The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, September 12, 1866, Image 2
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, Sept. 18CG*
Subscribers finding a (\) cross mark 011 the
margin of their paper may know that their
time is about to expire.
TERMS FOR SUBSCRIPTION.
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For six months, " . . 1 60 |
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The above prices are in currency. When
paid in specie the prevailing discount at the j
time paid, allowed.
The 4tlr quarterly-meeting ol the Lancaster !
and Hanging Rock Circuits, will be held at this
place on the 4th Saturday mid Sunday in Sep1
tcmber.
Wo have recently been obliged to decline
several communications sent to us for publication.
Some ol these were elicited ly a burlesque
article upon a Into public meeting at
Fleasant Hill, 'o which exceptions were taken I
by sonic of lite gentlemen composing the meeting.
We arc quite wil ing to publish any temperate
replv to "Shortcake." bet ?m tr;n? r.t n
contrary kind is tigi IIv excluded by our rules.
We think too much importance been r-ttached
to the urlic'e, n:i?l that regarded in its
proper light, it will lie con.-iderod no 11 ore than
an allowable criticism upon a public meeting,
an 1 as contahiing nothing personally offensive
to any <>f its members. It was so understood
by us. We would publ sh nothing which we
conceived to he personally offensive to the individuals
comp-Vng the meeting, many of
whom, to say nothing of other reasons, are our
tvann personal friends. .Although we Condemned
their policy ami views, we have never rpios.
tinned their motives, and doubt not, that in advocating
certain measures, they were actuated
solely l?y a desir e to promote the public web
lare. And when convince! that these measures
are lutile, as we believe they ultimately
will be, that tliey will accept the necessity and
and conform thereto na readily as others who
have been Ics sanguine of "relief' by the
means propose I.
The Fall Flections.
The Richmond Time.? says heaven and earth
are hcing moved by tire Radicals to achieve
success in the coming elections. With them
the Struggle is one of life and d nth, victor y or
a (It'lctit Will M"l . ill. -I '
- ??.? ? it iiiim ?: in llll-tlllY,
shame ami detected crime than over accompanied
an)- pnty in its |?l| since the days in which
. Cicero huiled his eloiptei.t anathemas at the
f. ul con-piracy of Cat.ilino. They a e sending 1
their campaign documents in every hole and 1
corner throughout the North, and are visiting 1
every fireside with what they tenii " f.iijht ml 1
TrutA," in tins shape of political tracts which
would he more appropriately described by 1
"lUrkness ai?d Falsehood."
The New Yotk Tiiounmost venomous,
maiicio's and villainous of all tirn Radical
shoots, is advertising its campaign | .apers not ;
onlv in its own columns, tint i.i those of i's nd>
vetsuries. We g<t;>po-e Raymond, nftor his
paternity of tin* declaration of principles and
the address issued hv the Philadelphia Convett
lion, may he considered as finally united to tin1
National Union party; hut ho has permitted
<Jrecly to reach the readers ot the Now York
through the mediam ot an advertisement
in his columns, which is the whole of the Had* [
leal argument in a nnt'stiHI. .
But, while we need not imitate the unsertipu
lous tactics ot our opponents, we may yet learn
nn instructive lesson from tlieir examples of j (
activity and sjeeplesw vigilance. II tlieir tin- I (
righteous and unholy cause he worth such pi- I
pnntic efforts for success what must he said of [
ours? Is not the great cause of freedom Mil
justice in which we arc cmhutkcd woith all the
efforts which its champions, learning wisiioni
from their enemies, can exert from the earliest
to the latest hours of the contest. Truly, we
e'npuld think so. In the South, of enurse, we
shall have no contest. lint at the North there
will he a terrihlc struggle, ami wc urge our
friends to hurkle to it, neither asking nor giv.
ing quarter.
Cotton Crops in the West.
Accounts from Augusta, Ga, sav that
the prospects of the cotton crop in nil
parte of tho Slate arc gloomy, on no.
count of tho continued drought. In South'
western Georgia, where the yield was formerly
one hale ff> two act est, not more than one
hale to ten acres will ho realized from the presi
ent crtrp. This is equally true of the other
sections; The accounts from Florida represent
the late drought, followed fry heavy rains, as
having seriously injured the cotton crop. One
Iralf of what is known as the middle crop wiil-j
he lost. The cotton prospects of Mi-aissippi
and Alabrma are alro represented as gloomy,
on account ?f the drought and ravage of the
boll worm.
The Baton Rouge A<lvornte, of the 3'?lh
anys : "As far as wc learn there arc few plantations
that are not more or less infested Ijy
the destructive "army worm." The prospect ,
of saving tho late planted cotton is dim, nr.d j
the old cotton cannot escape without injurf.? I
From a letter from Rapides we learn that the
worm is making its appenrance on Red River,
OurTcndcra will understand the basis of the
appreh#ti?i?>ns of the planting community, I y
recollecting that for cver> worm that makes i's j
appearance in tire middle of Auaru-:t a m triad I
n:.ay reasonably he expected in tlie a.?me fiel<i
tilree week* Inter.
The Mobile lleffutfr m\?: \Yo learn from
good authority that I Iia army worm lift* made
it* appearance in the cotton *ertioii* of (Jmene
Perry, end Marengo connti???, and is proving ,
very destructive to the crop*. PI intcr*%ho*e !
farm* hnve I ren visited by Ihl*pestilent <lf ruin \
are satisfied that their crops of cotton will fill
short by at battt one-half ^vf t!io firmer eatii
mate. ' * #
The aubjolned resolution* were adopted at a :
public meeting held in York Piatitct :
RttohdL, That wli!lit ere earneatly denounce
any end all mea.urea looking to private or claaa
legieUtion, aa proposed by pome, ciamptin^
atoi-kholdera of Rank* f>-o?n the dieeharfre of '
thoir liabilities to the prejudge of private in li j
' Viduala. rre think that all ahotrfd faro or ahore
j
~ ft
he same fate, it< the confirmed opinion of this I (,|
neeting, and tnat some measures should bo da- j
rised for the prevention Of the immediate en' I
oiced collection ol debts, tint with a provision '*
o secure tbe property ct tlio debtor (or the
>a!ety of the cieditor. S
!:cfoU^tf, That in the present pecuniary eiu- |?
Imrrassinent of our country, and in view of the i j.
\lmost entire failure ?>f the growing crops, the |
dale government should promptly adopt some ' ''
idm to purchase provisions from abroad ami : in
ie!l th^ same to the needy at cost; believing f
that simh a course will mivo & the State ninny
i?t her most valuable eibzens, wlio will other- .
wise emigrate to the gram growing States of
the West. s<
m mm Si
The Richmond Viw* says the cholera is ra? j(
ging in London with a fiercenesa of which we j,
Inivc little conception in this country. The ,,
number of deaths in that city from all causes (>
for the week ending August 11th, 18'>C, was b.
?,"87. Ot t'i^ number, l,4i?7 died bom chol- j
eia alone; nor is there any apparent diuiuiih
(ion in the number ol victims <> this disease. | v
Medical counsel and skill in l.o don seem coll '
tradictory, uiiccriuin and hel(de?s in llij dread
presence of this g?eat eeotrgc of i>ur race.? j ,|
The ravages ot the discus* are, of course, coin (
lined to those who, neglecting all the laws cL
health, breathe loul air and drink impuie water, , c
The Governor's Message. ?
I
To Mr. Juii Cousart we are indebted j v
% I c
for it copy of the (lovernot a Message in , (
advance of the mail. \
The Uto hour at which we received a j a
copy of this document preclude* the pos? 1
sil< !ity of publishing it entire '.his work. '
l'ho principal put of the Mc*s ?ge is la. |
ken up l?y suggestions and reconiinenda f
lions in regard to the Freed inenV Code ii
and District Courts. The Governor roc. rt
ommonda that the discriminations in ih?- ''
Code against Freedmen he repealed, that i (
evil r gl.ts and liabilities as to criinr- he !
accorded to nil inhubi'ants alike. lie fun f.
ther recommends that negroes be declar- *
e?'l competent witnesses in all cases, civil "
and criminal. lie save : ^
In civil c is- s I be testimony of persons j,
of color is of1 entimcs requisite to elucidate (1
the f^cts and -ecuu< :i j isi decision. TlifiV a
constitute ? majority ?>l the entire popu 0
iMion uf the S- itc, j* i. 1 of necessity are j
of en sole win "Hi's of < oi.tr.ids andean* ! 11
actions between win ? pr-n.v s S iMrthe |,
parties in such cu-bs In* denied justice T>v 1 ||
excluding the onlv evidence to secure it ' ,
because of an apprehension that it tnav
be h measure unreliable ? Won d it not
be nv>re tit ?'*?' rdance with mi c?tah i- It |
ad rule to roc. i\e the evidence and wegh j j.
its value ? In the law of "valence, the i H
character an.i mantling of h writhe-* L.r>e* .
'o a (loot hi* credibility, ?n<l not los coin j r.
pclencv Why not In the ries of the ;|
potto>11 of e.'b r follow this ru e to its log
ica' C'Uicltisi .n i
In cmnliial cases these consider itions |r
weigh with peculiar force I' ? negro is |
leadiir deceived Mil') mrrup'er). and be j ,,,
1 in ? :?11 ?i?\ pr-V to tlie machinations )
if depraved w 11?i ?> men, m n 1 past oxi>eri? |i'
SIICO teaches 111 'I il?* is employed In eXe t
cute the most dishonest purpose, and with .|
impunity t<? the principal, bee?n?e iif hi* p
nxdusinn :i? a v it' ess fruin the Courts .if . .r
J ust ion. rh? shrewd and eiiniiini; eon it,
t nue t.> put the ne-jm forward in the I j,
commission of eriino. ami i!.?\ ijo nn I V\
whipt of ji|<'ifO because the l?? forbid* ,
tiint the festinuinv of the negro -hniI lie r,
hear.I. ih.es not the exclusion nf ner, i t}
>ons of color make them invnhiulile so j,
eessorie* to the perttet rat ion of crime f? j w
How cin si cie'v t e protected against , ,|
that large clasc nf infamous crones now I f,
?o prevalent in tins Stve unless, by inak !
inn the negro e. competent witness, we |
avail nurse'vea of all accessible evidence I j,
to convict the offenders f And ?iil tli? J
laws of the Sra'e continue to offer a re J ,|
ward to the dishonest to further temiii . !
and corrupt ilie negro ? The well being H
of the State materially depVn 'a upon ihe
sleva'ioh of this class of our population, iN
and if tlere was no <eher argument :n j nh*hxlf
of iheir a im ??ibi!i v to onr Court*. Is
the tendency of ouch h measure1? elevate ' |,
their moral and ihte.lce'-iial charadei H
would he sufficient. f,
In view <>f the great increase of crime p
in the State, the Governor urges the es ^
tahlisi.ment of a Penitentiary a* n mean
ure of economy as well as to prevent
. a
crime.
lie alludes to the late decision of the |
Court of E-rors upon the Stay law. He |(
concurs in the judgment of the Court and e
believes that it* exposition of the consti d
tntioual question is unanswerable. He is t
nevertheless in f.ivor i.f relief i.? '
find mak*s tin* fallowing suggestion* : }
Believing that no Slav Law can he |
parted embracing antecedent debt#, that i
will not conflict with that clause of the j (<
(Constitution of the United Stale*, which !
declares that ''no Stale shall pa** anv I
law impairing the obligation of con !
tracts,'' I respectfully recommend for ^
vour consideration, for the relief of rleb? (
tor* : v
1. That imprisonment for del>t on \
tiic-ne and final process he abolished, ex ^
rep*, in case yT f-atid ; and then as a pun i
ishmeut for the crime, rather than as a |
means of enforcing pavment of the debt. |
2 That no costs he taxed against a j
defendant, either for the oflicers of the 4
Court or for the attorney | ,
3 1. That the Insolvent Debtor*' La** |
he so extended as that anv debtor mav, j ^
by petition after due notice, summon in
all h a creditors, and upon HM:gning bis
estate nuil effects for their benefit, he di*< j
charged from all further liability, not nnlv (|
to suing, hut to ?!| o her credit#. Being |(
thus rati#ved from the incubus resting on ,|
him, the honeat Jind enterprizing debtor (
will go to work with alacntv and prove (
himself a n?efu' rnem' er of society.
The C >ngre*s of the United S ate* has
atithoritv under the Constitution tnp?*?
uniform Uv?? of hftnbfup'cr, l?ut ill??r?? i*
no prohibition upon Ili St*'**, nnrl a# *'
(fon^r>? h*? not #x*r.ift#<1 thr- nuthori'v "
<ln!n,? ?><*.) to thorn, ill* Mia(-? iiiht. with ,,
<ff#*t propriety, pAMftncli U*?, #ni1 ili#tv p
\r'M continoD of fore* until Confirm##
nriopt# a ffeii*rHl lUolrnipt Act, which
#on!rl kll tyft'o l#.?i*l*tio? on '
i li a #iihj-ct. Th? (Jcnnrnl llmhrtip: Act n
of 1841, piMnd hr tlm OontffPM of thn o
nnitnrt S'Atc#, #x'#nfl#.| if# prnviniin# to *
Ant#c#(l.?nt <^?-lr<* ii'nd ill con?lil?i'ion flitv ^
wa* not corrfror#r'o?1 !>* th# f!?nrt? No <"
rotjftVitutioii.il obttftclft lh??f<.re would t
recludu (lie General Assembly front in
operating (lie name feature iu llifcir leg"
lati?>ii. *
ll is proper bere to remark tbat if a
h\ L iw could be pa?ned winch could
* free from ell constitution^ objection,
would not protect debtors from suit in
le Federal Courts. A cieditor residing
i tlie Sta'e, wlio bad determined to en
rce tlie payment, of bis debt, could rea
ilv transfer it to a noil resident, and il
ie Hum exceeded five Itnndre I dollars
jell non resident could at once institute
nt in tbe United States Court, recovel
l.l.t'WPnl rtVuPHtiali U?Sil a .* I
roner'V, notwithstanding the extstencr
f it Slay Law. SiicIi a law would nol
i) recognized or enforced in a Fcdera
'ourt.
On the subject c.T supplying the State
ri li food, he s.iys J
Sound political economy ordinarily con
emu* the feeding o' Us population hv th<
ivemmeiit, as the inevitable cnnseqoen
es ar** t" increase idleness, pauperism am
rime. But when the provision crop <>| i
ihole country is destroyed by blight, c.i
>hcn production is suspended hv lr?n?
oiitinned drought, ami the deficiency i:
rnceah e to these causes rather than t'
he idleness of the population, hutiiandt
tid souutl policy alike justify the (iovern
nent tti lending or firing its means t<
at e the people fr on starvation ?to ?rres
list increase of crime which want iilwmi
ooducr'S, and to stay emigration to nio'i
ivored localities. The present popu aiior
< iiistdlicient to till the so I of the Stall
tid to develop its resources, and it is r
igh duty of the (ioverntmor to temove
h far hs p.issi le, ihe necessity for eiuigra
idii nevuncj Ho tionjer*.
t lx* ernhmmnmen's of supplving foot
>r the needy will he iirenlly increHaei
fier the fir*! of O'toher, when the Freed
len'p Bnrenti wi'l cense t?? ipsue rnlton<
r tlte indigent end helpless white* hik
e"dieei? who have heen heretofore furn
died with H'ihsi?ienee. Voii iiihv lind ii
eoesnrv ! > incen-e the power*, dutie>
nd revponp'hi uie* of the Ooimnis?ioiieri
f lliP J'.eir, Mild to or J llii/.e HUoll hodi*|
it nil Districts of the Slnle. In ?n??wt o
lie |) ?tr i' h, Utid Mini h'lilijin. * hnvr
eretolofe h?eil MCO'dred Mild ere led fill
lie wlmes, hot tlirv inuot he enlur^ed sc
a to provide HceiiMiiMidntiiiiiM for the
no) er, i>)>ti?* mid helple-* friednoli.
I lie feilure of the Hoards of (Vinmts
oners of ifie I'oor 10 provide lor the he p
ii :t u'teit crime H^ninst hiitiinnitV,
nd M.ldiiio<in! pmi nit ten ehon'd he int
used hy Inw Hi?M'n*t such h iiej'ect or
fu?nl to perform properly this phiinn
iropie fluty
the CipitHtion Tmx imposed hv yon
the list ne->?ion of the Leo a Int ore on
edineii I,up HOI i?etiern''v heetl Co'ieCtvd
he (Joinptiolier fruieml, foliowiftjr n suy
est ion rrinde hv rne, mid npproTed hv
if Aitornex (JenereI, instructed the Tnx
ii !i-i'ti.r? not lo isnoe exeriitioi ? Hnnin*t
10 'reedmen for the ('npitniiOn Tax until
ie present session of the L"u -Isturc.?
Ilis ?\?? to H V Oil I (ill Conflict v%!tl, tllf
111 thrv wilt liorit i--* Hri?in_? out of llie fact
>>*i ilie t'onite were init um<rl for the jiio
CtlOtl of til" flCMMlmftl, Httll l>0 pro\IMOI1
h? mih??? for the support of th? intirn
nil i I e p ? ?? \\ In*i fvrr Voiir ** illni
mi'* 'lie custody of iw?nn* <>l c>'or ti
ie S'h'c 'h ? iliexecution* in <v lo
oied. Proper diligence I v 11>** Sn.-r tr?
ill enforce tlie s ittrfucliofi ol most o
i *? *?? ex "Cut ion*, iitol ilo? fun.I tnnv tLer
appropriated exelns vr'y to ilie suppor1
f the clu** from which it is deiit? I
Ifvou should in vonr wisdoitt determini
? n nice >?n nppn prixtion to luiv stiti?i*t
nee f r the indigent white and colored
ie several l?o?rd* of 'ommisstolier* o
le 1*.ior would lie perhaps, the lie*
ijenis for it* distribution.
To in?et hi. v appropriation* m rde ill en
no resource available, and the fund* ear
.. I? I - l I - : - "
iiy in rltlR-'l HV l??IIT!f HIKI M'lllll.
tats hond*. The credit of the Siate ha
erctofore been untarnished, slid a reason
li'i? hope i? enlertained iliat Imndt ioufl
>r such a purpose will command ?? ?;*rf'
sr in the money market* of the Uuitei
tales or Europe.
Appkoachiso Elections.?A* th
pproadhtng elections aro being prepaiei
r l?y a vigorous campaign,sat s I lie 1 'It < 1
delphia LfJrfer, and in nil the State
mothers ot Congress, and in some (t.iv
mors, are to he cho-on, the public aie m
oiibt desirous of being postal nh to th
ime of the elections iu the various Nof
liern States. The tiisi to he he d will h
lion the (lr?t 'I lies !nv i f September, n
"ermont, after which will follow Caiifor
. . i vr i ? ....
ih aim .vp<?<ii, upon the tirst Wedrie*
ay, nmJ Maine upon the second VWu
h* of September. ColomAo will vol
p?>n the tirsi Tuesday in October} Pvnu
\ Ivnnia, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and Nlin
eaotp upon the ?2?nd TneatJ ?y ; am
Vfji V rouiia on the fourth Ihorn.lay
>n the fir?t T ?e?ilajr in November wi
ote New York, N-w Jersey, Illinois an<
Vrscoi.sin ; on the firm Wednesday
.iarylanti him] Kansas; and <>n th? Toea
V after the fir At Mondnv.M asmchusetti
lelaware. Michigan and Missouri. Tin
loses the list nf e'ectirtns lor the yea
860, and in 1807, New llampshir
nms on the seco'd Tuesday of Morel
lonnecticnt on the llrsl M indav of Apr!
Iho le leland on the first Wedhesdar c
t pri I and Kentucky on the ft rat Monde
f August Orr^oii w:IJ not have an
thnr election until the first Monday c
one. 1868, Kor nearly all the election
i he held in ifce fall of this \ ear ticket
ave already heen tiooiiuaied, and in a
he States contending parlies are divide
Imo.t ?o!f'v Sy the issues involved i
lie President's policy,
Cttof# ?The enrre noddle portion <
ha Sluts l.ui ?I iff.uad f
!ro"ijlil ? hi* in fuel !>? n *linft*l mine !
tI. on ntrrotr ?tri|Ki elon^ ihe c>*?t nm
!?r> Minny the ' monittnlr.* hnwe f.tr#??l
ill'* heller. The only corn worth unit]
rinp tlmt ?? l.iiv# *o*n l>.i???n C ilnm
in And the monnuini lie* nitliin fort
ivi*? of (tin M lie in -tlmt ?tri
f ptetlm nt region (lie corn i* poor ; bti
outh of lli?t etrip lit* corn i* mined Ve
Imve hei-n told (hat h el rip *loii|{ th
on?? in ?l?o m"?'e fortunate limn the it
etior.?Cor, YorkvilU Snquirtr.
' i cmti'i rT ^Sniflra
Legislature of South Carolina.
Tuesday, September 4, 1866SENATE?Pursuant
to the proclama
tion of bis Excellency Governor Orr, the
Semite met this evening, in the College
Library. The Clerk called (be roll, tbe
f ! President took tbe chair, and tbe Senate
. | proceed*'! with business.
' The journal of the IhbI day of the last
session wa? read and approved.
, fion. John N. Frier?uti, Senator elect
t in place of 'Ion. F J. Moses, appeared,
was sworn in, and tck hi* seat.
On motion of Mr. Winsmilh, a Com*
1 miltee wa^appointed to wait on the Gov
ernor and tnfortfi him that the Senate
i | wan ready to receive anv communication
- from him. The President appointed
^ ( Messrs. Wuisrrt'th. Huist and Sullivan.
A message was received from the
r House, announcing the organisation of
j ; tliat body.
* j On motion of Mr Hoist, a similar
' | message with reference to the Senate was
, r?turned.
, On motion of Mr. Sullivan, the Senate
* adjourned, to niect tomorrow, at 12
* o'clock in.
> HOUSE OF 11KPKKSENTATIVES.
14 The 11 < was convened in the Col
lei;e Chapel, pursuant to the proclnma.
j tion of the Governor. A quorum lining
I present, the Speaker to<>k tlte chair, when
' tbe 1 Tl*?rk read the Journal of the last day
of tbe fast session.
, The following members, who bad been I
| elected to fill vacancies, appeared at tbe
Clerk'* d'sk.nnd were duly sworn; ?
' Messrs J. J. Ttrnwn, of Rarnwell ; K
Magratb, Cbftr'eston ; J P. Thomas.
, Richland ; and John A. Keels, Wilbamsf
bnfg.
The Speaker laid before tbe House tbe
rorigna'ions nf'he Reading Cleik and |
Messenger, which were ordered to lie on
tbe table.
On motion of Mr Richardson, a committee
was appointed to wait on tbe (!ov
' ernor ard inform him that the House bad
organized and was ready In receive any
communication lie might be pleased to i
make. Tbe Speaker appointed M?s*r?- j
Richardson, Campbell and Garlington
*a!<l corrmittee
Mr. Mikel! presented petitions from .T
A. HllfTils, relative to lack pay, etc.
wbich was referred to tbe Commi'te? on
Claims.
On motion of Mr. Rohardson, tbe
House adjourned, to meet to tnnfro*. u' !
I 0 n'c'ock.
Wihtk Labor.? \V? mi<i*r?t*nri thn* j
M#*?ra Johmtone an 1 Lnraen, of S*w
berrv I)i?'rict. have on foo! a n'ari for the
imnnrta'ion of laborer* front Sw?<len*?
Lar*en i* him*elf a Swede, *ii I (mm li*k
knovt'nt|i? of lit* people miit ronn'fv ?e j
mav *p<"Pl practical rMul't, We ?f
| *dvi*rd tl^t both the?e gentlemen are
1 about in out for Sweden, to bring on
I the laborer*', m>i| that planter* in th*t
di*triet hare already engaged about three
hundred. W? pre*time that they will
bring on a larger number, for the n?e of
other* mint, ?eeitg the *iiccea* of ilia
*ohe?re, will derire to engage in that kind
of labor.
Some effort* hitb-rtn m <de to introduce
prrmxtl labor, we aim advi?ed, I are fail
1 ed. in the loai-f portion* of the State.?
The laborer* become di?*Hti?fied and leave,
"leavng the employer*. ** that *ttie it, in
tb? lurch
H We hope hotter things from onf Hue
' dish (riend* ; <nd with tie new scheme
abundant success.? Cbr. Y*>rkbilte EnH
t
qutrtr.
D Um
? Revivals in Union and Anson Cocn
. ties.? I) A Covington, E-q , of Union
?" conniv, writes to the Rslei^ti Biblical
" Recorder as followt ;
( "At Deep Creek, in Anton county, a
churrh "iiiipiigd by brother Silas J Finch
f er, h in?etil^^Bseveral days was lmld by
1 j brethren Finener, Caudle and (Jreen, nod
j on the 2<l Sabbath of tliia month, ifie laat
day of the meeting, tl.ilty five will nn
|l convert* "went flown into tlie water" with
'? brotii * K'licljer, "and he haptiawd them."
* Nina were baptised hi Paulk'a church
not long iinca. Tiii* church in ten initew
? from Monro*. " .
r My family have Ju?t returned from
* witneasing the cloning teen* of an interest'
intf pr traced mealing at Meadow Crunch
|| church, aix nnlci e*?t of Monroe. Tina
v meeting was eon<Uictcd by the pastor of
i the church, Una. Lemuel Dennett, of
'f Anton county, a**is'#d by niiniatering
* hr*ihreu Edmund L Oavia, John Davit,
II Phillip Snider,brother Caudle and bthera
r| The impoaing ord nance of baptism waa
n administered on the laat day of meeting,
to thirty believer*."
ixrcnk^rino to HoLuana o? t'osrKn
" kratk Honda ? The diapatcb published
' in our paper of Saturday, a ?ya the Char.
*' aleaton Courier, staling that the result of
* the Plnladelnliia Convention had rI
1 n aliylit rnKunei in the L aerpool market
' for Confederate aecuritiea, la folly eon'
? firmed b/^P^rirete dwpateh aetH to ua hr
P the Gaueral Agent of the Aaaociated
't Preae. 4ft*
c TheKaleigh Smlinel regret* that there
i i* hut little tnt ?eat menifeeietj
in the church ?a <4 that p eel.
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The Latest News,
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The "Mefin White" Convention.
Philadki.phia, September 4.
The Union Len^iia members marched
from their rooms to tndependenee Square,
where <he delegate* to the Convention
united with them and all proceeded to
National Hall. General Hutler. Fred.
Douglas Brownlow, anjothets, welcomed
them with cheers
At National Guaid Hall, hefora the
meeting of the Convention, Charles Gib'
b?n received tii? Southern delegation, and
Hamilton, of Texas, responded ; at the
conclusion of which some ore in the
crowd called f >r three groans for the dead
dog of the White House, which was fol
lowed by a general booing and exelama
lions of derision.
On 'he opening of the Convention,
which wai very largely attended, four
fifths from the North, Thomas J Uurant,
of New Orleans, was chosen temporary
chairman, and committees ware appoint
ed, after which the Convention adjourned
until to-morrow.
The Citv Council,hy a formal resolution,
welcomed the de'egates to the city, and
extendeJ to 'hem the hospitalities thereof.
Kx A'torney Genera! Speed, was nomii
nated As Chairman of the Convention,
and was received with applause. The
Committee on credentials fenor'ed dele
gates from 'he South, as follows : Texas
15, Louisiana 18, West Virginia 5J, Vir
ginia CI, Alabama 4, Knntuckv 14, Mia
issippi 3. Missouri 30, Arkansas 2 North
Carolina 7, Maryland GO.
A resolution was introduced in the
Co ivenlion to day that there ran he no
permanMiit peace or security for loval
men ol the South without negro wuflVage.
It was referred alter an angry discussion.
A Maryland member said they wanted
no each firebrand introduced into the
Convention.
The "reside, itial Tour.
hcfkalo, september 4,
The I'resident and party were met to
day by a tremendous crowd. Yeeilrday
be visited Niagara Kails; no formalities
were observed ; separate parlies having
been 'ormwd rtccor ling to tbeir preference.
'I he President, in company with 8ec?
relnry Seward and Welles spent Some
time on the American side of the KalU,
and aftervxards went as far as the su?p?n
sitifi Urir)t#? Kni /li?l ?.ai " !
Tlif IIfnt is ?'itr*rini; from hoarse
ne?a( owing to tii frrqumi ami Joud
peaking, but otherwise is in good body
condition.
The span**'* of ilic Presidential tour,
> far a* trnnspni tatiou and ln?*p lalitif*
.ire com. erne !, are defrayed by committees
of citizens, at tli? different places by vol
uniary eon>rihntions.
Prom Fortress Monroe
Koltlkf.8h Monrok, Sept 4.
XI sj ir Central Miles lias beer, relieved
from Coin.nslid of ilia I) t'riel o*" Fortress
Monroe and a? cnstodian of Jefferson
llsvis, and ordered to report in person
with all bis Confederate records to the
A. A (1 U. S. Arm jr.
Gener*! II 8. Burton, oftln*
Frf:l. Ar<iil**ry succeed* Mile*
Boast Butler Nomiaated for
Congress.
Boston*, September 4.
General Butler h?* l>*en nominated H-r
Congre?? from the loth District and ac
cepts.
I'ot't Fkkt ?A c"1** msnjr people
?r*ju?t now fr?*itlni? an i bothsrintf therm
selves hecauss the crop prospect i* bad,
because the country is aeitatsd by v.on(
1<M1I|<I1|; |!ir i?, ami I'fOftlKH things gen>
srallv don'i work to please ihetn. Some
f?*r fmi^e, soma financial ruin, hut not
a great tnsnt Mpjtsar to" rear the Devil ?
Hut what'n (he ma of fretting and worrying
one's self ofer tl>*t he cannot help!?
There will he no famine in th>s country,
the radical* will finally be defeated, and
everything will turn up right afrer awhile.
Have % little more faith in Providence,
hut he sure and work hard and do right
? "keep yAur powder dry." We never
had the "b'ues" and we never intend to
have *uch a mean complaint, and wa beg
all others to keep clear of similar diseases.
He cheerful and don't fret?everything
will he right in the end. "Sufficient unto
the day is the evi*thereof." Don'l fret.
CharlotU Democrat.
Ther* i? an organization of freed men
in tins pjace, whose object is lo ferrit oOt
and punish crime among themselves.?
n >.. i ? ?-? L -
w r~.. ?iiin i uagro ntrM thiat
liHfl paaied through tK?* p'?c<? ja*lardar?
i tnembor of (ha organisation put out in
purauit, and aoon ha I the thiaf in liinho,
and dahvarad hi in up to tin* puranar ?
Tha had a hnra? and hng:y, whirk
haa b??n laft Kara auijicl to tha damand
of tha ownar.
Tha aama organisation took up a ?bop.
liftar tha Olhar day, and at th* proofa*a<
potior*. tha? p?oinpiJ? app iad to him a
<h??a of Mium' law Far baltar (hit than
a provoat court. Vary faw darkiaa will
risk a a?cot)d appaaranca ha fori this body
Chtrnxo QautU.
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IpOWO^?? JiHIiJ '-llj L'L MS'I
National, UankCurrknut.?As them
?re at present so many counterfeit altered
National bank notes in circulation
tl-t-oiitrlimit the country, we publish tlie
following list of designs on tlie back of
the genuine note* : $1,000 notes, Wash
ington ffcsi going his commission; $600
notes, Surrender of Oeneral lJiirgorne;
$100 note", Declaration of Independence ;
$20 rotes, llaplism of f'ocaliontin Hfi
not**, Oe Soto discovering the Mississippi}
|5 notes, Landing of Colnmlrti# in 1892;
*2 notes. Sir Walter Raleigh, 1585; |1
notes, Landing of the Pilgrims. Alf f
National Hank notes, the hack of which
do not correspond with the above, *f?
bogus.
A School Maum.?The Ho iston Journal
says, sadlv the tears are failing frotrV
the paper as we write, a school raarrU
f'orn the land of the Puritans, was disr
covered playing a game of cards, in Oaf.
veston, with two citizens of African dstf"
cent.
A CalfHiving Milk ?Charles Putt*/
living in Halifax, Va , near Mi|ton, N. C.f
has a calf ten months old which gives
about a pint of milk at each milking.??
Of course it is too young to he a mother.
The calf is of the English stock introduced
in that section by George \V. Johnson,
K?q , of Milton ?Danville Titnti.
Educate tiik Nboro.?'The North
Carolina Presbyterian has nr. earnest ar*
ticlo advocating the necessity for educat'
ing the negro. Among other things it
savs, we are greatly mistaken if they do
not prefer the Instructions of their forme*
masters, to that which is imparled by
m?'re adventurers.
?*? <a? mm
M j >r?General Sickles, commander of
tins department, arrivod in Columbia on
Mondav night, and is staying at Nicker*
son's Hotel. He was receive I by a detachment
of the cavalry stationed at this
post, snd escorted to his headquarters.
Columbia Carolinian, 4 h in ft.
The Southern Presbyterian Churcll
contains ten Synods, forty six Presbyte
I ries and nearly ninety thousand communicants.
Charlotte Market.
Charlotte, Sept. 5.
A few hales of Cotton were sold here
to-day at 24 to 27J cents, lax paid.
N?w flour, 116.00 ? Northern, 1350
to 1 4 00 per harr-d
Bacon, 18 to 21 cents per pound.
Corn, 1 50 to 1 60 per bushel, in demand.
P?*iis, 1 4 5 to 1 50 per hnahel.
Meal, 1 70 to 1 75 per bushel.
Wheat, 3.00
Cats, 75 to 80 [ er bushel.
borghutnr50 cents per gallon.
Now York Market. ^
NlCW \ OftK, Sept. 5.
Cotton active; sales of 3000 b-tles at
33 in 35 cent#. Kiour lieavir ; shUs of
1*200 bmrsli; Southern 7.75 to 15 25.
Wheat 2 to 4 cents lower. Corn 1 to 2
cen<? bettor.
(Jolil 1.46|
Liverpool, Sept. 4, Noon.
Cotton market opens dull j esti'nited
ssh s to <1 hv 6,000 bales.
HARRIED.
Or the 5th lnat.%b? Joseph Clvk,
Mr. J. T Holder to Mist Makv J. ClhToR,
e'l of this District.
-A
BWKBTOPOPOSAXI New IVfutte from
Meiico. The only fashionable i'srfume
! and ladies' delight.
Sweet opoponax I The only elegant perfume.
Is found on all loileta, an<i never stains the
j handkerchief.
Sweet Opoponax! I# the sweetest F. a tract
made. Supercede* all others. Trj it ouce;
will use no other,
Sweet Opopoua* ! T.adiee, In their morning
calls. carrj ioy and gladness, when pcrfsta*
j ed with Sweet Opoponax.
1 tfk ?ct Opoponax from Mexico! Nature cntild
^^5 not prodncx a riclier (h-m or Choicer Per*
(nine. Try it and b? convinced.
K. T. SMITH k CO., New York.
a wort Opoponax from Mexico! The most elegant
and essential peraoual requisite lor X
I UJy, "iistrsrt of Sweet Opoponax."
P. 1. SMITH fcOO, New Vork.
awect Opoponax from Mexico! New, very
rare, rich anrf l*ai.i.?n?:>!e
!? . ? .to. * tl?
| fineat ever imported or nMitufac'.ured in the
I United State* Try it ami be convinced.
{ A NEW PKRFUMF.! Catted Sweet OpopoiU
?"* frotn Mexico, manufactured by E. T.
Sim:?li it New York, i? making a e-oaa.ioit
wherever it ia knoeu. Ie very delicate and lie
fragrance reiWaina on the handkerchief (Or
daya.?Kvtning BulUtm, Philadelphia.
Aug IS 8m.
PKrfiUr DAVIS' VEOBTAUM PAIN ?:i6I.KK,
after a thorough trial, by ionumerabl#
living witiie?ae?, haa proved itaelf Thi Mam*
cms or thi Ace Although there have been
many medicinal preparation* brought before
the public aiuoe the firat introduction of Perry
Davie' Pain Killer, and Urge amoueta cxpena,
ed in thair intenductien, the Pain Killer hat
continued to ateadily advance ie the eatiaaatied
of the world aa the beat Family Madicioe ever
introduced. It ia an Internal and ette nal remedy.
One poeitlve proof of ita efficiency ta.
?V>^t I Ua aalie kawe ? ^????-* *
?? ?. - - ? - "<"7 imi^wo, ?oo
wholly upon iu own merits. The effect of the
Pain Killer upon Ifee patient, when Ukon inter*
nelly In ca?e? of 0o!d, I'ough, llowel Curat
plaint*, Cholore, T>fa?nlary, and ether If eel
done of the iwttm, baa been truly wonderful,
, and haa won for it a name among -nod eel orepara
dona t|^t aan warar be for >oiMn. lN*WO'
ease le. restoring pain, ae an eitarnal remedy,
( la eaase of Burna, Bruise*, Per**, Hpraina, Cute
Stuif of Insert*. and other ntpr'i of an (faring,
1 haa aecurad lor it such a boat el tsatinsear. a4
| an almost infallible remedy, that it *>0 be !??*
dad down te posterity ae enn of the greeteel
' inrdlrel diacoveriea of the nineteenth eaaWry.
I For eale by our Tillage IfervHentn. iept?