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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21
Exactly.

Some Radical correspondent has been mou'ing
about Canada and declares that Mr.. Davis thus
addressed him on reconstruction. Whether the
fellow was thus honorsd is moro than doubtful,
but let him speak
"When I broached that matter to him no cut
me rather short, though in very gentlonanly
way. Ho laughed immodcrately whom 1 asked
him as to the opinion Of the Southern people
with reference to tho reconstruction acts passed
by Congress. He answered me, however, in seven
words, and would to God that Andrew johnson
could havo heard the reply as impassoa atcly.
Mr.. Davis, with waive Of the hand, which, al
though not intended to be gosticular, carried with
it nm emphasis which I shall never forget whom
IN n measured voice ho said, We have nothing TO
do ,riiL it."'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21
Rains and Crops,.-Disasters and
Blessings.

During the past woek we have had plentiful
supplies of rain; indeed little too much. At
Granitevile, on Thursday morning last, the dam
above the Factory broke, and about four hundred
and fifty feet of it was curried away. Two or
three bridges were swept off and the Factory
ground, inundated. Apart from this, no other
damage was done. At Vaucluso tho oil house and
blacksmith shop, and the bridge over horse Crock
were carried of. At kalma Mills and Bath Mills
the dams we're also broken. On Horns Creek
too, nearer to US, the damage has been con'idera-
ble We learn that at Fuller's, at Bcttiss, and at
Devora's Mills, the dams yielded to the floods.
As yet, however wo have heard of but little
injury to crops from these overfoms. And al
though tho good farmers will grumble when all
things do not como exactly to thoir notion, yet
wo ars inclined to judge from tho lu1uriant ap-
'pcarancc of cotton, corn, peas and vegetables
that they (tbc fnrmers) must feel themselves in a
tolerably high state Of accommodation. Splendid
crop, arc undoubtedly growing and rpcning in
Elgefeld District.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21
ReeistratiOn.

YRG1YIA.-The Richmond Enquirer of the
18th has registration returns from forty-fve
cities and counties in the State, which show
majority of 1883 for the whites. This re-
turn includes the cities of Richmond, Peters
burg, Lynchburg and Alexandra, where the
blacks have their heaviest majorities. The
counties heard from comprise about one-half
of the State, and the Enquirer thinks that
the white majority in the counties to be heard
from, will be as largo as in these already re-
turned. This will make the majority in the
entire State between s. and 10000.
Lou1sIANA-Full returns of registration in
Louisiana, give whites torty-four thousand
seven hundred and thirty.two; blacks eighty.
two thousand nine hundred aud seven-tota
one hundred and. twenty-scven thousand six
hundred and thirty.nine. The whites have d
very small majority in ten parishes. White
msicrity in New Orleans forty. As soon as the
State is arranged into districts, Sheridan will
issue an order for the election of members Of
the Convention.
ALABAAA.-The Montgomery Mail gives
the result of registration in Alabama: whites,
60,O45; blacks, 7664O. Total, 1865.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in Florida in six
teen of the most populous counties has been
heard from. The whole number registered
thus far S,046. Six thousand and seventy
three coiored and two thousand five hundred
and eighty.three whites. Leon county, the
most thickly settled in the State, registered
one thousand five hundred and thirty-seven
colored, four hundred aud seven whites.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21
ron, the Petersburg Express.
Poor Old Virginia.

poor Virginia She may say with the
pa.r,arcl Ins.,,a b: "My flesh is clothed with
worms alods Of dust. He hath also made
me, ,ne oy of the people /; and atoretime l
Wa :" "as as vt. l was eyes to the blind,
aua r,a 1t lses esu 10 poor. And men waited for
r,eu.s, ,ne as loi or !, lin; and they opened their
~ lVu.h W vice Or the latter rain. i'll laugh.
Gu .p on lnem u believed it not. I ctcse out
~ ;nelE III, way, ant chief, and dwelt as king
.hoa ~. ,a1 at.ny. now they that ore younger
.@,i .1au nave !ue derision, whose fathers l
dogs of my flock ~ AA'' ''
But JOB, afflict dssso;,od If b;s wealth
in focks and servs pS"uo nS 80 +5a ;sst of
.as t:o. pa'ess s S VI nanA lived to see the JUS
s:s tise =. oou vlnalca and to be restored to
n.S ~. nH. plosperit So shall we be, if We
..nisale ms patlenceortitude aud resigna-
and the day is comm egben the neonle Of
this country will ava, IN generous sym-
pathies, and our revilerwill eYchanpa their
jeers for their old an eonally Worthless
strains of sycophantic aa, lion
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21

PROBABLE REMOVAL OF THE MILITARY
COMMANDERS IN THE SoUrH.-I have reason
to think that the next step, now that Stanton
has been removed, will be the removal Of
Sheridan, and probably the other four militia
ry commanders It is Mr.. Johnson's desire
to place more Conservative men in authority
over the conquered Southern brethren-men
who will execute the lays Of Congress With
as little harshness and show of despatsm as
practicable. To do this effectively it is re-
garded as judicious to make complete change
SC so that no ons identified with the past harsh
and oppressive administration OF affairs in
the military districts will remain in power.
b. this means it is considered thu. the whites
viii be secure ia their lives and property,
sad I tho great danger Of pegro supremacy
may bs snOjded.-Washirgtos Co., ~ l.
GeraN,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21
M. W. SANS, Superintendent.


R~ Charles E. Hooks, charged with robbing
U. S. officer of $4,000 in grsenbacks, Govern
ment property, while the oficial was iu one oi
the hotels of Charleston, has been arrested at the
North, and brought back to Charleston for trial.
~ Mexican advices, vim Hayana, say Juarez
has ordered Santa Anna's trial under the law OF
1862, by which conviction follows Identification.
Vidal i, closely confined. Marquee was captured
at Hacienda Paradous Prince Salm salm is
among tho condemned.
w Major. General Sterling Pricc is now re-
cuperatiug his health at the celebrated French
Lick Springs, Orange county, Indiana.
@New corn can be engaged in portions OF
Texas at rs cents bushel.
Geo Gorge w. Kendall predicts that the frs'
negro voio will bo the heaviest ever counted. He
think. that the negroes will not continue to take
m interest in politics after the novelty of voting
has passed away.
~ Continued accounts report great dcstruc-
tiveness by the cotton worm in Louisiana and
the coast counties in Texas.
@rMad.me C. D. Murat, relict of tho late
Prince Achillc Murat, died at her plantation IN
Jefferson county, Fla, on Tuesday morning last
She had attained tho advanced age of seventy
years.
Rs- In the Circuit Court at Baltimore, last
Wednesday, two women claimed one child. Inc
case was puzzling one, and the child was hi-
lowed to make her choice Of mother. On nndlng
this to be her privilege sho selected ono, saying
"This is tho nanny I want" The scene was
very affecting.
@- An Ohio paper gives the names OF three
prominent Radicals who have committed suicide
during the year past-an example which the on.
tire Radical party is following with certainty OF
success.
HS-"WHAr 1s HONE WITHOUT MOTHER =
"A gathering sore that culminates in step
mothor.
r Samuel Motts, colorod man residing in
Syracuse, one hundred and seven years old, is
about returning to his old home in Winchester,
Virginia, where he was formerly slave. He
wants to lay down his bones on do ole plantation
.ls~ The Brig Vim. Andrr'on, which brought
load of Coolies from Havaua, and Minded them
in Louisiana, has been libeled and the Captain
and man in charge of tho Coolies bonded in
thousand dollars to answer violation OF the
laws prohibiting the introduction Of Coolies iEto
tho United States.
An old freedman in Texas was asked n
few days ago, if he was not going to register. Ho
wished to know how ho would have to proceed.
On being told that he had to swear to support the
Constitution, his eyes widened, and, drawing a
long breath, he said he couldn't do it, because be
couldn't support himself
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21

TERRIBLE CRIMES CHARGED AGAINST A
CLERoYMAN-Bu6alo, NJ T. august l2.-
The Rev. H. Wendt, of Germantown, Pa,
was arrested in Rochester this morning,
charged with outraging the persons of seven
girls, inmates of the Germantown Orphan
Asylum, of which he was superintendent.
He had been practising his diatolical acts for
over year previous to his discovery. He
fed from Germantown last week, fearing
punishment, and came to this city. On his
arrival he wrote to his wifo making inquiries
as to the feeling among the members OF his
church, and stated. .he would be in Roches-
ter to-day, and would be the guest OF the
Lutheran minister. This letter fell into the
hands of the trustees of the Orphan Asylum,
who caused his arrest. Wendt has a wife
end Six children living in Germantown,
Pa. He left in charge Of an officer from
Germantown on the returning train for their
home.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21

KIND FEELINGs.-Wrt-s gratifed to learn
that the colored men OF columbia have taken
steps to petition Gen. Sickes for the release
ofthe young men Radcliffe and DAILY, or rath-
er, we should say, for remission Of their se-
we're sentence.
Such evidence of the kind and sympathetic
relations between the two races speaks louder
than all the platforms, speeches and resolu-
tions in the world. The colored community
kuow, like others of our citizens, that these
young men are wrong; but they are also as
sured that they did not mean wrong, and in
this action which they havetaken, they DEM
onstrate that no mere political differences of
opinion can alter the allegiance which they
have ever held towards old friends associates
and citizens.
This petition, is one OF. the happiest signs Of
confidence we have yet heard Of and it is to
be hoped that, coming from such an honest
source, it will be entitled to some weight in
its consideration by the military authorities.
1t is the white man who, when the lpred
man is in trouble before our courts and msg-
istrates, affords the latter assistance; and
now, when young son OF Columbia is in
bad box, why should the colored man not re-
ciprocate? Heis doing so.-- Columbia Phoeair.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21
General Pope on b. H. Hill.

WASHINGTON, Aug. I.-Gen. Pope writes
Gen. Grant two solid columns. The letters
of B. II. Hill furnishes the text. The follow
ing passage occurs: "It is, however, my duty
to state that, in my judgment, the condition
of affairs in the Southern States, even should
reconstruction be satisfactorily accomplished.
will of necessity be reproduction, in moro
or less modified degree, of what now exists
in Tennessee, unless some measures are
adopted to free the country of the turbulent
and disloyal leaders of the reactionary party.
Whilst these persons remain in the country
to exercise the baleful influence they un-
douhtedy possess, there can be no peace
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21

WONDERFUL FREAK OF BADY-The OF
tumwa Mercury tells the following: "A few
days ago, in Keokuk County, babesix months
old, was crying Justify, and the usual appli-
ances seemed to have no effect. It still cried,
and the mother was perplexed to know what
the trouble was. At last, after it seemed al
most exhausted, it spoke with startling dis
tipctness these words; Give me drink Of
water = Of course the mother was frightened,
but gave the water, when it Immediately
went to sleep. The infant had never spoken
before, nor since. We can youch for the
truth Of the above, as We are personally &C.
auainted With tho parents Of tho child"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21
Measures to Secure migration into
Tennessee

Under charter granted the Lepisla-
ture. an organization has be, formed in this
city to dispose of lands to iln;prants from
the North or Europe. It haI leeady secur.
ed the control of large tract nf The heat
lands in tho State, and it proses to sell
such lands, in limited tracts, on no time. to
industrious and worthy settlers. advance
in the value of reserved tracts whe.be coun-
try is filled up will make the pro. of the
company, whose main purpose is tc,rine in
"a sufficient laboring population to leye lop
the immense resources of our Stat, The
company has already received many etters
from parties with means who desire to ettle
in Tennessee, and expects to locate at ,sst
fifty families this Fall. Most of these wilbe
Hollanders who have means, and who yll
have small farms in community of whit
the town is to be called Harlem. The cl.
mate, the soil, the mineral resources, the
geographical position, all invite settlers tc
Tennessee, and it is certain that politica
troubles and disadvantages caunotlast great
while. A circular from this immigration
movement to land owners is in press, and
will doubtless be soon extensively circulated
The objects and modes OF operating will be
made extensively knownin the North through
the newspaper press ,and. co operative SO.
cieties.-Memp phis Avalanche.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21
MR.. sTANToN's REPLY.
WAR DEPARTMENT, 9.

WASHINGTON CITY, August II.
Sir:-Your note of this date has been re-
ceived, Informing me that By virtue OF the
movers and authority vested in you as Presl'
dent. by the Constitution and laws OF tht
United States, am suspended from office as
Secretary of War, and will cease to exercise
any and all functions pertaining to the same
and also directing me ut once to transfer u
General Ulysses S. Grant, who has this DAY
been authorized and empowered to act as Sec
retary of War ad interim, all records, books,
papers, and other public property no" IN my
custody and charge.
Under sense of public duty, / am com
pelled to deny vour right under the Constitu'
ton and laws of the United States, without
the advice and consent of the Senate, aad
without legal cause, to suspend me from ONCE
as Secretary of War, or the exercise OF any
or all functions pertaining to the same, or
without such advice and consent to compel
me 10 transfer to any person therecords, books,
papers, and public property in my custody as
Secretary. :.
But. inasuuch as the General Commanding
the armies of the United States has been ap
pointed ad interim, and has notified me that
Le has accepted the appointment, L have no
alternative but to submit, under protest, to
supe-ior force.
ycgy respectfully, yours,
EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21
W. II. M.


@- A Florida negro WAS exercising his civil
right of thrnshing his wife, when a nOighbor in
torfered. Taking up shotgun, the wife-whip-
per shot at tho other, but missed him and killed
two of his own children.
Gs- The President through Gen. Grant, has
instructed Con. sicklos that no order can be
issued by the latter conflicting with tho process
of Federal Courts. This revokes Order No. 10,
interfering with cases recently adjudicatsd by
Judge Chase in North Carolina.
GWEx-secrctary Stanton and uifc have COMO
to Boston. Their son retains his clork,hip In tho
War Department.
Eg- The Cotton crop in Sumter county, Fla,
10 ssid to bo rsther sory-too much rain end
pOytes
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21
Teach the Negroes.

The following is the concluding paragraph OF
letter sent by the Hon. 9; 7, POrcher to tho Alb
beyile Press:
And now, sir, we are saying again" 1t is use
less to tak-negross will not believe you" AS
faithful freedman said to me the other day, Mas
White people Why don't they do as theYankeos are
doipg-go around and teach thcm? Whenever
they speak, you speak, too, and besides you can
find colored men who understand the matter.
Let them speak and kill t words in the Yam
kses' mouths" AsI 60 before, don't attempt
to argue .pt upon the high Scrip
tural ground, a.d then let us prove that We sym
pathizo with them by helping their schools, DC.
Sympathy is powerful! am working here
will YOU rot stir up men elsewhere?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21

-The Montgomery Adoertiser notices the
return from Brazil of John n. Harris, W. J. De-
Berrv. G. E. Jono,, Thos McCants, ia. NOEL
INV Jobn Standfield and D. W. Brariell and
families. Tho Adrerti,er represents these par
tie. much disappointed with tho country, and
thoroughly CURED of tho Brazil fo7or. Their rep-
.o,,ntntops didor very materially from the state
,oont, m T. of many estimahlO men that have gone to
Brazil from Alabama
eg Forney's Press calls Thad. Stevens "tho
,uhod;ed success of a great idea" also rugged
IA sn..tsn." sud ventures tho prediction that he
syill 1soOp sIs,p 10 shreipsrs Cemetery"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21
Northern Radicals and Southern Rene
gades in New Orleans.

"L1BRA," the spicy New Orleans cores
pondent of the Charleston Courier, pcurs a
broadside into the Radical party Of New Orr
leans in the following style:
Our community swarms with these Radical
and Southern Yankeeized vernin. Men with
out home and without character; name.
less creatures who have made their appear.
ance in day, like an army Of locusts seeking
what they may devour-the Aesh-fies of So
ciety, engendered in the cess pools Of revou-
ton, pouring forth out of the rotting carcass
of the State which their fathers have stung
to death, and on which they in turn are feed
ing. Spies, informers, demagogues, assassins
of public credit, defamers of private charac-
ter, punderers of the public fund, ready for
the dirtiest work, greedy for infamy, the pli-
ant tools Of unscrupulous leaders, debased,
debauched, mercenary, stepped to the lips in
fraud and falsehood, covered all over with in
fany as with a garment. So low have we
fallen; 10 this complexion has the pure, free
Government of our fathers come in less than
a single century. And men can yet be found,
men rot merely among but of US, who coun-
sci the people to throw themselves into the
arms of party which car breed such spawn,
and to surrender their last remnant Of virtue,
dignity and manhood, for the sake Of quiet
Men, who like Hezckah, can see far off the
overthrow of their people, the destruction of
their country and the shame and ruin ot their
children without an emotion, and say to the
prophet, "is it not good, if peace and truth
be ir my days"
All honor to those brave souls who refuse
TO accept such coward counsel; who dare op-
pose free hearts, free forcheads to the storms
of fate, who, in tho hour. of adversely, when
the weak are falling away, and self-seekers
are trampling on the right. and towards arc
finding safety in detection, refuse themselves
to bow the knee, and send their warning voices
through the land. Our last and only refuge
is principle, and woe to US if we abandon it.
Those who seek alliance with the enemy will
find out too late what kind of gifts the Greek
brings. If We cannot save ourselves by our
energy, we can, at least, not disgrace our
children BY our example.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21
The sedgwlck Institution in Augusta.

The Misses SEDewIck-those vastly accom-
plishcd and popular teachers, of Augusta, Ga.,-
will resume tho exercises Of their Boarding and
Day School for Girl, and Young Ladies, on the
End of October. !To.thexold scholars q aev Misses
sEDowIck this simple announcement will be sufd-
cient to again call them around them and we
earnestly hope it will also have the effect Of in
ducing others to place themselves under heir 'ui-
ton. For ourselves, re can uuhesitatinsly COM
mend them a, possessing all the faculties that 60 to
make up successful teachers. Music in this lnsti-
tutisn is grand ,pecialite. Miss WEBER at the
head c: the musical department, is, without
doubt, one of the very finest performers in the
whole South and no less gifted as teacher than
as performer. We bcspcak special attention TOR
the card of the Misses SsDowIcK in another
column.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21
Tax on Cotton.

Tho Cotton tax imposed by the Internal Rsre-
nue. laws is again to be tested. An Alabama pa
per reports that n largo company, composed OF
men of Influence and position has been forming
in various parts of the Cotton States With the do
sign of cndesvoring to recover, for tho planters,
the tax that has boon paid upon Cotton. 1t is
intended to bring the subject before the COmmi'.
,ioncr of Claims at Washington, and il no success
i, met with there, to the Supreme Court and, if
necessary, finally to Congress.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21
TO the PRESIDENT.

GENERAL GRANT TO SECRETARY STANTON.
HEADa'as ARnIEs OF THE UNITED STATES,
WAsHlNcros, D. c., August II. 1867. )
Ion. E.. NJ Stanton, Secretary cf War:
SIR Enclosed herewith l baTe to trans,
nit to you copy of a.letter just received
from the President of the United States. noti'
flying me of my assignment as Acting Secre-
tary of War, and directing me to assume those
duties at once.
In notifying you of my acceptance, cannot
let the opportunity pass without expressing
to you my appreciation of the zeal, PATRIOTISM,
frmness, and ability with which you have
ever discharged the duties OF Secretary OF
War.
with great respect, your obedient servant,
q. S. GRANT, General.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21
rrIhn Raasnn Why.

The New York Herald thinks the fsot that the
blacks In Tennessee did not run any coored can:
didates speaks we'll for their intelligence and
sagacity.
As the Constitution of Tennessee, adopted by a
Radical Convention, forbids negro ofaco-holding,
tho "intalligonco and sssaoity" sforssDia aro not
80 ap,areok-Donstjiusjoasliss,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21
From Louisiana.
New ORLEASs. August II

NEW OhLEANS: august ~.
Sheridan's anticipated election order was
issued to-day. 1t provides two days for the
election, September 9th and 2Sth. The con.
vention is to be composed of rioete eight
members. Boards of registration are order
ed to commence the revision ofrolls and final
registration fourteen days before the election.
The number Of representatives. each parish
are designated. Other provisions of the ordcr
are unimportant and confined to the usual
details of a general election, except the fol-
lowing:
Section Z. Should violation or fraud be
perpetrated at any of the voting precincts on
the days of election, the offenders will be
punished in the severest manner, and the cleo
ton within these precinc!s will be held over
again under the protection of United States
troops.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21

DEATH OF Col. CAMPBELL R. BRYcE.-We
regret to learn, by q private despatch recev.
ed in this city, that this respected citizen of
Columbia died in New York on the l4th in
slant. he had just returned from Brazil,
whittier he had been, accompanied by his
son, and where, we understand, he contracted
the disease which terminated his existence.
His remains are expected BY the family this
morning, on the arrival of the Charlotte train.
Col. B. enjoyed the confidence of his fellow
citizens, and, on several occasions, represent.
ed them in the State Legislature, and per.
haps wonld have entered more heartily into
public life, had declining health not prevented
it. columbia Phoerix. 18th.