South Carolina Radical Negro Conv
lion.
SIXTH DAY.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 2'
Th ! Convention assembled at 12 M.,
was catltfJ lo order by the President, Dr
ti. MACKEY.
Mr. T. Hurley presented a preamble
resolution iu reference to the puuishmcr.
bribery at elections, and providing that
person receiving bribe?, t>r offering tb
shall bf incapable of holding . Hice or vo
for a. period i f five years, and otherwise \
?shed by linc arid imprisonment. Referre
tho Committee on Franchise and Electi
Mr. Hurl.)- i.\ u presented a aer.es of r
luii'.ns for the organization of a militia in
State. wi:icL' were referred UFihe Commi
on Miscellaneous Matters.
A j?r i position to abxiiib the DistricfCo
of the State w?ss voted cowu em tuc <-ro
tba*, u^der the Reconstruction Acts the c
cf the Convention was simply to frat:
Constitution.
Mr. C. C. Bowen introduced a lengthy
somewhat conservative Bill of Rights, w
was referred to the Committee on Bi
Rights:
T. K- Sasportas offered a resolution al
ing nil pereons to act as jurors, withou
gard to race, c dor or previous condition,
vided they are registered voters, and abl
rea?! and write intelligibly. Referred to
Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. J. M. Runion*offered a resolution;
vidiog for the election of Justice of the Pi
m each distric. Referred to the Corami
on Franchise and Election.
James X. Day ne submitted a petition p
ing lor the making nf a new district ct
portions of Barnwell amt tile adjacent
ti icu-, which was referred to the Com mi
on Legislation.
L. 3. Langlej offered fhc following, wi
was referred to the Committee cn Bil
R;gbts :
Whereas tho pernicious doctrine of St:
Right-, as believed in and taught by a t
latan son of South Carolina, Hon. Jobi
Calhoun, bas co^t our beloved country tn
valuublc lives and many millions of treasu
and,
Whereas, it is highly necessary that
iiew Constitution which tin's Conveutint
about to frame should not Le silent on
subject, therefore be it
Resolved; That the allegiance of tho c
ze .sof this State is due to the Federal G
er.itnent, and to South Carolina only so 1(
a-, she continues a component part ol'
American Union.
F. J. Moses, Jr., Chairman of the Exe
tive Committee, r..pn.t-d Favorably on
resolution to employ Major C. D. Melton. (
of the Solicitors of the State, to assist
drawing up ordinances, ?fcc. Also, rece
mending that Major D. T. Corbin be appoin
solicitor of the cunverKkn. with the pay ?
mileage of a del<-<:ate.
-The report was adopted.
W. E. Johnson < tiered the following, wb
was referred io ibo Committee on Frauen
and Elections :
(/ber?as, it ha? been proposed to ?his C
volition that all ministers .-.iiall be doban
from {Kirlicipaliiig in all political Hair.-, b
Resolved, That all men, whether iuiuisti
or otherwise, shall be liable to-any posit i
in the government thut the people In th
judgment may houor them with, providi
that said minister or man be qualified to
the uliici s they may be called to serve in.
A. J. Rmsier offered a preamble and rei
lutionsauthorising the Committee on Edin
tion to enquire into the expediency of est?
lishtng a BoarJ of Education, consisting
three for each Congressional District, i
ferred to tho Committee on Education.
On motion of R. C. DeLargo, the Convc
tica adjourned.
SEVENTH DAY.
January 22.
The Convention assembled at 12 M., a
was called to order by the President, A.
Mackey.
The President announced the first businc
in order to bo thc reports of Special Cot
milices.
Mr. C. C. Bowen made a report of t!
Committee on thc Judiciary, a resolution
relation to Contracts, where the considerate
was for the parchase of slaves, stating th
they bad considered the 6ame and recommei
for their adoption the following ordinance:
First. We, ?he people of tho State
S-jutli Carolina, by our delegates in Couve:
tion. do hereby ordain a^id declaro, that ?
contracts, whether under .?eal or not, the co
sidcraiion of which were for the saleof slave
ure nub and vi,id aud o? non-effect.
Second. No suit, either at law or cquit;
shall be commenced or prosecuted on sue
contracts, and proceedings for the satisfai
tion and pavment of judgments aud deere?
which at any time heretofore have been r;
corded, rendered, enrolled, or cn'.ered upo
blich contract?, are hereby forever prohibits
Third. All orders relative to such cot
tracts which rn iy at any time heretofore hav
been ?nade in any Court of this State, tithe
of law or equity, whereby any property, rer
or personal, is held subject to decision as t
the validity of such contracts, are also dc
dared null and void, and of non effect.
Thc President .-tated that the Cooventio
having at an carly session of the body adopte
the Huies of the House nf Representative!
aud regarding the term ordinance in thc Cor
vi lition as synonymous with Bill in the Leg
islatirc Assembly, the (..'hair was compelled t
decide that no ordinance can pass the Ctr
veiilion until it bas received three rorrdinjr?
The Chair decided therefore that this ordi
nance had received its first reading.
Mr. X. G. Parker made the following report
The Committee on Finance, to whom wat
referred an ordinance relative to the valida
tion cf a portiou of thc bills receivable o
thc State, and thu ?ale thereof, and the man
ncr of levying and collecting the tax autho
rized by Act of Congress, to defray the ex
|>enses of the Convention, with instructions tr.
report thereon t his morning, beg leave respect
fully to report, t hu they are in correspon
dence With Major-General E.R. S. Can by
tin! Governor of the S:atc, and other State
olficials, from whom information is asked, arie:
that it was impossible lo arrive at any con
elusion at so early a day, and respectfully a--k
further time, with the assurance that an carl)
report may bc expected.
R-porl adopted.
Mr. Whittemore oll'ered the fol!.-wing,
which was reterred to the Committee on Leg
islation.
It shall be the duly of the General Assem
bly, as sooa a-; circumstances will permit, to
form a penal code, founded on the principles
of reformation and not of vindictive justice,
and also to provide one or more farms to bc
an asylum foi those persons, who, by reason
oi a*?e, infirmity, or other misfortunes, may
have a claim upon tho aid of the benevolence
of society, that such persons may therein find
employment and every reasonable comfort,
aud lose by the r usefulness the degrading
.sense of dependence.
L. S. Langley called for the special order,
Lamely; the report o:' the Committee recom
mending a petition to '?cutral Cunby to sus
pend, for three months, the collection of all
debts coulractcd prior to the 3(Jth of June,
18C5.
After consid?rable debate the matter was
made the special oreler for half-past one to
morrow.
EIGHTH DAY.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 23.
The Convention assembled at 12 e?'cloek.
Prayer by Rev. R. II. Cain (colored). The
roll v.Ms culled and j- uri.a! read.
J. J. Wright fnad>-a report of the Cum
initteo on thc Judiciary on resolution of in
ri liry :o the legislative powers of tho Con
vention. Matle the special order for one
o'clock to morrow.
J, J. Wright made a report of the same
Committee on ar. ordinance for thc abolition
of tho District Courts. Tho Committee re
gard the ordinance -is unnecessary, as the
subject will bc embraced in the report ol the
Judiciary Committee upon that portico of the j
Constitution referred to them. Adopted.
li F. Randolph offered the following, which
waa r? ferred to the Committee on Franchise
and Eicctious:
Whereas, incentives ar? necessary to a
more speedy attainment of learning and in
telligence, which aro the sure guards of Ro
pubbcan liberty, therefor?, be it J
? _LL . _>_
Resolved, That tbe forthcoming Constitu
tion of the Suite shall provide that all persons
coining of age aiter the lirst of January,
1875, shiill i>os>css the qualifications of read
ing and writing intelligently in order *o be
able to vote. Referred lo the Committee on
Franchise mid Elections.
B. F. Randolph offeree a r?solution, which
was voted down, that t!ie constitution shall
hereafter make no distinction on account of
color in such l<i\vs as it may adopt with refer
ence to the public schoola.
The special order for ] o'clock, the consid
eration of au ordinance for thc division of
Fickeos District, was announced by the Pres
ident, whereupon a lively debate ensued.
Messis. L. B. Jobnsou, Parker, Duncan,
Donahou, and some Lur or five negroes nd
vooited the measure, whilst DeLarge, Whip
per, and other Colored '-gemmell," with equal
power and eloquence, Opposed thc proposition.
Finally, on motion ol Air. F. J. Mosts, Jr.,
the ?>picial"order was discharged until one
o'c'ock next Monday.
The next special order taken up was the
petition to Central Can by for thc slay ot all
executions on debts contracted prior to thc
30th of Jun?. 1S-J5.
[On this question we copy as .reported in
the XL ]
The object of the opposition was to ki'd it
bv atnenrtment. Two or three were offered,
wbeu DeL rgc (colored) called for the previ
ous question, {subsequently this was recon
sidered, and T. J. Robertson, E-q., re id a
speech which he Lad prepared on thc subject.
Ile churned thal tilos? who had brought
ab jut the impoverished condition of the coun
trv wire not the poor men or the loyal meo,
but those whj pretend to represent its wisdom,
intelligence and wealth.
Ii w<?.this class who were clamoring for
slav laws ?.nd homestead laws. Some of them
assert thai tiny cannot live in this country
that a war of ra:es 13 im vitable. Th-y are
tue,principal debtors of the State, and do not
wmt to pay tueir debts, aud they never will
S) long i.s they have unconstitutional stay
laws to pr .tect them.
For one he would say, let the property of
the country change hands, and if lands sell
cheap, so mueh better for ti;c p >cr man of
tlie Stale, i ecause it will enable him to pro
vide himself with a home] and thus identify
himself with the soil.
[Mr. Robertson did not say, in this cornice
don, that with one hundred of his four hun
dred thousand dollars he expected, on thc
first of February next, to absorb the proper
ty of probably seventy-live poor farmers and
turn tlu-m adrift in the world to sees Lomes
elsewhere.]
Thc men, said thc speaker, who are askinp
for relief, are those who do no not recognize
thc validity of the Reconstruction acts of
Congress, and who refused io vote for d-.le
gates, to this convention. Some of them
called the convention a menagerie, but it is
thc menagerie which is to protect their prop
erty at ihc expense of the loyal citiz ns and
working men of thc country.
TLe speaker continued i:i this vein, so well
calculated to appeal to the payions of the
colored clement-, aud when Mr. Robertson
;o~>k Irs sea:, he w.?s fJiovred by R. H. Cain,
of Chu:lesron, a colored ?'reacher, who said
that the only reason why this peculiar ques
tion was befo: o the house was because it
?flectud the puer Dian KS mueh if n u more
than it did the rich. He was io favor of
measures of relief, but did not believe that
any act of the convcutiou could effect relief
in such a manner as would be either ju?t or
constitutional. Even if it possessed the pow
er, the men tobe most greatly benefited by
the pa-sago of the resolutions belonged to
that class who. siucc the war, have done ail
they could to antagonize the true progress of
tho country. If these people had made con
tracts they had done so with their cye3 open.
If they now suffered it was only in conse
quence of th ;?r own'sins, and for one he was
not willing to afford them any reiief whatever.
They not only should sell their lauds, but he
would make them sell their lands and give
lue poor man a char.ee.
The remarks of Cain were thoroughly revo
lutionary in their character, adroitly made,
and well calculated to arouse, os he intended
they should, the passions of thc colored dele
gates. The speech will probably have the ef
fec: of dividing the two races on the floor,
breaking up all combinations of moderate
men. and dragging such as Wkittemore, Bow
en, Whipper, Wright. Langley, and others
into tho ranks of the negro extremists.
We said at the beginning of our reports
tbat the negroes had the ndvantage of intel
lect on the floor, and a few more such exhi
bitions as those of Cain will draw thc whito
men hedy and soul into the range of colored
control. No colored man will dare to ri-.k
bis reputation by answering Cain, or put him
self beyond the pale of hi* party by antago
nizing what are now evidently the prejudices
of tho convention.
Thc hour of adjournment arrived in the
midst of thc debate, and 'he convention ac
cordmgly " rested from its labors."
NINTH DAT.
' CHARLESTON*, Jan. 24.
The entire day was consumed by the
-ringed, freaked and strip.-d,1' in a continua
tion of the discussion on th J special order of
yesterday-the petition to Gen. Cauby for the
slay of all executions on debt? contracted
prior to the ?iOth Jone ISG5. The discussion
was carried on principally by the colored del
egates, some of them expressing kinder senti
ments towards the white people of the State,
than many of the pale faced scalawag mem
bers of the so-called Convention are capable
of honestly entertaining. It was regarded
on the one hand hy extremists that the whites
owning prop rty, who are about to be sacri
ficed at the Sheriffs sales, >ught to suffer by
re.i>on of participation in the war, and on
the other band that sales would be made to
speculators and strangers who would hold
the property at exorbitant rites, forbidding
the development of the enterprise of the Col
ored race. The feeling; however, nf the ma
jority is evidently to protect all classes from
ruin until thc Legislature can adopt purina
Dent me sures of relief.
As ATTENTIVE Juno?.-Albert F. Grego
rie, the colored man previously mentioned as
hiing one of the jurors in thc State Court, was
accepted by the prisoner, Preston Johnston,
and is one of the twelve who will decide on
bis guilt. G reg n ie has al wa ,-s been f ree, and
is apparent'-/ quite intelligent. During thc
trial yesterday morning he was busily engag
ed in laking notes of the te tiruony elicited, and
seemed i rn pressed with the dignity and res
ponsibility of his position. Ali hough very
quiet and unobtrusive, his earnest endeavors
io collect the facts of th>j casi were observed
and commended by many in the court room.
-Char. News.
Mu. DAVIS IX MISSISSIITI.-The Vicksburg
il Time?" says :
Long absent, but warmly loved, as well in
the day of his power as when a shackled
prisoner in Fortress Monroe, tho hearts of
our people yearn towards ['resident Davis
with unutterable affection. For what he
has borne and suffered in the cause of the
people, he will always bc honored and re
membered. We cannot grce, him, as in oth
er day.'-, with public manifestations of respect
and gratitude, but when Jefferson Davis again
stands ainong-t his old friends, though their
voices may be mute, their hearts will throb
with a wild tumultuous joy.
F?ELO HASPS WASTEO.-Plauters from St.
Marys parish now attending the Fair state
that two thousand field ham's are wanted in
that pari ?h. The best plough and field hands
ar- paid fifteen dollars a month and rations,
five pounds of pork and a peck of meal week
ly, besides good quarters, futd and an Hereof
laud to w.ii lc Oil thsir own account.-New Or
ien:* Crescent.
GEORGE Hi PENDLETON*.-The following is
the concluding paragraph of a leading edito
rial from the Muscstino (Iowa) Courier:
Voters are getting heariily sick of unneces
sary taxation ; sick of giving lo thc rich rind
robbing the poor ; sick of a disrupted coun
try ; sick of business prostrated ; and they arc
turning to the Democratic parly for relief.
Tue man who can and will lead t'iern out of
the difficulties which the Radicals have brought
upon them will receive their hearty Rtipport
for the office of President. Such a man now
stands prominently before the people. Wo
refer le George H, Pendleton, of Ohio.
THE ADVERTISER.
JAMES T. BACON, EDITOB.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29, 1868..
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Provost Court.
Wu have been requested to announce th_t the
Provost Court will comwftneo its next session at
Ibis placo, on the ]6i.h day of March, instead of
the 11th March. Parties interested will govern
themselves accordingly.
p$f~ Wo very frequently receive marriage and
obituary notices by mail, unaccompanied with
any responsible nuinc ; and from which causo tho
siid notices, intended for publication in the Ad
vtrtUer, aro thrown avide unncticod.
Thc Mullarky' Brothers.
Messrs. AUSTIN and JAMES MPLLARKY, part
ners for years past, in the great firm of GRAY,
MULLARKY & Co., have themselves set up ? co
partnership, and now invite their old friends and
customers to 2?2 Broad St Augusta, tho well
known S turo lately occupied by I. KAU.W ? Co.
Wo venture to prodiot that this new Dry Goods
Establishment will, from tho very beginning,
stand second to none in Augusta.
As regards the energy, enterprise, osperience,
courtesy and probity of the MULLAKKY BROTBRRS,
no one in Edgcficld neeth to bo informoJ. They
aro universally known and respected. And wo
!>ospeftk for thom, in their new and independent
cipacity, a continuance of the liberal patronage
they have so long known at tho bands of thc peo
ple of Edgcfielil. Wo bug our reders to bestow
upon their card, in another column, very special
attention.
Thc S. C. Negro Convention.
The Charleston A?*i of Snturday speaks as
follow.-; of tho present aspect of tho "Great
Rioged-S'.reaked-and-Stripod" concern: "A cri
sis has evidently arrived in the policy of the
Convention. Heretofore, its tone lins bnen com
paratively conciliatory and modorate. Hereaf
ter, the negroes are likely to form a compact,
s did body of voters ia one direction. The real
animus of their action-their bate for tho land
bolder-was yesterday developed to tho full, and
no man not a member of the Convention could
observe the display of feeling, ill-conceived as it
was, without seeing tro.iblo in tho not distant fu
ture
'Some supposed that the body would bo mode
rato ; that S> nth Carolina would bc able lo boast
a more intelligent und better disposed array of
delegates than any other 'rebellious'State ; but
the bubbio has burst. Negro shrewdness is like
ly to triumph in the Convention, and tho whirl
wind set in motion by tho whi'o leaders is fast
progressing beyond their control. Ino excite
ment yesterday, after the Convention adjourned,
was very great, and wc seriously doubt whetbor
there is strength enough among the white dele
gates to hold it in check, unless this desirable ob
ject can bc coinpasecd by such clever colored
members as Whipper, Wright, Langley, Wilder,
and othors of that class."
** Pure Flour ol' Raw Done."
There is a new Fertilizer for you ! And we
Lear and road on all sides now that this "Pure
Flour of Raw Bone," is a most powerful and
never failing slimoluct of llio foil. And in tb in
connection, we point our readers to tho advertise
ment, headed " Farmers," of thoso popular and
widely known merchants of Augusta,. J. SIBLEY
? SONS.
Freedmen's Burean Circular.
Maj. WILLIAM STONE, 1st Lieut, -loth U. S. Inf.,
Assistant Sub-Assist. Commissioner Bureau Refu
gee?, Freedmen aud Abandoned Lauds, for Edge
field District, from his headquarters at Aiken,
nnder date of tho 22d January, has issued tho
following instructions for tho guidance of tho
people of tho District :
Circular Xo. 1.
Tho attention of pcrsjns employing Freedmen
in Edgefield District this year, is callod to tho
necessity of making written contracts with thom.
Such contracts should bo forwarded to this
Oflico fjr approval at as early a day as possible
Contracts should be made in triplicate, tho
original for file here and a copy for the employ
ers and thc freedman. Tho original must have a
fivo cent internal revenue stamp upon it, which
must be affixed before it is submitted for appro
val.
It is rec intnended that contracts be brief and
simple in their terms.
No clauses which giro employers permission to
discharge hands without pay, or to levy fines for
absenco from work in excess of thc rate of wnges
paid, will bo approved.
What shall constitute a sufficient ground for
discharge with forfeiture rf all pay, must bo do
cided at this Office, or by a Court of competent
jurisdiction.
An absolute abandonment of work, without
came, by a freedman hired by a written contract,
will carry with it u forfeiture of all rights under it.
It will bo homo in mind, that under tho order
of tho Commanding G en oral of thc 2d Military
District, wages for labor performed in the pro
duction of thc crop, aro a lion upon tho crop, and
that such lien bas a preference over other liens
upon it.
Freedmen aro advised to work only for thoso
who have settled fairly with their bands for past
Services, and who will bo able to supply them
with such food as they may need while raising
the crop.
Charles Dickens.
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his present lecturing tour; but'for something
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Gov. Orr's Address to the Radical
Convention.
On Friday night, 4th day of tho sossion of tho
Ncgro-Radical-Rcconstruction Convention, Gov.
Cnn, by invitation thereof, delivered as addross
before tho " august-body." This address, circum
stance? havo prevented us from publishing in full.
Gov. Ona began by thauking thc president and
"gontlcmen" of the Convention for their invita
tion, construing the samo rather as a compliment
to tho " existing executive authority of the State'
than to the individual. And just hore wo must
sny that Gov. Ona hugs to his bosnm a hugo de
lusion. The idea of his bring the " existing execu
tive authority of tho State" is profoundly absurd.
Vc have now no Stale, no Gevern-jr. A military
despotism rules over us by thc arm of lawless,
unauthorized power. This same ''august body"
is holding its restions upon tho fragments of our
ruined government, and upon thc grave of our
freedom.
Tho fillowing paragraph from his address^
will show that he has still not a spark of State
pride, or of decent consistency ; and that ho is
still in tho market for tho Radicals, at any price
they may offer him :
I say to you, very frankly, that I regard thia
body as investod with the sovurcigu power of the
State, Ami that the constitution which you may
adopt fur the people of South Carolina, is one
which will not only be ratified aud accepted by
Congress, but ono under which all classes in South
Carolina will live for years to come.
Rut wo are not going to ubuse either Gov. Ona
or his address. Indeed wo must say that thc
latter waB a more honest and candid performance
than the Gov. is usually guilty of. Imagine him,
for instance, telling the ringed-streaked-and
stripod gentlemen, to their very faces that they
did not represent thc wealth, intelligence and re
finement of tho State. This was, of course, as
much as to say that they represented pauperism,
vice, ignorance, barbarism: And so they^o, most
emphatically. And for this plain truth^we give
Gov. OUR one good mark.
As regards thc framing of a new State Consti
tution by thc members of this Convention, Gov.
ORR advises os follows :
The party which has passed tho Reconstruction
laws, has undisputed control of tho government
in both Houses of Congress, and will retain it un
til thc 4th of March, lSfiO. Prior to that time a
Presidential election will occur. Tho probability
is that an individual representing tho Conserva
tive ana Democratic element in thc North and
West will be elccte 1 President It may bo that a
Conservative element will largely preponderate in
the next election for members of tho Douse of
Representatives on tho 4th day of March, JS69,
aro Conservative or Democratic, and opposed to
tho legislation that may Lave been adopted, it
will-be impossible to offtet a repeal of these acts,
obnoxious as they ore to the new party, prior to
tho -1th nf M ireh, 1871, Confirmed as I um, there
fore, in tho opinion that the legislation of tho.
present and preceding Congress will remain in
loree until thc Ith of March, 71, and that any
constitution adopted by this cr-nvention will con
tinue to be of forco until that time at least, I have
felt it to bo my duty as the Executirc of tho State,
and ns au individual, to bo present in Charleston
during tho scsiions of your convention, in the
hope that through official if not personal influence,
I may accomplish seething in securing from tho
conran tion, a liberal, just and trice constitution.
If such a constitution is adopted, harmony,
good feeiing und prosperity will prevail. If,
however, extrema views and measures are en
grafted upon tb,nt instrument, it will increase the
interest, which now exists between the two.races,
and forco tho whites of tho State, whojjpve the
means tn do so, to leave its borders ?nd s?ok
homes in other communities. It will produce
discontent and disquiet everywhere, and confi
dence, trade and enterprise, will all be paralyzed.
As responsible dut'us are, therefore, devolved upon
you as were ever devolved upon a similar body
of men in any S'ato, the interest and prosperity
of South Carolina depend not only upon law and
n good constitution, but upon thc kind relations
which aro to nc established between tho two races.
And as regards thc Suffrage quostion, thus:
In voting upon tho ratification of tho constitu
tion you rany udopt, all registered voters will of
course bc included, which will of courso secure
its adoption. With tho view of carrying out fully
thc views of the convention, tho first legislature
to bo elected under the constitution may bo elected
by all malo voters over twenty ono years of age,
but after that time, if not bofore, I urgently re
commend that qualified suffrage extending to all
classes and races bc provided for in the constitu
tion. A man who goes to tho polls after January
1, 1870, whether bc be whito or black, who is not
able to read or writo, should be excluded from tho
privileges of a voter. m
Riprescnting aa you do, almost exclusively the
coloured olement of South Carolina, you are not
invisible to thc fact, and to its legitimate results,
that, very many of the voters who havo sent you
here have not that intelligence with reference to
men and measures which rhoulil entitle them to
i nst a vote. You know that thousands of them
are utterly incompetent to oxorcUe this high pre
rogative.
You moy think that to perpetuate your powor
and to prc3orvc your organization, it is necessary
to continuo the franchise to this class nf persons,
but eventually you will find that you have been
sadly mistaken. Many of thc coloured men of
thc Stato have an intelligence- which entitle."
them, in their new relations, to the privileges of
citizens; but very many are incompetent to ex
ercise them with discretion or judgment. These
will become tho prey of evil, vicious and indis
posed men. When an election is to occur with
ouch voters, thc bad will get their votes, and not
thc good.
In view of tho fact that thc coloured population
have a large majority in this State, and that the
bulk of them aro to bo controlled by these evil
influences, what kind of judges, legislators and
executive officers can you hopo for? Is vice and
ignoranco to elect your judges? Aro tue repre
sentatives of vice and ignorance to elect your leg
islators ? If so, what security have you for tho
rijihls of life, liberty and properly ? I, therefore,
in view of thc responsibility before us, and in all
probability in antagonism to the st uti m en ts of a
very Urge majority of this body, recommond
earnestly that in framing that feature of the con
stitution conferring the elcc-tive franchise, you
establish an educational qualification for tho voter,
but-not being able to road or write-that you
establish a property qualification.
And as regards a Homestead Law, thus :
If you desire that this convention should com
mend itself to tho favorable consideration of tho
people of tho State, white and coloured, I recom
mend that you adopt in the constitution a provis
ion for a liberal horaestoad law-that you mako
it applicable to all thoso who now own a home
stead, and protect them against antecedent debts.
Tho disasters resulting from tho war, the aboli
tion of slavery, und, thcriby, tho wiping out of
tho fortunes of very many of thoso who wore
wealthy prior to the war, as a matter of humani
ty demands that you should protect them os to
tho past by a liberal homestead law, and securing
that homo to its owner in the future Tho home
stead law which gnarantcos to a family fifty dol
lars or one hundred acres in the country, and a
town lot or house in the city, is not only humane
but patriotic. In tho country, whero tho head of
a family knows that his homestead is protected,
he goos to work to beautify ?nd adorn tho same.
Ho plants his orchard and his vineyard. He
erects his buildings, decorates his dwelling, and
makes all of his surroundings comfortable, and
invites happiness and content to his hearth.
Perhaps one of tho. grcntest troubles iu Ameri
can legislation has beon in not protecting tho
homestead. It has mado the American people
almost as great wanderers ns tho Arabs. When
a father planted on orchard or a vinoyard ho
had no assurance that, five yoars thereafter, the
rexult of his caro ?nd labour would not pass into
tho hands of strangers. Grant, thcrcforo, a lib
eral homestead law, prowidiaj: against past and
futuro debts, so that tho white man who bas his
home now. and the black man who may secure a
home by industry and economy, hereafter, c.\n
feel that it l< secured t<> bim, and you will fl0(]
not only an increase irs tho prosperity and hap
piness of tho State, but you will stimulate a pa
triotism which has not heretofore cxistod. Wher
evor you idontify a man and his household with
tho soil upon which bc lives, you make that man
if from no higher considerations of love of coun
try, a defender of the country when tis assnilcd
becauso tho assault is opon his individual house
hold.
And as rogards Relief Measures, thus :
Fourth. It is vory important that this body
should adopt somo ordinance to provide reliof to
d-btor.? pttvr to the war. Tho t> mporury orders
of tho military commandant, extend to debts con
tracted during tho war. All debts now existing,
where tho consideration is for tho purchase of
slaves, should bo absolutely wiped oui by tho con
vention. If thoso debts nM recognized, it ii a '
recognition of that institution, of its propriety, Ug
justice) and morality. Most of thu uebts contrac
ted prior to tho war, were upon the faith and pos
:esf ion of property in slaves. That property hag
been destroyed, and a liberal provi-ion should bc
mad? by this body in raferenco to debtors_tho
amount and tiino when they may mnkc payment
of thc sumo. Do this, nnd you will commend
jour constitution uudor the most favourable aus
piccs to tho consideration of that class in South
Carolina who have not participated in tho election
of delegates to this convention.
And as rogards hi? own cxitfrom the publio and
political stage, thus :
I presume that opposition will bo made to those
who fai our this convention. Thoro will be oppo
sition to you and opposition to mo, but I have '
been too long in politioal life to be afraid of the 1
small thunder which ttaj bo directed ??atol m? i
JJ newspapers. I have reached a period of in
liflorcnce upon that question. If I know my own
:onscienco, und if what I say is not true, I trust
that that overruling Providence which guides and
controls us will smite ino for tho falsehood-I
have this day no other or higher motive, I euro
not, whether it he public or private, no other po
litical aspiration than to promote thc interests of
thc people of South Carolina. I believe I said
to sumo of my coloured friends some months Ago
that I was ti.ed o? politics and desired to embark
in somo bu'ino?s that would enable me to support
those who aro dependent on mc. I now go fur
ther and say to you I am disgusted with politic*.
I know of nn position, Stute or Federal, that I
would seek if it coat mo tho passage of u single
step. Let me toll you that a man who embarks
in political life, if ho ii honest, will be poor as long
as he remains in it, and thc souner be gets out of
it tho better it ?rill be for bis wife, children and
self. I Intend to do it. I wish to go into retire
ment, and thero is no office that your recommen
dation or votes could confer upon me that I would
accept. I ask you, then, to Lavo confidence In
the statements that I have made.
Malicious Report.
The Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel says : " Some
mischievous person started a report reflecting
upon the credit and good standing of tho dry
goods house of Messrs. V. Richards k Bros. Wo
publish a card this morning from these gentlemen
to tho effect that tho report is malicious and un
founded. They still continue to receive full sup
plies of all goods in their linc, which will be dis
posed of to their customers at prices to suit the
times."
Wo annex the Card of Messrs. V. RICHARDS k
BROS., alluded to above :
" Some malicious porson having reported around
town that V. Richards & Bros. hare failed, they
take this occasion to say to any who may give
crodenco tb such a report if they have anything
against the firm, or any member of it, to present
their claim, and, if just, it will bo paid (as they
do all such claims) on tight.
They also wi.<h to say to the vile slanderer that
V. Richards k Bros. are not of the failing sort,
and that their reputation is a little too well known
for their forked tonguo to injure thom much."
Ten thousand dollars was advanced from
the Georgia State Road and taken to Atlanta on
the 23d, by Capt. Rockwell, Military Treasuror,
for payment of the Convention. And forthwith
the Convention appropriated $50 to each dels
gate,-and there was rejoicing in tho menagerie.
? ? ?
Jiickerson's Star Taking Its Way
Westward !
Wc mean Col. Titos. S. NicKHitsoir, of the su
premely comfortable, elegant and invitiug Plan
ters Hotel, Augusta, Ga.; Col. NlCKEBSOX, '.bc
author and finisher of tho splendid Mills House,
Charleston; Col. NlCKBBSOX, of the popular Nick
erson's Hotel, Columbia. But still be is not sat
isfied. Atlanta and her constant host of transient
visitors (wo do not mein the Convokion niggers
and noodles) are to rejoice in the knowledge of
his splendid capacity for keeping a hotel. He
has bought the National Hotel in that city, and
already formally opened it. The National is
mott desirably located, and splendidly furnished;
it has long been famous, hut its most renowned
days aro yet to como. Col. Niccansox is a man
of. large and liberal spirit, and wo most heartily
wish him the greatost possible success.
An Apt Illustration.
In a recent speech, the eloquent Hon. Daniel
W. Voorhoes made tho following apt illustration :
" God made the oaglo and the owl. He gave to
both plumage and wings. In tho same class of
largo birds of the air ranged Ho th'?m ! Tho
samo atmosphere and the various seasons wore
common to both. God created tho Caucatian and
tho African. With brain, muscle and nerve en
dowed He them. With blood and Foul and tho
erect posture they are distinguishable us members
of a general family. Thuro was for both the
samo earth to yield its tillage ; the same sunshine
and rains ; the same seas upon which to spread
commerce; tho same elements for science to ex
tract benefits for man. As thc eagle to thc owl,
so tho white man to tho black, stand in the same
relativo positions as*they were found in the twi
light of history. Let the eagle but attempt to
tako the owl to its bynes and its habits, and both
fall to the ear Ul together. Let tho white man as
sume to mako the negro his equal, and the ruin
effort to erase tho lines drawn by the finger of j
God assures the certain downfall of thc invaders
of the majesty of His work of croation ; tho eagle
is ruined with the owl-and a fitting symbol of
this is the vain effort the American puopls are
now making."
General White's Challcngu to General
Butler.
[From the Richmond Register, Radical.]
We stated on Saturday that a rumor was
current to the effect that General White, of |
the Convention, had challenged General But
ler, while in thc city to mortal combat. Tht
rumor was only too true, and wc have been
put in possession of the following facts:
General D. B. White wrote thc letter below
to General Butler on the 14th of January,
and had spoken to a friend to carry the letter
as soon as written and deliver it to Butler,
but through some misunderstanding White
failed to meet his friend after thc lotter Waa
ready for delivery, and learning that Butler
intended leaving that night, and not wishing
aim to leave the city without receiving thc
letter, it was handed to the clerk at the office
of the Ballard, with the request that it be
sent up to Butler. The letter was sent up
by a servant.
General Butler called two or three of bis
friends around him, showed them the letter,
and seul a verbal message to White, stating
that he would give him all the satisfaction bo
desired and then left thc city before the mes
sage could be delivered.
White, finding that Butler had left, and
next day receiving the message that he (But
ler) would give him the satisfaction wanted,
immediately wrote to Butler, asking il such
were the facts. He has received no reply to
this. The War Department has recently
complimented General White, for his persona!
bravery, with a brevet, and somCpenple, who
don't like General Butler, and they are 7ery
few in number in this vicinity, arc malicious
enough to say that ho was afraid to meet so
redoubtable un opponent.
The cause of the difficulty was a general
order issued by Butler, while in command of j
the Army of thc James, reflecting severely
upon Colonel White, who at that time was in
command of a regiment. The General is a
" located" preacher of the Methodist Episco
pal Church.
The following is his missive to Butler :
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, )
RICHMOND, VA., January 14, lsGS. J
Major-General Ii. F. Buller.-Sir: Whilst
you were in command of the Army ol'the
James, and I having no more rights than that
of a private citizen, you undertook then to
insult, denounce, and Hend me from your De
partment. For the first time since that pe
riod we stand upon an equal looting ; we
stand upon the same soil, and occupy in every
respect the samo rights before tho law and
thu powers that be. I deem tbii>. therefore,
thc proper ocension for a vindication of my
own character beforo the country, und I de
mand of you that satisfaction that one gentle
man will always accord to another.
Your obedient servant,
__^ D. B. WHITE.
SOLDIER SHOT ar A NEGRO.-The Macon
Telegraph, of yesterday, says :
M A soldier by the name of Taylor, a mem
ber of Company E, 16th United States Infan
try, was shot and mortally wounded, by an
unknown negro, whom he bad halted on Pop
lar street, near Third, on Wednesday night,
shortly aller 12 o'clock.
. " Captain Murray and officer Hall, hearing
thc pistol li rn, went towards the spot, where
they found Taylor lyipg upon the ground, cry
ing murder. His statement to tho officers WHS
to the effect that he had halted tho negro, and
ordered him t? come to him. and on his refus
ing to do so, ho (tbjs soldier) advanced upon
the negro, who shot him and ran. It ?3 not
known up to this time who the negro waa.
Thesoldier died from the effects of tho wound."
JUST So.-Warwick, th? Washington cor
respondent of the Macon Telegraph, says, with
much truth : " Lot the Southern people rcso- j
lutely set about the cultivation of grain and !
tho raising of cattle ; and in so doin^, while 1
securing their own prosperity, they will strike ;
the deadliest blow at their Radical enemies j
it tho Nora.." J
Washington and congressional News*
On tho 21ft, in tho Huu.-e, after ineffectual
efforts to amend, supported by Butler, Ste
Tens and Kelly, the Reconstruction Bill as
reported by the Committee passed, by one
hundred and twenty-three yeas to forty five
nays.
Carey, of Ohio, and Siewart, of New York,
only voting with the Democrats.
The Secretary of War id directed to issue
for the relief of nil classes at the South, des
sicated vegetable-' tba thad accumulated dur
ing the wur.
The President is requested to inform the
Senate whether^Jr.mes A. Seddon, whom the
President recant ly pardoned, was Secretary
of War of the Confederate State3 while Wirz
wa3 keeper of tb." Aadcrsonville prison, and
also how many Union soldiers died from star
vation and other cruelties inflicted in viola
tion of civilized war Cuting Seddon's Secreta
ry ship.
Conncss offered a resolution reciting Amer
?can arrests in Gn at Britain, directing the
President to inquire ii arrests were made
without sulficicnt causes, if so to demand their
release, and to enforce ilie demand by the ar
my and navy.
In a conversation respecting the present
situation and his future purposes, the Presi
ident said : " A modification, perhaps I might
say, a decided change . : puplic sentiment in
the North, hus b :cn thc consequence. One
who held fast to a principle when a majority
was arrayed oga'uist him is not like ly to loosen
bis hold upon it when BO-mich of the pressure
has been removed."
On the 22d, in thc Sonate, the Reconstruc
tion Bill was read a second time.
Mr. Doolittle spoke in opositicn. When the
morning hour expired Doolittle was allowed
to proceed by a vote of 30 to 17.
The Cot-on Tax Conference Committee, re
ported agreeing to thc House Bill with an
amendment exempting cotton from import
duties after April 1st. Thc Senats concur
red.
Mr. Doolittle resumed. During his speech
he said : Whon Latiura, a Roman province,
rovolted and the revolt was suppressed, the
question arcso in the Roman Senate what
shall be done with Latiuin and the people of
Latium. There were sorie who cried dis
franchise them ; others iiaid confiscate their
property. There were none who said subject
them to the vassalage of their slaves, but old
Camillus, iu that speech which revealed his
greatness and mado his name immortal, said :
" Senators, make them your fellow citizens
and thus add to thc power and glory of Rome."
Doolittle added : in this high place-in this
Senate of the greatest Repubiic of the world
-the outgrowth of the c'v'.liznion of all
ages-cannot wc, Seuators, rise to the height
of that great argument ?
Trumbull followed when the Senate ad
journed to honor Mr. Hamilton, of Ohio..
In the House, the bill forfeiting lands gran
ted to thc rebel Stales tor railroad purposes
was resumed. During tho discussion Chan
dior called Julian a coward. The Speaker
ruled the words unparliamentary. Chandler
retorted, "certainly not, if he is one." Julian
retorted, " Chandler could test his cowardice
at any time." Chandler replied, "very well,
sir; I'll take an early opportunity." Thc
bill went over.
Thc qaestiou of Reconstruction was re
sumed. Butler's amendment, vacating all
ollices in the unreconstructed States and al
lowing Conventions to fill them, failed, and,
without reaching a vote, the.House ad
journed.
In connection with Grant's ref orted oppo
sition to the new Reconstruction Act, it is re
garded as significant that Washburne, of Illi
nois, though in his scat, did not vote for or
against thc bill.
The Committee on Education and Labcr
were directed to iuquire into the expediency
of providing a g?nerai system of education iu
rebcldom, educating every child between five
nnd twelve years of age.
On the 2-?J, thc President's message to the
Senate declares the Bill, striking 'he word
" white" from the District Ordn.mce.i fail
ed by reason of the adjournment of Con
gress.
Ou tho 2-kb, in thc Senate, Edmunds and
Johnson took issue with the Presiden'ts opin
ion that the bill striking wbito from District
ordinances was passed 'luring recess.
The me3*age ".va-- referred to the Judiciary
Commit'tc.
Thc Senate adhered to its amendments to
the deficiency bill forbid ling appropriations
for Qnnr erm.-.ster'* department being ex
pendell tor reconstruct ion or any other pur
pose.
Gen. Howard was ctiied on for elaborate
reports regarding aband :ned lands and other
relative matters.
A joint resolution authorized the distribu
tion of deasicatt d moats and vegetables not
needed by the anny to t'->e sufferers in the
South was passed. '..'ll
Reconstruction was resumed. Morton spoke
and Nye will follow. The argument will
probably hst ten days.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.-A hill forbidding certain payments
to Southern claimants wa.?discussed aud post
poned.
Th.: H ui v. di->.?'ro::.l to the conference
committee's report nu ihe cotton tax and ap
pointed a new committee.
The death of Mi. IIi-c was announced and
the Iiouse. "djoni ned.
The Spuretne Court ha;; taken up the case
of the Star? ol texas vf. While, el al. This
on mot iou to dissolve an injunction hereto
fore granted, rirstr-'iniuj; defendants from dis
posing .ii certain bonds. Defendants rest
iheir ca-'- uj.^.i me argument that Texas is
not a Stale in the Union, and that therefore
she is uoi entittlod to appear here. This
point mus' be decided ueloro the case can
proceed.
Thc Senate was not in session on the 25ih.
In the House tho session was devoted entire
ly to spread cigle speeches.
THE Pi'III TAN AND NIGGER POLICY IX CON
CRESS.-Aside from all thc small questions ol
persons and pinces, the policy of the majority
in Congress has but one point and purpose,
Aside from the disputes as to who shall be
Secretary of War, what Johnson will do and
what candidate has the best chance for the
Presidency, the grand object of all legislation
and all political activity is to pm the nigee
above the white man over cne third the area
of this Uuion. Such a policy was surely nev
er before entertained by any gove uing power
cf tho civilized world. Judging from all the
knowledge of the relations and development
of races that is yet attained, this policy is a
direct violation of th? laws of God and nature
It is not only un attempt to amalgamate so
cially races that not only the crimes of men
havo brought together, but it is an attempt
to so bind society up in laws as to secure
the supremacy of the baser and mo:e brutal
race.
Grown in another climate, the native of nr.
other continent, thc negro came to this coun
try mainly through the criminal activity of
Puritan slave traders ; mid now the sons of
those Puritans would condone tho first crime
by a sccoud and greater one, and give all
their thoughts, their utmost exertion simply
to put thc niggers in a position to hold the
disarmed white man of thc South, under their
feet and to demand social equality-to de
mand, ns many of them already do, that their
brutal animal lust shall be fed with white
wives. Such is the actual position of the rad
ical p.trty. Frightened now at tuc disgusting
enormity of this purpose, whose ultimate ef
fect that party dimly begins to sec, it would
deny nnd disown it if it were possible ; but
ii must go before the couulry on the platform
it has set up for itself ; il. must submit its case
to the country and abide the consequence in
popular indignation and hatred.-N. York
Herald. _
MtmoKit ox JAMES ISLA NO.-A murder was
committed on Wednesday evening, on Jame J
Island, by Bill Richardson, colored, on Wm.
Fell, R colored boy, somo eighteen or twenty
years old, by striking him un tho head with
a Rtiek ; ?he boy lived but a few hours after
the blow was struck. The cause of the hom
icide grew out of a quarrel about some wood
whirl) Fell hnd stolon from Richardson
Charleston Mercury.
Hon. James Farrow, of Spartan'burg,
who represented ibis State in the Confederate
Congress, ai its last scssionj was married in
Richmond, on the SUh lust., to Miss Sue Sav
age, of ftchmond, Va.
MuLLARKY BROTHERS.-The MullarKy
iiothcrs (late of tho firm of Gray, Mullarky
; Co.,) are now in receipt of a full line of
tapie aod fancy dry goods and of all other
rt ides in their line. Their headquarters are
scated in tho commodious establishment, late
j occupied by I. Kahn & Co., where they will
e pleased to feo all their old customers and
s many new ones as may favor them with
heir patronage. The junior member of thc
irm being constantly in the market, their op
lortunity for purchasing at low n.tes are not
urpass?d by any house in the city. We take
(leisure in commending the Mullarky Broth
irs to our country renders. They are too
veil known to the people of Augusta to need
,ny notice at our hands.-Chronicie & Sen
inel.
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.-Four States met
>n the 8th of January in Democratic State
Conventions, and each expressed a prefer
;nce for the Hon. George H. Pendleton for
President. They wero Ohio, Indiana, Ne
)raska and Wost Virginia. Wc expect that
he other Western and Central States, from
ill the indications, will follow their example.
Throughout thu Great West there is the most
perfect unanimity in his favor.
HYMENEAL.
MARRIBD, in this Village, on the 2 Jd January,
it th* residence of Mrs. Julia Mcclintock, by
Rer. E. T. Walker, Mr. WM. P. CALDWELL,
>f Laurencevillo, Ga., and Miss AMELIA A.
BARDELL, daughter of the late Tios. R. Var
loll, of Charleston, S. C.
^^-Tke Charleston Jfercury and New York
World will please copy.
OBITUABY.
DIED, on the 2Hth of October, 1867, WILLIAM
ANDREWS MARTIN, aged eight years, ten
nonths and four days.
He was the oldest child of FREIUAK G. and
Sirs. NARMIK MARTIN, the light of their household,
md joy of their hearts. The grief of losing io
aright, intelligent, and affectionate a child, was
lggravated by the painful circumstances of his
lentil. He had grown large enough to follow his
Father about the farm, and take interest in all its
rurious operations ; and on that day particularly,
ie had been amusing himself by filling the cotton
anskets at tho gin house, to be ready for the gin.
[loving filled all the baskets, he went down to
play, and unobserved by any one, got upon the
iweep, and became caught in some way by tho
great cog wheel, and was instantly killed.
Early lost, wo trust be is all early saved ; and
:an only tender thc affectif, ?ate sympathy of?
arge circle of friends to the ooreaved parents.
B. M., JR.
COMMERCIAL.
AUGUSTA. .Jan. 25.
GOLD-Brokers are buying at 13? and selling
it 141.
SILVER-Buying at 130 and selling at 135.
COTTON-The market oponed fair at Ji3@l?i
or Middling, with a fair demand, and closed firm
it lt4, with light offerings. Sales 584 bales. Re
teipts, SMI bales.
BACON-Smoked Shoulders. 13 cents ; B. B.
Sides, 14J@15; CR. Sides, 15@15J; C. Sides,
li@15Jc; Dry Salted Shoulders 11@HJ; Dry
Salted C. R. Sides 14@14}; Hams lS@22c.
CORN-New Whito $1 10, Mixed 31 05@1 03.
WHEAT-White, $2750280: Red, ?2 40?
2 50.
NEW GOODS.
Very fino Black Alpacca,
Very fine Black Mohair,
Plain Poplins, very cheap,
Very fine White Alapacca,
Brown Table Damask,
White Table Damask,
Large lot of Towels, very cheap,
Hoop Skirts, tho very best,
Corsetts, nil sizes, good and cheap
Jaconet Muslins,
Swiss Muslins,
Nainsook Muslins,
Wide suft finished Cambriek,
Tucked Linen Collars,
Tucked Linen Cuffs.
The above goods ure just to hand and for sale
heap.
Thc public are respectfully Invited to examine
be samo.
JAMES A. GRAY A CO.,
23S Broad Street.
Augusta, Jun. 30 tf 5
Ordinary's Office,
EDGEFIELD DISTRICT,
January 2Sth, 1SGS
a LL EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS
fxL and GUARDIANS who have received thei
appointments of the Court of Ordinary, arc re
[aired, in congruity with tho Acts of the Gene
di Assembly uf this State, to render Inventorie
md Appraised Account Sales, and Annual Rc
urns of the Receipts and Disbursements of th
islets of the several E* tites committed to tbei
barge, until the entire Ent?tes have been settled
ip with R'I parties interested in such Estate.
I therefore notify all Executors, Administra
tirs Ind Guardians to make their RETURN
fORTHWITH, and thereby save me the un
ileasant duty of issuing llidt* against them at
heir cest.
W. F. DURISOE, ?. E. D.
Jan 29 tf 5
Sheriff's Sale.
W. P. Roberts,
Fi Fa.
Wado Holstein.
Bacon A Butler, )
vs \ Fi Fa.
Wade Holstein. J
BY Virtue of Writs of Fi Fa in tho above
stated cate*, I will proceed to sell at Edge
?cid C. H., on the lit Monday in March next
)NE TRACT OF LAND, containing Twelve
Iundred Acre?, more or less, adjoining lands of
Ph'.mas Bates, L. W. Youngblood, M. N. Hoi
tein and others, levied on ns the property of
he Defendant, Wade Holstein.
Tarins Cash.
ISAAC BOLES, S. E. D.
Jan 25 St 5
Sheriff's Sale.
M. W. Gary, ]
' vs. \ Lien on Crop.
Jas. M. Harrison, J
BY Virtue of an Execution in tho above stated
case, I will procoed to Boll at the residenco
f JAS. M. HARRISON, the Defendant, on
WEDNESDAY, the 12th February, the following
ropcrty of said Defendant, to wit:
Ten Bales of COTTON,
Fifty Bushels CORN,
?ar* Torms Cash.
ISAAC BOLES, S.E.D.
Jan. 28. i 3t 5
MILL NOTICE.
rUE Customers of MRS. FULLER'S MILL,
will plcaco send their Corn to Mill on Mon
,ay, Wednosdny or Saturday from this date. The
lill grinds only on those day?.
Wagons sent for Lumber mutt be accompanied
rith the Cash.
R. G. LANHAM, Agt.
Jan 29 4t*5
Strayed or Stolen,
^N the 18tb Jann?ry from the premises of the
Lf Rev. J. P. Mealing, a small deep bay RIG
10RSE, left eye out, shod in front, bind foot
ery much worn. Any information thankfully
ocoived. A liberal reward paid for his recovery.
Lddress the undersigned, oare of Rev. J. P.Meal
az, Edgcfield, S. C.
MOSES MURRAH.
Jan 27 3t* 5
Administrator's Notice.
A LL Persons having claims against the Estato
?JL of JAMES MeCARTY, deceased, will please
ender them in to thc undersigned, properly attcst
i. Those indebted to said estato, can savo monoy
y paying up immediately;-longor indulgence
annot and will not bo grunted. An carly settle
lont nf said Estate is desirod. Thoso who fall
) profit by this notice, will have to settle, on
nd nfter 10th Fobruary next, with my Attorney,
r the Sheriff.
D. P. LA GRONE, Adm'or.
Jan. 2S 3t A
rhe Quicker the Better !
PARTIES indebted to me are expeoted to como
forward and settle. I want money, and am
>rced to make it out of those indebted to mo.
'ako. warning. All of my unpaid Notes and Ac
nunts will, in a very short timo, bo placed in
Qo hands of an Attorney for collection.
Persons having Watohos or Jewelry in my
ands for repair will ploRM oall, pay for ropafr
ig, and got them. I am tired holding them, and
ct do not wi.h to have said Watches and Jowel
y sold merely to get my dues for repairing. But
most havo mouoy. Take warning. ._
p. p. MCEWEN.
Jan 13 2t 3
NEW DRY GOODS IT?TJSE.
Mullarky Brothers,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
. -IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DEY GOODS,
262 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, ?3-EO-,
At the Store Lately Oeeupied by
I. KAHN & CO.
TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY OP
thanking oar friends for that liberal share of
their patronage extended to ns while connected
with the late firm of GRAY, MCLLABKY A Co.,
hoping, by close attention to business and faur
dealing, we may still merit a centinaanoe of the
same.
One of oar Firm is now and will constantly re
main in NEW YORK, and will BUY ALL OUR
GOODS FOR CASH 7*VCLUS1TELY, which
will enable os to
8ELL AS LOW, IF NOT LOWER,
THAN ANY HOUSE IN AUGUSTA. It ii
unnecessary to enumerate the different Goods in
tho seroral Departments. Suffice it to say we
are now DAILY RECEIVING and. OPENING
NEW GOODS, which we offer to oar friends and
the public at
Greatly Reduced Prices !
Owing to the GREAT DECLINE in all classes
of DRY GOODS.
All Orders entrusted to our care shall have our
immediate and most careful attention.
ONE PRICE ONLY,
CHEAP FOR CASH!
,2SS-All Parcels DELIVERED FREE OF
CHARGE in any portion of the City or Hamburg
MULLARKY BROTHERS.
AUSTIN MULLARKY | JAS. H. MULLARKY
Augusta, Jan 23 lm5
Farmers,
YOUR INTERESTS ARE AT STAKE.
BUY THE
PURE FLOUR OF RAW SONE,
MANUFACTURED AT
MARIETTA, Gr-A..,
AN D GU ARANTIED IO BEPUF.E.
?5^ It is one of tho Bett Fertilizers for Gar
dens.
For tale by
J. SIBLEY & SONS,
No fl, Warren Block, Augusta, Ga
Jan 27 tf 5
AGENT WANT.?D'FOR THE
6RAYJ?CKET8,
AND KOW THEY LIVED, FOUGHT AND
DIED FOR DIXIE,
?WITH.
Incidents and Sketches of Life in
the Conlederacy,
Comprising Narrative* of Perional Adventure,
Anny Life, Natal Adventure, Home Life, Par
titan Daring, Life in the C<imp, Field
and Hospital, Together with the Songs,
Ballads, Anecdotes and Humorous
Incidents of 'Ac ?Par for
Southern Independence.
There is a certain portion of the war that will
never go into tho regular hi:tories, nor be embo
died in r?nnncc or poolry, which is a very real
part of it, and will, if preserved, convey to suc
ceeding generations a belter idea of thc spirit of
the conflict than many dry reports or careful nar
ratives of events, and this part may be called the
gossip, tho fun, thc pathos of the war. This il
lustrates the character of the leaders, the humor
of the soldiers, tbe devotion of women, the brave
ry of men, the pluck of our h?roe?, the romance
and hardships of the service.
The Valiant and Bravo Hearted, the Picturesque
and Dramatic, the Witty and Marvelous,; the
Tender and Patbeii". and tho whole Panorama of
the War are hore thrillingly portrayed in a mas
terly manner, at once historical and romantic,,
rendering it the.most ample, unique, brilliant andi
readable book that tho war has called forth.
Amusement as well as instruction may he found!
in every page, as graphic detail, brilliant wir,
and authentic history, are skillfully interwoven
in this work of literary art.
Send (or Circulars and seo our terms, and a full
description of thc work. Address,
JONES BROTHERS ? CO., Atlanta, Ga,
Jan. 30 2t 5
BEEF MARKET.
?
WILL CONTINUE TO FURNISH GOOD
BEEF and MUTTON to tho perle of Edgefieid
on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday morn inga
it reasonable prices, but STRICTLY FOR CASH.
A. A. GLOVER, Agent.
Jan 22 tf_4^
State of South Carolins,
EDGEFIELD DISTFIOT,
IN ORDINARY
BY W. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Sedge
field District.
Whereas, Z. W. Carr.de, C. E. E. D. has af .plied
o me for Letters of Administration, with U\e Will
innexed, on all and singular the gorvus and
ibattels, rights and credits of Charles? Powell,
ate of the District aforesaid, dee'd.
These are, therefore, to cito and a<im(mish all
md singular, the kindred and creditors of the
aid deceased, to be and appear before me, at our
loxt Ordinary's Court for the sai<'A District, to be
tolden at Edgefieid C. H., on the 4th day of
Jar. next, to show cause, if any, why tie said
administration should not bo (?ranted.
Given under my band and. seal, this 23d day
f Jan., in the year of our Lord one thousand
ight hundred and Sixty-eight, and in the ?J2d
ear of the Independence of the United States
f America.
W. F. DURISOE, O.E.D.
Jan. 29 6t 5
State of South Carolina,
EDGEFIELD DTSTBICT,
IN ORDINARY.
BY W. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edge
field District.
Whereas, M. H. Kempson, hos applied to
ne for Letters bf Administration, on all and
ingular the goods and chattels, rights and ered
!s of Edward Addy, late of the District
foresaid, deceased.
Thcso are, tboreforo, to- cito and admonish all
nd ?iogular, tho kindred and creditors of the
aid deceased, ta bb and appear.b?forc me, at our
est Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be
boldon at Edgefieid C. n., on the 7th day of
i"eb. next, to show cause, if any, why the said
dmtnistration should no? he granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this 2-tth day of
ask in tho year of our Lord one thoucand eight
un'dred and sixty-eight, and in the nine ty -s ceo' j
ear of Amorican Independence.
W.F. DURISOE, QV^D
Jan. 28_2t_ " , ?
NOTICE. ~
(X LL. Persons indebted to us b*y jjole* or Ac
\ count will please call at once Md make
ayment, as the times require r.g t0 dose burl
iness, both in the City of Av gujta and at Mine
rock. j WRIGHT A MOBLEY.
Jan 23 Jt $
Magistrate's Blanks.
n|TE have cs hand a good iupply of MAGIE
rt TRATE'S BL-?NKS.
May li tf 29