Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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j"nr ' * w* /iiriy: Jjt ^ontjjmi iittrpria?., 'MIBn v..? ^ I THTTHSTTAY, ATT OUST 22, 1MT. ' fjf~ Subscribe for tlie ENTERPRISE ' Terms reduoed. See our advertisement, ' 1 . . Our Debtor I?awe?1The Bsplr of Oen. ' Stoklae to the Charleston Boerd of < Trade. i *The reader will see ?e eatraet from bhi < reply on otir first page, wbteh r?Utw to < sellers effecting the whole State. The 1 general refuses to turn loose the creditors, 1 to sell out and ruin the State generally, 1 themselves Included. Tliie Charleeton Board 1 of Trade has, in all its proceedings, shows 1 an absurd d>*r ot Ion to every old abuse of i j t)i? law ami opposition to every measure of relief to ih? distresses of the eouotry. It goo* for " tho pound of flesh," do odde how mtteh* blood may How, of whether the public Victim liven or die* ThU same Board of Trada undertook to defeat, J>y ifa remon atranoe, Any bankrupt law : being Id far or of the debtor remaining forever a debtor and slave to the creditor, and an unproductive drone in society. W? say in favor of sueh things, not that the Board of Trade saye so, bnt the policy they advocate la a I ftollcy to Insure the perpetnal enslavement of debtors; the great majcrlty of the old Oitisens of South Carolina whose ability to ? paj- their debts now or hereafter does not eaist. ,We suppose the Charleston Board of "IYade, like tho delegation they had in the last Legislature, are also bitterly opposed to the abrogation of tho law of arrest and imprisonment for debt. They and the (Charleston people seem in these matters not to possess one particle of sagacity, leaving civilization and humanity out of the qua,.* tion ; tliey would deter every man owing an old dWt in the eity from going there to trade, hy tho terrors of bail writs hanging over him. N"w York and Philadelphia long ago beforo the war, when there was comparatively little necessity for the abrogation of imprisonment for debts had the good sense and civilization to procure the abolition of bail law, and arrest and 5m prieonment for debta there due. Those ratios wished to encourage trade; they have had the wisdom to do It in every possible vkav: but Charleston venerates the nrisoo discipline for debtors, nnd every man now Jiving in Alabama, Tennesson, North Caro-- ' llna, Georgia, or in the interior or upper part of this Stale, who is in arrears for an old debt in Charleston, and whose ability to pay has been annihilated for the present by the results of the war, would very naturally alinn Charleston, whilst the Imprisonment for debt, bail process, eto., were open like a steel trap to catch him as soon as he registered hia name at a hotel. Such pereons might, however, raise in eomo way a little capital to recommence business, and perhaps, if let alone a littlo while, would pay or compromise their old debts. They would not he foolish cnouah to go to Charleston to buy goods, and to have themselves arrested and their neat egg of oasli of goods assigned over to somo one old debt about that oily; they would naturally go, and ought to go, to New York, Philadelphia or Boston, in preference to nueli a city, ao long aa the horrora of tho jail in Charleaton are looming up before them, instead of a-free market range, and exemption from all fear ?f bail writs, as in the northern cities. Charleston ought to thank Gen. Afrtr.M ft f lonat fi\T 11 K/\l ? jl* * n Ct I m nr'oon an for debt. The State generally most heartily , approves. , The curse of judicial blindness and superatitious regard for old laws, because they 1 are old, and to the taste of certain devotees i of law, has afflicted Charleston very sorely, and through Charleston the whole Statu; but for the powerful numerical strength 1 and influence of the Charleston delegation in the last Legislature, there would have been no necessity for Gen. Sicklics to abolish imprisonment for debt, by order, nor for a elay of certain debts. The legislature would have placed this State ns high in the iKiale of civilisation as New York, Pennsylvania or Rhodo Island, and other States, , that have not waited for military power to , oompel them to let the oppressed go free.? . Just new the despotic government of ( France, even, has turned out of prison all i debtors, and positive!)- prohibit*, in future < creditors from arresting debtors, merely be- i cause a debt is nnpaid, ns is the law in this State, (which the Inst Legislature, to itr eternal reproach, refused to abrogate,)? that revolting hfw which allows any creditor to arrest, liko a thief, or murderer, any and every debtor, who before judgment may owe him thirty-one dollars or more, or after judgment, if ho owes even thirteen dollars on the execution. The monstrosity of the debtor and creditor laws in this SUto, and the barbarous refuser of tbo lost Legislature to relieve the pooplc from the insulting and offonsivo boil process, and imprisonment for the misfortune of not being ablo to pay their dobs, furnish another melancholy proof of tho terriblo potency oj that superstitious veneration for old forms and usages that distinguishes States and pcoplo in U decaying condition. Tbo Legislaturo, under the guidonco of tho Legal Priesthood, adhered to every mode of logal torture that tho old laws oould Inflict, precisely at a time, when reason and mercy culled for Us abolition. Just as Spain, undor the gitlJenco of her religious priesthood, adhcrod to the tortu-ons arid abominations of ^e so-called Jfoly Inquisition.? Mavotwox overthrow the inquiaiiion in Spain* and every where he conquered by military power, so long as that power lasted. History thenks and honors hint for it. It has, alns required military power to Uko a poor miserable debtor In South Carolina out of bonds end imprisonment. We trust and believe that tho loathsome and abominable system, which, in this State, makes no difference in tho Uyal consequences of owing a debt you can't raiao- tile money to pay, and larceny, will ncvor recover J r v.,.?v % . . T 8i B ;.s"i lYoss Um blew ft had wulw?d ftew the wori. Son* va*y dlspobe tbe assertion that th* 1* gal punishment whi?h Mi milbftunat* honest iohtor mid the their aro exposed to, uvmmav tlmjly oh ud the Ami, bet 6 oan easily b* jroVed tme. Tbe creditor bu the right to itroet the debtor Mid ooinmlt hi in to Jail, un*m he gives ball; precisely, so the Stat* bas Lb* right te arrest a thief and tho thief the right te gtre bail. Th* creditor, acoordlng to the lava of the Btate, has a right to the labor It? IKa JaKt^a <lif?tna KU wKnla KfW atan for Ihejwar, or stnee, by giving ibo right to seise the proceeds of the debtor's labor every yeerj whore*sa the SUIa, in ordinary cases of grand larceny, may olaim only a few months, or at most, a yo?r or two of labor ftow the thtef; and In petty larceny,' Just a ItUle Imprisonment snd fbedlng at the public expense. ' Updly, the thief has the heat of H under our laws, since wbtppthg baa been abolished j ha la iwsob more fevered than the Charleston Board ef Trade and our State laws would the lehtor. The Board of Trade would never let be debtor go free, bnt keep bins liable to Iroiriaonment yeariy*durtng life, and Ms labor mrpetually liable to the creditor, what ewer lie misfortunes, however honest or deserving* <; T~ -r? Jen. Pop* Commander of Georgia and Alabama This Genersl, we pre sorry to see, sinks he officer and statesman into the partisan ; lis lata letter to Gen. Gbawt Is a most biter and gnjust aspersion of tlieoheraeter and irtuea of the people of Georgia. We trust hat Gen. Grant, and the Arneriuaji P?ople ;enerally, have too mnch eenae to be misled y the exaggerated statements and mlsreposentations of Georgia's feeling Woe to he oonntry, if suoh counsellors us General 'ors are to guide the Government. lie lasses all those who oppose the calling of i Convention In Georgia, disloyal, and ilainly intimates that they ought to b* ban shed from the United State* Notcontentil with carrying out the Reconstruction let*, he seeks to turn law adviser to the Jovernment at Washington. lie would lave men punished for doing exactly what ihe laws of Congress allow them to do, and regulates their doings; that is, to vote igain?t as well as for a Convention. That is General Porit's test of loyally: you mnst row to carry out precisely hit view* in calling a Convention, and making a Onnntitution according to hi*prescription*, and then to satisfy his particular scheme. The shocking unfairness of Ocn. Porn'a letter, and hie perversions of all common sense and rationality, is displayed throughout, but tbo moat amusing absurdity, i> hi* Insisting nn more and more prntvription and tliifranrJkittnrnt in Georgia ; lost when tho State ie reeonilnirtcd, it ahould realise tho same deplorablu "ato of Tonneeeoo It! If Gen. Pora ia deeeiv<d us to the Cfttiaoa of tho horriblo state of things in Tonnessec, we hardly think any >tlisr man of accountable intelligence in tho United States is deocirod. llnowrtuow knows, tnd his followors and his iiidor* and abettors in ind out of Tennessee, that tho wholo present :ronl>'o in that Stat" springe from the violence and excesses of the so called loyalists, tome of whom were active secessionist* in the beginning, but now extreme radicals.? Phcy know, and every l-o?ly else knows, except Gen. Purr, that the political proscription and disfranchisement of the white people of Tennessee has been the only cause of l/io liorrib'o condition of that State. We >ny the only cause, and can prove it. The only object the Buowwlow party had in view was office and power, and party an Bondanoy wan necessary to seouro them. To gain party nseouilancy, it wan necessary to slander and abuno thono oppoaad to them, and it wae a/ttcmatically ilone accordingly, to innure that ascendancy; disfranohinement of thousands of intelligent opponents, wan also noeennary; that, han Keen done, but even this wan not thought safo. Military power was called in, and Brownlow'h white and black armed militia tnrnod loose, to the terror of tbo State, and oven this was hacked by Brownlow's registers, and his ilisfranchining products and counties at pleasure. Yet General Pore would haro all the machinery of Brownlow introduced into Georgia, to prevent the State rosembling the very thing that Brownlow and his crew havo made Tenncssco. The Qenoral would melt up the politionl elements of Georgia into one burning moss, stirring iu all the negroes, and throw into his boating furnace all those that do not agree in his polltics, and ho would borrow Brownlow's mould' and pour his mixture into (horn and then wisely calculate to tnrn ont when it cooled, tmnothlng wholly unlike the castings of Tennessee run in those same identical moulds !? Gen. Popr is delighted with the Tonnessee scheme ; thinks the tree a beautiful one, and although It bears brimstone and ashes as (Vnit in that State, thinks tho planting of the same in Georgia would mako it produce golden pipins ! 11 How nobly Gen. Sicklkr contrasts with Gen .Iill.t ha anrf ni.<,n..l?n.i.l. la recommending in his lottery the romoval of ] disfranchisement as the trao means of insureinK genuine reconstruction, Gen. Poph Is for persuing tho Moxioan and savsgo line of proscription and banishment. (ion. Pupa turns letter writer, to persecute and destroy tho fallen, to whet tho Northern appetite for more vengeance: Gen. RicKt.r.a writes a letter to benefit and save the country, calculated, if its suggestions were adopted, to produce peace and good will, whilst the letter of tho othur, if earriod into practice, would mako a Poland or an Ireland in overy State whero its policy prevailed. Masonic JLeoturea. Mr. R. Rush Gampmcix, Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina, will Lecture at the fol lowing places: Greenville 0. TI., Sept. 4th, fith, 6th and 7th. Marietta, Sept. Olh and 10th. Gowen* ville. Sent. 11th and 12th. Reidvlllr, Sept. 13th and 14th; Spartanburg, Sept. IBth, 17th And 18th. A Homo Killed by Lightntng. .A horse, belonging to Bimkon wasm on r14XD, a citizen of tbta District, wee killed by lightning during tho Revere thunder and rain storm, nn Tuesday evening, whilst standing in a wagon, In the upper part of Town, noar the roni.lvi.eo of Uov. Dr. J. A. liiio.tnws. !D H T M $ 85.8! United StetM X>ia%rMt Court for Wwtsrt Dirt riot of ttouth Carolina.?August Term. 1867, Hem. Oeo. 8. Bryan pro. Thursday. 16tl? Aofnst, 1867. Ths United States v*. Wm F. Jenkiim. VioUtlon of Internal K?veou? Jaw.?Ple*d cuilty. Was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and coals, or in dafaulfc UwW, to b? troprisonad two montha tlia itnita.1 v* Sam* off*no*. Same p^a. Sam* sentence. Uaitad Stat** vs. John Q**nel. Same off*noe. Sam* pi**- Sam* sentence m ^Sntt*Jl But** ro. Wm. pouter, Jr. Vlo Ution of Intern*).Re venue law. Fraudulent return.?Hie Defendant he in (5 put upon hi* trial, * jury was organised, and the Court adjourned. ** , ' ' Friday, 16th Ane? 1867. Orimlaal docket resumed. United States a. i. Bather Stepp. Violation of Ioternal Rerenu* law a* Distiller. ?-Q rand Jury found a tru* bill. Defendant plead guilty, and aentenoed to a penalty of $10 and cost*. United State* va Wm. flunter.? Consideration of wm reeumsd, and full trstimooy not *nd*d. Court adjourned. Saturday. 17th Aug , 1867. iSmlMMi.?United 8tntea va Dayton R, flag* or Date R. Gage. Violation of In Urnal Rev*nn? "Law, at Assistant Assessor. ? Defendant found guilty, and wai brought up for. sentence. Hon, B. F. Perry, in hip behalf, presented certain official documents, certifying to hi* ability and character and aervieea in the United State* Army. He tatad that the prisoner, on nomiag to Oreanvilla, had fallen into had habit*. at>d it waa in one of the lit* that thee* hab Ita induced, that he committed the offence. IT* acid prisoner intended to account to the Government for the $100 which he had taken front a tax payer, to relinquish tax as as**?aad on him by the officer of another District. Th? Government then and now owed him a balance of $200 for a month's service. He requested the Court to take into consideration the Imprisonment already undergone. The Diatriat Attorney, in reply, alluding to the official document* certifying to the good character of prisoner, mentioned that, the prisoner had heen cent out into the worlu labelled by the reeommendation and good wishes of hiaofficer*; a man of gr'-*f ability, doubtlee*, but who, having wormed himself Into the confidence of the Govern ment, now atah* tho Government which trusted him. I leave him to tho Court. The Judge then prefaced his sentence with the following, remark*, substantially: I have ca-t about to see what would serve to exonse your offence in the eye of either justice or obarity. Men are often sedueed into acts of wrong by severe want; the dem aiwlt nf A frrnmilv ma v nrata liautilv a inerubmt. apprehending ruin, under the heavy weight of adverse fortune, may step Heid*. I cannot see any sneh temptations in tliie enae. The prlaoner is in the fullness of hi*youth and strength. He held an office iutiuenlia) and lucrative, acting a* theetew ard of his Government, and, in that capacity, hound to serve the people and ctiido them aright. Under aueh olroutnsi uncus, you have contmiUed a griwoug wrong against one who eouglit your advice. The plea is, you were intoxicated- j our mind confused?your moral senses blunted, snd that you did not sufficiently appreciate what you were doing, but there doss not appear a proper sense ol your conduct, in the circumstances under which you acted. You removed those who might be witnesses of your conduct, ami nfler its commission, you felt no repentsnoo. Your expressions raliicr displayed vindictl veness. Yon said you would turn out some ot the officers, and Iriumpli over them. Your whole eon duct wns perverse, having the opportunity to repent your deed, and did not repent. I can see no legnl mitigation of your ease, hut, I trust, coming to sobriety, regaining in habits of temperance, after having satisfied the law, that you will reform, and, in an honorable devotion to principle and to your country, will redeem yourself. The sentence of the Court, is that you lie imprisoned in the jail at Greenville, till the 19th ot March, 1868, pay a fine of (l'20O and the costs of proaeaution. and, as the prescribed legal const qtience, lie forever incapacitated from holding ottice under the United Stales Government. United States vs. Charles Askic, colored.? Convicted of manslaughter of a lellow-soldior, at Castlo Pinokney, (Charleston Harbor,) on 7 th December, 1806. Prisoner was brought to tho bar and the in* dictment read, and being asked if he had anything to say why santenee should not bo passed, Governor Perry, his counsel appointed by mo touri iur prisoner, ana wno naa ueionacu tho prisoner with signal ability, slated, In his behalf thai the prisoner hail been born a slave, without the advantages of education or without any of that training by whieh thopassioua arc disciplined and controlled; that, as the evidence showed, prisoner's offence had boon committed under heat of passion and made a ease which uudcr tho common law was mitigated tc mnnslanghter ; that ho had no malice or ill will against his comrailo ; that they had been soliliors together aom? two or throe years. The conflict was commenced by deceasod, who, by putting his foot against the door, prevented prisoner from going into tho school room where he had a right to go. Thus the scuffle commenced, and the prisoner, divested of those influenoes of roligion which soften and oontrol the heart in sudden passion, struck the blon from which death ensued. The Judge, in sentencing, said he would not willingly any anything whieli would serve to lacerate tho feelings of the prisonei at the bar. No doubt you regret mori than any one in the Court House can ; n< one of us can b? so anxious to recall fmn the grave you/deceased fellow soldier. N< tie can be more honorable, sweeter ?^ mori tender, than the one whieh bound you to gether;^ou have served. Buffered and doubt leas frolicked logo* her. Hitherto, you have given way to rssl tempera. It is to he hoped that tho sltua lion !?? whieh you are now placet will leav its lesson deeply impressed on your heart Iiut the law does not reach to ths prison? exclusively in snelt cases?it has regard t the proleaiion of society. 1 ehail be mncl less sever* upon yon than I would be upoi one of my own rnee. If a man of edneatioi stood to-day where yon now stand, I shouli inflict on hint the full penalty of th law ; in consideration of all the eirauw stancus, I sentence yon to one year em four months imprisonment in n penitenliar and to psy n fine of $t0o and costs. Mosdat, l?th Ang. Wm, C. Bentty was, on motion of O. W Williams, Ksq , admitted to practise in th United Stales Courts for South Carolina.fto, also, wns J. Scott Murry, oo motion < J. P. Reed, Keq. Bx Parte. Daniel F. Neely. Pelitio for Rule in Bsnkruntcy.?The papers, p< titione, Ac., were filed, snd, on motion ( O. W. Williams, the same were referred t M. I. Glaweon, Register in Bankruptcy. The United States vs. Wm. Hunter. V olstion of Internal Revenue Law.?TIi Jury charged with this case, found Defeni ant guilty. TuwAat. 20th Aug., TA?7. NoweNs, Harmon and Moltonald v Elijah W. Roburn.?Tlw* being no appea anon 1a this case, on motion of Mr. Karl under lftlh rule of law. the Judge aeeesee the damag* e of Plaintiff at $10112 JW) Geo. 11. Crump, his Ksoeutor, vs. Jar J I " 1 I" 1 I, ? tlff^ Attorney.?Decree, under 18|jk rule, 9Jn ljK# tibial William*. Petition of Creditor* for Adjudication of BenkWntey.J W. H. WiUon for Creditor*. D. W. William* for Bankruptcy.?Upon filing proof sustaining the allegation*. It was, ordered that Daniel Williams appear at a Court of Bankruptcy to he holuen at Columbia, on ths 28th Novomber, 1807, and show Court why petition should not be granted. SiMrpncna.?United States vs. Barton Roach. Violation of Internal Revenue Law as Distiller?The a rand Jury found true bill. Defendant plead guilty, and the Judge sentenced defendant to pay a flqo of tan dollars and costs, and. In default of payment, two months imprisonment. United Atatcs vs. John Tompkins. Violation of Internal Heronue Law, aa Distiller.? Sumo as above, with exoeptioa of one month's imprisonment. lr.n.a.... I A In ill* matter of Thomas Davis. A petition wu filed by creditor*, praying that Thomas Davis be adjudged a bankrupt, and, an order Intraod Voqutrtng raid Davie to appear at a Court ef Bankruptcy, to be holdon at Columbia v,u tho 28th day of November, 1867. Mathow IIoMmnn and C sorgo F. Tolloy, represented by J. P. Hood, Ksq., who read thoir petition*, hqrlng satisfied the Court that they had comoliod with tho requisites of the law, were admitted eitlaena of the llnitod State* of Aaserioa and tho usual oath waa adminiatured to thrm. In the matter of Melvin M. Cohen, adjudged a Bankrupt, filed July'80, t8?7.? Order issued dlrrcllng the Marebal to publbih nntiee forbidding the delivery of any property belonging to bankrupt to him or for Ida use or the payment of debts to him or the transfer of any property by hltn, end calling a meeting o? creditor* at Co lumhia, on the 4lh of Septemhais 1887. Also, an order direwte the Marshal to take possession of the Bankrupt's estate, and enjoins the Sheriff of Riehland District from proceeding under an execution at the suit of T. J Mouo A Co. It*w* Docket.?The following case was laken up, in absence of Grand Jury and the District Attorney : Thomas R. Agnew vs. Simpson Bobo. Assumpsit. Plea, Non Assumpsit. Also, special Pica, sotting forth that nolo snod on was given tor the purehaso monoy of a slave, made free. B. F. Perry for Plaintiff, J. P. Rood for Defendant.?Tho oaso was roforrod to Jury No. 2, and, after able argument by counsel snd charge from the Judve, the Jury fnnnd a verdict for tho full amount ef the debt, as instructed by tho Court. The Grand Jnry returned into Court with true bills in the following eases: United State* va. William Smith. Violation of internal Revenup Law a* Distiller. United States vs. Geo. W. Crump, Wm B Davi eon, and Frank Arnim. Violation of Internal Revenue Law, a* Distilling con trary to law. Boglstratlon la thla Btato. Registration has oommcnecd in every District, but ia not yet closed. Again, w* reiterate our warnings to the people to register. No decent man lias any moral right to neglect registering, who c in do so, according to the law The better thoeit'xen, tits* lia sap Ka anl a if Ism nnivlool s Ia nortlsl** A fool or a scoundrel might not benefit hi* conntry, hi* family, or his follow-men, by taking tho op|inrtunity of securing a right to vote, and so be excusable for not regit, tcring, but aP persons of ordinary sense anil honesty of character, will be inexcusable to neglect it, and even deserve to be " teemed an 1 taken " hereafter a? belonging to the before-mentioned excusable class. We have not full reports from any DIs trict, but, so far, it Is evidont the negroes are wide awake to registering. We fear eomo sections of tho State contain weak and silly cornmilnities of whitp men, who may not encourage each other to register, and thus allowing many individuals to lie down in the mire of degradation and dis franchlsement voluntarily and hopelessly, oonfes-lng themscdvcs miserable underlingsand inferior to the more vigilant negroes Bccond Registration Proclnot. We have been furnished by the Board if the Second itegisfration Precinct with their appointments; which follow : VI RUT ROUND. Hodge's, 16th and 16th Inst. Brutou'S Old Field, 19th and 20th inst. I Dickey's, 22d and 23d inst. Oowensville, 26th and 27th inst. 1 (Jrocu'e, 20th and 80th inst. Sliocklej's, 2d and 3d Sept. I BBCOND ROUND. | ilo<lgo's, 6th and 6tb Sept. oruiun e, viii anu Kim oepr. i Dickey's, 12th and 18 th Sept. ( Gowonsville, lfttli and 17lh Sept. Groce's, 19th and 20th Sept. i Shook ley'a, 28d and 84th Sept. > t m a m t | Third Beg la trot ion Prooinot. niuh>ni> I Grove Station, September 4th and Sth. 1 Maytield'a, September 6th and 7th, !j Rteharde'a, September 0th and 10th. ) Brockman'a, September 11 th and 12th. i Batesville, September 16th and 14tb. y ~? 1 Gen. Sheridan Tranafnrred to Missouri. ?Gen. Thomas Takea Hla Place. The ordor removing Gon. Sheridan wm ^ issued by the President on the 10th inst, and the same day Gen. Qrant communicated his b orders extending it, and directing General Thomas, who has been in command in Tunnoer see, to take chargo of District No. 6. General Thomas is Instructed to oarry out the existing ^ orders of Gon. Sheridan, unless otherwise n directed. A - *e?M ? ? Bogiatration in Oroonviile. We would thank the Registers for this t)isJ triet to fnrnish its reports every week of thi J progress of the work, the number at the proI .t A- i-A. 1 J At * - " ' ciugw rrgmonju^ uiu t??o proporiioD Or WDIMI r wid k!??b. e Wo bare only tho following Recount*: - Orore Station, whites, 45; black*, 52 >f May Hold's " 72 ; " 4* Richardson'* (one day) " 02; u 57 B llod go'*, - 02 j - 12 >r Address of Rev. J. M. Bant on. ? Wo publish this gentleman's a<tdre*?, dollr j orod at Mariotta, In another column. As libera ie minded journalists, and in a spirit of tolora J. lion, wo do not shut oar columns to those wh< xpress thoir own poenlisr view*. a A Good Psicik ?Mr. Obobob H. Mooner r- of Ibis place, offers $4,00 per bu*h*i lei dried peeled peaches. Parties wishing U dispose of their fruit at a good pries K would do well to hnnt him up. I / ? t Ob Tu f sdey <*en i hg.'tbT hsiiieei fall of "d rata o?c?r<d in OrcMvilli known for P* years. It was not vory extensive, however, ' ? * above and below the Town. The river waa np verj little flushed. ' or * For the Southern Xntsrprise. gj hor ? the Hon. G. F. Jbtetut. Senior FUitor of the no^ Nnlnrprim: Dua 8j??In passing Colonel Boseman's, ho gave me a ^tUaH||j^H Potatoes, to hand yoo, and that be had been eating then^H^^9|^^9 16th of July, with oonaiderafflHB^nBHfl| And 1 am glad that he eent aloue, as I notioed an aoeonnt, some tuna j siaee, in your paper that yonr Junior Bditegdl 5 bad been feasting upon tha good things of ^ this section; and after this wholesale de* . . struotion of ea tab lee, there is a certain " Tom M (unknown) who is still not satisfied with the pre?encn of yoar Junior, but ho he* gone so far no to onll upon him through the pnper to come bnck ngsln and oat H tho balance of the frying chickens and our- del plus fowls in the aetllenieut, and I expect pal tho Junior will bo book again, and will be wb entertained, as Mr. Sherman, of your Town, tao la employed to teaeh muoio at Pairview, to by the large Sunday 8ohool, and we wish that ln* he would eooie then, at all the "Toraas will be there, and wa can then tell whieh tl" - Tom " it ia; whether it ie Torn B., or Tom ^ a,, or Tom W., or Tom A. The people gen- JnJ eralty believe that the ft rat named " Tom * onJ ia tlie right man ; can he olear himscllT? Ya P. 8. Tell the Junior to onll when he eomee |>r| down. Very respectfully, y0 FAlRVWtW. ?n ** 7 yo Tom rum soothwn* mrrKsksiHa. fro " ** wl Faibvikw, 8. C., August 1Mb, 1847. " ^ Jfeeere. Edit-*-*?I fool obliged by year TQ kindness, bat ana not satisfied with yoar ex- ^ plonation, and would oak indulgence while I ask why the Bxproee Company should ehnrge ^ double freights on oar Road 7 The prcsump., a)a tion is, they aro compelled to do eo to nseet (a| expenses ; and then the question /rites, why n#| aro their expenses any heavier en our Road than other roads. Please allow ase to aak ax to explanation from the Company. All we wish, is a fair chance. Jj#t us have that, and then It matters but little whether wa ^ have a Convention or not. [We Uopo somo one, who knows, may give j^ our correspondent tho iuformrtion asked for.? ^ Ens. EoTsnrnisa.] . ^ pej roa Tiiit socmen* asTsarHiss. wi Address Delivered by Rev. J. M. RUN ION. before the G. C. V L A., at Marietta, Jnly HOth, 1867, on the Plan of Keetoration and lie- 1? conetrnetion of the Union of the United Riem fss _ _ op (Jmlitmen and Fello?c Citizen*?Whfreni, itj we, as an organization, stand connected ful with the great National Union Republican O Party, whom ?*e rocognize under the guar. w? diau hand of Divine Providence aa the Sa- d? vionr of our Country from destruction, and aa the only party whose principles can W i justify us at this (into in committing the 10 present and future interest of our country for safe keeping; and, whereaa, I stand P? identified with that party, and looking to fo the great Interest and salvation of onr Gov- w ernmcot, I feel it as a duty devolving upon ^ mo to preajnt before you what I conceive to be tlic fundamental principles of this organisation, and aa a basis of rseonstroc* tion. For God knows that I am anxious for an amicable sdjustmont of these difflcal- M ties, which are so much distracting our jj country, and i am conscious of the faet, jn that this will never be realized until the y State is again in the Union, and under the fr protecting folds of the Constitution of the United States. I want to see our distracted, n( devastated and desolated country onee j, more rejoicing in a degree ol prosperity not before known. The Republican party ia n, tho party of frocdom and progress; they j,' are a nartv lookincr to the rMtJiMtino ?? the Union in the spirit of justice, end upon n the basis of politioal equality. It proposes H to aid the South in securing freedom of q speech, a free Press, and a system of free ^ schools. By the Acts of the Congress of ^ {he United Slates, March 3d and 3ftd, 1867, g provision is made for the elective franchise ^ of al! male eitiaens twenty-one years of age? without regard to race or color. The ne j, groea of the South, by thrwe measures, are- aj therefore, elevated to the fhll and equal ^ rights of eitiaens of the States to which they belong, and the country, which will hereafter recognize no distinction. The ? North offers to the South the privileges of b re entering the Union on these conditions, a Are we, then, not willing, aa a people, to t< accept them f Theec arc the most easy and v propitious terms ; they are such aa Congress a has seen At to ofTer, and we have no assur- h a rices of them being any better, and, as a o citizen of the United States, and of the f! State of South Carolina, I feel bound to as [ oept lliem. As ons looking to ths entire J I interest of my fellow-aitisena, I must aeoept 1 thorn. Gentlemen, wo are power loan ; wo attempted t independence ? H wu arrested from oar 4 griup; the flag of tho Confederacy ia under , ( the foot of our Congrosa, and we, aa a eon- t quored and suhjugatod people, haro no right , to Bay upon what terma we aball be rcatorod to the Union. We muat, then, accept such term* na the oonqueror aeoa fit to offer aa, and theae aro the moat easy. They have demanded ;io aaerifloe ; thoy have offered no one ( * upon the -.titer. Hut aimply reorganise, reoon- ' atruet yoar State Government opon tho baala of politioal equality, equity and jaattee, and . in conformity with the provlalona of the Act, > - of Gongreae, and tho Conatitation ef the UnK- I I od State*, and the State ahall be declared en- ' - titled to representation, and Senator* and Re- { a proaentatlvoa will bo admitted therefrom aa thoroin provided. Many peraona may think the*o term* hard and oppreaaivo, but whether ? hard <>? oppreaalve, never waa there an ln? r stance In tho governments of nations where ' ? tlio conqueror showed such unbounded lourey ' i, t?? the conquered. Let ua, then, one and all, ' rtome up na hold defender* of the can*'- <.f lib- < ? .. t- irinMiyiii ijgii R ' i * - .;c ,f ~ 'l"1.'*'l3ci '.V'?.;.."I.?%c^gyi==3 U W?* 1fllt?;r^ flu* **?ntrjr ttfeo Xta^ UatloMB, !?i?, witi <n??isiUk*, dT*|^ktf aid rnln tho w^ohf * oo???jr.' B?]r, qm, ud then ytHf ^pjW^||o8pifcd|i^ Are r**n it irowJd ^ jigft-te'jMH ow omb. Tho rieh *?al4 >MNM 1 tho poor fxxtnfe . . 'M ito OH fWpn^pla) add wm bofkll the South, most be bom WV both run. Tw owo t debt of sv orientt gratitude?first W> AlalgMf God, soooodto tho great National Republican party of > Unitod Statu?for Aba boon of freedom lieb yon now enjoy. Yon should thaak Qod seuse ho has overturned the duties, the notions aad the will of man for your ancipation. Now, whilst those great adntagea aooompany the right of suffrage, It ings with it, also, great daagssa aad temptes ns, end unless you steer your eosurse wisely d well, what hasboeu conferred upon you hy ur friends to oeoure your rights, (say ba taken >in you. There is a wire-working partyf 10 would cheat you, if possible, out of year vantage*. Trust no man, white or blank; to for no man, bo he of the Republican or moc ratio party, who doe* not eeguieeee in ur possession of the rightof the ballet, and oioe^ia your dolivaranoa from tho yeka of very. Respect yourselves, aad yau are a. Another thing, my friends: you must t kcoomo proud and axaited under theee tat privileges. They were never intended elevate you above the white raan. They re only intended to give yen polilioe) rights ual with the whites, not tociaL Bhosr jrour?? mspootebU; show men that yoa are fit to free. Kdusateyoureelvesaad year children, bor for the Institution* it the day. Leber accumulate property for y sorts! ves end lldren. Bo hoftest, industrious, mergeUe, rsovortng aad oeooomkeaL Act in ooneord th tho white man. Make no warflpea any iy. Do right, serve God, and try to pi to ?von. The true and honorable policy of j colored population of tho South, is to livo harmony and poaoe with all man. In conclusion, gentleman, it la my oandld inion that tha only road to peaaa, prosper, and happlneae for thispooplo, is in aoboerand hourly compliance with there Acts of ogress for the restoration of oar State, and i cordially invito all who desire to soo our olated Holds again waring with a plentious rvost, roanlting front proper culture, and our rtilo valley* again " blooming like Qw rose," unite with and holp as. Ilaring made those few, brief and very imrfoct remarks, I propose to read to you the (lowing articles as a basis of reconstruction, filch I submit for your most serious and imirtial examination. [We will adrertiso the Platform next week. -bds. kstbrpuiss.] Washington, Augnet 19. The Prreidsnt has assigned Qen. Thoroi to the command of the 6tt> District: uncock to the Department of the Cambered ; end Sheridan to the Department of ireoori. The necessary orders will issue om the War Department. It is understood, to-day, that frntnb pro* teds to l(sxi?o as Chary* <f Affairss, to re o?c v/fcwiuuurgi Roger A. Pryor publishes an affidavit, drying personal knowledge of Conever and la confrere#?they were never at hie office. In connection with the muster oat of vol* nicer officer*, it i* confidently elated that oolonel of the regular army will relieve en. Howard aa Chief of the Bureau of 4)fug??a, Froedmen and Alandoncd Lands, [llitary ebangee dependent upon Oea. Iteridan'a removal have oeeaaioned fire* uent vleiu between the War and Ezeeu* ve Departmenta to-day. The qn rati on a, owever, relate to minor detalle, The aw Ignment of Thoraaa to the 9th IHetrlet may e regarded aa fixed. Tun Soaaav Cam.?The jury la tliia aae have been diaeharged. They have era unable to agree. Iliey atood eight for equltal, to four for oonvletlon. Thfapreeloally settle* the qoeetion. Another jury rill be empannelled, end the eeremonlea of oother trial will be had. Bat ex perl en ec a* shown that there la aeldom or ever a onvletioo where the preponderance on the lr*t trial waa in favor of innooeaee. The risoner had many dlaadvaatageala the late tearing to anoounter. Additional counsel, and of marked mbUly, appeared with the Dietrlet Attorney for he prosecution. The paaelone end pre jo. licea of war mstmIs - roked agninet him. Almoet every point in he evidenee wm ruled against him. The fcarge of the Judge ruled to en eitreere erge every proportion of lew predated to da detriment. The feet, therefore, thnt wrier theee edveaoe eireeaaeteooe two Wtfa >f the jury prooleimed upon the fa ate far da acquittal, it n pretty dear vindication f hl? eomptieity with ee event whieh no me justifies, but io the detection of whoeo >fi prtratore vengeaeee has. rather outstrip .(Hi Ju >!?*. A tedious imprisonment, end a mewed end tedious trial, may agein ba hie 'ate Hat the noalttoe of the late jury radically acta his oonvietioe end eecsuton at raat Okarlctltm Comitr, I'ktsoua CJexTae, August A There wae greet deetruetion of oil wetle and oil here, on Beta rd ay eight. Twvntyllve acres were bureed, end ten wekte, with til the ineehinery, destroyed. Leee HO,yy> ' ? -*