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til ??ipeiu^ W&ITNER SYMMES, Editor. ^^?BIU?T^?UNG, Proprietor^ TU R MX-tor Subversion, TWO VOL X>$fiS per annum' strictly in advance ; for six U?nthn, One Dollar. ?? Jr^^^doerUt?hionh inserted at St per square nf tifcfiiin or less foy tM frsl insertion, and 50 cents *or each subsequent itisertion.^ *'. *t. .jf?F Obituary Notices exceling fee lines, T'-lb HfmLpJ* Respects Cononnriicatious of a personal .character, and Announcements of Candidates, will Ad chafgpd for as- advertisements. VfSf* Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. tf?F Payment can bema>lein currency, or in pro vision at the m ar hot ratfs. ' .s??ST* Necessity compels us to adiare strictly to" Requirement of cash payment.' * I PI?K?NS C. H., S. C.: Batnrday Morning, February 1, 1868. .1-r-1 ? . 77-n--ir==r-ss JSST In New York, on tho 28th, felton waa quoted fit 18^ to 1$i couts por . pound- j Gold, 40 J. Tho Convention. ' Tho lotest mail brings vory littlo nows from this body. Much of their timo is. occupied in "small talk" on impertinent questions. IV^O'. o?ll suoh of tho proceedings as would most interest, and os much ns our limits will admit. Gov. Orr's Address "Wo publish, for thc information of our readers, tho address of Gov. OUR, delivered boforo tho Convention. tSonic portions of it will bo agrccablo and aocoptublo to tho peo ple, whilst other parts will, doubtless, bo in dignantly rejected. Tho offect it. produced on this assembly will, ero long, bo disclosed. musical. - Mr. WILLIAM MURPHY, of Greenville, will bo in our village for a day or two. The musical talents of this gentleman aro well known. Those in tho community having pianos out of tune, would do woll to oA'll on Mr. MURPHY. Satisfaction guarantied in every instance. Robbory. 'Wo rogrot to loam that tho Storo of Mr.. D. Btp.MANN, of Wallvilla, was broken into on Sunday night last, and rolibod Of a largo quantity of goods.; ?Sutry supposod to havo beon .offeotod through a baok window of tho Store. Tho burnt piper aVound a package of knives *?nd forks, and a charred sholf just aboVe two kegs of powder, boar tho marks of thoir light. From tho amount extracted, wo think tho morokanti of Walhalla will havo moro competition. Wo hopo tho parties will * bo dctoofed, and this kind of thing stopped at once 4 Congressional News. STANTON, the suspended Secretary, has re sumed, regardless of the President, the port folio'of war. Tho President does not recog nize him, and tho business of this department, is conducted by thc Chief Magistrate himself. Latest advices report thc intended resignation of STANTON. In tho meantime, tho nows ~?tb~m tho Supremo Courb und Congress, is somewhat better. Tho Modi rd le caso, whioh involvos tho prinoiplo of the constitutionality of tho Reconstruction acts, has been advanced on tho Docket, and will bo heard tho first day ,r..e Tit-U pjudfe, Tho Rill which has recently passed tho. House, 80 atonally .tho constitutional rights and powe.^ ^0 Supremo Court, will bo roportcd against by tho Senate Comuiittco. This Bill can but olioft tho grave attention'?nd astonishment of tho country. Tho attention, inasmueh as it shakes tho vory foundation of liberty, and vir tually tears down thc strongest bulwark of re publican govesnmcnt; tho astonishment, in that it is a plea of guilty on tho part of tho majority of tho House. It is substantially a confession on the part of those who favored tho Reconstruction acts, that they have passed thom, knowing-thom to bo unconstitutional, r,atii? now foar a rovorsal of such monstrous oc .: tion by tho Supremo Court.^ Suoh assertions of absolutism,' and such despotio measures as aro embodied in this Bill, wo hopo will novor bo Submitted to by tho. pcoplo of tho North. If they have lost*nll revcronco for this, tho highest and most august tribunal of tho land, thon wo who have boon for aomo timo denied itsTjustand powerful dcoisions, can only pa tiently .await tho destructive results whioh siioh malioioifs, and unstatcstnanl.iko legisla tion will ultimately produce Wo append, for thc information of ourread/j ero, tho Supremo Court Judges and their sup posed political proclivities. Thoro aro at pres ent .eight Judges, namely : SALAMON P. CIIASR,1 Ohio^Cliief Justico; NATHAN CLIFFORD, Matoo J SAMUT.L NKL ?ON, Now York ; Ron BUT C. GR?KR, Penn sylvania j DAVID DAVIS, Illinois j NOAH W. PWAVNK, Ohio; SAMUEL lt M?LLBB, Iowa; .VSTBPHRP?? J. FIKLD, California. T?ioir^gcs, os far as oati bo ascertained, aro as fullows : ?liaso, sixty ; Grior, sovonty-tWo on tho fifth of Mffroh, 1808 ; Millor, forty-ono; Clifford, nirtty-nvo on tho eighteenth of August, 1808 ; Nolson, about seventy; Field, forty-five; Davis, sixty ; and Swayno, about ?fty-f?vo. Of thoso, Chaso, Miller, Sway no, Davis and Kidd wore appointed by Lincoln; Grier, by Polk'; Clifford, by Buohauan ; and Nelson by, Buchanan ov l;(oreo.j Justio? Nelson and O?ffekd aro Doinoorats. , Grier is elaiiucd on tho samo sido. Justioo Piold is pronounced by a Republican Vutliority as " a reconstruct ed Johnsonian." Judges Chuso, S wayne and Millee' oro avowed Republicans, whilst Judge Davis is called "a ycry moderate ROpublionu." PioSn?^^*House. Tho dolegato from Piokons yostordiy as serted; in Convo'ntion, that it was impossible to obtain a moat's victuals or a drink of whis key at tho Court llouso town of this District. What says tho Koo wee Courier ? [Charleslok Mercury Whilst wo humbly mourn in saok-oloth and ashes tho fallon condition of our Court llouso town, yet if thoro bo ono righteous, spare it. Wo aro candid to admit that, Auburn like, its "sports avo Hod" and its "chirms with drawn," but we will not yield tho assertions reported above. Wo boast of n first-class boarding-house, thc comforts njid hospitali ties of which arc well attested by those who j havo solicited thom ; and, as wo " sometimes tako a little,"-only when alwk or want it wo oan safoly say wo have novcr failed. Not withstanding this, tho Dolegato from Dickens has our heartiest wishes fojj thc success of thc petition. " Root, Hog, or Die !" Such is tho classical heading to a leading artiolo in a late number of thc " New York Tribune." Greeley admits thc distress which exists throughout tho South-that in some portions, nt losst, tho pcoplo aro threatened .with actual starvation j but bc consoles him solf with tjio reflection that it is only "thc demon of slayory rending his victim, prepa ratory to ge/nlg^out of him," and calling his own peculiar philosophy to his aid, ho ex claims lustly, " Root, hog or dio I" It ii true that gratuities, indiscriminately and un wisely distributed among u people, aro calen lated to do more injury than good. They dc stroy that,spirit of independence and self-ro llahco which lies at tho very foundation of in dividual, as woll as national prosperity, am afford at best but temporary relief. Tho hoi that will not root should dio, and tho man wi: will not help himself when ho has an oppor tunity of doing so, is neither deserving of th great boon of life nor tho respect of his fe! low-men. But tho position of tho Souther pcoplo is not that of thc scheming mendi Cant who wishes to extort.alms from thc mor industrious, that he may livo on in idlencj and vagabondage All that the South usl< for is its rights, according to tho tradition and representativo institutions of repubiieai ism. lt is simply demanded that the taxe which have been extorted from our pcoplo, i defiance of constitutional usages, at leas should bo returned. Nothing is asked as aim nud nothing is rcquirod beyond our propi proportion of tho taxes, which, though ui represented in the National Legislature, v are obliged to pay. It is true, that thc n groes, who have been utterly demoralize j t radioal interference, make a special appeal fi relief, ns " tho nation's wards," but tho whi pcoplo do no not join in this demand. R licvo them from tho depressing effects of rat cal usurpation, anti they could and would fir moans to help themselves. Let the poop manage their own affairs, political as well industrial, and, as tho " New Orleans Time romarks, the regenerating effects of such courso would be felt at once by both thc i: groes und thc whites. It is a bitter mockc to put a ring in the noso of a hog, or a grin ing despotism over a section of our com nv country, acd nay to e?f.ber, "Root, btv;, die l . VcJ, notwithstanding Pharisaical pi tensions to tho i,-.K|lcr lawa "f humanity a Christianity, nud tho* ovU0l impositions i posed upon our people, in tho oaorcd thou; prostituted name of liberty, tho philo.sopl of the " Tribuno" exclaims, in thc excess his benevolence : " Tho best that tho nati can do is to say promptly, peremptorily, c< elusively to thc South-to whites and blac alike-' Root, hog, or die' "-bind a in hand and foot, and then tell him to help hi self ! " Consistency, thou art a jewel." [Culumbia Phoenix. JSP" By 50,000 majority, tho pcoplo Ohio docided at thc lato election that no : gro shall have tho righi, of suffrago in tl Stato. Stops are being taken in tho Legi.? turc to carr/ out this determination of I people Mr. Pcnnister, of Piko County, 1 introduced n bill making it a ponai offence any judge of tho election to roceivo a v from any person who hus " a visible adm turo pf African blood." 5Qy- Mr. John Henry, of ??iarlott?, "V ginia, thc bast survivor, sa.vo^ ono, of I children of Patrick Ilcnry, and tho qwnor tho old family scat Lnnd' buiirtl placo of I great orator, diod at his residence nt Red II on the 7th inst., in tho 72d year of hit a, of paralysis. . -- - INCENDIARISM ON TIIK TNOREASK.-l Inst Friday night, tho gin-house of Capt. II.' MoKnight, containing lffs crop of cotl for 18G7, was destroyed by fire. Tho cai of tho fire is attributed to tho ngency of c or moro of the fiends whoso inoondiary fi hnvo so frequently of lato lit up tho darkn of night in our District. Again on last Me day night, about w o'clook, tho largo and hai some) store of Messrs. Ingrnhuui & Ollv with tho post offioo and rcvonuo offico tached, were entirely destroyed. ( Clarendon Jiunncr. .t [From tho Columbia Dally Pheonix.]/T~ Frocoodings of-tho Convontiip. CHARLESTON, S. O., j?nuary-28, 180). Tho Convoution assoinblod nt 12 M;, otu was oallod to order by Prosidont A.! G. Maci?y. Prayer was offered by.tho Hov. It! II ( aili, (colored.). ^ J. J. Wright imdo a report of th? , (foiii ?nitteo on tho Judiciary,-o.n ajosolutjoi&if quiry ns to tho legislativo po Wow. .of >tf *Coti vontion. Thc Conimittoo aro of Opinion/ that tho Convention hus tho power.to logislto ns far ns they moy oousjdor it proper for tin good of tho people' , '. F. J. Moses, Jr., moved thnt tho rep ?rt bo made tho spooial order for 1 o'olook tt-mor row. ? J. J. Wright m ado a report of tho same Committee, on an ord i nanoo for tho abi litiou of tho District Courts. Tho Co tn m i tico rc gard tho ordinance as unnecessary, as <a sub ?cot will bo embraced ill tho report of t|ic Ju ilioiary Committee, upon that portiouloT tin Constitution referred to thom. Adopted. C. M. Oslen offered tho following, whiel was referred to tho Committee on Finance: R'iaohedf That all banks and saving in.sti tutions in this Stato, which susponded pny mont dorins; tho rebellion, shall, immediate! after the ratification of tho Stato Cot?sjiu?or Ti, F. Randolph offered the following, whie was referred to tho Commilteo on Franchis and .Elections : Whereas, incentives are necessary tria moi speedy attainment of learning and iutelligene which arc tho sure guards of Republican lil city; therefore bc it Resolvrtf, That tho forth coming Constiti timi of thc State shall provide that all porsoi coming of ago after tho first of Januar; 1875, shall possess tho qualification of ?ron'? ing and writing intelligently, in order to I able to vot?. Referred to thc Commilteo c Franchise mid Elections. Jj F. Whittemoro offered tho fol?jiwin whioh was roferrcd to tho Committee on K nea tion. !, No township or school district uiirfofcoi any portion of the public school lund ?'n.nle a free school shall havo been kept therein { not loss than three months during tho ye: for which tho distribution therein shall, ha been made. Tho Legislature shall have t power to require, by law, that every child sufficient mental and physical-ability shall ; tend tho public schools, puring the period I tween thc ages of five and eighteen years, 1 n term equivalent to sixteen months, Audi educated by other means. lt. G. Holmes offered'if resolution, requ ing that no debt c intruded by tho Stato South Carolina while in rebellion against I United States, shall bo legalized or paid any Act of any Legislature of this Stinto. Referred to the Coinmitteo on tho Lyytfdat part of tho Constitution." Robert Sundi offered tho following,Vwh was referred to tho Committee on Eduoath That tho Committee on tho Constitution directed to report an article providing fe system of oom tuon schools, of dilferontgrac toto open without charge to all classes persons. li. F. Randolph introduced tho fuilowi which was definitely postponed : Thai the forth-coming Constitution si not itself make any distinction on iiocoun color, and shall provide that no distinction nccount of color in any law, legislativo or i nicipal, shall be made in this State; jnnd I there shall be no distinction on nccount of or in any institution whioh depends on public for its support. An ordinance for tho division of'Pic! District was discussed, and was finally m tho spacial order for Monday next, a o'cl?ck. Thc next special order taken up was petition to Gen. Cunby for the stay of all i entions on dpbts contracted prior tq the ? of Juno, 1805. Rutland moved, on behalf of Ti J. 1 orison, that tho Convention grant him li to rend lita remarks on thc subject, which hoon committed to writing. T. J. Robertson then rose, and said it not tho poor man, or tho loyal man, brought about thc present impoverished dition of tho country. On the contrar was those who claim to have tho wisdom wealth of tho country. Thoso last were very men now olamoring for stay laws homesteads. Ho never knew a.atm ^rho his debts only at thc end of the law, to them nt all when he had a stay law. T parties owning largo bodies of lands, y ing stay laws, arc thoso who say thoy ca live hero with colored tuen. Tltoy don't ' to pay their just debts, and never will, deemed stay laws ns unconstitutional, im ing tho obligations of contracts. Let t sell their lands, nnd it will be bettor foi working man, enabling him to provide a 1 and identify himself with tho sou. Ho willing to-give a liberal homostcld law, of forty or sixty aorcs, quito ono igh for niau to support his family. Nnv, sir, mon, with but fow exception*, m king* rc aro th??io who do nofrccognizo t to validii jihfevReconstruction Acts:.?f C ingress, who rofnsod to voto nt tlio cleotjoii for ? gh'tds to this Convoution. Sonic of thom tliis Convoution a* menagorio, n.Jolleotioi wild animals. Is this mortageno to pn bheir proporty at tho cxponso of\tho loya izons'nnd tho working mon of tiio ooqn [ hopo not. Or aro wo to obhy tho 1 whioh recognize no suoh thing!? Tho lution boforo thom only asked ajstay.^of t months. What docs that moan'? Thoy Lhon bring it up before tho Legislature, ' ? 1 ' ask.for it to be oxtondod until full, to allow tho crop to bo joado and gathered, and thoo tho pvioo of colton not hoing high onough to suit thoir views, thoy will olamor for its con tinuance,' until thoro is no cud to it. A stay law hus been in operation for moro than six years, sud g?utlontQn oro hpro asking for moro ! timo Ho saw no disposition on the parj^ of tho credit >rs of this State to oppress tho debt ors, whore they aro making tho least effort to discharge thoir oblig itions. Stay laws aro tho legitimate offspring of secession and rebellion, and aro wo, who olaim'to be loyal, to continuo to foster and chorish that offspring ? Lot thom take tho fa to of their Alma Mater. lt. II. Cain said this qucstiph,is ono that certainly affects tb" poor man as well as tho if Ipili And at tho conclusion of his. remarks, i tho Convention adjourned. { CIIARLKSTON, January 2 A-Tn tho Con : vention to day, there woro several interesting j debates botweon tho oolorod delegates on meas ure of relief for tho people. It was urged on . ono hand hythe extremists, that thc whites j owning property about to be sacrificed ut sher iffy) sale, ought to Riifl'or by reason of partioi ! pation in thc war; on tho other hand, that sales would bo made to speculators and strun ! gcrs, who would hold tho property at oxorbi j tant rates, forbidding the development of on : (cirprise. Tho colored race, fooling that thev j aro lu thc majority, evidently desire to pro : toot all classes from ruin, until tho Legisla ture can adopt a permanent scheme of relief. Mr. J. M. Runion offered a resolution, pro' : vidi n g for tho election of Sheriffs, Coroners Clerks of the Courts of Common Pleas, Coin I missioners in I'.quity, eec. J Before be had finished rending, tho Prcsi dont announced that thc hour had arrived foi the consideration of tho special order, namely an ordinance for tho division of Piekcns Di trict. Dr. Johnson took tho floor and warmly ad vooatod.tho division of Piekcns District. Hi describe tho people, thc country, its extent its wants. Ile said it was a benighted, pince and wouldn't improve until it was "out ii two tlxat a mun blight travel thoro by nigh or day, and when ho got fifteen miles beyom tho Court House ii? couldn't findTn dooen meal of victuals or a drink of whisltoy. J was essentially in need of reconstruction in practical sense, and tho pcoplo generali agreed with him that, to bring it out of th , slough of Despond, sonic action like that pre pns?d was needful on thc part pf thc convei (ion. A lively discussion ensued. Thc spir against the proposed action of thc conventio was strong, but Kdgelield and Rarnwell, bot of which had made similar propositions to d . vide territory, both rallied their forces nu made a good fight. Thc Burnwclliuns wei divided among themselves, however, and Le . lie, one of thc white delegates, made a uum , rous speech, in which bc said that ho repr ?Cnted only live w hite men in thc district, ai not one of these, to his knowledge, was in f vor of any change. As for tho colored pc i plo, bc did know a solitary individual wi , had even dreamed that it was essential to thc , salvation OP thc maintenance Of their race ' divide the district, and lie should there fe oppose thc motion on general principles. J. J. Wrigh? (colored) thought it was new wrinkle in national jurisprudence thal ' legislature could chango or annul tho cons tution of a State j it was ns impracticable for Congress to declare null and void thc < cisions of thc Supromo Court of the Unit ' States. After much rambling discussion, the fi thor consideration of thc question was po | poned until Monday lioxt, at 1 o'clock. CHARLESTON; Jan. 25.-In tho Convt lion to day, J. J. Wright offered thc folio ing resolution : lie&ohitl, That this Convention respectf I ly icqucst that Major General Ed. R.-S. Ci by, commanding tho Second Military Distri immediately issue un order exempting fri levy or sale, for a period of four months, 1 ! acres of land which now, or whioh may pr to tho expiration of thc four months, bc l der execution, i Thc question being taken on tho adopt i of tho resolution, it was carried by a vote ayes 57j nays f>2. R. P. Whittomoro offered tho followi which was unanimously adopted : While we, the members of this Convent! will not favor any scheme for tho r?pudi?t of debts, tho violation of tho obligation contracts, or tho taking of lands from hands of tho lawful owners of tho same, wi out reasonable compensation, yet wo uro y ling to consider and further any measure relief consistent with the powers doicgatci us by thc Reconstruction Acts of Congrcsi CHARLESTON, January 27, 1868.--1 Convention was called to order by Lom Boozer, temporary Presidont. Prayer by Rev. Jackson. ' F. J. Moses, jr., made a report'of tho 1 ccutive Committee, to whom was referred prcamblo and resolutions declaring that safety of thc Government and tho wclfnro ibo State demand tho speedy removal of officers of tho Stuto Provisional Qovcrnmi Tho Committee say they hnvo considered samo, and belioving that tho removal of present Stato oflicors would bo highly pr< dicinl to South Carolina, roccommend that prcamblo nod resolutions bc hud upon tho bio, and that tho wholo quostion.of romov Stato officers and olooting ot nors in thoir st bn loft to tho people ot tho Stato, unless e orwisa ordered by tho United States Congr Whiltcnioro moved tho adoption of tho port, which was carried M., ,??..?..,.. ... , ... I. I.' .***." " ' '" ^' ' * CIIAUI?ESTON, Janurny 28.--Tho Convon- 3 tion, to-day, wad c?ioifiy ocoupicd Itt discus ing thu tax bill to supply funds for tho Con vention ; and it waB Anally rooommittod to tho Committee An ordinanoo was adopted, paying 811 por day and 20 oonts mileage to mombors of tho Convention. This payment is to bo mndo in Stnto scourity known ns hills receivable, on which there is a discount of 20 percent. ^_; From Washington . WASHINGTON, Jifnttrtvy 28.-Tn tho Son ate, the reconstruction bill was road a second time. Doolittle spuko in opposition. Thc Cot tou Tux Conference Committee reported, agreeing to the Mouse bill, with nu amend ment exempting cotton front inipirt duties after April 1. The Senate'concurred/ Doo little resumed, and during his specohsaid that whon Luteum, a llouiun proviuoo, royoltcd, aud the revolt was suppressed, tho question ?ro30 in tho Roman Senate, what shall bu done with Latoum and the people of Latoum ? - There wera somo who cried disfranchise thom -others said confiscate their property; thoro were nono who said subject thom in vassalage to their slaves ; butold Catnillus, in thatspecch i which revealed his greatness und made his j natue immortal, said : "Senators, make thom your fellow citizens, ant] thus add tc tho power and glory of Homo." Doolittle added; "hf this high place-this Senate of the great re public of tho world-out of tho growth of tho civilization of ?di ages, canuot wo,. Senators, riso to tho height of tint groat argument ? Trumbull followed, when the Sonate adjourn ed, in honor of Hamilton, of Ohio. T'ue Reconstruction Committee, this morn ing, agreed to report the following bill : Reit enacted, , That the appellate juris diction of thc Su pr inc Court of tho United States shall not extend to any act dono, ot which shall bo done, or to any proceeding: "had, or which shall bp had, under and by vir tuc of an Act entitled an Act to provide foi thc more efficient government of tho rebol States, approved Mardi 2, ISO7, or thc scvo ral Acts suppliiucntary thereto ; and all sud oases now pending in said Court, either bj appeal or otherwise, fro ip any proceeding hat in tho premisos in any District' or Ciroui Court of tho United States, shall bo dismiss cd by said Supremo Court, and no record o any proceedings had, or which might be had under either of thc District Commanders, un der cither of tho Acts, shall be removed t Oi" reviewed in any other tribunal, cither upot habras corpus, frito w?li'r?nto, ot in othor man uer whatever. Tho voto upon tho bill is understood t have been yeas-Stevens, Ringham, Paine Routwell and Beaman, Republicans; nays Uulburd, Republican; Brooks and Beck Democrats. Tho President's message to th Senate, declares that thc bill striking 'whit from tho District Ordinances, failed hy rcaso of the adjournment of Congress. WA8IIINOTOM, January 2 4.-Tn the Doust tho bill forbidding certain payments to Soutl om claimants was discussed, and tho ?I?U? disagreed to tho Confercnco Committee's r< port on tho coton tax, and appo! ited a no Comnittoo. Tho death of Mr. 11 uso was ai nounood, and tho llouso ndjuut-riod. Ia the Senate, Edmunds and Johnson toe issuo with thc Presidents opinion, relative the bill striking "white" from the district c dinancos. Tho message was referred to t Judicary Committee. Tho Senato milter to its amendments to tho deficiency billen bidding appropriations for tho Quartermaste dopartiucnt being expended for reooustri tion, or any other purpose. C?en. liewa was called on for elaborate reports rcgardi abandoned lands and othor relativo matte A joint resolution, authorizing the distril tion of dessicated meats and vegetables r needed by tho army to sufferers in tho Sou noosed Tho reconstruction bill was rcsuttp Morton spoke, and Nye will follow. The gumnut will probably lust ten days. TUB CONVENTION.-Tho " Charles! News" speaks as follows of thc presont peet of tho Convention : " A crisis has evidently arrived in tho p icy of tho Convention. Heretofore, its t< has boon comparatively conciliatory mid mi crate. Hereafter, thc negroes aro likely form a compact, solid body of voters in c direction. Thc real animus of their action their halo for tho land-holder-wasyestert dcvclopod to tho full, and no man not a mc I bor of tho Convention could ohsorve tho t i play of feeling, ill concoivcd as it was, wi out seeing trouble in tho not distant future " Some supposed that tho body would m jdcrato ; that South Carolina would bo a to boast a moro intelligent and botter dispo< array of delegates than any othor ' robclio Stain j but tho bubblo -hits burst. No? shrewdness is likely t i triumph in tho C vontion, and tho whirlwind sot In motion tho whito loaders is fast progressing boye their control. Tho oxeitoiOont yostorday, tor tho Convention adjourned, was very gr< and uo seriously doubt whether thoro strength enough among tho whito delegate hold it in check, unless this desirablo obj ono hooompassod by such dovor oolorcd tm bors ns Whipper, Wright, Langley, Wilt nn J others of thnt olnss." .--**<?-< - ? ? i. MST Tho railway company rqhning Boston, Hartford and Erio lino, aro diggin now ohnjinol for tho Quinnobaugh River, savo bridging, and also to savo a cutvo in, road. Tho oxoavation is to ho about 2001 in width, oight foot deep, and nearly a qt tor of a milo in length, whilo t\\o road i run ovor tho old river oct}. Cutoteiting Letter from Seoretary Stanton to ftqrident Johnson. Tho folloWipg copy of a lottor, writtou by 3oorotory STANTON to President JOHNSON whoo tho lotto* resigned his poaitiou os Mili tary Governor of Tonucssoo, will bo lu^orost lng mt thia particular momoiit as a oontraat botweou tho way in whtoh'iho dufondor of tho Constitution in 1805 and tho sanio dev, fonder in 1803 Were.regarded : WAU DKI'AUTMKNT, 'P Washington, Marah 8, 1805. ? Sill I1 This Department has accepted your resignation as llrigadicr-Gcnoral ond Military Governor of Tennessee. Permit iuo?pn this ucoasion to tender to you tho thanks of this Department for ymir patriotic nndabto ser vices during tho eventful period through which you have exercised tho high trusts com mitted to "your chargo. In ono of tho dark est hours of tho great struggle for national e.'stonoo against rebellious foes, !th? Govern ment o..!lod you from tho Senate and from tb* oom pa ra lively safe and easy duties of civif lifo, to plucc you in front of the onomy, addi in a position of personal toil and danger* pcre haps, moro hazardous than vfis encountered by uify^pthor citizen or military pilmer of tho United States. With - patriotic promptness you4assumed tho post, and maintained it un der circumstances of unparalleled trluls, ujitil , recent oveutsmuvc brought s?fcty'a?d-dclivl, ailo? to. your Stuto and to'tho integrity of that constitutional Union for which you so long, and so gallantly periled uti that is dear to mun on earth. That you may"bo spared to otij?y ? tho now honors aud perform tho high duties to which you have been called by tho pcoplo of. tho United States is the sincero wish of ono who, in every oilioial and personal relation, has found you worthy of the cOnfidcnco of thc Government and the honor and esteem of your fellow citizens. Your obedient*servant, EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. His Excellency Andrew John-on, Vieo President elect. Mil LID KR ON J ? M KS ISLAND. - A murder was committed On Woduosd ty evening, on ^ Janies Island, by Dill Richardson, colored,un Wm. Fell, n colored boy, some eighteen or twenty years old, by striking him on the hoad with a stick j thp boy lived but a few hours after tho blow was struck. Tho cause of tho homicide grew out of a quarrel about somo wood which Foll had stolon from Richardson. [ (Jim r?talo h Mere u ry. JUST* Steady work at track-laying on tho Union Pacific Railroad has been suspended for the season. RECEIPTS Tho following persons liaVcpuid On their sub> scriplion to thc COIMUKU, as follows, ipr 1C08 : Muj. .lo?. M. AduniM, . - - - $1 00 K. I?. Verncr, Ksq , - - . '?Qi) John Price, - - - 1 00 P$ W. D. De ton, - W - - - 1 ni) X L. Hendricks, - . 1 no Col. L. N. Robins.. - - 1 00 M ARRI HD, on Thursday tho 2.1 idtUno. aMho residence of Mrs Marya A. King, hy J. IV .SAX nuns. Esq., Mn. jl. A. Oil ASTA IN lo Miss MA TILDA PITTS. olb;?f ,1'iokons. -, ou Thursday, tho 2:hl ult Imo.-by Kider 3- R. HAMMM, at tho rcsldopan nf tho brhb 's fnth ?r. MiV,.FRANCIS M. SIMPSON to MISS FRAN CES C. RUUOK.S, all of Picken*.* --, on Surn^y, mo 12th ul?., by L. N. Koa las, Esq., M ll. ALFUni) MARTIN to MISS N. A. ALEXANDER, all of Pickt^. -. on Thursday ovoniug, ih0 iQth ult., by tho simo. MR. D.M. MuKINNKY v<? M?SS RH HKCC.V COTIIRAN, all of Pickens. -on 2??h Docoinhor lust , at Case ?a?,, hy Hov. Fi.KTciiKn SMITH, .MR. J AS. H, CA UPEN TIMI, of Anderson, lo MISS FANNIE E., youngest daughter of Rev. T. R. Mauhlin, of ricken?. Printer's foo received. JOSEPH J. NORTON, ? Attorney at Law, AND > ' . SOLICITOR IN EaXJITY, PICKENS. COURT HOUSE, SO. CA. January 23. 180S . li) tf ~ WH?TNER SYMM??S\^ ' Attorney at Law, C. ??., Sk UH LT, oitoml promptly to all bus'noss entrusted H to his caro. January 28, 1808 10 if' ~------.'.<"* U. S. Internal Revenue, Assistant Assossor's Ofldoo, 12 m DIVISION, 3D DISTUIOT or So. CA.,. PIOKKNS C. H., Jan. 2?, 1808. fPIIR Inlornal llov'onuo Law makos lt tho duty of 1 ovory man of lawful ago. or females holding :'. property ia their own right, to. mako returns to mo, on or before tho 1st day of Moroh next, of their luconios for tho year 18<>7,. >*)d of suoh or tiolos named in Sohedulo A as they may bo in pos session of, liable to a tax. Also, Person?. Firms and Corporations oarrying on any buslnoss rcquh Ving tho paymont of a Spooial Tax, oro require^ to rogi?tor with roo within tho samo timo. Tl aboVo taxes aro called Annual T"xe?, and tilt alono aro plaood on our Annual list Persons llablo to monthly taxes on ManiifootuWiR, . *T ronuirod by law to ?viko tholr rotnrnV proniptly qn or. bofo.ro tho loth day of oaoh m.miiv I arsons jiablo lo ari y Legacy or Sueoosslon Taft are notlflod to mike prompt roturnsin suoh ooaon^ Tho law makos lt tho duty of ovory ono tq kn?w< his duty under the law; arid a failure to porfort?^ that duty subjoot? tho partly eo failing to' hohft penalt ?os. " . "From tho territorial oxtent of my Division now; t wl.l bo Impossible for iqo to call at ovory on/? boneo. I will, thorgforo, havo to tak* most ot t\ii rotary at my dffloo, and parties falling must M assessed by mb with tho^t) pqr cent, added, as tfnj law requires mo lo dp. F. A. HOKE, AstlU i ?o ,rtrtAs80ssor 3d collection plst, S ? Jan. 28, 18Q8 J8 |