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Our purpose is to furnish a first class paper upon th- most reasonable living prices. Charleston, Jun 20 tf 4 INSURANCE AGENCY. PARTIES wishing to Insure their DWEL LINGS, GOODS, ?c., can do so on the lowest terms, and. in the BEST COMPANIES, by caU ing on tho Undersigned. D. R. DURISOE, Agent for A. G. HALL'S Insurance Agency. Jan 1 jil" PLANTERS' HOTEL. AUGUSTA, CA. flewly Furnished anti Refitted, Unsurpassed by. any HTotoI South, Was Reopened to thc PubTlVbct. 3/lSfi?. T. S. NICKERSQiV, Proprietor. Jan. 1/ tf 1 TI?E Corner Drug Store, . AT. K No. 1, Park Row, T. W. CAR WILE, I ATAVE just received a FRESH SUPPLY of GOODS pertaining to my line of business, con sisting of Tieman's LAUNDRY BLUE,' Murly's WORM CANDY, Essene? of JAMAICA GINGER, Costar1? INSECT PADERS, Hoatettet'a STOMACH BITTERS, Mall's Sicilian HAIR RENEWER, Spear's FRT7?T PRESERVING SOLUTION, .Mr.?. Window's SOOTH IN? SYRUP, Radway's READY RELIEF, MUSTANG LINIMENT, Effervescinir Sol. 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UigblT Perfumed RICE FLOUR for tho Toilet Pure LILY VHITE, Lubin's TOILET POWDER, F .?ney PUFF BOXES, ? .sin's SHAVING CREAM, Military Shaving SOAP, TOILET SOAPS pf all kind?, Thc very best TOOTH BRUSHES.. Fine a.?sortm.rnt of HAIR RR US HES, Hat and Cloth. BRUSHES, Drc'ainiE COSlJ??. Kia? Tooth COMBS, Tooih WASHERS and POWDERS, lc. --ALSO CoTisiantly on band a large* nssortmonr of LAMPS, Lamp CHIMNEYS, BURNERS, Ac. PURE KEROSINE OIL. NU RSINO BOTTLES, improved s'yli, PK NS. INK. STATIONERY, Faber's LEAL' PENCILS, Ac, Ac. f"P~All sold for the most reasonable price, bot STRICTLY CASH. T. W. CAR WI J? E, At Sign Golden Mortar. June 23 tf '?6 County ('ora,^iss?oner.s, tXotice. INToTICE is hereby given to oil County Officers, end all citizen? having business with tho County CuuMtmionera in reference to tho County oror which thc County Commissioners have control, will hereafter send all communications, petitions, and other m a* ter addressed to the Office of Coun ty Commissioner? at Hamburg. Also, all persona r?t-.iiling Liquors, or intend ing lo do so in tho County of Edge&eld, whoso j License Sive ex| ?rod, or those wishing to procure 1 License, will apt-l.T as usual at this OCjro. Those fabling tn do will be dealt with nccording to law. FRANK ARNIM, Chair. C. C. j July 21 tf 3D Address From Dr. ll. R. Cooli OF BEACH ISLAND, -AXD Letters From Distinguished Pul Men. Our popular and patriotic fellow citi Dr. H. R. COOK, of Beech Island, having I prevented, by unavoidable circuinstan from attending, as ho had designed, our ] ification Meeting on the 2nd inst., send the following admirable address, reques us to make such use of it as we think, pro With much pleasure wo lay it before readers.. And-we heartily wish il coule laid before the people of the North; for believe that such calm, judicious, earn pacific sentiments, especially from a respe< ble South Carolinian, are more calculated j now, than perhaps any other means, to w great good there. And we also ' present, several inter?s* Letters, from prominent public men; read the late Ratification Meeting here. Ami them is cue from Ex Gov. THOMAS H. S MOUE, of Connecticut,-one among the 1 letters .ever pt ried by this distingu?s! statesman and patriot ; for even while t letter was being read- to our people, Tan H. SEYMOUB was passing away from ear He died at Hartford, Connecticut of typhi rever? cn thc 3rd inst., leaving a reputali for purity and patriotism.uot excelled even that of GEORGE WASHINGTON. tai* ' - ,f . >. . ? --.?< FELLOV.-CITI7.ENS OF GALLANT OLD EDT. FIELD. * i: When I look upon your upturned fa< and eager gazing eyes,-my mind is almost i voluntarily carried back more than tliir years, when, asa mere youth, I first ma yocracqeaiitar.ee. It was in thc-times the courtly,' dignified, and accomplish! Whitfield 'Brook?; of the- -"portly, wan hearted, genial, and bluff Jack Jeter, and the eh quent and erudite David L. Wardlai wh)se powerful and'classic oratory filled n: cipd with admiration, and excited my yout! fal-ambition ; McDuffie too,-the eloquen tho trne, the immortal McDuffie-was- thc in the laniof the living ; his declining healt had not yet excluded him from the pub 1 i bnt allowed him, although not in office std to take a deep and active interest in publ: affairs. I am reminded too that nearly twei tv years later, in the limos of Carroll, Franc! H. Wardla.w, Moragne, Arthur Simkin: Mobley, and others, J myself, as a compara tivc stranger, appearrd beforo.you as a can didate for your suffrages, aflr although th issues of the ' dsy precluded my election, cannot forget the cordiolity-and -'kiirtines which was extended to trie, and the hand some vote given,-a compliment sufficient ti satisfy any man of ordinary ambition, have never before had an opportunity in pub lie of thanking you, but I do BO now.wit! the warmest emotions of my heart. But these scenos aro all past I " Let thi dead bary their dca'd.'* And ok i by wba chronometer, by what Peale of time, cat* w< compute the (.vents which haye transpire! since then ? Our whole Political, Social ant Agricultural systems are undergoing a grea and mighty revolution ; and many, verj many, of the noblest u~d best of oar friends whom we admired and loved, bave gone t< try their cause tefore that tribunal whew justice ever reigns. While we drop a tear of affectionate re m em brau cc for the past, let us turn to tht present,- so fraught with momentous events and so important in their consequences, both to ourselves and posterity. I am not much accustomed to making speeches on political topics, and I confess to you, that au this oc casion, surrounded as I am.by so many blo quent and distinguished gentlemen. I feel much diffidence in saying anything ; but I shall not refrain from making some remarks io obedience to'the call which you have made upon me ; and in doing so, I shall exercise that candor and truthfulness which the im portance of the occasion demands. After a political warfare for forty years with the North, culminating in the most gi gantic civil war the world has seeu for ages, and although it resulted disastrously to our arms, wc cannot forget that in this war we fought f.jr a great object, the preservation, in its original integrity, of the Constitution handed down to us by our common anees.ors ; and that daring nearly the whole of the ex istence of the Government, the provisions of this Constitution were administered chiefly by Southern Statesmen, bringing thc country to such an unexampled state of prosperity and greatness as to cau.-c it to I enaid by our opponents, that this was the best Govern meut upon which the sun ever shone." Having participated so largely then in the erection of so great and good a Government, nt tho surrender of our arms in good faith, as 1 aver was done by us, we bad a ri^rht tn expect ihn most favorable terms from our enemies; but thc demon Revenge, prompted by Malice, and coupled with fanaticism, and a lorg cbcriidied desire on the part bf certain <c-ctif.iiul K-aders Arnon" our loos f.r the es lablishaient if a more conso'hia'ed Govern ment, enuscd tmou lint uiihj lo impose such humiliating and uij i-T li-rtas ui?o:i u-< as ?re could not accept, but in c riler to carry out ih' ir scheme of consolidation, they have, so lar as they could, virtually subverted the very Gov ernment itself and left m but a wreak of our former greatness. Fortunately for ii?, there sti'l remains v.ninn^ the people of the North i. sufi] cte lit amount cf devotion to the Government us it wai, to give encouragement that the Consti tution is not yet a dead letter, but may bo revived, and constitutional liberty onco more restored to its original supremacy throughout this broad land of once liberty loving people. it is for ibis object then that we have met to-dny, to aid cur friends at ibo North in currying out this great work of restoration. How earnestly then, how manfully should we en"?ge in it ; canting aside every pr?judice of whatever character, and locking alone to the great end we have in view. There aro two elements in this canvass with which we of the South have chiefly to contend ; first, those of cur own race among us who are dis I posed, from.various causes,. to unite with now dominant party ; and tbc other eleu is our colored population. I propose lo t them both with reasoD, charity, candor dignity, because I know that all tbecreati of God, who have tho power of reason, c: eise that power in accordance with the camstancs in which they are placed, other wor<s, meu view things from a dil ?ut stand-point One man at the foot of mountain secs naoglit but that which, coi within the scope of his . limited vision ; other still higher up sees more and thi differently; and ?still another, who ha9 s ceded i . scaling the mountain's height, i has a view of the whole scenery, entertnit different view of the same subject. Oar mission then is, that while wc beli our position is the right~one, as it is ba upon principle and confirmed by all truth history, to win over to our cause, by conj erate kindness the weak-kneed and waver of oar own color, and the ignorant, and a seqoetvtly easily deceived, of ,onr coloi population. And in pursuing this coar wv must be firm in the adherence to our o principles, and, in the language of the anti of all true civilization and enlightenment, aa wise as aerpcnls and as harmless as dov ??. other words be just to al!, for "Jual: may be culled the miracle wonder arno men." - To the fortner class, I ' would say, yon are prompted' by motives of ambit fe let me.caution you that however glitten: thc bauble may appear to you now) like t famed apples of the DeadjSen, which prese such a beautiful and attractive appearance the'traveler, but when attempted to'be oat th?y.T?ru to ashes upon the lipase will yo ill-gotten honors turn to bitterness and i morse ; lor no man ever yet forsook his pe plo, under euch circumstances, who did n regret it sooner or later. If you are induci to take thu step with a view of bett wi i your condition, or as a menus of obtain': bread, as you would say, I answer that thei area thousand avenues open to ?bf~';r wirhout the sacrifice of principle. ' The mi lions of uncultivated acres within our border and surrounding us every where, ready I give a bountiful harve^ and waiting ouly f< man's magic touch, are evidence agaiust yoe for I maintain that no man need starve c sudor in this superabundant country, if h will toor?-; and that any man' in mod?r?t health can with his own hands make enoug bread and meat, not only to feed himself, bc an ordinary family besides. There is u shame in enga*iug in un honest Omploymen however humble jt may be. But if you h.?v taken this step for plunder*- ^pu-aro beyon< tho reach of mortal -moana to save you, am naught bul a higher power can do it"; for ; man' that will "forsake bis did principles am friends, for such ar- object, is fit for nnlhirrj short of the place prepared for the wicked. To the second olass, our colored friend*, woald say, you are but children ia tb* knowledgo of all that is best for your per marient good, and like children, on uccouni of your inexperience rind want of knowledge Kable to be easily led astray by the artf? and designing. You have beCUjsct free, sud doifly and unexpectedly, from a boo_d>g?> whi?h was no bondage to you in reality, noi to any of God's creatures situated. 41s yoi were ; you have beer tnrown upon a fielt over which you have never traveled beforo and have expected to find privileges am honor's which do not belong td" "?our state and you have assumed that audacity ant pertinacity in your claim!?, which belong OH)j to a long pent up inferi- rity brok? loose from its legitimate restraints ; und although yan are backed, for the time, ami AM- a special purpose, by u .-uperior race, in the preferment of your illegltimute claims, y?>t your position is so unfouuded in nature and it? reasonable ck mauds, t hat sooner or l?terA-nay, very soon-your pretension? must: fall to the ground. In the meanwhrle, we of the Cau casian or white race, ere di?posed for the time hoing, to humor yon in your caprices, knowingour own innate power, and instead of exercising that power in its full Strength', to use the weapons of re-son, charity, kindness and justice to lead you ia the right path. You have been our slaves, and you have lived with us in amity and good friendship ; you have helped to raise our children, and we in return bave nurtured, fed, and watched over you in sickness and iu health ; we have educated you with all the knowledgo which was fitted to your conditions ; we are grateful to you for your raiihfulnesa to us, and we have a right to demand from you a like feel ing for our care towards yourselves. What that ero bas been we challenge au unpr ju d cd world to j'.i'ljrp. If you forsake us now, in our extremity, ?or newly found friends of doubtful reliability, be the Consequences upon your own head.s ; Cor we give you no tice, that the old tie of friendship, bound by interest, is broken 5 aud if you choose to se lect your friends from other source*, you cau ri.il exp cl us to endor-a that selection. But if on thc other hand you desire to ding lo us, your natural friends, we extend to you thc baud of fricudahip, ?tul pledge ouis.ilvcs to do yu justice in ivory punicular, thc in sinuations and positive asstrtiona bi our io-s to the c-mtrury notwithstanding. Come then, unite with yoiir old and true friends in the displacement from power of a party which, ever since ita reiyjn, has brought upon us all, as you are well aware, nothing but confusion, lawlessness, and suffering, with pr?sentai arid prospective starvation to both Wbitei and black, und general ruin to tho whole country. I do not say to you that, all wno come from the North, the liast, or tho West, are not to be trusted : but I do say, beware how you put your trust in now and untried counsellors, for however honest may be their purpose, yet their igntirauco of what, aro your real wants, may lead you into fatal error ; but there arc those who woald lead, ard arc now leading you, who have no honesty of purpose in doing it, but seek only their own advanc. mcnt or profit. Shun these as you would your worst enemy. Follow-Cili/.ens, there ia ouo point upon 1 wish particularly to dwell for a moment. It is not uncommon with us to express doubts of tho reliability of mir Northern allies and friends. I tell you this, that greatness oj soul vri'h its legitimate outfiov/inga, honora ble sentiment, .loftiness and honesty of purr p^se, with- noble deeds, belong of right iqjify; clime or soil ; they-come, from God. .They; may be localized, but not-monopolized. Like-' lliose beautiful evidence of God's Irri^?lj i?iifrr', th ri flowers of the earth, they arei?re?" tributed throughout'Ike entire world, .mil tal?..! their peculiar characteristics of. form, color, and fragrance from the immediate c^?? ditions tinder which they are.developed. Hpr ratio Seymour, Franc!.? P. Blair, George Uv Pendleton, with their boats of-friends, are tu?; inoro" capable of intentionally ?dreeivipg irs' th fin Jenkius, ITill, and om- own Hampton. Exercise then Faith, " that highest, /nobUMTj instinct of the human mind," aod all wilLbe well. . . I Fellow Citizens! t now wish, you, one-and all, God speed. Let us rally around the go?irj | old Flug-of Democracy, which in times past I has led usso often to victory. UnfarPrtw the bree?c with every star opon it, and ?ogjlj aiitutionaf Liberty and Justice to all, bi White and Black, unmistakably os its i Let us do brave battle under its protectit folds, not with-battle axe and apear ; nor?|tt-l with Bword and. mnsket ; bot with that r?f??rj dreaded of all weapons to the tyrant, m ; outoi; and in November nest the sounds bf' rejoicing.will bc heard throughout the land,, the overthrow- of oppression and . tyta^d and tho restoration of the Con?titatioitt^i] its.original-supremacy,, bringing peace, pertly and happiness in its train. - "^^j LETTER FROM HON. T. Ti: SEY5T?! a HiRTyjRii, Conn., Aug- 18th, JSC G EKTLEMKN :-I regret .exceedingly, cannot attend the Edgefield Meeting home?' of my. highly esteemed friend Ge&. BONI:A.M. The day following the on^w which you ure to'have your Ma*s M?etrcg,' (23 Fust.',) the Hon. Mr. PKKPX?TON i * to^SrV dress the Democracy of~this City ; and as 1 know him personally, I desire to unite with our fellow-citizens, iu giving him a hearty welcome. .... In the present condition of things, cooraging to enr^cause, on all sides, scarcely be necessary for Tito tb troubl with many words. The excellent speeS of Geri. HAMPTON, 'and other genlleml^S your Slate, who have recently addressed Ute constituents, on.matters of public interest, aro conclusive proti' that you need ;.nojSb from abroad. . . - i In commenting on these speeches, a sntfefc--.] tion Now Yoik pa per, that in making u vniii ic party" as the result of what ha* recently be*n said at the South. I beg you to give no heea whatever to kind of funfnronude, which is estimated here, at its real worth. On the caatrary,"Tou.ni:iy depend on it, that right-minded persons gene nilly, who have some sense left of right and justice, would bc a-stonfshed if your5 eminent men were liss bold and outspoken than they are. The.crisis demands it-and ia thai crt sis, the fate of other sections of tho country is involved, not less than your own. Strange indeed wonjil it bc, if a people, ever jealous of their liberties, and not willing to give them np. should, whilst" endeavoring to save something nut of the wreck ,'1)3 Mib jeoled to a worm? than Asiatic despjtisth, ?ind not*cry ont against tljfc Digression. I. du not uiulfi.Nljwid your people ,ln ni courago insut irciiiiti or a cwjl t<? nrrtu* j the issues of the day ure^tiut, submitted: lo tin? Wager of b.if lc. Wi- still Iru4 in tin; llailot, and ar? fu l'y fritWIveH on having a fuir one. Wi; have no fears of any other than ii fiivoin bio result. I ahkryou therefore, gentlemen, if I may appeal to you at all-I ask you to be of good heart. We s.'jall beat the Radicals!I' Wres tle ns they n ay, wheedle, caj-?lc, and,s'.orm as they may, to such a-state must they come atlast. The. ont ire ''land cf Washitigton" demands relirf from tho dictation and exac tions of these men, and is'detprmined to have it. As a pledgo of thin. I may point you to our Ratification meelings North and West, which clearly indicate the Trhmiph that is to send j jy throughout the South also, and pres ently, secure for us all, ono destiny, and one common country. With renewed and grateful recollections of | Southern friends, I am, gentlemen, Respectfully, Yours, &e, THOS. H. SEYMOUR. MESSRS. M. C. B?TLXR, GEO. BOSWELL, JAMES A. DEVORE, Committee cf Invitation. -.)_ LETTER FROM HON. H. F. PERRY; GKEKNVII.I.?, S. C., Au?. 28th. 1S5S. GENERAL BDTLEB, Chairman, ?LC. My Dear Sir :-I shall Imo to forego the pleasure of being with you on the 2d Sep tember next, ns my professional engagements" in the Federal Court, now silting hore, will not allow of my absence. I thank vou kind ly for the honor of your invitation to be pres ent and address your meeting on that oc casion, Let me assure you, however, ?bat I am with you, jieart and goal, in thc effort the good people of Edgefield are making, in com mon with that of the whole Democracy of j the United States, lo hurl from power and place the most, unscrupulous, usurping, des potic and oppressive parly, that over disgraced thc annals of history. I have no doubt of j our M?Ctt?wi in this freut Mr uv gie. The whole ! North. East, West and South uro in u bhizo ; of enthusiasm since the nominal iou of Sty-, mour and Blair, und the uiioption of thu Dem ocratic Platform. Suite after State has I wheeled into thc Democratic rank?, since the Radical par?y have openly avowed their prin ciples of universal negro einTragc, negro su premacy in the Southern States, and ono cur rency in gold for the rich borid holder, with out taxation, and another currency, in de preciated paper, for the poor, wilh un over whelming and crushing taxation. 'I wo year* ago ibu issue in the elections North, was the OoPs'itutionul Amendment, und negro snirrago with the currency question was kept concealed. Emboldened by their Buceen?; the leader? cf ibe Radical purtle j played their black flag, and overy eletiti I since has gone against them. New Yo; renns) I vania, Ohio, Connecticut, New J< ay, California, Oregon, Montana and Ida have air?hanged about, and. hoisted the De berat ic Banner. Kentucky and Mary la haye doubled their-fteruocralic m?j'?rities. The American people are devoted to I publican principlearind Cons', ?lu I ional libert ; and it is impossible that they can sustain ? party, which i'nnns the Constitution, ai ! hw i stablislu'd an absoluto despotism ov : One-third nf the Republic. The sins of Ct: ; gress aro too glaring and nvonstr<<ua to ! overlooked in this election. They hm cst nu I down ten Sovereign States, disfranchised t white race, and enfranchised the negroes, st ^pended the civil Courts, and establi.shcd Mi tary Commissions, for the trial of citizens time of peuce. That great Charter of hmm Liberty, the writ of Halteas Corpus, ha? bj to gi.veplace to bayonets! i The Radical party have increased the n ' tional debt to three billions of dollars, at the annual expenditures of the Governraei ; from eighty millions to four hundred million During three years of peace the A morice people have paid In taxes fifteen htmdrt milli ms bf dollars I Trade, Commerce, Mai ttfactuies and Agricttl ure have been pro trated. Thc laborer has now to work tw r ?' . -. .. . * ' > - titi days to purchase as thu ch bread, fagan, coffe "iron, Ealt, or clothing, as he could'have pu; chased with ono day's labor in 18G0 1 Th the masses at the North see and feel. . standing army is kept up in time of peace, : an expense of one hundred and fifty million of dollars; They have established-, n Prece man's Bureau at an expense ot fifty mil lion of dollurs, in order to prejudice the negr against the white man, and control his vot in all tho electious. They have sent thei vilest and lowest meu here, and. ?ll over th Southern States, to fill all our offices f oi Governor down to a School Commissioner. No one would suppose that a Southern mu wiih a white face, would ally himself wit' such ? party, in order to degrade and oppres his own native land. But such men as Jo Brown and others, Lave turned np inalLc the Southern States, renegades and traitor to their race, their country and their God. have repeatedly said that Judas Iscariot wa a gentleman compared to these 6Cilawagu for he went out in the bushes and repented o "bisgreut crime, and hung himself! Now ?bese Southern traitors and betrayers of thei ?ncc, their country and their God, must gi forth and. repent, and lumg themselves befori they can rai>e themselves to a level with.Ju das in a moral point of "view ! ^^>Rl^-l>rr-rtidtm?^??^ftton ive V?an gait no victory, without the colored Vote; in Sontl Carolina. We must Work for our barveat'ir. t?os field, and explain to tho colored peoph that-our interests-are their to I crest?; ant that we aro both mutually dependent on cad other. They must have our lands to work as they, and we need tbojr labor to prosper Tho carpet-baggeri and scalawags have no; h ing to give them for their votes but lies anc deception. Ff the adored people will volt for our enemies we should discard them, ano cea?e to employ them. No one iff bound tc cherish in his household apolitical and perso nal foe. We should show tho regro ihat thes? scoundrels are leading him to his own de K tract tori, for if a war of races comes, they will go as the Indians have gonej who made war on the wbRe man. Arv inferior race must fall before a .superior one in any contest thal comes. , But wo should he very careful to avoid all ?o?liai ti with the tutored- pco-.le. This is what the Northern Radicals now desire above all things. Wo* must bc patient ai?dTorbear injf, and on all oecasioos tir?t thc'negro tfith kindness and humanity. He is mach to be pitied, for bc ia ignorant uud .credulous,.and easily imposed on by these carpet-baggers and scalawags. In, conclusion., I beg you to precut my re-p?ctu to the ladies who may bo present ct your Mass Meeting, and say to (hem that I haye always found more pat rio: ism, virtue and wisdom in the instincts ol'woman's heart, than I ever discovered in the c.-id calculating action of mun. The soft sweet voice of wo man, cheered me on two years Hgo, in my opposition to thc Reconstruction Acts of Con gress, when not ? newspaper in the State would endorse my efforts. Thoy wrote me letters of encouragement, and said that if the spirit of the-men was crushed, theirs was not, -and that their daily prayi-ii were offered up to God for the success of the just cause in which I was ognged of rescuing the white race from d^piiibiii and dtaboiinr. B. R BERRY. LETTER FROM HON. W. W. EATON. HAnrroni), Conn., Aug. 7th, 18G8. GENTLEMEN: Yonr esteemed favor, invit ing me to address thc pc pie of Edgelljd District, was received several days since, and the answer delayed in the hope that I should fiod myself able to give u ra,v?.mb!e reapou.-e. My engagemeuts, however, ure such that 'it i? quite impossible for me to command tho, time necessary for a journey to your State. I deeply regret it, and beg to assure you that it would gjve me great pleasure agajn to vi.-?jt South Carolina-not so much however to ad dress her pfioplo during the coming canvass, as personally to observe tho horrible effect which the misrule of RniUralUni has brought upon them. My heartfelt and iarnot sympathies are with your deeply Buffering people, my friends and br< thren. In thu wholo history of our Race since, the Norman invasion, no people ' have boen so oppresied and ground to tho earth ss have yours. But rctribut'on is sure," "The mills of tho Gods grind slow but sure." Bide your time, for with God's help, the true men of the North, will in November, strike such a blew for the right RH will hurl your and our ene mies frot? power, and give back to your peo ple, that great principle which is the common property and the common birthright of ns al' :-" The power ol' self government." I beg lo bu remembered to my valut d friend, Gov.'Bonham. Be pleaded to say to him that the political .-kies look bright in tho ! East, the West, and tlc centre of the Union; j and while I confidently anticipate a favorable issue tn some of tue Southern States, I as confidently believe that wc in the North can carry Seymour and Blair lo success by our votes alone. ' Accept my thanks Tor your kind invitation, and believe me, very truly. Yours, ?cc. W. W. EATON. To M. C. BCT?.KR, Esq.. and others. . LE r 1 ER FROM GEN. HAMP TON. AKUKKSON, Aug. 20th, 1808. '-GENTLEMEN.-It would aflord me very great pleasure to attend the meeting to which you have done me - the hoaor to invite me, if it was in my power to do so ; but I am qqir? unwell, and I am forced reluctantly to forego this gratification. There were many reasons which made me particularly desirous of meet ing my friends of Edgeffeld District, and if via will allow me to do so I shall regard thia as only a postponement of that pleasure ; as I can on my return from tho mountains, consult with them on the grave issues presented to us.. FkrroytliKt the" mon oi old Edgell Jd require no aid, and need-no encouragement in this great contest ; but I should like to make my acknowledgments to them for the ninny and prent obligations (Tudor which they hate placed me, by giving to my command, during the war, some of its most devoted sol diers, and most distinguished officers. I wish to ask my old comrades io'arms to enlist agai:i with me in cilia great fight for Consti tutional Liberty, which is new.going on, and to adjure them to be as go?! soldiers in the cause of peace as they wen; in that of war. I hope to have the opportune ty ol' doing this ut some future day, and until then, I am, Very Respectfully^ i Your friend and. fellow citizen, "WADE HAMPTON. Messrs BUTXER, BOSWELL &ud DEVOKE, Com mittee. -o-. LETTER FROM GEN. KERSHAW. CAMDEN, Aug, 28th, 1808. G ENTLEITEN,-It tfould give rae great pleas ure to meet with my Edgefield friends on thc 2nd Sept ia accordance with your yalued favor of the loth inst., if it were ia my pow er to. do so; bat I do not find it practicable, under present circurastanco8. I catt.therefbre only bid'iny frionds.of ?heold 9$ District, God speed in the great cause, of constitutional right, for which they have so gallantly and gloriously conten'ed rh the pastrami give t?iT'n??ITo '?s:?iTaMce*lhaT;*0ld Kersbaw'fFbe?r-" hg aloft t'n.. banner of the Democracy with an energy and determination worthy of the cause. Vi-ry Truly, Yours. . , ' ' J. B. KERSHAW. To Messrs. M. C. BUTLER and others, Com mittee, air A Stuxm.E in PHILADELPHIA.-An out rageous slock" swindle was perpetrated on Monday, on the young banking firm of Wbe len & Brother, Third street, Philadelphia. It see ms a stranger lu the firm attempted, to buy of them $1000 in gold, for which be offered a check in payment. The delivery of tho gold on this, unless it was marked good, was de clined, when tho buyer said it was no.matter as to the gold just, now, but lie would leave an order to buy for bis: $5000 of-govern ment bonds, to be delivered at his office, No. 216 Gi.ld street " The Messrs. Whelen ?Brother bought the bonds and sent them to the au dress named, wh-TC the buyer received and examined them. IIMI, maying, " yen, tlr*y"are all right," pm them in a pigeon hole ofacas* KtntiriHK' against the partition to an adj lining ro m. closed the door of the case, and begged tire mes entrer to wait a moment and he would give bim the money. With this be passed into t!ve adjoining room, and at the latest ac count's had not returned. On investigation of the premises, it was discovered that a bole bad been made iii the partition opposite the pir^vn-holc in tho caserinto which the bonds had been- -placed in presence of the person who bad delivered them. A small dooroo hinges had been nie ly fitted into this hole, and lhrough t'?is the bonds had been ab steaded -and the fraud eon?.um mated while the yobng gentleman who Iud taken them to make tJie delivery thought he bad his proper ty under his immediate* eye.-Philadelphia Ledger. - Av EAULE KILLS A GUILD IV Mtssis-qpri. -A, letter from Ttppah county to the Wino na Democrat says: A sad casualty occurred at m t school a few days ago.. The eagles have been very troublesome iu the neighborhood for some time past, carrying ( ff pigs, lambs, etc No ona thought that they would attempt to prey upon children ; but on Thursday, at recesa, the little boys were out some distance from the bous*, playing marb'es, when t-hfiir sport wa-t disturbed by a lftl>;e ?nfil?i swooping durV? V 4 "?eking up little J em mi - Kenney, a boy ol eight w.-trs, ansi Hying away v.ith j him. The children cried out,' and when I got out of the house, the ea^le was so high tf.at I ci uld just hear the Cliild screaming. The alarm was given, at.d from screaming and shoutiug-in the air, etc., the eagle was induced to dr>>p his victim ; but his talons bad been buried in him so deeply, and the fall v.a* cr great, that he was killed ; for eith er would have been fatal. -... ? ?.-?-. -T. Nothing in h'story is sb icvolting to hon iirablu stiusibUiticrt ax the. ?port of rhos* meo with the public lile and tranquility for their own ve>,al ends. Danton, Robespierre and M wat pl. yod with the noblest blood of Prance-hut still, - in tho depth of their de gradation and e ucl ty they did aot outrage nature by plotting a war against their own race. Wo say woo to thos-j men' if the tram of combustibles they have laid take fire! We I deal in no threats-we appeal to no fears - but they must be disMliitcof common sense, ; if they hope lo .scape the violence and lury they invoke. The outraged whites of Geor ! ?ia will bold them to such a fearful reckon- i ! itig th.M the story of the retribution t?\^\] ! j freeze the blood, of jencrutioos yet uuboru ! Wfl say let thom beware. Let all beware j : Lol every effort be made to enlighten and j i undeceive the negro-to calm all the elementa I ol' strife, and lo save the State ai d thecoun I try from thu horrors of anarchy and civil : j war.-Macon Tel. | I Mr. Edwin M. Stanton, it ts stated, will ' lake the stump lor Grant. We ure glad of it. His presence amoug the'people of Ohio will confirm the n.iw assured victory ?f the Do* nu ?cr any of O' io. A, more odious per>ou. never Hppeared among uny people, ile is thc embodiment of the crimes and corruptions of the war, and as such he will be treated. I'rot out the woin.li: lunger! Ctduiu'ius (Ohio) Crisis for You. ur PEARL niv-.ns. A thought ! a thought ! for the ros;, morn, That cornea thro' the gatos of ?lew ! But I'll heep a kinder, happier thought For twilight and for y?u. .<''"" '.?.'.. A word ! a word ! for tho humming btrd, A tilt on the jasaamine' new ! M ill my lip lot ?lip, but my heart will keep lu softest words for you. A song ! a fong ! for the mocking hird, In an wer tu bl? so true! , , Hut you know right well I w ll al wa} i keep My sweetest song for you. A kiss ! a kiss ! for the sweet red rose, And none for tho violet blue I . Bul standing here at the garden gate I'll keep buck one for you. A sigh ? a sigh ! for my pale white ros?, That tho chilling night wind slew ! But I answer you when th o'lilies say I am sighing most for yon ! -? -?- ? The tirant Fumiiy-Dnring the War. [Extract from a letter to the Jf. T. Metropolitan Beeord, dated Bolly Spring*,'MUi., July, 13ri8.] When that loyal family rolled into this place at tbe beba of a vast army, they re clined in aa elegant stolen -carriage, which Jong ago went North rm parole. A portinn of the time they occupied the handsomely furnished residence of Mr. Will Henry,Cox, a wealthy? refined and educated gentleman of J noble ancestry. This gentleman is deceased,, but at that Uaiu his beautiful, young and ne cean plish>>d daughter. occupied the "vacapt chair" of her mother, who had been dvad hume years, and Miss Cox, instead of "Mrs.." Cox, was lady of the mansion- Tho Grant family seemed wonderfully well pleased with the house, its modern fixtures, the elegant I furniture and splendid silver ware, and they consequently walked boldly into the posses sion of this private residence-no blush of tharne to mantle such brucen brows, no man ly dignity, no womanly decency to request | permission, but with effrontery of Sing ?Sing convicts and London robbers they occupied the dwelling, using everything in it as though they were " to the manar born:'- The greater part of the time they remained there, Miss Cox was staying wkh numerous friends ml the city, ?3 she could not be mistress of her] own beautiful homo. . Mr. Cox told a lady of unquestionable in tegrity, that they nicked up ali his stiver add all his valuables tho night before they left, and it was sent off with their baggage the j next morning ; aud the bouse servants weat J also. Mr. Cox wa* one day resting on a sofa, opposite the door of ap adjoining apartment, wheo he saw, through the opening of a door, one of Grant-s staff officers stealthily rumag mg around the room, pocketing small articles. At ?he bureau, he took a piece of stick pom ade. Think, of it, you sokfiers, who fought the battles tor the Union; think of being commanded, officered by such unprincipled scoundrels, whose smallness, of soul showed itself but top plainly in thai act of stealing a piece OT stick pomade. We' only regret not btiihg ablest present to give the name' of this j (?speci men. sf au, ofifcef, shoulder ' ?trapped.' armed and equipped, even to his head, tor which the above s ni ali appropriation * wira made. It his eyes ev.er rest ou this he will know himself instanter. At another time Mr. Cox entered one of the room's rather an expectedly, con iderably disturbing the equa nimity of Gen. Grant's nephew, who was stooping to the pleasing task of carefully folding up an elegant and very antique quilt made io days of yuro by great grand parents, and preserved by each succeeding generation of children as a family treasure-a pleasing memento that strangers could never appre ciate. The nephew, on finding himself caught, started, stammeringly saying, "I want it for my mother.1- ""Certainly, s?rf certainly," replied Mr. Cox, with the least perceptible tom? of contempt Thiuk of it, poldienr of Grant's army i A quilt, Grant-s nephew stealing a quilt, and furnishing his mother's borne. ? # -+ ' * +'*?*? Wc lope he will see this expositich, re pent and free h?s.conscit-nce by expressing that quilt to Mr*. A. C. Brewer, fo: merty j Miss Cox, Holly Springs, Miss. But M rr. Grant, the General, stud other* of thal * mis* tic crew," took especial care of the silver, the value of which ts estimated et' several thou* sand, doliaxs, with other anieles. Tbe bed and table' linen WAS of Quest tcxtufp, and" came from Europe ; and all this;' with all other valuables, had a peculiar chnrrn for the avaricious'eye?1 of tho Grant family. Among-j" the many othetf appropriation of this' re markable family' was a handsomely carve?, small card waiter er salver, with the name of u General Moultrie'*'?tigrsved in tbe cen tre. This litte salver was har._ed"dowu from that noble ancestor of revolution fame-, it was prized beyond value, und wa* one of a pair-the other was sent ont to the kitchen after using it, and one of the servants, Sarah, secreted it for lir-r young mistress, togethp' with several other valuable articles. Mrs. Brewer bas tho wailer, and, no doubt, would liku to baye the other; but would be pleased lo have another piece-a massive, but small oliver salver, or waiter, handsomely carved, made, in England before th-; Revolution, with the name of " Lady Marv Ancely, 1770," eu fraved in tbe centre. This waiter, which bas een in their distinguished family so long, cannot hut ho a prize indeed to them, and the jr?o wili be readily recognized by thc Grant visitors, >d->uht but hundreds of p?T>oi B who tnay nave visited 'his Grant fan.ily at home in thc Nor h have soi ti ihoio waiters, Sud many other stolen valuables that esme from the South-war trophies. "FATHER, WHY DON'T YOU SAY SOME THING."-" Oliver Optic," in his l ie of Gen eral Grant, tells the following -tory : When the g??H medal which was voted by resolution of Co gre-s to Grant, siter the campaign i-f ?.'h *t ta nix ig* was finished, accm millee from the two Hi Mses of (Jung:e?s> went to City Point tn present it to the General. There wort: pn sent t> wi tries,? thu Ceremony, the General's wif.', son ami daughter, his staff and several civilians. The medal was pre sented in a neat little speech by tho chairman of tho committee. When General Grant's tnrn carne to repje he was greatly embarrassed. To ^se th* wc rda of bis historian ; " He began tb fumble about his pockets just as a school-boy dj-'?-1 on the rostrum. He was evidently looking for something and be could riot find it. The delay became painful and awkward in i he extreme, nut only to the General but to thu sj m ?tl bitting audience^ and little Jeasc, his son. seemed lo s>uffor the most it, this prolonged intel val. At last his patience was exhausted, und be cried out : M Father, why dou't you say something ?" - That is the question the peoplo ol the Uni ted States sire asking to day-" General, why don't yon say something ?" - Tho M ship of Statu" is rolling in a threatening ?da, and the man whom the Radicals offer u- a< captain still has no chan-" no policy," "General Grant, why doiiH ypu say something /-Troy Press. . -!-. , ?5TJoht G. Grant and T. B. Stubbs, negro Radical member* ?f tho S. ?, Legis H ture [so called) from Marlboro District, havfl recently become thorough cowers to fire Democratic fni<h, and express.? dhieruiiim lion afti-i adj>iuritmei)t of the Legislatur* tu Mump their District for Seymour ail i B;*ir. JU.Ul 1 VI Ul MM 'I1WIOI One of tho m<-st revolting ou'r g s and a double morder occurred near Swain's ?lill in tho Western corner of North Carolina, and near the Georgia line, on Tuesday last, which it waa ever oar lot to record, Or which ever took place iu any civilized land. A few miles irom the mill, on tho Oolun;bu< ron I, lived Mw.. Marka, a young and beautiful widow lady, about thirty years of age, a hired woman ana two children, a little, boy ol. iini and a little girl of.eight, living.with her. At about 9 o'clock in the evening of th? 2Ut inst, a load rap at the door bf tho house startled the inmates who.had just retired for the night. The hired woman, who sVpt in an ppper room, raised a w? dow lo a-crlain ?the cause, and was accosted by a-n. gro. wbn said he bad a letter f a- Mr??... Mai k-, u h eh he had brought Irom the village, and c< a. .it was very important, aud - must be answered that nbght Recognizing him as a mau from the village whom she knew, she went down stairs and opened the door. As soon as tho dopt;,waa fairly unstated, a gang of nine armed negroes, who had'buen concealed in the dark-behind a clump of boshes, .made a rush into the house. Toe woman fled through a rear door, ami ese:, ped into ?.pince of thick woods back of the house. Mrs. Marks, hearing the noise, started to come from hes room, bot was met by two of the. negroes, who seized her ?od attempted ta drag her toward a bod- standing tn a oom- r of the room. Being a woman of gm' etrt-ngih she straggled fearfully, bat tba te?t of tin* ga&g coming to tho aid ul th? two, rb? wa* finally overpowered. They the-n JhrcwW on the bed, tying her arms and . feet tu the bedpost.wi th cords, and proceeded-1?> Violate > her personin turn, until all nine oiUhom bad satiated their hellish passions. While thia wae going on an attempt to violate the pentan of ?the Ettie girl, wha-wmt held by two of the benda in plain sight of the mother, while a third ono accomplished the damnable deed, a knife having to be med for the purpos?.-. The screams of the child were fearful, which so enraged the demons that they tore fair tongue from ber month, oed-finally beat ber brama -out against the stone jam -of the fire 8lace and threw the body into the back yard I fot content with this they seised tba Imy. a'nd after tying him with cords, proceeded te commit a nameless outrage upon btu body. Tho woman who escaped Orena the house fled toward Stover Station, but the night bsririg . dark, lost her way, a- d did not arrive at Mc Appleby's, the nearest neighbor of.- Mrs. Marks, until about'two o'clock in the morn rag. She immediately gave the alarm, and Mr. Appleby called up his men, and after arming them, sent off to Robert Stow's and the ether neighbors. Aa soon as possible they all took their horses and proceeded to Marks', where they found the house on fire, and dis covered the terribie scene we have described, bul the perpetrators of the deed had tied. When found, Mrs. Marks was wholly insen sible, and it was with great difficulty that - she was restored to consciousness, Georg?, the little boy, was found dead on the floor, bound with cords as they had left him, and the dead body of Annie, tho little girl, had been dragged from tho yard into the buck stoop, undoubtedly for the purpose of having ail traces of their guilt obliterated I y the tire Which, they had set. " lt is suppled, that, thc - miscreants were alarmed by tua approach of . the horses of Mr. Appleby;and bi? men, j?nd they scattered to their homes before morning, The whole country ia aroused, and it wit! be difficult for all of the perpetrators of sa rh a diabolical deed to. escape. The negro.who pretended to have the letter 'wa* recognized by Mrs. G rall j, the Work woman, "as Bill Bataan, tho recant negro and Radical candi date for the Legislature from that district. He was not to be found the nest day. and his wife said he was going to Mi Ilbery, to a negro meeting. He is probably secreted either io the wood or in the huts of som- r.f the rest of the gang, but it will be hard for bim to escape, as the whole county ia aroused. No negroes were found absent from home for five miles around, except Batson, sad uule? he is caught rt wHl.be very difficult to ferret oat the murderers, on account of thc secret organization? known to exist among tbein. lt fe and property aro at the mercy of the blacks In nearly the whole Santo. They re fuse to work, and being fed by the Freedmen's Bureau, aro allowed to Hvo in idleness ta per pe tra to their fiendish outrages. Mr. Stokes, whoso plantation is on the Cumberland road, informs us that he finds.it a' uoat impossible to bite help at any uri ce-ali the .negro?.-s re fusing to work and being supported by tho bureau.- Just before the last election %oarly two thouaan 1 rations were dealt ont tb thu negroes in that district, by tho hueoau agent, and Bat son had nearly (he whole distribution. Tho excitement in relation to the murder is intense, and U waa with the u'most dt?k-ei ty that the ot tizeos could be restrained from Wreaking vengeance Indiscriminately.-?Geor gia Clarion. BLOODr TRAGEDY maw THOSTSOX, 6A_ From passengers by yesterday's train on tho Georgia ffoilroad\ we learn the following par ti cucar? -jf the murder of two white nwn and the hagging of the n?gvo mun?ervr, near Thomson, yesterday. Wc could uotioarn tho names of the parties : A negn^arho was em ployed in getting timber for a saw mil. just above Thomson, and who was at work ici ibo -woods, attacked the driver of a eirrylog, a white, mao, with his axe, splitting his bead open and causing instant death. After this bloody and, as our informant said, unpro voked deed, the negro said he would now go and kill the sawyer, also a white man, who was unwell nt his house. Another negro, who heard the threat, immediately ran and in formed the aawjVr of ?t. lie p..t ki* rvvo'ver ready ?od f-nd himself, bul tin; mmd-rcr slipped up to him imawares rn,.! deal: him a mortal blow on the head with bis as . Ile Waa alive, however, wheo the train passed Thomson ;.ut in a dying vondiiion. After tins assault on the sawyer the negro fled to the wood??, carrying the bloody axe, pursued by whites ard blacks, and'when overtaken Wa.? "dint down, the rh >t taking ti fecj \\\ Vi> ?ey-, ?A heft i he ne? rt wy who had been io thc ona-ae In?tUudi.itely bung I m tu a tree. Th*, is substantially the information wc re ceiver1, and we fear the blotaly tale > too true. We shall endeavor- to give the partic ulars to-morrow, P. S.->?t??ee writing the above w. learn that th? names of the two moniere t men were Fortner and Lowe. Mr: Fort ner was the first victim, and instantly kill?.1. Mr. Lowe was alive when the trata pwd, bat little '..ope waa entertained of his recovery. -Constitutionalist, 9th. :ol . - : - M un wu of A DE? -rnATtc Xcaan - -S-'ur day i::g-i, ttie ?fh.in-r. at Cii .lon, S in|??jn C"Utitv,N.C.,anegro man. formerly a member of thu league, but who recently aband.-III.1 that organization and joined the Colored Demo cratic Club,-was called out of the door of his house and shot through the h-art. The mat ter "-'created- a great deal nf feeling. The whites generally think tba -fopuh'ioan p.rty a-re determined to bring un a colli.-ion. lloro tofore there has been uo Ku Rlux Kimi or other secret Democratic org^nia-iiion in 'Iii? State, but now it is undflr.itcs4 and believed that energetic efforts will be made to organ? ize Rome ?eeret order as a matter of " self de fense. There can be no doubt of. on? thing, tnat the great majority of tin? f> n ile here long after peace. It is all ?h?v a-k. all they want, but the coolest and most hh?rs>l minds here seem to arrive at ihn O -III-IUM m ihat the immediale future is fraught with moat momentous Lisuea,