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BY ROBT- A. THOMPSON.& CO.
PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 4,1868.
VOL. III.??.NO,
14.
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Itv? MOiN.^-?ikV. A. J. ltUYAN.
Oui of'.?-h? i)lm''.dw of si^Jnoss,
Iiilo'tfi? st?nshilio.of gladness,
..Jntoahe^tgltt of thc l?lost -
? <W of n liuitl very dreary,
Out 'of Mio .world' or tito woury, .
Into, tlio^itapti.ry'of-liost.
' Out of'to-dayVfefh nmls?vrrow, " .
?uio*a blissful tomorroV,
Into a tiny without glooiij ;
Ont *f a Und filict? Willi Higlilnp^
Land of thc dead und ?l?o dying
Into a lund without tomb.
Out of ft lifo of commotion, "* '
Totnpcst-nwcpt oft tm thc ocean,
Dark with thc wreck drifting o'er
Into -ft lund calm and quiet
Never ? Bl orin comotirulgh il
. Never a wreck pu ltn shore.
Ont'of'the land In whose bowiirs->
jL'orlah.und fado all tho (lowers
. Out of ,tbo latid of decay
.?vI?^<rtS"o'?<lc'n. witero frfni'rffit
Of flow'rets.aud fiWootOKt and rarest
Novcr shall wither away,
'Out of Ute world of the. Wailing.
Thronged /wU$'th? Anguished a tul niling,
. . . Oat of tho^-world of tho sa'i.l
Jnfo tho.world thnt vojojccs,-^
\Vorld of brigid visions und voi?cs-.
Into tho wovld'of tho .glad.
Out bf a lifo over lornful.
Q^tvof A land vory mournful.
' - _ TVbcrc ip blc^k.yxilo :weTvo;itn
IrttO. a ?oylniid nbov.c us,. .
Whero thoro'H a Kntli'.y to love us
Into Our Homo-Sweet Hoinn."
Tj'*'^j'll'L'Jl' 1 ?". .-ll . [ L ' .Jr."-.'I'- !~~
# O LITIGA Li.
Grant's Celebrated Private Lotter.
'HKAD'QU'T.S A UM tn? uv CN min-STATKH, \
------.- - WA?SHIKOUIN. D.d.. L
August 1, 18t)7. )
HU Excellency A. .Johnson, President of the.
United States.
cL'.'t: t takc'ihe lihorty of addressing yOu
privately on-tho subject of thc oort versa rion
wo had this morning, feeling tis 1 do thti gtrnVl
danger to tho welfare of the country should
you: our ry out the designs thou OK prc ?sod.
First, on tho tf?bjeot dt tho UUpiacci'iicot. of
tho Secretary of War. Iiis removal cannot
bo offoot?d h'gt?f&t bia will without the ?tici'?
sent nf'the Senate'. It is but-a short time
sincothc United States Senate wits iu session?.,
nod why ?Ot then have asked for h"di re'n??A'/tli
if it Wi(8 desired. It ceVtainjy was the iii (op?
tlon'Of* thc-legislative b;aneli of thc Q overn
mont to place the Cub'ihot; Ministers beyond
tho pbwerof IJxocutiv'o'roii.ovul^and it is pretty
'W^bUnderstood that, so faros Cabinet Minis.,
lejaro affected by the ten uve of> office bill, it
was intondod specially to protect the Secretory
pf '.'.War, in whom'thc country felt groftt ?om
fldepe?. ' Tho.'uleuuing of. tho law may bo ex
plftlhcd away by an nstuto lawyer, but oom
mon sonso mid tho'views Of the .loyal people
WiH givo &it tho offect intonded b.v its framers
Sccotid, on tho subject of tho rcm?ynl of tho
.very able Commander of the Fifth Military
District, let ute ask you to consider tho effect
it would havo upon tho publio;. Ho ls 'uni
versally and deservedly bolpvo^ by tho people
^ho sustained this 'X*overn:t1ont through its
trials, and fpared,.by those who would still be
enemies Of*tho Government. It fell to thc
lot of/but few/inpn;to do as muoh.against au
nrinod (ftib?ny.as ???. Shoridun did during tho
Tobolliou, uud lt it> within tho acopo of thc
?bllity.of but few in?this or any other country
to do what ho hos .(Jone. Ilia oivii admiuis
tfiil?h.hp? given equal satisfaction. Ho has
difficulties'to contend with which no otil
ar district commander has encountered.
Almost, if- not tj?itty Iroim tho day ho" Was np
jointed district commander to the present
time, tho prcas has given out that be was t<
l>?3 romoved-that thc Administration was dis
satisfied with him, ^e.
This li. s ombolde.ncd the. opponents to tin
laws of Congress within his command to op
pope Him in ovory way in their power, and ha:
jrohdorod ncccr. nry meosurcs which otherwisi
might) novor haVo boon required.
In ooAoliision, allow mo to say, as a friem
desiring peace and t^?Aot, tho welfare of tb
country, North ?nd South, inst it ip, in. in;
opinion, moro than tho-l?>yal peo'plo of tlii
(COUrttry (t mean thoso who, supported th
V Government (luring tho groat rebellion) wil
quietly submit to, to-soo tho very mon, of al
others, in.whom they hayo expressed confl
dopoo, removed. I would not hayo takonth
liborty of addressing vho Kxocutlvo, of" th
.tJti^od ?iotos thuSj but for tho couvorsaU?
on thofsubjcot^alluded, to in this lotter, an
ftom'.'?,'0GW8'? of ditty, feel)nji, that I know
nm right in this inatter. . '
yfUh' groai reappotj your obodicfit servan
'! Tj.'?. UMNi\
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?mymm^ roulair?8 all the porous, i
A Startling offioial Report'. '
DREADFUL CONDITION OF THE ULACICS '?N
MISSISSIPPI.
Tho a New York Herald," in summing up
a late ofliei.il report of General Grillen to Gen
oral Ord, Bays :
Tho black labourers have consumed their
share of thc year's crops, and they have noth
ing. They are adrift in shoals; and to keep
soul attd body together they take anything
needed that falls in their way. Tho white,
plauters have nothing beyond the.few cattle,
oh tokens and pige and tho corn in tho crib
necessary to support through thc Winter-their
own families ; and so have nothing to give
No other alternativo remain, therefore, to the
idle and destitute blacks but starvation or spo
liation. Moreover (tin General Guien stales
it,) there is " a wide spread belief, which ia
dsjrly increasing among tho freed mon, that tito
laud in this State (Mississippij is to bc dis
tributed and divided among thom.. In tiotne
sections, he says this illusion ?3 assuming a
a practica] forth by the freedmen refusing to
contract for nie noxr/'your dr to.leave thc(
promises they luivo cultivated this year." In
consequence of these dangerous ideas ho fears
collisions, tho extent and ' results of which it
is difficult io surnrh-o
In support of these statements and opin
ions of General Gillon y?c have been?ghc-wnn
private letter from General Ord, Commander
of the Fourth Militar}' District, embracing
tho States of Mississippi and Arkansas, in
which he says that the condition of affairs in
the Cutten States calls fur the immediate at
tention of Congress j that a famine is already
upon the negroes j that in many counties in
his district the planters aro removing their
families from fear j that tho whites aro aban
doning the rich Cotton sections, whero the
blacks are largely iu the majority j that these
blacks, having nothing, or next to nothiug of
their own, are living on thc propel fy of oth
?nd un w-intt they can shoot in tho woods
or catch in tho river? or creeks; that ho is
daily in receipt of phil lions for protection from
tow ITO and villages j thst in Mississippi it in
not n question of votes, but bread ; that if
Congress will employ these idle and destitute
uegtoes.and iced them for theil' Work on the
river levee.-;, broken and destroyed during tho
war, or on rail roads, panais, anything; a war
of races may be prevented. He say*) io cf
feet that in ibo Cotton djatriots, with the {Yd
uro of tho staple as a compensation product,
tiie.ro aro more, negroelf than ?11,0/"bo sustained;
uud that S0!U0th|lig inu.4 bp done-for thpm. -
Motu: ARMY KKTKKNOU.MI?NI-S--G?nerai
Grant*continues tito po+ivy Of mthttlt?oteof (ho
expenses of ibo anny inau{?:ur??tcd by hiins'elf,
ud has ju3t issued an '?rdor front t Ivo War
Omeo, reducing alV the-rogimeiiit^of infantry
to tho iniuiinuiii ?allowed by law, wb.ich is tiny
tuon to a company, reducing the general rc
emiting service by breaking .up all excepting
fuur principal rendezvous to each ann-caval
y and infantry-and by mustering out all
volunteer officers, oxoopting tho commissioner
and disbursing officer of the freedmen's bu
reau. This reduction will bring the strength
of the army down to about 45,000, or 11,000
less than the present nggregato. If. tho cal
culation, that it costs tho Government $1,
000.000 per annum for 1,000 men, be cor
rect, hero is a reduction to tho public expen
diture pf ?I least ?10,000,000 per anuum.
.tr -o
W II ERE TH K JJ.V N D G OEM.- ?""(ingress lng
appropriated fro n time to time-and thc firs!
grant is not many yeav.-i old -to aid railroads,
12-1,000,000 abres of laud. It has aUogiirii
to several States 57,033,000 acres, and Inclu
ding amounts to wagon road?, it m estimates!
that in tho aggrogato thoro havo bcon conoo
dod 181^813,90 acres, of which quantity th(
Government has given a certificate for abou
tweaty-ono million acres. This qunntity o
land exceeds, by moro than fivo millions 0
acron, the entire area of nil thc New Kngianc
St ites, New York, Now J ersey. Pennsylvania
Ohio, Maryland, Dclawaro and Virginia, l?e
sides this goncr.il outgo, tho Government re
ccived from sales last year 81,3-17,802. Ag
ricitlturo land scrip,, military and bounty lu.ni
warrants, under th? bomcstoad laws of 1802
'G4 and '00 und railroads grants also mad
groat demands upon (ho West., Tho area 0
tho publio lands, exclusivo of Russian, ppssen
sions, is now 1,400,408,800 acre!?. Iii th
new puroha80 th ero aro 809,530,000. noro?
making a total of acres, owned by tho Unite
States of 1,831,983,400.
THE outcry for "re^onoh?iopt In tljo Cov
orntnont oxpoiiditures is giX)wingJiondef'o#iV
louder at Washington, hud wo trust will l??
to some important xofoinm. A bolter *pl?u
for a beginning could not bo found (han i
the ofi?ues of.?io Sooretary of tho Sonate an
tho .Clerk of tho IIpuso;. lMh"t,huao gbnih
moti'aro weighed' down.with1 us?los? Mjboi-d
natoS|-w?i? bo,vo nothipjf.'to do, a od Av Oui d tu
do finythlng if they had lt. :. Let them ?di ],
(Reap) tarted .af on lip..-Ar- ll T/'i(>Hn\\ .
Burning of the Steamship Raleigh?
GKKAT LOSS OF LiFE.-r-Tho "Charleston
News" states that, on Saturday last, tho fino
side-wheel steamship Haleigh, commanded by
Captain C. P. Marshuuin, left New York bur?
bor for Now Orleans. Tho . vessel was u
staunch one, and commanded by an experi
enced seaman. Her living froight consisted
of thc officers and crew numbering thirty
nine, and twenty passenger^, throe of whom
were ladies, making in all fifty-nine persons.
About mid-day on Tuesday, when tho Haleigh
was about twenty miles South-east of the
Charleston light-ship, thc passengers and crow
were awakened by the cry of fire. A stiff
breeze was blowing from tho North, and when
the alarm was given, and it was made known
that fire had broken out around tho forward
end of tho boiler, there was a panic amongst
tho passengers. Thc ship was at once put be
fore tho w ind to throw tho fire forward. Lifo
preservers were distributed, and tho boat.'?,
were held iu readiness. Captain Ma.'shmnn
himself superintending and directing every
utop that was takjen. The flames spread with
amazing rapidity, and within live- minutes
timo of. the, firr.t appearance of the llames,
they, had exlondcd themselves from tho for
ward hatch to tho smoking saloon. There
twn? ?fr hope-of auving tho ?Ship j thero Was
sonic hope of saving Iffb. 'Then, was tho or
der'given to lower the boats. Two or three
.wore successfully lowered, but one of tltom
was upset, an<l tho following porsoni^bcliovctt
to have been lost: He o ry Pelvin, steward;
T. Colloppy, third steward ; Jarnos Penfield,
waiter; Thoa. Brannan, pantryinatf ; Martin,
n boy, paesongor, of New Orleans j* Joshua
Silvernail, coal passer; ]). Lovelle, firomau,
and two others. Ono of thc boats, which
both large and tea-worthy, has not yet boon
heard from ; hut, as ?bc was in ohargo of a
good seaman, it is hoped that sh? will prov?
to be safe. This boat ia known to have eight
persons aboard. . The othors ?wore rescued by
a psmdng ve&seh' Nourly thirty povsoiis from
#tho. burnt vessel remain to bc accounted foiy
but it is thought some of them will bo saved?
Captain C. 1' Murshmun, thc commander
of tho Raleigh, ia well known in Charleston,
and was for 'some time master of thc steam
ship Keystone State, running between Charl
eston and Philadelphia. When last seen, ho
was near the wheel house of tho Haleigh, ap
parent^ attending to tho wanta of somo of
those 'who wore Still on tho vessel. Captain
M'urshmn.n will, i tis .earnestly hoped, be saved;
but, whatever hi*? frftO, it may bo said of him.
that, like a True sailor, he struck to his ship
to the last..
Tho Raleigh belonged-to the Atlantic Couti
Majl Wfeamship Line, and was B0? tons bur
then) She was in every way a staunch and
sea-worthy vessel. . , .
.The canso of fire' jsunknown, but it i?.sup
?pojod that it originated iu tho ov'ur-hontiiig ot
thc boiler, and.the consequent ignition of thc
wooden bulk-heads. Thc Haleigh had aboard
a moderate freight of general merchandize.
A lady named Byraut, from Mobile, aboul
fifty years of agc, fell ovorboard during the
rush for tho boats. She bad ou a lifo-prcsorv.er
which would have kept her afloat, but around
her waist she had belted a large sum in specie
aud this additional weight carried tho uufor
tunato woman liko lead to tho bottom. Thos<
who were saved lost their baggago.
CnAltnEBTON, Bec. 20.-The third boat o?
the stcainor Haleigh roached Kiawah. Ldc
yesterday, with thirteen moro persons. 'Ciro*
reached hore to-day. Thirty^ono persons ii
all from tho Haleigh have roached tho city
' twenty-four aro still missing, of whom toi
1 weiro certainly drowned. Hopes aro cuter
I fained that Capt Marshman and (hose who rc
. mined with him on tho steamer whon tin
first boats left, havo boon rescued by som?
t passing VCBSOI. Tugs from Charleston wor<
j. cruising yesterday, near tho scono of tho dis
P astor, but without sucoess in finding the miss
ing parties.
-? rn*.-_
, MONTGOMERY, Ala., Bec. 25.-Tho nc
- groes wore out in force to-day, contrary to tili
- municipal regulations and military orders. -?
- They wore in full unif um, und woro urme<
1 with guns and pistols. No offort was mad
, at tho ti ino to suppress tho demonstration
o In tho -afternoon, scvOVnl thousand woro hil
f rnugucd, npd violont and iiftfendiary hmguag
i* used by Harbor, Bi tiuard, and other promi
o noni radicals. Lato io tho Cvotiing both Bal
?, b?r ?nd BruiAnvd woro arroslod by tho milita
ij. ry authorities.
Disturbances aro reported to?1iaVo take
placo at Groonvillo last night, and a militar
dbtaohni?ntMias boon sont thorp to rostoro oi
J doi\ No particulars haye boon vo??ivod, bu
% at last accounts all wis quiet.1 V '
u ' iPhir Selina p'ftpo?*s'roport s?riojjs disturbar
u, o^s at B\3iit0poli?>and (farndon, to wide h p?.inl
^ . ". fys have'hvoXk o^leitPd. ,'
j. j??y-lu Mississippi a planter announopfe hi
it-^rttontion of trying tho oxporimont of worl
io I lng an immonso fat;id, of a thousand a?r?s c
I moriyby moan's of European labor.
'.."*.. '..;''"'' ?' r \ ? ? "'
Southern Expatriation.
Tho ty New York Times, iu uu article on
tm's subject sn vs :
: Of theso ill-starred adventures, the latc?t
failure recorded is that of tho colony in Hon
tlar?s. It wont there on tho faith of Go vor
i^V'Auslin'u promises of laud am', other priv
iU?C.*. Tho Governor WM as good ns bia
word, but tho Homo Govornmont ut London
,( disapproved," and tho Southerners aro all
iu trouble again. " Many of thom," says the
aenjouut, "are about to return to the Uuitcd
States." It is tho same old story, told of a
ucvv pjaco. WI: crover a sottloment \\ta been
effected, tho result has bcon dluappointiug.
Only moderate fortuno has attended tho do
tc'phment that strayed down almost to Pata*
gojnia, and that has been thc most promising
ot5 all. Cordova was not only a prompt fail
uto, but whole enterprise has long since boen
abandoned, the otock and property suld out,
lind tho last of thc adventures returned. Tho
yamo is true, in brief, of all tho Mexican pro
iie|s j tho samo,M rapidly becoming true of
a 1 J?ray.ilian.-expcriments.. For oxamplo, tho
miiof T colo ny om tho llibeira, ucar Iguapc-a
ijettlemont foutidod by ono 'Dunn, a furiously
jtaccssionist olnrgyi*yin, who declares Kc wants
gainly to " keep away froin-Nortbytnovs,"- is
|)nytbing but prosperous. H'OrO nod there au
!6pterpr?H?i|g man has 'met with success ; but
UiiS was truo nlso\>cforo the war. \Y hat we
Wenn to say, is that thc Southorn colonies, ns
(olonies are dead failures. A recent t'ruv?l?r
tory-well says that most of thc emigrants cati
tot work to advantage, and are. " too proud
b> beg-for anything but a passage homo."
j Tho other day, we had news, fruin ono of
Hid West Indies that a Southern colony was to
io organized to prc- cod thither ; und subjoin?
.ft) was an account v,f a couple of hurricanes
\thioh had swept through tho length and
'1 road th .of thc Island, succeeded by a braco of
i tfrthquakes, which laid waste what tho tovua
( (Joes has failed to d0otato.^_Noy_c*:in his?p.ry,
rpevIiVipjT, did HO ninny simultaneous attempts
at colonization, proceeding from one source to
sd many qnartois, moot failure so uniform.
Some .of tho Huge not exiles from France per
ished'in distress, but others founded flourish
ing colonies, in England, Switzerland, Ameri
ca. Soino of the American colonies from
England were hapless, but great success fol
lowed others. A fatalistic failure, ono would
id moat say,attends, on thc oilier hand, the
Souther,!"! Soho tues of emigration. In some
places, os in Mexico, tho protecting Govern
mont goes down, and tho colony dies out witli
corning in of tho now* hostile rulo. . In other.*
as in.Honduras, there is rt "Homo Govern
mont" in Europe failing lo make good the lo
HnJ promises, in orin rs, as in J?razil,.there.i:
?he sittipiciori and hostility bf tl^ native poo
plo, lack of cnorgy ?md enterprise", want o
mechanical hnpYovoincnt.s for. working planta
lion?,- difficulty in procuring labor. In Soutl
1 America, iu general, war and taxes, cvot
worse than in tho Confederacy, oppress tin
adventurers. And if nought clso cnn wrool
' tho experiment, naturo conics in with hor dc
1 vouring earthquakes and whirlwinds.
Wo aro glad that so few, comparatively, o
of tho Southern pooplo ossayod expatriation
Thoso few rushing off in haste repent nt leis
uro, and return without reluctance, content fc
romain. Their experionco is useful to thci
neighbors. Thoro will bo no dopopulntion o
' tho South. Lot us take a sort of representa
* tivo example of thc i.isuo of theso offoits.
' Wx-Gov. Harris, of Tonncs.-ee, in whose ann
1 Syd noy Johnson died on the held of Shiloli
>. and whoso intensity of hate to thc Union lei
1 him at tho OIOPO of tho war to Cordova, wher
ho was made President uf thu Conf?d?ral
* colony, now returns nt Inst to pay his respect
3 to tho man whom ho and \\U associates prol
5 aly rcgardod aB tho peroonifloation of all thu
9 was most detest ibl c-Parson Brownlow
* ""Gov. Harris said," tho account informs ut
* " that ho bad como to give himself up, an
expressed much gratitude for tho kind mentio
which tho Governor had made of his failli}
n in his mossago." I!:s successor baa parole
" him till nextspiing. Thobo schomes, wo sn)
j as organized colonies, do not succeed, and i
0 is fortuunto that they fail. Our oountry i
tho proper homo for our pooplo, Northerner
and Southornora alike. Sho nooda, tho labo
0 of all her ohildron, of all latitudes, in Ordo
to fulfill hor destiny, and tliey, too, it seonji
. cai? ill do without her.
O Tv i EN TAL LUGEND.-" Every mau," a
eastern logond says, " has two angola, ono up
on his ri . i' shoulder and .ono upon his loft.
Whou ho does anything good, tho" angel o
tho right Bhyuldor writes its down and pea!
it, boenuso what js onco woll dono is'dopo fe
ever. Whon ho doos evil, tho angel *jp?n?h;
loft shoulder writes it down, but doos not soi
it. ' Ito Waits unt?l f.ddnifttt, *>lf bofiTru tin
limo tho- man boweC .down hi)'hoad and c:
olaimft, '.' Graciou-i Allah ! 1 hive ainncd
|*forgivo inc !" tho nngol f?bs. it out; but
not, midnight ho scala it, and ^ho angol u
ou'tho right shoulder wcops."
ii.
' . Tho Methodist Conference.
Below wo givo tho assignment of ministera
for tho next year, whioh io thomntterof most
general interest connected with the confer
ence.
Charleston Distriot-A M Chroiuburg, 1*
K. Charleston, Trinity-F A Mood. Charl
eston, Cumberland-Bothol-J T Wight
man. . Spring-Street-T/> bo supplied. Coo} -
cr Uiver-J) D Byers. Summerville-II M
Mood. Cypres!-Tobe supplied. St. Georjre's
-JL Sifiey; Mission tobo supplied.
Branchville-Tho Raynor. Fp^teiu Orange
W W Jones; Orangeburg-W G Connor.
Providcuce-J S Connor. St. Mathews-Wm
Kutto. Upper St. Mathews---To ba supplied.
Lexington-J 10 Penny. Mission-To bo
supplied.
Bamberg District-I) J Simmons, P E
, Bamberg Circuit-Charles Wilson. Black
ville-William Carson. Upper Oraugc-To
bo supplied. Aiken-Alex W Walker.
Graniteville Mission-J R Piokctt. Barn
well-A Nettles. Allendalo-A J Stoke?,
St. Bartholomew's-Landy Wood. Wultor
bor$'-J W MoRay. Bl'nck Swamp-T J
.Clydo. Ilardovill?-J R Coburn.
Marion Distriot-It ? ^?"d, P E. Mari
on Staitoh-G Jl Wolla, . ?on Circuit-L
"M.Little. Brownsvillc-r-W ? Power. Buok
Swamp-J B Platt. 'Liberty Chapel-D AV
Scale, 'D?\rlfngrou-J P ?Morris. Durling
'ton Circuit.-S Jones, S M Davis. George
town-J'?'Portor,. Bluolc Kivor Circuit and
Mission j "fitohl. Kiugstr?c-W W Mood.
Conwayboro'-J II O MoKinney. Conway
boro' Circuit-L Soarborough. Wacamaw
Circuit-ind Mission-C P ll Elwell. Lynch
burg-D J MoMillian.
Columbia District-C ll Pritchard, P ' E,
War.hiuglou Station-William Martin. Mtv
rion Station.-S II Browne, Columbia Cir
, cuit-Joseph Parker, Rocky Mount-J I
Shuford. Sandy Uiver-G W M Craytou
Chostov-JE WatMon, Richland Fork-Ma?
uing Brown. Fairfield-A J Cauthou, ou<
to be supplied. Camden-Chas. Thomasson
Sumter Station-James Slaoy. Suinter Cit
ouit-J W Murray. Bishopvillc-P F Kit
tier. Manning-S J HUI. Sau too-- J 1
Campbell.
Cokcsbury District-W II Fleming, 1* 1'
Coiikcabury Station-W T Capers. Cokcabi
ry Circuit--J T Kilgo. Greenwood (colored
: Circuit-One. to bc supplied. Abbeville-Y
i P Mo?/.on. Abbeville (coloured) Circuit
. To})? supplied. Suluda River Mission-\
i ll Lawton, supernumerary. Mapleton-J
, Tray wick'. " Edgofiold-P L Hermon.' S;
. 'vannah Uiver Missiop-T S Daniel. Bulli
- W A Clurk. Newberry-W'S Black, Nc
& berry Circuit-J. II 5?jmuior?nan, H N llari
.. son. Laurens-J W Kelley, one to bu su
f piled.' Clinton-J .A At:..rt,ay. Reedy Bi
- or Fredoifrck"Auld..* Orphan? Homo M issi?
! -T H E.dwaids.
i Grech ville Disjtriot-A B Stovens, P
s Grccnvillo Station-Robort Harpor. Qrec
: viii Circuit-J J Workman, Rcidvillo
- Wm Bowman. Piokonsvillo-^-.! M ?aflis
Koowoo-J L Stoudmiro. Walhalla-To.
f supplied. Soncoa and Tuguloo-lt lt Du
, nail. Anderson-S A Welbon Anders
. Circuit-W A Hodge?, Pendleton-0.
Bound.
Spartouburg Distriot-R P Franks, P
j. Spartanburg Station-W A Gamcwcll. Sp
tanburg Circuit-J D Carpenter. Unionvi
j] and Cune Crock-0 A Darby. Rieh Hill
D Ervine. Pacolct and Fair Forest-J
Marsaboau. Bclniont-A N Wells. Gosli
'J Hill-E G Gage. Columbia-J A Wo.
. R uth or ford-V A Sharp. Cherry Mount M
sion-To bc supplied. Marion-J R Griffe
MoDowcll -II J Morgan. Agent for Si
day Schools, Books, ?fcc.-L Loard. Woffi
J Collcgc-A M Shipp, DD., W Smith, I).
, A II Leaton
.' Sholby District-^ W Itumbort. Shel
j Cirouit-A P Avant. Linooluton-Aug
n Walker. Rock Spring-John Fingor. I
las-0 IC Land. York-J-S Nelson, M
J Hoylo. Piuevillo-N K Moiton. Chark
( -E J Moynardio. Calvary, Mias-To
?j supplied. North Charlotto, Ct.-J J Y
H thor, ono to bo supplied.. Newtan-BT
lfl Jones. South Fork-John WaUs. Lor
r G W Ivoy. Happy Hotne?-J 0 Harts
r Morgant,on-P G Bowman. Morgantot
i* Coloured, chargo to be supplied. Davonr
*' Fomulo Collcufo-S Landor^ President. Mo
loubuTg Female College-A G Staoy, Tr
n dont.
i- W'adoslJoro' Distriot-F M Kennedy, 1
" Wadosboro' Circuit-E W Thompson, \\
u Pogues, Cheraw-A J Stafford. Bcnnc
|rt v?||0-_-M L Bntoks, one to be supplied. Aut
>r ville-T%A. Boono. Albemarle--.J W Pu
?8, Conoord-R R Pogues. Mount Pleasant-]
A Lommond. Lnncastor--J W Cridcr. It;
it ing Roek-B L Puffy., Choa,tcrftold-O;l
v Ea'dy. Mon'6c-J ll L.tth'i. Monroo'
- cuit-J W Abernathy- I Jeasant Grover
if Crisp. South Gliavioite. Oironit-J WC1
p- Thompson's Crook; M>si?n-J W Cowan
Carolina Fpmil'o Coirego-^.-xV. Mood f
.v.'. ..; ? . ' :- r ?. v' . ' /
fcrouoc. Noat Conference to. bo ho?d'?t'^cfc*'
bovillo Court House, S. 0.
Chief Justice Chase.
Tho voioe of tho people jp potent for re
form, and tho popular will tho most cffeplivO
persuader to tho wilfully-erriug. The fatt
elocti?ns in the North dod West oro still hav
ing a wonderful effect upon tile mindy of mo.
ny of, the Kopublicah leadors. Their'oxpori- '
eneed editors, too, set thoir sails to catch tho
popular bree?e, and Bennett, Weed, &o., took '
iii At f- glance4he effect, whioh tho popular rc
aotlou iu Ohio and Now York would b^ve up
on tho rei?aiuing Northern and Westerr
Stat?s, immediately ohanged their tactics and
sot thoir sails in tho directibrYof tho.now cur
rong It would cccm, from tho. ?ubjeined
paragraph from tho letter bf a Washington
correspondent, that the worthy Chief Jmjtiuo
Chassis dotcrmiued not to be distanced io
getting well into tho new cuheot:
"A strango rumor, too, fills tho air -eoti^
corning tho opinions of Judge Chuso. It is
distinctly and oven somowhat authoritatively
affirmed, that ho will , toko tho first Opportu
nity to pronounoo tho. Reconstruction Aota'
unconstitutional. Should tho SuprCino Court
decide theso Acts to ho illegal, or should^ljft?
Congrces anticipate tho SupromO Court and
repeal them, wo then havo before thcUouutry
tho " Conotitutional amondpiont," that leave;
tho suffrage with the whijtes, unrlor tho penal
ty of non-represontatio?jp?Wcs???o, if thoblacks
aro not allowed to vote Wo do not precisely
oomproho'nd Chief JustioCh?sC in tho aunun
oiatiou by his'friends of his opinions as a law
ycr nnd Judgo, concerning the negro suffrogo
legislation of Congress. It may bo that tho
Judge is resolved to shoot a Parthian arr?wjp
at hi? successful rival, as he retreats from tho/'
field of oonfliot. Wo oan easily pcrceivo^
How, if tho arrow strikes, Con. Grant moy ,
bo despcrotely wounded. But wo will upt^
stop to inquiro about thot-Bojv.'.'.. . ......
NEW YOUK, Deo 26.-On Christmas morn
ing, a lad cutcrcd tho ofiioo of the Superin
tendent of Polioo and loft a parcel, whioh ho.
8uid had been given^him to deliver by a gen
tleman at thc Astoi* Ilouso. Tho parocl cpn?^
taiucd tho chcqks on tho bank of the State of
New York for 13.083,435; thc amount sto
len frpm thc baak messenger recently in Wi ll
street.
WASHINGTON, Deo 20.-Tho bureau of
statistics ropor'ts tho. total authorized, mil ca?.1 o .>
of railroads ip tho United States at 54,000,
whereof 38,000 miles aro compl?tai, costing;
?1,054,000,000.
Internal revenuo receipts to-day $051,00^);
A negro fired his revolver at three "mon who
ran against bim; oue of tho mon is dead.
Tho murderer escaped. v
Kcir.ipsES.~-Thoro will bo two eclipses of
tho 6un in 1808. On February 23d, at niue
o'clock, twenty minutes in tlm movniogjinvls.-^
iblo in tho Unit?d Statos, visible in South
America, tho Atlantic Oceun ?nd ^fyjoa.-^
The Second is o l'?tal oolipBO of Iho. Bun, ^AiV
gust 18th, 12 o'el?ok, Sftccn minutes i? thcf .,
morning.
Tun cleanest village in tho world ia Brook,
in Holland, whoro no horse or onrria'go has]
evor beou permitted to entor, and whoro ovc-;
ry thing is kept with tho most scrupulous neat
ness. Before entering many of tho house.*
you aro required to romovo your shoos. It is.
said that o von tho Emporoi* of Russia was
compelled to comply with this custpiu.
C6y* A Quaker, on h oaring n mur swear.aft
a particular bad piece of road, wont up to-him
and said : Friend, 1 am under tho greatest
obligations to thee. I would mysolf hwo
dono what .thou ,hast dor^Oi Jju?tny re??g-io?
forbide it. Don't let tny^dnscleoob, 1K>W?T^
or, bridle thino ; give thino indignation wings,
and suffer not tho projudioo of others to par
alizo tho t?ngu? of justice and long suffering
--yea verily."
-??*<?.-- -
j^?r* A lady advertises for sa lo, one baboon,
throe tabby oats, and a parrot. Sho statos
that, being married, sho has no further USO
for thom, booauao thoir amiable qualities aro
all combined in her husband.
.----* -?-.
jtST A supposed ghost in A Iber marl o Coun
ty, Va., turns out to bo a negro, hired by a
whiio mau who wanted to drivo efl' his neigh
bors and make lund cheap.
??y* Buring tho T/no-ping war in China
ovor 100,000,000 mon have " perished b y
slaughter and starvation.
- ,u . -
A won-riiY townsman -of. on is, who goosfc
tho sobriquet of tho Doacon, waa mot by
dy friend ns ho emerged from .a, saloon,
accosted thus : " Good nmrnrng^ j>oaeon ;
1 nm sorry, to soo you coming out of sn
place." To which ho replied, "Why,
am, would "you have too ?tay thoro
tlftio,?" -