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sent zto7it their foremost statesmen, men
who like Rives, Graham, Orr, Parsons,
sharkey, Houston, Brockenbrough, Hunt,
.Manningand Stephens, were known through.
out the land, before, tho war, as men of the
highest character and influence. Among
the five hundred delegates from the South,
there was not a voice or vote dissenting
from. the resolutions adopted by the Con-
veption. '.''k.'AE,- - ak -
IF the best of the Southern people are
ever to be believed, we must accept these
solemn declarations as sincere. We do
accept them as conclusive evidence that. q
great majority of the Southern people, sick
of war and anarchy, and longing forra res
toration of free government. ara ready to
bear true allegiance to the Constitution and
laws of the Upion.o .ae ..,,-s5.ar % go
We are therefore unwilling. to see the
Southern people held longer in; vassalage.-
They are our countrymep, citizens Of the
United States, who have incurred penalties,
but who have rights. Those who, ,wilfully
participated in the rebellion, and are IN.
pardoned, are subject to the penalties pre-.
,scribed for treason, But, though, indiyid'
uals may be tried, convicted and punished,
communities cannot, nor can the States and
their people, without a. plain violation of
the Constitution, be denied tie right of re-
presentation, through men personally. quail,
fed, in the councils Of the nation. ,ac ,-,ea,
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MIR. Lans on suspicion Of having been con.
oerned in bis fathers murder. Beztonhsd
large trunk filled with new. and valuable
clothing, and was to have been married the
day after-his arrest to g. negro grill Pc
tsrsburg, to whom he had presented several
handsome silk dresses. . @'l5- 80
According to their own admission these
negroes have been concerned in no less than
three murders within the last two months,
and rumor connects them with crimes even
of darker character. We hope that every
effort will be made to effect the arrest OF
Morris, who is said to be the leader of
band of desperadoes. A fnll and accurate
description of this misoreant will be found
in our advertising columns. ,.-.s a
The two prisoners have been consigned
to the charge of the civil authorities. They
were both born and raised in the town of
Newberry, s. G. Morris passed two months
ir-this District last Spring, and to add to
the enormity of his guilt, had frequently
enjoyed the hospitalities of his victim. s1.
The Jury of Inquest found q verdict in
accordance with the above facts So .
- Chester Standard, 23d inst.
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AFFAIRS IN EUROPE.

The war in Europe it seems has come to
. bona fide close, and the articles Of peace
between the contending powers have already
been signed. Prussia's success in the brief
military campaign have won for her large
accession of territory and political influence.
Bavaria oedes a part of her territory to
Prussia and pays thirty millions of forms as
a war indemnity. Darmistadt cedes Hesse,
Hamburg and the right to garrison Mentz
in upper Hesse. Austria cedes Venetia to
Italy, and gives Prussia the military control
of the Germanic Confederation north of the
main. The Prussian Army has already be.
gun the evacuation Of Germany, and peace
may be regarded as fixed certainty.
Napoleon gains nothing, and is evidently
dissatisfied with the unproductive neutrali.
ty policy he has adopted for France The
news from Paris is to the effect that loud
murmurings are occasioned there, by reason
of the littleness of French influence in the
war. The opportunity for French conquests
appeared to be favorable one. The long
deferred project of extending the French
boundaries to the Rhine seemed to the en-
thusiastic Frenchmen about to be realized
Instead of this, however, France receives
not even cruub from the priocely feast
now made off the Austrian carcass. This
dissatisfaction may prove the ground WORK
of another war; but of this it is needless tc
speculate now.
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that the principles of republican freedom
We represent can find among the nations Of
theea.th no friends or defenders but our

that the principles of republican freedom
We represent can find among the nations Of
theea-th no friends or defenders but our
selves, .as.s $ss-. Eezs.szasezz,.ss
Wa ~callupen. you, therefore, by every
consideration, Of your own dignity and
safety, and in the name. of liberty through
out the world, TO complete the work of res
torstiop, and peace which the President of
the United States has 30 well begun, and
which the policy adopted and the principles
asserted by the present Congress alone OBJ
struct. The time is close at hand when
members of new Congress are to be cleo
ted, If that Congress shall perpetuate, this
policy, and BY excluding loyal States and
people from representation in its halls, shall
continue the usurpation by which the legis-
latiye powers of the government are now
exercised, common prudence eompels us to
anticipate augmented discomfort, sullen
withdrawal from the duties and obligations
Of the federal government; internal dissen-
sion and general collision of sentiments,
and prstensions which may renew, in still
mere fearful shape, the civil war from which
We have inst emerged. .gop-,aa = .aaa
We call upon you to interpose your pow
er to prevent the recurrence of 80 trans.
cendsnt, . calamity. We call upon you, in
every congressional district of every State,
to secure the, election of members who,
whatever other difference may characterize
their political action, will unite in reeog-
nising the right Of every State of tse Un.
ion to representation in Congress, and who
will admit to seats in either branch every
loyal representative~from every State in
allegiance to the, government who may be
found by each House, in the exercise of the
power conferred upon it by the constitution,
to have been duly elected, returned and
qualified for o seat therein. So r-sa-s., =,
When this shall have been done, the
government will have been restored 20 its
integrity. The constitution of the United
States will have been re.established in its
full supremacy, and the. American Union
will have again become what it was designed
to be by those who formed it-a sovereign
nation, composed of separate States, each
like itsslf, moving in distinct and indie,
pendent sphere, exercising powers defined,
and reserved By a common constitution,
and resting upon the assent, the confidence
and cooperation of all the States and sll
the people, subject to its authority. Thus
recognized and restored to tier oonstitu-
tiopal relations, the States and the general
government can enter in fraternal spirit,
with . common purpose and a common in
terest, upon whatever reform for the security
of personal rights the enlargement Of pop.
ulsr liberty and perfection of our republican
institutions may demand.
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MEXICO.

A rumor comes over tie cable to the
effect, that MACMILLAN has determined
to abandon Mexico. The Empress CAR.
LoTTA, it is said, recently arrived in Paris,
upon a diplomatic mission, the object of
which was to secure further aid from
France in quelling the rebellious faction in
his domains. This aid it is further asserted,
the Emperor positively declined to furnish,
with the additional announcement that
MACMILLAN must look out for himself.
The inference is, that he cannot sustain
himself much longer in Mexico, unaided,
and must withdraw.
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LABOR REFORM.

The present is period Of decided radi.
cal tendencies. In whatever direction some
shrewd patriot succeeds in training small
share of public opinion, there is no account
ing where the thing will stop. Whether ii
be in the way of negro worship, woman's
rights, prize fights, or THad. Stevens, it is
all the same. The mania runs on until its
blinded victims, disgust themselves and
every body else with their twaddle.
We make the application of this assertion
to the eight hour labor reform question now
claiming its share of excitement. Certain
shrewd men who have calculated largely up.
on the votes they will receive upon some fu.
ture occasion, have Influenced many of the
hired working men in the North to believe
that eight hours is long enough for one
days work They claim among other falla-
cles, that man can do more work IN eight
hours than in ten, and We have no doubt
that the assertion finds plenty of believers.
Another is that the employer-payipg of
course the same wages as before-will re-.
ceive larger profits, and get more and better
work done than upon the old principle
A huge excitement on the subject has been
mustered up in the city of New York,
and nightly meetings are held, at which
sage orators vindicate the truthfuness of
these propositions. We dou't believe in
any such stuff, as this labor reform doc.
trine. Like all the other balder.dash got
ten up for the occasion, it will soon svapo-
rate.
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The ANDERSON PRISONERS. Showers,
Keys and Byrem, sent to the Tortugas for
life, were removed from Charleston without
the knowledge or sanction of the President,
says the Abbsville Banner. The President,
upon the matter being brought to his stten.
ton, ordered them removed to Fort Della
ware, where, as there will be no conflict be.
tween the civil aud military authorities, 3
speedy discharge for them on habeas COR
pus is anticipated. z. ,- h;25.~ ...a...
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refusing this peaoe. Offering with the olive
branch and thorn 80 skillfully inter-
mingled.
But the South has accepted and she will
perform in good faith. The Northern
people seem, at last, to have partially sym
patbised with their writhiug victim, and
exhibit a desire to relieve it of its gives.
The movement inauguratedz BY the Con-
vention, will, in all probability, meet the
sanction Of tho people, and the President
be sustained at the next elections Its en-.
tire failure will prove national calamity
of untold magnitude. Its partial success
if sufficient to sustain in Congress the veto
power, and arrest the mad attempts at i'm.
peachment of the Executive, for the simple
reason that be has faithfully and firmly
administered the Constitutiou-Will be
highly beneficial. ce,'' 50 81 egs: -
In this emergency the South had better
accept quietly, than to murmur at evils
utterly beyond her power. to remedy. II
the platform of this Convention can win,
let it do so. We should present no obsta.
Gle to that success, important to the welfare
of the whole country, but of vital conse-
quence to us. The differences that now
ALLEVIATE rs from the strict letter of this
platform, can be better adjusted in the
future than now. Ourpozicy is plain. Let
Us follow it up. ....- ~.
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The CRoPs-The grateful and refresh
ing rain has descended at last upon the
parehed and arid earth, after weeks of burn.
ing drought and soorohing weather. The
welcome showers are too late to benefit the
corn, to any extent. Many of our planters
will not make sufficient grain to serve their
purposes until Christmas, and the crop of
cotton will not suffice to purchase the pro-
visions required. We fear that there will
be great destitution and even actual suffer.
ing among the poorer classes during the
coming winter.-Chester Standard, 23d.
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For the Yorkville Enquirer.
Public Meeting.

A large number Of the citizens Of the In.
diam Land, York District, met No Rock
Hill ON. the 25ths instant, to. taxa into con-.
sidera.ion the present embarrassed state of
the country, aud the subject Of tie enforced
collection of debts. Mr.. James H. Henkel
was called to the Chair, !ana 3: Hs pTsn-
nan, appointed Secretary. :. tsa..'1SsH' ~
-~The object of shs meeting shssiBg gbssus
explained, Capt 81 N: sMcEisee lmoyed
that 20 CON q nnfmSittee Of Twelve Be- appointsdto'
draft resolutions, expressive, Of the yieEsof
the people in this vicinity in regard 10 the
subject above mentioned. ieSsf7Red
! The Chairman appointed the following
, named gentlemen to compose the COMMITTEES,
vias:. Col. Cad Jones, Capt q, Ha Massey,
W. E. W stsrs, Capt. n FMdElwes, Msj.
j. M! Martin, ca. DIV Bowen, 81 H.
Alternately, Dr. 81 Kell, Dr.. R.H. Hope,
Col. /. zPs Ssdlsr, William Hanns, A. 3D.
Black, Esq ia. Crooks SIS ss.'. .sesiissi
SThe oommittee, through their 0hairman,,
Cob Cad Jones, reported the following re.p
solution, via .isqaSG1no Gi6Tt sg6t:ssrsoc II p
lReso7ved, That rinr heopinion 'b6 thia,
nesting; the enforced collection of fyvdsbts
at this time; viii be- ruinous to, the State
aud We respectfully and earnestly seall upon
ths Lsgislature TO adopt .aemeo messurslofL
relief. ,.aaSs ,7yiIoI diySr faeeh gsfts aoiHz
Which was unanimously adopted. Scr
Tah ao<;,,r. vvc <l.o - .,.<sS 4 :. fySa
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Artificial Limbs.

DR.. JOHN MAY of this town, is the agent
for CLEMENTS, artificial legs. Specimens
of these artistic productions may be seen at
his establishment; and we can safely assert
from the experience of an attache of this Office
in the use of one of them, that those need.
ing such such appendages to lOcomotion
will receive satisfaction by application to
DR.. MAY. ,.,.....a ... -...
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Extra Session.

Attention is called to the proclamation
of his Excellenoy the Governor, convening
the Legislature 10 extra session on Tuesday,
the 4th day of September. The objects
for which this body is to be assembled, are
expressed in the proclamation: .. s..... g.
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|; ARREsTED,-Bill Morris, the alleged
murderer of Mr.. A. D. Walker, at Chester,
was arrested at Abbeville on Friday. He
was found perambulating the town with two
other men, and on being recognized was ar
rested, and is now in custody-the other
two making their esoape.-'SOuth Carolin-
ian, 26th snst. .-.. ...r. ..
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COLONIZATION OF FREEDMEN.-A soci-
ETY. has been formed in Darlington, we learn,
for colonizing the blacks in Liberia, and
several re.preparing now to emigrate. An
other similar society is formed in Georgia:
We wish them success. In Liberia the
land is extremely rich, and is given as a
bounty to settlers. Congress has appropria-
ted public lands in Alabama, Mississippi
and Arkansas, and each freedman going
thither to settle is entitled to certain num-
Der of acres, for which be has nothing to
pay.-Darlington Southermer.
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LOCAL MATTERS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ps1,s Is 3;

Governor Characterization convenIng the Legislature In
Dr.. John May-Agent for supplying Artificial Legs and
Arms. T.. s.tSfi 20 :yE1 = -Fh:a." 50 l"aD
Darwin Jeffeys.-Nouce TO Debtors. .... -.. !
T. J. Be-Law Card. .f +'.H = . '.
w. II. McCorhe-Salem Jeans--al colors.' .a-.t,,
Wool Wanted.
Application 70 the Legislature for the Incorporation of
Bethel Church and Academy.
J. A. Brown.-Notce for Debtors to make payment
James Mason, g. Y D.-Nofes Defaulters that Tax Exc
cutons have been lodged In his Office.
T. 8. Jeferys-Underwnten Agency ar..:ss .ssar. -
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GontrtbutotiaI. Z
BY JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON.
COLUMBIA. s.. 9. a7thAuGusT, 1888.
GreenvIlle Ian Road.

areenvllle Sail Road.
1t is estimated BY parties engaged upon
the Broad River Bridge, that they will
have It ready for the cars to run over on
the first day Of September. '-s''" '>'"H .
Sorghum. .1 .''s> 1',. =.'- =. .,D :.
During the last years Of the war every
body raised sugar cane and made sorghum.
Since the war, not one in ten Of those who
raised cane have continued the crop. -.
National Debt. -. -; ,,,i d,
/ At the rate at which the Treasurer re.
ports the income Of the past year, We may
hope to pay of the national debt in, about
seventeen years, There is some hope, in
that result, if the figures DO not mialead Us.
White Labor . a&d =. smo9 g. asacs-2cs
We understand that Messra Johnstone
and Larsen, of oflNewbarylD District; ihsueou
foot plan for the importation 1of fiaborers
from Sweden. Larsen is himself Swsde,
and from his Knowledge Of the peoplesaud
country we may expect practical iresulss,-
We are advised that both these gentlemen
are about to set out for Sweden, to bring
on the alaborers; and chat planters in thai
district have already engaged about three
hundred. We presume that they will
bring on a larger number, for the use oi
others who, seeing the success of the
scheme, will desire to engage in that kind
of labor. ... .&t,s, a,..s
Some efforts hitherto made to introduce
German labor, we are advised, have failed,
in the lower portions Of the State. The la'
borers become dissatisfied and leave, leav.
ing the. employers, as they style it, in the
lurch. .ttr's >.alfg-i : - .'1.-. #T
/, We hope better things from our Swedish
friends and wish the new scheme abundant
success. i9@ ~ 'i*!... -. -
Crops. - "-Y -' ",: . -
The entire middle portion of the stste
has suffered severely from drought-hss in
fact been almost ruined while narrow strips
along the sea coast and also along the noun.
tains have Jared little better. The only
corn worth gathering that We have seen be.
tween Columbia and the mountains lies
within forty miles of the Blue Ridge Iu
that strip Of piedwou: region the corn is
poor; but south of that strip the corn is
ruined. We have been told that q strip
along the coast is also more fortunate than
the interior. $3.50 b.. - fla,I r.t
The Crescent Monthly. s,37
The September number of this magazine
will be issued by the Field & Ffreside pub
fishing house in Raieigb,N.' G. This ar.
trangement is temporary, while the Office in
New 0rleansis being fitted up, ,,'>.''
We have already taken occasion to call
attention to the high character Of this
Monthly We have already told our friends
ithatit stands at the bead Of Southern month
lies; and we take pleasure in again urging
upon our friends to give the Crescent thei,
support and subscriptions. It is worthy
The subscription!p price is s5 year. Address
William Evelyn 4 Co., Publishers, New
Orleans, La. For the next number Co
september1,, write to the Field & Firesid,
at Raleigh, M e. {; but the regular office
for subscription iSin New Orleans, as q
bove. > '.., "a! '7''''H -.S''','' o.
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THE SOLDIERS CONVENTION.

THE SOLD1EhS' CON v ENi1ON.
The article In our last issue announcing
that a Convention of the Soldiers, North
and South, was to be held soon, was to
some extent incorrect: The call for the
Convention has already been issued, and
embraces ouly the soldiers and sailors who
fought on the Federal side during the war
The call is signed by Generals DIX,
STEADMAN, FRANK P. BLAIR, SLooUM,
S1cKIEs, GRANGER, McCLERNAND, Couch
AvERILL, DAVIES, ROUSSEAU, MoCooK,
CUSTER, MEREDITH, CROOK. EWING,
Wilcox, WILLIAMS, and many others of
the army and navy. We extract the fol-
lowing paragraphs. from the call as a sample
of its tone:
"EVery object of the war ever recognized
by or known to the army and navy has been
thoroughly achieved. The Southern peo.
pie, decimated, impoverished and subdued,
have, for more than year past, aban.
doned the rebellion, and now only ask that
the Union for which we fought may be
recognized as existing, and that they uay
be dealt with as the constitution and laws
prescribe.
In their anxiety to restore the Union
and bring harmuny to its councils, they
have gone beyond mere silent submission
to the laws Through their delegates at
the National Union Convention they solemn,
ly renounced the doctrines of notification
and secession, from which the war arose,
repudiated the rebel debt, and declared ol
sacred obligation the national debt; pro-
claimed the faith of the nation pledged to
the continuance of bounties and pensions
to loyal soldiers and sailors and their fami
lies; declared slavery forever abolished,
and the freedmen entitled to equal proteo
tion of law in person aud property with
their former masters. Their platform is
not only one of emphatic loyalty, but it is,
moreover, most liberal in spirit on all the
great issues growing out of the war
The character of the men who represen.
ted the Southern States in that Convention
preeludes us from believing this enuucia-
ton of principles to be insincere. They
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.IS The New York Herald calls upon
the business men of that city to meet in
convention and ratify the platform of the
Philadelphia Convention, on the ground
that the material and financial interests of
the country depend upon the recOnstruc-
tion of the Union and the admission Of
Southern representatives in accordance with
the declarations there put forth.
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For the YorkviIle EnQuires,. IL.
PREACHING TO NEaRoEs.

90 PREACHING TO NEaRoEs. Of
The matter of'preaehing to the Freshmen
seems to be subject about which the whole
church in the South feels deeply interested.
We have noticed the proceedings of no
Presbytery, but the duty Of preaching the
gospel to this unfortuuate people, was urged
upon all the ministers No man then hasa
right to raise an objection 10 one otssWo
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Subscribers who find (X) cross mark on
the wrapper or margin of their paper, will
understand that the time paid for has ex-
pired. ..- .... ...... .
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M The follovipg il ! Iiat ~ ucyolmmemo

p9- The following is ia list Of '"commemo-
rative weddings" Two years after the
wedding is the "paper weddings 1.-THE tenth
the "tin wedding;" the fifteenth the ''crys-
tai wedding; the twentieth the "chiua
wedding" the etwenty fifth the nsilver we'd.
diOg !" the fftietb the "golden wedding"
the ssyenty-fifth the s.diamoud wedding"
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RIGHT NAMES The last Congress had
singular knack Of calling things by their
wrong names: Their civil rights bill gave
hundreds of those it professed to benefit
comfortable lodgings in the guard houses,
Their new revenue law is styled "an Act
for the reduction of the revenue" whereas
it increases the revenue to the amount of
$l2,0O0,000. They deducted from some
Northern products, but they took care to
transfer that deduction and $l2, 100000
in addition to. the backs of the already i'm.
poverished people ofthe South. The ad.
ditioual tax Of one per cent per pound on
cotton, will produce revenue larger than
all their deductions.
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Job work are cash.
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ton says: -
"By the instructions from the Secretary of
War Gen. Howard orders that on and after
October LIST, the issue of rations by the
Freedmen's Bureau will be discontinued,
except to the sick in regularly organized
hospitals and to orphan asylums for refu-
gees and freedmen aud that the State of.
foials may be responsible for the care Of
the poor, they will be carefully notified, so
that they may assume the charge Of such