Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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(X)LTJMBI^. Sunday Morning, October 7, 1866. 'I'lic Uciil I) issi n i on isl u. We can safely aver that there are no disunionists in tho Southern States. Their people, broken down by the casualties and misfortunes of war, have no sparc time to dabble in politics-their great work now is to raise enough for their support, and aro indifferent, or nearly so, to politi? cal issues. Tu this work, all they ask for is to be let alone, for political quiet is absolutely necessary to ac? complish the recuperation of means and resources. Tho seat ?f disunion has been transferred from the South to thc high places of radicalism. The jour? nals in the interest of that party, as wo noticed the other day, are conti? nually lilied with special despatches'. Tho paper chiefly engaged in the atrocious business of keeping up sec? tional strife is the New York Tribune. Tor instance, that journal recently announced that Platte City, Mis? souri, had been seized by a force of rebels, who killed several Unionists, drove out those they did not kill, and held possession of the city. The foundation of this absurd story was the simple fact that a slight disturb? ance had occurred in tho city, origi? nating in an attempt to arrest a drunken mau, who was parading the streets with a revolver, threatening to shoot n police oflicor. Wo have published an account of the disturbance at Brenham, Texas, giving a true statement of thc origin and result of the affair; but the Tri? bune had a special despatch to the effect that the people living in the neighborhood vere in arms; that the troops stationed there were entrench? ing; that a large portion of the State was rebellious, and 'that Gen. Sheri? dan had gone to the seat of action. The arrest by a sheriff's posse of a mau charged with murder, one Ferris, a mail agent, is paraded in the radical papers as "a capture by rebels," instead of chronicling it as an arrest by the proper authorities. Such join..als as these, and the party they serve, arc the only real disun? ionists at present in this country. Every true and loyal citizen should pray for an overwhelming defeat tc such disorganizers and destructives. Radical Injustice One of the resolutions of the Pitts? burg Convention declares that the acts of the President "have convert? ed conquered rebels into impudent claimants to rights which they have forfeited." As the National Intelligencer very properly says, nothing can be more untrue or unjust. The South has claimed nothing. It was invited to organize State Governments. It was told that the constitutional amend? ment must be recognized, its Con? federate debt repudiated and its secession ordinances annulled. These things were done. It was invited tc elect Senators and Representatives tc Congress. This also was done. Their representatives vere excluded from their seats. Where is the evidence ol any "impudent" claim? Some ol them, like Judges Sharkey and Mar vin, could have taken the test oath others, like Jones, of North Carolina and Cooper, of Tennessee, have suf fered for their Unionism. Yet thej returned quietly to their homes, anc their constituents have murmur?e loss than we conceived possible foi any people under similar circum stances. The faith of the nation wai pledged through tho Executive, win but followed the footsteps of Mr Lincoln. But, by misrepresentatioi and malignant appeals, the North ha ever acquired an entirely false im pression of the temper of the South ern people, who have been purifiei by the furnace of affliction, and ar incapable of the baseness attribute to them by scheming demagogue? To one familiar with the suffering un terrible ravages of the war, the mani bravery, the patience, and equanimi ty, and earnest struggles of the gren mass of the Southern people, it i adding unfounded reproach to th injury of exclusion to speak of ther as "impudent claimants of thei rights," and we aro suprised thu American soldiers would be guilty r this injustice. -' 4 ^? ? ? i - DEATHS rs CHARLESTON.-Tl Courier announces tho death of M H. L. Butterfield, proprietor of tl Pavilion Hotel, who died in Covini ton, Georgia. It also records tl death of Mr. Andrew McDowall. Accepting tUc Amendment. Tlio Now York Times, Mr. Ray moud's paper, virtually accedes to the policy of using the pnoject?d constitutional amendment a-s a plan for settling tho vexed question of restoration. Mr. Raymond, author of the address of tho Philadelphia Convention, and ex-Chairman of the Republican National Committee, places himself, by this accession, on ground which is not different, in practical import and tendency, from the platform laid down by Governor Parker, who now has the chairman? ship of the above committee, in the address recently issued by it, and by Mr. Greeley, who wrote and signed the I-, Uer document. The Times lias, from the beginning, approved the amendment as wise and just.in itself, but it lias disputed the propriety of the present Congress, as now organ? ized, adopting and referring it, in a peremtory spirit, to the Southern States to ratify, under peril of con? tinued exclusion. This position is somewhat illustrated in the subjoined extract from an editorial in'the Times, of a recent date: "There is not the slightest differ? ence of opinion, so far as we are aware, in the Union party, and very little anywhere else, as to the wisdom of ratifying the constitutional amend? ment proposed by Congress. It re? ceived every Union vote in the { House, and is sustained by every Union journal throughout tho coun? try. The only point upon which dif? ferences do prevail is as to the policy of making its adoption a condition \ precedent to the admission of repre- ' sentatives from Southern Slates. Upon this, Union members of Con gress were not agreed among them- j selves. Some were opposed to ad- ? mitting them until after the amend- j ment should have become part of the fundamental law, by the ratification of three-fourths of - all tho States. '< Others, like Mr. Bingham, of Ohio, ; insisted that whenever any Southern i State should ratify the amendment, ! that State should thereupon be ad- ' mitted to representation. Others, like Mr. Bontwell, of Massachusetts, and Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, refused to pledge Congress to admit them even after the amendment should be adopted, and others still did not deem it within the constitu? tional power of Congress to impose its adoption as a condition of admis? sion to the fundamental right of rep? resentation. "In point of fact, the adoption or rejection of the amendment has nothing whatever to do, as the law now stands, with the admission or rejection of members from the South? ern States. A bill providing for their admission, on condition of its adoption, was rejected hythe House, aud even if every Southern State should ratify the amendment to-mor? row, Congress has not pledged itself in any way thereupon to admit their representatives in Congress. Tho two questions are entirely separate and distinct, and each must be de? termined upon its own merits." . Infelicitous, to say the least, is the Times' method of manifesting its objection to the amendment as a con? dition, and its support of the amend? ment as a measure of intrinsic merit The excluded States are told that they ought to ratify the amendment with? out delay, but that Congress ought not to make, and, indeed, has not made, "its adoption a condition pre? cedent to the admission of represen? tatives from Southern States." In other words, those States are called upon to do gratuitously an act which even some of the most prominent radicals in Congress were willing to requite by admitting Southern rep? resentatives without further prelimi? nary concessions and guarantees. We need not say that the South does not want tho amendment; that it wants the Constitution as it is, and uot a Government changed profound? ly by such an addition to, and such an exscission from, its Constitution; and that what it supremely wants at the present moment is restoration. IMPORTANT ORDER.-Gen: Sickles publishes an order remitting all cases cognizable in the United States and State Courts to those Courts respect? ively, and order? the discontinuance of the Provost Courts as soon as the District Courts shall ho organized, except at Hilton Head and on the Se?: T< lands, and also commands the restoration of the jails to the civil authorities. One section of the order forbids corporal punishment and limits the operation of the vagrancy Act. Several of the New Orleans news? papers have determined to advocate tho adoption of the constitutional amendment in future, prominent Southerners recently arriving in that city from tho North having reported that popular sentiment hero was en? tirely favorable to its acceptance by the country. Tli?- KV ml Question. A great deal of uneasiness, caused by the effect of bad weather upon ! tin- erops. is felt throughout Western Europe, but more especially in Eng ! fand. At the date of the last mail advices, an immense quantity of 1 wheat and bai ley was still in the field, and the weather was so extremely bad j that then1 [was not much hope of ' saving more than a .small portion I of it. ! Ip view of this state of affairs, tho Loudon Times, is of tho opinion that the people of England have really a food question before them. France had already begun to make purchases in England, as it was not expected Germany would be able to give her much assistance this year, and the opinion prevailed that the United Stales could not be depended on to supply thc deficiency. Tho harvest in Russia had been abundant, and it was thought that country would be the greatest gainer by the short crops elsewhere. Thc scarcity of food, from the ex? hausting effects of four years' Avar, and fr< ni bad weather, also, proel tide thc possibility of >xporting bread stuffs from this country. If we have no political disturbance, resulting in another civil war, there may be enough, raised to supply the wants of the people; but, if a renewal of civil strife takes place, the food question hort? will become moro important than any other. -?-* ? ? Th? Constitutional Amtiuimtiit. We commend the following re? marks, from an article in the Charles? ton Courier, to the "gentleman from South Carolina" who said in Wash? ington that he was going home to urge the people to adopt the consti? tutional amendment: While the adoption of the consti? tutional amendment t, proposed at the last session of Congress, is urged upon the South, neither Congress or the Republican party haye given any assurance that, this accepted, the Southern Commonwealths will be recognized as States, or their people be entitled to representation. In fact, its adoption will shut out the ?.irgo body of the people from any true representation. It will ex? clude from any office, State or Fede? ral, all who may have at any period of their lives taken the oath to main? tain the Constitution of the United States, and who have in any measure participated with the South in the recent struggle. If this is carried into effect, how many in South Carolina would be eligible for any, even the humblest, position? The vast majority of our people would be incapacitated, and rendered unworthy for life. Repre? sentation, under these circumstances, would be the merest mockery and farce. And yet, so far as the radicals are concerned, the signs of the times in? dicate that even if this should be yielded, and should these States thus consent, voluntarily, to placo the yoke of disqualification around their necks, they would still be held in servitude for further burdens. The South has given every pledge for the perpetuity of the Union. So far as freedom is concerned, there is now no distinction on account of caste or race. And this by the act of the people of these Commonwealths, themselves, in convention assembled. -? ^ ? ? MILITARY ARREST.-Captain John Watson, of this District, was recently arrested and carried to Charleston by two negro soldiers, who were sent up for that purpose. Captain Watson, we understand, had lost a beef, and, suspecting some negroes on the plant? ation of T. L. Gourdin, made search in their houses. This highly offended the "colored gentlemen," who im? mediately reported the matter to "de hed mar?".in Charleston, with a vo? luminous tale, no doubt, that they were shot at, AVC. Captain Watson stood his trial, we are informed, and was fined three dollars for vio? lating the law, that is, for searching the negro houses without a warrant. We learn that the negroes claimed da? mages to the amount of 8100, but they failed to get that, eren before a provost, court. We sympathize deeply for our fel? low-citizen, thus to be harrassed and mortified by sm h treatment. When will the day of our deliverance come? I Kingstree. Star. A Washington special to tho Time* says: "Santa Anna, Gen. Crawford, and others of that ilk, arrived her?? to-day, and are in secret session." Santa Anna claims to be the true liberator of Mexico, and asserts thal he has despatched a force of 2.50C men thither to operate against Maxi? milian. This, he says, is only th? advance guard of a larger body sooi: to go under his directions on afiimilai mission. The Commissioner of Internal Re venue has decided that the recent law of Congress exempts any boot 01 shoe-maker, who makes boots 03 shoes to order, aa custom work only whose work does not exceed, annu ally, 81,000. Mr. Davin' Counsel in Search of tl??' United States Court. RICHMOND, October 2, 1866. The counsel of Mr. Davis, now*in attendance at Richmond, deem it their duty to lay before the public the following brief statement of facts. WILLIAM li. REED, J. RANDOLPH TUCKER, ROBERT OULD. On Tuesday, June 5, ibero was a formal session of the Circuit Court of the United States at Richmond, Judge Underwood presiding. ( ? rand jurymen were sworn, and oilier judi? cial formalities observed. Mr. Davis' counsel were present, ready and anx? ious to proceed to trial. On motion of thc District Attorney, the Court was regularly adjourned to the 2d of October, the presiding Judge using this language: "The Chief Justice, who is expect? ed lo preside at this trial, hr\'< named tho first Tuesday of October as the time that will be most convenient to him. When this Court adjourns, it will adjourn, not until the next ?erm, which is in November, but until the first Tuesday in October next. The motion of thc District Attorney is therefore granted. This Court will adjourn, not until November, but until the first Tuesday in October, which time is preferred by the Chief Justice and Attorney-General. The case will then, if not before disposed of, be tahen up." In accordance with thisorderof the Court, the undersigned are in attend? ance herc. They find no Court, and, except from the information elicited in tlie following telegraphic corres? pondence, have no intimation of the intentions of the Judge: RICHMOND, September 29, 1866. T<> Ike Hon. Joli? C. Underwood, Alex? andria: As counsel for Mr. Davis, wo are very anxious to know if you will be ! in Richmond on Tuesday next, to \ which day, as you recollect, the Cir-, cuit ('oort of the United States was \ adjourned. We are in attendance j here, and are desirous to be apprised j of the views of the Court. An early | answer will much oblige us. WILLIAM B. REED. 1 J. R. TUCKER. ALEXANDRIA, September 29, 1866. ' T<> Messrs. Reed and Tticker: There will be no United States Court in Richmond next week. J. C. UNDERWOOD. RICHMOND, September 29, 1866. Your telegram is received. Permit us to renew the inquiry whether on Tuesday you will be at Richmond, Norfolk or Alexandria? Your an? swer will much oblige us. W. B. REED, J. R. TUCKER. j ALEXANDRIA, September 29, 1SL'6. I will be in Alexandria on Tuesdav. ! J. C. UNDERWOOD. ' - WHOLESOME SPEECH IS AN UN WHOLESOME PLACE.-The Brooklyn (N. Y. ) Kayle, of the 21th ultimo, I contains a full report of a speech de- : livered at a public meeting, in that j city, by Hon. C. P. Langdon. It is spoken of as having been listened to j with marked and appreciative atten? tion. Among other wholesome senti- ' ments enunciated, were the follow/ i ing: And 1 proclaim herc, to-night, as a truth which cannot be controverted, in the presence of this Northern au? dience, and before the world, that thc radical Abolitionists are the real instigators of the recent awful war; and that, for all the sufferings occa? sioned by that war-all thu desola? tion, the tears, the anguish and the blood-they, and they alone, are re? sponsible! Talk about guarantee! It is you, proud and exultant radical, who should give thc guarantees-gua? rantees that you will not again violate the Constitution, that you will not again deny to any portion of the peo? ple their rights, that you will not again goad to madness a brave and generous people, and that the Go? vernment thenceforth shall be so ad? ministered as to protect tho rights of all States, and all citizens within the broad limits of this great republic. But you ask us for a guarantee that we will not again secede. The doc? trine of the right of a State to secede is abandoned by the whole South; but the right to resist oppression is not abandoned, and never will be. If you ask us to give yon a guarantee that we will quietly submit to the violation of our constitutional rights, injustice, oppression and wrong, it will never be given; or, if given, it would not be worth the paper on which it was written. The natural, indefeasible und inalienable right to resist insult, oppression and wrong, is planted in tho haman breast by Deity itself, and cannot be given away. He who would attempt it is fit only to be a slave. It is said the agent in England of Washington College, Virginia-the same that Gen. Lee presides over reports donations to the amount of ?60,000; the agent in France reports that he is doing very well, but gives no particulars, and the agent along the Mississippi River reports 850.000, which is to be largely increased when the cotton crop is sold. All this, in addition to 8190,000, is now in hand. A Paris correspondent of the Morn? ing Star, writes of Louis Napoleon, that His Majesty is ablo to ride, hut not to trot. Riadical Falscliootl?. In their desperate determination not to be defeated at the.appxoaching elections ia tho Northern states, the radicals resort to ?ill sorts of false? hoods to sustain their canse. In the hist number of the Philadelphia Press (Forney's) we find the follow? ing: "Tiie public may well be startled at Hie announcement*that thc Presi? dent ol the United States hi s been engaged iu transferring arms from th? possession of tho Government to that of Gen. Lee and a corp ?ration of which ho is tho head. "There is in Virginia a military in? stitute, over which Robert !'. Lee presides. This institute was broken up by Gen. Hunter, a native of Vir? ginia, but a loyal soulier ?11111110 the war, und the buildings and library wer?; burned by him because 111 rv were used to train officers for the Southern army. This institute has recently been re-open< d, ami anns, including a battery, have been fur? nished for the students by the Presi? dent of tho United States." Now, this is a tissue ol" falsehoods. There is not one single- truth in the statements, so far as they apply to the present time. Fix'st. Gen. Lee is the President of Washington College, and has no sort of connection with the Virginia Mili? tary Institute. The two institutions are rather rivals thau otherwise. Secondly. The President of the United States lias transferred no arms to th?' possession of the Virginia Military Institute, (?en. Grant him? self gave the orders alluded to, de? claring at the time lie consented to furnish the battery that the boys must be educated properly. Thirdly. Forney knew he was lying when In- made these statements. [ There has been PO report published, iu any shape or form, from which li? could have derived them. The tacts have been given in n<> instance other? wise than as wc have repeated them, j He lied deliberately for thc purpose of influencing the elections which ar< to take place in Pennsylvania next week. -Richmond Dispatch. WORK \s. STARVATION.? What is stated below by tie' Montgomery Mail, of the idle and vagabond habits of the negroes of that city, i-. nc doubt true in regard to them at : good many other places: It is pretty generally known dial there is in the suburbs of the city ; locality known as the "Freedmen's Village," built ot miserable wooder structures, tents, "holes in tin ground," Sec., immediately on thc banks of the river, and inhabit?;! by a large number of worthless, filthy negroes, many of whom steal for ; living, and very few of whom wii work linder any circumstances. Disease, of course, revels in this be nighted locality. To show tin character of some of the inhabitant.* of tiiis "village," we will give- tin following incident, related to us by tm old friend yesterday. He says : neighbor of Iiis who was short o hands, accosted one of the ..citizens' at his ivsiden.ee in the village, ant offered him good wages to go int< the cotton field, when the negri replied: "Sir, I would stay in towi and starve, before I. would piel cotton for anybody!" This show: what a mania there is among +11 ? negroes '"to live in town," and whei they reach the city their ambition lia reached its acme. We have thou sands in our midst, now, many o whom are actually starving-not fo the want of work, but from laziness Winter is fast approaching, and thei the mortalit y will assuredly be heavy There is work enough for all-i they would only do it. They shoul be made t<> work, and the vagran act enforced. - ir - - CONIT.ICT WITH THE MILITARY. short rime ago, a citizen fiudinj two soldiers at Waynesboro in po? session of Iiis horses, took ont ?1 wri ol' possession under our Sta!?- law which was resisted by the commant ant. of the post. An appeal was mad to General Tillson, who snstaine the exercise of military authority Tho civil authorities of the Count t hen despatched A. M. Rodgers, Esq to Milledgeviiie, to consult with th Governor, who, we learn from tl) Macon papers, lias decided that th laws of the State shall be enforced. I Augusta Chronicle. The brandon Republican lean that a silver mine was discovered i Franklin County several years sind but owing to the fact that the lan belonged to some heirs, ?ind con] not be purchased, the discovere kept it a profound secret1 until ve* recently. They have now purchase an interest in the land, and will sor. goto work to unearth th<> preciot metal. -? . CANDID.-Of General Forrest, tl Memphis Post, an ultra radical pi per, says editorially: Up to the close of the war we, : common with almost all i nion mei regarded General Forrest with a d grec of disfavor greater than wi felt for almost any other Confedera officer. His manly and honorab address to his troops at the time thc surrender caused us to look up< hun with less pr?judice, and tl straightforward, consistent course 1 has since pursued has induced n whenever we have had occasion alludo to him, to do so with au e presssion of high respect. FAVORS. -Wc aro. indebted to Mr. John McKenzie for late Northern papers ahead of tit?' mai!. BLANKS FOR KALK AT THIS OITII-K. bet? ters of Administration, Declaration ,,,, bond or Sealed Note, Mortgage* and ( N,n veyanees of T:-:i! Kstate. Tin: l5iTuxiN<i OF COLUMIUA. ?Au ...!.?. eating account ot tho'-Sn.-!, :?,n?1 Host ra? tion .t' thc Cit;.- nf Columbia. K. i-. just"been issued, pamphlet foriis. from tho Phoenix power press. Orders ii Od to any extent. Price 50 couta. Copies cnu bc Obtained at this ottico and tho ln:okstores. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS. Until further no? tice, the mails will open and cloge as t'..|. lows: Northern mail opens llA a. m.; closes 12.1 p. m. Charleston and West* rn ma?lopens 3p.m.: closes Di a. m. Greenville mail opens 5i p. m.: closes 8 p. tn. On Sunday thc hour of delivery is from S to 4 p. ni. Thc trial of Messrs. W. l>. Starling and V?'. S. pope, who w.n-c indicted for tho murder of John Counts, alias John Daw? kins, fr.bnan, took pince on yesterday. Arter tho charge of his Honor Judge Aldrich had been delivered, the jury re? tired, and hud been abs. nt but a short? time, when they returned with a verdict of "not guilty." Moat: IMPROVEMENTS. Wc .'ire glad to not icc tim t our yoting'friend and towns? man, A. it. Colton, is erecting a large an?! commodious cotton gin warehouse, near thc Greenville and ColumbA Kaili-..ad Depot, for thc purpose of storing cotton. We understand that Iiis presses and gins will be in operation in a few days. We refer planters and merchants to ins adver? tisement mi thc first pago, and would ad? vise them tn pay his establishment a visit. Cou UT. On yesterday afternoon, in ac? cordance with previous notice, his limier Judge Aldrich pronounced the sentences of tho Court in thc following cuses; The Stutc vs. Salom i 1!. livers, for as? sault and battery sentenced to pay a tine of $50. The State vs. Levi Tolleson, John T..lie son and William Tolleson, for cow steal? ing -banishment from tim State fer five years. Tho State vs. Charles Parker, for horse stealing sentenced tn nc hung on the firsl Friday in January next. THE LAMP OP LIFE.- The glow of health and beauty is nowhere more perceptible ami beautifully attractive than in the ruddy, healthful, glowing, beautiful com? plexion nt' a healthy person. Thc com? plexion is radiant, and the lamp of life burns brightly, so long as it is supplied with pure blond. Tho Queen's Delight and Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier, is a cleaning and searching medicine- giving strength to the feeble, invigorating and restoring thc old; cleansing and purifying the young. Thc Queen's Delight and Sar? saparilla is for sale by Fisher A Ib initsh. pharmacists. RELIGIOUS SERVICES Tuts D.w.- Trinity Church-Rev. i'. .1. Shand, 10.V a. m. ami JA p. m. Presbyterian Church Rev. W. E. buggs, Pastor. 10? a. m. and I ?>. m. St. Peter's Church Rev. J. J. O'Connell, IO a. '..i. and 1 p. m. Lutheran Church -Rev. A. 1!. bode, IO" l. tl!. Christ ('hin ch Lecture Room Kev. .1. .M. Pringle, Rector, 10A a. m. and :H p. m. Washington Street Chapel -Kev. W. i'. Callers, Pastor. 10J a. m. Mid ! p. m. Marien Street Church Rev. 12. C. Liage, lie', a. m.and 4 p. m. baptist Church Kev. J. !.. Reynolds*, lt)A a. m. and 7A p. m. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.? Attention iscall .d io the following advertisements, which *re published this morning tor tin first. ; imo: MavtV. Mott -Dress-making. W. T. Walter-Auetiwn Sale Mrs. F. Hatch-Dress-makers Wanted. Edwin J. Scott--I5oiids Wanted. FENIANS NOT TO UK PROSECUTED nv nu- UNITED STATES.-It is reliably stated that the United States authori? ties have determined to quash tho proceedings against Mr. Roberts, the Fenian President. This action will meet with general approval in this ?onntry, but it is not likely to be relished bj the frightened Canadians, it will be remembered that, when Mr. Huberts was arrested, he' refused to nake any concessions or promises for ;he sake of regaining his liberty, ?lainly declaring that, if he were re eased, he should not relax his efforts u the Fenian cause. His bond will low soon be cancelled, and he will ihen h?; free to resume Fenian ope? rations, if he shall feel so disposed. Thc Government did ??nite enough 'or the Canadians when it saved them rom the terrible .Fi nians, and ii' hey now feel indignant because Our ! os eminent has determined not to ?rosecute the Fenians who were ar ested, they will have to make the ?est of it. Tiut them remember St. Uban's.- New York Sun. The Toronto Leader has this para? graph : "A statement is in circula ion that on the occasion of tho erec ion ol' the gilt cross on St. Michael's 'a th ed ral iii this city, the American lag was displayed above the Union lack. "Wo have been assured by per? ons who noticed the position of the lags on that occasion, that the Union ack was nt the head, and the Ame ican flag was displayed low down on be staff. At tin ordinary time such statement might pass without lotice, but at this moment* a correc ion should be made."