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: V S^ost'neeoiess to -say? tHa%" tho delegates were i?-:?$*5^^ -their senti-v % meats-accorded with the dominant faction, whose de-i8.hasten^g;thbeountry to i melancholy'fate. *;iVii&-?efe%fctt*^ lending their'cottn .~ ' Jasnance and" aid t? -4lre c ompl'c t c mastery of the -l^fau^a.tiieanteresta of the Radical creed. Wo ??"^?c^ot-^gard the proceedings .of'sufficient inter ''"t*?q!^e people at large that our columns should ?rV~.' ibe" encumbered with an ao_cpunt of the.actions and :d<??g^;o:' tbis?bpdyv jTh^-jflatfonp. contains-the jpal/of.iieir purposes;,- and to this we refer the ^X^ffl^cc^WT .ddia^infoinnation. .>... ? - ? -. <?';---?- . ? 'b-r / ^8otic; jjnTOTJCTWcs. bavc received a letter from our esteemed V v^tiTeir, B:^tT8?eAjffBBU,y E8q., Grand Lecturer \ \ o*:- this- Stat e, announcing 'that he will; be at this - place cai-Mondayv thc^lfith. 6f August, and wjtll re; '."main until .TbursdayV ToUowinjgi:. He* mil;v\sit' and 24th,. :ai^wn >eV.at Walhalla on Monday, the 26th, ???yjmp $?wjtt pjpbably.rcmam for a week or more. /-!i^Ei;?^?^^ifih als?'viait Baraett Lodge (Kercetown) ^ \vbn-Friday a^-Saturday,--August -16Ur:and 17th, :~*i#g?zg, cafviag- to Anderson. ' ^^@^pet|ffenL-tf.Hii^un Lodge; No. 68,-are here- t >^'<&!3|&^ made j " tt?-rStQ.^C.iifraEzi, to? ine^t'J-iritlf-.tt?--Loage.' on -_:^a?^yf^& 19jthV-an(i"they requested-to :govr I ??erii*^ms^^ Memjbers?fc Burning ' ~T*fJ0m$-'t? the ^?^pfeal^I^ufer^ffl- yisif 'that' body on^Tuesday, : ^^e^Swbi^dnd on'the'next7"day," (Wednesday,) ^^?^fe^?f^Nor~,- wiU'b'e-revived.' The offi- ' /members of the BovcraVbodics arc cxpec- j i^fi^^fc^;J^tQjfd^Jn 'ai*tendonccr on the- days ^^med;;.?e.tnoes'ofmeeting will, be announced ..tereoiter. .- ? . ; - . . , ?:;.BOARDS OP REGISTRATION. v-^ >frJ^^annoOTcemeny of. the-yarious Boards of ^V'B^utia?ou. iorlhc- scvci-ai .Districts of South ?^?^ ?^jn?j W.b^amad? ;'.thV. subject of-a" General ?v ; Order fxom - the Commanding General. We sub ^J|ft?^^^"*egulatipnaaa-i-'ate proscribed in tho or "^?^"^^ for the ^^Pjw^?C^dew?,-6reenvflle and Pickens: . .Begisteri willbe required to lake tho oath pre 1^^^^^'%^^^ approvod2d ofj ": July,???1862;-.' -Blank forms of this oath of office i;'' ^?lbe'furni3h'ed to Post Commanders, and when ;-;;4uly- snbscribed and sworn, will be returned to .. ^-j&Mo-Hea&juarters. j} - '">:'Tlrft-'etl^?tt:^eflinct8' established by law or ens-1 J torn" as "voting plact3 inthe Districts, Parishes and ; ?Municipalities of South Carolina* will be designa-' 'ttd"by Post Commanders as the places for Rcgis tration. It is desirable that not more than six of ?VT theoo,,and preferably a less number, be include -/.^?-?s'B^wtrati.ou Precinct, and assigned to ono Boartl, Bc-.fhat ample facilities may be afforded for Registration. ' ;;-;;Erery-.3oard .of Registration 'will choose its \vpresiding officer;, who will represent tho Board ^.c^and'announce its action upon ,aU matters coming / boforo it.-' r ; Regulations for the government of Registers in V -tho discharge of their duties will be duty publish ' 'ed as ?oon as practicable for genoral information jnLlTAHY l'OST OF AUDEIISON. District of Anderson.? John W. Clark, Bayiis j . rHick% Petor-McPhail, J. B. Rogers, Jesse Pickerel :. V S.- Westmoreland, W. Spencer Moore, Dr. W. J " " Milford," Dr. J. L. Crumley. District of Greenville.?Solomon- Jones, Absalom Johnson, William Robertson, John Dill, Samuel Tinsley, Henry Raines, A. W. Folger, Win. C. Kel Ictt, James M. Allen, R. W. Goddard, John T Curcton, A. Cobb. . \: District of Pickens.?Alex. S. Briggs, Luke Ariel " Samuel Burdine, Rev. T. B. AValdon. W. F. Parker, 'W>S". Wooibrigh.t, A. B. Grant, Walter' Wooden, " W. F..Mitchell. ;* ? -?-1? ;^?;-v^ -A>ery nice gentleman, hailuig all the way t?r froni.Massaohusctts, and subscribing-himsolf W. II -_ '-Boyington, recently married an 'excellent young hS'.&ifiP1 'G"ibson county, Indiana.. Last .Saturday ?' ^?g^Jt^OTmcr wife, whom he deserted in-Oana ^vda^mad^rher appearance 'and raised dn energetic . ...ji?alc in- the family. A mari-iago certificate' -' wasf . duiy-presented; and the. scoundrel went .'to. jail ,at Princeton,-in default of. $500 bail. So"mucn for * -trusting* to newcomers, without inquiring*into thcir antecedent^.-' 7 the'baptiststate- Cbin-ENTION. According to previous, announcement, and the adjournment of last yjsar, this body convened .in' . "^ho-Bapt&t ChOT^ -list; atf-nine .p''clock:?'? Sdme!thirty- or forty dele ?_ates -Trete in aUendanccl -.The/^Convention was gennan?ajtly7?rgan^^d the- afternoon1 by the ^ee6on:;5^^^%^sb,. of' Charleston,, President.; Rev.-J. 0. ' R Dabgan, Vice-President;?? Judsox,. Treasurer. The business, has been con? ducted with harmoniou8EU^pse;and/earnest devo tiou .to-the Master's cause. Wo will not trespass upon the province of our cotemporary, the South ?Carolina Baptist, by giving even a summary of the proceedings, a full account of which will appear in the next issue of that paper. The Convention remained in session from time to time, and did not 'adjourn until the forenoon of yesterday. We are gratified-to .know that the delegates are warm, in their praise of the hospitality and kindness of our citizens. ;? ?RcL'gious ser nees were conducted every evening, in the-BaptistlChurch, and;large crowds were in waiting.-upon, the preaching -of . the Gospel.. On Sunday mpnaing, at. rthe usual hour, the ..Sunday School assembled, and in lieu of the regular ex? ercises, -addressea -jjere .delivered by Revs. B. m?ni.t,;Jr.,. J: 0. B. ?Dabo an, and Mr. Rees, for-/ : merly a mis s5on?ry" jo C entral Africa." . The chil :dren,were delighted-jtQ-hear. the words, of counsel, .and encouragement-,^flfcredv.by. these, faithful ser Vantsof the-living Godr'and will-treasure in-their hearts the remembrance of' this truly interesting occasion. ? ' . The several churches of the village were occupied on-Sunday-morning aM-afternoon by'brethren ap ppmted'for that purpose. The Charity Sermon was de?vered by Rev; J. L.- Reynolds, D. D:, in ?ie'Bap?stChufcb; in the forenoon. In the after? noon, "the venerable and beloved Rev. Basil Man lt, Sr.,'of Alabama^preached to a large congre? gation: 'The-utterances of this aged and respect? ed minister, though feeble'and scarcely distinct enough for all to hear, made a deep and lasting impression upon ihose'who were fortunately with? in the sound* of. his voice. Qn-Sunday nigb?_in- address was delivered by Rev. Mr; Reed uponjthe subject of .the African mission: The building.was crowded to its utmost capacity, and for.mo?e than an ,hour the audience was eatarts?ned withian instructive and. interest? ing-account of the customs and habits of the peo? ple of Central Africa, the progress of Christianity among:them, and-the experience of the reverend speaker during several years of arduous and effec? tive labor in their midBt. Mr. Reed is a native of Georgia, and was sent to that'field by the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in the year 1857. JHiiTwife accompanied him, but fell a victim to disease and martyr to the cause of Christ in less than' fin: years. During the -long duration of wv in this country, M? Reed- was without assistance, often suffered for the actual ne? cessaries to sustain''life, and was imprisoned and persecuted. He returned to his former home-more than twelve months aince, and now desires to re? sume the'work in which he was formerly engaged. .'?The sermon on Monday night was - delivered by Rev. Dr. WisKiKByJPresiderit of the Convention, and wai an. earne8t,:^effectivo discourse, appropri? ate, to'the-occasion,, and adapted .to the prostrate condition of. Christianity in these days of demorali? zation and want oWttfth. - - - -?- ? ? bight views. The.Spartanburg. JS^irfa?H in an article mildly re? buking an esteemed cotemporary for pronouncing the late war a "rcvoi*" upon our part, thus correct? ly, states the condition,of things as the future his? torian, will view them-: " "To say that tho South -revolted from tho Gov? ernment of the United States,: is not correct. The equality of all the States forming that Government, had never been disputed rand if all the States were sovereign alike, there was as much sovereignty in' the' ol cven^ seceded States as there was in the great? er number,-from which they had attempted peacea? bly to withdraw.'Tf^hc States were equal in all tfieir rights and attributes, individually or collect? ively, how is it possible to make out a case, of re? volt. A province may^rovolt or. rebel against the .government ofits sovereign, and subjects may re? volt against their princer ' But ours is a very dif? ferent case. The inequality in the number and strength of the States engaged on each side, in the late tear (not revoit^rraa begun and fought to the bitter end for self government, and not alone for 'slavery *nd States''rights in the abstract.,. No, no ! there: was no abstraction about it. The South wanted peace and security at home, which she could not obtain in the Union. The parties to the war'were belligerents, (not revolters) as acknowl? edged by all the woljld, as well as by tho govern, inent at Washington.'' Equality and independence were as much at tributes of the. South as the North. We deny being insurgents, rebels, revolters, trait? ors or deserters. We were simply belligerents-in a war for tlie defence of our rights." In the failure of our arms, the P&**r/ only now, like Congress, has discovered that-the late war was nothing more than a revolt on our part. We don't like the wordi because it conveys censure on seven millions of men who risked their all in defence of their rights. We don t want our children to remember us only as self-confessed insurgents, revolters or insurrection? ists. Wo want to stand in the eye of coming gen? erations as patriots, in a war for independence? but in which we unhappily failed. We believe that,- however oppressive and odious tho Union had been, circumstances have now made it desirablo that the Union should be restored. Then, as wo can do no better, we give our submission to the reconstruction laws of Congress, and will cominuo to labor faithfully to restore the Union .on that line, hoping that peace and prosperity may follow. The war and its results have left our country poor in? deed ; but there, is no shame or disgrace attached to the South by her action in the late war. We have no consciousness of guilt or shame. Obsequi? ous flattery, or cringing servility to the arrogant pretensions and usurpations of the Radical party of the North, can do us no good. Time and pa? tience, and firmnbss and self-respect,, will dispel the darkness and gloom of the times?will drive away and scatter our enemies?will restore pros? perity and happiness to our land, and tho South will be free -from her present bondage. A word more. . Tho men of tho. South, who stood shoulder to shoulder in the Lost Cause, until tho last Con? federate sword was sheathed, and the starry Cross was lowered to a bloody and fanatical soldiery_ will not be branded, when history is written, as in? surrectionists and revolters. Oh, no_they will take their place in the annals of time, with tho he? roes of Thermop'ylaj." -_?t?-* ? A marriage recently took place, in Fayctte viIlo,.N. C, of a white man, named Thornton, to a negro woman. Previous to tho performance of the ceremony, application was made to General tickles for an order legaliring the same. The ? General accorded tho requisite permission and au? thority for the marriage to take place, but .it was accompanied with" on express disapprobation of such an unusual proceeding. THE LATEST" 'SElfS?TipH~AHOTHE_h^._lEBEL LION. - Our exchanges for the post week have'.contained statements from correspondehts in1 Washington and elsewhere; endeavoring to. showrthat a new. rebel? lion is now in embryo in- tho Southern. States "ready to be brought forth under a fav?rab?e-aspect of affairs. It is unnecessary to:.declarc that the whole purpose of these correspondents is to keep alive sectional rancor, and impress the Northern mind with a sense of insincerity in the declara? tions .of-the. Southern people, thereby cementing the bond which unites the Radical party. We have had enough of war and devastation; and the "men who fought in the late rebellion," whether ' disfranchised or not, have , no hfgber aim than" to bring back peace'and prosperity- to the desolated [.land. We give two extracts in regard to this latest sensation, that our readers may be posted as to the means'adopted to.fan tho-flame of fanaticism and sectional hate. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says: "Certain'information has leaked out here, which, if true, gives anew and.startling explanation of the sudden and wide-spread movement to avenge the death of Maximilian. A statement was made to-day, -by a person who has been initiated into the inner circle of the present so-called filibustering enterprise, that the real object of this organization is to inaugurate another attempt to gain the in? dependence of the Southern States. It is said that the enrolling of volunteers, which for a time was a spontaneous movement in different parts of the country, with the real intention of going into Mexi? co and joining with some one of the factions op? posed to the Juarez government, partly to avenge the death of. Maximilian and: partly to advance their own.individual interests, is now.rapidly as? suming the form of a well-regulated organization, under the management of cunning politician* and experienced "soldiers. Men are to be initiated and enrolled, subject to the arbitrary direction of mili? tary discipline, and are to preserve strict secrecy with regard to the movements of the organization as well as to those who are members of it. Arms, ammunition, and other supplies are to be accumu? lated at designated points, and1 everything is to be in readiness to take advantage of the opportune moment. Of the time when operations are to be commenced there is nothing definite decided upon. Two particular contingencies have been mentioned, cither of which arising would be taken as a fitting opportunity to strike the first blow. One is the impeachment of the President and his resistance to removal from office. In such a contingency the leaders of the 'Maximilian Avengers' will, it is said, concentrate their forces, which, it is ex? pected, will in a few months number a hundred thousand, and bring to the support of the Presi? dential party. The other event which it is thought would afford a convenient , opening is to invade Mexico with a filibustering force, and thus precipi? tate a war between the United States and that -country, in which case the organization of ?Aven i gers' will at once-take sides with the Mexican Government against the United States. It is also stated that the organization is receiving accessions in the late insurrectionary States with astonishing rapidity, principally from those men who fought in the late rebellion, and are disfranchised there? for," * . ? : . ; The Washington National Republican believes that the "New Rebellion" and "Maximilian's Avengers" are not mere myths, or creations of the New York Herald. It says: We do" not doubt, from what we have learned from reliable sources, that such a movement as another rebellion is talked of in certain quarters, aye, seriously contemplated. ?These people re? gard it as a fortunate circumstance that they can organize their nefarious designs under tho pretext that they are going to Mcxieo to avenge the death of Maximilian. This is a sham. They care noth? ing for the Archduke. Seeing themselves cut off from'all participation in the government they la? bored four years to destroy, their object is not vongeance on Juarez and tho Mexicans, but ven? geance against parties nearer home. That they feel a sympathy with Maximilian and his friends is no doubt true, because they are in sympathy with imperialism as against republicanism the world, over. They will go to Mexico or anywhere else, provided it offers them strength to carry out their main design, which design is the overthrow of our government and the establishment of a Southern oligarchy, in which they shall rule. We declare, therefore, that the Heralds Washington correspondent has not spoken a moment too soon, and his communication, instead of being sensa? tional, is sustained by authoritative facts in all its main particulars. The adherents of our govern? ment, tho lover of free principles, and the be? lievers in republican institutions cannot be too vigilant. "Forewarned is forearmed." STOLEN VALUABLES. The- F air field Hera Id is led to believe that the elegant communion service, stolen from the Pres? byterian Church in Winnsboro during Sherman's march through this State, will be recovered. It says: "We have been shown a letter received by Mr. James R. A iken, from the Editor of the New Haven Reffitter, which gives further information respect? ing the articles taken by Sherman's bummers, among which was the silver communion service be? longing to the Presbyterian Church. "The Editor of tho Register received a letter from a Western Editor, in Rock Island, Illinois, which he quotes in tho one we have seen, and in which the writer says a young man of that town saw every article named in the advertisement, and that that same young soldier saw tho articles all turned over to.General Slocum. "The Editor of the Register writes that he has sent for tho affidavit of that young soldier, and adds that if he does succeed in spotting the thief, no matter who he is, he 'will make the fur fly.'" j -* APPOINTMENT OF DISTRICT JUDGE. We learn from the Abbeville Press that Robkkt H. Wabjdlaw, Esq., of that town, has been ap? pointed by the Governor to the office of District Judge for Abbeville, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Gen. A. C. Haskeix, recent? ly elected Professor of Law in the State Universi? ty. This appointment was mado at the request of the members of the bar, and is the more gratify? ing on that account. In speaking of the newly appointed Judge, the Press Bays that "he is well known to the citizens of the District as a gentle? man of high character, of long experience with Courts ttHd the forms of logal procedure, of clear judgment and business habits; and will, no doubt, discharge the duties of his responsible office with credit to himself and entire satisfaction to the community." -*-? ?Tho Memphis Avalanche says: "One of the black? est negroes, enjoying the romantic name of Joe Hardy, married a white.girl aged about, seventeen years, the other night, at the oolored-Baptist church, on Shelby street, in Fort Pibkering. We understand the groom and happy bride received tho congratulations of tba mixed assemblage with eclat, etc." PLATFORM OF THE UNION REPUBLICAN PAR? TY Or SOUTH CAROLINA. The following is the platform adopted.by the ConVentr?n-^sembled. in Columbiaiast ? week, to" which reference is made in^anofHet'column > 1- That in order;-to make the labor, of all, our loyal fellow-citizens more effectual for carrying out the provisions of Congress, for the restoration of law and order in our State, as'well as for the peace and prosperity of our entire country, we, the peo? ple of South Carolina, do form ourselves into a political organization, to be known as tbe Union Republican party of South Carolina. ' 2. That as republican institutions cannot bepre served, unless intelligence be .generally diffused among all classes, we will favor ? uniform system of free schools and-colleges, which shall be open to alb 3. That We will favor a liberal system of public improvements, such as railroads, canals and other works, and also such a system of awarding con? tracts for the same as will give all our fellow-citi? zens an equal and fair chance to share in them. 4. That as largo land monopolies tend only to make the"rich richer and the poor poorer, and are ruinous to the agricultural, commercial and social interests of the State, the Legislature should offer every practicable inducement for the division and sale of unoccupied lands among the poorer classes, and as an encouragement to immigrants to settle in our State. 5. That the interests of the State demand a re? vision of the entire code of laws and the re-organ? ization of the courts. G. That it is just and proper that taxes should be ad valorem, and proportioned to the property of the citizens. 7. That the ballot being the surest safeguard of the rights, of the citizen, all executive and legisla? tive officers of tbe State should be elected. by the people; therefore, Resolved, That, in our opinion, a purely repub? lican government is maintained only by making our rulers responsible directly to the people by frequent election's?not by the'Legislature, but by the people themselves ; therefore, Resolved, That the delegates we shall send to the Constitutional Convention about to be called by the Commanding General, be instructed to so frame our new Constitution, that the Governor and Council, Senators and Representatives of the State Legislature, and all subordinate officers, except those of tho Judiciary Department, be chosen by the people, to hold their respective offices, not for two years, but for one year. And that, in the election of President and Vice-President of the United States, chosen every four years, the elec? tors, as they are now in every other State in the Union, shall be chosen by the people directly, and not by the members of the Legislature. 8. That the poor and destitute, those aged and infirm people, houseless and homeless, and past labor, who have none to care for them, should be provided for at the expense of the State; and that, in the reconstruction of our Government, we will sec to it that they are not neglected and forgotten. 9. That the unhappy policy pursued by Andrew Johnson is,- in its effects upon the loyal people of tho South, unjust, oppressive and intolerable; and accordingly, however ardently we desire te see our State once more restored to its proper posi? tion in the Union, we would deplore restoration on any other conditions than those prescribed by the fortieth Congress, to which we give our'cor? dial and entire sanction, believing the principles enunciated by the Republican party, through that Congress, to be just and wise. 10. That the adverse discrimination towards the agricultural laborers of the Southern States, as manifested by tho enormous tax on cotton, is un? just and oppressive, and should be abrogated at the earliest practicable moment. 11. That we sincerely exult in the fact that, as a nation, we are now absolutely a nation of free? men, and that, from the St. Lawrence to the Rio Grande, and from .the Atlantic to the Pacific, the sun no longer shines upon the brow of a slave. 12. That a wise care for the public safety some? times renders it necessary that those who have sought resolutely to overthrow a Government should not hastily bo restored to tho privileges of which they have deprived themselves by their crime of treason?certainly not until they have shown evidence of sincere repentance, and a dis? position as energetically-to supjort as they have in times past sought to destroy tbe Union; and that we consider willingness on the part of these men to elevate to power the men who preserved unswerving adherence to tho Government during the war, as the best test of sincerity in professions for the future, n 18. That wc will not support any candidate for office who will not openly endorse the principles adopted by the Union Rcptiblicun party; and that we pledge ourselves to stand by the regular nom? ination of the party, without any reservation whatever. DIFFICULTY AT MARION COURT HOUSE. The Marion Star contains the following account of a confliot between the civil authorities and the military stationed at that post: There occurred at this place on Saturday last a most unfortunate and mischievous collision of the military authority with the regular administration of justice. A frccdman, named Ben. Finklea, had been arrested and imprisoned, under due process of law, for an assault and battery, with intent to kill, upon the person of William McClellan. Captain Pingree and Mr. J. E. Lewis representing the freedman's Bureau, called upon Mr. Moody, Clerk of the Court, and required him to discharge the prisoner upon his own recognizance. This ho re? fused to do, declaring that both tho State law aud Order No. 10, of General Sickles, reqmredin crim? inal cases that the usual recognizances should be given and that there must be bail, that in this case the physician attending the assaulted party had informed him that he was in a critical condition, and that his recovery was very doubtful; that to release tho prisoner under these circumstances would violate his sworn duty to the State laws, and the express provisions of paragraph eleven, of Order No. 10, to which be especially called the at? tention of the officers of the Bureau. They re pliou that they bad nothing to do with General Sickles' orders; that they acted under General Scott, who was the ruling power in this State, and would sustain their action in this case; that they had orders from him declaring that freedmcn should not be required to give bail, and that they recognized him only, and that this negro should not give bail; that Congress would sustain General Scott in what he did. Mr. Moody still declining to discharge tho prisoner upon his own recog? nizance, they called a freedman standing by, Cole man Alford, and instructed him to go to the jail and order the jailor to turn out the prisoner. Al? ford started off in hot haste, and on tho verbal order delivered by the negro, the jailor turned the prisoner out and he is now at large. Wc have no wish to increase the excitement which this affair has occasioned, and will not assail the motives of the officers of the Bureau. In a conversation with Captain Pingree afterward, in which we endeavored to convince him of his error, he assured us that he ???????B?^? ? was actiugfin accordance with General.Scotttede eis ion in'a similar case, and that tt hat ever might be Gen. ^Sickles' orders, General Scott wouideus-" tain him. ".' . . | ? '? lr -? ?-? ; NEW8JTJEM8.; -3 - ? The "yonhg. ladies of the Central'Femal_e_Col lege, of Aberdeen, Miss., publish.a weekly literary paper. * ?' ? Dr. Nathan L. Rice, formerly of Cincinnati, and now of New York, has been elected President of Oakland College, Miss.. ? It is reported-that cholera has appeared at Greenwood, Miss., on the Yazoo River. Over thirty negroes have died, but no cases yet among the whites. ? - ? Ex-SenBtor B. H. Hall delivered a speech at Atlanta, recently. He takes decided grounds against reconstruction under the military bill, and advises the people to reject the terms. ? A Methodist College is to bo established at Lucknow, in India, where the Methodists now have schools with an attendance of three thousand pu? pils. ? Ex-Confederate General Louis T.-WigfaH, for? merly United States Senator from the :State of Tex? as, is about entering upon the practice of law in England, in connection with American cases. ? The Radicals of Nashville are importing hun? dreds of negroes from the South, and having them registered immediately on their arrival, to be used in the coming election. ? Gen. Schoficld has issued an crder releasing from prison Mrs. Kirby, who killed her husband at Richmond, Va. She had been shown to be insane, and was released on condition that she should ap? pear for trial in October. ? Ex-Gov. Johnson has written a letter advis? ing the people of Georgia not to. accept the terms of the military reconstruction acts, and says: "I hope every man in Georgia who can register will do so, with a view of defeating the scheme of our degradation." ? The list of jurors for the July term of Martin county court, N. C, was challenged by one of the lawyers foriiot being in conformity .?with General Sickles' code. The" whole"jury list was abolished in consequence, and the court adjourned over to. the next term. ? The Augusta Loyal Georgian says that there is a "Union Republican Club" in that city, which num? bers four hundred white and sixteen, hundred col? ored voters, and that it intends to rule the city. Foster Blogett, military mayor of the city, is Pres? ident of the Club. It appears to be a secret league. - ? The Governor of Nicaragua has taken meas? ures to open negotiations with the United States, in view of a treaty of amity, commerce,.&c. Com? plaints are made of obstructions in the Rio Sah Juan and Nicaragua rivers, placed there by French and other foreign settlers, .rendering traffic on the rivers dangerous, and in some places impossible. ?- In the case of Lawrence Harl, tried last week in Warsaw, Indiana, for the murder of a boy, a verdict of guilty was rendered on Saturday, mid? night, and a sentence of twenty-one years' impris? onment passed upon him. After his sentence was announced, the prisoner confessed that he killed the child purposely ,* that lie knocked him down with a broom-handle and kicked him in the side until he was dead. * ? Mr. Wm. C. Wylly, one of the oldest citizens of Savannah,' died on the 23d, aged eighty-six years, nine months and twenty-four days. Mr. W. was born in South Carolina, but went to Savannah in infancy, where he remained during his long and useful life. During the war of 1822 he volunteer? ed for the defence of bis flag. For a. quarter of a century or more be was an officer in the Custom House. He lived universally respected, and died regretted. ? Registration has just commenced in Florida. It is said that perfect registration' will be more difficult there than in any other Southern State, owing to the scattering population and the lack of prompt.communication with the various counties. It is estimated at the office of the Superintendent of Registration, at Jacksonville, that there will be between seventeen and twenty thousand voters to register. ? The notorious Jim Thompson, who had been confined in the Springfield (Mo.)'jail, awaiting tri? al for the murder of Hiram Christian, made his escape from that institution on the 4th. The es? cape created great excitement, and the jailor was openly charged with bribery. Thompson was a couple of days afterward arrested by a party of men in Wright county, they having been compelled to shoot him twice before they could capture him His next flight, it is supposed, will be to another world." ? The Shrcvcport Southwestern of the 16th says: It is with unfeigned regret that wc have to an. I nounce the death of Robert R. Pennall, Deputy Sheriff of this parish, at tho hands of a frecdman I called "Cosh." The circumstances attending his death arc as follows: Last Saturday, in an angry conversation between the parties, Cash .gave Pen? nall the lie, whereupon the latter broke a bottle of j bitters over his head. Cash bided his time for re? venge, and late in the day waylade him and shot him in the back. Pennall lingered until Monday night, when he died. Notwithstanding every effort has been made by the civil authorities to capture him, Cash is still at large. -<? j VARIOUS AND RANDOM PARAGRAPHS. ? The Pall Mall Gazette says that the letter of 1 oondolence on the death of the Emperor Maximil? ian, addressed by the Emperor Napoleon to the Emperor of Austria, was to the following effect: "I send you the expression of my condolence on the dreadful news of the death of the Emperor Max? imilian. My grief is the more lively because I feel the responsibility of the painful part I have in this misfortune. But God, who penetrates our hearts, knows that I never had any other object than to extend to those distant places the influence of our ; civilization. In doing this, I have found no nobler or more worthy intercessor than your Majesty's unfortunate brother." ? A distinguished clergyman in Connecticut town recently attended a circus on the same after? noon on which ho had engaged to officiate at a fu? neral, and, watch in hand, enjoyed the evolutions in the ring till compelled reluctantly to leave and fulfill his funeral engagements. He had, says an eye-witness, the sympathy of the entire audience. ? A Radical speaker said at Savannah, on the 4th of July, "The soldiers of the North and the South sleep in a common grave, and our corn and wheat fields will be greatly improved years hence in plowing up their bones, as they are the common dead of a common country." ? The Wheeling Register says: A colored "gen man" who does landscapes in white?with a bucket and a big brush?displays quite a pretty 8ign, not a hundred miles from here: "Professor Johnson, Whitewasher and Carpetshaker." ? The Nation says John Adams onoo remarked to Mr.. Sparks, looking at the portrait of Washing? ton: "That, old wbodenhead got a good deal of his reputation by knowing how to hold his tongue." ? An editor, referring to patent metallic air? tight coffins, eays :? "No porsoh having once tried one of thc80 coffins will ever uso any other." , MtorialPeniim Fifty Stump Speakers in the Field: The paragraph; below appeare as" a. Washington dispatch in Forney's;>Pr??.:, ?-. - - - Tbe Eepublican members of Congress, in an? swer to a call of the Congressional Union Repub? lican Committee, of-.which'.General Morgan'is President, held a meeting to-night in the hafi of the House of Representatives, and"- received' tbe Executive Committee. From the report submitted? by this body, Of which General ?ohenck'tis-eii?ir-; man, it is shown that the'amount of subscriptbo?*' received for the conduct of the Southern[ ^cam? paign is somewhat less than sixteen tbpaeand . dol? lars, over eleven thousand dollars of, wfcYch;,*atr furnished by Congressmen. Thismoney hasbeea expendedin documents and, maintaining speak ing. Under the direction of this committee some . fifty speakers have been sent cut,- and material-.as sistanoe rendered to the several Sute committees of Louisiana, Virginia, Alabama and North and South Carolina, in the support of ?teir own agents. About thirty men of the two hundred who. have been employed by authority of the committee, ore now actively engaged in the work. The necessity j of issuing an address to the. party was urged ' the committee, asking means for a vigorous prose? cution of the campaign, and an appeal made to> each member and friend of the party to assist in the canvass. The meeting was largely attended,; and it was agreed to raise the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, of. which fifteen thousand dol? lars was subscribed before the meeting adjourned. Several members pledged themselves to raise a thousand dollars each.in their districts. The Origin of Cincinnati. ' In Parton'e history of Cincinnati, we find, tho following anecdote of the origin of.that placer "In December, 1788,, fifteen or twenty men floated down the Ohio among the masses of mov? ing ice, and, landing upon the site of Cincinnati,, built cabins, and marked out a town. Matthias Den man, of New Jersey, had bought eight -hun? dred acres of land there, at fifteen pence an .acre, and this party of adventurers planted themselves upon it with his assistance and in his interest. Jersey men and Pennsy Iranians were finding their way down the Ohio, and founding settlements here and.'there, whenever a sufficient number of pion? eers could be gathered to defend themselves against the Indians. . President Washington- sent 3 few companies of troops for their protection, and the great question was where those' troops should be posted. The Major in command was- at first dis? posed to establish them at North Bend ; but while he was scleotihg a place there for. his fort, he fell in with a pair of brilliant buck eyes, the property of one of the settlers' wives. 'He paid such assid? uous court to the lady, that her husband deemed it best to remove his family to another settlement, and pitched upon Cincinnati. The Major then be? gan to donbt whether North Bend "was the proper place for military work, and deemed it best to ex? amine Cincinnati first. ' He' was delighted with,: Cincinnati. He removed t he troopVthither; built a fort, and thus rendered the neighborhood the' safest spot below Pittsburg. This event was d?r~ cisive: Cincinnati took the lead of the Ohio towns, and kept it." The Trae Spirit, We take the following from - a paper in Missis? sippi. It is tbe true'spirit, as he says, and' we could add, as these, boys make crops, though taxed to pay the expenses of the war upon tho South, so should we use the registry and the ballot to. make as good a government' as we'-can-and get Deyocd the reach of congressional dictation: - Soon 'after the close of one of our best classical schools, last spring, two of the pupils, Eddie .Wat? son and Yatcs Freeman, .together with Willis Bowles, son of Major Bowles, of Lafayette,~Cbunlyr entered into an arrangement togo to-Lafayette and cultivate a crop, Major Bowles furnishing the land, etc. We learn that these youths have worked diligently and faithfully, and that their crop prom? ises a rich return for the labor bestowed upon it. These boys though surrounded by the comforts and luxuries of life, were unwilling to spend their time idly, but went to work to make money and lay the foundation of future wealth and honors. Such boys are an honor to their parents and our-city. . There;are a-" .number of .mother boys "and young men in Holly' Spriugs"wh? would hav.e^profitcd.by a like course. If all such, large enough to. plow, had gone on farms and worked industriously as - our young friends mentioned have done, how much better it would have been for themselves, their parents and the community. .Parents are, . in a I great measure, to blame for suffering their chil? dren to spend therr time in idleness, instead ?f putting them to work. Idleness is the pest house from which all tbe vices of youth spring. The Dutch have taken Holland, But the Radicals haven't taken Columbia, says the Orangeburg News. We have been there on a brief visit; and the great Union Republican Con? vention, consisting of forty-nine negroes and six-' teon white men, was in full blast. The notorious C. C. Bowen, having paid his way-out of Castle Pinckney with six hundred dollars, is one of the - "great guns" of that "glorious army of freedom." But there are still in the good old city men.tried and true, who "have not'bowed the knee to Baal," and the proceedings of the Radical conclave are viewed by respcctablo and intelligent people with intense disgust. We will give further information of their sayings r.nd doing next week. Uprated, - MARRIED, on the 18th inst., by Rev. W. D. Beverly, Mr. R. M. Ci.rNicBCAi.Es and Miss Jake E. Fant, all of this village. New Myertisements. TO PLANTERS, MEEOHANTS, AND SPECULATORS. ON and after this day wc will be prepared to make advances on cotton and "all other produce shipped to Geo. W. Williams & Co., Charleston, or Wn liams, Tayiob & Co., New York. Parties wishing advances, will furnish us the railroad receipts for the produce shipped. SHARPS & FANT, July 81, 1867 .7 STATE 0F: SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON DISTRICT* WHEREAS, Jasper Williams and Elizabeth. C. Craig have applied to me for Letters of Adminis, ' trat ion on the Estate of D. J. B. Craig, deceased: These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and .creditors of said .deceas? ed to. be and appear at my office on ^pjaday, 12th day of August, 1867, to. show cause,.if any they can, why said Administration .-.should not be granted. ROBERT JUNK1N, o.a.d. July 31, 1867 7 2