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GENERAL NEWS.
From the Charleston Mercury.
Richmond, May 13.?The United
States Court was packed this morning
and a military guard Tpaajstationed
around it and a strong^police inside."
About twenty ladies were among the
spectators, also fifty negroes. At *11
o'clock, Mr. Davis was brought in
and took a scat next to the prisoner's
box with General Burton and -the
- Marshal. A servaut accompanied
him. Mr. Davis sitting by an open
window remarked, "It is a little cold
is'nt it?" and he was then removed
to a seat near his counsel in front of
the Judge. General Burton's return
to the writ was read and the Judge
complimented him oh obeying the
laws, and relieved him of the custody
of Mr. Davis. The Marshal immediately
served a bench warrant on
Mr. Davis to answer the. Norfolk indictment.
O'Connor spoke of Mr.
Davis' long imprisonment and feeble
health, arv.Lasked that he be bailed.There
being no opposition upon the
part of the prosecution who "fixed the
bail at $100,000, the Judge an
nounced his readiness to accept t.'ie
bail, stating at the same time, that
responsibility of the delay in bringing
Mr. Davis' case into court, rested
upon the government, not upon the
District Attorney. . He also said that
half of the bail should be given by
? --persons residing in the State of Virginia.
The sureties then came for'
ward, Horace Greeley being' among
the first, followed by Schell, of New
York; Jackman, of Philadelphia; and
others..-' A number of gentlemen,
residing in Virginia, offered their
names as bail. Mr. Davis was congratulated
by several friends, but
there was no demonstration or noise
of any kind. After giving bail to appear
at the November term of the
'. court, he was taken in a coach to the
Spots wood Hotel.
As Mr. Davis came out of the Court
House and entered the carriage, after
? his release, there was a loud cheer
from the crowd of negroes outside,
: and about fifty cf them gathered
around the coach and shook hands
with him. He has remained quietly
in his hotel all the evening. He will
visit Canada in a day or two to lee
T-?
' his cuuureu.
The first name signed to the bail
bond after that of Jefferson Davis is
Horace Greeley, then Scliell, of New
. York, and Jackman, of Philadelphia.
A little lower down is the name of
John Minor Botts. The Virginia
residents who signed were prominent
citizens of Richmond, merchants and
lawyers. There seems to be a general
feeling of relief among the citizens
and authorities that Mr. Davis is at
last at liberty. It is stated that the
grand jury has indicted Vice-President
John . C. Breckenridge, Judge
II. W. Thomas, of Fairfax, and four
others, for treason.
Richmond, May 13.?It was de.
cided to-day by those having Jefferson
Davis in tneir immediate charge,
that he should be conveyed to the
. t. "A/mi na nvlvnt aIv at: nnssihlfi.
WU1 I 1 VJUi UU W.y ^vvv.?.?r j
In the hack with him were General
" . jBurton, Dr. Copper, and Major McV.ISlrath,
and in the other hack were
Captain Millard, who was a Union
officer during the war and is now one
of the courteous proprietors of the
Sporfctwood Hotel, and Dr. M<;Gill
and the Rev. Dr. - Minegerode. On
the return to the Spotswood Hotel,
Rev. Dr. Minegerode, in the company
of Mr. Davis and his family and a
few personal friends, offered up prayer
in thankfulness for the release of his
friend and his restoration to the bosom
of his friends and family, and for hi3
future protection. A large number
of visitors were afterwards received
by him. The following telegram was
was received by Judge .Underwood
in the court room to-daya short
time before he admitted Mr. Davis
to bail:' "Washington, May 13?
ATfii Y*A nf nimo.
-UUQ.^5 UIIUtTWUUU A>gn?isvi v_? ?
ley. Remember Libby Prison, Andersonville,
and Belle Isle. _ Fifty
millions arc looking on and expect
you to do your duty, while three hundred
thousand patriots' graves cry
aloud for revenge.. Your friends."
Jefferson Davis, on his release, telegraphed
his brother Joseph C. Davis,
in Mississippi, the fact, and informed
him he would write from New lrork.
Mr. Davis and wife visited .the grave
of their son this evening late at HollyWood
Cemetery.
Deluge in Wilmington?The
Tlood.?But once or twice within the
recollection of the oldest citizens has
onr <Jity been visited with such a del*
' A as inundated the streets yestcrTt
may be truly said that the
of Heaven were opened
flood-gates oted teids Bu(. the
upon our ' -ere rejoicing in the
^TofXsun^nd^terdaj:
gemal r?, ed the ey(f, For
what a scene^ ^ , gear's the
the first tine i? |a9 en(j??.
property of our eit bjectcd t0
g?-ed by adeluge,^ of drains atid
injury from the overflo ,the city
gutters. Every portion v'-.~
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bears marks of the general devastation,
and the repair of the streets
alone seems a Herculean task.
The store of Messrs. Stolter & Bremer,
corner of Market and Second,
streets, was waist deeja jn-jva'ter^durhig~oiiexportitfn
of the day, caused
by.the closing of the drain in the lot
adjoining by trash and barrels,which
floated to its mouth and there interrupted
the passage of the water. The
extent of the injury sustained by
these gentlemen we arc told is great,
their loss reaching several hundred
dollars. The preiuesis in this locality
were also inunhatcd, and the
basements of the buildings filled with
water. In every quarter is damage
apparent, and in all parts of the city
are the effects of the inundation 'observable.
Many of the stores on Yv ater-street
served for the time being,
as a passage for life water, seeking
its way to the river after having overflowed
its usual boundaries.
I WiL.Dispatch, May y. .
Active Emigration from Ireland.?The
emigration from the
South of Ireland has already set in
k)n an extensive scale. In tho second
week of April one thousand emigrants*
all of whom were persons of
some means,-left Queens town for the
United States, and the- Cork Herald
says tha-t berths have been secured
in the out-going Ininan steamers b f\
one thousand andthreejhundred others.
From Km*y aJsa-the^cxodus has been
very great, and nearly all the southern
counties have suffered more or lessfrom
the same cause. The great emigration
has already crippled farming
operations in the South of Ireland to
a serious extent. The Herald remarks:
With, the present enhanced
prices of labor it-will be difficult for
farmers to. struggles on without a reduction
in their rents, which in mo'st
instances have been based on a low
SLauuu.ru vi HMgw.
Texas.?Gen. Griffin has issnccfan
order forbidding ex-Confederates in
Texas to sit on juries. ' .TheHouston
Telegraph says:'
The truth is, trial - by jury in this
State, either in civil or criminal cases,
is now in the hands of the blacks
almost entirely There are hardly
enough white men in the State who
can honestly take the test oatli to
make a grand jury for a Curcuit
Court. More than half the blacks
cannot honestly take it. Not only
will most of our jurymen be blacks,
but many of the blacks are themselves
shut out. .
I A Sole.mtst scexi:^r-xoat<>i^ttjbeing
the anniversary of the Ladies'
Memorial Association, the ladies visited
the ccmetary and church buryin
g-gr tun ds, and silently and solemnly
decorated the graves of those who
fell in the lost cause." There was
no pompor display", of addresses; but
simply-a quiet discharge of agacred
duty. The flowers that'-were strewn
upon the graves of the fallen soldiers
will .wither and die, but thn remembrance
of the worthy dead can never
be erased from the hearts of our countrvmpn.
Tim ladies were their true
I friends wlien tlicy were in the tented
field, and it is the ladies who now
pay the honors due the soldier-dead.
' Col. Phoenix. May 11.
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Old Kaintucjc.?The Louisville)
Courier says, among the other ques-1
tions settled by the people .of Kentucky;
last Saturday, at the polls,
was that concerning the proscription
! of men for their'antecedents. Hereafter
no one is to be banned merely
| because of his action or sympathy
with the Confederats cause during
the late calamitous war. Both wings
of the opposition insisted upon that
test, and tlie.'people of the State have
entered their protest by an overwhelming
majority.
Tiie Wesleyans in England.?
The Sunday schools of the "Wcsleyan
denomination in England are receiving
increased attention. The last
educational report shows a total of
more than 5-13,000 children in the
schools, the number haying increased
by 127,000 during the past ten years;
whilst in the same period the church
members, now numbering 331,000,
have increased by 07,000.
Pu T.nn letter savs that some
-LilU utuuai v iv j ?
Southern planters i.'ave purchased
land in the District of Champinas*
and are attracting the attention of
the Brazillians by using the plough
and other implements, and the dealers
in- these articles are driving a j
brisk trade. Those Americans who !
settled on the coast South of Rio
have erected saw-mills, and are now
supplying the Rio market with excellent
timber.
Jerusalem.?The British counsul
at Jerusalem erports that the population
of that city in 1866, was 18,000,
of whom about 5000 were Mohammedans,
8000 Jews and the remainder
Christians of various denominations.'
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Two lines of telegraph-cbnnect Jem-,,
salem with Europe. "The chief native
industry is.tbe' manufacture of soap
and what is called Jerusalem ware,
.consisting of chaplets, crucifixes crosses
and the like, made principally of
mother-of-pearl and olive wood, and
sold to the pilgrims who annually repair
to the Holy City to the number
of from 6000 to 8000. The principal
imports from England are cotton and
colonial goods. Of the former, some
three or four hundred bales, of the
value of from <?16,000 to <?20,000
are imported annually.
The Abolition or Slavery in
Brazil.?A cable dispatch to the
New York Herald from Rib Janeiro,"
by way .of London, announces that
slavery has been abolished i:j the empire
of Brazil by an imperial decree
of Don Pedro II. The -decree provides
that all children born within the
limits of the empire after the 8th day
of April last shall be absolutely free,
by birth, and that in a period of
twenty years thereafter slavery and
involuntary servitude shall forever
1 "RivitJI lvnrl n. nnnnln,- I
tion of 7,077,800, of which it was
estimated that 2,000,000 were whites,
1,121,000 mixed free people, 800,000
civilized Indians, 600,000 mixed slave
population, and 2,000,000 blacks, or
African slaves.
Heavy Failure in Havana.?
The special correspondent of the NewYork
Times writes the following in a
lct-tter dated April 27?th: .
The long expected financial crash
and failures auiong the merchants and
planters are about' commencing. In
my last I informed you of the failure
of the largo'provision house of Lopez.
Trapaga & Co.,. and now the list lias
been swelled 'by the failure of the
merchant and planter, J. A. S. Argudin,
well known in the United States.
Mi;. Santa Cruz dc Ovedo, whose,
"diamond wedding" created such an
excitement several years ago, has
made an arrangement with his creditors
for about 4250,000 which lie was
unable t'vpay,, but lie has been enabled
to make the necessary arrangements
to prevent him from becoming
bankrupt. Several more failures arc
expected within a few days and things
look yery squally. This ?catc of afairs,
the general stagnation in every
branch of business and the new tax
law, make commercial operations very
f* -1
difficult, as there is no commence
among the merchants.
Qualifications of Voters in
New York?Distinctions on Ac-.
-eorrrr or Color.?The New York.
Tribune, which hasfbecn instrumental
in forcing unqualified negro suffrage
on the South on Friday states as follows
the conditions of suffrage in the
State-of New York: The qualifications
of white voters arc that they
shall be twenty-one years of age, and
citizens^f the United States for at
least ten days, and residents of the
1 State for a year-next proceeding the
election; of the county four months;
and of the election district thirty days.
Colored men, besides" fulfilling these
requirements, must have been citizens
of the State for the last three years,
and he posessod of a freehold estate
worth $250, over and above all debts
and incumbrances charged thereon,
and have paid taxes on the same.?
But no one can vote who has been
j convicted of an infamous crime (unless
I subsequently pardoned;) who is dircct!
lv interested in anv bet or wager
upon the election; tvIio took part in
or encouraged the rebellion; who deserted
from the military service, or
who left the State to avoid the draft.
Singular Dream of a Young Lady.?The
daughter of M. Edwardr
i White, on Ilarnden street, whose remarkable
illness was mentioned in the
Express two or three days since, spoke
) and received nourishment yesterday
for the first time in the last twentyone
days. We learn from the esteemed
minister, who has been in
constant attendance upon her, that
she expressed herself as having been
perfectly sensible of all that passed,
around her during her illness. She
mentioned several scenes and events
that occurred at the bedside, which,"
at the time, were of painful interest
to her, though she was unable in any
way to express, or even intimate her
recognizance of them. This is one
of the most remarkable cases that has
ever occurred in this community.
Pet. Ex.
When Mary the wife of William
Prince of Orange was asked what
she intended her husband should be
if she became Queen, she answered.
" A.11 rule and authority shall be vested
in him." There is but one command
which I wish him* to obey; and
that is Husbands, love your wives.
For myself, I shall follow the injunction,
Wives, be obedient to your husbands
in all things.
There are twelve thousand colored
i sehools in the South. I
THE JOTBNAJL
~ Tl?"rsday, May 16, 1867.
Registration.
. We publish in another place the registration
order of Gen. Sickles, announcing
that on and after the third Monday
in July next ho will proceed to
register the voters of South Carolina in
accordance with tho reconstruction laws
adopted at the late Congress.
Tho importance of every voter regis-'
tering his name cannot.bo too strongly
impressed' upon our people. It will
not do to sacrifice the right to vote, in
obedienco to a sentiment of disgust and
indignation, which many entertain at
the requirements of those, laws. Our
people uro conquerod aud have no
rights but at tho will of tlio conqueror.
We must accept his terms and adhere
the more tenaciously.to the limited,
rights s'ecui-cd'to us under those terms,,
because they are all-that are leffc?to ns,
and must form tho basis of any restoration
of our liberties, possible in the
future. Tho class of our people excluded
from the registration for parti ipa
tion. in the war, is not large. Judicial,
legislative and executive officers who
embraced the cause of t'io South and
followed her fortunes voluntarily, alone
can bo excluded. The' opinion of theAttorney
General, at Washington, who
has-this mattor now under consideration,
may. still further rcsvticj^his exclusion.
Let" it bo'as wide as it may,
the number .excluded- in South Carolifrom
this cause, will bo inconsiderable.
Thoso * who aro excluded will not
bo without their influence in the
elections. It would' not bo unreasonable
to suppose that each ono of
them may- turn at least one vote, by
ihe force ofliisopinions. It is no hopeless
struggle upon which wo enter. The
thing to. bo accomplished is to break
down .the attempt now being mode, to
separate- the two races. If wo enter
tho .contest in the spirit of peace, and
use the weapons of truth and justice,
wo m ust'succeed.
There is nothing moro certain than
that neither raco can prosper if justice
is denied to either. Let justico to the
full extent of existing laws be done,
and harmony, security and prosperity
in V?n? fvnin. On fVio nt.llfir
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hand, if prejudice and passion rule the
day, a common ruin will involve the
land, from which will emerge but one
race of people, from M^ne to Texas.
Wa_cannot suppose under the prpvidenco
ofGod, that any such doom awaits
us and therefore, we are. for entering
upon this scheme of reconstruction heartily,
hopefully^ fearlessly. "We annex
the remarks of the Charleston Mercury
on this subject:
"The whole frame work of our State
organization and ovory right in,the community
is involved in the action taken
by our citizens in this business, and it
I requires no reflection .to arrive at the
vital importance of every one registering
\jlio is entitled to vote. For weal or
for woe, for conservation or for Radical
rain, this matter is going to docido
the fate of our people. If ruined, they
are to have a voice and hand in their
destruction, and either apathy or timid
apd hopeless time-serving will accomplish
the end of making ".lie country
unendurable?without security fur life
or property, and with a disgusting and
degradiug war of races. It is incumbent
.?x- xi 1:..~
UpOH US 10 rise WJ tue ie.iu/.iuiun ui uui
true position; to understand the dfficulties
and dangers by which wc arc
surrounded, and to shape our course
with wisdom and discretion, no less
; than with courage, fidelity to ourselves,
and the vigor and energy-of a community
striving for existence?for every
interest, and every right, and every
hope, which makes life valuable. However
unpleasant and humiliating the
the dirty work of canvassing and electioneering,
it cannot ho avoided, and
must bo done. Wo have faith to believe
that the people of tfto State will
do their part honestly and actively,
with a manly patienco and good sense.
The State can and will be -saved from
tho Radical inundation and overthrow
which otherwise is likely to prevail over
our rights, property and civilisation.
In this givat impending emergency
South Carolina expects every man to
do his duty No good citizen \v o can
voto should fail to register; and wo
trust that such men will be appointed
to conduct the registry that no suspicion
of party trickery or foul play can
possibly rast on the results of the ballot
boxes. This seems clearly the intention
of General Sickle's order."
Convention, or no Convention.
Governor Perry lias publishod a lotter
in his worst stylo and worst tomper,
urging the people of the State, to voto
against a convention.- We can sympathize
with andifully comprehend the bittfer
disappointment and all its train of
irritation?,'suffered by this gentleman
at having. snatched from Iris grasp, in
the very piomont' of their fruition, the
luscious Harvest of his labors and his
hopes. But ; how can Mr.. Peer v fail
to see in the political doctrines .of the
day, consolidation and universal ;suf-:i
frage, the logical-sequenceof the idels '/
which placed him so long, so ho'nesily
and so fearlessly, in opposition to the
old South Carolina Democracy.
But ^vo liavo to do with the future
and not the past. Hr Perry says that -,
we are led by our fears of confiscation, j
to adopt a policy which will lead to-,
confiscation and the suiTOudor of the j~
Stato Government into tllo hands of tho |
negro race. Wo think thero is no {
reason to .fear confiscation in,eithertontingoiicy.
CongTcss has not the
powor to confiscate lands,- nor has aStato
or a people under tho constitution.
Article Fifth of thcr amendments
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or mo constitution ox x t cu, ueciares.
tliat no person shall be deprived of life,
liberty or property, -without duo process
of law. So long as we remain undortho
military law of conquest, to which
permanent condition Mr. Pjjunr would
consign us by his counsels, we'are npt
under the .constitution and not; protected
by its provisions, but the- moment
we enter into a ntate government , legally
authorized, tho.. mantlo of its protection
is thrown over us, and no person
can bo deprived of. Jiis. life, liberty or.
property, but by due process-of. law.
It is f r this protection, that wo en:-';
tor earnestly upon tlie work -of reconstruction,
on the only terms accorded us:'
Upon a conviction of treason, , it is. true/
tho property' of the few unpakdon^d
rebels in the State, might bo- forfeitedto
tho United Sta'es, foi-tbe lives of-the
offenders, but this would hardly be sufficient
to excite the cupidity of the lawless
in a reconstructed Stato, while the
readiest way to iacito to tho prosecution
of such cases, would bo to a 'opt the
contumacious course proscribed by Governor
Pf.hry. Now, if Mr. Pkhut. has
any reasonable ground to hope that the
State can bo -carried at tbe next elec
tion against a Convention, how .much
more reason is there for hoping, as .wo
do, that we can carry the election'for members
of a convention upon a sound
and safe platform, which will secure a
just and moderate constitution and. government,
offering due protection to all
the people of "the" State. Mr. Perky
twits the quondam secessionists with
leading off in favor of a convention.?
AYe accept the imputation, and thank
him for the valuable testimony he thus
bears, to the wisdom and moderation
of that long-suffering and much reviled
people?of whom some "day. it'will be
said " those are thoy who com9 out of
great tribulation." '
I? cleave cf Mr. Davis. ,f _i.
AYe have tho gratification of aniioun- .
cing to our readers tho welcome, in-,
tolligcnee of the release of Hon. Je?- |
ferson' Davis on bail?after two long
years of a cruel and unjust imprisonment?tho
particulars of which, will bo
round in another column.
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A Hew Trial.
Tho Court of appeal; ha3 granted
a new trial to J Irs. M.\i:c.varr Klckr..vni),
ami lior two so.is, Powklt. and
MdR.in Tvinicr.anr> couvictccl of murder
at the Into term of our Court of
General Sessions and Common Pleas.
They have been brought back to Camden'and
are now in Jail.
A Ivlean Thie? .
On Saturday night or Sunday morning
last, a man calling himself Capt.
G.\inks, and hailing from North Carolina,
stole amnio from Col .Wm. Dixon,
of Liberty Hill of this District,
took it a few miles below Camden
and on Monday last, sold it to "Washington*
Anckcji, an honest, industrious
frcedman, for one hundred dollars in
gold, and a silver watch valued at thirty
dollars, thus robbing tho poor man
of the last dollar he possessed-a sum
saved perhaps, from years of toil and ,
r> i iy 11: 4.1., n. ....... I
irugaiity. snun^ uw muw u.u.>w
said Ixo intended taking tltc cars for
Sumter, whero ho hail demands for
tlio two other mules lie had sold, but
tho probability is that he took some
other route. Uo carried with him an
army saddle and bridlo. Gainks is
described as about five feet seven inches
in height, light sandy hair, blue
eyes and florid complexion, and has a
slight scar extending from the forehead
to near the right eye. A reward
of fifty dollars is offered for his arrest.
Editors in this State and North Carolina
will confer a favor on a worthy
man by giving tho rascal a passing notice.
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Public Meeting'.
A meeting ctf firs' citizens of-the Towtf
of Camden, regardless of color, was"
hold on Saturday evening the 11 th
inst., at the colored Baptist Church,
the object of. it being to discuss inxun .
informal way, the political condition, of f ;;
our . common - and to ;. take
friendly coun s el together as tpr what' .
cptfraeitJib.eh'oo'Yes usgns"good^atizions'
to' pursue, .finder. the circumstances.- .
Though theTa'otice j^iv.en had, been so" ,
brief that the meeting might almost bef i
considered an ex tempore,one, the (Jhurcnr 1; *
was filiod with an assehiblage. of'both v
6exe3. ; '
; Joiix'A, Cnnsycr briefly, hut 'perti-r'
nently defiued the object of the* meeting>
Capti Sjlmdel Place,.o? tho'Freedmea'ffv '
Bureau, whose fair and impartial con-' .
duct towhrds^//the citizens of the Dis-^
twet.'dimm* .the hasfc vear.-has elicited^ l:'-"
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praises pf. all, tfesj^addresseid ".thtf
audience iri tis usual happy and forcible
manner,. proving*.-*conclusively dn*y \
ring the'couxso of his reumrks, that*'v; :'
the interest c^oiKi^jBLaro^ identical,
ian.4-att4hjrt is neceSsary for our ooEw^'/aSiff.;
friends to do, , is to practice honesty and
industry, and afiain education in bider '
to fit themselves to assume their proper,
position as free citizens'of. a. free coun-..
+ry ' ' ' u'
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Brief addresses were.; aftervvards;de- '; .
liveredliy Dr,.D. L. Des-iussuue, X' k. \
>WiThEnspoos, J. A. "SCHIIOCK; . "W-' E
.TrrnxEu, Jonx a; 'Chessst,- Bev. Bet.
Lawsox, 5ley. AfoxROK-BoTKra' and others,
' in Tvhich,'-as was to be expecte^!,^*
?onie\ slight diversity of opinioir^wtis I 'v'v.
expressed,-' yet . aU argued that no r ^v,' .',':' ground
for antagonism existed 'between -
us, and 'that; it" was thbduty of all .to:
" . si's*. . ' .:
work together with the.yiew of/restor/
ing prosperity :tb this imj?ver^ed5^^.
section of our country/ 'The remarks' ;4 v
of the Eev.'Be>\ LawSoh. -wereiparticu^, '
la'rly appropriate. Ho has tho;happy "
tadenfc, possessed ;by '6b few,/speakera)
ofr carrying his. audience: along withv
him, and is a striking eiridbneb'of tlie -/ '.1
e-w.t +Vn fvh AWdrnATi h.avf> mnlv to oh- .
taineducation to enable fljein td make "7 '<
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their mark, high, and * to' attain, to. .if! > ;'!.% *
Excelsior should be their motto. . ^
The meeting -was a most harmonious-. ,r' ;
one, and doubtless has had a good ef- >? :
feet ill dissipating many^ a groundless
prejudice which e:ristcd in the minds of .,V.
both races towards eacli other. S. ^
' .Dismissed*
^ The petition "ofcGeorgia; praying for : ;
an injunction against tlie execution of
the-Reconstruction: Acts, has been diemissed
by the. ^uprcme. Court, Dn the
alledged :grbun|-or wantof j urisdiction.
The Mississipph'jetition which is said
to <fover the AihadSas case of Treasury
seizure, -is - yet to be argued; It will .
jcrdbfthly.-.^di^b^od^of in the same wov.
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CoLxfkiJUj .S. C., Iftiy 10, 1867.
^jfitfvBDfxba.:*' Believing that the
"friends of the Bible in this S.tate should
know -what tho American Bible Society
has done, during the past two years,
for the spread of the Holy Scriptures
in South Carolina, permit to make the
following brief" statement through tho
columns of the Camden Journal.
By tho request of tho Bible Societies,
Bible committees and reliable voluntary
distributers in tho various districts,
the Board of Managers ofthg American
Biblo Society, through my instrumentality,
sent into South Carolina,
donations of Bibles and Testaments for
tho year ending April 1st, 186G, 18,078
volumes, value $7,021.-16 ; and for
the year ending April 1st 18G7, 24,585
volumes, valuo $10,505.49.
Applications for donations of the
scriptures continue to bo received by
mo every month by persons in the various
Districts, for distribution among
needy whites and frecdmcn who caa
read.
As it is the earnest desire of the
American Bible Society that every destitute
persons in South Carolina, who
can read, irrespective of color, should
possess a copy of the word of God, the
society is prepared to supply all Bible
onmalioo onfl mic*?r*nciT?1o_ noTsnna in
this State with donations of Biblea and
Testaments for distribution. Those reneeding
books for distribution, must,
apply to me as State Agent at Columbia,
S. C., and it will afford me pleas-,
ure to endorse all requests for books .
and to forward them to the Bible House
at New York. Applications for books
must reach me before the middle of
each month, so that they may be for*
warded to the Bible House in time before
the meeting of the Board of Managers
which takes place on the first
Thursday, iu every month. All busir
ness v connected with the America^
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