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eIuare.
;ieilington .l s l erlo9.
At the Duchess of Riohm ond's ball
at Brussels, the' Prince of Orange,
w.ho pommanded the first division of
the army, atbt back suddenly, just as
the Duke of Wellington had taken
hie plaoe*at the supper table, and
whispered some minutes to his Grace:
who only said be had no fresh orders
to gif, and rooemmended,the Prine
tao back to his quarterh -and -to g(
to ad.' The -Duke 'ofWellingtoi
remained nearly twenty minute-4 after
tljis and thou said to the Duke t
Riohnond, "1 think it is 'time fue me.
to go io bed likewiso ;" and then,
while wishiu g him good-night,
wiisperid to ak him if he had a good
map in his house. The Duke of Rich.
mond said be had, and took him' into
his dressing-room, which opened into
the supper-room. The Duke of We!
lington shut the door and said, Napo
Ieon has humbugged We (by G-d 1); 1
he bas gained, twenty-four houre'
march on me." The Duke of Rich.
m,ona said :"What do you intcnd
dping 1" The buke of Wellingtoa
replied "I have ordered the arm'y
to onoentrate ofl Quatre-1ras ; but
we sball not stop him there ; and If so,
I must fight him here," (at the.Eatife
titpe passing his thumb-nail over the
position of Waterloo). He then said
adieu,' and left the house by another
way out.' He went to bid quarters,
slept six hours and breakfasted' and
rode at speed to Quatre-Bras, where
he met Hardinge, and went with him
to Bluoher, who took him over the
ppsition at Ligny. The Duke of Wel
lington suggested many 'alterstions, e
but li ober. would .not consent to t
move a.nuan. The oonveisation in thg t
Duke ,9f 1j. h ocd's dreasaing room *
ias repeate mo, t' o 'mitnptes
after it ooourred, by the Duke of a
liiohnpn' who was to kive the eom
rsi othe reserve, it formned, audio
whom I was to have been id-do-camp.
He marked the Duke of Wellington's
thutpb-nail with a penoil op the map,
and we often looked at it together <
some moutha afterward . On the I
orning of the 17th, my qompany
being nearly ip front of the farm. I
house at Quatre 4ras, soon after day
break tl}e Duke~of Wellington came tp
me, and, being personally known to
hie4 he. remained in conversation for
an hour or more, during which time
be repe ptedly said he was surprised to
have hteard nsothiing of D!ucher. -AtI
leng th , n staff offi cer arrived , h is -horse c r i w t o tt n h s e e "t
covereA with foam, and whisperd" to
the D'ikej who, whithout the least
change of counteuance, gave him
,4ome orders and -diamIa,ed him. Hie
then turned around to me and said :
"Old Bluoher has had a d--d good
lioking, and gone back to Wavre,
eighted miles. 1s he has goneb k,
we must -go too. I suppose ina Eng
lad they' will say we have beens
liekead. I ean't- helpait ; as they are
gone baekc, we taust go too.". HIe
madet elI-the-ar-rangem.entsa for rotir
ing without mtovinug from the spot on
which he '*os standinug, and it certs'in
y 'did fl6t oo6Is hint five minutes.
Lord'Mneshuy's Memoir.
HWI4T; DiQ THiC, SoJ.DIER. iGHT
9a 1'4-Thie, Pjthburg l'ost asks the
fuglo ing pertinpunt qu~estigens, a re
t'erneop the~ U~nip poldiers: .
I" Whah was it f9r 1inl a qu,ion
qpt y, rty. W 1 <j we' egh I
ror the :I nonz'it h
sub~i tld
ske dyetoward even
e 99untyy a p qw ved
matter wh , G9 r,in
what has ee.ai . W*'i' esi
em aeOatq for the isjm.se. gaj.rtee
of'bloodsa#4 Msir t,IJa.The,tor
bong 9tn,bawlb Itat.l4pm ~~jp
as* II posergiaart,mom
and a friend wore ridI1lg4y1"til g
laps. "By George," said the Gover
The aopubiena Conveulon.
The active material of the Repub
lian Convehtion'' now in session is
composed entirely of those who were
rnOuabeis of'tho'last Legielature, a4d
in appea'rahoe there is great sibilarity
in the ,two bodies. But a careful ob
setyor will ioto that there is not only
a t#iu9b larger proportion of the col.
oted teleaien, "tho' cotivention, but
that a 'vaot stride foriard in the asser
tion of their olaims to the share of
represeritation which their - numerical
power reasobably dumabds has been
made Oince the last elebtion. The
bold stand of DeLarge, Cain, Deta.
aey, and others, has straok terror into
the heartAof oven the boldest of the
white scum thathas hitherto managed
o float on top and control the action
)f the negro votes of the State. The
reed of office and the opportunity for
auli;o plunder alone impel the alien
1nd renegade whites who claim to be
f#adioals to side with that party in
-outh Carolina. The colored people
ire infinnuoae by rmotives of personal
fratitude. They think, very proper.
y think, that the RepUblicad party
vas the, special instrument of their
tnancipation, and on that account are I
linded to the injuries of the true in -
orests of the South, and to' constitu.
ional liberty, which has always
prung from the advocates of Ropub
icanism north of Mason and Dixon's
ie. This sentiment of gratitude will t
>robably continue to secure the alle- ,
iance of the bulk of the negroes to I
he National Republican party for I
everal years to come, till political ex- ,
>erience toadhed them the higher duty i
hey owe their State. .
But the deoeitful. and designing I
rhite men are destined to a rapid de.
lension. Their gross flatteries tnd
ycophantio fawning already begin to 1
>all upon the-ear-Of their more hon- Ii
at and manly.colored. associates, and i
tavipg no numerical strength, intel- i
eotual power, nor moral force, their If
lespicable .political career is drawing <
o a speedy close. Let this healthy
caution continue and tIe colored t
lerent slougl off these putrid sores t
hait have rendered them disagjpeable .t
o the qld citizeps of .8dil60 Caroli3a, a
Udlf $pirit, of 'utual .o proe c
nill soon be engendered,rec . fwir r
djustment of .opposing. i4terests re
ult in a genuine advancement of the
rosperity and happiness of our OQq
nou oounty.--Guardipn.
PARALLEL CASES.-While the ac
ount of the brutal outrages inflicted
y Kiik, the tool of Holten, on a
ortion of the people of North Caro- i
ill, causes every manl=y bosom to I
well with indignation, it is fraught ,
rith a lesson that comes home to every
ommunity in'the South.
This is the lesson: Under God, we
re 4ependent wholly on ourselves for 1i
rototion from the ruffians who may
>o torned loose upon us whenever a
ongresdionpl.. Goye'nor take! it into
.e head that w' are 'n.. "loil" i
nougli, for every party division of our {
vorthern conquerors agrees that mat- l
ere like that under consideration do '
iot'co.me within the sphere of nation- '1
A politios, but muet be settled by the i
)eople of a State.
But we find small politicians in our.
nidst loudly bellowing that our first :1i
luty is a Northern naL,ional party, to jj
o ho performed even at the expense [i
f baring our thronits to the murder- I
us knives of ruffians like kirk.
We feel safe in sayin'g thiat there is.
'e ene in Caswell ceunty,NortihCaro- I
ina,.looking to any., llorthern party1
or reseue ,1e the preent emergency ;1
eot thle people of. that localit have1
h6 sarde e;mouse te do so that ~ehave;
hb t they are suketing wi are liable 3
s uffer, and yet 'we are told by small :
olitiojp'to leave jhe mitter to take
Iare of itself, and give our whole at
enlign to national politics. Are the 1
jprz th,emselves, or do tlh,ey tak9 the"
,Wan in Nenain Cinpr.t Te
jperig tro updred 'eifikdds atrest
air laiesinsped'add' fgidg with'
hei ojldeAto jViginua' for prot,6o
*64.,=91,W hopd,'be 62b6gha
ed Thps'4 who are fdtailhIar *ih the i
'edord of'tChine( tirk'a fil ''allegEd s I
luhwhael6r In"Eist Tennssue tindek' I
>oth the fed er I a9d, Qobfedetate flrgi
IerI the'wk 4ee n'y%tifled' t his I
havjog redeived sLigh -a 4pontment
athe $tat' hilitie& t 'It tney be
Wa hia ib sbeetVk Pt abodfately
i: North Oktblina.: CeNe~ilt,-If a
~red that the State milidia had tb9dE
flugbW ffaiiange ut implitad
pdad6y,to dati t
I 'W 4'bIk1 ftlled tfEption
'htWbatbf wb.l w a
well as coforedrmes.-Daddy ?tai,ds
The War and Cotton. s
The St. Louis Democrat has an ar
ticle on the question "Will the war
cause cotton to decline 1" and as:
This is a question which is now agita
ting thousands. We olsimn no iufalli
bility of prophecy, yet we feel htiong
ly impressed with the conviction that
the question should bo answered in
th,e negative. Of course, no account
is to be takeu of the first perturbations
in narkets," which boeonme appareni
upon the outbreak of a gigantic war.
Tkote are, more or less, the result of
panicky feelings, often purposely in.
tonsifi,id by market manipulatore, and
give no indiention of what the perma.
nent state of the market may be
Now as far as regards the status of
Dotton during the war, we reason that
the demand for fabrics will be fully as
great throughout the civilized world
as if the. world enjoyed peace, and our
)wn experience has shown that war
imes are periods of great waste, and
e presume the same improvidence
will attend the operations of the con
,ending armies of Europe. We ex
)eot therefore, an augmented demand
nd increase in the price of cotton,
ather than a closing of factorics and
serious decline, as many seem to
ear.
This country will be neutral, and
will run every loom, lathe, forge and
urnace she possess to their fullest
apaoity, if the war is even of six
nonths duration, and the prospects are
,hat it will be of much greater length.
3hould all of Germany, Ruahia,
tustria, Itsly,.Denmark and France be
Irawn into the war, millions of men
would be engaged in destroying
abrics as well as lives, very rapidly.
'hese fabrics nuot be replaced
>romptly. Soldiering is de tructive
o clothes, as all soldiers kow, and
he raiment thus worn out must be
nanufactured somewhere. England
will do a large part of this manutac
uring, and will demand increased
V antities of cotton to do it with.
e shall also do a large share of it,
nd our home coosamption will be
ni}ob larger than it has boon since
he war. In short, we cannot see an .
easpg for .posing that o .tton wi
eclitie, 'li e, other pro4ucts. will
dvanoe.
Wir TVY DON J$scNz.--A great
teal of dtssppoiutmnt has been ex
>ressed at the apparent slowness of
he French and Prussians to begin the
itive fighting of the war. This
bows that people have enterained
rery unreasonable expectations. It
a not yet three weeks since the dis.
urbances in connection with the
omination of Prince Leopold of
aohenzollern to the Spanish throne
onmmenced, and already a great bat
le ie looked for, and its absonge made
he ground for doubting whether
bere will be war at all.
In order to. fght a great battle, it.
s firgt neo,esary to.get great armiTs
pon ter:tory y.ere the gghting is
o take place. 'This requires time.
Vo matter how thorough the prepura
ions of the combatants may have
een, they cannot placo' their forces
it once at the scene of action. If, as
s. reported, the French purpose to as
amble three hundred thousand men
>etween Strasburg and Thionville, it
a hardly possible that the tak should
ecomiplet ed before the , lt of
August ; and even that rapidity of
nuoment will be someihing without
>recedent. The Prussians on their
ide are, no doubt, using all possible
Illigence ; but it will be many daye
>efo a Prussign agny: ean be drawn
ip in -lineof battle .oppo.site to a
?repoh army, and' the d read signal
or the contest bet..wen tihe ty h
ilven. .Ta;1859, properati.ona for the
var betweer .lrases, andI Autri,q,were
,mag-se *Sur asJamospry, Ip.no a
>low was struck till MIay. Ig 186,
iinstra 'ad Prussia 1egen to put
hpir armies on,. a .wy (poting .iu.
(rtarch ; but, though they g9v'd with
mnerampled celerty, the 1 of
5oys was not ought tlJ4y
WELLEtAN I!NOaLIU.-,,r#YeJIPg
n Italy, Mir. Dickens vipited a etRain
nonastary, and wai conduoted qever
he building by a young monk, who,
bough a.uftIve of the ooontrys spoke.
emarkably Suent En~glish. Thesre
raethowever, one peoulisrty about
ils prodoneistIon., Ho frequently
nisplaeed his v's and w's. "Have
ron beed'in England 1" -asked Mr.
)lokent. 4.No," replied the -monk,
Ihave.learnt my Eoglish from this
look," produoing "Piek.wlok," and- it
urther a pp eared that he had saleoted,
amuel Wellor saithe beau ideal 'of
leg6nb pronuneIstIon.
WAI Movanners sa Owr~As
Mont idedatedsthe I7th
led t/,forward 'b Beabeys and
lili iliU *anseviRdelmoksivateie
at TIentuinM 7huefa$mto demacnd ved
f~bdti.oa enMsljen.
I . ed
Letter from C. P. Leslie.
EDITOR DAILY GUARDIAN.--DEAR
in :-I have jaNt read your paper of
the 17th instant, and I observe the
rollowing, olipped from tho Lanoaster
Ledger:
" V1y WAS IT-A rather 'strange
"lause' iu the recent purchase of the
Lind Commission in this county is
this fact-that Mittag sold the land
to Gill in April, 1870, and Gill sold
the same land to thv Steto in Janun
ry, 1870, three montbs before he hold
ny titles to it. The question is, how
did this happen ? The presumption
is that the Scott ring, who have the
management of the purchases and
sales of land, are liable, to a large ex.
tent. upon the bond of .C. P. Leslie,'
who was, in January, 1810,'the Comi
missioner, and that the bondsmen of
Leslie caused the deed of convoyance I
from Gill to be dated back, so as to
cover Leslie's fraudulent transactions.
"Unless Mittag did muphe a deed of
conveynce to Gill, whichsome doubt, t
and of which there is no record in the
Clerk's office here, it is not improba
ble that, at the death of the con
veyor, the State will lquse its pur
chase."
There is not one word of this arti
ole true, so far as the same is intend.
ed to apply to mie. I put in a gener
al denial.
For the benefit of all., concerned, I ,
wish to say C
1. That I never hought a foot of
land in South Carolina as Land Com- i
missioner. I t
2. That I never had one dollar of c
the Land Commission noney in my I
hands.
3. The Advisory l$pard never I
bought one foot of ground on my re- b
commendation.
4. I never was Land Commissioner, e
only in name.
5. I never drew an grder on the n
land funds. t
Mr. Editor and frien,.s, whenever b
you see an article published reflecting '
upon me as Land Commiasioner, you (
may consider these five statementa a
reply.
I have get sick and tired of for
ever being assailed, and I aver the r
statements I have made to be the a
truth, and offer thetn or what they r
are worth. -
Take this speclal case. I will an- b
awer in detail: a
I don't know "Mittag" or "Gill," i
nor never had any dealings with them 'o
directly or indirectly, as Land Com- n
missioner, or in any other capacity. g
If there was any land bought in f,
"Lancaster," I know nothing of it. e
My bondsmen are not politioians, b
but honest, hard-working men.
I am, respectfully, &c.
C. P. LESLIE. d
The Troubles in North Carolina.
Ex-Governor Graham, of North t
Carolina, arrived here yesterday t
afternoon from Washington, whither
he had been on a mission in regard to P
the Kirk outrag es in his State. He s
says he met with cold comfort and no
sucoess.
You have seen, no doubt, how num. 1
bers of people from North Carolina a
are seeking refuge from Holden
tyranny by _fying into Virginia. ti
Large numbhers from (Cas well county,b
N. 0., have come over to Danville, 1
Pittaylvania cout,ty, Va. Nightc be- a
fore last, as I learn from perfectly a
reliable -private sources, a squad of 3
Kirk's men invaded the State, 3eized
Rudolph us Gumn in the streets of Dan.
yille, and carried him a prisoner toe
North Carolina. Mr. Gum is a young a
man whose horne is in Caswell county,
a few miles from Yanceyville, and
who fled to Danville to esoape the t
very men who dared to follow him 0
Into the territory of Virginia. Ih
Ainong the gentlemen arrested at or
near Yanoeyvile aro on Hion. Joha h
Kerr and Dr. Roane. B3oth were
old-line whigs and Union men at the ~
beginning of the Into war, when *
Hlolden himself was a red-hot seose
sionist. The iupmedilate object of t
these outrages is to demoralize: and. a
intimidate.the. conservative party of. I *
North .0aroline, by arrepting promni. I
nent and Influential citizens thr'ough. 1
ouit those portiona of the -State where
the radicals are in the mninority.,-.
lWiehmondc Correpondenl Baltimore
. r
A Lo0ndon disp.6;h of this 20tlh sajs t
a gentlemen just returned from p. trip I
up the Minn tells.bis experience in l
the London Tfimes of this morning.
lHe says the German uirmy is quiet,
grave, anxious anid resolute. On ,te
other' hand, the Freugh are yelling,
.drinking, .awagring and lito'rally
To tef6mren.e to the North Caroliuna I
G'o'erebr HIolden and the State iak1 1
lI1Wsof North Carolina ate baesauIg
inde eutragieotti in theit"wrou4s hxoo
t41d8fplebV that-8tate eiver hy.si
the onsttutow ' ei ,re-~6
tltblie.n foraof ' sto daoh1
LeAik theet.hosflma34s
bis M.rzdxoaann beingIsa4 4
ene as-"Mie Gia-laahas'. a I
infallibility.
The adoption of the do ma of In
fallibility doas not iinpde a new
raith upon Roman Cat01l16aa. 'With
the theologiil aspcots of the case we
have nothing to do, and the varying
apinions of Ruluu Catholic theolo
glans we do nto' i.ow consider; but
we state as :un undeojable faot that
the Ro'nuu (:ath" l-o laity firmly be.
lieved in it before the Council voted,
ond ev -i bofore the Council *as call
ad ; th.tt in fact this body has only
now enaute) inen a dognia whot- has
long been the si.uple, utiquestionlng
alt"h of Itoman C:tholtes' ia general
.hroughout both Europe 'and Aineri.
,a. Many may have doubted the
risdom of proolpiminrg the faith ; but
>ractioally all have held it.
Neither does the adoption of this
ogma threaten any schism in - a
huroh which, by reason of its age, its
rast extent, and its powerful hold
pon the ininds of so large a pr'opor
ion of the oivilized world, Tust long
emain an object of profound interest
like to friends and foes, to statesmen
s well as to theologians. The Armo
ians and others who, like them, have
ung loosely on the skirts of Roman
,atholioism may secede; but neither
n Europe nor America will there be
uy serious, open disturbance of the
armony of the faith. IV, have not
ecn allowed to print the debates, and
nly vague details of the actual pro
eedings in the Council have reached
lie publio eye ; but whatever disputes
here may have been among the the
logians, there are likely to be none
efore the people.
What the proclamation of this dog
ia does is to sharpen the antagonism
etween Roman Catholics apd the
utside world, and to dwarf the pow
rs and influence of their own .heir
rohy, outside of Rome. -~It is a
iovement of separation and of den,
ralization ; it builds a Chinese wall
etween the world of modern pro.
ressive thought and the Roman
atholic Church, and it gathers the
owers of that church more and more
ithin the limits of the City of Rome.
1atween Roman Catholic. and the
Bat of the world there is honooforth
a outward and visible sign of $ sepa
mtion that Is iwmittablc. Z6niau
atholios do boliave the Pope itifalli
le. No other human being can! pos.
bly believe it.- The . distinotiopt is
ievitable ; its influence upon syste}ps
f faith, modes of thought, develop.
tents of ideas, tendencies of pro.
ress, must be ineradicable, and, the
>rmal adoption of the dogma sharp
tis and intensifies it.-New York 'n
flne.
FRANCK AND PausaA.---The Lon
on TMes publishes and vouches
or the authenticity of the following
rojected treaty, submitted by France
Prussia: The preimble sets farth
at the King of Prussia and the Em.
eror of the. French, in- order to
rongthen ties of friendQbip het weep
ie two governments arid peeple, &o.,
ereby concludes the subjolndd treaty.
a the first article, Napoleon admits
ad recognizes the late- acquisitions of
russia and Austria-. In the se0ond
:e Prussian King ongages to facilitate
e French acqutuition of Luxem.
ourg. In the third, the lEmperor
aqiulesees in the attion'of the North
ad South Gjerman States, Austria ox
3pted. In the fourth, France fnding
necessiry to absorb Belgium,.Prue
a lends her assistance to that meca
ire. The fifth article Is the usual
so of offensive and defensive a111
nce betwreen the two natins.
The LondQn Morning Tekrgraph.of
me 25th inst., prints in lag~e type a
immuunieation reciting an interview
uld with the Emperor Napoleon a
urtnight ago. The I10ipror then
ad no thought of war on Pruasia
awas still unprepared, Nt Jfranoe.
as elppin romsis han 9. and, in
rdrt u h ns 6 isto
ar. The Emporor related the con
ints of dispatches bet*een himself
ad Blisumrok, olaiming that .the :ia#
Br wtanted two-mnuoh and wapp.eg -1t
>oson h 18 or demaihded'
mbt' for his nedtralItlri Gst en
ist with Aostu. Bhtnaoek redlied
y demanding. .iIollaBp santequiaa.
mnt fot Luqxesbostrg T be Emnpprr
splied.to this deasni of~ )ia ok
hat,, should tbe lndoeadehb6 of Ho
and be attadked by Ptiash4,16'*6uld
e' regarded as a:ddelarasflon of war.
lonat Besneditetwuas present: a& .. he
atervlew,when these, fats were elleg
Altraveloat in Mexteo whewitfressed
peroraq,ege at Mhemh Meai Qiti~.
a, svh.re heaven sini e1 y r te
resepted in tbg Brat a, -sa . thb '
ea4'engb at kB1y1 h i nSV
'at-.
The Recoil on Corbin.
We have read hit. D. T. Corbin's
letters in the Charleston Republican
in reference to Judge Carpenter, and
And them weak, indirect, and, if prov.
ing anything at all, more damaging
to himself than to his object.
And the last, in review of Judge
Carpontcr's scathing on Wednesday
night, in which the district Attorney
received a aevere castigation, contra
diots the fir-t. In his letter in the
Republican of the 9th iust , headed
"Judge Carpenter and the Phosphate
Question," he accuses Judge Carpen.
ter of bribing the Legislature in the
following language. "He was very
anxious about it (the Phosphate Bill),
* * and said he had seen and would
see other members, and urge its pas
sage." If this meant anything, it
meant that Judge Carpenter had
bribed the members. Such was the
oonventional meaning of the words
seen and see, in the circles in which
Mr. Corbin lived and moved during
the session of the Legislature. Now,
he denies emphatically and explicitly
that he made any such charge against
Judge Carpenter.
Again, Mr. Corbin, whether direct
ly charging it or tot, oertainly wishes
it to be implied, in his letter of the
9th, that, for the $10,000 paid by him
to Judge Carpenter, he received not
only an interest in the phoaphetc com
pany, but Judge Carpenter's promise,
expressed or implied, that he would
rule the act to be an exclusive grant
and decide cases in favor of the
company in which he (Corbin) was in
terested. Now, while - reiterating
what he said and Carpenter said, &Co.,
&o., and going over the ground of the
+sliegod agreement between them as to
the expected decisions, he solemnly
asseverates that he never 'aciually
bribed him or attemped to bribe him.
Well, if he did not, thel his state.
ments are wholly groundless If, on
the other hand, we are to believe these
statements, then he was .in tha samo
line .of business with Hurley and
Cochrap.- Guardian.
A PotNOEty OnI.MLINO iTEI.L-.A
correspondent of the 'Boston Journal;
iualetter from - 4rn'rt. , y hat
John Morrissey's i.r w I j . Ih r., is
far the 'moat gorgeous house on the
continent. The main floor 11divrded
into :three rooms,' two of which are
devoted to play -and one for dining.
The fitting u; of the rooms is simply
magnifieent. The flOors are covered
with scarlet and white velvet tanAstry.
The furniture, sideboards, cornices,
mantels anid mirror frames and-Fronoh
curtains are silk and. damazk. The
monogram "J: M," flames out on all
sides. Over the massive mirrors are
carved tigers' heads, with mouths
wide open to devour, an emblem of
the tiger persons will fight within the
ohandeliers .are gold gilt, and the
brackets are burnished in the same
style. On the salovn floor there ate
one hundred and twonty-ive lights, I
and two hundred and - seventy in till
the house. Private staircases lead to
rooms aloft, and these room9, on the
stories above the parlors, are gorgeous
ly fitted up for guests. The lower
floor is for kitchen, wine cellar, laun
dry and for domestic uses- The club
house cost $90,000. A let near is
owned by soburch. The parish would
not sell, but the ground is rented to
Morrissey for ton years, at $1,000 a
year. to give room and ih o h
club-house.dlihfote
PEcur.IARITrl 0F ICE.-esides
ths fact tlpat icd.is lighter than water,
there is atiother curious thing about it
which persons do not know, perhaps,
vis: its purity. A lump of ice melt,
ed will always becomue puvrely distjill
od watef. When the early naviga.
tori of the Arctic seas got out of wa
ter they melted fragnments of those
vast mountatne or ios called icebergs,
and wore auestonishod: to tind that they
yi.elded only fresh water. They
tyiought that they were frosen salt
water, not knowIng tIiat~ they wore
fot red on the land an'd landohed into
the ea Bab it they had beeh right,
the result. Would hate., bae :just the
freesi,ng, turt FIput r all tia't is not
Elt' tmpuritfes, Pioze i s#ahwater
br6kes ifresh-vitr Ices Zf ' ydu freese
a basin of indigo-wator itwiltw)aJ i4
as pure as that, made of pure rain
water.- Whon.the cold is very,siudden
tbh!* f9r9dg yptherg )veYol tijug to
esqape, either,b~ rig or sinkinug,
atde ntu reni l~ed, with t1eSo',
, !gr (ay Iitte1radge -
4vb'otbatig atr'n g$Iytbes gete
s f t h~oyvhta of .b4Hlead)~
#6athasaast a*Ilhe .vhnt.the
hay. The apnaratsasesan larahanp
! Attorney. General Chamberlain will Please
Reply.
Attorney-General Chamberlain rep
resents the State in a legal capacity,
but who has hoard of aniy legal pro.
ceedings to foret out the corruptions
of the Land Comtussioner ? There
are sowo small transactions in this
section of the State, and it is said
that Governor Scott has been directly
interested in the, profits. Would q
legal investigation bring to light any
or all of these transactions, and rovq
that the highest officials have specu
lated upon the State funds and Im.
proved their private fortunes ? It is
no wouder that a magnificent gift to.
wards purchasing a sobool-house for
the colored peoplo of this town could
be afforded, when the profits arising
from recent land speculations are- to
be drawn from the deluded and de
ceived colored population, if they
purchase these lands from the land
commission. Why is it necessary
that a piece of property has to pass
through that office in order to become
"eligible" for the colored people to
purchase ? Why do their benefae
tors buy land at $2 per aora and then
sell it to the land cownivsion for $3,
making the colored man pay the
profit ? Thcss are important ques
tions for the colored people to pro.
pound to their Radical leders, and
we think it equally important that
the Attorney-General of the State
should cause an investigation to bq
made, no matter if the greatest
light of the Radical party is exposed
and to wince at the result. In every
portion of South Carolina, theso
charges are rife, and we thiuk it due
to the people and the officials that ii
be placed beyond a doubt.-Andersom
Inlelliycncer.
Cogent Argument for the Friends of
Union and Reform.
1. In the County of Fairfield . 45,
000 acres of land-one.tenth f the
whole area of the ccuoty--is adverti
sed to be sold by the Treasurer for
unpaidl. taxes.
2. In, the ,County of Williameburg
86,542 acres of la.ud--one-sixth of t.
whole area of-the county-is adverti
sed to le sold by the Treasurer for
unpaid Stateand county taxes.
3. In Lancaster County the Scott
Land Ring pay $8 an acre, or $8032
for a tract of land which sold eighteen
months ago at $1,50 an acre, and
which is "known to be utterly worth
less.
4. The County tax of Ocopee Coun
ty exceeds by two-fold the anti-war
State tax.
5. Ten years ago the legislative par
bills were $16, 828. Now, they are
$181,839.
6. In Oconee the Scott Land Ring
has paid $6 an acre for Iand not
worth half the money.
7. The taxes for the year 1860
were $591,799. This year, including
the county tax, the whole taxation is
$l.764,356 41.
8. A tract of land costing $30,00Q
is charged to the State by the Land
Ring at $12O,000.
P. The debt of the State in 1868
was $6,000,000. Now, it is nearly
$15,000,000.- Charleston N.IJe8.
A North Carolina paper gives the
following history of Kirk, the loyal
Ku Klux leader and pet t6f Birownlow,
who has been hired by Governor
Hlolden to organize hell and loyalty in
North Carolina:
"Collecting in Tennessee, during
the war a gang of out-throats, he
made an unexpected raid into the
western part of this State, coming as
far as Morganton. Just as he enter
ed the State his purpose wais discover
ed boy a little by not more than fifteen
years old, who immediately mounted
a horse, and, riding hard, gave notice
of the advance of the raiders. This
enabled the oitizens to rally and do.
feat their alms. By some meanh
Kirk found out the namie of the boyb
and on his retreat had -him arrested
aind brought before him, threatening
to kill the little fellow, who, thokough'.
ly frightened, ' implored his mayVoy,
atnd, fatling on his knees, prayed for
his life. In'this 'position, the ihiu
manWiead d elberately drew out' his
p istot and ble* out the brains of his
innoben tiotim."
The New York Tribune; whieb
sometimnos occupies strobg and just
positions, says:
"The mn wh'o.advocate. proforipr.
tion In order to tightep their grasp on
public office, and lawlesa adventurers
whose names were never found on the
muster-roll of Gen. Lee's army, buit
who,since the war, have composed the
Ku Klux Klan,,' have alike mise$.
andi mhsrepresented the people of the
South long enough ..
M?uss'id,Mr'.i Gfteeley. .hT6ai'.very
'thing4sal beefy, anid still Is, the .curea
of' tb .outhq.the gleaI bebst&.l. e $
~AiloesV' govemmenmt and:Io all' 's
4eslaIprogress. th Isiaerse,- thoogh
ebisyot patjnfa.tauiedi on us ;an
werhopsalytl,<iker youy soon soom.
t4dqaproihte 4ta.ideons ,.deforn4it,y
and ijutie.*.WMigee W' Cy
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