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ROBT. A. THOMPSON. Editor. B. A. Thompson, W.H. Holcombe,R. Young, PROPRIETORS. TERMS.-One Dollar and Twenty-fire Cents or six months, in advanoo. Provision also taken ia payment, at tho market* rates. j*j?T" Advertisements insertod at $1 per square for tho first insertion, and 60 cents for each subse quent insertion, oash or provision. g^T Obituary Notices exceeding five lines, Trib utes of Respect, Communications *of a personal character, atv' Announcements of Candidates, will be charged for as advertisements. J?"* Job Printing executed with neatness and despatch, for cash or provision. f?* Noocssity compels us to adhere strictly to the requirement of cash payment. PICKENS^ H., S. C.: Saturday Morning, May 12, 1868. jtSfThe Report of the Congressional Re construction Committee will bc found on thc firsv page. J&T On the 7th instant, cotton was quoted in New York at 34 to 33. ' Gold, 284. The Anderson papers announce thc appearance of rust on the wheat. Mrs. DAVIS has been permitted to visit hor husband at Fortress Monroe. 46?* Tho "Anderson Intelligencer," of thc 10th says : " The train on thc Blue Ridge Railroad, on Monday morning last, ran ovc* two womon named Chnstain and Lawson, who had fallen asleep on thc truck. One of them had a leg broken, with other injuries, from the effects of which she has since died, and the other was badly bruised. . . The President of tho Unit?fl^t'itcs has ordered that, hereafter, no cith kn shall bc tried by a Military com mission. One by one the shackles of military rule arc disappearing. g?3T Tho people Of Wfnohcsfcor, ya., have formed an Assootatbn for the purpose of pro viding suitable interment for thc Confederate dead in that section. A live acre plat of land has been set apart for this purpose. Contri butions aro asked to assist in thc work. In formation on this subject will bc given by J. H. SHERRARD, Chai mian, to relatives ot de ceased officers or soldiers. The Blue Ridge Railroad. Tho Board of Trade, of Charleston, ot its last monthly meeting, had before it thc sub ject of the completion of thc Blue Ridge Rail road. Mr. G. A. TRENHOLM furnished, in his remarks, a complete history of the enter prise nnd its present condition. Mr. HENRY GOURDIN also spoke pointedly on thc subject. After which, the Board of Trade appointed a Committee of three to visit Cincinnati and other Western cities, for tho purpose of ma king arrangements which, it is hoped, may lead to-the carly completion of this great en terprise. Wklhalia Female College. . The attention of our citizons is directed to the proceedings of a public meeting, at Wal halla, for thc purpose of devising ways and means for thc erection of a building to bo used as a Female College. Tho advantages of suoh an institution are too apparent to neod elimi nation/ Tho enterprise has our bost'wishes for its suecoss. jf3T Thc " Anderson Intelligencer," after stating that the 25th Ohio Regiment had been relieved from duty, in this section, says : "Tho separate Districts arc again consoli dated, and the Judicial Districts of Green ville, Pickchs, Anderson and Abbeville hence forth comprise a Military Post, with head Quarters at this place. Lieut. Colonel B. B. lurray, of the loth Maine, assumes command of the Post, with six companies of his own regiment, and Co. " L," Regular Cavalry, as tho troops comprising the garrison." jfar* Tho law officer of the Government, under tho instructions of tho Preoident, is preparing to have Jefferson Davis arraigned before the Unitod Statos Circuit Court of, Virginia, whioh mcots at Norfolk, Virginia, on on the first Monday in May upon tho oharge of high treason. Nothing will prevent this action but tho intervention of Congress, or the refusal of Chief Justice Otyiso to try the case. Greenville and Columbia Railroad. The Stockholders of tho Grceuvillo aud Columbia Railroad met in Columbia on the 3d instaut. They determined to change tho bcd of thc road from tho east to the west side of Broad River. 'HENRY P. HAMMETT, Esq., was elected.| President ; and Simeon Fair, Robert Stewart, T. C. Perrin, J. W. W. Marshall, Alox. Mc Bec, James P. Boyce, B. F. Perry, J. L. Orr, J. P. Reed, L. C. Childs, H. T. Farmor, and Daniol Brown, Directors. Chaugcs in the under officers of the Road, it is understood, will also be made. Much is oxpected from the new President. Foreign Intelligence. From Europe comes thc deep-toned prepa-, j ration for war between Prussia and Austria. France, Italy, Russia, and the smaller Ger man powers, arc not inactive spectators^ and may be drawn into thc struggle, if a resort to arms cannot bc avoided. . The Mexicans, too, are still blood-thirsty. Reports from that country represent the de feat of the Imperialists, as also thc Liberals, in several engagements. 'Tijl thc smoke clours away, wc arc unable to give satisfactory particulars. Thc Spanish fleet has destroyed thc city of Valparaiso and $20,000,000 worth of proper ty, by bombardment. The war between Brazil and Paraguay u drags its slow length along." New Advertisements 1. Mr. W. C. HYNDS will open the Wal halla Female Academy on the 1st d"unc next. 2. - Messrs. SMITH & Hov EY, of Pendleton, advertise a most attractive Stock of Goods, which they offer on accommodating terms. 3. Thc Sheriff, by order of the Ordiuary, will sell tho Real Estates of HAYNES ABKR CROMWEnnd GEORGE ROSS, on Salcday. 4. Notico by J. A. JOHNS, Adm'r., to debtors and creditors of JAMES JOHNS, dco'd. jCarThc Methodist Uoufcrcno? li?s'eiectSotj four now Bishops, viz : Rev. W. M. Weight man, of Georgia; Rev. Mr. McCheyne, of Louisiana j Rev. J). S. Doggett, D. 1), of Vir ginia; and Rev. E. M. Mason, of Missouri all learned men. The choice was nearly unan imous. JK&T It is reported, says the fr National Intelligencer," that thc military district of Charleston, Port Royal, Eastern South Car olina and Western South Carolina, together with tho su? districts arc to bc abolished These districts aro to bc divided into twelve military posts, named as follows : Charleston, Collcton, Georgetown, Hilton Head, Law tonvillc, Beaufort, Darlington, Columbia, Ai ken, Chester, Anderson and Unionville. These posts arc to be garrisoned by aoven reg iments of volunteer troops, among which will bc the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Uni ted States colored troops. FOR THE COURTER. Walhalla Female Institute. At a meeting of some of thc citizens of thc Town of Walhalla this evening, the 3rd of 'May, 18G6, at the office of Drs. JOHNSON & GiLTjiiiANi), for the consideration of a plan to raise a fund necessary to the building of a Female Institute in tho Town of Walhalla, Rev. C. H.vSPE Alis was made Chairman, and H. W. PIEPER and R. A. MATHESON re quested to act as Secretaries. Tho Chairman having.explained the object of the meeting, Col. VAN DIVIERE was called upon to give his views upon the subject, which bc .did in a brief and appropriate manner, star ting that, in order to insure tho greater suc cess, tho enterprise should be placed in thc hands of the Ladies. Therefore ' Resolved, 1st. That of this body, II. S. VAN DIVIERE, (Chairman,) H. W. PIEPER, Dr. JOHNSON, Dr. WARNE, W. J. NEVILM-?, JOHN ANSEI,, Col. W.'S. GRISHAM and D. BIEMANN aro appointed as a Committee, whose duty it shall bo to communicate with a number (deemed by thom sufficient) of enter prising Ladies of thc District, aud appoint a time and place for their meeting. Resolved, %l. That when these Ladies are assembled it shall be the duty of SM* Com mittee to, meet and co-operato with thom in the enterprise. Resolved, 3ro7. That Rev. C. II. SPEARS be added to the Committee. Resolved, ?th. That a copy of thoso reso lutions be published in tho District journal. On motion, the mooting adjourned. REV. C. II. SPEARS, Ch'm'n. II. W. PIEPER, . ) G . . ll. A. MATHESON, \ *?^UH. ME&E MENTION. Thcro are fifty cases of Small-pox in Co lumbia.-Forty mule? have bcon sold in Columbia at an avcra?$hf #215 each.-. Judge Hook has deemed nt Augusta, Ga., that "greenbacks'* arcaj'legal tondcr " only for debts coutraTctcd sibee 26th February, 18(32 --<-" Colored pc?jplp^? vote in ?Mrehigan. -Col. Henry Cumfmug, of Augusta, Ga., committed suicide a fow days ago.-Time, patience M?]^industry, are thc three great masters oi^tjro worf?D-Thc Uuitcd States Senate luia banishca the " grocery ". from its walls.-^washington, Pfc C., and Victoria, Vancouvcrs Island, have been connected by telegraph.-Thc new Constitution of Texas bases representation on thc white population.> Tho steamer " Cibbotr^ was burned on the Savannah river roceiwyA-boat and 480 bales cotton lost.-Thc Harrison National Bank of Cadiz, Ohio, has b&Vibbed of $350,000. -The prettiest lining for a bonnet is a smi ling face.--Gen..Gram was presented with 780 boxes of Segars in one day.-London has three and one-half million inhabitants.-Bc temperate in all things.--Another death from chloroform is announced.-Majorllubos will publish a French paper in Charleston. Thc Small-pox ison thc increase in Edgofield. with one death.-Hue Wost College is in a flourishing condition.--IL P? Hughes, of Abbeville, is dead.-Forty-six pardons were granted by tho President last week.-The bill, disfranchising Southern men, has been passed by thc State Senate of Tennessee. From Washington. WASHINGTON,'1 May 1.-It is understood that at thc meeting of thc cabinet to day the President invited an expression of opinion from thc Head of thc department respecting thc report of tho Reconst ruction. Committee, and it is reported that in an. animated discus sion which ensued thereupon, Secretaries Se ward, Mcculloch, Welles and Stanton wore de cided in their opposition to the plan of tho committee, and earnest in the.ir support of tho President's policy for restoration. The Post master-General was'in favor of carrying out the President's policy, but expressed some doubts as to tho precise time at. wUiob loyal representatives from Southern States should bc admitted. The Attorney-General was not present. Thc President was very emphatic in his op position to the committee's repel t and declared himself against nil conditions precedent to tho admission of loyal representatives from the Southern States in the shape of am'ondments to thc constitution and the passage of laws. He insisted that under thc Constitution no State could be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate, and that Senators and Repre sentatives ought at once to be admitted into the representative houses as prescribed by thc law.aud the Constitution. He was for a strict adherence to the Consti tution as it is, and remarked that, having sus tained ourselves under it during a terrible re bellion, he thought thc Government could bc restored without resort to amendments; and remarked, in general terms, that if the organ ic law is to be changed at all, it should be at a time when all thc States and all thc people can participate in the alteration. WASHINGTON, May 2.-Mr. nixon offered an amendment to thc Reconstruction proposi tion of tho Committee. It declares that when any of thc lately rebellious States shall present itself, not only in its attitude of loyul ity but represented by nico capable of submit ting to thc constitutional test, it shall bc ad mitted to a right of representation. The House rejected a bill for reorganizing thc army, and will next consider ono which has passed thc Senate for that purpose. An order has been issued from the War Department by direction of the President de claring that thc Military Commission and Court Martinis arc not authorized, therfore, will not assume jurisdiction in trials of any persons other than those belonging to thc Ar my and Navy of tho Urti ted States and camp followers, contractor^and others os are indi cated in the articles of war and acts of Con gress. WASHINGTON, May 3.-Thc Senate to-day passed tho bill from the Confcrcneo Com mittee establishing telegraphic communication with Cuba. It now awaits thc signature of the President. The House passed tho bill for thc admis sion of Colorado. AVA?IIINGTON, May 4.-Henry S. Foth, of Savannah, was"confirmed by thc Senate, to day, a? United States Attorney for .Georgia. Lewis I). Campbell was oonfirmed as Min istor Ito thc Republic of Mexico. - MEMPHIS, May L-A riot occurred this evening between tho police and negro soldiers, growing out of an attempt of officer* to ar rest a white man whom thc negroes attempt ed to protect. About thirty policemen kept up the fight for two hours, with ono hundred and futy negroes. It ra? finally quieted,by thc Kith Regiment of Infantry. Ono policcuiau was killed, and three wounded.' iCight or teu negroes woro killed ?ltd severol wounded. ._ _ REOEIPTS. Tho following persons liavo paid on their sub. script i on io the CUUKIBU, US follows : x Mrs. Sallie Griffin, - - - . $1 25 Elihu "Griffin. - 1 25 James Eurdine, - - . 2 50 Sharpe & Mays. ... 1 25 THE LADIES' STO?E, BY SMITH & IIOYEY, ?JV, s. c., AS JUST RECEIVED and is.now oponing a very largo and well selected ?STOCK ?IF dic?OOS, Consisting of Calicoes, Ginghams, Muslins, Shall ios, Lawns. D?roges, Tissues, Crapes, Worsted, White and Colorod Jaconet. Dottod' and-Thin Swiss, Tolton, Nunsook, India Long Cloth, Bleached and Drown Sheeting and Shirt- , ings, Ehtck and Colored Silks, Kid and Silk Gloves, Culls and Collars, Embroidered Edging and Inserting, Dross Cord,' of al colors; Rib bons and Ron net's, &c AGreaft Variety of Yankee Notions' Of Every Kind. * GENTS' GOODS : Rlack and Colored Cassi moro, Broad Cloth, Tweeds, White and Colored Linens, Cottouados, Mersuillos. Linen Bosoms, &e. BEADY MADE CLOTHING: Broad Cloth, Black and Colored Casaimoro, Merstiiles, Tweeds and Alpacca Coats, Yosts and Pants. HATS AND CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES, Ladles' sm<l Ci ?nts' Hoots anti Shoes In <??roat Variety. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE, of all \ descriptions. A very larfto assortment of Lamps and Fix tures, Press Tin, ?"Oj GROCS3 RIBS': Will in a few days haven good assortment of. . Groceries. Sfc?"' Wc invite alt persons visiting our Town , j to'call and soe our &f??k before buying, espe cially our Ijatli-OS9 Wa'OSS Goods, aa wo have a very large Stock, and hy ve been oaroful I'ly soleoted by (TUR M E. IR) Y EY, who has boon , in i\Tow York for tho last two months. Pondloton, S. Ci Mav 8, 1800, 34-tf 0KDINAjirS SALE: j)V VIRTUE of nn oilier directed to mc by AJk. 1) li. lloleoiube, .Esquire, Ordinary of Dickens District. I will *cll to tlic highest bidder, nt Eick ens Court 1 louse, on Saleday in June next, tho 1U0AL ESTATE Of Haynes Abercrombie, deceased, consisting of one TRACT OK LANI), lying and situato in tho District-of Eickens, adjoining lands of .7. S. La Ihom, <). , Armstrong and others, containing 7'? Acres ni oro or less. TERMS OF SALE.-On a credit of Twelve Months, with interest.; the purchaser to giVo-bond. and approved security to thc Ordinary, with a., mortgage of the premises, if deemed necessary by, him, to secure the payment of thepnrchnso monoy.. Thc costs to be paid ?M coin, in cash, or its cquivn-. lent ; and-to pay extra for titles. L. THOMAS, s.r.f) SheriIT's Office, May 8, 1800 84-3 ,~ ORDINARY'S SALE. ~ pY VIRTUE of an order to me directed, by W.. I) B. Holcombe, Bsq.,Ordinary, 1 will sell to tho* highest bidder, nt Dickens Court House, on SA LE DAY IN MAY NEXT, * . The Real Estate of flcorgo Ross, deceased, oonsisf illg of one Tract, of Land, lying in Eickens District, on waters of Stamp Creek, ?nd adjoining lands of' John Ros*, Thus. R. Davis and others, containing 1S7 Acres moro or less. TERNIS OE SALE.-On. a credit of Twelve Months, with interest ; the purchaser to givo bond and approved security to thc Ordinary, with a,, morlgago of the premise.? if deemed necessary bj' him, to secure tho payment of the purcha-c.money.. . The costs to bo paid in coin,- in cash, or itsequiT--. aient ; nnd to pay extra for titles. L. THOMAS, s.r-.r?. Sheriff's Office, May 8. 1800 34-3 EXECUTORS' NOTIC?T pERSONS indebted to the Es ate of E. E. Alex-. L auder, deceased, aro required to make pay^ mont: and those having demands against said, l?state must present them to tho undersigned, lo gally attested. Within tho time prescribed l?y law. . C*Y.'M. Ki ALEXANDER, } , JOS. J. NORTON, | ?Vxors. May 2, 1801? 38 4 i Notice. 1)ERSON8 having demands against tho Estate nf . James Johns, doceasod, will present them, le gally attested, to tho undersigned for payment j and those indebted to said Estate must make pay-: mont forthwith. J. A. JOHNS, Adm'r. . May 0, 1800 _34_8, Notico. V 'PIIOSE? having demands against the Estato ?f 1 William Laidy, dcopnse.d, must presont thom to md, legally attested, for payment; abd thoso in debted to said Estufo aro required to make bunter, diato paymont. * - 1). RIEMANN, AdmV. , May 2, 1 Boo 03 . 4