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k'j"'j^'M>u .. ..... i_(u..'. .jff-'- ?'ii"iJj!^'ijjL!iiiJLjjJ_r^?S?fi??fi Killi .'UV ?K*Y*\ti*trnA\ ?J]j. ii ii n?tlM? TV Mine ow? ie// ?e ?r?e, and it must /oli?te, <is (he ftiyht the doy, (hov can'st not then te Jal ne to any man." BY ROBT. A. THOMPSON & CO. P1CKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5,1SG7. VOL. III..XO. & POETRY. Thers i? a Tongue in Every Lfa? There is A tongue tn every 1 nf, A voice in every rill A voice that npeakcth everywhere. In flood Mnd tire, through earth and air! A tongue th t's never still ! 'Tis tho Great Spirit, wide diffused, Through every thing wt? see, That with our spirit? eouiu:uiieih Ol' things myst crions-lite and death Time and eternity ! . I see hun in the blazing MID. And in the thunder cloud ; 1 hear him in the mighty roar. That rughuth through tho fort-Ms' roar, When winn's arc raging h ud. I feel him in thc silent dens, Hy grateful est th betrayed ; I feel hin. in the gentle showers. Tho nutt South winds, tho hrWtlt ol' flower*, Tlie sunshine and ?he shade. . I see him. ti ear liini everywhere. In all thihgn- (isri.ness light, Sileiu'c and sound ; hut. morl ot' all. Whoo slumber's dusky ruttiiitiv .till. In tlie silent li?tit' of night. POL) 1 1 CJi.lL.. GOV. ORR AND GEH 9i::KLE8. I.KTTKH Vitt IM (blVlvRNllH (?Hit. ICxccutivc Di'p?rtiii?i?l nf South Carolina, Columbia, September 7th, 1807. Major Oeuersl I) K Sickles. ( Mi sr lest nu. Snut h Car olina-Sir: 1 have learned from tin- publie press, although I lune received no t lsici il sn tice nf the fact, th tl you UsVe been relieved from ?Mic ennui,and nt the Second Militar*. Diotlict, cmbr teiiio- this Stete and North Car olina. und that, by order nf lin President. Major (iciieral (Yin by bas succeeded ti rt he same. I des)rt tn ex press to y.-u thc great ffyret which I feel pciMiliuil v. aid . Mei Hy. i.t the eon "se tili".i hy th" lirOfid.'Ut and iii-? -dvi sers in this matter. T- ?re -;r<> m oiv n' the orders which have been issued by you sine.) thc passage til thc n-consl . ucl ion bills in March Inst which did ind inc. t 'ny pp.'ov.-l , hut it is dm- to you and your oft ?al imbin thar 1 should bi'? r volu II lt ry di st i >to*iy' to ir. wisdom and success of your ad'; inisii Ito:, and to express tue opini?n that the ul co i u . limited powers with which V tl were in itives ted by the acts nf Congress have heirn oxer cised with riiOde'rvtioti und feibearanee: Vour C?ciicr.il Orders. No. 111. so far as this St lc is concerned, were, last Spring, in my opin ion absolutely necessary, look in? tn the im poverished condition of thc country, thc slim i ness nf thc provision and .staple crops of lust year, to the general pecuniary distress perva ding the country, ?nd to thc necessity Of pm tee ti tig the small menus of farmers and pl. li ters st that time from the precess of eui., rs. They were thereby enabled to subsist their futilities and grow thc present crnp. This crop promises tn be in many respects nud in ihtoty sections of the. Ht nie the ihn*t important and lal'jest th; t bas been L'row ll for many years, and when harvested ymt ei.nld without hazard or apprehension, h'nve excel! lcd your purpose, as declared to mc. of modi fying (icncral Orders No. 10, so th .1 cr. di lu?s could have enforced their dctnuiids with out plodut'iug general distress, i*' lint hi Ul1 Worst. II is also due to you to suj that i-i my .jndg nient, if Gen ort! I Orders Nt?. 10 had not beeb issued last. Spring a very ennsidei- hie i Hereat" 1 in the nttmber of troups in this State would have been necessary ti) h ive been stationed nt ninny nf the courthouses to have prtserve?) the public records iVnui dcMrUetbw . nd . i stir? the safety td' sheriffs in execnlii.g eivi! prociss in their bin.ds which I bey Ind bc n ordered tu l"vy by llinljgbtb'ss .'iel ' ef! -, eredilos, lu, ?Oy opinion litnora] Or-i - Nn 1<* received tlie appro va I of a very lr majority ??'" thc e'tixniia nf Sinti h Cur-lins .ind vmnvgenersl ad niVtlSt rdloti ?'S Coi lluii der of thc District is a ppr vet) by? nisj?it'tt> nl arlv ns great. * In all thc ollicial iiilereoursc which we li? Vi hail I bes? to tender von my thanks for t''? uiiiform kindness lind courtesy willi which jinVO been treated personally, uni fol' thu di posilion you have always ni'tiiiiVftti-d t.? io?;*; thc tiiinleus of th?1 military govern'.n-nt :?< M?ht upon thc pennie whom I represent ts o wir possible uiid.-i the a oil ell sf a bees, have nnt lin ide'lsulo nf a p t-mal netill i'i tabeo with yonrfueetissov, t?i nerVl ; nby hm bnpe thal my ??meld relations wit'. I io .-.<< be marked with thc sun > harmony ?ind (jiu feeling which have ellar ieteri/.c<| otu elli-! intercourse for nearly two years p od. I liav? the honour to be General Vcr\ truly and res peet fully, ymir f lend and nbedieiit servant. J A MKS I. OH H. Governor of South Carolina. ItKPbY i>V rn.N?. tt.Vl? KIOKIoSS. WASHINGTON. September 21 1807.-Sir Vour Kxcellency's lotter ol' the 7th hist- II w/?a 'ory?artb'd tu nie nt New York, iud re eoiyeti on the 1 Uh. The cordial terms ii which you are plousud to refer to ??ur oflioi . tami personal relations during' my scrvioe ii tho, Carolinas, uro gritofnlly appreciated, li l\iv sucecssnr, Hrevot Major General Canby . fi'^O'S ?iJI,inoe.t un yllle?r whose ample expo jrfenoo ?md ilistinguished servions hay?' jiv*lb " '^^^iwled li?n? to tho confidence, of tho gov * ' jLv^^l/vlew of dbe ..numincomcnt already insd' .-^.Gbn^ritt Oanl>y, adiiotl.ng and. c^pUrinini thc order? heretofore ip force in tho 6econ? Military District, it is nut probable that ?ny UIHtcriul change in thu conduct of a fin i rs will result from cbc chantre in command, lu my retirement it ii? ? Nouree of muon gratification to comparo tho present condition of South Candi HO with tbat which I found iii assuming command in the Autumn of 1805 Tb? system of free labour lina been success fully inaugurated. Tho omuticipirfod blacks have buen invested wi tb civil riubts by tho voluntary net nf your L?gislature. 'Wi? tran, quility nod order which have been maintained attest the general desire of all cl .?sos of the pooph t-? ob>erve the obligations of good . M izeiifl. An abundant harvest has row-mied industry, Crain is now exported from Churl .?stun. Ileuistrution has proceeded ula.Ost ti completion without commotion or tu : ult. or' ny serious interruption of thc ordinary iv?? entions of the people. Since October iKQO the courts of the United St rfc? und of tin State have exCCUt'-d nearly all Ili>dr pow >. without hindrance '1 he jurisdiction of the eonrti, tiltbouttl permitted jurisdiction hus never be< u r?strh ted. except in pani-ular eases imperatively demanded b\ ti e exigencies of thc situ .timi. ind the civil i.u< b'-rities in goiieril hivo ?men upheld, nd civil Uw bm been nj , i mst-re I VT th uti!) such limitations o> became, mees? t v ii th? ..XeeutrOfi ut toe sever..I nut*o'* Cou <..;.,*?. 'tl ? pittieul r met-slire of y .- du.in ii.tr?! ?on W11 iel? Voil r> ??le -el to i-lltinii with specif' ?o.. ends!) ri ? -Cc. c? I Old r? so it e V..' : O' H?? ? nf Ul> Ml? I -S .1 11 . . ' CO pii \ ' ii , .tm'. I \ de?crib'-d tl.Cold' l (j-? -i .. . nt nd,d o I otjahle the pet.pie t ? io?'?.?' .cm! crop this year unit thereby obl??IO th- o.o ns |i? support thciOS' Iv s .ii.rf pn\ ir rf bia. If my IIMUMVM- lim! been provoked by ?nilli act of oppression, spoli lion i?r cruelly, it ?nulli hu ve lice ii J? matter of moto regret ti myself As it is 1 find no reason to reproach myself for ende? vori mr !.? restore io some de .riau- the naturd prosperity of an impoverish ed population, and to overt .he serious dist ur h.?lice* that would have followed th?* proseen ttr?ti of more than thirt y thous md suits to?' debts pendine/ in Somit Carolina when (?en ml Order No 1(1 was issued in April hist. Although my oHieial iel: timi* to Hie Depart ment of th?' Carolinas has censed. 1 Oa ll liol b indifferent to the welfare of communities whose interests were so long cotrfided to my clmrue. mu in their prosperity a matter of ill dif.ereuee to the people ol' thc United Stati s ort Iltur representatives in Congress. Thc population of th?' Carolinas havo net tried to provint ibo ort!* ii i Ml ion nf I egn I pivi! .fovernmeilts in the rebel Stat-s and it i1? on'v just for tn?' to state that your owii prompt and p-.triotio aeqnii'SCehce in thc reipiircnuUiis o' th? govern meut relieved the people you rep resent of many of the burdens of military government, ind at the same time removed some ot' the most serious impediments itiilo execution of thc Reenlistruction act? in Sont ' Carolina. I trust your people will not siiT'et any detriment by reason of complications foi which they -ire not responsible, lt only re mains for t hem to comply with thc cumin ?oe.? prescribed by Congress, and South i'm,lio will soon be restored to the (Tulon, witd -ii! her ancient tights und dignity us a aov -?- : State unimpaired. Tlmse conditions have no other object tim* to i u M k e our institutions truly republican in snb?t nee and form, that j list joe ni? j he done, nd tbst no oc'-asioii or pretext i' confino "r'V lier??n?i r bc Ibu*.d There is md 'ti un ?lld niicut any sufticieiit IO^HIII t.. Hptoei fhtrf t'e co|nr?;d people w'' mit make I'lmV idtifti'liv. KT II d in HI H edin-.ihm ure r?pidl\ d' veluping this loin; dor.- nt. : ' Ipi' *s c st? Wit: "idvaiitsgeh far inferior to i ht? other r e. s ti ! i ich h'vi found their ? ?> to this 'rom ".y. the AtVie ll has pr- ved himself loy?I, ?n dust tiona, M ri cl oin dient to ihc l:>?*?t. O ener?te 11 fostered ?md jusl\ treater], rbi reed lien will become the hone . nd - n ..?? ii Butlern pot ?ni timi and pOtt'er. Wit li th '?.lotion nf t!-is prob'eiu -md thc d'? pr.r ie- o'" th? K spi*t i I ie.? incident ti? ?i long * .he Carolin H will Ctrfttr upon a new career .> prosperity, lik- itrsciivc to the p'.dhntiiio '..I who ?i ck-th-- hippinoes ol' his fellow ? id ;M rf i fyi nu to tie StiliKiu-oj * ose m ' ito*' is ??ratified in tip; pr--gre>4 of th? IV <; ..nw.- Uh (?emembi rilli* with ph user- the cou rt?-nu coiisideraiioii nlwayji sin ?tin to 'io- by \??tiv ?ax m lh ??e? in ll -ur intereonr?' onhi?l ii Ol p rsiin ,1 i,i d sith the liveliest int Ti -t in tV '. ?p|?V (ermin lion o'" tue sid vcr.? of ?.tri'' wi.?eh nive xl ready loo haig ?tili ted II uountry, I remain truly yours. D K. SK'KliUS. Major (icm rd To hi-- l-'xei Ile. cy JiiiunH I, Orr, fioVel n?>r ol S ntl- I' roltii ., (\?lt| .'ii . S C A H<?. rfKtii ? .-Tl?? .Mont im Dosi ., ll t i exploring party tu th? libad.wa (ors tin Ve?? iw.st n? . riv r ju-t returneil li .i ? hnviiMjr ir vi ii i; r-'U'/'- i volcan i "i u'-.tiy eoiitti"?.' him-(bon s ind lit tim stie.illi ot bri .outline. Tin conn tri, was smooth an I'oilillg, with lofl'tt lovel pl -ins intervening - t)u the sn muH of the nilli tig mounds wer er ?lern from four to tdtfht feet lu diinuetm ?nd everywhere on the level phi in? were ? nal er craters of four to six loche?, from wilie steamed u hinge and constant whistlitur sonni The hollow ground resounded from benoni feet as they trivel'od. ?nd every moment ?.'-. med to break thriiugli. Nota living thin Wa? ?eon in tho'vieilli ty 4, The explorera gav it thc significant appellation of hull. DutUNO tho w ?r, a Indy p issing fron? cot I COt throuuh the Warda of ? hospital, Wi shocked.to hear ono fellowjuiigh at her. ST stopped to reprobo tho wttitohed patient. ?.Why? inK'sm/' lays ho, you havo givf me n tract on tim sin of dancing, whoo I hw both Uff? shot off." The President's View? iv II AT UK INTENDS, TO DO. The President is still au enigma. Such K idic.il papers UH thc " Philadelphia Pr?-?? " declare that he will supple?* ( Vu lorens by fore? of arms, send ('?lionel Forney to Liberia, and make himself military dictator. Tho " New York 'rimes." and its bretherou roar more mildly* than this ; and thc Conserv?t ive pi pets believe that thc solution nf this puz/.'e Ss that Mr. J.milson will do - II ot hin?/. Still, the speculations, nf parties arc ?uteri sting to those win? are so far and yet sn near ; and the following brace of opinions may bc taken a? excellent specimen* of their class. Say* the Philadelphia /Vex* : W A .-on ?? < ! rt i M . S ?pi et i. om 1X. - Let t er* re c ived beru tm m lite South show iii it many Ot' thc pi npi, nt Hint section including obi' tain newspaper* editors, act? illy anticipate II .opening ol the civil war when Congress .mets They argue that their parole* having been i/ivcii not to light aga i list thc government ti-cy calleo! tuite up arms uguc t tim North ute icss under the leadership ol' some n.guistcd power in the I'idled Stati s, and they exp'et timi thc Pia ?dent will furnish tint leader ship in thc . iii--i Which limy confidently pi ed ?et will oc-ur directly foll"W-ng any ut t tupi at iuipe chu.cut lu I '.in ouncoiioti ir sin u .! be Under ?tend t . t the iVr-id ni in iii-^d illy iiitervii ws with tlie i orri ?.pondent >.'. the .* Htisiou l'est.", uiid of thc .. S'ew Or iel.is Picayune," mi ex rebel soldier by I bc Way baa l d the latter to believe teat sil li n i-oiiHiet will OdUr, ?md slmuld Iv further known that after the eorrespoibii nt hid pub lished a statement w'd"ly copied, tn the cjlcct thai thc Administration expected Sheridan to head the. ti* d Army nf the Republic in an attempt t forcibly depose hint from.|he Kxceutiye.ch dr he continued tn furnish him food for other canards of a similar character it is well knuwu in Washington (hat this tM'Wrtpt'pcrial J?IIHS Achates mure reliably reflect* the rebellious views of hi* Acci dent') than any mic else who as tho doubt ul credit of ready access to his presence No doubt the correspondent often suggests us his rebel predilections may pmn.pt. twenty feasible steps to Wa rds tho ?teconipliehoiciif i if thc result which all rebels desire, vizi thu overthrow of the Union patty in the South j ami Johnson, heeding his advice as be duo (hat coming from the little man Hinckley, un ihorizcs bim to feel thc political pulse through the newspapers which he represents wo th" ?ll bj eel thus brought before him. lr i* c?r I du th.t when crazy Cornell Jewell, "the ? MU with the carpet bag," came here with Ids cock and bull conspiracy story Mr. John ?m i nt< ? ot ii ed loni to this ciiriespondeut us ' proper medium through which to make il public, and it was accordingly spread before ic- world with the sen.i nth chi I indorsement .i' iff- truth, which characterizes nil of the lisp >|ehes from that source. I think it safe, in view nf present indica tions io rene* my predictions, m dc s fe? d> vs si nc? that the President will mo devel .ti any more important steps towards I he exe .illino of his lii-W policy until after the Penn svl' ania ai.d Ohm- elections have paused. \* the? re-nlt favourably to hi il or plainer, ?t* ii - eau drus suv eons I a thin or assu-anec of .uppoit 'rom them; I do not hesitate to sa\ thal he wilt openly assn ne lo order thc regi .'ration ?.f thc classes pardotud by his recent a m -iv proclamation. In the menutime bc v?, I perhaps attempt tn delsy tho dosing of . . rceisrrilion lists in Louisiana, but if he doc? se before Hancock assumes command, he *??i hud in General Moncr as orrnrnt and n> honest in opponent of his pernicious po'iev .s Sheridan himself, for Mower is ?ne of the est um m ?iproiuisiag Radie ls ?nth? army. Mi?- ad-calisui enabled bim to urvive a sc ven attack of yellow fever recently. S-vs the " V. w York Times : " WAsHIN'iI'lN, September 10-As an in . tina o'" ile Prendent's latent temper on th? situ tit) ' of reconstruction i.fia'?s vf'tness ti > 'ol' tl Hog iib?tn?et** of his views Ss recent v cxpri 'Sed in conversations with certain poli . ei n* who called upon him for t?n* pu. puse of Urging lom to reopen r g -tracion fir tho -' mb He informed them that bc could not diso wit holli incurring . -ri do risk ??f itu .i . o'!? neill. ?ml >d .<itt"d that (hi- RoeimstrYtO .ion 1-. irs confer on I he PNlri -t Milil t'y Com . u.itidcfs stilt" cotUro! OVer registration. Iii? ndy power of interference was the removal . J command.-rs wle-n they failed to exeoutt ti e laws in accordance with Ills vi-TS of tin it |e._r.| construction. He Admitted that lin district Citonuiindcrs are act i nu linder ?Tireei i ttl hort fy bf Congress in the pc f rm mee ?il a civil ?Inly ami tint if he should tte ".f t t issUme power as Commander in-Chief lo cou tinl thc time of registration and holding alee finns, they wntlM have thc right tn refuse ti obey his orders and would not be ftmotyibh lo punishment fur military insulto -lin l'on - If they did SO ho stated that the recent pro tUlllg?tioll of the Amnesty Proclamat?on three, Upon (\?ngross the nnes of depriving Icgallt ipi dilled vntcrs fro n registry ami voting, am ho hoped that t'?e Southern people would ?p precinte ?I in that light. If any one of th? pinioned masses, he continued, attempt ti register, and atv refused, the courts ure opct to then, and tiny can con pel the military li sllnW then lo register thron-di the courts. If th- v d i not ?lose, h . co n.-ludo tho f ult o their disi'ri'nohisomonts is with ('ingress, a bc claimed that he had doti' all Chat fi'? cou!? ?lo to reston) thom to their rights. A UTtt.K noyssked his mother what bb?oi relations meant- Shoexplained that it mean near relatives, ?to. ^fter thinking ti nif mont, ho said :, " Thon, mother, yo ii mu? ho Ino bloodiest rsletion i've rjot-." Opinions of General Grant. Congressman K. H. Washburno, of Illinois, a cooliuantinl friend of General (irani, was in Uostoo lust week, and the " Commonwealth *' gives (T?o following ace.mot of what ho Said about (ho Genend : Mr. Wash Lu roc regards O.'uerul Grant as wholly ?u sympathy with Onugresa and its plan oi Yeooi??tVuution. To the particular in (juiry of one of our 'Senators, Mr. Washhume replied thar. In; considered him not only in fa vor of thorn iirh reconstruction, ns the nd vanccd man understands it. hut. in fnvor Ol' standing hy the bhioks in all thc civil, social ?nd political rights a< conferred by lim recon struction acts. Ho was in constant consulta tion with Secretary Stanton. .Mr. Washburn' a(Hrms in regard to tho impending eh nure in the Cabinet, rec .nig notice front Stanton inst before ho wont nut that his dismissal would Soon take place. " Not only was this the ca?e?^ said Mr. Washburnc. " but I know that the letters ft<mi (?rant to both the Uresi dent and thc Secretary were written by Grant himself, upon consult ilion with, ami in full knowledge of Mr. Stanton." Mr. W. furtbet remarked that ho should have deemed it criminal negligence in Grant not to have nc e?pted tho place under the circumstances; ami that it is now his duty to remain until thc meeting of Congress, oven though the I'reedntit may want to ir? t rill of i i n. General Grunt. Mr. Wnshburtto further rep resent-d. was lilied with ttSgrCat apprehension for thc s i fe ty of the country ns anV 'non o- nhl bc. Ile. had remarked that, when in thu w;ir, lie was comparatively easy iii ut lill! n suit; bc kin-w whit w s to bc thc cud. uni! nude his preparations accord ?Ul! IV 5 but now 'o- wis lilied with ala rm ; he could ont foretell wini wi'u'd transpire from dav to day, and such anxiety he had never before bad Sn nrgtnt had he been that Congress should do ?IS lull duty ut thc late session, thal he Ino) personally cutre it-.1 Senator-* to retain tin power to dismiss the I list riot Commanders whi?H;the Utilise bug4 granted, fearing what has Milien transpired. (This statement iu re gard to Grant HUS corroborated by both our Senators, Mr. Wasl-bui ne uddiuu that Trum bull Mid .Sherman ?like were deaf to the ap peals of tn? ( I ?nero I.) Goif?ral tirant further remarked Mr. Wash burne, was not un indifferent or careless ob serv ?rvif Pjjssjitg events. lie was tin intelli l/t'ttt r*.iii nc man. 'fly consul Ad th* leiiditty journals, and noted carefully thc criticisms iinoa Ids movements. When his letters sec the light-as they would surely when Ccut i?ress met. if tint before -they wouh) be found .is loyal, as true to the demands nf the times, s any could ask. Ile did mit know thal (?rant wouhi bc retained in thc Cabinet ten days longer, but whether or not. the country could rest assured that he was with it, nm) that it, would, sooner or later, recognize in him a fast and valued friend. As thc final remark o''this con versal ii n. Mr. Washburn" said the confidence reposed in General Grant was nut displaced, a?iil that all loyal men could stand up for him without hesitancy or the shadow nf ti doubt. HAMCIOII, September 23.-The Prnyresi* ?md Srnfi/isf, Conservative newspapers, will to-monow cont or, thc following e di fm' ?pri mary meeting of thc Constitutional Union men, siuncd by over two hundred influential cit i/.ens : * Tn the ??Hi?rtfuh'vf. di iou Mt>n of Wak? ('nilli'// : The undersigned citizens nf Wtikc County, friends of thc Amor?o iii Union mid supper t'-rs ot thc Constitution of the Unit d, Sit.tes. belog convinced that the incorporalionof the Brownlow and Hold n Halioni progra ne in to the Constitution of th? Stste would most sorely tmh irra-s, if not annihilate all etuer prise, and all hope of re npera|?mi. anti wnuhl discnuitge ?ll immigration und Investment o' espitd. a id diminish or destroy the ftniirocs of employment of l iboring popuhith ii, d> most earnestly i nplore ll Consorviitiye oiti /.ens of every count f in the Suite tn hold ni -ei jugs fir til t adoption of such plans as tin \ ey d- ein wisest and best for uniting nm co Mit.diting tie Conservativo iiifliieuO1 o' tlie Stute, and to effectively prevent the Sill ? ?ess o n tr i Republican or l\?dical rule it our St.ttO orginiz tioo. j The Congress of the Un't-d Slates has eu us off for the present from all participation in national politics-nothing is left us but tin care of our State institutions. This move mont ha? nothing to d < with notional polities or with hindering or attempting to obstrue ?ho operation ol' ?ny law of Ciiigress. I has simple reforet'co only t > preventing tin incorporation of those Ivadiyal priueiphs int ncssnrcs into our Stale organist it ion? whiel would placo the control of the government ii the. bunda of tho ignoroit ?ml vic'ons mu nost utipriueiplcd persons Among it?-whlcl woubl certainly result in tho destruction o tho enterprise and v taMty ol' tito States. Al id or encouragement, therefore, which (Iii nnveinont w mid give t ? ( ie friends of cnn -littltiou il liberty ?lid free government else where would be si upi*? incidental. Wc there 'oro urge ?ll Cnn'scry liv? Constitution)' Union/nen of the (Viuuiy of Woko liOldipj these views to unite willi us in holding a mee' ii;,ul thc o utrth 'U-e jo th s city, on Friday Septem hor 27. to effect th . above named o j ?ct. Wo urge our fe'low-citizetis in tho sci ard registration pre.-inc's of the county t u dbi with us ?ri holding meetings in thc! sover.d precints." THE first newspaper tolorated in V'rgini w is in 1780. The sui t riptl'in prioo waa Iii ty dollars per tinnum for one copy. Advei tisemenfs of moderate length were inserto for ten dollars tho first week, und fceven do lars for eaoh woek succeeding' -+*+.-4ifp TiM? i? a file that wears and makes no nois* # Remarkable Di*covGr1e?-Rei?,rarches Among the Bones of D-ud Centuries. [From tho Nashville (Teno.) Prcis and Times.] It muy not be ge tiers Hy known that thc ground on which tlie City of Nashville now stands was once the site of an ancient ?nd populous town. yet. suoh is supposed to bit the faut Some of tltoi most interesting antiqui ties bf our State are found along the lower ?.our.se ?d' Stone Uiver, but a few miles from Nashville A wide arva ol' country there is covered thickly with thousands of graves of now forgotten people. Hut i few d 'vs ayo several gentlemen made ?onie researcher in this reit ion and found their labors richly reward'd by Ritme slrikiiu: ^dis eoveries. At a place k moy tl art S< hell's Spring tlrny fourni .? mound of considerable' height and perhaps forty fe. t til diameter, which proved Upon examination tn he nothing less than a vast mausoleum of the dead. Thc graves were found to be made of fl.-.t locks, symmetrically pined together, ?ind three tiers deep from tho b-isc of the mound to its apex. Hones were found in a rourirkable sta?0 ol' nfi'S'?rvation. togi ther with pottery and shells Very I irge ornaments have been dug out in this lo'd?ty. m ule from shells found only in thu Cult' iif*Mexieo. A genthmmn of acknowledged skill and uthority in antiquarian matters who conduc ted the researches made a few days ago, esti mated that ti e rennins which they unearthed e ililli not have less age than six or seven hun dred yearn. Wh it is remarkable, no wai like implement* are found ?ti this'locality, fro n which it is inferred that they Were a peneca bb* race, ami were probably exterminated or driven away, by the Indians. In one ol' thc -.'raves was f.,und a Le utiful little vase, which wt ich had been placed in thc hand of thc in nate of the tomb nt thc time of burial. Up on th is little bit of eart bern Ware was the oialel of a diminutive animal, The eire which these people took of their dead shows a high degree of humanity, Wc learn that thor investigations in this section are to be nade ere loni?. The held is certainly a rich one tor the antiquation*. A NtCWT.W l?A\V-The following extract from an editorial in thc "Columbia ('liront ele," of yesterday, prj^ .bly contains Qovoruor Orr's opinions and intentions; "Thc tax system of the State undoubtedly requires revision; for undo) it. thc burden of expense has been distributed im.st unequally. Charleston alone has paid nearly one-third of the entire sum thus far received in thc Treas ury, and the books of that ellice show that what have heietofore been regarded ns the poorest districts of the interior, hive been compelled to pay. in some instances by far a larger proportion than moro tllHuout localities els> where, lt is desirable, therefore, tlmt v. e.hungo shalt be made, and one tbut will prove alike we'eoine to the merchant, man nf-eturer and agriculturist. Doubtless it wiil be done in the next sixty days ; am) as thc Legislature will not be convened, tiuh'ss somo unforeseen event renders mi-di an et pen st ve ri vent neces s.try. the new sch' dole will practically receive the ind.iinenient of tim Military Commander, while collections nuder it mey b- enforced ns it thc present tillie, willi the assurance thal the incoming heuislature will not make such material chantres in it as to retard enterprise or damage business. PKN AND INK SKKroll OF G KV. CANNY. -Tlie "Columbia Chronicle'' publishes the fol lowie g lively cdifori d sketch of tho General cominan ling this distrii t : lu person. General Can by is large and com. 'handing-?ix feet three in height, proportion, ately well developed-of dignified mein, and with no moro Stiffness than is UOceSHary to re I i it ri you that he is tm old soldier. There is io| a Comelier shape to be fottlld anywhere The blow is broad and high, and shadowed univ bv the brown hair, which i? brushed carelessly ? the eye grey, but fu'l of int Iii '..nee and sharp less, and, according tu til 1 interest id'thc conversation, fl ishes somewhat d' thc thought about, to be uttered, Tin '.re, (dean shaven, is markeri by Strong lines . if eh-MMet -r. to which a targe none md mouth lend no little expression. In dress, ho ls like inv other citizen. id his officers, sensibly 'bllow his example. fjOSO si "ht of thc fact rh it he is General Canby. and you would take -1 i t ? ? for a w ll to-do gigantic Quaker, bonovo 'eut, kind and .solemn. In short, there is no nonaensc about him. If ho w Hit? anything, ho touches a bell ; thc item)'nt tip toes in. takes lils order In th?' ost ci o iotuio.il m inn r. and tiptoes ont again Quiet reigns supreme, and overy ono about the place appears to have cittght thc style. General Cunby is not a conversationalist, but thc best of listener.''. Pike Grant, his reticence is perplexing1 ; but in the present titil?, WU feel attired that it is because the .mn don't wuit to promise more than bc wil' p-rfnrni. There is but one draw bick to hts perfect usefulness in the work of remus! inc timi Unfamiliar wit'o the laws of the Spite. t'?e re d. niiOxagg' rated sentiment of the pr?o plo. the oper ition of orders prop-rod by his .pi'i'deccssor and left for hi u to execute, ho is likely to commit sonic grave publie error Whioh will d image the welfare of the State not ft little ; but we cannot believe th't his .reid ia nut properly level, bis ,hcart in the right pl-ioo, ?od 11* judgntonf. obj? lo cope fait Iv with all tho doun stio problems of his oonunand. AM editor \rhnt?? name was Fry. took unto i himself a ftfih rib." Jlpr neighbor of tho quill, being very kindly disposed toward him and'his bettor half? wished 44 success to Mr. and Mrs. Fry and all tboeuisll ?Fry.'" A Nt w Plant. Tito rt tl cn (?on ot' tho nulilti*, tun! especially of planter*, Ind boon tl?reelcd ur lite t?i ii strange pin nt tlmt lt.is imidu ?ts appearance i st noe ltioelu.se ot tin: war. lt tippen rs to Ito 0 d wu rf clover, ?ind haaspreml rapidly 111 rou jill . out this Stitt?1, ?ind, it is Htiid, th'1 cut i r>- Smith 01 n States, lt is very thick Krt^eovering tho earth, ns it were, with ?1 hetiitil'ul carpet pf fi reen. It i* niueh relished hy uni tin, ?mil i:j a complete extermi lr of lient ud i. joint, KI'dire and ot her grasses. In Middle (jenr?iti it. is very almud ott mid nttrnctititr mtieli at* teillioll. If Was uni aeon bulolo the close of lite wm-, mid where il caine fruin is a subject o'' interesting inquiry ti inuit"; plant?is and I m ta il is f*1 i* We mi* pleased to see t?iat the attention of scientific men !. is hecti directed to ihn new conter. Tim Richmond county (Cia ) Agrt t'utlnVal Snciety have taken the mutter in hand, and sollie progress has already heed made in ihn investigation. We. learn from tilt' *. Augusta ('Ittoniele cc Sentinel " that ; thc ?antills of that locfllity have I cen aide tu I ascertain its tn ??ri 11 and ?ri vt* it a nattie. It is Called LmpidoM Slri'ala, and is said lo he ?1 native ol' Ullina und Japan, fruin whence e imo so man;, .luahl? additions lo our unlive Aura, ns, for instance, the China borry, (melia uso daniell.) tli0 fint'./ttit?t, the ct crt: lt le tun, (Ja pan-varnish.) ?.ho l?fjcntfi'annT.mlii?i, th" <n mrllia. mid a (mst of flowers mid .shrubs. Col. (?. W. Kains has tp.iide ?i tlmrnuuli itivcitiirii timi and anal \>is ol' this St ra lure plant, and lt? places it in the beau ur pen family of V"L'eta liles. This an ilysis als.? show.-, that it is re markably rich io fortiliscinir properties, ?tod we encoiiiMue the hope tlmt by judicious man agement it 0 in be made of ?rient value in re storing fertility to our nhl. worn and exhaust ed land?}.- Macon ( (?a.) Tefryruph, LONDON, S"pt. 2? -it is rirt.ored that ? Kelly and Doasy escaped from Liverpool in a. steamer. A special commission tries the .Manchester rioters. A collision occurred in Limerick, between the people mid soldiers, in which seven of tho I tor ncr were h.tyoiietted ; uno died. The ? soldiers ?ire contient ned. The Kunian Government is concentrating troops in Italy, und scinlinir troops to the frontier. There have been many arrests ?11 linnie. Troops have, left h'tanee for Home A Plorenec despatch says Garibaldi was ar rested t?v lOvJ I tnt ttl ll fol CT.!, TTIICO CVi-:?O\?g the .frontier. Bismarck declared, in tho North Gerin?n Pu Hi li ill Clit, that if the Gorill?n nation wished tu unite, there is nu power strung enough tu prevent the union. Periere has resigned thc Presidency of tho i ("redit .Mobilier. I A special Floren"?1 despatch says Garibaldi I is confined in thc forir ss ?>f Alb sein rut} hil Italian companions aro also prisoners. His munitions. liuve been seized; intense excite ment. Hi"*: r:tr. Spun rt:.\r.is rs L mic-Tho Cleveland il raid thus desc ib ?a thc links of the .spiritualists brothers ?uni sisters who have been holding a convention in tint city : We were umr?! interested io tho female dot ?'Ifates thu? in the nt ile. S.t far as the litter ! is o incerncil, there ia the usu il gi therine of long-haired, heavily hoarded, bald headed, lean kine. There is hardly a stout mun ill tim crowd, and not ono fat ?me. AI ?ny wear spectacles. '''"I almost all wear soft bats, and dilators, arid most, nf thom enry c irp t htig-t, evid Ditly Ii I'I with h inks and p . III ti* ? I *t - Th" woine i tue tor t'l . Mutt p it p *t th -ir prime, treuer illy o*' th . md iver 11 or 1 >r with now and theil a otb cr ul lao* Ino ikiuif mil in to smiles and l?i?htiiit{ up with .u I ty ami iu Iclligenee, As a rubi tho w<m eu f ?ces ?ire seriously sad ; as il" they had collin lo lim! some one whn could minister to a mind dis eased, some une ?rho could pluck out a root ..tl sorrow. The "Ido nitor" ?o-tumo is not infrequent in the eouveitli iii. the wearers I rippling about evidently "ot at otis??, but yet as if determined to hive ih -ir own w ay. Two of the Strongest mimic I" hive thrown themselves inside recular frock conto mid trousers, theeo.it being closed tlglitly in fruit. I'hese women dispense etti indy with crinoline, ted both hoi mr sp'iro ill figure, have ?I very lank, scant, chilly !?? >k. . -.-.-*?. Tun Jun wi rn TIIK Borrow OUT.-Tn one of Dr. Tynir'rt tnveU ho met ?vitil au eui* i ?ra Ht jotirneyinir with his family t ti the fer .?lo regions neyoiid the Mississippi. Ile had ill his worldly \tO xis pnckml on Wagons, and uh one wagon there Ininti ?1 jnr willi the bot tum out. Ne asked him irby he carried that with him. " Why." said ho, "that's my I'aylor jilli." Anti what is Taylor jn<_' ?" Itftk ed my friend, " Why." sait! he, " I lind n son with General Tay'or's ttrniy in Mexico, ind the old General always told him to carry tiis whiskey j ll if with 11 hole in tho bottom ; uni since th u I h 1 ve c n ried n y jug as you seo it, ami I find it is thc liest invention I ev er i et with." A TOUCHiNfi INCIDENT.-A young mini?* ter ?vent out lo preach, ?un? observed durin< hist discourse, a 1 idy who nen ned much aflVo ted. A'ti-r meetinir conclu led tn pu.y her ?1 visit, and KOO what the impressionsuf her mind were. ile approached her thu-: : ?. Well, inadini. I seo yu was tiffi ot cd much tu dav dur'nur proachiuir lt" . ?JI mo." Raid tho lady. " t'll fell you. Ah mt a?x y? rh *ng?, me and my husband uinve.d to this plnee, and ali Ute property wo had wa? a donkey, ilusjh .nd he died, mid mo and the boast were loft lilhno. At' lasfci the beast died! and to tell yon iheJrnthi yonrl vi lion pot mn so-much in mind nf that doaflj old ont ter, that 1 couldn't help taking on ajsP orying about it tight in meeting.''