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gp; < { , JJY REQU KST. . ' . * . From thVWiwborry Herald; . . Gov PERRY : Iua|ormer number of>his .paper I gavo ? brief notico of sotao of-tho points, of your loto loltor, ifbioh ^addressed . to tho Editprs. ? I uow address you, beoauae " ' I pr?fet tho uso of tho second porapn to that thal ?hird, when either ono br tlur^thor is to bo repeated. ' I will abo adopt the singular number*of tho personal prououn, and hence forth it will bo, ? you" and " t." You. havo undertaken iu these letters to ar raign, not ? few porsona, nor a particular elass, but a whole people, aud to put them on trial for tho highest political oritno,-thc betrayal of their country. In making tho charges you haYo thus preferred, you have exhibited your true oharaoter of boldness. You havo taken no pains to qualify your . words, or to soften tho epithets which you havo applied to your political adversaries. Thoso with whom you differ in opinion you charge with no less a crime than treason to tho State.- * In your first letter you sny-" Put now they (meaning OB thc context shews, tho pco plo Of South Carolina) aro going to. sacrifice their honor as a people an*d lose their lands in the bargain 1 They aro goiug to enfranchise 00,000 black voters, and surrender tho politi cal power pf th? Stnto iuto tho hands of the negroes." /. , . Again; iu your second lettor you Bay " Strange tosay that thoro are many persons in the Southern States whoso high sense of honor would not let them adopt the Constitutional amendment, who are now urging thc pcoplo to voluntarily swallow (ho military bill, re fard'lcss of honor, principle, or consistency, am hoppy to know that they were secession ists and novor were Union men." In your third lotter you say further-" lu ordor to hasten their return, they (tho pcoplo of South Carolina) aro uot only willing to igivG up all the rights of their State, all con 'stttutioual and republican principles and self government, but to transfer the government, of their onoo proud and ohivalrio State into the hands of. tho negroes." Aud'at tho conclusion of your third letter, iou moko tho announcement-" A rebol ro uctant and unwilling I did become. My father was ono in '70. Put a traitor 1 never .can bo." Tho italics are your own. I now put tho question to you, if tho lan? ' guage which you have herc used, and applied to you personally ; if you were denounced as a traitor-and your conduct characterized as be ing " regardless of honor, prinoiplc, or con sistency,'' how would you take it ! If you could recall a few years, 1 feel quite sure that you would resent the insult with "sterner stuff" than mere paper missiles. Why then did you so far forget tho rules of legitimate oontroVeray, tho language of politeness und good breeding, the dignity of your position as an Ex-Govornor and quasi United States Sen ator, aa to speak thus of your political oppo nents and of tho people of South Carolina ? Surely sir, you lost your accustomed equanim ity and self-control when you were engaged in penuing- these philippics. Or will you leave us to imagine, that you claim for yourself what you deny to others,-that you can say with impuuity what you pienso about others ; that you havo the right to hold others to scon and contempt, whilo they have no right t< hurl hack upon you your own words ? Pit it not oocur to you that other people beside: - _ .-..-</- --.Q..., ?Aura; tc nu e (sou n for themselves, without havin? thoir honor, motives, or character assailed ? Aro you anti your opinions to bo set up as tho only mode ?nd test of houor ? Is Gov. Perry, par ex cellenco, a Chevalier de Bayard, while all others aro admirers of Sir Johns " bettet part of valor "? Ts every man who has the hardihood to differ with yotl, or to advise a oourso of political conduot which meets with your disapproval, to bo denounced as a triator to the interests of tho State os acting " regardless of honor" ? If so, then I re tract all that I have said, and dismiss from my mind all that I havo thought, about your ar rogance and self-sufficiency. Putt join issue with you upon thc facts which you state. You havo misrepresented those who differ with you as to tho true policy to bi pursued by tho people of South Carolina al this important juncture of affairs. I do not say that you Have done it deliberately. Th cst charges were not made by you in the boat ot debate, and whon you wcro hurried away bj thc swelling tide of your own eloquence; ii so you might.i)o excused. On tho contrary they were made with co?l preparation, in thc closet,-perhaps in nights still hours, whor thought and feeling are generally sobered ono1 tempered by reason and judgment; and you have reiterated them in several communica tions. They must thcrofore bc taken ns youl well considered opinions, at least, as charge? which you aro willing to stand by. You do not make good by protf any chorgi that you have made. Naked* assertions, in ? fi Jupiter tonans" style, aro thc groat wenp ons you wield. What proof have you adducci to show, that tho pcoplo of South. Carolin: " in ordor to hasten their returii (to th Union) aro not only willing to give up all th rights of their State," &c, "but to trunsfer th government of their once proud and ohivalri tote into tho hnnds of tho. pegroes." Hot dare you make suoh an imputation upon a nc bio and gallant people, who during ninny lon yoars toleratod what thoy conceived to bo yov political heresies, and have lately honored yot ' and Sought to confide to your keeping thei dearest interests. Who is willing to do whi you have hero picturod ? Where is tho so of South Carolina who {swilling thus to bi tray and dishonor his mother ? Can you poit him out? "If so, lot tho dastardly traitor I known, and his nanto ho blackened with ii famy. You o?nnot do it, sir. You hat brought against a whole people a ohargo whic you oaunotmako good against ono individus or if that-tpne bo found, he is already sunk i iOW'fls to Jo despised. Boos not ovcrybody know, do you not knot that Lim people of South Carolina .havo ht no voice in tho adoption of the measures whic aro now being enforced for their govcrnmci by military power 1 And where did you loai that thoy " aro going to enfranchise C0,0C . black voters." Has that not nlrendy bet dono by op aot of. Congress ? What agent did they h?vo in passing this mensuro ? Cn it bo now proveoted ? Tho edict ha? got forth, and it oapnot bo recalled by any aotic ?if the pcoplo of South Carolina. Tho thin ids already been done, which you say the pe plo "aro going'' to do., This Chinese metl od oi reading tho history of political events havo not been accustomed to* This goin backwards, "putting the cart before til horse," moy answer tho purposes of your ai 'griment, but it will not decoi vo. " A way fa i iog mao though a foo! need net err therein. Moro Anon,. MOLLOWOV, m BY UKClUEST. W hat a miserable spectacle it is to seo that Soutli*. Carolina the very momont that Cou gresa passed tho military bill over tho Prcsi deut's veto rushed forward to Washington to solicit tho choice of a brigadier to rulo over her citizons ! Poor, disgraced .South Caroli na 1 Tho first to force her Bister States into rovolutiou ; tho first to adopt tho constitution al amendment abolishing slavery ! Aud now sho cannot forego tho cxciuisito pleasure of naming somo brigadier under whoso imperial rule she is content to serve. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, is ulso out for ac ceptance of tho congressional terms. Boforo the war, aud in its earliest stages, bc was tho most uncompromising of firc-catcrs. When tho capitol of hi? state was threatened, ho was tho first to skced.idlc, and sent off a wholo train of cars, thirteen in number, laden with his cotton cards and cabbages, his buggies, ! pleasure carriages, mules, horses and other of-f fects, (which truiu lie run away in himself as far ns Fort Valley, Ga.,) while State archives wove left to the mercy of- thc advancing foe ; and, asa general rumor says, while poor woun ded Confederate soldiers were debarred from access to tho thirteen cars chartered by his running excellency ! Ex-Gov. Jos. E. Brown, of Georgia, is the .Inst manon earth to toll tho gallant peopletif ltia or any othii State? what todo, unless it j advanced his.ovru interest. There ia about as j much patriotism, or lovo of aught but self I in Joe Brown, ns there ia in un eye of knit ting needle.-Natchez Courier. ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. lt. A. THOMPSON & ROBT. YOUNG, nt o nt i uro/tx. TERMS.-One Dollar amt Tirent;/Jive cent." strict/;/ in advance, for six months Subscription. j JKSy^ Advertisement* inserted ni SI per si/unre of I len lines or less for Ihr first insertion, and 6U cents for each subs?quent insertion. BSy~ Obituary Notices exceeding five lines, Trib utes of Respect, Communications of a personal character, and Announcements of Candidates, will bc charged for ?ti advertisements. fjSf* Job Printing neall;/ and cheap/;/ executed. flfi$f" Payment can be made in currency, or in pro vision at thc mar kc I rates. Cloy* Necessity compels us lo aillurc strictly to the requirement of cash payment. PICKERS C. il,, S. C.: Saturday Morning, June 20, 1867. tt?&n Tho supplemental opinion of the At torney General monopolizes our apace this week. It is us sharp ns the former one was dull. District officers, from a constable up, are disfranchised. 5@"On thc 24th, in New York, cotton was dull at 26}. Gold, 38*. Flour and grain advancing. fliS-f A heavy storm prevailed on thc const from tho 21st to thc 23d, renohing inland abovo Columbia. Crops have been consider ably injured thereby. - Ottf Oot.gwww? -?ni, no doubt, assemble on Monday next The issue between the Presi dent and tho district commanders has contrib uted largely to this result. Congress will doubtless cut the "Cordion knot" for Mr. JOHNSON. But whilst this is going on thc the poor, unfortunate South, is being ground into powder (no salt-petrc) between tho action of thc upper and nether millstone Verily, our lot is a hard ono. " Fort Hill." Thjs very desirable place will bc sold, at this place,' on Monday next. Sec advertise ment. Appointed. Mr. J. W. Conn, of this village, has been appointed Collector of. Internal KevenUC for Pickens District. Poisoned. We regret to learn that a little daughter of Mr. JKSSK JENKINS, of ?his District, caused her own (loath last week by innocently using strychnine, which had been purchased hy thc father, and left where it could bc had by tho child. Too much care onnnot bo observed in romoving such deadly poisons beyond tho roach of children and ignorant persons. Donation. Thc Southern Relief Commission of Phila delphia have forwarded &250.00 to Col. V. A. HOKE, for tho purpose of purchasing supplies for thc needy in Pickens. Col. HOICK will at onco nddress himself to thc discharge of this dclioato trust. Mining News, Wo loam that rich silver mines havo been discovered, near Walhalla, in this district. Mr. L.KWI8 EATON has sold hi? mineral in terest to Northern mon. Mr. J. C- Conn has disposed of his minorai interest, receiving stock in tho mining company therefor. Wc furthor learn that this company will proceed at an early day, with thc most improved appli ances, for working their silver minos. On Mr. J. O. LKWIS' place, in thc same section, we learn that gold has been found in unusual quantities. Jt?T Thc " National Intelligencer" denies that tho PHKSIDKNT has " Bright's disenso of tho kidneys.'' His health, on thc contrary, is good. ?9"Tho "Abbeville Press" states that tho wheat crop of that Distriot is unusually good, and that wheat hos been selling as low as 81.25 por bushel. The market quotations there is $1.50 to $1.75 per bushel. jar Oon. JOHN A. WAQKN?R, Immigra tion Agont for tho Stato of South Carolina, has engaged to visit Newberry, and present the claims of his Bureau to the citizens fool ing an interest in tho " labor question," on the first Monday in July next, .Important Correspondence. Tho following correspondencehctwocu Gen: SICKLES aud the PRESIDENT is extraordinary : HEADQUARTER1 S 2D MILITARY DISTICT,") Charleston, S. C., June 19, 18Q7. j Adjutnnt-Gencral of tho Anny, War depart ment, Washington, D. C. : I have tho honor to request that I may he rolicved from command in this District, and I respectfully demand a Court of Enquiry up on my official action that I may vindicate my self from tho aoousation cf tho Attorney-Gen eral, published, it is presumed, with''.he ap proval of thp President. Congress having declared tho so called Stato Governments ille gal, thc declaration of tho Attorney-General that military authority ha's not superccdod them, prevents tho execution of thc Recon struction Acts, disarms nie of means tuprotect life, property,, or tho rights of citizens, and menaces all interests in these States with ruin. (Sigucd) 1). E. SIOKI.ES, . Major-Genend Commanding. Official : J. W. Clous, Capt. and A. A. A.C. WAR PEPAUTMKNT, | WASHINGTON, D. C , Juno 21, 18G7. J Major-General Sickles, Charleston, S.JJ. : Your telegram asking to bo rclievod from command of tho Second Military Dist??t. and dciunnding a Court of Enquiry, was submit ted by tho Secretary ot War? yesterday^ to tho President of tho United States, who directs you to retain your command, and he declines to order tho Court of Enquiry demanded by you. Ry order of the 1'resident of thc U. S. (Signed) E. 1). TOWNSEND, A. A. G. Thc Executive nrin'of tito government bas deliberately come to thc conclusion that many of the acts of tho military commanders aro without warr; t of law or competent military authority. Upon which, Gen. SICKLES asks io bo .relieved, and also demands a court of Inquiry. This appears reasonable and proper, but strange to say both arc denied hint hythe President. More: tho President, although clothed with thc power, does not declare void the alleged illegal acts of tho district com manders. This is to us ino#cplicublo. . Tho PRESIDENT instructed Gen. SMEUIHAN to extend tho time for registration in Louisi ana, but this bc refused to do. One of two things appears clear to us.-ci thor that tho promulgation of the opinion ol thc Attorney General was a political move or tho part of the PRESIDENT,'or that there i; no discipline in the army. The result of ci thor proving true may well lill the public mind with fresh alarm. Whither aro we tea ding? Remody for thc Dull Times. The best remedy for dull times is to nd vcr tise freely, says the " Pheonix." Merchant and traders generally should not let thei stocks .romain shelved and their articles o trade on hand until they become old, stal and unprofitable, for thc sake of the. sundi CN pense it would cost them to advertise. 1 i ?I.- -".-?-?" ? i-. -V'ifchC will lind thc investment tobe a paying poe. Ufo?* Chief Justice CHASE randers tho Im portant decision, in North Carolina, that cit zens of the pretended Confederate States wh paid debts due Northern citizens into th bands of Confederate receivers are not then by discharged from tho debt. The result i.< all such debts arc now collectable, and partie who voluntarily paid, or who were forced t pay over to receivers, will have their reined at law against the receivers, who arc bonn for funds thus unlawfully obtained. jC-iT General Scott has instructed Huron agents to keep the freedmen fully informe as to their rights under tho recent Acts < Congress. JGJ3T The "Abbeville Press" states th; tho (Joint of Equity adjourned on Sat urd? llftor an earnest week's work. An extra ter of thc Court, to bc hold in August, will 1 necessary to dispatch the business notwfen tl dookets. iC3?" Somebody, who writes inore fou th fl ly than poetically, says : " All angel wit ho money is not thought so much of nowada asa devil with a bale of greenbacks." Sonic of tho girls hav>~ remonstrat against a patent being issued for the fust cn il of buttons on clothes by a screw, dcolari that if tho men can paton their buttons, th will never get married. ?t?T Wo inadvertently stated last wei that thc Sultan of Turkey was among tho d tinguished visitors now nt Paris. This was error of tho pen-lu's majesty is not there y but ho is ?oining in July-and coming li thc gay and fnsoiHating Prince thnt ho is. Hoing a gcntloman of very domestic Imbi thc Sultan seldom leaves home, and now tl i he is going out visiting, he intends to take. j littlo family with ll j ut, His suite is said include live hundred persons, but his I'm li d ato family consists of only three bundi wives and liftccn eunuchs. An Indian passing up the sheets Natchez, a few days sinco, was asked the rt tivo position of wliltO man, negro nnd Indii Giving a usual " ugh !" he said ; j! 'Foro war, fust cum whito mon, den Injin, don di don nigger; now cum ni rgcr, den dog, <j injin, and white man Inst." EDWARD P. WAU,, Secretary of I " Executive Stato Central Committee}' of Union Republican Party of South Carolin gives notice ihat " an ndjourncd mjqtinp tho Convention cf this party will boj Kohl Columbia, on tho 24th July, 1867." i Ei District is invited to send dologatcs! Tho Pncifio llailroad has boon <Joni] tod 361 miles beyond Omaha, in Npbras Traok laying is progressing at tho ra$of fi s thrco to five miles per day I I i MERE MENTION. Tho Court of Equity, for Pickcus District, will bo in session Monday next.-During thc month of May 37,000 foreign immigrants arrived in Now York.--A canary bird has boon sold in Dansville, New York, for ?75. _Tho Russian Emperor is h..luvcd to spend about $100,000 a day in Paris.-1-Augusta, Ca., is arranging for a " baby show."-? Grain speculators aro beginning to " acknowl edge the corn " and wheat crops.-Tho. re cent freshet carried off Dun hain-S bridge an Haluda.--There were 381 deaths Pu New York city last week.-1-Cholera lins appeared in Now York.-Locusts are devouring veg etation and crops of all kinds in Spain. Tho burning of. tho Carpet factories in Hart ford, Conn., has caused a loss of $1,500,000. -Tho best friends are those that stimulate each other to good.-Diamonds of thc very first water IfaVO been fourni in Hall County, Ga.-C lt. Wolfe, of Charleston, commit ted suioide by taking laudanum.--The Mas sachusetts contribution to the Southern Re lief Fund is S 10,035,-Two frightful deaths from hydrophobia tonk place in New Orleans last week -Ex-Gov. Henry S. Foote has begun to practice law in Nashville and to ad vocate female suffrage.-Quinine bringt ?035.00 an ounce at (Jape Town.--Now Or loins drinks three thousand kegs of "lager' daily.-New dorsey has abolished corpora punishment in her schools.-" No cake ' is appended to marriage notices in Kansas -ld m ?ral Sommes, principal editor of tin " Memphis Bulletin," declares in favor of fe m dc suffrage.-There are. only 400,00( taxable incomes in thc United Slates. Jefferson Davis was born in Todd county Kentucky, and was sixty years old on the 3r< day of Ju ie.-Sihoo the promulgation o "General Orders, No. 82," "ii ns" hav largely increased in number.-A inovtirjig was recorded in Newberry recently, tho st imp on which were worth 81,500. Jg?}~ The " Raleigh Sentinel " says tim tho Cram! .Jury of the Circuit Court of Wak County, on Friday last, presented l>. II. Stai buck, Esq., U. S. District Attorney, for pei jury, in having taken the ?ron-clad i alb t olliec-Mr. Starbuck having been a incuibi of the State Convention of 1861, thouuh sui sequent to tho passage of thc .secession ord nanee. At the. request of Mr. S., tho Chic Justice appointed counsel to conduct tin invei t* gat ion in thc matter. Col. Titos. Itu Ci i being first designated, declined, for privai reasons, to act, when Ii. F. .Moore, Esq., r< luctaiitly consented to serve. The 'Sent md " says it is understood that several otb? officials wore presen tod for tho same offene but inasmuch as the names have not yet pul Hely transpired, refrains from giving them. /Cfc?" A radical.candidate in Georgia prot fiscs forty acres of land lo every negro wi omni \oiu mr mu?. >ino uovu once mai equally brilliant promises, but, as ?tl tho Coe gia oaRO, the " old boy " didn't own a foot land in thc universe. it.f?" Knowledge is the true 'alchemy th turns everything it touches into gold, gives us dominion over nature, unlocks t storehouse of creation, and opens to us t treasures of tho universe. jT-?T The national debt amounts to mr than S100 to each man, woman mid child, thc United States, black and white. KW The Congressional Union Republic Committee, have engaged tho Rev. dohu Given, tho eloquent colored speaker of Ch lesion, S. C., to canvass thc South and r dress tho people. Ho will also organize I ion leagues and Republiein clubs. WASHINGTON, Juno 22.-Tho foi lb wi order was issued to day : WAU DKI'AUTMKNT, A DJ UTANT-l I KX KR A l.'s O V V WV?, Washington, June 20, 1807, Whereas several commanders of militi districts, evented by the Acts of Congr? known ns the Reconstruction Acts, have pressed doubts as to tho proper construct thereof, and in respect to some of the pow and duties under the said .Vets, and havu plied to thc Executive for information in r< lion thereto; and whereas the said Acts Congress have, been referred to thc Attorn General for his opinion thereon, and tho s Aots and thc opinion of the Attorney-Gem have been fully and carefully considered tho President, in conferenco with thc bc I of thc rospootivc departments, tho Prcsid accepts thc following ns a practical intcrp ntion of. tho aforesaid Acts of Congress on points therein presented, and directs tho si to bo transmitted to the respectivo mili) commanders for thoir information, in pi that, there may bo uniformity in the ext tion of said Acts. [Here follow tho innot points of tho Attorney-General's summary adopted by tho Cabinet and telegraphed thc 20th instant, being the substance oui thc Attorney-General's opinion.] Ry order of thc President: j! E. I). TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-Genera CIIAIU.KSTON, Juno 19.-A duel was foi this nfternoon, nt Hatch's Avenue, a s distance above here, between Edward 1 formerly of Columbia, and Theodore Cf, R Of'Charleston. Roo was wounded-suppi mortally-at tho first fire. Hong aurrcudi himself promptly to thc civil authorities, hus si nco died. AUGUSTA, Juno 21.-General Popo ?sf instructions to tho boards of rogistrntiot day, directing thatolorks and reporters ot HU promo court, dorks of superior and inf? coutts, ordinaries and clerks of tho oou ordinury, county treasurers, county sur ors, receivers, tax retainers, tax collectors recoivers, sheriffs,' justices of poaoo, coroi mayors, recorders, aldormon or oounoilmi any incorporated town who aro ox-ofilcors Justices who, previous to tho war, aocc theso oihocs and afterwards participated i rifellion, ate nil disqualified and not ontitt i registration. % TV ^ . _L'.--,"-L..Li_ML... i._L-is ?? WHAT IS A Li'.?Ar/ J UH Y.-A question lins arisen before Judg? .Moses, who i? hold ing Court in Charleston, na to tho legal con stitution of thc juries wno wore drawn prior to the order of Cen. tickles regarding thc lists to bo frained irrctipcctivo of color-with regard to which thc " Mercury " remarks : . The recent order of (Jen. Sickles requiring that juries shall bo drawn from lists framed without distinction of color, has raised thc ' question whether a verdict rendered by a jury I not so drawn would bc binding in law, cither ' so us to affect the title to properly, or to.justi- I I fy tho punishment of a criminal. Thc priic- j i tico in tito courts of this State is to issue tho i venire for a jury nt any particular form at the ? close of thc tenn previous, and thus tho ju ries for tho present term of thc Court of Com mon Pleas and General Sessions, appear in Court in response to a venire issued at tho close of tho last term of the Court at thc end of May, before Gen. Sickles' order was issued, and of course according to old jury lists which contained thc names of white men only. There has iii consequence been"omisiderabie consultation between Judge Muses and tin military authorities m the subject, tito latter advising that, tho Court be adjourned until new jury lists can bc prepared. Judtro Moses has, however, declined to adjourn tho Court, and will proceed with tho business of the Court as usual, unless of course prevented by such positive military orders as have not yet hem? issued. A similar question was raised recent.!}' in tho trial of a case at Tarhoro, N. C., where in a ponding criminal case there was a 'challenge to ?he array fora like reason. The Judge overruled the (dpillcdgo, but cnn ti n ned the case without discharging the prisoners. Tnt: SOUTH AND TIIK IIKIM'MM.?C.VN PAU TV. --The lliclimnnd HVtlVj in speaking of registration and thc duty of tho people of Vir ginia in regard to it, has tho following very sensible remarks : " Congress rules the Government, ami the. Kopublicap party rules Congress. That par ty wc, thoroton*, have to convince, satisfy and conciliate. No other party lins, or is likely to have, power over us. IF we seek to satisfy any other party, or to carry out our preferen ces mendy, without consulting the views or meeting the exactions of tho dominant party WO will inevitably fail in what we desire to ac complish, viz* the rehabilitation of the State. We therefore admonish the people of Virgin ia to be circumspect, cautious and wise* and tn approach the great subject before them with clear beads and cool tempers, ami deal with it as the great business affair upon which all other business affairs are dependent, i tin lc - ?uti up their minds so to act in reference to it as to secure, and promote the present and fu ture welfare of this afflicted Commonwealth. Are we p repa rod, for the present, to waive the high scats, ami to be content to co operate in the work of reconstruction, so as to secure a State Government that will protect us, and to be admitted3 into thc Federal Govern ment, or will we determine to engage in a hopeless, exasperating and suicidal contest with Congress and tho,dominant party? If we should organize against them, and nut-vote them at the approaching elections, would not our victory be our ruin't These are questions I'.... n?i> ?....,.1,. ....? ,...lj. ?.N nn,.iiilni', lint rtO. cide, and that speedily." Ex G?VKRN?lt JOSKMJ I?. JiltOWN, in a recent speech to a mixed audience in M ?Hedge ville, (?a., said : " When ve ure admitted into the Union as a State I expect to advo Icate an n (li I in t ion with whatever progressive national party shows the grolltest inclination to stand by principles and deal justly by us, j with the most, power to aid in restoring pros I peri ty tc the South and to the whole country. The war bas forever settled the old issues upon which the country was divided into parties, in making a future selection 1 shad be gov erned by none of the predilections nor preju dices of the past. Should the people reject a convention, he prognosticates that whom Congress again meets it will do one of two tilings, saying n otb ill g for the present about confiscation, lt will either disfranchise all who vote against, a convention, or all who vol untarily engaged in the rebellion. What would then follow '! Tlieeonunandiug gener.il would be directed tn make another .enrollment of tho freedmen and tho few white men not dis franchised, and the question of reconstruction would be referred back to them. They would accept promptly, and form a constitution for the State and elect State officers and mem bers of Congress, and upon that organization the State would be admitted into (?on^ress by her representatives. The present proposition leaves probably eight to nine-tenths of the while men still voters. The. next will not. probably leave the ballot in the hands of more than one or two tenths ol' the white men of tho State. The basis of exclusion should be all who voluntarily aided the rebellion." NKW Oitr.KANs, June 24.-Tt is reported that, ns soon as Marquise learned of thc sn'e and delivery of Querctaro by Lopez, he opened tho documents loft with him by Maximilian ; amongst them, he found one in which bc ab dicated in favor of young Itnrbido. Marquise immediately proclaimed Itnrbido Emperor, under thc regency of tho Empress Carlotti. Ho also arrested thirty of tho most notable Liberals, whom bc imprisoned as hostages for the lives of Maximilian ami his companions. It is stated that. Maximilian's counsel had been refused a request for thitty days' timo to prcpnrc, and that bc had boen sonlonced ; it is abo rumored that he had been exeoutcd, but there is nothing authoritative to this ef fect. Hy the last mail, it is reported that Mar quiso had commenced tho execution of thc hostages, and had shot two. Tho donth of Mendez is confirmed. All tho foreign prison ers arc en mule for Monterey ; they number four or fivo thousand-Austrians, Belgians and French, Tho l.ttCSfc ndvicos from Mexico confirm tho report that Santa Anna is at Sisal. Vera Cruz bad not surrendered. CHAH?.KSTO.V, Juno 21.-Fri?os of cotton for tho past week hovo been regular, with sales of about 481 bales, at 22?26. HICQ, |11|?1TJ, Ttosln, $4(rt)4.50. Spirit tur pentine, 50(?51. Corn, $1.85(501:8(1. Flour, $ll(o)17-tho latter figur? having been ob tained for .now Southern flour. Bacon primo shoulders, ll ilill i primo ribbed sidos, 18 J ; primo olear ribbed aides, 18}(a) 14} olear Sidos, 14 J. Sa|t? $2.25 per sack. SAVANNAH, Juno 22.--Thoro has boen heavy wind and rain slnoo 6 Qrolock this morn .?pg. Trees ha*o boon uprootod and groat , pumbors of privato residences badly dajnaged. ?S??B?BBBSCS?HS''fey.*i^""*">1?."-l!..'--''J '.LIV '.".'iJ BIRMINGHAM, Julie 2*1.-Tho harangues* of a man named Murphy' caused tho recent riot. Tlie troops used cutlasses ; Beyond ri oters wci'o wounded, hut none killed. Mur phy continues lus harangues, but comparativo quiet prevails. WASHINGTON, June 21.-Omaha advices' report an Cpdinn fight nt Fallow's Station.-. Nine Indians killed. Tho Indians killed ona man, and took seventy mule? from Hugo Sta tion. Sherman is at North Platte. BIRMINGHAM, June 22.-Murphy contin ues preaching against tho Cat holics. Tho city is quiet, but un outbreak may occur at any time. The policemen continue to wear cut lasses. GlIAiU.KSTON, June 22.-The Grand Jury to day, alter receiving a special charge from Judge Moses, indicted all tho parties con cerned in the recent fatal duel for murder. The trial is expected to take place next week. Planters report that the incessant and heavy rains of thc last live days have materially in jured cotton along the seaboard. AUG'liSTA, June 22.- lt is feared the heavy ami continued rains for the week will serious ly injure the wheat and other crops. Tlw rains are general throughout Georgia omi South Carolina. NtiW Yon Iv,, ?lune 32.-Tho special Conj? milico of the 'New Vork Firemen's Associa tion, with the present of a hose carriage for the Columbia lircmen, sailed to day on tho Manhattan I'm* Charleston. The /W.s Washington special says that Sickles will probably not be relieved, as re quested*. Several members of Congress have arrived, j but they arc non-committal, i Mr. Flanders, the new Governor of Louis iana, appointed by General Sheridan, made a ; speech in New Orleans on Friday, in which j-lie opposed confiscation, and also opposed, it . project guaranteeing h?!f tho offices to colored ! men. CHAKI.ISTON, June 20. - General Sickles has issued a circular explanatory of certain paragraphs of Order No. 82j chiefly with re gard to the suspension ol' sale of distilled spir its. Hy order ol'( ?cn. Sickles, all bar-rooms and drinking saloons are to bo closed-inns alono being permitted Indispose of spirituous liq-, urns in small quantities-on Jilly 1. CON'FI'.UKU vTKs IN FJ NOLA ND.-Mr. For ney writes from London that "John C. Breck enridge is frequently at the Lingham, l?olol, where he (Forney) is stopping, wofully changed in appearance, if not in opinions." Ile says that Ju lah P. Benjamin, who is practicing law at tho London bar, docs not, j entertain any hope of returning. Ile is coun i sci for PriolcnU. of Liverpool, now heavily in I VfJvcd iii tito failure of Framer, Trenhol'M ?fe j Co., and is also said to be the American edit i or nf tho " London Telegraph'/1 and tho wri ter of thc articles of that paper eulogistic of Jefferson Davis. George N. Sanders is so journing in London, and has just passed ? through the courts of bankruptcy. Lewis P. I Wigfiill. of Texas, is also there, engaged in Collect i lig the lists of tho holders of the cele brated cotton loans of tho' Confcdc ile Gov ernment, ami other securities. RECEIPTS. il., i-.ii.,,,.;,,,, nervous have nnhl O.uir aub H?tl'ipliiili lo lin! CoiMiMOJ, as follows: Capt. \Y 0 Hilllinmc. - - - $1C? b. 0. Ilaiidlti'ii. - - ' - - ] di) P KN DI,Kl ON FACTORY. rt MU? WOOL CA-tl at this place-aro 1 unwin completo running ordoc. All tho Wool offered will bo < 'arded into HOLLS of tho best quality, at short m lice, at the following rates fur en*h : All Wool. Plain and Mixed Kulin', 12.U-. per lb. Mixed Cotton and Wool, do loo. " "~ (Inonu, Lard. Corri and Cotton will be taken - nt in-trk?t rales; in exchange for CA ll DING_ Wind may rbo -eui -through I lie Agents-from any points nu Ibu Itailroiuh, and Kill* "deliver ed by I beni, as soon IM tint Wool chu be Cardo-1 and rolitrncd. At? assort mon I ..f ?'OTTOX YAI5\. of ?1 superior rpliOiiy, will l.e kepi en limul nt tho r'nctnrv. and customers supplied prompt Iv ami at il;? hov rt gu ros us (bu market will justify. Dealers'will (Iud it to their intoi'Ost to give us a trial before buvi'lig rb?ev\ horn. K?kpoctl'iilly, ' WM. PERRY. June 21. 1^,7 40 tf United States Internal Revenue OOLIiiiCTOa'vS NO'Vii : E. TOriCK IS il Kit fe ll Y GIYMN. that nil i. 1 Taxes iiKOivo I in Ph;); on s District, prior lo thc Lt day ul' Mundi last, arc now past duo, and payaient thereof is required lo bc made lo JOSI All W. COliU. Deputy Collector, at Pick-? ens Court House, in lon, day* from this tja to.-< The penalties prescribed by law will bo rigidly enforced on delinquents. A. S. WALLACH, Collector .'ird District of S. C. June 2?i. ISC7 -10 . tf NOTICE JR lt HRH ll Y CIIVKN; Unit I wit not bo rcspnnsi 1 ble for any debi ii contracted hy my wiTo HI.I/A HKTii. nfier tins date, asslio has loft my bed and hoard without leave or provocation. JOBI, I5RADLKV. . .lune 22, 18P.7' 1 |(j ii U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE, > AssKsson's Orrie.-: ?ii DIST, or HO. C.VIIOI.I.NA. y And?l'doit, .tuno 121h, l?t>7. JP N0TTCI3 is hereby given. Hinton (he 0th day of .July, 18i>7, at my olli;e iii Anderson, nppcnU* will bo received and doini mined rolnlivc to any cv roneous or excessive valuations, assessments or enumerations by tho Assassin- or Assistant Asses sors, of tho annual taxes for 18H7, which havo boen nssesseil. Tho Assessor's odien is open daily, during busi ness hours, for Ino hearing of appeals-by parties who shall appear voluntarily .boforo him-rolntinij to any luxes which have been assessed.-mid whlou havo not boon COmiitlfto'l lo Ibo Colleolor. A\\ n|.>,v pon?? to tho Assessor, ns aforesaid, must bo mnuV in writing, nml spooify Ibo pnrlieular cause,, matr* tor or Hiing respect lug. willoh a dooii?i.o.c, Wrequostr? ??I ; und niust, moroovcv, stnlo.tlio ground or priiw ciplo of orriir complained of. WM. VAN WVCK, U; S. AsBCSBor. Juno 17. 18(Vf 80 . 1 Sheriff's SuJta& BY vlrhvo of sundry writs of /m*'7<ic>'?* Ic, nwV directed, \ will soll o tho hlghofit. biddon? at Plokona Court House, on Snlodny in July npxf,. aud days follatilng, tho bolow described prn?svty^ On Tuesday after Saloday, at dofondnnb'B real denoo, 200 bushels of Corn, lovicd on aa the proD orty of James A. Liddell at tho suit of Isaac Hrown Tr.aMs, CASU : Purchasers to pay extra fd* tltlq* n ii( I st tun ps, June 0, 1807 37, H