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Desportes & Williams, Proprieors.] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, Inquiry, Industry and 'Literature, [Terms---$3.00 per Annum, In Advano' VOL. VII.] WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3,1872. [NO. 2 TIlE FAIRFIELD HERALD is PUi. ilU d w11i).MY nY D s EPOl t'sES & WNLI IA S, k Y'rns.-TuriinnMar,1> I. putbli!-hall Week in the Tvowii of Winnsboro. at 3.00 i | ill '111itnce. L' All trnisient. advertisements to b Obitunary Notices and Tlributes $1.00 PC COMMUNICATED. Mr. hdilor : Tliiiiking that a sho. t acoount of my trip to Solma, Ala., for the purpaso of attending the Agri cultural Congress that met there, might-not bo uninterestirg to s-,mi of your readerg, I herowith transmit a synopsis. \V ho goes beyond the limits of the State at this time, is, no oording to proulamation of him who, hlk6 the ignoble cur, of a raguish negro, fits upon his hauiches at. th Executivo ,Mansion only to bark at lionest mn-a -amniitable to the charge of Ku Kiuxing. So be it Doctor, I alln ready for trial ;-and should the Jnquait ion see unmistakable evidence of' guilt in the recent begira, I still hope to be able to convine you that I was a miowbor without innuaence in the Klau, and, from my iuidgnifi. cance, would hardly be desem ving of it trip to Albany,--for pers Is ac quainted'with me know that it is a custom of mine in ki/ling snakes to st rike at the head ; or, as I am a fish iond man, that I never nibble for minnow,; when there are trout in the like. A word or -wo to tho c who indus triously, anld with so mu1ch satisfac tion,proiilgated the rumor that I had run off, anid I have done with this branch of the subject. That negroes and scalawags should have been exlb tant Over this sud./en dcn a ning, s to mc gratifyiig iu the bighe.t degree it is evidence unmistakable, that I am trying to lead atn honest life, aml that I desire to be reckoned a decent 11an11. ["or the information f t/use, I here state I have returne%, with re newed determination to put down fools and villains, for I have wittess A 01.1 0b i .ros1perity of both white and1 black in States where white menr are assuusing the reins of gov. Pe ernment. To1 those who expect to attend any gatherings whatsoever to which it is ad vertised that you are to be carried and broig!it bt-ack for ote fare, let ii ay this, n'rver leave hoine until you have prociired tickets to am.d f rom, tihrough out the eitire route. If you rtly upon certienatics friomii your societies or upo.n c..r1titicate of Pre0sidenlt, and14 Secretary olf the Congress or Con ventiomi, 3ou are destined to have mI ucl wrangl ing withiCold uetoisa id Agents, and in many instances vill have to fir.: otcr. It secus to be a standing rule with the Itail Road companies to atllow Coniductors no dis. cretioni inl this Imatter, aithuough lie may kneow that you are a delegate, that you h&ve paid over his road in going out, and that the road has ad-' vortised to carry you for one fare. From Augusta to A tlanta was made in the night going and c nming, wo I herefore had no opport nitmy of judging of the country ; but if' any one supposes that, all the poor land is in South Carlina, lhe will find that lie is mnitatken, for I was surprised to see that the lands from Atlanta to Montgomery were as poor as anly that I had seon at honme. For sonme d istance upon eit her sidec of WVo.L l'oint, they wereO originially good, presentinig very much the appeau anice of our best quiality of oak and hickory lands in Fairfield, and when fresh, made five hunidrod pounds of lint to e ich two acres plainted. With few exceptions, these lands are ruined by the uip anid dowvn lill plowing that has so disas trously told up)on our fields at homio. Atlanta shows little evidence of the fiery ordeal through which sh< passed, and is indeed a most wonder l ul monumeint of the energy anrd recu. 1.crative power of glorious old Geor gia. H~appy was I-to hear thtat, her 'ire grass had proved too tough fot her Enu/lock, and I could not supprest rolon e Scott frec of a greater vii heain l~tot aoln ol Tihe Congress wvas not largely at~ tended, delegates from (only five States being present, - viz: Kenitueky. TPenniessee, Alabama, Georgia, ant South Carolina. It is trbiiy discour aging to witness the up ithmy of Southi ern lanti ers upon an occasioni Iik<. this, t atIl might be made puromnotiv< of so inacht~ good to the w. hole coan try. Al though the attendlance woi small, there werec presenmt ma ny of the m11ost mlitinlglisi Sil n en of ihe Soudth who by the hii!Ii .ney of' thieir nra tory and by Ihbe lha! owediu o tm.>ry o'f thi past so gloriously coupled witl the namies of manty of' them made it. a ineeting~ of 1n0 ordli nary interest. As theO proceeding are to ho published ithii the moan) able essatys up~oni top1ies o4f vital inter. est to our farmers, I shall not go int< detail at this time. The city of Seimna is one of tin most thrifty places in the State, am~ is mnarkod by many peiuliarities oif it ownO. There are fewer idllers lier than a:e to be seen in any town in ti South. All work, black and white high and low old and yonn. I re gard It as one of the best plaeos fo the training of boys that I halo visit. od. Notwithstanding the constant omplo3 mont of all parties, there is not wantIng that eleganoe of manner in men and women, and that perfect hos. pitality whioll is alone developed aniongst Southern people of the old school. With suoh men as- Iardee, Pettus, Byrd, Dawson and maiy oth or noble men who shape public opin ion here, it could not he otherwi-o. The entire Congress had quarters as signed it amongst the families of the city, and were entertained with such sulptuousnioss and cordiality as will not Lo soon foigutton. With watei comnunication and the titany railroad, centering here,8elm adoosa large busi ness in cotton, shipping last year about 80,000 bales, and is destined to be the Atlanta of Alabama. There was but one advantago upon which the people had not taken hold, and that was market gardening. With thl numerous artesian wells in and around the city, by means of which it ieems to me that a farmer ight. de (y the seasons, there i.i io doubt in my mind that heavy profits are in toro fur him who ombarks in this businzcs. It was my privilege, upon my re turn to-visit the ti.h lake of Col. Penn Yonge, near Opelika. The Colonel was no stranger to mic, al though I had never met him, his re putation in pisciculture having made him prominent with most of the read. era of the agricultural journals of the (iay. TheOT is not a man in Alabama Who enjoysgreater notoriety for hos pitality and general excellenco, than this quiet, unassuming gentleman, and not one in the South, in toy opinion, who sustains his reputation better at his house. Although an uiliexpected guest, tit dinner we found Madame, who we learned with feelings of pride ws a da ighter of Carolina, provided with a dish of trout, the most satisfy in/ urgutietit for fiih ponds that could be ad duced. Spring Villa is indee d a most lovely spot, and with its 30 fine bold springs emptying into an ar tificial like of near eight acres, make.s it o of the best places for experi Iients in piscieuiture in the South. Col. Yougo raises hundreds of pounds of fish here, and proposes, un der State auspices, to raise eggs and fry for the waters of the entire State, which he can easily do from the pe ouliar nittral ad vantages of his local ity. I hal the mntifaction of having here answered a question that was of ten asked me, viz: what is the best li.dh for ,.tr ponds? In reply, Col. Y. anud Malaae both gave preferenec to the red ihore, whicth not a little gra. tifled ie, for I had myself said, in an essay upon piaciuulture, more than a year ago, before our State Agricultu ral Society, that "in my opilnion the tiest fish for our ponds, when discover ed, would be one of the nu.nerous spe ciea of the genus sucker-a fisi that is not carnivorous, but whcli fereli upon mud, moss and such food as is found in the pond.' These fish at Spring Villa are ft,firm, abundant, and of dlicicus flavor, and so easily kept, that Col. Yonge himself hard. ly kniew upon what they subsisted. After supper be took mie out in his boat, twith a light, to see tho monsters that wallowed upon t ho bottom be necath the clear water of this truly ee lestial lake, like overgrown swine in a pen. Upon the carears of one of whiceh, taken with the gig, the family of five persons and your hunmble ser vant, who upon such occasions amounts to at least three men, breakfasted heartily and left several pieces on the dish. But I find, Mr. Editor, that 1 am gradlully being led into an essay upon this scaly avocation, but which unlike miany other scndy callings of humainity, has its many plIeasures with few regrets-e.nd for fear that sonic of our sedate 01(d farmers may think that I was more ,interested in Col. Yonge and his fish ponds than ini the Agricultural Congress, I will say good bye to the denizens of Spring Villa, terrestial an-i aquatic, whilst, with twenty-five fino specimens of the latter for my own pond, I wvend my way back to poor old Carolina. to take my chance with the rest of thes Ku Kluax. T. W. WOOD)WARD. The Kut Klux h~aw and the Enuforcemnt Act Unconstilntional, Spieaking fori himself and Mr. Stan hery, thie Ilon. Revordy .Johnson01 said ini i speech at Columb iu: "We. believe, amnd I think muty be par donied, on account of otir long experi once, for believing that we under. standl the political institutions of our country ; and we deeiii the two ats the act of 1870, known as the enforce mont not, and the act of 1871 under which this indictimnt is laid-to be unconstitutional and in violation of thie rights of all the States. Weo have comoe here, thon, to raise this <piecstioni in the Supreme Court, so that the constructioni of the Oonstltu ion may b~e elicited, and those iniqui tion enactments expuinged fromt the st at uto-bho oks.'' The Ihoston Post says that the Rusa sian hear can't hear this weathier I t is astoniishing, butt it is said ht VlclinR of Tyranny. Tle Wah.ington Patriot prints the following coml munication, which, it nys, is froim a well-known und res pected citizen of South C(arolina, -%hose word no one wouuld daro to doubt. That journal withholds the name of tie writer, for the reason int the faot of writing tho letter would make him a victim of OJrant's tyranny and duepotitrm. And yet this is a free ouiitiy : COrLuAiA, 8, C , Nov. 10, '71. Sir-: I was in Yorkville, a fe., dys ago. Where there I mot an igud s5on of A frica. Ilia; wool was vbite, hlis brow wrinkled. Hlis eyes had grown dlimt, and thle old inan'is buck was bent. His ebon countenance was black as night, but there was the light of truth and sincerity in it. Ilo wan coming from the jail, where a large number of Ku Klux prisoners w..re incarcoratod. I stopped him, being struck with the intelligent, though sad exprossion of his face. ' Old uan, said I, "have you been to the jail?" '-Yes, boss," he' replied. "Ioe been to sea my young miassa. Dey got him in dar." "For what I' "For nuffin in God's world, boss, but dat he is a Dimocrat I" "De they ch-Argo hint with any crime ?" "None dat he, nor I known on.' "What. !" I oxelaiwod, "doesn't lie know what he I put, in ja il for V "No Eah, dat he don't. Au' II kn iws dat the boy is an innocet o' Ku Kluxing as you is, or I. All do niggers will swar dat." "If there is nothing against him, why doi'r they lot him go ? ' "Do Lord only knows boss, he re. plied in the most earnest and mourn ful manner. "Dey say dey gwiie to keep 'em all dere till way on to Christ mas timces."' "How long has your mastor been ini jail 1'" '-Two wee(ks an' bettor.'' "A rid don't, know what lie was put in jail for ?" "No more nor you, nor I," the old mn r. d.shaking, bi. head. "Ilas ie no trial, nor hearing of any kind I" "No, sah, Layin' in jtil, boss, and no chance giv him o' olarin' hisself , "That is too bad. Ns ho married " 'My young missa inarried ? lI ha, hu. No bo.,s 1le?., picked him out a gal, an' 1oon , as the uilitary lots himt out o' jt il lie's gu ino fur her ; but he's got a nother. Since old master's dnd, my yun tig lhoss is her sole inde eadencet Shie's left all alone at home now ; an' ht's nigh distracted con.-arning of his takin' off and lodg iir;it int joil. I never spected to see de day when nly young boss would be put ini jail, an' fur nuffin Under God's sun," said the old man, with eyes dinniied with tears of commingled surrow and indignation. 'Vell, what do you think of all this busin ess, a nyhow, old titan " said l. "Alt, boss, I don't think much of it.'' "What, are you not glad that the Ku Klux, the persecutors of your race, are being caught and put in jail ?" "No, boss, 1 ain't glad. D~e Ku Kluxes neber trouble nme. I never steal nuflin. I neber burn nobody's barn. I nieber march about do coun try wid Scott's mcelish, wid muskets, anid drums, ant' eags, trying to 'timi date do white folks. Some 'o de color-. ed people say dey arc glad dat de white me~n ami put in jail or drive o' de country. But I ain't. It hurts mec to see so many young men in jail dlownt dar, huddled together like hogs n pen-driv about like cattle-an' by dlere owt color, too ! White men tr'eaitit' white nmen in dat way, is nmore dan I can understood. Drops big as buckalhot como up into my eyes cber'y time I looks at dat jiil, wid my youing boss cagod in decre like he was a hear !"' liere the goad old African made a . pase nfter which lie said, with an urgency of tor.c that bespoke the sin cerity of his wvords: "Ah, boss, if' 1 was do President of (10 United States I'd die before I'd let my own people be crammed in jail dis way by so, ant' kept dere widout a hearin ? I'd stop this. I'd set thiings to rights !" 1 bade the earnest old negro good bye, atnd pnesed on to the gloomy jail, Iwhere Ku Klux prisoners were "hud diedl together like hogs in a pen, an' driv' about, like cattle." I found the ptril-oners guarded by soldiers as though they wvere captives of war. Thercie was the dark, dreary looking building, with its grated windows and forbidding aspect. There 1 beheld the sad faces of many an unfortunate victim of Radical persecution peering wistfully through the iron bars, long. ing to be in the swoeot sunshine with out and yearning for the homes where they had left their loved ones in tears, in lonelineess, in despair. T[here stood the grim sentinel, with neat uni form and flashing bayonet, guarding the entrance to the jail. There was the camp of Grant's soldiers, the white tents and shady booths dotting the green slope of the hill that swell. ed up in graceful outline to the rear of the prison house. And here, thought 1, is the seat of G. at's Re. bellion I-one of the dungeons, I rath or thought, selected for the arbitrary imprisonment of the viotlnim of politi. ol perscon'inn. This was my firat glimpse of "the lebellion* Am I looked upon the sene-the millitary 011p, the guarded j.til, nod the qIiet, p aceful little village reposing upon the hills around--I thought how in t .e midst of peace we areoin war. R1sump1lion of Specie Paments. As Senator Sumnor pithily ,says, "the best way to resume--is to re sumoe." The pretext upon wvhich the Government babes i's action, viz.: that the gold in the Treasury must be held to pay off the intorec4 bearing bonds, is clearly ridiculouis, for the mere fiat of Congress makihg Treasu ry notes of equal valuoe.i'th gold would give such oonfidefdo in the currency that holders of bonds would as soon receive their intereot in notes as in bard money. Thus confidence in the paper curroney of the country would e restored In one naiment. It rquires no tedious procoe?, no long monotonous debates in Conpgreis, to effeict what the whole countyy Cxept a handful of monopolists so much de sire, and what would do an anont of good suficient in the endh attained to justify its effectuation even if it were not intrinsically right and just. Of this there can be no doubt. A bill to provide for the payment of duties on imports in Trea'sury notes was introduced in the House of Representatives on Monday. and referred to the Committee on Bank. ing and Ourrency. It is to be hoped that this committee will report fa. vorably, and that CongreNs will take iops immetdiato'y to restue specio Pa) tments. Board of Trustees of Coluuiita Fem le College. This board, as recently !onstituted by act of South Carolina Conference, is hereby called to mnect u 3-btair-, at the office of Christian NeLrhbor, on Tuesday, Junuary 0, at *7- o'clock P. M. I J. WV. KELLY. The board, as at pre.-ent con-titu, tel, consists of the followiug persons J. W. Kelly, chairman ; 8. I. Browne, M. Brown, T. G. Herbert. it. P. Franks, 11. M. Mood, II. A. C, Walker, W. II. Flemming, A. J. Cauthen, 0. A. Darby, J. 11. Zim miorman aid-E J Meynardie, cleri rals ; J. W. Parker, L. D. Childl, It. ). Senn, J. H. Kinsler, Wade Hlampton, Sr., R. C. Shiver, J. 11. Kinard, C. 11. Baldwin, E. T. Remt. bert, V. L. DePass, W. L. J. Reidand 11. T. Wright, laymen. This meeting of the board is im portant., and all are respectfully, re quested to be present. The tessiun may continue on Wednesday, the 10th. Traveling expenses will be paid, if necessary, and homes will be provided for those from a distance, if desired. J. W. K. Civil RIghts. On Thursday night, several colored fenals-among them Con gressman R. 11. Elliott's wife-nt tending the exhibition of the "Iul gruim panlorama, without male pro tectors, seated themselves among the whites. A portion of the audi ence intimating a purpose to leave the hall, Mr. Warren the manager, re, quested the said colored persons to change their seats, or vacate the ball tendering at the same time the ad tmission foe, which was accepted, and the parties left the hail. Ltst night, Mr. Warren was ar rested by virtue of a wartrant issued by Trial Justice Thompson, and car ried before said officer, upon charge of violation of the Civil Rights bill. Bail to the amount of $2,000 was re quired and furnished, and the de fendant ordered to answ'r at the Court of General Sessions, on the firsi Monday of February nert. tion gressman Elliott is pushing the mat ter uncompromisinglIy.- Col. Pheni' Sore Throat. Everybody has a cure for this trou ble, but simplie remcdies appear to be miost cffectualh. Salt and water- is used by many as a gargle, but a little alutr and honey dissolved in sage tea it better. Others, a few drops of eamn phor on loaf suggar, which very ofter affor-ds immtediate relief. An appli. cation of cloths wrung out of hot wa tor and applied to thte neck, and chan~ged as often as it begin., to cool has the moat potency in removing it flamnmation. Start the flogs. The K~ansas Farmer gives this een siblo advice: The motto for ever; farmer who would be successful i1 fattening hogs, is, commene feedin1 early. The practice that has pro vailed so long, to let the hogs run ur til the middle of October, is orron< ous, and we wonder that it has laste< so long. But it is one of these custom handed down to us by our fathere and we have revered it, perhaps, fo that reason ; but we can show or respect in other and better ways the will not cost us so much monev. A Little Specimen of the Speeches In Umn gros on Ihe Fourteenth Amendment. Mr. Cx, (of New, York, aid: You used it as a lash to make them [the southern pooplej adopt negro ouf frage. Y!ou did not know that it w ouli appli to Ohio or Magoliu i s . Oh, no I You did no! Irow r.1, if you did, you were reek:ess I your prrti an aimsI-that it would a p.ly to Rho:le Isla:d. In that Siate th.y dis. franchise men aording to law . uhon they do not happen to own $134 of ro. estate or property which rents for woro than seven dollars per annum. You didii not know that It would strike as well the intelli get State of Mahsachrusettv, where they require reading and writing as the prerequis. ite for *.e suffragan. But it does. "The engineer is hoist with his own petard." You thought to strike the South, to compel them to negro suf frage, but you have atruok yourselves and now you wriggle over it. [Laugh ter.] 0 ! it is pitiful. Why do you not stand by the Constitution, or the amriendmuent., which you made 1 We Deowcrats have made a "new donar. ture" on the amendmaeits at least. We are taunted for accepting thon. Very well. We stand by the amend ments as we have always stood, as you know, by the old and unamended or ganiu law. We take tie aziendaients and you are avoiding their effect. Now onforee your pot ideas Why do you not I You have engrafted them, after much eloquenod and la bor, on the Constitution. Your ex cuse is that there is no law to carry out the fundantaeutl conetitutional law I have quoted. For shame ! You dodge the "higher law" you made. You undertook to diefran ohise the South, or rather to decrease their representation unless they ac cepted your negro suffrage. Does anybody hero dispute this, your pitia ble prodioanout ? Is there any one who does not know the constitutional effec of this amendment ? I haar not one word. Mr. Garfield, of Ohio . The lan guage of this amendment seems to me unfortunately chosen, and I do not believe that those who put it into the Constitution saw at the time the full scope and extent of its meaning. As a matter of history, it was intended to declare simply that where suffrage was denied or abridged in any State on account of race, or color, or previous condition of sorvitude, representation should bo diminished in the propor. timn o' such denial and abridgment. And that was a wise and a just propo sition. But, I believe, as a matter of hiszorioal fact, that when the arti ole was pending in Congress, lomne one suggested, in the spirit of a similar criticismn made by Madison in the Constitutional Convention, that the word "servitude," or "slavery," ought not to be named in the Constitution as existing or as exhroising any influ ence in the suffrage ; and hence this negative form was adopted to avoid the use of an unpleasant word. But in adopting the negative form, with a view to the exclusion of only two clas ses, they did us a matter of fact ex oludo many classes who were mani fetly not in the mind of the au thors of the amendment at the time. Tihus they made the back of the blade cut as sharp as the edge itself. The whole cane is a striking illustrartion of the dangger of attempt ing to reach an object indirectly where there was a direct road which led to the same end. Corc for i'euralgia. A friend of ours who sJered hor rible tortures from neuralgia, hearing of a noted physician in Germany who invariably cured that disease, crossed the ocean and visited Germany for treatmenr. ie was permanently cured after a short sojourn andl the doctor freely gave him the sImple remedy used, which was nothing but a poultice and tea mado 'rdm our common fld thistle. The leaves are macerated rand used on the parts af footed as a poultico, while a small quantity of the leaves are boiled d own in the proportion of a quarrt to a pint. and a smallI wine glass of the deoction drank before enich meal. Our friend says lhe has recommended it far andI near, and he has never known it to faril of giving relief, while in almoat every case it has cffueted a c ure It is cer t .inly w orth a trial. -.Vor walk G'azette. Sligolar Effect of a Dreama. A remarkable instance of the effeot of fright in a dream occurred in an interior to.%n of Wisconsin recently. A yonna rtnn, a school-teacher, jusat married, spent an evening In reading - to his wife ineidents of Indian life and warfare in the western country. Go ing to bed with his mind filled with g the subject, ho dreamed of living some of the scenes be had been reading of, - during whioh he had lost his sealp at - the hands of a redskin, reeiving I thereby a terrible fright. On being a awakened' by the stir in the house in ,the morning he found himself unable r to speak, and could only comumuni r cate with the others by writing-thur t relating his dream. At last accounti ho had not recovared his sneeah. No Mercy to the Thieres. Uader the above caption the editoi of the Camden Journal writes as fo lows: Every lover of his native St te owes it both to her and himself at this time to aid in bringing t< merited punishment the thieves wh have plundered us for the last tir e years. Every fact known t< any o)ne which is likely to be of as sit nee in this great work should be ma to public. Every dark, under. ha .ded, mot a and dirty trick should be exposed. No meroy should bc bhoWU to the thieves. "The case stands thus : About three and a half yearsago the Repub. lican party came into power in this State. They found a debt, all told, floatiog:and funded, of less than sii willions of dollars. In three years that debt has been tripled, nearly quadrupled, by the thieves. Govern or Scott haa nade during that period six different statements of the debt, and unblushingly and knowingly fal. sified every one of them. "The taxes of the State have been quadrupled during the three years, and poor people as we all, white and coloiod are, we cannat do what we will, pay them and prosper. It in impossible. "The number of salaried officers has been quadrupled, and in addition to paying for an extravagant and ex teisive Sfate Government, we are also compe.led to sustain an equal extravagant and expensive, propor. t unately, County Government. "Every prominent official in the State, counected with the finanoi.1 operations of the Government, is steeped in the frauds that have been perretrated. The gravest charges against them have been mot by silence. Very feeble attempts have been made to throw the burden of guilt upon the hirelings jready to do the bidding of their wasters, and the most outrageous frauds have become so common that people have almost ceased to be interestod in their roeci tal. "Now, however, since the entering wedge has been driven into this mass of corruption, and the beginning of the horrors that underlie it, has been reached, we should continue to press the matter until we probe it to the bottom, split it wide open and let in light upon the very end of it. The time for action, continued and judicious action, has arrived. Lot us act." Dowen vs. Dearge. We copy the following paragraph from the Wathington Chronicle of the 16th instant : In the contested election caso of Bowei vs. DeLarge, of South Carolina DeLarge who now occupies the seat, has failed to put in any rebutting evi dinee against the testimony of the gro.sest frauds put in by Bowen. Additional testimony from the con , fession of one of the Commissioners of Election seems to have satisfied De Large that he cannot make a success, ful contest, and it is supposed that he %ill make no further effort. DeLarge's cotgsel, Major 0. W. Buttz, has abandoned the case, do. olaring it hopeless. The Committee of Eleotions will therefore doubtless report that Mr,'Bowen is entitled to the seat in Congress. Er peeting this reult, Mr. B~owen do. sired to bring to Washrington a new en. dorsemnent by the people of his dis, trict. He became a candidate foi the Legiblature from Charleston Coun, ty, and was almost unanimously elect. ed. He claims that his personal popularity is so great that no one eared to run against him. When bli ease is decided in the committee h< will promptly leave the Legislaturt and claim his scat. Ia It a Case of Corblnim and IierillIsmi I Our readers will remember the c sai of Rev. R1. E. Cooper, the princi palit' of York;, as told by himnself ; and her< 14us add, that' we 'learn that th< Rev. Mr. Cooper stands high as tninidter and' man'. Mrs'. Avery, lady of high respectability, a membe of Mr. Cooper's congregation,. havinj hiamd of the fact that a colored mai sipposed her husband to be connectei w th alleged' orinies, requested Mr Cooper to ask the said colored man t visit her,.as she desired to prove t him that his supposition was not wel foundod. -The colored man, convine ed, gives his affidavit of denial. Fe this not the Rev. Mr. Cooper was an rested and required to give bond the charge, as ho alleges, being that c interfering with a witness I 8ine the appearance of the R1ev. Mr. CJooi ex's manl y and spirited letter juist rue n a letter as 'a fre4 bonn white muan ought to hav written-it appears that both he an Mrs. Avery have been indicted, Wi the people of the country, will th people of the North, observe the pas to which we have come ? Commer Is unnecessary ; but we denounce suc proceedings, and hope that the wronj doers may be held accountable und( the law.-PJkenixe. An American-of course it is r American-has started a ferry bo: on the sea of Gallilce, and tho st ca w histle andlongino gong are hercoeforl to dlo viol once to its nnhocs, "The Tweeds of the South." The Buffalo (N. Y.) Courier, in an a litorial bearing the above caption, 0 Iys : "A Western Republican Journal makes the observation that three years of Radical legibl4tion in a Southern State is a calamity equal to a Chicago fire. This proposition is borne out by an exhibit which the New York Tribunehasjust given of the condition to which the wretched State of South Carolina has been re duced by its Radical despoilers." Here follows an extract from the editorial of the Now York Tribune which appeared in our columns on Saturday last. The editor of the Buffalo Courier continues thus. "We feel safe in predicting that no punishment whatever, except such as a righteous Heaven may elect to send, will ever reach these thieves. Their party will cover their tracks, and de preoate such talk as the Tribune holds as 'disloyal,' and will pooh-pooh every honest statement of their rascalities in time to come, just as it has been doing for six years past. Moreover, when the people of South Carolina make their next desporate effort to eacape from the clutches of the Radi. eal banditti, the whole North will be told that it is the outbreak of a new rebellion, and Federal troops will be sent to take care of the polls and put down 'Ku Klux.' It needed only the exertion of her regal will for a single day to free New York city from her brigands, but some of the Southern States have been struggling in the cluteh of far more desperate thieves for years, and stillstruggle in vain. The worse than Tammany thieves who have made six Southern States bankrupt, and the sum of whose robberies is estimated at two handred and fifty milions, have been, and still are, sustained by the whole moral power of the Republican party, and at need by the military power of the Federal Government. The New Atlorney. Hon. George H1. Williams,ex-Sena. tor from Oregon, has been appointed by the President to the position of Attorney-General in place of Mr. AkermIan, who has resigned. Mr. Williams is a native of New York and about fifty years of age. Ile emigrated to Oregon while it was yet a territory, soon after the completion of his preparation for the Bar, though he meantime served a few years as one of the District Judges of Iowa. He was appointed Supreme Judge of the Territory of Oregon, and subsequent ly took active part in the deliberation of the Convention which framed the Constitution of the young State. In 1864 he was elected to the United States Senate from Oregon, and serv. ed from 1865 to 1871, being a men bor of the Committee on the Judicia ry. He had also positions on several other important committees. At the expiration of hi;3 term in the Senate he was appoiited one of the represen tatives of the United States Governa ment in the Joint High Commission to settle pending questions between the United States and Great Britain. -Char. Courier. "The Progress of Reform Among the Chief Thieves. We were promised, on high-sound ing words, and a nasal twang, after the most recent election on record in this County, that the pink of purity would everhaul and unearth the great financial fare dealings of the chief Sachems of the bond dealers ; but the last indications are that there has been a wine. driniking at the chief's parlor, that the miountobank of a re former, the seven million 'uprooter,' came in among the first of the guests, and drank the first 'bumper to the success of the financial policy of the ring ;' then camne a renewal of obliga tions, a burying of the hatchet, a d rink all around, a mutual ad mir ation, a review of the former success in ras. calities ; then a few tears of repen tance ; theni an affectionate embrace, and all was sereno and delightful again, and the great gamblers in politics originated a now game, in which each was to play an impor tant part, in order to deal into each othe r's -Ihands, and rob the innocent greenies. If the people of this State expect any reform from the Falstafis and Dick STur pins, they have more credulity .than we gave them credit for. There r. will he no reformation in this State .until the present horde of speculators and wiro.workers are driven frorn f place and power. Let the people re a member that the only reform that .will do any good is to coma by om . pletely overthrowing the present .dynasty." -Missionary Rcord. Representative Whipper, who voted 1for Boott's impeachment and labored Sfor it, was immediately relieved of his brigadier-generalship in the militia, Sand one 8mails is appointed in the h1 former's place. liyas was the proper .man for the place. 1Ho would have r made a "great god of war." Scott hias paid ex-General Whipper a high compliment. If the colored troops n are relied on by Scott, it seems that Lt he has no use for colored militia offi n cers who dare to call the ad venturer h anid swindler to account.---C'ol. Phac