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An Independent Family Journal?Devoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. VOL. 3. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1868. NO. 29 9I| Anderson ?i^lrj ^nfetligcn^r, BY EOYT & WAITEES. TERMS: TWO DOLLARS AND A HALF PEE ANNUM, IX UNITED STATES" Cl'RKKXCY. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements inserted at the rat en of One Dol? lar pet siquarc of twelve lines for the first insert ion and Fifty Cents for euch subsequent insertion. Liberal deductions made 10 those who advertise by the year. , $3?* For announcing a candidate, Five Dollars Jn advance. . A Few Words for Planters, A question of absorbing interest and of fcrreat magnitude is pressing upon the at? tention of planters throughout the cotton States: It- must be met . and decided - within tho next few days. Upon an in * telligerit and practical solution of the dif? ficulty which it involves depends not Only tho future prosperit}- of the planting interests, but also the much more impor-J tant and vital question of tho ability of the -planter to work his lauds and make a bare support for his family. This great issue, which is being pressed homo upon bur- planting friends, is tho question whether they can afford to cultivate cot? ton at the present and prospective prices And this involves another question which is equally important, while it is much inore difficult of satisfactory solution ;? $t is tho inquiry as to what crops shall be raised in lieu of cotton if it should be found ';hat the price of the latter has fal? len below the cost of its production. We do not hesitate to declare what the experience of nineteen-twentieths of our planters proves to be trne, that the price of "upland cotton has fallen much below tue cost of its production. It would be ruinous, nay criminal, folly for our plan? ters to continue its production with the rates of labor and other necessary sup? plies as high as thejr have ruled the past year. This is simply out of the question. But the chief inquiry should be, what prices can be paid for Iabo>' with a fair prospect of making a reasonable profit on the capital and labor employed, with the present, rates for cotton. If it should bo found impossible to allow tho freed men a sum sufficient for his support and that of j his family, to secure for the planter a fair i return for his capital, then necessity will force the cotton planter to abandon the ; cultivation of this crop, and turn his at? tention Co others which may offer to ful? fill the above requirements. Upon the first part of the inquiry we have no hesi? tation in saying that cotton cannot be - raised profitably at ten cents a pound in currency, if the labor which produces it r? paid more than a bare and scant}; sup? port, leaving out of the calculation the teost of providing for the old and diseased ?tho women and children?who do not contribute to its cultivation. An average j of four bales to the hand is a full crop with good scasoiis, and much more than is re? alized on most of the lands in the State. ~ These four hales, if they net ten cents in thnrket, will bring$2??. The cost of pro? ducing them, allowing that corn and for? age will- bo made equal to the a mount con turned, will be $160; as follows:?for provisions and laborers S7U; tools $20, and for rent of twenty-three acres of land We 'believe flic actual cost of produc? tion will be even more than is indicated in the above figures, and wc have made no charge, for overseer's wages, which is I usually estimated at from $15 to S2? per liand. Wc have also omitted, the item of. taxes?Federal, State and county?which ?tlone amounts to a considerable sum. If these figns'cs present a fair exhibit of the cost ot cotton raising, there can he no doubt that a continuation of its cultiva? tion at present prices will very soon bank? rupt all those not already in that condi? tion. Tho only question which admits of argument, is whether the price of cotton will advance sufficiently in the course of the next year to make its production re? munerative. We do not believe that it will. At all events it would be extreme? ly hazardous to plant a cro, with the ex? pectation of making it profitable by the lioped for advance in value. The only Irue basis upon which to predicate a sound and reliable'calculation istbat of the present market price, it is true, cot? ton may advance;?it is equally true that there is no reasonable grounds at the present for the belief that it will. Again, it is argued br some that the present tax of 'i\ cents per lb. will be repealed. We are not of the number who belicvo that there is much probability of such repeal; but even if it should be done, we hardly think that the price realized by the plan? ters will advance to the extent of the tax ihus removed. At.best such a result is extremely doubtful, and ought not to be relied on wit h any degree of certainty. If tho foregoing views are, in t he main, correct, it is quite apparent that planters should not attempt to raiso anything like a full .crop next year. But say some of ?iir planting friends : "what are we to do with our lands and stock if wo cease to grow cotton t we are obliged to do some? thing for a living." To this we reply that, according to our calculations, the Inore cotton you plant, the more labor you employ, the more land you cultivate, will only increase your expenses without adding a single cent to your ability for supporting your families. We would suggest the planting of full crops of gr^in ?corn, wheat, rye and oats?and tho cul? tivation, to a much larger extent than heretofore, of peas, potatoes, turnips, and a'l kinds of provision crops. But no one should attempt to plant larger crops than his corn and provisions on hand will ena? ble him to cultivate without' purchasing at the present high prices. Contract your erops so as to correspond with the 6izo of your corn crib. It is a ruinous thing to buy corn. Be snro that you keep no more work animals than you can feed well without purchasing Northern or Western corn. It will bo much better to permit a portion of your lands to 1{lie out" thati to cultivate them at a cost greater than the value of their productions. If you only plant half of your usual crop, the lands which are left uncultivated will improve in productiveness, and, in that way, by altornatefy cropping and rosting, you may save a largo outlay now made for manures. After making allowanco for a bountiful Bupply of provisions, a few acres might very well be planted in cotton; but iii no event not more than will make enough, with fair seasons, to pay for the hire ot labor. Cotton always commands cash is much easier got to market than grain, and to it we should mainly look Ibr 'the funds necessary to pay for the few labor? ers the cultivation of* provision crops re? quire. Wo believe that, as a general rule, otir planters should not employ more than one-half thc number of hands they had the present year. In some cases even a fewer number would be better. To these not more than one-third of tho present wages ought to be allowed. Wo learn that in Southwestern Georgia, and in Alabama, planters are only giving five dollars per month for hands which last year they gave from fifteen to eighteen. In view of the great fall in thc price of cotton, we beliovc that this is a fair and even a full price. We know that thc planters have this matter of regulating the price of labor in their own hands, li they determine to curtail.the cultivation ot' cotton they can greatly reduce thc number of laborers which tliej* will re? quire. This alono would enable them to dictate prices. The price of labor will be. to come extent, controlled bj- thc demand for it. Last year the supply was hardly equal to thc demand, and Hie price was kept up.so high as to make it utireinunera tive to those who employed it. Wc pre? dict 4hat there will never again he seen in this State the disgraceful scrambling and running after negroes as was witnessed the first of this year. Instead ot capital courting and cajoling labor, it will be in the same condition herc as it is all uvcr thc world?with labor begging and im? ploring for employment. Let thc planter act firmly but kindly toward thc poor negro. He should explain to him the real causes of thc utter prostration of our agricultural interests, and show to him that the cotton planter is not responsible for tho present stale of affairs.. He should cite to him thc unjust exactions of tin Federal Covern incut in levying a tax oqual to one-fourth bf the value of colton in order that tho planter may he punished for participation in tho late war. When the causes of our present stagnation and ruin arc explained, the negro will seo who is his best friend. Ile will then learn why it "is that "old massa'' eau only afford to give him for next year's labor one-third or ohc-half of what he gels thc present ycai*.? Chronicle and &ntind_ 27th ult. A Case or Jkai o sy.?The Selma M< - sanger luis a very amusing account of tuc result of jealousy. A Selma merchant, Smith, whose business occupied thc greater part of his attention, has a wife who sus? pected the causes of his absence from home during thc evening hours. One night, whilst thc husband met with some delay on his way to supper, a telegraphic mes? sage from a correspondent in Montgomery wtis left at home for him, couched tis ibl lows: "Meet Gertrude to-night." Con? trolling her emotions ;vhcn her husband came in, thc sobbing woman laid the dis? patch on his plate. Ile caine in, read it, ?and said bc " would have to go to town titter supper, and might not be back till late ; she need not sit np for him." (!<? hurried through his meal, took Iiis hat ami walked down thc street. Before he had turned thc corner his wilt? was fi Mowing him swiftly and noiselessly. Ile went straight on, she close behind, until he reached the wharf. After an apparent in? spection of thc surrounding's, he entered the office of thc wharf-boat. His wife took a position where she could sec him through the glass door, and waited for the finale? which was e?cpcctcd in thc shape of thc I Gertrude whom her fait hless spouse was to ' meet. Time dragged on heavily, and thc lady became drowsy and at last fell in a doze, from which sh? was aroused by thc shrill whistle of au approaching steamer. Nearer and nearer she came, and as she rounded to, thc name of "Gertrude," in large,.brightly painted letters, met the view of the jealous wife, and a stentorian voice, inquiring if Smith was on hand, completed lier awakening. At a glance the position was realized, and the poor woman could have cried for vexation as she saw her husband and another gentleman hurriedly transacting some business within a few feet of her. At that moment a tips}' negro came stumbling along, and, seeing a woman's dress half hidden among the bales and boxes of mer? chandise, seized her, exclaiming, "come out ?S dar, ole gal.'' Her scream ol ter? ror brought her husband to the scene, whose astonishment may bc imagined. She fell into his arms with a hysterical burst of sobs, and explanations ensued. The party returned to their home in a hack, and somebody's head was on some? body's bosom all the way. Since that time, all that Smith has *,o do to avert a scolding is to insinuate that bc will " meet Gertrude." The Brave Wife of ax Ionoble Ifrs KAxi>.?Some weeks ago Fred Douglas, the famous nigger, made a speech in West Chester, Pennsylvania, to a mob bf blacks and others. Previous to his arrival, Hon. John Hickman, a member elect to the As? sembly, invited the sable orator to make him a visit, and consider his House a horne during his stay, which invitation Fred duly accepted. Hickman at. once put his best chamber in order and made extensive pre? parations for his guest, in spite of all that Iiis wife could do or say. Hut she bided her time. A woman, especially when she is in the right, is never without her resour? ces.- So, when the great Douglas was announced, andj with hat in hand, was making his most elaborate bow, *he met him at the parlor door and peremptorily ordered him out of the house, lie did not "stand upon thc order of his going, but went at once!" Long may Mrs. Hickman rule, the mistress of her house; and, in the , good time coming, when women get their I "rights," may she be sent to the Assembly by the voters of West Chester in the place of her unworthy husband. Bully for Mrs. IJickman !?Soitttern Opinion. - History of the Confederate Tlag. The lowered banner of the .Stars and Bars is furled forever, no longer the gym-1 hol of a struggling people, nor as we had one day hoped to look upon it?the flag of a nation?the Confederate States of Amer? ica?five and independent. But our flag has a history, and the time has conic when to preserve that history from oblivion some record should he made of it. The author of the new design adopted by the Confederate Congress was Major A.B. Bogers, Confederate States Artille? ry, who, while disabled from active ser? vice in the held, devoted some of Iiis leis? ure hours to improve the national emblem. After much attention to the subject, and the laws of heraldry, Major lingers, in January, 1SG5, submitted his design to Congress; and on the 13th of that, month, Mr. Semmes, of Louisiana, submitted the following bill in the Senate: "A MM. TO ESTA1IUS1I THE FLAG OK THE <?() N FE I) E KATE STATES." " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That the flag of the Confederate States shall he as fol? lows : The width two-thirds of its length, with the union (now used as the battle flair) to he in width three-fifths of the width of the flag, and so proportioned as to leave the length of the field on the side of the union twice the width of the field below it; to have the ground red, and a blue saltier thereon, bordered with white and emblazoned with mullets or five pointed stars, corresponding in number to that of the Confederate States; the field to be white except the outer halt from the union to be a red bar extending the width of the flag." Before offering the bill, Mr. Semmes ad? dressed a letter to General Lee, com? manding the army of Northern Virginia, and requested his views on the proposed alteration. General Lee replied that he thought it " very pretty and " that it " certainly added distinctness to the flag;? but, with his usual-modesty, said he mis? trusted his own judgment in such matters, and that the Naval Committee were the proper gentlemen to be consulted. The bill was accordingly referred to the Com? mittee on Naval Affairs, and after various plans had been submitted, and the opin? ions of leading officers of the nav\ ob? tained, said committee unanimously re? commended its adoption. Among the distinguished Confederate officers who approved the design of Major Rogers, and reommeiidcd his proposed al? teration in the national symbol of the' Confederate States, were General J. E. Johnston, General S. Cooper, Lieutenant General Ewell, lieutenant General Long st reel's Inspector General, Major Generals Kitz l.ce, Rossel* and Lomax of cavalry; Brigadier Generals Pendleton and Long of artillery ; Major General ifeth, Major General Smith, Governor of Virginia; Ma? jor Genend Smith, Superintendent of the Virginia .Military Institute; Captain N. W. Barker, Acting Chief of* Signal Bu rea; Captain Wilbonrn, of Signal Corps; Brigadier Genend Wharton Colonel J. S. Mos by, and many other distinguished offi? cers ot the army. As descriptive of the flag, we subjoin some extracts from a letter of Major Ro? gers, addressed to Hon. I'M ward Sparrow, Chairman of the Committee on Naval Al? lairs, Confederate States Senate : "The portion of the Hag proposed tobe changed (?> a red bar is the part, too, most rapidly defaced. It is strongly urged by naval officers of high standing, that our Hag is liable to be mistaken for a flag Ol truce, particularly iu a calm, when it hangs dead against the mast and the union is obscured by the white bunting. When seen at a distance, flags are generally dis? played against the white clouds beyond, and hence want of distinctness is a great defect in the present flag, the union being the only portion seen. "The battle flag selected by General Johnston and recommended by himself and General Beau regard, under which so much blood has been spilled iu our strug? gle for independence, is fully displayed as the union ot the proposed lhig, which can only be done by surrounding it with white, and the white bar, forming the outer half of the field from the union, is suggested as the best design for its im? provement-. I am opposed to a'l stripes, many or few, red or blue. Instead of " the stars sind stripes," let us have ' The Stars and Jiiirs.' The colors of the new flag would be chiefly while and red, with as little as possible of the Yankee blue. "The heraldic significance of these , colors is deemed especially appropriate for the Confederate States?the white (argent) being emblematic of purity and innocence, and the red (gutes) of fortitude aid cour? age. In the adoption of ensigns by vari? ous nations of the world, it is noticed by Captain Hamilton, iu the history of the United States Hag, that they generally imitate the ensigns of the nations from which they sprung. This rule i<complied with in the Hag as proposed, for our peo? ple are chiefly descended from the British and the French, and we get the union and cross of St. Andrew from the former, and the bar from the flag of the latter na? tion, while the idea of having stars to rep? resent the States respectively is taken from the flags of the old Union, mainly founded by our la re fat he is. The new flag is easily made, and is without the completion of any painting which, besides the difficulty of correct execution, soon rots the bunting. The proportions, while most, pleasing to the eye, possess the vir? tue of simplicity?the whit e below and on side of the union being the same width as the red bar. They have been approved by some ot the best artists in the Confed? eracy, and after a careful examination, have been pronounced correct by some of the most experienced officers of the navy, such as Commodore Forrest, Captain Ra? phael Scmmes, Captain 8. S. Lee, Captain Mason and Captain \V. II. Parker, the latter havfng been at the head of the Con? federate States Naval Academy." The bill adopting the new design passed branches of Congress?the Senate unani? mously -and was signed by President Davis, February 2L>d, 1SG5, th?s becoming a law on the birthday of the great Virgin? ian, George Washington,-and the anniver? sary of the day that gave birth to the per? manent government of the Confederate States. All signs, omens and coincidents seemed to foretell the speedy success of the young Confederacy and its new symbol so au? spiciously unfurled, and doomed to be quenched and lost on the night of disaster that came before the ides of April of that same ill-fated year. "Furl that banner, for 'tis wenry, 'Round its slnfF 'tis drooping dreary ; Furl il, fold it, it is best ; For there's not a man lo lave it. In ilie blood that heroes gare it, Aud its fues now scorn aid brave it; r'url it, hide it, let it rest. " Take I lie banner down, 'tis tattered, Broken in its statf, and shattered, And the valiant hosts are scattered, O'er nheni it floated high. Oh 'tis hard for us to fold it, Hard to think there's none to hold it. Hard that those who once unrolled it, Now must furl it with a sigh." Major Rogers, whose name is insepara bly associated with the Confederate flag as its author, is a native of London coun? ty, Virginia. At the inception of the war he raised a company of artillery from his native section, which command was honor? ably mentioned by General Bcauregard in his report ot the first battle of Manassas. He was re-elected Captain, promoted for gallant aud meritorious conduct at the second battle of Manassas, and \va? at? tached to the staff of General Stonewall Jackson. At the battle of Chancellors ville, Major Rogers was among the mem? bers of General Jackson's staff who were struck down with him on the occasion when Jackson received his death-wound. When, in 1865, Major Rogers conceived the new design of the flag, he was station? ed at Chnth'u's Bluff, on the James, in command of that defense. General Lee, in a letter to General S. Cooper, Adjutant General, recommending Major Rogers for post service, because of his wound, thus speaks of him: " He is a gallant officer, and if there is any duty he can perform at the stationary batteries in or around Richmond,or in the camps of instruction, I recommend that he be assigned to it." Thus we have given a brief history ot the Confederate llag, coupling with it the name ot its author, who signalized his taste and genius in the design of a flag intended to symbolize thu noble cause for which the South so gallantly contended.? Southern Opinion. - On Cotton. The National Intelligencer contains tltc following article on cotton : M r. Spragne, of Rhode Island, rarely obtrudes himself upon the Senate; but his remarks of Friday last on the repeal ot the cotton tav, were more weighty and worthy of consideration than nine-tenths of the platitudes which the dominant party in that body prefer to inflict upon the coun? try. He invoked attention to the pros? trate condition of American industry, and more especially of the great staple, cotton, now being destroyed by the unwise legis? lation of Congress. Mr. Spragne is, as all know, a large manufacturer, and he is, also, a large cotton planter. He ought, therefore, to be master of his subject. A statement from him, that the British man? ufacturers were now able, by their skillful lahor and machinery, to produce from the short, dry and once despised staple of India cotton a product equal to that obtained by us from the American staple, must have been startling to hearers unwilling to learn any other lesson than that of an insensate hate. Mr. Spragne told them that he feared they had lost this great interest forever; that the control of the question had passed from their hands. He even feared the competition of India cotton in American markets. As for Sea Island cotton, he believed that in two years it would only be produced as a rare plant in some gentleman's garden. At this day Egyptian cotton was used in seven-eighths of the articles in which Sea Island cotton was formerly employed. The plantations of the South were not worth the twentieth part of what they were before the war. After these statements, Mr. Spragne might as well assert that while England con? quered territory for the purpose of pro? ducing cotton, the dominant party had conquered territory merely to destroy it. Such is the expose of a practical man and a representative of the industrial in? terest of the country on the floor of the Senate. If it had been made ill a British House of Commons, or had been delivered even a few years ago in the American Sen? ate, such an appeal would have excited profound attention. But what is the destruction of a great national industry to the Radical party immersed in schemes of President making? Their cry is, perish commerce, perish manufactures, perish cotton, perish the poor negro, who depends on this last industry for his daily bread, rather than sacrilice on jot or tittle of the revenge by which this party proposes to perpetuate it p power. But while these truths may fall on closed ears in the Sen? ate, they will not pass unheeded by the great business ami mercantile elasses of the country. These, and all thinking and patriotic men will inquire what party is responsible for this state of things, and they will see that the. expulsion of these bad men from power is the first step to? wards relieving the public distress. General Grant the Father of Reconstruction Scheme. This assertion may surprise our rem as the fact certainly surprises us; but nevertheless, a fact. The evidence i has just been furnished by General G himself. Amono; thc papers which General G sent to the House of Representative! Tuesday, according to the telegraph, the following recommendation, heine endorsement on a letter ot General SI dan 's : Respectfully forwarded to the Sccre War. Attention is invited to that portioi the within communication which refer the condition of the Union men and fri men in Texas, and to the powerlessnes the military in thc present state of ail to afford them protection. Even the feet of the presence of the troops is p ing away. A few days ago a squad soldiers on duty was fired on by e:tb in Brownsville. In my opinion, the gi number of murders of Union and th men in Texas (which are not only uri] ?shed but uninvestigatcd) constitutes p tieally a state of insurrection ; and, lieving it to be the province and dut} every good government to afford pro tion to the lives, liberty, and propert) her citizens, I would recommend the claratiou ot martial law in Texas. To secure these the necessity for govi ing any portion of our territory by n tial law is to be deplored. If resorted it should bc limited in its authority, ; should leave all local authorities ami c tribunals tree and unobstructed until t! prove recreant to their duties. Mar law would give security, or coniparativ so, to all classes of citizens, without gard to race, color, or political opink and should bc continued until socictj capable of protecting itself, or until State is restored to its full relation to Union. The appl?cation of martial Ism one of these States would be a warniiu all, and, if necessary, can bc extended others. Signed, IT. S. Guaxi January 29, 1SG7. This recommendation, be it observ was made on the 29th of January in current year. It embraces five lead points. 1. The assumption that no a quate protection for life or property e ted in Texas. 2. Thc averment thal was necessary that peace and good or should bc enforced in Texas until a lo and republican otate government could legally established. :J. The advice t until then Texas should be made subj to thc military authority of the Unii States. 4. The suggestion that it nm become proper likewise to subject all I rest of thc so-called rebel States to f same authority. 5. The necessary imj cation that no legal State government i isted in any of those States. Such are t views which General Giant officially co municated to the Secretary ol War ont 20th day of January in this year. Ma the sequel. On the Otb of February, only a we afterwards, Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, fro thc Joint Committee on Keconstructic reported a reconstruction bill, which, aft some modification, was passed ou the ! of March over the President's veto. Tl is thc fundamental act of the rcconstn tion scheme ; and, for the purpose of ci: hiing our readers to compare the scheu with what General Grant had reconnue ded a month before the act was adopte we here give the preamble and the iii section of the act : Whereas, No legal State govcrnnicn or adequate protection for life or proper now exist in thc rebel States ot Yirgini North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgi .Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florid Texas and Arkansas; and whereas, it necessary that peace and good ordcrshou be enforced in said States until loyal ai republican State governments can be 1 gally established: Therefore, lie it enacted by thc Senate and House <. Repr?sentatives of the United States < America, in Congress asscndilcd, That sai rebel States shall be divided into militar districts and made subject to militar authority ot the United States as h?reii after prescribed, and for that purpose Vii ginia shall constitute the first district North Carolina and South Carolina th second district ; Georgia, Alabama an Florida the third district; Mississippi an Arkansas the fourth district; and Louis ana and Texas tho fifth district. Herein is embodied every one of th points embraced in General Grant's rc commendation; and no other point. Th act is a mere embodiment of' the view which General Grant a month before ha? communicated to thc Secretary of Wai If any reader doubts this, let him careful ly compare the two. It is a case of sim pl inspection. And there never was a plain erotic! Thc identity is manifest. It i complete. No discerning man can com pare the reconstruction act with Genera Grant's previous recommendation to Soc rotary Stanton, and honestly deny that thc act is merely a legislative elaboration of the recommendation. General G rani undeniably stands confessed as tho father of the reconstruction scheme. On this development comment is nunc ccssary. Thc development speaks for it? self. General Grant belongs to the radi? cals. Their title to him is clear and un? questionable. Let them take him. They arc welcome to him. Among the letters which accompany thc extraordinary endorse? ment under notice, wc observe, is one in which General Grant undertook to set be? fore the President the awful consequences of removing Sheridan and otanton, or either of them; The letter and the en? dorsement together very effectually put an end lo General Grant's political impor? tance. The one shows that his political principles arc utterly unsound; and the other shows that he is as dcGcieut in po Hie Intelligencer Job Office? Having recently mn<Je considerable ndJiiibnii his departtucul, we are prepared lo exeeulo IfDLB WmE m. A2j? MfflM In (he neatest stylo mm on Hie most reasonable terms. Legal Blanks, liill Munds, Posters, I'm-Us, Elandbills, Pamphlets, Labels, and in fact every style of work usually doao in a country Printtug Onicc. In all cases, tlic money will lie required upon delivery of the work. Orders, accompanied1 with the cash, will receive prompt attention. litical sense as he is in political soundness. We for some time have suspected as much. The fact is, the truth concerning (-'em Grant has been too long unspoken." He is a stupendous humbug. And the sooner the Conservatives recognize the fact, aud act upon it, the belter for themselves aud for the country. Any furl her persistence" in the opposite course would be suicidal stupidity. If we are going to dice with the Radi? cals, let us uot load their die. Let ua rather take out the load whkh, by some inexplicable fatuity, we have already put in it. For our own part, we confess that we are more disgusted with Gen. Grant than we have ever been before with any" public man of any party. There is a meanness in his mousing for the Presiden? cy which is inexpressibly sickening.? Louisville Journal. -1> The Convention Ordered. . The following order has been issued froilf the Headquarters of this Military Districts General Orders Ko. 1G0. At the election held irf the State of South Carolina, on the 19th and 20th days of November, pursuant to General Orders No. 00, from these Headquarters, dated October 10, IHU7, a majority of the regis? tered voters of the said State having voted on the question of holding a convention^ and a majority of the votes cast being tri favor of holding such convention, the dele? gates elected thereto, and hereinafter named, are hereby notified, in conformity with the provisions of the fourth section of the act of Congress of March 23, lS67f to assemble in convention in the City of Charleston, South Carolina, at noon on Tuesday, the 14th day of January, 1868^ for the purpose of framing a constitution and civil government according to the provisions of the aforesaid act of the 23d day of March, 1SG7, aud of the act of the 2d day of March, 18U7, to which it is sup? plementary. DELEGATES .* , Abbeville?Hutson J. Lomax, Nelson Joiner, John A. Hunter, Bailey Milford, Thomas Williamson. Anderson?William Perry, Dr. N. Jt Newel, Samuel Johnson. Barnicell?Charles P. Leslie, Niles G, Parker, James N. Hayne, Julius Mayer, Charles D. Hayne, Abraham Middlcton. Berkeley?Joseph II. Jenks, W. H. \V. Gray, Geo. Lee, A. C. Richmond, Di H. Chamberlain, William Jorvey, Timothy Hurley, M. F. Becker; Benjamin Byas. Beaufort?Frauds E. Wilder, James Di Bell, Robert Smalls, J. J: Wright,- .Ii. G: Holmes, W. J. Whippier, L. S. Langoly. Charleston?A. G. Mackey, F. A. Sawy? er, A. J. Ransicr. Win. McKinlay, Robt. C. Delarge, Francis L. Carzoda, Gilbert Pillsbury, C. C. Bowen, Richard H. Cain; Chester?S. Sanders, P. Alexauder, B; Burton. Clarendon?Elias Dickson, Win. Nelson. Colle'on?Win. M. Thomas, J. K. Terry, Win. Dnftie, W. M. Viney, Jesse S. Craig. Chesterfield?R. J. Donaldson, II. L. Shrewsbury, Isaac Biokenton, Richard Hum bird. ... Edgefidd^-Tl. B. Elliott, George DeMed dis, John Wooley, Prince R. Rivers, John Bouum. David Harris, Frank Arnaiui. Fairficld?Henry Jacobs, James 31: Rut? land, H. D. Edwards. Georgetown?Franklin P. Miller, Henry W. Webb, Joseph II. Rainey. (ri-eenville?Win. B. Jolmsoa, James M.? Allen, James M. Runion, Wilson Cook. Horry?Stephen II. Thompson, Henry Jones. Kershaw?J. K. Jillson, S. G. Dill, John A. Chestnut. Lexington?Lemuel Boozer, S. Corley. Jjaneaster?Albei t Clinton. Chas. Jones. Laurence?Nelson Davis, Joscph Crews, Harry McDaniels, Y. J. P. Owens. Marlboro''?Calvin Stubbs, Geo Jacksoa. Marion?Wm. S. Collins, II. E. Ilaynes, Bcnj. A. Tompson, J. W. Johnson. ?cicberry?Lee Nance, B. Odell Duncan^ James Henderson. Orangeburg?F. J. Cain, E. W. M. Mae'fc ev, Bcnj. F. Randolph, T. K. Sasportas, W. J. McKinley. Richens?Alexander Bryce, M. Mauldin, Dr. L. B. Johnson. . ., Richland? Wm. B. Nash, Chas. M. Wil? der, Sam'l B. Thompson, Thos. J Robert? son. Spartanbvrg?John S. Gentry, J. P. F. Camp, Rice Foster, Coy Wingo. Sunder?T. J. Cogblan, Yv. Johnson, Samuel Lee, F. J. Moses Jr. l'n ion?Abrain Dogan, Samuel Nuckles,: Jas. II. Coss. Williamsburg?C. M. Olsen, S. A. Swalls, William Darrington. York?W. E.vKose, Dr. J. C. Neaglo, J. II. White, John W. Mead. An Ixi>i-.rKNi)e.\t Family.?Tho Cam den Journal says: A friend of ours, with whom wo spent a couple of nights a few weeks ago, with the aid of Ids two sons, one scarcely large enough to plough, made this year three bales of cotton, upwards of four hundred bushels of corn, one hundred bushels of peas, two hundred bushels of sweet pota? toes, besides Irish potatoes, pinders Jbc, and had thirteen hogs ready for the knife$ which would nett him 2,000 to 2,300 pounds ot pork, with Hour enough to serve him until harvesting his next crop of wheat, of which he has planted largely. His crop Was all harvested and housed, his lots and, stables well filled with litter, and the boys' were taking holiday after their year's work. His wife and one daughter, attend to all the household and domestic affairs, and clothe (handsomely) the family, consisting I of eight, from wool raised on the planta? tion. Oxir friend liveB in the "Sand Hills," ' and plants sandy land, but since "free-' j donij'' has adopted the system of planting I the richest portions, leaving the other td j rest and recuperate. Is such a family de ' pendent upon Cully ?