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j A &i FOR TIE DISSEMINATION OF USEFuL INTELLIGENCE. SY:. js - WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY iE KERALD EVERY WEDNESDAY MY1NING, b sm a u,x.na EEE. to ': , OR ftOVI6IO0s. Paymeatrequired~Ivariab1yia advance. $otioet, FeaersI;.Iavitations, Obit %at Communioatiois ruberving.private ee .anetarded as adtrtsemeats Sof Generat Hampton Ai Baltimore. '+'he Bltimore "Suan" of Satur .$asaays: There was a crowded t.eaor on Thursday night at Aba-Dernoeratic headquarters to hear the remarks of General Wade Hampton, of $outh Carolina. '.He aw ppanied on entering the by Gen. Thomae F. Bowie, I asal. Fitshgh, of -Kentueky, anb?ert ittings, Esq., and- other ineet citizens, and his appear reeas -greeted with repeated ?_ess Gen. Ess todi s i~a6knowledge mnany. reasons on of South Carolina o'id make opea acknowledge ,ep a-the .State of Maryland. i 6,wahen South Carolina was i.daik gl.omy- period of her iiu ryodppression'rode over I& f domains 'with iron heel, ModdIMs'bad as now, the'first ray, bd tbat -camb to ber ea coudeI'.and dark with despair, 1rba- d of the bugle of the rynt liue.* {Applause.1 4rgeA low ihe sons of d,under. eKab fought r4shoaldei with our pa . res widh Mai-in, Sumter WA.es 1 t of- that aohle .-host. Sh6cipims forgotto*tbey'fbught the nam'es iurd iliams ay-Oat.--some Messt =so ase "- =: g 'id that S t tarolin.wil hold tLeir sa tddalt-til earth -nd skies, adj "e~d reitin twaini. [Applause. Bet .there. are still warmer uhe whrI sh*old- dhake my dehnowedgmet, fgr I remember ?Wgt wliin I w,.i s&ldier in the rHii irmy oforthern Vir ajt spena.of Maryland swept ~~ .hrders and again stood .q p y side with South. Carolina M.ges eonte&tfor liberty. [ATp %UUsar} For three yearsl1 com iBMd4regireht ofMarylanders, asMaire, on th'efr ow~n soH, autong1 ge gainntce and iriends, I tpa'y 'that amnseg ,llthie bip~ andige I.geJ .of that ,im ggtaLa.my. monewere truer and. brewg.than. Whits.battalion. (pplase.) It-beIonged to what was eafld the Laurel Br-igade, and whefittBrigadier General (Ros ep iced sharp and decisive always.knew~ t, beeguse ~battalion was iin front. seto rder Colonel Whit9 "if he mathe enemy -to ride over him," and it would -have to be a 4$ sta and very bold~ party - 'tliat 'White would not ride war -ome,of those galiant -men 'Wpresent;'if riot I bope iny 'imo.may reachi them, that they ass inow that thdir, commander fbi-their ha'ppiness and pros SA.aih~ey were .brave and~ gemmd klnrbe soder, they ~ut-mew,4 with that same fidelity 1rej displiyed in time 'of war, de geAubstselves -to the- arts and theyrsite of peace ;they mdist, 4hn, devote themseTves for the beaeit of their country, to uphold ga-soit1tion, the Union and th ir, n ot work, as the most effectual means of so doing, for. Seymoui- and Blair. [Ap plaueJ It is scarcely necessary for me ito give this advice, possibly, #isey man I have met i Mary hiund is for SeymouZ and Blair. G.,eeral Hampton referred to' the arrest of fourteen respectable citizens of his own county by the lilitary authorities, upon the eoarge- of murder, and who~ are niow undergoinr a tii31 before a military tribunal at Charleston, when their innocence could have been easily. estaliished, at their homes. As another instance of the tyranny and brutal treatment of the military, he referred to the arrest of twenty-six'young. men at Atlanta, upon the suspicion of murdering a man, who were each impri:oned in a-cil eight feet long an.d two an a half feet wide, with but one plan between them and the tropic sin. They must have died had they not prevailed upon the sentinel - to dash buckets of water over them. [Loud cries of shame! shame 1] There is, fellow democrats, nothing we can call our own ; life,Aiberty and property are at the beck of irresponsible offi eials, and we look for relief in the election in November. [Applause.] It. may be a matter of surprise that men who fought as men never fought before should so. quietly submit to such- great wrongs. Thef have sibritted because they believed , to create trouble or raise riot would injure- the Dem ocratic party. [Applause.] They have-been patient in the hope that the-great heart of the, American people would be stirred at the sight of their woes and calamities. In their ashes their -wonted fires burn, but they look forward to the election in November as their relief from the curses that now af flict them. They might have made good terms with the Radical party, but They scorn to go over to those who .oppressed their country. I am glad to state that the Demo cracy of.the North- and the East and the West ,net us with the heartiest cordiality, and promised ns never to Cease th v efflorts -un tiT the'dtr wafi'ee. I am go ing hotne now with a great load lifted of my heart. I go back after hearing these noble declara ratioas, relieved of anxiet'y, an d with assurances of safety. I be lieve we shall carry nearly all, if not all; the Southern States if we have a fair .election. If they will )ly-COunt.our votes we will-carry hem In spite of all the carpet >aggers they have. [Applause.] haryaad can do much in the comi ng campaign, You are free to peak and work. You have no ~hfekl-es on your limbs or tongue. o'euan come and sde us, and thon, -eturning, tell' th~e story . 1f our rongs. You can. materially help isTh every way. -When Ilreurn o South Carolina I sha-l tell omy yeloived' people they will again car the bugle of the ol<fMarylaid ine, -and- se her sons. fighting ~hulder to shoulder under the obbti~tution for liberty. KEEP THE -SURFACE OF THE roUND LOOsE.- .We have many yeas watched.the va'ried results f the cultiv'ator who keeps fre uetdy stirring the surface of1 his soil, and the one who hoes or culti ates only.when the weeds - comn pl him to work : and as we have watched and recorded our notes, the result has alwvays been in 'favor of the constant stirr'ing of the sur-face soiL We do 'not ad vocate 'deep tillage during the growing season, but we would have the ground, deeply ~and trougbly stirred early in the season, whether it were an old or new plantation. Once, however, that vigorous growth of top and root has commenced, all deep til lage should cease, because, by pursuing it, constant and con tinued cheeks are given, and a truly healthy growth prevented by repeated breaking and tearing asunder the roots and fibers, the supplying pipes for elongation, expamsion,1'and evaporation of the branches and leaves. By rapeated surface stirring of the soil, how ever, -no roots are broken ; the sun, air, and nioist.ure are enabled tp penetrate and assistin the chem ical transmutation of the earth's compounds and itting them for absorption by the roots.-Horticul ' The Homestead Law. The following is the homestea< law as passed by both Houses o the General Assembly : A BILL TO DETERMINE AND PERPETU A*rE THE HOMESTEAD. Be it enacted by the Senate an< House of Representatives of th< State of South Carolina, now mel and sitting in- General Assembly and, by the authority of the same Section 1. Whenever the rea estate of the head of any family residing in this State shall bE levied upon by virtue of any mesne or final process ,issuei from any court, if the same be th family homestead of suc'h person .the sheriff or other officer execu. ting said process shall cause E homestead, such as said person may select, not to exceed the value of one thousand dollars to be sei off to said person in the mannei following, to wit : He shall cause three appraisers to be appointed one to be named "by the creditor one -by the debtor, and one by him self, who shall be discreet and dis interested men, resident in the countoy, and shall be sworn by a Justice of the Peace to impartially appraise and set off, by metes and bounds, a homestead of the estate of the debtor, such as he may select, not to exceed the value of one thousand dollars; and the said appraisers shall pro ceed accordingly to set out the homestead ; and the set off .and assignment so made by the ap praisers shall be - retarned by the offleer, along with said process, for record in Court ;. and, if no con plaint shall be made-by either partg, no further proceedings shall the residue of the lands and tene meets of the head of a. family, if any more or other he shall have, shall be liable to attachment, levy and sale: Provided, That upon good cause shown, the Court,. out f which the process ~issued, may order a reappraisement a n d reassignment:. of the homestead, either by the same appraisers or others appointed by-Court : And, provided further, That should the creditors or. debtor neglect - or rfse, after due notice from the officers executing the process, to nominate an appraiser, then said officex shall appoint (he same. Sec. 2. Whenever. the personal property of th-e head of any family reidinlg in this State is taken or attache.d by virtue -of any -mesne r finar process issued from any court, and said person shall claim he 'said property or any part thereof as exemprt from attach ment on account of the samne be in the annuai product of hisor her homestead, or as suibject to exemtion.under the ' constitution and tl e .creditor atid debtor do not agree about the same, the officer executing said process shall saise the same to be assertained, and anl exempted property set out by appraisers app.inted and sworn for the purpose, as provided in the preceding section for setting out the homestead, subject to like limitations 'and provisions, and the residue, if' any, shall be . cld, which proceeding shall be stated in the officer's return of such pro cess. Sec. 3. The~exemptions of sec tions one and two of this act shall not extend to an attachment, levy or sale on any mesne or final pro cess issued to secure or enforce the payment of taxes, or obli gatins contracted for the pur chase of said homestead, or obliga tions contracted for the erection of~ improvements thereon : 'Pro vided, The -co'urt or authority is suing said. process shall certify thereon that the same is issued for some one or more, and nc other, ~ of said purposes : Pro vided further, The yearly pro duct of said homestead shall b< subject to attachment, levy - an sale to secure or enforce the' pay mo n of ligtions nontraeted ii the production of the same : but I the court issuing the process there f for shall certify thereon that the same is issued for said purpose - and no other. Sec. 4. The estate or right of homestead of the head -of any fam ily existing at his death shall con tinue for the benefit of bi widow and minor children, and be held and enjoyed by them until the youngest child is twenty-one years of age, and~until the mar riage or death of the widow, and be limited to- that period. But all the right, title and interest of the- deceased in the premises in which such estate or right exists; except the estate of home stead thus contined, shall be sub ject to the laws relating to devise, descent, dower and sale for pay ment of debts against the estate of the deceased. Sec. 5. When a widow or minor children are entitled to an estate or right of homestead as provided in the preceding section, the same may be -set off to the parties en titled thereto by the Judge of the Probate Court, who shall appoint three disinterested persons, re sident in the county, who having been duly sworn, shall proceed to appraise and set out, by metes and bounds, such homestead, and make 'return thereof to him. If no complaint shall be made against said appraisal and setting out of the homestead, within' twenty days thereafter by any party in terested therein, or any good cause appear to the contrary, the same shall- be confirmed. by the Judge, and ordered accordingly. See. 6. Appraisers appointed to set.. out .th m ~% -tiniact, _shirceive as compen sation two dollars-per day each for suh services, and the same shall be paid by the officer executing the-process out of -the property of the debtor : or in ease of the homestead set out to a widow or minor children, out of the estate of the deceased by the executor or administrator thereof, The President's Message. The Message of Presiden L John-. son, July 18th, recommnends' four amendments to the Constitution: I. That the Presidential term of'office be changed from four to six years, that no President shall be eligible for re-election, and that -the P^resident shall be elected di rectly%by the people, each State to -be divided into Presidential election districts equal in number to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State is- entitled, each of these districts to con1 rol one electoral vote. A majority of the, whole number- of votes to be required for election, and if there- is no choi~e, a second election must be held,, at which only the two- persons re ceiving the highest numb~er of votes at the first election can be candidates. The Vice-President to be chosen in the same manner as the President. 2. Thbat in case of avacancy in the Presidency by death, resigna tion, incapacity or removal, it shall be filled by t,he Secretary of -State, or by the other members of the Cabinet in the following or der : Secretaries, Treasury, -War, Navy, Interior, Postmaster-Gene ral and Attorney-General. 3. That the election of UTnited States Senators shall be given to the people. 4. That the term of office of the Judges of the Supreme Court shall be limited to twelve years. These are all the propositions -which have been discussed re peatedly, an'di Mr. Johnson does not lay claim to originality in suggesting them. He merely says that he has favored them publicly ince 1845, and..that he -presents them under a deep sense of his obligation to recommend to Congress such measures as he -may deem necessary and expedi dint.-Okareson Mereury. The Fourteenth Article. RATIFICATION BY SOUTH CAROLINA. By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, By an Act of Con gress entitled "An Act to admit the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Geor gia, Alabama and Florida to rep resentation in Congress," passed the 25th of June, 1868, it is de clared that it is made:the duty of the President, within ten days af ter receiving official information of the ratification, by the Legis lature of either of said States, of a proposed amendment to the Con stitution, known as article 14, to issue a proclamation announcing that fact; and, .Whereas, On the 18th day of July, 1868, a letter was received by the President, which letter be ing addressed to the President, bears date of July 15, 1868, and was transmitted by and under the. name of R. K. Scott, who therein writes himself Governor of South Carolina, in which letter was en closed and received at the same time by the President,' a paper purporting to be a resolution of the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, rat ifying the said proposed amend ment, and also purporting to have passed the two said Houses, re spectively, on the 7th and 9th of July, 1868, and to have been ap proved by the said R. K. Scott, as Governor of said State, on the 15th of July, 1868, which ci,cunistances are attested by the signature of D. T. Corbin, as President pro teo 'Qena -an .Qf' F-',IJ Moses, Jr.,_ as of Representatives, and of the said R. K. Scott, as Governor. Now, therefore, be - it known, that I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America, in compliance with an execution of the Act of Congress aforesaid, do issue this my proclamation, an nouncing the fact of .the- ratifica tion of the said amendment by the Legislature of the State of South Carolina, in the manner hereinbe fore set forth. In testimony whereof, I have signed these present. with my hand, and have caused the seal o~f the United States to be~ hereunto affixed. Done at the city of Washington, -.this eighteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one [L. s.] thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and of the inde pendenice of the United States of America the nine ty-third. By the President. ANDREW JOHNSON. WILLIA.M II. SEWARD, Secretary of State. A Chicago - paper says : We took a new reporter on trial yes terday. He went out to hunt items, and after being away all day, returned with the following, which he said was the best he could do: Yesterday we saw a sight that froze our muscles with horror. A hackmnan, driving down Clark street at a rapid pace, came very near running over a nurse and two children. There would have been one of the most heart-rending catastrophes Ever recorded, had not the nurse with wonderful forethought, left the children at home before she went out, and providentially stepped into a drug store just before -the ack passed. Then, too, the hack man, just before reaching the crossing, thought of soiething he had forgotten, and turning about drove in the opposite direction. Had it not been for this wonder derful concurrence of favoring cir cumstances, a doting father, a lov ing mother, affectionate brothers and sisters, would have been plunged into the deepest woe and most unutterable funeral expen ses. The new reporter will be rtanedL A Ratification Meeting in Co lumbia--Return of Governor Perry. COLUMBIA, July 20-11 P. M. A large and enthusiastic Demo cratic meeting was held to-night, and was addressed by Governor Perry, who has just returned from New York. His appearance was greeted with the greatest ap plause. He spoke nearly an hour, giving a very interesting account. of the way in which the delega tion from this State was received in New York, and detailed the manner and causes of the votes cast by our delegates. He said that Hampton was the lion of the Convention. [Deafening cheers.] Hampton was courted by all par ties, North, South,. East and West, and when, as a member of theI Committee on Platform, he sub mitted that section which declares the Reconstruction Acts void* and revolutionary, the rest of the Committee told him to'inake it as stroug as he pleased, they would endorse it. Gov. Perry paid the highest_en comiums to Seymour and Blair. Ho said the former was the:great est-statesman of the -Democratic party, and the latter -the gallant officer who had the manlinessx af ter the fight was over, to hold out the hand of 'fellowship. Alluding to the late Act of Congress re specting the Electoral College, Perry said that it was the great est fraud yet attempted, and meant that if.the Southern Statee cast their votes for' Grant they would be cdunted, if for Seymour they would be excluded. In this case he said Gen.. Blair's letter srali. . i n ~rat;-nlillustra and South would rise up and drive the usurpers from the halls of leg islation. [Immense applause.] [Charleston Courier. SILENT INFLUENCEN.- The R'ev. Albert Barnes 'says: "It is the bobbling stream that flows gently ; the little rivulet which runs along, day and night, by the farm -house, thatis useful, rather than the swol len flood of warring cataract. Ni agara exeites our wonder, and we stand amazed at the power and grcatnessof Gdd there, as he pours it from the hollow of His hand. But one Niagara is enough for the continen.t or th w.orl.d,.while the same world requires thousands and tens of thousands of- silver fjuntains and gentle flowing 'rivu lets that water every farm and meadow,'and every garden, and shall flow on every day and night with their gentle, quiet b>eauty. So with the ac'ts of our jives. It is not by gr'eat deeds, like ti'ose of' theinartyrs, good is to be done, but by 'the daily and quiet virtues of life, the christian temper, the good qualities of rclatives and friends." BARBAOUs.-IIenry MeanS, a colored man died in- this city, on Thursday night ; and because~ he voted the conservative ticket, his his color refused to asy,ist at the burial. This fact coming to the ears~ of one of the leading citizens, he made it known, and at 9 o'clock, on Saturday morning, thirty-five or forty gentlemen went to his house, and proceeded with the body to the cemetery. They had pepared a nice coffin, and all other arrangements f6r a decent burial. Thus he was buried by his white friends, and a beautiful wreath of evergreens placed upon his grave. The services were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Halton, of the Meth odist Church. Had the fact of the refusal on the part of his color been known sooner, we doubt not but that hundreds of our citizens would have been present. And it was their plain duty to see that the man did not receive detriment, because he was a friend to his country.-Car2lotte Times. Aman tran.-Matriinony;. Kissing Along ther Litfe. The Boston Post has a brief oe culating article which, - though neither very good nor truey we cop'y - because it is on a popular subject : The varied emotions excited by young ladies in leading cities, along the line from Boston to St. Louis, as kisses are caught or stolen from their sweet lips, is expressed in something like the following man ner : A Boston girl says (with an assumption of indignatfon )-"Siri [ declare such a lib4rty as that is beyond all bbouds of propriety and gentlemany manners. I-' she isstopped -by, another, which is not resisted very lsrdly. The New York - girl- says-.' Indeed, Mil. Brown, your conduct is a little familiar, if not ardent. I've half a mind to a.k wvhat you take me far ?" The _reply of Brown is that he takes her for something nice and sweet, and a sharp, -rapid smacking ensues. Tha uffalo girT says, with marked. positiveness of nanner, but with eqaally naarked insincerity-"Wretch, thie$ pci that right back ; I wouldn't lose' it for the world. She not only don't lose it, but gets (as the wants) double principle and interest. The Philadelphia girl says-"S& you think that.dreadful smact - you wouldn't have.done it if I bad been looking-no, indeed,' but she makes it point not to look. The Baltimore girl says-"Repeat' the insult if you dare, sir,".and - exposes her face that it may be done easily and often. The Wash ington girl remarks-"You'v, been and gone and done it, have you ; now cipher' out how. mueb better you feelLand caleculate when UAUxW et ., other-; cl'anee:& " Te ' - Chicago .girl says-"C onfoun~ your impudence-do you take me for a New Yorker? I'd have you know there is a spice of dange'.in that - little matter." The - only - :anger she apprehends is that yo* won't cut and come- again. . The Cincinnati girl says-"Did you 3ver-no, I never-you men are perfect monsters.'- Affects tears ind indignation, but it is assuaged. by a duplication of the..old dose. rhoeLeuisville girl says-"You've ione it sure, welJ. If there i any. Tiere of the sort please .help: your - ;elf'. If you can stand it, I can." ' rhe Detroit girl says-"Mien'. Jerusilam ; what a naughty, fun syman. Better you look out how you take one, two, four more, be~ 'ore my- goot mother cornes." The St. Louis girl says-4"Oh, go along with your nonsense ; you ought td~ be ashamed of!yourself. You can't 3o it again." She exposed ber' self, and it is done again several. times. . No .a doubt many mn ~ wouild like to fight it out on that ine, if it took all the. summer -and winter. - - ' A COOL TOPER.-A good anec ciete is told of a man named Bent ley, a confirmed drinker, irha would never drink with a friend :r in public, and always bitterly' lenied when a little overconme, aver tasting liquor. One dac some bad witnesses concealed' themselves in his room, and whelf~ the liquor was running down' his throat, seized' him with his~ arra 3rooked andhis mouth opedi an&d bolding him fast asked hima with. an air of triumph: "Ah, Bentley, we have caught you at last'? You never drink, eh ?" No one *6uld. suppose but that Bentley would bare acknowledged the fact.. Not be With thc most grave and inex >ressive face, he calmly, and in a lignified manner, said : "Gentle Den, my name is not Bentley." The tour of the world can be nade in two months and a half. When the Pacific Riailroad is Tnished, from New York to San Francisco will take seven days ; rom San Francisco to Hong Kong, av way of Yokohama, twenty l~ays ; from Hong Kong by steam 3r to Suez, thirty-two days ; from suez to Paris, six days ; from Paris to New York, ten days: in all avnty-flye days.