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Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-29

WAsnIsGroN, June % "A despatch from
Ottowa says that in the Canadian Parliament
Mr.. Gait moved for the indemnifi cation of the
Government for expenses incurred during the
recent Fenian troubles. Several members Of
the Government party advocated tho move.
when Mr.. Chambers, of Brockyille. obtained
the floor and spoke against it. He said that
Canada could not support troops enough to
resist the United States. 1000 Fenians was
very different matter from 36 .O00. 900 of Amer.
leans. He also called for an investigation of
the conduct Of some of the commanders of the
provisional troops, during the recent trouble
with the Fenians. and denounced tile manage
ment Of the volunteers as q bluuder. Mr.
Chambers was continually interrupted and
hIssed, the uprcar becoming 60 great at times
as to drown his remarka He was replied to
by Mr.. Darcy Magee. aud the motion of Mr..
Calf was adopted.
In The Senate, joint resolution was passed.
ProVidlng for an official history OF the rebel.
lion, and authorizing the Secretary of War 10
appoint some competent person to write it, at
saiary not exceeding .$26oo per year. The
tax bill was, considered, and various amend
msnts offered and adopted. Mr.. Morgan de.
hvered eulogy on Mr.. Humphreys, deceased,
after which the Senate adjourned.
In the House, Mr.. Washburne presented
subject OF the apprehended Introduction of the
rlnaerpest' BY means Of imported bones,
which was referred to the Committee on Com,
meree Mr.: Dodge, of New York, and Others,
addressed the House in a'speeoh Of coincidence
on the death Of Hon. Mr.. Humphreys, of New
\ ork. The customary resolutions of respect
were adopted, and She House then adjourned,
SANTA ANNA AND Mk1ioo:--Mr. Romero. the
representative at Washington of the Republic
Of Mexico. seems determined that Santa Anna
shall gain no favor In the United States from
his professed friendship for Mexico a. opposed
70 Msximilian. Mr.. Romero has commune a,ed
to Secretary Seward ths:: s::authentic documents
which show that Santa Anna gave 10 his adbe
sion 70 Maximilian in 1888, and Issued an ad-
dress to his countrymen. urging them to sup
republic had only produced disersdit and desc 40
ton. Msr.hal Bssaihe. however, deeiiasd to
entertain bis ppopoaitiop. and d'requirsd him 70
Leave the country Of eaee, which he did, and
on reaching st: Thomas 'iisued another addIess
70 ths Mexican people, rseaating on he. had
sad in fsyor qf ths Empire. and urging them
e. o..ats.mihats hom thsir soil ths .fabbls On
swnieh tsey1 sbsszans This s&bosaSs
3: reEs.dsd q an Earthquakes npcp tl1 sspirs.
Lions ef Santa Anna.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-29

Tue CnoPs-In New England the crops are
generally reported good; hay will be abnnr
.dant, aud the fruit yield millions Of dollars in
advance OF last yenr. In the South the GEN
eraa report is that the crops will turn out
wen, although IN some quarters excessive
out Georgia has been harvested, and although
,the crop is by no means excellent it turns out
better than was anticipated some time AGO.
Along the loyer Mississippi frequent crevasses
nave nav caused great destruction. In Southern
Illinois the wheat crop is said to bea failure.
out corn Is promising we'll. In Ohio and In :
iowa. Wisconsin and Minnesota It ia excsiIsnt
In Maryland and Pennsylvania it is only mod.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-29
SGOEs sRNl

E>ROM tile subscriber at the Entertainment
Il on the 22d inst, at Mount Carmel. a
PURSE, containing:
Note on John E. England, of Georgia, for
Six Hundred Dollars.
! Note on 8. Wiley. for Thirty Dollars.
! Note on b: H. Conley for One Hundred
and Forty two Dollars.
An obligation on Nathan Cook for Eight.
Hundred Pounds Lint Cotton--Witnesses Jas.
Edward Calhoun, John c. Clemson and w. +.
Anderson, all Of this District y....,
E.le Purse also contained about Tvsnty.sev-
en- Dollars In greelbaeks, and Three Dollars
in gold. I-..T'- - !, -
:. ThsEublic are forewsrned' against trading
for the papers above mentioned. .. r.....,
A LIBERAL REWARD
Will be paid for either the recovery Of the pa
Psfs, or evidence 10 convict the thief. '"'-
T. ,... .. ., -, ,.,. :, :. Z. J. LYON.
., .Jpne %. 1sae,,st =. ,.. .',.,,-.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-29

EB We are authorized to anqounco DA-
VlD CRAWFORD, a candidate for 1ax Col.
lector nt the ensuing election.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-29

IEE ESrrETAISMEST At Mr. .CAnMEL.-Ono
OF the most successful cnterl lanments Of the
season. we learn. was that given by the ladies
OF Mount Carmel and vicinity OH Friday last,
an behalf Of the Confederate dead. There was
u large attendance, Of youth and beauty, and
in the entertainment were presented all the ap-
plianccs of enjoyment, which might have been
anticipated from the well known taste, skill
and public spirit of the fair ladies of that vi
cinity. Tie supper was not to be surpassed in
the rich profusion of eubstantals aud delica-
cics, and served as fitting prelude to the 9TH
er enjoyments of the occasion. Next followe ed
the charades which were we'll performed, and
then some sweet music from baud of youthful
performers
"And when
Music aroee with its voluptuous swell
Soft eyes looked love TO eyes which spake again,
Aud NIL went merry as Il marriage bell"
The receipts of the evening amounted, we
learn, TO about $500.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-29

Col. JonN O'NEIL.-We learn from West.
ei9 cotemporary that Colonel John ONeil, re-
Gently commanding the Fenian troops. is ma
tive oi the county Of Monagan, ireland. He
came to America when sixteen wears old, soon
Joined the First Dragons of the regular army;
was afterwards transferred to the Fourth Cav.
airy; served eight years as a private, aul was
mustered out at the opening Of the war. He
then became a sergeant in The Fifth Indiana
,eavairy; was promoted to first lieutenant in
1858, for gallant con duct in holding town in
Kentucky, with fourteen men, against Morga 3
whole command. "a likely lstory J afterwards
entered the Seventeeth Colored Troops as cap.
tain mustered out in October. 1864, and serv-
ed in thirty principal battles of the war with
.d,sst'pgrished valor. He married lady in
the clor.a businsss;n Nashville, and his wife
and children are now in Edgefeld, Tenn.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-29

gSS- The friends Of s. W. COCHRAN. nm
nounee him Candidate for Sheriff at the mex.
election.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-29


!HE TEST OATH.-The Test Oath prohibiting
Attorneys practcing at the bar, who had in
any way sympathised with the South in the
late civil struggle. was argued yesterday be-
fore Judge G. $. Bryan, of the United States
Court. The proceedings will be found in an
other column: ::
=, Every Circuit Judge in other States where
the question has been made. has decided the
oath to De against the organic Law. There has
.csion in it's favor.
This point was argued before the Supreme
Court by the Hon. Rsverdy johnson, and al
though the judgment has not been officially
pronounced. it has still been publicly made
known without denial, that they have reached
uIe conclusion of it's unconstitutonality.
In the correctness Of this opinion, there can
scarcely be found dissenting voice among the
more eminent Of the members of the legal pro.
fesslon. It is without any authority or valid
aty. according to the fundamental law.-Ch.
Courier.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-29

IMPORTANT OFFICIAL ANHouScENESr.-The
Warrington National Republican, the acknowl.
edgei organ of the President, in its iissue of
wednesday last, evidently speaking by author.
ity, announces that the votes of the Southern
States in the next Presidential election shall be
counted, whether said States may have been
admitted to representation or not.
The Republican takes for its text the first
section of tho second article oflhe Constitution,
which reaj.:
Each State shall appoint, In such manner
as the Legislature thereof may direct. num-
Der OF electors equal to tho whole number Of
Senators and Representatives, to which the
State may be entitled iu lhe Congress"
The Republican Gays Tint any attempt to Vi
olate this section, by preventing the Southern
States from exercising their privilege in such an
election, will provoke a conflict quite ire
pressl6le," if not US sangunary, as that '.just
Terminated"
Speaking Of tic clause quoted above, the
Republican says:
ut makes the electoral voice of q State dc.
pend upon whether it is represented in Congress
or not, IL construction without any warrant
III the text 1t mnkcs the number of electors
TO correspond with the number Of Senators
and Representatives to which the State is en-
HHed-nothing more. L, does not make their
appointment depend upon representation in
Con gresa any more than it nukes it depend
upon whether State has stated preaching
within its borders And we think We hazard
nothing in eeying tha: the oonotruction con,en-
deI for could not be maintained before uny in
telligeut court"
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-29

nB The friends Of JOSEPH Il. MOORE
anrounee him Candidate. for Sheriff of Alb.
beville District, at the next election.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-29

EDlroR Press Please announce MlLTUN
T. HUTCIIISON as candidate for Sheriff NJ
the next election. MANY Fp,ryns.
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M a r * EFT 8 .
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ri ::hELEA,ED FROM CusroDr.-By direction of
States. James Eagan, Esq., has been RELEASED
from arrest and restored TO hi, friends. It will
-Se remembered that Mr.. Eagan was convicted
oy Military Commission. of shooting q. negro
IN Lexington District last summer, and Was
sentenced to imprisonment for life ,in the Al
ins,|,nliog Saay hsT = Yerkl Pspten!iary From tha.
J"Sns ISa %a,fn ne Vas aisohsfgfd 6y decision of
United States obtained in ssit Tor a writ o5
.naosas 10 coEpns. which was granted. Return.
ing home few days, sipee, he was re, arrested
os oy sas military AUTHORITIES of this STATE, and
iI ths Jail of this city until his present
:ie'ease' whlch is final and absolute.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-29

ABBEvILAE, Esne %.
COTTOS.-We quote Is to 21c per III. in
currency.
No change in other articles.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-29

~, ~. AEssAoE-A special daspssab TO the
.charleston. Courier ssys: :,..,;
The Presidens's message TO esn.-... $, ,,..
.sitS9n 70 the al amen dnant
q thunderbo!t amongst the radicals. In T. H.
poldest step he han yet taken, and precidd vi IN
cope OF bis recopeiliation with the rsdiashy :.
Aie Eraaidelt has also transmitted 10 Con.
sgsesss gre :, pas.ps.sh fsopM Bgelos, our .MiS;s.
Hin;s;s HI G srI;' m . NJ Seq ard saying thaf French
solemn sssur.nssse D. roassa Assr. hss given The most
Piedge to withdraw he Frensb tsan3y 20 aas nls
f*ss as - Thts j. regarded hare a sssisns shs
"sete g ne 4sxican Empire, A's ''s
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-29

EB- The friends of JOHN w. LESLEY, Esq
respectfully announce him a candidate for
Clerk Of the Court.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1866-08-30
Shepherdstown Affairs.

Geo. d. McGlincy, Auctioneer, sold at Pub
lie Auction, on Saturday week, in Shepherds
town, for David Bilmyer, Administrator of the
Estate of Jacob Line, deceased, the following
property:
Tan Yard, Dwelling, &C., to Thomas R. Line,
for $4,000.
Corner House on Princess and High streets,
to Thomas R. Line, for 1927.
House and Lots en- High street, occupied by
C. B. Line, to c. B. Line, for 81 ,O65.
Stone House and Lot on High and King
streets, to H. W. Line, for S525.
KindIe Lot on High street, vacant, to Charles
Gatrell, for $SS.
House and Lot on Rocky street, to Levi Ross,
colorcd, for 1896.
Meadow Lot of acres on Rocky street, to
George McBee, for $2O6.
River Hill Lot of acres, to II. W. Line, for
$35 per acre.
Slaughter House on Back Alley, to Thomas
R. Line, for sos.
Landon Charlestown road, 1O2 acres, to John
L. Mayer, for S57 per acre.
Land on Martinsburg road and Turnpike, 81
acres, to Joseph S. Staley, for $65,5O per acre.
j. j. Marmaduke, has disposed of his Tan
merry, and large brick house attached, in this
town, to C. T. Butler, for $4,000
We learn that the efforts making to raise
money to purchase ground for Cemetery, are
meeting with encouraging success. At the Fes-
tival given by the ladies of town and vicinity,
on Saturday and Monday nights week about
$40 were raised.-Register.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1866-08-30

GENERAL EARLY.-A correspondent Of the
the Louisville Courier, writing from Toronto,
Canada, says
seen. Early arrived here few days since,
from Halifax, by which route he had come from
Cuba and Mexico. He looks as well as when
saw him contemplating the dome of the Capt.
toll from Frank Blairs lawn in July, 1864, not
withstanGing his extensive travelsby horseback,
from Lynchburg to Galveston, and thence, by
vessel, to Mexico and here, as stated. twill
be gratifying to those who take an interest in
the truth of history to know that General Ear
ly has written narrative Of his operations du-
ring the last year of the war, including his SER
vices with Gen. Lees army from the Rapidan
to the James, and his campaign into Maryland
and in the Shenandoah valley against Sheridan.
His manuscript is very nearly. ready for the
press, and will make, exclusive Of maps, an oc-
tavo pamphlet of about one hundred pages
Gen. Early, declining to make it source Of
profit, will publish it at his own expense as a
contribution to history 1t will create sensa-
ton, and will be very readable"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1866-08-30

WANTED-SoUTHERN RIoTs TO HELP THE
RADIcALs.-It having been deemed necessary
to repeat the old game of "bleeding Kansas in
order to humbug the Northern voters at the
coming elections, number of riots are desired
at various prominent points in the South, such
as Richmond, Mobile, Memphis and New
Orleans. If twenty or thirty negroes, martyrs
to liberty, can be killed at each of these places,
so much the better for the radical ccause. For
further particulars, terms of compensation, &c.,
apply to Old Thad Stevens, or any other mem
Der of the Reconstruction Committc.-Ner
York Herald.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1866-08-30
GREAT DEMONSTRATION.

There was an immense gathering OF the
friends of the Administration in Washington
ON Saturday night last, at which Philip R..
Fendall, Esq, an old Wing of the Henry Clay
stamp, presided, and delivered brief, but log
ical argument, in the course Of which he said :
con the Radical theory, the ten States which
had been in rebellion are subjugated provinces,
to be restored or not to the condition OF States,
at the discretion of Congress. Yet these same
Radicals treat them as States when they are
to be taxed, and, according to our political sys-
TEN, taxation and representation are insepara-
ble The subjugated provinces" are also
treated as States in estimating votes on amend
ments to the Constitution of the United States.
Now, that State cannot be IN the Union and
ont of the Union at the same time is propo-
sition, one would think, plain enough to be
understood by the smallest boy in the lowest
forum of any of your public schools. Why is
it not understood by grown persons, grave leg
islators, possessing, we may suppose, at least
the average intelligence of their countrymenY 2
Addresses were delivered by Gems. Ward and
Heath, who served through the war, by Hon.
A. ] Rogers. and by othereminent men. The
Irish, for whom the radicals had made high bids,
were addressed from stand on the right by
DIR. Antisell, f. McNerhany, Hon. j. S. ROl-
Inns, Of Missouri, and others.
Among the resolutions adopted were the fol-
lowing;
ReSolred, That we heartily approve and en-.
dorse the proceedings of the late " Nationa
Union Convention" and the Declaration Of
principles and purposes and the Address there
announced and published.
ReSOlred, That this is a Government of the
whole people Of the United States, and not o.
an aristocratic oligarchy or sectional minority
ReSOlred, That all the efforts of the Radical:
are directed towards the great point of either
remodelhng or altogether destroying our Con-
stitution by special and illegal legislation, SC
that their party may continue in power, and q
minority govern the majority of our people
ReSOlCed, That our only safe reliance is in
the Constitution of the United States, and that
we are opposed to all tinkering with that sa-
cred instrument as fraught with incalculable
mischief, by impairing its efficiency and power
and destroying the reverence always heretofore
entertained for it.
The attendance was large and enthusiastic
The National Executive Committee are busy
in circulating important documents.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1866-08-30
PERSISTENT PERVERsION.

President johnson has insisted, invariably,
since the war ceased, that the Southern States
are entitled to representation by loyal men,
His slanderers insist that he is aboring to bring
in "red-handed rebels to rule and ruin.
He comedies to each House its constitutional
prerogative to Judge Of the elections, returns
and qualifications Of its own members but
denies that this function of deciding upon the
admission Of members can be exercised by a
Joint committee of both Houses, or by both
Houses conformity.
He takes issue with the Rump Congress
as to therightof "a States, or majority OF them'
omakeamendments to the Constitution, whilst
u States are unrepresented.
He contends that it is violation Of the rep
resentatiye principle, the principle upon which
our governments founded, to pass laws by a
portion of Congress to bear upon the unrepre-
sented portion Of the people.
He denies, that after peace is proclaimed tits
legitimate to keep up a regular and malignant
warfare upon disarmed and peaceable people
who have submitted to the results of the war,
and considers all persons as disunionists who
oppose the policy of restoration.
lie insists that the States, and they only,
have the right to regulate suffrage within their
own limits, and that it is an usurpation on the
part Of Congress to NEEDLE with the subject at
all.
For entertaining these views and resisting
partial and unjust legislation, the President has
been rudely denouncedas traitor by the skulk-
ing non-combatants, of which Forney Is the
chief; but in these views the firm and resolute
statesman will be sustained by an oyerwhelm-
ing majority, and by none more heartily than
by the soldiers who traversed the bloody bat
tie fields.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1866-08-30
GENERAL ITEMS

Az AccIDENT.-On Saturday, week, at Che
Spoke Factory of Mr.. Nichols of this place,
while the machinery was in operation and UNI
der full head of steam, one of the workmen
by the name of WALKER, attempted to replace
belt that had become disengaged from that
portion of a machine at which be was at work,
without first shutting off the steam. The re-
suit was that his hand was-caught and forced
under the knives, and two of his fingers carried
entirely away, besides having the inside badly
mangled. DR.. NEIL Of this place, assisted by
DR.. BALDWIN of Winchester, dressed the wound.
Clarke Journal.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1866-08-30
WIN. A. CHAPLINE, ESQ.

It gives US pleasure to state that this gen.
tleman received the nomination on Saturday
last, for reelection to the Office of Circuit CLERK,
by a unanimous vote He has heretofore hlled
this important and responsible Office with much
credit to himself, giving general satisfaction to
the community. lie is young man Oh me
business qualifications, and is well worthy OF
the responsible trust again rendered him by so
flattering vote in convention.
TShepherdStoson Register.
How it can afford pleasure" to our cotem-
porary of the Register at the nomination of
gentleman like Mr.. Chapline, belonging as he
does to clique which advocates the disfran-
chisement Of four-ffths of the voters of Jeffer-
son County, including the editor of the Regis
ter, is most surprising to us. According to
the proceedings of the Convention, as officially
given, which nominated Mr.. Chaplne, the fol-
lowing Resolutions were unanimously adopted;
" Resolred, That we endorse the Registration
Act and the Constitutional Amendment.
"Resolred, That we are opposed to the course
pursued by the Executive of the United States
in his mode and policy of reconstruction, and
that Andrew Johnson is no longer worthy OF the
support of the great Union party that eiecteu
him to the second Office within the gilt OF the
people"
Mr.. Chapline may be "well worthy OF the
responsible trust again rendered him by so
ilattering vote in convention" for all weper-
sonal know, but by whom was he "tendered
the nomination? Was it not by few self
constituted delegates who "endorse the Regis
tration Act and Constitutional Amendment
which DISTINGUISHES the great majority OF the
voters Of the county?
Why was it HENRY BERRY, Esq, the pre-
sent Attorney for the Commonwealth, was set
aside to make room for youth who has but
recently "squatted" in the county? 1t must
have been because he is not radical enough Tor
those who have been disappearing the Peo-
pie for the last few years.