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VOLLME XI.-NUMBER 1774. CHARLESTON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1871. THE ISSUES Of THE HOUR. SPEECH OF SENATOR DOOLITTLE. Dead Isaacs and Live Issues-A. Masterly Review of thc Political Situation. Senator Doolittle, in accepting the Demo? cratic nomination lor Governor of Wisconsin, spoke as follows: Gtntleaien-I am deeply moved by the con? fidence reposed in me by the convention, and no less bv the manner In which it has been done. Saying that does not tell one-half I leel at this moment: I am proioundly grateful; and. yet. I could have wished your choice had fallen upon another. I: was not sought. It was not expected. Near friends assent with reluctance, and my own Inclinations do not yield without a struggle. But there are times when a man's personal wishes and in? terests must yield to the public Judgment. I know full well how much of time and labor it will C03t. But If the use ol my name can do anything to save constitutional liberty and republican institutions, in sub? stance as well as in name, from the dangers wileri threaten them, be it so. I yield my? ee?: to the judgment ot the convention, and accept the nomination. [Applause.] Gentle? men : It may be proper tor me, in brief words, to review THE TRUE SITUATION. In doing so, I must sneak from my own stand? point, i can speak from no other. The last lew years have witnessed great events in the history of our country. This generation has been summoned to meet great issues, duties and responsibilities-before the war, during the war, and since its close. Some of these issues have been discussed in the forum, aod decided at the polls; others on the field of bat ^fle. Many ol the ii are now closed, and can wnever be reopened. They have passed into history. For a few ?moments let me recall some bf those now burled In the past, and in ?order to state more clearly the issues and du? ties of the present. . First among the issues of the past, I men tion the repeal of the Missouri compromise which divided to some extent the Democratic and originated the Republican party. Next .came Kansas with its bloodshed, slave code and Leco upton constitution, followed by the war on Douglas, the secession from the Charles? ton convention, the break in the Democratic farly, and thereby the election of Lincoln, hen came conventions and for m il re Solutions in favor of secession and Independence in the .Southern States. These %reat issues, upon which men divided who act together now, .each of itself sufficient to divide and to create political parties, were followed by the still greater issue of war-war declared and waged for secession and Independence by the South war declared and waged for the Integrity of the Union, under the constitution, by the North. During its progress, however, not only thc armies, but the ideas of the North and Sou ti: came in conflict-ireedom and slave? ry met face to face in battle. To establish an Independent confederacy upon slavery, as Its/corner-stone, was the idea and purpose ol those who led the So-un Into secession and war; and history now records among the most memorable events the proclamation of ^man? cipation and the thirteenth amendment abol? ishing slavery forever. At length, alter four long years of blood and sacrifice, by the bless? ing of Heaven and by the strength and endur? ance of our patriotic armies, came the Anal surrender of the South, and the complete tri? umph ot the Union army. The war was ended. Oh! how our hearts went up to Almighty God, when peace, blessed peace, had come-when blood bad ceased to flow' and no more sons were to go down to battle and to death. Hard? ly, however, bad this first exultation come and gone, when THE KEW ISSUE OF RECONSTRUCTION came-to the conqueror a more tryiug one ..than war Itself. I repeat, more trying; for lt Nvvas to determine whether a party all power? ful, with the sword of victory In its nand?, when dealing with the vanquished, could rule its own spirit-could itself obey the very con? stitution lt had sacrificed three hundred thous? and lives and five thousand millions of dollars to maintain-whether in the dav of its strength it could keep the pledges lt made in its numil lation, and olten repeated from the first bat tie ot Bull Run to the end ot the war.. Tou remember President Lincoln proposed as the basis the reconstruction of the States and the people of the South to their rights under the constitution. He was opposed lo reconstruc? tion based upon disfranchisement of the whites and subjecting them to the universal suffrage of the blacks. To those who suggest? ed it, his reply was like that of Gustavus Adol? phus, the King of Sweden, who, after saving the religious liberty of Germany, when his officers urged him to retaliate upon his ene? mies, replied: "I came to break the chains ot slavery for one people, and not to forgo new ones for another." With malice toward tcjpe, and charity for all, pursuant to the CC istitutlon. and the provisions of an act of Congress, he proclaimed the conditions of am nest y and peace. That proclamation was ap? proved by the whole country, Including a very large majority of his own party. Had he lived, I have no doubt lt would nav 3 been realized, and we should have bad reconstruction under the constitution, and not military reconstruc tion outside of lt. Officially, as President, he had proclaimed lt. Unofficially, in a speech, the last o? his life, he pleaded for it. His whole soul was in lt He was never stronger ia bis own party than at that .10 ment. But Just then he was stricken down by an assassin. The re? sponsibility fell upon Mr. Johnson, who had less power to control that party. From that moment the spirits of evil were unloosed. The ?tassions ot the North were inflamed: its Rad cal leaders, infuriated, strengthened and em? boldened, reckless of oaths, pledges and con? stitutional obligations themselves, they de nounced in both houses of Congress Demo? crats and all others who stood for the consti? tution as little better than rebels. With fatal blindness or deliberate ?rpose, under the lead ol Thaddeus StevenB, they forced upon the country a plan of reconstruction OUTSIDE THE CONSTITUTION, involving a reconstruction of the constitu? tion itself by the sword; and to accomplish that, they abolished all civil law and civil gov -eminent even, in eleven States, and subject? ed ten million people to martial law, and Hieb* Vives, liberty and property to trial by courts martial. It was a clear violation of the consti? tution, a gross usurpation of power. Mr. Stev? ens, their great leader, knew it and avowed lt. When the McArdle case from Mississippi, which Involved that question, was pending in the Supreme Court, and after it had been ar fued, a law was rushed through Congress in ot baste, to take away their jurisdiction, be? cause they believed the court would decide the act of reconstruction unconstitutional; and wtih unspeakable sorrow we saw that court, suspend Its decision ior Congress to pass that act. A fatal surrender ! Mr. Stevens waged An Implacable war upon President Johnson, who strove in vain to save the policy of his predecessor. The struggle was long, earnest and intense. But that policy was overborne; and resonstruction, under the constitution, gave way to military reconstruction outside of it, and even to a reconstruction of the consti? tution itself, culminating in the XlVth and XVth amendments. General Grant, who, at the beginning, was opposed to lt, yielded himself to the Radical policy, and was elected President in 1868. A partial reconstruction ol' the Supreme Court soon followed, and then every department of the government was brought into unison with it. That reconstruction has been carried into eflect. It has become a part of the history of the country. However much we may have opposed it we cannot ignore the tact that whether fairly adopted or not, whether by force or by fraud in the elections, THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH AMENDMENTS bave been proclaimed and adopted, under all the forms of law, as part of the Constitution ol' the United 8tates, and they are formally accepted and acted upon as such by every de? partment of the government. The views and purposes of the Democratic party and of all who opposed the adoption of these amendments, have been lrequently call .ed in question, and that quite recently by Senator Morton and Speaker Blaine, whom I regard aa the leaders of the administration ucarty. They say, in substance, because the -.^Democratic party opposed military recon? struction and voted against those amend? ments in Congress and the State Legislatures, it intends, when lt comes Into power, and come lt will, [applause,] to disregard those amendments and set them aside. In saying this they assert what they cannot knVw to be true, and they assert what we ?Know cannot be true. Long before Mr. Tal iandigham said anything upon the subject, the address of the Democratic members of Congress declared the contrary. l,We earn? estly entreat our fellow-citizens in all parts of the Union to spare no effort to maintain peace and order-to carefully protect the rights of every citizen-to preserve kindly relations among all men, and to discountenance and discourage any violation of the rights ot any portion of the people, secured under the con? stitution or any of tue amendments." As to Mr. Vallandlgham, it might have been a new departure, but to the Democratic members of Congress, the leaders of the party, it was KO NEW DEPARTURE. How could the Democratic party disregard or set aside those amendments, if they woiild * But three ways can be conceived or have ever been suggested : First-By obtaining a decision of the Su? preme Court, declaritg them void. The pre? sent constitution of that court makes the thing Impossible, and no Democrat woytt propose to reconstruct the Supreme CourtTtpreverse its decision. They honor the judiciary too much to do that., Besides it is almost certain that upon all such political questions, depending upon the result of elections, the judiciary would feel bound to accept and follow the dec? larations of the political power, Congress and the Executive; that the Supreme Court could neither take Judicial notice of events depend? ing upon elections, except as they are de? clared, nor trame an issue to try the question of fact, whether a constitutional amendment has or has not been ratified by the Legisla? tures of three-lourthB of all the States, after the same has been proclaimed duly ratified by the proper officers under the forms ot law. Second-By proposing a n?w amendment to set them aside directlv. This would be a le? gitimate move, but is wholly impracticable. Beyond question, more than one-fourth of the States would vote against it, rtnd three-fourths are required to carry it. The attempt to do so would renew the agitation of the negro ques? tion in another form, but could bring no prac? tical result. Besides, all parties. North and South, are unwilling to reopen that question. The negro ls free, and none will enslave him; and negro suffrage has become a fixed iact-a thing accomplished. Third-The only other possible mode ia the military one-of using the army to control 1 elections, and to change the constitution. Radicals, like Senator Morton, might consist- ' ently adopt this mode; tor they do not hesitate ' to put the army above the constitution and 1 civil law In order to control or set aside elec- j lions. But no man who still cherishes the ' doctrines of the old Democratic Republican 1 school of Jefferson and of Jackson would dare ] to use the standing army lor any such pur- | pose. [Applause.] Besides, the attempt lo take away negTO sut- 1 frage by force would lead to A BLOODY STRUQGLE, probably to civil war, and without doing any i .rood, would Involve greater evils than now i ixlst. I should net have dwelt upon this sub- i eel so long, but tor the constant efforts of our | Kadical opponents to place us in a taine posi- 1 lion; and to charge us wita the purpose of ( ieallng with the constitution, as they them- t ?elves have done, viz : To reconstruct lt by 1 .he sword and to renew civil strife. i And now, gentlemen, let me inquire what ire TOE ISSUES AND DUTIES OK THE PRESENT BOOR ! First. In relation to those amendments, we iannot expect a decision of the Supreme Court o annul them-we do not propose a new imendment to set them aside-aud least of all >y the sword. But the question arises, how viii you remedy the unbearable evils which c low rest upon the Souther? Slates ? You c enow the disfranchisement ot hundreds of a housands of the most intelligent whites, and t be universal suffrage of the blacks, led by ad- t venturers, with the aid of the standing army, t tas subjected that people to the worse form ri il government, and taxed, and robbed, c lurdened and humiliated them beyond de- ' crlptlen. Will you Ignore all that and leave ? hem without remedy ? No, gentlemen. What u re propose is to cure, and not to aggravate o he diabase. Io th? language of th? Demo- v ratlc Congressional address : "Our hopes Tor a edress are In the carm, good sense of the p ober, second thought of the American people. Ve call upon them to be true to themselves r \?? to their past, and, disregarding party F tame and minor differences, to Insist upon a u tecent equalization cf power, and the restrict? ion of Federal power within its just and C .roper limits, leaving to the States that con- ? roi of their domestic affairs that ls essential v 0 their happiness and tranquillity and good tovernment." We appeal to the reason and n etiirnlng sense of jus.ice. magnanimity and V raternal feeling of all the people. North and louth, In favor of amnesty. In this ap teal large numbers, thousands upon thou ands of liberal Republicans, like Brown nd Schurz of Missouri, have already olned. The negroes themselves at the d louth will join lu demanding amnesty for ; heir late masters. The example of Missouri !? annotloog be resisted. The Choctaws and Cherokees, In their treaties of peace six years go, gave universal amnesty; and their exam- ? hould shame Christian white men out of a ' lolicy resting on unforgiving hate or unmanly ear. Tne sentiment must become nearly uni- ! ersal for amnesty, and two thirds cf Congress J, rill vote for the bill. Although late lu coming Jj : will tend to restore fraternal feeling. It will r ertalnly restore to intelligence and character ? t the South, a voice once more in the man gement ot its local affairs, and restore to hose States what they have not had for years, republican form of government. Gentle ?en, among the OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES f the present the greatest is this, viz; f IThether our government is to be In sub- J tance, If not in form, revolutionized ? Wheth- J r the Federal Government is to remain as c ur lathers made it, based upon a written ^ onstltutlon, limiting and defining Its powers, S nd reserving the mass of powers not delega- 5 ?d, to the several States and to the people; or, " rhether it is to become a government of un- !~ mr.ed and centralized power ? In a word, r, rhether thc United States shall continue to e a Union of States under the constitution, or ecome a centralized despotism, at Washing )n, to be ruled by the secret resolves of a lucas, and by the President at the head ot ie army. Our faithful representatives at fashington say: "Under prentence ol J.J asslng laws to enforce the fourteenth w ?aendment and for other purposes Con- w ress has framed and passed laws by n< hich the liberties of the people are menaced o ld the sacred rights of local sell-government ai 1 the States Ignored, if not tyrannically over- v irown. Modelied by the sedition laws, so Bous in history, they are at variance with all ie sanctified theories of our institutions, and ie construction given by these Badlcal inter- _ 'eters to the fourteen'': amendment is, to ;e the language of an eminent senator-Mr. .umbali, of Illinois-an "annihilator of ates." Under the last enforcement bill, the cecutlve may, in his discretion, thrust aside e government of any State; suspend the writ habeas corpus; arrest its governor; imprison disperse its legislature; silence its Judges, - id trample down its people. Uuder the arm- AI 1 heel ot his troops, nothing is left to the th tizens or State which can any longer be Bi died a right; all is changed Into mere suffer ice." AB certain as we live, ^[ THI3 IS THE GREAT ISSUE QI id danger upon us now. Everybody feels lat a revolution is going on in that direction; J2l ie very ground giving way under our feet. D, adicaU admit it. Some avow and juBtlfy it; p, id some ol' the best friends of republican iQ overnment fear that revolution has already Ki one too far to be arrested. But, gentlemen, Ki it us not despair; truth will rise again. In Lt ie nature ot things, in our svatem ot govern- 5S lent, two forces are alwavs at work, like the " vo forces in our planetary system-the one S inding to draw all planets to the centre; the \ ther to take them out of the system alto- N< sther. They have been constantly struggling s< 1th each other from the beginning and from Qi ?fore the beginning. AR by a compromise of Os trees the planets were made to revolve iu Pl leir orbits around the sun, so by a wise com- D roml8e and balance of forces, In our political & ?stem, our composite form of government ci as made. To the Federal Government was |? ?ven defined and delegated powers necessary st i the Union, to the deience, and the general r< elfare. All the remalBder, except just w lough to carry Into effect the powers delega- JJ d, were reserved to the States and to the f* ?opie. L; With men of extreme views and Radiea'. ten- 0( mcles, it seems almost Impossible to com- u .ehendalimliation of rights and power?, j illustrate. With the Radicals of the 8outh, id I might add, some at the North, before ie war, the Federal Government had no t0 ghts the States were bound to respect. The a ar, I think, hap cured, or ought to cure that DJ delusion; but I fear it. has riven rise to another; tor since tue war the Radicals ot' the North seem to think THE STATES HAVE NO RrOIITS THE FEDERAL GOV? ERNMENT 13 BOUND TO RESPECT; and, this last delusion is as dangerous to liber? ty as the first. Extreme follow* extreme. The pendulum, (rom one side ol the arc, swings always to the other; and the higher lt rises on the one side, the higher it rises on the other. The rebound lrom a war begun upon the Southern Radical's idea of all power in the States, is now, under the lead of those who control this administration, fast driving all power into the Federal Government. I repeat, in my opinion, gentlemen, the real issue paramount over all others, at this mo? ment, is, whether the true republican form of government ot our fathers shall give way to centralization ud to military despotism. It has already made long strides in that direc? tion. The great duty of the Democratic party, and of all who love republican liberty, is to bury all the issues of the post and to unite in an honest, earnest, Bell-Bacriflcing effort to ar? rest the further progress of that revolution. We can only do that by a change of adminis? tration; by restoring, as far as the constitution will allow lt, to St&te legislatures, State Judici? aries, State executives, and State military forces, the defence and maintenance o? the rights and liberties of the people, which cen? tralized power cannot defend, but will certain? ly destroy-by placing the civil above the mili? tary power, in all the States; by reducing the standing army-that standing menace of all republics-willi its lite tenures, aristocratic tendencies and extravagant expenditures, to a peace standard-and by preventing its further interference' with the freedom of elections. Ol her issues r.nd duties o? great importance rest upon us also, growing out of our own for? eign relations, finance, national debt, tariff and internal revenue relorm. Gentlemen, LET US ORGANIZE KOR VICTORl* and not for defeat in the next great contest. Many who were divided upon the Issues of the pastare shoulder to shoulder with us now upon the issues ol the present, and many more are coming. Let us restore to its pres? tige and power thc old Democratic Republican party of Jefferson, o? Madison, and ot Jack? son. Let us cordially invite to its support all who are with us upon the great issues Involved -a'l who love republican institutions as es? tablished by our fathers, in substance as well is In name; all who cherish republican sim olicity, integrity, economy and fidelity, every? where in the Stale and Federe! admin stratton; all who would lighten the heavy pecuniary burdens o? our people by their more equal and Just distribution; and all svho, while maintaining the national iallhand lonor inviolate, look foward with hope and :ourage to the return of that period when the )urdens ot tue general government will be as lght as its blessings are beneficent, when the -ich will not be made richer and the poor joorer, by act of Congress; when the Federal ind State Governments, each in their sphere, irotecting the equal rights of air, and gr aci? ng lavors to none, shall, in the language of General Jackson, bestow their blessings "like he dews of heaven unseen and unfelt, save n the richness and beauty they contribute to iroduce." [Applause.] TBE RICHLAND FARMERS' CLUB. Regalar Monthly Meeting. IFrom the Pheonix. . This club held its regular monthly meeting m Saturday. The chairman of the committee m irrigation, Colonel Wm. Wallace, presented ,n Instructive and a suggestive essay upon his important theme. He. took the ground hat a good system of irrigation was one of he best means ol providing lor the summer Iroughts to which this section ls liable. The balrmanoftbe committee on the subject of 'Birds as connected with agriculture," Dr. aired Wallace, read a most Interesting article ?pon thesubjecr. Mr. F. Trenholm, chairman I the committee upon the steam plough, re orted oroinvRs. From the. rmRjrr mad Oj u. ppears lhat the cost 01 introducing sucn a Tough would amount to $5500. Upon motion, a committee was appointed to irepare an essay upon the best method of irovldlng for the annual summer droughts isual in this State. Messrs. Thomas Taylor, W. H. Giboes, leorge Davie and A. Y. Lee were appointed elegatea to the Poinologlcal Convention, 'hieb meets this month in Richmond, Va. The president announced that the next leetlng would be on the farm ' of Messrs. Windhorn. HAVANNAH EXCITED. 8AVAXNAH. September 5. The statement, in the New York Herald to? ny to the effect that yellow fever exists In uis city, has called forth the following from [ayor Screven: "I learn that the New York Herald, of this ?ornlng, asserts the existence of yellow fever i Savannah. The statement is wholly with? in foundation. There ls not now, nor bas lere been, any yellow fever in Savannah dur lg the present year, and the city is lreer of isease ol' any kind, and healthier, than In any revlous year. A retraction of the statement y the Herald, so far as Savannah ls concern d, ts requested." A SINGULAR CASE. NEW YORK, September 4. J. D. Rymert, lawyer, and president of the [erculesLlfe Insurance Company, C. J. Dan? ie, Mrs. Georgine Dankle and J. S. Talmadge, rere arrested Saturday by the United States eputy marshal, charged with making false ?presentations respecting the properly of a ?rtain bondsman, in the suit ol' the United tates against Dankle, to recover a forfeiture ir running an Illicit distillery. To-day Cora ii88ioner Davenport heid Rymert in $15,000, ad Talmadge in $10.000 ball, and Mr. and rs. Dankle in $10,000 ball each. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, September 4. Clear and hazy weather will probably con? nue from New England to South Carolina, Ith southerly winds. Falling barometer, Uh southwesterly winds and increased cloudl? ess from- the lakes southwestward to the bio and Missouri Rivers, and continued cloud id local rains on the Gulf coast, esterday's Weather Reports of the ts igual Service, Local Time. U. S. A.-4.47 P. M., Place of Observation. i gusta.. ilnmore. ?sion. lffalo, X. ?.... tallest un. leyenne, W. T. ilcago. uclnnatl. eveland. irlnne, Utah... .trott. muli, Minn... Ulanapolls.... ?y West, Fla., joxvtlle, Tenn, ike City. Fla.. impliis, Tenu ?iwauKce, wis, julie. Linville. JW London, Ct. :w Orleans :w York. nana, Neb. iwego, N. Y.... illadelphia. ttsburg, Pa.... rrtland, Me.... ichester, X. Y. m Francisco.. ivan nah. . Paul. iledo, o. a?hwgton,DC. timiniitun.N C jrrolk . rnchburg. :aven worth... ipe Ma'., t. Washington NOT8.-The weaner re-i irt dated 7.47 O'CIUCK ls morning, wm be posted in the rooms of the lamber or Commer.-e at io o'clock A. M.. and, nether with the weather chart, may (by the lurteay or thc chamber) be examined by ship asters at anj time daring ene day. THE OTHER'HEMISPHERE. i -r* MORE POPULAR DEM OS'S TRA TTOS'S ly \URLiy. Another Row Beween the Police and the People-Ula?-- Arrest- Policemen Injured-The Vrxallles Assembly The Cholera In ttrmany-Shipwreck? and Loss of Life. DUBLIN, September 4. On Sunday Lhere ws a monster demonstra? tion and a vast procesi?n. A hundred thous? and people were preent In Phoenix Park. Smythe, Butt and Nfan spoke. Resolutions demanding the releas ot the Fenians were adopted. Several corsions took place as the people were retiring. The police drew their staves, and the peo p'.< used sticks, stones, Ac. Eventually the mob was dispersed. There were many arrests. LATER.-It appears ;hat only six of the pol? ice were hurt. Forty-line or the rioters were arrested. Dlsorderlypersons were In the street all night slnglngiedillous songs. rbxDOX, September 4. Smythe, member of ?arllament, presided at the Phoenix Park meetbg. In the right which followed, participants li the meeting attacked the police. Fifty poltemen were injured. The police were relnforied and many arrests were made. The Times has a VerauTles dispatch, saying there will be no adjournment of the Assembly until the Germans evacuate the four depart? ments surrounding Paru Fatal cases ot cholera have occurred at Dantz'c, Elblng, Coblentz, Altona, Leipslcand Vienna. A bark capsized near;he English coast-all lost. A brig capsized 06 Shields-all lost. " Queen Victoria ls so ouch indisposed as to be confined to the house A general strike for higher wages among the coal miners of Northumberland ls immi? nent. yEws FROM rASHiyarox. WASHINGTON, September 4. The President has ptrdoned Alfred Foster, of Brooklyn, convicted of selling unstamped cigars. The secretary of th? Interior has Issued an order forbidding whites to settle in the Chero? kee country. The Grand Duke Alexis sailed hither ward Saturday. Ten of the Warnwutb delegation, from Louisiana, departed tonight. They will meet the balance of the delegation at New York, and at 10 o'clock to-norrow proceed to Long Branch to meet the President by appointment. Letters from vincent Coilyer Indicate that his mission to the Apaches, of Arizona, has tailed. Cochise would not come to the council. THE COTTOy QUESTION'. The Course of the Market Last Week Prediction of a Short Crop. The New York Financial Chronicle, of Satur? day, says: The cotton market the past week has con? tinued quiet, but prices, under the influence ot the same causes operating last week, have further Improved. Rumors that the crop has been greatly damaged of late In many ways [?o?r? n?reV?fWfivVlpu^ft^A'tt?ff?l supply is, therefore, counted upon, and with the present consumption tho upward move? ment In prices was only a legitimate and necessary consequence. Liverpool has advanced during the week about .jd. for mid? dling uplands, with the week's sales tor con? sumption at 82,000 bales, and tor export 11,000 bales. It is claimed, however, by many, that loreign spinners are accumulating unusually large stocks, and that they must soon with? draw from the market. This idea is based upon the current estimates of consumption (58,000 bales weekly) as given by the leading Liverpool circulars. If those figures are cor? rect the Manchester spinners now hold 267,000 bales stock; but it their consumption is In ex? cess ol the above' weekly total, as we hav claimed, then the stock ls less to Just the same amount. So long, therefore, as the sales lor consumption and export at Liverpool remain at the present large figure, there will be a be? lief in an enlarged consumption and a ebon supply. The Selma, Ala., Times, published at a cen? tral point in the great cotton belt, and usually a well-informed authority concerning the growing staple, editorially remarks: Many estimates have been made in reference :o the "present crop ot cotton. The opinions as lo the aggregate ot the crop have been as va? ried as the Interests represented have been DU me rous. We have our own opinion, based upon what we have seen of the crop in the States of Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and alabama, and what information we have been ible to glean from our exchanges of the cotton States. We do not believe that the present :rop will reach two and a half millions of jales. The crop In this State is poorer than it ms been for years, and the combination of llsasters ls being dally added to. These ilsoslers are general throughout the South, ind where the cotton ls to come from n order to give as the aggregate three and a lalf, or even three millions of bales, for the lotion crop ol 1871, we do not know. BAD ACCOUNTS OF COTTON'. MOBILE, September 4. The general crop accounts received here by -esponslble merchants Bay the cotton pros? pects lu Alabama and Mississippi are very dls :ouraging. There ls a drought io some locali? ses and too much rain la others. The plant is ilso suffering trom worms. The planters are ?oldlng back their cotton for higher prices. yO COyFEREyCE! The Working Plan: [From the Laurens Herald.] We have tried the cursing and bullying plan, ind we have failed, and we now propose that he working plan be tried, after the manner hat we have suggested. It can be done, and he brilliant victory but recently achieved by he deserving people of Charleston is proof positive that all we have to do is to work and vin. Neither mass meetings, high flown ora lons, nor newspaper articles, can secure the .ictorv. It is entrusted to the care ol the in? ti vidual; and lt there is one thing that we de ire to impress upon our people more than mother, lt ls the individual responsibility of ?very man In the political struggle soon to weep our Slate, from mountain to seaboard, vlih its hurricane of passion. The other View. IKrom the Barnwell Sentinel.] When the Press Conference was called, it vas not opposed In advance, and if we mistake lot, THE NEWS was very willing to receive the id of another conference when Its action he? arne the topic of discussion. The Press Con erence bound nobody, the conference which ucceeded it bound nobody, and yet both of hese consultations were of service, and result d in producing the Reform movement. How? ly concentrating public opinion. Borne of ur friends take exception to the phrase "lead ag men," as if this expression alluded to par icular individuals. The leading men to whom re allude are not old men or young men, old olilicians or new politicians, but the men of und. earnest, thinking men, who, putting side Belrlsh views, work patriotically tor the ;ood of the State. Such men be they young r old, will always recommend wise action rhen thev meet in conference for the common ;ood. ? Lt t ns Tall lt this Time." [From the Walhalla Courier.; The Democratic Darty of South Carolina has ieen devoted to voluutary, non-responsible, ion-obligatory conferences and conventions ince 1866. If any, the least good has ever re ulled irom the assembling ol' such bodies we ave never been able to see or ascertain it. Such assemblies are usually controlled by a few spirits, who manage to say or do some? thing, which is converted by the opposing party into an instrument with which to defeat us. What could we effect In State matters ? We do not desire to lead in national affairs. Let us tall it this time. The memorable plank put into the platform or 1868 bv South Caro? lina crushed the very life out of the party. We will make more by staying at home and harvesting our little crops, than talking about matters over which we have no control. Besides, if a conference be advisable in any event, this is too early a day. We have al? ways been too apt and too ready to expose our hand. We play too fair and should try a little -bluff." But, says the Camden Journal, we are for conference and early organization, not agitation. Is that possible? Whatever might be done In that conference would be agitated In twenty-four hours after Its adjourn? ment. Not agitate ? Impossible. Carolinians possess one of the traits of Frenchmen, and that ls Impulse. They are good on a charge, but tire in a long campaign. This is a reason why, if any course ls designated, lt should be done at a late day. If we begin now, we will And ourselves like the bear in the fable, only we will have worn ourselves out fighting the wind. While we are panting on our backs at the opening of the campaign, the enemy, lresh and strong in past victory and the spoils of office, will sweep everything before them. We men of business can" afford a long and heated campaign, but the farmers and labor? ing men cannot and will not. At first they are warmed up and Interested, but their busi? ness soon cools their ardor, ond as the thing becomes old they grow careless. Let us have no conference lor the present. ?Harneo. KIM BROUGH-ROUX -On Wednesday, COth ultimo, at St. Paul's Church, Augusta Ga., by the Bev. W. H. Clark, THUMS M. KIMBROCOH. of P.lchmond, Ya., and EMILIE FLORENCE, youngest oaughterof F. L. Roux, Esq., or charleston, S. C. ?bitnarrj. STICKN'EV.-Died, In this city, on the morning or the 1st september, 1871, In the thlrry-nrtti year or her age. or yellow rever, Mrs. SARAH STICKNEY, consort or Mr. Asa Stlikney. The dear mend whose untimely end we record was one whose many lovely traits or character could not (all to endear her to all whose privilege lt was to be associated with her. Without any pretension to Christian perfection, she yet practi? cally followed the Master's example In the gentle? ness or her dealings with those who needed kind? ly words or cheer, or who might be materially beneflted by more substantial evidences or sym? pathy. Her heart and hand were responsive to each other In aflording prompt relier to the wants and necessities or the unfortunate and distressed, who came within reach or her ooservailon. No ostentation or obtrusiveness marked her gentle deeds or kindliness and benevolence; but they fell as refreshingly as the dews or the morning. While she was modest and unassuming in her de? portment, there conitnually emanated from her life and works Influence* lor good that will not ceas ? because ol her death, bat the good seed thus sown will bear rich fruit ror nose who knew and loved her best, ber friendships were warm, sin? cere and lasting, and she was an ornament to her sex, and an intelligent, useful member or society. She was an affectionate, devoted wire, and thought no trouble, no sacrifice or self too great. ir she might thereby minister te the comfort and happiness or her beloved husnanrt. As a daughter she WAS full or reverential affection ror her sged 1 mother, ande instantly manifested lt by herir? quent tokens or kindly remembrance. For her sisters and crothers, who loved her with unusual tenderness, she proved her unfaltering devotion by her 8'eady Interest and action ror their wel? fare. But she ls gone from ocr earthly vision. To her surviving nusband. and to her mother, sis? ters and brothers, who remain at the old home? stead where her Infant eyes first saw the light or day, no mortal words can couvey sufficient con? solation. To the relatives or her far-away home, we offer the assurance that everything that care and the rao-t unt.rlair attention could bi stow was yielded with solicitous tenderness, to miti? gate the pains or disease and stay the hand or death. She was among friends who dearly loved her. We most sincerely believe that oar departed mend ls now basking la tho light of a brighter whom all blessings rio w, bestow on thy bereaved1 and suffering children such cons latlon as Thou only knowest how to adapt to their wants. 'What though o'er my mortal tomb, Clouds and mist be blending ! Sweetest hope shalUchase the gloom, Hopes to Heaven ascending. "These shall be my stay, my trust. Ever bricht and vernal. Lire shall blossom out or dust, Life and Joy eternal."_ .funeral Notices. ^ ?S-^KEU^nVES, FRIENDS AND "."quaintances of Mr. and Mis. Edward S. Johnson ntd Mr. T. W. Johnson, are respectfully Invited to attend the Funeral Services or Mrs. EDWARD S. JOHNSON, at Glebe street Presbyterian Church, at 9 o'clock THIS MOBXIKO. sepj .? Special Notices. pm* ?N MABRIA.GE.-ESSAYS FOB young men on great Soilal Evils and Abuses, which interfere with Marriage, and rain the hap? piness or thousands-with sure means or roller ror the erring and unfortunate, diseased and de? bilitated. Sent in sealed letter envelopes rree or charge. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2 3. Ninth street. Philadelphia. Pa. aep4-3mos pm*H OTIC E-OFFICE SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. C.-The Coupons lor Interest on the Bonds or the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Company, guaranteed by the State or South Carolina, which mature September 1st, 1871, will be paid on presentaron at the First Na? tional Bank or Charleston. S. W. FISHER, aog3l-thr8tnth5_Treasurer. ?M* NOT I CE-OFFICE SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. C.-The Coupons on the Bonds or the Savannah and Charleston Railroad Com? pany, ror Funded Interest, which mature Septem . ber l, 1871, will be paid on presentation at the Banking House or H. H. KIMPTON, Financial Agent State South Carolina, No. 9 Nassau street, New York, or at the First National Bank or Charleston, at the option or holders. ang3l-thrstuth5 S. W. FlStiER, Treasurer. pm* ANYBODY IN WANT OF A FINE Head or Hair should use at once JAYNE'S HAIR TONIO, lt will excite the tcalp to new and healthy action, cleanse lt from scurf and dand? ruff, prevent the hair from railing off, cure those eruptive diseases which orten appear on the head, and In most cases produce a fine growth of new hair. As a dressing, no better preparation can be obtained for Imparting a rich and glossy appear? ance to the hair. Sold everywhere, and by GOOD? RICH, WINE ll AN A CO., Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S. C._sep2-stuth3 jZ?rST?LL ONWARD AND UPWARD. The extraordinary Increase that has taken place In the sale of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters during the past year ls another proof that an intelligent peo? ple, although they may try all thtDgs, hold rast only to that which ls good. No amount or puffery can lift lnrerlor anieles to the position or stand? ard t-peclflcs. To use the words or Tom Paine, they may go up like a rocket, but are sore to comedown ignominiously like its extinguished stick. Hundreds or such nostrums have gone up and come down since the Introduction or Hostet? ter's Stomach Bitters, nearly the firth or a century ego. Yet it still remains the s ?preme tonic or the age lc has not, and never has had a rival in eta cacy or popularity, and now Btands at the head orall proprietary remedies manufactured on this 6ideor the Atlantic. Ia every civilized communi? ty on this Continent, or la South America, lt is the accepted remedy ror dyspesla, bilious com? plaints, constipation, general debility, nervous weakness and many other unplea?aut or danger? ous miladies. A medicine so widely extended is of course pirated and Imitated by dealers without conscience or In egrity. Therefore, let every man and woman who de? signs to purchase the genuine Ho3tetter's Stom? ach Bitters see to it tha t they have what they pay ror, and not the resulta of an infam?os im posture. Look carefully at label, stamp and name blown In the glass, and do not forget that the true Bitters ls sold in bottles only. aep2-fltnth3D4C 5?trial Notices. CONSIGNEES PEE MERCHANTS" Line Schooner FRANCIS SATTERLY will send tc Adger's Wharf for GoodB, or pay storsge If lort on wharf. WM. ROACH A CO. sep5-l ^CONSIGNEE NOTICE.-THE BRIG W. H. PARKS, from Baltimore, ls discharging her cargo ac Kerr's Wharf. All goods on thc dock at sunset will be stored at risk and expenr. of owners. STREET BROTHERS, sep6-l Agent'. pm* CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP JAMES ADC ER, from New York, are treeby noti? fied that she ts discharging cargo at Adger's South Wharf. Goods uncalled Tor at su: set will remain on the wharf at owners' risk. sepS-2 JAMES AD3ER A CO., Agents. ^CONSIGNEES PER STEAMER SEA GULL, from Baltimore, are hereby notified that the Steamer is THIS DAT discharging cargo at Pier No. 1, Union Wharves. AU goods not taken away at sunset will remain on the wharf at own? ers' rhk. MORDECAI A CO., Agents. sepft-1 pm* SPECIAL NOTICE.-THE STEAM ER CITY POINT having been quarantined at Jacksonville, Fla., for ten days from the time of lier departure, (Thursday last,) no Freight will be received until further notice. sep5-3 . RAVENEt, A CO., Agents. ^EDISTO ISLAND, S. C., AUGUST 26, un.-AU persons having claims against and ail those Indebted to the late R. 0. CHRISTY, Esq., are requested to settle accounts with Mr. G. STEAVENS, Edlito, S..C. 8ep5-2? MARGARET CHRISTY. pm* CONSIGNEES PER STEAMER SEA GULL from Baltimore, are hereby notified that she ls THIS DAT discharging Cargo at Pier No. 1, Union Wharves. All goods not taken away at sunset, will remain on wharf at consignees' risk. MORDECAI A CO., Bfgj_Agents. ?STOFF?CE HOWARD ASSOCIATION, MARKET HALL, CHARLESTON, SEPTEMBER, 1, ian.-The office or this Assocta'lon will be opened dally from 7 o'clock A. M. untune- o'clock P. M. Mr. DANIEL S. HART, Clerk of the Board, will be In constant attendance to meet all app'l cations for relief, receive contributions, Ac. The Secretary wUl be at the office daily At 1 o'clock P. M., to examine and select nurses, and. those who desire situations as nurses must apply at this Office. GEORGS S. PELZER, M. D, Secretary. DIRECTORY or THS OFFICEBS OF THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION OF CHARLESTON. FRB81DBNT, JAMES H. TAYLOR, Residence No. 7 Rutledge street; office corner Hay ne and Church streets. SENIOR V!CE-PRESIDEN'?, THOMAS S. BUDD, Residence No. 7 Water street; office 15 Boyce's wharf. JUNIOR VICK PRESIDENT, W. 0. DESAUSSURE, Residence No. 25 East Battery; office 23 Broad street. GEORGE H. MOFFETT, Office Adger A Co 's Hardware Store, Meeting street. SECRETARY/, GEORGE S. PELZER, Office la Market Hall. DIRECTORS-WARD l. H. F. Baker, residence No. 27 Queen street; office No. 20 Cumberland street, (H. F. Baker A Co's. Coal Yard.) W. 0. DeSaussure, residence No. 25 East Bat? tery; office No. 23 Broad street. WARD 2. T. P. Lowndes, residence Llmehouse street; office No. 26 Broad street. W. H. Peronneau, residence Sm th's lane; cilice Bank of Charleston. WARD 2. Thomas M. ila a ck el, residence No. 47 ll ase street; orr.ee No. 1 Broad street. H. C. Robertson, residence No. 1 Malden lane; wharfinger, Atlantic wharf. WARD 4. Jacob Small, residence No. 4 Buil street: office corner King and Princess streets. S. A. Nelson, residence No. 21 Archdale street oftlce No. 2 Hay ue street. WARU 5. S. Y. Tupper, residence NO. 2 Ann street; office Planters' and Mechanics' Bank. J. H. Devereux, residence No. 28 Reid street office corner Broad and East Bay. WARD 6. Joseph A. Sanders, residence No. 08 Pitt street next corner Van der horst street. F. S. H Ormes, residence corner Pitt and Vautier horst streets; office Holmes's Book Store. WARD 7. B. F. Evans, residence No. 7 Drake street; office Walker, Evans A Cogswell, Broad street. James M. Eason, residence No. 15 Drake street; office corner Columbus and Nassau streets. WARD 8. W. 0. Whilden, residence southwest corner Ashley and Spring streets; office corser King and Beauraln streets. W. S. Henerey. residence southeast corner Spring and St. Phillp streets. sep2 pa* DISINECTANTS.-T HOSE IN j want of DISINFECTANTS will find a full assort? ment at the Drug Store or DR. H. Ba ER, m Meet? ing street. sepl pm* THE SEASON IS APPROACHING ror Children's Summer Complaints, especially In those who are Teething. A sale and secure reme? dy ls all Important, and mothers will find such a one In DR. BAER'S GERMAN SOOTHING COR? DIAL. To be had of all Druggists. apr24-mwf MEDICAL NOTICE.-PATIENTS su ?rering from Diseases pertaining to the GENITO URINARY ORGANS, will receive the latest scien? tific treatment by placing themselves under the care oi Dr. T. REENSTJERNA, office No. 74 Hasel street, three doors from the Postoffice. sep20-tuthlyr pa* NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all Sub-Agents or the Land Commission, that, frc ra and after thc first day or March, 1871, they will report all their proceedings to Hon. F. L. CAKDOZO, Secretary or the Advisory Board. ROBT. C. DsLARGE, L. C. S. S. C. Columbia. February 28,1871._m aril pm* FOR COUGHS, BRONCHITIS AND Consumption, in Its early stages, nothing equals Dr. PIERCE'S ALT. EXT. or Golden Medical Dis? covery. It ls also a great blood purifier and Btrength restorer or tonic, and ror "Liver Com? plaint'' and costive conditions of the bowels lt has no equal. Sold by all Druggists. apr20-thstu3DAC pa* CHARLESTON BIBLE SOCIETY. The Treasurer of the Charleston Bible Society wlh receive Subscriptions or Donations at his office, So. 88 East Bay, corner or Atlantic Wharf. The payment of Two Dollars will constitue a person a member for one year. Bibles are kept on bat.d for distribution. The Society has ono Colporteur tn the field, and solicits aid to Introduce another. Persons interested In the work or seeking farther information will please call on the Treasurer. J. N. ROBSON, aprl8-6moa Treasurer C. B. S. Drugs ano ?tlc&innee. THE CELEBRATED GERMAN \ SOOTHING CORDIAL, FOR INFANTS TEETHING. This Is thc Ut st Medicine for Infants sod young Children eve? offered to U?oublic. It ls carefully prepared from the beat Drift, accord ng to a pre? scription furnished by a distinguished German Physician of largs and successful practice, and has been tried and approved by many of our heft physicians. It la specially adapted to the diseases Incident to childhood during the, trying period of teething, and recommends Itself for the core of Diarrhoea, Dyscoftry, Colic, Griping fl the Borrels, Sommer Complaint, Ac. It contains NO ANODYNE, or other injurious Drug, and should, therefore, be preferred to the Sootblag Syrups that now flood the marker, which are known 'to contain opium, and ".re, therefore, more or lesa Injurions. Thous? ands of children are murdered annually by Sooth? ing Syrups ; In some cases, thia'Act has been pub? lished In the newspapers, where the physician Ut . attendance so stated m his death certificate. In the numerous other cases, where the innocents are murdered by this modern Herod of the Nur? sery, the caus?is laid to a thousand other causes to &11 bot the right one. Mothers, bear this in mind, and use the GER? MAN SOOTHING CORDIAL, which ls safe, effi? cient an.l satisfactory. . * v DO NOT FAIL TO TRY A BOTTLE AT ONCE! This SOOTHING CORDIAL ls also an excellent Tonic, admirably adapted in cases of debility giving tone to the system, recuperating the strength and restoring the appetite. TRIOE-TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER BOTTLE. MANUFACTURED BT Dr. H. BAER, CHARLESTON, S- C. Also for sale by the fallowing Druggists: A. W. ECKEL A 00.,*3t?r. A. RAOUL, Ur. W. A. S KAINE, A. O. BAKBOT, TOOT A CU.. J. BLACKMAN, Dr. P. M. COHEN, Dr. H. H. KELLERS, tl. S. BURNHAM, GRAMAN A .-CUWAKE 8:? w.^OT0' A. M. COHEN, W. A. GIBSON, ABU by Druggists generally._angil rjlHE UNIVERSITY MEDICINES, PREFABED BT TBS NEW YORK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY. COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT OF CANCER PLANT-Price $2 Cough Llnctus-Price $1 Uiianthus Extract, for Epilepsy, St. Vitas' Dance, Spinal and Brain Affections-Price $2 Catarrh Specific-Price $2 Hydrated oxymel, for Consumption, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough. Ac-Price $2 Pile Extract-a never falling Pile cure-Price $2. May Apple Pills, for Dyspepsia, Torpidity of the Liver, Constipation, Ac-Price 60 cents Headache Pills-Price 50 cents Alkaline Resolvent-an Iodized chemical water superior to Vichy, Kissingen, Seltzer, Ac Price $l Five Minute Pain Curer-Price $1 Chemical Healing, Blood and Bone Ointment. ; Price Si Ethereal Phosphorus-Price $3 Lithla-for the Kidneys-Price $3 Katalpa Extract-the woman's friend-Price $3 Victoria Regla-unrivalled for beautifying complexion-Price $2 Amaranth-for t ho Hair-stops faUing hair-Price $1 Neuralgia-Rheumatic Elixir-Price $2 Fever and Ague Globules-Price $2 per box. For sale by DR. H. BAER, arm No. 131 Meeting street. Charla- ja. fTPHAM'S ANTIDOTE FOR STRONG U DRINK. A SURE CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS. One Dollar a Bottle Sent by mau, postage paid, on receipt of price. Tlie Antidote is the best remedy that can be ad ministered m Manla-a-Potu, and also for all nervous atrectlons. For sale by Dr. H. BAER. NO. 131 Meeting street, pets_Agent, for South Carolina ?Durational. TJBS?LINE INSTITUTS OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, "VALLE CR?CIS," NEAR COLUMBIA, S. 0.,*' FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNO LADIES, UNOIB THE IMMEDIATE SUPERVISION OF THE Rsm GIEtrSES OF THE URSULINE ' CONVINT. The ladles of the Ursuline Community, s. C., re? spectfully announce to their friends, and to the public, that the annual exercises of the Academy will commence September 1st. Their Institute being devoted to the education of yonth, aa 1 each member having received a long and care: ni training for that purpose, the echoes under their charge, as weU In the various countries ot Europe as m America, have never tailed to win and retain the confidence of parents and guar? dians. Nothing will be left undone in imparting to tba pupils confided te tlietr care a thorough educa? tion, in the highest sense of the word-not alone Instructing the intellect, but with maternal care guiding aul training the heart. The situation of the Convent la all that can be desired for health and beauty. The buildings are on elevated ground, about two miles from the capital, and in the midst of an oak grove or twenty acres. It ls within half an hoar's drive from thc depot, where omntbusses and baggage wagons await the arrival of passengers. . No distinction of religion will be made in the admission of pupils, nor will any undue influence be used over their religious principles: bat, for the maintenance of good order, all will be requir? ed to attend the exercises of Divine Worship pre? scribed for the Academy. From Individuals or societies disposed to aid in the education of young ladles, applications for the admission of pupils, at reduced terms, wm receive the most favorable consideration that the circumstances of the school will admit. The Scholastic Year ls divided into two Sessions -the first commencing september 1st, and ending February 1st; the Becond commencing February 1st, and ending July 1st. TERMS FE a SESSION*-PAYABLE IS ADVANCE. Eoard, Washing, Fuel, Lights, Tuition In Eug i;sh.Needle Work and Domestic Economy..1150 Peus. Ink and use of Library. 2 Kreuch, Latin, each. io Uarp, $30-use of Instrument, $'>. 86 Plano, $25-use of Instrument, $3. 28 Guitar, $18-use of Instrument. $2. 20 Vocal Music, (Bas lni's Method). J* Vocal Music, private lessons. *? Drawing In Crayon. JJ Painting In Water colors. JJ Painting in Pastel. 2 Painting tn Oils. g For?ur'her Information, application may ba made to the MOTHER SCPEKlult, to Bight Rev. Bishop LYNCH, or to the Reverend Cleigj. JulyH-i novl