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COLUMBIA. Friday Morning, July 8, 1368? Km of tuc National ConvunUoB. - Every mail brings os additional ei*deai?"fnat1ire proposed National Union Convention find? ia vor with the good and conservative through? out tho land, North and South. From Massachusetts we nave an en? couraging voice, from that sterling old and able conservative journal, the Boston PosL which, in an article on th? subj ec t, say? that the proposition is a recommendation which will com? mand general attention, and it hopes a cordial response, from every Cbn gressional District in the country. The people^-the Post says, are tired of partisan jugglery, and ask for statesmanship; they are disgusted with the counterfeit loyalty and pa? triotism the radicals present aa genu? ine, and demand that honest devotion to the country manifested in endea? vors to restore peace and harmony between the North and the South, and a Union of the States founded upon the Constitution. -We like this sort of talk from a prominent journal at the capital of a radical State. A convention of sin cere, honest, capable men, seeking Lng the elevation of the country, dis? daining the mere tricks of partisans and trusting to the purity and wisdom of their motives and acts for the peo? ple's approbation, would receive blessings from their countrymen, and a firm support of their efforts to re? lease the Government of the radical J incubus which oppresses it through j tb? deminancy of a party which dis- J regards every principle of true repub- ? licanism in their grasping after per- j pe tuai power. Weare in favor of the Southern j S+ates being represented in such a { body, and we trust that they will not j prevent it being a national assemblage | by their refusal to attend it. We sub- j join a few further extracts from the press of the country, in various sec- ! tiona, in relation to the matter. The Memphis Avalanche, the most j intensely Southern of journals, an- j nounces the call as follows: ?At last! At last! Light is beam- I ing once more-light from the risiug sun of liberty ! The people-tho peo? ple of all the States-North, South, East and West, are soon to be heard in an old-fashioned people's conven? tion. The oeople are now about mov? ing, and the idea w?ll become im? mensely popular. Weil, we can but rejoice at it, Thank Heaven, tho peo? ple are moving. We have anxiously waited for this "moving of the deep,"' and it has come at last. Now, let all row together for a common end ivs a common good." The Democratic members of Con? gress have drawn up and signed an address fully endorsing the Conven? tion, and urging Democrats all over the country to elect delegates who may take part in the proceedings. The New York" Times says: "Union Democrats, ns well as Union Republicans, may meet upon the terms presented. We are dis? posed to look upon this circumstance as evidence at once of tho desirable? ness of such a meeting, and of the liberal spirit in which the movement bas originated. In the present posi- : tion of the country, it were neither prudent nor seemly to quarrel about names. The groat need of the time j is a national, patriotic, constitutional Union party, and to construct this, we are prepared to forego sectional shibboleths and to bury the preju dices that would keep XTnion men j asunder." The radical IVihune. of the same : city, says: "Onr advices from Washington im- : p< ?rtthat a Democratic prommciamento is soon to be issued, foreshadowing j the coming 'fusion.' and giving at ; least the wink to all the semi-rebels j und negro-haters to help tho bolters to the utmost, with a plain view ol' ; nlthnateamalgamntion. Messrs. Gath- j rie, of Kentucky, and Niblack, of ! Indiana, lead this movement; but it ; is expected to take in the entire simm ? Democracy." -? <> ? i THE NJSW CONSTITUTIONAL AMENO- I WENT.-lt is ascertained beyond a doubt that the Secretan' of State did, ' as it was exjieeted he would, send the resolution proposing an amendment of the Constitution to the Governors i?f Hie Southern States as weil as the Northern. Thad. Stevens' ebnm, t hat three-fourths of the latter Stab s could make it it purt of the Constitution against the wishes of the Southern people, is treated with the contempt it merited. The President's communication with reference to American citizens arrested in Ireland, states that our \finister in London and Consuls have applied for their release, and all but two have been set at liberty. These, it is thought, will bc released. JCT fwtiwiW?? ?.? Ct?!. L?w. ^ . ' The^Crrarles^on Ce*ri& pabHshe? the following correspondence, which will ba'read ;?ith intered! by-all ovpr citizens: f . _ CHARLESTON, S. C., June 6, 1866. Bis Excellency Janies L. Orr, Gover? nor of the state of South Carolina. SIR: Your communication, .dated ai Columbia. S. C., May ll ultimo, re? ceived during my absence from the State, ws^i placed in my hands on my return on Friday last, and I have given the earliest consideration to the important questions therein pre? sented. Peeling interested in whatever con? cerns the exercise, by the State, of those functions of domestic govern? ment that, conformably to our politi? cal system, ought to proceed from the constitutional authorities of the State, and desiring to promote the restora? tion of civil government in South Carolina, I avail myself of this op? portunity to solicit an expression of the opinion of the Executive and the Judiciary of the State on certain legal questions, upon which my ac? tion in regard to'the trial of persons in the custody of the military au? thorities must depend. I desire to know whether tho courts of South Carolina can entertain ju risdiction of the following cases, viz: 1st. Criminal proceedings against persons for offences affecting the per? sons, property or other civil rights of persbns of color, as such civil rights aro defined and established by the recent Act of Congress known as the "Civil Bights Bill," and by the laws of the State not inconsistent there? with. 2d. Whether, in the administra? tion of justice in South Carolina, the laws relating to the rights of persons and property and the remedies for injuries are the same, as regards the definition of offences, the m de of arrest, indictment and trial, and as to the nature and character of the proofs admissible, without distinction or difference as to the color of the parties or their witnesses. 3d. Whether persons of color are competent to testify before grund ju? ries and magistrates in the character of complainants in criminal cases, as well as witnesses therein. .4th. Whether the pains and penal? ties imposed by the laws of the State are identical for offences committed by white persons and by persons ol color. I have also to request that your Ex? cellency will designnte the capital felonies on the trial of which, when committed by white persons against tho rights and property of persons ol color, the testimony of persons ol color is entitled to be received nndei sections 20 and 30 of the Act to estab? lish District Courts. The Court of Appeals having ad journed for tho term, and preferring to avoid the delay of a more forma communication through your Excel lency, I applied, through Lieutenant Colonel Willard, to his Honor tin Chief Justice, in tho hope of finding him already prepared to inform me o the views of tin- Court on the subj ec in general; but I learn from the ('hie Justice that the Judges of the Cour of Appeals huve not been in consulto tion upon any question affecting tin operation of the code, beyond tb opinion communicated by your Ex celleucy in relation to the competency of negro testimony in the trial of i person indicted for a capital felony. The Chief Justice was kind enougl to approve the course T have adopto of addressing the Court through you Excellency. Upon receipt of tue informatioi now respectfully solicited, E shall hav< the honor to reply definitely to you Excellency's communication of' tin 11th ult. Verv respectfully. D. E. SICKLES. Major-General Commanding. Official: (Signed,) O. H. HART, l?vt. Brig. Gen. and A. A. (1. EXEITTIYK DEPARTMENT S. C.. CHARLESTON, June 19, 1866. GENERAL: I enclose you herewitl a communication from Chief Justice Dunkin, addressed to me in rep?y t, interrogatories propounded to hin by you through ino. You will observi that he has not answered all your in quiries, because he did not desire ti express an opinion without full argu mont and consideration upon some o the points raised. His answers, however, meet full; all the doubts that have arisen-first as to thc right of persons of color t< initiate prosecutions before um^i-. trates, and give evidence before grain juries, nu well us to testify on tho tria of cases of felony committed by ; white person against the person o property of colored persons; and, st coud, that white persons ure indict able and triable in the Superio Courts for an assault and buttery ol the person of a freedman, and tim such freedmon are competent wit nesses in all such trials. These points having now been d< finitely settled, and ample sec uri! under State laws und ci v ii tribunal existing, to secure the persons nu property of colored persons, in the? two classe* of offences, I earuesll hope that you will find no furtlu obstado in the way of turning ov< all prisoners in custody of the miiiti ry authorities to the civil tribunals t this Stab- for trial, charged with j felony or au assault and battery upo , tho person of a freedman, j If you decide to transfer them 1 i the Civil Courts, 1 request that ye ? will transmit to me all the evident j implicating tho parties ?charged, .' that it may be placed in the bauds < th? S teto Solicitors in their respectivo circuits, to bo used on tho trial. 'i'l h?je the honor to be, very re? spectfully, Vour obedient servant, T. S JAMES I?. ORR, Govflrnorbf South Carolina. Stn? Items. EDGKETEI?D.- Tho Advertiser says: Those of our fellow-citizens wno still remain under military arrest iu Charleston, will, in a few days, be delivered into tho custody of the sheriff of Edgefield District. They aro*eight or ten in number: Messrs. Lanham, Coleman, Powell, Herlong, Lowry, Minor, Cook, Benson,-. Of course they will apply for bail, and the probability is that they wiii go at large. CHESTEK. -The Standard says : The first cotton bloom of tho sea? son, gathered on the plantation of J. S. McLure, Esq., on the 27th ult., is now on our desk. Other specimens have since reached us. A meeting of the citizens of this j District will bo held in thc Court j House, on Monday the loth July, for ? the purpose of eliciting public senti I raent relative to repeal of the stay law. i ORANUEBCBO.- -The"7?m?i, speaking : of crops, says: We aro sorry to learn j that tho prospects for thc coming crop ? are poor in the extreme. Many per I sons know not where they will get j corn until November, and then speak I of on Iv six mouths provisions. The ! "burthen of the song,"* is lazy freed - , mon. luxuriant grass, dyspeptic corn I and consumptive cotton. Bad news is ! always disagreeable and we are very j mncii disposed to think that thecom j plaint of "hard rimes" has become , generally chronic, and no one wishes ; to be singular iu thinking that a ; "good time is coming." The immense I lumber trade and a few cotton crops, I however small, must certainly go far I to restore our country to renewed ! prosperity. ; NKWBERTU-.-Tho Herald has tile I following items: An assault, with threats of killing, I we understand was made, by a party ' of men iu disguise, on old aunt Polly ! Gaunt, some three miles below this I village, during last week. Their pur . pose was robbery, and on being told j she had no money, they threatened to ! kill her. An old negro making alarm, they decamped, not, however, without j taking off lier little stock of meat. Can nothing bo done to stop these I rascalities? Wo learn that a freedman made an \ assault upon two ladies in this Dis ! tri ct, in the neighborhood of Jnlappa, j one day last week. His object, further ' than to effect an entrance into their house, with threats to kill, is not ! known. Ono of tho ladies, with much j pluck, seized a gun and threatened to shoot, when tho rascal made oft'. ? Subsequently he was taken by a 1 brother of the ladies and brought to I them, whereupon such a castigation ! was inflicted by them upon his hide j as will be long remembered. We are ! told it waa laid on heavy and thick. \ Tho weather for the past week has i been uncomfortably cool, mornings : and evenings, with much wind, and ! dry. Some sections of the District i have been blessed with good seasons, I while other port ions and immediately I about the town feel the want of rain ; sadly. Corn in the sections last named j is suffering no little. Cotton geue j rally is small, with poor stands, cool j nights seriously affecting its growth. \ We have seen a few patches where the stands are. middling to fair, while the plants are vigorous and well advanced, consideringall tho unfavor? able circumstances, A meeting, in which a very largo and influential body of citizens took part, was held in tho Court House, on Monday, Col. l?. Moorman in tho chair. The object of said meeting was to take into consideration tbe pro? priety and necessity of introducing white labor. Ablo remarks were made, all tending to show tho bene? fits which will arise from this system of labor. Much interest was exhibit? ed on the part of tho many planters in attendance, and confidence ex? pressed in the gentlemen who are pro? posed to go out after ibo labor need? ed, and their ability to accomplish it with satisfaction. SUMTER. -Tho Watchman says: We regre t to learn that Mr. Samuel E. Lemon, a respectable citizen of Lower Salem, Sumter District, carno to his death, on Thursday morning last, by his own lian c's. The weapon used was a double-barreled gun. No cause was assigned by him for the fatal act. Ho was a good soldierof his country, and un uptight aud honest young man. MARION. -Thu Crescent announces the death of Rev. J. Wesley Miller, of tho South Carolina Conference. . - Foil. MURDER.-The Charleston paper-, ol Wednesday bring us the news of the ?nurder of Benjamin Rhett, Esq. The Xea-s says: Mr. Rhett left his home, after diu m i yesterday, to \ It-it his farm, in the rear of the Race Course, us is his custom daily. Upon entering tho gale of his farm, ho was tired at twice, one shot immediately after flu- other, j Tho gun was loaded with duck shot, ami could not have been more than ten paces off. Mr. Rhett rode about twenty paces, when ho tell from his ?horse, and died about three-quarters I of aujiour afterward upon the spot where he foll. A most remarkable trial is now going on in one of the Courts in ! London, in which even tho right e>f ! Queen Victoria to sit upon the throne 'is brought in dispute ' From WaiHlngton. The Democratic members of Con? gress, both of the Senate and House, have agreed to unite with tho Con? servative Republicans in the call for a National union Convention, to t)e held in Philadelphia on the 14th of August. Their address is said to be in preparation, and will probably ap {>ear to-morrow. The Democratic eaders and organs that have hitherto held back from this measure, for Sear it would weaken their party organiza? tion, will now, it is hoped, cordially sustain it. Important as it maj be to maintain the organization of the j Democratic party, it is still more so to restore and preserve the Union, j The Democrats of Nev York, Penn- ! sylvania and Indiana, and others of the central and Western States, will recognise this great truth. Senator Hendricks, of Indiana, was ahead of his party in the endorsement of the call, well knowing that they must necessarily follow his lead. Thc denunciation and threats from the radical organs which are now hurled daily against any conservative movement, North or South, indicate the necessity of a great united con- j servative movement at the fall j elections. There will be no hopo for I j continued peace and early restoration ] j if the radicals sweep the couutry at j ! the fall elections, as they will do if I I not opposed by a proper concentration ! of the conservative forces. The result of the conference upon j , the disagreeing votes of the two houses , j upon the internal revece bill will be j I known to-morrow. A compromiso i ? upou three cents a pound on cotton j 1 ?B thought tc bo probable. Mr. Mor- j I rill would not, hr ever, assent to j this, for, he said, the difference be I tween ?ve cents and two cents would effect a loss of revenue to the amount | of $25,000,000. Such a loss would ; j derange the basis of the new tariff; bill, lt would become necessary to ? > drop some prohibitory duties. Tho Western people will show ? I front, ere long, against this new pro- : ! bibi tory tariff. . The bill recently reported from the j I House Committee on the Judiciary, j for the establishment of a National; Bureau of Insurance, makes the ? ; Bureau self-sustaining, while it offers ? i security in the matter of insurance, ! i by requiring all companies who may I act under the law, to de posit United ; States bonds, the amount varying ac ! cording to their capital stock. No j party is permitted to transact fire, : I marine and life insurance 1 usiness at i ! tho same time. The ol ..ct of the j ! proposed legislation is to give every i company an opportunity to show its ! j solvency, in order that the public may j : be guarded against fraud-the prin ' ciple being similar to that now ap ? plied to the National Banking Associa ? tion. j The news of tho suicide of Senator j Lane, of Kansas, received here this , morning, created considerable shock ? among his large circle nf friends and . acquaintances, and edi -ited numerous j expressions of regret and sympathy, i Though a man of strong and bitter ! temperament, he possessed many . friends. Ho left here about two ! ! weeks ago, rather unwell, und subse I quent ly the Senate granted him leave ! of absence for the remainder of the ! session. The cause of the rash act ' has not como to light, but it is well j known among the more intimate ! friends of the deceased Senator, that ' certain charges of corruption which , had been made against him in several of the Northern papers, had irritated him excessively, and he declared that I he would not rest until the charges | , were proved to be false. It will be 1 i remembered that he made a personal ! explanation in the Senate just befjore j j his departure, in regard to one of these I ; newspaper articles, and promised at no distant day to disprove tho as- ; sert ions there made. The impression in the Horne this afternoon, in regard to tho Kosseau- ? ! Grin nell ease, was that tho report of j the majority of the committee, i which has been rendered in fav or | : of the expulsion of General Bos- j sean, will be adopted. Before tho j committee, General Rosseau frankly j j admitted that he premeditated and ' ; made the assault upon Mr. Grinnell for words spoken in debate; that he j ', regarded those words as outside the j privileges of tho House, which had ! failed to protect him, and that the utterances of Mr. Grinnell had I seriously injured his military reputa tion before tho country. Mr. Grin- ! nell disclaimed any imputa; ion of General Rossenn's courage as au officer; -.aid he felt called upon to deny certain assumptions of the latter, which he believed to be untrue, | and that General Rosseau, both in the House an?l out of it. had assailed his name and reputation in an nnjustifi- ] able manner. From all appearances, tlie 4th of July will bo verv quietly spent here. , ( longress will adjourn o\ er from Tues? day afternoon until Thursday. The Republican Senators held a] caucus on tho "2d, with a view to ; arrange tho publie business before 'them, before fixing a time for tho1 adjournment oi tl... session. . Mr. Clarence A. Seward, nephew of the Secretary of State, and at one time Assistant Secretary ol State, I ; left this eity to-day for New York, ! where he will take tho next steamer' i for Europe as bearer of despatches] '? from tho United States to the Empe-; roi of France. It is reported that our Minister at ] ' Madrid. John I*. Hale, has asked to j be recalled, and that General Sickles, j I lately appointed to tho Hague, will , I probably be his successor. According to the "Now York Tri? bune, Santa Anna has $10,000,000 on deposit in England, and he ia soon to return to Mexico, .drive away Maxi? milian; and call his countrymen to his own standard; they are to listen to him, and will fall down before him and announce themselves as ready to do his bidding. Then Mexico will rise from her ashes, and a new and glorious future will bo open to the children of the Montezuma?. The t.wo Houses of Congress are at logger-heads about the Freedmen's Bureau bill, and the subject has been referred to a Committee of ' Confer? ence. The point in dispute is the disposition of the Sea Island cotton lands, the Senate being willing to re? store the lands to the owners on cer? tain conditions, while the House in? sists on turning them over perma? nently to the negroes. It has been rumored that the Presi? dent will veto the new Freedmen's Bureau bill, as the institution is becoming burdensome, demoralizing j and odious. The Union Pacific Rail ? road bill may fall under the veto, upon grounds of unfairness to some interests that had become identified 1 with thc original route, i The new excise mw, closing the lager beer shops in New York on Sundays, ha? been declared nncon- ? stitutional and void. The Germans ? were wild with joy upon the occasion, j and "der lager" was terribly punished | in celebrating the triumph. Funeral Invitation. The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Laval, of the Into Major Wm. Laval, and of tb.^ 'al.. Captain James D. Knight, U. is. N.. arc invited to attend the funeral nf Mrs. WM. J. LAVAL, at thc Marion Street Methodist Church, THIS MORNING, at 10 o'clock. Preserving Jars and Cans, OF 61a?u< and Tin. The most approved in UM.-. Received this day at July fi 1* STANLEY'S. TO RENT, riV.VG laryo and commodious STORKS, JL cent rally located. Apply to .J1''!!^ _ _ BAWLS. MEDICAL DISPENSARY, Plain Street, Columbia, S. C. PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTION? **tfand FAMILY MEDICINES aro here fy carefully and faithfully compounded fy. and dispensed, from afresh and select ?tock of Medicines, just opened; and bj ono of long and largo experience in th?, huffiness. Attendance given at all hours, both uight aud day. EDWARD KILL. July 0 _2 HAIR COLOl^G-UNEQUALED. THIS preparation, unlike most others of thc day, docs not dye the hair, but act? upon the sentient roots, exciting them to a healthful and natural action, by which thc whole struct uro of the bair is renewed giving it that natural, rich and glossy stift ness which is so desirable. It is warranted to do this, and at small cost. EDWARD SILL, .Tub G 2 Plain street. SILICI0US CEMENT! FOR cementing Class, China, Ac For sale at Da. C. H. MIOTS July ?J _Drug St oro. SOLUBLE GUM DROPS. ASUPPLY just received bv express, at DR. C. H. MIOT S July I! Drug Store. A Pleasant Tonic. Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Cali? saya Bark. PTMIK bitterness of the Calisaya and the 1 nauseous inkiness of the iron, which have BO ' ftcn rendered these estimable tonics repulsive to dt-licate. wtomaelis, are < nf ireh overcome by hoing skillfully blend? ed into a delightful cordial, pleasant to the taste, acceptable to the stomach and invi? gorating to t tie s vs tem. For pale at Jnlv s Da. C. H*. MIOTS Drug Store. QUININE ! Infi OZ- QUININE, received THIS J.V/V/ DAY by National Express at June 2f? MIOTS DRUG STORE. FRESH CITRATE MAGNESIA. ONE caso CITRATE MAGNESIA, re? ceived at_ MIOTS DRUG STORE. Fresh Arrivals. DURY. CHEESE. CLOVES, CHOW-CHOW, SWEET OIL. GROUND PEPPER. Jnlv G_ JOHN L\_ SEEGERS^ CO _ ((RAMIES. LEMONS AND FIGS, IN drums, just received. AI.SU, ii bbls. fresh SODA BISCUITS. July 0 JOHN C. REEOERS A- CO. , Hardware. ; THE UNDERSIGNED BIO dc.-drons of] going ont of tin Hardware business, j and are offering their stock of tho same at THE MOST REDUCED PRICKS. Farm-; er?, mechanics and sil in need of anj- arti- ' eic in that line, will do well to cull upon! then.. FI AN AH AN A WARLEY. July *; i j Corn! Corn!! JUST RECEIVED, 2tK) bushel? CRIME WHITE CORN, at .bib i; 1 H AN AH AN A W ARLEY'S. I?ST 1JAIN KILLER, MUSTANG LINIMENT. ' PALEY'S SALVE. MCALISTERS OINTMEN T , CASTOR OIL. JACOB'S CORDIAL. TOILET POWDER. 15ronehi.nl Troches. English Cooking Soda. Froshlyjaade Ess. Lemon, and other Flavoring Extracts, always on hand at ZS. E. JACKSON'S. Jnlv r, - 2 Xiooal it< Boo* ANO JOB I'Rcrnso_The Pluxnix office ia now fully supplied with card?, colored and white paper',eok>red ink, wood type, etc., and iu in condition to execute ali manner of book ?nd job- printing in the shortest possible time. THE BURNING OF COLUMBIA.-An inter? esting account ol the "Beck and Destruc? tion of the City of Columbia, 8. C.," has Just been issued, in pamphlet form, from the Phoenix power press. Order? nfl od to any extent. Singlo copies 50 dents. The freedmen were ont in full fe&tbjyw Wednesday morning, nith banners, music; etc. A procession was formed and marched to the outskirts of the town, where ad? dresses were delivered. So tar as we could loarn, the whole sffair passed off without any disturbance occurring. ANOTHER COTSCEKT.-The 'Johnnies' hare played to full houses during the last few "dghts, and have determined to give an? other concert to-night, al Gibbes' Hall. Go early, secure a seat and enjoy yourself several hours. It is highly probable that this will bo their last entertainment in thia city fer a length of time. "ASA HARTZ."-We had the pleasure of meeting Major Georg? McKnight, known as a humorist and political writer. He ia now connected with that sterling Northern journal, the New York Neirs, as agent and editorial correspondant. We wish him success on his Southern business tour, and commend him and the journal be repre? sents to the favorable consideration of the people of thc South. Wo are indebted to Messrs. Townsend A- North for copies of DeBovc's Review and Peterson's Ladies' National, for July. These gentlemen havo determined to dis? continue the sale of Harper's Weekly and Mon?dy, feeling satistied that these publi? cations are a positive injury to the people of this section. We sincerely hope that the dealers throughout the entire South will follow t hi.-? example; and if they are compelled to keep Northern periodicals, let it bo such as entertain nome slight respect for the feelings of our people. THE RACES.-There was quite a large number of persons at the race course, on the 4th, notwithstanding the extreme heat. There were only two entries for the race saddle-horses-Mr. John Harveys bay stallion and Mr. C. R. Franklin's b. g. "Jerry:" the first and third heats and the race being won by the latter. Yesterday, there was a trotting match, for which there were three entrees-James Carey's "John Morgan," Charles Logan's black stallion, and M. Brennan's bay mare. The race was won in two straight heats by the black st albon. After which there were several quarter and halfmile races, which afforded considerable amusement. SUNDAY SCHOOL CELEBRATION.-A very ?.? large congregation assombled at the Ma? rion Street Methodist Church, on Wednes? day morning, to witness the exercises of the celebration of the eighteenth anniver? sary of the Sabbath School attached to that Church. The exercises were opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Martin, wiiich was followed by an ode sung by the choir, Mr. Koepper be? ing the organist. An address was then de? livered by Mr. North, under whose super? intendence the ?choul has been kept np for many years; and he may woll feel gratified at the success which has attended his la? bors. The following exercises then took place,, in the order they are given: The Child'? Prayer, by John W. Elkins, quite a child, who delivered the little prayer admirably; recitation of Cassabiauca, by Melvin Kirk; this was al-.? well recited; Whining, a hu? morous address-well said by Willie La Mot te. Then came another ode, followed by a dialogue between Misses Mollie Moody, Grace O'Ncale, Bertha Hoaglsnd and Ella Gibson, who all epoko very well. Addresses were delivered by Richard 8perry on "Fast Young America," and by James Bryce, on "The World wo Livo in." Another ode was then sung, when Withe North gave ns an admirable address on "God's Young Ame? rica." Dexter Gibson delivered an excel? lent origiual on "Thc Moral Training of tho Young." Mr. Gibson bad been con? nected with the school for some years pre? vious to tho war, when he entered the ser? vice, and remained until the close of hoe. tilities; and to his credit, he has again connected himself with the school. The closing address was delivered by Milnor Gibson. Before the benediction was pronounced, Scr. W. T. Capers medea few brief but eloqnent remarks on the day and ite ob? servance. Mr. Capers was applauded fre? quently for the noble sentiments ho utter? ed. Tho exercises were then closed with tho benediction by Rev. N. Talley. The whole affair reflecte credit upon the pastor, superintendent, and all connected with thj school, _ '^?w* NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. - Attention ia call? ed to tho following advertisements, which aro published thin morning f??r the fir*' time: Hanahan & Warley-Hardware; Corn. Municipal Election. Gov. Orr Proclamation. Dr. C. H. Miot-Fresh Drug-.. W. B. Stanley- Preserving Jars, Ac. Apply at this Office- Situat'n Wa ted. ToUesou ?V Janney-New Gooda. J. C. Seegers A Co.-Fresh Arrivals. Dr. E. Sill-Medical Dispensary, Ac. E. E. Jackson--Medicines, Ac. John Rawls-Stores to Bent. The world laughs in its sleeve at thu efforts of a few envious dentists to decry the Sozodont. It in natural, perhaps, that they should dislike it, since its popularity interferes with the Bale of their wares; but how ridiculous iu them to show their spite when ita animus is so palpable.