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The iircat Issue.
Private advices from New York (says the
Mercury) assure us that ?here is a pause in
pnb?c feeling on the subject of Southon*; re
construction. The Herald is still marching
on towards a Conservative policy, and the
masse- begin to feel that the column of Radi
cal relorm is now threatening the North as it
long threatened .the South. The following
leader appears ia the New York Heraldo!
Snturda)* :
Thc great national issue which will over
shadow all other.* in our coining Fall elections
in the Northern States will be the issue of ne
gro supremacy hereafter i:i our national af
ftirs, through a Southern negro political bal
aree of power, contemplated and broadly
? iresjhadowed in the Congressional programme
o! Southern reconstruction. Thu Republican
party, from Abraham Lincoln's election to
thu Presidency down to this scheme cf u
transfer of political power iu the S-util from
thc white to the black race, has been sustained
by th-; almost unbroken voice of the North
ern States in all its measures; first, for the
.suppression of tho rebellion, and next, fir the
reorganization of the rebe! States on the basis
o( universal liberty. But ia this bold and
.dangerous scheme of putting thc Southen
p .lineal bala .cu of power ever our uatiutia
ullairs ia the hand'of the blacks; just released
.Iron* th; darkness and demoralization of ne
gro slavery, it strikes us that only in anotli
lotui thu Republicans am making the s?me
l-lal mistake which was made by the lat
National Dem .crecy when they attempted to
perpetuate thc reign of the Southeru slave
holding oligarchy, with ?htir laws, deen
::nd dogmas for the perpetuation and ex;en
sion o! shivery itself.
Thi-> is but the swinging pf the pendulum
from one extreme to thc other-it is steerin
Lum Scylla to Charybdis. .What peace
harmony can we hope for in exchanging the c
insolent rule of the late three hundred thou [
sand Southern slaveholders fjr the rule of ,c
live hundred thousand Southern negroes who 1
but yesterday were slaves and the descendant^ 11
td ignorant slaves for hundreds of years? ^
The experiment involves an outrage upon t? e 1
enlightened public opinion of tue Northern c
Stales which will surely il *.-et with a decisive
rebuke. "
We cannot doubt that this desperate expe- *
riment of negro supremacy will be emphati- I
cally condemned by the voice of New York in *
our coming November election. A change c
ol eight or ten thousand votes in the six hun c
Jrcd and odd thousands of this great Com- c
monweftlth is but a bagatelle ; bid it will suf
fice to revolutionize (he State. Upon thi
broad and distinct question of negro suprema- 1
cy, however, we may look fjr a change ol ?
thirty, lorty or fifty thousand, ,.s compared 1
with the figures of our last November elec
lion. In Ohio, with Yallandighaia and his | '
obnoxious copperhead notions again in th
foreground, there rs but a gloomy prospect
for the opposition elements. They catt, ot be
combined on Yallindigbam or under Vallan- I
digham. But iii Pennsylvania they have a I
very fair prospect of anticipatiug in October
the inevitable November reaction in New
York. Upon this question we expect a po
litical reaction in the North this Fall which
will enforce some atteution and respect from
Congress. It is to the people that wc look
:br a rescue ; for while the laws stand as they
are President Johnson can do very little to
.stay their operation, however great thc num.- | f
Lor of removals and changes he may make
We look to thc people for a reaction arabs
this perilous scheme fur fastening upon the
country a controlling negro political balance
of power.
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COMMITTED TO JAIL.-A youngman by the
name of John P. May was arrested and
lodged in jail at this place on Saturday last,
charged with having poisoned two cf his
?Aeogbildreu-one about threand the other
about eleven years of ?gc. Suspicion wan
excited by the two children dying suddenly,
and the date of their deith being near to
gethcr. and fcc other reasons. Accordingly, at
the instance of the friends of the deceased
children, their bodies were disinterred, and
?heir stomachs examined by a board of phy
sicians, and an inquest held. On examination
tn the ctomachs of thc children, the physi
cians wera satisfied that they died ?rom
strychnine; and the coroner's jury, after hav
ing examined a number of witnesses, com
mitted May to jail to await hi* trial. Wheth
er the strychnine was givn: thc children by
the stepfather with the ?mention of poisoning
thom, or by mistake, is a matter to be deter
minad hereafter, and lest we FhouH prejudice
the pub?;.? against the unfortunate prisoner,
we forbear further comment, preferring to
give him the benefit of ihe maxim in law
chat every marr is presumed to be innocent
until proved otherwise upon furmal trial.
Laurensville (S. C.) Herald.
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Ho.v. H. S. FOOTE SEXT TO JAIL.-NASH
VILLE, August 20-Mr. W. Wetmore, former
ly a prominent citizen hire, was arraigned be
fore Rocordcr Foster to-day for lewdness.
Hon. Henry S. Foote appeared as hi? counsel,
-md got into an altercation ol words with
roster, who had fined him several times be
fore for cor.'.einpt, and finally ordered him to
be senttojaii for thirty days.
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Ar.r.EST KOK TREASONABLE UTTERANCES.
On Monda)- last our young friend Emery
Merriown, brother of Judge Merrimon, was
arrested by the military under the charge of j
having uttered treasonable language t-ome
days before. We have not heard what the
exact larguais was, but understand that he
had said in a p litical discussion ''there was
no government in the United States,"-Ash
ville (N. C.) News.
SUDDEN* *D?:ATU IN A Cnuacrt.-We are
pained to announce the sudden death of Mrs.
Aimar, which took place yesterday morning
tn St. Patrick's Church, where she was at
tending carly ma3*. Several physicians were
called in, but they could do nothing to arrest
the blow, aud the spirit departed to thc God
who gave it. The disease was appoplcxy and
the stroke as sudden as it wus fatal.-Charles
ton.News, H'th.
THE RIGHT WAY TO SERVJ* THEM_The
Selma Ti m ex sajs: "A certain young gen
tleman emissary, from Yankeedo-n, pas'cd
through the county of Anson, a. ?hort time
since, vending tickets oi certificates to the
negroes, which he told them would entitle
each bolder to forty acres of laud. He sold
a large number to the negroes along his route
si tiffy cents each. The negroes, however,
r",efc/>initig assured that they had been ewin
.tiled, pursued the scoundrel, overtook him,
made bim refund the money with an addition
al fifty ceo?3 in each caso, and then drew his
>ihirf, when th&f proceeded to administer
?t severo flogging 'epon his back. This
dorie, they allowed him Lo go on his way re
joicing."
? ?
It is flated that a gentleman living lg
Greece county, Ala, he* offered bia entire crop of
?om for thirty-five cent? a buibol in the field;
Mad, it is ?aid, that tay amount of corn eas be
?agaged ia csB+bnks Ttpou at fifty casi* *
Washington News and Rumors.
WASHINGTON*, August 24, p. m_On proper
medical recommendations thc President has
suspended the ordrr assigning Thomas to tho
command of the Fifth District and Sheridan
will remain in command until relieved proba
bly by Gen. Hancock. Geo. Thomas is trou
bled with the liver complaint.
The President will use his powers to ex
haustion .in support of hi?; dignity and au
thority before the Supremo Court.
The pressure on the President for Cabinet
changes is increasing.
Thc following is represented as the con
clusion of Gen. Sickles' argument, supporting
his Order No. 10: "If the United States
Courts in the rebel States bo allowed to con
trol the military authority, the execution of
the Reconstruction acts will, for obvious rea
sons, soon become impossible. Some of these
Courts will begin by declaring the acts of
Congress void."
Th? followine statement in relation to Gen
era' Sickles' Order No. 10, and Executive or
der" thereupon, will correct a current misap
prehension. On the I4:h instant the instruc
tions sent to General Sickles, excepting Uni
ted States Courts from military orders, were
susjended until his report and views upon
the mutter could be received. On the 17ih
the jommauding offieer of Wilmington re
ported tlat the Attorney Genend Ind in
structed the Marshal of North Carolina to
proceed to enforce the execution of U. S.
Courts, threatening prosecution against per
sons preventing him. Instructions were is
sued to Colonel Frank by General Sickles not
to permit the order of any Court to bo en
forced in violation" of existing orders, and
to report fully ?DOD cases pending. These
occurrences having been reported to the. War
Department the instructions originally sent
to General Sickles have been-withdrawn.
"LEO," the Washington correspondent of|
the Charleston Courier, &ays :
The rumor of the day is, that the Cabinet
crisis is deferred. If it be postponed till Con
gress meet, it will not occur at all. Presi
lent Pierce, about the time of his repudiation
by the Democratic Nation*] Convention, as
the nominee for the next term, began to be
President, and took some important and dc
-.isive steps in public affair*. So, some of his
friends here declare now that ho did not begin
.0 pl-.y President till after he was discarded
for the succession. President Johnson is
?ardly thought of yet as a candidate for the
lext term. He may be flittered with the idea
that the people will take him up on the score
)f his merits.
Has not Gcn-ral Pope made a high bid for
he Presidency ? He has shot a long way
ihead of the bo* Jest aspirant in the land.
iVliO among all the chiefs of the Radical part
?as gone to the same length with him ? Pos
sibly Congress may come up to his mark. If |
io we must have a new reconstruction scheme
jased on his ideas.
General Pope's letter to General Grant,
ihowing the hopelessness of reconstruction
n his District, produced much sensation here
J emeral Grant docs not sympathize in such
dews. Greeley is right. General Grant
loes not go with the Radical extremists of ]
Congress. General Pope is thc newest can
didate of the Radical cxt.-emists for the Pres
.lency. Ho would no doubt accept the office,
ind consider it as his just due. But General
j rant has not yet come to the conclusion that
ie is either fit for the place or that he will
:onsent to fill it.
The politics cf this country have always re
'olved around the Presidency. It will be so
igain. Thc Radical policy of Congress may
>e lost sight of in presence of the pverpow
?ring question of the next Presidenc}'. Dem
or?is and Radicals may be confused by this
[uestion, and find themselves united fur a
:oramon policy.
The annunciation of the removal of Gen
iral Sheridan from the command of the 5th
District cr.-ates little or r.o sensation. It has
;een so long talked of that it interests no one.
Politicians had "discounted the effect" of
hat movement, as they say in Wall-street,
ong ago. It has the less significance, for the
?eason that the successor of Gen. Sheridan is
)f the same political party. General Thomas
vas selected and preferred for the post by the
President for thc very reason that it made no
)olitical change, and the measure therefore
eferred to no political object. Gen. Thomas
s not obuoxious to the Conservatives, though
n politics he ranks with the Radicals. Heis
?ot unpopular in Virginia, which is his native
state, and where he has many relatives. On
he whole, the change does not seem to be
rery odious to the Radicals. Gen. Thomas
las been spoken of as ene of their candidates
br the Presidency. He will bc their candi
late before Gen. Sheridan will be, uotwith
?tanding the wild predictions of Horace's, of
he New York Tribune. There is a great
lifference between a man with power and the
?ame man wi.hout power, and Secretary Stan
;on is no exception to this rule. The suspend
:d Secretary may be commended but not neg
ected. In a country of thirty millions of
jeople no one man will ever be missed. A
thange of the President's Cabiuet to-morrow,
tould it be effected in accordance with his
Trishes, would not make a nine day's wonder.
The President has manifested lately an am
jition to be President lor a while. He has
jeen so nominally, but not in effect. He
vould like to change thc barren sceptre for a
ittle Executive power. Ile feels more com
brtable aud independent and self possessed
low since he has got rid of Stanton and
?nubbed Shoridan, than he has heretofore
felt since his accession.
From tho Charleston Courier.
Camion.
It is with great regret that I find myself |
unstrained to warn the public against Rev.
IVilliam Fulier, a deaf mute, who claims to
je a Bantist minister, and who, as such, hat
mposer? upon some of our leading ministers
ind mon intelligent communities. His con
luct ia Charleston has been of such a char
icter as to warrant the conviction that he is
leither a minister nor a I hristian. He car
des with him testimonials bearing the signa
tures of Mtssrs. Gwaltney, Sams, and Zealy.
[n the name of these honored clergymen, I
respectfully request any person to whom these
-Tcdentials may be submitted, to destroy
hem, as having been secured under false
pretences. Mr. Fuller is unchaste and in
traperate.
E. T. WINKLER.
RAVAGES OF- THK COTTON WORM-DIS
COURAGING PROSPECTS FOR THE PLANTEOS.
The following aie extracts from a private
ettci received by a gentleman in New York
?ty:
RICHUOSD, TEXAS, August 7-Since my
ast ray worst forebodings have become stem
.ealties. Within the last ten dayo every
Jotton leaf in every field in this county
Tort Bend Co.), and the adjoining counties,
is far as we have heard, has been swept off
iy the dreaded Cotton worm At least 15,
)0? baies of Cotton that had been made by
>ur planters in this county alone, by untold
?ffbris and by tbe exercise of a perseverance
md patience almost superhuman, have been,
n this short space of time and by this little
^significant insect, swept out of existence.
Our people were poor ; they attempted to
.aise.this crop under greater embarrassments
man I can describe; they expended their
ast available dollar on tbe hazard of suceied
ng, and liko tho womout voyager who is
wrecked in sight of port, destroyed in thc
/erv realization of his hopes, all is lost !
Yesterday a planter called on mo, who
??aid ten days ago, that he counted on saving
300 bales of Cotton-now he thought it im
possible to save more than 10 bales. Ho
:-ame to ask my permission to gather moss
ff the trees on my land. Ho hope?, by *hip
ping it to the mattrc?s-makers, to make
enough to support his family. His is no ex
ceptional cat-o. Such are the times here. J
told him to gather moss and'live.
J. S. SULLIVAN.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.-Every State in thc
tsorth to which it has ever been submitted
oas voted it down. Connecticut voted it
lown last year by G,00() majority ; New York
?otpd it down in lSGU by 140,000 majority;
illinois roted it down ic 1862 by l?K'.OU? ma
jority. In Pencoylvacia and in Indiana no
party has the courage Lo submit it. Ohio will
vote it down this fall by a large majohl/?
Qiw&oti Bernau
THE ADVERTISER
JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28, 1807.
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Fan for the Multitude.
On Thursday night, tho 29th, oar Amature
Minstrels will givo another of their inimitable
entertainments, at which it is confidently expected
everybody will be in attendance. As will be seen
by the Programme in another column the entire
performance consists of New Songs, New Plays
New Burlesques ; in fact, the whole leane- will
be one of Novelty and Originality, and an exu
berance of mirth-provoking laughter. It will bc
in truth, a really splendid evenings entertain
ment. Let nono foil to bs present. Thoso who
do will most assuredly regret it. The ohject of
these young men is praiseworthy, and indepe?
dent of their merit as musicians and comedians,
which is highly creditable, all who are charitably
inclined, and havo the good of the community at
heart, should encourage them with their presence
and smiles on Thursday evening.
Registration.
The peoplo of this vicinity will boar in mind
that Wednesday and Thursday, the 2Sth and 29tb,
the Board of Registers will be in this placo. Turn
out, and register, all ye who have tho privilege.
We havo not been able as yet to get the result
of Registration at any of the precincts in this
District. We hope the Chairmen of the differont
Boards will givo us the returns in their respective
Kogiinunts in time for our next issue.
Un tho subject of registration, wc beg to call
attention to tho following from tho Yorkville
Enquirer':
WHY NOT REGISTER?-If any whito mnn, hav
ing the right to register, has one soliiary reason,
bvtter than a fool's reason, why he should not
register, we thould be glad to hear it, or to hear
of iu
If you wish to carry out Mr. Perry's policy, or
to oppose it, equally, you must register. If you
are conservative-democratic-radical-negro
dog-OT devil-in order to carry out your policy,
you must first register.
Prentice, of tho Louisville Journal, says :
"Beforo wc would employ in ourbusinoss, or piit
nciic ia our business, any man, white or black,
who shou'd vote to disfranchise us and rob us of
all civil rights, wo would aak thnt our head should
bo choppel off and cant upon a dunghill." Every
man feels the same way.
An Excellent Vegetable.
Maj. G. A. ADDISON has laid on our tablo a
tremendous Egg-Plant,-and we aro under many
tilunk ? to him for this kind remembrance of his
Adcertiter friends. Maj. A., we are told, gener
ally " bangs" out Buncombo in the way of choice
Vegetables-which, by the woy, is quite a com
pliment to his horticultural skill,-but when it
comes to the culture of the Egg-Plant, he " bangs"
out creation. His modus operandi of raising this
most delicious esculent would bc a public favor,
and we hereby call on him for iL Again we thank
you, Major.
Thc First Bale at Augusta.
Stephen D. Heard, Esq., received at his ware
house the first new bale of cotton that has come
to this city this scsson. It is classed a good
style of strict middling, weighs five hundred fifty
pounds; 'was raised in Chamber county, Alabama,
and purchased by Mr. H. F. Russell at 30 cents
per pound. So says the Constitutionalist ol the
25th.
Au Abomination.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMKS, of Boston, like
many other sensible people, has a decided aver
sion to long dresses, and expresses his sentiments
iu reference to this filthy fashion-to ?ay tho lear^
of it-in the following words :
But confound the make-believe women we have
turned loose iu onr streets, where do they como
from ? Not out of Boston parlors, I trust. Why,
there isn't a beast or bird that would dreg its tail
through tho dirt in thc way theso creatures do
their dresses. Because a Queen ora Duchess wears
long dresses on great occasion?, a maid of all
work or a factory girl thinks she must make her
self a nuisance by trailing through tic Streets,
picking up and carrying about with her-bah !
that's what I call gotting vulgarity into your
bones and marrow.
Show over dirt is the attribute of vulgar people.
If any mancan walk behind one of these wemen,
and see what she rakes up as sho goes, and not
fuel Fqucamish, ho has got a tough stomach. I
would not lot ono of them into my room without
sorviug thom as David did Saul at thc cave in tho
wilderness-cutoff her skirts.
Don't toll mo that k true lady ever sacrifices
tho duty of keeping all about hor sweet and clean,
to the wish of making a vulgar show. I doD't
believe it of a lady. There aro somo things th*t
no fashion has any right to touch, and cleanliness
is one of these things. It is an insult to n re
spectable laundress to carr j such thirgs into a
houso for her to deal with.
Thanks.
Mr. Ww. T. GOLDING, who has just returned
from Baltimore with alargo stock of Groceries,
has our thanks for u batch of late Richmond and
Baltimore papers.
The Black Republic.
The Now York Evening Express says : Keep an
eye, reador, on tho registry roturns ihat ore now
coming in from tho military dependencies-and
seo how completely thoso onco fair and prosper
ous States are being transformed, by the Radical',
into a Black Republic, compared with which,
Jamaica or Hayti will bo respectable.
The President to be Sustained.
Thu Washington correspondent of tho Charles
ton Courier says : " Whatever the President bas
dono or may do in opposition to tho ascendancy
of tho negr political power iu the South, will be
hailed with gratitude and satisfaction by tho
great conservative mass of thc North. The Radi
cal capitalists are but just beginning to open their
eyes to the new daggers threatening them."
Hard on King John.
Tho Louisville Courier takes a lick at King
John, of the Third Kingdom, and talk? " thusly :'i
Gen. John Popo has made his appearance in
politios. He knows less about that than he does
about war, and knows little about either. If he
will keep bis mouth shut but few people would
find oui how silly he is. His present expedition
into the realms of datcsinanship is about as great
a failure as his trip from Washington towards
Richmond. Then ho thought it would add to his
con-fort and security to get out of the South, and
he mudo rapid lime; now he thinks that the pro
cess of reconstruction would bo facilitated by
putting other poople out of the country. We im
agine that lila itiilesmanship will be regarded as
weak as his tactics, and that the one will make as
little impression upon tho country as the other
tactics did upon tho Confederates.
VAORANCT.-A whole family, consisting nf
four persons, a mother, two grown dau^htou and
a son about ten years of ago, belter known as
tho " Rail Road family," were oommittod to the
Guard House yesterday afternoon, on tho charge
of vagrancy Tho screams and conduct of the
females while in chargo of policeman Riley, on
their w*y to the lock up, attracted a considerable
crowd after them.-Charleston Courier.
If those in authority in this District,-the Pro
vost Court, the military in command, or th? civil
officers,-would dischargo their ?uty as they should,
we are confident " Vagrants," in the true accepta
tion of thp term, could bo gatherod up in this vi
cinity ; and suoh an enforcement of tho law, by
either civil or military authority, would be hailed
with satisfaction by all who are endeavoring to
make a living by honest industry. Whose duty
is it to oct in the premises ?
?i?f-Thad. Stevens is reported as becoming
alarmingly feohlo. How melancholy tho refla
tion !
Z3T There aro 138,984 widows in the State of
Kev York, being 93,180 more than thor* are-xrid
ewm> JWiii ?wis*iaytrt io itolafe vm. )
Correspondence of the Advertise
TICKERS DISTRICT, S. C., Aug. 15, li
" Breathes there a man with soul go des
Who ne'er to himself hath said,
Thit it my OK?, my native land."
From the Northern hills of Turkey Crc
tho chesnut groves of Anderson, along the G
wood route, every old field, as well as the
side, is gracod with a green sward, that is
usoful and ornamental. This is known a:
tho farmers as usild claver. It was first obsi
about ten years ago ; hut how it originate
one f cms to ho able to tell. This thrifty p
which is spreading over tho country liko ar
ernld carpet, is attracting much attention, an
planters aro exulting over it. Tmprimit,
rapidly exterminating, and taking tho pla
broom-sedge, " pigeon grass," and other ugl;
cresccnces of wcrn-out abandoned flolds. Ii
eren flourish boncath the shade of a pine orel
And jet it does not interfere at all with the
tivation of the land, as it readily succumbs t
hoe and plow. All stock, except hogs, an
tremely fond of it. . My pony kept stopping
wheeling around to snatch a mouthful,
othor clover, it is said to be slightly salivatii
horses. For cows it is the very thing,-eas
an increase of milk and batter, and ioipro
the quality. Hurrah for the wild clover. ]
may it wave, and wide may it spread. Who c
for broom straw, or bog weeds ?
Stopping awhile at Due West, Abbeville, I
pleased with the quiet boanty of the place. T
rural shades, and the healthy tone of society
vito to studious habits, and likewise to " heav
pensivo contemplation." Erskine College, si
ted herc, is again on thc highway to tuccess.
ante helium status, it is hoped, will soon be
gained. 1'or such a consummation, all the e
gy and administrative talent of many pious
learned men, bavo been brought into requisii
Would'nt it bo a good idea fur every Distric
establish a High School, like Erskine, whore
youth of tho land rni?ht be instructed and tr?i
under the sacred influences of Home The eec
my of such a system, as compared with the p
ent policy uf going abroad to school, would
cumulate mean* sufficient to make the tour of
United States, and Europe. The youDg mao b
ing been already educated, could then appree
travel. Confirmed in every good practice, ?
no distorted views of life he would dispense h
piness from a full heart, and lead the wa;
mansions "eternal in the Heavens !" This ii
Utopian dream ; it may one day be rcalixod
earnest co-operation in tho use of resources
available in each District of our beloved St;
After diligent inquiry, I can hear of but I
drouth smitten sections in the whole State, i
those arc not extensive. One is along up Ho
Creek to its source, and thence across the coun
by Lott's to Red Bank Church, and beyond ei
into Newberry. Tho other dry localities nr?
Laurens Di?tric?. With those exceptions,
parts of the country seem to bo teeming with
most exuberant crops. The prospect is allogetl
satisfactory. Some ray they bare seen nothi
like it in ten yean. As ono rides along the hi]
ways and byways, the very sight of tho corn s
cotton ii refreshing to the eye, and it would rn!
the heart of a Stoic dilate with cheerfulness a
gratitude. When I speak in glowing terms
the growbig crops, I only ocho the sentimonts
an overwhelming majority of tho people, w
whom I have oonversod. Let us be grateful a
true to the Great Giver of every good and peri
blessing.
During tho late war, the upper portion of c
Stato was never invaded. Some time after Le
surrender, however, one Gen. Brown did da
through the country, and many a horse and watc
und some gold and silver were carried away
his reckless follower?. But neither dwollinj
fences, nor mills were burned, and now to a eui
observer this wholo region presents the same i
peet as ia thc days of peace, and of Constitution
liberty. And notwithstanding the anguish oft
patt, and the present unsettled state of aflaii
the people evince a spirit that must conduct
the very summit of prosperity and greatnei
Qh ! wonderful elasticity of the human min
which adapts itsolf to every combination of ci
cauntances, and wiui a smilo from the stol
brow of Fate!
WALHALLA, C. S., Aug. 19th, 1867.
"Are not the mountains, waves and skier, a pa
of mo and of my soul,
As I of them ? Is not the love of these deep
my heart
With a puro passion ?"
Seated hero in tho "Glue Auf" Tavern at
window commanding a view of the tall, blue peal
of the Blue Ridge,-to say nothing of the pur
clear, cold water, or thc exhilarating brccr.es th
fan the eagle's home-I begin to feel almost ha|
py once more,-tingling in every vein, I recogni:
the glow of returning ecstasy. I'm almost Umptc
to intimato that I ought to be enviod a little li
tho cant-get away club. Now some member <
that highly respectable fraternity may be read
to growl out ?the following sentiment " Wei
well, every d-g bas bis day." But I might ti
tort by saying that I havo had a day and a m'y)
feasting and loafing, chatting and studying th
manners and customs of genuine Gormans. An
then I have just come down from tho mountai
tops where tho scenery is gloriously beautiful. T
the North, you might see a wild, irregular, an
yet sublime, grouping of crag, gorge, and heaven
reaching eminences. You gaze until the ey
aches With tho effort to tako in a panorama P
vast and diversified. Now the scene changes. 0
a sudden, a storm of wind and min, of lightninj
and thunder, sweeps through the narrow defiles
and across the gray cliffs. But the reign of tin
Tempest King is brief. A moment more, and yoi
aro transported with thc view of a rainbow ?pan
ning a lovely valley, rosling the extremities of iii
" bright arch" upon a brace of mountains, form
ing a bridge jcemingly fit for angels to croas from
one district of Puradiso to anotbor. On such ar
occason I love to lum my eye in the direction ol
Homo. What a picture of bill and ''ale, of farms
and villas, of forests and whitish vapors with ridgee
over-topping ridges utti' ' r lastuzuro wall seems
to weet and support the o' ..e of the sky! Again
and again, we survey the magnificent landscape.
The heart thrills with plo*sure indescribable. Ev
ery thing dull, or common-place,-all that ia sad or
sinful,-seems to have beon banished from Earth ;
tho inspiration of the moment becomes apart of cur
better nature, and we go back to ?.ho world to
labor with greater diligence and power, and with
holy purposes !
On Saturday last, I went to Tunnel Hill. Tak
ing u. hasty peep at the Western and Eastern por
tals, and also at each abaft, to the number of four
I suw much to make one feel sad and lonely. Eve
ry thiog pertaining to operations on the "Big
Tuuncl," is neglected, and fallen to decay. The
whole place waa ditmantied in 136(1. The powder
mill, located here, was stopped at the samo Mme.
Of all the busy throng congregated hero in 1S&8,
only two Irish families and one native nowremain*
These arc cultivating lots on the top of the moun"
tain, itnd haye u good corn crop. At the East end
of the tunnel, I fomnd a pic-nicparty in the pleni
tude of social enjoyment. Sumo were outside
viewing tho works of Art and Nature ; others
wero in tho cool twilight of the tunnel singlug,
anil listening to thc thrilling reverberation of their
own roices. I saw six ladies, who bad gone into
this Railway cavern to tho first shaft, a distance
of nearly one-fourth of a mile. When it became
necessary to quit work in 1359, ono of the con
tractors said that the Stump House tunnel could
be finished in eight months; but the Engineer in
charge averred that he could have it all done in
six months. Any way, the excavations yet to be
made are no serious obstado to tho completion of
the road,-especially with the present facilities of
tunnelling. The friends of the Blue Ridge Railroad
ar? still active a.ud hopeful. For the sake of hay
ing this great highway of commerce built ?tooee,
the old Company proposo to give away all tho
wo i that bas beon done with thia reservation:
that whenevor tho new Company shall realise
aeven per ct. on all their expenditures, then the
original Stockholders are to have an equal abare
in any profits over and above that per centum.
Here ia an inducement to invest, and thc holders
of United States Bonds will doubtless jump at the
chasco, so soon SJ oar OoTcmocntol problems j
^.Mtattsa. J
In 1349, Col. Joseph Grisbara, of Pickens, sold
about seventeen thousand acres of land to the
" German Colonisation Society," which consisted
of 47 members, all of whom wore living in Charles
ton at that time. Thu territory includes the site
of Walhalla and the High Falls of Little River
near the Court House Village. Mr. Brig.iman
built the first home in Walhalla. In the course
of five or six years, a large village had sprung up
in the bosom of a dense forest; besides quite a
number of farms wore occupied, and cultivated
with an eye to substantial improvements. German
gold and Gorman industry infused new life into
the old land. A good market was created, and
tra Jo of every kind was brisk and mutually profi
table. It is an intercstiug feet in this connection
that only one German has been sold out by the
Sheriff since the Town was located ! Present pop- J
ulation of Germans hereabouts is about fifteen
hundred. Of course, the war and the suspension
of work on tho Railroad pata stop to all this pro
gress. But Walhalla bax held her om remarkably
well, and sbe is quietly preparing for tho time
when the cars shall run through to Knoxville.
In view of what has beon accomplished in this
vicinity, I nm mere than ever convinced of tho
fact that our most direct way to a permanent
prosperity and political quietude, ia to transfer to
our shores, with Jut delay, the greatest possible
amount of European capital, and civilization.
This policy has developed the resourcos of the
North West, and it has nude New York city tho
wonder of tho world. Wo may profit by their
example. E. K.
Timely Warning.
The New York Nation, an ultra-radical paper,
warna the colored peoplo of tho South, and espe
cially those of Virginia, against thc suicidal poli
cy of banding themselvts into a party exclusively
against the whites, and suffering themselves "to
be kept in a constant ferment" ly a few white
mon, who are using them for their own profit and
advantage. And it tells them to remember that
whilst this game may succeed for a year or two.
it must in the end, recoil upon thoEo who aro
playing it ; for, says the Nation, there is scarcely
a State, except South Carolina, which can be con
trolled by tho colored vote alone far more than
two or threo years. Certainly Virginia is not one
of that class. The white voters will constitute a
majority whenever thoy choose to net together;
and they will probably increase far more rapidly
than the othors. Immigration will soon flow in
that direction ; and thii, of course, will bo exclu- I
sivcly IT h ito, and in great part un. ric:; ?ly to tho
colored people." This is the warning not of j
11 rebels" or " seeonh," but of a warm, devoted
friond to tho radical party, and thc power of the
colored race.
f3>* Tho New York Day Dook six j i : "A South
ern paper praises the consistency of Thad. Stevens
for declaring, as be did, in a recent conversation,
that "the Constitution dons not enter into tho
question of the war." Yes, old Thad, has been
all the timo as consistent as die devil in his wick
edness. When the Abolitionists first started the
war, bc replied to some Mongrel drivillor on the
floor of Congress, who was trying to mako out
tomo plausible lie about the constitutionality of
their doing?, indignantly exclaiming, "I am
tired nf hearing thin stuff about the Constitution,
for I am not going to stultify myself by claiming
that what wo are doing is constitutional !" With
all the old sinner's crimes, he is by no moans the
greatest liar of his party.
.Zkl" Gen. Sickles has telegraphed Gun. Grant,
asking tho revocation or suspension of the execu
tion of Executive instructions, suspending his
Order No. 10, in its application to thc Federal
Court processes, until Gen. Sickles can arguo tho
m&ttor. In compliance with this request, the
Executive order, regarding Order No. 10, has
been suspended by Gen. Grant until Gen. Sickles
can give his views on tho subject.
$ST Capt. W. T. McNulty, of tho Steamer
Pilot Doy, has been tried, found guilty, and sen
tenced to pay a fine $250, /or refusing to grant a
first-clats ticket and passage to a negro girl from
Charleston to Beaufort, on his stcamor. Who
ever heard of a negro in Yankoe land demanding
a first-class ticket on any of thc many stcamors
that ply their wators? Echo answers "who?"
The Cincinnati Times runs up tho names of ]
Stanton and Sheridan for President and Vic?
President.
^HJ-When the President's aid waited upon
Gen. Grant with tb? order assigning that chief
tain to the War Office, he was at his headquar
ters smoking. He read the order, looked at th?
officer, and made a speech, ne said : " Very
well."
flS&~The Lincoln eounty (Tenn.) A ?ir? says :
Nover in the history of this county has the pros
pect been so promising for an nbundant corn
crop. In some localities the stalks are falling to
the ground from the actual weight of the ears of
corn.
A dark story goes that kegr of old nails
aro thrown into the Saratoga Springs at night to
sceure the flavor. Glue and mackerel skins are
also hintad at.
f*p*Tho Nsw York Journal?/ Commerce alludes
to the extraordinary proclivity of the Southern
military commanders for publishing orders, and
very long ones, and pronounces "too much order
ing" the bane of any government andan evidence
of weakness.
^fffTwo years ago, a conBus showed that tho
population of Milwaukee was 65,00C. and the
Sentinel now claims, on thc basis of a directory
jost published, 76,008 permanent citizens,
also predicts that in 1370, throe years nonce, that
city will roll up sn enumeration considerably over
100,000.
p8~ Judge J. C. W. Homo, of SutnUr county,
was shot and killed on Tuosday night last. Five
negroes hive been arrostod, all of whom wore his
former slaves, and havt beon sett to Macon for
safe keeping. Two of thin: cuufess the deed.
The papers of Americus say that it is thought
tlicso negroes were members of a r?gularly organ
ized gang, and that there will be more trouble.
A young man who attended church in Min
neapolis, Minn., last Sunday, wont to sleop during
the nervier, and while sleeping, ftuddonly aroso
to his feet, and with gestures exclaimed, "I wont
doit! I am going to bed!" He was prevente
from retiring in so public a place by boing awa
kened.
JSP" Ice formed on Mount Washington, N. H.,
last Tuesday night to the thickne-3 of a quarter
of an inch.
S3?" A Judgo of the Supreme Court of Maine
has docided that a marriage between a negro and
a white pe .on was illegal and void.
?ff Earl Derby is quite ill, in consequence of
having sat down upon nothing when ho expected
to find a sofa.
A wedding in Arkansas, botweon adivorced
woman of thirty-nine, nnd a youth of nineteen,
took place at the house of th? bride's former hus?
band, who is said to have boen in tho hjghost
spirits. Revenge is street.
,T-tT~ Western newspapers ?re always great in
promising future prosperity for their duties, but
the most extensive statement of this kind, wu?
have lately seen, is that tho town of " Fort Scott
requires but two things to make it one of tho
largest cities in tho world, and these are buildings
and population."
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A DESERTED INFANT.-On Saturday last a
white woman in Hamburg requested a color
ed woman, the wife of an old colored man in
the employ of tho South Carolina Railroad,
to take care of an infant for her for a few
hours, stating that she wished togo down the
road and would return on tho ovening train.
The colored woman took tho child and has
it yet, tho white woman having failed to re
turn. Tho woman is described as "good
looking," and about twenty-three or twenty
four years of age. The child isa fine boy
about four weeks old.
Colonel James W. Meredith has the little
stranger in charge for the present. He thinks
the m-.ther should come for her child or send
him some clothes, as the little fellow was
nearly naked wh ?u left in charge of tba old
colored wom&a.-C!cngftatir>n&list. j
Thc Turf.
BUFFALO, Wednesday, August 14.
There was a very large and fashionable as
semblage at the Horse Fair this afternoon, to
wilDess the trotting flf Dexter against time.
About 8,000 persons were inside the track,
among whom was a fair ?priukling of ladies
belonging to our best society. Thc sky
was bright and clear, and a fine breeze
mode thc day comfortable and the scene en
joyable.
The first trot was the continuation of the
2:30 race which was yesterday interrupted by
the darkness. At 2.30, p. m., McClellan,
May Queen and Melton started. May Queen
took tho first heat in 2:30^, and Melton the
second andUhird heats in L:33 and 2:32.
The excitement was now at fever heat to
see Dexter trot. As the noble animal came
to the stand he was greeted with defening
cheers. Dan Mace rode a mare to push
Dexter.
On the first trial Dexter made the quarter
mile in 33 seconds, thc half mile in 1 minute
10 seconds, and the mile in 2 minutes 22*,
seconds.
On the second trial he made the quarter
in 33 1-5 seconds, the half in 1 minute, 7
second?, aud thc mile in 2 minutes 17? se
cond.;.
When the announcement of the result was
made, three tremendous cheers were given
for Dexter and his owner.
The time is tua best ever made in harness
by 1* seconds.
Dexter wns sold thia afternoon to Robert
BoDner for #30,1)00, and ii to be delivered to
thc purchaser after thc Chicago races, when
ho will be retired from the turf, unless he
should be occasionally exhibited at the Buf
falo Fair*.
The following dispatch of Mr. Bonner an
nounces thc purchase of the horse :
BUFFALO, August 14,1867.
" I ?aw Niagara Falls this morning for the
first time, and came down here this afternoon
to see the other great wonder, Dext?r, trot,
when he be it the world, having trotted in the
unprecedented time of 2:17 *r- You know I
like to secure all thc best things, and as I
could not buy these Falls, I did thc next
best thing, and bought Dexter.- He will go
to my stable next mouth."
The gray gelding Melton was sold some
time siuce io a Detroit lady fur $8,000 in
gold, on condition that?he should make 2:22
this season. Ile. made thc time to-day, and
is considered sold.
In tho 2:40 race to-day, for premiums
amounting to $4,100, twelve horses cutcred,
eight started. MuceV gray gelding took the
two first befits in 2:35$ and 2:37}. Dutch
man won the third heat in 2:31}, Cuyhuga
made the fourth heat in 2:3G]r. Dutchman thc
filth in 2:3.) and the sixth in 2:34J.
To-morrow there will be s splendid race
for premiums to the amout of $2,500. Ten
horbCS entered, nmong whom are Butlc, Silas,
Rich, Black Maria, Fearless, Ethan, and
Honest Allon.
False l?osoms and their EfTeets.
Thc New York Times says: On last Satur
day afternoon a very fine looking lady, young
and well dressed, called on Justice Dodge, at
thc Jefferson Market Policy Court, aud in a
most bland and smiling manner stated that
she had been defrauded in a singular manner
by a fashionable dress maker on Sixth Ave
nue, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets,
named Madame Latour.
Miss Flora Sinclair, the lady in question, is
inclined to be fashionable in every refpact.
Large and full breasted, without any orna
mental paddings, she was duly measured for
thc dress, the material for which she says she
gave Madame Latour.
When she came to fit the garment on, how
ever, she wore a pair of false bosoms, which
could not be reduced to sufficient space to al
low thc dross to work over them.
It was long enough in thc skirt, had trail
enough for Long Branch, Newport, or Sarato
ga, but ah ! the bosom ! that could not be
made to join, and Miss Sinclair's charms
were visible to the vulgar gaze of thc outer
world. She did not want this, as she said'
herself it would not look well to wear such a
dress iu company.
This Miss Flora Sinclair blushingly and
smilingly declared she did not desire, and in
sisted that the madame should pay her for the
material wasted in tho dress. Madame La
tour, in her broken English, begeed to say to
his Honor that she was not ref ponaible for
the mistake in the size of the dress, if any
had occurred ; she measured Miss Sinclair
carefully, and made the dress accordingly ;
and if thc latter saw fit to add to her own
charms by wearing false bosoms over her nat
ural endowments, already large, she (Madame
Latour) could not be held responsible. His
Honor thc Judge said he knew little about the
mysteries of dres3-ruakiug, but he would re
fer thc whole subject to a competent person,
to examine the facts and report to him the
tcstimouy. Ho according refprred thc dis
putants to Mrs.Robinson, a well known dress
maker on Sixth Avenue, to adjudicate upon,
but this lady has not yet made her report.
Meantime Miss Sinclair is obliged to go
without her new garment, which at one time
promised to add so much to her charms. Thc
clerk and attache* of the court are anxiously
awaiting the Judge's decision on the subject,
as it is generally believed that it will contain
a long disquisition on the evil effects of false
bosoms."
IMTORTAXT DECISION* BY Junes BRYAN.
Thc case of V. A. Ripley vs. R. C. Gillam,
was an oction brought by the plaintiff, who
lives in North Carolina, against the defendant,
a resident of this Sttte, upon acoutract made
during the war. W. K. Easely, defendant's
attorney, moved the court on Wednesday, to
stay the pnceedine;.a, on the ground that the
action was in conflict with / provision in Or
der No. 10. of Gener:-.! Sickles. The molion
was resintetl by E. P. Jones, attorney for the
plaintiff. The Judge granted thc motion,
holding that the citizens of the States, plac
ed by Congress under military kw, were
bouud by military orders, *o that a citizen of
North Carolina has no more right to sue a
citizen of ^ouih Carolina, with:n the prohibi
:<>d rules, than citizens of thc san.n. State have
to sue each other. There is a n:florence in
thc rights of citizens of New York or other
State that is not placed under disability, or
that has fut felted no right by rebellion, and
the citizens of these Southern States; the
former can prosecute legal domauds in the
United States Court, without respect to
military orders-not so thc latter.-Green
ville Enterprise.
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POLITICS Asp THE COLORED PEOPLE ixf
OHIO.-An intelligent torret-pondeut of thc
Alexandria Gazette, writing from Columbus,
Ohio, furnishes the following observations op
polities and the colored race in that State^
He says :
An amendment to thu State constitution,
permitting negroes to vote, and excluding
" rebels," is to bc voted upon in Ohio in Oc
tober. Now, as there ?rebut about 10,000
admit male negroes in the State, their ad
mission to tho ballot box cannot bo at all
dangerous, and is a more matter ol* taste ; but
so prejudiced against the negro are many of
these wisc and just radicals, who havo just
forced into our political arena almost if not
quite a majority of wholly uneducated men,
that it is universally conceded that the amend
ment will be rejected, and that the few ed
ucated and well conducted colored people
who reside herc will bo thus continued, by
their special friends, in the inferior position
they now occupy. Charity don't seem to be
gin at home out here. I have watched, par
ticulaiiy, since 1 have been here, what degiee
of association there was between thc white
and colored people ; and I can truly say that
there is less than thorc has always been with
us. There was a procession of colored people
in Urbana whilst I was there, and I Baw boys
picking up pebbles to throw nt thom us they
passed-an act v.hL'b, had it occurred with
us, would have been chronicled in the Notth
i-rn pupers as evidence of the most intense
disloyalty.
A forlorn individual, of tho male persua
sion, lut) inditod tho following poem: "When
Sallie's arm her dog imprisons, I alway* %/i?h my
?eek was hisen ; how often would I turn, to get a 1
pat from a band Jika horn ; and when (ho kisses
TsvHx'ii9t*,Qbf d<W}'(IwiibU>MJwKst??M.''
COMMANDER OF THE Finn MILITARY DI?
TRicT.-Tho Washington Republic, in an
nouncing that the President, through General
Graut, had issued an order lelieviog General
Sheridan as commander of the fifth military
district,' bead-quarters at Nsw Orleans, and
assigning General George H. Thomas, com
mander of the Department of the Cumber
land, to succeed him, remarks : .
G?nerai Thomas having had experience iu
?he work of reconstruction uqder the congres
sional act, and having given general satisfac
tion, was deemed by the President and Gen
eral Grant thc best roan tn assume tho dury
of fiuishing the work required by Congress
ic. the fifth district. This order was promul
gated yesterday, and will take effect at once.
The name of Gen. Thomas is a sufficient
guarantee that the laws will be executed,
without regard to politics, in thc spirit of
fairness, for the greatest good of the greatest
number. Much of the bitter feeling that has
been engendered by the announcement that
General Sheridan would be removed will be
allayed by the fact that he is to be succeeded
by such a man as General Thoma", in whom
tho loyal people all over the country have
confidence.
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From Richmond.
RICHMOND, August 22, p. m.-Ex-Gov.
Wise delivered an addre s to-day at Washing
ton and Henry Academy. He said we all now
owed natural allegiance to our country, and
any oath to support its Constitution or oath
of registration was in violation of that Con
stitution. There is now being made an effort
to make tho white# freemen of the South sub
ject to tho domination of the black freedmen.
Against this we must appeal to the white
masses of the North, who will not permit a
sacrifice of nature's laws to political preju
dice. The whites of New England, the Mid
die States, and Europe must not be kept out
of thc South by black rule. This is the white
man's land, and must bc kept opsn for tue
white men. He said that lo avoid the na
tional dishonor of repudiation the interest on
the uational bonds must be reduced to four
and-a-ha!f per cent. That interest taxed and
the whole debt consolidated, the rich would
stop hoarding bonds. He urged his audience
to renew their allegiance to their country,
and never desert the Constitution ; to pre
serve the .purity of their race and blood aud
color unceasingly ; to live in peace and plenty.
" From Wilmington.
WILMINGTON, August 23.
Registration to-day: whites, G8 ; colored,
50; total in Edward for two days: whites,
135 ; colored, 223.
The Republicans are becoming alarmed lest
a negro should he elected Mayor of the city.
The Southern whites are denounced because
they did not register. The Northern ra<
who are Conservative, begin to see that with
out their co-operation with a Southern party
of moderate view, the State mun be given up
to negro domi'iatinn. Prominent Norther
men herc admit that the whites must nc
yield to negro suffrage, but that the ne^rorac
like the Indian, must give place to the so{
rior intelligence ot thc white man. Thc
telligent Radicals here do not pretend to i
Bist that the blacks ought to be invested with
the rights that are now accorded them by thi
dominant party.
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THE TERRIBLE FAMINE IN INDIA.--Thc
official reports of the awful famine in Indi t
which has now lasted a year, and at latest ac
counts was increasing, tell a truly heart-ren
ding story. The disaster has affected a pop
ulation of 20,000,000, and the deaths have
been as many as 1,500,000. Certain di
tri cts. however, have suffered far mire se
verely than the average, and in tho Province
of Orissa at least one-fourth of the inhabit
ants have been swept away. Thc crowning
horror of hunger has not been wanting. Starv
ing wretches have turned cannibals and eaten
their own children. A missionary of Balla
sore records a caso of a mother and son who
were found devouring a dead child. A Hin
doo is mentioned who, having found thc bod;
of au infant in the river, cooked and atc ir
Last year the government and private charil
expended for the relief of the sufferers over
?2,000,000, and this year it is expected thai
a government subsidy of at least $2,590,001)
will be required-N. Y. Tribune.
NOBLE SENTIMENT.-The following is from
the August number ol Thc Land Wt LOM
and was brought to memory, says the editor,
by the name ?f one of the President's bonds
men :.
A Northern man married in our native vil
lage a Southern lady, and died soon after tl
marriage. The widow discovered, iu looking
over her husbaud's papers, that he was in
debted to an Abolitionist, at the North,
the sum of a thousand dollars. She told her
administrator that there must not bea stain
upon the memory of her husband, and pro
posed telling her house and lot to pay tin
debt. He wrote to thc coeditor, stating tin
destitute condition of the widow, and h r hon
orable intentions. For an answer he received
a letter enclosing the note pf the deceased
husband as a present' to thc widow. The
name of this generous credit:r wa? Gerri:
Smith, of New York. In a private letter m
ourselves he says. " it is time for men to qui"
hating, and learn to love one auother." A
truly noble ^ entament, to which every true
soldier, North or South, who did his duty in
the field, responds heartily, amen.
GENERAL POPE'S LAST LT BCLL."-Thc Cin
cinnati Enquirer has tho following remark:
on this topic :
Of thirteen daily papers in Georgia, only
fjur-and these are edited by renegade
Southerners-support the reconstruction pol
icy of Congress. .In consequence of the re
lusnl of the Georgia people to give them coun
tenance or support, they have hitherto main
tained a precarious existence by passing the
hat around up North.
Tho telegraph this morning announces that
the order issued by General Pope, a few days
ago, by which all ofiieial advertisements, or
ders (lawsj, etc., are to be inserted in their
columns, where the people of Georgia will
never see them, is now being carried out for
their benefit and fo^the relief of the Eadica!
packet.
This reminds us of another old tyrant that
we have somewhere read of, who pisted his
new laws so high that his subjects could not
read them and then punished them for not
observing them.
But we suppose the Radicals -/ill hardly
now have thc face to howl so lou 1 about ne
groes down South being discharged for sup
porting their ticket, when, ia the same region,
they arc thus taking work away from white
men for not doing it, and oppressing an en
tire population besides.
A SUOCKINU OCCURRENCE.-On Sunday
morning last, a short time beforo daylight, a
very melancholy affair occurred noar Leavens
worth, in Darlington District, tho particulars
of which are as follows;
Mr. Peter Mci vc, who lives in the Leavens
worth neighborhood, had been for some time
past troubled with rogues depredating among
his poultry, and on tho night in question it
seems Mr. and Mrs. Mciver were both wake
ful and apprehensive of harm. Mrs. Mciver,
unknown to the family, had gotten up and
gone into the yard, no ore knew why or
wherefore, and Mr. Mciver, hearing some
noise out thero, awoko his son-a young man
near'; grown-and told him some one was
out in the yard. Thc son took his gun and
went to the yard, and seeing Rome strange
object near where the fowls were, shot at
random in that direction, and saw the object
fall. He thon vant in the house and told his
father k* had shot some person down, and
about the jame time the cook woman came
in and said some one was hurt near the fowl
house. Upon going there tho dreadful truth
burst upon the aroused household that Mrs.
Mciver was shot in a vital part of her body
by her own ?on. Ono shot penetrated the
braiu, but sho was able to speak, though not
fully conscious of her situation, as she labored
under the impression that somebody had
struck her a blow upon the head. Physicians
were promptly sent for, who pronounced the
ease hopeless. Mrs. Mciver lived about three
hours after receiving tho wouud.
jJ^ET" A pastor of a congregation out
West, last year, received as remuneration for
his services $150 from an eastern missionary
society, and from his affectionate flock a bar
rel of whisky ?ad a keg of Tarnish. j
NON* EMPLOYMENT OFRADICALS.-The Mem
phis Avalanche recommends the policy of re
fusiug all business dealings with Radicals,
both black and white. It sayc :
The Freedmen's Bureau is besieged by
crowds of able bodied black fellows who want
to be fed, or to get the forty acres of land that
were promised to them if they voted ior
Brownlow. The bead of the Bureau bas or
dered that speedy settlements of the claims
of blacks so discharged shall bc ordered. It
was teared by some employers that under
this regulation the Bureau might punish such
discharges by enforcing claim;- of blacks for
contract by the year, when no such contract
was ever made. No such enforcement can be
made by tho Bureau in this Stite. All claims
have here to be adjudicated by the courts.
A colored man applied to a Conservative
yesterday for work, saying ; " Dey has be< n
dischargin' us fo- votin' for Brownlo, but I
guess you won't do so, anyhow." " Indeed I
will, Bob ; Toting for Brownlow was voting
for I hat Indemnity act which is to put a hun
dred and eighty dollars more taxes every year
OD me, and I don't intend to support anybody
who votes to have heavy taxes put ou me."
? ? ?*
DIABOLICAL MURDER.-The Selma Times
of Sunday last says :
Captain J. B. Harrison, one of tho oldest
citizens of Dallas county, ani a gentleman
universally esteemed by the community, was
murdered and robbed on Saturday, about
sunset, on bis way to his home, a few miles
from the city. The murder took place on a
by road leading to Beach Creek Swamp, ard
within a few yards of the edge of the 3wa*=p.
No clue "to the perpetrator cf this horrible
murder has yet been found. It is supposed
that Capt. Harrison was murdered for h'a
money, and it is known that ile came to the
city for the purpose of procuring money with
which to pay off the bandB in his employ, al
though he did not succeed in his purpose.
SIGNIFICANT FROM THE ORGAN*.-The Na
tional Intelligencer, of Wednesday, sa^s:
As to the reports of the removals of others
of the military satraps, telegraphed from this
city, we have no definite information. We
are satisfied, however, that no man will be
permitted to play the monarch in this counuy
with impunity. With the,consent of Europe
-we might say of the civilized world-the
Monroe doe'rine has become thc settled poli
cy of this country in respect to domains on
thi* continent outside of the jurisdiction of
thc United States j, and it could hardly bo
supposed that,'in this republic, men "dressed
in a little brief authority" will long be al
lowed to exercise a despotism for which they
can find nd warrant even in the unconstitu
tional acts of Congress, and which far ex
ceeds in atrocity any tyranny in the old world.
TUE CABINET.-Thc Washington corrcspor..
dent of tho Mew York Herald writes :
" (.ren. Grant has had a private consulta
tion with the President, in which be nrged
thc dismissal of every member of the Cabin-1,
in order to create harmony between Mr.
Johnson and his advisers. Thc General is
known to be particularly hostile to Mr. Sew
ard, whom he regards as too adroit and dar
t-erous to be? trusted. He also fears that if
tho Secretary of Sute is retained, he will
form political combinations in Congress,
through the agency of Wade, to defeat any
programme which may he adopted to restore
fraternal relations between the North and
South. It is deemed* probable that, should
the General hold office, ho will endeavor to
hp.vo Sherman appointed to a place in the
Cabinet."
GENERAL POPE'S LETTER TO GENERAL
GRANT.-The Washington correspondent of
the New York Tribune says : 11 The letter of
General Pope to General Grant has occasioned
tl goud deal of comment here, a:id is general
ly believed .the latter officer will order the
(irrest of B. H. Hill and other discontented
[lersons. Under the Reconstruction Bill he
:M a perfect right to do FO. It will be re
membered that some time ago General Grant
:ounseMcd the arrest of Governor Jenkins for
ioing exactly what Hill is now guilty of.
I'his fact strengthens the opinion that Grant
.?.ill act in Hill's case as he advised Pope to
:lo in Jenkins'."
GERMAN RADICAL PAVERS REPUDIATING
rHE NEGRO SUFFRAGE PARTY.-Quite a -argo
number of the German papers recently de
voted to building up thc interests of the Rad
ikal party have repudiated th? negro suffrage
and disunionism of that faction. In Boston,
Carl Meinzer, editor of the most ultra Ger
man Radical paper in the North-the Pioneer
-gives notice that- he will no longer act
with the party of Stevens, Sumner it Co. The
Pittsburg VulksblaU, an influential Radical
japer, says that the German Republicans
uust form an allianc ? with the Democracy,
in order to defeat the puritanism which is
gradually taking hold of their parly.
The German Radical papers in Iowa make
similar declarations. Even Carl Schurz, in
he Sr. Louis Westliche Post, urges the Ger
nan Rndicals to vote for Democratic candi
lates for legislative ar-d municipal offices.
This list might be greatly extended 5 but the
foro<roing is sufficient to show that but few of
mr German fellow-citizens can any longer be
made the dupes of the Radical demagogue*
.vho would use them for their own selfish
purposes, and then kick them aside and per
secute (hem because they refuse to place
themselves on a level with or below the ne
Tro.-Cleveland (0.) Plaindealer.
j?3ST" An old negro in New York was er_
leavorinE to explain his unfortunate condi
ii n. " You see," remarked Sambo, " it was
n (bis way, as far as I 'member. Fust my
"ader died, and den my mudder married
?gain ; and den ray mudder died, and my fath
;r married again j and, somehow, I doesn't
?ecm to havo no parents at all, nor no home,
ior nufin."
. j?3?"Two New York dry good clerks
ought a duel at Fort Lee on Sunday, and ex
changed three pistol shots. The challenging
Darty was hit in the left arm. The cause of
;he duel was a pretty Jewess.
Mr. Pierce Butler, former bnshand of
?anny Kemble, died recently at his estate in
?eorgia. Thd deceased was recarkable for many
ocial accomplishments, culture and refinement,
md embraced among his personal friends -.n ex
reraely large number whose political views difer
id widely from his own.
Religions Notice.
The next meeting of tho Edgefield Association
rill bo held with Bethel Church, commencing
saturday beforo tho 2? Sabbath in September.
L. R. GVTALTNEY, Mon'n.
Aus 13 3t 33
Sp
ear's
Fruit Preseiriiis Solutioif
?7"E havo just received the thov.: SOLUTION
Tv for Preserving all kinds of Fruit.?, Vcge
ables, Ac. Ono Bottle will proseivo Ono Hun
Irod and twen'y-cijrht Pounds of Fruit.
TEAGUE .t CAR WILE,
Under Masonic Hall.
Aug 27 if 35
Bezaleel Chapter, No, 8, fi. A. H.
A. REGULAR CONVOCATION of Beialecl
Chapter, No. S, R. A. M., will be held in their
lal! on Monday evening next, the 2d nut. The
Companions aro requested to be in prompt at
ondance.
By order of the High Priest.
0. W. ALLEN, Sec'ry.
Aug 20 lt 35
ro thc Voters ot Kdjeiield District :
Agreeably to announcement, I am a candidate
a.- thc Clerkship of the Court of Common Pleas
nd Cener.il Sessions. Inasmuch as it as ana
lly nc<"c?*ary for mo to -mo my duties as
chool Teacher, I most respectfully ask to be
XCU3C? from canvassing the District, excepting
u far as I may be able to du so, whiht engaged
i my present vocation. In tho meantime I earn-,
stly solicit your sufrago at tho ensuing election..
Respectfully,
L. YANCEY DEAN.
Joly M ft S I