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Thursday Morning, October 18, 1866. ADJ0 UENMENT OF COUBT. Tae Court of General Sessions adjourned on Saturday afternoon last, Laving accomplished more Work oc the criminal side thau we ever knew in the same length of time for this District. The presiding Judge and officers of the Court patiently underwent the investigation of causes, important and trivial, and endeavored to temper the adminis? tration of justice with becoming mercy, especially in reference to the trial of persons recently admit? ted to our Courts. But while seeking to avoid harshness, it is proper to remark that every effort was made to bring the guilty to feel the strong arm of the law, that evil doers might be restrained in the future from infringing the peace and disturb? ing the rights of others. On Saturday morning, those who had been con? victed of offences were brought into tha Court, and the following sentences pronounced: Henry Cheatham, freedman, convicted of murder, and sentenced to be hung on Friday, 23rd day of November next. Moses Lacket, for horse stealing, sentenced to ' be hung on Friday, 14th day of December next. John Smith, freedman, indicted for breaking into tho meat-house of Charles Hay.nie, and convicted of grand larceny, claimed the benefit of clergy, nc i was sentenced to imprisonment for three years ?-to be remanded to the Penitentiary when ready for convicts. Joan Smart, indicted for breaking into a freed mon's house and convicted of grand larceny, was sentenced to Imprisonment for three years. He is also to be sent forward when the Penitentiary is ready for workmen. Allen Reeve, freedman, for sheep stealing, im - prisoned six months, and to be kept at hard labor ?ach alternate week. Tony Jennings and Isham Carter, freedmen, in? dicted for stealing corn and convicted of grand - larceny, each to be imprisoned six months and kept at hard labor every alternate week. Pony McCully, freedman, convicted of obstruct? ing railway, sentenced to six months imprisonment v. and to pay a fine of five hundred dollars. Failing to pay said fine immediately, imprisonment to ex . i tend one day for each dollar imposed. Clara Bailey, freedwoman, convicted of petit v larceny, and sentenced to three months imprison xaent and hard labor. Robert Todd, indicted for malicious trespass, convicted, and sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and j ooats. -!- ? NORTHERN ELECTIONS. The elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana ? and Iowa have generally resulted in Radical tri ' * nmphs, so far as we have seen them reported, al? though there are large Democratio gains in many Instances. These gains, however, do not exert any influence upon the general result, and wo may E safely conclude that the Radical strength in Con '. ' gress is not diminished in the least, certainly not to the extent of destroying their power for evil.? - Whether or not this power will be exerted to the x direst extreme, remains as yet undecided. From .' ? 'every indication, tho impeachment of the Presi - dent will be the first part of their programme.? Under a new leader, the redoubtable and gallant Bex Butler, who is a candidate for Congress in Massachusetts, this effort wUl be made to oust the '. President from office, and they do not pretend to deny that it would bring a civil war. In a speech recently made in Cincinnati, tho spoony General declared himself ready for the contest. "If the trouble must come, which God forbid, let it oomc. ?' let ns hare this thing done with. This country has been in turmoil, and trouble, and difficulty, ? and commotion, long enough from traitors and - -their sympathizers. Let us settle this question at once and forever." This single quotation is suffi ..." eient to prove the intentions of a portion of the . Radical party, but wo doubt if the great body of . ' men in their ranks contemplate plunging their .'. a country into civil strife. Such valiant leaders as Butler may desire to revive the opportunity for '. .plunder and pillage, even in the mighty North, but they will lack foUowers whenever armies are to be ' raised for encompassing their designs. If the con '' oervative element of that section accepts the issue ' thus graciously tendered, and the flames of war are lit up throughout the North and Northwest, the result is easily foreseen. Complete disintegra - lion of the government must speedily follow, and , upon the ruins of the Republic will arise other and ? different forma. Where will the South stand in this event T It is idle to speculate, but no pro phetio ken is required to declare that the inherent " lovo of liberty pervading her people wUl quickly assert her position and influence amid the general wreck. She may yet become the conservator of peace and liberty upon this continent. But we anticipate none of these things. The private no leas than the public welfare will avert tho impend? ing danger of civil war, even were it necessary to modify the Radical platform in order to secure peace among themselves. And this is our strongest hope, that the Radical leaders, fearful of the re - Bolt, will hesitate to adopt those measures which - ire likely to culminate in civil war; and to prevent the catastrophe, having control of legislation for tho next two years, and a fair prospect of securing the Presidency, they will slacken the reins and forego* the accomplishment of designs with which they have deluded their people successfully. Oth? erwise, the prospect is indeed gloomy, and the fu? ture is fraught with uncertainty. As to our condition at this time, we agree with the Richmond Times, that the fate of the South, so far as speedy representation in Congress is con? cerned, has been sealed by the result of the late elections. The fickle, shallow and unthinking peo? ple, who accumulated a debt of three thousand millions of dollars and sacrificed half a million of . lives to restore the Union, are now, it seems, over? whelmingly in favor of continuing indefinitely the very state of things to prevent which they fought for four years. Congress being omnipotent, our condition is that ? of prisoners of war upon parole. The doctrine that our rights have been forfeited meets the ap? proval of the North, and tho triumph of the Radi? cals stamps the Northern people as the least mag? nanimous and most unforgiving people of modern times. They- are still at war with a disarmed peo? ple, who are honestly striving to obey laws in the making of which they have no voice. Without representation in Congress to defend our interests, and another resort to arms being out of the question, we have nothing left but to endure the malignity, insults and outrages of a gigantic and mercUess. despotism with dignity and manli? ness. We have now little left besides the memory and traditions of our splendid courage and that honor which passed scathless through the furnace of civil strife. By silent, dignified endurance of our wrongs we may retain in the midst of our mis? fortunes the-respect of mankind; but by slavish, servile concessions we shall lose all which renders lifo endurable. , IMPORTANT MURDER TRIAL. Henry Checttham, freedman, indicted for the murder of Samuel Albert Geeb. in January last.?History of the Case?Testimony of the Trosecution?De? fence?Finding of IheJury?Sentence of the Court. One of the most important trials witnessed in on ? Court for many years took place last week, and for the benefit of those of our readers who were unable to be present, as well as to place on record the proceedings in the trial of a freedman for tho first time upon an indictment for felony, we append a- full report of this interesting case. It will be recollected that on the 13th day of last January, Mr. Samuel Albert Geer was most foully and brutally murdered within three miles of [ this village, and in a few hundred yards of his i father's house. At the time no clue could be as? certained as to the perpetrators of this horrible deed, nor the motives which actuated them in tak? ing the life of an innocent, quiet and peaceful young man. Enveloped in mystery, and with scarcely a single circumstance to detect the guilty parties, so far as the public became aware, the community was perplexed and dissatisfied in the extreme. But a few weeks later, tho progress of events indicated that the murderers were yet at hand, and upon information deemed reliable sev? eral negroes were arrested and brought before the Provost Court, then having cognizance of all such matters. Among the freedmen arrested was Henry Cheatham, formerly the slave of Mr. Daniel Brown^ and as the investigation before the Provost Court proceeded, one Daniel Johnson, formerly belonging to Mr. John Warnock, was also arrested. All others were discharged, as the proof satisfied the officers that these two, Henry and Dan, were alone the guilty ones. The testimony was conclusive and incontrovertible, both from circumstantial evi? dence and from their voluntary admissions to other freedmen. Arriving at this point in tho investiga? tion, they were about to be remanded for safe keep? ing, when Henry made a full confession of his guilt, while yet in the Court room, in the presence of nu? merous witnesses, and implicating Dan, his accom? plice and fellow-prisoner, to the fullest extent. Of courso both of them were at once placed in jail, and a few days afterwards transported to Colum? bia for trial by a military commission. They re? mained in that city, in charge of the Federal au? thorities, only a fpw weeks, succeeded in making their escape, and until a month or six weeks ago, had not been heard from. In the latter part of August or early in September, a gentleman from this District was traveling on the South Carolina Railroad, and as he passed Fort Motte, going in the direction of Charleston, felt confident that he recognized Henry at work upon the railroad. Re? turning in a few days, this gentleman stood upon the platform as the train neared tho aforesaid sta? tion, and he was enabled to confirm his suspicions, reporting the same to Gov. Obr upon his arrival in Columbia that afternoon. An officer of the po? lice, accompanied by Doc, formerly the well-known ulavo of tho Governor, immediately repaired to Fort Motte, where Henry was identified and brought | back to Columbia. Under tho recent order of the military, remitting to civil authority all such cases, the prisoner was brought to Anderson for trial.? This is a brief and taicoinct history of the matter, up to its introduetioa in the Court of General Ses? sions. On Wednesday last, in the forenoon, the pris? oner, Henry Cheatham, was arraigned for trial in proper form. The indictment was most forcibly and impressively given in charge in open Court, to which the prisoner responded "Not Guilty."? The jury.empannelled in this case was remarkable for its intelligence and character, and the prison | er's counsel could not have chosen a set of men j more disoreet, just and liberal in their views and I sentiments. Tho proseouting officer, Solicitor J. P. Reed, afforded every facility within his power I to create a fair and impartial trial, while tho able and energetic counsel for the prisoner, General Samuel McGowan, assisted by Gen. Alex. C. Has I kell and Maj. John B. Moons, left no opportuni? ty unseized to benefit their client. The Court and I its officers seemed studiously intent upon awarding I to the prisoner the fullest and fairest opportunities j to vindicate himself and removo the brand of mur I derer, if possible. evidence rOB the tbosecution. J Mrs. Nancy Gentry was the first witness sworn j on behalf of the State, and testified as follows: Am sister of deceased, S. A. Geeb, who was I killed on the 13th of January last, about three miles from Anderson, and in one-fourth mile of father's. Heard a gun about fifteen minutes before sunset, and mother told witness what sho thought had hap? pened. Got a torch about dusk, and went 300 or j 400 yards ; found him lying in an old field, on the side of the road, not dead, but insensible; horse near by. Mother and witness sent for father, and I carried deceased home, where he died on Monday morning, at daylight. Dr. T. A. Evins : Was called to see deceased on { night of the murder; saw him twioo on Sunday; he was entirely insensible; wounds incised, skull I punctured in four five places, and ono or two ex? tensive fractures, besides perforations. Witness I gave an opinion at the time that it was done with I the hammer of a pistol. The wounds were neces I sarily mortal. I Solomon M. Geer, brother of deceased: Went j to father's at 7 c'olock, night of the murder, and I found deceased insensible. Made a search next I morning; saw tracks, and that evening found a I piece of pistol cock, broken off, about 15 feet from J where deceased was lying when discovered. Saw J signs near by where a ball had been discharged in J the ground. Gave pistol cook to Mr. J. B. McGee. Cross-examined.?No gunshot wound on person of j deceased. Some appearance of a scuffle about 50 J yards from where the broken hammer was found, j JosF.ru B. McGee : Solomon Geer or N. E. Sul? livan gave witness broken cock of a pistol; show I ed it to jury of inquest; brought it to Mr. Daniel j Hurlburt, and showed it to him ; then kept it in I iron safe. Sometime afterwards took the cock in j his possession, and carried it to Hurlburt's; found j there a pistol Woken, and fitted this piece to it. I Brought the pistol and broken piece to his office, j and kept both until they were turned over to the military authorities. Cross-examined. ? Thinks I there can be no doubt that this identical piece had I been on the pistol before. I Daniel Hurlburt, gunsmith: McGee brought piece of hammer to witness, and requested him to notice for a pistol broken in this manner. Kept the piece of hammer until negro boy Scott brought barrel, mountings and lock, everything but tho stock of a pistol, for repair. This pistol suited the piece exactly, and witness informed McGee of J tho fact. Capt. Barrow?, of the First Me. Batt., then took possession of the pistol and piece. Cross-examined.?Have no knowledge of any effort j being mado to recover these things from the mili? tary. John R. Cochran: Assisted in the arrest of Scott, (mentioned in the testimony of Hurlburt;) also Hill, another freedman, who lived with the accused, Henry, and afterwards arrested tho accu? sed. Scott was released upon information that was satisfactory. Found butt and stock of pistol, (un? der house of the accused, near the depot,) and they evidently belonged to detached pieces in hands of Hurlburt. Witness and Barrows fitted them. Cross-examined.?Bill and family lived in house "with accused; arrested accused in front of the hotel, upon the public square; did not know accused lived at the house spoken of until witness went there. Has known the accused for a long time; his character good as a slave, so far as wit? ness knew. Willis Johnson, freedman : On the day young Mr. Geer was killed, witness went with Henry Cheatham, Dan. Johnson and Dan. Welborn into Mr. Nevitt's bottom, on Rocky River. The accu? sed, Henry, had a pistol, which was single-barrel, eight or ten inches long. The party walked down to the river, and there witness left them, and came back to the village. Witness and accused were great friends, and two weeks afterwards the ac? cused told witness they went over the river, after witness left the party, and were trying the pistol by shooting at a hog, when Mr. Geer's son rode up and claimed the hog. The young man asked ac? cused to throw the hog on his horse, which Henry did, in front of him. Then Dan said to Henry, af? ter Mr. Geer started and got a piece, "Henry, it won't do to let him go home with that hog." Hen? ry said, he "didn't know what elso to do." Dan I said, they must kill him. Henry was backward to go at first, and only picked up heart to go after Dan told him what would be done with them for 1 shooting the hog. They then went on after young Geer, and overtook him. Dan gathered him and pulled him off the horse, when Henry aimed to shoot him, but didn't do it; tho pistol fired, and the ball went into the ground. One of them struck him with the pistol, but witness don't remember that Henry said it was himself or Dan. Cross examined.?Witness knows that it was the very evening Geer was killed they walked out together. The conscience of witness checked him, for he knew that the object of their walk was unprofita? ble ; hence his return. Henry told witness that he did not want to go into the matter. This con versation took place in two weeks or thereabouts, after the murder. The roason why witness did not tell it was, that he was fearful of being brought into trouble. Tob1 his sister only; she told oth? ers, and was overheard by Mr. Simons, when the fact was communicated to the authorities. Henry is a boy of good character, peaceable and quiet. Don't say anything about his honesty. Witness made this statement in the Provost Court before. Daniel Welborn, freedman: Was ono of tho par? ty spoken of by AViilis, together on Saturday that Mr. Geer was killed. Willis quit tho party; noth? ing said whatever about their object; Henry said they would pay him. Henry had a pistol. Wit? ness went beyond Broyles', whey they shot a hog. Asked them what they would do with the hog; re? plied, "Never mind." Witness heard somebody coming and left the party. Next day, about ten o'clock, met with Henry, and asked him for mon? ey, to which he replied that they killed Mr. Geer that night and didn't got the money. Henry just told him that and went on in a hurry ; told him to keep it secret. Witness did not tell it because he was a stranger here, and had no one to tell it to. Cross-examined.?Didn't stop after the shooting, and didn't hear any conversation between Geer and them; heard pistol fire when near the depot. Henry owed witness S4 for coat. Witness former? ly belonged to Mrs. Welborn, 10 miles from this place; came here just before Christmas, and didn't know these parties before. Dan persuaded them to go; sent for him to meet them; didn't know what they were going for, until they shot the hog. Knows that Henry shot the hog, and that there was no accident in the shooting; "he hit the hog the first crack." It was at the road, and hearing some one coming from direction of town, witness left. Harriet Calhoun, frcedwoman : Am the sister cf Willis Johnson, who told the story to her; Henry never told her. Kuowb him well, however; thinks him not bright, but a good boy. N. K. Sullivan : Got to Mr. Geer's early on the night of January 13th ; noxt morning, some 300 yards in this direction, found tracks of persons and whore there had been a horse tramping in the road; seventy-five yards nearer the house,found oth? er evidences of tramping in the road, and from that to where the body was found, signs of the horse running. On the day of investigatien, after tho Provost Court dismissed, hoard the accused Henry mako open confession of the deed, and tell Mr. Murray, after being cautioned not to make ad? missions, that ho would tell the truth. .(Counsel for prisoner here objected, and the Solicitor did not press further questions.) Elijah W. Bkown: About the timo of the mur? der of young Gccr, thinks it was before, the accu? sed camo into store of witness and wanted to buy gun caps. Witness refused to sell them, when ac? cused made threats and oaths, and said if witness would not let him have the caps, he would go else? where. At the same time remarked, that "white people had killed black ones long enough, and it was now time to change." Cross-examined.?Am not positive, but thinks this occurrence was before the murder. Henry was drinking ; the remark was inconsistent with his general good character as a servant; does not think he would have been disrespectful to witness when sober; he was deci? dedly quiet and peaceable, and not violent in his conduct and manner. John W. Brooks : Have been confined in jail since the 13th day of last February. Thoaocused was in next cell to witness, before being carried to Columbia, and had a conversation with witness upon the subject of his guilt. First, Yankee guard told accused in hearing of witness to make confession ; that he told all about it in the Court room, and might as well tell it again. (Counsel for prisoner objected to the introduction of this confession, but the Court overruled the objection.) Henry said that himself and Dan went into the country; came across a hog; fired upon it, and second time killed it; young Geer then rode up, and asked them whoso hog it was; made them turn over the hog, and said it was his father's ; asked them why they shot the hog, and they said "for fun;" Geer told them to put the hog before him on the horse, which they did. Dan then said, "We might get into some difficulty about this scrape;" to which Henry replied, "If you jerk him off the horse, I'll shoot him." Dan said, "Agreed." They followed and overtook him, and Dan jerked him off. Henry aimed to shoot him in the head, but the pistol fired and the ball went in? to the ground. After missing him, Henry turned with the pistol and struck him on the head a few licks, and when they left him, he was past speak? ing. Henry told witness this statement several times. Cross-examined.?There was a guard pres? ent each time he revealed the statement., but after the first occasion, the guard said nothing?took no part in the conversation. The Solicitor here oloscd the evidence for the prosecution. ! The accused had no evidence to offer, and the case was fully argued before the jury. Gen. Has kell made an earnest effort on behalf of the pris? oner. Solicitor Reed replied with his usual zeal and ability, and Gen. McGowan closed the argu? ment. We are unable to report the speeches, and will not attempt it. We noticed, however, several points in the last speech worthy of mention. Gen. McGowan told the jury that the prisoner at the bar was as much entitled bb any one to tho privi lege under the law of having a fair trial; that it was incumbent on the Solicitor in this, as in all other cases, to make out the charge, because every one under the protection of the law is presumed to be innocent until the contrary appears. lie in? sisted that the whole testimony consisted of cir? cumstantial evidence or confessions. As to the circumstances, he argued that, although seemingly strong, the net-work was not complete?that the matter of "the pistol was not brought home satis? factorily to the prisoner?that the pistol was not in Court, and not identified certainly as the pistol of Henry. The nearest approach to identification was the fact that the stock was found under the house of William, where Henry was temporarily staying. This was stronger against William than Henry. Circumstantial evidence, in one respect, is like a telegraphic wire?if it is bad in part it is bad in the whole?defect at any point of the con? nection makes the whole useless. As to the con? fessions, he argued that they are always unrelia? ble. He read admonitions from the law books against receiving them implicitly ; that it was un? safe sort of proof in any case, because of the alarm and apprehension under which confessions are usually made. If this is the general rule, it ap? plies much more strongly to the case of an unedu? cated negro, lately emancipated?unaccustomed I to self-control?ignorant, timid, bewildered, con | fused and alarmed. In conclusion, Gen. McGowan invoked the jury ' to give the prisoner at the bar the full benefit of all the humane rules in favor of human life ; that this ought to be done only the more scrupulously because he was a freedman, an uneducated negro. He possessed "God's image, though it was carved in ebony." His condition of inferiority in color, race and intelligence only appealed the more strongly to every just aDd generous mind. It is the characteristic of meanness and cowardice to oppress the weak and dependent. Whatever may be the faults of our people, this has never been one of them. They possess too much chivalry for that. The good and brave are always just and generous. He wished the jury in this respect to be the true exponent of tho country. We claim to be as intel? ligent and just as any people on earth. We admit inferiority to no one in regard to kindness and justice to the negroes amongst us. We deny that others have a monopoly of generosity and virtue, and you must render such a verdict as will show the determination of this people to administer equal justice to all. When the prisoner's counsel concluded this in? genious and able argument, his Honor Judge Mux no dclivored a brief and impartial charge to the jury, into whose hands the cose was then finally committed. After careful deliberation, the verdict was rendered, "Guilty," and the prisoner remand? ed for sentence. On Saturday morning, the pris? oner Henry Cheatham was brought into Court, and the sontence of the law pronounced against him. His Honor stated that it was not his habit to de? liver long harangues upon such occasions ; but the magnitude of this crime, its atrocity and fiendish ncss, induced him to indulge in a few remarks.? Whatever benefits had been conferred upon his race by emancipation, upon tho prisoner at least it has been anything else than a blessing. It had mado him a thief and a murderer. In company with others, ho went out on a thieving expedition. Unfortunately the property of young Geer was seized, and the awful murder was committed upon his detection of tho theft, and to this murder the prisoner readily assented. A more deliberate and atrocious murder had never been committed in South Carolina; throughout an experience of forty years in tho law, his Honor failed to remembor one of equal magnitude, and he had not been able to discover a single mitigating circumstance. Al? though not undertaking to declare that Executive clemency would not be exercised, he felt no hesita? tion in saying that it should not bo interposed in this case. Admonishing the prisoner to prepare for eternity, his Honor pronounced the sentence of the Court, to tho effect that the prisoner bo hung on Friday, the 23d day of November next. Thus closed one of the most interesting and im? portant criminal trials which has taken place for years. The novelty in arraigning the accused before a jury of his country, the preservation of all the forms of trial heretofore allowed, the con? vincing tostimony of his guilt, the ability and dis? tinguished character of his counsel, and the ope? ning case under the new law whereby is admitted to equal rights and privileges with their former masters these people, lately slaves, in all their ig? norance,?these circumstances combined render this trial of the utmost importance, and hence its appearance in our columns this morning. We arc pleased to remark, in concluding this extended re? port, that there was abundant evidenco afforded in the progress of this trial to forever sweep away the calumny that our people are not willing to ac? cord even-handed justice to every class of the com? munity. -?-? QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS. This is an excellent motto for business men; profitable alike for customer and merchant, and we are always attracted to the man holding out these inducements. He is suro to succeed, and in at? taining success, confers innumerable favors upon others. Of such worthy practices, the new firm of Towers & Burriss are likely to become addict? ed, and we employ this occasion to give an un? qualified recommendation to the same. We have tried them, and unhesitatingly pronounce their acts in accordance with their professions. Go and see. They charge nothing for showing, and will take pleasure in exhibiting their goods to all. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, Col. F. F. Warley, member of the Legislature from Darlington, in a speech on saleday, declared, upon the best authority, that the majority of the JudgcB of the State are satisfied that the Statute of Limitations was effectually barred during the con? tinuance of tho Stay Law, and there was no viola? tion of the Constitution thereby. This will relieve the minds of our people from much anxiety, says I the Southerner, and we may add that many persons will divest themselves of this delusive hope to avoid the settlement of their just indebtedness. MAKE YOUR WILL. On last Saleday, a tract of laud was sold in this District, by order of the Court of Equity. The land brought one hundred and three dollars, nnd the cost of suit was one hundred and seventeen dollars. This is rather an expensive mode of par? titioning an estate, and we advise all men to dis? pose of their estates by will, and save their lega? tees such expense and trouble. -+ ABBESTED. The freedman, Cato, who shot and killed Mr. J Joseph Williams, of this District, on the 6th j instant, has been arrested, and is now confined in ! tho Pickens jail, as we learn from the Courier. His trial will probably take place this week. -o FOUND. A small iron Key, found in the Court House one day last week, has been handed to the editor of this paper. The owner can obtain the same, upon application._^_ Anderson, October 17, 18G6. Cotton market lively at from 27 to 29 cents. 1 iM THE SITUATION. The New Orleans Crescent, which is among the very ablest conducted journals of the country, has a well digested article upon "The Situation," which we transfer to the columns of the Intelligencer: The Southern people cannot be indifferent to the general politics of the country. They are inter? ested observers of all that is now occurring at the North. They may not appear to take any active part in the exciting discussions which are now taking place on that arena ; but their fate, as well as that of the whole country, is in the balance, and they watch the result, without feverish excite? ment it is true, but with the deepest concern. The vindictiveness of sectional feeling have subjected them to the injustice of being temporarily ejected from the congressional councils. Their voice is no longer heard in the legislative halls of the capi tol. In common with every other section they have a representative in the chief executive, but they can give no official expression to their voice in the general legislature to sustain the wise acts of the President. Mere spectators of the contest in which their own interests and the welfare of the country are so deeply involved, they can only give expression to their regret at the mad passions of the hour, and applaud the herculean efforts of the chief magistrate to stem the wild torrent of fanati? cism, and preserve to the people of the whole country some remains of that liberty which it cost so much to acquire and which has been the boast of so many generations. The influence of centralization Las not yet rob? bed the people of every vestige of that inherent right to local legislation which has been so long eujoyed. Sectional war is waged, it is true, against the enjoyment of that right. Inroads have been made upon it. The right has been seriously im? paired ; but supported by the executive regard for the Constitution, this prerogative of the people, though it has been invaded, has not yet been over? thrown. The assaults of a dominant faction, whose ambition will dare any act of temerity which may tend to the perpetuation of their power, are con? stantly directed against tho bulwarks of constitu? tional liberty. These have been shaken, but they find still a strong support in the President, whose courage and assiduity are applied to repair the breaches already made and to strengthen the safe? guards of liberty, which are so constantly assailed. Conflicts of authority are not infrequent. Fed? eral legislative encroachment treads more and more heavily upon the rights formerly conceded to the local authority. New England has thrown down the barrier that formerly separated these distinc? tive authorities and is attempting to overthrow the whole fabric of State government, which has here? tofore sheltered individual rights from the storms of sectional passion and unreasoning fanaticism. The judiciary, now as in ever}* previous time of our history, still combats these encroachments upon established rights. That great conservative power, at least is not sectional. Its voice may occasionally be drowned amid the tumult of conflicting pas? sions, but in every lull of the storm its pleadings are heard in behalf of the sanctity of Constitutions. But it too often happens now, that its announce? ments are but the voice of entreaty and of protest, and arc no longer the authoritative exposition of principles wldch must be observed. When a Mar? shall enunciated from his high position a living principle and issued the mandate of the court, it went forth, commanding respect and obedience from all. No organized battalions were undor his control -r but such was the respect for the sanctity of the ermine, and such was the rcgurd for law, that an entire people stood ready to enforce a man? date which was but the expression of their own will, in coinformity with the Constitution of the country. Individual rights were then secure. A Washington, a Jefferson or a Madison would have been the first to bow before the mojesty of the law aud to execute its constitutional interpretations. But now, alas, it is different. Since Mr. Lin? coln defied the. mandate of the chief justice and placed himself above the Constitution, individual will has asserted its supremacy over the wishes of a whole people as expressed in .he fundamental law which was established for the guidance of all. A supposed military necessity, which regards rather the comfort, or the supremacy of an indi? vidual, has too often superseded the more just ideas of public welfare as expressed in the supreme law of tho land. The voice of justice has been often silenced by the roll of the drum, and the man? date, oven of the chief Justice, has ceased to com? mand respeet even from the junior lieutenants and tho rank and file of colored regimonts. - But while the ambition of faction thus openly disregards the restraints which the Constitution has imposed upon power as a protection to the rights of the citizen, the same spirit of the revolu? tion which has sapped the foundations of State au? thority under the Constitution, in one section, is actively employed in inciting other State authori? ties to defiance of the general law. Radicalism is organizing throughout the Noith armed insurrec? tion against the General Government, as a means of forcibly subverting a Constitution which they have not the means of legitimately changing. The legitimate executive of the country will not be a tool in their hands to overwhelm the country under the minB of republican government. He asserts and persists in maintaining the rights of the peo? ple. He labors to vindicate the Constitution and to maintain it in its purity. He is, therefore, an obstacle in the way of the revolution; but an ob? stacle which the revolutionists 6eem resolved to re? move. This seems to be the situation. It is surrounded by clouds of portcntious blackness. The liberties of the whole people are at stake ; but the Northern people only are the actors in this great drama.? Let us hope that moderate counsels may prevail throughout the land, aud that dark clouds which bear so ominous an aspect may disappear without bursting in a storm which would threaten with de? struction the very foundation of society. -? For the Intelligencer. FACTS THAT NEED NO ARGUMENT. The following paragraph, whioh we find in the last issue of the Carolina Sparten, speaks in trum? pet tones. The truth now conies home. Proper? ty is being sacrificed on the auction block. More than that. The widows of our brave soldiers, who sleep in nameless graves on Southern battlefields, have been thrust from home, and their household goods?their all, been knocked down for a paltry sum, while the poor women, keeping with their children, have stood among the sympathizing I crowd, implored in vain for the relief from the law ! which mado them beggars. The Camden Journal comes to us with the same sad story. It says that the property sold on sale day went at low prices, and argues that if the small amount offered could not find purchasers at half its cash valuo, what would be the state of things if half the property in tho community were suddenly put to sale. Real Estate.?The following lots and tracts of land were sold on Salecday last by the Sheriff: 130 acres S50; 7C acres S25 ; 136 acres $115; 300 acres $006 ; 176 acres S23?. All tho above land was thin: We call the attention of the people to the above extracts, in proof of what wan predicted on Mon? day last, if suits forcollection of debts are brought, and forced publio sales of property made. This is but the commencement of a most gloomy and de? plorable end. A CITIZEN. i I ABBOTSFORD. A son of Virginia, on a tour in Scotland, recent? ly visited Abbotsford, Dryburg and Melrose, and gives us a most interesting letter about those places?places forever linked with the name and fame of Sir Walter Scott. Since we have read the most of Scott's works, everything associated with his name interests us, and we are obliged to the writer for the paragraph devoted to Abbotsford,. the home of Sir Walter. Abbotsford is what Scott termed it, "a romance in stone and lime." The writer says : "It is the inside, with its memories and traces of the great Wizard of the North, that is tho grand attraction of tho place. Passing through a basement hall, we went up to his study, a room consecrated to genius, for in it he wrote many of the works that have conferred on him such renown. It remaius ju3t as he left it. There stands his writing table and chair, where he used to write a large portion of a novel before his guests left their rooms in the morning. Adjoining this is a closet in which aro the last suit of clothes he wore, just as he laid them off, a white beaver hat, white and black plaid trowsers, and a dark coat, shoes, gaiters, &c. * * * The library is & spacious and beautiful room, looking out on the Tweed, and contains 20,000 volumes, elegantly bound. It has a cose of curious relics, among which are a green and gold portfolio and pen case, and goldon cloak-clasps, taken from Napolcon'8 carriage after the battle of Waterloo, with the N. elegantly worked on both cases; the signet ring of Mary, Queen of Scott's; various relics of Rob Roy, Flora McDonald, Charles II, the Pretender, and others of lesser name from Robert, the Brucs, down to Tom Purdie, Scott's famous forester. A silver urn, presented to him by Eyron, and several pictures, are also there. * * * The armory has a number of curious weapons. It has tbe guns that Tom Purdie and Sir Walter used, just as they left them; Rob Roy's gun, with his ini? tials carved on it; the pistols of Napoleon; those of Burns ; James L hunting flask, with many old weapons very curious, and others veny costly. One cannot but feel that there is something hal? lowed in these memorials of ono who has done so much to cast the spell of genius around his native land, and few visitors will not tread these silent, but speaking chambers, with thoughtful reverence, as they think of tho mighty dead." How we ear? nestly desire to tread the halls of him, who has so charmingly women together so many thronging fancies and talcs of the olden time. MARRIED, on Thursday, 11th insL, by Rev. W. E. Walters, at the residence of the bride's moth? er, Mr. B. W. Haebix and Miss J. A. McLkes, all of this Distinct. HIRAM LODGE, No. 68, A.\ F.\ M.\ A REGULAR COMMUNICATION OF HIRAM LODGE will be held in the Lodge Room on MON? DAY NIGHT, November 5, 180G, at h?ilf-past 7 o'clock. Brethren will take due notice anu govern themselves accordingly. By order of the W.\ M.\ JAMES A. HOYT, Secretary. Oct. 11, I860 17 4 Burning Bush Chapter, No. 7, R.\A.\M.v A REGULAR CONVOCATION OF BURNING BUSH CHAPTER will be held in the Chapter Room on MONDAY NIGHT, Nov. 12th 18G6, at half-past seven o'clock. Companions will assem? ble without further notice. By order of the M.-.E.-.H.-.P.. JAMES A. HOYT, Secretary. Oct. 11, 18GG 17 4 POST OFFICE NOTICE. Arrival and Departure of the Mails. The Columbia mail arrives daily (Sundays el* cepted) at 5.10 p. m. Opon for delivery at G p. m. Closes daily at 0 p. m. The Greenville, Sparfanburg and Union mail ar? rives daily (Sundays excepted) at 9 a. m. Closes daily at 2 p. m. The Pendleton and Walhalla mail arrives on Monday at 6 a. m. Closes same day at 10 a. m. Arrives Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2 p. m., and closes same days at 4 p. m. Persons will please get stamps during the week, which will prevent them annoying the Post Office on Sundays E. F. WEBB, P. M. Administrator's Sale. WILL be sold on Wednesday, the last day of Octo tobcr, (31st.,) at the residence of William MoCon nel, deceased, a quantity of Corn, Fodder, Wheat, Cotton in Seed. Terms made known on day of sale. REUBEN BURRISS, Administrator. -. Oct, 18, I860 18 2 E. H. R0DGERS & CO, FACTORS and GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, CHARLESTON, 9. C? BEG to inform their friends that they have re ? moved their Office from Adger's Wharf to North j Atlantic Wliarf. FRANCIS J. PELZER, FRANCIS S. RODGERS. Oct 18, I860 18 3m OFFICE A. A. a. M., ANDERSON, S. C, October IGth, 1866. SEALED PROPOSALS for furnishing the under? signed with ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY CORDS of good, merchantable, hard WOOD, will be re I ceived at his office until 12 o'clock m. of the 31st inst. The wood to be delivered and corded at Anderson, S. C, in such place as may be designa? ted, between the 1st of November, 1866, and the 20th of November, 1866. Proposals must state clearly the kind of wood it is desii-ed to furnished, and be addressed to the J undersigned at Anderson, S. C, endorsed: "Pro? posals for furnishing wood." Unreasonable bids will be rejected. CHAS. F. LOSHE, 2nd Lieut. 8th U. S. Infy, A. A. Q. M. Oct. 18,18G6 18 2 Administrator's Sale. THERE will be sold at the late residence of ROB? ERT B. NORRIS, deceased, on Tuesday, 30th day of October, The following property, to wit: One Mule, one Jack, Hogs, Cattle, Corn, Fodder, Oats, Bacon, Eight bales Cotton, Wagons, Farming Utensils, And various other articles too numerous to men? tion. Terms made known on day of sale. A. 0. NORRIS, Administrator with Will annexed. NOTICE. ALL persona having demands against the Estate of Robert B. Norris, deceased, will present then) legally attested, and all indebted to said Estate will pay the same by day of sale. A. 0. NORRIS, Administrator with Will annexed, Oct 18, 18G? 18