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O?flolal Oidor. * ,*! ; ' '?'. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, "1 ADJUTANT GWNEKAL'S OFF?OB, > Washington, Deo. 2?, 1807. ) ?^Ooaoral Orders No. 10*.] Dy direction of tho President of tho United ?tates, tho following orders oro mndo : First. Brovet Maj. Oon. hi. O. 0. Ord will turo over tho oomuiaud of tho dth Military District to Brovot Maj. Goo. A. C. G ?Hom, <and preoeod to Sao Francisco, Galiforoia, to ttako command of tho Department of Culifor ! ida. Second On being Vcllovcd by Brevet Maj. {lon. Ord, Brevet Maj. Goo. Iwln McDowell 'will prooood to Vicksburg, Mississippi, a.pd . aroliovo Gon. Giilom, in command of tho 4th W Military Division. I^^bird. Brevqt Maj. Gon. John Popo is .horoby roliovod of tho commaud of thep^d ^Military District^ and%ill report, without do fejoy? nt tho Headquarters of tho Army, for fur ^thq^ovdcrs-^turniug over his command to thc J nox$" sooiori ??ficor, until tho arrival of his . euc^essorl*' >v ^ $oVth. Maj/ Gen. Gcorgo G. Meado is assigned to tho command of tho Hd Militury District, and will ossuiuo it without delay. ^?lbo Department of .Ibo l$ast willbo command Icd by tho senior oificor now on duty in it, un til u commander is named by tho President. Fifths '''Offioors assigned in the foregoing ' orders to the command of Military Districts s will oxoroisb thoroiu any and oil powers con ferred by Aots of Congress upon. DiBtriot 'Commanders, and also any and all power,} por tainiiig to Military Department Commanders Sixth. Brevet Maj. Gen. Mager Swayno tjdlonel of thc 45th United States Infantry ia horoby relieved fronrduty in tho Buroau ol yPvofugeca, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Tuid will proceed to Nashville, Tennessee,hue .assume command of bis regiment. By command.of Gen.; Grant. ' ^ ?. D. TOWNSEND, A. A. G. Military Order Goo, OltD bas issued the following order HD'QRS. FOURTH MILITARY 'DISTRICT OF "] |MB|[9MlSSlSSIl'I AND AiUvANSAH FIpLLY, ) w?$^?*l?*W?afy^^^ 1807. J Sp?cial Order No. 208.-Brevet Majoi '".Gen. Andrew C. Giilom, Colonel 24th U. ? ?Mfa, utan try. Assistant Commissioner of tho Bui |; Venu bf Refugees, Procdmcn and A.bandonc si?Luuda for tho Stato of Mississippi, will prc ?0/o??d t? Washington, D. C., and report to th ^President and Secretary of War'tho starvin [^?ndition of tho freedmen in a largo numbc Hrof tho counties in his sub-district, due to th ruin and tho bankruptcy of tho cotton plat ?. tcrs, and tho absouoo o*f corn. He will ropoi " tho absolute necessity of somo provision b< ing made by .'l e Government to feed tho frccc , t men and avert the war of races in such soi tions as aro without food. Gen. Gillern wi . toko with him suob reports and lottors on fi ?t> os aro on thc subject. By command Gcnor ? Ord. O. D. GREEN. A. A. G. Tho following important order was also i sued on the 17th inst, by him : Commanding officers aro dircctod to noti: $*tho loading colored mon, and-take such ot In , measures ns may, bo necessary to give goner publication of tho fact that all freedmen, wi ?jroablo, will bo " required to earn thoir ow r ..?upport.duriug thc coining year, and to go ( work .Upon tho . host terms (hat can bo pr cured, ovoii should it furnish a support onl; , xlnd thus provont their'becoming a burdon j ibo Government!. AU froodmon who can, bi Uot card * livelihood when employniei ?_?an bo procured, wi?) lay themsel ves ?sb!* ? f ; arrest and puuishmont as vagrants. Tho o operation bf shoriffs arid couatnble a?d poli< magistrates is requested in tho onforcemei of this order, and any just notion, of thor ; xtnder ijs provisions will bb sustained by tl military authorities. ' THE SOUTHERN ItEr.ifcF COMMITTEE I ^J!*#?rf meeting, saj n NOW York Correspondent, willbo held, i tho course of; a few days, nt tho Acadomy i JVIusio, with a yiowof reorganizing tho Sotttl ?ora Relief Committco. Th? privnto lettoi which business houses aro receiving from. Mi aissippi, Goorgin, and somo portions of Loi |asiann, aro of tho'most distressing charade | and go to show tho provalouco there of poa tivo fumino. One writer, a Northern mai .yfl^ijng. froju Alexandria, .Louisiuna, snys: " Mn ny persons nloti'g tho Red Rivor aro d, ^pfc.^of absolute starvation, and boforo tl "^Winter is ?ve?^tho situatiou will bo worse b foro it ia tettor." Much rolicf is going Soutl ip a private- way, through privato obannol l&flib <?h? timo seems to bo coining again whe ^tho ir?eossitics of the. caso domand that som ?l^ifjg should bo dbne to insure oontributioi on a larger soalo. T t . RALEIOII, Dccoiubor 23.-A negro wi stabbed yostorday in fracas with two or th ri ? colored soldiers, and died in a few minutes. Tho inquest implicates thrco blacks who Ipv !boon oommitted for trial. Robbories ai murders continuo in tho Counties of Cravo ; Joucs and Lonoir. Thoy aro oon mitted 1 Iarmod blacks upon unoffending whitcs. Prompt notion is nooossary to restoro qui , ?ad confldouoo. WASiiiNOTON,.I)uconibcr 28.-A dispab ;rocoivod boro announces tho killing of Ho Cornelius 8, Hamilton, member of Con gre from Ohio by his ?oil eighteen yours of ag ?Whilo under a"fl6 of .toni.nopory ^sanity. LONDON, Deo, 28.--Men'?.with blaokem {?tio,oH stoviod MaVtolIo Oflstlo, nonr 0?rk ; tot Learns and omttatiiition and "escaped: W'A' Ri? Jotter; of November 24, stato? th Ro Kngl'tHh trialj steamer Saturn went dow ?h dOO persons aboard. Only fourteen c 1 iH 'I ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Ed H. A. TUqMPSON & ItOBT, YOUNG, 7' A'Ti MS.-For Sub*?tfit??}^ WO J) ? J, /"dA\S /KV fiiui??)f+M<?A^^ iV.adcuiicc; $r s;.r 8^^V^?*%Wrt ?g?/<tfrt $1 per $i#rt? iif ten Ivrtcs?y less for th?ffi^itiscrtion, and HO gaits for ca?h'&ubisguont inscrli?t?. . jQjgsy*" OoHtye^-y ??fyti$c8 0ii:ccetling f ve lines, Trib ute's of- Respect, Communications of a^ personal diameter, and Announcements of Candidates, will be charged for as advertisements. BSy-f/oi Printing neatly and cheaply executed. . tiH?" Payment can be Made in currency, or in pro vision at thc markst rates. J8@f Necessity compels us to adhere strictly 'to thc requirement of cash paginent. . PICKENS C. IL, S. C.: Saturday Morning, January 4, 1008. jT-tT Wc greet our readers with a u happy New Year." We trust that it has much iu store for us that is pleasant and profitable.- . Tho "seaof troubles," which has so long cn viroucd us, is gradually receding. Stroaksof light flash athwart the political sky. Coull dcuoo is taking tho placo of ooufusiou slowly but surely. Lot us, thorofero, still strive to improve our condition in edi rospects; and make our Mountain homes, in truth, what tjioy are in repute abroad now-tho most de sirablo section iu tho whole country 1 Wc bond to our task : loud os a helping baud. The " Southern Cultivator," for De comber, has been received. Tho ^ Cultiva tor" bas passed into tho hands of Messrs. WM. & W. S. JONES, who will hereafter pub> lish.tho Game. Thc "Cultivator" is one of thc best 'agricultural monthlies in tho coun try. Price, $2 a your. Published at Ath lon?, Qa. . -- /CST The address of Bov. Sim IL BROW AK is Columbia. Those who havo names of sub scribers for his " Christian Neighbor,"" will, address him there. Mr. BttOWNE h?pes to bc able to com mondo1 thc publication of his paper j'at an early day. ??f" A dreadful railroad disaster occurred at Angola, N. Y., last week. Sixty pcrsons mou, women and children-wero killed or burnod to death. A hundred moro were wounded, many in a frightful maimer. JGQy Tho President has displaced Generals PoPK and OUD. Their fondness for political intrigue is doubtless the causo. Step by stop aro schemers oud agitators shelved, and there by the country resumes order and quiet - Tho President deserves tho gratitude of the country for his Grmncss nud prompt action. J?W Wo aro indebted to Messrs. DUFFIE & CHAPMAN, Booksellers, &o., of Columbia, for gonuinc Carolina Almanacs, for 1808. Also, for late Magazines. Theso gentloipon havo on hand a fino assortment of books, sta tionery, &o., whiob they sell on thc mo3t -fa vorable terms. Seo their advertisement. Tho Weather. Tho weather last week was unseasonable, being balmy arid spring-like. This weok, however, tho soason bas been truo- to itself. A tcrriblo snow.storm, intermingled wi tb rain and filcct, set In on Monday; Tho wind blew wildly from tho north-east. A conglomerated mass of snow, sleet and ioo, to thc depth of | th r oo or four, inohes, oovorcd tho earth. To day, (Thursday) much of it remains, and tho hcavcufl, with lowering clouds, promise us much of tho * winter of discontont.' Sale of Valuable Personal Property. Thc Commissioner in Equity will sell at Fort Hill, on Thursday tho 9th day of Janu ary, instant, tho residuo of thc desirable Per sonal Property of tho late A. P. CALHOUN. As tho salo is for cash, bargains will no doubt bc liberally dispcuscd on thc ooonqion. Seo advertisement. The Charleston Baily New*. This journal bas commenced the new year iu earnest by a wholesome reduction for sub? soription. Whilst tho " News" is now tho cheapest, it is also ono of tho best newspapers in this wido country. Its columns daily at test tho ability and brilliancy given thom by its gentlemanly conductors, whilst tho fair ness of.its course must bo commonded by al). Wo.tnke pleasuro in recommending tho daily and tri-weekly " Nows" to the patrouago of.I an appreciative public. #S?r Tho timo to which, tho oollcotlon of tho direct tax in tho Southern ates was dc-* layod expires on January J..; but Socrctary McCullooh, in answer to appeals from tho South to protect thom from taxation, has, it is laid, responded, that ho docs not intend to jollect it unless forood to do so by Congress, ind that bo will appoint no collectors for that [mrposo. AuausTA, Deoombcr 28.-A'negro, Who .apod a wb i to girl on tho publio road, near Louisville, Jefferson County, on Saturday lost, vas arrested this morning, tied to a stake and mined, by a mixtjd crowd of whitos aud ducks. - ^.,^.,y"^""^"" u>;, ...-, ,,-,",,.-?jj| Now Post Commander-6 . ; A>!>-J ' K. EDIK, our new posto??uumidei1, nod who was formerly statitmcd at-Salisbury, N. C., is tims? sp?ikon of by ?tho "Old North Stato," publifihod ot that plage ." J list and Impartial in tho discharge pf his duties, his oonduot as cummnnder.?t the p??t at'tlti^pl?oo hos met with tho general appro! bation of all. piu tios." >** " ,* We hopo, howov?rV'that thc duties of Col. EDIK wUl'be light, assured ns weare, that tho pooplo of this section, knowing well their du ty, will p&rform it, without recourse to tho military authorities. Pickeus Female Seminary. This institution will be opened on thc first Monday iu February next, at Walhalla, un der tho caro and superintendence of first class teachers. Sec advertisement. Hard Timos-Worse Coming, &o Wc scarcely loy our hands upon a Northorn paper which is not lilied with thc cry of "hard times"-uo labor for thc poor-their suffer ing, &c. Crime, too, is on tho rampage, ns well as other minor rascalities. The " New York Tribune," a prudent paper, say?? : * "The sad death of Mr. Hamilton, mombor of Congress from Ohio, adds another item tc thc flood-wo may say tho deluge-of oriuw and accident with which our columns have for days past boen overburdened. Tho tele graph wires bend under their weight of woo the old earth quivers with throbs of ogonj from tho center to the pole; oities arc shnkei down, countries arc engulfed, fair domains ait over-flowed with red-hot lava; wife is arraye! ngainst husband, mother ngainst child, soi against father ; a hecatomb is sacrificed 01 ono railway, half as many on another, and 01 still another tho width of a hair stands bc tween a thousand and sudden death. In sc cial life, our newspapers aro sniutchedjdlovc with reports of divorce and separation trink of infidelity and disgrace, of gigantic cairne undertaken, half ncoompitied-or complot?e What'bhaU bo thc end of these things '(" Tho State Convention. Tho " Charleston Cmirior". learns, from reliable source, that thc total official rotuli give a majority >f a little over S,000 for Convention, and that General Cunby, in a du or two, will issue bis order for tho asseniblin of a Slate Convention in that city, on tho 2 it of January next. Decisious of the Court of Eirors. Tho "Greenville Enterprise" learns fro a distinguished member of tho bar, who w? In attendance upon tho Court, that tho fe lowing legal principles were decided by tl Court of Errors during it?- reoout sittlug Columbia : 1. Thc Statute of Limitations woBsuspen ed by thc Stay Law in South Carolina. 2. Tho ordinance of thc Convention tjilpi iog parties to provo what was tho consider tion and value of all contracts, during tl war, is not in violation of the United Stat Constitution, nor docs it impair thc obligatu of contracts. 3. lt ia not in violation of the Constitute of tho United States for the District Cour to try criminals without a presentment of Grund Jury. d. The Tux Collectors, aro not compelled receive thc bills of thc Hank of South Caro ua in payment of taxes. I That slavery was not abolished at tl date of Pro?i?oui.Li^olu's ?>roclunvdion, b ceased to oxist when tho State was capture 0. Express Companies arc liable to be taxt on their incoioo? Tho tax on National Banks, and thc valid ty of negro debts, were postponed. Thc Cou decided that tho Columbia and Augusta Ru road might oross tho South Carolina Ruilrot in Columbia. Rut tho case was retained f a compromiso botwecn tho two companies regard to the crossing and other matters. Tho question of tho validity and constit tionality of thc organization of tho juries u der Military Orders, was argued in the Cou of Appeals, but no decision has yet been a nouuecd. STOPPI?C? A NKWSPAPKR.-Somo pcoji scorn to think that their subscription to newspapor obligates the editor to advoca thoir own peculiar vicwu on all qucstio v/hioh affect the public, forgetting thai, nn c itor should bo nu independent being, bout enough to givo his opinions, sud lot his rca ors judgo of what they are worth. To tho who aro ready to send word, " Stop my T per," becauso tho editor oxprosscs his hont opinion, formed after careful roscaroh and m turo deliberation, wc oommend tho followii little story : A oertain man hit his too against a pcb! and foll hoadlong to tho ground. Ho w vexed, nnd, undor tho inlluoDco of anger ni flclf-sulliciency, bc kicked mother earth rig saucily. With iniporturablo gravity, ho look by soo tho earth itself dissolve and como naught. Rut thc enrth remained, and or ula poor foot was injured in tho .oncountor. . This is tho way of man. An article in newspaper touches him in a weak spot, a straightway ho sends to " Stop his papor !". With groat self-cotnplaeonoy ho looks to fi tho orash whon tho object of his sploon sh ooaso to bo. Poor fool, lio has only hit 1 wn too against a world that dpos n?t .perco] ibly foel Ibo shock, and injures to a slight c lonfrtone butliimsolf.' j?jeft>Mnuy af thoniogroos'in Arkansas sn dst ontiroly by blunting npd fishing, and soc bo bo relapsing . into tho barbarous oonditi if their African anod*dors. . ' ' . * v . ' ** '* $.* ii? ?KA'-,. m ' > ' "V1 >. TUo Amended Kecoiistnotiou Bill. Tho following ?inbrftcbs tho text df tho bill "ns U* passed tho Uot'iso on Wednesday lust, after a.spicy and interesting dobajo*.. If this bill becomes a luw^a majority of tho votes oast will determine tho Constitution of any , State, and thc election for hicmbors of Con gress will toko place at tho saino time with the voting on the Constitution ; lie it enacted, That so much of the" fifth section of an Act passed March .28, 1867, en titled, " An Act supplementary to an. Aot to provide fof tho more efliciont government of tho rebel States," passed Maroh 2, 1807, and to facilitnto their restoration, as requires, that a majority of all the registered voters of thc district shall be cast in favor of tho ratifica tion of tho Constitution before it becomes va lid ho, and thc samo is hereby so far modified that a majority of thc votes east at tho elec tion for tho ratification or rejection of tho Constitution shall be considered as valid aud as aflirming or rejecting said Constitution. SEO. 2. And bc it /arther enacted, That thc votes of tho several States, mentioned in tho Acts to which this is amendatory, may. nt tho time of voting on tho ratification of the Constitution, vote ulso for members of Con. gross, who shall he entitled to toko their seats as members of the House of Representativos, on taking the oaths of office required by law, whenever, atid as soou as such States aro duly rccoustructcd and entitled to representation in tho Congress of tho Uuitcd States. Aud until a uew apportionment.shall bo made, thc elections for said members shall bc according to tho districts ns they existed in thc yean 1858 and 1850, except when otherwise pro vided for, and nt thc samo election officers win shall make thc returns of tho votes cast ot ratification or rejection of thc Constitution shall enumerate and certify thc votes cast lo mombovs of Congross, ami givo certifiantes p election to thoso possessing tho hugest uum her of qualified votes, and who shall bc cnti bled thereto. Manon io. The following brethren have been elcctd .officers of Walhalla Chapter, No. 28, Hoyo ' Arch MiieoiiH, fou tho ensuing Masonic year C. ?. LANGSTON,- M. E..ir. P. - i C. H. SPEAKS, King. FLETCHER SMITH, Scribe. .% F. M. MORGAN, C. H.' W, M. WOODJN, 1\ S. EDM U-ND li ERN DON, .Trensurer. H. A. H. GTRSON, Secretary. M. F. MITCHELL, R. A. C. .1. W. F. THOMPSON, G. M. 3d \ W. F. PARKER, ? 2d < R. J. GILLILAND, " 1st* W. H. WHITE, Sentinel. MOBILE, Deo. 28.-District Attorney ] V. B. Martin mot Judgo Bustced, of the. Uti ted. States District Court, this morning, front of tho custom house, and said : ** Judg will you allow that indictment against mo' take its course?" Rustecd replied: " S tho law must take its courso." M arti u th drew a revolver and fired three shots. Bi teed foll, with a ball below tho breast bo and another in his right log. Martin b been indicted by thc United States Grand J ry for revenue frauds and extortion. Hu now in jail. Judge Rustccd's wounds arc r considered mortal. MONTGOMERY, December 27.-Nieho Davis, a prominent radical of North Ale ban has published a lotter, fully endorsing tho i "dress of Messrs. Sern plo, Speed and otbc j tho protesting members,, against tho prop?f Constitution. The Huntsville Advooato(n ioal organ) calls for tho rc-assembling of t * ....it.? fn W.. ,i . ?. ... ? ? v;ouvmuivi>, ,? uivutij un? uujccuonaDio V tures of thc proposed Constitution-name tho olauses about schools, tho franchise n registration oath. That paper says if t Constitution is not modified, environed nu aro and almost iu a state of anarchy, its adi lion can only bo accopted as a choice of e\ -not defended as right and proper j bul is in our power to modify thc evils now, n for that purpose call tho Convontion togctb Sheets of Tuscumbia North Alabama, ro] di?tes tho nominations mndo by thc solf-e stitutod political Convention. Tho Hur ville Advocate repudiates tho action of rn cal moottngs in North Alabama, and says white Unionist? arc ignored and rojectod unsound. Tho? conservatives all over Stato aro arousing and dctorminod to uso ry effort to defeat tho Constitution. In No Alabama, tho whites who wont into tho rn cal party aro leaving it, on aocount of tho joctionablo features of tho Constitution. MONTOOMKRY, December 28.-The Co ty Republican Nominating Convention to-i nominated eight negroes and sixteen whit four whiles and two oolorod for tho Stato L (slaturo. A majority of tho whites aro Not orn mon, and connected with tho Frccdmc Bureau. A negro was sho*. dead yesterday, on plantation of Mr. Morrivothor, near this c by another negro, for declaring himself posed to tho Union Lcaguo. The Montgomory Council, which olaim? bo tho genuino Loaguc, hus oxpollcd John Keflor, a loading radical, for dishonorable o duct and notions calculated to oxcito a wai ru?os. Ko?Tor bas ti Loaguo whiob be olhi to bc gonuino. Tho Whole affair will bo ] boforo tho O?and Council of tho Uniou foi notion.? . ,SAN FRANCISCO, Dcoombor 2B.-TIi hos booti aaypro storm along ?ho cost dur Ibo past ttv? days ; most of tj?io sbipingln Irorber.wnB damaged. Disastrous noopu from t?so .interior stato tlfnt fltago ancr rp?ir lommumeiition aro suspended.. * jj?(rTl>o "Moraphb Ava^uebc?' saya th xto 20,000 starving negroes In (lint oity. - ."' ' . .' t ' , '..'fi ? ????m jg mi m ??Mmtftm ?IWIM?I?I??WW?I>HMW HAVANA, December 20 -Vora Cruz Jatos of tho 20th, via Sisal 28il, havo boon rccciV cd. City of Moxico dates to tho 19th. Thoro is much misery throughout tho country, in coliscquoiicea, of .exhaustion and disorganiza tion fr?ni thc war. Thc* people aro compell ed by hunger to resort to brigaudago. Peace has.boen re-established at Tepio. Several Pe rote prisoners havo boou liberated. Tho rev. blution iu Yuoatan is assuming large propor tions. Santa Anna hus been proclaimed dicta tor, and is holt.My expected from Havana, with mon andu mih'on in money. Tho fort and towh of Sisal aro in tho- hands of tho insur gents, but tho port was blockaded . by two Mcxioon gunboats. A number of Imperial officers arrived nt Sisal from Matamoros on tho lGth. The coast of Yuoatan is closely watched to prevent thc landing of tho Mexi can stcamor Yobasao, which is ready to sail from Vera Cruz for tho scono of tho revolu tion, with 600 men and artillery. Santa An ta is still in Havana. LONDON, December 27.-A despatch from Dublin says an unusual largo number of lof tors have recently been received nt tho post oIKco hero, directed to prominent o?licials? each of these loaded with explosive materials' designed to kill tho person to whom address, ed. Several exploded, but so far no ono hill ed. A policeman of tho city was horribly mangled by ouo which bc opened. Wo aro accustomed to think that wc are a groat manufacturing people, but our largo establishments, particularly iu tho work ing of metals, arc entirely overshadowed by some of tho hugo English workshops. And even tho English are left behind now, and little Prussia,.which has latterly grown to bc great Prussia, boasts tin establishment for thc working of steel alone whioh surpasses any general manufacturer in thc world. Krupp, tho steel king of lassen, has within the past forty years built up what is in effect a town by itself as his workshop. Ho employs ten thousah'd workmen j add to them their wives and children, and there is already a respecta ble population. Last year ho turned out six ty-two thousand fivo hundred thousand dol lars, involving n dnily consumption of ono thousand tons of boa); Of guns alone lie U?? delivered three thousand Aye hundred alto .gefher, valued at five mil Hop tsvo hundred and fifty, thousand dollars. C?i?" The cable autlrorities Stato that a tele gram was sent last week from London to Wash ington in nine minutes and thirty seconds - or, in other words, it was received iu Wash ington four hours fifty-eight minutes and thirty seconds in advance of the hour of its leaving London. Professor Czcrmark, of tho University of Jona, whilo examing tho stomach of a mum my, found a roll of somothiug, which, under tho uiioruM;op?, provcJ to bo tho skin of the ?ole's of thc feet. Fnrthor investigation shows that this disposition of the solo wns a common practice, and it is supposed to bc symbolical of the eternal separation of the dead from the earth. AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY.-Tho "Cam den Journal " says : A friend of ours, with whom wo spent n oouple of nights a few weeks ago, with thc aid of his two sons, one scarcely large enough to plough, made this y cor, three bales of cot ton, upwards of-four'hundred bushels of corn, oho hundred bushels of peas, two hundred bushels of sweet potatoes, besides Irish pota toes, pindora, &n., anrl bod thirteen boga ready, for tho knife, which would nott him 2,000 to 2,300 poupds of pork, with flour onough to ;?rvo Moi \%t>tU llfirvsst'mg \m next crop *f wlu3?t, of wliicl? ho.has planted largely. His crop was all harvested and housed, II'IB lots and stables well filled with litter, and the boy'w were taking holiday after their year's work. His wife and one daughter, attend to all tho household and domestic affairs, and-clothe (haudsotfi^ly) the family, consisting of eight, from wool raised on thc plantation. Our friend lives in tho "Sam! Hills/" and plants sandy land, butsinco " froedom/' has adopted tho system of planting tho richest parlions, leaving tho other to rest and recuperate. Is. such a family depondent upon puffy ? TUE BANKRUPT LAW.-Mr. Oliuton rj. llico, of New York, who is preparing a report of tho operations of the Bankrupt Law? is in receipt of a number of letters from Ouiiimla' sionors in Bankruptcy, inquiring when thc fifty per cont, clause of tho Bankrupt Act went into effect. Thcro scorns to bo a diver sity of opinion on tho subject, not only among tho Commissioners, but among United States Judges and lawyers. Somo oluim that this olauso took ofTcot immediately on tho passage of tho law, whilo othors assort that it did not go into operation until Juno, 18G7. It is probable tho matter will bo submitted to Chiof Justioo Cha8o for his deoision. CONFKDEUATK MONEY.-III Now Ol'lcaUB, last week, tho great caso of Weavor vs. An foux, whioh has olioitcdso muon loaming nod ibility in tho lowor and tho S u p r o m o 3ourt,'has boon finally dcoidod by tho latter ?riburial. Tho j.udgmont.of tho Court bo ow in favor of Weavor was confirmed. Tho joints involved wero, whether a party, who ms given a niprtgngo for a loan m ado in Oon oderato notes, could rosist tho Ciiforonvucntof | ho mortgagor wl\on ho h?.?\ used tho notes in juostion*\o rolonso & prov?oUs mortgage. Tho iiiprcDio^ou'ft dcoidod that ho could not avail linjsolf of &uoli a ploa nftor aooopting and wing tho notos ns thoy had boon used. Tho udgmout waa thoroforo in favor of tho mori po. :?_ ' ?Qr A ricji Ohiuamnn, of San Fratioiaco, ms rcoQntlv. buricdia u oolflu which oost 81, '00 in gol* ... - . MAIL -FAILURE. CM ??y Wo oro compelled to go to press this: week without tho latest uoiys, tho ninil havioB failed to como through for several dayte. Sun day's " Pheonix" ?sour latest newspaperdaroV In Now York, on thc 28th ult. cotton> was 16 1-2. Gold, 83 1-2. AFFAIUB IN 8OUTH OAJWIANA.-A oolbfr cd mon in ibis oity, ono of tho delegates elect to tho State Convention, has-written a letter to 0 gentleman in Washington, from Which tho " ()hrouiolc^?diUl||^Hod too^traot os fol I am informed that it is likely GcnTCuWr*" will order tho assembling of tho Convention some ti ino about the middlo of January. I . huve no fears that moderate councils will not . prevail, and u Constitution bc framed that will bo acceptable to a majoity of tho people, in cludiuga fair sprinkling oPwhites, and wbioh Congress will approve: That a strong 'effort . will bo mude, to defeat it-, however, whatever it may bo, thcro is no doubt, but this must . and will bo overcome. I ara glad ^sco that Senator Wilson nnef others haver, iuVoduc'eidv Bills providing thatja majority of. tho vote* givcu on such rf?cstious .shall determine tito . result. I am also glad to observe thut it is . likely the Bureau will bo continued. Evofy thiug like business is veryUtill, and wo have* a hard time uf it. PETITION FUOM ALABAMIANS.-A peti tion was last week' prcsentod to tho President^ signed by about 800 prominent citizens of Alabama, setting forth that a " rovolutionnry body," styled a Convention, has been in scs siou nt thc capital of that Stute, and has pass ed ordinances setting aside thc Constitution und laws of Alabama, und disfranchising nany of her citizens who havo already re-' ceived tho Exccutivo pardon for tho offences, alleged tho interposition of tho I'resident to prevent tito ordinances of said .Convention? from being carried into effect. Thc ico in tho Hudson, nt Albany, is* so thick that teams crossed it last week, whom heavily loiidpd, without fear -of accident. Teams also crossed at Rhiucbc?k.r- ' Atl'ough keepsic, tho river was frozen oyer^i biitj it was opon,at Nowburg, though a singlo cold night, it was anticipated, would close it there. '.LARGE SALE" OF VALUABLE PERSONAL ESTATE. TII1C STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Iii Hqttity -IMckon?. florido Calhoun. T. Q donison, Adm'r M M' Calhoun, et ?1? Hill of FnvooWnrf?, At count, Relief, ?te. UNDER Decree of the Court of Equity1, in .tho above stuted case, I will sell to the? highest bidder, at Fort Hill, on THURSDAY, OTU JANUARY, mk The remainder of tho PERSONA h ES TATE"* thc bite Andrew P. 'Calhoun, de ceased, consisting of ELEGANT HOUSE HOLD FURNITURE, ?fcc., namdly : S3.OOO STOCK IN BLUE RIDGE ROAD; BEDS BEDSTEADS<C-BEDDINQ^no BUREAUS, SIDEBOARDS, TAB?ES, SOFAS, SETTEES, CARPETS,: ARM CHAIRS, ROOKING 0&AIRS, PARLOR .? PLAIN CHAIRS, ONE GOLD WATCH, SIJJ VER, puro mid good ) GLASSWARE, CHINA, CR OOKER Y9 KNIVES <t> FORKS, KITCHEN FURNITURE, and variou* othor urtiolcs too todious to enumerate; K THE LIBRARY of "tho lute Hon. John Vj. Calhoun, vory vnluablo. A?TTmtMS CASH. ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, O.E.P.P.. Doo 28, 1807 ; 14 1 SCIIOOL_BOOKS. TUB undorstgnod, BOQK8I1J.LPIV8, hare great' 1 oxporionco lu purchasing nmll'urniBldng-SohooIs ?ad Collogotf with . , . Toxt Booka, and - School Stationary* AnJ can supply Teachers on rea?onobl<> TerriT, louoliors and Processors aroVeouesled lo ?ead for our Uook Catalogues. . . Address DUFFIK & CHAPMAN, HIookNollorfl, Jan. 1,1868_H Great Popular Paper ? CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS, SUBSCRIPTION riti?? SIX DOLLARS A YEAR { The Charleston Tri? Weekly. Throo Donava a Yoar-Two Dollars for Six Months'. TERMS> C4SI? ?N AQYANOV. AZT No pnper sont unless'^h? pash, aooom. panics, tho order. 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