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pwwwwWiro?? 2*rtlt)cv, D.J. CARTER, All subscriptions stopped when DHHESHHjj^Btd for they havo ^^^^H^HH^^^bihser liter finding a <X) BHnntht' understand the BBRHHMH l one month tiie JBHHHH^^^Kublic Selecting. HBnHHBr <>f |HHH0BB^^H^^Brcut ^ HWe^^KuH^mIR at <>n Monday I^^^BHHBfl^UI^^P1i o HHHHB^Vtu the State BBj^BBHHH^^^neh ill Colunihia op H^HHraKRn^r\\ -. i i > > I'M I 1 i?%\ , I'll II IIIM. On motion, ltev. 1). 1*. Robinson was railed t?> tin- ( hair, and 1>. .). Carter requested to a? t as Secretary. The Chairman, in a few remarks, explained tin* onjirt of tin. liicrthi#, and declared tl open for (ho transact ion of business. \V. M. Connors, Ks<i.,olVcred tbo following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : \Y K t he people of I .a I least or ('utility, freely rcco<rni/.in>f the civil and poliiieal equality of every citizen of tin State, irrespective of race or color, and belli?* thoroughly iinpresse.l v if 11 the importance of t lie <jr< at ni'>rt incut for " V",'" f., ?f4, ?,fini it 1st ration of flic State < lovernn tent, now in proirress throughout tint Stale, Jo is-.miIvo, in nie< tinjr assembled, 1st. That we heartily approve of the proposition lor a t^invention of the people to assemble in t lie eity of < 'oluniniii, on tlu- loth instant, for the purpose of promoting ami facilitating this tainiahle movement. 1M. That the Chairman of this meeting appoint a eoinmittee of live persons to select, ami report immediately, for the action of tiiis meeting a suitable delegation (o represent this t'oiintv In the said('(invention. Under the lid resolution, \V. M. Connors, U. .J. l'ci'ry, 11. E. Allison, T. l". flyhurn, S. J. Dunlap and It. C. l'otts Were appointed a eoinmittee to report the names and nnmherof delegates. Onriny theahsenee of the Committee Win. Illack, deliver* d a stirring address, up| o.ding in the strongest terms to all persons, of whatever poliiieal shade, to unite under the banner ,if i'Hetrenehment and lteform." The nominating Committee snbmitted tin1 following report, which was unanimously adopted: The ( ompiittee hog leave to make the following nominations: \Vhif> x?l'hin. It. Tompkins, J. It. I rwin. I>. .1. Carter, It. J. Witherspoon, II. C. l'otts, J. U. iteid, \V. J. M* IIiv.Tiii. K. (1. Itillimrs. Win. Itluck Wudey Hilton, John ilrown, Jns. 11. tfuirili. ('<>h,r<<\? Richmond Trnesdalo, ( 'has. Walker, Charles Jones, Ksrp, Robert Wihon, \lhrrt Clinton, NeJ op Cfa'.vfurd. On motion it was resolved that the proceedings of this meeting ho published in the Lancaster 1a (l(/er. Reform IVXcting- in Kershaw. A large and enthusiastic meeting was held in Camden on the .Hist nil., to nominate delegates to the Columbia Convention. Stirring speeches were delivered by (Jenerals Kershaw and Kennedy, Colonel Shannon and others, endorsing tingeneral platform of the Press Conference. The following white and colored delegates weie chosen to represent Kershaw County in the June Convention at Columbia: White*?Jnmrs f'hesjilit, K. M. Hoy kin, J. It. Kershaw, General Kennedy, Captain DcPass, William Hhuiuion, J. M. Davis, T. 11. Clarke, W. A. Anerum, T. ! '. McDow and W. Z. I.eitner. t'otorfit?Frank Adamson, Austin Idoyd, Ciayhorp Hamilton, Henry Carlos*, David Jenkins and John Miller. Brother Itepublieans, be watchful for such men ! Home of them have already not into the fold?men who euro no for Republicanism than they !?> for a last year's bird-nest?men utterly selfish?t he hisauu of politics, who would sell out their birthrights and even body's else for pottage. Ajrain we repent our message of the other day: ''We must he watchful, and trust no Democrat who joins us till we KNOW him to I*? an out-and-out, thorough ItADI> L I L'KllVI (i/VVlTIH'IT/lV ?? /u . . t' iv\/.u > iv/ i iw*i, ? * nut teuton Republican. The nl?ove paragraph, from t ho organ of the party, we judge will not set very well upon the Htomnclw of tlio f?w white Had* at thin place, who have ul? ready declared, upon more than one occasion in conversation, "that they (lit! not core a <Ia?nn for the negroes?thai they were willing to submit to all this degradation of entingandsleeping with negroes until they had lnndg^all thftmoiiey t^ey enalU, then they intended to pack np ami leave for the West." XI fleet of the TtfUantli JMsouA- ' meal to tho Xflorthori* States. * {These fcHfo-iiqpfe P*<w?s rri tlA NAtfhj ?midrt?rnmdfl&UH^'A?. - uje, 'ho^e'^M >' *i?:X*0m|ku'| r:<2?e l?y ? )'? b?jh, |f ? y" Amendment. TtoCen t ehVtiVgps in tfte tttntc* of Nt-w York and Illinois, show tt decided gain of the Democratic party, notwithstanding the colored votes given hit lu> I: IM 111:.! ir.'i 11 side. It is Ci ill tended, (lint the low* In white Republican* (6 the party, ia far grantor than the gaiii in colored votes, and that .this will bo h pormantuit consequence of the Fifteenth Amendment in the Middle and Northwestern States. llailroad Election in York. N The vote on the question of milweribtng$AK),*KK) p> the Air-l.lne Railroad 4 in York' f'phnty, on Saturday, the 2-Sth lilt., resulted in a vote of I Vtd for huIifefiptlon aq<| 158-1 against it, making a majority of nineteen against ai?l>ecripL tion. 5 The Enquirer learns that the mnnaI ^cr* of eleetlon have been served with 9 a notice of protest against the election, yu the ground of lllegnlttiee l Letter from 3?. Odcll Duncan. We publish in this issue a lengthy ami important letter from tlie lion. 11. <). Duncan. Mr. Duncan is one of tlie very few respectable South Carolinians who Joined the Republican p:\rtv in the early days of reconstruction. No one has impeached (In. purity of ins motives or the integrity of his character. As I listed Statesconsul at Naples, ill liann'iillil.l'il uir I I I 1 l)|IIUIOII :i 1 ready entertained of his eaurtcsy and culture. His Hepuhlieanism is ahove i suspicion. Hut, us au honest man, deeply interested lit the result <>t' the eoininx eoidest in Ijis native State, lu> is forced to arraign the itadical Kintrat the Star of public .opinion. Now and then he saw a ray of hope; hut, he ] says: "The patefal character of our legislature and of the legislation in Columbia uurltu;' the winter has eertainlv not iieeu such as to inspire tne with eontidence in the wisdom, patriotism ore ven ordinary honesty of those at present ' c'.mrollina t he State (iovernment and the 'ihpiieal' partv In South Carolina. Their action has (?een such thai / ifo j not w tr/mf rra.ton a 111/ 0/0 < *"/ onrpt o)>!)' ran hurt j'or fiimtoininr/ t/inn." | Property-holders, lie continues, who ' are not nillee-holders may properly j complain of the heavy expenditures that are made. l?ut, I "Our uond (iovernor, for inHane", ; and seme of the other Stale olltcluls, ! w ill not ec.tnplain juf their taxes whih j they have such a eontrol of the I legislature as to he able to make or unmake 1 tiic Uici kc! f.ir State oj; railroad honds j >U u)4M?^lll'of #*#?? j ; (n't r fhe it'iiomif of fhnr f'tj'cs. 1 I This i< not nil. Mr. Duncan, with ' justice, char; < * 11 >: t the Scott ho^ishiI turo has tjoijo nothing to alleviate the condition of llie !..! ??rit yr t:I;?.->.,cs. Ho | says: "dm legislators seem to have I wen i too ijiiiotviiit to know that when the in- j J dustry uini prosperity of a oountrv is j disturbed, it i- always tiio poorer elass; os who sutler nio-?. Their action has | uvncrally hoen siieh as to prevent a return to :t state of | cace ami ijniet, ami to foment the hitter feelings hitherto cxistiiirr. Tltis en trsc may prove-lwne! eial to certain deiu::i:oiruo poli; tieians, who can l???|?t- to r? main a hove i the surface only in t lines of excitement, hut it will certainly prove most calamitous to our poorer classes, whom they pretend specially to represent.'' The whole record isjjefore him, and hy fearlessly sny-;: "The 'Radical' party in South Carolina ltas clearly shown that, with its present organi/.at ion and leaders, it dees not govern for tin. good of the people and the general prosperity of the State. T/it it if xhituUl h> nlxiitil<tn> </, or r< ft/ 'rodt/uiii;/' Mr. Duncan sees at once the evil ami the remedy. Regretting that the State imvui-iininnt 1.1 I....... such hiiiitU us 111ey liavo, he declares that no olio, than him. oil', "would more " heartily unite with any honest cflort j " to rescue hotli our party and our State i " government from the el lit el u -of those " who now control thenj," Such nn"lioni -t effort" is tlu* Reform inoveincut. Mr. Dimeaii, werehenearer home, would he convinced already of its at might forwardness and sincerity. To its jirinciples,lw?says,"<joo?l Republicans will "certainly not object," and well may lie avow his opinion that? "If they are btmn fftfr on the part of our former antagonists, J can see no good reason why good Itc|?ol>li>-<iitM should not unite with tliern in order to rescue the government from the hands of those at present ruling the State for its ruin. It will not lie an abandonment of tlie principles of our party, but only a union with our former foes, who accept our principles and join us to rescue the State from corrupt and incapable ban.la." The issue of the civil and political equality of the race s (says the Charleston \rtrx) no longer divides the citizens of (lie State. We ("Veup.v a ground far higher than tlie fields on which the battles of 1 'arty are fought. All that in desired is a good government, without regard to party, race or color, which good government can only he obtained by t he siiccc-wTul union of nil decent and honest men against the rascalities of llil? I'ilKf Tl?i? clrtnrnln will l.o ! ???" ami severe ; but it is a cheering omen nf victory tluit the South Carolina llri formers go into action carrying with I them the licarty go<ut v. islies of papers like the Xa/ion, ami of gentlemen like him from whose letter we quote to-day. Their moral am! material support, joined to the energetic labors of the white people of the Slate, should mi rely give us as good an en meat of a happy it sue as any of our people can desire. S. (', ('UNTRAr, ItAM.no.% ?The leeali >n of this itoad from Sumter lias been closed, under the immediate ?I iWflon of Mr. Ceo. W. Carle, Engineer in charge. The est!mutes will he finished in a few days, and contracts will he made very soon for the construction of the linefo this'poinf. The Company is nobly sustained by the ejlizeiis of CllUI'lcsLuil and the couutQ', \ who exhibit u tixeiL ilete.rmi nut ion to complete/ this rood within twelve months.??S'i<micr, ffcin*. - "Al ovlhiing last, ahonf t\*i- ? >-// '/,. .. / TT'll f' 1kM' "H'ong, AenThuii *r flft&hi minutes.? j ; Several- trTrts and MnatViallmncyH were mown iweaJKhe lfranch< s taken from the trr eflhTre hiunerons. A very large (I!I!; uhiiwli ii>r ? ? fl*?. ? ?, ml *,.1' M a l'"o- ^ """ " "I ?'l I 1 4 ?* flier, n:*ar the wnrenouso of Messrs. I David <% Htradley. win uprooted. falling mi a small building near l?v, cvushingit nearly totho ground, making it a ruin. We have not heard of this gale extending into the country.?(ircctij vilh' JFtntrrprinr, I Gov. Scott's pn|K>r warns the ltepublirun party against trusting any new comers into that party, fn other words, it advises Km friends not to put any contldejuto In any man who would leave the ilcfmin party and join the party wldeh is now disgracing the State and plundering tlio jiepnle. itlghl. for onee. No luaii Hfiiitihl he (runted who would go info tiie ranks of such a set of pickpockets ami plunderer*. Major Thomas W. Sweeney, of Mexiean war a nit Fenian repute, has iieen retired honorably from active service with I tho mill/ itf LiMiriwllo!* irnnii I.! \ I a iu i? printer, nnd l<xt(in arm In the Mexican war. ... . * J% >> 11 i ii ii a:% ii [For the l.unenster Ledger.] Agricultural IVIecting, The Agricultural iVoeiety met this day, (till instant. The Presidenteullcd j the meeting to order, and the minutes of the lust meeting were read, I On motion of Air. .1. It. JOrwIn it was i ordered, that the Seeretnry publish in i the l.ancaster Ijfrifjer the'name* oftho \ following X'onunittcc*, and urge them , j ?w |?i *',, 11?i av 11*MI . Committee on Agricultural I m|)U'incut?It. J-:. W.vlie, \V. U. Dunlap, (.!. T. Wade, S. L. Strait, Win, Walker, I J. A. I lasscltine and J. II. F.rwin. Committee on Mode of Culture of Cotton and (,'orn?11. II. (touch, !). 1*. ! Robinson, I). W. I'rown, Thos. It. N? jI l>it, II. II. Duncan, A IcKandcr Carter, I and I'. D. ( reon. Committee on Stock? N O I? ("1 in .1 no. N". Crockett. Wiu. J. Mcllwaiu, .1. C, Foster, K. (J. Hillings, IJ. .1. Witlu rspoon, .1. M. Shaver. Coin mil tee on Seeds?.T. A. llassol lino, .1 D Wylie, .1 It Hunter, .1 J !*?>? w.r, A. S. Nvsl.it, T. 1'. ('lyhurn, J. F. llrnsin^ton. <'ommittoc ?.n drain and (Jrassos?.1 1! Foster, It S Boekhani, Itonhon Bailey. ltiehnrd F.'liott, It. v t' A l'lvlvr, Willis (Jroyorv. Committee on Fertilizers and Manures .1 .1 llorton, II It \V Belk, J F MaeUey, .1 A lta-soUlne, .1 ?' * ?' 'I* .) Ctiretoii. Committee on l,nt>nr?.1 T K I .elk, S .} Jhitdap, J M < 5rveii, W B Twltty, I) \V Brown, 1111 dooeh, .lolin Bailey. On motion, (lie voininunieatiou on the suiijeet of l.inie was referred to the eomndttoo on Fertili/eiN, (>n motion, a eommittee of three was appointed to revise the f'onstitution, ' ami put it on a more substantial hasis. ('oininittee, J B l'rwin, J C Foster, W .1 M? 11 wain. It was moved ami adopted that all I eoiniomiieations direeted to this Soeioi to lie referred to the appropt intv eonii ID it tees. l)r. White made some pertinent siiu' .crest ions on the organization of suli| Societies ; and of re?pic>ting that a por n<>n ot our onunty newspaper ho dovoI toil to tho subject of Agriculture under I tin* rout rol of this Sooifty. Tho f'hair stated tltat tin- lalitor of 11 to l.t:j?(il:i: hal very cordially Invitoit ooniiiiiiiii' atioiiK on the subject of A;.I vleillturc. it was moved and adopted that 111 i | So y recommend tho formation of t v .nhip societies toaot In concert with t hi> Society. <>n motion tin* Soi ioty adjourned to tho 1st Monday in .Inly. I). I\ ItOIUNSON, c/,iu\i. II. J. ill! K<oN, ,Siob/ />r<) 1< 1,1. T?hc Republican Party in a Critical Position. ^ | The Now York 7Vmcs, a lb-publican I journal, arum * that tin; tuno tins oome I for the party to take a now departure, "Tho nojrvo," it says, "lias opasoil to j lie a central liirurc." It says: "Both lloitsos aroannyed in two factions, tin-0110 seek toy to Inaugurate new j and harsh moasuros toward the Smith, ' and t! 10 ??t 1 ><-i*t??-.. lire pacification, :tn ! ! to construct some wise and prudent pol| ley Independently of lilt- old issue* of i tlio w ar; There is no question how the j great ho<ly of the pcnplh stand as be: tween the two. 7'/<<,</ ore fieri! of the I fitrur/f/lr which /cm so to in/ crista I with ; yrr/ttnl to the tn r/rn, and de-ire to march | with the times. The world does not I stand still, although the Itepiihlican 1 party may. We must deal with the | live questions of the hour. "flow can this l>e accomplished, is 1 thoprnhlem w hich is pressing for a solution. Although we do not believe that the policy of a great party can ho 'suddenly formed, we arc sure that it is the part of wisdom promptly tograpplo ! with all difficulties of polities and government. It is idle to attempt toovndo or postpone uetion. It is not to he denied that the Republican party lacks a hroad national policy with regard to finance, taxation, und Imposts. For six months, Republican leaders in f'ongro^s have been at loggerheads on those nuaiji-rin, tll<? I I II' I'( II1111 TV IH U | )|K| I?M11 I V no nearer m solution of any one of t hem tiuiii it was at the beginning of the session. Vet the approaching campaign will prohnhly largely depend on these issues, and the whole notion is anxious! ly wni1111*_r to have tlietn aionred out of the wuv in order that if may comprehend its true |>osiiioti and prospects.? It is to he feared that the people will ^ refuse to wait much longer. Tif!'. Nkw Mktiioimht Misiioi*.? The (Jeneral Conference of the Methodist Church, South, now lit aesKion at Mfthiphis, m.uLu choice, Saturday last, a liew"T?lshop, in the jieison of I>r. John Christian Keener, itiahop Ivecnei is a native of Ihdtitpore,' hut Itus ion^ ell in ' ' ahilitlee, and well the res}?,insihle |*osith>M to which hi' has been chosen. ?(irunt presented Spotted Tall with ft film tiiiui <i uilvnr lo?v ???il of tobacco. lied <'loiiil was not present, lie lu?i u friendly Interview with .Spotfed Tail this morning, who will, with his jteople, meet tl;e Indian f'ommissioner and Secretary of the Interior in | eotineil to-morrow. Spotted Tail and his delegation had a eonfuroneo to-day at the White House with the 1* r?ik|.nt and Secretary of War. Houlwdt and Hoar were prinent, bul did not .take part in the conference. The Indians recited the old story of their wrongs, their wants, and their desire to he at peace with the whites. The President 1 made a speech, assuring them of the desire of the government to have peace, 1 and told them the whites were fsiwer, ful, and would prove it if necessary ; ! hut hp hoped for thoroughly Am lea hie ; relations l>et ween the nations. Hi sated I Tail aald that the Indians had kept j \helr promises, but tiie whites had not. I ? THE LAND COMMISSION. Moui: Muirr upon that mttJ'K $120,t"00 SI'KC. % Editor Qvurdian. * I.H'ah Hi itt With your permission, I will again irespssgupnu your time, nod through the orfumns of your paper make a stntennfit that is due to certain person* I n'^Ohnuct ion \yith the Land Commission. Ji'he article on ihosuhjeet of the 1.1^1 A Commission, published nils luomniK. Jifts elicited certain facts that should he made known in order that full justtatfTlall be meted out fcoull enneerned, jw t[iatt was the proposition j upon which tlu?lutc article was suhniittcd. hi tha^Jit'ei", Mr. i.cslie was charged with ing tile signatures ot Messrs. Parker, Chamberlain and N eagle to an implication for the purchase of a larp/rTact of land in ('hark ston county. This was a mistake. Mr. Parker had chtfrgc of thcaM'air from the beginning, and Mr. Leslie says he ril f/ir app!i,*tiHon in fi'dn/ tipon Mr. Parker's representation, and Mr. Parker, State Tri:?uivr, procured the signatures of Mus.-in. f'haiiiherlain and Xeayie to tin <111111* paper hv represcnt in it the lain; h#%e. heap and good, and I a good in vest input lor the < 'oioinis.-ion to make. After having the signatures of these gentlemen and Leslie, he ' ? - - Vpheaflon, and nis stgUntitle made the tiling complete, because lie Wits a II,' >,;-/7y of the p.oard. And as lie has ti> - . hai-go < ?' *u- < ..., i? of the State, in "Ifreasurer, lie made out eheck-i upon the I'inaneial Agent in New York ami drew tin? money, w'th' out the signal un of the < mvcrnor, who J knew nothing ahoiit the transaction ' unt>l a? statodln the former let tor. The original owner?- of the land-, for whi< h ! tin .State paid f^'e.Oih),actually tveeived | lait ahijul (iiio-'oii: iii of tho amount, j With these facts 1-afore thein, the pill !i<* may .iti'lge, or >:uc*s, or surI lulae, if they will, where tin- -mall i? I sum of $l?d,iMfT has gone. This state| hi' nt i* siiu|)!l ju-t to Mr. Iicslle, with I others. I .cslij is had enough, hut we I would not j?ut;tai. touch of < oloring on ' the devil to mfckc hint 1 lacker than he should justly la. Very respectfully, lliMiiii.ii'AN. I Tli? Colorci Cadet Making Kis ?otv to Cc, 21 luck, of the Xlogular Army. West roiiiw ml.the eutlro National i Aeademy >vet' alia >st hreathh ? with excitement n- nil. The mi!i nf a eoh rod Amor'Hit citizen arrived here, in his new rj^ of military cadet. There Itnd been run >rs that tnirrn hoys had hern appoint) ! t<> t!ic National Acadotnr, hut the it-oh^c a; rival of an African, coiumitfon in I.anil, is too much lor West Poiit human nature toeudurc. Aristoorutle itt>fe.->or? tind jaunty cadets are spotelil<>s. 'I lie time for tlie hrcukinir forth i>f their indignation has not yet itrri/? 1. Tliey eaniiot do the sutijeet justice, but their indignant countenances ami ominous looks indi| ?>iitn tln< iti>rm. Cadet .Master j Charles ll'iwa ! 'colored> eoines from I the State of M dsrdppi. liisappointi nieitt h from tic* Secretary .,f war ami \\ as recoilauendcti hy the lion, I.ci (.rami! W. Pierce, newly elected inciiij l>er from tlio Fifth District. Young Howard is a jft 7 of sturdy physiipie. lie me.sures live feet in height (regulation si/.. , and is a- bright a hoy its \va> ever ser.i. His iiair Is cut tight, and his accent -uj; eksdueitledly <>f t!n? I plantation. "What yon c' tin to do wid tlat bag, J stili ?" an I "Yot dun let dat ilrnp," was ' his cxcJni lation to a hotel porter, who accidentally tool-up his carpet-hag. 11 is nose is slightly r7/*oasse,anil his face is | sliiny with hcalh. It itiscttlcd that lie ! cannot l?e rej<s*L,il physically l?y the Medical I'.iaid. i in- in-: ,\iri<\n cniu t landed from the ferry-lout w. h a jaunty air, ami, liftiiur his milil.i y hat, In- Inquired for the West I'oint Hotel. On arriving there he 'registerJ liHliuiim and asked for a room. For:ho first time at this hotel a eadet a is refused a room.? Charles Mthlsoidthinjrahout his rights, and sauntering <)u| op the rahtjtiui, he I inquired for t?4. Jerry Mack. The i news Hew ove. to Col. ItlaeU's, who then and thorc with Col. Sloynton and others, held a ery serious eoiinell of i war. The Af ran caine and stood he1 fori* them?-f^forr, Col. flUt'k, of the Rcf/ular Armk and ivqieetfully asked that Ills eqnalv he reeojrni/.ed. The Col. waved luqi away with his hand, and one by oif the oflleers departed, speechless witljamazement. The white i cadets see tn ?'d i-it rid y zed, *'|t is dreadI ful," "iivh one 1 "hct'n put the ne^ro in the river," |iy* another. Home of ; them threaten^ rest^rr, wntie mum tnflfcof killing the hlaek hoy outright. One thiiiK istiertaiu, the hlaek cadet j is ile ^ Undoubtedly physienlly .Till/. Then he will fall in I examination, and ro l?aek to Mississippi, 'fills is the programme, n?r iin,- cxiumn-pg oiiiccr* have power to reject any ?j> ilicant. < .t n, Hchriycr nnd Col. Black > re opposed to the African, and wliil they are at the head of tlie Nation's Academy, the black lioy will reinni on the plantation.? Judge Hop-, in* nliorof CongfWw, frrun Columbia, i.? t<> iijipdirt a negro, and lulu alreiniy **i?- ed a pajar of recommendation. tt neral Butler's colored youth wa.i t.-. viupg, and the General knew It. Ileeily appointed him for political pur] But in the light, of the ilfreeiith intendment, what shall we do with thc^frioim in our National and Naval Venifcjnie* in a grave qucsI (ion for the wiirfcencrato mind.? York Sun, ?The Alatuflna Legislature ho* passed j, |j,u iinfosinga hix of $10 upon | every Georgia lawyer practicing in the court* of Al dmiea. The Georgia law- i >eiM ihrcMtcti i sistance. t | SUXS/flXK <>X A DARK SPOT, Some Comments of a Northern Radical Paper on XMEcn and Things in South Carolina. The New York Sun is lately paying iignoil deal of attention to the course j I yf men and politics in South Carolina. ! v copy some i tttfdpin pait>gi4phs O'oii) its lively columns : II Alto ON M.VS8ACHrSRTT8. But h short time ago, Mr. Dunn, the ! independent candidate for Congress in ( the First Congressional District of So. Carolina, spoke in Floreuco. He said that Whittemore was a thief, having nilferid several thousand dollars from ] Sir. Shaw, a merchant in lioston. lie supported this assertion with authonti- I cateri letters and athdnvits. When lie had eonehided, Mr. Flood, colored, tin* postmaster of Florence, mounted the 1 rostrum and sai t; "I do not ipiestion ] tliat WhHtemore may lie wind Mr. Dunn aa^.s he is ; lad I fhust inquire, I may Hot Mvv I mini, who is al-o from Massachusofts, lie also a thief."1 it seems to us that this is rather hard on Massachusetts. Til K Itl'I.K OK Til K III Nil. On the urgent soli< itatimi of a large number of white people who reside in Darlington District, S. O., Captain ; Dloyd, a Southerner, who is a man of I , line education and refinement, was up- I pointed a mugist ram, A ease came he , fore him that under tin, li|W compelled I him to issue an order restraining two j colored tenants from unlawfully hold- | ing over oil some property which they j j had hired. The disreputable political 1 ring which exists in ('ohnntda had I < aptaln Lloyd summarily removed from i ollirv |?y authority oflJovernor Seott. i "-'-ii ti?! igi:y what was liirlir, ItirtvcviT, is eon n rem m ..... j hinher enurls of tin- Stair havinvi de' eided that tin- tenant- ipilst lie ejeetc.l. now w?ii rrr.Mnitii kiniu'its tiil r.\ \ v ass. Tin- <1 isrepnt alde W hittomoro Is very limy vjsitiiii; t In- negroes in theireal.ins, eatimraml thinking with them, ami otherwise Miieeessfullv ?-<>n< I noting the |Kilitieal eanij-aivrn, jufcieh will lermi- j nate |ii-nhah|y willi* re-eleetion t?i t 'oun't,.ss, Siiv. \\ hittemnrcis also uo-| live. Standion ami eampuinniiin for j her hitshaml on the |>lat f??rni of the railmail station in I>-irlinirlo?i, she kisses tin- negro wenehes whom she meets I there, ami the dTnmulieelleet i- jmwer fill. The wem-hes are very grateful, ami <|uiekly halunee the condeecn-wt>n of Mrs. Whittenifi'.e hy r. tipim-nting tin- favor in kind. This lip-ervieealso i helps Mrs. Whittemore's school along, where she generously teaelns the younjr j i negroes for twenty-live oc.nts u head i per nmiith. The pupils are very numerous, ami t!m income wliieli she accumulate-! is liighlv advantageous to herself and hushami. tilK tii sr ok t in: iti'N'cii. Massaehma Ms sent at least inie man I of personal good eharaerer to South Carolina. We mean Mr. Sawyer, now a I' iiited Slates senator from t hat State, lie uncinate.1 at Harvard College, had j charge of a put>1 if school is Ho-tun, was | indneed to take charge of (tie normal sehool of South Carolina, rem lined in | that State during t hegreatorpart of the I war, or so Ion.- as his salary sup|M>rtod j him, was treated with threat iV-p-el hy the Setnh ( .uolinians, entne Noith, i nitniii went to t ImrU-ston, not the position of collector of internal revenue in I that di.triet, and performed the duties I of thuollh-e with great nhility and in : the beat pos-ildo spirit of kindness toward the people. When the nominnf ... .a.. ?-.,? i i)in> nf Uwnmuiiiuulti wiw Muckrv, who claimed to In-a xvortliv llcnuhfi an. and another wiu? the Hon. .lames II. ('nmphell. Mr. Sawyer was elected l>v (amplM-ll's friends joining their votes with those who were Sawyer's support! r?. wmri t moiik's "ni akitiis." Tli; l{< v. Mr. Sncddcr, colored, who prenehi . in |>arlinuton comity, S. nay> thut Miino time ux?> Mr. \\ littleinoiV came along wilhahevy <jf schoolmistress ?, and got ilimier prepared for them ill Hlieddcr's house. Olie of the mistresses in:i?U a remark which sihsc?|ticntiy induced Snedder to intpii e of Whim more: "What <ll< 1 y ou do with the dollar a head that you Collected of thone schoolmist reuses for t he dinner that they had in my hoiite"I expended the money for a charitable purpose," was Whilteniotv's reply.? I le said the same thing in relation to the fifteen hundred dollars which lie ! received for theeadetsiiip ?ol?l in Washington, through a liroker, for two tholi| wind dollars. Yet tlie most careful inj ventilation in South ('arolinahas failed 1 to show 11 III I ie i lit I all v t hi M" with llm money except put it iiil)ist>\vii pocket, where ho has it now. 'Die public se!nK?l rocorda in South f'aiolitiu rmiclu-ively provu t hat hedid not disburse the money for the lieiteiit of any of these schools, ami contravene the statement he made that lie expended the money for the benefit of the public M-hoou in hisslistrlct. We are glad to state tliat the long drouth was emled on Tuesday last, and the faces of our jieoidc have shortened ' about six Inches, Our section is now i enjoying a delightful season of rain, falling steadily and slowly, If we had ' been consulted on what kind of a rain was wanted, we should have selected !,just such as we are now having. We, however, are afraid ha? comrt too late to he of 11111< -11 good to the oat crop ; hut we are sincerely thankful.? Union Tinny. ?Tin Postmaster Octicr/sl mtmf have start ml souie lively mail route* in Virginia. The TTicTimoml r. ti'/itms docs | not upnrove of the limit from that city i to Yorktown being carried on a "cadaverous, raw-ltoned, idab-Hidcd. e.rop-eurcd, shave-tailed, cluy-hnotr <?ld liorsn, i it irnnt' ititkminrr by lightning on I>r Patterson's plantation about six miles front Jtcnnett*villo ati.d instantly killed on Wedncsday Inst. ?Jienne'ftinHtto Jonrnnt, ? The President has nominated It. M. Wallace Collector of the Tbird South Carolina District, vice his brother, A. H. Wallace, recently seated in Congress, ami ho luts been continued by I trio Ncnnie, A Nt:\v Iksi'k.? Columhua, Ohio, ] Jiiin* -The l)< inocr?ti?- gdiU CWn* ' yentioii passed resolutions denouncing ' the tariff and internal revenue laws, and pronouncing rlie law Tor the enforcement of the fifteenth amendment, unconstitutional. ?A Jtoston merehnnt expresses his opinion that "If fVingrcm would adjourn for ten y<\us, business would atari j up and the count i v wn'iM i?M.uhyjn a prosperous condition." ' ?Ho far, tlie sonaoh" oould hardly have been more favorable to the larniers,?CheitrrJU l ! Demovfal. -Clpn. Lotil* T. Wigfnll Is in Colorado representing the interest ??f an Knglish mining company. ?The Jaieo of one lemon n dav, taken in water, curtw neuralgia. It fa worth trying. , 4 \ I j. I TKST III' V.I II.. The Election. The returns iudiuato the re-eleetlon oi v\ iiittemom l.y a largo majority over Dunn. The radical vote fulls olfuboul KiMHt in this Congressional District. The whites took no interest of an.v consequence in the election. A Qravc Charge. JtiniMOMi, June 4. The grand jury to-day indicted (Seo. Chahoon, ex-Mayor, for forgery, and Johnson 11. Sands and It. S. Sanxay, two eX-Con federate oiheei's, for * onspir- 1 ney to defraud tlie State out of | the amount due the State from the es- ; late of Jacob Ilomstein, who died in-j testate. It is charged that :>lt those parties, after tlie war, appropriated the estate to their own uses. Mr. t-hahoon was arrested tliis afternoon anAhailed in SlOJtoJ. The oilier parties arc not ill custody ; olllccrx have betn sent for them. \ Worth Carolina Politics. A\"11 minuton, June .1. The llcputillcan County Convention, I which closed here last evening, has nominated a negro f..r the Senate and nun- nr^nww Hii i iir i'mm i uvii^', iii>" | a iH'jno far shorlM". Many white and | rotoriMl l{*'|aililieans are dissatisfied, t1 and a now convention may hi* hold. M l( is feared I?y the lenders that tin* <l?s- \ position of lite neirrocs t'? monopolize | 11?? ofllces will have a l>a<t iiIIIh'1 on ! 1 tin count!? * which linvo wliilo iiiajorl- '( tics. Tito |itncmhip between the 11 iieyres-s mill the earjmt-hnp^erH Is dissolved. 1 The Markets. <"tt A it i.rs roN, Tunc-I. Middling 21J ] Ni:\v VoltK. .1 una 4.?Cotton dull and lower. Meldliiurs 22,'. 1.1 vt tti'ooi,, June 4.?Cotton dull. I' |kln11?Is lo pi. ?One hundred jnid t went v Swiss emigrants, recently arrived at New York, ]>:is-??l thr> uyh I.ytiehhnrjr, V;i., a few , days en unite for WAter Valley, [ Mississippi, where they propose to locate. j The arrivals of iinmiiirsinU at New York last week were M,41U. -thneral K ilpat rick is coming homo front ('hill, in order to run f<>r (lovernor In New Jersey. _ .v/:M .n> i'/:/. ri <i:M/ V TS. i tcit r ....a .?.it...i.e.? I I * |>lo\ iie-nt guaranteed to jiorsons in I rvoi'\ pari of ( lie country. Suitable for I Iiirllt^oMioiitk'iiH'n, liny* or(Jirl)*. ! Address X I X < Vntury Publication Co., j ('hnrlestoii, S. < Taxes, c. s. Inti:usai. llKVKxri:, ) : Dep. Collis*tor'*< Mllee, 1st 1)1*.S.C. (,'\ J urn- 4i li, INTO. I j "\TOTl?'K is !i. r. in given ;>i:i; thcun' :\ ilcrdiriied will ho in ntt<*n?Uifit*?? in tii* t >wn of I.-.uiciiKtcr nil the 2lst, ] ?m and _ s ir.s:. iuihisivo. All jkt- i cmis wild ai'i* indebted for taxes now I |?a>l ilii'*, for tin years Iv'.i. iN?i7, IS'>S j and 1 > inclusive, arc* hereby uotUied , that if r.'d paid within the tini" above ( . stated, that said taxes wiU !>> uollii ted i ; hy distraint and ale of j>.>|#*.sty so j ' levied uj on. Kit A X Iv (SOS.*, iH", 1st. l>'.mrh*t <\ J inn*!?, Is7')-::t Sheriff Sale, j BY. virtue of sundry writs of Ki. Fa. | I" l??u 1 %%' 11 ?a*?ll it t I nit. J I eiustrr t'ourt Iloiee, within tie* legal ] i hours of wale, on the 1 .t Monday in , .lul\ in x. the following real Ijslaic to J vrit': Seven hundred and seventy .77 1 ai res of laud, more or le>4, lying on hoth niui"* III I III* ito;nl, 7 mill's I'iltxt ; 4>f l.ain'tuslor <\ I'., IaiuiiiIi'iI l?y lands : i cif (ieorjrc a:nl .Iiihti Sinclair. estate of i I MIIhIih Hnitlit, Mm. Mftiy Hiitilll and 1 other*. la-vied on nml to ! sold jis tlii1 j ^lIOlKJl ty of .livr l\ilglllV, J,f I'"' suit of .1 csno It. Molil. v. .1, 1>. ( ASK I'.V, S. . June 1S7i>. til. Z*atcst Quotations soi Tiir.iiN sr.c rurriKs^ IN ClIAltl.l MTt in. s, i % (Utrmtnl If/*/-/ /// tl'f A. C. KAUFXttAKT, Kroker, No. '2.6 jiroau St. j May -'7. 1*70 St'ATF. S? . t.nu n ??-.bvtitli Carol inn, old. - (c/f>0 ; nr.v, rS'ftoUiiti.l stock, cx iut HDCiV ? i City Sr.i:t ntTiR*?August*^- (In, ,1111111(4' (<i 7y . Clinrlp*l<?ii, S, (', Stix'k, . (ox ?|r jut) <i( 'j>i ; do, Fire I^>4111 Bond* ! ?(it.70 ; C'olninliiu, S. ('. Bonds 70(j/7J. | 1' a:t.H' 1 \ 1? Ikisns?Blue Ridge, (first mortgage,! d0((' ;( Imrli-ton and Saj vuimali, 70 //. j ( lan lotto, Columbia ami Augusta, (li.ti7?; CiiuruW and Darlington, 830<? ; Cnv-iiville and Columbia, (first mortgage) 80(f( ; do, State ' gunmntnc, fiSi'/f ; Soutli Cnrolinn, ?f<<7.'l i do, 78 {Spartanburg and Cnioii, Kaii.uoau Stock*?Charlotte, Col- 1 muliia and Augusta?(//.>(), Greenville [ and ( oltindiiOj ? Northcasti-rn. I i i<?((T : " "uvnnnan m-l <'lmrV 'ton, - (<t SS, South Cnrolina, whole efntw, (4? 1 45, hull <H ? goiiTUAUtfW i** n wK mi i a. ' ? iiank ?f (3.Utl alon (ft ? | *Knnk of Newltt-rry . . , ?(4? Hank of Camden . . .. 50?(<t , Hunk of Gvnrjfrtnwn 10(412 j Hunk of South Curtilinu 12(415 1 tinik ?>f ('boater 0(4?" Kank of Hamburg ........... 12(4 15 1 lUnk Stair S. C.t oriorlo 1H6I. y .02(4 61 I(imk Stat. S.(\i-o,oT,l mul'62,.47(4,4b | *l'l?nMnT nml MochaimV Honk of ( )iui li*ton . -?(<t? ' People*' Kank of C liB-rioaton.. .?Of?j Tnion Kank of Chnrlouton. . .,?(4 ? Southwestern U. H, Bank of Charleston, (oil) ((?*? Southwestern II. H. I (unk of Charlnaton, (new) (<l ? State Kank of ('hnrloMton 12$(<jl5 Panneix' anil F.xchangu Hank of ( liar!.'-ton (>< 0 Kxchur.igr Kank of Columbia (4? n-? * " k rniitnciviHi uitnk of 1 <>luinl>m. . 7h<<tH j MerolumtV flank of Cbnw ....?(<$ ?-* 1 Planter*' flunk of l-'nitiii-ld ,. . ,404? State ofS. if. H\1|a Ifoyoivyl.lh. ., , |>?r. City of CWkMtOn Chanjjollill*. .par. Hill* marked tfni* (*) are being wUco*h^I rd CVnntfp of ?\rH. I* ) V?-' * r * -jfe ?Tluwe ol our friends wli^ TnnillA. ^ ,N? w York a dry place, art' revi** ttSiltaJ informed that they can >r?.*t a driidy (liil'c;i lit i-Iiiouh in that e i I y ju^EgjBjEBL^ ?A Jersoy City tioy want OiL stove lor his (o]>, nnsdl it. ?ealill t| hahy to death. and hurnt himselfvOttiJ^' * , Ids mother so tiadly that they xV-tiAdleet ' ? It Is *nid that Assistant A djuta^MB^ % ** CJeneml Flllott (colored) will op|yAni'fa|; < "onuressinan I logo, ai the next eUjMjjp&?. % ?Mr. Walter Counts laid on otft hie last Friday, a stalk of eolton. tfro\%r?? in a .T> acre field, on the Huff plantatloti* Ill I MIM'll lol K, Which ll'Hl Oil it (Ivo distinct shapes. The stalk was twelve \ inches high. We <*:ill this pretty good. ?AVieftwi/ hrral/l V ?S. J Townsend, Ksq., formerly n member of the Legislature from Marlhoro, ilieil in Jacksonville, Florida, on the L'UI. IIo hud tilled several Important positions in his District. ?The Abbeville / W*.t says : There has been an unusual amount of sfekness during the present season in our village, and an unprecedented mortality among the colored people. During the past week some eight of these havo died, and among them, we regret to nonoiniee. some of the best and most respectable of the laee. The wheat erop of Georgia is good and promises a larire vield. There was 11 small shipment of Hour to New York last week. South t'nrollna, Georgia, Florida atul \lahama exchanges speak encouragingly of the eorn ami cotton r>r?n>4. Tin- ruins hist a eek Were wn [.ml nn<l ftmetv. .\ mnro Ttrra or nrn<i is ol.'iited, more fertilizers are used, mid planters are working hard. v i ti I;> i / t; lis /: u /' v i s NEW GOODS DAILY AKKlVISfl AT .1. M. IVY ?S: CO.'S Wlink'^iU'iuiil llot.'iil Ilcak'ln iti ( K.N Kit A li M FiUClI AN DISK, COTTQO'JYERS AND COMMISSION MKKCHANTS IN Corn, fkc.y UOCK ill IjIj, S. (. \ y K?ri- irri.tifiitl n? .utimtitii-c t<? our lV frirmt* utul tit" public ut inrijo, thai wo arc daily receiving heavy nil lition* to our stock, which hv the Iilit oral patronage of u generous public, liuil become much ''< hiccil. Anions Into arrival* wo enumerate | I ?1 Mitt'l:* choice Noi l li ('nrolinu linur, ."ill lil.lt. i'altiiiioiv:iii(l VYeMerii Hour, :t/MO ll'H. N .rill t'liiolinn Huron, 0.1KIO " Wf-tl'lll Unroll, otKi " I-'hiiiHv (.aril, in t'utMics uiul Kegs, U'r) " ( uitMi.-M'd Hu;;;\r ('urnl 1 inula hM " Cnmlv, 1,'mki Hoshcls Corn. 2" iliirri'l:' Molasses, IK 'llSlS Ll'IIWllI li.uiiliAi'ff ?.?.! I? ?? ? ? "l? Syrups, i2."> do/.??n Stool lines, .'wnrU'il, L-.u>te lot of t '.dicocs, nvW styles, ,1 nj?;?;'.v?r 'lotlis, ' n'ili-.ittiH, A luptons, Lustres. Leuoa Heavy Cotliiiuiili's for Mi it's wear, It.own Linen Drills. 'I wrciU, v'as?imeres, |toady-Milde ( 'tothill.1*, Ac., ut'i, tSte. \v?: tpmm: Do-1 ''alifo'-s, new an I elegant styles, at 1-J eolit.s, Jaji.. ..to t'iotli, very handsome, at 'ft cents, IVafejiet, jjood Styles, al I ) edits. Linen ('oaiH as low as ^ l-'iir Hats as law as $1. Am li?*V us li s llUVu tllHtll .cHillyC livriltofore. we will otter many (JimhI.s, for tic IkiI.'iik'c ui t-lio uo:*son. a little lower still, ami u iilic4iti,ti)ip.ly say toali, conic ami see us, as we guarantee to sril, without pressure, as low, if not lower, on the average, than any other house in this section. Wholesale buyers w ill Mini our stool; ample for their wants, and priest nil! he uuilcto omiP"te with other markets. < <)TI ON ISA SIM'.t'I A I. FKATI RK in our hu-inoss, and we invite all who are Kcl)iu< or shipping to iflvo as a call, as we will tnku pleasure in nrojierLv sampling and making a fair I?T? 1 to sum with, on all that 1* offered for sale, or will ship on most liberal terms, for all who prefer distant markets, it i: v Not.i >s' hi:k i ix ok h< -Horn, kr ai ?j:rs, We are agents for York and Lancaster counties, for the sale of Ueyuoliltt1 series of School Headers, to wliieh WO invito the attention of Merchant*, and School Teachers in particular. J. M. IVY, j. j. itOArii, 11. T. MAY* Juno 2, 1H70. THE LANCASTER DRUG STORE. .. ^irrubiuiiy inmnn our ? V friends iiimI the bunlic generuily that our ntwk of MKIflClNIg* (largely iiHTontwl hy late pun*lia>*ea made Ih |m rsoi iy aire Mow opened mid o I lin ed f\H" sale, among which may he found tho following article*, together with ninny oilicnt nol enumerated, viz : DRUGS, I'ATI*.NT MKMfTNKS of approval compouMil* In great variety. IN l>ll ?< > mo I other ilv# utiitfi, I*A I NT.-'. Oil-. V?*ri?iah, l'otty, nr.lltISI'.nIT, Lamps uml ('hiinnevH,' LAMP Fixture*, Ac. FINK WIN KM, IlraiuUf*, HU<i Various Kittrni for Invaliils. i/ofcftronirs nnR.\i> no wdehx. snk.i n* rtwrr rnK*KTt rtso FLUID AS'ft OLAS8 JARS. Opium, Morphine, (Quinine, Calomel, ('nmphor, I'aint Hriish* a,llair liru-lm*, Duster*, White Wiiah llruihea.Hpoiige, Perfumery, t anking Kxtmctn, Fancy Toilet Al Lieli - > ?. ' ' ' uun inmai tualmnwnt*, Hyriligw, Ac, The unrivaled Parabola Speotaoles, Xote and pocket luniks, fools-cap, leprnl rap and k ill r 1'upcr. Tooth and imil Brushes, lluzor* and Htrnj*. Tne licst ToIlM H/wiih, Knvalopc*, cwiontinl OIIa, Mustard, llonxliic, KOSKOO. I?r*. McMoaiu A Hose'a Klixlr of Opium, "Female lleffultttot," Pill Ointment, Insect PinviliT*, II(?k and Chicken cholera powilun, Tea, pcp|>cr, ipicc, finger, doves and mum, fi|c, All of which we offer at short profit. JwrI'hywMsiii*' I'reaorlptlonH ftllei| at short not km. HTttAlT & DAVIS, May 517, 1*70. " i" ( K