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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.
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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
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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.} ,
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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*
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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.
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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.
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ZSjf'/A great taitTticaiioh meeting
of the nomination of Sayrttour and
Blair was belt! ia Aiken, on the 4th
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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
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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
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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
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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 '
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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
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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
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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
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,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
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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.
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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 ' ; , ,
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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. . > .
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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.
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The political disabilities of ,ex*Ov Tornor
i Orr have been" removed, lie has gouo to
i Arkansas and Iowa.
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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.
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freight in thft-Depot at Abbtfill*: > H
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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*
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