Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-08-30

| commencement exercises, cnused4'en. Pope
tnke steps1o close up the Institute. and con
vert it into barracks, but through IL exert ion
of Chancellor -, Lipscomb the exercises thav
I been allowed to continue on couditIpl it is al
legged, that the press Of the State W ilt pt rere
TO the matter. 1t is also stated TINT On. Pop
has ordered the appropriation Of s.dD mad
by the Legislature, to be withheld.
The freedmen in the First and Fourth hi.
trcs are ont in addresses to their fellow. c;;zep
| r, esrcc,ve Of color, to candidates for Conre.
| They claim tina! the right to vote gives II,
right to hold Office. and as they are in the mr.
jority. the should not be eiev:ed by their vo,s
| The cdndi are conservative ard in favr
OF universal amnesty. 1t is probable that
| large number of the whites will vot for black
! in preference to whites who can tic the tee
! oath.
Gen. Pope has issued orlers revok,p tempo
rnr;Iy, so much of his jury order ssin,crfen
/ with the present term of civil coaB. ns th,
registration lists arc not yet compile. Whit,
jurors will be permitted to serve s:lusively
provided they have rrgist cred.
The rains of The last two weeks I've been
"'tr"'e"entrdiI se"erc. Accounsfnn the
mi'l!" PORTIONS of this S,nte and So,is,ves tern
Georgia ""i Fior'd"' where the coe pros
l''r' had been 20 promising, now gIsia pc mos:
gloomy prospects. Contiuu-l rains he bra-
t." oil ihc h"iis' aud the w"'m aud da'rrilnr
have male their appearance. It. is nirved,
notwithstanding the heavy rains, II crop
has already been made. s
MAc"S, Ga, August 27.-A color.mass
meeting was held to day numbering frp G to
5000. Speeches We're made by ,yh and
r"iorch orators in the inierost of hes.iIcal
party. anal the Atlanta radical platform fs,te.l
General g'&Si order and god feeling htiir,l |!
OIL The gr",inj aud in the citv. q
ErIM">p, August .7--Gpn. Scl.oflel,aI
week urdc'cd n commission of II ngistts in
Hanover County. to investigate whethsrio-
red military organizations existed. the 1rt-
s"tIon rh"wrd scrte, military orcaniB of
ioi midnhlc strength aiming the black a rch
il is believed extends 10 the Counties iii bout
the Stale. lAc fact creates alu,m nuf3 The
whites, who have neither nr,us nor Oh ia
tiuns. E ;
a meeting Of sfiicers, soldiers an aora
u
d"r'el call for convention in Idpnd L
September 25. X y
Grants letter 10 tho President saws Mhc {
people who have sacriGeed lives and 8 BioI "
lars for the country's preservation,::n Ere- G
ly opposed to Sheridnn's removal. e. er-
for""t his duties faithfully and intel @y, :,
and his removal will be regarded as or, 3,
10 defeat tho Congressional views, an OIL y
den the opposition Of those who att to IL
break mp the Government by ard en-.
Thomas hns repeatedly objected 10 Id a q,
ced in charge of either OF the five lets.
1lancock's Department wns in the in hn1 j.,
lie should not be moved. Grant addasere
ore military, pecuninrv, and patriot f'ns
why this order should not be insisted H ia
The President replying. is not hn. gr
Ike question of Shor6an's retention Hcrn II;
submitted to the people, and j, wouy tun- Re
just to the army to assume that Shcr one "r
is c"phle."f commanding the F.9Fict. -
lhu;nas administration Of the Der ut nf
the Cumberland will compare favof{rilh
Sheridah's government Of the Ff&hict .
: heridnn has rendered himself OBJ BY .
his manner Of Executing the laws, Sc 30
hr assuming authority not grn1tN lin. rr
u is rule has beeu one absolute tyranSf6l loul "
reference to the principles Of our o. ,ent
or the nature Of free Institutions bur.e kei
has seriously inierf.r-d with harmd III III. ne
speedy execution Of The Acts Of Col his
'emovar cannot be regnHfed ,i5j' affe ef.at +
RsmvsRSidt, e4t.of,Laichancetis Rli;ute
i,uir Wi%,. eRH
=. tsiea !aahsz lA-'rassa ~ n sed ::
r"m ..s:gs s.t '.''.aS'i'" aSa ssas!Es IT,
Thomas and Hanoosk.!s and, fetaMh that .,
Under Gen. 'sherrnau's guidance, 81 ,Ewill tr.jj
.lu.ioa: III. fosus%tE tsfis &c TsTss1 Az N
=; s:fsFry' Peeeary and patriotic reusor an ,' ~.
''' o'uF' Knot he carried into efrSek,
"' AXE EI''" TO OrricE-S omS IN
'Ppre"epS'""s' 'seem\ exist on this s5yE \
'ut The question Is c'>l determined ivy