Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ar 4 7fKMBgBabSiMpfl^B o f aowd<o and ignortil oar patlenoe, wafolro], to prevent m N hriMawr that MB???JHt)* wfy l??tIt"tlon of aUvery wu not oar 8H^^iH8k*?Ul?fc U wee eaUMUhod Orithout oar aopporud end f(Httr?d by our I W^rlpitTOiiiiiif i ') ihlim iiliMlh gave them. If the problem ? m |?ow to eatablish slavery instead of to abol1 J?h, It trnald look emially difficult In aday vino*. But we Found It, end we dealt with It. What we mede of H the world *ee? bow ; asd if to-day four tnilllone of slaves have, without vlolenoe, become converted Into free men, It ie beeeuee their long dieolpltne had taught them Industry. obedience to law, and tho element# of Christian truth, lineh aa we owe to their year* oi labor, both the^and the United Statea owe it to m thia day that their emancipation has been effected without ruin and bloodshed, rflave, rv wa? foroed upon us, and as we used it, tho remit was prosperity to tne c<mntry, ^ wealth and power to the maater, and a etsady elevation of character to the slave. Now; if the North force* upon ns emancipation and suffrage, we are of the same blood *s our fathers, end where they left off we can begin. They made of the African savage au intelligent and Chrislinn laborer. We can make of the freedman a contented and useful citizen. The North lost its interest in the elave when he ceased to be to them a means of profit; tho same North will lose its interest' in the freedman. when be ceases to be an Instrument of pos litioal power. And just as soon as the for mer master and the present freedman understand each other?just aa soon as they both fee 1 that they cannot escape from each -other?that they muet either live together kindly or the* must both perish miserably . . ?he will no longer be an object of zeal to fanatics or demagogues. The task before ua is not an easy one.? The first great difficulty which will meet us is this. The free-lmen* will not.be left . to hie natural feelings, nor to the legiti. " mate influences which surround him. "Suf frage has been given him not for hie benefit or ours; but avowedly to furnish political power to others; he is made a citizens to supplant the State; he is tnnde a freeman to take away liberty from others. The men who have made him for use will try to use him. The next difficulty is, lhat the ignorance of the; great maas of the new afford both encouragement and opportunity to those who will wish to use them for elfish and sinister pnrpos- s. There are, especially In our cities, thousands of intelligent freedmen, many ot whom have been free for more than one generation,- Who are to-day capable of the temperate and judicious exercise of their right of suffrage. But the vast majority of the newly created voters do not understand, and cannot for some years be made to understand, the meaning ot the simplest Issue to be decided by the ballot box. The very words that convey the b'ea of "country," "govern ment," " republic," "legislation," will be to them as much an unkrown language as the gibberish their grandfathers spoke when first brought from Africa, Id snch a condition, what can we do? 1. "We can put ourselves in full, unreserved, honest communication with the military authority in command here, and with the Commissioner of the Frecdnicn'a Bureau. It is hard for us to acknowledge and still harder to bear military supremacy, but it is only justice to recognise that military rule, as tar as we have known it, l.os been neither rude nor tyrannical. There may have been cases in which we disap proved its action, but no one can deny that, on the whole, it has been considerate of our feelings and respectful of our rights. So of the Freedmen's Bureau, since the appoint, ment of General Scott. We may, and very justly do, consider the whole system an intolerable nuisance, which we would like to see abolished. But General Scott has administered hie office with fairness, and an anxious desire to drvright. His predecessor, and the iniquitous legislation of Congress, made his field of operations the most perplexed and <]ifTio?ilt in the South ; but while he has done full justice to the freed raen, me piantcre nave Joun.t litin pntienf, just and courteous. Now, whatever may t>e the inteotions or desire of the extreme Radicals, these men have not, and these men will not, excite or permit a war of races. They are white m? n of otir race and blood ; they are accustomed t<f ol edience and dielpline ; they have a very solemn responsibility ; they, comprehend, as no men living here can fail to do, the exigencies of this crisis ; they will not allow frnud or violence; and if we go to them in the spirit of trne, brave men. who wish not to prevent the treedmen from the exercise of the pslvilege which the law has given them, j but with the purpose of teaching them how ' to use that privilege for their good and j oars, for the salvation of that Slate which , la to-day theirs as.it is ours, we will find at their bands earnest, judicious and effective reoperation. 1411 . the next place we can, with per- I fecCt|elf-respeet, consult with those freedn?en whose intelligence and character entitle them to our raped and to influence among their own people. We all know t many of them whose names have been familiar to ns from ho)hood; and there is not a Southern gentleman, not a man of cor.aideratlon in any walk of life, who does not feel snr?tb*^they will recognize his rightto advise, and treat, hie advise with deference. Many of tbehi have been for v<*srs among us leading blameb-ss and useful lives, and if ' they naturally r<joice at that elevation ; which the full privilege of citizenship gives them, it is no matter of surprise, indignation . or sneer. They know better than we do J the wishes and the prejudices of their own ' -people. They feel a* fully as we do that j universal au'lrage is unfair to their eh.arac teat and dangerous to their interests, ami if the opportunity is offered they will act with ~ j us respectfully and cordially. 3. Willi regard to the gr?at mass of field laborers whose intelligence has not been cultivated enough to begin to comprehend the issues upon which they will be called > H on to vote, that very ignorance will for a long tlmo prevent any interest on their part in elections, and it is not likely that the agitators of mischief who will infest the cities and coast will trouble the more remote country di?|ricts. In most ol these districts there bus been ootrtjairallvely little disturbance in old relations; there has been come change of freedmen from one plantation to gftli . Another, but as a general rule they arc at work in their old neighborhoods, and have manifested neither incivility or inaubordin alio*. Indeed, throughout lbs Ptate the ronduct of the freedmen during the late 1 war has proven a kindliness of feeling and j patience of spirit which ought to furnish the . foifwfalinn of lasting good will Unable to ! judg^W1 the merit* of the questions which ! r ' conventions and constitu'ions involve, they j vrilt be governed by their personal fancies , ar.O b\ the autall inteie-ls uhi h cputcrn j pg^-^MSgJ?~ ^jgj SBBlnd whererer wagierf tagutsVKid and rations Itberslly (nrtflpad- It Xb? found. M * general rule, IKt thay Mil cither aire tberosslre* on conoern Snout what they do not undsratand, or thay Will oheerfully follow ths adsloe of thoaa i whom they trust. Where thay work oon tentadly, there thay will *?te willliiirly. [ CkarUtttu ilTstsa. ( ? .. , Our Military Governor- f General Orders No. 10, from the j headquarters of the army, just issued, , publishes the Aot.of Congress " to.pro ( vide for the more'efficient government ] of the rebel S^tee,M and promulgates j the following as&nrnmenuhv th? Pr?i. dent In 'pursuance gf said Act: ^ First District, 8t*te of Virginia, to be commanded bv Brevet Maj. Gen. J. M. Schofield. Headquarters, Richmond, ? Virginia. Second District, consisting of Ndrth Carolina and South Carolina,to be commanded by Maj. Gen. D. E. Sickles. J Qeadquarters, .Columbia, South Car*. * olina. . _ ll Third District,consisting of too Slates ' of Georgia, Florida and Alabama, to be 1 commanded by Nfaj. Gen..G. ft-Thomas. 1 Headquarters, Montgomery, Alabama. c Fourth District, consisting of the c States of Mississippi and Arkansas^to 1 he commanded by Rrevet M*j. Oen.E. 1 O. C. Ord. Headquarters, Vicksburg, t Mississippi. o Fifth District, consisting of the States t of Louisiana and Texas, to be command- * ed by. Maj. Gen. <P. II. Sheridan.?- ( Headquarters, New Orleans, Louisiana, t The -power* of the.departmental com- t .manders are delegated to the above f named district commanders. c The following is General Rehofield's r Order assuming command in Virginia: i Uqrs. Ist Dist.,"State of Vihoinia, i j Richmond, Va..March 13, 1867. 'J t General Orders ATo. I. I. In compliance wiih the order of the President, the undersigned hereby assumes command of the First District, ? Slate of Virginia, under the ActofCon n gress of March 2, 1867. II. All officers under the existing ' Provisional Government of the State of ' Virginia will continue to peifoim the " rli>tio? nf llioie unjntiivD UIIIICK, HC> 4) oording to law, unless otherwise hereaf J ter ordered in individual eases, until their successors shall be duly elected and * qualified in accordance with the above ^ named Act of Congress. | III. It is desirable that the military | power conferrod by the before mention [ d Act be exercised only so far ns may "J | be necessary to accomplish the objects j for which that power was conferred, and t | the undersigned appeals to the people I of Virginia, and especially to magistrates 0 and other civil officers, to render the ? necessity for the exercise of this power i, as slight as possible, by strict obedience to the laws, and by impartial adruinis* n tration of jus ice to all classes. IV. The staff officers now on duty at ( headquarters Department of the Polo li mac are assigned to corresponding du- " ties at headquarters First District, Slate ' of Virginia. J f i, J. M. SCIIOFrELD, Tlrevel Major General, U. S. A. 11 Official : S. T. Ciiaufin, Assistant Adjutant-General. The Herald's Opinion. The New York llera'd concludes an o article on the tone of the Southern press, d in relation to the reconstruction bill, as n follows : e j ne people ot the ten excluded Slates e are naturally in a state of excitement and 0 perturbation. Two hundred years of /, the teachings, distinctions, castes ami f, prejudices, jaws and usages of Abican n slavery naturally produce a violent Southern recoil against negro suffrage, ^ even at this late day. But stern necessity will leach a people how to remove tnoun ains anJ shut out the sea ; and the necessities of the ruling Southern white class are already leading them to this ^ dreaded concession of negro suffrage.? ! Why should they hesitate when thev can turn it to the greatest advantages ? for both raceR, socially and industrially, 1 and in behalf of the political interests r f i 1 the South in Congress and in the fede- 1 ral administration ! It seems that only c yesterday that our armies, while fight* ing for the Union, were instructed to protect rebels in their slave property.? We have crossed the Bed Sea, the Wil r dcrness and llitf Jordan. and have enter ( ed into the Promised Land sineo that 0 last trial under the bondage ot Egypt. r President Johnson as Moses was left l>e 1 hind on "Mount Nebo, and " Old Tbad. f Stevens" as Joshua is no great shftkes, c but he must do until we can get a bets 1 lor, , . 1 ( The ten excluded relud Rtateo until*,! I the'ten tribes of Israel, will not be ulii? inataly lost, Lut will be reclaimed. The 4 work of reclnrnnlion now begins. It c will be carried out, and tlien we hall have a new Union, a new epoch of national power and prosperity, overbad owing that which passed away with 1 slavery, and a new-organization of par- 4 ties on the bank question, the tariff, 4 taxes, retrenchment and the negrcrvnte. ( This balance of-power in the South may < be gained for the South, and in order < thus to gain it no time should be lost. 4 Meetings of the citizens of Fulton County were held .'in Atlanta one day 1 last week?on? in the morning And one A at night. A4 tbe first meeting, resolu- < tions were adopted advising non-action < as the only cdurse to preserve, the self- | respect, manhood and honor of the people of Georgia. The second meeting resolved dial the vital interests of tjie ' people required that restoration he no longer postponed, and advis?<| a speedy compliance with tlie Military Ittll. ( Wi - mp" \ < S?fr 7 thumbay, xsschwtt, mhh b-U . '. . i ' The Btmtdj for OrlivtnM*. The people ere lew eb ding. A change f law* and a change of aome "of our old ogy rule re, who advocate the law of hn irieonmeht for debt, robbing women for the epefit of tredero and gambTera, or any Men f people, turning out unfortunate familiee rom house and home, and etrlpplpg ttve un ucky debtor of the last cent; and upholdnggcnerally, the iystim of la we which pre ailed in feudal ages, and huthtDiih landa, l?void of all niercy, which ware calculated o increase tha prosperity of tha speculator, ,nd aggravate the miseries of the poer and he helpless. From theeplrit thai liaa been manifested >y some of oar present legislators la Sooth larollria, it might be argued, (but we hard* y think it) that they would even repeal the aw aWwing ten .dollars w?rth of provl. ions to be exempt from levy, and restore he old heathen rule for the creditor to take, ind enslave the debtor, and hia wife, and ihildren. Suoh ia their terror df the judge# opinions and holy regard for "" the oblige ion of contracts." Forgetting that there ire some things, men have neither alright ,o sell or contract for, lifo and liberty tinong them. The State also has the right o protect society, and its tax payers from illowing creditors to make paupers of the >eople, and to expel them from the shelter if a home, and drive them out of the Stats, ir else, it they remain, and are aged, in irm or feeble, to he supported by public ihsrity. They forget also, that the State is lot hound lb turn Turk, or savage in its aws, to comply with the humors of such, as ndulge the disposition, comporting with he character of such people as these. ' Light Spreading. Tho Uoionville 7T>we* contains a well written article frctn " a I'lanter," who, mongst other things, eaysN - Our tounti are common senso fcets of Lcgilation, and common sense iudustry at nnu\ To revive the hopes and prosperity f- our State and people, our Legislature honld repair it* past errors ***d omissions, o what it ought to have done ,s soon after ohuson't surrender ns poavltde. " 1st. Enact ft liumcatend and Exemption ,nw. '2d. A law to secure- to every niar led woman nil her property. And, 8J. Ap iropriute mean* or credit sufficient to chiddote the old Louievitte and Cincinnati Uaiload. These all tend to keep our people mm ?migrating, to bring others within the Itate, to make permanent our improvenent.?, to enhance their value, to. make toine here n coveted possession and iuheriance. The Homestead and ?xen.ptiot) act should be no mean tor picyuue pretence, hut full, liberal, public pirited, patriotic, atntestnanlikc?securing lot less than five thousand dollars ngainst evv and sale. The other acts, also, should tilnl, each one its purpose, in a fair and tilde spirit. Suppi so we hail had them beady, how many a family would have leen provided and blessed by this no more linn justice fh woman I How many a ousehold tilled with smiles and content lent, where want and destitution, and ears npw pt-ev-ilf And had the State ompfeted its great centra! trunk Uailroad, Is whole people would be the reripleu'e of ta bounty. Should anv ther line r?e built through the State It will lenotil others, not our Capitol, not our uliole people, thus failing in patriotism and n re prospering tlio State. -A PLANTED" The people of South Carolina, niue'tculht r more, we firmly believe, are flxea in their lesire for a law to protect the property of narried women, yet, the press of the State eldorn alludes to the subject. Are the ditors all waiting the nod of some judge r old politician, or the lead of eomo CkarleMcity paper? If en, we hope they may eel themselves justified very soon. If we nistakc not, there is one gentleman at least, iow associated with a Charleston paper, of MigirHITC TICWF, K IIU IS IlOl DOIinil OJ UIC pinions of n man because he happens to he udge, or in other office, and not hostile to ny reasonab'e" relief" for the people,and fho does not think it wlioleaome and a sniily blessing a preventive of quarrels and livorce, to have women turned out ot their wn houses for the husband's mhf -rtunes. ind we would not be surprised, if he mainsins his independence, as we think he will, hat we shall aeon hear some expression of pinion from this saine gentleman. Tho Spartanburn Spartan. The Spartan is evidently a progressive taper, we ore pleased to see tn its clear inlieations, that if does not favor the old laws f the Stnte that reb wives and lorce utter uin Upon families, and restrict the unfor unate dehter to that " ten dollars worth of] irovis'ons," for himself and wife, and little ihildien, and the helpless old people about he house, and which turns the whole lot >ut of doors, whenever the plaintiff di ccts. Success to the Spartan ard all such liends of humanity. We wish hlui an In rease 01 subscribers. ' . Union District. York also. " Almost sn Explosion," is ths heading of he article from which we have given exmet*. The writer says that A movement ook place on S?le Day last, the first day of Jonrt at Cnionville. which seriously threattoed the breaking up of ths Ourt by the Mass of the people, who were retffly for it; >ot more prudent counsels preTsiled, and io interference took plaae. In York there was also serious apprther. ilon of disturbance, aqd io other districts >f the State such things hare t een thfeattned; hut no violence has anywhere oouured., ^ JT". ' . ?Winter and ftoiigb Weather Unturned. Ah?t a qioqtb of temperate weather, which brought . oot ilia peach blooms, last Friday there waa a change, and snow fall that night and Saturday. Monday mornting there was a frost, a killing front; peneh. s ruined. W? hare Continued rata* and told uorth'VMtars up to tbta day. / _ ; j - > ' 'a ."V * * Bpffd STh. HrVtttesF iSMfe ^nOiOon baa bMs^Bd aoit ?x Ki it is tow simpHied. Tho Sap| tij^JHI Bill before OoDgroM will i?rt tha wSBRpe States all responsibility la tit* met"UarJ" tSFil^ people, *W**M colored, will be* registered, and will ba called on aa voters 'o dacida tha qnestion a* to convention or no oonveniion. We trust there will be nnealaslty In every State; no party division and no division of colors. There is no good in it to anybody.? Let every one uot disfranchised register whqg the time comes, so as to be prepared to vote. In 8onth Carolina (we would" hope in the other Southern States alas) the prospect is that there will be snob a determined end geA* oral acceptance of what can cot be avoided if we would, that tho new eonvention will be composed of harmonious materials. The ferocious struggle for mere power, which lU > 1 * ? " .m Miiwivuvu u; evuio jiarilCV IB UlU?r 0(0(01, can hardly occur in tbii. It is a great relief, therefore, that persecution* and proscription* with us witt not follow the new order of thing*, but peace and good will to all. We bare plenty of men who are not disfranohieed by the Con titntional Amendment to All any office in the State with ability and success, and we may reasonably expect that the Congress will speedily exempt from disfranchisement many of those who are mtde Subject to it by therecent law, and remove the test oath as to Congressmen, so that some of the ucofkil servants oT tho people wi^l be restored to positions they hare heretofore adorned. ThCro may be a few that tho people may not desire to see re- < Stored again by tbeir own votes, but scarcely any that tho peoplo of any color will wish (o keep disfranchised by Hlw. Let all party feel ing bo kept out of the convention that must be tailed in thit Slule, and South Carolina may' take a new ?nd farorablo start in prosperity. The Supplemental Bill has not yet h*?ome * law, and wo therefore do not publish it at present. It b?s passed both bouses, but being, amended in-each, the amendment mast likewise bo again considered. We may learn tho " result before our pspor goes to press. When wo haro the whole legislation completed on the subject, we sholl be bettor prepared to prescqt " our views as to tbo manner the peopld should act; hut wo do not hesitato to advise, as we hare already, every voter to embrace the opportunity of.vpting when the time arrives, and to uso every proper iufluence to eoncontrato public opinion iu tbo choice of the best and most enlightened men for the convention. Washington Newe 10th March. Tho Fuplimentary Bill lias passed and been se>.t to the President, so the matter is decided tlist lire Southern States will call conventions, independent of any Govern ors or Legislatures; reconstruction will be accomplished. St?\K*?' Confiscation Bill in postponed till December. No evidence yet,when Congress Is to Adjourn. The *<>nn< r, now that the States are culled on l>y the military power to vote on the Convention question, the better. Let the mailer be settled. The Bankrupt LawThe impression was general, at first, that all judgments and prh>r liens on the properly of a bankrupt would be set aside by the Act in cases of proceedings against him f but such is not the fact. They still retain their lion on property ns heretofore. But it is effectually provided that all confessions of judgment, and all sales, roortgnges and other preferences, made by a person who 4s insolvent, since tho passage of the Act, nro liable to be sot aside, if done with tho intention to defeat the Act, and the person receiving such preferences, who had reasonable grounds for knowing and bolieving that they are m ?de with a view to defeat other creditors, will lose not only the lien, er property purchased of the debtor, but likewise Va prohibited from proving his debt against-the bankrupt, or receiving any part of the dividond of his estate. f. . The. stringency of the law is terriblo, and wo are satisfied that the peoplo in every State will soon rise up against the involuntary seolinn nf th? A /+t ? f-??? * -u classes, as well as merchants, traders and hankers, liable to be forced into bankruptcy. The involuntary part should be confined, as In England, to the mercantile and trading class of tho community, aud not the manufacturing and farming and mechanical population. Meetirg of the Negroea In Columbia, They are Addressed, by Oon. Hampton and Otner Gentlemon. It la a favorable sign of the good sense | and true pMriotisrft of the public men in Columbia, that they have, by responding to the call of the Preedmen, since the passage of the free suffrage Bill by Congress, shown a proper interest in directing them to consult their own, as well as the interest of the white population. There is now no politics! diferenee between the two races, and there is no-renson why they should not act and vote together, to promote the wel fare and prosperity of Ihs'Siale ; both are' alike int< rated in scouring peaoe, order, and good Government. > Tlie meeting took place on Monday last, and w# expect to present onr readers with the acconnt from our Columbia exchanges. The utmost confidence and good feeling was exhibited. Messrs. Artiiir and TaLiky both addressed them, as welt at Oeo. TIam!-* toX, and two of the Freedmen likewise made speech* a. We congratulate o)d South Carolina on the protpeei of excellent harmony between the two t-aese in onr midst. The Freedmen here, we rentnre to say, will be rooeh better treated than in those States, that contains an abounding number f designing white men, who wish to deceive the negroes for their own se fish purpoaea. V ' J ?HT The Sou'hesn CnJtimlor, Athena; Georgia, prloe only twtf dollars K large monthly, pamphlet form, eery superior Agricultural paper. Every faimer and planner,! and house keeper, that can aftjrd 1\. and every farmer ought to aflord it, should snb'Cribe for this exeeWeni journal. V , We are in receipt of th-- March number, and, like its predecessors, it juatifiea mofa than we have raid. The Southern CtdHv #&/ la ppbtfsb*} t>*> *?*?. n ^ ^ *L J. CatJi9. il, lattly <M ofinr tha firtt Jt*yr ? imrnl, S^C. V." an indebted to Mr. Acouotibb, Bacok, A of the Bookstore in Greeny HI*, for * oopjr of e tha above work. The book ia on* of stoat"*' pious log, entertaining interest, to every on*, * but mora especially tboao wbo formerly be-. [, longed t* Orbmo's commsid The hUtory I? p minute and full, and la written in a style that n engage* the attention of the reader before perusing, scarcely, the preface. The aooounta of oamp life, tbo march, the every day expo- v tience of oar soldier* who want to Virginia CMtl'Wac?)-? out n*W, ltd the battle, arc piotur. ed so cloMlj and vividly that the reader almost \ imagine* himaeira soldier, and wl*he* that the chancpt of the exoKlng ongageinent* were to '< be gone tbreagb with again. The Incident*, ? too,.contribute much to the work, and give an j additional cborm 'o it. n Hut it it not our purpose to give it a crlti-. tl cltm, hut merely to oall to the publication the T attention of such of the publlo as have not 3! perused It, as It will afford en opportunity of living over scenes that have claimed the attention' of the whole world, and have long since become his torio. ^ . Those desiring it, should receive a copy of ^ Mr. Bacon before bis supply is exhausted.? 0< The price is Very low. , 1 p Advertising p The best way,to build up a business, is to let people -know that yon are trying to ti establish yourself, and that is best done by ni Advertising. All rum of .good sense know ^ this, and set nccoidingly ; but we do not a mean tossy that those only who advertise ' are sensible. Mr. Thomas Strrn knows what printer's ^ ink is; Messrs. Onaur, FxrgL'son A MiLLxh, * realise the importance of kocping tlietnsolves before the public; Colonel Asnxonx, dit- ui to; Mr. ft. ti. Oris, knows tbst in st advertising ho bss "commenced aright; Messrs. Cavbi.k A Mii.ks inform folks what they offer, and then if they do not enquire of vl them when thoy are out of things, it is not ^ their fault; Mr. A. Bacon, Agent, can't kf Court week pass without giving an outline^ of k, bis stock?rtnd why??because be wishes to -pi sell, ao<l he knows that a big advertisement is Ic no mean auxilliary ; Messrs. Waltkb A Weatmobklanp will inform you, upon visit- .(J] lug them, that the "* half has not been told ^ you, in their advertisement, and that they y< supply, everything, and with but a slight aryw\ mrnlum ltd crumninM, The Knltrpritt has a good circulation hi town abd country, and offers inducements to p make yourselves known. t . ... u - ?> ff*. A, MoCoHNRkt, it b^ooBee our dhly to ' MprtM oar feelinga on the happening of to ^ gfeat r calamity. Tho dcccaaed was a faithful Mmb*r of our body, trot ellre to tb? In- , toreeta Of the contmtfnlty, gentle In His dia- \ posit ion, a devoted friend,.kind and indul- J gent father, respected'and belorod by all who knew >iua. Aa a faint tribute of ratpeet to j hi* memory by us ; be it, therefore, Ra?lvti', That id (he Hidden death of Mr. McConoell/tbe Town Cdunoft bars been do- < prived of one of He naeful Bombers, and tin 1 community of a goad eitlten . ReioUtd, hat onr-sympathies are heriby ( ex tended to (bo fam ily oi the1 deceased, in tbia | in* Dour or their trinl.- I JtfoUnd, Xbnt th* Jte*reUry iowribo on ? the Minute* of ConnoU ? eopy of th*M JU*?- M?d that * copy be sent to th* f?0?tly of d?c?Mcd, *nd th*t tb? uni b? pul>H*b*d , | * ^ 'h* V? ' f i~Muitp.ua. a. ciwk. 1 a * '. , -J* / * J s"j * V,' " - >1 MMMHnggyBHBnsMMkM . uemovm. - ' Our readers have no doubt ere this, nolle* ed thnt Gol. J. D. Asuuorb has removed hi* V took of goods Irom Col. T. B. RumcnTa'brink ? building, to *1?? stand lntely* occupied by t< Messrs LB?Tkn Jt Bros . and opposite Messrs. p Grady, FtiuiCiM ?fc Miller. This removal n lias p< oved to be just in thenich of lime h for Coort week, as it will be quite conveoi- tl ent for those having business with theCourl, s< as they can supply themselves with little or c< no trouble. . ' . p Colonel Ajiimork is now absent at the ft North, having gone there to get a new sup- a ply ; when he returns, we will post op our ? readers as to his stock, y ' l1 Now Advertisements. <* ThA attention of our readers is called to the following new advertUetncata, which appear for the first time this week. There p is as much interest and importance, if not if more, to the advertisements as any other kind of reading matter. J A. Baoon, Agent?Greenville Book Bt ore n This or.o is In double column, and is at the g top of the pagee- V p Schedule of Chnrlotte and South Caroli- yi na Railroad. . ' ' - d Hcnbt Gant.?Shaving and Hair Dress* r ing. ' Apply *t this office.?A Home for A Small n Price. ''' 'v- ' . w T. W. Davis.?Buncombe Street Store.? h This store is on Buncombe Street, a short r distance beyond Caublb's Blacksmith p Shop. Give Mr t. Davis a call, and let him (t reconstruct you. v . - , 'si Dr. 4. W. Noawoon, Burgeon Dentist? h This gentleman Jme located ?ne door below h (lie Post Office, in the Goodiett llouae.? p Those having dental operations to perform, Vi will find it to their advantage to give him e a call C..v * -*," ii Fkavk AnNtM, Ihspector United States tl Tuternal Revenue.?Notice. v" e X C. Gowrr.?Lost. Schedule oi South Carolina Railroad. S. J. DyirrniT, Ordinary?Citation. ^ 5 Tho Literary Club.Thcmdnthly meeting of the club takes ^ place to morrow (Friday) evening, at the house of Professor Patrick. Subject for essay and discussion, " The Prera," Dr. Buter o will present the Essay. . - " t . ? *j Hey. J. pTlJoroe. D. D. J Our thanks are due this gentleman, for variety of Northern papers, which he has kindly furnished us on his return from a recent trip'to Boston, and olbgf Northern 4 cities. a ~ > Council Chamber, dura* tills, 8. C.? 0th March, 1807. WJIKllKAR, it has plessed Almighty Ood, In the dispensation of His Providence, to <] remove from our midst, by death, since our .( last regular meeting, one of onr **- ' A* ofr.'ia? AAQV r? nent^fih nnounoed, mment ofra force '^ ?;. o?cd of North <5ux>if?SSB|WpWM^^M^^^^He from this'dete. -' ** ;; < By eomniMd of ..:' Bt. Mnj Gen. J. 0. RA^MMp^BESB * iouN K. Mthick, 1st iiw& wjb" shbwsmbwsk ft M.Jor U. 9. A. ?-?^is mm Cokt*aore fox Cautixo TOT-Mjma^^.1^WHlBa3 Washington letter says: * T^*f!|PS^ Id t!?w of the fact that all the eofctriHHH ' *' -.'* v i >reari7ing the malts to the South terattjKmH :4; n the 80lh of next June, the wha^gn^H -MM f theeontraot bureau of.the Post 0m|H .. *;3%8 |pn?rtm?nt U ?n ?-f.A In rka\^M - rffeRSai ext mail letting*. The competition lis service is about as high aa expected.? 99 he deciaiona will be announced oa the 1 . *? ' 3th instant. * wasuincto*. Vareh 18. A bitter contest la progressing for the H fFicea, but it la alow work. It ta stated >at Butler has submitted an amoodmsnt to H io million relief bill, authorising diatrlct . -.a imuianders to compel the rich to feed the * *9H nor, by forced assessments. ' The Virginia delegation, before they left .7$| 'ashington, yesterday, called upon the resident, who raid ho waa awara of their reecuce. He really trusted tho reconstmoon act would hare the effect of alleviating tuch of the bitterness caused by the war. Is had opposed flijs meaeufe, but ae it had ccoine the law of the land wlthont hia gency, lie would, faith fully execute it. New \ oik, March 16. .. Despatches from various parts of.Canada inks mention of an apprehsBdrd Fenian Ltnck near St. Albans. Government troops re being moved to the threatened places. , Discing the flood in Cincinnati, boats In isny oases floated alongside the second pry windows. **, t Tiik Sherman Military Law.?Tha Greenille (Ala.) Advocate contains an Important ilegraphic correspondence between Judge ortrer, of Greenville, end Hon. John Shsrian, in relation to the statue of the'civil id judicial affairs of tho South, under the rovisiona of the military Jaw. It is as fol* iw>: To tip* Jon* Sherman, Senator or tna niteu Stairs : Can officers in the Stat*, icligiblo under the oonstituliooal amendicnt, now perform Ahetr functions under our bill, etc." BF.NJ. F. PORTER. : .To Bx*jr F. Porter : Tonr Slate officers tn still perform their functions, until an. Crceded by State Governments^ orgaaixed ndvr the law. JOHN SHERMAN. 8taTk Constitutional Conventions. ? > " . fhile the Maryland Legislature la dttec- " ?* lining the matter of a call of a convention > remodel the State Conatiunion, in cortf- * .. liance with the undoubted popular ds? land, aeveral of the States in the North ' av? already determined or are considering ie holding of like conventions for themdves. Michigan is to held a constitutional . * [invention, which will have .power to pre- * arc an amended State Constitution. la lew York a constitutional osnvsntlon is Iso to be held ; and the subject.of holding convention to revise the Constitution of rnnsylvaiiia is being, agitated at Harris, urg. ' . ' The Abbeville Banner says : ? >iTk......i. - r.t?j ? ? ........g.. ? menu, we were IMl WPCK resented with a tUrnip, the finest sad * , irgeat we have ever seen. Jt is of the * ' seven top' species, and mammoth in proortions, its original weight belog about ightecn pounds. In size, it is a fair rpeclien from a field of eight acres, and was rown by M?j >r IV A.\frlffln, a farmer wl*o uts into practical use his knowledge of ag? (cultural science. To hlcn our thanks ara ue. In this connexion, we might give our eaders some interesting information which re have' gained relative to the sowing, lode of colt ore, and yield of this field of urntps, did we not hope that they may ave it imparted through a source more di> , ect. Wemay remark that for three montba estrone thousand i<ounda have bean gath-' red daily from thle field, and fed to the Lock on the farm. Throughout the Stats, *>. injor Griffin has long been eminent as a ighly successful planter, and MssuccesUa radical and convincing proof, if such Were tquircd, of the benefit derived from S Hb? rsi use of fertilisere, the employment of nproved agricultural implements, and borough tillage. There is need that such . * kampUs should be multiplied." mm t , > . l5KvrrAnt.B ?A Convention to frame a - Constitution for this State, ie inevitable,*- - t f three-fourths of the population decline to ske part In- organizing that Convention, he remaining fourth will do if alone. . A New Ticxrr.?*Tbe New York Herald.-> ? ' * ? - - " i asiuruay ifisi, suggests ft l'restdSpUal "Mv'e ioket for the comiog election. It proposes ... he names of Gent, U. 8. Grant and It. ifc ,. 7. ?ee for President as d Vice President TW>- ^ ieket would take, if it was practicable. '. jry The Mississippi Legislature has am.' < roprlatcd twenty thousand dollars for the lefence of Jeffsr>on Dayia /. * ?as?s?wassa?s??a? < d6MME!ipiAL. 'v*: . ' : 1 riiiiV.ii's * mt q Naw Yea*, March 19?'Nona*:? Stoeit caarkU aotive. Exchange?slaty - * lay 8|; sight 9|. Monsy 0 @ 1 per sent, old 84. Flour 10 ? 15c. better, Cora 1 5 80. bolter.- Pork lo.wsr? new ipese hUJ.M lArd stesdy?barrsls 1*4 ? . 1*4 Cotton Arm and quiet, at 82 @ $fe| -rr or middling uplands. v'/- .. . ?1 P. M ?Gold 18&kilotton steady, wittf -tales of 1.000 bales, at 814, Plod* 8?n~ 4 " iVestern and. 8t*lt? advanced 10 ($ tie. j~ 's ? kmthern a shade firmer. Wheat advanced . v i <g 3e., >>?t leas active. Com advaheed ? * a 86. Mesa porl^-lower?18.80. Turj^n. Lins 14 @ 15. Rosin 84.96. ' . ' ^ s_ BAMiwo**,8l6rel?2^ * is a owner ie?nn? ipr tlop>. WIW , ? ?? $tt?8, ^mpofkfcWW' ?^r: ST**aMmlof ^ '. ' . Flour firjn-irad* Wd. ?U.W. Cot. ?d*?n<*d (tM'Plf'? if00'1 dei??Bd, Bio. in Mekt. WhSik* Ml* pork I saws?ttzESxr*"-* . l&tftoU 0). Bfcm&'Mt. < Livmpooi, Miirch IP?Xo<m. .. . t dStjCSi vnLrntd4llkf upUpd* - -