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ill WHITER SYMMOS, Editor. R?I>?:ai YO;?N(?. . .W??ITN&U SYMMK?*, T'JS'RMS.--l'or fiubecriptio?, WwO J) O f. THIA'S ?MT ,i'iM?j..-i strictly In t(L\mcc; fot si.r w*w?,'A?, Qu? Dollar. Aq&rUtfti?ents inifi?tcil?? $1 per square for cn lin''* or less for tho /ira i Merl ion, and ?? cent* fqr rac ii ntltsejuent insertion. Ojitnary Polices exceed! ny five line*, 7W? uti? ?'..* R'*;H ff, Gow n mirations of a personal character) ail i ilnnouncrtnent j af Candidates, will te-ch itif?il /'oras a ht r.'i*c*tcot.i. JC?y*"?/>6 Printiity neatly and chea jd y excepted. ' ' &i>y? i'a-ff kent c jii f,e te in currency, or in pro vidion at the >n a r o / t ales. ??'?f0 .Yeccso'ty compel* as to adhere strictly to Ihg. requirement of cash payment. WALHALLA, S. C.: - - - Friday Morning, August. 7, 1868 FOR PRESIDENT : H O lt AT IO SEYMOUR, Ol!" NEW YORK. Ift-yiCX-S^j??SMM?niT i IQlANOtS ?. BLAIR, oi' Mfssounr. lu Now York, on tho Sid instant* C?ttou was quoted nt 80J. Gold, 158. lvF.r.ruious NOTICE.-English services in tho Lutliornn Church, on next Sunbath, at 4.80 P. M. Personal. Col. j. D. M AT ll EWS, ft "lute and tried" non of Georgia, has consented to address thc people at this place on Thursday ovouing, tho Oth PicWio. 'ThOro will bc a Democratic d monstration and Pie-N ic dinner at Ge arges' Creek Church, ia Now Pickcus, on Thursday, tho 27th of 'August, inst. Thc publicare invited --- -.-*?-? Escaped RAMSAY RAMSEY, whoso arrest was uc tiocd last week, made his escape Thursday night hist, by removing the iron bars in thc window of tho 11 oalaboosc." Thc parties who wout iu search of him made thc return of non cst in vent us. Commissioner's Sales. Tho eighteen lota, situate between Walhal la and tho Depot, were sold on Tuesday last, on nn average of about one hundred dollars. Tho lut ou which tho old Wet Union Church stand.!, containing three acres, and willoh, by tho way, is a beautiful building silo, sold for four hundred ?nd six dollars. Hail Route Ckangaa .Wo 19***11 th?ftho m iii route from Walhal la to- tho old Court lieus.) of Pickci.s, has ;baeii somewhat changed, and that tho latter place is henceforth to bo designated as "Kco woo." Thoro will bc hereafter a tri weekly mail from Walhalla via Koo woo, to tho new Piekcu9 Court {lou*?. Tho Woek Ending tho Otu. Our town during the past week has pre sented quito a business appearance, and eve rything is considerably revived. Much hos been done, is being done, and is about td Lc dono in and around Walhalla. Nature, espe cially in tho fuco of tho merchant and thc trading.mau goucrally, wears a mere animated ?COV% Tho reoont? ami general ruins, justin t?iO iuok? of timo for us,, gives promise of a ?ofivyfafl trade. If oar railroad mon would realise tho interests of their ronds nnd thc manifest iutcrcsts of tho State, wo would promise thom soon a rival lo Athens, Georgia. Nothing prevents us now but tho reduced froights on tho Georgia Railroad, compared to our own. Our market is . aeoossillo to parts of Georgia, Tennessee and North Caro lina, and with ready and cheap railroad facili ties, nothing could prevent us monopolizing tho trade of thoso sections. Walhalla has this week boon flooded with visitors from all parts. Somo seeking profitable and safe in vestment?; others desiring pcaco and securi ty from " oarpct bag rulo and negro domina tion/' havo como to " look around." Lot it go on. Wo will at least have a " white man's governnvotit," ia Oconco. ,, i , ' i- -J^azBaufcrnpt Law iyio amondmntit of tho Bankrupt Law Ibis, rooel Vod tho signature of tho Prosidont. The law? is. soulloiod ns lo allow all persons who apply before tho 1st day of January 18(39 tho benefit of thc samo, whether or not they pay fifty per cent of their indebtedness. A Grand Mass Mooting. It is proposed to hold a grand mass meet ing nt Anderson Court IU isc, on Wednes day Gio i'Jth :,nt. Gc i. HAMPTON, and other spcakors will bo pr?sent ou that day. In st'iad of having a B.ubcouo us in limysy$c %hovo will bo .i " busk?t dinner" which tho yoomany of tho country'; with their good vrivos; ?nd-fair daughters, will amply supply to np-' pooso tho.hungryj Whilst tho addresses of tho gifted' orators expected will liberally repay A'ono who desire to, join tho mighty thro?g, determined to nave their Stale from political ?naroby. ?nd. ruin. 1'Wery ono , who can, 'Should attend, and with a hearty good will ?nilo in this great ?ijaionslration. All goqd oili?ons uf Anderson, Pickcus, Coonee, Ab ti?'V?i?b nud UrccnvHIu District invited to at tend. Salesday. Jj'cw ..persons in altoiidnnoo. One or two f?$8 of'lund ?old. at nominal figure*. ; * " Tho War hotv/oon tho Statos. its Causos, Oharactor, Conduot and Results." This is tho title of a valuable work just is sued by tho national Publishing Company, Atlanta Georgia. Histories of tho lato civil war hayo sprung up Uko mush-rooms and they ctn now bo numbered id most hy hundreds, but rUl who aro desirous of arriving at a eorrcot understanding of tho cansos, and a char his tory of tho evouta of tho late lamentable war, ? have felt tho want of a reliable history of tho samo from a Southern standpoint, by BOIUO reprotoutative niau of tho South. This want I is. about to bo supplied by AT,I:XA:;I>J:R ll. Sr;:i'ii?:N8, who was a most earnest protestant ogainsl tho war, and only Buooumbed at tho ? Inst moments when his State, in spito of his ? warning, passod tho ordinance of secession. Thc bare announcement that this distin guished statesman bad determino to writo a book, would of itself bo sufficient to ki mlle lively and wide spread interest io nil soctious ! of thc country; but when it is known that bo I has chosen ns his themei tho oue so fiuilful ns tho lalo American War, tho absorbing in terest of thc subject, together With the ovi dont and singular fitness of tho uulhoKfor its ty?*?4mout UnitO in ftvrtikeniiig tx OUtlOwy cn tirofy id) pa ral lcd iu thc annals of American literature. lt presents a careful political analysis of thc vast separations real, from apparent causes of tho unhappy conflict, and gives tiloso interior lights and shadows of tho groat war, only known to those high olliocrs, who watohed tho tlood-tido of revolution from its fouulain springs, and which were so acee isiblc to " .ir. Mr. STKPIIHNB, from his position aa second officer of tho Confederacy, toa public that has been surfeited with apparently simitar production."!, it presents a chango of fare, both agreeable and salutary, find an intellectual treat of tho highest order. Thc great Amer ican war lias at last found a historian worthy of its importance, and nt whose hands it re ceives that moderate, candid and impartial treattuotit, which truth and justioo so urgent ly demand. This work is sold only by sub scription, and thc publishers want au agent it every county. Scampering Among the Rats. It is quito amusing to witness the cvidou trepidation in the Radical camp. Tho nomi Hutton of SEYMOUR aud Bi.ant, the publu enthusiasm created thereby, tho joyous uni confident utterances of tho Press from Maim to California, tho evident vim and vigor thu will characterize thc campaign aro having i most dispiriting effect Upou thc motley r.ibbh of Radicalism. Thc People of all parlies atv rallying around tho Democratic standard an? aro determined to forgot and ignore nil for mer political a Oil ia t ions until after thc groa battle for thc Constitution has boen fought am won. Men aro tired, and ttith reason) ton, n n vulgar Military Despotism! Their heart oro hungering uud their spirits thirsting fo the old " ways of pleasant noss mid peace." The Destructives have weil nigh extiri guished tho work of our fathers. Thc i ud hands of soldiery have been laid upon th mo3t sacred rights. Brute force can annihi lato---:' requires genius and goodness to err ate and construct tho admirable and tho nc ble. lt ii not t^o lite to rot moe our eton under th* gttjdatioo of a pure, lofty, decided intVopid. philosophic intellect Such is tb people's candidate, HORATIO SKYMOUM.. 'j;;., oarth trend, los beneath thc tread of thc conni loss host that will follow him to thc polls i November. Tho Radicals bear it and ai l dismayed. Their organs arc Whistling to kee their courage up, but amid thoir loud nn blatant* professions of confidence in tho rosuli is hoard by tho nttcutivo oar tho quaver < fear and doubt. No party was over so vu nerablc. Tho measure of their iniquities i not only full, but u pressed down, shaken t< gothor and running over." Por seven yeal they have occupied the high places and trul all that time has " darkness oovercd til earth and gross darkness thc people." Fi thc last eight months Congress lins cntirel neglected publie affairs, ami bas ooiifiood i exertions to a bitter aud unrelenting porsooi tion bf ono lunn, who had tho boldness to o] po-jo its arrogant claim to bo tho only pow* in tho land. Now that samo body is addrcs ing itself to busiucss with an anxiety and despatch that arc truly ludicrous when co I ras tod with tho Into indifference and co tomptuous neglect of ovorything relating tho welfare of tho people, '.rho secret is, Vh< aro scared and that badly. A harde-iod crin iual, or Oao supposed to bo such, was om observed to bc wcopiug bitterly while tl prosecuting attorney was speaking. 0 >b ing questioned in regard to tho causa Ol' h ouiotion, ho replied : " I did not know he wicked I was bofovo." Just so with tl Radicals, l'util the voice of tho people hi thundered forth its bill of iudietiueut fur 0 U'avngince, faithlessness, grot J o?rruptio malversation in office, treachery to tho prim pies of truo and genuine Republicanism, &o. tbey woro not nwaro, perhaps, hov/ vile, lu abjcot, how uctorly and entirely untriifttw( thy they aro. But it is too late. Tho hoUi bur ier, pirato, raper, and murderer may gro; and pray on tho soaffold, but dio they mu? and that by tho ropo, and fill felons' grave If a tardy ropoutnnoo oould avert a just merited punishment this would bo u hn world io livoin. Tho Radicals Cannot ato for years of high-handed -outrage by suddou striving to got up an olootiouooring dodge two in tho shapo of " popular" mo.isurcs. They cnn not pass for " ccoaohiioAl " by 01 ting off $25 from s?mo poor dorie's salary, < tor squandering recklessly and prodigally ti told millions from tho public treasury. Tl would bo "saying At thc spigot " whon had b94n-lilio.WCd and encouraged to run o at tho bung-hole, except a few scattered drops. Oh, Radicalism, thy days aro numbered, and God bo thanked therefor 1 u .?-?<--i Tho Momberg From Andmon. Up to this writiug, (Tcusdayjjt^'.-n'.ug) a.'ys tho "Intel ligoncor" of the Ith, vye hive receiv ed no dofinito information Jt?|M?nrd to tlio contested election caso from this* Dii-lrict. Private advioos givo m tho assuftnoo, how ovor, that tho Democrats will bou^soatod and tho election ordered back to tho poOplo. Such a result would onablo tho wlyto- oitizons of District to set tho seal of condemnation upon tho Radical faction, and return .dbe Demo cratic (bombora by an ovorwholuiiitg majority. " Poraonno," tho well informod.oo^ospoudcnt of the "Charleston Nows," writiug fiom Col umbia on last Friday, saya : Tho report of tho Commiltoo'ou Privileges and Election will bo made to tho Legislature on Monday next. Gen. McGowan, of Abbe ville, yesterday argued thc oaslTihi th roo hou.'s before tho committee iu bohalf/of tho Demo crats. W. J. Whipper, (colored,) counsel for tho contestants, spoko about Awo hours Tho probability ?B that tho -Domocruts will bo ousted. *&?sz*vJi_-? -3r ' ' . Tho Radloal pS?4. * That ohio paper, tho " Chrwi'.vJc and Sen tinel," sums up thc iniquities of &adiouli.<m thus: 'L?2 Thc Radioal party has boon full j and fair ly tried by thc country. Its rocoid is plain and unmistakable-a record of blooil, of timm ciid ruin, and Natioual degrcdation. It has precipitated the usti?n imo a terrible war; it has deluged tho country withstood ; it has recklessly squandered tho publie niouey; it has bankrupted tho pooplo; it has prostrated commerce; it has ruined trade of of all kind;; ; it has dovaslod thu lauds of tho South, and stopped agricultural pursuits ; it Ipa altona ted tho people of tito North and thc South moro than ever they wore bofuro; ii has vio lated tho Constitution of'thc UinWjkStalcs ? it has disgraced tho Natiou throqgUi> Con. gross; it has deluded aud sfin;jL>4 tho Negroes of the South j it has ejlttA^ed ty rannical Governments iu all of the ?outhern States ; it has shackled ' tho Pros%* it has deprived thc oitizcu of tho right of uria! by jury; it has done all this and mofoiinn wc have the time or thc heart to cnuiutratc-. And yet, with all this record, plain t^-.l glai" ing, before tho people, that p uty hasTo io on from crime to crime, with a rooklftJ disre gard of propriety, decency, or ju^^, until now it stands before tho country, a Bratkenod and heartless criminal. Its day of ijtul ap proaches. Its representative man .h^i been nominated on his platform of corruntAviuoi pies, and placed before the people: What will bc their verdict ? If they bi tme to themselves, to justice, and to tho great p:in ciplc* of C institute is]_Lib^^^Jjy" u-jy.. consign hhn, and his platform, and his noYrtipt, tyrannical, Jaoobin party to t'.iat dei-Vt and obscurity which their infamy so ric .!y merits. Will they do this? Wo havo fV.th-eiiough in them to believe that they will. Tuc* have soon tho rcoord or Radicalism; tln.,^ have felt its effects; they have felt its crushing '...sight; and they are going to throvi?ff tho incubus, and restore the Union lo it j ^Voo tod greatness and prosperity. fi Frocoodiii'ga of tho Lcgtala ltira, COLUMBIA, August 3.-In thc II- iso, uji lliiishcd carno.up for consideration. '.It was tiie bill to reduce tbo amount of tho Wnm.i of public officers, and the ponding q?vj??^m was on tho adoption of tho nmendiuon\ptfojv?ing to in?rense tho bond of tho Stato Tty a s ur ci fro m $40,000, as contained in tho MW, to $90,000, tho amount always hercttfforo re quired of that official. Whipper, (colored radioal,) said tatt when ho hud concluded his speech on thtytsubjoot, on Saturday last, ho thought he had ; suid all that it was U00083ary for him to say, hut, from events which subsequently taken (Ismo, he was induced to bolievo that it would tye crimi nal for him to bc silcut on this oooasjpn. lie then opposed the reduction of tho pond on four grounds. First, ho bcliovod it tyould in jure tho credit of tho State; sccoucty because it was going to bo done in ordor to- placo a man io position (Niles G. Parker) frho had attempted to give straw bonds, nudf.who, it was currently reported, had promis? to uso the hills receivable of the Stato in teeming those who went cn his Loud?; thir.)/because ho behoved that, under any oiroU'.Ujjrwicc.1?, it would injure thc credit of thc Stat?'to put a mau of doubtful capacity and honesty in of fico ; and, fourth, beeauso ho had UfldoK'iuod that unduo influence had boon ro/'Ortud to, by attempting to impose on tho credulity of sonio of thc niombcrs, for tho purpesb of scrv ng a persoual motive. Randier Mid othor colored radical-! atao op posed thc reduction on tho first ground ex pressed by Whipper, but disclaimed nutortain ing any doubts as to Parker's honesty, and, after considerable debate, tho yeas and nays wcro called on tho adoption of tho amendment, under tho operation of tho provious question, aud resulted-yeas, 25; nays, 07.. So tho amendment was lost. Rmsior thon movod that tho bill ?bo arnon dod by insorting $00,000, instead of-MKOOO, but this was also lost. Tho bill /ian then passed. Tho House thou adjourned. . AUGUSTA, Augdst 1.-A Itopubftoan mnsa mooting, oomposod mostly of negroes, was hold at tho Court Houso to:day, fen'tho pur poso of appointing delegates to <IIQ Stato Convention to bo held in Aflau.tai, A lotter was read from Josh Hill, saying ic would stump tho Stato ?for Granland Colfix. ?a?-?tu*??????-tmm??Mmm*a??a?m?t*?l?ji*m&?i ,wv^?tmmfrm***td*m?mi Tho Balik; apt Law Amended' . . Tho " fifty per cont, clause" of ihoillank rupt law, as it is called, was so amended by a bill passed in tho Senate on Saturday night as to nlli)W all persons who apply boforo thc 1st day of January, lSt>!>, to have fhd bct.O llt of thc Jhinkmpt law w'netber they p' y fifty por cent, of their debts or not. Thc bill is aa follows ; t{ Bo it ouactod, &o., That tho provisions of tho Hcoond clauso of tho thirty-third sec tion of said act shall not apply to tho cases of proceedings in bankruptcy oommoiiood prior to tho first day of January, oighlcoti hnudrod and sixty-nine, and tho time daring which tho operation of tho provisions of said clause io postponed shall bo extended until said last day of January, eighteen hund.ed and sixty uiuo. And said olauso is hereby so amended as to road ns follows : In all proceedings in bankruptcy commenced after thc first day pf January, eighteen hundred and sixty niuo, no discharge sh.di bo granted to a debtor whose assets shall not bc equal to fifty per cent, of tho olniuis proved against his estate, upon which ho shall bc liable as tho principal deb tor, unless the nsietlt lu Writiilg.of a inpjo1' y in number a . 1 value of hi;: creditors to whom ho shall have become Hablo as principal dob. tor, and who shall have proved their ulaims| bo held in thc case at or before the tint? of thc hearing of the application far disoh?rgo. ?Sao. ?.. A.id bc Itfiirtfow an ictud, That . aid ??t bc lui!Im: amended na follows : Tho pliraso " pr?sontod ur defended" in tho four teenth section or said ac', shall read, 'prose opted or defended thc pliraso 'uott-rosidoni debtors,' in lino five, section t wenty two of tho act as printed in thc Statuto.i at Largo, shall road, 'non-resident oroditors,;' that (he Word 'or' i:i next to the. last lino of thc thirty ninth SOOlion of thc act shall read 'and that the phrase 'section thirteen/ in thc forty-sec ond section of said act shall road 'section clov en j' and the phrase 'or spends any part there" of in guning,' in tho forty-fourth section of said net, sh ill road, 'or shall spend any part thereof i.i guning;' and that the words 'with thc senior registrar, or,' and thc phrase 'to bo delivered to tho rogistrar,' in thc foriy soventn sealion of said act, bc slriokon out. " SKO. 3. And bo it further enacted, That registrars in bankruptcy shall have power to administer oaths in all cases, and in relation to all matters in which oaths in all oases, and in relation to all matters in which oaths may bc administered by Commissioners of thu Cir cuit Courts of the United States, and such Commissioners may lake proof of debts in bankruptcy in all casen, subject to thc revis ion of sueh proofs by thc registrar and hy thc court, according to thc provisions of said act." Out of Taino Own Mouth, &o. - Th? Rcpubiia.i.) Piirtjj >-.a.s buri, in 1800j met in Grand Conven?', ui twelve years since and made tho following Platform, whioh wc commend to thc attention of thc honest men of tao party : " R. aolved, That while tho Constitution ol thc United States was ordained and establishoi by the people in order to form a moro porfoo union, ostablish justi, c, insure dornest io tran qniiity, provide for thc common defence, ant secuto the blov?ngs of liborty, und cont..in ample provisions for tho protection of th life, liberty, and property of ovory ei'1'i.?ou, th dearest constitutional rights of the. people 0 Kansas have bcon fraudulently and violently taken from them-their territory has bcei invaded by an armed force-spurius and pic toaded legislative, judicial, and cxecutivi 'oQlcors have bceu sot ovor them, by whoai authority, sustained by tho military powor u tho Govornmout, tyrauical and uuconstitution ni laws have been enacted and . aforccd-th rights of tho pcoplo to keep mid boar arm have been infringed-test oaths of an oxtr.! ordinary and cnlnugling nature have bcd imposed, as a conditiou of exorcising tho rigll of SUflVagO sud holding office-thc light c an accused person to a opoodynnd publio trie by au impartial jury has bceu damed-th right of tho people to bc secure in their pei sons, houses, papcis, and effects against un rcasouablo searches and seizures has been vic luted-thoy havo beon deprived of life, libort and property without due process of law-thu tho freedom of speech and of thc pvoss ho boon abridged-thc right to ohooso their roy rctfentatives has been mado of no elloct murdors, robberies, and arsons havo been hint gated aud encouraged, and the offenders hav boon allowed to go unpunished-that all thos things havo been done with tho knowledge sanction, and procurement of the present at ministration, and that for this high clim against tho Constitution, tho Union and hi inanity, wc arraign tho President, his adviser: agents, supporters, tipoligists, and aocessorie; cither before or after tho facts, boforo th country and beforo tho world, and that it our fixed purpose to bring the act". 1 porp< tratora of these atrocious outrages, and tho aocomplioca, to a sure and loudign punis) mont hereafter." Commenting on tho obovo nn exohan^ makes usc of tho following pertinent and sci Bible remarks : II oro is an oxaot pioturo of tho South und? tho Kadical min of Military Government an Freedman's Buronue. Every word said j regard td tho Kansas of 18?0 applies to Vi ginu anti, all tho States io 1808. There, tl Mili?. ryPowor is superior to tho Civil Powe Thoro, Freedmen's Bureaus and Military Si traps biko tho place of State and Munioipi Govornm?ut. Thoro, tho nogro is ipljioc abovo tho whito man. Thoro, 260,000 whii oilizonsajM disfranchised, ftfid 71?,00?. negro? gi von th'6 ballot. Q'horc, in tho preciso tern of thc qtoyo Resolution, tho Constitution daily vjolntcd, and Hon been for thc last then t ?r . * '?rn . . -*> . > simd dnys, which is not thc timo ??nco tho surrender of Leo hy inore than two hundred day?. In the botter days of tho BopubHo ono i hour's deliberate violation,of tho great priir ciplott of Constitutional liberty would hu.'e a rou.icu thc People like tho blast of a trum ! IK'L . ? Prom WaBhtngton. ?' WASUINOTON, July 80.-Tho State De partment lins issuod to tho Hussion Minister a treasury chook for ?7,200,000 iu gold, v/hioh olostd tho Alaska transaction. Tho South Carolina and Ooorgia Logisla tures, N tho recent elections, which indicate tho abandoipucut of extremo views, oroatos consternation iu radical circles here. The llopubliuan jSscOUtlvO Committee have unfavorable accounts 1'rOUJ tho South. Maj. Mooro, of thc San Antonio TStyrcM, who has just arrived, says there ti JHtlo hope for tho ! roooristrttOiwou policy in TofcW* A moiuber i of Uov. Warm?uth's staff, just ?'rived from j Louisiana, says if tho lhcndent docs .not 1-oa. pond to tho cull for troop-, which the (Jov-rn or will inuko, in complianco with tho r?solu tioq j nsf. paused hy tho Legislature, th: State will bc practically in rebellion. Ho says tho i Weston) part of.tho State ' * wholly under thc control of tho Ku Klug Klan, who lido about openly hy day-light. Several of the former "r?bcl cavalry rog: mon ts have boon ro-orgau. ixod niulotvllod " Seymour Kuights," and tho inf-i nt ry companies " Biliar (.? narda." I'rep ?ruions are making to' reduce thc na vy, in compliance with tho reduct! appro priations Two vessels will be withdrawn : from ouch foreign squadron. WASHINGTON, Augu t 1.-'l ite Rcpublh eau National ICxecutivo Oom mit too is in ses sion at New York. Tho Post OHioo accounts are not yet made up. Tho recent statement of groat deficiency is a wild specuhitiou ;% it will not exceed 81, 000,000, nod is chargeable to exponsivo route' tn the far Wost, instead of itt .tho Southon) service. Tho Pr?sident tendered Lieut. Gov. Cox, of Ohio, thc Revenue Comtois.donership. as Buring Cox tba! Hollins won Ul give way tt him, and relievo all partios of trouble. Co> declines, on account of ?UgVossiug persona b ns'ti ess. A special agent will be placed iu ohargi of tho Now Orleans Oustotft' House. Adminl Dahlgron assumes his duties a; Chief of tho Naval Ordnance Btirctu Mon doy. The limo for con voil i n g 7,??0's ex pi rod to day. Tlicro arc about $5,000,00.0 outst ind lng, which will bc paid in currency ut par. Considerable anxiety is fe!? regarding th position of tho Cahin;t. Tho " New Yorl Timos," spooiid says, the position in rogar? to the Democrat io nominees is ascertained I' bi ai follow.? ; N J IO offham are salUJ?cd ?Itl tho nolnh?tions ; but Meurs. Mcculloch am lJ;own'..\i will probably uupport thom, whi! Mears, Seward, Hind .ll ami Welles will, un loss ?hey altor (heir prent Opinion?) ronni as ncautral as possible dw.'ug tho campaign and Mew?, 1$ yarta and Schofield will vote fe a rant a>! Collas. Y,'.\sirtN'c*roN, August 3.- McCullooh lui issued orders to tho heads of Depart ?neills, t classify clerks ao?ordioSj to their c.tpaeity au atlenti ?a to husmes, with a view of i;t.'.':.iu tho m bro skillfull and f? iMif.il. Rollins ifv.ies ?he following order : 'tjij< cry dealer in manufactured tobacco bavin moro than twenty-live pounds, or dealer i suuff having moro than ten pounds on ham must deposit immediately with tho Assistai Assessors of tho propor district, o sworn ii vontory of tho amouut of tobacoo and BUU! rospeotivoly, and a like iuvoutory on tl first of every mouth hereafter. After Jaouai 1, 1859, all smoking and liuc cut tobacoo ar snuff, and after July, 18T>0, all other man1 facturo?! tobaooo is to bc deemed as ha vii boon manufactured after tho passage of tl Aot, and will bo require I to bo put up packages and stamped as required by Inw. J Ivory dealer in domestic or iuiportod segai having moro than 5,000 sog irs on hand, mu file a sworn inventory every month Until tl 1st of April, 1800, at which dato all sega shall bo decreed to havo boon manuf-.otun einco tho passage of tho Act, and arc requin to be stamped accordingly. Howard, of the Freedman's Bureau, starb South, t his after noon, to visit tho priuoh Bureau stations, and m ike pr?parai ions wind up tho oonooru by .January. Three gamblers were Lynched at Sioi City, last week, for ohoatiug. Thosub-Tronruty bu3?noss to-day was heav llccoipts ?10/"i 17,000; payments $l?,93( 000 ; balauco ?80,028,000. NASI?VIW?R/ July 28.-Cuv. JJrownlov message has been submitted to thc Legis ture. ThorO is not a conciliatory word in from beginning to end, but it is defiant a bitter in tone, notwithstanding tho fact tl hundreds of petitions havo been sent to hi: urgontly imploring him to tako tho iniatc mensuro toward extending sufi rogo to dis fr* ohiscd whites. This ho docs not do, b bnsingjiis proscription and hai.?h advioo tho Logis|nturo ou nllcged outrages of tho I Klux, ho favors the eal ling out. of an unli ited number of militia, blank nud white. T Loglsinturo will undoubtedly ?ct on his i finn, and thou bloodshed and violence c .hardly bo avoided, ns tho pcoplo of tho Sti Aro"fast .bottoming dotporoto in tho conditl in which the Brownlow government hus p?ac (boni. "f ublio meetings nro being hold all o\ tht S tri to and fbibonranooVand pati?nco om cstly Urged on tho disfrnnohisod, bitt tho i pression is bosoming -general that tho prove state of Affairs cannot Inst much.longer ant conllict ?B impend'ng. . T i GIVK Piuwisas F .MU PLAY.-Tho" fon lowing excellent ttdyico appear ia an ex chungo pttppV : ^ Po not forgot that it costs something to* ptiff as well aa lo adymti/.o j aud nevor for .sponge upon the pl inter bi any manner whaU^ over, lt ia piintoi's iufc that milkcS--UtthJ*.". ? touths of your fortuno? ; it takos monoy to buy ink? typo, pnpor, aud yot, aftor all thuv few aro tho thanks that tho printers got.-r Givo tho priutors fair "play, and givo up all expectations of gvatutious puning, oto. Tho| groat Amorioan statesman, Haniol Wobstor,. was " mighty nour right" when ho remarkedj of tho pres?, "small is the sum required t( patroni/.e a news-paper ; amply rewarded if its pitrous, I eire ant how humble and uni pretending the g v/.otto which betakes." T is next to impossible to Oil a sheet lifty timcj a year without putting into it something thal i.i worth tho subicrip.ion price. Hon. B. II. Hill, in his recent speech atj Atlanta, tia., said : M A gentleman who ?.Uc only real Governor of Georgia," (mcai iii? jGbtGoVOrnor Jenkins,) " i? melting n < to te, t tii"- reconstruction laws, in which jjwt risdicttdu is ;>Y<'U lb* Supreme Court by tho i Ooustiiutioii/' Chief Jtiilico Ctt.lsO says that- ? four yoars tnoro of 'iio rile of such men aii:'re nowoou (rolling Congress, will lo.ivo us little morality' or Rcpnblioainstu worth preserving trr?rvcn-./.'.?? i ...i ..? ni*-*vm nnovtnur At the W$halla Hotel for th? week enitl August 4, 1S(W Ju:v29.-W. C. Davis, Charleston, 8. C .< ' ..? J. V,\rA\i Tatham; N. O'. ? " Seo Adams, N. C. ? 80;-K. B. Calhoun, S. 0, ? .? M. Nicely, Sup't. G. & C. It. lt. " 81.-P. A. 1 Io:<o. Assessor U S. Int. H. ! ? " Ile v. T. S. Boyuost, Abbcvillo. " '? li. (J. Harbin, Ocouoo. ? j " " Wm. A. Cowry, " " M Mr?. Ctonoll, Columbia. " tf Miss Mary Colwell, Charleston. Aug. 1.--George A. Jlogors, Summerville. .? u George Seaborn, Poodlotou. " " C. ?Vh?uann. Ch.?rWtou. ? ? D. W. Hawthorn, Honoa Path. " Jas. A. Hawthorn, u ? 2.-Dr. J C. Maxwell, Chappell'*, S.O ?l< ? H. M. Andm-aou, ?. . " " J. V. Brown, Anderson. ?? " T C. MoMahati. Anderson C. II. " 3.-J.is: A. Woodruff, Posion, Mass. " " .Mrs. L. LVgorsoll, White Co., Ga. " 4.-J. I). M a tho WS, Lexington, Oft. " " W. M. ??llotto, Pendleton. " " Michael Worb/Newberry, S. O. " " J. P. Pool, .? u " Ti. D. Merriman, Greenwood, S. C. ? " C. A. C. Waller, " ? " J. Ti. Motgah, " ? ? J. M. Alexander & Lady, Ch'rl'atV " " IL IA Aloxatujer. ?]???m. . -- .? ?? -Miss JTno Alexander, OoomJ^ _33, EGEIPTS The following voV9tms have paid un their euu? aorlpl'?n to thc Coyumn, os follows, for 18li8 : K II Cox, . ' . - 81 00 K Hcrndon Eerj. - 1 00 Hains H ix, ... 1 00 IIu?h Hlair, ... 1 00 L Hendricks, Ksq. . 1 00 J D Gibbons, ... 1 00 Jon O Riohoy, - - 1 00 K. K Johnson, - - 60 IST ow Aclvertisomeiits TO TANNK?S. IWISH TO EMPLOY or foftii ii Copnrtnor* ship with a well skilled TANNER. Tan ners wishing h situation inny rio well hy apply?*. ?og to mo at ToxdWQV Valley, Sj C. C. L*. HOLLINGSWORTH. .lng. 1,1808_44_4 Ladies' Educational Socioty. A DINNER wilt bo glyon on THURSDAY, tho l\ Otb of August, proxy, by tho Ladles of this Sooioty. In tho ovoning a variety of itoliontu and clemant rofroslunonts will bc sorvod. July 28, ? 8108 . 4,1 2 FINE STOOdC FOlt SALE. rIMl? SUR9CRIDUK informs partios who wish to L buy finn Stock Dial ho hus on bund nt this timo s?vornl HORSES imoquiil?d, oith'or fur double, erf. singlo harness, mid Ibo snddlo. In tho lot is a splendid Pair of Buys. / IHO, a number of first vato MUI.ER. Ho will soil nt rcnsonnblo rates. Those Horses oro ni THOMPSON'S Livery Stables, and cnn be seen at nay limo. I). O. CUNNINGHAM. WAIMIM.T.A, S. C., July 22, J8G8 42-?f BEL?G.TOUS NOTICE. rpilL 8?ORAMMNT OF THE LORD'S ft. $?PPBH wiU bo administered ip Bothol (Presbyterian) Church, on tho fifth .Sabbat^fi. August (tho ?Otb day of tho mont)?). p,JBpl atory sorvicc to bogm tho Fi-;.>.>>, 4?PBWhijf? ll. o'clock, A. M. Exorcises to bo oondnotedf hy Uov'ds. DAVID IUMI'IJUKYS and Huon Mo* LKKS. July 20, 186? IN BAWKRUPTCYT" /a tho District Court of Untied Statt* for the Distri ' of South Carolina. IN TUE M.VTTBK OV OltASIiUS 0. LANGSTON, BANK? narr. FtmtS is to eivrnoticn, That, on tho 22ddny X of Jn'.y. A. D. 1808. a Wm rant in Bank rnptey was issued out of tho District Conrt of tho United States, for tho District of South, Cor? oiina, 'against thc KftUtO of Chm los 0. Laug? ?ton, of Wnlbtilln, in tho Diatriot of Piokons, and Stato of South Carolin?, who has boon ad*, judged a Bankrupt on his own petition ; that tho payment ol' any doMfl?&nd tho dolirt?ry of any propo.-ty belonging t? oaid Baukfupt, him. or foe bm two, ?nd tho' transfer of- any prop? orty by ?im; mo forbidden by law j thatamooV ing'of the otedhors of enid Bankrupt,' to prov? tboir dohta. and toohooso one or moro Assign-, eos of Ids, Estiito. will bo hold ij^t a Court of Bankruptcy, to ho hohlen on tho 20th day of A'ignst, A. D. 1808, nt 12 o'clock, M., at York ville. S. p., bototo AV. I, Ct.AWsoN, J^stp, coo of tho Rogiiucrs of said Oom t. . J. P. M. tiMM't H.m Marshal, ', ns Messoncor. By, NV. T. CLAWSON, ' pu!y Mo.lrtoilgor. Augu.oi 1, 1863 ?MI 44 it