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FOR THE ABUKVILLB I'KKSd. Ma. Editor: 1 havo boon instructed by our club, (Willinglon and lior.doai x) lo eond you tho resolutions passed sorao time since and which wo .trust will bo acted upon universally ,throughout the South. It has been gonerally considered out of placo to .discuss religious questions in a secular paper, or even that a Christian ininittor should meddle with such matters as might bo called political. Now, Mr. Editor, I agrco with tho goncral Hcntimeut that wben a mioistor ben. noliliniftn fnr>onn\imr In <l,? --- ; ? i- 1 v ?1=> *" ? common acceptation of its term,) and from solC?h molivcs enters tho arena of public life, good-byo to his religion and woo to his flock. But, my dear eir, in times lilco these, when tho hoarteof his pooplo and of tho entire South aro bound up in public concerns r.nd tho tyranny of govcmmonl Srcssos upon all, the matter is changd, and it is hia bounden duty to cur ry thoso matters humbly pud prayer iu'lly to his God, and to took comfurt and guidance from tho jiiet lijler oi Ih0univcr60, for himself first, and then go forth to tho world and holp his pooplo by tho light shed upon his own heart by tho Iloly Spirit of (JoU, thai i.hoy may know Low to walk a* Christians and patriots, It i?< from u f.-oling of deep sympathy for tbo oppressions of my country men and from i iu Iropo that I may help them to !c:u* their burdens that I now add rest j ou. I need not say to you, who an. Christian, and to others who arc prolessors of religion tbat sin has brought this trouble upon us. It is enough ic know that the liulcr of tbo universe is Almighty and merciful and loving to bo persuaded that ilo would not willingly afflict tbo crcaturcs 01 Hit own hand; therefore, when oppression and tyranny reign supreme, and wc are weighed down with carcs as s nation, it behooves us carefully to en quire what it is that has provoked tho wrath of a Being who reveal; himself 10 ha tinder the cndeSiinf names of <'Lovo," "Morcy," -'.Light,' p. ? q. _ n ta _ t% i * om.} ?.u. juccau any 01 our puum jnoeting?, my dear Bir, somo eight 01 ton years ago, and remember how w< vaunted ourselves boforo the world "South Carolina was lauded to th ekies and we really talked as thougl Wo were the first peoplo in tho world And now, what is moTC contomjitib! than prido in a notion, or must h more hateful to God? It was cui ronlly boliovcd by tho mass of ih men in tho two rogimonts which wor first camped upon tho batiks of th Potomac, that if tho order was givei they would march through tho entir [North and conquer tho country ! "Wo boasted that wo could whip th Yankeos?that they would not fight &c., &c. Let us keep this in mind am Over avoid tho sin again. But to an; tnnn tolm fl API a nt. qII if. 1 a onnnrnn J " "CI'"'-" that cur chief national sins wer connected with slavery. And no^ heforo I enter upon a discussion o what I bcliovo to bo onr siiis on thi point I will say emphatically that believed and still believo that slaver is of Divine appointment and that Ih "Word of God, from Genesis to th Revelations, treats it as an establisl e& theory and lays down laws t guide master and Bervant. Our Lc/ jfliaiors naa pinnicd lbemsclvc3 upo tbis grdand-?-our divines had workc it but and bo instructed their flockannd upon this platform wo stoc forth to the world as the champions j pn institution which the most cnligh cd nation allowed and dcnouncci "Woll would it liavo boon for us ht we treated it practically as a divii institution. . Tho Bible doctrine i that tho master is tbe patriarch of h people, Abraham was ordered to c cumciBG bis malo servants, and mo carefully must he liave instructed I pcoplo, in tho groat Lrutbs of Ravel tion and tbe duty of prayer to Go as ruler of tho world and also as tl ordoror and disposer of tho conceri of an ordinary |ifo, as wo jud^e fro tbo conduct of hia old servant wb( sent to search for a wife for his ma tor's Bon, "Who has rot been touch* VlTT Hia Konnt Jfnllrr Aitfk^nl "J this old man fcp>the interests of L earthly master, whilo still looking * ' the Baler of all things, whom ho In ^ learned to "li>v? and ' reverence fro the faithfolness of th& patriarcf His being a servant had not hinder* his luith in Qofl, Jffay, ho .had lofiri fid faith and trrist from tho jlfest "who loved and served God if'TAi now, had Chrietiah men, in . ti Christian countigr3^OB treated olir i elitotion, no power on earth';cou hAVA flt/inH haf B?uin no >?'! ? -n?-- ??vw? wwirwvu UO MI1U OUT tJV vantfi. Tho* Bible wfks the only boi that could bind as together, and fa fog to -improve ibfs'W lost tho gol<if< Opportunity of being* tho happiei ^nd, (Tveiily bdlie^) of being tl greatest people dV'G'od'e earth !! knew, raj. dear sir, fbrtt many d th as treat tbdfr hn d T"Vori Relieve, that with par^hottctfthinp 'tho Southern people have boon doii more to Cbriati-niie ttrtrAfriOan tbi all the wo&d'-j&f foge^bet^-^bu feel that the Chtfrih ^frd^tdt rise"" Iter responaibilitlea in tbiB fatter, was bor dqty to hin ffc&Tjiimcd wprld tl?Vi?Ku wS^doltory me watte ww iwnuffjfe-IWlKe 'dar and to bftve urged nposi TK^ &embe ^thftt thoy should not.&pntenan< ^ separations of hnaband OTH <WfQ i * Ibe division of 08taU?*,'f^fc&o.: " js an awful w^^re fi mortftl boings ontru9tod to one's 8 keeping, and to tnko from thom the "J power of reading ^tho law of Clod 1 thojtijBclves! Wo ..did^tbis. and thus < imposed upon ourselves tho burden of i instructing them'wholly .01* not at nil. I What irt Our chief difficulty now but 1 tho ignoranco Of tho negro? And i who is to blaino but ourselves? My < diar eir, (Jod apprenticed these peo- i pie, (as 1 veiily believo,) to tho Southern planter, and allowed us to ; uso their b>Jios fur our comfort in 1 supplying us with food and raiment and luxuries of all kinds?and that 1 they on their part night bo recovered j I from the bondage of the devil and bo 1 (trained fur immortality. Wo used j * I tho cotton and corn and wheal anil i i I oilier fruits of their labor. Did we ; I ! give them their wages in daily in- | i struction in the way ot Lilts? C!i! ! < , n.o, my dear Hir, el.-?o they would not j i . now bo so utterly ignorant and such j < . dupes of destining and wicked men. j s . 1 cannot fool that wo have dono our j 1 , dtitv. Servants and children are on-' < I . , I f i truisled by its decalogue, to tho father j i ( and master and they aro rcsponsdldo ! i l'ji* tliem. " Ivcmotnher that thou ( , Uccjj holy tho Sabbath day," and f,ec i , that others, "your sous and j*onr i daughters, your servants," do tho i k bamc 1!! 1 believe, my dear f>ir, that j . liitiiKiti who ?as striving to uo Ills j duty to his pcoplo a.s a patriarch, j lawboui.d atul restricted as ho was | by want of legislation on tho part of: the Church, and of too much Ipgis'a- ! lion on the part of tlio .State, (in not ' allowing tlio plavcg to ivad,) would have been entirely recnneilcd lo their | freedom arid thanked CJod that hi.s j load of responsibility was liyhiatal / / / I pay lightened, bceuuRe I foci that wo Southern people have committed an error in this rcppcct. Many felt tho responsibility of theso pooplo and ! evaded it, and when freedom was | proclaimed they raid, "Well, thank ! r f j\ > 1 , UVU, ^ .VI v/ irtu 1IUIII LUIS UOW, ii'lU . ; J ''.'.en quio'.cd their consciences. Many , | vi Uo had instructed ihcm before now 1 ccascd it altogothcr. Mow, we South; crn people havo to deal with I Uo nor f?ro and might as well recognize it at 2 I once. These poople must he olevatcu .' hy us, or they must continue to he 0 I thorns? in our hides and a torment li forever. Designing men may attempt j 1 to estrange them and persuade them o ihat we arc their onemies. ]Juck this o remove our responsibility or lesson . our danger? By no means. Man o cannot alter the decrees of God, and o becauao he has dceided that these pco0 plo have worked long enough for us 1 as slaves, do tlicy^not still need our e help and guidance, and aro wo not I loreed still lo.livo with them, and arc o we not in his pigbl their natural guardians and protectors? Assured i ly wo are !! Tlioy have been duped y and arc stHl being dcccivcd, and we t must bear witb them in their ignor0 ancc, but awake to our rcsponcibiliv tios and not try to cast them off. And 1 now, what ie our duty ? What course e | can Christian men pcrsuc to save our I country from civil war and dcstrucy tion. First, lot us all humbly invoke e the blessing oi God daily, constantly, e for our poor country Mid go to work i- to do what wo can. The ono cliccro ing thing?the oasis in tho desert oi" political existence with us has been n that tho Chief Magistrate of tho r.ad liun has consistently proclaimed to - tho woild that having accepLcd the d terms of surrender, wo wero in tho Df Union and woro entitled to all tho t- I lights of citizcns. Wo wero bound J. J tp take the oath of allegiance to the id Unitod States?it was a bitter pill 10 hut honest men took it honestly and 8, were delec^nined to keep it faithfully and is we have dono so. llow have we been ir- treated ? I need not say, dear sir, it is Ft known to tho country. And now 1 would lis press upon all Christian men .thul they a- have taken this vole and are thoy not id, sworn to opposo the party which is nplio turning the government and violating the ijs Constitution we arc sworn to protect? asm saredly iuan! NVlien we were first inin formed that we must pray for tho Presi6 dent of thi8 United States (oris required Bd hy the custom of ou>- Church) it was inof deed a terrible trial; but how l.as Cod is blessed us in this thing!. It has-been a tw privilege 10 u*c lhat prayer Tor the rrmn id wfio lias stood forth bo nobly as the chain m pion of Hight and the friend of the Coni i slitutiou. And now what wo to do with id the negro? Let. us provo to tfiern, by l- patience, by furbearance, by^ctive charity cr towards tbem, by justice in our dealing, id thnt wa are really their superior?. Let ds tj?9ir? hnpw moreover lhat we are det<?rn mined by God'$ help to rule this country Id and if neccssary to that end that',ws will if- endure any privation any discomfort before id wo wjihemploy men and women who havp il- taken,an iniquitous, oath, to oppress and to 3R Ir&\t*us a? their enemies. We 6tiirown iV ?i.l i i - - - - >w, lue lanuj, auu. 10 qa 41 ey i^ok tor fuod, be 'and clothing, and shall. we allow them to I rulo us / If we -have awoin to support T3 tho Constitution, ffre are '8VTorn to Oppose 1^ rtll tile existing government' in the South js, and it is our tluty t^'do w; and*thank ig God (hete cametf toMis -frotn 1he: iforth'* in VoJie fcf fovrf'to chfifcr lis In tbfe <>ur dark I day and we'kno#*tha*. we ana Bfot nlofle m to- ?n tfils coftiest; thai iwe hawtr'fcoir before ft us sf Than" who Jwoftld" lay aside self atad to perefoteritTjr itfd Uriftty- ttjrn^hU brfckupo* in the tempjfhfc bfftr of the -Priaidetrcy, ubtil k, (oread by the actiurfs 6f hie fcourrtry raento rt tcobpC tS4 ifofntffation, *1% fc&esd most je^ dieerfog,' atd let U8~NHv6tifly-pray God to in I lielp n? in tki* struggle (of truth' *tid j"as* li | tied mid refrgion.5 ; '* :* * - ' "J* And' if Vtfr >g?to Wtf enj<Jy . fclie bk lings of the Constitution let us pledge >urse!f?K.'-tO petition Congress to alu-r it, >y beginning with an acknowledgement of iod astho ,Jlulcr of tlio world and then ,vo may hope that it will be permanent and asting, and'a blessing to the world. It is 10W a standing reproach to tho people of bis great country, inasmuch as it dyes not >nce name lliin who is the author of our jeing and (Jivcrof all good things. Men of Carolina 1 rouse yourselves from i*our lethargy. ]?y all that you hold dear upon earth, your wives and your children, your homes and your remnant of property, l>y the memory of I ho noblo dead who gave up their lives freoly'for their country uid died for the very principles for which | we nro coniendincr, lor tlio sake or our I - . ! loblo old mother, South Carolina, now [deeding and prostrate, for tho sake of the poor, ignorant negro, now duped and de civoil, lot us meet tlio hsuo boldly and ivort, if possible, that awful vrau of woc-s which seems inevitable, if vvc quietly yield | is wc are doing. Ki'her we mnst rule the necrro or they must rule us. Chouse now i-ro it be too late. Let us stand together n.> one man in carrying out the resolutions which have been passed by r-very club in Lhe District, and let us kindly, but firmly, 3.!V to the white men and nc-jrroes "you "" ... ' must join us in this Htrujr'jjlp, or you aro I not, of us?tlioy who hold back are help- J in# lo ruin us and our country." Passing j by all llie injustice of tho Reconstruction ) Ac!?, our enemies now acknowlvd^o that j we are in the Union, let u? use the mean* j <I,>il has left us ami humbly relying Uj.on j 1 Lia assistance do all we can for ourselves | and may Ho indeed blc?s us as a people, j and may wo remember that the trials of a j nation are intended to purify and euablu and fit it fur its work in the grand drama of time "Faith, IIopo, Charity,' aro the cardinal principles of the individual? let them bo of our country !! Respectfully yours, OCTAviuS T. roueIIER. Jicsoli'cd. 1st. That v.e will hire no doy iahoier o( any kind who belonprs to the Radical party and we will not patronize tradesmen and mechanics of that parI tT Uesclrcd. 2d. That when our present contracts are ended wt will employ no frc-edrwm who have connected themselves with liiat party, and vote with them. Jleaolocil. 3d. That we will not hire our lands to nu n who will employ Radical labor in their cultivation, or who arc Radical* themselves. O. T. rORCDER, President. D, 1L BkI.lot, Secretary. Washington, July 28.?Tl?o radicals arc considering, favorably, :i plan of electing presidential clector& by the Legislatures of the Southern States. Il is understood that the President con M.lcrs the cominissionership of internal revenue vacant, and will make an ol interim appointment in a few days.* Ellbrts to re-organize Federal offices in New Orleans failed. It was found impossible to compromise conflicting party interests. Il is positively stated that tho President will continue to act as heretofore", regarding the Reconstruction acta, lie will conform j totlic law'unlii modified by Congress, 01 nullified by the courts. I?!.U|1IC Jiov.lho Turkish MinUlor in - I ? " fee J cd by t!ie Congressional resolutions o sympathy fur Crete. The Chinese Legation took their forma 'eavc of the President. Burliiigatne is delighted with the treaty. Howard is dismissing many burean fnnc tior.aries' giving thein a month's leave o preliminary absence. This evcniog'8 Slar has the following concerning the electors in the Bouth "The southern members of Congress within the past few days have, io conferencc with Ucpublidans here, dccided that it wil be best for the Presidential electors, in th? ro-org!inized Slate, to l>o chosen by thei respcctivc Legislature?, in the eamo vaj as South Carolina has always chosen her? This, it is held, will retnoco all fear o tho di?lurbinces uad frauds. whie.li Imv, Iwcn apprehended. * It is prolmblo tliesi views iII be carried out by- the Lfgisla tares, in whose lunula tlio matter rests.' The Cabinet had a prolonged session, to clay. Sdiofiold t>ubmiiled an order fur th> re-organization of the military district? which probably will bo promulgated ti morrow, Mr. Davis, v.-ith his family, sailed 01 Saturday, Irorn Q iebec, for JSurope. The following order was issued from lb< War department to day : 'i tie Commanding Generals of tlio Second, Tliud, Fuurtli and Fifth Military, districts, having officially reported that Ailcati sasj North Carolina, South Carolina, Ij?Ju isiana, Georgia, Alabairm and Florida, hav ingcomplied with' tlio .Reconstruction Act! military..authority, within thoste States will cease. Ncrtb Carolina, South Ciwolihn; Georgia, Alabrftna nod Flordta; wil cousliluto the vL)pparLftfent of the South? Geo. Meade lo command?headquarter at Atlanta. , V - ,> Gun. Gilleni vriH command the Fourtl Military"" District, comprising Mississipp Gen. ^eynoTds will command the Fifil Military District, .t^inprtsiiig Texas. _._ Goo. Rousseau will i-omas?nd the Dpar| ment of Louisiana, comprising Louisiana and Arkansas.* , . ***' ' " . Gun. George Creeke relieves Gen. Roussejiu in the Depurtment of. Columbia, au< Geo. Caoby i* assigned lo the cotnmatw 6f the Departtnetft <jf Washington/'"* 'Geo. Edward llritch relieves Gcii* Bdck {man AS Assistant * Commiiftinnar lturaai UdbgeM,- F wed wen and Abandoned Lawli Tfr Louisiana. " ' +'*+ *>*& <*- ? v r-i- : Jk'*?&;*'*'v | **' UtaHn^f tBe px^-wttek qfttr D? triot;fe^C.b^ett iVvorCMl vetf wlt^cojpipn?rtim% ?&Q&j^o?g}f J4* feteiat-qiacfe ot -ttop coira> lnflWTif r lie crops-vorjr myoli. ^ 1 rn.'f The Abbeville Press. , if*'1 ?' \ ^Vbbieyillie, ?. <J. W. A. LEE. E1>ITOR7" , ' TERMS?Three Dollar* ft year in adxmtire. 1ST No Sul>?er'i>iiuiis tukon for * -shorter I time limn air niuiillid. :ji , i Friday, July 31, 1868. Grand Uatificaiion Mestifm in CoiXMiiU.?A grand rati flea lion meeting, 10 endorso the nomination of Seymour and Blair, was held in Colombia on Tuesday night, and is taid to havo exceeded anything of iho kind over before witnessed in thai city. A procession was lormod bearing banners and transparencies, and | along the lino ol' march the principal j houses were tastefully decorated and brilliantly illuminated. At the Pkanix omeo mo procession was received L<y thirty?scrvtH young ladies, dressed in white, with emblems typifying the Slates of the Union, whilst a display or pyrotcmies revealed llie beauty of the scone. Arrived at Carolina Hail, tlio vast assembly quietly took position outside, whilst Cieiis. Hampton, Kershaw, j Mcflownn and Chisnut, Col. Thomap, Cupt. Stanley and others asccmk-d and look neats in tho hall, whieli was crowded with Columbia's fairest daughters. On motion of Col. Thomas, Capt. j btanli'3* was chosen to preside, and I the organization pcifcctud by the election of the following ol'.iers: Vice-I'resi lents?John M< Kcnsie, J. Moighan, J. (>. (jibbes, John Alesar dor, Capts. J. II. Kiinder, \V. 11. Stack, E. JL'ercival, Dr. 1). \V. II ?y, Col. II. J. Caughman. Seeae tarns? j 11. O'j^eale, T. J. Lu Motto. Cap'.. Stanloy, with a few pcrtir.cr.i, prefa' tory remarks, introduced Gon. (Jhes* ' nut, whD was the first speaker oi' the j occasion, and who wan fallowed by Gens. S McGowan, J. 15. Kershaw and Wade Hampton. Gen. Hamilton concludes his speech with those hopeful words : "Jle wanted restoration on Iho basis o? trull), harmoi.y and justice, and ho firmly believed he would havo it in ^November, by tho triumph of the i Democratic party, lie had been told hy no less distinguished a person than Yallandigham, that Ohio was certain for Seymour, and shrewd political thinkers of I\ew York and Pounfvl vania wcro equally confident as to tho Bamo rosult iu those Slates. The pcoplo wcro thoroughly aroused, and iu .November tho result of it would bo nioro rapid travelling of carpetbaggers from tho South, than was over beforo known in tho history ol this country. lie concluded by roforring to tho demonstration made by the Domocra cy of Charleston, last Friday night] and said that although ho had seen ' many similar displays at the North 1 ho had never witnessed more grandeur or enthusiasm than that exhibited by tho good pcoplo #of the old city bj tho sea, who had turned out?men r ' women and children?to givo tbeii approving smiles to tho noble cause They had brought cxul'.ing pride t< ' his heart, by this manifestation of tb< old Carolina ppirit. They may havi * been slow, but Lboy wero suro. Ijci us stand up with them, and l>y th? help of God our cause?the cauae o truth aud tho' Constitution?woult * meet with a gloiiou* triumph, [lin' ruenso applause.] i Tiie 3ja.no \vc Lovk for Angus b contains fifteen original articles.? r Comparative Generalship oxposcs Hh f emptiness of Grant's claim to bo : ' great commander. fj Tho Decay of Heliglon in tin a South is a thqughlfil arliclo by Mr s Manigaolt. Tho System of Euglisl - Gang Labor shows that the Englisl Abolitionist has a more cruol fasten - of slavery at home, than that whic! e ho so much donhirml *?f. -- ?I w ?" *"v WVMVU Tbo Dickons Dinner is a sprightlj 0 burlesque of tho toadyism of th American Press. Sheep husbandry 1 calls attention to ar. important suhjee for the Southern iurrncH. The poutrj e is from Mrs. Clarko, Jionry It. Jack tson and Edward A Jenks. There aro two tales of fiction an< ~ several-essays. ' Tho fronviapioco is 'a beautiful steel " plato of General Ash by. IIkETINiI OV llisriiim1 l)p?nr?i?t ' A nioctirig of dclegatoA fron ' the different'Democratic Clobs of thi lj District will bo held in Ibis place 01 Monday tbo 3d Aqgust next. A ful represent at ion of aif'tbe efobsds dcBired. Delegates will bo bo appoints ^ ed to tho Stat* Democratic Convcn. -tion to ber hekhin 'Colombia- ou-th ^ oigbt of Thursday Gth Angaet next for the pnrpbss ota?otmij?vting.elector for President and Vico-Presidont o '' the United Slates. r??A< .. ... BAtffcttcrr Law.-^Wo" see tbot th - bill apiending the 33d Srictioft of "tb< 1 ts&nKrupt Eur, has passed botl I JlouHca of Con^ro^s and will bcccrmi a lavv. Vh'ii bill di fronts that tbo pro A. vinions of Ihta firfclion which reqqlri i' that ilto. debc&r * sbdold po^s6ss asset , to ttfe 6f 50 pot Sxbiit bflb< debts prdteii. shall .not" apply bofon the ' " * *r*T$i-} w&tow-* ?& IV'-Mr **<jty*toa* IEWBUM ' * * ?. -hum. 1 u. him Dinner. to Ciianokli.oh. Carrol.? A ooroplimoi.tai-y dinner was given to Gbanccllor ^Caaroll, by tbo members of tho' AbbevilleJJir, at tbo Marshall House, on Satanlay evening lust, as a testimony of regard for the man, nnd as a trihuLo ot respect lor the talents ar.d ditUibguitiho<l services ot the public otli.-cr. C?en. ,Mc(iowan, nl the close of the Ivjuity term, in tx tending the invitation, returned also the thanks ol the l?ar to the retiring I Chancellor for the ability, promptness and dispatch with which he had discharged the duties of this, his lirsl and last term in Abbeville, and gave expression to their regret al the an- 1 timely extinction of that admirable judicial ny>tem which we prize the more l?:_'hly in its Ilm*, and value lor "l-lie blessings which biighten as they flv.w The dinner was prepared by mine ho*l < ! the Marshall Jlouso in lii.-t best sly'e, and after its merits liad been discus-cd, there followed "Lho feast of reason and the flow ol soul" which constitute the greatest charm ol' theso entertainments.? i Judge Wiirdiaw, in a short addrefcs, I paid a deserved tribute to the learning at.d ability of the Chancoj' Itcnch of South Carolina, which had elevated the judicial character, and reflected | I astro upon the past history of the Stale. Karncsi and appropriate addresses were dclivcicd 1>3* various members of llie l?ar' and the evening passed oil" **ory j-Ieasanlly. Chaucclbir (iamill carries with liirsi inlo his retirement the best wishes ai.d Inchest regard of the people ol iho Stale, who regret ihe more iho extinction of our admirable Cbar.c.-.ry PVH'.em, thai it occasions the loss ? f the aerviccs of so cmiuont a public servant. 44^4 Er.crTio.N op CiitlF Jl'stipk?lion. l'\ J. Moses was eleeled on the third ballot which was as 1'ollows : Whole numVcr ?>1" voles cast, D5"; necessary to a choice, <#7; ol' which F. J. Mokc: received 70; i). T. Corl.in, '-10; A. .1 Willard,!; J- Ij. Orr, 2; T. >?. Dawkins, 2; W.i'Je Hampton, 1; J'ov. Senator Jiurnt District liandolph, (negro,' ]; Beverly Fasli, negro.) 1. As 3*0! there has been clcction of the two As tiociulc J ubticcs. ^ M?ssrs. J'owlcr & McDonald advertise bed licking, good and utu dium, best brown drilling homespun ()6naburg8, long cloths, prints, &e which lltcy have just received am are selling low. During the tnonli of August they will sell many of theii goods at reduced prices. Our friend: would do well to give tbcm a call. > 1 At the recent annual commencement c tlie Convent "Academy of the Visitation, 1 near Washington, D. C., tlie followin| " youug ladies of Georgia took prizes, viz i Mi?* Sallio E. Speer, of LaGrango, Mis 1 Miry Brenner, of Augusta, Mi-s Mar 1 Myriek, Mi&s Louise Myi'ck, ftnd Miss Far uia IIen17., of Milledgcville, and Miss Made ' lino Beckwith, of Savannah, Ga. Tli * namos of two of the young ladies will l 1 recognized by many friends and relative I* in nur T fok the abbeville imlcss. > ? l'lKKSirc, July 24:li, 18GS. } Mr. Editor: I ngret very ranch to ii L form you of the ninny fad los~ec, that ai 3 being constantly heaped upon our depres f ed fellow citizens. [ Oil last Sunday morning, I stood io m _ window and f.iw the tlames thai consuiqt Mr. B. F. Smith's kitchen, and all h ...?:i- it- ? I auuiicu UICII9H3. uk ioss is not known I 1 me, luit lie raved noiliing but one tin - bucket. Ho lliinks tbe kitchen was set c 3 li'P. 1 On Friday morning, of ibis week, tli cry of fire was announced, and it was foim J to proceed froai tbe dwelling of my neigl ' bor Mrs. Frances Williams, which w? > soon totally consumed. Site lost also lit 1 furniture and wearing apparel, and .savt 1 nothing.but two feather beds. Tiiero > no insurance, and her loss amounts to b ' tween c-igJ.t hundred and one thousan 7 dollars. The fire is supposed to have orij e mated from a box of mutchee, left in tl >' pantry, aud which was set ou fire L3' tli I rats. r y lieepcctfully, JOIIXSON" SALE. j ' General Howard, Commissioner fcf" ll 'Freedmeti'? Bureau, lias just issued a cir I colar promulgating the act of Congress I continue the bureau for one year, whic became a law a few days ago; togetrn c wiili tlio -decision of tbe .Second ^.Coinp 1 trailer of the Treasury, stating that, not r\ t - - " ot the provisions of Ilie act went into t-fft* ? before-July 10, 1808. The-Coimnitssioni announoee that the retention of office " authorized by the act i* equivalent la " reappointment. /.Atei-4ant commissioner " of the bureau are directed to .forward tti 9 names of such officers as may. be require '? for Tearsigntneut under the act. 8 '?? i* In the Senate, lifter unimportant Swiinw " ttie llonse bill for tk? rCorganimtton oJ Vnfii ia,-jtiiui?sip{H and T?Jcas. eatne up, and km placed on tiie ?petk?r'? Utile, mm too importai 3 te be referred to a eommtHeo. Thi? bitl~wi telegraphed iu full latt night. The bill pre tectinjr cilizena abroad waa resumed, flowai It bppoftkd ctnfferrfa% power oa lb# -Fftaidfeut, b which I* could in?o!*e Uie country in war i six we* Ita; and tha'OoTerpmant bad nothia i. to do with Triab opprWIiiii qjt hon?L' He'ol I j?*U*kV> ??tiM. U/ulfid SuVm .j? aooiel for propagandizing political view Fr?y Mi ft th?'A1^*S^iir Swtf to eftfnga7 -Hfe li*ri *^OMt>od by it* pMjK f iW^ilii- ?jnpl ?sS^w^raep ?f21 j & jWb?a*A&M?: l\ linaii^liifwl fliMltfliWi MirViliw i f fn?h 10 mcioae Jonn xtfupj utowii, ol xvoiftockj +:?*" ' v ?. i < Legislative Tito prococdings of tho so-called Jjegialaturo du/ing ibo pant week present nothing ot Hpccnir- interest: In iho Senate a resolution was prt>.* Heiilod and referred lo a Committee, tliul public funds shall be deposited williiu live days after receipt in kuiiic National iJ.inlc, and all diafts or warrants for ?.jUO or umvaidd iuuhl be countersigned by the (Jovernor; also a bill to enable corporate authorities to lay and collect taxes on agricultural anil farm lands, and to provide three rates id taxation on real property. A bili reducing tbe amounts ol oUicial Loads w:i? passed. In the House uu unfavorable repoit | was made on the bill regulating tbe election of olliceid in incorporated towns and citie". After discussion tbo bill was tabled. >tiees wore i : made of bills to protect the right of! !?i?ll'raj?e; to pi event Ira lid and intim' idalion ut elections; and to repeal tbe ; capitation laws now in force. I In the .Senate committee reported i favorably 011 memorial of <?. k C. It I 1!., and recommended tLe passage ot i .. ?.:n The Judiciary Coin mil Leo bill,substitute to resolution, provides for llie clcclion of Chief J ustice aud two Asso| eiale J udyes ??u Wednesday. Montgomery's resolution us to free railroad law sijrcid to. hi the ] I<.-ti:u?YVooly offered a bill to protect the i'{"M "f 6iiU'iage. Ncaj-le pave not ice of a bill to crenle a ' loan of -Vl,OO<?,0CO. i I\oa^l?'s capitiition tr?x bill, mates it a 1 ! mfcliiUit-atior to .itUlliltt r.( i . : t;.x or t'XvcuiHiii i!uo, on any persou heretofore; denied the r'^ht of s?ITr?go. The bill lo profile for the redemption of bills rcccivjblo by the iinpaidlioii ol taxes on collou and rice, is indtfinitely postponed, the torn mi Lice deeming it un( ( listiuilinnal. In the House, tho following hills wer? r< :td a fi.-it lime and appropriately referred : A bill lo determine and perpetuate the the homestead. A bill to regulate appeals and writs o! ) i error lo the Supreme Court. L A b:ll lo orgiiuizj Circuit Courts! A bill to amend tho charter of the City of Charleston. I Tiie bill to establish the County of A'ter was taken up for a second re;?ling, b* Iwas ordered to be printed and laid over lot ( consideration on Monday. | | An inquiry was raise J as to whether t1i I State printer charged full rates per page for the calendar, which frequently contain ed onlv a few line". Nenjle de.'ired t< i know what was the pri<-Q a*-ked, and sai< he understood it to he S'2.50 per pag*- f<? ,f two hundred copies (which would mat " the charge for the calendar $500 a day. ,v His ludicrous (to u*e a mild term) mistak : wai corrected, but neither member of th committee coold inform tho House whs y the precise charge was, and a motion t i_ dispense with the calendar altogether, as _ j inat'.er of economy, was not only deflate c ! bv a resolution instructing the C.iraudtte ,e on Printing to make the. necessary inqo: ?; I riea and report to the IIous?. Columbia, July 28.?The Special Com millcc appointed to a^-certain whether ftli ' uilding on Arsenal Hill, formciiy occnpit by the State Military Academy, could I ". procured for the purposes of a GuberoaU r? rial Miiuaion, and if so, at what cost, re s' ported that the house could be had an fitted up in a plain manner, for the smin < J : *'J,500. W hereupon, a resolution ?: 'd j passed, authorizing a commuted to' mal; 's fcucli provision. to Berry pave notice of a bill to repeal tl; Act of lS'JG, repealing tbe usury lan, an ,n to establish a specified lato of interest i this Stale. ie Crews offered a joint resolution to re d peal so much of Gen. Canby'a order a I- continues in office the Intendanl and Wai >9 dens of the town of Laurensville. wbos f terms expired in January of this year, o J* the ground thai tliey cannot take the tej ? oath, and are, heiiiJ.es, distasteful to tli ts" peop'e of tbat to* n. d The, Committee on tlie Penitentiary an the Lunatic lum, were requested b ie resolution to report as Boon as practicabli kj In the Senate, a resolution to appropri ate $1,000 for the bemfit of tbe widow < S. G. W. Dill, was redd a first time. Montgomery presented a bill to Mjbj?N all agricultural and farm lands witbio tb ie corporate limits of citie* and towns to taJ auon. -Ifct-ad and referred. ^ Rutland presented a kill from lite Con ^ in it tee on Public Laud*, to establish ^ Hoard of Commissioners on public land ^ and to define the powers and 'duties of Uj . same. IU*ad and referred. Cl jf The Committee on Fiuanco reported o tlie resolution to fix the salaries of tb r& ^ . ? - - t ^ ofiicefB of tbe Senate, recommending tit ra following: Cferk ?1,500; Assistant Clw! $500; Reading Clerk $350; Door keepe j $250; Assistant Poor keeper $"2o0; iar pages, eaofi $50. Corbin, from tlte Judiciary CooimftlM reported favorably on tlie bill to establish |B Probate Courisf and tb? bill to lezdlate tb >t mnnner of keeping* and disbursing * pnbli " funds by certain officers. 1 - Hayes offered a resolution in reference t yn (lie Town Council of Laarensvifle/ii m iI4 K to (list offered \y Crewq in . Randolph gave notice of ? bill to'emeni an "Act entitled dAri *" Act 'nnainbutg lb b moje of electing Cl^rk?, SberSft altd Or wlpF -**^**5. ^ ?H freelyi r thirty-fire ?d tWUtfr-aewneeett^ - ? '5':" .*' :^ ? " */?$ ? 1)0 ME S TIC r) fcCKIVF.I) in litia Department to-Jay, ^ (-lot July ) 2 pieccs mr.diTim Ti^L-ino 2 " good " " 6 " best brown drilling". 4 " Blue check Homespun and Osnaburgs. 6 pciccs 3-4 bleached Homo* spun. 6 pieccs 7-8 <? " 4?1 Ix?ng Clotlis. S]?rague\s Prints 21 (lo/i. Coat's Cotton. All of which will be sold at | low prices. I During the month of August ! we shall .= <11 a ?reat many goods j nt reduced prices. All buyers are re?pectfully asked to cxam: iue lor themselves. TintTTT r?-n ^ FUWiifiH & fiCUUHALU. July ::i. IS03. 15. if THE mWriUr will oETcr ?l pn1<lie mU. "n tli?? |irfini?t?, on the FIRST SI?)M)^V ' ic lint, llie |.lauUlinn fonuti !y l.y J- V. L. Putlov, in Edgefield I> ?tiicl, Utiowa u the "MILL Tit AST" Including iho .I Mill, Stock and Sopplics ON TlIE PLACE. WITH THE (EZ M (fH Jp _ i -tlV ? Miss Bs'Ie Psrllow. or E'li'cflrlJ Ad'*rt'*rr r.nd I-aurpn?vI'l<? I/'tafJ pint* fopy and KLsi bill to t&b clVioa. C July SI. I$68. 15, it I3 uibl 10 jNTotieo. \i OTIOK i? h*reS^ ciren tliat from ll.is time i ! lurili v*- liav/ uu imwrlt iti tli? vannj.'ii'K'Sjt of I lie Livery Slil>'ct on ihr *!?r!-ar.-ii 1^1, ( ?? cudtr lite fapeiwi?iun of Wr J. >. liKLfllKK. an J * ill uot Ue lialle tor any of j tile drills of lilt SAIUC. 1 JQUX KXOX * CO. r Jul j 31. 1SCS, 15. tf mm TO CREDITORS. I* ^ i LL errJilon of J. Fo?l?r Uarakall. dae'd.. 1 /\ __.i i\. r? li j?"J _? 1 _ r rrqnir?<l to prrfftil m l |in>*< tb*ir briore ilf cm or before tkc jirtl dug t-J Xvcn*L*rt c *'/(, or he bitrrrd. \ WJL 1L PARKED. ' ' O. E. A. D. e C<irami*?n?r's OS5<^. ? e' July -JM. l?ob. ) Jnlj SI, 13>;8. td, 2oi. ^ C-?ti,tiiU* r/iiruix publish in TTeek ij till 1H a of KoTriul^r. " ?. UltlGIXS, dccU 1 ^ LIj creditor* of W. W. Ilipioi, ?n e J jLJk. bcKly r(qu!?J to pre*-at ?w<i [If"*' - ' tkvir dfUMtiii* htrt-im 10*. o* or before tiu- first a vf Cbcletir next vr Uc barreL ? WM_ II- PARKKR. V- K A. O. y. # - ' Commiviam* Ofllr-\ ) Jill* 29, l?if. f ,J rjnly *1, lSDs.15.9t '*' : 1IOT1? i ie A. \F. LYXCn, deceased. ^ \ I.L fiiiilon of A- W. Ljirk, Jwnwi1. n I\ ar? bcrrkf r^'iirrd to preKriLtaJ pru?o il>?ir Mu. e. me pa or before lai d-t-j of October next, or be CorrrtL ' ? W- 11. PARKER, m . - ft A- D. Caiiii?i?iwrV()fij?. !' ^ * r' . Jaly -ZSI,.iH6*. f * Julc.SI. lfetig, : MifMI? j W. C. DAVIS, DEC'C. y 4 Lli ere<3itrtf? of W. C. DcvU. d?e'J, aro A li?-rcLy r><]ai>Td 'ta'frMMl ini | r?r? '* iheir d?-rn?ud? l-?[w im 'mi or before Ifliuu - of Avfwbcr nfzt, or he barred. . W1L 1L rARKF.R. " ' " C. K. A- I>. Caromi?ioti*rV Office. I - " * Jilj 29. 1868. J e : WILLIAM A. PRATT^ct'd. - - - i.v - r? ' v o, I LL crtXtMi'of William i. PnU..de^d, A. tr? hereby nqvrci t? prefmC ud pro?? e lb*irdrmu>U b?fcw *ne or Uttre lacJ*# cf Kmember mat m it hmh ti Q - r. WM* JL jPABK ?B? > e Comn?wjMtf!cO(BMi,-> - ' .irfstax Mb !??. f . k ,1> /A' TftK kiST/tieT- covnT OF TIIK UtflT&i STATES, FOR THE'. DISTRICT OF SOUTH; Z QAM6LW& AMHMBI, t I. ibe mailer of J. W. POWER--/? Bank' Tr?m$$&tma,-. Q mm ? !/""? W IOT UHWa SUIO, Wf fcJ T,^ffi?S^s:istoS:':, ' SwitJa Cturiipn yWV? fcy? ajixte^ Btojt; ZSEiSEfaaak nipt to kUta, or for kii ?e. wj tho inmaUr ml " ^*Dk - . - '< ? * -