The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, January 22, 1868, Image 2
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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 - *
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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,
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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
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(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,
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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
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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
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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
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| 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.
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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.
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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.
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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. ^ '
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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
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