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South Carolina Radical Negro Conven
ti on.
SIXTH DAY.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 21.
l'h? Convention assembled ut 12 M., an
was eade.: lu order by '?.bc President, Ur. ?
G. MACKKV.
Mr. T. Hurley presented a preamble an
resolution iu reference to ibo punishment <
bribery at elections, and providing that an
person receiving bribe?, er offering then
shall bc incapable of holding ellice or votin
for a p?rit d ?. f five years, nod otherwise put
?shed by (inc and imprisonment. Referred I
the Committee on Franchise a:id Election
Mr. li arley ?1 o presented a series of resi
bili-.ns for the crgniiiieation of a militia in tb
State, whicb wore referred to*tbe OommitU
on Miscellaneous Matters.
A i>r ?position lo abolish the DistncrCour
of ?be State w?-.s voted down on tue groan
tba*, uider thc Reconstruction Acts the dut
cf tbe Convention was simply io frame
Constitution.
Mr. C. C. Bowen introduced a lengthy ar
somewhat conservative Bill ol' Rights, whi<
was referred to thc Committee on Bill i
Rights.
T. K- Sasportas offered a resolution allo
ing all persons to act as juror*, without r
?..ard to race, c >lijr or previous condition, pr
vided they are registered voters, and able
read and write intelligibly. Referred to tl
Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. J. M. Runion*offered a resolution, pr
viding tor the election of Justice ot' thc Peat
in each distiic. Referred to the Committi
on Franchise and Election.
James X. Elayne submitted a petition pta
ing lor the making of a new district out
portions ol' Barnwell amt thc adjacent di
tticts, which was referred to tbe Committi
on L?gislation.
L. S. Langley <.tiered fhc following, whit
was roferied to the Committee cn Bill
R:gbts:
Whereas tho pernicious doctrine of Stat
Rights, as believed in and taught by a mi
talsen son of South Carolina, Hon. Jobu (
?J;:lboun. bas cost our beloved country mai
valuable lives and uanv tniiiions of troasurt
and,
Whereas, it is highly necessary that tl
new Constitution which this Convention
about to frame should /.o', be silent on ti
subject, therefore be it
Resolved, That thc allegiance of thc ci:
zens of this State is due to the Federal Go'
crament, and to South Carolina only so lon
as >l.c continues a component part of th
American Union.
F. J. Moses, Jr., Chairman of the Exect
tivc Committee, n po.tid favorably on th
resolution to employ Major C. D. Melton, on
of ike Solicitors of the State, to assist i:
drawing up ordinances, &c. Also, recora
mending that Major I). T. Corbin bc appointe
Solicitor of tim convontitn, with thc pay ar.
mileage of a delegate.
-Thc report was adopted.
W. E. J ima w < tiered thc following, whic]
was referred to the Committee on Franchis
and Elections :
iYhccas, it ha? been proposed to this Cou
v melon that all ministers .-.iiall be dabarrct
from participating in all political "ifairs, bs i
Resolved, That all men, whether minister,
or otherwise, shall be liable to any posHoi
in the government that tbe people In thei
judgment may houor them with, providin:
that said minister or man be qualified to iii
the ullicvs they may be called to serve in.
A. J. Rinsier offered a preamble and reso
lutionsauthorising the Committee on Educa
lion to enquire into the expediency of estab
lishtng a Board of Education, consisting o
three for each Congressional District. Re
ferred to the Committee ou Education.
On motion of R. C. DeLarge, the Conven
tion adjourned.
SEVENTH DAY.
January 22.
The Convention assembled at 12 M., and
was called to order by the President, A. G
Mackey.
The President announced the first business
in order to be thc reports ol' Special Corn
in i Hoes.
Mr. C. C. Bowen made a report of the
Committee on thc Judiciary, a resolution in
relation to contracts, where the consideration
was for the purchase of slaves, stating that
they bad considered the sain.j and recommend
for their adoption thc following ordinance:
First. We, the people of the State of
South Carolina, by our delegates in Conven
tion, do hereby ordain and declare, that all
contracts, whether under seal or no!, the con
sideration of which were for the sale of slaves,
are uuli and void aud o? non-effect.
Second. No suit, either at law or equity,
shall be commenced or prosecuted on such
eor.ltacts, and proceedings for thc satisfac
tion and payment of judgments and decrees
which at any time heretofore nave been rc
rorded, rendered, enrolled, or entered upon
5>uch coutracf. arc hereby forever prohibited.
Third. All orders relative to such con
tracts which may ai any lime heretofore have
been made in any Court of this State, tither
ol iaw or equity, whereby any property, real
or personal, is held subject to decision as tu
the validity ot' such contracts, are also de
clared null and void, and of non effect.
The President stated that tbe Convention
having at an early sessivn of the body adopted
the Rules of the House of Representatives,
and regarding the tenn ordinance in the Con*
v< ntion as synonymous with Bill in thc Leg
islative Assembly, the Chair was compelled to
decide that no ordinance can pass the Con
vention uutil it Las received three readings.
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 was
referred an ordinance relative to the valida
tion of a portion of thc bills receivable of
tbe State, and the ?ale thereof, and the man
ner of levying and collecting the tax aurl.i,
rtzed by Act cf Covgre?s, to defray the ex
penses of the Convention, with instructions to
report thereon this morning, beg leave respect
lui ly to report, tint they are" in correspon
dence with Major-General E. li. S. Canby,
tin! Governor of the State, and other State
oliicials, from whom information is asked, ant'
that it was impossible io arrive at any con
clusion at so early a day. and respectfully a>k
tun her time, with the assurance that an carly
repot t may be expected.
Hi-port adopted.
Mr. Whittcmoro offered the foll..wing,
which was retened io thc Committee on Leg
islatioo.
ii shall be the duly of the General Assem
bly, as soon 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 be
an asylum for those persons, who, by reason
.'I age, infirmity, or other misfortunes, may
have a claim upon thc aid of the benevolence
of society, that such persons may therein find
employment and every reasonable comfort,
und lose t>y the r usefulness thc degrading
sense of dependence.
L. S. Langley called for the special order,
namely, th?: report o: the Committee recom
mending a petition to General Conby to sus
pend, for three months, the collection of ail
l?bts contracted prior to the 3(jth of June,
18G5.
After considerable debate the matter was
made the special order for hnll'-past one to
morrow.
EIGHTH DAY.
M CHARLESTON, Jan. 23.
The Convention assemble?! at 12 o'clock.
Prayer by Rev. R. H. Cain (colored). The
r >!. was (lilted and journal re id.
J. J. Wright nindi a report of the Cum- I
mitteo on thc Judiciary on resolution of in
ij liry as to the legislative powers of the Con
vent ion. Made the special order for one
o'clock to morrow.
J. J. Wright made a report of thc same
Committee < n an ordinance for thc abolition
of tho District Courts. Thc Committee re
gard the ordinance as unnecessary, as the
subject will be embraced in the report ol the
Judiciary Committee upon that portion of the j
Constitution referred to them. Adopted.
B F. Randolph offered the following, which j
was r< ferrer! to the Committee on Franchise j
ami Elections:
Whereas, incentives are necessary to a 1
more speedy attainment of learning and in- I
telii?ence. which arc the sure guards of Bo- .
jiubUcan liberty, therefore, bo it \ i
Resolved, That the forthcoming Constitu
tion of the Suite shall provide that all persons
coming of a?0 alter tho iiist of January,
1S75, shall posses? the qualifications of read
ing aud writing intelligently in order to be
able to vote. Referred to the Committee on
Franchise aud Electiu'is.
li. F. Randolph offered a resolution, which
iras votcil down, that tiie constitution shall
hereafter make no distinction on account of
color in such laws as it may adopt with refer
ence to thc public schools.
The special order for 1 o'clock, the consid
eration of au ordinance fur thc division of
Pickeoa District, was announced by tho Pres
ident, whereupon a lively debate ensued.
Messt s. L. B. John>ou, Parker, Duncan,
DonaNou, and sonic Lui' or iive negroes ad
voc.tcJ thc measure, whilst DeLarge, Whip
per, and other colored '.gemmell," with equal
power andeloquence, opposed thc proposition.
Finally, on motion ul Mr. F. J. Moses, Jr.,
the ?DiCt?l order was discharged until one
o'c'ock next Munday.
Thu next special order taken up was the
petition to Geiu-ral Canby for thc day ut all
executions on debts contracted prior to thc
30th pf Jun?. lS'Jy.
[On this question we copy as .reported in
thc Kern j
The object of the opposition was to kiil it
bv amcti'iment. Two or three were offered,
when DeL r.'e (coicred) called for the previ
ous question, Subsequently this was recon
sidered, and T. J. Robertson, E-q., re id a
speech which he had prepared on thc subject.
He claimed thu thus? who had brought
abjut thc imjoverislied condition of the coun
try wire not the poor men or the loyal men,
bul those whj pretend to represent its wisdom,
intelligence and wealth.
It WW this class who were clarnoi in-r fer
Slay laws :md homestead laws. Some of them
a-ii-rt thai they cannot live in this country
that a war of ra:es is im vitable. Th-y are
t.ie principal debtors of the State, and do not
wmt to pay tceir debts, aud they never will
S) long -s they have unconstitutional stay
laws tu protect them. '
For one he would say, let the property of
thc country change hands, and if lands sell
cheap, so much better for tbc p ier man of
the State, 1 ecause it will enable him to pto
vide himself with a borne, and thus identify
himself with the soil.
[.Mr. Robertson did not say, in this bonnee
lion, that wtb one hundred of his four hun
died thousand dollars he expected, on the
first of February next, to absorb the proper
ty of probably seventy-five poor fanners and
turn theru adrift in the world to seeic Lomos
elsewhere.]
The men, said the speaker, who are askinp
for re?et, are those who du no not recognize
the validity of the R :Construotion acts of
Congress, and who refused to vote for d- lc
gate.*, to this convention. Some of the:
called the convention a menagerie, but it is
thc menagerie which is to protect their pi-.>j
erty at thc expense nf the loyal citizns and
working men of thc country.
Tho speaker continued in this vein, so Well
calculated tu appeal to thc passions of th
colored clement, and when Mr. Roberts'
?Ujk 1rs seat, he \v..s Ivlluvred by R. H. Cain
.f Charleston, ti'colored preacher, who Kai
that the univ reason why this p. culiar ques
tion was bcfoie the house was because it
k?cclcd the poer maa as much if nu more
than it did the rich, lie was in favor of
measures of relief, but did nut believe that
any act of the convention rouhi effect relief
in such a manner as wuuld bc either just or
constitutional. Even if it possessed the pow
cr, the men tu be most greatly benefited by
thc passage of the resolutions belonged to
that ciass who. since the war, have done all
they could to antagonize the true progress of
tho country. If these people had made con
tracts they Ind done so with their cye3 open
If they now suffered it was only in con^e
quenco of their own'sins, and for one he was
not willing to alford them any relief whatever,
They not only should sell their lauds, but he
would make them sell their lands and give
the poor man a chance.
The remarks of Cain were thoroughly rcvo
lutionarv in their character, adroitly made
and well calculated t) arouse, as he intended
they should, the passions of thc colored dele
gates. The speech will probably have the ef
fect of dividing the two races on the fluor
b-eaking up all combinations of moderate
men. and dragging such as Whittemore, Bow
en, Whipper, Wright. Langley, and others
into tho ranks of the negro extremists.
Wc ?aid at the beginning of our reports
that the negroes lmd the advantage uf intel
lect un the floor, and a fe-., more such cxhi
bitious as thi.se of Cain will draw thc whito
men body and soul into the range of colored
control. Xo colored man will dare to rL.k
his reputation by answering Cain, or put him
self beyond the palo of hi* party by antago
nizing what are now evidently thc prejudices
uf tho convention.
The heur of adjournment arriwd in thc
midst of the debate, and the convention ac
cor Jingly l! rested from its labors."
NINTH DAY.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 2-t.
The entire day was consumed by the
'ringed, sireaked and striped," in a continua
tion of the discussion on the special order of
yesterday-the petition tu Gen. Cunby f;r the
stay of all executions on debts contracted
prior to thc 30th June 1S(!5. Thc discussion
was carried on principally by thc colored del
egates, some ol' them expressing kinder senti*
monts towards the white people of thc State,
than many of the pale faced scalawag mem
bers of tee so-called Convention arc capable
of honestly entertaining. It was regarded
0:1 the one band b) extremists that the whites
owning property, who arc about to bo sacri
li .-ed at tie Sheriffs sties, ought to suffer by
reason of participation in thc war, and on
the other band that sales would be made to
speculators and strangers who would hold
the property at exorbitant rates, forbid-iing
thc development of thc enterprise of the col
ored race. The feeling, however, of thc ma
jirity is evidently to protect all classes fruin
ruin until the Legislature can adopt penna
neut me sures cf relief.
As ATTENTIVE JUROR.-Albert P. Grego
rio, the colored man previously mentioned as
b?ing one of the jurors in the State Court, was
accepted by thc prisoner, Preston Johnston,
and is oneuf tho twelve who will decide on
his guilt. Gregorio has always been free, and
is apparent'}- quite intelligent. During thc
trial yesterday morning he was busily engag
ed in taking notes of tho testimony elicited, and
scorned impressed with the dignity and res
ponsibility ol' his position. Although very
quiet and unobtrusive, his earnest endeavors
tu collect the facts of the caso were observed
and commended by many in the court room.
-Char. News.
MK. DAVIS IX MISSISSIPPI.-- The Vicksburg
" lime-?" says :
Lung 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 President Davis
with unutterable affection. Fur what he
has burne and suffered in the cause of the
people, he will alway; bo honored ard re
membered. We cannot greet him, as in oth
er days, with public manifestations of respect
arid praliiude, but when Jefferson Davis again
sta;.ds among-t his old friends, thun^h their
v ices may be mute, their hearts will throb
with a wild tumultuous juy.
FIELD HANDS WANTED.-PIautersvfrom St.
Mary's pirish now attending thc Fair state
that two thousand Geld hands ure Wanted in
that parish. The best plough and field hands
ure paid fifteen dollars a month and rations,
five p tunda ol pork and a peck <.{' meal week
ly, besides goo l quarters, fu-.-l and an nae of
land tu work oil their own account.-New Or
leans Crescent.
-??>?-?--_
QEOHOE H. PK.SMM.FTON.-Thc following is
tho concludm<r paragraph of a leading edito
rial from the MusCRtino (Iowa) Courier:
Voters are getting heartily sick of unneces
sary taxation ; sick of giving to thc rich and
robbing thc poor ; sick of a disrupted coun
try ; nickol business prostrated ; and they aro ' "
turning to the Democratic party fur relief. 1 n
lue man who can and will lead them out of ! n
thedifficulties which the Radicals have brought I il
ipon them will receive their hearty support A
br the office of President. Such a man now 0
itands prominently before the people. Wo b
?efer IO George H, Pendleton, 0f Ohio. 3
THE ADVERTISER .
JAMEST-BACON, EDITOR.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29, 1868.
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Provost Court.
We have been requested to announce that the
Provost Court will couiuinnco its next session at
this place, on the ICth day of March, instead of
tho llth March. Parties interested will govern
themselves accordingly.
$Sf~ Wo very frequently receive marriage and
obituary notices by mail, unaccompanied with
tiny responsible numc ; and from which causo tho
s-iid notices, iutended for publication in the Ad
ccrtiter, aro thrown aside unnoticed.
Thc Mullorky" Brothers.
Messrs. Au ST] M and JASES MoXLABKYi part
ners for years past, in the great firm of GRAY,
MULLA BK Y & Co., have themselves set up ? co
partncriuip, and now invito their old friends and
customers to 2C2 Broad St. Augusta, tho well
known Storo lately occupied hy I. KAU.V <fc Co.
Wo venture to predict liai ibis new Dry Goods
Establishment will, from tho very beginning,
stand second to none in Augusta.
As regards thc energy, enterprise, experience,
courtesy and probity of thc MOLLARKY BROTDRRS,
no one in EJjreficld nccdi to bo informed. They
aro universally known and respected. And wo
bespeak for them, in their new and independent
opacity, a continuance of thc liberal patronage
ihey Lave so loug known at tho hands of thc peo
ple of Edgciield. We .beg our re-ders to bestow
upon their card, in another column, very special
attention.
Thc S. C. Negro Convention.
Thc Charleston Ktici of Saturday speaks as
follows of tho present aspect of tho "Great
Ri'iged-Siroakod-nnd-Stripod " concern: "A cri
sis has evidently arrived in the policy of the
Convention. Heretofore, its tone has b?cn com
paratively cincialiatory and moderate. Hereaf
ter, tho negroes aro likely to form a compact,
s .?lid body of voters ia one direction. The real
animus of their action-their hate for tho land
holder-was yesterday developed to tho full, and
no man not a member of the Convention could
observo the display of fooling, ill-concoivcd as it
was, without seeing trouble in tho not distaut fu
ture
"Sorao supposod that the body would bo mode
rato ; that South Carolina would bc able to boast
a more intelligent aud better disposed array of
delegates thnn any other 'rebellious'State ; but
the bubble has burst. Kegro shrcwdDoss is like
ly to triumph in the Convention, and tho whirl-'
win 1 set in motion by tho whito leaders is fast
progressing beyond their control. Tho excite
ment yesterday, after tho Convention adjourned,
was very great, and wc seriously doubt whether
thore is strength onough arnon,; the whito dele
gates to hold it in check, unless this desirable ob
ject can bc compassed by such clever colored
members as Whipper, Wright, Langley, Wilder,
and othors of that class."
? Pure Flour of Raw Done."
There is a new Fertiliser for you ! And we
hoar and road on all sides now that this " Pure
Flour of Raw Bone," is a most powerful and
never failing stimulant of tho soil. And in this
connection, wc point our readers to tho advertise
ment, headed " Farmers," of those popular and
widely known niorchants of Augusta, J. SII?LET
? Soxs.
Freedmen's Burean Circulur.
Maj. WILLIAM STUNK, 1st Lieut. 45th U. S. Inf.,
Assistant Sttb-Assist Commissioner Bureau Refu
gee?, Freedmen and Abandoned Lauds, for Ed?c
field District, from his headquarters at Aiken,
ander date of tho 22 1 January, has issued tho
following instructions for tho guidanco of tho
people of tho District :
Circular Xo. I.
Tho attention of persons employing Freedmen
in Edgctiell District this year, is called to tho
necessity ot making written contracts with thom.
Such contracts should b3 forwarded to tbi?
OQico f^r approval at as early a day as possible
Contracts should be made in triplicate, tho
original for file here and a copy for tho employ
ers and thc freedman. The original must have a
Ure cent internal revenue stamp upon it, which
must bc affixed before it is Bubmit'.od for appro
val.
It is recommended that contracts bo brief and
simple in their terms.
No clauses which giro employers permission to
discharge hands without pay, or to levy fines for
?tbsenco from work in excess of thc rate of wages
paid, wilt be approved.
What shall constitute a sufficient ground for
discharge with forfeiture of all pay, must bo do
?idcd at this Office, or by a Court of competent
jurisdiction.
An absolute abandonment of work, without
:ause, by a freedman hired by a written contract,
will carry with it a forfeiture of all richte under it.
II. will bo borne in mind, that under tho order
of tho Commanding General of thc 2d Military
District, wages for labor performed in the pro
iuetion of the crop, aro a lien upon the crop, and
that such lien hue a prcf?rcueo over other liens
upon it. -
Freedmen aro udvised to work only for those
?ho have settled fuirly with their hands for past
Mrviees, and who will bo ablo to supply them
with such food as they may need whilo raising
the crop.
C.aries DJckons.
Wo do not mei.lion the name of tho groat hu
morist to say that lie designs taking Edgcfield in
bis present lecturing tour; but for something
oven better. T" wit, that one may now procure
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md still attainable sum of Twenty-five Centi'.
Or a set, in seventeen volumes, for Four Dollars.
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Gov. Orr's Address to thc Radien
Convention.
On Friday night, 4th day of the session of
Ncgro-Radical-Reconstruction Convention, Q
ORII, by invitation thereof, delivered na addi
before tho " august body." This address, circu
stance? bavo prevented us from publishing in f
Gov. ORR began by thauking the president i
"gonilcmen" of thc Convention for their invi
(ion, construing the samo rather as a complin:
to thc " txisting executivo authority of the Sta
than to the individual. And just here vre m
sny that Gov. Orin hugs to his bosom a hugo
lusion. Theideaof his hi ing tho "existing exe
tive authority of the State" is profoundly abtt
We have now no State, no Governor. A milit
despotism rules over us by the urm of lawl
unauthorized power. This same ''august hoi
is holdiog its scsfions upon tho fragments of
ruined government, and upon the gravo of
freedom.
Tho ft Mowing paragraph from his addr
will .-how that he has still not a spark of Si
pride, or of decent consistency ; and that ho
still in tho market for tho Eudicals, at any pi
they may offer him :
I say to you, very frankly, that I regard I
body as investod with tho sovereigu power of
State, stud that the constitution which you t
adupt for the people of South Carolina, is
which will not only bc ratified aud acoepted
Congre.*.', but ono under which all daises in So
Carolina will live for years to cvme.
lint wo are not going to abuse either Gov. (
or his address. Indeed wo must say that
latter was a more honest and candid performs
than thc Gov. is usually guilty of. Imagine h
for instance, tolling the ringed-streaked-a
striped gentlemen, to their very faces that tl
did cot represent thc wealth, intelligence and
finement of tho State. This was, of coarse,
much RS to Fay that they represented ponperi
vice, ignorance, barbarism: And so they?lo, rn
emphatically. And for this plain truth?we g
Oov. ORR one good mark.
As regards thc framing of a new State Con
tution by thc members of this Convention, G
ORR advises as follows :
Thc party which has passed tho Reconstruct
laws, has undisputed control of tho gorernm
in both IIouscs of Congress, and will retain it i
til thc 4th of March, lSfiO. Prior to that tim
Presidential election will occur. Tho probabil
is that an individual representing tho Conser
tire amt Democratic clement in the North s
West will be elccte 1 President. It may be tba
CcuserVAtive element will largely preponderate
ibu next election for members of the House
Representatives on tho 4th day of March, IS
aro Conservative or Democratic, and opposed
the legislation that may have been adopted
will be impossible to o fie ct a repeal of these ac
obnoxious as they are to the new party, prior
tho 4th of M ireh, 1871, Confirmed as I ara,.the
fore, itt the opinion that the legislation of t
present and preceding Congress will remain
loree until thc 4th of March, '71. and that a
constitution adopted by this convention will ci
tinue to li* of forco until that time at least, I ha
felt it to bo my duty as the Executive of tho Sta
and as an individual, to ho prcst-ut in Chariest
during tho scsiions of your convention, in t
hope that through official if not personal influem
I may accomplish s-?uiething in securing from t
con volition, a liberal, just and trice constitution.
If such a constitution U adopted, himnos
good fceiing and prosperity will prevail,
however, extreme views and measures are e
grafted upon that instrument, it will increase t
interest, which now exists between ibo two.rad
and forco tho whites of tho State, wbojyu-o t
means to do so, to leave its borders ?nd se
homes in other communities. It will produ
discontent and disquiet everywhere, and con
donee, trade and enterprise, will all be paralyze
As responsible duties aro, therefore, devolved upi
you ns were ever devolved upon a similar hoi
of men in any S'ate, the interest and prosperi
of South Carolina depend not only upon law ai
a good constitution, but upon thu kind rclatio
which aro to tic established between tho two ract
And as regards thc Suffrago quostion, thus:
In voting upon the ratification of the conatit
tion you may adopt, ail registered votors will
course bc included, which will of course ceca
its adoption. With tho view of carrying out ful
thc views of tho convention, the first lrgislatu
to be elected under thc constitution may bo elect?
by all malo votors over twenty ono yenrs of ag
but after that time, if not before, I urgently ri
commend that qualified suffrago extending to a
classes a?id races bc provided for in the c o u s titi
lion. A man who goes to the polls after Januai
I, 1070, whether bc bo white or black, who is m
able to read or write, should be excluded from tl
privileges of a voter. ^
Representing as you do, almost exclusively tl
coloured element of South Carolina, you are m
invisible to the fact, and to its legitimate result
that very many of the voters who have sent yo
herc have not that intelligence with reference I
men and measures which should entitle them I
cast a vote. You know that thousands of tbei
are utterly incompetent to oxorcise this high pn
rogativo.
You tuay think that to perpetuate your pow<
and to preserve your organization, it is ncccssar
to continuo the fr.mchiso to this class of .person
but eventually vou will fin 1 that you have bec
sadly mistaken. Many of ihe coloured men c
thc Stato have an intelligence- which entitle
them, in their new relations, to the privilogos c
citizens; but very many are incompetent tn en
cruise them with discretion or judgment Thes
will become tho prey of evil, vicious and indi!
posed men. When an election is to occur wit
such voters, thc bad will get their votes, and ni
the good.
In view of tho fact that thc coloured populatio
hare a large majority in this State, and that th
bulk of them nro to bo controlled by thoo ev
intlucnces, what kind of judges, legislators an
executive officers can you hopo for? Is vice an
ignorance to elect your judges ? Aro tho rcpre
tentatives of vice and ignorance to elect your los
islators? If so, what security have you forth
rights of lire, liberty and property ? I, therefor?
in view of the responsibility before us, and in al
probability in antagonism to thc sentiments of ;
very large majority of this body, recommom
earnestly that in framing that feature of tho con
stitution conferring the elective franchise, yoi
establish an educational qualification for tho voter
but-not being able to read or write-that yoi
establish a property qualification.
And *is regards a Homestead Law. thus :
If .,.,11 desire that this convention should com
mend itself to the farorablo consideration of tin
people of tho State, white and coloured, I rccom
mend that you adopt in thc constitution a provit
ion for a liberal homestoad law-that you tnaki
it iipplirnble to nil those who now own a homo
stead, and protect them against antecedent debts
Tho disasters resulting from tho war, tho aboli
tiou of slavery, and, thcrtby, tho wiping out ol
tho fortunes of very many of thoso who wert
wealthy prior to tho war, as a matter of humnni
ty demands that you should protect them us ti
tho past by a liberal homestead law, and securing
that homo to its owner in the future. Tho home
stead law which guarantees to a family fifty j,,],
lars or one hundred acres in tho country, and a
town lot or house in the city, is not only humane
but patriotic. In tho country, where tho bead ol
a family knows that his homestead is protected
he goos to work to beautify ?nd adorn tho samo.
Ho plants his orchard and bis vineyard. He
erects his buildings, decorates his dwelling, nnd
makes all of his surroundings comfortable, and
invites happiness nnd content to his hearth.
Perhaps one of the. greatest troubles in Ameri
can legislation has beon in not protecting tho
homestead. It has mudo the American people
almost as grout wanderers ns tho Arabs. When
a father planted on orchard or n vinoynrd ho
had no assurance that, five yours thereafter, the
rexult of bis caro and labour would not poss into
tho hands of strangers. Grunt, thoreforo, a lib
eral homestead law, providing against past and
fu?uro debts, so that tho white man who has hi?
homo now. and the black man who may sccuro n
borne by industry and economy, hereafter, c.\n
fiel Ibut it U secured to bim, and you will find
lint only en inorcaso in tho prosperity nnd hap
piness of tho State, but you will stimulate a pa
triotism which hus not heretoforo cxistod. Wher
ever you identify a man and his household with
tbp soil upon which bc lives, you make that man
if from no higher considerations of love of coun
try, a defender of thc country when tis assailed
bccauEo the assault is upon his individual house
hold.
And as regards Relief Measures, thus :
Fourth. It is vory important that thia body
should adopt somo ordinance to provide roliof to
debtors prior to thc war. Tho temporary orders
nf tho military commandant, extetid to debts con
tracted during tho war. All debts now existing,
where thc consideration is for tho purchaso of
daves, should be absolutely wipod out by the con
vention. If theso debts uri recognized, it is a
recognition of that Institution, of its propriety, its
justiert und morality. Most of tho debts contrac
ted prior to tho war, were upon tho faith and pos
session of properly in slave*. That property has
Been destroyed, and a liberal provi?ion should bo
mads by this body in rafercneo to debtors_tho
inonu! nnd time when they mny make paymont
af thc sumo. Do this, and you will commend
four constitution uudor tho most favourabio aus
d<ics to tho consideration of that class in South
Carolina who have not participated in thc election
jf delegates to this convention.
And as rogards his own cxitfrora the publio and
lolitical stage, thus :
I presume that opposition will bo made to thoso
rho fai our this convention. Thoro will be oppo
sion to you and opposition to mo, but I have
>een too long in political lifo to be afraid of the
mall thunder rrhkh Juay bo directed agsdjut me
by nowspapcr.i. I have reached a period of in
difference upon that question. If I know my own
conscience, and if what I say is not true, I trust
that that overruling Providonco which guides and
controls us will smito me for tho falsehood-I
have this day no other or higher motive, I caro
not whether it bc public or private, no other po
litical aspiration than to promote thc interests of
thc people of South Carolina. I believo I said
to some of my coloure.l friends come months aga
that I was ti.ed of politics and desired lo embark
in some business that would enable mo to support
those who aro dopaadent on mc. I now go fur
ther and say to you I am disgusted with politics.
I know of no position, State or Federal, that I
would seek if it cost moths postage of u single
step. Let me toll you that a man who embarks
iu political lifo, if hs is honest, will be poor as long
as bc remains in it, and thc sooner he gets out of
it tho better it will be for bis wife, children nnd
self. I intend tu do it. I wish to go into retire
ment, and thor: is no office that your recommen
dation or votes could confer npon me that I would
accept. I ask you, then, to Lavo confidence In
the statements that I have made.
Malicious lieport.
The Augusta Chronicle <0 Sentinel says: "Some
mischievous per/on started a report reflecting
upon thc credit and good standing of the dry
goods houso of Messrs. V. Richards & Eros. Wt
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 I i ne,'-which will be dis
posod of to their customers at prices to suit the
times."
Wo annox the Card of Messrs. V. RICHARDS ?
BROS., alluded to above :
" Some malicious porson having reported around
town that V. Richards k Bros. have failed, they
take this occasion to say to any who may givo
crodenco tu such a report if thay have anything
against the firm, or any member of it, to present
their claim, and, if juit, it will bo paid (as they
do all such cluims) on iight.
They olso wish to say to the vile slanderer that
V. Richards k Bros. aro not of the failing sort,
and that their reputation is a little too well known
for their forked tonguo to injure them much."
jSES^Ten thousand dollars was advanced from
the Georgia State Road and taken to Atlanta on
the 23d, by dpt. Rockwell, Military Treasurer,
for payment of the Convention. And forthwith
the Convention appropriated ?50 to each dels
gate,-and there was rejoicing in tho menagerie.
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Nickerson's Star Taking Its Way
Westward !
We mean Col. Titos. S. NlCkTRRlOV, of the su
premely comfortable, dugant and inviting Plan
ters Hotel, Augusta, Ga. : Col. KICKKRSOK, thc
author and finisher of tho splendid Mills House,
Charleston; Col. NlCKRBSOX, of the popular Nick
erson's Hotel, Columbia. But still he is not sat
isfied. Atlanta and har constant host of transient
visitors (wo do not mean the Conven'ion niggers
and noodle?) arc to rejoice in thc 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, but its most renowned
days aro yet to como. Col. NICKBRSO.X is a man
of. large and liberal spirit, and wo most heartily
wish him the greatest possible success.
An Apt Illustration.
In a recent speech, the eloquent Hon. Daniel
W. Voorbaei made tho following apt illustration :
" God made the cnglo and the owl. He gave to
both plumage and wings. In tho same class of
largo birds of the nir ranged Ho them ! The
samo atmosphere and the various seasons were
common to both. God created the Caucasian and
tho African. With brain, muscle and nerve en
dowed He them. With blood and soul and tho
erect posture they are distinguishable as members
of a general family. There was for both the
same earth to yield its tillage ; the same sunshine
and rains ; the same seas upon which to spread
commerce; tho same elements fur science to ex
tract benefits for man. As thc eagle to t! e owl,
so tho white man to tho black, stand in the same
relative positions as?they were found in the twi
light of history. Let the eagle but attempt to
take the owl to its bynes and its habits, and both
fall to the cartii together. Let tho white man as
sume to make the negro his equal, and the vain
.Hort to erase tho lines drawn by the finger of
God assure.? tl c certain downfall of the invaders
of the majesty of His work of croation ; tho eagle
is ruined with the owl-and a fittiug symbol of
this is the vain effort the American people aro
now making."
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General White's Challenge to General
Butler.
[From the Richmond Register, Radical.]
Wc stated on Suttirday that a rumor was
current to the effect that Genernl White, of
the Convention, had challenged General But
ler, while in thc city to mortal combat. The
rumor was only too true, and we have been
put in possession of the following facts:
General D. 13. White wrote the letter below
to Geueral Butler on the 14th of January,
and had spoken to a friend to carry Ibo letter
as soon as written and deliver it to Butler,
but through some misunderstanding White
failed to muet his friend after the letter Waa
ready for deliver}', and learning that Butler
intended leaving that night, and not wishing
kim to leave the city without receiviug thc
letter, it was banded to the clerk at the ellice
of thc Ballaid, 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 sent a verbal message to White, stating
that he would give him all the satisfaction bc
desired and then left the city before tho mes
sage could he delivered.
White, finding that Butler bad left, and
next day receiving tho message that bc (But
ler) would give him the satisfaction wanted,
immediately wrote to Butler, asking if such
were the facts. He has received no reply to
this. The War Department Iia.3 recently
complimented General White, for his persona!
bravery, with a brevet, and BomCpeople, who
don't like General Butler, and they are very
few in number in this vicinity, arc malicious
enough to say that he was afraid to meet so
redoubtable un opponent.
Thc cause of the difficulty was a general
order issued by Butler, while in command of
the Army of thc James, reflecting severely
upon Colonel White, who at that time wns in
command of a regiment. The General is a
" located" preacher of the Methodist Episco
pal Church.
The following ?3 bis missive to Butler :
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION*, j
RICHMOND, VA., January 14, lsCS. }
Major-General B. F. Butter*-Sit: 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 send me from your De
partment. For the first time since that pe
riod we stand upon an equal looting ; wc
stand upon the same soil, and occupy in every
respect the Hame rights before tbp law and
the powers that be. I deem this, therefore,
the proper occasion for a vindication of my
own character beforo the country, and I de
mand of you that satisfaction that one gentle
man will always accord to another.
Your obedient servant,
D. B. WHITE.
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SOLDIER SHOT nr A NEGRO.-The Macon
Telegraph, of yesterday, says :
?1 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 be bad baited on Pop
lar street, near Third, on Wednesday night,
shortly after 12 o'clock.
" Captain Murray and officer Hall, hearing
the pistol fire, went towards the spot, where
they found Taylor lyicg upon thc grouud, cry
ing murder. His statement to thc officers was
to thc effect that he had halted tho negro, and
ordered bim to come to him. and on bis refus
ing to do so, ho (tbja soldier) advanced upon
the negro, who shot him and ran. It is not
known up to this time who thc negro was.
Thesoldier died-from the effects of tho wound."
JUST So.-Warwick, the Washington cor
respondent of thc Macon Telegraph, says, with
much truth : M Lot the Southern pe.opU rcso- I
lutely set about tho cultivation of grain and
the raising of cattle ; and in so doin<r, while
securing their own prosperity, they will strike :
the deadliest blow at their Radical enemies
at tho North." j
Washington and congressional News.
On thu 21st, in tho ELu.-e, after ineffectual
efforts in amend, supported by Butler, Ste
vens and Kell]', the Reconstruction Bill as
reported by tau Committee passed, by one
hundred and Iwcnty-threo yeas to forty five
nays.
Carey, of Ohio, and Stewart, of New York,
only yoting with the Democrats.
The Secretary of War w directed to issue
for the relief of all classes at the South, des
sicated vegetables tba thad accumulated dur
ing the wur.
The President is requested to inform the
Senate whether ?Janies A- Seddon, whom the
President recently pardoned, was Secretary
of War of the Confederate State3 while Wiri
wa3 keeper ot thc Asdersonville prison, and
also how many Union soldiers died from star
vation and other cruelties iullieted in viola
tion of civilized war duiing Seddon's Secreta
ry ship.
Conncss offeied a resolution reciting Amer
ican arr?ate in Great Britain, directiug the
President to inquire if arrests were made
without sufficient causes, if so to demand their
release, and to enforce tile demand by the ar
my and navy.
lu 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
thc North, hui Leon thc ...onscquencc. Ono
who held fust to a principie when a majority
was arrayed against him is not like ly to loosen
his bold upon it when so much of the pressure
has been removed."
On the 22d, in thc Sonate, the Reconstruc
tion Bill wns read a second timo.
Mr. Doolittlo spoke in opositicn. Whon the
morning hour expired Doolittle was allowed
to proceed by a vote of 30 to 17.
The Cotton Tax Conference Committee re
ported agreeing to thc House Bill with an
amendment exempting cotton from import
duties after April 1st. Thc Senate concur
red.
Mr. Doolittle resumed. During his speech
he said : Whon Latiura, a Roman province,
rovolted aud the revolt was suppressed, tho
question arose in the Roman Senate what
shall bc done with Latiuin and the people of
Latium. There were some who cried dis
franchise them ; others said 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 : :n this high place-in this
Senate of the greatest Republic of the world
-the outgrowth of the cV.lizv.ion of all
ages-cannot we, Senators, rise to the height
ol' 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 States for railroad purposes
was r-sumed. During tho discussion Chan
dler called Julian a coward. Thc 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." The
bill went over.
Thc qoestion of Reconstruction was re
sinned. Butler's amendment, vacating all
oilieea in the unreconstructed States and al
lowing Conventions to fill them, failed, and,
without reaching a vote, the-House ad
journed.
lu connection with Grant's reported oppo
sition to the new Reconstruction Act, it is re
girded as significant that Washburne, of Illi
nois, though in his scut, did not vote for or
again.-t thc bill.
The Committee on Education and Labcr
were directed to inquire into the expediency
of providing a general system of education iu
rebcldom, educating every child between five
and twelve rears of age.
On the 23d, thc President's message to the
Senate declares the Bill, striking the word
,: white" from the District Ordnance* fail
ed by re-<on of the adjournment of Con
gress.
Ou tho 2-kb, in the Senate, Edmundsand
Johnson took is?ue with the Presidents opin
ion that the bill striking whito from District
ordinances wa:i pained (?tiring recess.
Tuc miss;-.".- wa*- referred to the Judiciary
Commit I ec.
Thc Senate adhered ;" ?ts amendments to
the deficiency bill forbidding appropriations
for Qn:tr et m .-.st er's department being ex
pended for reconstruction or any other pur
pose.
Gen. Howard was called on for elaborate
report* regarding abaud ?ned lands aud other
relative matter*.
A j jin i resolution authorized the distribu
tion cf deasicatid meats and vegetables not
needed by thc anny to the sufferers in the
South was passed. '..'^1
Reconstruction was resumed. Morton spoke
and Nyc will follow. Thu argument will
probably Us* : tl l.\ <.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.-A hill forbidding certain payments
to Soul hern claimants wa j discussed aud post
poned.
Th? Honte di .-;..e ?! to the conference
committee's report m Ibe cotton tax and ap
pointed a iiew commute .
The death nf Mr. Tli-r* was announced and
the Ho usn odjourwd.
The Spuivme Court har. taken up the ease
of the Stilt;? ol lexus rv. White, el al. This
on motiou to dissolve an injunction hereto
furo granted, restraining defendants from dis
posing .ii certain bonds. Defendants rest
their ca-'- upon tne argument that Texas is
not a State in the Union, and that therefore
..mc is uot er.tittled to appear here. Th's
point mus! be decided before the case can
proceed.
Thc Senate was not in Session on the 25th.
in the House tho session was devoted entire
ly to spread C'igie speeches.
THE PURITAN AND NIGGEK POLICY IN CON
iiuEss.-Aside from all thc small questions ol
persons and places, the policy of tuc 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 und
what candidate has the best chauce for the
Presidency, the grand object of all legislation
and all political activity is to put the nigge
above the white man over cne third the area
of this Union. Such a policy was surely nev
er before euteitaiued by any gove uing power
cf tho civilized world. Judging from all the
kuowledge of the relations and development
of races that is yet attained, this policy is
direct violation of the l*ws uf God and nature
It is not only an attempt to amalgamate so
cially races that not only the crimes of men
hare brought together, but it is an attempt
to so biud society up in laws as to secure
the supremacy of thu baser and mo.-e brutal
race.
Grown in another climate, the native of ac
other continent, thc negro came to this conn
try mainly through the criminal activity of
Puritan slave traders ; mid now the sons of
thoso Puritans would condono tho first crime
by a sccoud and greater one, and gire ail
their thoughts, their utmost exertion simply
to put tho niggers in a position to hold th
disarmed white man of thc South, under their
feet and to demand social equality-to de
mand, us 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 party. Frightened now at tho disgusting
enormity of this purpose, whose ultimate ef
fect that party dimly begins to see, it would
deny and disown it if it were possible ; but
it must go before the country on the platform
it has set up for itself; it mustsubtnit its case
lo the country aud abide tho consequence in
popular indignation and hatred.-N. York
Herald.
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MURDER ON JAMES ISLAND.-A murder was
committed on Wednesday evening, on Jamoi
Island, by Bill Richardson, colored, on Wm.
Fell, a colored boy, some eighteen or twenty
years old, by striking him on tho bead with
a Rtiek ; the boy lived but a few hours after
thc blow was struck. The cause of the hom
icide grew out of a quarrel about some wood
which Pell had riolen from Richardson.
Charleston Mcrcnrj.
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B'tST Hon. James Farrow, of Spartanburg,
who represented this State in the Confederate
Congress, ai its las! session, was married in
Richmond, on the 9?x iust., to Miss Sue Sav
Bge,ofRjcIunQQd, Va.
M ULT. AR KY BROTHERS.-The Mullarky
Biothers (late of the firm of Gray, Mullarky
& Co.,) aro DOW in receipt of a iull line of |
staple and fancy dry ??oods and of all other
articles in their line. Their headquarters are
located in the commodious establishment, late
ly occupi ed by I. Kahn & Co., where they will
be pleased to reo all their old customers and
as many new ones as may favor them with
their patronage. The junior member of the
firm being constantly in the market, their op
portunity for purchasing at low rates are not
surpassed by any house in the city. We take
pleasure in commending the Mullarky Broth,
ere to our country readers. They are too
well known to the people of Augusta to need
any notice at our hands.-Chronicle <fc Sen
tinel.
THE NEXT PR?SIDENCE-Four States met
on the 8th of Jauuary in Democratic State
Conventions, and each expressed a prefer
ence for the Hou. George H. Pendleton for
President. They were Ohio, Indiana, Ne
braska and West Virgi nia. We expect that
the other Western and Central States, from
all the indications, will follow their example.
Throughout the Great West there is the most
perfect unanimity in his favor.
HYMENEAL.
MARRIBD, in this Village on the 23d January,
at the residence of Mrs. Julia Mcclintock, by
Rev. E. T. Walker, Mr. WM. P. CALDWELL,
of Laurttncerillc, Qa., and Miss AMELIA A.
VARDELL, daughter of the late Thos. R. Var
den, of Charleston, S. C.
^r-Tke Charleston Mercury and New York
World will pleaso copy.
OBITTJAJRY.
DIED, on the 2?tb of October, 1867, WILLIAM
ANDREWS MARTIN, aged eight years, ten
months and four days.
He was the oldest child of FRZZUAH G. ?.nd
Mr?. NAH MK MARTIN, the li|;ht of their household,
and joy of their hearts. The grief of losing io
bright, intelligent, and affectionate & child, iras
aggravated by the painful circumstances of his
death. He had grown large enongh to follow 'ais
father about the farm, and .take interest in all its
various operations ; and on that day particularly,
he had been amusing himself by filling the cotton
baskets at tho gin bouse, to be rca ly for the gin.
Having filled all tba baskets, be went down to
play, and unobserved by any one, got upon the
sweep, and became caught in some way by tha
great cog wheel, and waa instantly killed.
Early lost, wo trust he ii all early saved ; and
can only tender the affectionate tympathy of a
large circle of friends to tho bereaved parents.
B. M., JR.
~COMMEKC?:AL. "
AUGUSTA. Jan. 25.
GOLD-Brokers arc buying at 139 and selling
at 141.
SILVER-Buying at 130 and stiling at 135.
COTTON-The market opunod ft.ir at 16@UJ
for Middling, with a fair demand, and closed firm
at lf>i, with light offerings. Sales .'84 bales. Re
ceipts, 9*1 halos.
BACON-Smoked Shoulders. 1.1 conts ; B. 3.
Sides, 141? li?; CR. Sides, 15@15J ; C. Sides,
li@151c; Dry Salted Shoulders 11(5,111; Dry
Salted C. R. Sides 14@14i; Hams "IS(?22o.
CORN-Non Whito $1 10, Mixed $1 05@1 08.
WHEAT-White, $2 75(5)2 90: Red, $2 40?
2 50.
NEW GOODS.
Very lino Black Alpacca,
Very fino Black Mohair,
Plain Poplins, very cheap,
Very fine White Alapacca,
Brown Table Damask,
White Tuble Damask,
Large lot of Towels, very cheap,
Hoop Skirts, tho very best,
Corsetts, oil sizes, good and cheap
Jaconet Muslins,
Swiss Muslins,
Nainsook Muslins,
Wide soft finishod Cambrick,
Tucked Linen Collars,
Tucked Linen Cuffs.
The above goods ure just to hand and for sale
cheap.
Tho public are respectfully Invited to examina
the same.
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.,
22S Broad Street
Augusta, Jan. 30_tf_5
Ordinary's Office,
EBGEFIELD DISTRICT,
January 2Sth, 1SGS.
ALL EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS
and GUARDIANS who have received their
appointments of thc Court of Ordinary, ar?? re
quired, in conformity with the Acts of tba Gene
ral Assembly of this State, to render Inventories
and Appraised Account Sales, and Animal Re
turns of the Receipts and Disbursements of the
Assets of the several Estiles committed to their
charge, until the entire Estates havo been settled
up with all parties interested in such Estate.
I therefore notify all Executors, Administra
tors and Gunrdians to make their RETURNS
FORTHWITH, and thereby save me the un
pleasant duty of issuing Hula against them at
their coat.
W. F. DURISOE, O. E. D.
Jan 29_tf_5_
Sheriff's Sale.
W. P. Roberto-,
vs. r Fi Fa.
Wade Holstein.
Bacon 4 Butler,
vs )? Fi Fa.
Wado Holstein.
BY Virtuo of Writs of Ti Fa in tho above
stated ?ases, I will pr.-ccod to sell .it Edge
tie!-! C. H., on the 1st Monday in March next,
ONE TRACT OF LAND, containing Twelve
Hundred Acres, mure or less, adjoining lands of
Th-mas Bates, L. W. Youngblood, M. N. Hol
stein and others, If vied on as the property of
thc Dofendanr, Wade Holstoin.
Torms Cash,
ISAAC BOLES, S. E. D.
Jan 23 5t 5
Sheriff's Sale.
M. W. Gary, )
vs. > Lian on Crop.
Jas. M. Harrisor, J
BY Virtue nf an Execution in the above stated
casu, I will proceed to sell at the residenco
of JAS. M. HARRISON, the Defendant, on
WEDNESDAY, the 12th February, the following
property of said Defendant, to wit:
Ten Bales of COTTON,
Fifty Bushels CORN,
???~ Torms Cash.
ISAAC BOLES, S.E.D.
Jon. 28._[_3t__5_
~M1LL NOTICE.
THE Customers of MRS. FULLER'S MILL,
will ploaso send their Corn to Mill on Mon
duy, Wednesday or Saturday from this date. The
Mill grinds only on thoso days.
Wagons sent for Lumber must be accompanied
with the Cash.
R. G. LANHAM, Agt.
Jan 29 41*5
Strayed or Stolen,
ON the 10th January from the premises of the
Rev. J. P. Mealing, a small deep bay RIG
HORSE, left eye out, shod ia front, hind feet
very much worn. Any information thankfully
roccived. A liberal reward paid for his recovery.
Address the uu?orsigned, oaro of Rev. J. P.Meal
ing, Edgcfield, S. C.
MOSES MURRAH.
Jan 27 3t* 5
Administrator's Notice.
A LL Persons having claims against the Estate
?JL of JAMES McCARTY, deceased, will pleaso
end or them in to thc undersigned, properly af.es t
)d. Those indebted to said estate, can save money
jy paying up immediately;-longor indulgence
:.innot and will not bo painted. An carly settle
nont of said Estate is desired. Thoso who fall
o profit by this notice, will hive to settle, on
iud after lOih. Fobruary next, with my Attorney,
ir the Sheriffs
D. P. LA GRONE, Adm'or.
Jan. 2S 3t &
The Quicker the Better !
PARTIES indebted to mo nro expected to como
forward and settle. I want MU ney, and.au>
orccd to make it out of those indebted to mo.
rake, warning. All of ray unpaid Notes and Ac
'"ants will, in a very ghor' timo, bo placed in
ho hands of an Attorney fe collection.
Persons having Watohes or Jewelry In my
lands f?r repair will ploa?e ca'.., pny for repnlr
ng, and got them. I um tired holding them, and
rot do not wi?h to have said Watches and Jewel
y sold merely to get my dues for repairing. But
[ must havo mouoy. Taka wornlng.
D. F. MCEWEN.
Jan 13 St i
A
NEW DRY GOODS HOUSE.
Mullarky Brothers,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
* -IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DEY GOODS,
262 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GEO.,
At the Store Lately Occupied by
I. KAHN & CO.
Wi
E TAKE THIS OPPOETUNITY OF
thanking oar friends for that liberal share of
their patronago extended to ns while connected
with the late firm of GRAY, MCLLABIT <k Co.,
hoping, bj close attention to business and fair
dealing, we may still merit a continuance of the
same.
One of our Firm is now and will constantly re
main in NEW YORK, and will BUY ALL OUR
GOODS FOR CASH EXCLUSIVELY, which
will enable us to
SELL AS LOW, IF NOT LOWER?
THAN ANY HOUSE TN AUGUSTA. It ls
unnecessary to enumerate tho different Goods in
the several Departments. . Suffice it to say wo
are now DAILY RECEIVING and OPBNESG
NEW GOODS, which we offer to our friends and
the pnblic at
Greatly Reduced Prices !
Owing to the GREAT DECLINE in all classes
of DRY GOODS.
All Orders entrusted to our caro shall have oar
immediate and most careful attention.
ONE PRICE ONLY,
CHEAP FOR CASH!
^.All Parcels DELIVERED FREE OF
CHARGE in any portion of the City cr Hamburg
MULLARKY BROTHERS.
AUSTIN MULLARKY | JAS. H. MULLARKY
Augusta, Jan 2S lm5
Farmers,
YOUR INTERESTS ARE AT STAKE.
BUY THE
PURE FLOUROF BAW BONE, .
MANUFACTURED AT ?*
:tVI A RIETTA, GA., "
AND GU ARANTIED TO BE PURE. a*
KS?" It is one of tho Best Fertilizers for Gar
dens.
For sale by
J. SIBLEY & SONS?
No o, Warren Block, Augusta, Ga
Jan 27 tf 5
AGENT WANTED'FOR THE
6RAYJA&KETS,
AND HOW THEY LIVED, FOUGHT AND
DIED FOR DIXIE,
W1TU
Incidents and Sketches of Life in
the Coniederacy,
Comprising Narrative* of Personal Adventure,
Army Life, Naval Adventure, Home Life, Par
tita n Daring, Life in the Camp, Field
and Hospital, Together with the Songt,
Ballads, Anecdotes and HUOK.'OUI
Incidents of the War for
Southern Independence.
There is a certain portion of tke war that wUl
never go into the regular histories, nor be embo
died in ronitnce or poolry, which is a very real
part of it, and will, if preserved, convoy to suc
ceeding generations a belier idea of the spirit of
the conflict than many dry reports or careful nar
ratives of event*, and this part may be called the
gossip, tho fun, the pathos of the war. This il
lustrates the character of the leaders, the humor
of the soldiers, the devotion of women, the brave
ry of men, the pluck of our heroes, the romance
and hardships of the service.
Tho Viii ?nt and Bravo Hearted, the Picturesque
and Dramatic, the Witty and Marvelous, the
Tender and Pathetic, and tho whole Panorama of
the War are hore thrillingly portrayed in a mas
terly manner, at once historical and romantic,,
rendering it the.mo?t ample, unique, brilliant and.
readable book that the war has called forth.
Amusement as well as instruction may be found
in every page, as graphic detail, brilliant wit>
and authentic history, are skillfully interwoven
in this work of literary art.
Send lor Circulars and seo oar terms, and a full
description of thc work. Address,
JONES BROTHERS & CO., Atlanta, Ga.
Jan. 30 2t 5
BEEF MARKET.
I
WILL CONTINUE TO FURNISH GOOD
BEEF and MUTTON to tho people of Edgefield
on Monday, Wednesday and Satnrday mornings
at reasonable prices, but STRICTLY FOR CASH.
A. A. GLOVER, Agent.
Jan 22_ tf_4_
State of South Carolina;
EDGEFIELD DISTRICT,
IN ORDIN?R Y.
BY W. F. DCRISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Er dge
field District.
Whereas, Z. W. Carwi??, C. E. E. D. bas ar plied
to me for Letters of Administration, with t>.eWill
annexed, cn all and singular the goodia and
chattels, rights and credits of Chariest Powell,
late of tho District aforesaid, dee'd.
These are, therefore, to cito and admonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of tho
said deceased, to be and appear before me, at oar
next Ordinary's Court for the sau'. District, to bo
holden at Edgefiold C. H., on the 4th day of
Mar. next, to show causo, if Any, why tVe said
administration should not bo (?ranted.
Given under my bond and ?eal, this 23d day
of Jan., in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and Sixty-eight, and in the 92d
year of the Independence of the United States
of America.
W.F.D?RISOE, O.E.D.
Jan. 29 Ct 5
State of South Carolina,
EDGEFIELD DISTRICT,
IN ORDINARY.
BY W. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edge
field District.
Whereas, M. H. Kempton, has applied te
mo for Letters bf Administration, on all and
singular the goods and chattels, rights and ?red
its of Edward Addy, lat? of the District
aforesaid, deceased.
These aro, therefore, 1? cito and admonish all
and singular, tho kindred and creditors of the
suid deccasod, ta be and np pear before me, at our
next Ordinary's Court for tho said Db trie t, to be
boldon at Edgefiold C. H., on the 7th day of
Feb. next, to show canso, if any, why tho said
administration should no? be granted.
Given under my hand and teal, thu 24th day of
Jan. in tho year of our Lord one thou cami eighf
hundred and sixty-eight, and in the ninety-secor j
year of American Independence.
W. F.DURISOE,?*, D
Jan. 28 2t J
~ NOTICE. " ;
ALL. Persons indebted to us ir j ^??Q or Ac
count will please call at 0DCe ud mtke
payment, as the times require r.a to cj0" onr Da.
linoss, both in the City of Avgnjta and at Mine
Creek. WRICVHT A-MOBLEY.
Jan 23 lt ^
Magistrate's Blanks.
WB??8.T??n hand * K?od "PP1/ of MAGIS
TRATE'S BIi-^??KB. .
May 18 tf 20