The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, October 10, 1866, Image 2
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PUBLISHED AT LANCJkSTBR C. il. S. C.t
MY
fO>.\'()ns At CAIITER.
WEDNESDAY MORN'INO, Ocf. 10^1, 18C(J.
Subscribers finding ii (X) cross tutrk on the
margin of their pspor "may know that their
time is about to expire.
I nuun run suItWKl t'TIU.>.
For one year, in advance, |3 00
For t\x mon ths, " ? i AO
For tliree months, " i 1 00
The above prices are in currency. When
Enid in specie the prevailing discount at tile
imc paid, allowed.
tw M?. J. F. Corcok?j> is our authorized
Agent for the City of Charleston, to solicit Advertisements
and subscriptions. Receipts given
* by him lor advertising will be recognized st.
this office. lie can be found at the Gnu of
Rislcy & Creighton, 110 Kast Bay.
tW Our patrons who
arc In arrears lor subscription, and to whom We
have kinUly extended every indulgence until
now, are i especlfttlly requested to call and settie
their small indebtedness, l'eisons who owe
us lor advertising and job work are reminded
of the fact that Wo need titc money, and wfe
trust this notice will be regarded personally addressed
to all sucli.
Cotton Agency.
It will bo seen by reference to our ad?
erlisirig columns, that the well known
firm of G. \V. Williams tfc CJo, has as tab
lishej an agency at this place. Messrs.
.'fasjeltine tfc Massay, the agents, are eti
tarprising gentlemen and understand their
business. This timely annngement will
be a great advantage to our planters, as
the Chatleston market prices will be fenli?
zed, besides avoiding the inconveniences
of the new Internal tax law.
New Advertisements.
Messrs. llasseltme & Masse?, so wsll
known as merchants of expedience and
taste, pre?ent an unusual attraction of
Fall and Winter Goods.
Commissioner's Sales?The Commis
eioner in Equity advertises in this issue
some very valuable plantations for sale.
See advertisements.
C. \V. Uitdlcy, Assessor ? Appoints a
time and place to bear appeals from unjust
assessments.
The Courts
The regular Fall Court for this District commences
on Monday next. Wo learn that Judge
Dawk ins will preside. Under the late Act of
the Legislature, the busiuesa on the Sessions
side of the Court may be carried on as usual.?
The Common l'leas business, witli the exception
<>t cases founded upon toils, remain iu abeyance
until Spring
Wo understand that in those District* where
the Court has recently been lirld, the State's
business on hand, with the exception of capita.
ca.-es, has been turned over to the District
Cuuits, soon to be organized. It is oar beLe/
that these District Courts will prove to be lie
greatest lolly of which the I.egisla'ure of Srjtb
Carolina has ever been guilty. We propose to
show iu sonic future issue of this paper that
they arc useless appendages to the Judiciary of
theiitnte; that the Stipeiior Courts are ample |
for the discharge of all the business ot which I
the District Courts will have jurisdiction ; that I
the latter are created ut sit expense wlileh the j
impoverished eonditi mi ol the State and people J
can illy btl'ord ; that their tendency will be to 1
multiply litigation, lower the Judicial errnineof
the Commonwealth, and will be of no real advantage
to anybody, except, possibly, the law
ycrs and its own officers.
Thad. Stevens' Platform.
Hon. ThadtJeus Stevens made a speech
to liis cooslituerits, recently, at Bedford
Pennsylvania in uthi^h l?? J i
cbsracteristicaily Iris vtnomoui doctrine*
of confiscation and negro equality in the
Southern Stitea, For the banefit of our
readers who are uohcjtainted with the
platform of the Rtdictl party, we make
the following iTnoptit:
1. Ite intends that Congress shall pass laws
overthrowing and discarding tins present State
government* in the United States, as utterly
illegal ?and providing governmenta for them
a* conquered province*? tixing the qualifica*
thin* ot voters and requiring universal ut'gro
, ?utl'i age.
2. lie intend* that Congress shall pa** law*
l>y which "a su'ticient land shall be levied out
of the property of the southern people to pay
the expense* and daimgea Of the war.'
1. lie intend* to force on Congress to give
homesteads and the right to vote to all the colored
men who fought in the Union armies.?
This is also to come out of the property of
Southern people.
J. That thq southern people have no rights
whatever?that they can claim nothing whatever
un ler the Constitution It need not look
to see what powers arc conferred upon it by
the Constitution. Its own will is !i* only law)
that it has all the rights of a conqueror?that
the livks, fortunes, property, rights, innnuni
ties?everything belonging to the rebe'hous
section?are at its absolute disposal. That the
Constitution has not only beeu changed, but
abolished by tho war.
Was there ever anything in secession
to compare with these monstrous doe
trines. If they are true, then success in
a war to p at down rebellion, utterly de
stroys the Government of the conqueror,
and overthrows the Constitution rebelled
against.
These doctrines may sound vsJLsnurd to
us, and we may fear no danger of their
speedy execution, yet they are deliberatei
ly put forward as the programme of the
Radical party?of which Xir. Stevens is
<1.. 1 1 ?:.L
?..W ... nuoniV'l^gil liriU, Willi C 011 11' I C fl C?
of sue n>a. That they will rnssa nil their
available power to further these designs,
cannot he doubled with the lights that
are now before us. It is a matter of
much conjecture, in the event, that Con
gresa shall impeach the President and
lie refuses to recognise their action but as
a usurpation of power, what will be the
final reeult t \A?fli Gen. Grant regard
the action of (Mnrrets aa constitutional 1
This is tbf point, in our view, where rea's
toe important political questions of the
da/. jl
. 1 .' LBethel
Presbytery.
This body Assembled iii ib? Presbvte
rUn Ol.ufch At thin pUce* According to
prsvioit* notice, on Fiiday Inst m II h in
This Presbytery coniprises tlie Districts
of LsncAtier, York, Chester, Union nnJ
a patt of Psitfield. t( conttiins 23 min
isters, hiiJ lint under its cnre mUoui 35
churches?of its ministers two are iiiiiiiu
nnd omtble to engage in nctitre work.
There was present 10 ministers miuI 10
| oMers. The opening ser.Uoii whs prenrb
?.l he lt.e If If I ri..
15 : 3?"Chtist died for oar tin* accord
iug to the Heri pturCs."
lie*. \V. W. Catothers, of York Di*'
trier, km elected Moderator, tad Ke*. J
II. Martin, Clerk.
The report* of (lie churches on the state
of religion showed that the rninieter* lord
been actively at work,and although there
are many distracting crtres id the lahd,
yet ioitte congregations had been very
seriously disposed, and to two or three
churches, and especially to ot.e, a consul'
| erahle number of additions had heen re
( ceiitly made.
Mr Paul P. Wtnh, a yoting man who
passed safely through the war, member
of the Yorkville Cnurch, was taken under
the care of the Presbytery as a can
didate for the ministry. lie will soon
enter College and will pass through a
course ol about atx yeare before fectsiVmg
licensure.
Two sermon* vrera preached each week
day, and on Sabbath three to the white*
and three to the colored people. The ,
preaching nil good and some of it
verv auperiof. Our citiesna gave thi#
ho J v h heart? welcome and a very kind
entertainment, and were alT made glad
by the presence of the Presbytery.
Tl>e eervicea on Sabbath were exceed
inglv intereating m.d eolemti. The word
preached muat I e answered for in j'ulg
merit and we trust it will not be a weight
to condemn those who heard it. '"(Jod
sent no*. Ilia Son into the wor'd to
condemn the world, but that the world
through him. might he eared." Hut
> /&;. .1.. 1 ;? - ?
..? < i. IIIO > UIMIDIIIIin' 11)11 Willi liglll I*
come into the world nod men love dark
net* rather (hen light. '
liev. J. N. Craig made n report of the
work whiib he h?d heen doing in ti>e
E??lcrn pert of this District, within the
lest few month*, under the order of the
Preehvterj J end on hi* motion twrt ministers
were directed each to hold e two
dey'* me-ting in thet portion of onr District
h*tween thie end April nett Tlte
m'oister* eM-gn^d were Rev. II R. Dok- ^
?tn end Re?. M D* \V.nd?two who j
r?ik e?nong the host preacher* in th* upr-er
r*n of th* S'.eie, enj w* rnngratu*
e'he pe* p e of thet taction upon the*e
epn<yotinentt
T?o remark* ere ?ttgg~***d to u* he
whet we hev* witnessed during the la?l
fee w (ture 1 ? Tit ? re cA-me l rx ko ' ?
... i.n '.ii;
many persons. an ! *>? 'hst ministers urn
generally men of mojerate if not inferior
abili'y, and that when a man is not fit
for anything e'sa ha will do to preach.?
But we ask the question, that ?hen nat
oral talent, intellectual cnll'vatioii, high
moral character and fefi-.ement of manners
and feeling afe conaidered, can any
other profession or calling in life show a
set of men where the ulhnlt class Can he
favorably compared with the whole clasa
or the educated miniatrr of the country f
2d. The idea is a very common one that
rw igion is a something which de?'mys
one's enjovment in life and makes htm
sad or morose. Those who have entertained
these gentlemen cm testify thai
no set of men could hare, or give to o'h
era, a greater degree of pleasure in the
social circle than they Keigior in cat
Ciliated to make any man a h-gh toned,
pleasant, useful and liappv christian fan
tlatnan?and nothing eUe. .
Disfranchising the Whites
Tne Nu$ional Intelligencer i?ti that
within tha last five years, we have set free
four million* of a aves, and gi?an them
civil equality.
Hut what ha* bean tha coat f O ta of
the moat gigantic civil wars aver known,
in which, at least, half a million of lives
wore sacr ficd. A national debt of over
$3 000,000,000, has been incurred, and.
in consequence, the country has been
loaded with a burden of taxation under
which it reels and staggers.
The Intelligencer very properly a?k* :
"la it not lima to pause to lake breath,to
s'etlnch the wounds of the body po'iuc,
to restore peace and harmony, and >ho? ,
soma concern for our material interests!" <
It would seam so Vat there is a party 1
in this country who refuse to stand still a 1
moment! who are kasnin.f on I: t...
? , ?I""* '? I
titer and mora radical reforms ?>d*in*nd ,
injf univeraal n?i;ro euflfi age.
The Inttlligenctr cum the apaach of Mr
boulwall, of M?t4 ichiMtttu, in oppoaition I
to lite adj luriimcot of Congra**, a* throw 1
ing * flood of. light on lite purp<>*ea of the (
radicala Referring to the I iter* approach* ;
mg aaaemblage of lha <> called L lU tont |
Convention, ltd ma tad in atiha a nee that !
that Convention would diafratK-hiae the '
rebela, and Confer theVaoiiv* franchiea on (
the negroaa. Tha I*tiUi<jt*ur itji! I
" What atci'ament, 'what agitation. <
what h ?tred, what a brood of convulaiona 1
are prefigured in auch a programme aa
thia; and if it it carried out, aa it certain* <
17 wilJ ba 11 tbia part/ hare lha power, <
r *
? r.a nir.r^inrrrnfimMafcMi
kIimI m future i* bvtora ua ! A *nr 9f
rac??, civil war, tlitt normal condition of
rocinty, ilia country treading in a path
ill hi l*a<ia I ui In riaapait, to tint prnsira
lion of ilia produfctifa itldaetrv of lit*
conitiry, to tli tmpd?*ibi!itv ol? fr*a inatl
lu'ioiia, to lha prdtvctii g sword of thd
conqueror, and ilia gulf of national bauk
rup'cy "
lJiit, a* tli a t Journal remarks, it ia in
Vain you preleftl Uiia irutliful pictura to
IO t)l? ftt II H t t(*l wlm mrm /...
- ? They
will answer yotl in Some such ifin
p>th|iv?t form of rigid moral logic at this!
"All men Are by naiurs created free and
equal. and, therefor?, universal Silffrage
tit list be giten to t lie tegfoes." Tlie
philosophy Of this fanatical party drives
tliettf fotward, arid lliey could not pauie
if tbey would.
Mr. Calhoun, at far back as 1637. pro
claimed a great truth *hen lie said :
"Emancipation itself would not sadrfy
tlirie linitici; that gained, (he nest Step
would be to raise the negroes ro a sacial
and political eqn dity with the wbteS,
and that htfing etfecied, we Should find
the present bond it ion of die two races
reversed tllMf artd dieir Northern mas?
tars would ha the masters, and we die
slaves ; the con ill I ion of the white race io
the Uiitish Wast I?>di Islands. ?? had as
it it, would be happiness to ours; there
the mother country is interested in sits
(sitiing the supremacy of the European
face."
If Sir. Culliodn had been ? ptopbet.be
could not more exactly hare predicted
what is now taking place.
And this is the party which claims the
possession of the Government, and the
working out of die des inies of this great
T>..r. I r .< ai>. i ? .11 - .o.i i - r?
the R public, if they succeed. One will
M!Ill I be tftmptcd to dotibl tlie cnpalii.il J
o' mankind for self government
[OKFU'UL]
Acts passed by ahe Legislature at the
Extra Session of 1866
AN ACT TO AMEND a si) EXTEND THE
OPERATION OF AS Aci ENTITLED "A N
ACT TO l?HO? IDK A MODE BV WHICH TO
PERPETUATE TK*TI U< IN 1 IN RELATION
TO l>KKDH. Wll.1.8 ClIOSEB IN ACTIOS,
AND OTHER P A I'KKS AND RECORD* D K
fcTKoYED OK LOST DL'HINU THE RECENT
WAR."
lie it enacted by xfie Sanate and House
of Ketreseniative*, now met and silling iu
Cm eral Am?tub v, and by tbs authority
ol ibe same, Thai an Act entitled "An
Act to provide a in el* by which to per
iiMi ii ei m ia?i2m.iiiuv ii% PM.Aii.n. ii? -1
I ? - . _ .? .MM-'MVI vntuni %\j uoru?,
?vih*. chose* in NC'ion, *nd other paper*
hid) record* destroyed at loat doriiiic the
recent war/1 be amended a?J extended in
ill* lollnftltlg particular* J
I. That the atli laviit required by the
pro? ibiuiii i*l tile tirst iroUun ijl said Act
iniy be made betnre any person nuibo
i**! tu administer Ma o*ib in South
Carotin*.
II In *?*rv c**e in winch the d?fen
dam* iq *r?\ lo*t judgment or decree *h*ll
he absent from nii I lutyuiid too iiini of
ilia Sin e, in lieti of the no ice* inquired
b> liie et'lion <>f the said Act it
nail be aulfitieiil to puliltali a thirty <|*\*'
Doiice in the manner no* prescribed f.r
making absent par lie* Defendants in Kq.i
yIII
If lie defend ?nt, or (if he he dead)
hi* pi<riiiiial repie?eiii*Mve?. in any c*>?
provide 1 for in il.e fir*t and hecond sec
lion* of llie aaid Act, *hall in ke oath to
the purport therein reqil red ? f '.lie uppin
cant, he ahad b entitled to nerve interro
gator ie* lor a discovery, wnh tjie name
notice and in the Marnier prescribed for
(lis applicant
IV. Orders for leave to salMtitute nnw
record*, for tecordn of judgments or decree*
ilrntio} rd or lost, nut* be idkiIc ?i Cham,
bom, mh *ell an in IVr t time. without
i-oiiwhI of the parties; Ptovidfd, They
Iihvo bi?ii irrmd wnb nuiicn as herein
oeforo |>rovi,)id.
V All ion rumens in writing, of wliicb
a record or registry in r<-q'iir-.d by law,
mi ot winch dm record or r?ji?iry lots
been deatrovei or lean, but tbe original
preserved. and ib? substitutes provided in
the said Act fur such originals in cane of
il'mr l<??, nbail bo frcwrdril willrn nix
months from the ratification of linn A& ;
o Iter wine lliry nball not prevail an liaim
a^aiunl subsequent purchasers for valuab
e Consideration, nor cradilort tsitbout
notice.
VI. Office copies of all instruments in
wri in^, winch l?y Uw are required or per
inmed to be recorded, frg stared or fi<?l
in any pnldic office, after turty days' no '
lice 10 tbe opposite party, and proof of
the Ions by tbe sttilsvu of the pany offer
in^ to inU'aliice tlieni, as bow required
bv la*, nba'l He admitted in evidence J? j
Provided, T-iev are dulv cer.ified under I
tli* huml of tli? proper officer.
VII. In mII rases in which any ina*ru
men1 in writing required |?y Uw to be
recorded or regieter^d, and each record or
registry, together with the orig'na^a, ia
destroyed of loe?. but a copy thereof, rer
nfied 10 under ihe iiend id the propei
nfHcer, ln? (men preserved, such certified
ropy ahull be recorded or regi?terrd. and
be in i lie rcoru end steed of the origi.
rial.
VIII. The following fe- a ('o be paid bv
he applicant) ah?U be allowed t On ap
plication for leave *o substitute j idgmen's
mid de r**e in the Common Iheas : To
the Cierk. the fees now fixed l>? lew f..r
litliiin* wrii? and aubpoe >??, for dor kit
in/, ngning jiidgotenia, mi l recording 'he
proceeding* ami natialactmtia To the
^tariff the laea fixed by law for theentrv
nd eervice of write and atipobn**, tojailp
r wifli mileage To the C-"mtni*aion*r
?i'd Regular in Equity, for appli-eima f..r
atva to anliatitula riacrrM and mon-y
>rder?, the feea now filed by law for pa
:itiona in Kqni'j, <
IX. The pruvieio'ia of iha aaid Act,and <
>f tliia Act, are k*rat?) extended to all i
J?eda, wiiie, cooaa#ia action, aad oilier
illlT.r. *tii.i ?.iimnr
paper* mid records destroyed or lost sine*
(tie passage of the said Act, or which
may hereafter be destroyed or Idst in any
Way whatever. ,,
In the Senate House, the t*efitte'.h day
of Seputnber; in ihe veaf of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred
_ _ % ? .
sou rixis r'x
W. D POUTER,
President of (lie Senate.
C. U. 8IMONTON,
Spanker House of K-|>reeentaiivea.
Approved] Jauks L. Okr.
AN ACT to fkovidk roRTiie Rkdrmp
tion or Hills Rkckivauls isburd by i
this State.
I. B it enacted by the Senate ahd
House of Represohtarlv e?. now mftl slid
silling in Genera' Asseo-blx, and by the
authority of the mmo, That the faiili and
funds of ilie State be, and ilia same are
hereby, pledged f >r llie u'limate redertlp
lion ot rill such Bills K-ceivaMd as Live
already Or mav hereaf er beiSsned under
(lie provisions of *M Act entitled "An
Act to provide f<-r the issue of Bills Re
cSivable in payment of indebtedness to
the S'at", t? the ainoiint of five bundled
thousand dollars * ratified tlie twenty-Aral
day of December, Anno I).>niiii<>, one
llioiisand eight linn Ir-d an<l sixtv five.
II Tha' the Treasurer be, a*ol La is
hereby, authorized and required to redeem
tlie said Bills Receivable, wnicli nave,
already or hereafter may be issued under
the provisions tf? srtd Act, bv exchanging
for all such bills as may be presented at
the office of the Treasurer for redemption
an eqna! amount of Treasury notes of the
United States, or the note* of any Na
tional Bank j flnd for this purpose, he is
hereby authorized to nsfl any funds ih tha
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
In l?? Senate House, the twentieth day
of September, in the Vi?r of ouf
Lotil one thouSaUd fligiit hundred
lid idity-aii .
VV D POKTKR.
President of ?1i?* Sena'#.
C II. SIMOMTON,
Spc?ker House of Representatives.
ApprovedCfcJauko L Osr.
Important Order.
Tim Charleston CoUrier publishes the
following order, which will he of interest
to many of our piloting friends :
Headquarters, 8 Hte of Se. Carolina,
Cliarleaton, S. C., Sept. '20, I860
Qtnrral Ordtrt, A'o 20.
I. Dur.ug the season for picking cotton
and harvesting rice and corn, and until
the cmp? shall have heen prepared lor
market an<i divided among those who
have produced ihetn on shares, persons
will not he permitted to trade or barter in
these products on lite highway*, Coin
inotyi. rivers, creeks or inlets of tins indi
tary Dairict, wiihou a written hcrti-e
from tha mayor, inieudant or other mm
Nuiiiomv or ilia city, lomi or pnr
mli. couutarii^neil by ilia cnmin?niiiii|;
officer of iIip military poet wiilon which
uch peraona may lie found. Trader* ami
pedlarr imtv ha treated Ma tm^paaaer*
i%linn found on plantation* without the
content of the omnni.
II Any person who *li*ll buy cotton,
rice or corn raised on- hare* before the
ami aliah have lieen prepared for iNMr.
ItH end divided acc.rrhn< to contract. ??r
who shall I hi v tlieae produce froin |wrM)M
employed "n planta tone, inav he requ red
on ihe c<onplaint of anv Ct*iSeB. to pro
du'-e a ilmfartory evidence in the poet corn
mander that nil the parties interested
have exprensl v contented to the aala; and
in default thereof,eucli purchaser ehall he
deemed guilty of receiving etolen good*,
and puuidred accordingly.
III Violationa of theae order* will he
punished hv the p-mt crnnmandera by a
tine of na> l?e* than $60 nor more than
I.SOO For the aecond offence the acroa
ed. on conviction, ehall he fined and iin
prisoned not leea than aiity day a.
IV. Citizen* are authorised, in the ah
aeni-e of competent authority on the apoi.
civil or mdiiarv, to arreat ?ay person
found viida'inf theae nrdera, and to bring
the offender before the pnet coiuioander
fur lite action
V. Cases ari?ing under these order*
will !>e reported by poat commanders,
and their actum elated.
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uv rvinminn 01
lir*?*t M .j Gen ft K. SCOTT. 1
II W. Smith. Brevet Lieut. Col. ind
A A. Gen'I
Inadrquact or Support.?We regret 1
to learn fron Caroline Spartan. that
three of the abloet ministers in the South 1
Carolina Conference, are about to is??? 1
the State The Il?v Dr. Charles Taylor,
Ibr. II. A C. Walker, aid IU?. Jno VV.
Wighltnan The*# gentlemen are forced
bv inadequacy of support, to !rat? the
Held* they lore ao well. Who does not
know II. A C. Walker, and Dr. Tat'or I
f moaionarr fame, and the It-v. J no. W
Wightntan, brother of the present IT all. 1
op. Dr Taylor had accepted the i'resi
dencjr of a college at Mnersburg, near 1
L~xingt<>n Kentucky. K?r. Mr Wa'ker 1
will iranefe' Ins connection to the Kentuck?
Conference. We twliere tbal Mr
v? ignunan, ni*o to Kentucky. if>?f 1
do not change their labor*, onlv the?r
field* of labor, and that t<*c*u?e lh*v er*
driven away for lb* want of u*ce*?ary
support.
Tin Sooth and tub Narr PaeetDani <
cr ?The father of Geo Granl write* to 1
a friend a* foil*** : *
4*You know enough of Ulyatea to know
ibat to accept the presidency, wou'd be
to him a aarrtflc* of feeling and personal
intercut. II* conj.l not well aland the
trial of Setng a candidate for public fa
vor; and hi* present poeiiion i* every
way a much better one than that of
the Provident. Hut if ih*re *hould *ee??
to It* the came necessity for it two rear* (
hence, a* now, f expect he will yield " f
SoothRRNRaa srrruno in Maw Yona
?The New York Htrald **>? that a
large nnmher of M utherner* bare neaJe 1
New York their home. It i* sstiinaUM <
that nearly 20,000 ^ithsrn horn white* (
of both aexe*, hav^Bktilnl psrmat ently ]
in that city sin** Un conclusion of the f
war, t
that Cottoil TaxA
Washington di-patclt, of the S4lb,
iiyt:
A delegation of Southern businessmen
? mostly crtoti factor* and plantersare
in the city, seeking n t.jtdiflcaiion df
the existing rules and regulations under
which cotton is tran?poit-d to m?rke'f
the retenuo .si paid, and final shipment
of ii made to domestic pons. The dele
gatiof4 consists of M?vdr Withers, of Mo
bi'e; Col. Fallows and Judge Poikardr
of New Oilcans; Mr Uonningham. of
Ciftcinfi?(t?representinf lafge Ohio cot
ton interests in the South?and others ?
Thev present the memorials Of the Chain
her of Commerce of New Orleans hIk)
Mobile, which set forth the very serious
drawback* attending the marketing and
shipment of *>tlon under the present re
filiation*. "I lie payment of the ibree
cent, revenue before the lotion Ifcatrfs th<
plantation, they assert, works grunt iiiju
rv to the planter.compelling huu to mate
serious sacrifices in order to comply with
the law.
The refutations attending its shipment
to domestic pons also operate in such a
manfter. it is asflerred, as to *6'v materi
ally favor direct shipments to foreign
ports, which they t.iink it is the interest
of the V orthe a merchants to prevent.
Theif (JelefHt'on hate had an inter
view with the Secretary of ttie Treasury
On tf,e subject, and t hat officer expresses
his willmfiiess to mod'fV the present re
filiation so fsr as the existing law gives
him anv discretion in the matter, htu he
has doubt if the law Will WHfr.ftl any
change.
The delegation, therefore, waited oh
tlie frest lent to dar, in *-k that tlie
question be referred to the Attorney Gen
era! for hi* opinion.
'I lie*e gentlemen do n ?t hesitate to .if
firm that under the existing regulation* it
would require more than n year to bring
ill** limited cotton crop of the pfesent sen
ton into market.
Terrible Tragedy in Virginia.
A correspondent of the Richmond Dii
patch, writing from itut-kiiigham C. II ,
Virginia, September 0th, give* the follow
mg particular* of the terrible tragedy
which recently occurred there)
Tim mirst ihriding Hlid melancholy af- 1
fair took plitce here on the 1 ->t iust , that
hna shocked 'he feeling* of our cit'tena
since the close of ilie w<*r. The causes
and result* *re hi fdlow*;
Ahout three week* ego, or more, Mr. 1
Am hone Walton, h wealthy mill owner 1
of this town, artr*e early in the morning j
with the alleged intention of visiting Ins ,
mill end plantation, hut suddenly chang
ing his route returned to the hois*?
There he found Mr. James fjeach (a
voung lawyer who makes Mr. Walton's '
house his home during the sessions of I
is.uri) in the room ttiih hi* wife. Their j
position relative to each other was aucn (
s? to excite suspicion on the part of the
husband, who Ml one* ordered Mr. L*ach '
ou'of ih* houae, an! lorded the execution
i?f hi? mandate at die po'nt of the revolver, '
after which lie railed lor the carriage, ami '
putting madam in. vent her to her moiher
Nothing further ttf interest transpired in
the case except that a (nil of divorce wai
li ed hv Mr. tt ailon, un'il leal Saturday,
when Leach again rode into town.
A'ler *irolling about the village for
mm* tune he inet Anderson Walton, a .
on of Anifionv bv * brut wire. Anderson
r?|>r >kcli?'l L?*ch Ml once wtih the Mkiti
iln!, which denied with great sin
|dt*si*; whereupon AmUnton shook hi*
lio in hi* face wrad exclaimed, "Yen
lying 1 . von d'd, for (>s MS vou," ?
the Mint time putting his hand undvr his
cost. "So inu will shoot me, will you P
yelled Letch, end drawing In* six shooter,
he tired, end young Walton pierced
through the lungs, the hlood gushing
trom his mouth end nostrils Just then
Mr. W slum, the elder, rushed up end j
fire l three shots from h s pistol directly
st Le?ch, hut nmsing him en irelr,slight*
ly wounded Cspt. A T. Mossier end s
negro Once more Leech fired, end the
elder Wslton ley on the sward e mrpes
The bill entered just sUne his hesrt,
severing the tnsin srteriss sed csusing
in?tsnt desih.
Anderson lingered until Mondsv even
ng slmut 2 oMock, when ?e they were
closing the grsve over sll thet wa* mortal I
of his father, hi* ?oul j lined him in ilia
spirit world itu' the rule of d*-alh do#*
n?>t end here. Tha R?e. Jamen II. C (
L"erh, I) I)., a highly n?p#et#d Prenbv (
teiinn minister, died ao<?n aflsr hearing
<>f tha hnody drama in which hi*son had
ac'ed no proinit'tst a part; possible in
c?>n?ffl1ieeec, though as to this ao on# ,
can tUlUH^hul conjecture
Mr<aBVon was one of tha wives of |
II .l.ert, (Tie aeronaut, whose ears wars cut
off in Lnuiftvtlle, Kv , for bigamy. Soon
a ter iheir marriage ha mn off with her
money, leaving her d?*tMU'*; though
legally free?for ha had t?o wives living
' hen ha marr ed her?Mr. Walton Ins. :
cema so enamored with tha beautiful 1
widow thai ha Imught her wedding 1
clo'hee, end lavished no her evarv luxury 1
that weaj'h could procura. until tnerecent
affair which led to tha dofff-le hoiniflhla. 1
Leacfc has bean justified on the ji>fea of 1
self-defence.
Kktukm Daf.?The nomber of caaaa I
that have passed through the Sheriff's 1
hand* ?inc? the Spring Ttrm, Including '
i?*rv <l*? of *111(111 footed op glit buin 1
Ifwl Had on Hulurdtjf ninbt. Of j
llioaa a large uumbvr have aim* baen Ml* <
ilad. The return done not far aicaad '
lIinI of prevloue year*, and in (ha Ian
tuage of a venvrabla patriot in (hi* State,
a ba'lnve that "if tlia question of dab |
or* and creditor* war* not agitated by |
lh# L*g>laiura, lhay would have mat |
inch other on tiring larm?.H Tha aunt |
>er f>f conf*v?k>t)* of judgment recorded \
linca iaai Term, amount* to one hundred ,
ind twenty ; of whieb numoar .etitaan <
m!y are in tha pro ** j<iried>otion. I?*ing j
or *uin* under o>*a hundred dollar*.?
York will* Knquimr ?
Hcturn Dat ? Ratura day for (be 1
iV?4 era Circuit ta pwaaing. Tb^ number I
?f c**a* returned, at Abbeville, ia between I
|veand*i> hundred. For Anderaon and (
Pickena each, lea than two hundred and f
Ifty. A laa* number that "before tbe |
earPiektn* Courier.
winirn i" Hi'* wrr ? >
Tke Racficnl 8uli]ier? Convention
The Li vet of President If avis and Cfenerat
Iste Demanded.
rirrsBURO, September 27'.
The fitortfedinga of tbe Convention
yesterday were animated. Several amuf
ing speeches ridiculing (lie President werd
listened to wiih favor. Heso.utioua wertf
pssaed hostile t.? tl/e President. General
Ilutlet made a ghafacteristic speech and
General VYillich denounced the Cleveland
Convention As made up from atrag?left
frorfl the army. A dispatch was received
from General Fremont which elicited three
cheers fot hho. Duller was (he (ion of
the Convention. Among the resolutions
preSebted bf (Jolohel Straight was one
asking Congress to dirsct the President
to remove from the late rebel States all
arins and munitions of war not nsaded fcV
the?pre?ent use there, which was adopted
willi one vote in thf negative, (lie fhci
and only one of the character cast in thr?
Convention and which created a sensrf
ti<>n. The resolutions also endorse thd
constitutions! amendment and asserts that
pa propositions are the mildest terms ever
offered to subjugated rebels; that the
President hat no right to a policy as
against the legislative department of the
Government, and that his acts have con1
verted conquered rebels into impudettft
claimants to rights which they have for*
fci'ed nnd place* they here deserted ; and
that the right of the ronquerer to legisy
Isle for the conquered is the public lew
of nil civilised nations. Qenertl Butler
in his remarks said as soon as these e immunities
have shown a desire to he re?
ceived back, in an bumhle manner, clem*
net would be mated out to them bacaus*
it is for men who have erred to he hum*
hie. When thev acknowledge their misr
take thfv should be received but not until
then. Mr Davis is perhaps by no meanv
the worst man in ihe Southern Confederacy,
hut he chose te hsve the place of d .
representative man. lie served for an
empire and ataked hit life on the result
and let hitn pay the forfeit (applause) aa
an example for all time that no roan shall
plot traaaon in the halls of the Congress
r?f the United States (applause.) Gen.
Lea left (ha army of the United Stalva
end went into Virginia, and ?m at the
heed of the rebel force of Virginia b<?.
fore hia State aaceded and carried liar out
at the point of the batonet. Now gen*
llemcn, we had an Arnold and ha eeeaprti
punishment, but h? d d not remain here,
Wa have aa it areola to me an equally
[jnihy traitor, and the question to hade
rided in thia country ia, whether hia etrr
reader aa a priaoner of *?r when lie w?*
captured alialI avail him against the da'
erlion of trie dag 10 tike serviea in the
armiea cf the enemies of hie couh try.
(Crira of no, no.) I therefore again aa f
that * would make example of thia ma*
o that no eoldier hareatier shall ever b*
found to desert the fl?g of hia rourtr?*
[Good and cheer* ] Now then fellow
ao'diare what ehall be done with the
ao'dier?what ahull be dofi- with him wlxr
wiili the Metre'* of bi* commander ftriee
of hang him, Mh?o*ing i* toi
him,] deaerte for the pnrpnee
command. or ia bribed by ?
ntand in tin ariniea of lh* """ '
Titc Case or Mr Dtrn?The (!^||.
leaton Oouritr, of Friday, mrt!
From a private letter which we hly*
received from the ee'.im*hl* wife of lb*
distinguished prisoner at Fottre** Monroe,
*e learo with inpspreasible regret that b**
hrahh continue* to decline, and that tbp
pecuniary circumatance* of hi* fatnly a/f
becoming verv embarrassing. Nothing
i* known to Mr*. IUiii of the probable
future of her huabwiitl, and wa eonfeM to
?ee little encouragement to hope lor hi*
eer'v release. It )* now rendered quit*
probable that Ine trial for treason will
never take place, and there is but litllw
danger to ?*r from the 'aaaaasiestiow'
charge* alter th* Conover esposuree which
i.-? ? " ? '
..... rvc?i>t>7 mud*. Mernahile,ilie-prikontr
li dying from confinement,
nnd he family are brought to ilia verge
of starvation, whilst the Government df
rline* to restore b in to hbarty and refuses
(o try hint.
itlmiokatio* to ma South?Tbe Ball
llmora Trantcriyt ?>- :
We are pleassd to Irarn that preliml
nary at? pa are beinK taken towards an
initiation of an enterprise, under the till*
i>f "The American Immigration Hotaf
neiad ^Odi^'i^ir," for the purpose of l|
riiisy?tffgr?iios directly from Europe to
the ^oaihern Hiates A line of steam*
hi pet a ill be ee'ablished in eonaecuov
aiiomne enterprise, and sgtnciee are I#
be established at each of tbe principal
points from which European emigrants
depart for America, ahere aill be fised
the maps, plana and nil pertietlare necee*
mry to enabln tbe emigrant te decide
intelligently as to the value and otber
inducemeeta attached to eacb parcel o4
land offered for eale.
p....??
vnanuMIUH ITIMI.? IM jVflfl f #
porta on authority of ainiaeol phyaiHani
hat thara art nioa thoaaaad cum of bra*
tan bono favor in Charlaatoo, and calta
'or i consultation of wiaa roan to adopt
aaunrai to atav tha diaaaaa. It baa uaa
illy baa a rvgardad aa a praeurtor to tlia
rallow favar aapaciallr nbao, aa at tbi
jravaot time, it ia apidamic.
Th* Rcraaaao DuarHiata ?Tha
Hav. J. W il itimeutt, oaa of ikl Mio*
aoaaly loyal1* Southtraarua, taM in hi*
tpaaoh at 8ehanac>ad? that Mif tha aatt
Jongraaa dona not giro aa nnivnraal a?f?
rago wp a ill roll tip our alaaoaa and
fitrh in. ?M*ff Aaaa d?dtjl rifiution tki
World wrr *?." .
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