Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, July 29, 1868, Image 2

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Legislature Proceedings. COLUMBIA, July 20 In the Senate to-day a resolution "was troduced instructing the Committee on Inc poration to ascertain whether the charters any incorporation authorized by the Legis ture could be nltsred or renewed uuder t new Constitution ; also a resolution suspct ing for this session the joint resuluti adopted iu 1S:;0, requiring three months' i tice to bc given of au intention to ask foi charter. B. F. Randolph gave m tice of :i Iii!' to * alric minara and persons heretofore known free persons of c ?lt.r to recover the value, specie or United Slates currency, of boni deposits, or other moneys, converted wiiho their, consent into Confederate bonds moneys. The bills organizing the Circuit Courts, a regulating appeals and 'vrils of error to t Suprime Court, were ordered to be engross* Adjourned: lu the House) a petition irom the Liner Kepiihiicin Guarda of diaries:ou, praying! their incorporation, also lrom the citizens Huck Hill, praying for '.licit- incorp. ration a town, were presented. A r?siliation was offered authorizing t chair to issue a writ of ejection to supply ?I vacancy caused by the death of Dill. Tl Spedier decided that it was om ol order, i otiieial notice ol the saut death having be given. Bwzeman gav? notice of a 'bill to prohil any discrimination between persons engagi in any business tor which a license is require A committee was appointed to deternii; the feasibility and cost of fitting up rooms the'New State House. Leave of absence was granted to the A dcrspri delegation un:il Monday next, th thay'might prepare their defence. DeLarge gave notice of a bill to secure thc State thu benefits of the act o! Congre donating lands for establishing ?tu Agricult rai College. O? uiotiou of DeLarge, the House went i to secret session for thc discussion of the fi. lowing communication received from Newbe , ry, which by the sensible members of tl Heu3Q was regurde<Las a hoax: NEWBERRY, S. C., July 13. 1&T.8. Ta fl. K. SCOTT. Hybrid Governor of Som Carolina : Sm : iu the midst of scenes pregnant wit trouble j of au epoch in the history of Sou'. Carolina fuarlul to contemplate, ymi have r< paired to Columbia, our ancient tind timi honored capital, surrounded by a rump cot clave, of hybrid niggers and renegade whitei and Lave assembl. d in u body to represe: tim people oj' South Carolina as a legislativ bo ly. You a!-o, thc Governor elect, bal been inaugurated.delivered yoursell of ama? of humbug, tree-negro talk as a message, un itally attempted lo put iu exesuiion the bo: libio, despised and aoortive frce-nigger-loviii laws enacted by an unlawful body of scain wags, representing South Carolina, in a u Cor st i fut ional Convention." Indeed, it was '. Constitutional Convention!'' Oh ! shadest Caligula, of Nero, of FrauCd under Jacobi; rule! The people (only tho whites) I wil tell yon, Governor Scott, of our poor, poverty taxeu State, would prefer absolute death, to ; government instituted and iu!ed by renegade and negroes. We do not (never). with God' blessing, or by any power, intent- io be inih< least overruled by an interior race of negreo; anti .imported scalawags, or despised Yanke? emi-saries. I want you to understand thi; subject as plainly as 1 have indited it. Never, Xever U You are very careful to recommend to tht hybrid assemblage a requisition upon th? United States War Department for tLe Stated quota of arms, with the view of organizing aud arming negro militia before the military protection is relieved, alter civil government is resumed. Weil, this is decidedly rich ; fully as much of the-genuine Yankee of Penn sylvania-as we could have expected. Negri minda! You say "our government must rest upon obedience to law," &c. But how, if you have common sense, Could you expect u obedience to law," if there be such a thing in our State as negro militia? We cannot, aud will not, tolerate a miserable negro mili tia. Enforce the order, if you will, sternly, severely; but wt* will not have peace, even such a peace as we now have, no longer than these brutal, deluded savages-the negro tnelish-shall have been organized. -No, never ! Then you .may expect-and you doubtless hope to see it-a collision between our people aud thc negruos. We will then have no country, no peace, noj'aviily ties to prevent longer oppression by a relentless Jac ubi;i enemy. God witnesseth .that our. peopb shajl forever afterwards resolve to destroy the vile despotic rulers of our country. Yuu know, Scott, that you have no right to govern oracOta* Governor of. our dear State. And by The bh.*ssi-ys of God Almighty, you and your party in the whole .South shall be dis cnnfitlQJ, despised, and; I trust, destroyed. Tue negroes could be made to d-j wha: bj their plain duty, if. lhere had not been outsid-. Yankee and inside renegade inierierence with them, under Radical iustrrction. Democracy will rule vou yet, besides other l.e:p to ?ur peopic. We will never have a myro govern ment over Us. Here is mv name. WILLIAM H. MARTIN. AODITIONAL WARNING*. ll. K. Scott, Bogus Governor, not representing the while people of thin Slate-never : Sirf : l'oit may continue and fib the posi tion of Governor under the impression that military 'aw bas done its work ted t fl'cctual'y for pur people ever to cast it aside, and undo aFT reconstruction as well as al! military laws ; but in this view you shall be wofully mis taken. And I can but hope that all who bav* taken a conspicuous part in iryijig to humili ate the people of the South, nuder negro Rad ical rule, will (not far in the future) be made to fed the penalty of a sound, constitutional law, severely administered by true white men of the Slate and country. Your career will be as short lived as you conld well wish ir, and much shorter. Just to think, for a mo ment, ot' our present condition-a conditio:) rendered so intolerable, by inhuman fiends, with negro abettors, as to defy any compari son with either ancient or modern cruelty. A (lavage, cruel, inhuman being-a negro-put over and above the only rightful people of ibe State of South Carolina ! Great God ! Well may we, the Southern people, the best of all people, desire to yet live (though under severe persecution)!*) v/ithess the just reward in store for Scott aud all his coadjutors, and of bis party and ilk. We will theunjoice -and feel that the day-yes, ibe year too--of jubi le: bas indeed come. Receive these warnings in time. Your ne gro militia wiil not keep our people from kil ling fast enough. W. H.MARTIN. July 13, 1808. The delegation from that dUlrict do not know any such man, and all sensible men be lieve the letter to bo bogus. Tho Democratic members in secret session disclaim such sentiments a? emanating from their party, and S?. d that the question would only be settled at the ballot-box. " PERSONNE," the Columbia correspondent of thc Charlesion News, alluding to this New berry letter, says : The iong.and short of the who!e matter is, that the shrewd managers of Radical in?Vnce found in the document precisely what they wanted for a double purpose. First, something to show that South Carolina is one of the mosi fearfully unreconstructed States in the Unipn or out of it, consequently that Repub licans are all patriots ; and secondly, that a colored militia must be immediately orgatiiz ed and armed fer their protection. The last bas already been discovered to be the most delicate point with which the Legis lature have to deal. Whit? Republicans are opposed to it-=-e.specially those who have liv ed in The State, and know the inflammatory elements which exist ; while on the other hind there is a strong pressure from the con stiimncy outside for permission to bear arms anl be considered as a part of the army of South Carolina. Of cou'So a goodly number of officers are to be distributed in the organ ization, and party power and influence rs lo be extended. This is a part of the milk in the cocoanut. A very natural result of the Newherry let- ' ter will be tho introduction of a bili for the sheedy formation of tie ailili?, aod tba cae* / tion will thus be fairly sprung before the Le islature. How much argument the fooli document hus furnished in behalf of suet measure will readily be perceived. The uuiortunate part of the mai ter is th the letter is to night being printed for eire lation at the North, and no man will de that it will be accepted by the already pi judiced masses of that section as an eviden of the iniquity and general diabolism whi prevails in this State. It makes do difTercn that the Newbery delegation when questio ed declared they knew no such indidivn as William H. Marlin itt the district, or tb the lester itself bears upon ils face the ci donee ol forgery, lt will servo thc porp'n to which it is applied, aud our people will held responsible by many a true Domocr for the legless eifervescence of tbe anno mous joker. Strange f-s it may appear, the temper some ot the most influential colored meit < the il ?or 01 tue House-and 1 v-ill not exce several of the whiles-is thoroughly const vative. They believe as mu-"-h as Democra in qualified suffrage; and when thc prop time comes th-y will cut loose from thc ult party who would dragoon them with wh nu l spur mu? extreme measures. To desire by crazy epistles, this growing sent?mes now in its chrysalis stage; to bully, threat! ami antagonize those who, in an bumble, quit but certain way. are working out a plan rebel lor the people of the State, is simply increase our own'?difficult ?es, and prevent tl use of agencies'which eventually will rosu in good. J All that is going on cannot prudently 1 made public, but many a wire is being secre ly ?aid and operated by men of inteiligenc whose aim and endeavor is to rid South Can ?na o? the present unrestricted power of tl curpet-bug and Ethiopian. To threaten vii leuce is only to consolidate the opposi'iv and render progress in the right directs up-hill work. After i ne secret session closed, a bill wf introduced for regulating the election of mi nicipal officers. The bill provides that th elections shall be ordered by the Goverru within twenty days after the passage of tl act. COLUMBIA, July 21.-In the Senate, th Prc-.?i(lt-::t submitted a report from tho Pres dent of the Balik ol'the State, '.reich was rr 'erred :o tbe Cotninitte on Finance. ?The Judiciary Onmmiitec made an unfa vorable report on the bill to enable labore] lo recover wages. A bill to continue in force military erdet was read a second tim*e. The resolution requiring three months' nc tice to secure acts of incorporation was sus pended. The bill accepting a donation of land fo agricultural schools was parsed. Randolph gave notice of a bill prohibiten distinction in any case OP account of rad color or previous condition ; also a bill av pointing a board of land com mission ors. Jilson gave notice of a bill for thc elcctiot of a Board of Directors of the Penitentiary Inthe House, N eagle, from a special com millee, reported a bill for thc redemption o tho State bills receivable, issued for the paj of members. The bill authorizes the treasu rer to issue bills to the amount of five bun drcd thousand dollars. In addition to the tax now levied, it is pro posed to tax ali cation and rice raised in 186? nt thc rate of one cent per pound on upland colton, two cents per pound on sea island cotton, and seven and a half cents per bushel un rice. If the tax is not paid before Janua ry. an agent is to be appointed to si ip thc products to Charleston for sale at auction Wagle tried to get the bill printed and act ed on by bis own committee, but failed. The bill was ridiculed by the House, and 'th? members declared it to be a monstrosity. H was finally referred to the Cotnmiticc on Ways and Means. Resolutions of condolence with the family ?>CDi!l were adopted. II. B. Elliott pave notice of bis intension to intr. duc 'a bill for the formation of a new cunt.- out of contiguous positions of Edge field, Barnwell, Orangeburg and Lexington Districts. Sasportas gave notice of a bill suspending the functions of the Professors of the Uni versity. The election of Supreme Court Judges will Lake place on Thursday. DeLarge presented'the petition of tho Pru dence Fire Engine Company, of Charleston, for their incorporation. The Agricultural College Bill was passed. On motion of Crews, a committee was in . trtictcd to investigate whether incorporated ;ompauies were discharging their employees 3?i account of their p: laical principle?. Hyde introduced a bill invalidating the Sides of property by Confc'dcrate authority luring the absence of the owners, which was referred. COLUMBIA, July 22.- In the Senate a long ebuCc took pise on the resolution to relieve ?ie Sheriff of Marlboro' from the penalty im posed fo?" nol returning executions within Ll?e time allowed by law, but it was ultiruate y parsed. Mr. Rutland, from the special committee, reported a bi!! reducing the bonds ol' public fticers, and placing them at. thc following" traouuis: Secretary of State $10,000; Comp tn.?ler^Oeneral S10;000 ; Stute Treasurer 310 000; Attorney-General ?3.000; Clerk ?f thc Court at Charleston $20,000 ; in other xmnties ?10,1)00 : Sheriff o? Charles:on -$23, )00 : other Sheriffs 310,000 ; Probate Judge; Charleston, $10,000 ; of other counties !$:>, J00 ; Coroner Of Charleston ?5,000 ; other bounties $2,000. Embezzlement is to be punished by fine, and imprisonment for not jere than five years. Mr. Corkhf introduced a bill to define the urisdiciiou of the Probate Court. lu tLo House, a resoiuiion was passed fix ..g thc salaries of subordinate officers at from >l 50 to So 0:) per duy. A pretest was presented against the admis non of the delegates from Lancaster. Bilis weie introduced incorporating the Cit zen's Bank ; establishing ibe County of Ai ien ; suspending thc professors at the State University; inc rporating ibe Cheraw Honk tod Ladder Company ; permitting the re :ording of certificates ol parchases of lands in St. Helena; authorizing iiie employment jt county solicitors to aid the circuit solicitors. The Govern r has instrucied Mr. Unod, the Treasurer of the State, to receive and disburse moneys. J. H. Rainey (colored) is acting Secretary ? State. Th ; necessary papers have been forwarded to Washington to secure the removal of the political disabilities of Ex-Governor Orr. Some bankers are iu correspondence with the (Governor in relation to a loan of $o(j0, 000 to the State. The new tax bill now being matured is in tended io tax equally all property of every description according to its value. It is esti mated to r-i=e SGO0,0CO without oppressing the peoplo. COLUMBIA, July 2".. In the Senate, to-day, Cain presented a pc tition of sundry persons of Charleston pray ing that an election for city officers be order ed. The petiiion is signed by fifty-four per sons, most ot' whom are negroes and obscure whites. The Committee ou Claims asked to bc dis charged from the consideration of all clarina which propose to draw money from the Trea sury, at present, and that such claims be post poned until the November sessie-u, which was granted. The Bill enabling parties to a contrct lo recover pay for labor when the contract is not complied with, was rejected. In the IIou*e. the Special Committeo rc ported that suitable rooms fer the Legisla ture and the committees could be fitted up in the Stat?; House, and the roof repaired at a cost of S-l 300. The report was recommitted with instruc tions to include in the estimate the cost of accommodating the Supreme Court. A resolution was adopted referring the re port of the President of the Bank of the State to the Committee of Ways aud Meaus, with instructions to report Tuesday. A resolution, instructing the Committeo of Ways and Means to report what part of tho capital of thc State was paid by the colored people, wiat is tiio cost of ils collection, aad j what amount of costs are accreting on execu tions for such tax unpaid-, was adopted. The election of the Chief Justice has been postponed till Wednesday. COLUMBIA, July.24. In the House to day the unfavorable report of thc Committee on Privileges and Elections on the Bill regulating the rr licipal elections, was taken up, and after considerable discus sion the report and Bill were tabled by a vote of 70 yeas to 34 nays. Mr. Jenks, who introduced the Bill, and is Pillsbury's adopted son, said, when its defeat was announced, "as the Bili is now defeated, and the constituency which I represent is tired of the ever chapping mandates of the sword and its appointed agents, I give notice that 1 will, to-morrow, introduce a Bill to provide for a municipal election in Charleston. Permission was granted to the Committee on Claims to bo discharged from the consid eration of all claims for payment during the present session. In the Senate, the Bill to reduce theamount on the bonds enquired of publfc offi'-ers, pass ed with immaterial amendments. A Bill has been introduced and will pass, requiring all public officers to deposit all funds in their hands in some National Bank within five days. No nmnunt exe eding five hundred dollars can be drawn without the countersign of the Governor. A Proclamation. DY TUE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : Whereas by an Act of Congress, entitled " An Act to admit, the States of North Caro lina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Al abama, and Florina to representation in Con gress,'' passed the. twenty-fifth day of June, 1808, it is declared that it is made thc duly of the President, within ten days after receiv ing official information of the ratification by the Legislature of either ot said States of a proposed amendment to the Constitution, known as article fourteen, to issue a proclama tion announcing that fact ; And Whereas on the 18= h day of July, 1S08, a letter was received by the President, which letter being addressed to the President, bears date of July 15, 1S(!8, and was transmitted by and Under the name of R. Iv. Scott,, who therein writes himself Governor of South Carolina, in which letter was enclosed, and received at thc same time by the President, a paper purporting to be a resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives of ?he General Assembly of the State ol'South Car olina, ratif ying the said proposed amendment, and also purporting to have passed the two said Houses, respectively, on the 7th and 9th of July, l8(>8, and to have been approved by the said R. K. Scott as Governor of said State on the 15th of July, 18?S, which circumstances are attested by D. T. Corbin, as President pro tempore ol the Senate, and of F. J. .Moses, Jr., as Speaker of thc House of Representa tives, of said State, and of the suid R. K. Scott, as Governor: Now, therefore, bc it known that I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America, in compliance with and execution of the Acts of Congress aforesaid, do issue this, ni3' proclamation, announcing the fact of the ratification of the said amendmeut by the Legislature of tho State of South Carolina in tba manner horein-before set fortn. In testimony whereof I have s^ncd these presents, with my hand, and have caused the seal of the United States tobe hereto affixed. Done at -the City of Washington, this eigh teenth day of July, in the year of our Lord [L. 8.] one thousand eight hundred and sixty eight, and of the independence of the United States of Aniericat?>e ninety-third. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President : WILLUM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. The President has issued a similar procla mation in reference to Louisiana. The Demise of the Hon. Edward Frost. Oar community was saddened yesterday by the announcement of the decease of the lion. Edward Frost. Judge Frost has long been known as one of our most valued and high toned citizens. He belonged to South Carolina. Upon her soil he was born, and here he could look back upon an honored and virtuous ancestry. He was identified with our history and in stitutions. Early in life he graduated at the Bar, and for many years discharged the duties of this high vocation .with credit and ability. He Was appointed, under a Democratic adminis trallon, United States District Attorney. lu the crisis of 1832 his devotion to his State proved superior to his attachment to office. Rather ttiuu be the instrument of enforcing what u-? believed to be the unconstitutional Tariff Laws against his people bc resigned his position and surrendered his office. He was elected by the Legislature, one of the Judges ot the State for life, a position never heretofore conferred, except where ability was combined with great of character. He reinaiued'upon the bench for over ten years, administering justice and dispensing right with an even hand. His mind and temper was essentially judicial, and yet with al, combined with a gentleness of disposition, and a serenity of manner, which bespoke '.he sound judgment and ?.ure heart. His resignation of the Judicial office was universally regretted. This was the higliest evidence both of his fitness for the position und of the fidelity with which he had worn the ermine. Politically, Judge Frost was of the State? Rights faith. He served repeated ly in the L-gialature, as a delegate from Charleston, and was at onetime the Chairman of its Delegation. His manner o' debate was clear, forcible and argumentative. His iuter est in internal improvements was warm and decided. This he exhibited throughout the whole of his career. The completion ol the Blue Ridge Rail Road.- by which the. products of the West might be brought to the waters of i he Ashley, v.-as an object of his earnest devotion and aspiration. To this enterprise Ito gave his energies and his abilities. For many years he was President of the road. Throughout his career of over sixty years it may well be said of him, "Ile kcop thc whiteness of his soul." If there wui one cuaracieristic more than any other which distinguished him, it was his. great purity_pfcharacttr and -ense of devo tion to duty. Ile was pre-eminently one of thj?e men with whom the duties ol file were more important than life itself. At a limo when he seemed most in vigor, and w-jen lhere appeared a promise of many years to come, tho summons came, and he bowed lo the mandate. A virtuous, worthy and respected citi/.on has ^one. But the re collection of his virtues and talents remain as the richest cf all legacies to the community and Slate which deploio death his.-Cuarlce ton Courier, 22d. WHEN WILL MILITARY RULE IN THE SOUTH ERN STATES CEASE?-We learn from the Nc;v York World that some of tho Geneials now on police duty in the South are endeav oring to n;a??'-! it appear that military rule, there, is drawing to a close. If so, how comes it lh::t the Paymaster General has just sub mitted the following estimate of the amounis required for the o^ecution of 4b? Reconstruct tion Acts in these States up to June .30, lStiO ? Iii the First. Military District, (State of Virginia.) to June 30, I8C9;$100,000. In the Second Military District, (States of North Cand?na and South Caroliua,) to June 30, 1809, $24,000. In the Third Military District, (States of Georgia, Alabama and Florida.,) to June 30, 18?9, #150,000. In the Fourth Military District, (States nf Mississippi and Arkansas.) to June 30, 1SG9, $108,400. In tho Fifth Military District, (States of Louisiana and Texas,) to June 30, 18(19, ?80,000. JES-?. torrihlo afTr iy occurrod on a boat near Savannah on Tuosday last. A largo party of no groes bad gono out on a pleasure excursion and wbou returning, a good many of them under the influence of liquor, a row confmonccd which re sulted in four mon being dangerously stabbed and ono drowned. ggTA Mass Meoting. of tho Democracy of Lexington will be hold at the Court Houeo, on Monday nest. - j THEADVERTISER JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 18G8. FOR PRESIDENT, HORATIO SEYMOUR, OP NEW YORE. 5 FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, FRANCIS P. BLAIR, OF MISSOURI. Sufely Delivered from Tophet." That is, fdr the present. Wo alindo to the un-! precedentodly horrible heated term through wbioh wo bu ve lately passed. Did ever any body expe rience such a season of sweating discomfort and breathless misery ? Did ever anv body undergo such implacable heat, and such vile, tumultuous perspiration ? As to ourself, when wc retired each night to our virtuous couch, we bade ourself a melancholy farewell, under thc firm conviction that tho morning light would show us-not our self-but only a fow thin bones and lank shredV of hnir. Wc have been mercifully spared how ever, and ouch morning found us, like tho Sta? Fpanglcd Banner, "still there." And now thc. danger is past. The rains have fallen and the breezes are blowing. But the corn crop is sadly curtailed. No doubt' of that fact whatever. More than ono of the oldest and most experienced farmers in our District have told n's that in forty years they have not had KO poor and unpromising a crop. And there arc rome BoctionB still suffering from extreme drought. Buttai/ wr.nt of rain hhs not been altogether' universjU. In certain parts of our District, if we mistake mit,' the growing stuff of all ?ort? is ia a very flourish ing condition. : i* Complimentary, Rich, Rare and Racy. This morning the Advertiser corps has boen tremendously (but not dangerously) exalted bya Sweet-Cider treat. Thc sweetest and freshest and mellowest Cider that ever passed down human gullet! A present-out of tho purest politeness and kindness of heart-from our much esteemed young friend, Mr. Altos W. BATCHER. He may rest assured that he is down forever in our Book of Kind Remembrance. Auother Piece of liosh. Gen. Cauby has issued a proclamation, dated. July 2-llh, remitting all authority heretofore ex?H crcised by him, as Commander of tho Second Military District, under the fifth section of the law of tbe United States, el March 2d, 1SC7, to "thc civil authorities con?"itutodaud organized in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina under thc constitutions adopted by tho people thereof and approved by tho Congress of tho United States." When we consider who tho civil authoritio9"s? constituted are, wo may ns well ask oursolvesthe question : Which is best, frying.pan or fire ? Shall Edgefield bc Rebind? In Charleston, on Friday night last, there took. pl.,co a grand Seymour aud Blair ratification' meeting-tho most elaborate, enthusiastic and magnificent demonstration, perhaps, which over occurred in that city. From eight to ten thou sand people aro reported to have ^cen in atten dance. Gen. Hampton was the guest of the city on this occasion, and his speech before tbe as sembled multitude was in tbe highest degree elo quent, spirited and cheeking. This speech we will ondoavor to lay before our readers next week. Tho other speakers at Ibis great Ratification Mcctiog were Hon. Charles H. Simonton, Hon. James B. Campbell, and Hon. A. P. Aldrich. Those distinguished gentlemen, all lately ro turned from tho Now York Convention, and all hav-H ing closely studiod tho political horizon in tho l North, East, and West, united in expressing tho be lief that tho day of our deliverance from Radical J dcspoluui is assuredly drawing nigh. .' vj** Thiugs are getting warm. Tbe situation is interesting. Tho immediate future seems preg nant with ovonts likoly to excite, to startlo, to convulse. Perhaps there is about to be a shock Uko thc collision of two planets in mid air. Tho Radical faction in Congress secs plainly that it is to be defeated in November next; and, acting upon Thad. Stevens' maxim, " outside the Constitution," they aro unmistakably preparing to nullify thc fut nf the people, and to maintain that th!? Congress shall bo tho Government for all time to come. Let tho collision como if it must. Wo pray that tho Democracy may bo as firm as Mount Atlai, whoso broad shoulders did not stoop beneath tho burdon of tho sky. Cer tain is it that tho worst has already como. The worst is now upon us. Nothing can- possibly be worse that what Congress has already inaugura ted. But wo awe strayed from our first intontion. Wc have asked : " Shall Edgoficld bo bohind ?" Wo mean in regards joyous demonstrations over tho Jato noblo Democratic Nominations, and in cvidonccs of high determination to risc and leave nothing untried to hit again upon her sovereign shoulders tho liberties that rightfully belong there. The Central Executive Comra'lteo of tho Demo cratic Party of fidgcticld havu recommended that a graud Ratification Meeting be held on tho fourth -Monday in August. We beliovo that Buch a Meeting will bo held, and on a large seule.' Wo know that a number of distinguished statesmen and orators have already boen invitod to bo pres ent. And shall we not on .tbis ocension slay sheep and oxen and prepare a mighty feast? And open our doors, with unstinted hospitality, to all who shall oomc ? This thing ought to bo done ! Edgefield must not fall behind her glorious record of the past! Thc Niggers in Colnmbia Do ns They are Rid, nnd the President Does as He is Did. , That is, tho niggers, white and black, of tho Logls'aturc, adopt thc Fourteenth Articlo, and the President thereupon issues the proclamation or dorod by Congress. Tho said proclamation will bo found in another column. Aud here again is another installment of miserable Radical bosh. As tho law appears on its face, tho citizens of a State have tho option to admit nil malo inhabi tants of such Stato, abovo thc ago of twenty-one, to the ballot, or, by restricting thom, to diminish tboir owu representation in Congress. Several of | tho Southern Statos accepted tho proposition and adopted it. But Congress subsequently prac tically nullified its own net. It possod arbitrary laws'establishing unqualified and unrestricted, negro suffrago in all tho excluded States, and authorizing tbe negro Conventions to foroe nogro Suffrage upon tho peoplo of thoso States by con stitutions which their authors declaro to be per petual ; and ull who vote under them must take an oath uovor to attempt to restrict any right or privilege, or social or political advantage, on ac count of origin or color. There is, therefore, no option botween universal suffrage and a ro 8tri':tod suffrage, such as it was proposed to place within tho reach of tho people of tho South. Tho Southern white man, if ho voto at all, must vote in tho face of a negro majority, and swear never to attempt to diminish that majority by excluding any of tho votors. Theso governments are Afri CanUed, and tho attempt is made- by violating tho conscience of yoters to deter them from over endeavoring to remove tho yoko of negro supre macy from their necks, but to transmit it to. pos terity through all future time. Of courso this bondago will bo only temporary ; but tho faroo of submitting the Fourteenth Article, and tb o farce of tho poor niggers adopting it, and of tho poor old President issuing bis proclamation, is too disgusting and insulting to bc borne with any do greo of pationce. It is adding insult to injury ; and it. is also adding, wo hope, brimstone to tho fire which is ore long to burn up tho Radical thieves and devils who havo riot I .or eight years past in Washington. When the white raoe get tho upper hand, they will summarily demolish these negro constitutions, and ?asumo tbe enprcraacj with which God and I nature have invested" them. And when that dav comes, shall wo temper justice with mercy ? At present wo are inclined to fay : No ! Editorial Correspondence. NEW Tonic, July 11th, 1868. This is Saturday. Since the adjournment oi tho Convention, day hoforoyesterday, tho crowd ol Southern and Weslarn visitors hos been steadily flowing homeward. Hundreds, to be sure, u.tVC gone up tho Hudson, for a visit to Wost Point, Albany, Saratoga and Niagara; or for a rus through Canada and New Englaud. But thegreal mass have ..one to their totnes. And now thu city is a littlo moro quiet. Thc Chauler House al least, is so. Gov. Bonham, Judge Aldrich and Qcnl. Hagood departed Southward this morning. Genl. Gary is in New Haven ; whalj for, the Lord only knows ! Wo expect to hear of him next, tipping it over to Europe on tho Atlantic cabio, after the fashion of tho tight ropo dancers in thc circus ; and havo no doubt that ho and tho gutt.i percha sea-serpent, will manage it most excellent ly together. Dr. Dovoro and his party are look ing at tho sights und shows of Philadelphia, Bal timore and Washington. And we aro loft alone; solitary and aluno in Doodledom ! Even tho Ger man friend who conducts us to the bad places (defending us from nil attucks of men, dogs, oud -women) has quit the grit, and gone to Chicago. We feel very doeolato. And notwithstanding that we inflicted such a ponderous letter upon you yes terday, tho spirit moves ns to the evil deed of writing anothor. And we begin with still another iniquity. We had our Gorman friend in harness again loft night-the final expedition !-and this time be show 1 us FABO AT Mm.vionT. A Bhort wnlk brought us to-a large brick build ing, with a handsome front, ia the centre"of a block. The first floor of this building is occupied by " three-ball hauliers." Three brass balls com poso the sign of a pawnbroker. Convenient es tablishment to bc situated at the ont raneo of a fashionable gambling bell ! Having entered the house through large double doors of mahogany, we climbed ono flight of stairs, and touched tho spring boll at another door. Hero, after a brief examination hy a very grand and gloomy person age, we were admitted. The grand personage clofed tho door gently behind us, and left us to ourselves in a large, silent, brilliantly lighted, splendidly furnished apartment, connected with others by folding doors. Tho social games-, played hero at an earlier hour, had given way to themore exciting gamo of all games,- now in full but mys teriously silent blast in an adjoining room. We poss into that room through doors whoso hinges aro noiseless as down, aud come into fall view of the immemorial contest between human credulity and tho god of Chance, dubbed in these days " the Tiger." Tba beast is showing his teeth to night with a vengeance ! Huge piles of ivory beside the banker's elbow attest his prowoss. The ditter, ditter, clittor of these little ivory checks' id tho only sound. Tho crowd, three ranks deep, .which surrounds tho table whore thc banker tuns 'thc cards, is of lift approved imperturbable cali bre. Tho stillness and intensity are fearful ; one .bolds bis very breath ! Tho crowd stakes, wins, "?loses, silently- and gracefully. It is a most gen tlemanly and elegant-looking throng. Our Ger man friend whispers to us that merchant*, mil lionaires, brokers, ox-judges of tho supreme bench, men of family and high reputation, and young mon of position and wealth, ? ar? its composites. Tbe social atmosphere of the European gaming : table is revived. A largo oak sideboard, glitter ing with silver and glasswnre,' and stored with tho finest liquors, sits closo at hand. To this al tar a devotee occasionally steps to refresh himself : and then returns wiih new energy to the battle The smoko of a cigar softly curls upwards over tho hoads of tho players. By that-token, know a loser. He who wins has no noed of such a stim ulant ! What a dangerous, devilish, alinost-irro siitiblo fascination the scone possesses ! It con centrates thought, so that we can sec nothing; think of nothing, but the table and thc monoy, aud.the hands and foroarms that reach down to back tho cards or claim tho -winnings ! No won der so many men are ruined hore ! Over the ele gant suppor, served to guests in an adjoining room-but not here where the game is in process -may o man wreuch a faculty or two apart, wherewith to reflect upon tho hidcouely-alluring influence of tho Faro Table upon its frequenters, of whatever class or intelligence they may bo. And now wo are going to leap from the Paro Table to HENRY WARD BEECHER ASD HIS CIR-nen. Not so incongruous .a leap either us it may seem: for old Henry and his people aro, in our opinion, about as mischievous as the faro dealers and far t players. Henry Ward Beecher's church is a very famous one ; it is in Brooklyn, and known os "Plymouth Church." Tho organ is the largest and finest perhaps in New York ; at all events, ono of thc finest in this country. To reach Ply mouth Church from thc up-town hotels in New York, you must jump aboard of the 3rd or 2nd Avenue cars, make your way-to Fulton Ferry, cross, jump again into other cars which you will lind ready at the landing, and invite the conduc tor to put you off at tho nearest point to Dr. Beecher's church. Tho trip requires about half an hour. Plymouth Church is largo, out plain ; in fact, so plain thaf. if looks hluo and skinny. A large gallery runs entirely around -tho building, in this gallery, fronting the entronco, right over the pulpit, stands tho great, organ. Neither screen or curtain hides the organist aud singers. . Pulpit did wc say? "Tis not a pulpit, but,a platform of considerable height and length, ornamented with a simplo stand for bible and hymn-book, and unothcr, upon which sits a hugo vaso of superb flowers. Behind thc bible-stand sits father Beech er, arrayed in severe black. Everything is repul sively plain. There is no warmth, no coloring. Tho organist risos and taking his seat at the or gan, plays a cold and skinny pr.-ludc; simultane ously, two skinny young women adranco to tho front and sing ? skinny anthem in a skinny man ner. After this, father Bcochor risos and gives out a hymn, and says "sing without lining." And now tho music ls better, for tho whole vast con gregation sings with ope grand accord. Seldom havo we heard finer congregational singing. And then father Btfechcr prays-a cord and skinny prayer. And thon takes his text. Ho is tall, broad-shouldered, mu'rmlar-Jooking, full in habit without being corpulent, of rosy and healthy complexion, of benevolent countenance, aud deci dedly handsomo; looks about fifty-fiveyearaof agc. His text this evening is " Thou shalt not steal ;" and he applied it in many respects most felicitously to our nationul affairs. Wo givo a Synopsis. Stealing waa going on in every condition of society, and fraud seemed to to le the the rulo in almost every business and profession. In some occupations it had become a thing to be expected, und no one was surprised. Tho railway management of the country was ospocially corrupt. Ho honestly bo lioved the majority of the Railroads of tho United States lo bo corruptly used for the purpose of enriching tho inanagors at tbe expense of the stockholders, and that thoso concerned in their management should be called nothing but thieves. Subord?nalos wero also dishonest, and railway companies found it difficult in theso days to ob tain persons whom they could trust. He alluded to tho government of tho city of New York nt great length and donounced it terribly, saying it would be known as long as Sodom and Gomorrah, and for very much the same reasons. Tho Legis lature of Now Yark was afeo infamously corrupt, and Bloating was the watchword of both parties. It was n question which was most adroit in steal ing, tho Democrats or Republicans. Whichever party went up, it went up to steal, and whichever party came dnwn, came down to mutter becauso they hadn't a chance to steal. [Great laughter j Corruption was also rife in tho Legislatures of tho States of Pennsylvania, Kansas, Rhodo Is land, and Massachusetts ; in tho latter State al most as bad aa iu tho Stato of Now York. And now, said the speaker, " it is eoriously proposed to carry tho nation bodily into this ring of thievos, and, by tho repudiation of the national bonds, to steal from thoso who, in our emergoncy, advanced their moans for the purpose of maintaining our national life and onion. I regard tho refusal to pay the bondi of theso United States in gold pr .?lver, as ricing, in oyery disguise and under evi possible pica, an attrocious theft; and I pronom that man who does it, or attempts to procure i doing of it, either by mistako or intentional a thief." At this point, there was long, loud a violent applause. Yes, in the house of God, called,-there was long, loud and violent appian This bad old man had chosen his text for tho pecial purpose of mut: m g this -bit nt Mr. Pend ton's-financial opinions ; and with tho bit, ca the coveted Applause. Dr. Devore, who sat n? us, upon scoing this noisy demonstration, wh perod to us: " The very next good thing ho sa; I'm going to sing out at tho top of my voil Bully !" But thero carno no moro good thin All the things to which the Doctor could ha cried out " Bully !" had been said in the first pi of the discourse. But let us give the winding i in tho words of the spenkcr. " This thing is attempt to mako tho American nation a vi thieving body. It is not an accusation which c ba laid against ono party or the othor. Tb( are thioves in both partios that arc clamorous 1 this national repudiation. This is a crime tl could not find its parallel even among thc arrai est knaves. [Applause.] It takes a man smirch with patriotism and varnished with piety to the wickedest things. A pickpocket would t steal tho medicino away from a physician w was healing bis own mother. But while men tho nation's hour of extremity lent tboir aid, it now proposod that wo sholl pick their pock? and steal from them. It is a thing for which thc are no titles monstrous enough. It is a tbii that every man who has a conscience or a par cle of honor ought to hiss at and spew out of 1 mouth. It is a shame that tho Church, which so loud against dancing and card-playing, h not a word to say against national robbery, n tional dishonor, and national dishonosty." father Beecher was in his element, and i had' struck him nt the right limo to hear characteristic sermon. Sermon ! Bah ; it w no sermon ! It was a profane and violent tirad Ho is a man of powerful mind and powerful i sources ; and bo is doubtless possessed, in a bij degree, of both moral und physical courage. B he is neither preacher nor orator, ne is a cu ning actor, and a very vulgar one at that. I i-i-coarse, sometimes, to extreme vulgarity; u dignified, sometimes, to buffoonery ; and irrevee very often, to impiety. He appeals cvor to po sion, instead of exhorting to piety. While edin listening to his commonplace illustrations, h familiar figures and apothegms, his matcri views of life, and his ioccssant appeals to 01 coarser instincts, wo could see and appreciate tl sources of his immense popularity with thc bal educated, wido-awuko, grasping, jostling, bus ling, vulgar, money-making crowds who go hear him ; and who, from their very pursuits ar instincts, demand in a preacher a man who: smartness gives moro promise of outwitting tl devil than of guiding to Heaven. Such an 01 is futher Beecher-an old man who, like his si ter,"Harriot Beecher Stowe, has iongsinco cut b eyo-tectb in deviltry. Our frame of mind when wo left the WM Fawn and.the pink-legged women, was much mci pious than when wo quitted fr?her Beecher an his Plymouth Church. To morrow will be Sunday, and on that da we will writo you our last letter, for on Monda morning, as tho b'boys in Edgofield would sa; we must " git up and git." ? J. T. B. -? -*-? Sale and Shipment ol' Peaches, Apples, Acc. Mr. James G. Monett, one of the leading an most reliable Commission Merchants of ChaTlci ton, offers his services to Ibe pcoplo of thisseclio for thc Salo and Shipment of Fruit. Of court our'citizens arc not ignorant of the great trado i this kind which is nov carried on between certai parts ot our Dislrlec and corlain large Norther cities; and of tho vast amounts of money mad thereby. Mr. Moffclt's advertisement, which wi be found upon another page, contains some intel esting particulars. If any hereabouts need th services of a Merchant in this linc, they moy rei perfectly well assured they cannot find ajnpr reliable or more experienced one than James 0 Moffatt. -* ? A Great Desideratum Just Now. Tho procuring and sowing of good Tumi] Scods. And no where, certainly, can finer am sounder seeds bo had-or in greater variety-thai at PRMDLK'S in Augusta. Mr. PEMBLE is tb knowingest mac in thc Seed lino we have eve met with; and if he tells you thus and so abou Seeds, you may believe just what ho says. It another column is a new advertisement from him mentioning tho names of a large variety of old fashioned and new-fashioned Turnip Seeds whict ho is now beginning to receive. Farmers and gar donors will do well not to skip the said advertise. mont. -? -? ?Sf It. W. CANNON, Esq., Doputy IT. S. Inter nal Revenue Collector for this District, is only re ceiving tlie taxes from Assessor WILSON'S division for the present. Wo oro in receipt of a Catalogue of thc Due West Female College. It ft neatly finished, and comes from tile press of Jos. B. ROUSER?, hi, Sixth Street, Philadelphia. Wo doubt not however but that any 1 f tho Rook and JobHrnsps of Charleston, Columbia, Augusta, and perhaps seme of thc interior towns, would have turned out equally as neat a pamphlet as the one befi xe us, and at as reasonable a price. Comment unneces sary. For the Advertiser; The call meeting at Richardsonville, July ll th. was o/ganized by calling Capt. L. CHARLTON io tho Chair and B. F. SAMPLE as Secretary. Thc.Chairman explained object of thc meeting to be ibo organization of a Democratic Club, to act in concert with the organizations of Ibis State, and tho United States, to thu end, that we mny assist them in rolling bnek thc tide of Radicalism which bas so well-nigh engulfed und ruined us. Thc following named members were appointed on Resolutions : Capt*. Charlton, Cromly, James Hill, Julius Bank?, W. F. Roath and II, White The following Resolutions, being reported by slid Committee, were unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, In tho momentous issue about to bo onaojpd in tho United State? for the Presiden cy, it is essential and requisite, thatull, who bear tho cognomen of Democrats, organize, so as to elect ono of their party to ?11 the Chief Execu tive Office of tho United States, and free tho country from thc shackles of despotism. Bo it therofore : Resolved, That we organize ourselves into a Club, to be designated as the Ricbardsonvillo Democratic Club, and furthermore, that we agree to bo guided by all Rules and By-Laws pertain ing to tho same. Resolved, That wc consider ourselves an integral part of the Union Democratic party of tho United States, and take as our criterion the Platform nude by the State Democratic Party at Columbia. Resolved, That wo heartily pledge our support to tho nominee of tho National Democratic Party at Now York. Thc meeting then proceeded to a permanent Organization by electing the following Officers: Capt, L. CHARLTON, President. Capt. CROULY and JAMES HILL, Yicc-President. B. F. SAMPLE, Secretary. W. F. ROATH, Corresponding Secretary. JULIUS BANKS, Tronsurer. All, who desiro to become member?, can find the roll book of tho Club with W. F. Roath, at Richardsonville. L. CHARLTON, Prcsiident. B. F. SAMPLE, See'ry. ^SD~Aftor a severo drouth of len weeks, a heavy thunder storm passed over Rome, Ga., on Sunday morning, the 19th, attended with a re markable display of electricity. The lightning struck tho Baptist Church thr'eo times ; also tho Presbyterian Church, audsovcral othor buildings, yet, singular to say, no lives wcro lost ^3B~At tho North, within tho past week, thero bavo been tremendous rains and floods. Balti more bas suffered in particular. Tho loss of property in that city from the high waters is es timated at three million dollars; while no less than fifty human being? have perished. j PUBLIC MEETING. There will be a meeting io the Court House on Monday next, (Sale-day,) preliminary to the Grand Rally of 'the Democracy of Edgefield on tho 4th Monday in August . Let's havo all ar rangements made. Distinguished Speakers hare been invited for the 4 th Monday. COMMITTEE. For tho Advertiser.. .. A Prayer for Kain. L 0 ! Thou, who doth in Heaven reign, And o'er the earth thy sccptro sway, Wilt thou not Lord, in mercy deigD, To hear thy children when they pray, To thee in faith for rain ? To us 0 Lord, bast thou not said, Tha^t we should most devoutly say, " Give us thi3 day our daily tread," When e'er we at thy footstool pray, And shall we ask in vain ? rx Wo humbly pray for genial ihowerj, To water well the thirsty soil The parching crops and drooping tlowers, And cheer the hearts of those that toil To mako their daily bread. Tor thou hast taught us in thy word That thou dost wateh the sparrow's fall Tbc.raven's cry by thee ia heard And that thy creatures, each and all, Aro on thy bounty fed. UL Encouraged thus, we come, O Lord, With confidence and faith to pray; That thou, according to- thy word, Wilt take this scourging drouth away And help us in our need. Then shall our hearts be filled with joy, Of dreaded famine's fears instead ; Our praise shall reach thy throne on-high, For to the oater there'll be bread, And to the sower seed. c July 8th, 1808. For the'Advertiser. Mn. EDITOR :-I deem it expeJiont to say a few things to the people of Edgefield in relation to my recent election to & very, important and responsible office-the more so as there have gone forth some reports detrimental to my reputation First, This office was not ono of my seeking. I did not know that my name waa before thc people as a candidate, nor that there waa my such officer as " Commissioner of Public Schools" until I was informed of these things on my arrival in Augusta, some two weeks after the election had transpired. Second, Tho election resulted as it did in the face of thc fact, that 'ipon two public occasions, I have declared that I was a member of no po litical party, but a consistent Union man. I was .one before the war, and during the war; and ex pect to continue one as long as there is a frag ment of the Union, or a shred of the Union flag left. It is well known among my friends that for more than ten years post, I have rogarded the U. S. Government as symbolized under the Stone Kingdom of prophetic vision, which is destined to knock to pieces tho crazy old establishments of j Europe,-political and religious,-and to turn all mon loose in the enjoyment of "life?, liberty and the pursuit of bappinI will not stop to argue the correctness of these views,-they may not bc correct; but admitting them to be wrong, as long an I bolievo thom to bo right, they exert the same influence upon mo a3 if thoy wore so ; and therefore, in the construction of my political platform, I havo but two planks on which to stand: The perpetuation of thc ?. S. Govern ment, and Freedom to the Human Race. As regards tho system of Public Schools about to be inaugurated-in-the State, I fully agroe with j Gov. Scotl, that tho interest of ail parties requires that the White and Colored Schools should be kept separate, and I sincerely hope thc Legisla ture will act in acuordar.ee with bis advice. Let this bo done, and it will givo mc happiness to come to the discbarge of .tho high trust committed to me, with ill "fbo~energy and lmpartiaTrry-cnat I can command. Otherwise, I fear lest this grand ?chemo of popular education, fraught with bless ings to the poor, will provo a failure. Very Respectfully, E. L. WHATLEY. July 20tS, 1868. For the Advertiser. MR. EDITOR : Please allow me a short space in your paper for a brief account of a very superb and deliciously-prcparcd barbocuo dinner, served up at Mr. M. HOLSTON'S Spring, on Friday, thc 19th inst. This cue, was, as we were tol3, gotten np by thc gentleman just Baned, in connection with Messrs. L. n., J. A. L., and others, of the neighborhood. Now, Mr. Editor, if you are fond of eating a well-cooked and well-seasoned barbecue dinner, with thc out-bc.xtingcst Onion Sauce you ever >atted in your life ; and ever heat of fitch a a dinner to, come off under the supervision oT OUT friend J. A. L., Just sec oat at once for the field of action ; and if you should bo sn fortunate as to reach it. there ie but ono thing the* could pos slbly occur* to. m ?ko you regret your .undertn/ king, and that is, the penalty which usually fol lows over-taxing the stomach. Now I had a littlo trouble in finding the way to this memorable feast, lt being rather out of my noighBorhood range ; as luek would have ifj however, I overtook a mill-wagon, driven By a sturdy looking freedman, of whom I inquired tho way. His advice was to follow the horse tracks, for ho said, " they looked vory much like 'torse tracks going to a barbecue." I took his alviccanddid n"t stop again to ask what the peculiarity was in " horso tracks going to a bar brrfac." But tho freedman wes right, for the iraH led mo very roon to tho house of Mr. M. H., which I found pretty well filled with the fairer sex, together with tv few s< uline bipeds not quite so fair, and among tb latter was that gas tronomical philosopher, Mr. L. H. Now, Mr. Editor, as to whether I bad on the " wedding garment" of the olden times,' I was nu exactly satisfied, and I thought I could al most hear thc company wondering among them selves "who .invited him?" I however braced myself up, girding my loins for an embarrassing revelation, and very soon acknowledged the corn to Slr. L. H. of being an interloper. Hts hospi tality and liberality would not allow him to do otherwise than initiate me immediately as a wel come guest ; and I soon began to breathe freely again. After a few houri of delightful socially, with an occasional allusion to the all-absorbing topic of the day, the approaching Presidential election, din ner was announced, which was glorious news to me, no less, os wo imagine, than to all others prcsoni. And so fino a specimen of tho daughters of Eve ai stood around that long table, it has but seldom been thc privilego of your bumble ser vant to behuld. Those rosy and ruddy cheeks too were not made so by art, as many were that you and I have secu lately, Mr. Editor,-but tinged with a bru>h wielded by tho cunuing hand of nature. They were sufficient, it seems to me, to make tho young ny;n and bachelors (begging your purdon, Mr. Editor,) abhor their state of lonely aud useless celibacy. In due time tbr la dies retired from tho board, and tho coarser ves sels of tho Caucasian race were invited to fall into lino and prepare for battle. And now, Mr. Editor, tho cards were ?hufied, cut and dealt, and a trump turned ; and that trump was Lamb and Onion Sauce ! I stood my hand, and went it alone," like a rool interloper ; and if I did'nt make a Sherman-march ovor those daii.ty viands, then you oan have my hat. That i?, my old ?ho; not my three-story New York beaver ! AN INTERLOPER, ES?*The Military Commission for tho trial of the Columbus prisoners, charged with tho murder of Ashburn, which had been in session some threo weeks in Atlanta, was dismissed by order of Gen. Meade on the 24th, and the prisoners to bo releo8ed on giving bond each for $2,000. ' ?S"In Atlanta, in Mobile, in Wilmington, in Savannah, in Charleston, in Columbia, them havo been lately the largest ?nd mont triumphant Dem ocratic Ratification IBM tings. For the Advertiser. Jail Delivery. MB. EDITOR,-On thc night of tba 16th July, eight Prisoners escaped from the third story of tho Jail in this place. It is said they were locked up in the cells, broke tho doors of the cells open, removed ono of tba cross bars from the "Bull's Eye," swung down by their blankets, and mado good their escape. No one knew they were ont until next morning, although the Sheriff and Jailor were sleeping ia the front rooms of the first floor of tho Jail. Three of the Prisoners who escaped thus were accused of being the murderers of Mrs. Elkins. Another was tried and convicted at the April Term of the District Court of lS67,and sentenced to be imprisoned Ia the Penitentiary for breaking open Eernaghan'8 Store, in Hamburg; bo escaped from the Jail at this place 20th June M67, before being sent to Columbia, was recently recaptured, after serving seven months in the Chr.'n Gang in Augusta, Ga., and remained here only a few days before escaping a second time. The balance were old Jail Birds,-and are now at large to commit farther depredations upon the property of this community. This is not tho first lime, nor the second, that Prisoners have escaped from Jail in this place. Since tho first of January 1866, over fifty have mado their escape; and more than a half-dozen different times has this breaking jail occurred. I ? can produce the proof of this if necessary. And thc Sheriffs and their Deputies have never offered a dollar's reward publicly, for. their apprehension, that I am aware of. Why have they not put' themselves to some trouble and mado an effort to have these murderers and thieves recaptured ? Since the first of January 1SGC,-there have been five different Jailors that I know of, and, with one exception, there could not i>e ten dollars col lected out of the whole number by a suit at law. They have all been wholly irresponsible. That the Sheriffs have such men for Jailors is certainly not very creditable on their part. Why do the officers of tho Law allow this state of things to con tinue for more than two years, and not have the Sheriffs and Jailors brought forward and pun ished)1 No proceedings have ever been .instituted against any of them. Thor ! is a great dereliction of duty resting upon some "no's shoulders; and this matter will be ferreted ?ut The liberties of tho people are trifled with, and the Penitentiary is cheated of its due ; and all this on account of irresponsible and- inefficient ..Officers. And the officers whose duty it is, fail to bring them to such trial and punishment as (hoy deserve. - Tho Jail is said to be insecure, and has alwr.y's been, where the Prisonors last escaped. Why havo not the Commissioners of Public Buildings, had the Jail made secure ? They are knowing to tho prisoners escaping continually. Are there no Mechanics ir Edgeficld competent to repair this original defect in the Jail? If not, send to Charles ton or Columbia and get some one that can make the Jail secure. Why should the Public Money be used so sparingly? Aro not tho Tax-Payers able and willing to bear this great burden ? You have neglected and refused to discharge the du- . ties of your, office, and tho publio have to suffer for your negligence. You are partially the cause of these Prisoners being turned loose upon tho community. Thc Jail can be mado secure ; and if not done ?ooo, thc guilty parties TI ho have neg lected to do their duty, will be known and pun. ?shed. I do not intend to .lot this matter rest un til thc evil is removed. ' J.L. ADDISON., July 18th, 1863. ' > . * -?-fr1>ir ' Washington News. In tho Senate, on the 22d, Robertson and Saw yer of South Carolina, took their scats. In regard to tho admission of Sawycr-thero was a long dis cussion. Affidavits were read from C. C. Bowen and T. J. Mackey, declaring their belief thu." Sawyer was ineligible, that he was a share-holder in a blockade running company, and a member of a military organization in Charleston in 1864. Senator Conkling said he was free to say that he did not believe one word of tho charges brought against Sawyor. Robertson, who had previously been scated in ordor tbet he might, speak and vote in Sawyer's case, said that he had heard none of these charges in the South Carolina Legislature, and that ho be lieved them to be wholly unfounded and brought up by the disappointed friends of Dr. Mackey. Tho bill for arming tho loyal people in the Southern States was discussed. It will undoubted-, ly bec >me a law bofore Congress adjourns. A current resolution to take a recese on Monday to tho third Monday in September, wes passed. In the House, Kellogg, of Alabama,jind Tiff, of North Carotina,, were seated. -. A Mill was passed jenn-.ring the political d?ff? bili liest of Simeon Corloy, of South Carolina; Michael Hahn? of Louisiana, said Johr, Miiledge, of Georgia. . fjt , B A meeting was held on the 22d, by the'South urn members of Congress and Union men.. Whit emore,' of Soutli Carolina,"' wfcs pr?sident?vatld Fisher, of Mississippi, ?cc'rctary. A eoarm?&ec of ?ive was oppointed'tb draft resolutions.- "John C. Fremont introduced a resolution that in view of the President's rhrcr.tenhig altitude-regarding re cons^riictionj Congress should- remain'in Sesfion until after the Presidential-election; fhatCcngresa should immediately give Virginia, Mississippi and To&as loyal State governments; that- Congress hould pass a stringent law for the enforcement ol thc third section of the 14th constitutional amendment Senator Wilson said ho had a Bfll prepared ra-.^ eating all offices in Mississippi, sod filling them with the porsons recently voted for who contd take the test oath. Thc Military Commender ?ill be instructed to enforce fie laws wTthont' delay, and this shall constitute Mississippi's Government until further orders. ' . Resolutions conferring c.ttraord?nary pswvrjM the Virginia Convention were adopted. No ac tion was taken regarding Texas. Thc feeling oC tho meeting is intensely bitter. Eggleaton ?ms present, and approved Wilson's Mississippi plajr. On the 23d, in the House, after some unimpor tant business, tho consideration of tho recess from Monday next, to tho 'third Monday in September was taken up, and produced considerable discus sion, during fthtch evcty-' speaker eipres?e)l$f? views briefly on tho expediency of arming the Southern militia. This Bill is cv idently prominent on tho mind of . every member. Garfield said he was unwilling to adjourn until the friend* of the party South were armed. Washburn, recognized as Grant's organ 1? the House, said that he disapproved thc measure, for that these arms will be in tho bands of rebels ia. ten days after they were sent South. Boyden, of North Carolina, protested against sending arm? there, they wore not needed, and would only create strife and excite passion, whick he thought Was the duty of Congress to prevent.' Dewecs, of North Carolina, mado a wild speech Appealing for arms, he said, in effect, " Como ont come on ! Tho representatives of 4,000,000 people though they had dark skins, would bo in the front rank!" Tho speech created much merriment on. the floor, but was eventually deprecated by tho Radicals. Onthot!4th, in tho House, the resolution to tako recess from next Monday to the third Mon day in September, after an exciting struggle, prevailed. Several Democrats changing {heir votes, the final volo was 76 to 71. The Reconstruction Committee reported a Bill for tho- moro speedy reorganization of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, which was passed by a strict party vota In the House, on 25th, a Florida member offer ed -impeachment resolutions, which wore referred to tho Judiciary .Committee. Baker, Ingersoli-and Spalding Toted with the Democrats advorsoly to a new impeachment movement; othorwiso tho action is entirely par tisan. Creselic or Carbolic Soap! JUST received a supply of tho*: above, celebra ted SOAP,-for Killing Flew, Mites on Chick ens, and protecting Horses from Flies,-?fcc:- v r:. THOS. W. CA?WILE? \ : * At Sign Golden Mortar. Jujy? tf 81