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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
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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
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THURSDAY, MIlY S3, 1867. j,
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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.
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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
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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
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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,