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??<!?-*'? '. ? ?- ? *???.*? '?" --. -v--a->-*'.':.">?!>!.".??*is.? Tk* Trae Polloy of the Ddiuooratio Party. '?ho Him. Miohacl Korr, of indialla, a rising p dittoi iu, aud ono of tito most distinguish ed representatives of tho Democratic party, hts written a letter to the (ion. Juiomiuh S. llhtok, of l\Miu?yivunia, iu whioh ho sets forth wbufc he regards as tho ouly practical ittdU.ee before the country, us well us thc groat obstaolo which prevents true patriots every where from uniting with the Democratic par ly io vindicating tho principles of tho Con nfitution, and scouring needed reform in tho administration of thc government. Repub licana aa well us Democrats arc disgusted with broken pledges aud violated rights, with gross Insulations as well upon tho^power of tho States aa the rights of thc people, with ex travagant expenditures, and enormous taxa tion, and with tho immorality and corruption whioh pervade every department of thu*gov ernment; but they uro deterred in their ef forts otroforin.by tho tear that it may become too sweeping; by tho fear that with the resto ration of tho Ddmocratio party to power, it would beoo.uo too reactionary-too revolution ary. "They fear chiefly," says ho "that it docs not ld good faith accept the Constitution as it Is, with tho fundamental and fixed results pf tho late struggle embodied in tho Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Ameudmonts. ? What aro those results '( Stated without reference to tho chronological order, they arc Vi Tho perpetual abolition of slavery. 2. Tho counting of all ox-slaves, instead of three*fifths only, in making a basis for thc apportionment of representation in Congress. .8. Tho equality of civil lights to citizens of all races and colors. 4. The inviolable character of tho Federal public debt. 6. Tho porpotual invalidity of all thc Con federate debts. 6. The sacredness of pensions nnd bounties. 7. Tho disqualification of certain persons to hold office, unless relieved therefrom by Congress. ?. Thc equality of all citizens in political Tights and privileges, including suffrage. 9. And certain inhibitions on thc States and negativo guarantees, chiefly declaratory in more specific terms of thc prc existing law of tho lund. Such, it appears to mc, oro thc kcal and constitutional pith aud marrow ot those amendments. To tho manlier in which all thoso propositions were ratified, and to thc substauco of only a few of them, thc Demo oratio party, upon the highest grounds of public policy and pc rs o md conviction, were opposed. So taras they made opposition on either ground, they were prompted by no spir it of faction or revolution, and simply by a fervent desire to vindicate the true principles of our Government, and to maintain the in tegrity .and purity of our institutions. Rut those several propositions have been doola rod to bo legally and constitutionally ratified ; they are so accepted and executed in every depart mont of thc Government, and by every State in tho Union, and they aro resisted by none. They have boen acquiesced in hy no portion of the couutry more rromptly than by the Democratic party and by Democratic States. Praotical acquiescence bj nil classes of tho peoplo is now general and completo Radi cal loaders almost alone now ubuscnnd exoccd their provisions. Convictions in most minds are perhaps unchanged, and await tho^a^a-VU .in ^-^pmiftflW ?tHflflmh^lWr correctness or error. But resistance by violence or ro aotionary policy, is contemplated by uo party. The polioy of wisdom and patriotism looks alone to the futuro and to peaceful, just, and honorable reform. Such I understand to bo the true polioy of thc Democratic party." . Such is no doubt thc true policy of tho country ; a policy us well recognized by Dem ocrats us Republicans. Without sanctioning the means hy which they were adopted, they noeept these Amendments os valid parts of the Constitution, and ns equally binding with any of its provisions, until changed through tho agenoy of peaceful and legal moans through tho forms prescribed by the Consti tution itself. This indeed is to accept tho situation, but it is to discard no principle, to provo recreant to no trust, mid to abato no ef fort in the way of legal aud Constitutional reform. To accept tho situation is to sanc tion no present abuse, nor pledge anything for tho ?uture, but to abstain from forcible ?nd revolutionary reform. And to this we think, all good citizens may well give in their adhesion. "This wisc and noblo policy, says thc wri ter, made our past history illustrious j it will not bear any less b?n?ficient fruits in tho future. Jt will give greater- confidence to ju<?t and reasonublo men who desire release from Radi cal leadership, und w ill render Democratic and Conservative success in 1872 certain. It will imposo humiliation upon nobody, and it will require of nono distasteful affiliation in polit ion I aotion. It will most effectually facilitate no-operation amongst good men all over the country to relievo it from its thraldom, to in augurate reform, secure obedience to tho Con stitution, and to rc establish peace, amity, and prosperity everywhere. These ends aro pro cious and priceless, and transcend in impor tance all considerations of personal or mero party character. "I feol most confident that wiso and saga cious management on our part will guarim ce thc oompleto triumph, of correct principles in 1872, and will again restore our country to tho praotical control of honest, capable, a ed worthy men. Tho wei faro and happiness of th? country demand, and tho Democratic par ty, most earnestly desire that nil traces of tho lato civil war should bo eradicated us speedily as possible from tho Tica its of tho peoplo. But Rndioul leaders want no such condition. It hos been within thoir power to establish it during tho last six yeurs They novcr will accomplish it. Their conduct and principles ..inevitably beget enmity, estrangement, and discord. The country's only hopo in in a chango of rulers," BKsroTisM vs. REPUBLICANISM-Tho ' truo issuo before tho couutry is thus pcrspicu ously dinted by Judge Trumbull, tho(Rcpub ' lican) Senator from Illinois :. "Tho Question is whether we sro to revo lutionize th's Government, and no longer have a republic s imposed.?f sepa;, 'o States, but a . ontrulized, consolidated Government-to strike out thirty ?oven stars, and havo but ono." -. On Monday morning last, tho dead bo dy of a white mau wos found ut or near Flo rence. It was recognized as that of aman jntely employed nt n mill nt St. Stephen's Depot, ?nd who loft there somo six weeks ?ince to return tobi? homo io North Carolina. Col. W. I>: Simpson nnd I?. W. Didi, of litturensvill?, hnvo bonn summoned lp Cblrjiiv W by tho sub Ku F'!u* ^'ommittco. They wm down on lust 8;ttord*y. UV KtilTH, HOYT & CO. TR lt .VS.-For Subscription, TWO DOL LARS per annum strictly in advance ; Jo r six months, One Dollar'. tf?f* Advertisements at $1 per square for ten lines or less Jar the first insertion, and 60 cents for each subsequent insertion. . ff?&* Obituary Notice* exceeding jive lines. Trib ales of Respect, Communications oj' a personal character when admissablc,and Announcements of Candidates, will be charged Jar as advertise vtenls. Bfajf* Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed ftiifir* Necessity compels us to adhere strictly to thc requirement of cash payment. WALHALLA, S. C.: 2'sulay Mowling, August 4, 18T1. &?T Mail matter for Fivo Mile P. O., Picken? County, S. C., will hereafter be for warded to Peudletou. Mr. WM. JOLLEY offers for salo his valuable tract of land, on reasonable terms. Seo advertisement. BOX, Mr. VJ. A. WlNUAUD, of the College, will deliver an Address in tho Court House, on Friday evouiug, 4th iustaut. Thc publio arc invited. Death of Mr- A- Q- Field "Wc regret to learn that Mr. A. 3. FIF.LD, a highly respectable citizen of Pickens County, is dead. Mr. Fl ELD was a member of thc Baptist Church, and highly respected by all who knew him. Alarm of Fire On Sunday night last, just nt the close Of Rev. Mr. MARTIN'S Sermon in thc Court House, thc cry of Gre was heard. Tho audi ence rushed out in confusion tofind thc smoko issuing from tho dwelling of Mr. KAUFMANN on Main street. Thc fire company, with their engine, was soon on thc ground, and tho fire was easily extinguished Tho fire, it is sup posed, was thc result of accidcut. The Blue Ridge R Iroad Upon authority which wo inclined to rely, we learn that the Blue Riugc Road will how bc built. Thc State atocR hasbe.cn pur chased by a company of gontlomNsn, (among them several reliable Carolinians ;) and, with the four million State bonds, these gentlemen bind themselves to complete tho road. Wc regret to leam that thc track of this great trunk line is to bo changep to that of a uarrow guage. Pickens. Professional business carried us to Picken6 last week, wheu court was holding. This county is pcrhups tho m os t. irt^s^l ffljgn t bod v 0?ji?2?'-&--rfT-ifA^ Neither civil nor criminal busines finds a soil to flourish in, within its borders. The exception to tho rule occurred at this time, when two bills went before tho grand jury, one for grand larceny, thc other for malicious trcsspass. The latter was continued, while in tho former, tho par ties, ?lUGIIKS, charged with horse stealing, pleaded guilty; and, in consequence of for mer good character and extenuating ciicum stnnccs ("drink") was sentenced to two years imprisonment in thc penitentiary. Thc ex cuse will not occur nguiu at Pickens, as the towu authorities have closed till liquor simps. In addition to this primitive measure, Pickens now sends forth from tho room where reason aud self coutrol were conquered by intoxica ting drinks, tho Ricketts Sentinel, a living sheet, armed and equipped oil the side of mo rality, good government und tho general dif fusion of knowledge What other town has 0 inverted its bar-rooms into printing cstub lishmcnts ? Well may we ask-will there bc another case of violation of tho criminal law, in that county ? Wo love that people, uot. only for reasons of thc past, but for strong, personal friendship Wo kuow them and they know us. What wo say, they trust, and what they profess, wc accept. Thc Courier bas been among thom for twenty-five years, advocating morality, education, industry and good government. They lovo the Courier. Tin ro is not a noble scntimout of their eli it dren, but is trncoablo*lo its teachings. It has become a regular visitor at their homes, and now, that they have a county paper, thc ques tion arises-which shall they take? Wo un swor, both. The bar room is closed, and there will bo less di inks to pay for. One drink a week would cost five dollars a yoar. Give this up, and you can pay for both papers nnd givo ono dollar to tho oauso of Sabbath schools. It will bc better spent. You will will grow richer and moro prosperous, and tho whole country better by such a course Wo do not say, ''take tho Courier,'"' but, "toko the Courier and Sentinel.1' You oan oot hove too much of u good thing. They furnish thc cheapest nnd most valuable sour ces of general information. We welcome thc Sentinel. Wo entertain no joalousy towards it. Lot tho people take Both and act upon their teachings, aud they will find tho money well spent. The town lins improved slowly of late. One thing is essential to its prosperity, and that is a Hotel. Since Mr. HAOOOD closed, 1 where oan tho visitor or traveler find rest for the night or weok '/ How oan any one moko it a summer, or even business rctroat ? Evon aa a lawyer, wo felt, during court-week, as a trcsspns.scr on good tinturo. Not that WO wore excluded'. No gentleman will ever bo at Picken?. Mr, HOLCOMBE, the gererous, tho too liberal, the accomplished gentleman and Senator of tho county, olTojvd- ?he free dom of his table sud house, Others did-'tho same ; but, persons who afc stranger? or on busine??, desire the freedom of a hotel. Let somo enterprising oiiixop blild a house of public entertainment. ' < '. . : ' / ." ?:' District Conference Thc Oreeuvitlo District Conference of tho M. K. Church, South, met at this place, on Weduesduy evening, tho 2Gth, ult. llov. ll. P. PRANKS, Presiding Kider, preached tho introductory sermon, to an attentive congre gation of worshippors ; and presided over tho deliberations of tho body with ability, and wo believe, entire satisfaction to tho members, both olcrieul and lay. Tho Conference' met iu thc Court House on Thursday morning and organized. Kev. W. A. HODGES was elected Secretary; and the various committees usually had ou such occasions, wcro appointed. Though sud de clensions were apparent in sonic particular lo oalilies ; thc "Committee on thc State of the Church" were ablo to report progress-geno ral improvement. The subject of education received much of tho attention its importance demands. A warm and spirited discussion was elicited on this subject, in thc afternoon session, on Saturday. A great deal was said about Sabbath Schools -much zeal was manifested on ibis subject, also. Literature of tho church claimed its share of attention, and received tho approval, and is to have the hearty support of thp..mem bers. The subject of "Church Extension," missionary grounds, and tho practicability of working them successfully, wcro taken into consid?ration by their respective committees. The Conference sessions were held iu the Court House, nud public worship was con ducted in tho Methodist church, until Satur day, wheu tho place bccaino too straight for thc growing congregation ; and it boon mo necessary to go to the Court House for preach ing, also. Kev. A. M. SlitPP, D. D. of WutTord Co! logo, Hov. WILLIAM MARTIN, nod Hov. E. A. BOLLES, of Columbia, wcro among thc visitors. Dr SillPP was here to represent tho interest? of thc Coll.sge, over which ho has presided with so much ability for a number of years past; Mr MARTIN* to elicit aid for thc Washington St. Chm eh in Colombia ; and Mr HobLRti wis here in behalf of the American Bible Society. With proper min isterial zeal, and christian prudence, Mr 13. ous effort to sccuca greater circulation of the urged the necessity of more prompt and vigor sacred scriptures "without note or comment." On Sunday morning, Dr. SlIIPP preached in tho Court House, to a large attentive audi ence, on the subject of "Tho Witness of thc Spirit." Thc sermon was able, scriptural, philosophical and logical. Kev. O. A. DAR BY, of Greenville, at tho same hour, preached in the Methodist church. Thc afternoon was devoted entirely to tho Sabbath Sohrnd^JjjJ.er-' cst. Addresses were ni?doJ)y?ftbvs. HAU PER, pAlinj?4ft?ri^VVwlCK. While our cit Heil ali re generally alive lo this matter, wc think they will be more active hereafter. Religious services have been goingpn ?(.?he church since, with good result-several con-' versions nod a number of accessions to thc church. Harmony prevailed throughout. It was regarded as tho most interesting session ever held in this District. There were between fifty und sixty members present. Thc following resolutions were unanimous ly adopted : Resolved, That the thank:, of this District Conf?rence bo tendered to those citizens of Walhalla, and vicinity, who have so hospita hly entertained tho members of the Confer once, durin<_' thu session. Also, to the Clerk of thc Court of Oconee County for tendering thc Court House for the uso of thc Confer? once, and to thc officers of thc K. II. Gos. for the privilege of passing to and from thc seat of the Conference for ono faro. Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be handed to thc editor!' of thc county paper for publication. Kural Carolinian Tho August number of this magazine is promptly to hand, and contains thc usual va riety of interesting nnd instructive mutter. Besides quite ii number of standard contribu tions on various topics, there is a mass of cor resp?ndenos from nil parts of tho country that cannot fail to keep thc farmers well post ed in what is being done by their friends in other localities. Thc sources of information of the Rural Carolinian are not confined to thc Southern States or the United States, but are extended to South America and Europe, and indeed to all parts of tho wor'd, but every thing is written with a view to benefit South ern agriculture, and information is given from other parts only on such subjects as aro kin. drod to or bear directly upon tho cultivation of thc soil of tho Southern United States. It is tho best and almost tho only periodical oonductcd on this plan, nnd every Southern planter and farmer should bo numbered among ?ts subscribers. i?u Tho Intelliyencer states that Shadrach Webster, colored, was hung nt Anderson, or the 21st of July last, for tho murder of Ada lino Agnew, colored. Between thrco anti five thousand persons wore present. BQSu Tho County Commissioners of An derron hnvo postponed tho election on tin subscription to tho Air-Lino Railroad. Thi lino of this Hoad, between Greenville ant Gainesville, will bc located in a few days. tt&. We sro indebted to Hon. HOHACJI CAPRON, Commissioner of Agriculture, to monthly report to that department for July 1871. It is moro than usually interesting. - A Now York World letter snys that i tho suppression of tho Purni Commune 80 000 persons were slaughtered, inoludlng 0,00 women and children. Ninety thousand prii oners wore taken, and tho police aro look i n for 50,000 more. - On Saturday tait, at Clio, Marlhon County, John R MoQiinsro etnbhed and killci Robert J. Breeden. The difficulty grew ot ?of en old fend. A coroner's jury roudore 1 a verdict of willful and felopious killin ' McQunge bas beon lodged tu jail. Personal' Our friend, Mr Titos. Il CHEWS, of tho Laurcnsvillo Herald, is in town, looking re markably well. Col. DKMAUI.RU, tho groat pedes tino trav" j oller, favored us with n call on Monday last, j The St. Louis Democrat gives an interesting ! account of his travels, portions of which wo insert below. Col. M. L. DeMnhlor is thc name of tho hero, as the reader must confess ho ls after reading his adventures Ile is a native of Loudon county, Virginia, thc scion of a long and honored lino of Huguenots, who Urst set tied in that State about 200 years ago. Mc received o liberal education in Europe, re turning to this country just previous to tho opening of the conflict. Ile immediately raised u company of infantry, tendered his sword to tho Confederate government, and, under Leo, was rapidly promoted for gallan try and meritorious conduct. Ile received six wounds, all involving se rious fractures of bones, thereby so crippling ?fcilit as lo compel his retirement from thc service. In 18G5, wheu Selina was threatened by tho Federals under Maj. Gen. Wilson, thc Colonel, who was passing through that place, prompted by a sense of patriotic duty, assum ed command of a regiment mid took part in thc terrible battle which resulted in tho ca pitulntion of the city. Here ho received his seventh and eighth wounds, each inore severo than tho othets. Ono ball entered his abdo men near thc navel, and came out just to tho right of thc spinal column j tho other enter cd and shattered the left .shoulder, passed through both lungs, and issued under the right arm. Fruin these he. suffered severely, md as a consequence, of them and his other wounds, paralysis ensued. The war dosing soon, he went to Paris, md after exhausting all the ordinary modes )f treatment, and deriving no benefit from :bem, hy advice of tho tn em hers of the facul ty of the University of France he undertook walking to obtain relief. He started from ' Puris in Noveinbc?', 18G5, so crippled that t was with difficulty three-fourths of a mile ,vas accomplished the first day, and it reqnir- ! ul four days for him to clear thc suburbs ol .ho city. Taking a southerly direction, he ' raveled with much dillieulty through the 1 ,. i ney ards of Prance and made his way to 1 spain. ! Thc exercises now began to develop the ' nost sa Us fa ctol y results, and it became e\ i lent that a continuation of his tour would ' vholly restore his lust health ?nd vigor. So 1 ie traveled through Spain, the home of ro nance and exciting legends of love and war, Hissed into Italy, through Southern France, ak i ng in his route Florence, with nil her ' earning ; Home, with nil ber ancient and ' dorious associations j Naples, in all her love 1 ?ness, with her march less beautiful bay and we inspiring Vesuvius; up the western hore of t ho . ?4??rtrCy -?topping ? SI Venice, AWH?ffto Trieste From thence making an .ntire circuit of Austria. Through the mar hy districts of thc lower Danube, Traiisylva iia,Qallioin, Moravia, Bohemia,down through . nouiit.iiticotis Syria, then Up, through unbap iy but proud, Poland, along thc northern j ronlier of Piussia, into llanover and the thine country, thence south to Switzerland nd on to Verona, thus making a complete cir tuit of continental Europe, Turkey and Hus ia excepted. From Verona his travels described a second, brough more contracted circle, with Fr.mk 'ort ns the central or pivotal point, going brough Ita Varia, Saxony, Southern Hanover Westphalia and the Palatinate; arida third . drcuit of still smaller extent, through Baden iVurtciiibcrg, Fra neon ia, the land of the ( Hess, and then around, entering Frankfort 'rom the northwest-thus making three cir suits in spiral form. By this limo his health was very nearly rc itorcd Ile had contracted on insatiable pas ion for traveling, and having exhausted all ho enticing portons of Europe, bo detcrinin id to embark for American. With this view bc left Frankfort, piissing brough Strasburg and Pariste Havre, thence .ailing for Vero Cruz, Mexico, where he Li nd - :d in February, 1S(.'>7. From hero he resumed ( lis foot joun cy,going southwest,then north ta he city of Mexico, cast to .Jalapa, then north vest to Querero, San Luis Potosi,and Monto .ey, striking northward to El Paso. From lero his route lay northerly throught New Mexico, northwest Texas, tho southern por ion of thc Indian Territory, to Baxter Springs, and thence on to St. Louis Mo., .ouobiug here in July of the same year. Prom our city bc diverged south to Missis lippi, through the Gulf Slates and then doug tho Atlantic board, visiting thc prinei )iii cities as far as Augusta. Mo. Fro n this mint ho struck West, following thc course if tho lakes as f iras Minnesota. From thence ie made another circuit through the more ?entrnlly located States, which he had gone iround in his Urst or border circiut, reach ng St. Louis for thc second time in Februa ry, I860, where he stopped for a few days, ind then proceeded northwest and made a drcuit of the Territories east of tho Kooky Mountains, going through Texas and Louisi i tja to New Orleans, and then up the Missis sippi, crossing and recrossing it at va I iou i places, to St. Louis, arriving hero for the third time on Fi nlay last at 4 p. tn. Wo have thus followed tho Colonel rather minutely in his travels. To give thc render n more accurate conception of tho vastness of tho undertaking, it must bo horne in mind that this enormous distance (17,000 miles) was accomplished on foot by one solitary mau during thc short space of four yours, and car rying un average weight of lorty-fivo pounds. Ile was callo i apon to use almost every civ iliaed tongue-ono night beside the bright blaze of sonic princely hearth, tho next at the peat or turf lire of the humble peasant-to da) in the home and study of thu silvan, to morrow in tho gilded saloon, where uploasuro wakes a delight as keen and fresh ns thc breath of spring,*' and Imping, as it were, against hopo, in tho effort to curry out his medical advice, traveling alone in tilt ('.ioe ol usually insurmountable obstacles, over remote and trackless regions, day after day, under torrid puns, or through tho rigid oold or stor my winds of winter-tho Colonel instances in bia marvelous experiences what indomita ble pluck and courageous pcrscrvanco, which neil ber fatigue, hardship nor pain ont) subdue, may finally accomplish. Asido from tho results sought for physi oally, and happily found in his completo rcs toration to health and strength, his scientific data and practical information that has accru ed to his store is well worth a Mo timo, to ?ey nothing of his largo contaot with tho op orations of tho laws of tho eooial and moral world, as tbdy omnifont theoaselTca among tho various populations of the world. Tho Colonel hits copious notes on tho manners and customs of tho people among whom ho lina traveled, and sketches of tho moBt attrac tive scenery which it has been his fortune to behold, lio purposes to give tho results of his observations to thc public at no distant day in the form of a hook, to bo illustrated from the sketches mentioned. Tho Colonel is a singularly attractive man in personal appearance-bitch a mnn os you'd turu to look ut again as you passed him. Ile is about 'SQ years of ago, a little over six feet high, square built, lillie and muscular, of fine physique, dark browo hair, with Dundreary whiskers and moustache u abado lighter, blue eyes and a quick, intelligent expression. He is scholarly and refined in his conversa tion, und altogether a most pleasing and fas cinoting companion. His mind is stored with un inexhaustible fund of classic lore and modern Continental, English and Amer ijon literature, and a rich fund of amusing anecdote. His dress, too, deserves a uote. His ordinary walking suit is made of corduroy -coat cut short, kuec breeches, with woolcu hoes, Alpine shoes, and corduroy cap. WILMINGTON, July 29.-John F. Piokc* r ll, u New Yolk broker, brought hero ou a charge of fraud by tho officers of the Wiltning ton, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad Com puny, was committed to jail to day, in default of $300,000 bail. A bloody riot occurred ot Goldsboro, to day. About 5,000 negroes arrived there from New born and thc lower Counties, on tin excursion train, chartered by tho Republican Executive State Committee, to attend a mass meeting, at which Congressman Thomas, ex Senutor Abbott, ?Marcus Wiwin and lt. 0. Badder were to be tho speakers. There were very few white peoplo in town, and many of the negroes carno intoxicated. Tho police arrest ed one turbulent negro, and while on tho way to the guard house with this prisoner, the negroes rallied and rescued him. Thc color ed police tired at tho prisoner, who was recaptured and taken by the police to the Ex chango Hotel. About 1,000 of the negro mob, with clubs and pitt ds, rallied to the hotel, attempting another rescue. Tho riot DOninieucod by the negroes throwing brick* buts nt, tho police and using clubs, when u ?M8S (iring began between tho police and thc nob. Thc w" ito citizens foreboro, but aro now armed fur thc emergency. There is ;rcat excitement. About thirty or more dints were fired ; three more whites were hurt j one neuro was killed ; undone, colored Doliooinaii killed and two wounded. A com nittee of citizens, appointed by Mayor Robin* mn, waited upon the Republican leaders and Mr. ?Stanley, President of tho Atlantic and N'oith Carolina Railroad, and requested thal ibo trains and negroes be curried away. To his Stanley replied, that he would nol carry bein away until ho was ready. When told h t he and Thomas would bo hell rcsponsi ile forth? disturbance, he replied, "hold us responsible und be d-d." SERENADE.- Hon. ll. R. Carpenter nrri ired in Columbia on Friday last, aud occupied ?juarters nt tho Columbia Hotel. Ho has boen waited upon by n number of our price! I>al citizens, and last night was complimented by u serenade by the Firemen's Rand. After repeated calls, Judge C. made his appearance, ind was cordially greeted. Ho delivered n mort and pithy address, which was warmly received hy his numerous hearers. After living an outline of his evidence before the Ku Klux Committee in Washington, he gave ibo substance of a conversation between him ?oif and Cen. Grant's factotum, Senator Mor ton-thc latter gentleman having informed die Judge that he had been ''read out" of I he Ue'pubiican party, because bc ran against .the party'' in South Carolina. "Well," said [he Judge, "if running on an honest ticket is inn tra ry tn Republican principles,! am perfect ly \v i I i i II tr not only to be read out, but to re main out."-Pheonix, .Tidy 2S. TUB LAIM-; EDMUND RHETT, J rt.-The .'ommuuity were saddened on Saturday last, by tho announcement of the death of this well known and lulentcd Oharlestouian. For many years he was associated in the editorial management of the Mercury Sinco the war Captain Rhett has lived in retirement on and near tho family plantation on the Ashepoo, where ho bas devoted himself assiduously to growing rice. This involved frequent expo -.uros to tho malarial influences of that sec tion, and is believed to have hastened the dis case under which he has suffered for ninny years. He died on Saturday morning, 20th instant, at Cordtsville, ut Rino Land vi'lage, nu the Savannah and Charleston Railroad, and bis funeral obsequies were performed ?it St Phillip's Church, the Rt. Rev. W. P>. Howe, ?nd Rev. John Johnson officiating, and were iittcnded by a largo number of his friends and of our citizens.- Charleston Courier. TRRRIRLR EARTHQUAKE.-The Phillip pino Islands aro nut without an earthquake reeoid. Perhaps in the mutter of small shakes they don't stand quite as high as Ros toil or sonic of tho other i il fe ros tin g towns ol Massachusetts, but they IIHVC already had two Ol' three substantial shakes, whioh have been reminders to them of what was in storo One of tho latest of these was in 1852. Rut none of these earthquakes were so disastrous as this last. Tho London Standard of tho 25th, publishes Ibo details of a series of tor i iblc earthquake shocks which recently occurr ed in one of the Rhillippiric Islands. Moro than two hundred persons wore swallowed np ny tho earth, ?nd overy ono of them almost instantly killed. Sixty bodies of tho dead had boen recovered. Tho rest of thc inhnb ?tauts fled thu Island, which has been com pletely depopulated. THE A M A/ON 8.-An English surgoon in tho service of theCommuuo writes respecting its last hours as follows: "Just as tho Nationals were retreating, a battalion of women came up thu street at a nt a trot, and, with cries of "Vivo la Com m une." bc<znn firing. They wero armed with tho Snider rifle, and flrod admirably. Many pretty looking young girls wero thom, destin ed no doubt, fur far better things than killing men. They fought liko dvvils, far better than tho men, and I had thc p in of seeing fifty two shot down ovon when they had boon surrounded by tho troops and disarmed. I saw ibout sixty mon shot nt tho same piuco ns tho women, at Hie sumo time." -?/.<. - There has boen shipped from Dull Riv or, Charleston, to Europoan ports sinoo Jnnu ary 1st, up to July 1st, 10,887 tons of phos* phnto rook by the sovcrul ooinpnnies in that locality. Thero are now lying at Bull Uiver eleven foreign ships to bo laden with tho ma terial. Cue of tho bhips* registers 1107 tons, *" " ?"J'V'-v WifPh' -vs ??^-r?-;j/w.nv>j ?MI ? PVMM >?C ur <? -PT i~ i i II i n Tho Blur. Ridge Railioad - Will it bcBuJTt? Negotiations wire entered into somo thoo ago, by itu association of gentlemen, th" object being to purchase lilt: IM tte Ridge Railroad, 1 und we now lonni thut tho purelitiSO hus been effected. These oapitit.lifts, ine'nding quito a iiuinUr tt' mci? well hi.own lo SuUtu duo linn, intend to go :it once to work to completo this gi eat thorough furo lo tho Wo.f, s.i that *" wo 0)11 confidently expect that within ?short' time this great outlet to one of thc inost fiw* tile portions nf our State, will open np to tr.ido und cominereo thc gnrdou ol th? South; This puieha.se, if mudo, will release tho Stute from ? ny obligations to build the road, und .viii til low the whole mutter into tho hands ol pi i vate individuals where it. pro-or ly belongs. building railroads should bo confined exclusively to private enterprise, tho State assisting whenever it is shown to be ad vantageous to the oit (zeus ut huge to do so. The steel, ol the Hine Ridge is to bo sold to i hese gentlemen, tho bonds endorsed by . the 6t:? to I urned over tu their u;;c, th? y giving ,.? a bond to perform the work, ap we under stand, within H Specified time, using tho bonds only tis thc woik is completed; sortie* thing i|f|nr the manner in which the United Stites ("luvernment issued its pu a ra n foo to thc P cilio ll a i I road Com piny Hy this ar ivir/omcut h is bel'evod the mad will 'oe com pleted ns early as it i? possible to do it. All these gentlemen ask, is tho count o na nco. and support of th-, business community, ind this we ure#enfidcnt they will reeoifO. So long as tili? road was in tiliy way connected with the State, so long thc people of the country would hick confidence in its comp'ct iou. lt w..s thc duty of those noting us trustees tvt tho Si .te lo dispose of its interest in this and al! other roads as SOOtt as priiclicuble, for whenever a railroad i? owned or controlled by the Stute, there is always to bo found cor ruption mid i's accompanying ?vil.$? Every administration usi.S it to secure its own selfish ends, mei tho busiues- interest of the com munity arc made lo suffer for thc sako of helping uloi g thc porno ?ml niu.sof private in dividuals, lt were better, far better, if tho .State did not own a duiiar of ii ny k'ud of cor poration stock. To make thc present enterprise a ovroplelo success, it is necessary, in our judgment, for them to make a through connecting line with thc great West, via Louisville or Cincinnati. To do this, tho company should own or control all the roads forming the direct route between the West and Charleston, or Port Royal. The section of country tktough which this route is to run is thc (inest mid richest in tho South, und when the road is once opened, tho tide of immigration must set irresistibly in that direction. This feature alone, it seems to us. ought to commend the enterprise to every mau who has the good of thc State at heart, and we nie glad thal the State has not lost the opportunity to sell all tho interest it held in this great thoroughfare, lt could never prosper so long ns it was manipulated by State influence. Whichever party is in power would necessarily use this ns a means of perpetuating its lease of authority, so that the business interests of thc community would bc made to sutler very serious detriment. We believe this road would have been com pleted long ugo, if such men as Cameron and Scott, of Pennsylvania or Walters and Gar ret, of ?n I ti moro, and Cameron and ?hnith,--^ of Charleston, und others, whom wo could name, had controlled the matter. It is su ici' d il policy to refuse to allow a railroad to bo built, simply because there is a fear ox-isting that somebody is to make money from tho operation. Suppose somebody docs moko money, if in so doing he bern lits thc groat mu iori ty of the public, where is the hann'f* Weean rielly alford to entrust our rail road development to any capitalists who aro wi ling to undertake it, and it is only the old fogies who favor tim old stngO system, when it took ?bout a week to go fro; here to 0redi vide j who are opposed, us they say, on prin ciple, to fanning out tho development of our internal resources If left to thc enterpriso ? d' the South alone, there are. none of us young coon ;ii to hope to live to see thc dny when this groat thoroughfare to the West will be oponed np to the traffic and commcrco of the world. It must be done by those who have tho means and aro willing to risk thom in this direction, and no mau who hus tho good of thc State nt heart can consistently lind fault with any enterprise, or with thoso who mn ungo it, if said enterprise enriches tho State nnd benefit the people at large. Such, wc believe, this enterprise will do, and, think ing thus, wc gladly hail it ns an oinon of a blighter future for South Carolina.-IXvily Union, For the ICcotcce Courter. Oeonee County Bible Society. Mu. Eni rou: Permit mo to request you to insert, in the columns of your vuluublo county paper, the names of thc officers of tho Oeonee County Iliblc Society, at Walhalla, S. C., viz: Hov. Fletohcr Smith, President ; Hov. B. Holder, Vice President ; Hov. J. P Smelt zcr, Secretary, Treasurer and Depositary. ICxeoutivo Committee-Col. Norton, Rev. F M. Morgan, Maj. Whitney, Dr. Norman, Mr. Ottendorf!', Mr. Beard, Rev. J. P. Smcltze?.. Yours truly, E. A. HOLU?S, Agent A. H. S., Sv C. j SNOW STORM IN NEW YORK STATE.-Tho Dunkirk (Chuutaqua County, New York,) Jo?rtnil is tho source of the following ?tom : ?'Wc have, on creditable authority, the statement that snow fell in tho Southern por tion ol thc Casadapa Valley, in this county, on tho night of tho 21st cf July, 1871, to, tho depth of six inohes or moro. Wo arc told that the crops in ?he vicinity of Lovant hayo been thereby .greatly damaged, and somo, of them entirely destroyed Cnptuin Smith,, of thc D , W. und P. Railrond, reported snow in the Cusudaga Valley, nt 7 o'clock, on Sat-? ttrduy morning, 22d, ult, at an inoh or moro. The snow fell in tho village of Forostville, on, tho morning of tho 21st ult., so generously thnt the boys in the streets snow bulled with, ouch other for full fifteen minutes." ?- Tho singular and fatal sickness which, hus proveo so fatal to hundreds of horses in, New York oity hus Hindu its appearance ia Baltimore and is oreuling considerable ooo.? st ern h non among owners of tho n oblo-animal, Less than tw? weeks ugo, six horsos bolong-? ing to (?1)0 Baltimore .and Ohio railroad tfMttrjT puny were attaoknd with What npnoar^t-Twb(> a cold, und in a short limo thereafter with at) 'uffeotion. of tito spine. .Tho animals refused} hoir food,and in four days after being nttsokVSl three of the imiruuls died, ."' :.