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T a Doii#ns 4 Y&, FOR THE DISSEMINATION 0F USEF'UL INTELLIGENCE. [INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE - L IV. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1868. NO32. TU H~BLD~ IS- 0Bism -- .aIN1zg MO.INO, " , rots . , $ 4$ awisiry 4' regld iavariabl in advanoe.. . :~a ose Jiebers IIuvitetios, Obit -"; Ga za;-kccorJing to pronts b wIII drop you a line .in refwetes to oux trip, to the up country"ft"-I-ecursi9o of 4his kind but few t1 enta transpire, csl te4 to iqterest the general eJ p isat a loss what to rg -e s aoat, ipteresting. I wilkesehetLea', ? party eistiing of Ji K-, G. A $. "W R.; C. W., and my se1pd w erro the -20th Raih dlten up to Kinardrs T'Qi epd the crops were fair; grgt,at p1eteb Ctinten-a .leng cObRinesdeath.wa prevailingr a the o pwil be very poor. Fr +Cinte - thet" beautifal and tb t~i' I urensviIle, up to 'i11er place; rain fell or n fit, ohe thirsty $eld of gyrbd cotn. Iwas m4*b- dasLed th t he residei e , fa ar n, the-onJy ting e th$ F emaaSewiary wh I saw in.ro esv!Ie t4 admire, ,,mhisappoinbed of the. ap sip of,he,Chnrehs in the t tomJ~Afl.Qrm. pr, two above1 thipWs@ t,jaad- is-.gmcd,. and hasp-i the.iessplad.orn I baWbd : tl"s sr> The euntry, }. Y r .is t b Yeen ille poor, bufef aetd witli' ei Mproved f rie$ rspabe dbelngs. C pSUr e Qat goA i. Conse o 4zo ,., Thraad&. are vqgiu .idee. .Greeaie-ie ja " t sEon o d4kMrishing:,and enter i .- O.- IwasnueE p1 to seeW many m aidfdeto * ; t tbb rivdr'which das he t 't a of, nit lso' r ' "poliLeness. of the citizens. 8.tfyour neihorn in New begry would profit by sendinug *ap9!hth or two in Geenville It .'iet-stnnulate - and -eneoarage 'tNe to inore enterprise. saw as fhb, corn aronna Qievile as grows in the Stat. Itreet our coropany ahnost crazy.. -Fgs Greenyille to.Picnf.H. is*w some fair farruing .Lan5i, *ap6ially en shie North,ideoC$a Iuda.' For-tsR mileR from~ the riNeft WO6xest Brid ge the- land is g86 ?eeisbRng 'verf muchl thei Isda ~bout ..KIbley's and4 - t urhiseter. The ! 1u laverage1ushels of corn< withoat maniure4.and with guano tauaa theggton to-mIake itsopen,. they-have madeI neariyea bale per?. ..le -After'tvaveling ten mil0s #2 rfAb6-e ff.s hiQ andt poor, .The 5dsthr'g'g I gig~ prough covetry are genragy very foe . .We found j coe .-.ittle ..good~ land -ona te ho e ivers atilehm. C.H 1 That 'itager ihich is on: as. kill; [ aboturided'by hitls,'is *hnbstAd .t?ye<oneque'nee of the di of6~Vb t6e I)iietrict into two1 .ouinties. One C. H., is to be lo-' e4ed ear thg Wool Factory -in 1 na Co., and the other at Wal baflea,.ire Ooonee Co. The citizens are trying to sell. and say they SpRlgive great bargains, as most eltbbm are Lawyers and District an'd wish to go to either oi~r the other of the newly 16 p dCourt Houses. Revs. Kene d and Hihouse of the Presby $wrian Church, are negotiating a *esde for the old Court' Hon'se at Piekens, a most magnificent build ing, for the -purpose of coInverting $t into a High: School or College. Ithiey succeed, which they think whogether probable, the place of' fers the greatest facilities for fam t.lies to move in' to educate their children. Good houses with large parcels of ground- attached, can sow be -bought for a song. For instane I atn offered a iot of 13: aeres fair land, with good large dwellmg, &c., for $500; another of. kacre, with hon&e-eontaining eight rooras, standing on the publicp square, for $609-. The C..H.,Which cost $15,000 is offered to Mr. Hillhouse for $1,100., The health Of the place cannot be surpassed in the State. Pickens is but 11 miles from the Railroad. . FrornPickens to Walhafla, we travelled over: the ridges wher 1 the land is-poor- but are teld'that the valleys are fine. I never saw 1 a bettetLoad in any country. - Walhala,you know, is aflourish- 1 ing Gcrman'town, and is now the J eoui ty cite- of Oconee Co. The Ke-owe Courier is published here. i I am much pleased with the place, and' while~1 write the party are ] out in.'thp country.looki g at some of the- best farma. We"have found - 3 so faIr, but fei. places whieh we are . eharrned with. Thepricesoflan.ds x are higher here than in'Newberry. The.politics of the people. are alli right, and it is- . emphatically :a white man's eountry. .We aa hdring rain every day, gut the higrlatd-i 'as sffered t ro~ni dfouth. This, 'whenever'.it E >egprs, whieh is very. rare, does i ot effect.the crop like in our coun- c r y, for the principal-crop is on the r alley land which has'nQt suffered. t The wbeat-crop is light, owing r o 'the rust;. A gentleman in this t own -Mace,, this year, - over 27 j >aselsto the acre. - Thia sh-ows i hapbe ?ai. 1when it ia.a ired'aid"sown, .as weda oirr t tLasniir~it ende'a Tableaux c uvants,'iyen by -te tadics' Edu- [ rational Sodiety, of. thia place, who tre -putting -p a fie building for I female-8einmirary. The towni is i nipro.ing rapidly. Nuin'brs of j rew ,ouges are going up. The iew Court House is located =baek ff the Latheran Church; and on. he 8th of August, t>0 acres in lots c till e-sord; It is-said 'rere, that , i ten jears thiis will be the second i Wa- wilL. imain here 'severa , fays, axtd if- we carmnot -be -suited nia:d, #e wii4 go to Jacksoti and'( triansylvania C~ounties,' in North1 2arolin"a. c i wifi write again, -. L -H. GeQn. liampton's S,peech, ia Cb~lwmb&z, at the-. Dewocratic imToftritiatolJ'4y 20th~ Dtroduced, was greeted~ with im nense ~applause. Inee.it 'was nany min.ptea.befoi-e the audience x>uld be sufficiently quieted to 74rrinit him to s-peak. He said 'he Lad bl>ped'tbat,- after having lis Ae,to the .eloquent spealsers who . preceded him, they -would i at-only on that -aceoun t, but--be :age'his doi'ce was weaT. There 1 iere'many present who had fre uently heard him address larger I aroWde, and when very' different ~ kinds of' noises than peaceful ac- a damations saluted thieir ears ; but I bofi'hf- for the first time in his C ife, hiis voice had failed him. Gen- I ral Kershaw had referred to the advance of the cavalry -in- the e campaign of to-bight ; and he de Sred to add, that though the po-4 ition had been inverted, he was glad of it, and felt great confidence after hearing the eloquent remarks A that distinguished General, as they made him feel as secure as i the days of other and more1 sanguinary campaigns. He al- I ways felt safe when he knew 1 Kershaw was on his flank. He preferred to postpone any exten-i ded remarks to night, as he would * have an opportunity at an early 1 day, and desired it,- to lay before them the history of the New york Convention, and what part was taken in it by our delegation .[A : voice in the crowd--"Never put lone to-day."] Gen. Hampton i received the interruption with' great good humor, and continuing bis remarks, said that when- the f southern States were invited to I take part in the New York Con- i vention, he was clearly of the ] apinion that t.ey should accept, < xnd should go there and meet the < 96rthern men face to face, and i tell them that they had surren- 1 lered in- good faith.; and that when they said they- .wanted 1 peace, they meant .peace, just as 1 when they had said war, they bad proven that they meant war. t Ee believed, then, we should let l hem see we were not all fire-eat- I rs, as many of them believed us o be, but that our arms had been t aid down in.good faith, and. we I fesired to unite- heartily in the -estoration of political and mate ial,prosperity. And the result h'ad t )roven the correctness of his t views. When our delegation ar- ' ived in New York, they were re- r :eived in all quarters and on all ides, in the .most hearty manner. L'hey were urged to participate C n all the deliberations of the Con rention, and were- consulted freely t n all matters of moment. The 3 amne receptio~. was given them i >y. tii members of Soldiers and I sailora Conivention, which was also t a sesion at that time; and auch e f its gallant members as McCler. t 'and, of 'Illinois,' said gallantly, i bat they desired to extend the ight band of fellowship to the acn _whom they had. been flht ng, and who.had, now .laid down 9 heir arns. To them .he had, re-, t >iedbah tfdr hmsolf,Jiis. delega- a 3on %andiVispeople .at home, 10 o Leceptei that hand in good faitr. 9heers.] e Now, if we wish to see the State stored to all its formet prosperi y,-Te appealcd'to -tbe people' to rury *1. past prejudices and p'a* ions in one- eommon- -grave,. and n solid mass, withDut regard to olor, to rally .round-the standard f the'Kew York Convention. He poke to the- black -man- as well as he white, for he beiTeved as farmi y that the. interests of the, tw. ie were inseparably bound- up in':a~ comorn eause,-tss le believed-that lod ruled over the-destines of the >eopie. .If .-they attempted to Iraw h -line of demres'ction andl ~rray themsel.ves 'against -thekt vhtes, they woumld -be pressed4 rm the-soil and endureo the fae f the Indian. To previt.a re-] ult like this-one which he -truly eprecated-he.had been the first? uaa in South Carolina to speak to hem and advise them as to their rue policy, and they knew that e would not. deceive . them. .[A elored ma-Ta' so-God less you."} When seven years ago the State iad~called triionhimn to serve her b n the geld, he had -obeyed. thait andate and cheerfully given allt hat.he possessed for' her defence ;f sn w ben, after the war, she bade e uim lay down his arms, with c qual submission he had obeyed enti sheathed a sword which he , rusted bore no mark of shame or fi tishonor. (Cries of no ! no !) Since c hen, he had adjured the people to ultivate the arts of peace and t ~onilliation, and especially had t ec earnestly recommended the ~olored people to live in friend hip and good will, with those on hom they would have to depend, t n large measures, for advice anda Upprtuntey,things had ta- Lj ten a different turn than that lped for by the supporters ofa ruth, justice and the Constitution , t md now the spe'tacle presented t n the halls of legislation by thoseJ ho undertake to govern the des- I :inies of the two races, was la nentable indeed. As anxious as r me was to secure peace and pros- ( >erity, he never could consent toe ettempt it on so famlee',- gross and t >utrageou sa platform as that of.: -l Reon at,-ninn Acs ntanrtinn- It any when he saw the seats- of Elayne, McDule and' Calhoun in :he Senate of the. United States illed by such men as Sawyer and 'enogade Tom Robetson. (Hisses tnd groans for Tom Robertson.) Euch rather would he -have seen solored men represeit South -Car ilina, as they. .eould do so with noro justifiable pride and hones :y. He wanted xestoration on the )asis of truth, harmony and jus ice, and. he firmly belioved we vould have it in ,hrivomber, by ;be triumph of .the Democratic >arty. He had been 'told by no ess distinguished a person than Tallandighar, that Qhio was cer ,ain for Seymour, and shrewd' po itical thinkers of New York and ?enusylvania were equally confi lent as .to-the same result in hose States. The people -were .boroughly aroused, and in. No rember the result of -it would be nore rapid traveling of cafpot aggers from the South, tbau was iver before known in: the history. >f this country. He concluded by referring to be demonstration made by the )emocracy of Charlestoi,- last dight ; and said that' although he iad seen many iimilar displays at he North, he had never witness d more -grandeurand enthusiasm han that exhibited .by the good eople of the old city by- the sea, vho had turned out-men, women ,ad chii-rQn-to .give their ap roving -smiles to the noble cause. hey had brought exulting pride o hie heart,Jy.this manifestation f the oldC arolia spirit. - They ay JhiCe 'een sTow, but- they vere sure. Let us stand up .with hem, and by the' help of God our ause-the. cause of the great, )emocratio- party-the cause of ruth gnd the Constitution-would oeet ivith -. glorious triumph. Immense" applause.] Legislative. Jnly-27.-Business unimportant u both branches. * July 28.-Senate-The b14l e-e ingland commissioners was' fa. -orably reported,. snibstitiiting fpr: he fi~st -section a provision . that he commission shalt coneist of ye mnembers, one froin eac,h. cgn ;ssion)al district, and the -Comp roller-Geniera1 to be elected by ti Legislature for four yests.. The- following salarles have been edrted by the Senate Odgte >r the-. special session: Clerk, 1500; Assistant Clerk, 100 ; Read rg Clerk, $350 ; Messe'ager, $250 ; )oorkeeper, 8250; Assistant Door :eeper,.$200; Pages, 850. -The committee .reported favQr bly. on the bill regulating -the ~eeping.and-diebursementof funds y public offieers. Montgomery gave notice of a ~il subjecting agricultural farming inds within cities an'd towens to' axation. Randolph gave notice of. a bill xten ding the time for coanty Offi ers t~o qualify. In the House a joint, resolution ra adopted appropriating twenty ve hundred dollars for the repair 'f the Executive miansion. Barry gave notice of a.- bill for he repeal of the usury laws, and o establish specific interests. Ransier gave notice of a bill re >ealing the act requiring bonded fficers- to file their bonds within irty days after their election, on ,pain of forfeiture of office, with he view to extend the time. Ad aurned. July 29.-Senate-Immediately fter roll call, Senate repaired to e House of Representatives- for he.purpose of a balloting for Chief ustice and two Associates, after rhich adjourned. In the' House the bill to mncorpo ate the Langley Manufacturing jompany of Edgefield was report d upon favorably by the Commit ee on Incorporations, read a see nd time, and ordered to be re -Senate being announced, both Houses proceeded to ballot. Tomlinson nominated D. T. Cor .bin, Senator from Charleston, and United States District Attorney ; Coghlan nominated Judge F. J. Moses, Sr. ; Hoyt nominated Col. A..J. Willard, late Chief of the -iilitary Bureau of Civil Affairs under the administration of Gene ral Canby. The following is the result, the Democrats casting the scattering votes: Whole number of votes cast 130; necessary to a choice 66; of which F. J. Moses received 58; D. T. Cor bin 53; B. F. Dunkin 8; A. J. WIl lard 6; James L. Orr 3; D. L. Wardlaw 2; T. N. Dawkins 1; A. P. Aldrich 1. - No candidate having received a sufficient number of votes, it was declared that there was no elec tion, and a second ballot was held, with the.following result F. J. Moses 62 votes; D. T. Cor bin 56; B. F. Dunkin 8; J. L. Ori 4; A. J. Willard 2; A. P. Aldrich 1. The Chair announced thatthero was no election, and a third ball"ot was taken, asfollovls: - Whole number of votis cast 133; necessary to a choice 67; of which F. J. Moses reoeived 70; D. T. Cor bin 49; A. $. Willard 2; J. L. Orr 2; T. N. Dawkins 2; Wade Hamp= ton 1; Rev. Senator Burnt District Randolph (negro).1 ;Beverly Nash (negro) 1. The vote for General Hampton was east by the radical Senator Charles P. 'Leslie, from- Barnwell," who discovering what the rean.lt was befbre it-was ahnoaned ot cially, expressed histhorough?is gust at- it; and -:hi. conviction tb4t universal suffrage was :dead, and-begged leave tob change -his vote, which he did from Corbin to ten4ral $ampton. The vote was greeted with hiss"s from the floor, and some applause from the spec tators, and, amidst greatdonfuiion the President announced that Franklin J. Moses, having re ceiv4d.,the requisite number of v.otes, was duly elected.Ch.ief Jas glee. This -was followed by great cheering from his friends. The joint assemnbli then" pro ceeded to ballot for two associate just.ices. Hayes nominated Lemuel Boozer; Maxwell nomninated A. JvWi llard ; Jenks riomiiated JT. M. Rtitland; Webb nominated-.---Hoge,~ (In spector-General of the J'reedmen 's Bureau;) J.11. Ferriter nominated Hon. John A. Inglis ;C. P. Leslie (radical) said that the e.xpeience of day p.9ved eonclusively to his mind that universal suffrage was dead in the State, and that taking his cue from'this fact, he would henceforth-vote only for in of" well defined.principI'es. He, there fore, nomninated Judge A. P. Al diich, of Barp well. (Hisses) The. vote resulted as follows :.. Whole umber.of votes cast 131 ; neces sary tosa choice 66; of which A. J. Willard received 49 ; 3. M. Rutland 20 ; Lemuel Boozer 17 ; J. A. Ing lii-17 ; Hoge 16 ; F. J. Moses, Jr., 2 ; Judge A. P. Aldrich 2 ; C. P Leslie 1 ; Senator J. J. Wright (ne gro) 2 ; Maj. M. R. Delaney (ne gro) 1; Senator J..H. Rainey (ne gro) 1 ; Senator Daddy Cain (ne gro) 1 ; John Morissey, M. C:, of New York, 1; C. P. Leslie and J. E. Hayne, both radicals, voted for Judge Aldrich. Neither of the candidates having received a suffcient number of votes, it was declared that there was no election; whereupon, on motion, the joint assembly dispersed, to meet again at noon to-morrow, when the balloting will be resumed. CotUMBIA AND AUGUSrA RAILROAD. The Charleston Courier makes interest ing mention, that the line from Granite vilk to Colombia will be completed by November next. The whole work is be. ig pushed forward with remarkable zeal and energy, and the bonds of the~ com any meet with ren.dy sale.. The Tax Bill. t; The President yesterday affixed t his signature to the tax bill. ti While the machinery of the bill is i ponderous, its leading features tl may be brought within a brief o space. - ,. The first section -taxes every n proof -gallon of distilled spirits js fifty cents; to-paid before removal 'il from the distillery or' ware-hotise, y which.tax i5 a:lien untilpaid upon the property and apparatus. Sections 2, 3 and 4 yrovided for methods of testing. quality and taking measurements. Section 5 provides that disil'els shall register with the assessors of the -respective districts, within sixty days from the time the bill takes effect.. Section 6.provides for the man ner of making registry. b Sections 7 and 8 provide for the distiller's bond and securities. S Sections 9 to 12, inclusive; desig- I nate the plan of the distillery,.4ad ' provide for, surveys and -location of buildings. -- Section" 13 imposes a tax of two dollars on every twenty bushels P of grain converted into spirits. 11 b Sectiou 14 to 55, inclusive, pro vide for the goeral uauagen4ent. of distilleries, the relative duties of assessors and distillers; for t checks 'against fraud, for draw backs, means of obtaining purity, and affix penalties for all violations of the law. - - Sections 56 to 58,.inclusive, regu late deposits in bonded - ware honses: Section 59 imposes a spciai . tax of 8400 -annualLy upon every 100 ca reJ. pf spirits manufactred. and also provides for . licenses of $100 for every $25,000 worth sold, . and ten dollars increase for every e $1,000 increase of sales. Dealers in tobacco, selling not "exceediug $1,000 worth annually, 'pay a tax' 9f twenty-five dollars, e and-two dollars extra for every $1,000 worth eold. Raisers are I not taxed for eales of their own production. Dealers, selling be tween $100 and,$1,000 worth, are a taxed five dollars ; those. above $1,000 two dollars extra for every t additional $1,000 worth sold. I Manufacturers of tobacco -pay teni dollars, and two dollars- ad ditional for every 1,000 their? bond ~ isin excess of $5,0001. Manufhe turers of segars pay ten dollars t where their sales do not exceedL $5,000 annually, and two dollairs additional for-every $1,000 in' ex-t cess of that amdunt. All snuff arid chewing tobiacco 'is taxed t thirty-two cents per pound; smiok- t ing tobacco .sixteen cents tr pound.a Sectipn 62 provides for the pack ing -of tobacco and snuff so as to - facilitate the collection of the tax thereon. -Sections 63 to 80 provide for the t mannser of collecting the tax, for penalties, stamping, andl the gn ral duties of the. assessor 'and ~ manufacturer or deales. Manufacturers of segars must s pay five dollars for every thousand it made, without regard to quality, rj and on all cigarettes, if they weigh d less th)an three pounds to the d thousand, one dollar and a half; t< if over that weight, five dollars. ii The. time in which the bill goes p into effect is fixed by SECTION--. And be it furt her en acted, That all provisions of this Act which require the use of stamps a shall take effect at the end of al sixty days from the 'passage of'| this Act ; provided, that if at ariy gi time prior to the expiration of the i said sixty days, it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Sectary a~ of the Treasury that a~longer dle- b lay is necessary for the prepai a- hi tion and due delivery of any such h~ stamps, he shall be authorized to h fix a day, not later than the first day of December next, for putting y< said provisions relative to the use St of either of such stamps into op oration, and shall give public rio- 'hi cc of the day so fixed and de- . ,rmined upon, which day shall 3en be held and. taken to be ie time when that portion of- - ais Act which requires the ise P stamps. shall. have effect. Those. portions 'of the enact Lent not included in the abdvo ction take,effect immediatly r s.passage which, of -coifse, was esterday. [egro Violence Threatenet h Union District-The Whitel - Refer the' Matter *o Gov. Scott. A committee of the citizens of lie town of Unionville, consisting. f Dr.'W. C. i3ennett, ." A. Mc night, John Rodgers and Alik - [aebeth, freedman, -have eea ere on a visit to Gov. Scott, in ebalf of law and oruer. We arn that the committee repre: anted an outrageous state of af tirs in their District ; and that iformati3n received by the Got rnor, from the negroes them 1ves, goes to establish the state ients of the committee. It ap-. ears that on Saturday,.tbe 25th st., about 1,500 negroes assem ed on the plantation of Mr. eorge Hill, contrary tp the wish 3 and remonstrances of this gen leman. This is about 14 milesfrom' Tnion Court House. About 50.E rere armed, and were organized s a military body, under- leaders laiming military titles. They, vere also provided-with ammni ion. The most violent and 'in Inmmatory harangues were made, .nd threats against the whites rere freely indulged in. John Bates, Freedman, was alled- "Major of Battalion," and ead what he claimed were "Gen.. ral Orders," from Gov. Sott.' 'hese orders invited the negfos - o organize, and promised arms nd.music for them at an earl/ ay, and encouraged preparations. f a military character on the art of the negroes. This. man-= ad visited Gov. Scott a.few d&ys efore, and- he read, these "orders" s the orders of the Goverjnoi. " This man, John Bates, went .n a say that the~y were to meet I' Inion village, on the following aturday, the. 1st of August, -add' o fbrmierly ordered his forces 4, s.semble at that time 'and place.? The comniittee further- statd bat they had been informed, a~d elieved that thesnain object was >rescue from the jail a freedmiia here confined for a grave offetree, The whites of Union feet ablo. >'take care -of thetmselves;: bat iey desire the peace of the coni-, innity ; desire the law to prevail s nd hence they submit t~lie facts f' the casejor ,the action Qf .the overnor. We do not' know if .Geein cott his taken thbe proper meas res to put a stop to the violedce krat the deluded negroes corite4 late. But we do know that mil.i ary organizations *among t1ie egroes are prohibited by the4 WSy, and that,- if a collision hould occur,. a heavy responsibit: y will rest upon Governor Scott 'e white people of Union have one their duty and- shown tbhii ispositio6 to commtit the subject > the hands of the proper author y. They have acted wisely and romptiy to preserve the peace, (Columbia Phanix. There is a family living in Peru,Mass;, insisting of three old maids, all oler 60, ed their brother and his family.' These I occupy one house, but each of the' mes maintains her own domestic es-' blishmnent in a separate roori. They iard their apartments so jealonslf that one steps out for wood' or water, she eks her door securely, that the others ay not peep in. Three or four years' : one of them took a notion to marrf; it after a trial of two or three weeks unad it too expensive, ansi offered her sband $50 to leave her forever ; which did, anid she relapsed hopelessly into rself. A Philadelphia paper says, "a nice mung lady of this city wasted a di,sh of rawoerries and cream, a few evenings o, by throwing it at her father's head, cause be would not promise to take o to Euron~e this sumpmer."