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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 4, '.iSJt j The Ku-Klux monstrosity is jo? oo exhibition iu the House, but tb? saow docs uo\ draw, the people are ?fred of it, in fact they see through the,?riek, ood I think that, for the good/?d peace of -the country, that Congress should ad 1 jouro. We hare a r/al ehow in town, in the shape of Forofaugh's menagerie, abd circus-. 7>e stirring up of the animals is- not ' near as interesting as when Speaker Blaine or S. S. Cox Spokes Beast Boiler. The summersault performers are not half so quick as such acrobatic Radicals as Biughani and Dawes, when they flop orer from a moderate view right into the arm? of Beast Butler and Horace Maynard. Yesterday a number of speeches were made by Democratic membeYs, which, if the mete moderate Radicals have ears, j .omprchcDSious, hearts, or one sprak of re ol country, wiii have due weight io .ii least shearing the contemplated out? rage of its most objectionable features. The more hopeful, or rather those who have some faith SD the sincerity of tbe Radical Revenue Ref'evniers, feel con? fident that when the bi'.l is passed, as it wi!l be, it will be so amended that it will be powerless to carry out limier and Morton's iesigns. A vote will be reach ed by Frieay. The hitch in the Santo Domingo business still continues. Ben Wade still holds to the opinion that the report written by himself is the "original Jacobs" one, and that any remarks fros? thc "d-d bugists/' as be calls Mr. White a?d Dr. Howe, on the subject of bugs is entirely irrelevant, ano as for their views on annexation, they are of no account whatever, and so far "Old Ben" has not signed the joint repor':. There is a probability ot two reports being submitted. The President is very anxiena te bi whitewashed by thc commissioners in their report with re* gard to his improper use of the N.-?vy in tue speculation, lion Wade is the guest of the rampant Graniite-Senator, Chan< dior. Mr. White has rooms at a hotel, l r. Howe is the guest of his friend Senator Sumner. Now probab'y my readers will bc able to determine from the habitations of the commissioners tba: this dead lock between the chairman .f the commission.-Ben Wade-and the ?ther geotlcmcD, who seem to agree as to their views, is not altogether owing j to "cussing" Ben's intense dislike to j the ' d-d buging," who almost drove him crazy with their learned discoveries on entomonology. Our new war loan has not been suc? cessful iu L'urope. Secretary Boutwell, distracted at the failure of a branch of 'lis policy, has iiuwu to New York to oonsult with some one that other ar? rangements may be made, lt is thought that hauliers entirely, both here and in Europe, will have charge of the sale of the bunds. Less thau fiity of the five knudrcd utiUious ot'.Ive percent, bonds have been taLcn er e rehanged so far. The prospect does not look flattering, and a? Secretary Boutwell bases his hopes of thc Presidential nomination io 187-, on his great financial success, it behooves hil:; tu bc stirring lively or he gaay uns? his wish. In ihe I'. S. Supreme Court yesier day, a decision was made in the case of Buffingtou vs. Day. The deieudant in ertor was Judge of the Probate Conrt of Bainstab.e County, Mass., and thc plaiuiift'in error was collector of Inter? nal Revenue. The Jud^e paid the income tax on his sa'.arj under prot?t, and brought suit to recover thc araouut. Jhe lower court held thc tax to be uu ?ou.-titulional and awarded judgment for the plain:ilf. Thc Supreme Coart yesterday affirmed this Judgment, hold iug "that the judicial power is exempt from Federal taxation. Thi" being one of the powers nev cf granted to the Fed? eral government aud remains unaltered and unimpaired and in respect of which ihr iktitctttre. os independent of tilt yiicr alytcesH/nnti as ihr yeurral govertttncHt is of thc ?V(//'.>\ 'Jins being an origin? al reserved power in the States, the judicial officer appo atcd under it to carry it iutu effu-f, the exemption of the officer from taxation, Maud upon as .solid ground a:.d ure maintained by principles and reasons as cogent as those which led to 11? ti exemption of Federal officers Jr<<m taxation by tho States, fne ia res i >,'' '/<- .</. tes-rce.d pOKeitt, lfi>' S/utt is as srjn riga awt independent as ute yearr at. j') / ,/.//' ,.?' " Such a judicial dec-is iou Rei.s the old time when the consti? tution a:.J the laws were paramount and the decrees of thc Supreme Court of :he United Mate.-* were final. That day ha- |.J>N. .! Mid in its place we have thc Voice of the judicial y stifled on thc po Ifticalacts of "the thirty tyrants" and ex? .cutir? whose u-ily life is repeated vio? lations of law, a congre>3 who pass acts I? Uh out regard to laws .haman sr diviue, .nd whose daily, wi h is fur another era ?A blood, that tlTwisjTuie may be continu? ed- Ju thc idtfc or this condition of things, I am surprised that .'"te Supreme Voort is perm in ed to talc scch treason as "ihc reserved righis th? Skates," Wheo it.was stated u AMT day* ago in the ii 'usc of* Representatives, by giwd iiadie?l Vu?'-ii?y, (hat the o fd condition ' tliitig'? had passet! away ?od that now had a strong centralized <xi>*^rujtti?iit. ok to it )c Radicals that such rank t'iL-ou lo ?jHMf,'*! fy. of mach invrality "tia'tiisd idtb^'bv nut di^eminaiccTfrouj bench of tie. Supiema Court, or it sink iutii thc publia heart and .jr *uch- Irait as ono? gr?.-w so plentiful. lbsi roe of L'eu oe ru?y aud tb* (^"ite. iir.ug ina bill ai coi oe, , . i^^kling, Morton,, ?dmands nd ii -'tier, ^ .tkkrriable ert*y jptaei ty^y,.^ p^b?^ I'jVM-KMit ^u?t? himself'yis^CT .day i?y Uki?^i#ffjhj| 'ej?ocial, bapit'of ifjitutui folug*, ge?;e,-i> appraj<cr ?rf 'xttiAti?H?ue ul lh<r 'Sew ?oi*k custom uu-e. Ti:?* is t?Te? Slat oi* w*f to thc axil u i thuifot Keiitufl, It is n tew at ita/ ?'*r ti laut io um kt* bsrmu&j f? cir Y vt k. Fcniva kieks back. WEDNESDAY* IS. Ai Ai 6ILBERT -.- -"-EDITOR T?K PuoPosEB cont ?u??n. O' last issue contained a notice, in? viting the tax-payers of Sumter Conn ty to assemble OQ Sales day' in May next, for the purpose of considering the subject of taxation-the enormous bardens now imposed on the people by the corrupt and ignorant State Government exist? ing ; and for the purpose oi sending two delegates to a State Convention of tax pavers, proposed by the Charleston J Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade, and to assemble at Columbia en the second Tuesday of Jlay next. The tax payers of the State generally, we believe, are responding to the call, and the Convention will likely represent, to a very large extent, the property of j thc State. It# must, therefore, be SB important assemblage. And as it pro? poses to deal with a vital question, as | well as a difficult and* complicated ques- ; tioo, it should bo composed of tbs cool? est and clearest beads of the Stat?. Its acting, in our judgment, may be of ? good or of harm, to thc extent to which discreet and competent counsels, or the reverse, prevail. We therefore trust that the delegates to this Convention i may be selected with care, and with the view to thc avoidance of extreme pleas? ures or intemperate speeches. The State is groaning under a load of taxation, paraiizing and dishearten, ing. and the great honest beart of the people is deeply stirred with indigna? tion, and with a purpose to throw it off They (the people-the tax payers) have stool still and seen the fruits of their honest toil go to enrich a chss, (with some exceptions) of ignorant, dishonest and rjfjpiiuoipled men, whose whole business has been so to manipulate the negro masses as to secure position and fill their pockets. They have ieetf no cessation of this unrighteous and tn tolerable business, but the rather, from the plans laid by the last Legislature, a purpose to squeeze out the last drop. And they feel that they can and will stand still no longer. That to do so would be unworthy their character and their duty to prosteriyr. No wonder their is au uprising-no woode? the State ii agitated from the mountains to the seaboard-no wonder, even, from the desperation of some, has come the absolute declaration of a purpose to re? fuse to pay the taxes. With many, already there is a veritable inability, and the neglect to psy, is purely from this cause ; and an enforcement of the prospective tax would amount to little less than contiscat?on, resulting from the same cause. But whilst all ihisis sc*, and the story is not half told, wc counsel prudence tod moderation as more available in behalf of relief than any definitely assumed position of hostility or violence. We mu? t bear ic mind that actual organized resistance will ensure th? coming of the power of the United States to force obedience, even though our resistive action be accompanied with a distinct disavowal of hostile feel? ing or action toward the National Gov? ernment. In our judgment this Convention should confer with thc existing State a itboritie? as far as practicable, and put forth a calm, deliberate, clear and forci? ble protest against and statement of the terrible s'.atc of affairs, existing in thia State, fLoati-cially-tatting care to avoid intemperate speeches and all purely political matters, A publication like this to the world might have some moral po'ter abroad and give ns some addition? al strength at home; and we frankly saj that we see but little else the Convention can do, pndently, or with hope of goud results. THC DlSn.WTIO.N OP lt ACE. When the Santo Domingo party were about to sit oWo to dinner, on the28th ult., on the steamer Georgeanna, on their way from Acauu Creek to Wash? ington, the officers of the boat refused to ollo-? Frederick Douglas to take a scat at. the table on account of his color. The commissioners professed tobe high ly indignant, and immediately left the j labio Ofl the following day, in the Uuited States Senate, Mr. Sumner made an attempt to have this act of the steamboat officers made the subject of Congression? al investigation, with the view of pre venting aueh occurrences in futurs, but Mr. Bayard objected, and Sumner's effort was a failure. INCOJIB "?KTCBWSL .0 ' Lat3%dispa<ekes inform aa that Corav missioner Plcasantoa hi.a^decided that pemons whose gross iocorx e during 1870 was cstiaaated io currency at les? th?? two thou MU? ? ?olia?, will not be .re? quired to make income rttorns. And they u*ed not make any a-fEriavit stav? ing their g russ income if it did ?ot exceed tint soto. By other leeeu? d?cisions ander the law persons ara also nut required to ii? tu i?? their interna reu ms. ?ad JM inquifriturUl eiao?isation into lb? sources of gains MU? profit is perttHted on the part of the e&oea ci tts .fa*.-* The rature i? DJ td* oates oath, ? *g>. ".reatad amount*, the dotaJUteUti?est be'utg ?Ui*ao4, sad t*ew k jMfMt?i ^nMigptt tb tH ftfkf v 'y bi* sfsirs tu tb":* ?oone?forv UNFORTUNATE Ff 143'CE. ... ..; - ' : ? Beine? h?ve receiUj been enacted in ifD^rotirj4 Beria which fctrry borrer tn thc great civilized heart di the world. Unlortarjite France .L A strong force of insurgents, er opp.o sers- of tire gorern rne? t that assumed control after tbe retirement of the Ger? man- armies, immediately rose up and bloody, bloody domestic strife ha? been the resuit. Oni T??t?if last there was h eavy fighting-most desperate fighting, with fearful alaoghterv The wrests have been incarcerated and terrible indigni? ties heaped'upon the church. Wealth and rank are a!ik3 ostracized and pinn* dered by the infuriatenVmob, and a reign of terror prevails, in tbs contemplation of which the heart sickens. It is supposed that the insurgents wiri be overpowered by tbe force repre? senting the government, HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION AT AUGUSTA . We b?g to acknowledge the courtesy of a complimentary ticket to the Horti? cultural Exhibition, May 10th and 11th next, of the Cotton States Mechanics' and Agricultural Fair Association of j Augusta, Geo. Dr. W. H. Tun, the well known and enterprising wholesale Druggist and proprietor of many valuable preparations, is the President of This Association. Its exhibitions are always attended with iotereat, and bring to? gether a large assemblage of Georgia mechanical and. agricultural enterprise and ?one aud sinew? IMPORTANT ACTION OF THE COL? ORED PEOPLE OF TORR COUNTY. The following resolution was unani? mously adopted by a large meeting of j the colored citizens of York County, held on Saturday, April 1, as we 'earn from the Enquirer.. Such action as this, on the part of this people, shows a real purpose for peaee and reform. The prese: t Representatives and county o3* eera were not elected in the interest of | all the people, and there can be no peace or reform no til there is a change. Let the colored people generally foi/ow the example ot those of York, and good results will follow ? "Resolved, That we, the colored peo? ple of thia county, earnestly desiring the restoration ot peace and harmony throughout the country, ?nd the perpet uatioo of kind feelings and true friend? ship among all classes-both white and black-do hereby request the members of the Legislature-our immediate rep? resentatives-the Probate Judge, the School Commissioner aod the County Commissioner?, to resign their respect? ive offices, believing that such action, and such only, on their part, will secure and place the object of our desires on a lasting basis." Tt UAT OTHERS SAT. The Cincinnati Commcrnal sent a correspondent all thc way to South Carolina to find out definitely in regard to the condition of affairs here. In hi? secood letter, he says, "the L?gislature of South Carolina is a den of thieves." Laconic and forcible presentation that, eliminated as follows : "This ts the way witt, your truly loyal South Carolinian. The moment he ?3 deprived of an opportunity to steal from the treasury, he yells rebel. The Legis? lature as corrupt as so roany back alley cock fighters, and so ignorant that not a third of them could pass au examina? tion to teach a backwoods district school in Ohio." PISS A GK BY THE HOUSE OF THE RC XLVX DILL. Os Thursday hst, the IToase of Rep roenUtives, by a vote of 118 te Ol, passed the modified Ku Klux Bill. Tbe following is a succinct statement of thc bill as passed, with the omiti?os and additions. The sabstitute strikes out thc 2d, 3d and 4th sections of the original bill :. The seoood section of the original made it a felony for two or more persons to conspire together to do any act in violation of the rights, privileges and im inanities secured by the constitution of the United States, and punishable in the U. S. warts. The third section provides that io all cases of insurrection, domestic violenoe, unlawful combinations or conspiracies which so far obstruct tbe ?xccuuoo of State laws as to deprive any portion or class of people of the rights, privileges aud immunities secured by the constitu? tion and laws, and if any State, through its proper authorities, fails to apply lor national aid the President may use the national fofecs to suppress such insur? rection, doraestio violen**, unlawful ccmbinationl and conspiracies, aod lo arrest offenders and deliver them to tbe marshal of the district. The fourth section provides that when? ever ?eb combinat iona become so powerful aa to overthrow or set al defi ; anet the.State authorities-, aed when the punishment of ofieoders anti the preser? vation of tbe pwblie safety ?ball become impracticably it shall be deemed a re? bellion, the Pmident may, after procla? mation, suspend the privileges nf th? wry of babeas corpus, which prevision Ashall pentiune until JIB? 1,1872 Tlicsubstrtrxe &r tb? second set!ion makes it a felony for two-or wera p*et>oot .conspiring ^ together ?o overthrow the government or toMavy jr/ar against it or lo oppose by fare? tW a** Lori ty of the ?.U?ted 8t?es.,or by'furo? lo lake t>r aeixe Abe fjtotn or f^e^^ the laws, or prevent or hinder the au* tfcorkies of the :'State fronv fcccuriogTtll persoos in the equal protection pf the law?, and confers upon the party injured the right of action'for damages in suits to be brought in IL S. courts. The eobs?itnte for the third section provides that in case of insurrection, domestic violence,' unlawful combina? tions or conspiracies that shalt obstruct or hinder the execution of the laws oi the State and United -State's so.es to deprive any class of persons of the rights, privileges and immunities named1 in the act, and the" buihbritbtB of the State shsll ho unable, Or fail from any canse, to afford protection, end shall fail or neglect to apply to the President for aid such fact sharl he dee'raed a denial of the canal protection ol the laws, and it shall be lawful for the President to employ the national forces to suppress such disorders aud to arrest offenders and deliver them to the marshal. The substituto for the fourth section authorizes thc President, after procla? mation, to suspend the pri vileges of the r/rit of habeas corpus until the 1st of Juno, 1872,/whenever in any State the unlawful combinations shall be so numerous and powerful as to be able by I violence fo set at defiance the authorities of the State, or when the State authori ? ties are in complicity with such combi? nations, all persons arrested nndpr ! suspension of the writ of habeas corpus must be taken before a* Judge of the j Federal Courts, and if no indictment be found at the pending of first subsequent i session, the prisoners shall be discharg? ed. The law requiring the iron-clad oath from petit and grand Federal jurors is repealed, but the Judge may demand an oath from jurors that tbey do not belong to the Ku-KIux. There is but little doubt of its pas? sage by the Senate. The opposition in the House was very strong, and it wiH j meet equally decided though not so powerful resistance in the Senate. This will take from it much of its vitality, should it become law and tho President essay to put it in force. A large body of the people of the North, East and West are intensely opposed to it, and it re mains to be seen what effect such dangerous encroachments upon the liberties of the people will have upoo thc Northern mind. DAVIS AND BUTLER. Scene In the Senat*-*The Blackguard,' Coward and Scoundrel or the United Stetes. SENATE. THURSDAY, April <i>, 1871. Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, obtained leave to make personal explanation, and sent to the desk to be read an extract from thc Washington correspondence of N. Y. Herald, of March 31, purporting to give au account of the scene in the Senate on the previous day between Mr. Davis and Gen. Butler. Thc paragraph marked by Mr. Davis to be read commences with an expression attributed to him, as follows : "You God d-d old pcoundrcl. do you come herc to glarl at mc, and over? awe mc. and brow beat me ?" Butler replied, with an unparalleled coolnc-s, still galing at Davis, *I have not ad." dressed you, sir, and I don't care a d-u lor you, sir ' 'You d--d scoun drei, you," was the response of Davis, at the same time advancing toward Butler, as if he meant to strike him. Butler sat in his seat, still looking Davis full in the face. 'You're a d-d old fool,' said Butler,'and your age protects you." Mr. Davis (resuming). Mr. President, I should not cause that extract tj be read if it did not bear intrinsic evidencel that it is upon the authority of Butler himself. I now ask the Clerk to Tcad an extract from a speech found in thc Globe of yesterday. The following taken from Mr. Butler's speech delivered in the House on Tues? day last, was then read by the Clerk : . .'Do the Ku-Klnx baud'mi exist in Kentucky, that lark and bloody ground wbere savage an 1 brutal passions of men never yet have found restraint, either by time, place?r circumstances, civilization or education, so that neither the palsy of years can control them, gray hairs soften them, the solemnity of place or oca-don cure them, insomuch that their untaught and untamed outbursts moy break forth even in the Senate Chamber of the United States; their impotent rage exhibiting itself with the whining and piping voice of an iuibeeile and un? honored old age. nOW. BUTLER STOLE THE PLATE. Mr. Davis then stated to the. Senate, that several years since, during the var, a'gentkman named Brother came to Washington from St Louis, and stated that he owned a house in New Orleans, which he had left some months previ ons ly for the purpose cf sojourning io St. Louis during the bot mont ha, as was his habit; that before leafing horne he plaeed his service of silver p?ate, worth about 14,000, in the vault safe of a merchant friend for security, and had locked ap tn his house all his other furniture, which bael cost Kita tome $.30,01)0 ; that after General Butler iras appointed to the military command at New Orleans, he heard about thia plate aud rhereapon teat a military order to demand tts delivery over to him, which the p*ny holding it declined to obey. ?'poa this, Bwtierseiit a file of soldiers, with Workmen and the necessary impie menta, who. fereiblyopened the v ault, and ca ried off the p?ate. Ha then sent an ar.ued f?rree tv Mr, Brother's house, and had tb em .cart away all of ths? goo tie ma nx^rimaxe. , Mr. Brother made application, to J^eaidebt Lincoln for .ali tad er upint Butler for the surrender of | the property, aaa! Senate? ? Henderson and tUpveseotaifve RolHns.of Miasofxi, went jfiib Brefhs/f to fltf%rffi?>Wltt?tf endorsed his high efctra ??er and?*?? MM wm ,se?rtoa he xx******** .gain, when Lpej^tlpiii rejected it. On' Vota facts 33 resonated by Mr. Brocheras th? foundation for-the resolution. K' . f> Mr. Davis continued aa follows: : . A few days after having moved thia resol ?tiocr a second ti me, I received A DISCOURTEOUS NOTB. THOM GENERAL' BUTLER, , and thereupon I pronounced la the S?c? ate that.he waa a,., .military .blunderer, and-that hiscowafdi?e -rn competence a? a comrndfider ha3 Brought's??ame and" dishonor .upon bia cone try, Its Govero raen* and arms, a? Big Bethel; L~???w Qrtee^i^d^Hmtngt??. \Ln?*er*l> changed a word wi?h XkoerSt iBotler, ?nd sac h vere our relaxions. np to tim tittie of . : , -* . THE SCENE :* ' - in this Chamber, between bim sod my ?elf ; and I will make a.plain statement af what thea occurred. I waa making some remarks on reso? lution in relation to alleged disorders in tbe Sont bern States and was about bringing them to a close, when I hap? peoed to tarn my face toward Senator Thurman's seat which is immediately to my right. I ssw that his cbsir, tbft&t four feet J rom me, was occupied by Gee. Butler, bat antil then had ant been conscious of bis presence. Re was look? ing at me steadily, and there was OMINOUS SCOWL UPON HIS BROW. . Both his near proximity and bis man? ner were offensive, and I addressed my closing words to him by manner and action. I then took my seat. He con? tinued sn earnest ana excited look nt me, whereupon I tamed my seat sad faced bim ; and wheo we had looked each other in the eye for an instant, I said to bim, "You d-d old scoundrel are you here to scowl st me ?" ?Laugh? tef on the Republican side.] lie had DO reply, ar d I repeated that language. He then responded, "I hate not ad? dressed yon, sir, or said s word to you." I then said, "What are you here for; why did you scowl at me ?" He answer? ed, "I did not scowl st yon.; you are so old man/' I rose to my feet sod advanc? ed ono step toward bim, and said, "I am young enough to go with you from this Senate Chamber wherever it is your pleasure." At this point Senator Wil? ton stepped between os, laid his baod OD Butler's- shoulder, said a few if ords to bim, sod they walked off together. Mr. President, my only purpose hu been to state this affair ss lt took place, bod thus correct misrepresentation. I hare given the words between General Butler and myself, and all of them. It was not my intention to bring before the Seo ate any controversy with the UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED BLACK? GUARD COWARD AND SCOUNDREL Of THE IT. 8., who himself does not dissent from thc general judgment against him. [NOTE.--The latter portioo of ?his sentenee was scarcely audible in conse? quence of The Vice-Pre?ident rapping vigorously with his gavel, sod declaring the Senator from Kentucky to be out of order.]_ _ . THE IWEGftO BOMB CASES. A letter received from a distinguished member of the Washington bar contains :he following explanation'of th? decision rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States, av reported* by telegraph, 'U.v.aining thc validity of booda given for the purchase of ?laves: .'The Supreme Court bas not dcoided he question of the validity of notes liven for slaves The eourt has decided, in the ca's of Geoieres vs. Campbell, on ? technical point, the want of a proper jill of exception!. For thia reason, sod this reason alone, the judgment of the toort below, sustaining negro debts, is :u;,firmed. The merit* of this grass nnee?on are still, open."- CJuwIeston S'lCt. Directe rr. Wide Awake Fire Engr?ete Company. SUMTER, S. C.. April ?, I SH. A meeting of the Wide Awske Fire Engine Company was held' this evening* Am election fer officers retailed ia the followings ll. W. M fl CK RY- President. H. J. WITHERSPOON-Vies PreereVaL WM. li AT RA NT, J. U. LrUARE, ROBT. ROSa, FRANK HARRIS, 8. J. PARSONS-Secretary. AARON r UKHAN-Treasarsr. RICHARD HOLM ES and ISAAC WRIGHT were appointed Axemen. The newly sleeted President thea assumed the tbalr and sade a few stirring remarks-thank? ing tb? company for the beear eoeferred upon bim. glancing at the pest record of the eosapssy, and pledging bimieli te e?e bis bert efforts te increase their useful seas sad ad va See their in? terests. Us was followed by the Ylee-PretieJcat, wbe alto pledged himtelf to effort and energy la th* lischarge of tis dat lea. The meeting then ad? journed, s. J. PARSONS, . Secretary. Be lt sV nowra a arte adi wk sea lt may Concern, Is eempHsaee with sit arder given hy . a dls gaisad party, I des? tay store fat Sk* WSfsaatils bosiavtt, on ?ha 36th ef April, witt a teer *f ai least two hundred dollars. a>. AWDB1WS, Bethel Neighborhood, S a ic ter County, 6. C., AprU IS, HsTa-lt COPARTNERSHIP SOTtCB..-^ 05 and after tfcla date I. E. HYDE aa* Wa. H G UtABDEAU-becoa? Wea) ww st .ssw Firer. , ~. Tbs bistate* ?fit fat fetor* be ewfcebw ender tbs fir* name of GREEN, WALSH ?V CG. ' GHKSN 4 WALSBV J Bernier, S. C April lr l?T?, ' <^T^< WU* increased fee?rries ead tb* awcraaee ef oar detsraiaettoa to^?ajS g?wH a*J*s/?M>fc prises, we Mk f?t ont Hesse tfaifsaatfaaai >*V trt>Bage of ca^ftass^^sS^g? j*^*16' 'xff MMkrt as -tke Wosbea rM?stot?ea* T? <re*i****e cf Uw ?w*Oa*t. Atexaw?erCe? eteeghj daria* the 4c**** -eeiasaesMMg ie* ef Xartb-f8 tot theImfe ?? to"e*aar*^ OBITUARY. DIED, On 3d March, 1871, at her father's resi? dence, l? Salem, S. C., MARY K-, eldest daughter o? R. Miles and Mary A. Wheeler, and wife of Ber. C. A. Stiles. She was an affectionate daughter, a ??voted wife, a Under mother, and; heist of til, an humble christian. The conformity of her Ule with her profession and ber dying testi ? mony,gave.to desolated baarLs that coznfurt which alone could sooths their sorrows. "lam tba resurrection and Uta life; %e that betferetb io me, though ha ware dead, yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth and believeth in me s1rauTnweer7t!e:'r-.. " " ^ MAlT?li?B OiShsrSth me% at loarCiureh; by Rar. N. Grabkm,'. Mr. RANSOM JAMES DAVIS to Miss MARTHA L WHITE, second daughter if J. B. White, gsa- all of Seater Coemty. COMMERCIAL v Cotton still rales dull, with ? further decline. Seles peat-week hare Titled from 9- to 12? ac? cording te grade. Sales 80 hales, market closes dall. BACON-Sidte,12J@t3; SSeolders, 11@12* Hame. 25. LARD-2#A2fc. FLOOR-Per bbl. $?@$12. C0?FF5-Leguayra, WQW; Jara, 40? Co; Rio,2#4&2>. SALT-*2.W. SUGAR-Brown, I2*@ 14; C., 15@16; A., 17 @00 ; Crnsbed, 17?1S. BAGSrNG-?5@37*. IRON-TIES-S @ IO. ROPE-1*010. BATESVILLE SHIRT?NGS-Per bale oje. YA-RN BY THE BALE-$l,40e. ?er bunch. ATTENTION Snmter Fir? Engine Co. Toa are hereby summoned te attend a R?gn? ier Quarterly Parade of your Company, in fall uniform, with White Panta, on Monday 17th instant, st # ovetbek. P. M. A pe nc rael attendance is requested. By crdsr of President E. C. GREEN, M. &. RrmjTBiRe, Secretary. April 12 . lt SPRIGG FASHION -IN Millinery and Fancy Goods. CALL LADIES ?nd gat jour SPRING BONNETS *AND HATS OF TJ?? LATEST STYES. -ALSO Fancy Goods in Variety, CHEAP ANO PRET::Y, -AT MISSE. D. BRITTO N'S, Next Door to J. T. SOLOMONS. April 12_Sm_ SPRING AND SUMMER MILLINERY. MISSES J. A R. McELHOSE, SrjnTzn, So. Ca. Haring reesetly returned from the North, with a choice Selection of 1SSLL1NKST GOODS, invite the attention of their m teeners to the open sag sf their SPBKItf 1? S?ftlftER STOCK. Dur assortment" of MILLINERY AND FAN? CY GOODS, embraces the latest and mort fashionable styles of HAT'S, BONNtTS, FLOWERS, CHIGNONS, &C. PRICES REASONABLE. Orders solicitad ead prompt attention girrt. MISSES J. k. E. McELnOSE, Sneseesors to . Kee.' M. J. ZERXOW. April 12, IS?? _ rsicEs or TOE MASON.& HAMLIN CABINET ORGANS* Four-Oe ta vs Orgsnt..................... $30 The aaa*. Doable Reed.M M Five-0 eu ve Organs, with Tremulant..-. Carved snd Ornamented..... 100 The tasse, Doublk Read, with Fire Stops 125 Forty Other Styles, ap to.^......1,000 AU in salid Bleck Walnut. AU the Organs made by this Company are tnoroaghiy fi nt clots ia every respect. They wilt not oak? the to sailed cheap Organs at aay prise. The com? parative superiority of their instrument* is BOW Satar tban aver before, as avery competent 1% ?ho wHl carefully examina sad compare avast p tensiva. Mason ? Hamlin Organ C0.1 WAreroomi, 596 Broad va j, HEW YORK, fer sale ia Wilmington N. C 3p P. HEINSBERGES. Aprn 12 mi-_ THE JACOBI ?IE! 6Barasse*! to rreala!? others in shape and materiel. Be ?SJe to ask fer THE JACOB I AXE, ANS AOOfiPT NO OTH?CH. Every Axe Warranted ! For ?ak SA NATE'L JACOBI'S Harmwata Depot, No. ?Markst St, Wilmington N. C. Aa* gteag 3BC3afeg tat* g?aga. AOsajflsis asa at taut cf Pleas, new la stock, and for sah? low at V. JACOBI'S, No. ?-Market St I A largs and well assorted stock of Spades, r\ SaeweU, Perks, Bees, aad aH Agricultural Teeto, east e/ell aapply ot th* mott approved rules of Machantes' look, Moese and General Hardware, Painu, Oin, G lats, Ac, for sale at KATH'L JACOBT8 ! : Bawdwers r^pot. Ne. 9 Market St. Cl addles, Harnees, Wh lat, Sch? Leether, BAN ? aeee Leather, Asu Par sale at NATH'L JACOBI'S Hardware Depot, 9 Martet St GU**. PISTOLS, POWDER, SHOT, POW der Piatas, Game Sags, Shot Belts, Cart rtagea, sW? eesapleea atea tts aa t, for sato at NATH'L JACOBI'S Hardware Ihpot, ?c. 9 Market St ; April rr ? V. ?.,'.' The Sute of Sonth Carolina, S?MT??B CO?NTY. By C M* Hurst, Jedgawftas Court of Prohale for said Coaaty. ,late l^?slMW^Utito Uhr Tit** 11W sMbl Sn ara Iii ^ ia eal sad t^oa?ksatfa?%j .?*>eattsa ?nftrl avisai iso*. ?ALTIMORE AND WILMINGTON STEAMSHIP Composed of tho Flrnt Clase >tcam?liips Xjuollle EtEBECqFciTDE, Sailing from BALTIMORE every SATURI'AY IFTKRXO?N. ot 4 oVlork. Arririug at W1L. dIXGTOX TUESDAY MORNING. SaUingfrom WILMINGTON every FRIDAY IFTER300N ur SATURDAY MORNING. LmO??H^ILLS OF LADING ilysa to all points pr/ fVe W. C. k A. R. Road, :?craw & Darlington R. K. aod their cunoec ions. nsurance by this Line? 1-2 per Ct? Rates Guaranteed as ?ow as hy any o?ter Route. All Losses promptly paid. A. D. CAZAUX, Agt. $ i fm i cg ton, X. C. ANDREWS A Co., Agents, 73, Smiths Wharf, Baltimore. April 12 Piano for Sale. A SECOND HAND "CUCKEE?NG' PIANO FOR SALE CHEAP. Apply to CHAS. H. MOISE, AT PLANTEES' WAREHOUSE, March 22 BEST AKD CHEAPEST FERTILIZERS ? Li X 1X/L ES , ?2.25 per bbl. AT PLANTERS' WAREHOUSE. Jiareh 22 Liverpool Salt, At $2,25 per Sack, AT PLANTERS' WAREHOUSE. March 22 "Lost," "Lost" YESTERDAY, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN Sunrise aid Sunset, two GOLDEN HOURS, eaeh set with SIXTY DIAMOND MINUTES. No reward offered, for they are gone forever they could hare been laved and improved by getting a time beeper of C T. MASON, April 5_Jeweler. Charleston Broom Factory, ??. P. BROWNE.', Agent. ALSO AGENT FOR Safety Lamp, PERKINS k HOUSES' NON EXPLOSIVE KEROSENE LAMP IS absolutely safa both from Breaking aod Explo sion. Give? twice as much Hght at ordinary Leaps, sad oses 18 per seat lass OiL Gives ci BO oder, and lasts \ lifetime. Per sale by J. P. BROWNE, 136 Meeting st., and 51 Broad Street, Charleston-.) S. C. Agent Cor State of Seeth Carolina. OREEN k WALSH Agents for Sunter, S. C April S - ._6m PACIFIC Fire Insiirance Company, *-O? S?N FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. ASSETS,^.,.-$U0O,ffli> GOLD Saearity by State Law......^t2i,m,M GOLD Largest Pfre ?Bsnrswe O? as pan y ia Amer ie* PatWei baaed parable in Gold tf desired. A. WHITE, Agent, te lt BwWr, S. C. GOOD Investment. MONEY SAVED, IS MONEY MADE. AU. PERSONS DESIROUS OF SAVING MONEY, AND Af THE SAME TIME IN? VESTING IN SOMETHING DESI? RABLE AND USEFUL, ARE INVITED TO CALL AT TUE STORE OF A. A. SOLOMONS, WHERE THEY WILL FIND AN EXCEL? LENT ASSORTMENT OF Dress Goods. -AND Ail other Styles of DEY GOODS Which ?ill bo disposed of st VERY LOW PRICES. -ALSO A Fine Assortment of SHOES, TRIMMINGS, HATS, NOTIONS, HARNESS, HARDWARE. &c;, The above Goods bars been rSeeotlr pur? chased so low and selling EXCLUSIVELY FOR CASH, I am enabled to offer great inducements to CASH BUYERS. Call and examine, and you will soon be con? vinced that jon are saving money by purchasing of A. A. SOLOMONS. The Grocery Department is replenished daily, and at present well sup? plied with every thing useful at VERY LOW PRICES. + A. A. SOLOMONS, CORNER MAIN AND LIBERTY STS. March 29 Navassa Guano An Excellent Fertilizer. It has been tried in this County and gires sat? isfaction. For sale by A. A. SOLOMONS, Agent :*or the Company. March ?9 " tf N oticc. .HAVING REM'WED MY OFFICE TO Messrs. GREEK & WALSH'S Store, I can be found at al! times ready to attend to any basinets in my line. GEO. E. TAYLOR. Feb r ixn LAW CARD* JOSEPH GALL?CHAT, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN EQUITY. SUMTER, S. C. Ma- be fonn?at the office formerly occupied by Messt?. F*J. A M. MO^BS, on Main Straefc. March 22_ -m TH E~F IR M"~OP m R ESPECTFULLY INFORM THEIR Friends and the public, that they aro eonMaatly receiving" DRUGS -AND-. Medicines, Of the Best Quality, and all Articles usually found in a Drug Store. The business of the House, comprising ?acy and Prescription Slxnd, nder the special charge of Major J. 3. RUSSELL who brings to his aid an experience of EIGHTEEN YEARS in the chemical combina? tion of Medicines. Prompt and careful attention will be given to Prescriptions, and Medicines for the ?ame can be relied on as pore and of tbe best quality. DRUG STORE, CORNER OP Main and Republican Streets. Fab 22 tf Thc State of South Carolina. Seater County-In Equity. Jesse Keith, "| vs W. J. Andsrsoe, .} Bill. B. M. Holmes, I and E. A. Gregg, j BY risien of an 'order of the Coort, la the above cata, datad lat April, 1871, I will offer for ania, at >ublie outcry, on salesday ia May next (tat aa-' 2nd May) to the bighe?t bid? der, one Lot of ose aere of land and buildinjrs thereon, la the town of Lynchburg, bounded by lands of A. McLecd, W. W. Young, J. G. Mc? Intosh and Lynches Creek Road. Abm the Steam Engine with its fixtures. TERMS for the Steam Engine and fixtures, easb. Foi the let ona third easb. balance on a credit of one year, the purchaser to give bond for the credit portion arith hand and mortgag* drawing interest from day of rale, and to pay for rapers and staetps, and te have the privilege to pay his purshasa in ,Mh* T. J. COGHLAN, April 8-St_Sheriffs. C._ CHARLESTON HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. This well known and pop afar FIRST-CLASS EOT BL. tit us ted in tba centre of the city, tad also in ?he centre of the Wbolessle Basions Hontes, affords facilities, eomfbrts and attention to Travellers for Pleasure and Marchants sa Business, second to noaa ia the United Stats* April ll .*