Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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jrwajns and 'Mattresses are now made of sponges, which are said to be superior to hair for such purposes. It is said that the Postmaster General will shortly present his resignation, on account of personal interests. There may be negroes in the next Congress, says Prentice, but Sumner and Thad Stevens are in the present A Kfe convict, in the Illinois State Prison, named Cromwell, has received a patent for a new machine for turning wagon axles. The cost of supporting the army in the Southern States, during the present year, is estimated by the Treasury Department at $40,000,000. Bankruptcy is expensive. One advertisement for the bankrupt of Jacob Barker, of New Orleans, cost thirteen hundred dollars. A red cedar post in standing in Sharon, N. J., which is not at all decayed, though it was put in its present position in 1749?118 years ago. A man who won't take a paper because he can borrow one, should invent a machine with wImaIi Ka Aon <wilr hin dinner hv the smoke of his neighbor's chimney. It has been discovered that by grinding tea in the same manner as coffee, before infusion, the Quantity of exhilarating fluid obtained is nearly double. Forney's Chronicle says, as to Mr. Johnson's suspension of Stanton, that the loyal nation must prepare either to drink the cup of humiliation to the dregs,, or hurl this monster from his seat Mexican gentlemen, recently arrived in Washington, bring intelligence that the body of Maximinan has been delivered to the Prussian Ambassador, to be transported to Austria. A well dressed female was seen a few days ago walking along the principal street of a Weston village rigged out m the latest fashions, but bartfoot ??Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket, and don't pull it out to show that you have one; but if you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it An exchange has the following: The man who never told an editor how he could better his paper, has gone to St Louis to marry a woman who has never looked into a looking-glass. An artesian well has been sunk in St Louis tkn /fontt nf fwn fhmiRand two hundred and forty feet, and the boring is still going on. The water brought up is saltish and sulphury. General Thomas is on a tour through Ten nessee, and according to his suggestions, it is said an order has been issued, directing the mustering out of all the State militia, except a few companies in West Tennessee. Two looomotiyes have recently been constructed by the Erie Railway Company, at their shops at Dunkirk, which are built with the water tanas around the upper portion of the boiler. The tender is thus left for the fuel. A distressed mother writes to a paper for advioe which she gets?thus. uThe only way to cure your son of staying out 'late o'night' is to break his legs or else get the "calico' he runs with to do your house work." The last military act of Congress reouired 1 that the "iron clad oath" shall be taken by all per- i sons hereafter appointed or elected to office during 1 the Provisional Government. It seems to be un- , derstood that this oath will not be required of : members of the State constitutional convention. * General Sickles has approved the sentence of the court martial in the case of Daly and Radcliffe, who recently assaulted two northern correspondents in a bar-room at Columbia, S. C. The , sentence was six month's imprisonment in Fort Macon, N. C. ' Sometime since a gentleman died in the 1 town of X, who, during his life, refused to believe < in another worla. Two or three weeks after his t demise his wife received, through a medium, a communication, which read as follows: "Dear t Wife?I now Delieve. Please send me my thin clothes." 1 A bashful young man escorted an equally bashful voung lady home. As they approached the dwelling of the damsel she said, entreatingly, 1 "Jehiel. don't tell anybody you beaued me home." ( "Sary, said he, emphatically, "don't you mind; t I'm as much ashamed of it as you are." ( The American show at the Exposition was t not considered very good, but out of 524 exhibit- j ore, 262 have received awards of some kind. Among these awards are four grand prizes, 17 gold medals, 10 decorations of the Legion of Honor, a- ( bout 70 silver, and the rest bronze medals. 1 - -? 1?t. ( .ine strange speeuiuie ui a ugui ucinccn i**u deaf mutes occurred in the streets of Lewiston, i Maine, the other day. They called each other hard ^ names with their fingers fast and furiously, and j gave and received kicks on the shins without out cry. A Union man of the original stripe, in At- c lanta, was approached the other day ana asked to k subscribe to the Lincoln monument He remark- f ed that he had already subscribed fifty-three likely v negroes, and he did not feel able at present to sub- c scribe any more. j. _ Dexter, the celebrated trotter, made a heat, in Buffalo, on the 14th, in the unprecedented time t of 2.171?a second and a quarter ahead of the best time ever before made. Bonner, the "Ledger" 1 man, was so overcome by the race, that he imme- 1 diately purchased the little nag, at the modest price < of $30,000 1 Boston has some sharp detectives. The oth- a er day a sum of money was stolen from the pocket of an overcoat hanging in a store, in which a number of boys were employed. The detective looked them all over, took one aside and told him that a spiritual medium had pointed him out as the thief, c and the best thing he could do was to put it back. t The next morning the money was in the pocket c _ An outraged husband publishes the follow- 8 ing flattering description of nis runaway wife:? * "5ly wife is about five feet high, has light brown I hair, right eye out, the other is of a pale blue col- s or; has pimple on left temple, near eye; pug nose,. a a scar across one arm, _ is stoop-shouldered, has ( short thick feet and easily makes the acquaiutance " of strangers." t _ A lawyer who was sometimes forgetful, hav- J ing been engaged to plead the cause of an offender, ' began by saying, "I know the prisoner at the bar, 1 ana he bears the character of being a most con- 1 summate and impudent scoundrel." Here some- ] body whispered to him that the prisoner was his ( client when he immediately continued, "but what great and good man ever lived who was not calum- ( niated by his contemporaries.'' An industrious blacksmith and an idle dan- ( dy courted a pretty girl, who hesitated which to 1 take. Finally she said she would marry whichever ( of them could show the whitest hands. With a | sneer at the blacksmith, the dandy held out his , palms, white from idleness. The poor blacksmith hid his brawny hands in his pockets, then drawing ] them forth full of bright silver coins, he spread them over his dusky fingers. The girl decided i that his fingers were the whitest. i An influential New York journal thinks it ! * i . 1 . P A strange tnat it does not near 01 extensive investments, powerful companies and great schemes for the introduction of manufacturing establishments in the Southern .States, from cotton and woolen factories, from iron and steel, to leather, boots and shoes and farming implements. It says that the South has not only the finest region in the world for cotton culture, but the best facilities and the greatest advantages for cotton manufactures to any extent Ail this is true enough. When a counterfeit is presented at the Bank of England, the gold is instantly paid for it. If it comes from some known person, he is only asked where he got it If from a stranger, the cashier signals to nis detective, always in waiting, and the officer follows secretly. Before many hours the bank is in possession of the stranger's biography. The offender, once arrested, is likely to be tried, convicted, and sentenced within two days; wherefore Great Britain is not an inviting field for that branch of industry. There seems to be no doubt that the Germans in the Western States are severing their connection with the Radical party, and various reasons induce the belief that a similar step will be taken by their brethren in the East. The Germans were powerful supporters of the North in the late war. They gave money freely, and they gave men with equal freedom. Now they have attained the fruition of their desires, and they will not sacrifice liberty and security to any political party. The Germans demand a White Republican party as opposed to the Black Republican party, and they are determined to oppose to the last any movement looking to Africanizing the South, or converting the whole country into a huge centralized despotism. We regret to announce the sudden death, at the early service in St. Patrick's Church, yesterday morning, of Mrs. Adela E. Aimar, mother of our esteemed fellow-citizen, G. W. Aimar, Esq. Mrs. Aimar, had left home in her usual good health, and was sitting in her pew near the altar, when she was seen to suddenly fall forward. She was taken into the vestry and a physician sent for. but before his arrival, she had expired. Dr. Aldrich, on his arrival, pronounced it a case of apoplexy.?Charleston Courier 19th. ?<rtMIe GNquiret. ???????z=rr====z??: | EDITORS: JAS. E. WILSON JAS. F. HART. YORKVILLE, S. C>: THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 22, 1867. Cash.?It must bo distinctly understood that n?r terms for subscription, advertising and job work, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiration oftne time for which payment has been made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark on the wrapper or margin of his paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. SHERIDAN REMOVED. The President has followed up his Stanton ejectment, by removing Sheridan. A Washington telegram, dated the 19th, says: "The President has assigned Gen. Thomas to the command of the 5th District, Gen. Hancock to the .Department of the Cumberland, and Sheridan to the Department of Missouri. It is understood that the orders will issue from the War Department today." SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN REVIEW. We have received the July number of this valuable quarterly. It contains several articles on questions of great importance to the Presbyterian denomination, and also to all denominations of Christians in the Southern States. Prominent araong these is the relation which freedmen are to occupy to the church, a question to which much thought and space has been given in the pages of this review. The status and duties of ruling elders are also discussed in an able article from the pen of the late Rev. Dr. Thornwell. Rev. A. W. Miller, D. D., contributes an article on the baptized children of the church and the powers of discipline which the church should exercise over them. A sketch of the proceedings of the last General Assembly, and an article on "the two trees of Eden," with critical notices of new publications, complete the list of contents. We have not yet read through the volume, but what we have read was very interesting to us, and we think it would be so to others. It should be a matter of deep regret that this ably conducted review is not sustained as it should be; a fact which appears from a statement made in its explanatory notes. The publishers state that " if .;? 1 tne expenses 01 pUDllcatlun nave CAVjeeueu mt 10ceipts from sale and subscription, by $1800. But they say the work will be continued, even if it continues to be at a loss, as it is not published for the ?ake of making money. Though this may be true, its intrinsic merit ought to ensure it a self-sustaining circulation. WASHINGTON RUMORS. Since the harness was taken off Mr. Stanton, Washington has been full of rumors of still fur;her changes in the Government. Correspondents predict that Holt will be brought before a Court )f Inquiry, to answer to charges of mal-adminisiration, as Chief of the Bureau of Military Justice; i proceeding which cannot well result otherwise han in his removal from office. Another surmise vith regard to Holt, is that he will be removed at rnce and without trial. Mr. Seward's name is also mentioned in conlection with a release from the labors of his posi:ion, either by voluntary resignation or by involunary ejection. This rumor is, however, contradictid by the Express, which asserts Seward's rela- ' ions with the President to be of the most harmo- i lious character. 1 The Herald correspondent thinks the next step, > >n the part of the President, will be to remove all 1 ;he present Military Commanders and appoint new ' mes in their stead. This gentleman is only carry- '< ng out the programme of his employer, when he < ventures this opinion. The Herald has been urg- i ng the President to do this thing, and, therefore, ts correspondent thinks he will do it < It is stated that Grant is to be only a temporary 1 Secretary of War, until McClellan can be heard '< rom, who is to become permanent Secretary, if he rill accept the position. Others say that Banks, ' ir Ex-Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts, is to 1 >e the appointee. . < Mr. Ashley, who was once so formidable as he "great Impeacher," is quite likely soon to fig- i ire as the little impeached. His connection with < he evidence manufacturing business, under Con- < >ver, affords ample space for a suit against him. !t is said that legal proceedings will be commenced ] .gainst him. : ?, THE CABINET DIFFICULTY. ^ Mr. Stanton not being one of those well-bred < logs who make it a rule to leave the house when ' hey see preparations for kicking them out, it be- 1 same necessary to expedite his departure by the < tpplication of an official kick. Mr. Johnson per- 1 ormed this duty with more vigor than he was ex- 1 )ected to display. He has for some time been i baking a broom-stick and "shu"-ing at Mr. Stan- < 'on, very much as if he feared that unruly cur ' figuratively speaking) might bite him. But when i he President laid aside his old-lady theatricals f ind boldly lacked the unwelcome intruder, the lat- < er vacated the premises with a yelp, as such ani- 1 nals usually do. To lay aside figures of speech, i \Ir. Johnson ordered Mr. Stanton to give up i lis office to Gen. Grant, and the order has been ' ibeyed, with a protest from the ejected Secretary i >fWar. Gen. Grant, in communicating his acceptance i if the office to Mr. Stanton, displayed some du- < plicity, by complimenting him on his "patriotic" < jonduct during his official career. If he meant by ' :his compliment to endorse Stanton's opposition :o the President, he ought not to step into his < place. But the General is an aspirant for the Presidency, and as such, is obliged to attempt the feat of riding two horses at once. A refusal to take the place would have committed him to the Radical party, while an unqualified acceptauce would have committed him against that party.? So he was forced to make the best of it, by accept ing the office with an apology for so doing. "We think, however, that it will be very difficult for this blunt, straight-forward (?) soldier to maintain his neutrality, in his present position. Events must occur, which will compel him to show his hand; and this is greatly to be desired by the country, for he has played oyster about long enough. The blind admiration of his adherents cannot be kept up much longer by an oracular closing of his mouth. Mr. Johnson has shown considerable strategy in this appointment. He has put Gen. Grant before him as a target for Congress. If that body does anything towards soothing Stanton, they must do it at Grant's expense. They have to choose between an attack on the President backed by Grant, or an acquiesence in his appointment, which involves an acknowledged defeat on their part. In short, the President has put a doubtful ally in a post where he must do battle for him or lose much of his popularity; and, on the other hand, he has made him a shield against the attack of Congress, a shield which they will be loth to shoot at Taken in connection with the Dunham confessions and the growing antipathy to negro supremacy at the North, Grant's appointment makes the President master of the situation, for awhile at least If he has the courage to make a few more "martyrs," he can probably defeat the Radical party once for alL I THE CONOV1IR DEVELOPMENTS. 1 | CnARLKS A. DlTiiHAM, who has acquired an unenviable notoriety under the assumed name of Sandford Conoyer, as a false witness in the case of Mrs. Surratt, has lately made some startling confessions. It will be remembered that thin man, though sentenced to the penitentiary, waff kept in Washington, to assist in the conviction of John H. Surratt. Although in prison, he was allowed to hold free communication with the counsel for the prosecution and prominent Congressmen of the impeachment persuasion. F,r i buoyed up in his efforts by the promise of a pardon, and Messrs. Holt, Ashley and Riddle, prominent Radicals and actors in the Booth conspiracy sensations, endeavored to procure a pardon for him from the President But either from their lukewarmness or from Mr. Johnson's sense of duty, the pardon was not granted, and Surhatt's trial having ended, the proper officers were ordered ta escort the gentleman to his appointed residence, the Albany penitentiary. But just before leaving, Dunham forwarded to the President a number of documents of the moiit damaging character to Mr. Ashley, Holt, But-? ?J When Lfctt anu oiuer euewica w mo * Mr. Brinckley, the acting Attorney-General, came to examine these papers, he found them to contain evidence of a dastardly plot to ruin the ! character of Mr. Johnson and make his removal from office a matter of necessity. It appears that these conspirators had formed the design of manufacturing evidence for the impeachment of Mi*. Johnson, on the charge of complicity in the ansasination of Mr. Lincoln. Dunham was to get the evidence, and they were to tell him what kind of evidence to get and what points he was to estal>lish. The proof of this conspiracy does not rest on Dunham's word alone. Letters in the handwri- i ting of the principal plotters, and undoubtedly genuine, confirm his assertions in many particu- 1 lars. The first conclusion to which a reader is likely 1 to arrive, is that Dunham betrayed his associates in rascality, because tbey failed to secure him the 1 promised pardon. This he denies, asserting that he always intended to expose them, having only pretended to assist them, and that solely with a view to their detection and punishment. He says, 1 further, that he h?s not done this before, because 1 he wished bis evidence to appear after he had re- 1 ceivcd a pardon, in order that it might not seem 1 to be the payment for a pardon. But seeing that ' he was forced to speak now or never, he forwarded the papers, which are now before the public, < The importance of this relation cannot well be 1 over-estimated. Although Dunham is a convicted ' perjurer, his late associates have closed their own ' mouths against a denial on this ground; for he has 1 produced letters from them, which praise him far 1 his efforts in procuring evidence against the Su- ' ratts, and, having used him as a competent witness there, they cannot decently reject his evidence now. i And they will find it a difficult matter to clear them- < selves of the damning crime charged to them.? < Nice impeachers are Ashley and Butler ; who 1 stand before the public in the attitude of detected 1 pickpockets. The inevitable effect of this exposal will be to weaken the Radical party, under whose auspices these astounding villanies were carried on. ' Honest men will shrink from being associated, J even in party name, with those who have warrod upon the President in so mean and cowardly style. Another effect will be to strengthen Mr. Johnson, unless he throws away his advantage by some 1 unexpectedly foolish act. The charges against him ' thus proved to be the offspring of personal hatred, 1 mainy who have heretofore opposed him, will now | sustain him and feel toward him that compunction which men feel towards those to whom they have 1 unintentionally done injustice. That our readers ' may judge for themselves, of the importance of ] these papers, we will publish Dunham's confessions 1 in full, next week. AGRICULTURAL NEWS. ( A dispatch from Augusta, dated August 12, in 1 the Charleston Courier, says : "The cotton crop ' accounts continue favorable from Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. The caterpillar has * appeared in some sections, but no serious damage ' has been done. The wheat and corn crops are the ) largest which have been made in many years. The ( abundant yield has saved thousands from starva- 1 tion, and there are no accounts now of suffering s from sections which have heretofore been in want. ' Corn has fallen in Texas from two dollars to sovmty-five cents a bushel. One paper even reports ihat new corn can be engaged at twenty-five cents x bushel. The Salt Lake Vidette, of July 17th, says : < 'From all quarters of Utah we hear that the crops K promise splendid results. There will be a fine yield )f fruit also." The Jonesboro' (Illinois) Gazette gives the a- ? in/Mint r>f ofmurLflrrioa nbinnpd from that station ihe present season, at 92,529 pounds, making 63,)76 quarts, and selling at $12,604. The New Orleans Picayune, speaking of the re- ' ported ravages of the cotton worm in Louisiana, jays: "If there is truth in the reports which are ? joining to us now, of the ravages of the army ivorm, it shows how idle were the cheering prec'jc r :ions some time back, of the crop in the uplands, rhe plant then, though the season was some weeks $ backward, doubtless presented a promising appearmce; and the country was led into the belief that t there was to be a yield of cotton something like it 8 was before the war. This hope, it would seenfl v From information coming from many districts of r country, has played the trickster with herself. If $ >o, it was not the first time she has told a flattering ^ tale. May we not, then, indulge the hope that, is in the earlier part of the season, the predictions of immense crops were idle exaggerations, the fore- ^ bodings which come to us now are no less so. Men e ire as pjone to be depressed as elated, and there g is nothing so easy to arouse as their fears. Again we say, may we not hope that the Tavages of the J army worm are not so destructive as reported. J The Courier publishes a private letter from Florida, the writer of which takes a blue view of the ^ cotton crop in that State, thinking that, in several j, counties coming under his observation, this year's crop will not be half that of last year. He reports ( the corn crop made and tolerably good, and sugar 1 cane very promising. \ The first bale of new cotton, raised in Georgia, 1 was received at Augusta on Thursday last, and sold j for thirty cents per pound. It classed strict mid- , dling. Three bales of new cotton were received at Mont- . gomery, on Tuesday of last week, which were sold 1 at 26} cents per pound. * A correspondent of the London Times says that * the crops in Northumberland and Durham, and ^ generally in the North of England and in many \ parts of Scotland, are reaped entirely by women, 1 except when Irish harvest laborers are procurable ( as assistants, and where the use of a reaninsr ma- 1 chine has been adopted. The tobacco crop in Kentucky is reported to be about two thirds of an average crop. < It is said that the cotton crop of Texas will be 1 an immense one. 1 The Advertiser states that from nearly all portions of the District of Edgefield, in this State, the : crop prospects are promising. , Advices from the West say that west cf the lakes there has been no rain to injure the crops. The wheat harvest, both spring and winter, is secured in Iowa, Illinois, and in about one-half of Wisconsin. In the last mentioned State and in Minnesota the crops are being gathered, the yield being reported to be unusually large, reaching from 27 to 35 bushels to the acre, and weighing in some cases 61 pounds to the bushel On the Michigan Southern and Illinois Central railroads, the crops are already moving. A Wisconsin farmer complains that he has not room on his farm this year to stack his crops. The Selma Times learns from a gentleman who has recently travelled over the greater part of middle Alabama, that the cotton crop is magnificent. The entire country looks like a land of promise.? There is no doubt that the corn crop this year will be one of the finest ever raised in Alabama. The drought is seriously affecting the corn and potatoes in Indiana. Several Alabama papers state that the boll-worm has made its appearance in the cotton fields of that State. Some of the finest cotton growing counties have been visited by this pest The telegraph reports a general rain throughout North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama, on the 15th instant. On the 16th there was a very heavy rain at Baltimore and Washington, which flooded the streets of the former city. POLITICAL NEWS. ? Full returns of registration in Louisiana, foot up a total of 127,639, as follows: Blacks, 82,927; whites, 44,732. Majority for blacks, 38,195. In the city of New Orleans, the whites have a majority of forty. Gkn. Sheridan has issued an order for the election of members to the Convention.? The order provides two days for the election?September 27 and 28. The convention is to be composed of ninety-eight members. The Boards of Registration are ordered to commence the revision of the rolls and final registration fourteen days before the election. The number of representatives in Met Pnnob ia/looinnoforl TT-iio rtfbpp nrOVlSIOTlS of the order are unimportant, and confined to the usual details of a general election, except the following : Section 7. Should violence or fraud be perpetrated at any of the voting precincts, on the days of election, the offenders will be punished in the severest manner, and the election within these precincts will be polled over again, under the protection of United States troops. ?The list of registered voters, thus far, in Virginia, shows that she is a white man's State. The Richmond Enquirer has carefully compiled a list of the registered voters in forty-five counties, which give an aggregate of nearly 34,000 voters, and, in these counties, the white majority is nearly 19,000. It is also to be noted that this list embraces the leading populous cities of the State?Richmond, Petersburg, Norfolk, Alexandria, &c., all of which gave large negro majorities. ? County convention * are being held in Florida, for the purpose of adopting a platform upon which the whites and blacks can unite, in the formation of a State Constitution at the approaching Convention, which guarantees equal justice and protection to the rights and interests of both parties. ? The Charleston Courier, in noticing the first Jay's registration in that city, says: "The question was raised at each of the precincts, yesterday, whether notaries public and militia officers, were entitled to register, and the matter having been referred to the Commanding General, he decided affirmatively, and so instructed the several Boards of Registration." ? Thus far, 103,564 votes have been registered in Alabama, ofwhich 41,809 are whites, and 61,765 colored. Of the whites, it isestimated that at least one-third may be counted in the Republican vote, while the election in Tennessee shows that the black rote will be almost unanimously Republican. ? Sixteen of the most populous Counties in Florida have been heard from. The whole number registered, thus far, is 8,946; 6,703 colored, ind 2,583 whites. i ? MERE-MENTION. The Montgomery Advertiser says Gen. Pope has removed all the civil officers of Macon County, from probate judge down. Of thirteen daily aewsDaDers in Georgia, only four endorse the Con sessional programme. "The old saying of "haven't got a red,'' has dropped for' 'nary green,'' when speaking of currency. Advices from Gralveston, Texas, inform us that Yellow Fever, is raging there to a fearful extent. The deaths for die week ending Saturday the 10th instant, numbered 108. Of the interments, 81 were made on hat day. Reuben Tomblinson, Superintenlent of Education, reports that twenty-five thousmd negroes have learned to read and write in South Carolina, within the last two years. "The Phoenix announces the death, in New York, on he 14th instant, of Campbell R. Bryce, Esq., of Columbia. He had just returned from Brazil, whither he had contracted the disease of which he lied. Francis Joseph, of Austria says, since ;he execution of Maximilian, that he will never iign another death warrant. On and after Dctober 1, 1867, all conductors on the rail roads in be State of New York are to wear a uniform. Mr. B. McCall, a well known broker, of Chareston, was struck with paralysis, a few days ago, ind died Saturday morning. "There are now iight newspapers edited by negroes in the United States. Correspondents are already selecting jrrant's Cabinet for him. Gen. John S. Preson, of South Carolina, is in Paris, and lives in peat style on the Champs Elysees. More han seventy ootton factories have been built in Georgia since the war. "The Panama Raiload has received $350,000 as freight on California rheat this year. Gen. Pope, commander of he 3rd Military District, has ordered that all the ifficial advertisements of State or municipal officers >e published in those papers only which advocate econstruction under the Military laws. EDITORIAL INKLIXGS. startling Advice. The Louisville Journal says that a fence in hat city is ornamented by two placards; which ome wag has connected together by writing the rord "and" between them, so as to make them ead: "Use Hoofland's German Bitters, and Orter your coffins from Hoist & Co." ri\e Fashions. The New York correspondent of the Augusa Constitutionalist sums up the latest styles in Iress, by saying that their tendency is to develope s.nbonpoint. He thinks the "chunky" appearmce of the ladies, recently transformed from' 'bean>ole misses," is awfully mysterious, not to say a ittle suggestive, in Injured Editor. The editor of a Pennsylvania paper thus eelingly rebukes a breach of politeness, committed >y some of his female acquaintances: "The lady (?) who yesterday called the attention >f another to our patched breeches, whereat both aughed so heartily, is informed that a new pair vill be purchased when her husband's "little bill" s settled; it has been due nearly a year. Tell four husband to send us $23.70 at once, and thereoy save the cost of an entire suit." The Military Stay-Law Limited. The President, through General Grant, has nstructed General Sickles that he can issue no orler conflicting with the process of the Federal Courts. This revokes General Order No. 10, so Par as it relates to cases in the United States Courts, ind sustains Chief-Justice Chase, in his late decision at Raleigh. It limits the authority of that Order to cases coming under the jurisdiction of State Courts. Baked Ice-Cream. It is stated that the cooks of the Japanese embassy in Paris have been astonishing the natives of that city, by getting up baked ice-creams. They do this by freezing the cream very hard, and, after wrapping it in a very thin crust of pastry, putting it into the oven for a few minutes. As dough is a ? ? ^ J Viol-na IvifiirA f Tin Iao guuu uuu-cuuuucwr, mo melts; and it can be served either cold or hot? This style of cooking will be agreeable to such persons as do not like "frozen victuals." Polish Colony in Virginia. The Fredericksburg Herald states that a colony of exiled Poles, consisting of seventeen families, settled in Spottsylvania county, Va., in the latter part of last year. Being very poor, and having arrived too late in the season to put in a wheat crop, they were not in a condition to make a good start in farming. But notwithstanding these disadvantages, they have been successful in making a fair support for themselves. Each family has managed to acquire about one hundred acres of land, a horse, a cow, a few hogs and a limited supply of agricultural implements. They have gath ered a sufficiency of oats and hay to keep up theii stock, with the help of their growing corn, which is reported to be in good condition. For their own support, they have cultivated large crops of potatoes, peas and garden vegetables; so that by nexl spring they will be able to commence operation? ' under very favorable circumstances. Such emigrants as these are a valuable addition to anj State, and it would afford us great pleasure to ani nounce the arrival of many such colonies in South Carolina. > United States Court at Greenville. The United States Court is in session al Greenville, Judge Bryan, presiding. The Moun taineer furnishes several items of news pertaining to this section. / W. M. McDonald, of Chester, charged with olating the Internal Revenue laws, pleaded "guil ty," and was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 anc costs; or, in default of payment, to be imprisoned six months. On motion of U. S. District Attorney Corbin, the case of Thomas M. Whitesides, charged with a vi , olation of the Internal Revenue laws, was oontinuec to the next term of the Circuit Court at Columbia Peyton B. Darwin, Esq., of Yorkville, was appointed and commissioned, by Judge Bryan, a? Commissioner of the United States Circuit and District Courts for the District of South Carolina.* T T)J1 M JLIlUIll&y O. ueil, Xisq.j r?ua auiuiuAu w (/im,>nv\ in the United States Courts in South Carolina. Brownlow's Intentions. Gov. Brownlow, of the so-called free and independent State of Tennessee, made a few remarks to his admirers after his "victory" at the recent election (?), from the report of which we take three sentences as an illustration of the times.? When a man in Brownlow's position says he is going to heep it, is there not reason to fear that the forms of monarchy, as well as its spirit, is soon to be established? "Governor Brownlow said that his majority in the State would be over forty thousand; and that he proposed to bury the rebel party in a coffin with both ends open, so that when the devil went ' in at one end they could go out at the other. No promises had been made by him or his friends as to how long he should be Governor. The constitution did not fix the time, and as he was called a despot, he would be one, and be Governor for ten years, to show what he might be." Teach the Negroes. The Hon. 0. T. Porcher has written a letter to the Abbeville Press, on this subject, which concludes^with the following sensible paragraph: And now, sir, we are saying again?"It is useless to talk?negroes will not believe you." Asa faithful freedman said to me the other day, "Master, if the negroes go wrong, you must blame the white people. Why don't they do as the Yankees nto dmnrr?sm around and teach them? Whenev er they speak, you speak, too,- and besides you can find colored men who understand the matter. Let them speak and kill the words in the Yankees' moutns." As I said before, don't attempt to argue the matter except upon the high Scriptural ground, and then let us prove that we sympathize with them by helping their schools, &c.? Sympathy is powerful! I am working here?will you not stir up men elsewhere?" Washing Receipts. The Philadelphia Journal of Medicine publishes the following receipts for preserving the colors of muslin and calicoes, when washed, which may be of use to the ladies: A large handful of bran, added to the waters in which muslins are washed, will assist in fastening their colors. It renders the water soft, and the addition of soda is not necesssary. Those of our readers who purchase calicoes of . bad colors; that is, colors that will not hold, can easily remedy the matter by soaking the goods in boiling water, strongly impregnated with common salt Let the preparation be two or three pints of water to two or three gills of salt, and while at white heat, soak your calico. The experiment costs nothing, and works like a charm. Sorrow and Business, Slightly mixed. An English journal publishes the following affecting obituary:" ' "Died on the 11th ultimo, at his shop in Fleet Street, Mr. Edward Jones, much respected by all who knew and dealt with him. As a man, he was amiable, as a hatter upright and modet ate. His virtues were beyond ail price, and his beaver hats were only ?1 4s. each. He has left a widow to deplore his loss, and a large stock to be sold cheap for the benefit of his family. He was snatched to the other world in the prime of his life, and just as he had concluded an extensive purchase of felt, which he got so cheap that the widow can supply hats at a more moderate charge than any other house in London. His disconsolate family will carry on the business with punctuality." A Crazy Woman. It is a well-known fact that people generally, but fanatics particularly, can get so angry that they are temporarily deranged. But it is not often that ladies act the part which belongs to fools and madmen, so conspicuously as Mrs. Dr. Mary Walker did at the Paris Exposition. The "Doctor" is a lady of the so-called "strong-minded" order, who uses masculine attire as far as possible; but her gigantic intellect gave way when she unexpectedly met with a bust of General Lee in the American Department A correspondent thus describes her antics, when she beheld this compliment to the world-renowned "rebel:" "Her little eves flashed, her thin nose contract ed with indignation, her lips quivered. 'How dares one,' shrieked the feminine M. D. 'how dares one to exhibit that' With that she tore off the label, and with her pretty foot?for there is that much ofa woman about her?stamped it on the floor. And the crowd marveled, saying Whe-o-u! 'Are you not afraid of insulting some one ?' modestly asked some lady. 'Insult somebody! insult somebody!' said she; 'I consider that an insult to the world!' And then going away, the champion of the insulted world whispered into the ear 01 the lady: 'If any body asks you who did it, tell 'em it was me.'" Beauty Growing Old. We publish the following choice bit of scandal from the Rome Journal only because of its moral. It is a melancholly evidence of the desperate resistance a fuding beauty will offer to the remorseless attacks of time. Surely beauty must be a valuable possession, if it is worth such a struggle. But as it cannot last forever, in a mortal frame, those who wish to maintain a permanent eminence in society, should cultivate other attractions besides that of a dazzling, shadowy, fleeting beauty. Unless they do so, their belle-hood is likely to be of extremely short duration. Says the Journal: A young lady who has been the reigning belle in Boston for some years, and who is now growing rather passee, and afraid of losing her laurels, is said to De using every means to preserve her beauty. She eats arsenic to make her eyes bright, and is obliged to increase the quantity continually; chews slate-pencils to make her complexion white; drinks vinegar and lemonade to keep her waist small; uses Emailde Paris" and rouge: pencils her eyebrows; blackens the lower part of her eyes; sleeps with her hands in gloves, and never, under any circumstances, goes out in the sun. Beside this, she is said to own three hundred dollars worth of false hair; rats, mice, curls, cushions, puffs, braids, cascades and waterfalls included. Instruments Requiring Stamps.?The following are the instruments to be stamped, and the stamps to be used in ordinary business transations. Cut this out and preserve it for reference : All notes and evidence of debt, five cents on each $100; if under $100, five cents; if over $100, five cents on each addititional $100 or part thereof. All receipts, for any amount without limit, over $20, two cents : $20, or under, nothing. All deeds and deeds of trust, fifty cents on each $f>00 in value of the property conveyed, or the amount secured; when a deed of trust is duly stamped, the note secured must not be: but they should be endorsed to show the reason why. All appraisements of estates or of cstrays, five cents on each sheet or piece of paper. Affidavits of every description are exempt from stamp duty. Acknowledgement of deeds, Ac., are also exempt. Contracts and agreements, five cents, except for rent; when for rent fifty cents for $300 of rent, or . less; if over $300, fifty cents for each $100 or less, over $300. . . Any person interested can affix and cancel stamps. LOCAL ITEMS. I TEE COHOEBT. The Concert given at the College Hall on Tuea; day evening, in behalf of the Theological Seminai ry, was altogether a handsome success. The in clemency of the weather prevented numbers of per' sons from attending, who would otherwise have been there; and in consequence, the young ladies i have decided to give another on Friday evening, with a change of programme. If fine music, artistic display, or a good pihtomime has any afct tractions for the multitude, we would advise an at. tendance. I BEGI8TBATI0H PUB. During the registration in Yorkville, last week, " some funny things occurred. A freedman, who is well-known as Jink, applied to be registered. He listened very attentively to the reading of the oath ' until the point was reached where the promise is made to "support the Constitution of the United 5 States." Here Jink interrupted the reader with, ' "stop, sari stop, sari I can't do dat; its all I can ' do to support my own family, and I'm not gob' to support any body else!" This part of the oath "? ? * ' tt .1 AI ' was explained to mm, wnereupon ne accepted me ' situation," and is now a full-fledged citiien of Afii^ can 'soent I BEQIBTBATIOF BETTJBH8. Registration, in the first precinct of this District, commenced at the Court House on Thursday . last, and continued until five o'clock on Saturday , evening. The registration was conducted quietly ; and with dispatch, and the manner in which the > Registers for this precinct discharged their respon. ble duties, is commended on all sides. At the . closing on Saturday evening the rolls footed up 706 > names, as follows: ? Whites, 369 Blacks, 337 ! Majority for White*, 32 i We are under obligation to Mr. J. A. J. Gxa. ham, a member of the Board for the third precinct, 1 for the following report of operations at Fort Mill, 1 on Monday la$t: Blacks, : 152 Whites. 60 Majority for Black*, 92 A correspondent sends us the following, from McConnellsville, in this District, under date of August 20th: Messrs. Editors: The Board of Registration made their first appearance in our neighborhood on yesterday. Their arrival was anxiously expected Dy a large crowd of freedmen, who had gathered in the vicinity at an early hour in the morning, and whose i eyes, beaming with anxiety, were constantly turned in the direction whence the gentlemen were expected to come. As soon as operations were commprwv?H fhfl Htarp-hmisp. which waa ncrnnifld fhr the purpose, was filled to its utmost capacity, and it was with difficulty that the would-be citizens were brought to understand that they had to comply with the regulations. They did comply, however, and in a short time they passed through the necessary examination, had the oath read to them, were sworn in, and afterwards sent on their way rejoicing. There was, also, a fair proportion of the whites of this section who were registered; yet some of the latter, it appears, do not attach that interest to their being registered which the nature of the case would seem to demand. At the closing of the session, to-day, the whole number registered was 225. Of these, 161 were black and 64 whites.? Ninety-five blaoks were registered on the first day, and 32 whites; 66 blacks and 32 whites on the sec' ond. Thus you see that the majority of the blacks is considerable. However, as a great many whites have not registered as yet, the disproportion in the numbers may not be so great at tne closing of the ' sessions. There are quite a number of freedmenhere, just now, who propose to save the country from inevitable ruin, by offering themselves as candidates for the Convention. They have kept the crowd in a constant state of excitement, by their patriotic remarks ; though, of course, no disturbance was fixated. Two sable orators mounted the stump yesterday, and harangued the listening crowd on their rights as citizens of this great Republic, for about an hour. Their remarks would certainly prove highly interesting to your readers, had we time and space to report them, but as we are dow deficient in both, even their speeches must be lost to posterity. The crops in this neighborhood, as a general rule, are very good, the cotton crop especially; and our fanners are beginning to entertain the hope of being able to replenish their purses, for the first time since the war. A great many have already commenced pulling fodder, and there is every prospect that there will be an abundance of blades for the ensuing year. Business is rather dull, but as some of our farmers entertain fears of a fall in the price of Cotton, there has been quite a number of sales of the above article, within the past week. Osceola. COLUMBIA CONTRIBUTORIAL BY JA8. "WOOD DAVIDSON. COLUMBIA, 80PTH OABOLDTA, 19TH AUCUBT, 1867. Grain in the West. We are advised by a private letter of the 11th instant, from Northern Mississippi, that corn was selling at retail there at $1.50 a bushel; and wheat at $2 a bushel. There are, then, no fabulously low prices of grain in that region. It is not stated whether the wheat is new crop or not, but the presumption, of course, is that it is new. Why Not Register? If aDy white man, having the right to register, has one solitary reason, better than a fool's reason, why he should not register, we should be glad to hear it, or to hear of it If you wish to carry out Mr. Perry's policy, or to oppose it, equally, you must register. If you are conservati.. - -democratic?radical?negro? dog?or devil?in order to carry out your policy, you must first register. Registration in Columbia. The long-waited-for revolutionary step of registration commenced on last Thursday, the 15th.? The first day's work was small?107 in all, of which 47 were white and 60 colored. There was some delay, early in the day, in referring some points to higher authority for decision; but most points of law and practice are being settled in Charleston, by reference to the Commanding General; and these decisions are immediately communicated to the Columbia Registrars. There is some apathy prevailing, and this makes the work of registering devoid of excitement and incident Literary. Col.' Bingham, Principal of a prominent High School at Mebaneville, N. C., has favored us with aoopy of his Grammar of the English Language, > just out We have not yet examined this book carefully throughout, but from the look we have given it, we are prepared to find it the very best English Grammar that has been published in America or England. It is fall of innovations, and will be violently assailed by pedagogues of the old school, but the progress here is improvement We shall examine it fully, as soon as practibable, and then we shall have our say about it ENIGMA. I am composed of twenty-two letters? My 3, 6, 5, 10, 16, 12, 20, 11, 22, 7, was a cavry battle in 1864. My 13,18. 17, 9,22,22,11, is a river near Charlottesville, Va. My 7, 15,4, 5, 5, is the name of a Lieut General of the late C. S. A. My 15, 11,22, 10, 16, 4, 12, 5, is a town in Virgina. My 1, 2, 4,12, 13r 2,22, was one of the first battles of the war. My 19, 3, 21, 22, 5, is a mountain of Georgia, My 4,16,1, 1, 14, was a prison in Richmond during the war. My 1, 5, 5, was a batteiy on Sullivan's Island. My whole rendered good service in Lee's and Johnson's armies. . "CORN-FED." 1 Newspapers are, par excellence, the great advertising mediums of the world. Other modes of advertising, doubtless, do good, more or less; but the newspaper exceeds all others combined in efficiency ana results. CHESTER CONTRIBUTORIAL. CHESTER, 8. C., AUGUST 20, 1867. the crops nr Chester Are remarkably good, and we anticipate good yields of corn and cotton, particularly of the latter, if the freedmen do not give up their fields for political meetings, which is a subject of apprehension, at this time, among our farmers. < ? THE CHESTER 8T1HDARD '> Has not appeared for two or three weeks past The publisher announces himself to be "out of pa -per^out of funds, and out of humor," and has betakerfdiimself to other parts. We hear that he is comingbaok'soon. REGISTRATIOH DT CHESTER Compiencing on the 15th, and continued for three days, in the town. The returns show 430 blacks and 44 whites. The white population of this District, are, for the most part, passive and indifferent Many who are disposed to register, were prevented by the crowds of blacks, who surrounded the registers , "from morn till dewy eve," and from their indisposition to encounter the odours exhaled in this hptAugnst weather, in the thronged Court-room. "When another opportunity is afforded, and the weather becomes cooler, it is hoped that U>e records will show a larger increase of white voters. The returns from the country, so far as heard from, do not show so great a disproportion between the two colors, though it is expected that the blacks will outnumber the whites, by about two to one. . DRAMATIC AMTJ8EHEHT8. Bailey's "corps dramatique," gave a performance here last evening, which which was well attended, and generally enjoyed. The farces were very amusing, and a danseuse who was pretty good looking, "tipped the light fantastic" to the .huge delight of the masculines. Her ankles were a bit too large, perhaps, for the ballet in the Black-Crook, but every body was pleased?that's all that's necessary. The Thespian Club, of this town, will play "The Gamester," on Friday night We hope that some of your gay young men will come down. Since you have a bran new engine now on your railroad, and as there will be moonlight at that time, an excursion party might be formed, and a general jollification indulged in. Some of onr most charming young ladies, and most respectable young men belong to this, corps, and their playiDg is generally good. As the proceeds are usually devoted to charitable objects, their entertainments are very popular, ending as they often do, with a danfee?Dick Hacket and band, discoursing the music. By the way, Dick seems to have taken up his abode in Chester.? How do yonng York survive the loss? ? k _ THE FREBDMBH AID PIO-HI08. * Considerable local interest is excited by the political pic-nics of the colored people. A determined effort is being made by colored demagogues to stir up the black people to an interest in politics. i lie euorts are made principally by negro preachers, four of whom were self-appointed delegates to the black and tan Convention, reoently held in Columbia. These feDowB returned, filled with the most absurd ideas of their own capacity?puffed up with vanity. Radical, agrarian and unscrupulous, they set themselves to work, and by their oeaseleas activity, have succeeded in stirring up among their ignorant brethren their latent animosity to the white people. As they expect hereafter to live upon the plunder of offioe, they naturally desire to organise their race upon a platform which will exclude all respectable white men, and thus by their numerical superiority, secure to themselves all the offices. A very praiseworthy effort has been made by a number of our most intelligent and respectable citizens to counteract these baleful infiuenoee, and to warn them of the inevitable destruction which awaits them, if they array themselves in hostility to the white race. The Hon. Samuel McAlily made a long and sensible speech to them on Saturday last, at a pic-nic, about six miles below the town, in which he told them, briefly, the history of their race, and reviewed the circumstances which brought about their emancipation. His conclusions were very wounding to their vanity, as he did not acknowledge their equality with the white race, and demonstrated to them, conclusively, that their Yankee idob were of the vilest clay. He advised them to conciliate and make fiends of the white people of their own State, for u.e day was not distant when their majorities would cease to exist, when the vile tyranny which oppressed the white people of this country would give place to law and good government, and when those hellish abominations which elevated the ignorant, the poor, and debased, over the wealth, intelligence and virtue of the country, with their authors and abettors, would sink into the uttermost damnation. This speeeh was listened to with attention, bat excited no enthusiasm. At its conclusion, some of the mlnrMl nmfcm* "ni^AH inf/t if'' ant), tka Mnlaat impudence. Charles 8. Brice, Esq., and Dr. Alex. P. Wylie, followed; and in a few temperate words.counseled harmony and peace, and assured the colored people that the white race would grant them all the rights to which they vnete entitled under the Reconstruction Acts. . I... .. On the same day, a large pic-nio was given at Bethany Church, to Miss Richmond, a Northern ' lady who has been teaching a colored school on the "Brawley plantation." The freedmen were addressed by James Hemphill, Esq., and W. H. Brawley, Esq., who urged upon them the necessi- ^ ty of educating themselves, in order that they might more properly perform the dnties which devolved upon them in their new relation of citizens. The meeting was very harmonious, and the kindest feeling seemed to pervade the whole assembly. At another pio-nic, on the same day, at Hope's Mineral Spring, General W. A. Walker delivered a stirring and sensible speech toa large body of the freedmen., It will be seen that our more int^jjfe gent citizens cannot he accused of lethargy difference in this matter, and that it will their fault if the damnable tyranny in store raoe, under negro rule, is not averted. Having attended several of these negro meetings and listened attentively to their most applauded orators (all of whom were black) I have come to the amotasion that it is the settled purpose of a majority if-,them, to vote for their own color in I every election that takes place, and that wherever j there is a negro majority there will be negro members of the Convention. The only hope of the" white race is in the divisions, religions differences and jealusies which prevail among them, and which may cause their votes to be frittered away. . They have no confidence in what white men say to them. They listen to no reason, because their minds are so dull that they cannot anryreciate it? Their ignorance is such that the lessons of history have 110 weight with them, and their insuperable vanity gives them confidence in their capacity to run the State machine. THE U. 8. COURTS AND THE MILITARY. By the telegraph this morning, we have the important announcement, that the President, through General Grant, the Secretary of War, has instructed the Commander of this Military Department, that no order can be issued Whim, conflicting with the process of the Federal Courts. And this, we suppose, oontains bft general instructions for the guidance of all the Commanders. The process of the United States Courts is, therefore^ supreme. So far as these are concerned, civil law is restored. They can take cognizance of cases without let or hindrance, save as upon appeal, to the appropriate tribunals. This is a step gained towards the security of the rights of person and property. . j This conclusion has doubtless been announced in oooseqnence of the late conflict between the orders of General Sickles, and the ruling of Chief Justice Chase. 1 Bv orders No. 10, of the date of April 11th, issued from this Department, it was among other