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Letter from Oar, Orr to the Treti V float. ; ^Jlr a*k* lk*t 0* CW?f fUlotmg to Juror$ of it flfcn^y 0# The following ktUr Sea been forwarded to the PrM|j?nt: kxkootat* otrabtvmt so ca , ? Columbia, Sej>tem??er 80, 1887. j To Hfa Kxeelleoey Andrew Johnson, Preei. dent of the United State*: Bib?I hare the honor to forward foi . jour oou*lderation Oeoeral Orders, No. SB, ls?ucd bj Oen. K. R S. Canby fiom th? headquarters of the 8e?ond Military Die trict, dated the lS'h inst., and comnxuni caled to me on the 20th intt. It wiH'be peroeired that by Ibie genera' order "all citizen* aaeeneod for taxes, nnr" who ehall hare paid taxes for the current year, and who are qualified and hnve beer or may be registered an rpters are qualified (a aa?a mm i...au " 1 i- -? ii : .1?11 i? ? ! ufiici-nt ground of challenge to the competency of any person drawn or a juror thai he lies not been duly registered as a voter Such right of challonge may he exercised in heheif of the people or of the accused, in all criminal proceedings, nn?l l>y either party, io all oivil actions an 1 proceedings.' You will observo that this ordor const itutes as competent jurors nil persons who heve'paid taxes and registered, and exclude all persons who have been adjudged to be disfranchised under the Military Iteconstruc tion Acts. Those Acts have not been eon atrued according to the usual legal princi pie of enlarging the privileges or franchises of the citizen ; hnt on the contrary, with n strictness which lias excluded from regis* trntion many whose disfranchisement was doubtful, and very many who, nnder a fair interpretation of the Aot, should have been entitled to registration. In addition to all district officer?, such as clerk', sheriffs, tax collectors and assessors, regist-rs in tqnltv( magistrates and constables, there have been excluded militia offioers, commissioners of roads, commissioners of publio building'. commissioners of free schools, oomniissionei* of the poor, and commissioners to prove the nocuritisa on the bonds of public officers.? These various boards are appointed by res olution of the Lsgialaturo, except the Com . miesionors of the Poor, who nre elected by the people. When appointed or elected they are required to serve two years, or pay a fine of $50. They take no oath to perform their duties, and receive no compensation for their services. These classes, together with magistrates, constables, and district officers, judges and members of the legislature, constitute a vory large nnmber of llis nlti?n? of iKa Ql?i* excluded from reg:stration; and the fact that they have filled these various offices and positions is evidence of their general intelligence. If carried into execution, this general order will more completely una -ttle the laws relating to persons and property than all the other orders that have yet he< u i<* tied by the military authorities in this district. The Legislature of the Slate, at its session in December, imposed a tax offl per head npon all male persons between the nge.s of twenty one and fifty-, residing in this Slate on the 1st day of February, 1807, except those incapable of earning a support from being mnim >d or any other cause. All colored males are thus liable to pay taxes; and yet very many of them have failed to do so. What lias been the relative proportion of whites and blacks who have failed to pay In the respective districts I have not now the means of stat ing; but the proportion of colored persons is much greater than of whites. To show tlie ruinous results, however, that will follow from th's order, if it is allowed to he executed, I beg leave to call your attention to the matter of registration In this State. There are white majorities In but six district. In ( ..... .Il.fricl. it,- *-i i, n. 1... v- n .r.. About equal. In each of the remaining twenty-three districts of the Stale?there being altogether thirty oue?the registration shows a colored majority. In Charleston the ooiored majority is 1.812, tho cgistered whites being S.2S6, and tho blacks 6.098. Of the whites 118 were unnb'o to sign their names; of the colored, 2.80(5. In Charleston and Columbia a larger number of the latter c'nss of persons can road and write, than in ony other portion of tho State a very much larger number, because they hare had facilities beforo and since emaneipation, of obtaining some education not enjoyed by their class in all the rural region of the State, to which I shall advert more partionlnrly hereafter. In organizing a jnry in Charleston, therefore,-assuming that all hava paid their tsxes, this proportion would git# nearly eight colored jurors to four D'hites, these eight would net be able to sign their names. In Beaufort, Georgetown, Colleton, Berkley and <lther districts, the showing is even worse. I Partial return* from Beaufort indicate lint there are 2,550 colored, and hut sixty-five white votes registered. This proportion would furnish hut one white man to every fourth jury. Of the cotorod voters register\ ed in the rural districts, I estui.uto tlin (not more than five per cent, of the whole num. ber are able to read and write, and very many of thero have not intelhg rCe enough to count one hundred. In Georgetown District there are 418 whit and 8 418 colored voters register-d. <'??,- white man might purchanee l?e drawn upon ??ch jury, and in all prohahillty not one of the iepiafnlng eleven colored mm would be able to read and write. To sum up, there will he in twenty-three Districts of this^tate, a majority of colored juror for the trial of all elaesos of casae, givil and criminal, and only Ave per cent, pf their number will be ahle to read or write. Doea any country which haa eatah1| hed the right of trial hy J?ry. fall, by Hi legislation, to seoure a proper degree of In tell gence among the Juroref These rules if applied to the State Courts, will, I pre ume, be likewise appl ed to the Pedera1 C'purt - and the proportion upon such Fede T 83 51 S r*\ h.He. wiW bo?In Cfcarloatea. dgM ?* rid to four whttao; in Colombia, w)im> enb owl to thrt? while*, and In Grw??lll?, tight whit* to lopr colored juror* '1'hae* ire the lhr<* points where the Uhttvii State* Ooart *lu In South Carolina. Caw these colored people discharge tbe dotios of jurors either to tbe United Btste* or t< tbe State, to tbe litigants or to public ? Witl ouch instruments, will not tbo effort to admin htor justioo b* a mockery T NeW, If tbo ordo bod provided that no person shall be allows* to sit upon a jury wbo Is unablo to read oi write, or IT a property qualification bad boot annexed, or if in caso, civil or criminal, ii which colored .persons may bo interested, I certain proportion of tbo Jury should consis >f their own color, it might not have lorn ob joetod to seriously ; but in Us present bearing tbo order is calculated to oxcito tbo graves apprehensions, and to lead to results whicl must*bo univorsally deplored by tboso who do siro to see oven and exact justice moted out b all men. Nearly all of tbo litigation, certain 1y all of tbo important litigation, on tbo civi ffldil of thn rnnrf ? l>oiwnnn s*?l?nnn ftrsl tn rolvos intricate issuos of law and fact, ns well as rams groat and small. AVliat protwlioi can tho whito or oven tbo colored man ltiinscl have, if his enso is to".bo dooidod by n jurj mode up of persons possessing so littlo intolli goneo that they aro unablo to road, write, o cipher? AVith what satisfaction would i Northern claimant regard on ndvorso doclsiot rondo by n jnry, n majority of whom wore col orod, when tho smno enso measured by intctli genco and submittod to tho judgment of met of experience and education, would pcrhnpi hnvo hcou decided in his favor? Supposo thai ho is a patontco wboso rights !>uo Ibocn infringed, and whoso interests?fmjlvod to thi amount of half a million of dohnYsi?aro do" pondont upon tho koon discrimination of m intelligent jury called upon to dotormino som( material difference between machinery or processes of manufacture; is It not preposterous to supposo that a colored jury, constituted as I have described, possess the requisite qualifications to render a just and intolligont verdict? Yet this is but one of the many classes of casos, which the Northern as well ss the Southern man will be compelled to submit to tho judgment of tho ignorant and unwise ju" rors created by Order No. 89. Under the present jury organisation is 8outh Carolina, I have no reason to belie v? that sineo colored persons have been admitted to givo evidence la all our eourts, any injustio< has been dono to tho colored pooplo by whiti jurors. On the contrary, I think it will be os tablishcd by tho concurrent testimony of th< various prosecuting officers in tho State, tha in criminal proceedings juries hnvo dealt mor mercifully with the colored than with tbi whito persons tried before them. Again tlx exclusion of the intelligent classes reforred to is hasod solely upon their politieal antecedout* Hut uhoro Is tho propriety of making the poll ties of a oitiscn, cspoeially tbo polities whiel rutod his Action years ago, the standard of hi eligibility to porform jnry duty ? It fs ver; rare indeed that a ease, eivi) or criminal, ii presented for tho docision of a jnry involvin; any political issne whatever ; and I asa no awaro that anywhere else, it is attempted t excludo intelligence from tho jury box, bo cause of any real or supposed obnoxious poli tical sentiments entertained by tha psrtie whoso duty it is thui to servo. Tbo flvo full circuit* of the Rupcrior Cour of this State, which is charged with the trla of all civil eases involving amounts ubovi $100, and of all criminal charges of folonj and somo misdemeanors, commence their tcmii on the first Monday in October. Tbo lottci of General Canby enclosing tho order abovi referred to, requires that it shall go into effee immediately; tlint tho jurors who woro drawi and already summoned at the spring terms o tho Court in conformity to Slate laws shal not assemble, but that now jury lists shall b prepared In accordance with tho order. Ii most of tbo Districts tho form is limited to on week, and tho drawing and summoning o jurors under tho order will consume much o tho tiino. This is one of tho practical difTi -ul ties in tho way of tho oxoeution of tho Jordti In view of ail t'.icso circumstances, there foro, I hog leuvo mist earnestly to protos! ngaiust its oxoeution, and to nsk that it inaj bo ordcrod to ho entirely rcvokod, or at leas suspondod until after close of tho fall tonus o this Stato. Your early attention to this matto is respectfully invoked, inasmuch ns I desir to communicato tho rejuH of this applicntici to tho judgos prior to tho commencement n their respective terms. I hnvo tbo honor ti ho, your Excolleney's obedient servant, JAMES L. OUR, Governor of South Carolina. ColirBDRnATB Mo*KT A VAI.ID C03?8IT>Rft t Tioir.?Tho enso of I>can vs. Ilarvoy, admin istrator of W. II. Youoll, has boon finally sot tied by tho Unitod States Circuit Court o Georgia. Tho Homo Courier says : " Youoll, in ISiii, purchased of Doan lib p'nntntion, in Floyd County, Georgia, foi f21,000 in Confodornto money. Dean remain ed in possession, hut since tho war ootorod in to a reeont contract for tho place with Harvey tho administrator of Youoll. Afterward Dean filed a bill in tho Superior Court o Floyd County to sot aside tbo sale and to en join Ilarvoy from turning him oat of possos sion, upon tho ground that tho eonsidcratioi of tho purchase was Confederate money, am tho sale therefore void. The 8nperior Coot of this County first granted tho injunction but afterwards dissolved it on motion of Hsi wvj t ocou, mo uuiiiiuisvimh)! uuuuwi, a (ho mean timo, Doan movod to Alabama, leav ing his tonant in possossion, ami dismissin bis ease in tho Superior Court, and commence his suit by bill, ah before, in tho United StAtc District Court for Northern Georgia, prnyin{ for injunction, relief, etc. Tho ca*o heinj argued on demurrer at the prosent term, hi honor, Judge Krskino dismissed the bill, su< tain in/ the righU of the purchaser. Tho eas nas oxeitod a great doal of interest, and h perhaps, tho most Important one to tho Root! orn people (Jocldod since the olose of the wi bj a Unltod Rtates Court." Tho Northorn papers generally copy and fai orahly speak of tho rooent letter of Gorem< Orr to tho President, asking km to revoke tt , Jury order of General Canbjr. It has prodar . ed a telling effect upon the tnaeeee. A fe ( mom snoh masterly dooumente weald esni | the aoeJes to fall from the eyes of tho Northoi I people, and exhibit our pitiable eoadltioa i | we ourselves see it.?J'krmix, <5 B.T M HI ' Ctjt ^mrt^rn Cntrrpriar. I GttSviLIiE, & <?> j.'. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEB SO, 1867. i Engaged At the "Courts. The leek of interest in our columns, ii ssfr tribal*We te the faetlliat ll-.e almost ee'lre 1 attention of the Editor has been absorbed r in the Courts. i The Public Mooting on Tuosdsjr.---The , Voieo of The People Against Oon. venlion. The meeting nominated delegates to the Covenlton, ah?re names are publishot ' with the proceeding We Intend to ssj I, nothing personal respecting the nominees, . It is sufficient to state that the nomination a was received with overy demonstration o* approval by the large and rcspcolible asI somblage. The most gratifying fact, according to our opinion, was the evident sense of the people "against a Convention." All must be snlisfii-d that to vote "for a Conwn. lion " is to vote for a negro government and the ruin of the country. The white people, at. lonst of I lie mountain Districts, will not thus vote. It seem* to ti impossil>lo that any reasonable nmn can consent to <1o no, tinder present circumstances, and put tlio government of the Stat? under the control of the vn?t horde of ignorant and misled negroes of the middle and lower country, who cannot gov< rn thomeelrea, much lees ttie white people of the nioun tain*. Wo think the arguments against a Convention, urged t.y the spenk-r on Tuesday, were conclusive. Whilst Ohi?^? Tcnir aylvania, Connecticut, California, and other Northern States, are voting agalrffetSniver aal negro suffrage, how ran the people of Sonth Carolina Vole for it T Never, NeverIt wonld affect those States very little, hut ( it wou'd degrade and rnin us. ? ? Court at Oraenville. Thia has been a busy week ol Circuit , Court and District Court; Ibe calling of tbc ( Inquiry Dorket, and Ibe trial of a few nnlm I pnrlnnt ease* on the Criminal Docket except > the ea?? of the Stat# va Jiu CiMtKATli, a ? frecdman, wbo was oonvicted, on Tuesday, * for a rnp? on a negro girl, eleven years of s age. Tl.o ease seemed to be a clear one, 1 and no'witliNtunding lbs best efforts of * counsel in bi* dvhsnc.e, be was convicted upon uncontradicted testimony. 9 The Court will last all the week Judge ' Pawk?*8 is presiding with grent ability, ? - ' IP I * Still Further Heductton of Freight. On tie OrrrnriHe and C'diimkia Hnil-roud, alto ' /'nunyt f Wu loaru. with much satisfaction, tbnt tbc * President and Directors of the Company have t already determined on a material reduction of ' freight, and that tbo fare for passengers will ' hereafter not oxsocd six cents per mile, or * $S.f>0 from Crecnrillo to Columbia, and olae" where in proportion. A new schedule will be * published in a day or two. t Board of ltortsion. I Wo aro roijuosted by Mr. J. T. Cunaroa, b Chairman Hoard Ith Itogistration Precinct, to r sluto (as bo is not allowed to advertise) that 9 his Board will sit for firo consocutivo days at r Collar Falls, commencing on Tuesday the 5tb s of November, 1S67, nod upon being satisfied t that any person not entitled thereto has been j registered, to strike tlio names of such persons f from the list; and to add to such registry the 1 r.nmes of all persons who nt that tiiuo possess I o tho ?{ualifiralion required by said Act, who a have not been already registered and who e shall then apply. ,f Finn Chowing Tobacco, &o., Durham thanking tin,, from Mrxttrn. David ?t srn aiii.kv, Urnrrr* ami Commitxion Morrhanlt, CrrmrilD, S, C. t We have received a present of tobacco of f tho nbove description, nnd return our j. thanks f.r lh? liberal specimens. They hnve plenty on baud, of the boot, besides r many other things in their lino. u Wo, tho Senior, had flu shed tho foregoing r thanks when onr Junior announced that he B had roccived, as a present, a pair ol shoe* from tho same annree. It la elear, there" fore, that Messrs. David A Stham.kt have something for the iinderstandincs an well as for the tastes of people generally. They can fit all customers. Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina, f Wc are indebted to a distinguished friend, just returned from Lauren a, for the t following brief particulars concerning the r meeting of the alio re Synod: Synod of South Carolina met at Laurens Court House, on 2Sd lnst? about ninety ' members present. Hey. 8. H. TIat, of Cam* den. was elected Moderator, and Rev. A. A. Morsx Temporary Clerk. The meeting was one of great interest ? a Mucli business was done. The Rev. Dr. J ruiMRH, of Columbia, preached with great * ability and effect, as also Dr. Giba?i>rai', of i, Charleston. Great harmony prevailed, and the prospects of the Presbyterian " Church iu this Slate are very cnaouiagiag. K Messrs, Orady, Ferguson tk Millar. Happeniog In tliti Mora of lhe*e gentlemen, Ilia other day, nod not being nb)? to restrain our admiration of thair many fine goods, we were suddenly presented with a afweiinen of a silken texture, vary aceoptal?la. They have all aorta of fahriea. A Buainran Man fVotn Columbia. We hail the pleasure of a call from and acquaintance with. day r so ago, Mr. Lowv a a ecu, of Columbia, of the wholoaale and retail bouso of Fiattaa Jk Lowbawob, and were r pleased with his intercourse. lie is up hero M OB MM*M, and we ho]M> that ha will Btkl many friend* whilet in Ureeuvilla. w Wa eall eapeelal attention to their adrertlae. k> man*, and take groat plaaanre Ir. recommend' ti Ing them to onr merchant* and citizens gen* u orally. Thoae who havo prodnee to aell or rh'.p, will do well to ownsult Ihcao gentleman. tNTk Wihw ft WMtmopetad. Ow mwi?n will n? Hot Amo g*ait?JMO nro dotermiucd to lot tb? people know that iboy continue to bo candidates for public potrohego. They aiwnys keep ? largb stock op j irugs and medicines on band ; and when par- J . chases arc made of them, tbo greatest security oan ho fell for tbo excellent manner in wbiob tboy arc pat up. Being experienced phartnacoutints, everything in tbo moko op of t^oir establishment is of tbo nioost order, and those who visit them eannot fail to be plcasod by tholr urbanity. Wo are Informed by them that, on the opening of another year, it Is their dosiro and. intention to oxtond their business. But it is not onr intention to anticipate them, as they will advertise any change or addition to their basloos*. Romcmbor that tholr place is that hoantiral [ stand first door abovo tbo Mansion Ilooso.? Ulvo them a rail. i Yo-ir Business. Every man, whether he sells in a warehouse or deals out goobers by the pint, wants to increase his business, so ss to tnako it more profitable and Incrntiro. This is bnt natural nnd right, nnd, is a doty which ho owes to himself and to those of bis fireside. tTbon. over wo see one, It matters not how humblo? making efforts tn this way, wo sympathise with hint, and would do Mm a good turn if io our power. As it Is acknowledged that ail now are poor, wo would offer those in business a good turn In the way of a bint. It Is this. ArirertUi. This is tho Ai.adoix's Lamp that will grant yonr desires by rubbing ; tho more you rub, tho bettor it Is. People are not going to giro a-mnn success without Aim even taking fur it. By ail means, lot tho pooplo of the town nnd oonotry know whero you aro, what you aro doing, and that you wish a part of their consideration. Tho Knterprii has a good eirenlation in both town and oountry. TUB notrrttr!R**)|^ag|irRi*x. Public Meeting. 1 Pursuant to publia notice, a meeting of a < large number of oitiaens, irrespective of I parties, was held in the Court llouse, on 1 Tuesday, 89ih Instant, to nominate nnitab'o 1 persons to represent the people of the Pis I triet in the Htste Convention, to be held under the Reconstruction Aets of C ingress 1 On motion of Gov. Pcryy, S. R. West- < morel and, E?q., was called in the Clisir and John 11. Goodwin requested to act as Sec rctsry. The mooting bring organised, Gov. Perry forcibly explained its object. Col. G. F. Townes then made remarks, and offered the | following resolution, which was carried ; vis: 7i**olrt l, That a oommittee of twenty-one be appointed to nominate suitable persons for delegates to represent Greenville District in the State Convention, now ordered by military authority under the Reooitslrue tion Acts of the Congress of tbe United States. The chair appo:nted the following gentlemen to constitute the committee: Pr. P. P Moore, Pr. W. A. Moonry, John Gr<-eo, P. P. Cure ton, A. IV. Peden, A. P. Goodlett, , Jacob Ponder, W. II. Evans, Wesley Phil I dps, P. W. Hod if..*, Henderson Good, .1. I, Westmoreland, Pavid Ilsyne, Rev. 8. T. Pill T. Henry Stokes, Pr. J P. Latimer. J. II. Arnold, R. MeKsy, J. Thomas Austin, C. A. Parkins, Durrell J. Stewart. v* imc ine uommtttee were out, C?!. G. F. Townw and Gov. Perry ongng.-d the at I tontion of I lie audience, witli remuks upon the condition of (lie country, and the dutj of the citizens in the present emergency. At the conclusion of tliesa remark*, the Coiiiinitt<-o on Nominations, through their rhnirmnn, I?r, D. Ik Moore, submitted the following report, which was unanimously ratified by the meeting; viz: We, the Committee, appointed to nond note suitable candidates, to represent us in the Convention, respectfully present the following nnm-s; viz: S. It. Westmoreland, Win. C. Goodwin, T. J. Earle, J. Dunklin Sullivan. On motion. It was ordered that the pro ceedingt he published In ths papers of the town. There being no further hutlnen*. the meeting adjourned, after giving throe rousing cheers for the nomitntion. H. R. WESTMORELAND, Ch'm'n. Jon* It. Ooonwj*. Sec'y. . - ? Ex-Prcsidont Pieroo on tho Situation. Wa8ui*oto*, October 12. When the news of the Democratic victories was ro-ieivod in Oononrd, N. II, three j hnndred guns were fired in the Capital ground*, and tho Democrat* of that town formed a procession and serenaded Expresident Franklin Fierco. Halting in front of hi* hoarding place, the crowd gave three cheer* for Pennsylvania, three for Ohio, and three for Oeneral Pioree. The General aoon appeared at the door, and wae enthusiastically cheered, the hand playing the " Star Spangled Itanner." As soon as the mneie slopped, Ex.President Pierce, s|K>ke as follows: " It hat heon ao long your part and mine my friends and neighbor*, to hreaet and ainile hack defiance at what we have he. lieved to be the torrent of evil, that one hardly knows how to receive notes of triumph. 1 am free to confess, however, that the results which you have come to annonnoe is not a surprise to me There have lieen muttoringa, and some distinct emincl* I at ion*, which DToolelin-d tlism nr.lli- ?1?. - I V -R nifloantly to rny mlmL N??l the least of theae wa? the encouragement and hop* which enma down to us from ?or neighboring State?Montagu Verit?\ noble State, represented by high men for ycara?fudge Col lamer, Governor Foot?, 11 Hand Hall, and others of like stamp. Then eame the IP,000 freeh voices from Maine, speaking encouragement and hope, fCheers and applause] Then Montana?lar off Montana?came over the M ountains with her trumpet tone, saying: Rally to the reseue of your eouotr)*. . mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrngmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 1 B 8 . .. _ ' W??t Ifhuioh, ell U>y tiinnfN * ???, ( And charge with all thy chivalry.' par wc arc air.king hande with yon in tht, ? jreat battle for union and independence.? Then came California {applause and eheere] booming over cape and ocean? assure oa A that we may hope for victory in Ohio f*p J| plnusc] whieli seemed like hoping sgnl^fe f ail hope. And finally, old etijrJy Ponnajll B vnnia. [great cheering,] which holds iod~ Jj pendenee Hall, *p*aks words of terror to D the wrong and encouragemM.it to the right jj I warn yon, my friend*, to nota the c faot that there triumphs, whatever they C may b?, are no party triumph* The c people hare risen in their majesty, with a q consciousness of their power, and, disregarding party linea and party aspiration*, ^ have been ailently oonaideriug what be- j longs to them, th?lr children and their V 0 ?untry. I think the great battle hae ^ been fought and won. If the results are \ atgniflcnut In nothing e]*e they are in thie ?that the white race?our race?the 0-r- j man, Italian, French, Irish. Scotch and Ang'o Saxon people?are still to bo tho j* o introliing powor on thii continent. It is j for you, now, to remember your duties? ?your fidelity to principles; what you J owa to your neighbor#?whether they agree with you or not?nod to take care t that the publio weal suffer no detriment at ^ your hands. I thnnk you for your very j kind greeting; nud not lotting strength in I my present state of haaith to way more, 1 j bid you ail good night." j Dkatii or Cot. Joii.v ii*u'sm.?We art I pained to adfcaunce the death of Col. John ? Baurkvlt, one of our most re?pret*d citi. ens, and one of the brightest ornnmenla of 8 the Bar in the State. We linve not the f material for even a oriel memornnda of the p deceased. lie was bom in Newberry Dia- 3 Lrict, and was about seventy four years of ^ age. He was admitted to the l>ar, cot em- p porary with Waddy Thompson, lion. A. P. 1 Sutler, Judge Earlc, Chancellor Harper ,J and Judge O'Neall. In thy midst of this -] galnxy of South Carolina jutflNfo be shone bright. Col. Bauskett represented Edge ^ field Distriot, in the State Senate, for one \ or two terms. Siuoe he removed loColum- I b:a, he tank a high position In his proles * ion; and as a friend and gentleman, won esteem and respect of all who had the pleasure of his social intercourse. A friend ha# furnished us with the fol -J lowing additional particulars: I He had achieved reputation at the bar before lie removed to Edgefield, which wa# alKint the year 182ft. He became eminent at tliia latter place, taking rank among her b-at lawyers. His practice wa# very large and lucrative* unit I think It !>y all who knevr him at thia period?I < mean the period of hie reatienw at Edge field?that, perhaps, do one at the bar^ exhibited a more aealoue devotion to the intereeta of hie clients, or argued kit caueee with a closer logic, or greater sentences.? But he enjoyed other honors and dislinc lions than those which properly belong to I hi- profession, lie represented the people of that Dis'riet, in both hranohes of the Legislature, thus receiving from them the most aannred proofs of their respect and confidence. About fifteen years since, he rewoved to this place, lii* health was not i good ; he waa stricken in years, and his 1 practice at the bnr, in his now home, was not extensive. 11c has been the picture o' infirmity for many years, and it was plainly to bo seen that his dnys of n? fulpeae and labor were gnne forever. A fortnight since he to?k his bed, and, his strength failing hour by hour, at last exhausted nature was no longer able to maintain tha strife, and he expired without a struggle ( in all the quiet and repose of the goutleet I sleep.?Columbia Phoenix. | I)rath or I) B IfcAax or Cnsiusr.?On ] Sunday lust we heard that Mr. D. B. Mo- i Arn, a merchant of high standing in Che- | raw, had di?d suddenly in New York, whither he had gone to pnrehaso a stock of ( goods. A friend in Cheraw gives us this week the follow ing particulars : Mr. MnArn had made his purchases and was preparing to return home; on Thurs day night Inst lie had go no out from supper to attend to mma unfinlahod business, , and while he waa eroding a atreel he was knocked down and ran over by an omnibua j and killed instantly. Mr. MoArn louvre n wife, whom he mar- ^ ried during the late war, to mourn his un> ( timely death. -I The New York Tribnoe of Friday last 1 makes the following statement relating to ( this occurrence: "At ha'f-past eleven o'clock last night, 1 a man supposed, from pa|>ers found in hif possession, to bo Hugh MoArn, ct Co e raw, S. O., was run over and instantly killed at i the intersection of Broadway and Canal Street, by a hack driven by Patriok Burns, of No. 107 East Fourth street. Burns was | arrested and loeked up in the Woosteratreet Police Station. The deoras-d man j is aged ahout forty years, of medium height, dark hair and whiskors, had false | teeth, and was attired in dark slothing.? Iu his poekets were found several bills of goods hotight from Messrs F. A L. B. Heed, j of No. 8k Leonard-striet-" IteMgioua Serrlooa. Bunday. Not. X 1 Baptist Church, II, A. M., ? ? ? Methodist Church, 11, A. M., Rot. J. W. I llirMBKnr. | Kpi?cnpal Charah, 11, A. M., and 5, P. M., i Rer. Km,ikon Caress. ( Prasbytarfan Church, 11, A. M., and 4, P, ( M., Dr. Buirt. I DURHAM SMOKING TOBACCO. | HAVING received the egenoy of tlta above Joelly arlebrated Brand of 1 TOBACCO, we will make It to yonr Inter- i eat to bny from o*. Por sale by wholesale i or ra'all. DAVID A STKADI.KY. | Oat RO ** tf " J. 1 ? . ? j .o;-. j . ;r . ,'jl " u. ? * * IREENVIELK PRICES CURRENT. CORMCTaO WEKKLT, ?T RAOY, FtRBUSON >M<Ll6R,M6HCHANTt? - ) GREENVILLE, If. 0., OOT. il, 1807. . >'' PPT.KS, $? bu.hol, Dried, ft M IREF, |l lb. freah, according to cmt, t@|a (ACON, & tb, .. .U?. ALKROPB, ttjb j Met * LUK STONBTfHb, Wo. 1AGGINU, Gunny, V. 7<1 ?* o. UTTBR, ft lb, It?, RKSWAX, & lb, ...... ,,,30 a, RANDY, ? gallon, P?**, <M 99 HICKKN8, 19 bond, M # M * OTTON, W ib, * .TS o# OFFER, 19 to, Rio, W QUa -a ? " Jara, M : \ ORN, f| bnshol, M a* g ANDLKR, lb, Adamantine,... M * '? T? " Fpcnn,....,,....... AT>1?M j ^"^"^Taliow,.. m, ^ vn itnao, p? n?, :0?8, dosep, ? > 'LOUR, barrol, l? * IOLD fl * IINUKU, # tb, 40 * RON, V lb, S wood, w.........?4 ?v ii ii 'i Country,...w..*# <.yii <i ii m ]l?rro Shoo, ...*...**.10 fc NDIGO, V> lb, 8outb Carolina,..,.........01 $0 a u " Spanish Float, S S9 ,UMBKU, ? 100 foot, Plno,...$l 60 @ $2 00 ,EAI>, ? lb - ,EAT1IER, Q tb, 8olo, 60 * n " " Upper,............60 @ 70 t* (ADDER, lb, ......... IOLASSE8, Kall on, West India, *T 09 a mm Sugar-House^..,.?! t9 TAILS, $ B>, Parker Mill, - llfa. >AT8, *) bushol, .......?4* e. EAR, " M . W*. ?ORK, ? tb.net, ~.W* ? OWDKR, ? tb - . 'EPPEll, Id tb. Black, ?.40 #. 'BACHES, bushel, Driod 'OTATOKS, & butbel, Irish...... ........none. " " " Sweet,.. 40 S. tICK, "0 lb 10 @ IT . ITK^L, lb, Cast, o. I ALT, ^1 sack, Liverpool, 99 " " bushel, " 1 M IUGAR, ? lb. Brown, 10 <& 90 m " Clariftod, ? If s. ITOT, V lb * . ODA, IS lb .. ..... If#. TARCH. V ?b, ?...10 . 1PICH, ** lb 40 r. IIIRTINO, (three-fourths,) <B yd, ..18 ?. IIIRTINO, (seven-eights,) p yd, ..10 ?. 'UUKIES, W bead -..76 o. @ $1 09 '0T1ACC0, Manufactured, ^ lb, Mc.&tl 99 ALLOW, & tb, ..... !?#. EA, lb, Ounpowdor, >..41 W m i. ii llyeon, t 10 " " ? Black .01 60 ($ $S #0 ritKAT, ? busbol $1 00 VHTSKY, V> gallon $1 00 TARN, Factory, fA bunch,.. ..fl 00 THE GREENVILLEDRUG-STORE. ffext Door to tfao Kama!on Honae-figa of the Golden Mortar. WALTER 1 M1ELM KEEP constantly C~~ ^and, ftn^ are daily receiving, New and Freeh SomiM DRUOSf 13 E? 0 ?0S3SS9 CHKMICALS, /Vnd, in 6hort, any and overyfhing pertaining to a well regulated ana First Class DRUli STORE. ?bjjsiciQi)0 fotollie* hi ay rely npoti the PURITY of iverythiner bonght, and depend on lie "ACCURACY cf every thingput np, in our Establishment. |3y Prescriptions and Family Recipes attended to pkrsonallt, with the strictest care and attention. fjgT" Remember the place?Next 'loor to the Mansion House. Walter & Westmoreland. GREGORY'S Dyspeptic mixture. TUB following it but one of Ihe hundred!* of Certitieatca rocoived In favor of tit fa |u?tljr celebrated Medicine: " To Dr. John Gray, CKnrleU*, N. C.t Sir: Being in Greenville, a 0., Utely, ?a4 in a etRto of groRl d.-blliiy and proatralion^ (lie eff.-et of paralysis ocenrring in Novem* ber, 1864, and snflfaring mneh ineonveoiena*. from torpor of the bowels, my attention *?? directed by T>r. J. M. WumoaautSDc to GREGORYS DYSPEPTIC UlXTUat? Prom tnw -.1 ' - " ? ? ...j T MUQVU U W9II M IDI DAf tore of the dire*#*, 1 *m nearly hopeless ?f ? relief, but I am happy to ha able to #*y lb at tbo ??e of the uredicine above moo. Honed afforded relief, restoring the almost appended function* to a healthy action. % without griping, purging, or aoy other paraeptible bad effect. "I uae the medicine now only when ome aperient aeeme to ho needed, and it lias not failed, ?o far, In a tingle Instance, to have the dealred efT< ct B MANLY. Set " TWo/jom, A In., A. D., 1847," Walter A Westmoreland, Agent* for Qreenrilln Oat 80 28 iff The State of South Carolina* GREENVILLE DWTRICT. fly b. j. Doirnrrr, &f, or**my *f mid DiMrirt. WHERE AH. KUZABFTn CARMAN, has filed Petition in my Offlen, praying that Letters of Administration on ill and singular tbo goods and ehattleo, right* and errdka of L. P. CARMAN, 'sty of tba IJUlriot aforesaid, daaaand, should bojgrootod to her. JW mr*, t Mr if or*, to alto adinosiab ill and lingular tha bladred nod tndliort DI UlO Mid d'tMMd, to b? Olid ?ppd? in tb* Court of Ordinary for raid Platrio*, to l a lioldrn at Orranrilla 0<>nrt Iloaat, on th? \%th day *f November, next, to ahow aaoao. if any, why tha aald Admlnlatration should not ba srantad. h j. puirrnrr, o. o. a Ordinary' Offioa, 89'b Oat., 1W7. OotaO 29 r ' %