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S! UU.L. 1* J!" !BLH .IflL* !" I .Jli"1 UmE8*-" ' " ' ' {& gjtteadquarters, Aiustant CommisWaggK\ UOU9X, a wd A?'?W?J??n la*?#.) IHslrict of South f Charleston, P. C.. January 1?, 18?8. j v 01rcpi.au lbtteb. llH Government having Kgtln ehirgtd tho Assistant Couioiiasioner with Iho duty of <Jitt rlhuting fbod union* the people of Uiie State, fb? the doublo purpose of preventing suffering from lb* destitution, now common tn many localities, and to cnablo the people to provide gainst a raoqpMoe ef the liko destitution in future, it becomes necessary, in order to no- , eomplish the Object designed, to adopt *uch a ay ate as of dlstribntion for the supplies time leened, aa will most effectually both accora- I pllsh the object* above named, and insure to tho government the repayment of its means. Thla and can only be attained by a well reg, nlated eyatein of labor- -for from such a system alone can it .be Sxpectod that any degree of prosperity will follow. It will be found Impossible to distribute fowl to tbe needy thousands as individuals but only as commaslties. The sad experience of tho past year should have given a lesson of profit to all. Hundreds of people wero tlio recipients of the pkltrutr ftf mai?am?.se>?est - v - * -. .... m-iKiuiuinlt, WIHI OUtiaiSU TO M planting at tho titno tlicy wore fad, hut who, upon investigation, wore discovered to bo althar idling away their time, or engaged ia cultivating a small patch, the whole products of which could not subsist them for rocrethnn month or two; others rooeived nid who ware located on barren nnd worn out lands, upon which, oven by tho most scvero labor, it WM impossible to produeo a subsistence; while yot a third eloss, without any pecuniary news, entered into arrangements whereby they gave one half or one third of iuvU timo to tho land owner, and during tho remainder attemptod to dig out a subsistence for them elves without either animals to arsist them r food to live npon. To continue in these foolish attempts to obtain a livelihood will result in tho complete prostration of every Interest of the country, and to fostor snch folly by squandering gov. rpnicnt rations on such pcnplo would be criminal on the part of the agent charged with their distribution. It la therefore the Intention of tho Assistant Commissioner to issue food in future to the extent allowed by tho government, to fhoee persons only who ho is satisfied are so employed that thoy will be nblo to repny to tho government the amount loaned as well as to place thcmsolTva beyond the possibility of want during tho following year. To accomplish this object, responsible persons will bo gppointod agents of distribution in each locality where destitution ox'uts who will be held strictly accountable for tho reliability nnd industry of the consumers. They will be instructed to take from tho recipients a bond, - u? ? m ? - ,nu U|7U1| uin crup> (O DO grown, Otlll other product* of industry and personal property. Tho Assistant Commissioner mv.?t he satlsted that eaoh applicant has planted or Is about to plant a sufficient number of acres in oraals to insure bis provisions for tho nest year without purchase. To parties engaged wholly or to an undue extent in tho cultivation of cotton, no assistance will ho renderedI>u!y appointed Ofiicors and Agents of this Bureau will bo instructed to frcqu-ntly niu^ earofnlly inspect the plantations of those who are tho rocipionts of assistance, and if it shell at any time bo found that tboy aro likely to fail to fulfill thoir obligations, nil necessary ruoasuros will bo taken to protoet tho iutorosts of the government. The Assistant Commissioner desires It to bo understood that the amount of assistance that ho is authorised to render is limited, and ^ It Is therefore necessary that nil parsons who haro privato rosources at command should avail thcmsulves of such, those sup- j plies being only intended by tho government So relieve (bo most extreme eases of destitute* R. K. SCOTT, Jvl. Major Ctnrral. Ant. Cnmmini-tntr Snocstxn OurnAoit ar Xaanous is Dab- | nm?r?R Distbtct.?About eleven o'clock Fri- I day night last five negroes oamo to tho store of Mr. M. A. Muldrow, in Darlington District, about nine miles from the Court House, and rapping up the clerk, Mr. R. Sugs, asked admittance. Mr. Pngs enquired who (hey woro, and iweeiving the responso that thoy went friends copse to trado w ith him. on, ned the door of the store. Four ncgpoos, armed with j doable-barrelled ehot guns, entered, and plae- 1 tng their weapons in tho corner of the room, copamcncod examining goods, remarking that they were in tho employ of tho railroad, had Just been paid olT, and desired to make purchases to the extent of ten dollars raeh.? About fifty dollars worth of goods were selected, when one of the number asked Mr. Sugs if be could ohange a Treasury Noto of tho denomination of one hundred dollars. The wife of Mr. Sugs, who was in an adjoining room, heard tho remark, and her suspicions being excited by it, she went out of .(bo back door to th? house of a gonileman named IVyodhnm, and rc?|Jiested him to come to tho etore, and in caeo any trouble should oqrur to reader Mr. Sugs what assistance ho cot(Id.? Mr. Wyn <lham complied, taking a gun with kirn, and as he reached tho store heard tho reSart of shut- lt? ltn?? r\n..n il>? ?1 I "" " M """ (U iuimt 'ately fired upon five times by the gross. J\e retarnod the fire, whao (hey pushed upon hint ?i"id Nixed hie gun, end ? p+r*fir c<fH. I, dufin{ which he managed to *V>4 (tie escape, end rep??>in? to Mr. Muldrow'e home, reported (ho condition of affair*. A* eooa m the latter ooald dre** end ?nn himMlf he raw to the store, Accompanied hy Mr. Wyndham. There all *m <yuirt, ami entc."'"'! they fownd the ttelrea of the store completely tripped, the aaonry deck robbed*, and the elerk, Mr. Sega, lying dead on the floor, a load #f buckshot having passed through hi* head. From this mciaitchoily scene Messrs. MU.iiow and Wjndhatn went to the bones of the latter, ?>*rs they found that Mr. Wyndbam's fathcrta'ltf had been dangerously shot twice in (be head, and hi* *ii* in throe jiilTsronl places on |he person by the same party of negroes. Wp are Indpl.tod for these lam?niah]? in Aimtiona ef the condition of affair* in thnt section of nor .State to Messrs^ Vt'agrnvr, Heath A Monsee*. to whom they were coinpinnicatc l by M". NuUmw, one of tt*?ir porrsspon iept*-?rCAwy/rston Co?r<'r, * iufc '' %' * 2" < ?* *"* ..~ "Iir . . _ TMI 8 ( ?jj t Imtljjrrn Cnttrprist, 6 R K EN VlllfIET S C7 WEDNESDAY, J AS UAH Y 89. 1808, The Convention, W8 have reports from (he Convention, which met in Charleston op tlie fourteenth ioet., coming down lo the Slat, inclusive.? Tbe proceeding* are too extensive to allow oar inserting them in full, but we hope to keep our readers informed of all tli? mora important parts. Dr. A. O. Mackkt. of Charleston, vat rlwtfil President of the Conrrntion, or the roond day, and made an addrecg to the body, molerate in ita tone and, by no mean*, favoring measures of proscription and disfranchisement, as the following ex* tract will show; "Tiddlng to none in sentiments of devotion for that flag of my fathers, and in abhorrence of every sentiment of disloyalty nnd treason to that Government, to wbloh I owe a paramount allegiance, I yet have no vindictive feelings towards thoso of my Mlow-citir.ens who were led hy the ahstmotions of tlieir political leaders, to entertain different and opposing sentiments?sentiments which I deemed errors, but which thoy believed to be truths. T grant, to them that libertj^f thought which 1 demand for myself. Ilcuce, I profess my self to he a moderate man, I nm opposed ta sll confisen'ions of property, bccauso the eon 1aca4?\on of all the lands of rebel owners n tho State enn have no ctfeetin promoting the welfsre of that State, in elevating ita politicot eohdiilon or advancing its commercial and agricultural prosperity. 1 am opposed to any general disfranchisement of the masses ?f the people. It is too late now to disfranchise as a punishment for treason. Punishment should be inflicted for the sake of reform. To inflict it now would be only to gratify revenge. I want no more disfranchisement, cither as to number of person*or as to duration of liino. than is absolutely necessary to secure the safely of the nation, and if that can be secured by none at nil, then would 1 favor n gen< ral amnesty.'* On the third day, tho most, exciting disoussion took plnoe upon a resolution to invite Governor Own to address the C<?nvon tlon, tho famous Ilitvxai.t Nash ami some others, oorosliiir if I - . . . J ' ' villi great itnamindty. General* Camt, t*ci?TT and Cttvz. wer? likewise inviUd. Fourth day.?S. C. Lamii.cy nffcr*! Ui?rosolution, lle&.lvvd, That in lite opinio-of this Convent Ion, the we?l ??f tin- Republic and Commonwealth < f S?iuih Carolina, tc quires that the further ci>hli'iwtinn of lands nnd disfranchisement for political offenc< 9 ; should be forever aliai.ijouuj, }fot yet acted on. J. M. Bunion offered three resolutions recognixiiur tl?? force ntol binding otdign. lion upon the people of the rccotislinotion leers of Cengrrss, nod ?i proving the innir, by which, (the resolution* enneho'e) I " twelve millions. of poo) le *re to l?i guided Into the hnven of perpetual union, on thr basis of equal justice without regard to race or color." ItcferioJ lo committee on bill ?-f right*. N. O Faskf.r offend a resolution to change the name iJislrirt* in this State to ( onntift, as in other States. | B. O. Duncan offered a resolution request ing Gen. Canst to suspend, entirely, for ihrce mouths, the levy of all executions for debts, prior to 80th June, 1865, til! mensuiesof relief could be adopted. Laid on the table by fil to 46. N. 0. Farkm offered a resolution lo #? cure to the bead of a family a homestead of one bund red aero* of land, not exceeding in value f 2,000, situated in the ccun'ry. and, if in any oily or town, a honse and lot i not exceeding f'2 500. to be exempt from levy and ssle, by virtue of any process wh*lfVfr, und?r the law* of the State. Referred to the Committee on tho Constitution. T. Tli'utr.r introduced tlie following, and asked its reference to the Judiciary CoinI n.ittce; | Ro it ordnined, thai all contracts and l'a liilitics for tlie purchase of slaves. whether hy parole or under seal, where the money has not been paid, shall bi noli and void, and all cleike of Court* of Common Tleas and Commissioners in Equity, be r<quired, on proper affidavit*, to annul tho anme. On motion of It. C PaLatine, the floor of the Convention wss thrown open to visitors for this evening, and tho door keeper si instructed. G'n. Casbt and s'afT hero entered Jlie hall, atid were greeted with great enthusiasm, which was acknowledged by tho General. Tho President, after introducing the Gen cral to thoTToirrention, said that the latter caxtn<'*ted him to say that lie waa unalde at prcse'MJo make a epeech, hut hoped they would taTFe the will for the deed and receive his kindest thanks. Shortly after, His Excellency Oor. Orr arrived, nnd was eecorted into the hall by the committed. Governor Orr tlisn addnwed the Con vention. We rotiee his speech elsewhere. Monday JOth?The Convention, to- l?y, was occupied in receiving resolution*, all of which wore referred to Committees for soi tlon. The fliet business, probal.lv, will be the report of the Committee providing for the pay ment of members and officers of the hody, Aii.'0,,S the resolutions, one proposes thnt all state ,".as'Untions?.University, publie schools and Colfejfss?shall open their loora to negroes, Another, thnt negroes shall be admitted to all i. dels and places of entertainment. lVoposltlons are abundant to rolieve ths people from indebtedness. W? nail attention to the important sales of valuable tracts of lands advertised l? bo raid, by Deputy Collect'r C?aa, on the 15|h of Frhyaary ?i - paii mil i ii ; 11 urn i i 11 _ ' ssa rtMtilbi gy ^Tf T < Qot. Orr'? (8p?och ^llafO)^ the ConvouIlowever people iuhjt differ us to (lie , cpurw o( Governor Qitn, one thing licv | talu, that hi* speech before the Charleston , Convention displays much wisdom on raanj i subjects, Hiid euggesliona that are sagacious i and patriotic, and. If fayoraldy noted on by I the CoiiTeullun, will dp much Hood. It Is > e favorable sign tb.it the Convention. Inde- 1 pendcntljr of any suggestions from Gov. ' Oaa, or aoy extraneous source, had already before It resolutions favoring several of the mcAeure* which he recommend? in )i|* spee'eh. J ?o at. Oil Con nut-In motlirilloi, mlviit-i I that the Convention ihunM provide for a liberal Homestead I.aw ; the annulling Of all tlaUta outstanding for clave property . tba abolishment of imprisonment for debt, an 1 provide for a general syst cm of Education. lie also advises a reduction of all debts, ixisting before the war, to twentyfive per cent, of the amounts On the subject of Education, he vary properly advlsea that Ihey should " guard against attempting to levy taxes exclusively on property. There is no taxation which Is so universal ly just and equitable as that upon the pereon or poll for educational purposes, since all are interrste-1 in having an Intelligent and virtuous population." Tint as we shall endeavor to publish Onv. ( One's Speech in full, wo forbear further ] comment* at present. It came too late for .| Insertion in our prcient i#-*uo. i Tho Communication of "Wm. M. T? on the Reconstruction Laws of Congress. As ie our custom, we inert well written communications, containing opinions, In many respects, adverse to our own. We think those persons who intdst that we 1 should support the Reeorstruction Laws of Congress, to give the Government of the State into the hands of the negroes, are 1 under a gross delusion, to say the least ? ' We rnnnol believe thnt any *->ne while man who experts to live In th? State, and hi* ' children nft>r him. or who has anv rega-d for his own race, or that of the negro either, , can favor n permanent gown ment of the latter over all the nfTitir* of aochty. ami the conn try. Ma be'lev? that the very f?-w who favor the Radical plan, aee in it only a lem|K>rary exl-tencc, but tho experiment is a fearful one, and we would prrf- r a pro longed military domination, if we must be deprived of self government, to the dark alternative prrfeiit.-d in the supremacy of ihcdutk ntH*s?-t of ignorance. We sr.- ut I I the same time, nnd ever have hern, in fnv?r of equal legal rights being st-ourcd to the negiocs, and equal jus'ice. In fact, thi? wee dsn* hy the Act at the Last Session of the South On roll, a Legislature, which, n? n membrr of that hod y. wo clite'fnily nnd decidedly supported, That Act left no difference bel ween the colored race ami the aliite race, ill liberty and legal privilege*, hut it did rot surrender to thent the Gov iinmeiit of the State, aa may be d<?i e, a* in f?ct ie now none liy the Rcconstruction | Acta of C'-ngrcsa. Neither the North or the .South, or any European or American, or at v other mee creature of the human pedes, actually in the ci-mrfteney of a black majority to rule the affairs of a civilised eenimw.l'y o( white p-ople, or vltrly to hsidute for themselves, untutored and ignorant, n* they now are. Rut there ts some encouragement to hope that the present Convention may be wise enough to take wise oounsel ami adopt such a Constitution as wilt prevent the transfer of the State Government to the domination of the great mass of the ignorant, which it may consistently do, hy pursuing the ennnrel of Gov. Orr and others, as to qualified and Impartial suffrage, "Tho Ttich Man a1m? Died, and was Burled John Jacob Aston, of New York, Is dead; j his ngc Is sixty-si*. This is tho hriof anj nouncement of the teiagraph on tho lSlh inst. One of tho richest ni9n in America has pss?cl i away, to leave a nnuio that may last a brief , moment, and then bo eorerod wi-h t>?.? ?t.i-i oblivion. Wo know nothing of tho character of tl>la second Joni Jacob Aaron, whether he has n.?cd hla great wealth for great and good purpose* or not, or whother all his trca*. ure was laid up on tide Karth. Tho death of such men is ranrk suggestive of the vanity af mere worldly aims and purposes than that of ordinary mortal*. Wealth cannot purchase 1 immorlallity, or happiness here or hereafter, and if used for mere selfish pleasures, or to feed a eovetuons soul with the satisfaction of 1 possessing, which is ail the use too many make ol it, the mockery of it* illusions is only the more apparent to tho wiso in heart, who can understand tli# force of that divine saying " woe unto ynn, rioh men, for ye hare received your consolation." It may ho however that Mr. Asron employed h:s ten talents to advantage fur tho cause of tho Groat Vaster ; if so, be shall not loose hi* reward, and his memory may lire among tho benefactors of men. No Extra Court. Tlis ITonor, Judge T. N. Dawkiv*, addressed a letter to W. A. MrDAiuri., Esq., Clerk of the Court for Orecoville District, announcing Itbnt he would not attend, to hold tho Extra Court, for this District, wbtrb had been ordered I | i>y nun, at last Full Term. The letter wni recoivod on Saturday evening last, ami explain* vcrj satisfactorily the Judge'* reasons for not attending tho Kxtra Term. Ws bare received from our highly esteemed contributor," Mors Axon," tho following note, wbioh explain* itself. We are sure our readors will look with pleasant anticipation* to his early re-appearance in the Kn trrprite : Cdtiort?My time being, unusually occupied in the preparation of another paper, I am compelled to forego my wekly (ireaJr/y t) couiuninlcation to the " f'ntrrprite," tot a brief period, hut hope to giro you MOHK AXOX. fgT* All oat )<>P i? called to our new Ad v? rt?-? men's. ' ^ , '*. . " . -J^v - \ **x J ^ >v \ - ? ok .' A ?jv *'^"Vi-5 '' - / ;* * 1V j'jt" ry '/> .^ '?' ' ' Vf t *5 , V - 1*SMS3kL ' . ? . i<*gi': ; *? . .J." .-.L:."-..j'iG'-in* "fl"to i'i'. ?g E a T-I B B % "Washington Kswi. It aoems that upon the uiup of the Sen* , tie resolution dffeiafcrtag Me iwpcmion of , Stantox from the War Offloe to he on ineuffi- , jient ground*, <?on. (.laasr immediately surrendered the offlco baok to hint, without con. suiting the President. There ie groat excite. Dent In Washington abont this matter, and nany blmno Qon. Quart as not noting In good faith towards tho President. It eeems, aoeotding to tho IntflKgemur, that he had prom, iscd not to giro up the ojBce without eonsnlting the President | but when the Senate cent hi in tho reselutiou disapproving Btamtor's suspension, be yteldod the office without any authority Trout President Johkbop. It is etatcd by tho Mutioual /MtlHgeuw, which generally speaks the intentions of tho I President,- tlmt be will uot notice Stahton> and that he will give hit order* Independently, and uot through the customary chanu*l ot the Department of the Secretary of War. This, it itumr, tbo President hat a right to do, andt in this way, ho will l>* able to retaliate upon his enemies, the Hadicale, aud eicapo from the norewity of usiDg any officer like Stanton, who ia deadly opposed to bia policy. Some think that the Prosident will again suspend o* romovo Stanton, but no one can deternaino aa to what will bo done till it is don*. "Al| that wo know, la, nothing can bo known" a* to tbo actual intentions of the President. As an cvidonco of tb* excited state of the public mind, a rumor got current last week, and was rifo in Charlostou, that the President had dispersed Congress at tho point of th? bayonet, and had caused Oon. Grant to bo . arrested, nnd placed Uonoral Sherman in tu- ' prctne command. Tboro was nothing of this, how?rcr, although the rumor extended all throngh the country. The excited state of footings in Washington causes a feverish feel" ing likewise all over tho country. Tbo Senato has not yet vo'cd on tho hill to rtrsnglo the Supremo Court* of the United States, which the Houso passed to provent that august tribunal from deciding adversely ts to the constitutionality of their reconstruction laws. Tbo measure is strongly denounc?d by a great tnany loading Republican papers, nnd as its unpopularity becomes uiote apparent, the Senate will, most likely, refuse Boucurrenec, or fail to get the usual two" thirds votes. Bctlkr's amendment to tho Boutwwll Rill, which wns intended to give the State Conventions power to remove and reappoint all the civil officers in tho State, it will bo seen, has failed. Tho hill itself, as our readers wilt rouicmhor, is formed so aa to make (Ion. Gua.t uiouureh of the ten Southern States, and even <>f tho President and Congress itself. They tnay-. pass tho original hill, and thus drive the last nail, if they nocd any more nails, in their political coffins. Tho party is now on trial fur its life before the Northern poople, nnd tho groat verdict*of millions seems to he summing up against it. Large Tnrnlps. We are indebted to Mr. .M>am ?Ts*nocsx, through the hands of Mr. A. M. Pxokn, for six of as large Turnips aa wc have seen, one of which weighed seven and thr?-e quaiter pounds, and I lie balance would bare ?v? ragad five. Thef* Turiii|? were raised v\ lihout guano. hut were grown in the old fashioned way. The producer certainly understands farming better thnn the most of larmt-rs. We regretted fo learn the kind <lonor had l>een confined to his bed for a number of weeks | net, and ia consequently quite feehb\ We earn, si ly I mat that he may soon he reetoied to Ills wonted health and vigorMora Bad Weather. Last Sunday night it commenced sleeting again, turning into a rain Minday morning, | which continued to full copiously till one o'clock, P. M., inueh to the discomfort of sundry people who woro making their way to Court. The rain was bear j in the early part of Monday night, lut Tuesday morning dawn" od clear and bright, Tho South Carolina Hail-road. W- see that the schedule lor the depart uro of the night train over the South CamUna Kail-road, has hern changed to half pa?t five o'clock, to that passengers from above can go directly through, without de | tention. Sec advertisement. of schedule Of tho 18.li January. Tk, n.-k> irr w ??y. A lady residing in llie lower part of thia District, wishing to take a I list riot paper, I [ and not having the money In linr-d to spate ' to pay for it,8rnt u?, the other day, eight ' pounds of ns nice Butter as we have ever I laid our e.yes on. It was cf a golden eolor, ! very las'afully arranged, and beautiful for the pnlate to contemplate. W ?s would say to Mrs. N. that, in future, she need he under no apprehensions nbout raising mon ey to pay her subscription ss long as she manages her dairy so well. We want a hundred thousand subscribers of this sort Oen. Scott's Clrc ilsr Lotter. We Invite attention to an importart Cir eular of Oen. Pcorr, on the subject of ex tending relief and aesistsnec to the people of this Stale eonneoted with the cultivation nt the crops of this year. It will be found on our second paga. Moatellar'a Mills. Wo ratnrn our thauks to Mrs. Mobtxllir for a spociinon of superior Flour, ground at the Mills. Wo are informed t.v Mr W T II.... | who delivered llio Ploor, that tlio Mill* itro in fine orJor, baring now bolting Cloths, and are prepared to sustain the high reputation they hare always had, and to gire satisfaction to all customers. A very superior and experienced Miller has recently boon employed to attond to the Mill*. Chan go of Bureau Officer*. Major J. W, DaFoaasr, Into Commissioner in the Bureau for Preedinen, etc., for this and other District*, has been relieved, and hie ptsce I* now filled by W. T. Hoyt, recently ffc'm Charleston. In parting with Maj. DrPorrxt, we ebeerfulI ly testify to his ability, impartiality and fidelity I |n discharging the perplexing duties of his i office. He retiree from (he Army to reside at ) hta home in New llaren, and will devoto him! self, we daro aay, to mere congenial pursuits i lie has unr pe sonnl g-K?l wishes and eMeetr. a 1 '*/ i. , . jg . . jft,-' ~ -..L . J . Jh AC wit^" f 'jymy A- , ? i . . ' > 'tl\ ? ^S3??V v' ^v'V;\ .* . .' ,\ Thb Goteknmkkt and H*cunou> or th* Grand KaditaJ, Empire.?-'Wr presume, says the New York Herald, we shell net violate imperial confidence by foreshadowing the character of the Government and household of the new and ma*?lf?ee?t empire proposed to be ?-roeted by .the radicals npon the ruins of Kepublican liberty is the United States. Here Ills: Hie Imperial Highness Ulyesee I?Monarch of all ha surveys; Imperial Mouth piece and Keeper of the Word and Conscience?B. fi Washbnrno ttlniilsr nf O-'-'? ?1 , , v.-.t?*?nivu JMMIC* mi'l Oonerr 1 Factotum of (he Imperial Mn.ision ?Thaddeus Stevens; Minister of Military Injustice?>Kdwln M. Stanton : Minister of (he Radical Rack and Political Joint Twister lu General?George S Bout well; Usher of the Black Rod?Fred. Douglass; Lord High Chamhsrlala and Pick* r up ot all the , Imperial Old* Pools, Old Hate and Old CV Generally?John W. Forney ; Imperial 8oR Impesoher and Knight Commander of the Order of (he Sulphureous Bath?Jaa M. Ashley; Imperial Wind-mill and Chief of the Imperial Iltow-plpee?J. W. Hunnicnl; Court Walohnian?Henry Wilson; Court Hangman?Hen. Wade; Keeper of the Imperial Redrkamher?Oharlee Sumner ; Lady in W citing?Anna Diekineon. A New PAnr*.?TUo New York Herald, advocating a call for a Convention of the people of the East, tho West, lh?v North and the South, and upon all men of all parties favorable to the grand Idea of a now Union party, says : " We want a Convention and a party fresh ' from tho people. " Rut in whoso name shall this Convsntion bo called ? for in a movement for a new party, it must Uavo somo name and some representative man arownd wlions to rally. Let it be culled in the oatno and upon tho principles embodied in tho name of Andrew Johnson.? Ho bus 1 ecu making h story and a historical reputation ainco ISflfi. Of nil inen in tho country ho stand? forth in the boldest relief as the champion of the Constitution, against the revolutionary radicals, ,11c has been the only bock that has saved ns s-> far from the extreme designs of radical fanaticism/' Goino Rack to Pamsstivb.?Tho exam, pie set by tho Lambeth Oonfcronoc in eelebra ting tho cucharist with bread made of wheat grown at Naisretb end wino frotn a vinoyard at Bethlehem, lias boon quickly followod in this country. Mr. Bccchcr has a new pulpit mado of wood from the Mount of Olives.? The new Metropolitan Methodist Church at Washington Is to have a pulpit and commtini nn itrno or wtxxl from Mount I.obannn. Mr. Rcneh latvly brought back from the Holy Lnud a quantity of water from the river Jordan. A gentleman of this city ha* offered a large anm for a littlo of thl* water, to be used in the baptism of his child. All the children of an eloquent Congregational minister In New England have boon baptised wtih water from this same encred river. [ Xem VtrJe Pott. Ocncral Canhy ha* aont to General 0 rant report* of the remit of the recent elections hold in North Carolina ami South Carolina, upon the question of holding Conventions in those States, aa follow*: North Caroftms.?Number of vote* ea*t for convention, 93,200; number of vote* eait against convention, 32,081 ; number of persons registered but not voting, 43,644 ; number of Informal vote*, 03; total, 174,574; number of votes cast on question of Convention, 125, 967, th* number of votes required to bold the same, 87.278; excess of vetes over number required, 38.079 ; majority in favor [ of eonrentlon, 00,045 ; not voting, 48,414; | absolute mnjority, 11,301. South Caralinn.?Number of votes cast | for convention, 07,799; number of votes east against eonventlon, 2,220 ; number of persons 1 registered bnt not voting, 55,438; number of | informal votes 15; total, 127,448. Number 1 of votes east on the question of the eonven? Hon, 72.010; number of votes required to bold a convention, 83.725; excess ever num* ber required. 8.2R5. Majority in favor of oonI vention, 07.573; not voting, 53,433 ; abaolute majority, 12,135, m>? Wasjiimoto.v, January 20. The Senate refused to reeede from the cotton tax amendments, and the antl.eontraction amendment*, and a Committee of Conference wu appointed. In the House, Butler's amendment to the Ifeconstriut'.on Act*, relative to vacating offices, ami allowing; the Conventions to fill them, failed. Another effort will ?oon be made for the admission of Colorado a* a State. It is claimed that the population has been largely increased since the President vetoed ihe bill for its admission, and the people are now anxious for its admission. Qou> axD Sii.vxa Pkodvot.?Onicial fig urea, from tbe I'aoifio slope, show a steady increase in ths production of the precious tnelals. Tbe mint it Sun Pranclaerarecelvo<l in silver, In November last, 60.860 onnc-a, gainst 59,797 ounees in October, 34 99ft ounces in September, and A4.997 ounce* in August. The increase promise* to be r?goiar and constant. Of gold, Ihe receipts for eleven months, to the first of Uscesilisr, 1867 were 954 7l7.i>? ounce*, against 913,068.73 for the same period in 18Ad. The coinage for the aim* time was in 1867, $18,193,635. and in 1866, $16,144,600, showing an increase of $2,049,086, ?? ?? * !' , Tua Prve^o. T.- A I * wif?n ???. ?n lorn* numinr Oljl.ie leading rnerrlianta, manufacturer* aud other*. of Philadelphia, have aigned a memorial to Congfrte, praying that the exiating tax of two and a half cent* per pound oa cotton, of the crop of lft*7..i>a repealed.-? They My they h?lhripi(1, by the removal of thia tax, it wilj^mt oace bring the cotton into markot, and thereby relieve not only 1 all claaeaa in the Southern State*, hat alco the marchanta ot ail our great commercial ?it lea, A TAOM lady fell dead euddenly la New York oa 8amiay, from tka electa of tight lacing. ^ ' a * FT * ' f , * ' ' V*>'V'-iTi* t rf* r_ i > ^. "V - * 'r* i'^w" ' * ^ ''''"""* ! ' V 1 ' 1 %v* ; <%' -J **? <? '' '**?&? P 1? ' Ttl* Charlotte (K. 0) Ceoifeer teettlooe * palufo) fnmor, t?Tt*Nr effce1 thai Ike R?r Mr Clltie, a MMht mlolelef, *bo *# moeing hiefc toffy frtnarhle lato gaartartfe ? . n?le order to enter e?xm tha dutlee of kts ctfcoe io South Chorion# Mineion?-eutored the water* of Steel Creek after dark, oa *. Wednesday night, in a wage*, containing himself, daughter and a little aerttmt girt, hut in conaequenee ot the high water, or 1 some other cause, the wegt?n body flo?*r<t >.ff. end the child end eerreal were drowtw ed. Tnt OrrraanaoK.?8aye the Hew Tork Times, of the lllth ; " The colored citizen made hi# ordinary appearance in Con Trees yesterday. In the Henaea. he it*iuuit i'??-J , ? ?"W f? ? %*J aft*r the dlfmliul of the destitute Southerner. The Utter asked for aid to k?*p him froai starving, and the former naked for legislation to prevent unjust diacrimlaaHon* against him. We hope that equal eonaideration mir be given to the ease of i ? eaeh. Jail Dakivaav.?Five freedmen eonined in the jail at thla plane orerpovrered the Jailer on Sunday last, and foar made their escape.? One wet secured by a oee-armed freedmaa, who attends at the jail. They had broka the A cell In which they were ooaflned, and en the ^ outside door being opened to subsist the prisoner*, they ruibed upon the keeper, knocked him down, injuring biro, but net aaviously, end mede good their eecape. [ LanraOmtM* Dtrmld. Miscuoaaaetow.?The Torkrille Enquirer ha* t>een informed that a white man, lately belonging to the 6th Reglmeat, United State* Infantry, was regularly married ia Cheater, to a negro wotnao, on le*t Sunday. The marriage service was porformed by a colored * , v p rcaeher. Jawks Oordon Bennett, Jr., Esq., quondam the managing editor ef the New York Herald, and the ton of the "old man," propose* to commence planting on one of the Islend* in tho vicinity of Cbarletton, in conjunction with three er four other capitalists, this year. : Oov. Bnllock, of Massachusetts, In his loangural message, refers t-> Oen. Grant as designed by Proridooce (or our next President. ?e A t.TTTi.k boy Un years of age, named Jacob Bultacb, committed suicide at his mother's residence, in New York, in a fit of despondency, because his elder brother bad been gCutenced to the island as a controled drunkard. It ia stated that the reason why Butler "put up" at the Ballard House was that he had heard that the Mvtars. Ballard keep an "old Virginia tavern." The well-known aign \j of such establishments is "Entertainment for Man and Boast." , * . A veeno, known as " Old Father Robinson/' is living in Detroit, at'the age of 114 years.? llo fought in the Rerolutionarja war, and again at New Orleans, under Jackson, in 1IU. Tit a Eastern railroad corporation proposes < to add a special csr for ladies soeotnpanied by 5k gentlemen, to its late trains oat of Boston, to , J prevent tun crowui el kijt young m?n front intuiting ladiea. Tut late Mr. Popa't remark the night before his removal from the South, was Richard's on Boaworth Hold s " Ilare trill I lie tonight, bat where to-morrow?" IIobkiale Death or an Editor ?Among the panic* who were burnt to death in the Angola Rail Rond disaster, waa Mr. Ghnrlee Lohdell, aaeoeiate editor of the LaCroeae Democrat. He waa on hla mmy to Bridgeport, Connecticut, to get married. Rav. W. R. Alger, of Doetoa, la writing * history of the devil, to prov. that there la be devil. 631,648 hoga were packed daring the past ' . season in Chicago. t3T JetUMj ?<It Xej Jg% GREENVILLE PRICES CURRENTCOBRKCTJKD WRBKLT, ?T BRADY, FERGUSON 8t MILLER, MERCHANT8. GREENVILLE, 8. C., JAN. 14, 1868. APPLES, ? bnshel, Dried $1 35 BEEF, ^ lb, freak, according to eat, i(3 |<, , BACON, ft Ih ?. BALK ROPK, ft Ih ...........35 e. BLUE STONE, ft . a*ga?a? ?? 30 a. HA (111 I NO, Gunny, ft, yd........... 331 r BUTTER, ft Ih ,, 35 e. BEESWAX, ft lb, 30 a. BRANDY, $1 gallon, Peeeb ....$4 H CHICKENS, ft bead _.U @ 36 a. COTTON, ft lb 11 c. COFFEE, ft Ih. Rio,...................36 & 83a. " " " Jltrii...um,?.w..M??vM c. CORN, ft buahel,...,9be.(?td 46 CANDLES, ft lb. Adamantine,....... ......,36 a. '? M * a perm.. U H u TeUow, tie, COPPERAS, ft lb, KnglUh,..................16 e. Ruari *t .l.?? ?* - KLOUft, ft barrel, ? $0 00 ?M)LD...WV .... .... .. |l U OINOKR, ft lb ..... ?.40*. I RON, ft lb, 8wao4 ..... 1M' n ? Country, I U M U 1U.M <K(kM II * INDIGO, ft lb, South C?^lVu^..V.'."..LV." tl Ml " u V ftptniih Plott, JS It LITMnKR. ft 100 feat, Plou,...fl &0 <# ?* 00 LEAD, f? i?. W a. LEATHER, ft lb. Sol* ?..........A* . " " '? l>pp*r, .......AO (gt 70 ?. MADDER, ft lb *.....10 t. MOLASSB8, ft galli.u, Waal Io4ia?...$l 00 " " " Kn(fe<r IIouau_...$l 10 . If AILS, >.? lb, Parker Mill, lit oats, ft buabel, ..75 e. PKA8, M ? .00*. pork, powder ...70 ?. PEPPER, > lb. Black 44 ?- . PEACIIks, ft buahel, Drtod, ... IS 00 ROTATORS, ft buahel, Irleh...... " . ? H, 8 *% !,.. MM. RICE, ft lb 10 ($ ITe. STEAL, ft lb, Ca?t,..:.:??.....W. SALT, ft ixt,. ...?v.'W t? " " buahel, " 00 SUGAR, ft %j Brown,...^ mJI @ t0 .< < ? CUrlOoA,...'. -.10 c. snot, ft fj e. iSODA, f lb..,,,.. - * STARCH, m lb ? e. SPICK. "? R? ,. <..?.V.00*. SIIIBTIN'I, (tbw-f.nriU%l ft j*, 1* SHIRTINO, (nwii riKhU,) ft r<?,.......-tA r. TURK IKS, >1 head -...TO*. All 00 TOBACCO, Manufacture*. > ?, W^ ?A2 00 TALLOW, ft lb, ..... TEA, ft tb, <?unpow?tor 00 * 44 My v>n,m * ?? ? ? pM ? WHEAT, f> buahel, < WltlsKf. f^llww. n#ee#^^ ^ , TARN, r?<tetf, ft bonut^.. *? < 4 1^? n? my A ^ --at-nn.. ^ , -