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THE CHARLESTON DM IWS, G. B? CATHCABT. EDITOH CATHCART, MoMILLAN & MORTON, PROPRIETORS, No. 18 HAYNE STREET. OITY PRINTERS. TERMS CASH. SUBSCRIPTION D AIL Y- TWELVE MONTHS.310.00 I'AIL Y-SIX MONTHS. Mt DAULY-THRE?"M0NTH3.. ??50 ->INGLE COPIES.S cent? Io NEWS DEALERS_.3 cents MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1S67. Y?CSTKRDAY. "How beautiful, " I heard one say, "How bright the morn lug's golden light I" Ah. mel I could not see the day, Over my rath still hung the righi The muslo sweet of bee and bird, Tl at ever seemed of Joy to tell, Within my heart no gladness stirred I only heurd thy last Are well Along the garden walk I strayed. And twined trash roses in my hair. But on my lonely spirit laid lore's perfumed garland fading there. With marry tones gay maidens came. And bade me join their songs and glee; I could but murmur ?hy dear name, I only yearned to be with thee. And softly on the summer air Came the sweet chimes at eventide. Like sflver bells calling to prayer; Yet thoa returnee not to my aide. O Ufo! what evanescent dreams Are traced on thy unfolding acron; Unveil, dear Lord, those brighter scenes. Whose changeless years shall ever roll. TUB SITUATION. LETTES FROM HON. W. H. TRE8COTT. [From the Anderten Intelligencer.) HAZLEWOOD (NEUS PENDLETON), 1 August 1. 1867. ) Fellow Cit?mt : The relation which, as your Represen? tative I have held toward you during the last few event? ful vean, has now been dissolved by no act of yours or mjm? There is no langer a State Legislature in which I could represent you, and even if there were, I am, as you know, one of those who, by the Reconstruction Act, sn prohibited from voting or holding office in the state, or in the United States. Of this I do not complain. I am sun that tf those who are situated like myself could only feel that their disfranchisement would purchase the restoration of your rights, they would cheerfully accept ajaatti exchmon from political privilege, and would find tn your peace and prosperity ample compensation for tbs honors and offices to which they are forbidden to ^Nim aware that it has been stud io a very ungenerous spirit that those who an disfranchised an actuated hi their adrice now by the desire of conciliating the favor of the Federal Government, and thus recommending themselves toa Badical Congress as flt persons to bo re? lieved from their political disability. But surely it re qai-B? only ordinary intelligence to perceive thai such a course an the part of one ambitions of future public honor in South Carolina is fatal te well aa foolish. What? ever Such a maa may hope must come from you. and tho mercy of tba Government which made him an exception to his fellow-citizens would be more fatal than Us wrath to his influence and reputation, laois ted from the sym paJhy of his own people, separated from the honorable ?wontaHon of those with whom he hau sacrificed and emtfered. tho disability from which he would be relieved Ja m?aam to that completer and immovable disability which would bo registered in the hearte of his indignant countrymen. But the men who have been disfranchised, sn not obscure men. You. know thew, you have known them far marry years. Through the long period of your trial, to them you entrusted your honor in the Held and yoor Interests tn the council. For you they mei danger and death, imprisonment and poverty. Their Aun? hangs likes trophy over the graves of your ctul drem and their words an recorded in history as your ilmliminn to poetad y. If you believe that such men caa betray th? honor of South Carolina; can soil their plaee in the affections of the State for the poor privl eg e of votes or honors, which will bs s reproach to their names fa? var ; if, at the gravatt crisis of our fate, we esa taget SO an hare done and suffered toge tn er, and break our own eoonsel with angry crimmattsa, lt is not worth while to di ?rues our future. Oar failure bas, i n deed, become ignominious, and it matters little who - i the degradation pf this once famous Oommon I know that you shrink, with a very natural aversion, fnma renewed participation in "polities." Disheart? ened by the past, snbaiTaasell and disgusted with tho present, yon an tempted to stand apart, and let the fu? sa? tike cen of Itself. The necessities of daffy life pree# hardly upon you, sod yon have scarcely the time or temper to meet promptly and resolutely the difficul? ties which surround you. But this ts not a question of j "pchtica. " It ls s question of lite and death, of home or exila. It wi*, not be one month after the adjourn? ment of the Conven lion, aeon to assemble, before you will itel the consequences of Its action in your courts ? ?nd in your churches, in your schools and at your fire- [ .Bsc, tn your taxes and upon your labor. What sort of | society that is to be, in which tor the future you will live, move, and have your being, depends upon the Con? stitution which that Conyenuon will tra*** It may be rerypsmloL lt nay reese thc heart sick and the head waar/ to Join snob work, bat at such s crisis the only auestion with every man ought to be what ls his duty te ?Baw to his children, to bia State T For the purpose of the argument which I wish toad iTrass jrm, only a very brief reference to the past ia ne- j ' 10*1800 th? State of Sooth Caroline severed her conneo-1 ?sa with tba United States, joined the other Southern States in establishing a new and Independent Govern? ment, ?nd te tour yean maintained that independence bates the world. At the end of these four years our ar? mies wen disbanded, oar treasury empty, our people ex? hausted. With the surrender of General Lee, the Con? federacy, of which wa formad a uart, ceased to exist Nothing remained but the States of which it had been ti **? and they were occupied and held by the min tary toro? of tho victorious United States Government Tba saoat ardent aeceesicmist, who claimed for tba State 'the righi to withdraw from the Union of her own tree will and accord never pretended the same right to return; and six weeks alter the surrender, then was soc anywhere within the former ter? ritory of tba Confederacy, either abll'ty or intention to - leaiat the power of the United States. The question thon, whiaJ?Immediately arose, was, were the seceded States to be restored to the Union? if so, upon what terms, and by whom were those terms to be prescribed ? If, at ?hat time, th? Government of the United States had dis? tinctly declared its tarma of re-admission, they would have been fulfilled without question, bot, unfortunately aar as, the Executive and Legislative branches of that Government differed, both as. to their jurisdiction, and aa to the mode of reconstruction, 'J his difference ex? cited a political ooo test which lasted two years, daring which we were not only excluded from the Union, but held ta s most painful and anomalous condition. The contest waa terminated ta 1807, by the passage of the Reconstruction Act Thia Act waa vetoed by the Pres,, dan* bat pasar i by the requisite constitutional majority over his veto, and became, thereby, as much a law aa lilt bad passed with his approvaL its constitutionality was testad baton the gapnaaa Court and that tribunal de? clined to Interfere with tts erottntkni. The Pr?sident . made the appoim mente it required, and put it Into active tee?, giving to its provisions, under the opinion of th? Attorney-General, a construction favorablo to the exist? ing State governments. Congress re-assembled, passed an act forbidding thia executive construction, and taking tba admis Isl rartrm of toe law away from the President and be? while protesting against the military despotism which lt creates, declares that for the present that law cannot be constitutionally repealed, that despotism can? not be removed or controlled. Today, therefore, the Beauialruction Act stands unimpeachable upon the Statuta Book, and what ia more, without po wer anywhere cf interference with its execution. That Act dealares the 8tste of South Carolina to bo a part of a Military District its local government to be iBegal and void, its State officers to be the mere agents of the Military Commander, and it then directs that ??awi L To hare made a registry of all the male inhabitants, without distinction of color, who an twenty one years of age, and hare resided for twelve months within the State. It than makes ah these registered inhabitants voters of the State, excluding from the right of registry an4, suffrage all those citizens who have held certain apedflart. educes, taken the requisite official oath, and ?ilsa ward participated ta the rebellion. X Having completed thia registry, he te instructed to ora er an election tor a Convention of the people of the Statt; and to appoint time and place for its assembling. But at toto election the roten have the right to vote for or against a Convention, and, of ooaree, if the majority Toto against a Convention, none will be held. TBS point to which I would first draw your attention is, that tb? Reconstruction Act is a law, not an agree? ment a law mad? for you, not an agreement made with aArd that to talk about accepting "terms, ' as if the waa negotiating with the Federal Government, is simply absurd. Tea might as weU talk of accepting the Military Commander. The law directa a registry to bo made. You can obey or disobey this law as you can any other, and if you prefer the penalty of not voting rather than register, yon can pay the penalty, but the law stands whether you obey lt or not In plain words, the Government of the United States, having taken military possession Of South Carolina, ba. paused a law creating the rOtan of the State, ordering a registry of those vo? tera, and appointing aa election, at which they shall de? cide whether they wish or do not wish a Convention, to ?aka nob steps as win give them ftU representation ta tfee Union. The practical question then submitted to ?on by the Act ls, Convention or no Convention ; ana that question, toe Act itself gives you right and power to decide. Ir yon desire to vote against a Convention, roa wlD, of course, register. If you wish to vote for a Convention you wilt equally register, and endeavor to sec uro the election of proper and competent iii Iras fr* lslt. toen, the policy of the State to rote for a Conven? tion*1 Yon hare been advised by very high authority ajkj? ti ia not Governor Perry, whose position and character entitle him to your respect, has, in a series of letter? addressed to the roten of the btate, advised you to nguter, secure your right to vote, and then to vote ; a Convention. However honestly intended and . jly airen, I believe this advice not only injudl ', but disastrous, and aa the most convenient way of Q*?ate*?Bg the whole subject, I will review the argument he has submitted to you. I will endeavor to state his po ritiona fairly. He advises you to vote against a Conven? tion ter three reasons : L Beoaoae yon have already done all that was required of you by the President and hare not been restored to tb? Union, and you hare no reason to believe that further trPTTM*"<w> the requisitions of Congress wiU be ' soy more successful 3. Because, ff you refuse to call a Convention, the pre? sent military government will be continued, and that government ia better than any which the Convention wouXt frame. 3. T?at if rou eal] a Convention, yon wffl have to re? cognize the principle af universal suffrage; that this principia W*B place the control of the State in the hands of the liantfi***1 majority, which ls colored, and that Sj legislation m the State will. In consequence, be used the injury and degradation of the white citizens, who an a helpless minority. Lat us examina them, and first: That we hare already done all that was required by the President, and hare not bean restored to the Union. This is unquestionably true. We obeyed the President's Provisional Governor, elected a Convention as he directed, abolished slavery, rescinded the ordinance of secession, and by a vote of | the Legislature adopted the first constitutional am end meat thxt waa submitted to ud. But surely there ls a rory simple creation tobe answered before we can claim tb* bet act of thia action. By what authority did the Tra.ld.iit call upon aa to do these things, and what power had he to guarantee oar restoration if we com? plied? Nobody denies that after the aurrender tome ac Atoa waa aaeaaaata on the part of the United States to i aston tba steaded States to the Union. Who was au touted to represent the United States for thatpnr You recollect that'President Lincoln undertook to *?."??" ^V****?1 -a ?eoamber, 1863, by a Proclams W*J* iftrWB deohujrthstlrhew^in anyoftae iSSfS? Sas?* 2 ^tohabitante, who were lawful rota? to 186ft should re-establish a loyal Slate ayrtramnni, oraxmlymg with certain conditions, that roch State should be restored io the Union rosen tatton. Congress refused tosanotioi and you cannot have forgotten the scorn w "Executive pretension" iras received ti South. Now, in 1866, tho only difference in of things was, that tho United States held session of the States which, at the date coin's proclamation, had not been ov must, therefore, on this question of tion, take one of thrre positions, either sustain the proclamations of pr com and Jo'maon upon tire same grou the President of the United States ha without reference td Congress or to us, to terms of readmission for the South, am that at any time after the proclamation of ll of tho people of South Carolina could have a loyal State Government, restored the Union, and made rebels and traitors ot th community. Or we must assumo that th tain relations kherent to our character States which entitled us to resume our Union. And then the President's schemo o rion disturbed these relations, and rights as openly and recklessly as t ?ional Act of reconstruction. For tho chises certain citizens ; the proclama ti same by confining the privilege of voting tion of the people of said State who a: no others." The Act calls a Convention slightest reference to the requirements of tl stitution for the assembling of such a boc Lunation did the same thing. Tho Act decli Government illegal and void; the Proclama that "the rebellion" had "deprived tbe peopj of South Carolina ol all civil government, pilots a Military Commander, and tho PK the President, as Commander-in-Chief, app< visional Governor, and, as far as tho Constil State of South Carolina is concerned, there : of Gov. Perry, while officiating as Provision that is more lawful or regular than an order of And further, upon this assumption lt is im ix any sound ground ol constitutional interpret whence the President derived his right i ..terms" on behalf of the United States, or . visional Governor, appointed by the Pres! Convention, irregularly and unlawfully conv their authority to accept them on behalf ot tl finally, we moat assume that the President sion of the a ou them states as conquered te which bo exercised the p - wer of Commando the army and navy. And this is tho ground the President did place his proclamation, he says, "the President of the United state Constitution, made the Commander-in-Chief and navy, os well as chief executive ofilcor ol ; States." "Whereas, the rebellion which has 1 I Aa, Ac., but whose organized and armed now been almost entirely overcome, has, : lutionary progress, deprived the people of South Carolina of all civil government; and becomes necessary and proper to carry out i the obligations of the United States to th South Carolina, in securing them the enjoyin publican form of government," Ac, Ac. T tion of the President was the action of mfliti ty-wise and judicious it may be, necessary a by the exigency, but which could establish no political relations with the United States until confirmed by the law-making power them that Congress could have confirmed the Pre tion, and it would have been eatiinently wit done so; but they did not, and would not, anti dent's action was, therefore, only an effort fo which he deserves all honor, but which coule bly give us a right to claim readmission. Now, th? Reconstruction Act does give us, I Its provisions may be harsh, but once corni our right is established by the law of tho lan terminated the contest between the conflict,, of tue Executive ana Legislativo departme government ; it has been passed with the constitutional forms ; i: has stood the test ta tical purposes of examination before the Suprc and it is now in active, unchecked, lawful To say that because we have not been admit fore we will not be, is to to-get that the whol at issue has been-who has the right to adm upon what terms, and that this question is settled by the passage of the Act itseli. represents the sense ot the Northern it passed Congress after prolonged discussion, large and decided vote. In a special se.-sio i > the expr?s purpose, lt has been- reconsid?r?e affirmed. The leaders ot thc (Republican pa: man, Fessenden, Wilson, Fr?nnghuysen, ? ' most influential of the Republican press, have that it was meant to be,and would be, treated ai I In the two year? of angry s true, the necessity o f ration of the Southern States to their na ural the .Union has been foran,; itself upon all the i teres ts of the country. Considerations of foreij ss domestic policy urge the healing of our inte aions, and reasoning, as mes must do, upon tl bili tie* before us, there is no Just ground for that, if its provisions are complied with, it will and promptly executed. But suppose it is not this a practical ques ion well worth your consic If there is stall in Congress a malignant wilL ai that will a power to deny you the poor benefits this Act, what further oppression will not that that power make your refusal to obey an excus petratingt 2. The next reason given why you shoul I vet a Convention is that if you rerose to call a Cc the present military government will be conthj that government lb hcrtar than any which the bon would frame. Now, in the first place, what possible assurai you that if you reject a Convention, the present government ?viii be c^ntinuud T Are not all th bili nee the other way? It Ls fairly to be prc sur when the Reconstruction Act was passed it was those who passed it wished the restoration of til on these terms, and in this way, and believed people cf the seceding State* would use the meal the act provided for thia purpose. Ii you rt Convention, it will be in order to defeat the pur the act. ls it at all likely that those who irani ec without reference to your withes, wiU allow you fer the purpose of defeating their ends? refuse to vote for a Convention, are there m in the State to whom Congress could, by a now L the exclusive right to vote, and who would very call a Convention ? Suppose a new law, whict extend tho dis franc hisoment to "all who parti oi| the rebellion," and where would the white voti State be? The United States Government hs call a Convention, frame your own Constitutli vided if be Republican, Insert certain provisions we thine the late civil war renders nocessi the future quiet of tho country, and com to your old places in tho Union. You rei we will haye no Convention, no dictated constitu? will not come back to the Union on your terme not Congress say-very wei J ; if you will not cou freely, you can be brought hack forcibly. A t government is a costly experiment at beet ; give p the freedmen, and they will soon place the State i relations with the Union. And when you luve r this plan pf reconstruction, you will find, too lal ybu have m?sundersto?d the temper and underra! power of those who offered it You V**ow that t publican party was divided on this t rey meason the more violent and extreme wish, and still w pursue s harsher course. Will not your rejection plan N> s reckless defiance, which will strengthen who wish td compass ypur utter destruction ? But suppose ii** 7?** lejection of the Conven not followed bv any such vmdictlvs legislation-th present military government is retained. What ba gained? What ls thin military government, which much better than any you can frame, but the arme resen tative of the very power you wish to defeat? reasonable to suppose that when you reject a Cou vc tor the express purpose of avoiding the consequon the Reconstruction Act, that the military commai who ls tho creature of the Act itself-who exists sol execute lt-who is part of the Government who ha posed lt on you-either can or w?l join you in cai out your purpose? This is no matter of argumen of experience. You know already wh?t thjfl militarj eminent ls; sud what is there that tue Convention ci except restore yon to the Union, which it cannot an not do-nay which it has not done. The Act, by expr?s vision, has conferred upon the freedman the p ri vi lc suffrage, which neither you nor the military corn mi can take away; and within the last few months tl den issuing from military headquarters haye, lu a patton of the Convention, declared that tho colored is entitled, as sn equal of any other citizen, to Uk licenses, ride in public conveyances, sit on Juries hold offices. Indeed, in the very last order appoii Registers, he has been put in office. Does it need i ment to convince you that this military govern] must be and ls simply an absolute p .wer, irrespon to you, and bound, by the very law which created : do for th 'j negro all that yon will not do, or that yo fuse to call a Convention, for fear that tho Constat'. will do for him? And this brings me to the third reason urged agi the vote tor the Convention-that if you do call a i vention you will have to recognize and incorporate your State Constitution the principle of universal frage--that this principle will place the control of State in the hands of tho numerical majority, whic colored, and that the legislation of the State will, in i sequence, be used to tie injury and degradation of white citizens, who area helpless minority. The first and moat practical reply to this argumen that if it is so, you cannot prevent a Convention. 1 numerical majority wt ich you fear will either oxer its power and call a Convention against your wist and in spite ot your votes, or if you have influe with lt to divide it, then it is obvious that same influence which could Induce them to wi th y ou to prevent a Convention would induce then act with you in the Convention when called. An org lzed opposition, therefore, against the Convention is s pry resistance to the action of Congress, and the exe mont of . fatal antagonism between the races, withot single advantage in the contest you will thus inaugure But what is the real danger before you ? Let ns loo! fully in the face. It is true, that if a Con ven tioi called, one of the conditions imposed is that the Con tatton which it frame: shall Include a provision for n voisal suffrage. It ls true, also, I think, that uni vcr suffrage is a great misfortune, that tuc privilege of voti is not only a privilege, but a very itwponsible du which no one, white or black, should be permitted share who is not qualif .ed by character und intelligence exercise it wisely and conscientiously. This high right of citizenship has been given to a large portion the population of the Stat?, who ara not flt for it, bj power which you cannot resist, and which does not : tend to be resisted. No action of yours in voting agaii a Convention can deprive them of it I assume, upon the general statement, although doubt its correctness, that there are in South euroli about sixty thousand bin ck votes, to about forty thc sand white ones. But this black voto is not and cann be node a combined majority, except lu coses of age eral popular election. > or delegates to the Convernie for representatives to the Legislature, it cannot act t gether. The disparity lu numbers is local. For exai pie. if there is a majority of five thousard negro vote in Beaufort or Georgetown District, tho majo.-ty of tl whole vote is so much diminished in th; rest of tl State, and can count in such election no moro than majority of five, for it can only- secure tho i tura of members from its own district. In fae this disparity exists chiefly in the low countr In your owu district, and those adjoining it, ti negro vote is in a vcr ir arked minority, even if it set t an unit If, then, the antagonism was all that is repr sflnted by the most apprehensive, you, tho white men i the upper-country, cannot be deprived without your ow neglect, of your talr representation in the Convenci? and the Legislature. But, what, in fact, to day, is this antagonism bctwee these two classes of voters ? Not what it may bc mad o but what is it In the opinion of practical men who po1 em their every day action by their every day experience lt is certainly not an exaggerated calculation to suppos that of this sixty thousand, at least forty thousand ar engaged in the work ->f agriculture, in daily communie! tion with you, depena,ng upon your capital and thrii for profitable employment, utterly ignorant and u tieri indifferent au to political questions whici they do not understand. If you are jus in your dealings with these, have you any doubt of you influence? Eas there ever been a time anywhere"over tho most troubled, in which finally brains and capacit1 have not governed ? You know th se people. Fort wc centuries you have held them ss slaves; wore they no dodie, affectionate, trustworthy? During the war, whei in many sections of this State there wero not at home white men enough to do patrol duly, andwhon the] knew, as well as yon did, that their freedom depended on your failure, were they less industrious, less faithful tc all that was yours ? You have seen them now for two years in possession of their freedom-hos there been vio? lence or riot ? As a gene* il rule, has there been oven in? solence? They refoic id n their freedom. Was it not natural ? At first they ix. cm ed like children, to think that their new life was to be a perpetual holiday; but the crop of last year was some evidence of their industry, and thc universal testimony is that they are working this year a hundred per cent better. I know there are portions of the State in which tho persistent mischief of very foolish or very wicked men have demoralized them, and that among themselves mere are not a few who have had excit? ed a dangerous and very preposterous ambition. Bat, taking them in the mass, I see nothing to cause you to fear that, with the land of the State in your possession, with the capital of the State in your hunde-with the education and intellect of the State in your service, you need lose tho influence which naturally belongs to you. I do not mean to say that your position ls without difilculty. The position in which tho State is placed is an unaccustomed one to both white and black, and it will take time and good temper on both sides to adjust the sew relations harmoniously. On the one side there will be the old prejudices, inveterate hi bl ts, rooted opin? ions to be overcome. On the other, there will be suspi? cion and as angry exactingness of extravagant preten? sions. In the Convention itself you may bo obliged to iee much done that you disapprove, and much left un Sono that yon think the Interest of the State requires. Miserable men will bring their baseness to market, and, ? until their quality ia known, may succeed in driving a fraudulent bargain to the danger and disgrace of their State. But this will not last You are not ac ting for six months, or a year-you aro preparing the future of your State-not less your State to-day, because ahe no longer owns four hundred thousand slaves. You noed neither fear the negro or flatter him; but you must do him justice. Not simply the justice be? tween man and man, but tho higher justice between citizen and citizen. The rights and privileges which have been given him, he will use. If. ho becomes an. industrious, educated and con? scientious citizen, so much tho better for you and the State. If be is ignorant, and insolent, and vicious, you must realize that he is to be checked and controlled, just cs ignorant, and insolent, and vicious white men aro controlled. Do not suffer yourselves to be frightened with tho delusiou that these rights and privileges will moko him the controlling element of the political and social life of any State on this continent Tho history of your race, since history has been written, ought to cure that fear. Whatever capacity ho manifests to-day for the exercise of those rights, whether in your interest or against, he owes to his association of two centuries with you, and that association will retain ita influence if you will use it as an influence, and not as a men? ace. What you have to fear is that the negro will mistrust you, and that a foreign and hostile influ? ence will be brought to bear against your common inter? est. To vote against a Convention is the surest way to aggravate both of these evils. If you refuse to call a convention on the avowed ground that such a* Conven? tion will perfect his possession of the political rights which have been given him, his mistrust will naturally be excited, and he will become what ho is not yet, the reidy tool of those who want him as a means to injure you. Your refusal will furnish a ready argument to the Radical agitator, who will appeal to your action as proof to the negro that you will not do him justice, and as evi? dence to the Republican party that tho interference of the Government is still necessary. Surely you have seen onough to know that the chief difficulty in the way of the most kindly relations between you aad the freedmen is the cons ant presence of an outside interference. Military governments, freedmen's bureaus, radical agitators, who ore sent and kept here for the avowed purpose 'of protecting bim against you. As long os he sees the energy of a great govern? ment employed in this way, he naturally suspects you, and tho more imposing the machinery for his protection the greater bis suspicion, and the more exaggerated his self-importance. Surely you have s jen enough to know that just so long as you refuse to the freedman those rights which, whether wisely or not the American peo? ple have determined to givo him, just so long will this mischievous interference with your social and political lit? continue, If you wish to be left to yourselves, to your own industry and energy to restore your State, ac? cept frankly that great revolution which, unintention? ally, you have yourselves accomplished. Let the freed? man exercise n-eely whatever rights the laws give him. Give him ample field, aid and encouragement to achieve all that he can achieve. Make him your friend, who never can be your rival, and trust to your own manhood, ability and blood to work out under this change a new prosperity for you and him. Above all, do not repress tho freest expression of opin? ion and action among the freedmen. Let them say what they think ana what they want and teach them, aa time ? will aid you to teach them, that what they want-what is beat for them and tho State, of which you and they are citizens, they can obtain through and with you more wisely and more thoroughly than with the alliance of new and strange friends. Do not in a panic, abandon your duty, but form at least if yon can do no moro, a nucleus around which the temperate, and virtuous, and patriotic of all colors and classes can rally to renew, with a wiser experience and a chastened judgment, the ancient and honorable life of the State. Remember that when the Constitutiou has been adopted by the Convention, it has to be submitted to the ratification of the people. If, m the Convention, you have done your duty to the freed? men fairly, you may then successfully resist the foolish ambition of vain black men and the selfish designs of unprincipled white ones against the evil which wm then have taken palpable shape; you can appeal not only to your own people, bqt to tho efficient sympathy cf thar great mass ot your countrymen who may be willing to give the negro political privileges, who may be willing to use him for the purpose of preserving power in the next Presidential election, but who have no more idea than you have of destroying the civilization of this country by m airing this a black man's government Fellow citizens of Anderson, you are deeply interested in thia issue. Yo a live in a section of tho State from which the negro will soon disappear-a section which possesses great capabilities for rapid and permanent im? provement. If in any portion of the State there ls a pros? pect of that immigration of white labor and capital which will develop the benefits of a varied and profita? ble industry, it is in thia region, so well adapted for large manufactories and Braa l farms. But until this political question ot our restoration to the Union is put beyond angry controversy, you can take no step toward prosperity. Neither men nor money will venture into a country torn by in et tin o feuds, or controlled by the absolute and irresponsible power of a military command?e. Remember, too, aa practical men, when you come to decido upon your duty, that you cannot prevent the call of this Convention. Every black vote you know wiU be cast tor it. and the white vote will be divided. If those who advise against a Convention succeed in fcrming a party which has the faintest prospect of success, yon will only excite a radical agitation throughout tho whole State, and although in your own District the superiorly of tho white vote may secure you against any local trouble, you aro doubling the dangers and difficulties of your fellow-citizens of the low country, and fostering an antagonism between the races tor which there is no ne? cessity, and which can only create misery for both. I will make no apology tor tho lengtu of this letter. I have written for men who are, I believe, willing to give some time and some thought to comprehend their duty, and who have the resolution, when they understand, to discbarge it thoroughly. Bospectfully, WM. HENRY TRESCOT. COMMERCIAL. Exports. NEW YORK-Per steamship Manhattan-114 bales Cot? ton, 790 sacks Flour, 130 bbls Flour, 232 bales Do? mestics, 1006 sacks Wheat, 204 bbls Roam, 19 bbls Pitch, 61 Empty Barrels, 176 packages Sundries. PH ILADELP'HIA-Per steamship J W Everman-88 bales Cotton, 254 halos Domestics, 93 casks Clay, 51 bales and 9 tierces Rags, 6 sacks Feathers, 75 Car Wheels, a lot Machiner}', 32 packages Mdze, 69,000 feet Lumber. BALTIMORE-Per steamship Falcon-650 bales Cotton, 884 bushels Wheat, 92 bags Flour, 10 bales Leather, 22 bales Hides and Skins, 1100 feet Lumber, 8-tierces Rice, 10 bales Moss, 8 bales Wool, 17 hhds Bones, 2 bales Rope Cuttings, 8 Packages. Tlie Charleston Cotton Market. OFFICE OF THE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS. ? CHARLESTON, Saturday Evening, August 10, 1867. f The market continues to have a lower tendency, and the operations of tho day indicated a fall in price of a half to one cent $ lb. Sales 125 bales, say 110 at 23%, 4 at 26>?, and ll at 27 cents. We quote Middling, 20? 26?. August ci Market.. AUGUSTA, August 10.-GOLD.-The Brokera are buying at 140 and selling at 142. SILVER.-Brokera are buying at 130 and selling at 133. COTTON.-The market was dull to-day. There wore no buyers for shipment Wo quote Middling at 25??c. The sales to-day amounted to 44 bales, as follows: 1 at 22, ll at 24 27 at 25, and 5 bales at 26c. The receipts were 26 bales. WHEAT.-We continue to quote Red at $1 75al 80, and White at il 85a2, sacks included. RECEIPTS OF COTTON. Receipts of cotton by thc Georgia Railroad for the week ending Saturday, August 10th, 1867, 161 balee. COTTON SHIPMENTS. The follow lng are the shipments of cotton by the diff?r? ent railroads tor the week ending Saturday, August 10th, 1867 : South Carolina Railroad, local shipments.bales. 361 south Carolina Railroad, through ship? ments..,.bales. 584 Augusta and Savannah Railroad, local ship? ments.,.bales. 28 Total shipments.. 973 Savannah Market, SAVANNAH, August 9-COTTON.-Thoroceipts of cot? ton since tho 3d inst amount to 1238 bales Upland, The exporta for the same time amount to 1529 bales Upland and 12 boles Sea Island Cotton-leaving a stock on hand and on shipboard not cleared on the 3d instant ol 1931 bales Upland and 644 biles Sea Island Cotton. STATEMENT OF COTTON Uplands. S. Isl'd. Receipts since August 3, 1867. 1,288 - EXP0BT8. Exports sincp Au rust 3.,. 1,529 12 Exported previously.227,563 11,708 229,092 11,720 Stock Sept 1,1866. 5,093 454 Received since August 3. 1,238 - Received previously.224,692 11,910 Total receipt?.231,023 12,364 Exports Bince Sept. 1, 1866.229,092 11,720 Stock on hand August 9, 1867. 1,931 644 This week has been quite even and uniform in transac? tions, prices ranging very little, and sales have been quite light On Friday sales amounted to 105 bales, tba demand being brisk and prices well maintained amf firm-quotations for the day 26a26}?c. The same feeling that existed on Friday was manifest on saturday-sales amounting to 159 bales on a basis of 26 %c for middling prices firm. On Monday prices still continued firm, but transactions were limited, buyers holding off; middlings were still quoted at 26J?, with an advancing tendency. Prices went ahead on Tuesday, and middlings were quoted at 27c, closing with an advancing tendency, though firm. Sales for tho two aays 157 bales. On Wed? nesday the niarVnt was dull and drooping, middlings re turnin&to pro* lom quotations of ?6&c, demand light and very L w sale?. Thursday was a dull day, with light sales, prices remaining unchanged, Sea Island cotton is very much reduced In stock, and during the past week not one balo has been received. With the exception ot accounts of rumors, which have not j ct been corroborated, as to the caterpillar having appeared in ibis vicinity, prospects are generally go d for a fine crop. From our correspondents and exchanges we have favorable advices of the coining crop, and though accounts differ in many respects, yet the general average wiU be high and far ahead of last year's yiel I. We havo recived some letters stating that not one-fourth nf a crop would be gathered, Ac, Ac, but we happen to know, or to believe, that the majority always prevails, and the majority certainly bear very favorablo testimony so far. M'o have heard it sold that although a full crop might bo grown, the primo difficulty would bo experi? enced in getting the negroes to pick it, some citing their last yt ar's experience as unfavorable evidence, but wo cannot believe this will bo the case now. The negroes that last year shirked their work now show somo energy and thriftiness, and prosent a favorable contrast to what bas been said of them. BAOOESO, TIES AND ROFE.-Our merchants dealing in these have laid in a large stock, anticipating a brisker de? mand, but until the last week they havo had little in? quiry. Many ol' the planters have intendod to uso corn sacks and an inferior article ot lagging, but the majority realize tho importance and cheapness of sonding their cotton to market in aa acceptable and proper shape ; the demand is, therefore, on tho increase, and prices arc well maintained. Wc quote gunny from 28 to 3Uc, according to qualities, and u good quality of New York bagging is held at 29au0c. Iron ties are quoted as follows : Pass? man's 10c; arrow 12iV,c; Beard's 10c; Dillon's Universal Tio Iv.1 sc. Ropo 13al5c, which is tho wholo rango according to quality. RICE-Tho market is unclangort, notwithstanding tho present prospects of a good crop. Stock is quite small, wihle the demand is only in tho retail way; Prime Caro? lina ia lots is held at ll^all^c; rough $175a2per bushel. LUMBER AND TIMBER-Nothing is doing, all the mills having stopped. No timber has arrived, and thc demand is light-nothing. Cuba and South American bills are being filled at $18a22. Flooring nominal. FLOUR-New Georgia flour is coming quite freely, and though a largo portion finds its way North, thc market is at present overstocked. There* is little inquiry tor Northern flour, and prices are unchanged. Wo give tho quotations for new Tennessee flour, which are variable, however-superfine SlOall; extra $12 50; family $14al5; Georgia super $6 30a7 per sack. FREIGHTS-NO freights to Liverpool by sail direct are offering, and we quote nominally sd for square and ??d for round bales. The New York steamersthave reduced the rate via New York to 7-16d for upland and 9-lCd for sea island. Cotton to New York .'.c; round %c. To Baltimore and Philadelphia $1 50 per bale. Flooring to Eastern ports $8 60; ress wed and plank to New York $10a 10 50. Timber freights to New York ll 60. South Ame? rican freights $18a20 hi gold. MobUe Market. MOBILE, August 7.-COTTON.-There was scarcely any desirable cotton on sale to-day, and 1 actors were firm in claiming fuU quoted rates. Sales nominal Low Middlings 24>a'c. GOLD-At I40al41 buying and selling. EXCHANOE.-New York sight checking at }i premium; and par a)? premium buying. New Orleans sight par a,1* premium, sterling-sixty days 150; sight lui. -New Orleans .Harket. . NEW ORLEANS, August ".-COTTON-There has been less animation in the movement to-day. The offering supply waa very light, and generally of an undesirable character, and as factors steadily adhered to previous re? quirements, buyers, in moat instances, were obliged to forego the execution of their orders, their Umita not pe? nutting them to pay the figures demanded. Under these circumstances, the day's sales have been restricted, com? prising, at the close, 660 bal-s. six brokers participating in the business. Prices indicated continued firmness, but not a quotable improvement, tho higher quail ties, on account of their scarcity, disclosing rather more buoy? ancy than the inferior classes. 1 he market, however, was unsettled throughout, and as it is Impossible to give anything like accurate quotations, we deem it ad? visable to omit them altogether. STATEMENT OF COTTON. Stock on hand September 1, 1866.bales 102,082 Received to-day. 196 Received previously.760,810-761,006 Additional bales made from wrecked, loose, burnt'and damaged Cotton, pickings, samples, 4c. 13,823-774,859 876,411 Cleared to-day.. 870 Cleared previously.860,005-851,476 Stock on hand and on shipboard. 24,942 CORN-ls In light supply and fair demand, and prices to-day are firmer. The transactions embrace 3900 sacks. In lots, of which 176 yellow mixed at SI 05; 800 do at 110; 1000, 300, and 400 white mixed at $1 20; 1000 and 225 whitest $1 25 per bushel. Havana il ark et. [Correspondence of Ote Journal of Commerce.] HAVANA, August 3.-The sugar market has been inac? tive through tho dosi g days of the week. Quotations firm, rrom the pertinacity of holders. For whites, through W%aS0)i per 100 pounds; yellows do. Nos U to 20,J$4>;o SC,1* do: browns do, Nos ll an<i 12; $4.^a$4>4' do; cucu? ruchos, do, Nos 6 to 10. ?3^'a?< do: muscovado sugars (and no buyers) $3>?a$4}? through for refining grades, and for grocery $4)?a$4K. MOLASSES dull-no demand; distillers paying 4a4% rials for clayed, and muscovado 6>? do, At outports nothing doing. Ruit-Demand good for shipment to Spain; $27a28 and $32a33 par pipe in old and new staves. COFFEE $15>ial6%; moderate demand for shipment LEAF TOBACCO-?O soles reported during the week: ar? rivals heavy, and choice selections selling at high prices. HONEY dull; no demand at 3>?a3J? rials per gallon. WAI-Yellow S30a42; white $44a4? per 100 ms. FBEIQHTS-Vessels few; chartered' for ports of the United States, Ac: For New York, Danish brig Hafair, 800 bxs sugar direct, at $2>? each; bark Kale Carleton, at Matanzas, 500 hhds sugar at Sagua at $9 each; brig R W Griffith, do 600 do do at $8 each. For Boston or Phila? delphia, bark Hattie Wheeler, 500 hhds sugar at $8 each, at Matanzas; and for Baltimore, bark Ada Carter, 2609 bxs direct at $2# each. EXCHANGE-An active demand, advancing rates for sterling; London, mdirect. Ac, payable at 18 to 18# pre? mium, 60 days sight; United States, Northern cities, 60 days sight currency, 24 to 24*? disc; short sight da at 23 to 23)2 do. Gold bills, 60 days sight, at 6% to 5J? prem; do do short sight, at 6% to 7 do. I have nothing of more Importance to advise. B. Y. Consignees per Son.til Carolina Railroad, August IO. 183 bales Cotton, 39 boles Mdze, 9 bbls and 377 bags Flour, 787 bags Grain, 121 bags'Bran, 7 cars Wood, 2 cars Iron. A-c. To J N Robson, Railroad Agent, F Rebman, Courtenay A Trenholm, Street Bros A Co, Werner A I Ducker, it L Joners & Co, O D Franke, J D Busch, W S Honery, F Eggerking, Dr Geiger, 8hackelford A Kelly, A Stenhouse, P J si tarn es, Mrs G Brown, Goldsmith A Son, j Stenhouse A Co, E H Rodgers A Co, Thurston A Holmes, .G H Walter A Co, J B E Sloan, Mowry A Co, G W Wil? liams A Co. W H Chafee, H Tronchard, H Wood, H Bis? choff k Co, B O'Neill, T S Bee, W W Smith, H Klu tte A Co, Bollmann Bros. ' Consignees per Northeastern Railroad, August IO. 226 bbb Naval Stores, 18 bales Cotton, 3 cars Old Iron, 3 cars Stock, Mdze, Ac. To Goldsmith A bon, G W Wil? hams A Co, Lieut H Neide, Major E W H Reid, J Mar? shall, Jr, G E Pritchett, H Hepsher, T Johnson, Gen R K Scott, Risley & Creighton, A Robinson A Co, abd M I Geraghty. Passengers. Per steamship Manhattan, for New York-J Coleman, J Commins, Mrs R W Webb, Mrs O D Taylor, A M More? land and lady, Mrs J Bridgman, Mrs A Mahoney and child, Miss McGriawold, Mrs C N Averill, Mrs S A Bent i ley. Miss Noyes, W E Platt, J C Bunhett and lady, Mrs I T E Cline and 3 children, Miss A M Drake, Captain T B ' Paine, G Waterhouse, R H Teasdale, P Sill. C F McCoy, H D F Young, W S Hastie, Rev J H Smith, L B Doolittle, F T White, A Betoncourt, A J Adams, E Brown, J Joyce, W Beck, Mrs J H Murrell, Miss S E Smith, F A Sawyer, lady and 3 children, A E Hoyt, lady and child, Miss 8 Pringle, J W Sprague, W D Sprague, H Buist and lady, G Dowdin, A Dobbin, Miss A Irving, Miss E Klny, G H Hoppock, W Gurney, Mrs Miles Drake, F L O'Neil) and lady, H E Dudley, V N Smith, E Adour, Rev J H Elliott, W Laid 1er, J Boues, A Mowry, F Warley, C H BrOss, L Lnpert, A Clark, W Green, Mrs biege], W Lee, W Nelson, and 8 in steerage. Per steamer City Point, from Palatka, Fernandina, Jacksonville, via Savannah-W McWhortey, S Simons, H Taylor, W H Heyward, - Mitchell, Mrs Buckleston and child, Mrs Conner, Mrs Bradley and : arni ly, Mrs Watt, J D Witchen, W C Dardend, A Guy, H Williams, 0 Wag? ner, Mrs Hlrshfeld, M Herrick, and 8 deck. Per steamer St Helena, from Edisto and Rockville Hon John Townsend, Gen Scott and lady, J H Townsend and lady, Mrs Pope, Major John Jenkins, Dr W M Balley, B Bailey, Jr, Col J Whaley, W E Beeves, B J Whaley, W Wilkinson, J Davis, O Calvin, John Oigga, C V Swift, and 21 deck. PORT CALENDARjaS CORRECTED WEEKLY. PHASES OF THE MOON. First Q. 7th, lh. 49m. morn I Lost Q. 22d, 4h. 20m. oven. Full M. 15th, 4h. 20iu. even | Now M. 29th, Th. 46, morn SUN. BISES. I SETH. 121 Monday.... 13 Tuesday.... 14 \Vednes4ay. 15 Thursday... 16 Friday..... 17 Saturday... 18 Sunday. 6. .22 l.M 6. .26 6.. 26 5..2C 6..46 C. .15 6..44 6..43 C..42 6. .41 6.. 40 MOON RISES. 2..48 3.. 37 Rises. 6..56 7..33 8.. 8 8..46 HIGH WATER. 5..lit 6.. 6 li..48 7. .29 8..10 8. .44 9. .26 MARINE NEWS. PORT OF CHARLESTON Arrived Saturday, Steamer City Point, Adkins, Palatka, Fernandina, Jacksonville, via Savannah. Mdze. To Bavcncl A Co, J Jara, J A J D Kirkpatrick, Budd A Blake. Arrived Yesterday. Steamer St Helena, Boyle, Edisto and Rockville. G. bales S I Cotton, and Sundries. To J H Murray, Boper A Stoney, T L Webb, W Gurney, JAP Dawson, W S Henny, S A Woodside Steamer Morgan, Torrent, from Edisto, Rockville and Way Landings. Mdse. To Roper A Stoney. Cleared Saturday. Steamship Manhittan, Woodhull, New York-Courtenay A Trenholm. Steamship Falcas, Reed, Baltimore-Courtenay k Tren? holm. Steamship J W Everman, Tuttle, Philadelphia-H F Baker A Co. Went to Sea Saturday. Steamship Manhattan, Woodhull, New York. Steamship Falcon, Hoed, Baltimore, Norwegian bark Kjellestadt, Wenge, Liverpool. Went to Sea Yesterday. Steamship J W Everman, Tuttle, Philadelphia. Vp for thia Port. Sehr E J Palmer, Palmer, at Baltimore, August 10. Cleared for this Port. Steamship E B Souder, Lobby, New York, August 8. Sehr Waneta, Havkms, at Now York, August 8. Sehr Eclipso, Pendleton, at Bangor, Me, August 6. Memoranda. The New York Herald, of Friday, says : Almost every arriving ve?sel reporta having felt the severity, with more or less dornige received, of the hurricane of tho 2d inst. Mr. Theodore Robinson, Sandy Hook pilot, carno in from sea yesterday, in his pilot boat John D Jones, No IS, having boen at sea 16 days. Ho reports:-G th Inst, in lat 40.28, lon 59 60, spoke sehr Dasher, of Freeport, Mo, Capt Wyman. 21 o'?ye from Hay ti for Boston, with both masts gone ty the dock; had been supplied with spare spars and tome soils by steamship Bellona (Br), i rom New York br London, and required no other as? sistance; would try for Boston. 3d inst, lat 41, lon 66, spoke brig Theresa, from Cow Bay, coal laden, all well; brig Omega, of Sidney, C B, coal laden; off Nantucket, saw a brig which had her planksheor lifted, bowsprit sprung, lost her boat, and had beon on her beam ends twice. Off Gay Head, saw a bark tacking and veering about as if pickinf up something, and from Nantucket to Monmouth pased water casks and large quantities of wrecked furniture and materials. LIST OF VESSELS UP, CLEARED AND SAILED FOR THIS PORT. FOREIGN. LIVERPOOL. The Queen, Cook, cleared.Jul>' 17 The Chattanooga, Freeman, up.July 23 VALENCIA. The Yole Augicr, -, sailed.Ju*618 D O M E S T TC. BELFAST, SIE. Sehr Sarah Buck, White, sailed.Jnly 28 BANOOB, ME. Sehr Eclipse, Pendleton, cleared.August 6 BOSTON. Brig G F Geary,-, up.July 25 Sehr Marian Gnge, Shepherd, up.August l NEW Yonr. Steimship E B Solder, Lcbby. cleared.August 8 Sehr Wanata, Howkins, cleared.August 8 Sehr M B Bramhall, Hussey, up.J^y18 Sehr D B Warner, Horton, up.August 1 BALTIMORE. Steamship Sea Gul!, Dutton, to leave.August 10 Brig Senorita, Lineen, cleared.August 1 Sehr Susanna, Packard, cleared.August 3 Sehr D F Keeling, Granger, up.August 8 Sehr E J Palmer, Palmer, up.August 10 BARNWELL SENTINEL IS AN EXCELLENT ADVERTISING MEDIUM. LET Merchants and business men try it for a few months "No risk no gain." Send on your cards and increase your trade Uns fall There's nothing to oquol Printer'? Ink-it has lnado many a fortune. Terms for thc paper_$3 per annum, in advance Advertisements inserted at the rato of $1 por Bquare ol twelve lines or less for each insertion. Cords of ten unes or less, at the rate of $10 for throi. months. Contracts by the year or for six months, allowing priv ilego of changing on moro favorable terms. Address EDWARD A. BRONSON. Nr-vemKrrirf Mulm?)?-.'- na rroncietor .THE SUM TEK NEWS, DAER & OSTEEN, Proprietors. "PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. AT SUMTER. S. C. ,A. Subscripolbn S4.0U por annum. To Clubs of foiu ?3.00 per annum. Advertisements inserted on liberal terms. PeoemDerH NAVEGA, YuuNti A MCKENZIE, UT ANS COLLECTION OFFICE, Nos. S? ?u? 10 Park Rows ?RAA0 DA VEGA, ) OEOBGE B. Sp UNG, } NSW IORI, BttSABD L. MaE2N2IE,J HAVING SUCCEEDED TO 0:BF S03BIGH COLL?O. TION BUSINESS of Mc&iird, BIRNEY, PRjJN .'.ISS A FLANDERS, we wlU attend w the collection cl !.?? dne and maturing claims thrcnghoai tho Hails ' ates a-i Quoad*, COMMISSIONERS FOE ALL TBE STATES, MMMf I IMPORTANT TO COTTON PLANTERS, A SOUTHERN INTENTION. PATENT LABOR-SAVING Uti SCREW COTTON PRESS. r?t*" n&??j THE IATESTANTTBY FAR THE MOST PERFECT COTTON SCREW yet invented. With one mule a heavy hale can be easily packed. Send for Descrip? tive and Price List, to C. K. HUGER. General Agent for the State, No. 73 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. ' A1S0, BALLWAY AND STEAMBOAT SUPPLIES. Portable and Stationary Engines, Saw. Gins, Henery's McCar? thy Gins, Grist MiUs, Bark Mills, Horse Powers, Threshers, Reapers, Beltings, Oil9, Iron, Steel, Wild? er's Fire Proof Safes, Platform and Counter Scales, 4 c, Ac For sale by C. K. HUGER, No. 73 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. May 2 m th Cmos DRUGS, CHEMICALS, ETC. JWTHE SALE OF THE PLANTATION BIT? TERS is without pr?c?dant In the history'of the world. There ls no secret In the matter. They are nt once the most speedy, strengthening health-restorer ever dis? covered. It requires bnt a single trial to understand this. Their parity can always be relied upon. They are composed of the celebrated Calisaya Bark, Cascarilla Bark, Dandelion, Chamomile Flowers, Lavender Flowers, Wintergreen, Anise, Cloverbnds, Orange-poel, Bnake-roo;, Caraway, Coriander. Burdock. S.-T.-186Q--X. &o. "bey are especially recommended to clergymen, pub Ucspeakers, and persons cf literary habits and seden? tary life, who require i roo digestion, a rohsh for food, and olear mental (acuities. Delicate females and weak persons are certain to find In those Bitters what they have so long looked for. They purify, strengthen and Invigorate. They create a healthy appetite. They aro*an antidote to change of water and diet. They overcome effects of dissipation and late hours. They strengthen the system and enliven the mind. They prevent miasmatic and intermittent fevers. They purify the breath and acidity of the stomach. They cure Dyspepsia and Constipation. They cure Diarrhea, Cholera and Cholera Morbus. They cure Liver Complaint and Nervous Headache. They are tho best Bittere In the world. They make the weak man strong, and are exhausted nature's great ] restorer. The following startling and emphatic statements can be seen at our office. Letter of Ber. E. F. CHANE, Chaplain of the 107ibJNew I "York Bailment : Nils AOQUIA CUTER, March 4th, isca. Owingtto the great oxposuro and terrible decomposi? tion aft or the battle of An?otam, I was ut ter. y prostrat? cd and very sick. My stomach would not rewn medl olno. An article called Plantation Bittern, prepared by Dr. DBASK, of Now York, was prescribed to give me strength and an appetite. To my great surprise they gave mo immediate relict Two bottles almost allowed mo to Join my regiment . . * . I have sinco soen thom used in many cases, and am free to say, for hos? pital or private purposes I know of nothing like them. Bev. E. F. CRANE, Chaplain. Letter from tho Bev. N. E. Cmos, St Olalrsvttle, Fa. Ocr;-ms ii EN-:-Yon were kind enough, on a former oc? casion, to send me a half dozzen bottles of Plantation Bitters for $3 60. My wife haring derived so much benefit from the use of these Bitters, I d csiro . (.T to continue them, and you will please send no ?is bottles more for the monoy enclosed. I am, very truly, yo ira, K. E. GIL"?, Pastor Oer. Bof. Church, BOLDXBB-'' HOME, 8oPEMNTEOTZNT'S Omen* ) CINCINNATI, OHIO, Jan. ISth, 1803. j . . ? . * . * ? . I have giren your Plantation Bitters to hundreds ot | .ur noble soldiers who slop hero, more or less disabled from various cansos, and the effect is marvellous and gratifying. Such a preparation as this ia I heartily wish in every family, lu every hospital, and at hand on every hattie field. O. W. D. ANDREWS, Superintendent. Dr. W. A. CHILDS, Surgeon of the Tenth Vermont Be plment, writes:-"I wish every soldier had a bottle of Plantation Bitters. T.oy are tho most effective, per (oct, and-harmless tonio I ever np ed." WILLABD'S HOTEL, 1 WAK n IN OT?N, D. C., May 22d, 18G3. j GENTLEMEN:-'\Ve require another supply of your j Plantation Bitters, tho popularity o which daily In? creases with tho guests cf our house. Respectfully. SYKES, CHAD WICH k Co. ic. &o. ic. ic. ic. Bo sure that every bottle bears tho foc-simllo of our j signature on a steel plato lable, with our private stamp j over tho cork. P, H. DU A KM & CO., NO. 202 BROADWAY, N. Y. Sold by all respectable Druggists, Physicians, Grocer*, Saloons and country Hotel-dealers. April 13 Ihsrulyr "A polio WAA on her Up-health was In ber look ?tr en gib was in her step, and in her Lauda-PLANTA HOM BITTERS." S. T.-1860-X A few bottles of PLANTATION UITTKBS Will cure Nervous Headache. " Cold Extremities and Feverish Lips. M Sour Stomach and Fetid Breath. Flatulency and Indigestion. Nervous Affections. " Excessive Fatigue and Short Breath. ?. pain ovor tho Eyes. " Mental Despondency. ?? Prostration; Great Weakness. " Sallow Complexion, Weak Bowels, io. Which are the evidences of LIVER COMPLAINT AND DYSPEPSIA. It ls estimated that seven-tenths of all adult ailments proceed from a deceased and torpid liver. The biliary secretions of the liver overflowing into the stomach poi? son the entire system and exhibit the above symptoms. After long research, we are able to present the most remarkable cure for these horrid nightmare diseases, the world has ever produced. Within one year over six hundred and forty thousand persons have taken the PLANTATION Brm ns, and cot an Instance of complaint has come to our knowledge I It ls a most effectual tonio and agreeable stimulan suited te all conditions of life. The reports that it relies upon minorai substances, fo lu active properties, aro wholly false. For the satis faction of the public, and that patients may consul their physicians, we append a list of its components. CALISAYA BABE.-Celebrated lor over two hundred years in the treatment of Fover and Ague, Dyspepsia, Weakness, etc. It was ictroduoed into Europe by the Countess, wife of the Viceroy of Peru, in 1610, and afterwards sold by tho Jesuits for the enormous price o) its own weight in tilver, under the name of Jesuit's Pow? ders, and was finally made public by Louis XVI, Bing of France, ii uni hoi dt makes especial reference to its febrifuge qualities during his South American travels. CASC.AUELLA BAUX-For diarrhoea, colic and diseases of the stomach and bowels. DANDELION-For inflammation of tho loins and drop loal affections. CHAMOMILE FLO WEBS-For enfeebled digestion. LAVE?DEB FLOWEBS-Aromatic, stimulant and tonio highly invigorating in nervous debility. WINTEBOUEEN-For scrofula, rheumatism, eta ANISE-An aromatic carminative; creating flesh, muscio and milk; much used by mothers nursing. Also, clove-buds, orange, carraway, coriander, snake* oct, etc S. T.-1860.-X. Another wonderful ingredient, of great cso among tho Spanish ladies of South America, imparting beauty to ?ho complexion and brilliancy to th? mind, is yet un? known to the commerce of the world, and we withhold its nome for tue present. IMPORTANT CERTIFICATES. BOOHXSTEB, N. Y , December 28,1861. Messrs. P. H. DBAKE & Co.-I have been a great suf? ferer from Dyspepsia for three or four yearo, and bad tc abandon my profession. About Hires months ago 1 tried tho Plantation Bitters, and to my groat Joy I am now nearly a well man. I have recommended them in several cases, and, as tar M I know, always with signal benefit. I am, rctpoctfnlly yours, Rev. J. 8. HATHORN. PHILADELPHIA, 10th Month, 17th Day, 1802. HESEECTED FBIENB:-My daughter has been much benoflttcd by tho nee of thy I'lantition Bitters. Thor wilt send me two bottles more. Thy friend, ASA ODRRIN. BHEBVJ.N HOUSE, CBTOAGO, Di, I February ll, 18(53. J MESSES. P. H. DUAEB & Co.:-Pl?aau send IIB another twelve cases of your Plantation Bitters. As a morning appetizer, they appear to imo superseded everything else, and are greatly esteemed. Yours, &o., GAGE ft WAITS. Arrangements are now completed to supply any de? mand for this article, which has net heretofore boen possible. Tho public may rost assured that In no case will the perfectly pure standard ol the PLANTATION EITTEBS be departed from. Evern bottle bears Uie facsimile of our signaler i on a steel p?ate engraving, or it cannot be gen tune. Any person pretending to sell PLANTATION EITTEBS tn bulk or by the gallon, is a swindler and imposter. Beuarc of refilled bottles. See that our Private ?Hamp is CN MU? TILATED over every cork. Sold by all Druggists, Grocers and Sealers throughout the co an try. ?. H. DRAKE & CO., New York. April 50 mwfivr T> EAUTY.-Auburn, ^m*. ???Pih JLJ Golden, Flaxen, and mm?b 'sllkeu L'CKLS produced by fl[ BB BL Jm U16 UBC of Professor DE- ?^TS ?Sfejflfr. BBBUX'S F BISE R LE Wg^ JR J?? |BP tion warranted to euri tho?^jBkj^_ ~w T-C-SJ' most straight and stubborn ^HrwWr^ ha* '.of cither sex into wavy ringlets, or heavy massive CL- Has been used by the fashionables of Pails and Loudon, with tbe most gratifying results. Does no in? jury to the hair. Price by mail, Healed and postpaid, 8L Descriptive circulars mailed freo. Address BERGEB, SHOTTS t CO., Chemists. No. 285 River street, Troy, N. Y., Sole Agents for tho United States. March 30 ly DRUGS, CHEMICALS. ETC. THIS DELICIOUS TONIC, ESPECIALLY DESIGNED for the tue of the Medical Profession and the Family, ia now endorsed by all tho prominent Physicians, Chem? ists and Connoisseurs, as possessing all those intrinsic medicinal qualities (tome and diuretic) which belong to a OLD AND PURE GIN. We trust that our established reputation founded upon eighty-eight years of experience-abundantly vin? dicates our claims to public confidence, and guaran? tees the excellence of this Standard Article. Put up in cases containing one dozen bottles each and sold by all prominent Druggists, Grocers, tc. A. M. BIN INGER A CO, [Established 1778. Sole Importers No. 15 Bearer street. New Tor Opinions,of th Press. Tho ?lningers, No. IC Beaver street, have a very high reputation to nustain, as the oldest and best house in New York.-E mt Journal* The house of A. M. Biningcr & Co., No. 16 Beaver street, has sustained, for a period of eighty y-'ars, a repu? tation that may wcU bo envied.-iV. T. Evening Pott. GOODRICH, WINEMAN & CO., NO. 153 MEETING STREET, Opposite Charleston Hotel, and DOWIE & MOISE, SUCCESSORS TO KING & CASSIDE Y. NO. 151 MEETING STREET, January 29 Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S. C. tut hs 6mo FOUTZ'S CELEBRATED HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS. fZffl&fc This preparation, long faW^^H^^^^^y Ita rate broken down and vM^M jiff cleansing tho stomach 1*. awkai 'V-r^SkiM* It is a sure preventive ^s^htW^^aiWa^^ o? all diseases incident ~i^?*!*S5f5<^**T^S5?W^" to this animal, such aa _.--?* LUNG FEVER. GLAND? ERS, YELLOW WATER, HEAVES, COUGHS, DIS? TEMPER^ ra?rass. J^^S. ^rrs USE LMPROVEB j?????fSSjlttX. LNG?ANDt^IRWED HORSET^^^^^^^^^^ TO KEEPERS OF COWS THIS PREPARATION IS INVALUABLE. It in? creases the quantity and improves the quali? ty of the MILK. It has been proven by ac? tual experiment to in? crease the ouantity of MILK and CREAM twenty per cent., and make tho BUTTES firm and sweet. In fat ^ toning cattle, it g ve - them an appetite, o ens their hide, and makes them thrive much faster. IN ALL DISEA8ES OF SWINE, SUCH AS COUGHS ULLi ERS TN THE LUNGS, LIVER, Aa, this article acts as a specific. By putting from one-half a paper to a paper in a barrel of swill tho above dis? eases will be eradica? ted or entirely prc I vented. If given in time, a certain preventive and cure for the Hog Cholera. PREPARED BY S. A. FOUTZ & BRO., No. 110 FRANKLIN STREET BALTIMORE, Md. FOR SALE BY DOWIE & MOISE i\ DRUG I NO. 151 MEETING STREET, OPPOSITE CHARLESTON HOTEL. March 23 _stuth?mo CHEROKEE G INDIAN MEDICINE, Cures ail diseases caused by self-abuse, viz :- Spernuitor rhett. Seminal - Weakness, Night. Emissions, Lom of Memont, Universal Lani' tude, Pain* in the Back, Dim ?ness o? Vi.tion, Premature .j Old Age, Weak Nerves, Dijfi \cult Breathing, Pale Counte 'vance. Insanity, Consump Hon, and all diseases that fol? low as a sequence of youthful indiscretions. The Cherokee Curo will restore health ami viiror, atop the emissions, and effect a permanent cure after all other medicines have failed. Thirty-two pa"e pamphlet sent in a scaled envelope, free to any address. Price $2 per bottle, or three bottles for $5. 3oid by all drussists ; or will be sent by express to any portion of tho world, OB receipt of Nrica, by th? sole proprietor, Dr. W. E MEEw"IN. 37 Walker St.. N. Y, Cherokee Remedy, S^f?C^K. Cures all ?rlnary Corr. Sj~ Hf i^V plaints, viz: Gravel. Inflam /LA. JBk. I A \i "talion of the. Bladder and jLwB k\\tt ?rA'Mn?y8, Retention of "?jlag^g AfiV t ^rt,lgi Strictures of th? *B?sMr\?^BL?r/-iM/v,, Dropsical SlCill flcBwEMH??*^jy' "ff1*- Brick Dust Deposits, \^flwBy3r^/ and all diseases that require ^?SSfSBL^yf a diuretic. nn'1 when used IL CHEROKEE INJECTION, docs not fail to cure Gonorrhea, Gleet and ali Hu cou* Discharge* la Malo or Female, curing rece?? cases in from one to three days, and is especially recommended hi thoso cases ot Fluor Albus or White* in Females. The two medicines med ir. conjunction will nut fail to remove inls disagreeable complaint, and In thoso cases whero other medicines have been usod without success. Prleo, Remedy, Ono Bottle, $2, Three Bottles. *5. > uffff Injection, * " 12,' " " fi The Cherokee " Curef " Remedy,-' ami " Injec? tion" are to bo found in all well regulated drui; stores, and aro recommended by physicians and druggists all over the world, for their intrinsic wortL and merit. Somo unprincipled dealers, however^ try to deceive their customers, by selling cheap anci woi thiess compounds,-in order to make money In place of these. Be not deceived, lt the dni? ?ists will not buy thom for y-::.: wrL; to us, and we will send them to you by exprese, securely packef. and freo from observation. We treat all diseases tc which tho human system is subject, and will bi pleased to receive full and explicit statements frou. those whe have failed to receive relief heretofore. 1 adios or gentlemen can address us in perfect con? fidence. Wo desire to send our thirty-two pa?s pamphlet free tu every lady and gentleman in the land. Address all letters for pamphlets, medicines, :.. advice, to tho solo proprietor, A <? Dr. W. R. MEEWIN, 37 Walker Bb. Ii. Y ^yj?_,_thstnlyr THE ORANGEBURG NEWS. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING AT Orangeburg, S. C. Terms $2 per annum, in ad vance. During the spring and faU seasons extra copies of the OBAKOEBUBG NEWS wul be circulated for tho benefit ol our advertising patrons. Contract Advertisements inserted on the most liberal terms. Address SAMUEL DIBBLE, ". Editor Orangeburg News, February 25 Orangeburg, fl j CB?CKBRIM & SONS ESTABLISHED 1823, MANUFAOTUKERS OF f Grand, Sauare, And Unrigfet PIANO FORTES. WARE-ROOMS, NO. 652 BROADWAY 3STEW YORK. CflICKEfiING * 80SS' Grand, Square and Upright PIANO-FORTES ABB NOW, AS THE? EVER HAVE BEEN, CON? SIDERED tho best tn America, baring been awarded SLXTY-FIVB PK1ZK Ol KOA Lg, Ot which fourteen were received in the months of Sep? tember and October, 188?, and first premium* over all competitors at the different principal Fairs in tai? country, and the PRIZE MEDAL at the WOBLD'S FAIR, LONDON. TH ALB KU G'S OPINION. I consider Chiokering A Sons' Pianos, beyond oom* parlson, the best I have seen in America. 8. THALBERG, Chairman of Jory on Musical Instrumen O ABD. It is with feelings of pride as Ame ric- ? manufacturen that we publish the following testimr^Qjals, which bave been received by aa recently: Kl'UOPKAM TESTIMONIALS, Leceived during the month of August, 1863. LONDOH, July 36, 1867. MESSES. Ojooxiaanro A SONS-Gents: I have mich pleasure In ene.oslng a document signed by the nrst composers, musicians and professors in Europe. I held your Pianos in each high estimation {vide my certifi? cate) that I felt lt my duty to take one of them with me to Europe, to ascertain the opinion of my professional brethren. The enclosed certificate will prove how unanimous they have been on the subject. I beg to forward, at tho same time, a letter I received from ray friend, Mr. Collard, which I am sure must be gratify, lng to you. I have the honor to be, gentlemen, yours very truly, JAMES M. WEHLL LONDON, January 1*. 1806, Janet M. Wehli, Etq.: MY DEAS Sra: I have groat pleasure in asking y ou to convey to Messrs. Chlokoring the expression of my highest approval of their Instrument. It ls, I consider, not merely the best Instrument of American manufac? ture that 1 have tried, but one of the finest Grand Piano? fortes that has ever come under my observation ; ?ad the Mesara. Chic sering may well be proud of ha vafe turned out from their manufactory an instrument which, for tench, quail ty, power and workmanship, lt would bo very cUmcult to surpass In any part of the? wido world. Dear ilr, very sincerely yours, CHAS. D. COLLARD, Fimuof Collard A Collard, Piano-forte Manufacturen, London. LoNDOa, August 22,1868. Jamel M. WeMi, Xtq. : Mr DKAB Sra: As you are geing back to the United States, I must beg you to remember me kindly to the ?' Meura. Chickening. Tell thom I waa delighted wi thu their Grand Plmo-forie-at good an inttrwnent, I thinks at wat ever turned out, beta in touch and ter \ Wishing you, ?c., I remain ever ti jly, H. P. BROADWOOD. Firm of L Broadwood ft Bona, Piano-forte ManaxW turora, London. LONDON, July 30,1866. if euri, dickering <f Sont: OZNTS : I have Jost been Invited by Mesara. Collard tv try a Grand Plano-forto manufactured by you, and I have no hesitation in endorsing the opinion of my oki friend, Mr. O. D. Collard, via: That lt ii the finest in? etrument I ever played on. BeUevo me, gentlemen, most faithfully yours, J. L. HATTON. TtttimcniaU from the mott dittinguithed Artittt in Sur opt to Meurt. Chickering di Sont: LONDON, Jury 26,1866. Having player", upon a Piano-forte made by Messrs. Chickering A bona, of Boston and New York, I hav? much pleasure In testifying to its general excellence, For sweetness and brilliancy of tone, delicacy of touch and magnificent power for concert purpose?, I consider it a really G BAND PIAKO-TOBTB, AND DKOXXED* LY. TUE BEST I KA VC SKXH CF AMZUIOAN MANUV AC'J??K? ARABELLA GODDARD. ?IDLO BEGONDL G. A. OSBORNE, AT FRED JAELL. W. K?HE. LINDSAY SLOPER. JULES BENEDICT. J. MOoCHELES, M. W. BALFE. Prof. of Conservatoire da> CHAS. HALLE. Leipzig. li BIN LET RICHARDS. & ARTHUR CHAPPEL, RENE FAVARGER. Director of Monday Con? SYDNEY SMITH. certa, London. Among the chief points of excellence of the Chicker? ing Pianos, of which speak the renowned artists in their congratulatory testimonials to the Messrs. Chickerloo, are the greatest possible depth, richness and volume of tone, combined with a rare brilliancy, clearness and perfect evenness throughout the entire scale; and, above all, a surprising duration of sound, the pure and sympathetic quality of which never changes under the most delicate or powerful touch. During the past forty-three years this firm has mann? aerated 80.000 PIANOS, In the construction of which they have Introduce?! tmrp known and valuable improvement. They have invaria? bly been selected and used by all of the world's ac? knowledged great artista who have visited this country professionally, both for private and public use. THALBERG. I consider Chickering A Sons' PianoB, beyond oom. parlson, tho best I have ever seen in America. GOTTSCHALK. I consider Chickering A Sons' Pianos superior to any in the world. They are unrivalled for their singing qualities and for the harmonious roundness of their tone. There rs a perfect homogeneity throughout all the registers. Thu upper notes are remarkable for a clearness and purity which I do not find in any other instrument, while Un? base is distinguished for power without harshness, and for a magnificent sonority. WEHLIt Your Pianos are superior to any I have evor sees id this country or In Europe. I have never heard a tone so perfect; lt yields every expression that is needed in music, and its quality ii capable of change to meet every sentiment. This is a rare power, and is derived from the perfect purity of lu tone, together with its sympathetic, elastic and well balanced touch. POZNAN SKI. During tho past eight years I have constantly played upon the Justly celebrated Erard Pianos ; yours are th? ouly instruments that I have found, either here or in Europe, to equal them in aU their points of excellence. It may be satisfactory to our patrons and friends i among the public at large to state that testimonials have been received from aU the loading artiste who have visited or are now residing in the United States, a few o?r whose names, besides those above, we append: LEO. DI MEYER. GDSTAV BATTER. ALFRED J ARL. J. u ENEDICT. H. t-ANDERSON, M. 8TRAKO80H. B. HOFFMAN. JULLIEN, ARTHUR NAPOLEON. And many others. $&. ILLUSTRATED ALBUMS AND PRICE LISTS SENT BY MAIL. WARE-ROOMS, No. 652 Broadway, NEW YORK. HENRY SIEGLING, ?tr't CHARLESTON" S. O Octooer ? m wi imo