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L ,1^1 jv V , i Oorr?poB*?no?. Cewerai J Vail of eolifilnde fvr the future , tof our^fiounlry, I come with my heart In tny hand to learn the condition, wl?h<-e and intentions of the people of the Southern t}t?t?-o-*e*pecl>?lljr to ascertain the Benti meat* of that body of bravo, energetic niyl eelfeaeriflolng men who, after sustaining the Confederacy for four years, laid down thair arm* and swore allegiance to the ,jOovarnment of the United fetates, wlio*? trosted and beloved leader voa have boon. I aea that Interpreting "States' right*" to conflict with national unity ha* produced ft violent reaction against them, which H drifting oa towards consolidation, and ?!s<\ that ao great a country as onrs even now f9. certainly is to ha. mud hnve State teov rnmtmts to attend to local details, or go farther and fare worse. It \e plain to ue^at the West and North thatUi le oontinu mce of s->np>auvrvliy. such taa baa existed for the hut throe years in ten 8tales of onr Unlort. largely Incvoa-ce the danger or centralism. swells oor nntionsl expenditure*, diminishes our production? and our revenue, inspires douhts of our po li'leal nod finanoiul statu lily, dtprec'tuUe the value of our national bonds And enrren ?y, and places thboredlt of the richest below that of the poorest nation In Christendom. We know that our currenfev in It at he depreciated eo long as our bonds are below par, and that, therefore,,the vast bu?inese and commerce of the country niuet suffer tho terrible evil of a fluotuatlng standard ?>t .-value until we can reinedv the evil ootidi* tion of things at the South. We also see other mischief quite possible. if not ptohable, to arise, ntioh ?s.M-pin a failure of crops, " * local Insurrection, snv many other unfo-* aeen ccntiogeiK-iea, which may atlll more r depreciate our credit and currency, provoke discontent and disorder among our people, and bring demagogical agitation, revolution, repudiation, and a thousand unnamed avilt and villainies upon to. We know that the Interests of the people of the South ore for law and order, nnd that they u?u-t share our fate of good and ill. I believe?every one I know who refl- cte believes?that if tnc popple of the Southern i States could he at p?ac'c, and their en< rN-y and good will heartily applied to re/ an-I the wastes of war, reorganise- their business, act the free-linen peacefully. prosperously and contentedly at work, invite capital, enterprise and labor from elsewhere to eomt freely amongst. them, they wool i >on rebuild their ruined fortunes, multiply many fold of the value of their land4, r -t?'? lish public conlidenee in onr p-dl'ie:it et.?bllity, bring our gnveriuneiit bonds in pre I miuin, our currency to n gold standard. sn l | assure for themselves and thn who's- nation j a most happy and ^rasireron* future. oceing mis, ami how nil jn?I inrerrs's concur in the work. I n?k the flBtv-r* and soldiers who fought fur the Union. n*k every thinking man of I he prent Welt and North, why jt mnnot be done! Wo are told by ihoso who have cor.trqllcd the government for llic hist. four vent?, thnt the people of the S>uth will not do ii ? That, if ever done el alf, H mud be deu? IVy eh?r poor, simple, uneducated, lsndlee* freedinen, end the few whit e wlio. again*! thn pub ic opinion and sentiment of the intelligent white people, ni'o V:u".* > In f.'tempt to !>ad, nnct tinkc ti.eir living off thcie ignorart', inexperienced colored pen pie, meetly men w ho tnii't be needy ndven . tnrore or without 'any of those attribute* on which na'innee f?r pood guidance r government can be placed. We are told that t hi* kind of government must he continued at the South until aix or eight millinns of inlellipcnt, en?-rp?tie white people give Into or move out of the country. Now, I think, itic Union n?nty think*, and people of the North and Wee*, 1 dm, ay, believe, there rr.net be, or tliO'-r on-Jit to be. a shorter, surer way to get gn--d g .v ernment for ail ut the South. We kno ? that they who organijted and sustain-<i th> Fotdlu-rn Confederacy for four years against gigantic efforts ought to l?e able to give peace, law, order and protection to tli?whole people of the Sooth They lirvvii tin interest and th? potver to np'oy, protect, educate end elevate ilto poor frcoloie". end to restore tl emselve* end our country to all the bbsiing* of which I hnv* lost spoken. The question I went answered is? * Are they willing to do it V I come Jown to find out what the people ?>f. the South think of this, and to a?k you what lite ameers and soldiers who served #n the C'nf" dori.te army, and tie lending people who en,tit;.led it, think of these thing* ? I come to ask more. I wn t to ask j'oo, in w hose pniily and patriot ism I here ex pree# unqnalifh d confidence, and as many good men as yon ean conveniently eon*nlt. to say what 3'ott think of it; nnd, also, what ton are willing to do at.out it ? I want a written expression of view* that can be followed hv a concurrence of action. 1 want to know if you and the gentlemen who will j-dn in that wtillou expression, are willing to pledge (he people of the Hontli to a chivalrous and magnanimous devotion to restoring peace nnd p-osp> r ty t?> our common country. I want to carry tha? pledge high ahove the level of party i o i tics, to the late offices nnd soldiers of tin- I IJoton army, and to th? peoide ot the Nor I. j and West, and to ark incin to consider it. j and to lake the neee?sary action, confident V-? I > ?III -. ... ...I.I - - innvn will men wiifl ? rtwporiftfHO wni m, an generous nnd confiding, that wi- shill a<*e in It* snn?hine the miuhnw of penr* in our political ?ky, now black with clouds and itnpendln et"rm. I know you are a representative man In reverence and regard (or the Union, the Constitution aud the Welfare of the country, and that what you would a?y won hi be en dor ed Hf nine-tenths #?f the whole | copto of the South, but I should like to hove tl.e signature* of all the representative South ern men here who concur in your views, end expression* of their concurrence f< om the principal officers end representative nieD throughout the South tvlien lliey can be procured. This eor.ettrr nee of opinions and wills, alt tending to ponce, order and atnhltily, will sssnrs t nr Union Soldiers and business men who want substantial nnd solid pence, and cause them to rise above the level of paity politic* and hike such etepe to meet yours n? ?ifl insure a lasting peace with all its countl op b'e-inza Vet v irulv your Mend. W. A. KObKNCRA NS. flen. fl K 1 sk, White Sulphur Spring*. West Virginia. Whits SntrntR Srntvrra, Wrrr Vs., > August 2C, I8A8. j Otnrrnt: I hwvo tha honor to receive your fetter of ibis dale, and in arcnrdai oe with your suggestion, I have conferred with a number of gentlemen from tbo South in whose judgment J have confided, and who are Weil ac/pmintftfi with the public sontim.'f.t of their r.'speoflvo State*. They havu kfndlyeonsented m uake wf?h nee i? sephrlng to your eomoinnteation, and their nsrura will ho fottud with my own nppyuJd to this snswrr/ IVilb this explanation wo proceed to give to yoa weAMi'l statement of what we boliova to be tM^fHutltecnt of tha Pont hern people in te? fH* li.ljlf. 'M"* to which-yon refer. VMKr opinions may bare prevail# I in Ifae p.hd iu regard to African slavery, or the 'S* rlftlt of ? Ste to to accuilo from tho Union, w* b*Uvv? we express ihoulmost dwtniroows Judf~ radBt.of.the Southern pco>?? when w? declare that who cbusldet that tho** question* wen i deoidedHjr tho war, nod that'll la thc^r in tenlion, la goad faith, to ahido by that decision. At tho close of tbo war the Sou'horn poople laid down their arm* and nought to resume their former relation* with the United State* Uoveruuicut. Through their State convention* they abolished ilavcry, and annulled their ordinance* of secession, and they returned to their peace* ful pursuits with a sincere purpose to fulfil all their duties under the constitution of tbo Unl-' ted States, which tbey had sworn to support. If thuir action in theso particular* had been ? v? ... I. fj-.m vi irnunllCBA DUO ?wruminv, wo belivTe that ere this old irritations would bnvo passed away, and tbo wounds iu the tod hv tbe war would usro bcsn iu n great inoanur? healed. As lar as we ar? advised, Iho pooplo of tbe Bouth entertain no unfriendly feeling to., ward tbo government of tbe United Htatee", but they complain that their rigbta under the constitution are withheld" froin them in the administration thereof. Tbe idea that tbe Southern people are hostile to tbe negroes, and would oppress them if it were iu their power to do so, is entirely unfounded. They hove grown up io our midst, and we hare keen accustomed from childhood to look upon them whlrkindncss. The change in the relations of iho two races hive wrought no change in our feeling toward theui. Tbey still constitute the iinportnnt part of our laboring population! Without their labor the lands of tho Bouth would be comparatively unproductive, y i t h o u t the employment which Southern agriculture affords, they would bo destitute of the means of subsistence, and become paupers, dependentou public bounty. Self-interest, even if there were no higher motive, would therefore prompt the whites ot (lie South to extend to the negroes care and protection. The important fact that tho two races are, under existing circumstances, neoessary to each other, is gradually becoming apparent to both; and wc bcliove tliat but for inthicliuca exerted to stir up tlio passions of tho negroes, the relations of the two races would soon ndjust themselves ou tv basis of niatnal kindness anil advantage. It is two that the pooplo of tho South, together with the people of tlio {forth and West ere, for obvious"reusont-; opposed to any sys tern of laws which would place the political power of the country in tbe hands of tho n? ;ru ra"O. Hut this opposition springs- fromu? feeling of enmity, but front n deep seated' convictiou that at present tho negrvus bare neither tiic intelligence or other qualifications, which are necessary to muko them sate deposit >rirs of poIitic.il pewcrs. They would iucvitanly become tbo victims of demagogues, who, for selfish purposes, would mislead tbeut 'to the serious injury of the public. The grc.tt want of tho South is ponce. The people earnestly des-re tranquility and the re st--rui.i-.iu of this Union. Tiny dcpfcisnto disorder and excitement ns tbc most serious obstacle to tlirir prosperity. | They nek kVeitonliun of tlicir riji'..t? tinder lint constitution. They desire rvliot imni oppressive. tntsrulo. Atiovc all, the}' would up. penl to their conntfviniu for the re-establishj incut in the Kontb.rrn .Slot ? of that which ha? justly l>c?u regardm! us the birth light of oiety I American?the right of self government. Establish Iiiere on >? tirm basis, and we ran sate. I.v promise on behalf of th? Southern people, that tSioy will liiiibfuiiy ol-ey the i-unrUliHioti an-! lows of the Unite-I Flutes, treat the negro with kilnliless nii-1 humanity, auil fulfil every duty incumbent on pem-eiul oltixe.nr, loyul to the Couriituiiou of their country. We b-.-li- vv tLv above cyntuln* a sncrlact ret" ' e *C'.;?ru! topics cm'-raced ir. ymr loiter, nttd we venture fo'sr.y, on behalf of the Southern po-pic, and of tho oOWrs and solIsers of the into Confe-Eiatc uvioy, thai they will concur i:i ell the ?i ucuiei.'.n wtich we !-.avo expressed. Appreciating the patriotic motives which Itava prompted y--ur letter, and reciprocating your expressions of kTK.l regard, wc hnvo the U'-nor t-i be. verv respectfully and truly, K. K. 1-KK. Virginia. (I. T. HliAV RKtiAlil), Louisiana. A. II. STKPHKNS, Ucorg'uu A. II. II. STUART, Virginia. (', M. CIA'K ID, Louisiana. LINTON STEPHENS, ti.or.fU. A. T. CAI'RIU'ON, West Virginia. .1011N KCII01.S, Virginia. F. F. STOCK I>A LK, Texas. V. W. I'll KKS-S South t'lir-'lina* WILLI** .1. ROBINSON, Virginia. Jo.-Kl'U 11. ANDERSON, Virginia, W. P. TUKNHIt, West Virginia. C. II. SllllKK. South Carol nu. K. KON'T.-ilNE. Virginia. JOHN LETCH Eli, Firgir.lt it. O. All.tMS, Mis-isslppS \V. J. tilthEN, North Can-lira-. LEWIS K. 11 A it V I hi, Virginia. I P; V. I?.\ NIEI-S, Jii , Vir.-iriia. W. T. SIT HEREIN, Virginia. ' A. B. .CAMKS. Louisiana. T. HEA'LKLUAIil), Texas. M. O. II. NOllTON, Louisiana. T. I'. BP. ANTE, Georgia. II. T. Rd'SSMLL, Heorg'a. s. .i. ynutiLA.H, pioti t.-u JF.lt KM I All 110KTCN, Virginia. J. ri. BALI*WIS", Virginia, (i. W. ITOLLTNO, Virginia. TlIKO. FI.OI US'oY, Virginia. JAMES i.vo.Nj. Virginia. T" Hell W. S. It"8r.' UA Ns. Minister to .Mexico. White Su'phur Springs, Vi?. The Elec'ive Franchise. T" tkr Penptt of ,Vfiiaih (WofiW Tt wa? referred to tho State Central Executive Committee, by the lute Democratic Convention, to inquire into tiia disabilities imposed, by reason of tlwi war, upon a portion of ?>iif people, restraining them from the cxereisc <>f tlio elective franchise in South Carolina; and to publish tlio conclusion attained, for the information of the people of the State. The committee, in the discharge of that duly, announce that they Lave exaiuin<<t the sahjeot, and beg-m state : 7. That no such dire Witt ita now exist by or under tho Acts of Congress, known as tlio Reconstruction Act, the State having heon officially declnred to he Jn tho Union. 2. That no turli disabilities exist under the so-calied amendment, known as the fourteenth | amendment to the Constitution of tho United : States, tho disabilities therein expressed having reference to offieeholdtnir. xn,lu<>t in tin*. 3. Tlmt no fifth dreahilltlpe exist by the so-palletl State Constitution of ISA*. nn>kr whleh it in claimed that the State hit* been reconstructed ami reatored to the Union. The undersigned, thcreforo, announce that no auch disabilities exist by force of any law, or supposed law, or authority whaterer; and they urge their kitbrrto diairanchitt-d followcilixenr, in every part of tho Steto, to exercise thuir right to vole at the cowing election for President ao'l Vicc- Preaid out, of wbirb right they bare I.ecu so long deprived by military power. By order of tho LXHCl'TIVE COMMUTES. A Sturm Mont or DcaTRorixa Ivss.ots os VfUKT/uiM.? Insects injurious to vagotatinn, it ia staled, ran be destroyed by tb< application of a liquid ennpoiad of oao part vinegar and nine pruts water. The mixtnri ahonld t>e applied to vinea and planta with a , garden syringe or watorpnt with a fino nonle Badkn, September A. Pohrnbelo, the distinguished French chom iat, died yesterday. 8?TH SIR -a? . Tr;t. ; .. Ji *= ^otrfljfrn GKKKjTviI.T.K, 8. |! WEDNESDAY, SXPTSMBU ?. 1S6S. j" " faota ?nd ooibbmbu," | ^ "fh? other. day w? look op a nnusbee of 1 the A'sw York AfrreantiU Journal, (a* most 1 ; valuable paper to all parsons who ara inter- < ested io trade, or who likewise enjoy good J reading matter;) we were t truck with tfce 1 above heading, and conainaaaad raadiug to 1 see what " facts * were commented on by 1 the editor. Tha-first sentaoee cootinoed 11s 1 that lie was making a special attack on'the Radical*' " Arbitrary power makes a tre* 1 1 tvndou* death trnwol* * n,,?# tu?? *#?.t *. I propria** III* remark, thought *f. The < Radicals are indeed the mu?t despotic flower ' in Ilila world, and they are making their death struggle, ture enough. They ara rap-idly epprnaclilug a righteous death, hut not the death of the righteous, end are loon to he finally da in tied by the voice of the Ateeifcan people. 80 we took It for grant *d that thaw important " feete"" were the fact* in the editor's mind. Oir reading farther, however, we dlecovered that the ed- \ itor waa contemplating the " arbitral^ pow. er'r of European monarch ice, which are ' riff/itroume** at id peaoa, mercy and truth, ' compared to the mnnater Radicalism, the' ^ fittest type o( the devil ecen in the wojld since the old serpent oeeaeloned I lie falf of 1 man, and dragged into hell (lie nation* of tile earth. VTa appeal to every reader if our first impression* of " facts and com mentn " were not natural nnd justWe eare not whether that reader should even ba a Radical. The Radicals know whom they serve, and whom they obey. They who' mourn for SrirfRies and snoh like, tile wra^h of whose " fomieatio* *" hath pleased'them eo well. Tlirj'mourn for hire a? the vultures ' j and hawks of heaven mourned the fall of I | the slaughterer* and dest royerr who fur1 nislicd the prey. They mor.en for h*irti as thu worsl.lp|>ers of the mystical Babylon ; may mourn her fall; they nro s*Ml worship- . j p ra of the Hcast, nr.d " hear hi* mark.'* , Wheat Bowing. Tlie season fur sowing wheat is n>ar at , UniiJ We venture to remin* ail eoncc-i 1 <-d of the importance of thorough propura lion of the land, and the application of ma nitres. One acre of the right eorl of land, deeply broken and well mnnuicd. has brought fitly bushels of wheat in this D'*trict, twenty nnd twenty-five is not uncomntou for such land ; whereas, throe In five is common in n opr.-pa rod upland fields, even ui-.h a tulciahly fair Season. Olie fourth, sometimes one lentil, I lie number of ' ncres properly prepared will therefore yield as much as four or ten limes theqoan litv u u limit- moll iio..,r.li,,n U'L.i .... ----- - ?" I"-I'-" ' imrncnac raving of trod, an I of labor, w Inlst there i? only tlit* more liuu] left lo ?ow in rye or eats, or Ij 11* idle and ini pro v.. Ae to mannrea. t!ie?e nre of the commercial tli?t are valuable, but aim ??l I every l"nrrn?r may. with home male ma- , nor-, enrich nn nrre or two of! I.rsnf, and ) many considerably mora. Wo would like to a -e our farmers nil ejtpariinont upon the phosphate, gtinno, ?e., to-a reasonable <X tent. It ia Knid that the great dopovta of t the phosphate manure near C arleston will aoon be wnilted no a* thtnri.lah the fnm?r? and planter* in tliia State. We h pe ihia will be done Immediately, for the benefit of the wheat crop whiuh will be aowed thi* Fall. Mai.tirra moy ba botight n?>w In OreenviHe; sea advertisement in our col umna. The Lecture of Kcv. Dr. Whttefoord Smith before the Oreenville Literary Club. Oeiiig to unfavorable wentber and other cirenm-Unets, the Lecture wf Dr. Smith una postponed till Thuraday evening of laat ureek, wlwn the weather again proved i thr. at?n'B!?, aud prevented a nrunber of I ln.liee as well us ire.nl l< men from si tendinis that w<>re anxioua to henr the Doctor, aa who wo not; nevertheiera i number did attend who were well repaid tor eo doing The enbj?-ct of the Leeture wt?, "The Ine qonl'tiei ?f I.lfe." which wee treated with that ability, charming eh-qotnee, and fine li'erary tarte, lor which the eminrM rpeak ?r ie eo favorably dietingmehed. We were noAV-llaldy and reluctantly alt*, at from the lecture. Our information as to ?U char aeter and nteiita ie deilved Irom gentlemen better qualifhd to Judge than onatelves. Religious Intelligence. A pre!reeled meeting waa begun at the I'oik SI ?.- Ie Church in thb District, on the ' fifth Sunday of August, ult., and ?m eontinned till 9Mnday evening, dth iuat The meeting waa conducted by Iter. W. L. Dai-Luio. lie*. T. D. Otnr, and Rev. A. Amen. It win w-M attended, and a great deal of i'ltereet manifested by the congiegatlon; s? on evidence, nineteen persons were r calved for ba|>ltem, end are to l>e j next t*nnriay. Thn meeting will j again be rammed on Sotumlay next, and wi:\ continue the nrxt d?y, when two Dmc?>n* of (I10 Church will be nrrialtiod. Rev, U a WltMAua, D. f> . the regular minister of the Chttreh will prraeh on the occasion.. Weather and Cropa. Aftor Jong continued rainy weather, It baaheroine fair and" pleaamnt, and there I* a promUn of a good time for foikler taring in Greenville, and alao for eeearlng bay, which we hope the farmer* will male while the eon diioee.? Corn erope ere frenerelly gao<t, and Orecnrllle ' Di*triet, it ie heliered will hava an abundant I I enpply of prorleione, and soma to spare. II - * .... ?.*- ? ? Pubito Meeting en Prlday at William i j eton. - | Dont far pet that on Friday next, the nonet, i log lakte plane at Wliliamiton, where we may export great entertainment of the intellectual and pbyeieai man. We auppoee there will ba ! uyual Railroad aeeemmudatiowr of half fare. E ?TSEE thm UrntavlUs Utfrw; Club. That a ?m a larfa turn out Of the Club at lii.hMM uf Ibv. W. J>. TbonAi on U*|l 'ridny evening. The subject discu?*?d? lAalronoray "?area introduoed by Profea J or Jons F. Lankbao, who (Ullrared orally. i vary learned nod interesting dlseourae.? 1 I'he diaenaaloD waajcept up by Dr. B. Man kf, Jr? and Judge <*. 8. Butan, (wjk> had I >ooo specially Inrlud by merobeta of tho 1 Club to attend |ta meetings) also, by Dr r. A. Bun.iDtn and Profeeeor JvnEoN. All thee# gentlemen gave great additional Into rest. Judge Bar an maoifrgted a ready fanilliritv with th? auhS#(?t v?r* tihitonal for / ^ ^?? ? J ? ? jne of the fraternity of the Bench sod Bar, which in thfcs country is not geosrally fin' molts for the cultivation of Philosophy. The Cluli meets next month at the honae >f 0?L O. F. Tdwkk Professor Domra to lotroduee the discussion, 9 y -XI ? The Allied B la tea Court. We have not been able to attend upon the proceedings ef the Court for tlie paat week. Some interesting mux have been argued end determined. Judge Bryan, on the objection takhn by Qnv. Pxbkt in a cue of fha pros<outinn of I perlyw v.elation ef lha K?r*nt?.? law*, held that the Dietriet Attorney oould not appouit a deputy to nepreeeot lum, uul*?a tome einetun atari ce mhde it impossible for him to attend Court in p#r?on ; consequent-' ly W?r. K. KAttnt,. K?quire, (who era* repre ruling NfsjOr Co'tatH, nb*.?n'., attending h?* dutiee arfieneter,) ws* stopped from anting, nsid nil prosecutions n?tvj???ni.-d lor the l ime. Capt. Faulk has Jaet received authority by Telegraph from iYatshiogtou, to art as proseouting offiaer of the Court, iu the absence of the District Attorney. The Bill to Cogrce Negro KqliSUty tip-' oo- all Fublio Houses. Ac., So. This lis* failed in the Senate, Major Const*, Wiirrrmione and Rev. Caw, negro, op poned P., aa well a* other*. It was urged nr ihexpedient, end damaging lo the party; What litis legislature may do after the Prea;d?ntial election Ie* another thing, if ghan't ia elected. Through Freights to and from Charleston. Mr, Hamvkt and the South Carolina Ra'd, oad b'nvo now an arrangement for loafed rata to run through without breaking- bulk at: Columbia. Southern Presbyterian Review. The July number wl this valuable quarterly has been received. It Is aldy eondue'-o.l by an association of miiiistera and issued ht Columbia 8. C. $3.00 per annnm. Address Rrv. James WootBow, at the above place. Coti/rw/s ?Hodge on the Atonement; Tlit* Technical Development of Attic Trag edy : Canonicily and Inspiration of the Sa? ?rcd Scripture*; Powcia of the General Aocaibly ; The Kevlewei Reviewed, or Dr. Itoss on Right and Wrong; The General Arrcmblv ol 1S6S : Critical Notice?. Southern Cultivator. V'e have road tho Southern Cnlticator regitlsrly for near fifteen year.", and we kuow of do agricultural periodical that wo thought bettor or interest us more, audit is particularly vulnnhlo to the .'JuiilArrn farmer nud planter. Partners, do auconrago your own journals, and no ono will So moru benefitted thim yourstilvea. $2 per year. Address Wm> A W. L. Jmnks, Athene, (Jt. lust ofaoutauU of the September number.'.: Work for tho Month ; Putnam County Plan, ter's Club ; 11 ee Culture as a Science; Choat in Wlicat; Experiment with White Labor; Deep Plowing; The Soil and Productions of Florid*; Caatur Bean*; Chester i'itfs, Devon Cattle, 4o-; The " Itcd Oat"?"Heard Cotton," Ac; Six Months Cone; Hints for the Management ot Gold Fish; fiaceleios?the other aids examined; About Hogs; Latter from "Sand MountainCondition of the Cropj in July; Experience of lSfifi?sefar; Lurorne; Defense of the " Halter LovelA Sure Method of Making Coru; " Mole I>rains; The Athens Whoat Club; Home-Made vs. Commercial Manures; Mr. George W. Gift? an Experiment.. Ba'.lou a Monthly Magostna F ?r J sly. has ita usual variety of goad reading, with illustrations. Our families arc muoli interested with it. $1.50 per annum. E-liott, Tnonrs A Tai.buT, iloston. Content*?Ascent of M >unl. Shasta; The Japanese; Orare Church. limed way. New Yak; Humors of tho hlPy; A Woman.1* Error; Lewis IVc(k!> Sonut; Elsie's larva; Waysidu Sweetness; Usgimn'a P ak; To Qrief; The Wrong Ticket ; To " Ti<!a I i a Nutshell; An E iga^-tr.snl Ring ;. Steal log btrawin rri-ap a tna>e to Put nam's W olf; Qld Hugh's Lr?'?k-?tT: or, Maury Stone's I'ride ; l ittle llsitio lloncydew ; | Children's Hymn; How Jan* spent her Monov ; The Housekeeper* Cuii uu Mat ins; Facta and Funyle-; Wa-sltinijUta Street S ur'ita Tun poet oftia* ililauMNfiilt, Ore<-nviII? County, h?? h?cn w-itsliWWwl, cm) Mr. Katua!* Lkaoke appoint.:*! poet maoWr.? Tlie office will be at Lite ittidnu-e of Mr. W. U. J on a*. tar flo to ILoks's to buy j?ur ahoea heap. ptf The Com mil toe competed of the TlreProniilenU of tba different Deniocraiie Oiuba of the Piatriot, appointed to aeleet a Demo, ratio ltadge, la reqaeated to meet at the Court House at 11 o'clock, oo Monday, Beyteaaber tilth. nuuisiA, oepfvmoer 4. A largo Democratic miiw meeting wae held at Wayneeboro, yesterday, which wm addressed by Gen*. Toon.br, Wright and other I)fm?ci?l?. It ??? an enfhueisetie allair. It is believed to he the programme ; to grt all objectionable persons from the ! Legislature, and that expoleion will not be I c infilled to negro members, hut be extend| ed to many whites who, it is ehsrged, are I not eligible. The Democrats are eery bit* , ter against that elass whom '.hay tsrm se.d; awaga and carpetbaggers, and are deter mined to unseat all against wlritn ehargea 1 are proven. It ie now evident the Demo , erals aan do what th*-y id<-as? in th* l<?'gla> ! laiuie?the Radicals helng entirely frnwrrl<-?a In the lower llonaa, and not able to j bold t|?eir own la the Sena ?, islsl 6WmX)* Aiupx?t 19. 11fli?r faT?lw!7.MbT m , ID bring to your attention, the critical relations Of tho skit* and colored population of this Ftetc. Tho proceeding* of tbo NTl Dimocratio Contention, at Columbia, bar* doubtleaa came to your knowledge, ill which statements were made bj delegates from Union and other Dietrich, going to Ac# tb*t thoncg^.cs are fort#, lag la this State, >oeiet militjfy STgmmati'#s. Near tlyia place, there it a company of liny, VUli a captain, whose name it known abd can be given. On Saturday last, at ? pttfce held**Ing to Got. Pickent, who it absent from tbo State, they gave a barbecue. This eompany, or a part of it, was there drilled by a negro with epaulettes on. It it satd there are other aim liar organisation# in the District. Yeahave also doubtless seen the announcement made in a Charleston paper, published in the interests of the colored people, that "orcry plantation has itc ~ captain." On the othsf baa#, it is believed, there Is not a corporal's guard of white mcd iu this Btate, under military orzanlxnlioD, tho Utiitcd States troops excepted. An intelligent physician, who has the most extensive practice in this taction, informs me that within the range of bie practiee, the hegroes are better armed than the whites? many with thermae t approved weapons. This, with their limit od^msaas, is impossible of themselves. Besides, we have Information that within a few nights, arias are to be brought lor thorn, in a wagon, by one of their u umber, to Ibis place. The net roe*, jt it bare been told find believe, thai they must organise thus to protect theft liberties; and that If Bcymoor and Bl.iir m elected, they are to he p?Mf back into slavery-3-* thin* thkt all iutcHigeut men know to he simply ridhntlouk. It is said, muiwovefl and it wwsso stated at the Convention, that such organisations meet with yoar countenance. Hnch organisations of one ttto must, of necessity, lead to similar er-g-.diiiat ions' of the other, lor self-preservation. lvou are the head of the conservators of tho peace in Houlb Carolina; and if it 09 true, which I am retuolunt to credit, that your UxcelVfin^y is countenancing such organisations, t admonish you that you aresowinjr'' for the negro "the wind,'' of-thieh he " will ttap the whirl wind.'' The conserYntiro influences which have been 'hitherto eXbrrisod in the iateroets of peace, by the officers'el the late Confederate army, and other uatrieslo ellitens. will he powerless to keep that pcaoo, if tbie course of prcparstiun fortdood-sbrd.be not'arrested, "the responsibility for its breach will rest alone on the beads of the deluded negroes- mid Uu-ir udvi-' iters; Believing ih'at'yhu ranmt'b'd in'dllferexlt" to the impending dangers, I send you this communication, with the hope that you will at once exercise the weight of your position and influcuce, to arrest thir tendency t? ansreby and hlond-she<f. When a war of veres shall be inaugurated, it requires no prophet to predict the result. However a few may feel otherwise, white men will, in geueral,. sympathise with their own race, and the black man must go down. Tho white men of this State, with rare exceptions, you must hare perceived, have no hostility to the negro. The negro behaved well during the War,and ta the ihaiit, sinco, when removed from the influence of the emissaries, who have played upon his credwllty end prejudice* Hut if sednccd Into <r?p<Mt>j, With arifls." Ticrooeratirf success in the approaching Presidential election, or if for other reasons, he shall thus'secretly organise, to forcibly control the whiles, a Storm will be raised that will not easily be calmed. I say to yon in all soberness end truth, that lilt! Africsu can never thus tyrannise vxfr the Anglo in this country. Tho people of thte State, un.*" I?w exceptions, have observed in ni-,? " t ilid nrc?ant mnmnni tKn spirit o^tho parole* givi1 I'JT oar troop* to Geo*. Grant and Sherman, a.."* wUI abido the remit* of alt constitutional *nd peaceful instrumentalities, hut wilt not qnitd'y sul-mit to unauthorized and armed nogro domination. I ntn, *ir, very respectfully, your ohediont servant, M. L. JIONMAM. Statt or South Ciromaa, ^ KxrCI tivr llhoamturxt, > fi>?.r uhia. August til, 13A8. j lis*. JL I. /tuj|kup>Sia: I have Keen directed;, hy hi* Excellency the Governor, to ac knowledge thu n ocipt of yonr communication of the llhh instant, utul t<>*t?l? that (lie preservation of the peace and tranquility ol the Slate i* tho ohjeel of hi*"deepe?t tolicilnde. All the influence he ut:iy poserse, and whatever of power i? conferred rl? hlln by the Constitution and law*, thallbc exerted todisooon tonnncc and suppress illegal organisations, and to protect every f itlsen in the |>eaeefui exercise of hi* personal nod political right* In theso ofl'urU, ha hope* to have bo countenance and support of all law-abiding citizens, and" especially of those whose position and talent*' euahlo them to axorcUa a commanding influence in shaping pu'die opinion. * Very respectfully, JOlIX nRART, Private Secretary. ' sens Atlanta, September 3. Tho Legislature ia atiU engaged in the 'diac-uasioa of the eligibility of negro members. during which, Tnrner, a negro, said lie did not 1toow until the past two or three weeks of tiro imbecility of the Anglo 8'Xon race; tliat they (the negroes) might b? driven out of I he I^-cia'?'ure, but they would light up a torch n?vvr to be put out. lie ndvieed the carpet-bagger* to look out, that when the Democrat* turn out ilia.negroes their turn would tome next. Ln lb* afternoon (ration a vol* we* taken on the r?-a >luUon, ami tliu neg-ore declared ineligible liv ft vol* of 80 to 23 The n*. gro*?, to ill* nunil(*r of twenty five, v*r*, th*r<f>re, unerated. Four, who claim to b* white men, remain, and their claim will be inveeitgated at an early day. Ae the iregroee left the hall they bowed to the Speak rt, and w*v*d their hale to the white rnemherc, *tnL ehook. the duel fr?in their feet,. Ati.amta, September 6. A reeolutton Ml afforded in the llnuec, but not acted. upon, deeUring negroes ineligible to any ami all officii of the Slato, and that all ofli;e*of die Stat* now tilled by negro** be declared vacant by reaaon of their inoligibiil. tyf and that the Governor be dlreotod to have ueb offiree filled In compliance with tbe eode of (leorgl*. The governor and other eoiumi*aton*<l anthoriMea of tbe State, are anther* itod to refute commieeion to all pereou of color that bate boon, or may ho elected to any office in tbla State*. until the Supreme Court of tbe Btnte have decided the eligibility of colored pareona. - Atom*# RAMcal Outiaob.?^Ve know of no fjrouter outrage perpetrated by the Radical Congrcae, thau lb* law paated in July last, impoaing a Ui o t $ 400 on the poor in en Ihwiagbout 1M eountry, who ere in the habit of distilling few gallons of brandy, from year to yen, lor their own and. the use of tb?ir i in mediate neighborhood*. Several of oar eitiacut, ignorant of thie infnmoua prooerding of Congreta, hrwl made proparail >ns to convert their few bushel* of applet, posslits ead grapei into brandy, and jort a* they were ready, tbey are informed of thie unjust, and oetrageom tax. which arooente Is a prohibition. W< would aJvbm-our frieftda let to distil aa email a quantity a* one gn lion under the present law bnt to M dry " their peer bee, nod eonrert tbeii apple# Into vinegar, nod their grape# into wine l>ried frail, good vlungsr and good wino an alwara In demand, and we doubt not, wil Ii?>d more in ihta rbane, than tf ooorertec it# brand/.?.VeWw* JTf<w. The IIoQM WH to re organize the Penitentiary ?M laid on the tnlle. A huUlitute, giving the appointQieot of comtnteeionera. will lie piu-ed. An unftuccessful eff??rt we? made to ptnke from the calender ell private end other M1U not eb*oliit<4y neceaeery to he petofet Ot tbi* aeeeion. The scoount of P. & Frigpe for $S0.50, (or drapirte the 8enel4> (ft'mourn. ing ort lb# occasion of tba deaefc of Thud. $t#V**s, *r? order*} u? bg paid. Coibin irttrodocad a bill to suppreea inaurraotioa or rahe-lltany It prmidaa thin lb the event of lha Governor finding ft impossible to execute tl\? lows ' by regular judicial proceduie, by reason of any cotnbinotion or insurrection, bo may cell out the mitfta, seise the lelrgraph lines end rsjlroeds, and all tbeir shops, offices, dre., make then-port of the military estnbiinbmeet ond subject to military regulations; suspend tjus writ of habean torput, and when so.suspended, there shall bo nopower tocompel the military commarttrer, who mo/ liitve a prisoner in charge, W pfoduco hi tik * i . ii #or' she Mstktrs bMpin. ATttrt. Kdiion?On the rrs of leering the Slats for a prolonged absence, I desire tli *" use of your columns to sddress one word to' my old constituents, fellow citterns end neighbors. Rumor, for month# pest, much tn my injury end Indignation, has proclaimed me a member of the Radical and negro party of tbld 8UtV1 Tb view of my part long seTvtlrhS W thd eonnlry, and'm/ written #e pfilillilieff'wbrj, I hs>e felt too' much'pride and indignation to 00ndenoted so 'sr. n detiiui, except lh' private converse-* Uon, Now, on leaVthg lbs" State? It may' be never to return to W-I desire simply to ssy that it la untrntf. I have counselled, in' | private con v> reation only, the aceeptaace of our position;-as Generals Lee, Longstreet, and many others have done, and opposition' to all political agitation or partisanship on' rither aide. And I now predict, in oonao(pience of the rejection of this counsel, (with perfect confidence toe,) when tliie fair land ie again devastated and'Scourged' with the rode and erifel'haad of war?and' that, too, a war of raoea, and at no distant1 day?sll will then exclaim*thai it would have been far bettrtr for nt to bare taken this counsel, and remained quiet yet awhile/' even nndar the wrongs whleh We know we are suffering, than to have engaged in a course of agitation atrd partisanship, which must result in warpand'altieh,In my hum-' ble judgment, there is do power now on earth can prevent. Time atone can provo which was, or ie, the wiser course; and I' await its developments with' the most sin-' cere and earner., hope that wy views,and' ! itxlrsm..s?t m?? ? --- * " * * * 4 iu?j |>rv?r wrrvntons, una HiAl Of 7?y old friends, neighbora nnd enneiltoente,. to whom this t? nddreteed, eorrM. Cow' p*re my counsel with that of Uen. Robert ?. Le?'i. and aliow a difference who aan I B epcetfully, , JNO. D. ASBMORE. 8-pt. 6th, 1868. tW Pereona wriiing for thefrcae, ahould nturr write ou both aidea of the paper.? Communtcntlone have frequently to be divided. according t-> length, between two or more competitor*, which can hot be done If both aide are ueed. .Mabbiso, at Chick Springe, eo the 26th nit., I.y the Rev. It if. ReM, Mr. M. M. Mlid.dft. lata of Knox* Hie, Tenn., and Mlm-CAKRIE FA UK. ; ?? I I)iat>, on the Stat nit., JiVUN Svyouneeat aen of Jame* H. and Bhaebetto F. Naah, aged 4 yeere and 8 moo the. | I Dim. at her reaidenec near Orcenville^ July 28, 1868. Mile DORCAtS J. GREEN, aged 80 yoara. Tlie deceased waa a daughter of Elijah Green, Enquire, now'deceaeed,. formerly of thla Diet ra t. She wmewtpohg the oldest native* Of the TMatViet^ and haalivad a long and uaetol Ufa In tha Immediate locality of her birth. ' Sha poMeaeed' many ati|ierlor qualitiea aa a woman, a de-' voted daughter, kind anet, aad friend and helper of many member* if her family.? j She waa full of eoargy, and excelled in the I management of h<>tu?hold affaire; waa abundant in hoeptialUy, *nd ha? had many frionda who highly eocerord hat1 for her eterling virtues Hne lived end died In the membership of the M?th<?dUt Church. Her nievie and disposition for many long yeara before the war, enabled her to often asaiat the needy, and te imitate at an nutnble ditt lance, tha " alme-deedc" of hor Scriptural nameeaka ; and we tract that her eptrlt ' ' * ? p?m? ""FPJ WW W|U) that of lX>ro*? of olU. A RRLATIVR SPECIAL NOTICED The Pari* Mountain Democratic - Clt>?, WILL meat at MOttfTOOMRRVS tha Sorond 8?tnrd?y in Saptaiafear, at % o'elock, P. M., A full atUodano# of alt tha nam*, bara U MniMtij riq??t?d. Dr. J. M Ma* CUnahaa wilt addrraa tha maaiiog. By ordar ot tha Praaidaat. > T. IX OWYN, Seoly. SaphR . If 1 fl Vaitriew Pitmen' dah> wrkt maat at fatrvWv an BataH*;, tha 1 12th of 8eptaa>bar,itfa?t. at 10 o'alock. A full attaodauaa af mambara ta datlrod, *?<1 all par- ' ^ atma vtaHag to baauaa mora hero arelnxitad * * to ha praaawh ff V1L A. IURRMMB. ftcpb ? 1? 1 The Clear Spring Dcinearatie Otnfc W ILL noct oi Jokn MpD*?Ur?,? J o'clock, a* flal'icdav. (be 1 fib of tfootftttbor. 1&A&, The luoettog ottl bo by WiU Uom H. l>rry, Eoq, Mt <* tl. "Wotti ud Robert MoKoj. By o*dof of Ibo CkoV. D. C. 1BBXLT1!, SooMfMy. I ?y(3 . ** 3VT * 1