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.,im i i *gg I # J, -If '" * " ". ' E^m*uU? article from the Cberleilon fcfteWyNews HHHbt order of Gen. Griffin, iuued in ^f^BM,iioDeof peculiar significance end the consideration of oar people. I fc^rpoM end it* effect ere to exclude jury box every men who canHR^HPPjRb the test oetb, end of eouree to, their piece* with " loyel men " ucodtnen. H Vbere is no State lew upon the tub^HHuKorpt the lew fixing (be qaelificeH^HffibyjiKlMnAeA en/1 Kw the lewre e\t ||;_> unraHKVO'Vio, "J ??? ?-- ^ Snliu Slates it is ibe prerogative of HMSPjlpflPg* of tbe Unit?d Mates Court to EBw^%3^tb? teat oath to a Jury io bio dis ^^ EH*?*nd upon molioa to that effect - BS^Kd* District Attorney, but the right r~ of challenge ia also given to any party fur the cause tbat the Juror challenged has participated in tbe rebellion. It scarcely needs comment to explain to what enormous abuses au extreme application of, such laws must lead.? The only qualification of a Juror in this State is tbe payment of taxea. Tbat is, the qualification does not depend upou tbe amount of, taxes paid, but simply upon the taxability of the Juror and his payment of such tax as is imposed upon him. Now exclude from our jury boxes all the citizens of this State who cannot take the oath, supply their places with freedraen drawn from tbe mass of tax payers, and what will be the conse qit.ncef Thick of the verdicts which re Ukeiy to be rendered by iweive freed men taken from the mast of colored voteraof these parishes, without reference to their characters or their intelligence. The entire abolition of all Courts would be a blessing to the community in comparison. There is not a man of the most moderate property or the roost ordinary intelligence, black or white, whose life, person and property, is not in danger under suoh a system. There.is not a man who does not see at once tbat, in nine cnees out of ten. the probability is that a jury would be empannelled before whom a legal argument would be an idle farce and whose finding would oe a mockery 01 justice. Now, so long as tbe Judge lias the right to delermiue whether such oath shall be administered, or a parly in interest represented by counsel who shall decide under the responsibility of his professional duty and position whether one or two of the jury shall be chaN lenged, it may be borne ; but if a mili tary order can exclude all the character and intelligence of the country and force into the jury box all the ignorance and vice of the country, there is not an interest of society safe. But there can be no doubt that every freed in an who pays bis taxes is legally qualified to sit on a juiy. There are facts which it is impossible to remove, and which, therefore, k is wisdom to meet. This is one of them. One ol these consequences which is explaining to us practically and dearly the extern of tbe great change from slaveiy tc freedom ; a change which we have lc accept, not as the acquiescence in an abatract proposition, hut as a revolution it practical life. Now such orders, extreme and unjust a? they are, are the consequences of ar opposition just as extreme, if less dan gerous. Impracticable men refuse tc give practical effort to tho new right) which have been created, and intempor ate military commanders enforce these rights harshly, and without reference tc the interests of ihe society which lliey control. Mischievous men press the ex ecution of laws which they know wil create discontent, and increa.-e iriitatior in the public mind, and anyone whe has seen a Court of Sessions knows tha every legal advantage will be taken U select a jury who are incompetent for i\ j'n.icions trial of the criminals. If we are wise, we will meet the difli cult}. Let us admit what we cannol deny?the right of the freedmen to :il upon the jury as any other citizens but make the jury what it ought to be a properly qualified tribunal. There is not a respectable ci'izen o South Carolina, white or black, who would not rejoice at 6uch a reform.? There is no interest of law and oider which would not be better secured it the qualifications for jurors were raised. In criminal trials, we have all fell that while trial by jury, inay be a de fence of the innocent, it is almost ludicrous to consider it as a means of correcting the guilty. In civil trials the experience of every suitor and every lawyer, will testify to its uncertainty.? The recent openly expressed dissatisfaction of some of the leading English legal authorities, goes even further. Bui it seems to us impera'ive now, tb?U if the Jury box is to be opened to nil cL"">e*, that additional precautions f bpuld be thken to becure a better class of Jurors. In North Caroiu?* * citizen must be ' a freeholder, possessed o.' fifty ol land in order to be qualified as 2 Jurorand while we do not particularly approve of this form of qualification, we think such qualification of Jurors, as is secured by the possession of a certain amount of education, and such an amount of taxation as indicate* thrift, honesty, and steady industry, absolutely necessary. Would any roan, the wildest asset lei of human rights, he willing to trust his life in trial for murder, bis character in a care for libel, his property in a case i f civil iitigntion to such juries a? pdght be drawn at any court fiom the plantation laborer, the common field jinnd* of any di-t?ict. We arc atvarc th ti nt . prccnl .there r , ?. * y # T^^X'JStoZ'Z Geo. G.sffio, is surely responsible to so * cialy for protection. fortunately our hl experience bas boon of wieor and jueter fi< authority than ibis rafet destructive or* O der, and' to. the General commanding tbia l>i*trict wo venture to commend m tliia aubjecl M worthy of bia gravest a< atteatiott. a, <?l)t ^auliura Cattrprisr. I M.V ' ? ?, *??i .. ? . u GREENVILLE, S. C. ? 1 1 * ' jup-1 1 . ? n THURSDAY, MIlY S3, 1867. j, 9 ' ?. P? xuiyuri?ui a/dvioiuu?jjegri l ooaor?uoia Contract* no More Than Greenbacks. .. Tb* Cliarleaton Courier thus state* tho roce.it decision of tha Supreme Court of tha United State* on these questions: We recently alluded to tha important question pending in referenoa to a true eon truclion of tha Legal Tender Act The ^ Supreme Court has announced its decision. ^ This is binding upon all States and tribunals. It Is a definite and final construe- ^ tion. And this has estsblished two points. First, that the Legal Tender Act applies to contracts made prior to. as well as subse- j quent to its passage. And, secondly, that ^ contracts in gohi, or the deposit with hanh. ers of gold, constitutes n mere debt, which can be discharged by the payment of legs' ^ tender notes. si In the ease before the Court, the deposit f( in g'>ld wae made in 1801. The Legal Ten- t, der Aet was not passed until 1862. And in jf May, 1867, it is held that the depositor is Q bonnd to take United States Treasury notes t) for his gold. ^ The Funeral of .Professor P. C. Edwards (| On last Thursday afternoon, as announced, the funeral services for Professor Edwards, . were performed in the Baptist Church, at this place, by Rev. J. C. Fuman, D. D.? Rev. E. T. Buier, D. D., made.the opening prayer. We have never known a greater ^ concourse of citizens, if so great, on any similar occasion in Greenville. There seem ed to be a universal and spontaneous manifestation of affection and respset towards the deceased, from all classes. The capacious building, fl >or and galleries were densely crowded. Professor Edwards had the love and confidence alike of the learned , and unlearned, the white and the bluck.? Itisoneof the high testimonies of true Christian character that s man like Professor E.' so leAi-nol in classic studies, and in science, could yet, by his genuine kindness and charit}*, strongly attach to him the most illiterate and humble. Whilst he was n compeer of the most gifted and cultivated, lie could ? condescend to men of low estate, not liko ^ the demagogue, to mil end and to betray, ^ but to becon them onward mid upward lo a purer lite and higher being. The funeral discourss of Dr. Fu"i*A?t was 8 i founded on the text, "And devout, men ? carried SrrruEM to his burial, and made l' great lamentation over him," Acta 8th chap. 2d verae. It wns chiefly and properly devoted to giving a truthful, ur varnished picture of the character of Frofeesot Ei>wahis. The^peaker had known him well from his boyhood; had baptized him ; he very briefly sketched his literary and religious history, and by a few appropriate words indioated bis mental, morul and religious character. The testimony o* one ao competent as Dr. Furm\x, more than jusli fled our high estimate of the great ability, profound learning and worth of I'kter 0 Kr?WARt?a. The nud'ence united in avmpn thy with the deep emotions of the speaker, and tears were freely shed as thought was directed to the sudden and aid removal of the good and noble man in the prime of his days from the scene of his usefulness, llut all felt that in his case it wns a removal from the employments and lionoia of time to the aphcre of the infinite u d the glories of eternity. It is due to Tro'ossor nnWARtis' character and the value of such an example as his, that some of his friend* rlioull prepare an appropriate aket-ah ot Imn for publication. we trust tunt the aide ami <i|?ungui>dicd ' divine who officiated at iiia fuheral, will f embody, in a permanent form, the thought* ( of Ilia discourse, ai d that lie will amplify the sketch of the life and character ol the . deceased. No ono could do tnore justice to f such a theme. j Governor Perry's Letters. We cannot publish all the comments tf , the" Press in this State, and elsewhere, on the recent letters of this very distinguished i gentlemen, ond our fellow-townsman.? Whilst the larger portion of the Press in this State, differ in their conclusions from tlov. PttRsr, all nearly, without excepI tlon, necord to him, the tribute "f praise for his consistency, ability, and patriotism.? , The letters have attracted much attention, and in some instances, the hearty com1 roendation of journals out of the State. The Day Book, for one, !a unmeasured in its commendation. We publish a short artiels I from that paper, that onr readers may see f what is thought and said about Gov. P and his writings, by a Democratic paper in New York. I . * , # -? m 1 Fine Bains Fine Woathor Buccood- 1 in*. Our sceilon of the fit-to u!*? been visited ' daring Sunday evening, Monday, *wJ Tuesday forenoon with copious showers, Tuesday afternoon, brought a bright sky, and . cool hreesea net in. This kind of weather is supposed to be favorable to the wheat crop, whish is atill reporteJ very proud'- ! i in*- 1 \ ? m 1 or i>ur " Prices Current" hnve been ! < subjected lo important reductions, wbieh ! ' see. Corn nnd flour, besides o'her nrticies, ! i i a.re fronted much low- r than formerly. I HTIil " ?T. We have base w!d. f6r publication! Ml the rollowipg interesting extraeU from I reovnt letter by Dept. G?? * Birrc.Be, to fri?od, Wilub G. Haub, <??, of Edgesld. Capt. B. ia living at Mj^a&eld, Milam 4 ?unty, Thu < " * I have seUlkd her* per- 4 anently, lor Iwe ration*: flnt, I tan not ford to move, if I VII disposed to do ao, id, aetotdly, I like thia better than toy irt of Trxa* I have viaitad. Tlia Braso* ottoraa, and thoae of ila tributaries, are ia beet cotton laada I aver mv, and eorn >o, grow* finely on them. The plantera Mially raise ten bags to the hand, bat can- ' ot pick it out?many of them had thla 1 Bar to give one dollar specie, par 100 [ ounde for picking, and boarded the hnt.de, I am living on the uplands, between the razos and Little River. Texas, as wa call ont here, te a spotted country; the hot>m land ia the only aura place for a crop i te uplands make good crop# only in a wet eson ; the water in the l'rairle is rotten mestone and not fit to drink; that in the I inhered upland* here, for Inatanee, ia the est I have aver drank in Texas?oool and statable ; more freestone than lima. We nve very few springs, but well* get water I from 26 to 40 feet. The Improved bottom inds ean be bought for from ten to fifteen oilers per acre ; uplands or post oak, from rce to five. The improvements are gen- J rally poor?log cabins, <kr. As to the ! ealth of the country, since receiving your liter, I have made enquiries, and one old ttler, of sixteen years in this country, in>rms me that he has never paid a doctor's ill in that time, though he is an exception . ist year was very sickly everywhere. My pinion is that this is a very healthy cot >n country, the people have at time* chills, ut very little fatal sickness?have pneulonia in the Spring, occasionally, hut I liink the most of the sickness we have, is great deal owing to exposure, as very few av? comfortable houses, and the Aortheri re sometimes very severe. You feel ss if ou were living in the temperate?nearly irrid regions, when in an hour, from the 1 lorthers?you are in an arctic climate.? ' ake it all in ait, I like the country, Ac. " As 1 said before, 1 think ds the best part of the cotton country in exas. There ia more money here than in lie wheat region ; ygt for a man to live rell, I think the wheat country the best.? lock does well here, anil hogs very well. \> give some ideA of stock business : a man an buy stock csttle for three dollars per lead, which includes cows and calves, yeari-igs, and two j ear old: you can ge'. one housand head f r $3,i)U0 ; the steers that ,re two year* old, when you purchase, are n market in two yenrs; then, every year fterwarda you have steer* for market.? 'lie heif.-rs bring calves at two yenra old, lencc cattle increase very rnpidly. In uying 1,000 head, you may safely calculate n one fourth of the two year old being leer*, 125 two year steers, 125 one year Id, and 125 steer calve*. At four year* i iney never b n wr l>'M tlinn ten rtnl ars per lien J, which brings $125*1. The lows and h ifers double themselves every rear (when tlie heifers become two years ?1J.) so thnt after two years, you nre real isng money betides the incren e. These cnt,le cost nothing to feed, but c!o?? attention a> keep them from scattering, and ev? ry Ipring to mark and brand. The stock rais rs mark and brand in the Spring nod nev ?r see their stock until Spring again. Had I the money 1 should think it the best inreriiiient ( could inake. One alionld have ? large pen, and when a cow calves, pen '.he calf and turn the cowa to them olive a any; by this means they are kept gentle. Ten miles from here on Pond Creek, the range is very fine. Sheep also do well; a man should have enough of them to justify liiui keeping a shepherd with tkem and ihotild pen them every night. Tlicy are more subject to disease than CAttle; the icale is a disetise that prevail-*, by which dieep loose the wool, but this however, is ' sure! by washing. Sheep enn he bought I it $1.60 to $2 per head. Horses and mulea lo finely here; mi.iV of the horses nre mix- I 3il with Spanish slock, which 1 ilo not like, i though some have fine stock of the kind ? You can liny a stock of mares and colts, and two year old colts, for about $35 per head. As before stated, bogs do finely ; tl<0 fm mcrs generally kill their liege from the woods; they sooieiiue** take the k?f chulrra, which kills a gn at maiiy. Another drawback to stock-raising is a fly ^-hicli deposits a maggot wherever any fresh Idood s| poors on the onimol. Calomel will kill them. Poultry of all kind do well I This is not a good fruit country ; peaches and oilier fruit of the like kind grow finely, but fruit of a noil hern oliniale does not do well. Vegetables, except cabbages, do well This is one of the finest countries I ever siw for iweet potatoes! Irish do very well,'but not so well as further north. " As I hare fr< qneutly stated in my letters to 8 ruth Carolina, if a linn lias tnon-y, Texas present# one of the treat fields to use It successfully, of any part if the West or of the United States. If he lias no money, and Is able end willing to labor, it is a good country ; but if ha has no money, and not able to work, or not willing (as I heard a man remark the oilier lay.) it is a good poor man's country, for lie will always be poor I Mow as to what is called society ! In the large towns, Oulreston, Houston, Waco, 4o., there are schools, churches and mare refinement ; tome villages and country neigh' orliood* nlsrt, have good society,? When yon gat into ttsw small villages and ountiy, you do not find the reflnrment roil find el>ewhere, but my opinion Is fhat :h? best people are not the most fashionstile, and if my neighbors can't wear a sundown, or a trail, or any other Jim eiAsk with as much taste, or as fashionably as mine; yet if the heart Is right, that makes the bvst neighbor of the two. My experi* The Cotton and WooVM^HHH in Greenville. *-^ We had lit* pleasure, on* ilaj this WMC I Miswp**yl?g that enterprising and val < table cilia* a, J no. W. (Iudt, to the Fee- < tory own ad by hime*lf and Mr. HAWvaoana, ' >f Abbeville, *itu?ted about six and a half * nil** below Greenville, on Reedy River.? < Hie establishment i* in fin* working order. ' It wa* pleasing to observe *o large a sum 1 ber of contented and good looking' opera- < Lives industriously and profitably engaged . in the eetabliahuienU We found our old friend. Col. H. T. Sui'math, father of the Sheriff, occupied as the chief bualneea and general auperlntendant of the establiahin tint, book keeper. Ac., and performing bi* dutie* well, at he ha* uaualiv hitherto every duty of bit life. In l he Factory. there ere one thousand and fifty spindles in running order, twenty-six looms, shout twenty of which are regularly st work, making an average at times of one thousand yards of osasburgs daily. The spindles furnish the yam for this clokb, and a daily surplus besides ol fifty or sixty bunches The Woolen Pactory has a carding machine and spinners, and tnrna out a very exocllent article of cloth. It is the in tention of Messr* Omtir A 'Hawthorn* to manufacture a fine article of j-ans for the fall market. Ootineeted with the establishment is a fine coin ao.i flottr mill, and saw mill and small machine shop. We learned from Mr. t?it \f)v and that veteran pioneer of cotton factories in tltie State, and skillful machinist. Mr. Joun Batks, (who was in company,) that in the four cotton factories now running in Greenville, there are employed about, three thousand even hundred spindles ,J)atesvi!le is l.imewhal the largest cotton factory of the District. We only wish the manufacturing business was inceensed one hundredfold in Greenville, as it ought to lie, and might profitably be increased. But the time for the extension will arrivo when things are more settled. Thero is no better country ami climate fir woolen and cotton factories in the wor|d, perhaps, than in Greonville, South Carolina. Tho Sacred Conoort. We wore fortunate enough to procure from a lady friend of rare intelligence and r.-fined taste, and a good judge of such per humane**, a not ice of the racred concert, on Toe* lay evening, which we adept aapur own, and whiuh is more bofitting the oeca ?.1 ? ?>'? ? produce. We moil fully concur in the high appreciation ??f the music and tha performera. Whilst they were singing some part* ?the " Gloria," "Qui Tollia," A?., we thought we could almost realize the chorus of tho hymn, " Oh, don't you hear the angels coming, singing a? Ihey come." Bnt our fair friend must s| e.ik for us and for the whole audience: There is a power In tnusic which must l-e felt to l?e understood. We think we feel (his power to a large degr.?o, and for several weeks past we have I e n anticipating a rare feast at the sacred concert to he given by Prof, De^auiw and his pupils. These anticipations were more than realized during the hours we very happily passed last evening. The large and tastily arranged room iu I lie Mansion House, offered for the ooeasion, was tilled with a select audience, whose respectful attention gave full proof of their appreciation, which win occasionally manifested by handsome boquet* thrown upon the stags. We would like to notice each performer as their respective parts drserve, but as we are not skilled iu the science of innsic, we fear we could not do justice to their attainments, and, therefore, we shall not attempt to parlicalnrizie; but ws can fully appro, eiate good music, and to say that the voiees I we h?-nrd last night were all sweet, and well-trained, is only saying what we really feel, and to us there is nothing more charm ing winn n ?wm voice. The Proh-wr hna reaaon to he proud of th?* idvnneement and succeea of his pupils, end etiry do well to return to him the honor and cretllt he juaily merit* And we feel i eonipelh-d to notiee eepecially the uncommon *weetne*? and strength of the voice of the mo?t youthful of the inger*, whose nauual gift hn? been higlily cultivated. Tlu.ee who kindly audited Uie Profeea! or (leaerve our wa-nuot thank* nn l praiae. i The magnificent anpriiix thrilled our in ' moat aool, end increase-. toe admiration w* I have, before now, often rtpre-eed. The general appoarance which the alng. era preaented, waa at onee elegant, refined, and extrrm ly pleasing to the eye, a* well aa ear, and we gave up ouraelvea entirely to the enjoyment of the hoar ; and it it not good for u* to enjoy, In it* fulleat extent, ! every Innoeeot pleasure within our reach? I There aeernr eo few pleasure*unmixed with ai.i, that whan we find an opportunity to Indiitcro nnr Milrita nur taataa and nn? l"?? of social intercourse, without injury to oarselves or others, it is not surprising that such hours as those we spent at the concert last night, should awaken within ns gratitude to those, who, gifted in the first place by our kind Father in Heaven, and aided by acienee, are able and willing to bestow upon a community such improving pleasure*. We wish there were many more sueh entertainment* given in Greenville, and we are glad to learn that tka I'rofeaaor will very soon give snothcr concert. The performance was In two parta, embracing the following piece* : FABT rlRSTt. " l^yrle "?Twelfth Ham, ftfojgtwr; Every Valley shall bo Exalted?Hrttiah lls.xf'rt'; " >ne We >er abaence?anC^HMJKlfl^^^^^^M kruly mourn with h?r||HM|^^^H : a used It and though w'"^PlRHH inppy laat night, it vill not b*^HSl$HflH to say alio that nothing oould exoltt^Hn&f shadow rating upon a heart which eaffV fully ruter into every sorrow of the inmate* r r aL a j i?J J J.^t J t. t I oi uimuesoiaieu ioauir?nc<i nome, wnirfi to lately (aye, even u the preparation# for thle very concert were belm; carried oot) beamed the beloved face wlitoh often expreaeed the pleasure of his pure soul, during the performance of sacred music. Ills name, suggestive of all that Is pure, noble, true, penile and lovely in mortal man, rose often in our hearts, and even there, we thanked our Father " for the blessed hope which enabled us to think of him as enjoying lar more delightful musie, without fatigue, or * ren the fear of ever again becoming weary ; listening forever to the blessed mu tic of the souls made perfect through the sacrifice of Him, who here he delighted to honor and serve?" J. sue, man ; Jesus, God." And we prayed God that those he loved may have greet gi von.them to feel end say : "Father, thy will be done 1" ' He was the joy of life to us? Our Hupj can follow him to Heaven," Dangerous Xlnesa of OoL C. J. Blford. We are exceedingly sorry to announce the alarming illness of this prominent and worthy eitisen. His illness came on him suddenly on lest Sunday afternoon. To day, he is in e sinking condition, and his recovery d epalred of. The oircumstence has oast a deep gloom over Ibia community. Godoy'a Lady's Book fbr If ay. The Mny number of Godey, like its predecessor*. nnd the whole family, ia excellent. The plates, the literary matter, and rveiything about it, is really fine. One copy, $ft ; two copiee, $A ; three copies, $7.60; four copiee, $10 ; five copies, $14 ; and oue extra to the perron getting up the club. Address L A. Godet, N. E. Corner Sixth i and Chestnut Streets, Pli II ad el phis. Bosumed. .We ere glad to be able to state that Messrs. Gowks, Cox. Mahklkt A Co., whose establishment we reported last week as laviiigi'iotcu up in consequence 01 me nerd tini?*s, heve been able to ineke each arrangement* with their employees as will put it in their power to continue the manufacture of curriages, buggies, wagons, ?ko.? Tbis isalike pleasing not only to the itnoi* diate friends of these gentlemen, but to those interested in the business nnd improvement of the Town. We have their notice 'n thie week's paper. This manufactory, before the wnr, was no mean concern, being the chief ?f it.' character in this part of the State, giving employment to some seventy or eighty hands at their benches and forges, besides those engaged in lumber and timber,spoke wood, coal, Ac , representing, no doubt, the sust?naneo of seven or eight hundred individuals; hut since the surrender it lias, in common with every other Interest, suffered We hope, however, the day ia not far dis- | tant that wilt tesioie to rm, and even exceed, Its ancient mnaie and activity. With* out it, Greenville would be but half of Greenville. * I A Now Church Established in QreenvlHe. The colored members of the Greenville Baptist Church have been organised into a separate church, reeently, nnd have been, by.the vote of the pareut Church, allowed the use of the basement cf the boildtng for a plae.? of worship. Gabriel Tool. former ly forvant of (he Clevbland family, a colored man of good character and fair abilities, war, on latt Sunday, ordained a regular MinisUr, hy the Kldera of the Greenville Baptist Church, to fill the plaee of Pastor for (he colored people. There were aleo at the time time, four Deacona ordain ed. The venerable B. Manly, D. !>., now on a visit to Greenville, took part in the ordination. The moat entire Clirtmtan feeling and good will esist between the white and eolored Churches. Their asperate organization la expected to promote the common cause of religion. Convention or no Convention. We ehall publish, from time (o time, discus-Ions of this grave question, giving eur readers the benefit of all tlie light we can command. Next week, we propose to give the views of our eotemporary State journals on the subject, and, in due time, will give our own, as *t may have oppoiluni*y Imprisonment tor Debt? Light Gaining Ground. " Leo," the able correspondent of the Charleston Courier, in his letter of the 17th May, speaking of the Bankrupt Act, tldnks itswee|>e a way the practise of imprisonment for debt in ell the States, end adds some sentiments which we heartily endorse.? " Leo " says further : " Sinoe the Coneilu ion wee adopts^, the world has made wonderful progress in legal reform. Prance has recently abolished imprisonment for aetrt. una migunu is About to <to It, Usn. Stomas Abolished it by Order No 10, in the Carolines, sod it probably will nerer Afeio h? practiced in Any HuU of the Union." We tru?t I hat " Leo" la right. Wa rejolee to aee sueh eentimenU Appear in that able, enlightened and liberal journal, the Charles, ton Courier. We have been Almost alter)/ alone among the eonduetore of the Press ia Ihia State, pleading for thin, and kindred reforms In onr laws. They will be Acc<>mI plish.d, every one of (hnn, Th? hu au- wi*ej*ra||gjrm|n|^b^hhh^^h from u, Sunday School struetlons we have lletOttiBWg^^BW^M^BII Interest on many a 8ebcSR$(BHR9^Bfl^HP^Hfl fondly bopod to e*Joy )ityfl|wB|^H|^H Bet that gwUt, winning toICsl fl mRMRI^M the ailenoe o f death j thai no|^KpHB|^BH| baa been laid in the narrow "^nB^nRl^H grave. Our deer teacher ia deadjrMKfiS^^H the members of hie Bible Claaa, for ah?m^nH|H laat labor a were performed, and about whratSHKH hia laat thoughts were employed, are .left lament oar irtvparablo loaa. :ii?K Whilst meekly bowing to thia severe af? fliction, and huuibly paaying that it may be sanotifled to oar good, yet onr hearts are filled) with a grief for whieh nature craves come utterance. Therefore, Re?olv*d, That, in the death of Prof. P. C. Kdwards, our Class baa loet a teacher whoeo superior cannot be loaud : the Church, a heavenly minded member ; the poipit, a preacher not more distinguished for axteaaive kerning thau a burning teal in the work of saving souls; the community, a courteous geaftleman ; humanity, an honest man. iteaolvra, inn we tsmm ? a nigu nonor, and an exalted privilege to have eat so lone beneath hie teaching*; and that while we ehalT evor revere hi* memory, we will neve* creee to cherish his instruction*. Ufolotd, That, though greatly cost down by tbo calamity whioh has befallen as, we tender to hi* bereaved family onr wannest sympathies ; and would comfort onr heart* and their* with the sweet assurance that " onr loan is his eternal gain j" and that if we be faithful, a* he wo* faithful, we shall all meet at the feet of the great Teacher in. Heaven, there to learn of Him, through one unending Sabbath. Jietolred, That a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions be sent to the family of our departed friend and teacher. On motion of Col. 0. F. Townes, it was fhrther Kvmlrrd, That copies of the above preamble and resolutions bo furnished the papers of Greenvillo, and tho South Carolina Baptist, for publication. The following is a roll of Prof. Xdwords* Bible Class: G. N. Askew, J. II. Humphries, F. J. Bostiok, Prof. M. 8. Johnson, Jno. J. Canada, T. P. Lam or, W. H. Conner, A. W.Lido, G. W. Collins, E. C. Lide, Dr. J. U. Dean, D. 0. Long, Prof. P. C. Dosicr, H. A. McKay, Melville Dotier, Dr. F. A. Miles, G. It. W. Dunn, B. F. Miller, J. E. G. DuPre, Dr. J. W. Norwood, Jno. II. Barlo, A- Parrott, Jos. H. Baric, o. A. Pickle, W. M. Edwards, p. H. ReUly, N. O. Former, R. W. Sanders, Prof. Ferrill, A. 8. Scruggs, btiul. rtirrmtn, Jno. 8tout, Prof. T. ?. Ilart, Sunl. Stra tier. T. W. Hart, Col. G. P. Townes, J. L. Hawkins, Col. T. K. Waro, L. B. Hawkins, T. E. Wars, Jr? W. B. Harrison, X. P. Westmoreland, Geo. Heldman, P. 8. Wilds, W. A. lluffmann, M. A. Wilson. The Republican Convention The following is ? oopv of the platform adopted by the late Republican Convention in Charleston : I. Thai in order to make (be labors of all our loyal fellow-citizens, more effectual for carrying out the provisions of Congress, for tbe restoration of law and order in our State, aa well as for tbe peace and prosperity of our entire country, we, the people of South Carolina, do form ourselves into a political organization, to l>e known aa tbe Union Republican Party of South Carolir.a. II. That aa Republican institutions cannot be preserved unless intelligence be generally diffused among all claaaea, we will favor a uniform system of common schools and colleges, which ahall be open to ail, and aucb system to be supported by a general tax npnn all kinds of property. III. That we will favor a liberal system of public itnorovemenls. such as railroad*, -anal# and other work*,and nlro such a system of awarding contracts for the same as will give all our fellowcitizen# an equal and fair chance to bare in them. IV. Thai we will also insist oprm socli modification of the laws of the Suite as will do away with imprisonment for debt, except for fraud, and imprisonment cf witnesses, except for wilful absence, awd especially, abolish entirely acd forever, the barborous custom of corporeal punishment for crime, ox any olhsr caiK?. V. That as large land monopolies tend only to make the rich richer, and the poor poorer, and ate ruinous to the agricultural, commercial, aod social in- * m. terests of the State, the Legislature <1*7 should offer every practicable inducement for the divisiou and sale of unooeupisd lands among the poorer classes, and as an encouragement to immigrants to settle in our State. VI TIimI (It* law nf aiaAtmant anrl diatraiut fthouli be so modified at to protect equally the landlord and tlie tenant. VII. That provisions should be made for the exemption of the " poor man's homestead." VIII. That the Interests of the State demand a revision of iba entire code of la*s, and the reorganisation of the Courts. IX. That it is ju*t and proper that all lasea should be ad valorem, and proportioned to the property of the citizens, and that no capitation or poll tax thould ever be levied in tills State,