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__ . - : . \ v., - 1 THE ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER. BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. MARCH 18. 1870. VOLUME. XVII?NO. 47 Bill Arp Again, Mr, Editor : Somebody aint a foolin mo ahd perhaps I ought to -write about it, but I dont -want the Grand Army Re-union to think that I writ that Louisvillo letter you published over my name. I think I could havo writ as good lotter as that, perhaps, though it might have strained mo, but we aint noticing sueli things now, Wo whipped them fellows so often during tho lato war, that wo dont feel liko wasting stationary on 'em now. I look on tho concern as a "Grand Coudolin Society," and wae glad to see the fellows who got the most whippin made tho most noise in tho Re-union. I think that's right, i iiKe to sco 'em sympathisin together under a common misfortune. I dident think, however, there was much decent propriety in lioldin their moetin iu public, and especially in Louisville. I should havo recommended tho Mammoth Cave or Ciipc Fear, or some other quiet retreat. But every man to his nolion. We've got no Grand Army down here to reunion, and aro peaceably attendin to business; but I'll bet two dollars tbat Louisvil'e concern wont knock another chip off our hat. With this pointed remark, I dismiss tho subject. There's bigger things attracting our attention. If I had time, Mr. Editor, I would make a few remarks to Mr. Grant a\)Out his Exccutivo impudence. Taint the first time sinco wo whipped 'em, that these fellers have been trying to raako our niggers believe they dont belong to us. They've got some few in the Alabama Legislature of that opinion now, and they are play in the devil generally. Now if Mr. Grant cant write a better message than that part about Georgy, he'd better abdicate. I read it to Tip, and he said, "Why, lias Bill, surely, nhorely the man's a fool. What's General Grant got to do with Georgy?" I despise to sec a man always puffing liis segar into other people's faces, or pokin his nose into people's business I reckon old Boutwell or Bome other old cuss is to blanio for it. Says he. General, them fellers down there in that Georgia cage are getting along too easy. I think you had better stir 'em up a little?give 'cm a few pur.ch ch under the ribs just to hear 'cm .growl. All right, old fel, we'll growl for amusement now, but at some future time?I). Y.?and the weather permitting?and the boys a little bigger ?and a few more foundrys built? we'll talk this matter, over. Hurrah Jor Bob Leo. I'd like to have seed him and Joe Johnson walk into the ru-nion with their regimentals on. Oh, my country! some of them fellers would have beeu runnin til j'et. ar t- t _ r* - * uiiuu i bcc x'opo 111 auout two miles of Alasky. , Bat I've no time to enlarge, Mr. Editor, for I only wish to say to you about that lotter, yon will please renif/, or put some other name to it I don't want to rob tho author of his laurels, or to got notorious about ""what he done, or what I didn't do. This kind of thicvin has become quite common, and there's no. law ^again it that I know of. Mr. Shakespeare said it was high larceny, and steaiin one's purse was not to be compared to it; but as the law3'ers say, it seems to be a case of "dam 'em obBequco injurious 1" I can therefore nnlv ftntrftftt; PPTtjlin rwriflnmnn frt tote their own skillets. BILL ARP. P. S.?I take this okashun to notify the Coufederute public, that wo are now organizin a Grand Confederate Association to make arrangements for the-future payment of Pensions to our Array Widows and disabled soldiers. That concern, popularly known an the TJnltod States, has got to pry 'om. Send 1 in your names. Hurrah for Bob Lee! B. A. V ' ' J The Fish Commissioners. The following joint- resolution _ "authorising the appointment of fi?b ComtyieBlonera, "and defining the duties thereof," waa passed by th< Legislature at its recent session, and will.prove interesting to the majority of our readers: Beit Resolved by. the Senate anc House of ' Representatives- ?of , th< State of SouthCarolitra, no-vr Tnefcauf! BiiuDg id wenerpi AseemDiy, ana dj the authority of the satne: ' . lntt That a Board of JFiah C^ramiselOaerf shall be' appointed?by.. th< Govern or, to conatet4>f one memboi from eaih Judical District. 2d. ft shall be the duty of Bait 'Corqmiflsioner? to inspect all hriatu streams, , in their, reepectlvo districts that are large enough for migrator] fish to ascend, and report to the Leg ifllatare at tta next' reguWr session what obstructions are necessary U ;be removed, sod over what natora waterfalls or artificial dama it jriay tx expedient for fish ways to be copstruc ted, and what impurities are alio wet to flow litof or rM*p. streams, tiu# $re pe^so^oip fo flsb 01 deitrucfi**jg.t*iir ipawn. '1J?T>.. 0T*r .3f J I 3d. It shall ho their duty to report to Solicitors, in their respective circuits, all parties who rday bo violating the present fish laws of the Stato; and it shall bo tho duty of tho solicitors to prosocuto all persons so reported. n --- |*vu. uuiu VUlllllllBBIUlllTS UI'U JIU thorizcd, and aro hereby empowered, i i to visit at all times, and inspect any | point they may deem necessary . for I I above mentioned purposes, and aro -. empowered to call to their assistance j so many persons as they may doom -.'necessary, in case of resistance; and II any person refusing to give such as1 j sistance shall be liable to a fine of not 1 less than ten, nor more than fifty dollars, to bo recovered in any court of common jurisdiction in the State. 5th. The pay of said Commissioners shall be, to each, two dollars per | day for each day, and ten cents per j mile lor each mile traveled, in tho S /I ivif h n rem r\4* < . V* viavu uiiiu a . /./1/nuta. I They shall pa}* for not more than ninety days during the year 1S70. Such expenses to bo paid out of any ' money in the trctsury not otherwise appropriated. I Speaker Moses. Franklin J. Moses. Jr., is a native of South Carolina, and at the commencement of the late hostilities was a.M i- /"? T*. ? ' iiiu-uu-uuiiip to vrovernor i'lCKCtis, anu as such," claimcd and was granted the privilege of hoisting tho Confederate flag over Fort Sampler after its garrison had capitulated. After this "piece of daring/' he received a com> mission in the Confederate service, | and was stationed where there was a ! prospect of "smclli"g gunpowder." He thought that even a whiff of it would impair his health, and never took one, but managed to get an appointment as an enrolling ofliecr, and in the perilous occupation of sending ~ A. a J> 1 - ? mvii iu me Hum, pussuu mc remaining da}*s of tbo war. At the close of hostilities lie edited a paper in Sumpter for a short time, and suddenly changed his polities?if lie ever had an}-?and allied himself with the .Republican party. By means of a pleasant address and an immense amount of check," (for instance, his delivering a lecture upon "religion" to the colored people,) he was clccted i - r. / -!?i - I.V iiiu 1I UIU IlUllUblOl) C01111I3*. In this body he was clccted Speaker, and it is but justice to say that no one else could control the members as well as he does. At the end of each session the House votes i him five hundred dollars extra, which i he probably earns, as it is no email tax to maintain order, now and then in such a disorderly body. The representatives, however, forget that his exertions have been in thnir lir? half, aud instead of voting tho extra compensation out of their own pocket r, vote it out of the State treasury; to take which, under tho circumstances, grieves the unselfish heart of Moses, who, as he expresses it with a tear in the corncr of each optic, "labors with an eye single to the good of tho people of the State." Moses speaks well, and makes Interesting whatever subject he discusses. lie has his favorites in tho House, and it I :? V(,:a * * ?? id wilu uiuicui^ iuui uuy out uiese can sccuro tlio floor. It is useless for the disappointed to appeal against the decision of the cbair, for it is certain to be sustained. If Moses is requested to give his reasons for a "ruling," he will furnish them, giving analogous cases at different periods of the world's history, from the time 1 that Miss Pharaoh found Moses in 1 the bullrusbes and "ruled" to keep him, to the present. lie will state these reasons so rapidly as to confuse. ' and with an appearance of bo much conLdchco in the justice of what ho is relating, as to convince tho most skeptical. But for his management, not ono third of tho business disposed of in the House last session would . have been transacted, for which the" , people of the State, generally, have . not much cause to thank him. At ) present Moses is adjutant-general of I the State, and will by virtue of his r office, command the militia at the next general elections. A brilliant | campaign may be tinticipated, Moses ) is ambitious. He aspires to.the Coril gressional seat left vacant by tho r expulsion of Whittemore; but if he cannot get this, he-will take the office . of Lieutenant-Governor of the State, y If the Radical pwty be successful in r the coming campaign ijb is. probable; that Mdses.'will be( Governor, as it is I stated that the programme of the I Kadi cat party ;iW to re-cleet Scott i, Governor and e&ct Moses Lioxitenrtnt r. Governor,thefc Bon4 Scott to the - tfnited &?fct&?Sefr?i0, aridbf conree ,j Moses will step into the gubernato> rial chair. As regards his Oobgres* 1 sionaraspirationb, J.3I. Hainey, col. a ored, State sdo&tor from Georgetown ? Gounty, who is spoken of in this con* 1 rxeetion^ will make, ft maeh better. r colored; people of &&&& Chbrlciton Xe*tLi> a'-vmlh-ir. 77 Ml \ J -. J H * * . 'iJ- 71 ,nT>?r .HI tl iiuH C. P. Leslie* C; P; Leslie) is the "erratic senator from Barnwell," as ho isproperly designated by liis senatorial associates. If tbo Senate wero to meet to-morrow and tbo "spoeial order" on tbe day's calendar was a bill to ascertain whether Leslio was a lunatic, a knave or a fool, it would be difficult to foretell the result of tbo voto, and it would bo but ordinary prudenco for those betting upou tho question to "hedge" as much as possible. There is certainly a variety of opinions among the senators. Corbin and Maxwell and one or two others have, in their seats stated that ho was crazy; "Wimbush and others have asserted several times that he was a knave, and on one occasion Leslie said that ho had not made a fool of himself, to which Nash replied: "No, that you haven't for God saved you the trouble." Leslie is a native of Brooklyn, and during the war represented that city in the New York legislature, lie uoatcd South alter tho war and lodged somewhere in Barnwell County, became a magistrate and then a senator, and afterward a land commission. Ho is of a quick, nervous temperament, and speaks quickly, loudly, disconnectedly and apparently very earnestly. He is very fund of using odd expressions, for instance: In speaking of colored men} trying to run a colored man's part}', he said it was very much like tfoin<j down hill in an old wagon?it wibblcd nnd it wobbled, and you didn't kuow whether you wcro going to tho bottom or tho devil. On another occason he spoko of the objection South Carolinians had to Yankees, and Baid : They would not bo satisfied with any of them ; sorao of them would'nt be satisfied with angels. When tho angel Gabriel blows his trumpet they will swear that it isn't him, but some old Yankeo blowing a tin horn. All his spcechcs were filled with just such sentences. Up to two or three weeks previous to the adjournment, he had more influence n tl, a C2 r? 4 rt flint* nhtt AM/i IU VA1V utliiltv Hili" VAVV|7bill^ Corbin. But about the time mentioned bis Radical associates became suspicious of him, especially the colored portion, who asserted that he was trying to form a "third party." It is generally believed that he resigned the ofilce of land Commissioner because forced by Governor Scott, who feared bis influence among tlu colored people of the Stalo. Ilia motto is: "What's the use of a State being u State unless it can take care of its statesmen" The Brooklj-n papers have several times written of Leslie, making him out a very bad character. On one occasion, as tho story goes, he was asked if theso articles would not injure him? "No," replied ho, "I, like a great manjr others of the Northern men down her, have reason to be thankful that my constituents can't ? A A 1- T - -1 ? u-uu. jib ruguruu jjbHiie s pontics, it is difficult to place him. lie was originally a Democrat, then a Republican ; when he was turned out of the Legislature, he avowed himself a Democrat; when he returned, he was a Radical j at the commencement of the last session he was .a bitter Radical; at its closo a Conservative Republican, or something It is said that he "will stick to a friend through thick and thin." With all of his faults there are few men who liave tho moral courage to make the speech that he did on the last night of the session?a full synopsis of which was published in tho News.?Charleston Ntms. . i The Suez Canal.?Tho business of the Suez Canal is reported by its director, Mr. Lange, as follows: According to omcial returns the receipts of the Suez Canal Company since tne opening, and made up to the 3Jst of January last, amounted to 5G7,872f.66c., accruing fromthree sources?1. Tolls on vessels; 2. Transit of merchandise and passengers; 3." Ronton landed property and houseB. The IfiSt item fiirnrpu rtnlir fr?n tlio j-- - . ; ~~o ""V Bum of 48,8G9f. 31c., but so Boon as the question of judicial reform in Egypt has been finally decided, enabling the company's lands to be legally sold, I entertain no doubt that the income derived from that source will alone prove of considerable value. Although the navigation of the Suez Canal is still in his infancy, it May. be interesting to trace, its dovelppoments ujj hi vuv presem ume. . petwcpn ttlB dates of the 21st of Noteftiber arid the &f?t Of Jafcnary, or feqnal to One ?very three days, through it.fc'nd froto" . r JI>2 j ? ' *'tn v --'< .the l^t;tp the 17th of, February niooteen vessels, or little over one: vessel per day went through. <! / . : it ' " ? Try : - ..Li , Salt Daks, in .Utah, if seyen feet; "higher than it was ten years ago, and is ootistantly risin'g; It has been ttrg' ed by .those yty> hays paid a'tentlbn ;ib the "subject tW^ ^rl^o Qf, water thers. WOald. pyodaoe-JV eolation of , the JIormoQ ^iestioiv ^ofibrd COn'fjrerfl : i .ic -71 ,o?sr /jr A Pretty Little Romance. I was sponding tho night iu a hotel I in Froeport, Illinois. After breakfast I wont into tho sitting room, when I j mot a pleasant, chatty, good-humored J traveler, who like myself was waiting for tho morning train from Galena. AVo conversed freely and pleasantly on different topics, until seeing two Vftlinnr lnflinc nionf nml 1/iuo Anuli I J wv...^ liiuivu uivvv uuu aioo vurva vnucr in the station just about tho tiraO tho truiu approaching. "Come," said ho, taking up his carpot-bag," sir.co wo arc so sweet a subject, let us have a practical application. I will make a proposition to you. I will agree to kiss the most beautiful lady in tho cars iVom Galena, you being the judge if you will kiss the the noxt prettiest, I being tho judge." This proposition staggered mo a little, and 1 could hardly tell whether he was in earnest or in fun ; but as he would be as deeply in it as I could bo, I agreed, provided' ho would do the first kissing, | though my heart luiied somewhat I when I saw his jet black eyes fairly I dance with daring. "Yes," said he, I u try it, lirst. i'ou take the back I j car, and go in from tho front end, i where j-ou can sec the faccs of the la! dies, and stand by tho one you think I handsomest , ami then I will come in | from behind and kiss her," I had 1 hardly stepped inside tho cars when j I beheld at tho first glance one of the ! loveliest looking women my eyes had ever seen. A beautiful londo, with auburn hair, and a bright sunny face full of love and affection, and as radiant as tho morning. Any farther search was totally unnecessary. I immnrlinf altr nnlr o*n?wl ?? ? '-? wvuiWWV.Ijr Vl/ua IIIJ OCUIIV1 111 IUU U1D1V j at her side. She was looking out of. tho window earnestly, as if oxpcoting some one. The back-door of the car opened, and in stepped my hotel friend. I pointed my finger at her, little dreaming that ho would carry out his pledgo, and you may imagine my horror and amazement whon he stepped quiek'y behind her, and stooping over, her, kissed her with a relish that made my mouth water. I expectod, of course, a shriek of terror and a row generally, followed by a knock-down, but astonishment succeeded astonishment when I Baw her return the kiss with compound interest. Quick as a flash he turned around and said : "Now my dear sir, it is your turn," pointing at a hideous ly ugiy >TriUliltU VIU WU1111111 WI1U WU3 sitting iu the scut behind. you must excuso me, j*ou must," I exclaim-1 ed. lam. sold this time, I give up. j Do tell mo who you have been kissing,''Well." said he, "since you are a man of so mnch taste and quick perception, I'll let you off " And wo all burst into a hearty peal of laughter as he said, "This is my wife. I have been waiting for her. I knew it was a safe proposition." He then told the story to his wife, who looked ten-fold sweeter as 6he heard it. Beforo we reached Chicago we had exchanged cards, and I discovered that my gonial companion was an Episcopalian prcachcr of Chicago, whoso name I had frequently heard. Whenever I go to Chicago, I always go to i hear him, and a heartier, more riatu | rai pi'eaener is bard to find, llo was ' a young man then ; ho is now ono of the ablest divines in tho West. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. Washington, March 7.? In the House, the Committee on Territories, was instructed consider the propriety of abrogating the tribal character of the Indians between Kansas and Texas, and theercction of territorial government. A resolution authorizing the special telegraph committee to examine the whole subject of telegraphing in the United States, with1 "power to send for person "and papers, failed. In the Senate, several disability bills were reported: TKe' Coirirrritteo on Railroads add Canals of the House agreed to report favorably on a bill authorizing a road from Norfolk to St. Louis via Cincinnati." It is stated1, that the Ways ahd Means Committee have agreed to abolish the income tax. : < Morton presented a bill deolarmg Texas entitled to representation, which was referred to the Judioiary Committee. ' '? 0 vA resolution from the Mississippi ' iiegislaltfre Was'ffrdBttated, asking a <epeedy removal of political disabili: ties. iI?7i .< ?' f . il ' tsK Wells reduced a bijl to reoljtirp |he ^'xssx&sssSs. garding the action gf.:the British government excluding. Americans ijrpm GftWndfftn ' TbeHooj^-refywHl day, of SenUMfky, loj^rithdmw his resignation/ notwitfesuiiidiog the govi ernort ' ' Tho GoocgiaMll wasjresdiiiedi and, ^^ rMcposition, K ' V ,7* >TSt fh-ieW iho Ilouso adjourned. Tho bill will como up again to-morrow. In tho Scuato, Ilaran presented a joint resolution in favor of tho removal of tho capital and against further appropriations for public buildings. I From Richmond Enquirer. I LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Remarkable Promptness. I "RpmnrVaKlo Prmynnno amwvtav XAVgACOOl The various States seem to liavo a mania lately for requiring deposits of Insurances companies, but our "Virginia Giant" of Life Insurance, the Piedmont and Arlington, is prompt to meet all such calls. The artielo below shows it promptly mado $50,000 deposit in South Carolina. The promptness with which it acts, and its ability to act, is shown by this deposit, and especially by its action, I on learning a law had passed in Lou| isiania requiring ?50,000 deposit; in less than forty-eight hours, the Company had the bonds ready to meet tho demand. It has now deposited for various States as follows: $100,000 for MisBouri, $50,000 in South Carolina, $30.( 000 in Georgia. $20,000 in Tennesseo, and holds 850.000 for Louisiana. Tho balance of the States can follow suit, and \vl jn deposits aro too heavy for our "Giant," but few others can hope to stand the call. This Company claims the South, as its special field, and does not mean to be run out by lack of money. It nqt only shows ability to meet deposits, hut exhibits the greatest progress of ary company iu America of its age.?It issued in 18G9, nearly 8,000 policies, and had an income of nearly one million dollars; and it has healthful, cautious evidences in its growth?as its losses in 1869 wero scarcely half tho experience of other companies. It is earnestly and zealously for a strict Insurance Department in our State, which shall make ' rigid inspection of nil companies. With all these evidences of progress, caution and solvency, this Company merits, and ought to receive the condenco and support of the American people. The press and people everywhere South, speak in its praise. Here is what the Southern Guardian, of Columbia, South Carolina, says : The Piedmont and Arlington j Li?e Insurance Company. ? This j company is steadily growing in pub| lie fuvo?\ The promptness with wnicn ub losses aro met?ana, oy the way, they appear to have been small ?and the just, accommo'nting and equitable basis upon which its scheme of insurance rests, strongly recommend it to the confidence of the community. In its management it furnishes disputable evidence of caution, econom}', enterprise and progress. On last Saturday, Capt. S. L. Leaphart, genoral agent of the company for South Carolina, deposited with Comptroller Goneral 150,000 of State bonds, in compliance with a requisition of the Legislature. The company is thus lirmly established amongst us, and is equally safe and careful in its business as it is thoroughly Southern and generous in character. How Ice is Made.?The materials used in the manufacture of ice aro are spirits of ammonia, steam and salt. The retort is used for the heating of the ammonia. A coil of pipe, through which steam passes, winds around the interior. 800 gallons of the ammonia are poured into the retort, and about 21 pounds of steam applied. The gas arising from the , ammonia is conveyed into a pipo at the top of the retort. , The pipe passes into a cooler filled with water and thence to the liquifier., It is now thoroughly chilled and deprived of its carbonic principles and becoincs a freezing liquid. Connecting with the condenser is a pipe, which carries the, liquid into a series of pipes that divorge through tho freezing box. Tho latter i6 filled with a strong solution of salt and water, which> with .tho aid of the liquid ammonia in tho pipes, causes an intense cold, tho frost collecting upon tho pipes whore they are exposed to the atmosphere. Into tho freezing-box are introduced forty-eight brass boxes, filled with fresh Water, each of ^hem producing a twenty-four poond slab pf ice, foor inches in thickness, tv$> feet in longth and onj in breadth. It.requires foor hoars to freeze the fortv-eiirht boxes. ?? ' r? ,7/ r.: if ^ .a* ... An cstabliehmen.t fqr making artificial ice baa beenin .operation.in New Orleans for a considerable time, and baa proved a succcbs. It produces joe yer^'ttlpidly' ftHtl of excellent quality. The ice ie not so clear and k beantlfull! at thW 'lVom the North * ft ihas ratbef the appearance 6f whntls lealled Bnow-iw, btrtf h^ia very hard, - containing a greiiter:rfn*Ouot of colfi than other: ice,- atld". dissolving, less rapidly in water or.}#.# wwm_ room. 4 .nr.'y/hidi ol I txrqiiiVn'j a groat deal moro than can be manu- 1 facturcd. Tho concern is said to bo very profitable. It would indeed bo a singular thing if tho artificial should tho natural article iu tho land of ico. Exchange. The Victor Noir Homcide. A Paris dispatch of the 19tli ult. says: Tho Chamber of Accusation of tho nigh court ot Justico lias found a truo bill against Princc Picrro Bonaparte, oo mm it tod him for tryil on a capital charge. The word "meurtro" (often incorrectly translated murder) signifies, in French legal phraseology, manslaughter of an aggro vated kind. And had Princc Pierre been indicted for the homici'lc of Victor Noir alone llio maximum sentence that could have been passed upon him would j have been hard labor for life. But article 301 of tho Penal Code enacts that when a "meurlre" is committed concomitantly with another crime j the punishment shall bo death. Under this article the Prince is charged I?first, with having committed wilful ; homicide, or me-urtre, upon the nor son of Victor Xoir with tlio concomitant circumstance that tho crimo was proceeded or followed by an attcmp tod meurtro of Ulric do Fouviellc; and, sccondlv, with having on the name day and at the 6ame placc attempted to commit wilful homicide on the person of Ulric do Fouviellc with the concomitant circumstance that the crimo was preceded or followed by tlio wilful homicide of Victor Noir. As soon as %ho decision of the Chamber was made known, M. Demange, one of the Prince's counsel, went to tha Conclcrgeric prison to announce it to him. Tho prince had his wife and some intimate friends with him at the time, and therefore M. Grobon, tho jailor, thought it delicate to call him into his own room to rcceive tho serious communication. On hearing it the Prince merely said that it was merely 60; that publicity was the best way to bring out tho truth; and that all he now hoped was that there would bo no long delay before his trial. A dispatch of the 20th ndrls A ministerial decree of yesterday's date orders tlio Ili^h Court of Justice to asscinblo at Tours on the 21st of March for the trial of Prince Pierre Bonaparte. M. Glandaz will act as presiding judge, and M. Grandpcrrot as public prosecutor. Tho Gazette des Tribunanx slates that tho preliminary investigation has furnished proof of the assault to which tho Princo asserts ho was subjected, so that no doubt is loft as to tho provopnfinn *a ' him to shoot Victor Noir, and to threaten the life of M. Fouviollo. The Irish Land Bill. A Dublin lettor to tho London Times says: The tenant-right journals, which have hitborto maintained an eloquent silence on the subject of tho land bill, aro at length beginning to speak out. Itdoes not give satisfaction to the advocates of fixity of tenure, who find that the government are not about to give effect to the extreme measures which they had led tho tenants to expect. The more moderate friends of tho tenaut farmors regard tho bill with favor as a whole, though desiring6ome modifications in committee j but tho "national" party is decidedly hostile. This} porhaps, may be considorcd a tributo to the lair and temperato character. of tho scheme, and to its probable efficacy in producing permanent tranquility and contentment. The rom6val of a. substantial grievance is, of course, a serious blow to the hopes of tho disaffected class. On tho pArt of the landlords, complaints ai'e beard that the" bill will do great injustice, some going so far as to assert that it will put such a penalty upon the exercise of thoir legal rights, whero they aro not directly interfered with, as will virtually amount to prohibition or confiscation. Those who have purchased under the Landed Estates Court, and found a number of tonants holding at an outer value, allege that' the legalizing the Ulster tenant custom, which allocs tn somo instances oVer 20 years' purchase for the good Will of a holding, a hardship will be imposed upon them if tlierb is nbt a reValna, tion to fix the fair rent; others contend1 thai the effect of tbe bill will be td et'6r^otype alf' the -worst ?Vflsof email bteo'<rpan?iy id many districts of' the Wetat add 'south,' especially where holdings valued at a few shillings a j^ear must be retained; They apprehend that' a pauper >population will spring up which will: be thrown for support upon the* landlords, and cad not be gotridof, *The gentoral itwling however, is that the bill is J one Which may be accepted aa** eitlemeat of o*it LhtOfJn . % .?>J?i.<r 0iJ.M Tho Democratic Members of the Legis- h' lature. A] F Tho Charleston Daily Republican has m ofton exhibited a virtuous indigna* tt tion against tho Democratic prcBS of hi this State in regard to tho wbolesa'.o ne charges made by thcJattcrof briber}' and corruption among tho Radical members of tho Legislature. It has j) repeatedly asked that these charges G| be made in a definite manner, and has p, urged that a single instance of cor- <a rupt and unfaithful practice bo pointed out. Its columnti havo been freely rc used in denunciation of Democratic ..v?>jur malting wnoicsaie OJ charges of this character without sub- tQ stantiating them with adequate proof n} that buch things existed among the ^ Radical members. And yet we find p this tei.cher of "great moral ideas" q sending forth a similar chargo against the Democratic members of the Legislaturo, without adducing a single proof or designating a solitary member who is guilty of improper conduct. In reviewing the work of that j bod}-, "to see how they have adminis-1 tered upon the trusts reposed in them or by tho people,'* tho Republican uses j P' the following unequivocal language: * ' "We have the strongest testimony that nearly every Democratic mem- ol bcr of the General Assembly sold 1,1 their votes in the most rottculy cor- P rupt way." As to the charge, wo aro e< confident that it is false and malicious in every particular. But we have no desire to screen any member of the Democratic party by a simple denial, ? and thereforo call upon the Republican ^ to introduce its "strongest testimony" ti beforo the public, in order that the j, people may know "how they (tho ^ Democratic members) have adminis- j: tered upon tho trusts renosed in i Li them." In all fairness, that journal is u compelled to establish its broad alle- ^ gation, as otherwise it will stand eon- ni victed of making an inexcusable accusation against political opponents, purely for political effect. In the same article from which wo P1 have quoted, the Republican says that bi "wo caunot shut our eyes to the fact that there wcro men in that General d' Assembly who were corrupt," and acknowledges that some of its own party "went down before temptation." Q| Heiico, it cannot bo replied that the ^ Democratic nowpapcrs have failed to C( establish bribery and corruption, ij; for here is a frank admission from the Radical organ that these charges were truo. ? st In behalf of the Democratic party, it is demanded that this reckless .* charge against its members bo pro- 11 ven. Failure to do this will stignatize itB author as a slanderer of the vilest nature, aud unworthy member of the P jiews iraternity, and a partisan of the 11 baser sort.?A-tdmon Intelligencer, ' Brave Words from Boston. ti Tho Honorable John Quincy Adam ? delivered an addreBS before the "Con. ^ stitutional Club" of Boston on the 22 of February. It takes us by surprise when we find that there is such an or. a ganization as a Constitutional Club in Boston, the Mount Moriah of American Higher Law. Still we rejoice * that it exists, and feel assured that in n future no seotion of the Union will w havemore use of tho guarantees; of the Constitution. Mr. Adams, in the, c speech to whicb wo refor, charged sol- 8] emnly that the Itadicals in Congress had abused power to perpetuate a mere party, and had leagued together w to destroy tho Constitution. 8' "I mean to 8a3'j" said Mr. Adams, "and I 6ay it with a sensoof responsi- e< bilitv. that to-diiv thflrn in nnt.liinrr r\C * ' - - - - ? / ? ?wthe old Constitution of <hr fathers left to us except what was always un- h derstood and believed by theui to bo a mere incident of constitutional power and that is this war power." * * at * "The old constitutional edi- d fiee of the fathers was built of the white marblo of the Stutep., which jq they brought together voluntarially p as a work of love, and piled .up tjbotd one by one cach in pride and' dalight, adding stone to the beautiful^ and v symmetrical edifice tinder which we n all live. [Applanse.] But what is D this thing which we now see there in . tir ? - vv uttQingLOD c la that built of tboao li stones. Ia tbat put together by any a such habds as those which cemented the old capital ?(. Wby, gentltfraen, it is built of the volcanio lava, hotyot ^ from the result* of tbe outpouring of ^ the mount [applause.] .It's no each edifice at all, and now w6;bave in tbe ^ Presidential chair a man who, yrhipfi j he swears toproteot and defend mid.lv preserve* the Constitution, QeeipdiJb r to think that tfadjs is the Conization e which he swears, to preeerve^. ^2" C7 .' Alluding.to ft proposition which jfe ?- nri-^r11-* U-n-tMyiVwr- i WJs?!'S hundred guna gja Bo^^ -fJonaoaQn.JB | Araepdm^^fcMjp *iffifoSF: 1 was only sony tjarl wa? not In the ? ? - . ? ambly solicited to allow tho Stato of [assaehusetts to lire that saluto from ort Warren, and that tho guns light bo shotted, in order to show le process by which the amendment ad been carried."?Chruniclt & Statu I. A "Washington letter says: "San omingo will be admitted as a Stato ' this Union before tho end of tho resent session of Congress. Tho enniaiti""' ?":M - -* * . -4 .. mil null 10 tho public ?bt four times tho amount tho Sccitary of the Treasury protends that j has reduced it. Besides, the gov', nmont will have made an addition > the national burden of an entire ition of paupers. I vorily believe 10 annexation of Central Africa, om tho rise to tho mouth of tho uarrie Kiver, would find advocates nonj^ tho negro lovers of this Con* *CB3. . A Boston young man, a Catholic, in nded to to married on Tuesday ening, but at tho last moment "reflected that he had forgotten"'-to rocuro a license. Ho dashed ppt of io house in pursuit of tho prized :>nd paper, but it was too late ?hq fflco was closed.. Lent began..tljiq. ext day, and for Hirty days he muRt; ine, as no marriago can bo celebrat1 in his church during Leiit^' There arc unmi$taknablp sigas| say^ io Washington correspondents, tA?A lutlcr is trimming his sails for as rccze to waft him'iiito. the Prcsiij'eaal nomination, and is"reportedto' ave said in private eonverpatioq^tihat o has no rival but Grant. * Ohts of t'6 partisans recently made theexreme remark that he "didn't believe' lint B. F. Uijtler ever wronged any-! ody out of five cents." Spoons ar? ut a legal tender. 1 > t "Whittemorc is now called by a Re* ubiican paper "a long-bearded, fnll^ cilied, narrow - headed, smooth>ngued carpet bagger." .This is inecd personal. Complaint is general by the press T Faris against the Frcnch Governicnt for not clearing up the alleged >nspiracy against tho nation and fe of tho Emperor. tm m The anxiety about the missing :camera Citjr of Boston and Smidr, ly the New York papers, iafastsiilkig into despair. A notice upon Prince Pierre Bona , , arte has been served, to answer ia ie mutter of the Yietor iJoir, horaid<J. " ./ , ' m-i rrroT,.in .'J "Ole Bull is to build a coinm?pooraon beacon on tbe Norwegian coast,, ut of the proceeds of his. goncc^to. Jo m,i? James Robinson, the ctecas rider ied suddenly at Cincinnati recently,' om hemorrhage of ihe lung*, A man lstely attempted.' tostart a 7ritinr? o/?Krt^ TA-r .......b ot,uui/?. iii* A/auveiy oat'- tiioy> iade him turn it into % ftaloop, ranting "fangle# in thigtyw#^ The office of Woodh^l/; Claffitt'a! lo., on Walistredfc, Is called* a^ftihale' having shop." "Barber6asf'?znv 'Nevada recently had an, par^qnak^ hit*h cao^cd'tlie earth to bo in'^a^on-, iant fretnbt' ?7? ' ir .M dli /f An aged mopdicant has be.qn *rrftBfcd at' Bayohne, France, who carried 3rtnrf"-:? 4Uj 1VO/j;.';!,I!!< *suToTtt 1 3000 in gold about Lis person, J :: F .ftcifmoioi JO Wptt# is eaid tp hare., written -8ix? und'red and ninety-sevon hymnp^?, Robert BrQWnJjig'a son is npjtdd fbp qnatic, proficiency, at Otffofd, ,anc^ i? otermiued Ufcritj^aa Qth^fvfpppfwnt The Arohbi-dtfips ofNew. 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