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The Abbeville Press. .A.bbeville, S. CJ. W. A. LEK. EDITOR. TERM??Tfireo r>ollor? a year in advance, tar n <> Hulwruitiona tuken for % aliorter time tiiau sis montlia. m_ 1 " . > Friday, Auguet 7, 1868THE ISSUES OF THE HOUR. * . " More momentous issues were never presented for the determination of a Ireo peo pie, than ihnt which are involved in the coining Presidential election. It is a contest between liberty and despotism, liberty with its attendants blowing*, and despot Ism with lis unnumbered evils?a contort between peace based upon equal justice to 11, and the internal strife ami commotion which must follow tbo efforts of tUe strong-handed oppressor to crush out the epirit of a froe people. Eight yearB ago tbe Radical parly assumed the Government of the country, and their aolo obj> ct ever fiiuco has been to consolidate and perpetuate their power?by unscrupulous and unconstitutional encroachments alike upou tbe rights of tbe States and tbe powers of the General Governments?and thut too t tbe sacrifice of the best interests of tbe country. After waging a four years war, involving tbe loss of 1,000,000 lives, and tbe sacrifice of $3,000,000,000 or ?4,000,000,000, ostensibly to preserve tbe Union, they have now for more than three years kept ton Stales of the Union unJer Military Government, uuiil by enfranchiwing pauperism nnd ignorance, and disfranchising property and intelligence, they have established in the bogus Government of the South, tho willing tools of their despotism. All of this has been -accomplished only by the most reckless jo fractious of the Constitution aud the revolutionary encroachments upon the prerogatives of the executive, the powers of the supreme judiciary, and the rights of the Stftie?. A standing army, and freed men's bureau involving the wasteful expenditure of more than $100,000,000 Annually, have been established, with the sole design of elevating one race and depressing the other, until by civil and poJitic.il disabilities^ imposed upon tlie superior, and universal suQYngo extended to iho inferior, tho wires of intriguo might be adjusted, and tho political automatons set jo molion, wbioii should torevor consolidate Radical power both in tie South and at the North. The negro has been used lis the mere instrument, ihe cats' paw to build up Radical power, and to destroy Constitutional liberty both at the South and at the North. "Let us have peace" says General Grant, but tho only peace he will give ua is the peace of the sword? the peace of despotism and death. The Deuiooratic party proposes to restore the Government to its original pnn 1ii. ' cipiwB, uuu uj tos practices 01 us earner sage*, to restore fathe Uuion as it was, under tlie Constitution as it is"?to restore Virginia and Carolina to their place among the original thirteen States, under the provisions of tbat Constitution which was matured by the wisdom of Hamilton and Madison and Jefferson?to secure the due limitations of the various departments of the Government, and the just rights of the States? to guarantee justice to all, protection to the black, but his rightful pre-eminence to the white race?to proteot the safe-guard3 of civil and political liberty! tbe habeas corpus and trial by jury, and the right of each State to regulate the question of franchise?to restore a wiso economy in tbe administration of the public flu*nee?,-and to relieve the country from that wasteful expenditure of $800,000,000 per annum, -which is bow crushing its industry, corrupting its morals, and impairing its credit j>oth at home and abroad. Upon the succeas of the party depends the last hope of Constitutional liberty in this couutry. Seymour and Blair are the standard hearers. of tbe onlv IriiA ? !>? exponents of that only true theory of Government, that it is a trust to be exercised in behalf of the people. Ia this contest then between liberty and despotism?-between Democracy and Radicalism?the true raea of the Sou'.h cannot heeit^teJo choose their position, and to sustain it, -vigorously and actively. IJven to tbe blacks we can ?ay, your interests are identified' With the whites of the qamil i j.. ?-j ' - pyuiu ouu wiuuu* wo ocpiirttltHI| WUiiOUl raiq to youraeWea. Let us organize, let ub have our political meeting?, let us diuemib'ate ' oair' document* ' Success abroad should inspire epthueiasra at home, and now our peat successes here furnishes ibe beat eneouragementa for earnest and united effort*. With a proper effort we may carry the"State, and share the glory which muat crown tKe campaign?the election of Seymourm4 "BUir. - vj.} , i" * '* ? > i V <??>V|t?* T rr: Miiss. Moetiiig at AndersoiL . "We publish in arflothor. column the invitation which has Jboen extended to the Djomocrtatic Otob the Bistciee tojoia with the Democracy of .the npper .Districts in meeting to beheld' at AndotsoR'^y. IT., on the Ij9th inet. W^atf Sttr^jpiat the, invi^ . Ution wUl roeo^ with .? Cordial- response. Get*.Hampton iml other disliDttttiehed Bpeftkci*'^Ujbe pltej^nt, and ibe of^iston prpnrf^s U>'' be oi rooVe th^ orjdiiva^y wt^jeeW.. Let ire attend and* eat^b, eomeVhyig of that enthosiaam Whidh ia ored^d by, sympathy and oo-operatiort iW^the advancement of great objfcrti.~7Tbo IsBuea aife . moment(war~|^fAn^oeQ^ct eoooaragingt Let oeaasi^fT giving momentum to the ?iib*6iaen{^*etuit> and keep tbebail cMwg waving ?V a man8 mooting ofonr own. What other District in the Stato ha* a letter organizod, hotter disciplined, Democratic phalanx? Lot us marshal) our forces, and givQ our colors to tho Dioeze. ... ~ The CMof Justico and "his two Associates. AVImt a slander upon tho fair ftimo ol South Carolina, to nay that she Iiuh i dc,posed from tho hi^h Beats of her Supremo Judiciary lier honored public nervantH, her pare patriots, and eminent juriHtH, in Ihe persons of Dunkin, and Wardlaw, and Inglis, and elevated such men as Moses, and Willard, and ilogo, to burlosquo tho judicial character, and bring disgrace upon a bench as distinguished for its virtues, u? roiiowueu tor iLb learning and abilities. It wan no act of Suiuh C'arolinn, but the deod of a banc impooier? a bogna nssombly?thnt presumed to usurp hor authority and poraonalO hor cbaractcr. AVhoia Judge F. J. Mohos? Once a rampant 8ccce8ioni8fc, who urgod upon Sumter District to Bocotlo if -im ^ yyui VIIMU UIU IIUU 4? VV/iUUUOsionor appointed by tho Stato to props sccesbiou upou tho -North Carolina Convontion?an aid of (ion. AViso in VVoBt-Yirginia?a daubing commander of a company of homo cavalry?a com poor of honored men in tho Sonate and on the Bench?now a rcnogado to hid principled, a traitor to bid raco ?repudiated uliko by tho District ho mis-rcprcsonts, and tho State ho dishonors. Who is Judge Amtnicl J. Willnril ? A earpot-baggor?a native of Albany, Now York?a lawyor by profession? a liiout. Colonel of a regiment of colored troops in tho war?afterwards Judge-AdVocate Goueral of this Mdii* . ?' j tmull I'. II DUl> uocy 1)0 know of our laws and customs?of our Blulutos and books of reports? of that complicated systom of Equity and Common Law jurisdiction which has been matured by the labors, and illustrated by tbo learning and abilities of our legal sages? Who is Judge lir'v'l. Mi.jV,r, Sole-! mon Lufayetto Iloge ? An Ouioau? a sprig of tho law?with only two year's pracLico?a gallant oapiain ol volunteers?a Judge Advocato of General Scott's appointment?a mere youth, without knowledge, and without experience?yet he is to sit in judgement upon learned barristers who have grown gray iu tbo heated conflicts of tho forum. Truly tie namo of our State is no longer South Carolina?but Ichabod ?"the glory is departed." Mass Meeting of tjie -Democracy. ?lam requostod by Captain Kdw. L. Parker, Chairman of Spocial Committee, to exlond to the Democratic Clubs of Abbeville District a cordial invitation to meet tho Domocracy of Anderson, Piokons, Oconee and Crooi:ville, at Andorson C. 11., on Wednesday, tho 10th of August instant. J. S. COTilJKAN, Chairman of Convonticn of Delegates. -?%? ? KQv. Wo learn that an excellent dinner waa givon by tbo colored Democrats of Mt. Carmel to their white mends on Saturday last, at which addresses wore made by tho Uov. O. T. l'orchor, and by James Bryan, colored. There was a large crowd of blacks and whitOB present on tho occasion, and tbo day passed olF very pleasantly and harmoniously. Wo direct attention to tho card of Mr. J. N. I3olcher, who has openod his Livery Siafolos at tho corner of Washington street. lio has good saddle horses, singlo and doable buggies, and all tho appliances of a first class livery stable. "Wo commend bim to tho patronago of our irionds. We regret to loarn that the burn oi our esteemed fellow citizon, Dr. J. S. lloid, was struck .by lightning on Monday last, set ou fire and consumed, together with a .quantity of f<pddcr. Tho horses, in-an adjacent stable were removed without injury. agy* Thos. P. Walker, poroner fur Rinhlanil ! > 1 ? * - ?~ ^,g?.ivV| in iv\ny lo a loitor from the now AttQrivoy General, refusos to vaeate his ofiieo?denies that Chamberlain is Attornoy Gor.oral? that Richland is a County?and propuses to make ihe question logally. Mr. J. J. Cunningham annouK announces his withdrawal from our a<'. vorrisinjf columns for the present. -l]e will Btill be found at No. 2 White'h Block, ready tojsorvo 4ii* customers wilto anything in the dry goods on grocery lines, at the Jowest prices. ttgk. Tho Demooratio Club met an usual on Satuiday evening lask ^jnd was entertained with an interesting and eloquent address from Hon. T. C. lVrrin. On next Saturday evening, one or more addresses muy be e&peolod. . .. 7 ty t - - ' ZSjf'/A great taitTticaiioh meeting of the nomination of Sayrttour and Blair was belt! ia Aiken, on the 4th ,_JU - .... ? ? -J in*i., ac wntoti Wener'al Hampton and Others delivered speeches. ^ grand ratific^tion raeeting of tbe Democracy, is tobo held at KJge field 0. fi on 2d Sepreiuber. lUfr* The Sheriff's olSce in E Jgofiold ' Drttriot, & C., bne bebA robbed of ' ' >' *'r * . . * * - " j. * '? J. - S3 '#j. txt _ ggg ggggaa??i bj?lll. a Seymour's Letior of Acccptance. . NbW Yokk, Augusts.?Seymour hris ^ written a letter formally accosting the nomhiHtion by the Democratic Convention. He ?avs it was unsought and uncxpccted, but be was caught uj? by the overwhelming tide which is bearing the country on to a grunt political change, and lie finds himrelf unable to rvsist its jiressiire. The resolutions adopted ,hy the 'Convention accord with his views. I lie delayed a lormal acceptance lSntil the' adjournment of Congress, (or tlio purpose peeing vrliat light tlw jtclion of Congress ' would throw upon the interests of tbo J Country. Tlio Congressional party uot ^ only allied itself with military power , which in to bo brought to bear directly ^ upon tho elections in nmny of the States, ^ but holds itself in perpetual session, with tlio avowed purpose of making such laws * km it shall fti-o fit, iu view of the olectiou ' I soon to tal<e"placo. Nover'beforehas Con? irons taken a tnouHciiii? attitudu towards elections. Under the influence of Congress, eomo of the" States are proponing to dopriro the citizens of the right to votu for Presidential electors : thereby the first hold has been taken to destroy tlio right cf suffrage. He refers to the demand of tax-gatherers. Says men aro admitted representatives of soino of tho Southern ' States with declarations upon their lips that they cannot live in tho Stales they t claim to represent, without military protection. They owe their seats to the ' disorder at the South ; and thsit vory fact pioinpts thorn to keep it in anarchy. Id vain tho wine.-t Republicans protest against this policy There in hardly an ablo man who helped to build the Republican organization, who has not within the past three years, warnod it against excesses, while many havo boon driven from its ranks. Personally tho Presidential oflice has no attractions for him. During this war ho had givnu iGOOO commissions to oflicors of the army, Rnd kuew they demand the Union they fought for. The Iwrgest meeting oT these gallant soldiers ever held endorsed tho ac lion of the Convention. lie does not doubt that there will be a triumph which will bring back peace and prosperity to our land, and givft once more tho blessing of ftise, economical and govern- 1 uicut. 1 I , LEGISLATURE. The Legislature has now boon now ner.i a month in Session and not a single bill has yet passed both housos. AY hi I oat tho expenses bavo already amounted to aboul ( *40,00. , Iu the Senate, a resolution calling for a bill to provide for buldiug muncipul elections at iu eatly day was adopted. The bill auiboriziug tbo Governor to borrow $125,000, to moot Suto neeesai- , ties, paesed. Tbo bill making Appropriations, gives $70,000 for the legislature, $40,000 lor contingencies, and $20,000 for dieting pris oners. . j In tbo House, the bill t o define tbo iuria- , diction and regulate the practice of Probate , Courts, waa pa^ed. Also the bill to de- i termine and set out dower. j Tbe following joint resolution was iu> | trodticed: i ReRolved, That a joint Committee of | Three from each lloiiae be appointed, to , inquire and report what amount of land ( hes been sold for taxes and purchased by | sheriff, for and on account of the Statu, | and in the name and credit of the State, t and those soM under orders of General i Caubv :* ami tlmt tl"> 1 # r .wu vviuimaoiuu UJ ( empowered to extend their inquiries aud ( assertain what amount of public lands bo- i longing to tho State aro now in tlio bands | ol private parties, and atao to inquire what , in the number of acres on which the taxes ( have not been paiil, since 1861, and tbe < amount of the taxes duo by virturo of tbe f non payment of such by tbe owners. ; In the House] Wbipper introduced a < bill to declare vacant all oflicas, except ; Bucb as was fi led by tho election of 14ih, < 15th and lGtb April, and 2d June, and s to Mayors, Aldgrmeta, Intondcnts ana i Wardens. elected'under chartered termi. I Tho bill to organizo Circuit Courts .was i read n socond time and passed. It estab. i li&hes eight circuits. Tho equity business i is to bo transferred to tbe Court nf ilnm mon Pleas. I The Committee on Privileges and E'ec t tions- made a report on the cat?o of the t Anderson dwlegHles, Tlie committee, say c th?t a largo number of affidavits warotal>en t and thoy wore unable to coino to any con-< ' elusion, ns to whether (ho incumbents or r lite contestants wese most entitled to the s 61?fits. They, thert-fore roccommeud that*a v new writ of election be'ordered." The re? a port was riipde tho speoiul order for Thttrfi- i day. <? "' '** ' v The Judiciary Committee reported on c the bill proposing to invalidate all sales c innde-during the war of property of minors or of loyal persOus, who' were absent from ths limits of the so called Con federate States r The committee reccommetided that tile- l#il) r be indefinitely postponed find tlie report 11 jras adopted, but subsequently reconsidered and laid it on the table in order that the ^ bill might be jajtcn up hereafter. m ' ; > U ' r- ^*** -v " * AVe cordially endorse the views Bl oi Col. Aiken and the writer of the ? article-from tho Courier aa to the ne> m cessity of agricultural organization. \\ Let oar.piantere aot promptly '7n tie (\ matter, and -appoint an early-day fb* \y aflfaottog an organization. Why not c| meet aa4. organize on Salon! ay next. ^ Combine ?gri6uU?ro and- polities^ and. make the DemoGr<rtia<eliriA the (] baefs of a new rf?rganizatU>|l. Irtt bft tl bear from \fae. pH^te^' ' k ;%v" *' '* ; ' i '< v * a FOIC. THK AJJBRVH.LRPKR9B. - | COKK?UORY, Aug. 4? 1808. _ Dfar Lcfi.?A few days since I.clipped rom the Charleston Courier the enclosed irticle, which |>loa*e publish. Iu sugges- , ions nre mailers of vital importance to jouihern planters, fend appear to be enirely feasible. Why nhould not associaions of planters be organized " throughout be South, in every county, and a* this vriter suggest*, in every beat, for llio pur>o*>o of posting themselves and the world villi accurate and positive information as o the condition of the crops of cotton and Jtain from seed time till harvest f What ilauter in Abbeville District did not lose nonoy last year from the sudden decline m otton, caused by the publications from ITniikuedom and England, that the South vould made over 300,000 bales of cotton ? t Had we boon organized rs this writer sug- i jesta, wo would have known what wero 1 be xvanta of the world and could have < >roporly estimated tbe valuaof those wants, i md priced-our cotton accordingly. Such tn organization nood but a beginning, and md why should it not begin iu Abbeville | District. ' Tl T . ? _ _ . _ -?* i lit", uvt?, give us pianiers a Burring up; ?all through your columns to tncot some , lay at the Court House for such a purpose; mibhizen it, not in one corner, nor on four fourth page, but on half your sheet, is some of yonr energetic merchants do ivhon they appeal to us planters thus? 'Don't Forget" we have "Just Opened' mr " New Spring Goods" in the "Cash House" of our " New Firm," &c. I say smblazeit on your first page in this mei:a?tilo style, that it behooves the planters ,o organize, org.uiizo, organize, not politically but agriculturally ; not that they nay control labor, but that they set a vrIuo upoa the fruits of their labor ; not .hey may enslave others, but that they mny enrich themselves, llelp the plaoiors, for they help you. Call them together, they wi.l coine. And let us try tliis fall to put a ball in motion that will roll over the whole Soui.li before the 1st January, 'G'.), and enable us l>y that time to reap for this impoverished land a harvest of gain that will cause a smile to pass over the wrinkled faces of our despondeut plat.lers. T commend this Article to our planters, Snd call upon Uiem to meet together at an sttily day to take incipient steps towards L-onsummnting some of ita wieo sugges-. tiona. Will you not stir thorn up. Yours, truly, D. WYAT AIKEN. Mesbur Editors.?Soino month or two go, a nuinlx-r of the cotton Merchants, factors auil brokers of this cil v. mot to-f?oth - I - J * o ar, as lias beun their cuatoru for masy years, to estimate the colton crop of last year; nnd with the lights beforo tboni, ibey differed some three hundred and fifty thousaud bales, in tboir estimate of a crop uow pretty well ascertained to be less than two aud a quarter million of bales. It is somewhat remarknblo that whilst ihere is no commodity which .exercises ft greater influence upon tbo material interests of the comnrcrcial world, than our great Southern staple, thcro is jet so much uncertainty during tbo entire period of its growt, and even, aa we have observed, for mouths after it had ceased ' to grow, mil the greater part has been sent to markot, as to the probable yield ol the years jrop. Depending as it does 60 much on .hat most fickle of all things, the weather; iiible to so many casualties and catastrothiee, from Beed time to harvest; a certain amount of doubt apd uncertainty is nci'Unt to ita culturo. Sensitive, moreover, to the mere rumor of political dis.urbance, and subject consequently to /ast fluctuations 111 value, it assumes a 'earful control over our material interests Mid at limes invests itself with on irresistible fascination, tempting to its danger>ur embrace, not unfreqimtly, only to destroy. Tho question very naturally presents itself, can it be the interest of agriculture or couimeice, that suoh frequent ind ioft.cn violent fluctuations in price, ihould characterize the staple ? With its lcknowleeged influence, does this not rise to the dignity of a great question of political economy, worthy the earnest coniteration of our. Chambers of Commerce ind Boards of ?Trade, our inlelliigeut Merchants, and more than all, our planters. It is but the repetition of a thread- . );?ro truicin to sayrthat cnpitolia over shy >f hazardous enterprises ; llinc its opera ions nre based .upon well established tavys I >r ht Jeaat upon a reasonable degree of < :ert?iuty j ibat it Appreciate %thea maxim : I 1 Ubi'jus inccrtum ibi jus nullumAgieultural invostinonts, therefore will preeut little tooiplaliou to ^foreign capital, ' vbtin involved iu bo much .of duubt and ! >nd uncertainty. The iutorQsta of. comnerc? are likewise are best subserved ' ?heo its returns are most sure, and its i ompensatioo, even though small most ' prtain. ! W boh last fall the accumulated evils of I gcce&aive rains, negfigeat culture, and the avages of the caterpillar, had crushed tlie { eviving hope?.of our planters, the erro- ( ip.oua foieign ?stiroat?* of a crop of three itilliona bales, gtrlk prices litre to a point ( ?r below the cost of production; bad wo ^ oftsesMd accurate. information of the ex* j Bnt of tb? drop, Mid deficfiocjr of siipply^ ' rbo doubts thai njillions would have bead *ved to tbe South, as the legitimate .re- 8 rard of Jier prodoetiva energies; bad 1 j^ankltt board or recognised atffborj beenl prepared to send out ite well hu- * ^enticaitd. <Drcdlatst who would have eeo so bit&i ^ to *Ai* Uitt?i.|(o Mao- x beitor cooRrmnig their false estimates P f three mmibitJbalas ? j^eri?kifcd^l5of the latitude of a 'oiumbla, in thifc* State, which is about ti ni ?nlrd toJt of the shpH botfon Vegion fj Illirtfotm you that carta* bloom a(W?o *' L < v . ?'/ ' " i . "V " V . 4 ;* r ? . -.<* V ,lio twentieth of September, ?? a general ule do not' mature ; so an approxmate estimate of tbo crop could Lo made ^ 0011 nftrr this period, but by . the first of rmiiinry when tbe contingencies of the >f tbo 8e.iHoii8 aro p?Rt, tbo pperntions of be caterpillar nnd boll worm are known n tbo greater part of tbe crop gathered, t would seem by intelligent -organization | ind energy to be entirely practicable to iscertain and anuouuee with authority, a nucb Dearer approach to tbe extent of >f tbe crop than by the process heretofore idopted four or fivo months later. L*t here be organization then, in every cuton growing State, iu .every country, in >very beat, let prompt and reliable in for- L nation be furnished of the number of teres and quality of the land planted, of .lie quantity and comparative fidelity of die labour ; of the growth maturity and pield ?>f the crops, and this will soon become tbe source of reliable information, instead of spinners circulars, issued from Now York, or Lowell, or Liverpeol. The planter must comprehend the interest he lias, in giving prompt and true reports. The truth id what is needed to secure permanence of value, arid proper compensation ot his labor. Cottoo he must plant, certainly not cotton only, but this the world requires, and the South will uot havo attained her grnnd climacteric until she furnUlies her golden fleece in every variety of iiMnufaclured fabric. But of ibid some other tune. AU RE VOIR. Publio Meeting of "Contoravillo" aa?0'Uuioa' Democratic Clubs, at Union Academy, August 1, 1808. Al uii rnrlv hour on the morning of the 1st, a large anil intelligent aiidiriice wua assembled cn tlio Academy gruunds to participate in the joint meeting of the CentervilU and Union Democratic Clubs. The beauty and chivnlry of ilie land had assembled to witness a galu day in the annal* of the Old Academy. Capt. llngli llubinson wai called to the chuir, nnd Joseph F. Ulack requested to act ns Secretary. The chairman rt-quoetcd Dr. G. F. Steifor to etate the object of the meeting, which lie did in bid neiiul clear an<l conprchensive inunner> nnd concluding hia remarks, introduced Capt. J. 8. Cothran, ol Abbeville, to tin nu-iience. This staunch and patriotic member of the. "unlcrrified democracy " held the enihusiustio audience entranced for two hours, eliciting uubmtud<.d applause, and creatine aa iudollibl? irrprcosjon the tniuds of pll present. ! Toward the close of his address, he mnde o fee 1 ilip and eluijnont allusion to the heroic dead, whose aires who seated befuro jiim. The unbidden tear, and the hoari-wailing of those venerable men, testified to the de?*|> and atom emotion excited by Hie eloquent romnrkii of the noble apeuker, and plainly evinced that those who died lor Southern liberty were alill fondly remembered in tlieir chilhood's home. In tho hea-ts of thoie who knew them, are they still cherished?more enduring thau gilded mausoleum, or poliahed marble elialt. At the cluaa of Capt. Coihraa's remark*, Mr. Thomas Crawford waacalled upon, anil gallantly responded, lie paid a splendid oonipliinen' to lh* citixeua reaident near Union Academy, and hi? remarks, addresaed to the frtedmeu present, were calculated to impress upou them a due sense of thoir obligutious to the honest wliite men of the coDutry, and to show them the depravity existing iu the rauke of the now dominant party. Joaaph F. Hlaok was now called upon, aud at the concluuon of his remarks, a reoeas of one nour wis announced, to permit 111* nicmIdag* to partik* of the eubstantial viands prepared for the occasion. On th* termination of tlio time specified, th* chairman again oalled the meeting to order. The audience vm introduced to Mr. John Enright, of AbbetilU?n ton of the " Emerald Isle," and une whose devotion to the " Ould Country," justly entitles him to exclaim, "Erin Mavourneeu," " Erin go bragh." ili? remark* wer* chiefly directed,lo th* freedmcn, and hi* luoid oxphinutiomi, freely illustrated with Scriptural quotations, had a very beneficial effect upon his auditors. Hi* bold deuuncialions ot the domestic traitor* in our ruidat brought forth hearty applnusa from his bearers. Next oame Mr. M. C. Holderbv, of North Caroliu*, who, iu an elegant manner, described the politicnl cpuditiou of the "Old North State," and. nnnfixUH ia ^11 ** ... j'lcokui iu give en< ir un?li idrd 8ii|i|inil to the uomineea of the New York Convention. The roll* were now culled, and addition* were made lo the ineinlinmliip of- each club.' DeleKate* from each cltibwera appointed to meet the District Central Committee, at Abbeville C. H -, on the 3d pros. Bctolvrd. That the proceedings of tbie meeting be inserted in the A4rt>pvil1e papers. IllKiH JtOBINSON, Chairman. Jostrn F. Black, fcecrutnry. A letter from Louisiana say a the freedmen realise their obligations. They have ceased to liope for the donation of land ihhI mules. Telegram* from a number of localities in Ihe States of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, with two or t4uee e\cep? lionf>, aiinounco t^e crops of small grain u. |/ivwuuiiiuu, uvui in quality ana (juftn* Lily, and coru never looked belter. A new asteroid baa been discovored, [n tbr?e days, July 13, 14, 15, died in , New York 250 persons from suostroko. i 203 died l.ast week in St. Louis. Washington,. Sesatb.?-After some ] unimportant bitB:ness the House bill for reorganizip'g Virginia, Mississippi and | Fexaa camo up and was placed ^on tbe | Speakers t^bld aa too itnpprtaut to be re- i ferred to a committee. < Hodbb.?-A bill requiring that. in. fu.ure grants of railroad lands glutII be sold. ^ >nly to actual setters was passed, ^ A resolution was passed providing for ixemption from tbe penalties of tbe Tax fl >ill for tweuty day?rj\^ it will take that j ong for its official promulgation. f dift, Prince, Edwards and -Gove were, eated as representatives fron^ Georgians? a Florida member. i On the impeachment resolutions; which? fare i^foYredto the ju<ftoifcr^' Committee ' Jakev; Inge'reol end Spfculding Voted with ^ lie dtjmcrtrMa-^-ad vertefjf * to ? fttw im- * eachnienL < " v 8 G. E. Spenser baa taken bis seat m sen- " tor from Alabama,* Tite political dixnbili- ? e? of Gtmeral' Yoonfc of'(Wgiii/ and"J. r .Brown, of lfMta<&jr, AwJ tlrffon o f LouMam l?av? been fbtftolei. ' . -T 4 ; Y.^ m f J1. JI w* I, 1. @11191 TO INFORM ADD THE m TT 1 m ?- - ? ? - Hi AT HE IIA 8 B. ADVERTISING G< * * W MI AND CAN EE Fi WHITE'S Auguet 8, 18G8, 1G, If Tub. 1'ankrupt ?Aut.?Tliit? Hot aa is ?.1 -- -r T 1 anon iit CAJ'ITUU VII IIIO 1^1 Ol d UIIP, BUQ now by action of congress has been extended to llie first of January, 1800. Mr. FYelinghnyacu called it up in tbe Senate, (having previously passed in the Ilouse) when it was passed. Thus another period is offorded tbe unfortunate debtor, and that there are many who will avail themselves of it we have uo doubt. The following is the text : A bill to amend "An Act, to establish a uniform eastern of Oankruplcy throughout the United States," approved March 2 1867, lie it enacted, See. That tlio provisions of second clause of the thirty-third section of said Act shall not apply to the casus ol proceedings in bankruptcy commenced pri? or the fTrttt day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and the time during, which the operation of the provisions of said clause is postpoued shall he extended until said "first, day of Jannary, eighieen hundred and sixly-r.ine. Aud said elauso is hereby ap amended as to read ae follows : In ull proceedings in bankruptcy commenced afler the first day of January eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, no discharge shall be granted to a debtor whoSte Hsbeats shall not be equal to fifty per centum of tbc claims proved against his estate upon which he shall be liable as the principal debtor, unless the assent in writing of a majority io uuinbor and value of bis creditors to whom he shall have become liable as principal debtor, and who shall have proved their claim?, be filed io the case at or before the time of the bearing of the application for discharge. Sergeant Bates has published. a volume entitled "Sergeant Bates' Triumphal March," ^containing an account of his unmolested ^trip from Vickiburg to Washington, alone unarmed, bearing the Uuited Slates Sag. The orange crop in Florida is unusually -promising, and bas been generally engaged at $20 a thousand. Other tropical fruits are growing finely. There aro at* prsent seventeen lines of steamers (making 1,3 22 vuyages por annum) between England aud America. Cheering- ?rom Nkw York.?We arc permitted to make the following brief but very interesting extract from a private letter addressed to a gentleman of this place, by tbo Secretary of the Young Mon's D_emocr?tio Association in the New Yujk city. It speaks clearly an J cheerily : "Cheer up I when New York aud the other great Northern States speAk in November, you SHALL be delivered from negro rule. The work goes bravely on hero. New York Ciiy will give 70,000 aud the State 75,000 majority.?New York Herald. * A correspondent of the World . gives ma muai cneoring account 01 Ilia JJoinocratio campaign in Illinois. The meeting* are largo and the enthusiasm intense. At a recent meeting in Mdunt Veruon, on the 18rh ult., more turned out than have assembled collectively at every .Grant meeting held in th^State.* I( these indications' continue, Illinois will give - Seymour and Blair 40,000 majority, and elect nine out of fourteen Congressmen. Private despatches intimate 8 Democratic majority iu Kentucky of from 50000 to 70,000. LatkR.?Returns from all part* of Kentucky' show irmnense inorease of Demooratic majorities, and falling off of the radicals, Stevenson's majority will [uobftbty reach 60,000. In Louhville, Stevenson received 8/244, aud (be radical >ppo/ienc 4ya. The radicals triad another, rally irfEJiooklyn on Thursday- flight.' A Giant lag raising at tlr? post office was thj prove:aiioh.' The attendance wan ?lini and the peeches so leanthat the .party organ ony gave the affair three lines - the nGxt norning.-. " .V ' ; , , s ' " ! The General of the. armies 'has r?cpro? nended- the remission ?>f the remainder f the sentences, i and tlie release from mprisonment of all persons sow in c<iti> neraent, uuder th? sentenoss' of military | ommissions organized uudec thtf. Keeon* ( Unction, /.cts.of Ooftgren^io the States ] 9 which aaid Acts have ceased to b* opt rative. . > . k *ir b? ?4 n - nL?* 1 9C9* * MW v Mivyw Mb?i?ua yuui t WRHj *t^jire?nv51!o; ] wrnum A.H7 IS HIS FRIENDS PUBLIC, ETIRED PBOM TIIE OLTJMS OF THE DUN!) AT Nfl. * ? V* i BLOCK. -i 1 II 1 1. 1 ? ? " . 'i ? 1 >. Professor Stoddard*, of- Miami Uni?_ vcrsly, says tho recent hot weather u~r, i?i ? " - ~ - - u(id i uu iiif jmruuei at uxiortl, Ubio, for twcnty-tlireo yoara. On tho 14tU tho moroury reached ono hundred and one degrees, and tho avorago for olovon days, at two P. AL, watt ovor ninety-11 vo dofiroos, ' HPJX. A bill is now pending bel'oro tho Logittlature, vacating all ofiscos iu ' South Carolina, oxcopt thoae fillod by tho lato elections. I i I The political disabilities of ,ex*Ov Tornor i Orr have been" removed, lie has gouo to i Arkansas and Iowa. r ! The President ha* oalled uo special.sot* sion of the Senate, and raauy important offices aro left vacaut. A bill has been introduced in the Georgia Legislature to-'eeuact the Staylaw. Governor Smith baa vetoed the bill fix? ing the pay of members at eight dolUr* J per day. with forty cents mileage, od the ground that the pay is exorbitant, and not. in proportion to the money ia the treasury. Several caeeB of cholera bare occurred ia Now Yoik and three deaths from il. Caterpillars and rains are making sad havoc among the cotton crops of Florid**. The Cincinnati Chronicle says: Grant ua U. S. Grant's will be every patriots prayer Mr. Davis snd family sailed ou Saiurdajt from Quebec for Europe. Congress has adjourned to meet on the third Monday in September. Bu'tiinore has beeu visited by a heavy and difastrous flood, destroying many lives, as well as much valuable property. VVasiunqton, July 30.?The State Department has issued to the Russian Minister a treasury check for $7,200,000 in gold, which closes the Alaska purchase. Montgomery, July 30.?In the Senate a bill was discussed to puuiah the Ku-KluxKlnu and to suppress all their publications. Columdia, S. C.? The Legislature every hour shows signs of conservatism. N?? groes suspecting the white Radicals rot una to be led- The proposition to pay tha wife of kuxluxed member $500, was voted down indignantly. Tiie coloured loaders My that they are determined to represent the people and not the party. Three-fifths of tbe Legislature will favour an educational qualification, should the proposition be made. <- Moderation seems to be the order oi tbe day. Troops in ihe District of Columbia are <o concentrate at Lincoln depot, and are to be reinforced by Dupont's Light Battery of the 5th Artillery. The alleged object of concentration is- to form a complete school ui luetrucuun. The Post office report for the year ending Juno 30, 1863, shows a deficiency or $8,000,000. Tbe Democratic lorchligbTprbcassion in Columbia on tbe. 28th was a grand affair. There was music, barttiers, transparencies, torchlights, rockets, blue lights hurrab-iogs, speeches and Best of all a bury of.the prut? tyest girls in tbe Union.' A gentleman tried to count them, but their beauty so dazled his eyes that he bad to give it up* There was a shooting fray hMely in Augusta at which several. persons were badly wounded. The other Moses has been elected Chief Justice of South Carolina, v K?ropene explosion, in several places. Be careful and use a pure article. Ll'L-L L.i. L ! ! II 1^ " HIJ+ B T AITW ??VI ?r ?~ - v * ? J'iJC. IB The following named persons liar* freight in thft-Depot at Abbtfill*: > H S Kerr, W*b Mara 4 ?a, .A Morrtu,' Bradley A Widafloap, T C Perrlp.T 8ia?e. . Ezpr<u*-? 8 A T Bak'r, J. A T?lm?dgs( Mrs F M Mitchell, H S Kerr, Misa 8 Jones, FW Conner, J ,A Tliomsou, Mrs W M Jony. Ma] D. T Sims, Rev A G ffarma'n, " W (irifftn, Mr?r Jas Martin, Charles. 6 ml lb; *Mr*-Wm\R Mathews, W C Gray, J H Thee*, O hark* .D R. KONDfcEY. Ag't. -t ? i _' . '\ > r niii M fl i i B i ffl LltlHl 911DU < j* "'J." .. . v- >* - f . AT , - a . v \ j. ABBEVILLE O. H; ? ON the ooroer. of-W abinglon will ba fopn.l,' S A POLE HORSES, 8INO I,K iurf 1>UUUL& BUGOt ES,' witter *Uu?nt DRIVERS, al moderate ratea, . J. N< tillMi .i > - vtftjhr v.: -A-gent. Atoji'ir v * ' Jo ""' ' tr . ' , I