? The Morning Star." This is tho namo of a newspaper-decidedly ono of the best and most enjoyable wo know of. The Homing Star is a Daily, published in Wil mington, N. C., by Wu. H. BERNARD ; subscrip tion prico, $2.50 for six months, or $1.25 for three months. Tho ??tar is not only a valuable paper as regards useful information and sound polities, but it is also eminently original, racy, sparkling, frosh and brilliant Wo admire it very much, wish j'.t yarr well, and beg to bp numborod among j ts best friend;. t Tho Nashville ; JJnion, the organ of tho TeuiiPMep Democracy, urges that tho Tennessee delegation to the Jlatropal Peinocratjc Concep tion be instructed to oat their votes for the ?Ion. George H. Pendleton as a candidato for tho next Presidency. Tho feeling in Tennessee ls almost unanimous in favor of Mr. Pendleton and of the payment of tho 5.20 bonds in greenbacks. ?tf The trial of the Hon. Jefferson Davis has been postponed us ti! October next Bar Dinner to Chancellor Carroll. The arduous labors of tho Juno Term ended on Friday last. . Chancellor CARROLL, though evidently worn with'fatigue and general debility, accomplished his task with that-ability and grace so peculiarly his own. Owing to certain causes in which Chancellor CAnnoLL hud tocen .of Counsel, this. wa3 tho fir*t time of his prodding in Edgofield-bit homo un til within a few years pa?t. And on this occasion tho Members of the Edgofield Bar determined to honor him with a complimentary dinner. Accordingly it was intimated to Mine Host of | tho Saluda House that a Diner en grande tenue would bo expected at his Hotel on Friday evening. Tho hint, as usual, was all that was necessary^) friond GLOVER, who ravished our eyes and tickled our palates beyond description. . . Gov. BosnAM presided, with Chancellor CAR. ROLL, tho distingusbed guest of the occasion, on his right, Gov. PICXENS on his left, and Judge BACON at tho foot At the first quaff of j the rich Champagne, Gov. BOKRAV, on the part of the Bar, extended to the honored Chancellor a warm and enthusiastic welcome ; which was re sponded to by that gentleman in pertinent and. feeling remarks. And here we cannot refrain from risking a little liability to the accusation of pedantry, in saying that'we hnvo always beon delighted with the ease and grace of the Chancellor's style. It is to us peculiarly elegant, and comes nearer to what Cicero termed "facundia" in eloquence than that of.any speaker we have ever- heard. The. Chancellor closed with a toast to the profession of the law. Gov. PICKBSS rose, by acclamation, to roply, and soon riveted attention by the mott eloquent ex tempore-rem arks within our recollection. Gov. P. evidently felt the associations of former days and happier hours clustering around him, as he alluded in grand words to the honored names of those great intellects who in the olden time were want to assemble at the Edgcflold Bar; such names &s oome to ns by fame and tradition HARPER and WILDE and McDuFvns and PETTI OR? and GANTT and CALHOUN and BLANDINQ. And then thoso of a later date-Si n KI NS and BA CON and BuTLta and WARDLAW a- i WIOFALE, whose mantlo the distinguished Chancellor now present woro so ably and EO well. We were par ticularly attracted by one of Gov. PICKENS'S re marks, to tho efect that in tho early days of the country the great questions of the day were elabo rately argued and determined at the Bar, just as at present they were discussed in the papors ; with this difference-that the argument and die eussion thereof by the lawyors were much more profound and searching than thoso of the preps. Wc believe this to bo true ; and heneo the grand oratorical efforts of the past in comparison with thoso of this day. Gov. BONHAM was in one of his happieitmoods, and presided with so much esprit as to call forth the happiest sentiments from the different mem bers of tbe Bar. His own remarks, together with these of Gen. GART, Major ABNEY and Capt. AD DISON, in regard to the " Lost Causo," were sad but glowing tributes to the- Illustrious Dead. Mr. LEROT F. YO ULTA NS, too, the gifted Solici tor of the Southern Circuit, now a universally osteomed citizen of our town, contributed not a little, by his eloquence and social accomplish ments, to the brightness and success of this most pleasant reunion. The absence on this occasion, by reason of j sickness, of two of the ablest &pd most popular mombers of tho Edgefield Bar, Mr. MAGRATH and Gen. BUTLER, was the CBUBB of universal regret: Politics having been entirely eschewed at ; dinner, as if by common consent, tho shade] night fell upon a table unequaled in social chi and dainty faro. Many bumpers were quaffed to old Edgefield, our revered District ; and among other things it was said that not many years ago, Edgegeld could have boasted of having within her corporate limits, of her own citizens, two | Chancellors, a U. S. Senator, a member to Con gre;.", and a Minister and Secretary of Legation to one of the first foreign Courts. To which might have been added that, during the late same ntue-town- glorien at ttie~M feats of four Confederate .Q ener?is. Pardon us. Of our native home, nothing oan be said to bo by way of boast And so the shades of night grew deeper, and tho glasses fuller, and the wine richer, and the merriment louder, and the anecdoto wittier, and the brain quickor, and the hoart warmer, and Iff/man nature nobler. " And we sang and laughed, And the rich wine quaffed. Till we shook tho olden wall." And the culmination of th: whole affair was" grand bumper to our U6st and Townsman, GLOVER, for the royal fare, the unrivaled cheer, and thc unexceptionable stylo of the entertainment so liberally and lavish'v set forth. - -t~-*--t Negro Suffrage, The newly-built Chicago platform believes that it is a good thing for Congress to force negro suffrage upon the States of the South, but thinks it will not do to try the same thing on the Northern States! The elections in Ohio and Michigan, in Minnesota and Kansas, have brought up these apicals " wi'h a round turn." They felt compelled to ab.inuon their declared purpose of forcing negro suffrage upon the North by Act of 'Congress. They were ready, it is said, to take more " advanc ed grouud" (that is their term for usurpation) on this question, but were restrained by tbe fears of their candidate, Grant. This gentle man seems to have had his eyes opened by the election. When he wrote his Sheridan letter to the President, he was for forcing ne gro suffrage, on the ground that it was the sentiment of the people. He has changed his mind on that, point. Tho overwhelming majorities against negro suffrage in such States as Ohio, Kansas, Michigan, etc., have I forced him to abandon his ground, and now he wanted to go into the canvas on a mum platform. He had tried this mum plan him self, and he knew of no reason why it could not be carried out in the party platform as well as the party candidate. It was attempt ed, and failed. Unhappily for the wire-work ers, the negro suffrage question was so situa ted, that to speak on the subject at all was to becomo committed in some way. This is the very singular result of the effort at Chicago to accommodate both the friends and oppo nents of negro suffrage : " 2. The guarantee by Congress ot equal suffrage to all loyal men at the South was de manded by every consideration of public safe ty, of gratitude and of justice, and must be maintained whileUbe question of suffrage in all the lot/ill S lat es proper] y belongs to the peo ple of those States;" # That is to say, jn plainer ?pd more honest words, we will force upon the Southern States a doctrine which w? reject ourselves at home. We are for negro suffrage South, but not ' North I A more wretchedly weak position ?ban this -weak, because dishonest-was noyer assum ed by any political party. It deserves what it will receive-the condemnation of the peo ple. No party can stand up before the world on such a palpably diabopest plank as this negro suffrage plank of tbe Grant and Colfax party_Hartford Times. t thu cheW FATAL ACCIOENT.-We regret to announce a fatal accident which occurred to Mr. A. R. Martin, of Greenville, who had been in our village for a few days, as tho agent of a.sew ing machine manufacturer. After transacting some business with ono of our citizens, and attempting to descend *a long flight of stairs, when '?oder the influence of liquor, he fell over the railing a distancj} of ten or twelve feet, striking his bead against a stone. Im mediate medical assistance was obtained, bat proved unavailing, and after lingering in great paiu, he expired at 1 o'clock on the following mprning.-Abbeville Press. We regret to iearp oi Vu ppfc-rtunate acci dent which happened to opt most" esteemed, follow-citijsen, pr. I. Branch, on yesterday. Whilst riding through tho viljage in ? buggy, bis borse beaamp frightened and ran away, and on tPFnipg a PPFB'PF -6f4d4t???l7i VBFE? W Doctor from th9 buggy, PPrting h> bean; and otherwise injuring pim icppasij. He is in a critical condition, but we frflst will eopn be restored-Abbeville Pre?, 6th. For the Advertiser. To Thc People of the District. EDITOR EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER :-I was a pointed a fow weeks ago, by the Central Comm tee of the Demooratic Party of Edgefield, to pi pare an address to thc voters of the District. On the first Monday in this month, that adare was read, and as it may differ, in some respec from the detached portions, of certain fpecoh mado on that occasion by our friends, and as accidentally occurred that no mention was mai of the views expressed by mo, in tho last Adve titer, I beg you to publish tho following, as pr senting a true statement of tho sentiments I ft authorised to nttor, as coming from the Ore Party representing the Conservatives or Dem crats of Edgofield District. JOSEPH ABNEY. Wo are on the ave, my frionds, of a mighi strugglo, or if we do not straggle, we are-undoi forever, and no arm but the arm of the Great J ho vah can save us, and .our children, from tl most ignominious fate that ever befel our rai since the world began.. One revolution has bei accomplished already, and we are drifting rapid! iuto another. Shall we stand aloof and rema: still in stupefied indifference, when onr enemie to render our humiliation complete, and our abas ment unparalleled amoBg men, and that our fo mer slaves, in mockery of our 'wounded pridi may, for a season, rule "Lords of the ascendant; have transferred .to thom absolutoly, the govert mont of ten States of the South? Has our pa experience not satisfied us that no good can resu from a policy of inaction,-from a shameful au passive endurance of wrtng and oppression, whic instead of conciliating our good masters, and a] peacing their dark instruments of mischief, onl encourages and provokes them to heap upon t accumulated outragea and indignities? Exper enoo has taught ni, and the history of all natiot Impresses the lesion upon even the poorest oom prubension, that, If we would prosper, we mm labor; that, if we would be great, we mus't struf gie ; that, If we would wear the palm, we mui contend liko heroes, for the prise: and that if w would achieve the boon of freedom for onrselvc and our posterity, we must soek her, if need *o< in.fields where men contend for empire, and bar tize her in the blood of the brave. Tho noble men of the South must not repini must not become demoralized, at our sad condi tion. Let no such word be written in our vocal uhr}-, as " fail." It belongs to tho coward an the slave. Liberty is nursed in the tempest's lar and is a child of the storm. -" What though the field be lost ? All ?B not lost ; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield, And what is else not to be overcome, That glory never shall his wrath or might Extort from me." Tho time has como when we mus ten ter the fiel of Politics with the freedmen ; we must instruc them in the great principios of Government, aa we must prove to thom that we are bettor friend of theirs than the miserablo hirelings of tho rabi Radicals and Puritans,- who are sent here to arra; them against the whites, to imbue their -mind with contention, and sow in their hearts the seed of discord, which are dosigned to spring up am ripon in a harvest of blood. . " Our greatness will appear Then most conspicuous, when great things of small Useful of hurtful, prosperous of advene, Wo can create," The Northern people have overcome ns in battle and as one of the conditions of peace, they hav emancipated our negroes, and invested thom witl equal political, civil, and so far as they can, b; their dire machinations effect it, equal social right with ourselves This we must deem to be an ac complishod faot, and not permit ourselves to b lulled to sleep by the Syren song of the Northen Democracy, that " this is a white man's Govern ment." The Northern Democracy have failed u once, and if we be wise, they will never deceive us again. If that great party, though, is tra'.; animated with a genuine sympathy for the South and with a generous desire to restrict the right o mffrnn* ?? ?In? int.ll;,,.?)..-aw* A ?J,i..l.i citizens oTTbe couniryVana will advance'toward; us with that saving, that noble inscription upoi their banners, we will unfurl our own ensigns-also and move forward to meet and embrace them a brothers, though our union result in the disfran chisement of every freedman in the land. I hat? a lawless mob; I abhor tho "great un terrified,' and I contemn a puro deirrocracy, in which thi knave, thc fool and the felon, have the same con tro* and the same right of suffrage, that portait to tho most virtuous citizens in the land. If thc Grand Council of Devils, assembled in Pandcmo nium, had designed to concoct a system of Gov eminent moro suited to tho taste of the Arel Fiend, than any other, for tho perpetuation o: otornal discord and strifp among thesons of Adam they could have performed the .task no better than by presenting his Satanic Majesty with s Constitution for the establishment of an uncheck ed, unlimited, unwashed Democracy. I do nol have allusion here to that wing of the Northen Democracy to which I shall hereafter ask you tc ally yourselves, but to the Radical wing. Wc will put implicit faith in no party, though that ba: aided in eleavirg down our liberties, and in the immolation of our sacred Constitution-the price loss inheritance loftus by our fathers; " but rather soek our own good from ourselves, and from oui own, livo to ourselvos." No party North of Ma son's and Dickson's line, will ever risk its deai popularity, for the sake of the suffering South, 01 if negro suffrage bo once fixed upon ust as it ap poars to bo at this day, have the boldness and magnanimity to relieve us of it, if it threaten to cost them a single million of menoy, or an ounce of their precious blood. No, we have submitted to the sentence of the conqueror, and our study has boen-to sustain and bear our doom with the hope, that " Our Supreme Foe in \imt might much remit His anger ; and perhaps, thus far removed, Not mind us, not offending, satisfied With what is punished." But we havo calculated without our host, and tho lion mutt now shako the dew-drops from his mano, and bestir himself for action. Let us re fresh our strength, and renew our energies for the encounter. The locks of Samson will grow afresh, and the vigor of his arm return. As the fate of the negro is somewhat united with our own, and as our home, at any rate, is to be hil home, as tong as he exists, let us cherish him, annoble his nature, if possible, and make him an element of strength, so that when we enter again upon the great conflict for a conservative and con stitutional government, we may have him ranged nader our happer, and may avail ourselves, not only of his hardy muscio, but of his cordial on thnsiastic nature, and of all the wealth he may haye the luck, industry and forecast to accumulate. For the present, wo must, for thp sake of our offspring, for the iako of the poaoo of oar dwell ings, for tho sake of free institution*, and for the sake of our dear native State, contend with the freedmen, for the ascendancy at the ballot box, for thoy havo been debauched and corrupted by tho enomy, and oro not now our friends. " The Philistines havo ploughed our heifer." Are we to plumo ourselves upon our white faces-wrap np ourselves in our dignity, as we have heretofore done, and say, that we will not disgrace ourselves by holding a controversy with our formor slaves? Is that the part of wisdom, or is such the natural course for men of sense to pursue ? What would you think of tho commander of an army, who stood) with a cboson band, on tho borders of his country, to repel invasion, that would desist from the con flict, and woald retire from his position, thus un covering his native land to the approaches of a savage toe, bo raupe,, forsooth, that foe was a Savage ; b?oa?so ho was'ignorant, fierce and in exorable ; because he would set the torch to the abodes of women and children ; beoause his would butcher the men in cold blood, violate the-women, desolato the fields, and wrap cities in fiamos ? You would nay, ?hit General deserved death. And you'woald applaud'tho young Spipio, who would eather together the ?oyr&r aha the ch i valry of the Pi. L-r i i B..r 11; i-??;m .Hil land and swear them upon tho altars of their country, by their household Gods, and by tho graves' pf their fathers, to march agajnst this scourge of their nation, and of tho haman rap?, J <'m$r-4tobi? befind thi?h," to fight him from j tho rising of the sun to tho going down thereof, und never relinquish tho combat until hid black and bloody cohorts wero baffled and defeated, or exterminated from the face of the earth. This illustrates precisely our position. AV o have in our midst a political element which is at war with us. It is weak, blind, wicked and infatuated, and capable of doing untold mischief, if not opposed and checked. But wo are tho su perior party iu wealth intelligence, and in ail the requisites and appliances of tho contest we aro to wago with them, only we aro of a little higher quality than they, and we fear that we may get a little soiled by tho conflict we are to have with thom, and we must stand aloof; we must preserve and guard our caste and quality, if they do assume the mastery over us ; if they do pass aggrarian laws to govern us ; if they do roduco our wives to an equality with their women; if they do tax us to support their lazy drones, and if they do overthrow the constitution and the liberties of the country ! Great God protect us from such quality and caste as this ! Vouchsafe to us, for the sake of Heaven, a little common sense, and a little practical judgment, and in two or three years, at most, all will be well again in tho glorious.Palmetto State. Let us organize strictly as a conservative party, nominate the most capable and available men for offioo, without regard to our individual interests. Let personal preferences and personal prejudices yield to the. public good, and let us gather in all the votes wo can from the ranks of the adversary, and by all the legitimate means in our power. And in such a strife, we need not be dainty as to the means employed. v7e must fight the Devil with fire, and in tho more forcible than polished language of an old patriot, Zachariah Smith Brooks, of Revolutionary memory, " wo will fight him like Hell." I am not Tain and weak enough, Foliow-Citl xens, to oonniel a -esort to arms at this j uno ture, and in our utterly prostrate, exhausted condition, whilst we have agreed to a suspension of hostili ties, andar? trying to abide, in good faith, a truce, or quasi compromise with our Northern bretheren. Nothing but the lust extremity of distress, after we have had recourse to every peaceable measure of redress, should drive us to this desperate and cruel alternative. Neither would I employ any means of propitiating the negro, inconsistent with thc most unsullied honor, and the most spotless integrity. We must have faith in our cause, but. work with indefatigable zeal and industry-" trust in God, but keep our powder dry." In tho main tenance of great principles, in the accomplish ment of enterprises of pith and moment, oven in tho dissemination of truth itself, it is needful and wise to avail ourselves of all suitable agencies and instrumentalities within our roach. A cl oso alliance, therefore, without tho sacrifico of their dignity and independence, should be formed by the conservative mon of the South, with tho Democrats or conservative men of the North. It is true, that tho two peoples have a different conception, in some respect:, of tho gonuine nature of American Democracy. In the South, it is more akin to conservatism, it is more jealous of State akin to conservatism-, it is more jealous of State rights, of individual rights, of infractions of thc Constitution of the Republic, and in common par lance, is more genteel than at the North. The Southern Democrat worships the ancient liberties, and tho Constitution of his fathers, whilst the Northern Democrat makes the Union, the God of his idolatry. Harmony cannot be perfect between us, because they smell of blood, and they pant for universal equality, universal suffrage, and univer sal empire ; whilst those of us here, who have had the advantage of a liberal education, enter tain a decided preference for qualifiod suffrage, and would, by no means, reverse the general law of nature, as to ma n's equality, to make it con form to tho Declaration of Independence, or sub scribe to the dogma, that "Yankee Doodle" is a greater manifestation of genius and musical taste, than all the composi tions of Mozart. . Still thcro are ma ay points, and many viUl con stitutional principle! upon which weean cordially affiliate. On these toe have stood, and their fathers and ours have stood, and fought shoulder to shoulder irv?? ?so nrsT'iounaanoir vt m? ov. ernment to this vci-y hour. It was apparent, in the very inception of our national existence, that tho United States then had, and would continue to have, two distinct and powerful parties, eter nally struggling for the mastery in the common wealth,-one of thoso was tho Federal, Radical, Whig, or Republican party, that advocated a strong central consolidated government, that pro claimed the will of tho majority to bo the supreme law of tho land,-to be superior to the constitu tion itself,-tobe the.voico of God; that would invest Congress with all power and all authority to the destruction and annihilation of the other departments, and co-ordinate branches of tho Government;-that would tax one industry to eu tain another, and encourage Free Tn. lc by high duties on imports and prohibitory Tariffs ; that would impoverish and depress tho agriculturist and producer, for tho benefit and aggrandizement, of tho manufacturer and speculator ; that would make tho rich richer, and the poor poorer ; that would ignore tho rights of tho States, nullify the constitution, and mock at the liberties of the peo I pie; and that would squander the public money, suspend tho Huleas Corpus and make arbitrary arrests, and maintain large standing armies in time of peace, and would establish in the land, a despotism of numbers, moro odious and-intolera ble than that of the Czar of Russin, tho Emperor of Austria, or the Sultan of Turkey. Aye, it would do moro than all this. In the wantonnoss of power, and in contradiction to all the humane maxims of the agc, and with a refinement of cru elty, from which the bloody hearts of^Nero and Caligula would havo shrunk aghast, they have set 'up and established, in authority over their white masters, the black slaves, in ten of tbo^most gal lant States of tbe Union. DJ tho declining days of Greece, when her government had degenerated oven below an unbridled Democracy, and when pre-cminont virtues were nrade, by a miserable rabble, tho protext for ostracising, and banishing for a period hor best and noblest citizen/, and whon the malignant Greek would write the name of Aristides upon tho sholl, because ho bated to hear him called the just, his barbarity and injus tice- shocked and astonished the surrounding na tions/ and it has furnished thc poet and historian a themo of satire for more than a thousand years. But ostracism was harmless, ostracism was merci ful, ostracism was a pieco of refined amusement comparod with the Radical diabolism and vulgar brutality that would make the freedmen of ?day the lord of his former mastors, and former mas ter's families, and that would consign a noble pop ulation of fire millions of white- men to the mis rule of a set of Carpet-Baggers and half savage Ethiopians, who but yesterday wore bondsmen, and many of whom contaminated with all the vices erf slavery, and polluted with all the multi plied depravities and villianies of human nature, are exalted into rulers, legislators, and dignitaries of the land,'without being subjected to a month's probation, or compelled to exhibit a solitary qual ification that might distinguish a man from a monkey, or from any beast of the field, or reptile that crawls upon the ground, Against this party, this-nnholy alliance of Devil with Devil damned, " Lured with tbe smell of infant blood, to dance With Lapland witches, while tho labouring moen Bclipscs at thoir charms;" It is made our duty to God and our country, by all lawful moans, to wago incessant, resistless,and oternal war. Such being the case, it is natural and right, that wo should direct our eyes to the great Conservative or Democratic party of tho Union. Whether or not that party might meet all the requirements of your judgment and taste, and of mino, (and I confess, it has sometimes fal len short of my own) it is the only pillar upon which we, that cannot stand alone,'can heap for support, and it has stood like a tower of strength, like an impregnable bulwark, between the Radi cals and the government of our Fathers, for the last ninety-one years. It is exactly opposite, in al), respects, to the Republican party, and that constitutes it your friend und mico. In its policy> it demands a strict construction, and a faithful obsoryap?o of the- Constitutiop, and an economi cal administration of the Federal Govornm.cnt. It i 0 tho only parry that hxsera7fas$ained tho rights of tho-States, in opposition to tho encroachments of thc G e.i oral Government, and tho rights of tho different Departments of the Government in op position to tho usurpations of the Congress. In a word, the: principles of that party, embody tho great doctrines, in political economy, low tazos, low duties, State-rights, and conservatism for which tho South has contended, from her birth, and' for the defence of which her sous have poured out thoir blood Uko water. Tho party erred, with out doubt, in "withdrawing itself, or in permitting itself to bedotaohod from its natural allies, in tho late conflict between North and South. Had they etood firm upon their platform, resisted the blan dishments of power, and presented an unbroken front to the enemy, there would have been no war, no bloodshed, no destruction of property, and no disruption of the Union. All our grievances would have been compromised, after a day's wrangle, ora week's debate. By pouring a little oil on the troubled waters, the party lines would have become restored, and the onward march of the country, ^o greatness and glory, would not have been disturbed for an hoar. But we ha*Ve experienced a terrible shock, from tho defection of our friends; tho bones of the bra vest and best have been scattered irom Pennsyl vania to the uttermost confines of Texas. Our cities have been pillaged, our dwellings have been eonsumcd, our people have been bankrupted, and onr fair land has been almost rendered a barren waste and relapsed from its past beauty and gran deur, again to become the biding place of wild beasts andthaden of prowling wolves. Tet we must not bo cast down and depressed. There is a bet ter day coming. Good principles can never die SpauQContonded for her freedom, for three centu ries, and won it " Truth crushed to -earth will rise again, The eternal years of God's are hers; Whilst error wounded, writhes in pain. And dies amid her worshippers." The put inuit supply ni a lesion and wholesome ins true tion for the future. Whilst we will adhere, in good faith, to oar party, re are admonished, by a- bitter experience, to pi ace implioit reliance upon no man, cr set of men, whose, sectional interests may differ essentially from ours. We will thereforo, in regard to the freedmen, and on all other questions, without surrendering ourselves, body and soul to a-party, adopt a prac tical line of conduct. Of what avail is the cry of " This is a white man's government," when we see, it is a black min's government, pro tempore, and will remain io, until we can change it by winning votes to our party, from the ranks of the black men them selves. And what skill is there in saying to a black man, "I want your vote, but I am utterly opposed to your voting at all." Let us rather make it thar io ith it to be a white man's gov ernment If tho white men of the S tato will only do their duty in this emergency, I have no fears as to whose government this will be in thc course of a dozen years. Neither do I fear for the glorious principles for which we contended in the late ter rible struggle with the North. The seeds of that gigantic controversy were sown by Jefferson and Madison, and Honry, and if we be true to our selves, to liberty and country, we have only wit nessed tho beginning of the end. The cause is not " a lost cause," and it is a slander upon the brave South to say so. The time will come, when in the lenguage of the Apostle of the Gentiles, we shall exclaim, "It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption ; it is sown in dishonor, it U raised in glory ; it is sown in weakness, it ii raised in-power." Yes, the day will come, the proud, avenging day, when the South shall again rouso herself like a strong mun, and buckling on the armor of faith, and unsheathing the sword in defenso of the Constitution of our fathers, shall put to shame, to rout and confusion, all tho com bined adversaries of her God and her liberties. The blood of her children his not been shed in rain at Chancellorsville, at Malvern Hill, at Fred ricksburg, on the Chickahomany, at Gettysburg, at Antietam, at Shiloh, around Petersburg and Richmond, and ia the thousand battlefields, all over the land, made rich by its crimson tide. In they have perpetuated the struggle from genera tion to generation, " And lott their sons a hope, a fame, They too, will rather die than shame; For Froedom's battlo once begun, Bequeathed, by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft is wer won. Bear witness Greece, thy living page ! Attest it many a de? thiess ago ! While kings in dusky darkness bid, Uavo left a nameless Pyramid, Thy heroes, tbouch the general dcom Have swept the columns from their tomb, A mightier monument command, The mountains of tUoir native lani." #?r Two negroes fought a duel near-Savannah on the 3rd, with double barrelled shot guns, loaded with sixteen buckshot, distance fifteen paces. One escaped uninjured,-tho other was shot in both thighs, from the effects of which he died in about two hours. Cause, politics. 1ST An enthusiastic Grant ratification meet ing took place at the capitol at Nashville on thc 29th. The ablest speaker was Lan g s to no, the Ohio negro orator. * 52?" There is a disposition on the part of a large number of the members of Congress to ad journ about the first of Joly, in order that they may actively enter on tho Presidential campaign. OBITUABY. DIED, on the 22d of May, in Texas, Dr. J. B. HODGES, in the 29th year of his age. His soul has gone to the God who gave it, and his body is laid in the silent dust But the memory of his many noble and genorons traits of charac ter will long live in the hearts of his friends. 0* the lQth day of May, 1868, Mrs. ANNIS RODGERS, wife of SIMPSON H. RODGERS, Esq., in the 49th year of her ago, aftir a protracted and painful illness, bade adieu to tho cares and anxieties of lifo, and entered into that rest pre pared by God for his people. For thirty-three years Mrs. R. had been a membor of Dry Creek Baptist Church, and during that long period had adorned the* profession which she made by a well-ordered life. Her fu neral serviccqrare performed, at her own request, by her old pastor. Rev. A. P. NORRIS, in Har mony Church, and her earthly remains were de posited in that Church-yard, from whence she will have a part in the first resurrection. Language fails to portray her full character. The very large and serious congregation who at tended her funeral gave evidence of the esteem in which she was held. She. had no enemy. Eve-, ry ono. loved- ber. This good woman had not the advantages of a liberal education, ?nt yot she could, and did adapt herself to thp very best cir cles of society. On tho Sabbath previous to her death she said to a friend, speaking of the love liness of tho morning, that tho noxt Sabbath she would spend in the better land with friends who had gone beforo her; and just at twelve on the next Saturday night she left the world to join those friends. Who could but feel under such circumstances, that it was Detter to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting ? Mrs. RODGERS was peculiarly catholic. Her house was the home of .all good people, irrespec tive qf nome. Many a way-worn minister of our holy religion will remember with pride the name of ANNIS RODGER, and the hospitable home of herself and kind husband on tao banks of old Pry Crook. Thoso who weep for her oan only mourn thoir own.loss,-not h er's. She was devotedly attached to tho Church. Her seat was rarely vacant, un less Providentially kept away. She not only loved tho Church on Sunday, but was always ready to make any reasonable sacrifice to be there in the week. The membership and the Pastor of j Dry Creek Church will feel tho lois of a valuable member-but whik they deplore this loss, they should rejoice that their loss is her gain. She has gono to join tho Church of tte first born in Heuven. RIDGEWAY, S. C. #?-*Tb.e S. C. Baptist und the Southern Chris tian Advocate will please <'.opy. COMMEHCIA?L. AUGUSTA, June-5. ^LD-Brokers are bny|ng at 188 and selling SILVER-Buying at 132 and selling at 185. COTTON-Business in cotton bas been ex tremely dull to-day, 'only 2Q bales being sold at 29 COE ts for Middling. Receipts 19 bales." BACON-Smokod Shoulders, 15} cents; B. B. Sides, 17; C. R. Sides, 13; C. Sides, 19; Old gs.lt"Shoulders 14*;'Old/Salt C. R. Siaes 1CJ Hams 18(?|83e. . ; pORN-New White $1 25, Mixed ?1 22.. WHEAT-Whito, $340<?>2!r?; Bed, 70$ ] OATS are quiet Wo quote at 90. " '.'J lOf,O0O Tards* WHITE GOODS, REDUCED 25 Per Cent. .THIS WEEK \ Consisting of PLAID SWISS, PLAIN JACONET SATIN STRIPE SWISS, y PLAID JACONET, PLAIN SWISS STRIPE JACONET, 5-4 SOFT FINISH CAMBRIC, NAINSOOKS PLAID NAINSOOK, INDIA MULLS, .STRIPE .NAINSOOK, TAPE OHECKS, VICTORIA LAWN, TAPE STRIPES, , BISHOP LAWN, INDIA TWILLED LONG CLOTH, 40 INCH PILLOW CASE LINEN, HUCKABACK TOWELS, DAMASK TOWELS, . COTTON DIAPER, . BIRD'S EYE DIAPER BRILLIANTS, PIQUE CLOTH, NOTTINGHAM LACE, for Curtains. JAMES A. GRAY & t'0?, 226 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. June 9 ' tf i iii MARSEILLES, MANCHESTER AND HEAVY COMB QUILTS. Convincing bargains tbis week. GRAY A TURLEY. NOTTINGHAM LACES for curtain; and mus quito netting in lace and bars. . Convincing bargains this week. GRAY A TURLEY. BLEACHED SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS, BROWN SHEETINGS and SHIRTINGS. Convincing bargains this week.. GRAY A TURLEY. SPANISH LINEN forCoating, LINEN DUCKS and DRILLS for suits. * Convincing bargains this week. GRAY A TURLEY. WHITE GOODS in Swisses, Nainsooks, Jaco nets and Cambricks, * Bishop and Victoria Lawns, India made Tarleton, ?c., ?c. Convincing bargains this week. GRAY ? TURLEY. Juno 10 tf 24 STILL MORE CONVINCING T HE BARGAINS TO BE OFFERED at our DRESS GOODS COMTER j THIS WEEK HAVE NEVER BEEN EQUALLED BEFORE ! GRAY & TURLEY. Auguste, June 10 . tf 24 New Firm ! THE Undersigned have this day entered into Co-Partnership in the GENERAL ORO o ? ii - sccivAOA ?wter- TS'J VRIB name of CHEATHAM & BRUNSON. By close atten tion to business they hope to merit uni receive a liberal patronage. 0. F. CHEATHAM, W. H. BRUNSON. June S th, 1S68. The People's Store X HE Subscribers have now in Store a full sup ply of Goods, which they warrant of the FIRST QUALITY, and which they aro offering at tho LOWEST POSSIBLE FIGURES. Their Stock embraces in part Bacon SIDES and SHOULDERS, Choice HAMS-very fine, Suporior Leaf LARD, Dried BEEF, Smokod TONGUES. MACKEREL, in Kits and Barrels, 1000 Bushels CORN, FLOUR, CORN MEAL, GRIST, . RICE, MACCARONI, Canned OYSTERS, SARDINES, LOBSTERS PICKLES, SAUCES, Brandied FRUITS, SPICES of all kinds, RAISONS, CITRON, CURRANTS, ; Hard and Soft Shell ALMONDS, Sugar, Butter and Soda CRACKERS, . Choice WINES and CORDIALS, . BEST LIQUORS--in great variety, Superior PORTER and ALE, SUGARS of ali grades-a heavy stock, IO Bbls. SYRUP and MOLASSES, Java, Rio and Lagnira COFFEE, Splendid White Wine and Apple VINEGAR, Sperm and Adamantine CANDLES,. STARCH, SODA, SOAP, A No. 1 Chewing and Smoking TOBACCO, .SEGA-RS, SNUFF, PIPES, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE,. TIN WARE, POT WARE, . Garden HOES, RAKES and FORKS, SHOVELS, SPADES, PITCH FORKS, Brade's WEEDING HOES-a splendid article, SCYTHE BLADES-the very hest, HAMES and TRACE CHAINS, WELL BUCKETS, CHURNS, Ac, Ac. ^SJ-The public are invited to call and give my stock an examination. CHEATHAM & BRUNSON, At Sullivan's Old Stand. June 8 tf 24 GUrXETT'S PATENT STEEL BRUSH COTTON GINS, r[E ABOVE GIN is superior to any ever used in this, country, and has taken., many premiums at Agricultural Fairs in the States of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. In it great avantages are gained, b o th in quan tity. and quality of staple cleaned, bringing in price at least one cent per pound more than cot* ton ginned on the best gins of our country. <We have on hand pamphlets showing the merits of this Gin, and giving certificates from many of the largest planters and cotton factors in the South, which wo will furnish to any plan ter who desires to purchase. The GULLETT GIN can be seen at our office, oorner Reynold and McIntosh .streets, Augusta, Georgia. jlST'Every Gin Warranted. ISAAC T. HEARD Sc CO., Cotton Factors, Agent*. Augusta, June 1 6m23 Bankruptcy. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. In the matter of JOHN COL GAN, BANKRUPT, bywhem a Petition lor Adjudication of Bankruptcy was filed on the 29th day of April, 1868, in said Court-la BASKRortcr. THIS is to-rtve notice, That on the 5th day of 'June, A. D. 1868, a Warrant in Bankruptcy was issued against tho Est at j of JOHN COL GAN, of Edgefield C. H., in tho District of Edge field, and State of South Carolina, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt, op his own Petition; that the payments of any Debts ard Delivery of any Property, belonging to said Bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the transfer of any property hj bim,'are forbidden by Law; '.hat a meeting of the Creditors of the sa^d Bankrupt, to prove, their Debts, and to choose one op more Assignees of his Estate, will bo held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at Newberry C. H., 8. C., before IIonry Summer, Register, on the H th day of July, A. n., *868, at W o'clock, A.-M J. P, M. ETHNO, 9. S. Maribel as Measeogea, - Br GEORGE LABSEB, Dep. Moorage*. . ' Ju* 10 * U