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Jfaaps aud .facts. } The New York Commercial Advertiser 1 sav9: "Suicide is the sickle with whicTi the ] Almighty reaps the harvest of fools." J -T~t Jowa^is the strongest Republican State ih' Ihe'tmionV Frbd. Douglass recently Iec- ' tured at Ottumwa in that State. He was re- 1 fused admittance to -the hotel in town. 'Asensatibndl preacher in Iowa con- J deete Seedk^eervice in a billiard sahwn, ?| opening church with beer all round, and , closing withjft treat for the crowd, j The introduction of a female firm among the . brokers necessitates an addition to the zoological nomenclature of Wall street; to the bulls and bears we must now add the dears. ?? In San Francisco, California, there are seven thousand laborers out of work, and it is proposed, fbr their relief, to commence an extended system of street improvements. X? An exchange says that a camei can oe bought in San Antonio, Texas^ for $160; and adds for the benefit of anyone who may think of investing, that after he has bought the animal he can't give him away. The papers have it that the late Con- ( federate Generals Sibley, Loring, and Beauregard are to become generals in the army of the Viceroy of Egypt, at a salary of $6,000 a ( year. A French girl, arrested for stealing a watch from an admiring lawyer during an evening's festivities, retained Kim to conduct 1 # the case in her defence, which, according to 1 French law, he cannot refuse. Under a big rock in Jasper county, Indiana, last week, some workmen found and killed two hundred and sixteen snakes, of all i the varieties known in that part of the coun- i tr7- J A young, divorce-seeking, colored woman of Cincinnati plead her own case as follows: "Judge, I can't love dat dar nigger; he kicked rao in de ribs once til) he loosened all mv innidpin" , ; A ^hooting affray occurred in Leaven- ; worth, Kansas, from a discussion as to , the relative merits of the whiskey furnished at ' two hotels. Only one or two persons were i killed?a mere pastime. < Sister M. Xavier, of :the Convent of 1 Our Lady of Mercy, in Charleston^ is again in ( Washington for the purpose of securing from : Congress an appropriation, for the rebuilding . of their orphan asylum, destroyed during the bombardment of the city* nilav ?"gaieties of the Wason" are new ' tolerably numerous in Washington. A belle of the capital , recently visited seven social entertainments in one night, and declared, as she : concluded her Half hour at the seventh, that she Had more to go to" before day-light. { It is said that in Inland the influence ( of the prie*ta,if}; grqa# declining, and that Cardinal Cullen's. threat} of withholding the rites'of the ChvircH from those who sent their children to the national model schools is gemerall^r disregarded. Daniel Webster informed a wondering "circle" in .J^eW! York, the other evening, through,a "medium," that his chief regret in dying was that he had not the opportunity to revise his dictionary! Daniel is evidently going hack on Noah." ; .; , ??A hill lately introduced in the Mormon . Legislature, granting the right of suffrage to the women of Utah, passed both Houses and* * the Council, and has been signed by ActingGovernor Mann. Mormon women, therefore, have the right to vote. .! ,u. Recently two women and five children, ' three of the latter under 11 years of age, and one a babe of five months,"reached Aurora, UL, on foot, having walked most of the way from Philadelphia. They were poor, and were striving to reach Lawrence, Kansas, where the women have a sister. The Lynchburg Republican, of Satur day, says: "The negro exodus seem to be on i V- ^ ' the increase.. Qjrer one hundred from theeastern counties, left here yesterday, on the Va. <fe Tenn. Railroad for different points in the South, and a large nufhber will leave for the same destination to-day, there not being car room for them yesterday: North Carolina has the champion old man. He has reached 143 years by dint of living on a purely vegetable aiet and drinking spring water, and is likely to live as much longer, from all appearances. He has survived seven wives, and as the last one died sixty years ago he is beginning to feel lonesome and talks about going courting agaiu. A letter has been received from Gen. J. G. Walker, announcing that he had arrived in Texas with the 250 Chinese laborers, lately conveyed by him from San Francisco via the Miseisippi river. Gen. Walker writes that the Chinamen are at work on the Texas Central Rail road, near Calvert, where they were giving entire satisfaction, and appeared contented. He thinks it probable that he will return to California for a fresh lot of the same kind of labor during the spring. Hembold, the great medicine man of New York, occupied an entire page of the Sun with his announcements. At the published rates of that paper, this little one aay's demonstration cost him exactly 8630?a greater sum thau some sleepy, old fogy business men think of spending for making their business known in twenty years' time. But it pays. From a poor man a short time ago, Hehnbold is now a millionaire; and all from advertising. A chap in the interior of New York is making money by committing suicide, tie goes to a hotel, tells a pitiful story of loss of funds, and that he has no one to love or caress him, and finally goes to his room and takes "pisen." The crowd rush to his room, give him an emetic, he throws up the "magnesia," a purse is raised for him, and he goes to the next town and performs again. This is the sharpest practice yet, and if his stomach hold out he is good for a fortune. A gentleman who was in New York last week states that trade is very dull there i this winter, in nearlv all branches of raercan| tile business. While at the customhouse, on r Tuesday last, lie was told that no vessel had arrived from a foreign port for the forty-eight I hours preceding, a circumstance that had not occurred before for the past twenty years. I There were at the time nearly one hundred government inspectors waiting employment | in consequence of the small number of vessels arriving. Apropos of the franking privilege, Don I Piatt writes: "I am a man remarkable for my honesty. I am a model. I may say, without fear of contradiction, that I am a dragon of virtue, and yet I write you this with a gold pen that Uncle Samuel paid for, on stationery \ intended for the use of the overworked and rmViKn ncrpntA. And. ivhpn dnnp. T UUUUIWU |/uv?.v ?0 ?, , _ will fold it in ail envelope from the same i source, and mail under the frank of an honJL orable member. Now, if this can be done by | a dragon of virtue without pangs of conscience, what must be the abuse on the part of the vefjr wicked f The New York Journal of Commerce, in a thoughtful article upon the failure to do jury duty, proposes a remedy, It would "allow all civil suits to be tried before a judge alone in every case where neither party demanded a jury. This would strike out the J call for; such service from three-fourths, if not nine-tenuis, of the civil cases ou the calendar. There are few disputes in which both parties and their lawyers would not rather leave the decision to the bench than to the jury-box. In the> remaining cases, let any party demandIing a jury be compelled to give security for the payment of a sum sufficient to furnish ample remuneration to those who may be compelled to give their valuable time to the task.'1 ???4- dispatch from Fortress Monroe giver a detailed; account of recent experiments, authorized by the government at Washington, with a newly invented projectile that promises to perform wonders in the way of knocking things to pieces at long range. It is a cannon ^ within a cannon ball. When the big ball has accomplished its allotted distance, it fires off the smaller ball, which attains a greater decree of velocity than had been obtained by the big ball?that is "goes it $8ter than ita parent.* As the"~experiments just made are regarded as successM by the gunners at the Fortress, there.seems no reason why the principal of the invention should not be extended without limit?ad infinitum. Then in the event of war with a foreign nation?China, for instance?our gunners at Fortress Monroe would only have to get true range, in order to, batter down the great gates of rekin. ;...r .^Trr-fr;. . . - I.: YORKVILEE, S.C.: THURSDAY MORNING, FEB'Y 24, 1870. Cask.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription,%dvertising and jobwork, are cash, in advanco. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiration of tne time for which payment has been made. A Subscriber findings (X) cross-niarkon the wrapper or margin of his paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. ~ Oil the first, page of to-day's issue we publish an article from the Charleston Courier, in regard to complaints of excessive charges on freight over the South Carolina Railroad, to which we invite the attention of the reader. A CONVENTION.. ? ,< The question of what should be donein opr position to Radicalism this summer has been rather freely discussed, of lately a portion of the State press. The discussion appears to aim at securing concert of action,;and in,or:l 1 * * ? - I J MTA onmwHet I cierxo give it some uunuvu i?uit,.nc om66w,? that a convention be Held in Columbialy of delegates from all the counties, unfettered by instructions and empowered to decide upon the policy to be adopted. If care is taken to jelect only the best and most judicious men as delegates, the. decision of such a convention will be sure of a hearty' support Speaking with authority, it would give shape and' direction to the opposition. - These areesscntiafls to success whifch the present mode of discussing'totally lacks., Nay,, more, the frequent production of platforms, as ,it implies.tiocertainr ty, both of principle and purpose, is a posi->: tive injury to wJiat we all sincerely regard a good cause. B .. : .-hfn/.( ? : : i i' . NEtittO EMIGRATION. As time passes the fact becomes more certain every day,"that the negro population of the Atlantic States is being removed to the West. This movement, whicH began in Virginia, is being gradually, but surely, ooinmur nicated to North and South Carolina, i i Some planters of the Southwest having succeeded, in obtaining hands in this section, others have been encouraged to try in the sanie quarter. During the entire winter, agents from States west of us have beea coming and going, and few returned to their homes unaccompanied by some whom they had hired. We know, personally, of several instances of this kind, and we see frequent notices of similar movements elsewhere. The Charleston papers mention a contract drawn up last week, for a number of colored IftboWWW wnyl, fyn Wm Iw 111 Alw" bama. The Charlotte Observer says that over one hundred negroes have been hired and moved to Georgia within the past month, from Mecklenburg county, x^Torth Carolina, and estimates the whole number of able-bodied colored men who have left the county, at three hundred. There are other facts showing what the agents of other States are doing in this work; but we cannot recall them just now. In addition to the emigration of negroes, Via Sfn+p is also losin? bv the removal of whites, going West This drain upon our population has been going on for some.time,. and there is a very slight immigration to replace the loss. So far as political result is concerned, the relative position of the black and white voters has not been materially affected yet, though the black majority has probably been somewhat reduced. But the reduction is likely to go on for several reasons. As a rule, white men do not move, unless they have some capital to begin on in tlieir new location. The negro, on' the contrary, is hired as a laborer before He leaves the State, and his expenses are paid by hi$ employer. The likelihood is that the negro voting majority will steadily decrease from year toyeaj, until it disappears. This is a matter worthy the consideration' of the LegislatWe- TheV< cannot hope to import negroes to keep* up flfe present (and decreasing) voting power. Nor have they any reason to expect *white' Iftinifgration, so long as the main end of their legislation is to give the colored population every advantage over the whites. White men, in search of a home, even if they are of the most violent negro-loving school, are. not going to settle in a State where the negro element ndes. This fact has been clearly proved since the war. Why has not South Carolina been filled up with those Abolitionists who talk so glibly about negro equality ? It is simply because they don't want to enjoy the i blessings of negro rule. The few who have 1 come, did so with the hopeof getting, by using an inferior race, that political power which they could never dream of getting at home. What one of them can point to any distinc| tion.he ever rose to in his native State.? i The only alternative left the Legislature, if i that body desires to make the State prosper 4. oa aa frw {nrlnno white.immi j UU5, IS IU legislate aav i/v/ iuuuw ....... gration, Radical if they can; but it mufct be I white, for there is no other to be had. The mere election of a negro to the Supreme bench l will act as a powerful check to immigration) especially "loyal" immigration. STATE ITEMS. ? The Sumter Watchman wants a bank established in its town. ? We see by the Columbia papers that Mr. W. E. Rose, of this town, has opened a new hotel?the "Carolina," in Columbia. . j ? Marlboro county is doing very well in the work of.developing its resources. A lady of that county recently gave birth to live children, and a cow had three calves in one day, i ?The Senate judiciary committee of the Legislature, are investigating the charges against Judge Vernon, who is accused of beI ing an incorrigible drunkard. ? Professor W. J. Rivers, who, although j he resigned his position in the South Caroline . University some months ago, has been dis charging its duties up to this time, was recent ! ly re-elected by the board of trustees, and has I accepted the professorship. ! | ? The Columbia correspondent of th< ' | Charleston Netvs, says the Legislature wil II probably adjourn about March 15th, anr , I adds: "It is reported that a number of mem ! I bere have purchased copies of the statutes o i' several of the Northern States, and are copy ? jr f, 5 # tj ? ing bills from them to introduce in the House, not with a View of having them passed, but to keep business before the House, thus delaying^ndjournmefit, 4hkHo let their constituents know that they are doing something*" i( ?The grand jury of Charleston have found* true bilhagainst John T. Ford, manager of the theatre in that city, who was indicted for violation of the civil .rights act of Congress, becauWbe refused tor admit colored perrons into a part of the theatre appropriated to. white* T .! n?. i!. X I ' < i. ? Governor Scott has issued a proclamation offering a reward of $500 for the delivery in any jail hi the State, with proof to convict, of Chester Graham, a freedman, who, some two weeks since, murdered at the Boiling Springs, another freedman by the name of Richard Havener, i ! ! 1 i v ? > ><!.. . ? From the Lancaster Ledger, we learn that a party of burglars attempted to break in+n mv Anrfrflw .Tnlinsnn's mill house on the night of the 12th instant The watch firal upon them, as they refused to halt when ordered, and is supposed to have wounded one of them. i'l! hiw . . ? The Sheriff of Clarendon county, Radical, disappeared two months ago, ostensibly on a little excursion. He has not returned yet, and charity would lead to the supposition that he had fallen into the hands of some kuklux "desperado," were it ifotlfor the fact that he took a woman with him, sot his wife, and several hundred dollars belonging to the sheriffs office.'': " ~? GOV. SCOTT?8 PROGRAMME. We publish, in'another place, a report of a recent, conversation between Governor Scott and; the correspondent of the Charleston Jteux. It speaks for itself and we prefer to let it do so, without our interpretation. But there is one point which requires comment. ,The Governor mentioned York as one of the oounties to which arms have been sent, and assigns as a reason that some secret organisation.here is in the habit of maltreating Republicans. Now, this charge has been denied several tiroes; and if there is' ariy evidence to prove it, it is'time to bring it forth, We, do 'not believe there is any secret organization m York county, except the Union League, and it is in a quiescent state. If any outrages have been committed, they have not been reported to the officers whose duty it is to protect persons so treated. CONGRESSIONAL. On the 15th, theSb'natb tiobk up Mr. Drakd'j oiriAhrtmanf TTohro bill for abolishine the fran^iqg privij^.,which amendment allows newspaper exchanges to go free. ... Nc action, was taken.: The Mississippi bill wtu also debated, bat without aotion. In1 the House nothing of special importance occurred, the1 mhin subject bf debate'being $ contested election case from New, York. On the 16th, the Senate debated a bill tc i furnish artificial limbs to 'feoldiens crippled ir the late war. "It was amended to include sol diers of the Mexican war and of the war 03 1812, and then1 laicl over,'for the considera tion of the Mississippi bill, which was continued until adjournment (il. , In the House, a Democratic member frorc New York was unseated, and his seat given tc his Republican contestant. On thel7th, the Senate withdrew its amend ments to the Mississippi bill, and passed the House bill pure and simple, which imposes certain conditions, heretofore published, or $he State. The vote on the bill was 50 to 11 -i. Tijj ?uuug- passtsb-wei&i mn*. the legislative appropriation bill. On the 18th, in the Senate, a communica tion was read from the Governor of Nebras ka, announcing the ratification of the 15tl amendment by that Sjtate. In. a debate oi the bill to encourage the proposed interna tional exhibition in Washington, in 1871 strong opposition was manifested to the exhi bition.' ' In the House, the legislative appropriatioi bill was taken up. An amendment tp pay fe male clerks in the departments the same sala ry as male clerks, when the work performo< is the same, was lost by a vote of 58 to 68. On the 19th, in the Senate, another bill fo the removal political disabilities was intro duc,ed. A petition from New York, agains the renewal of the income, tax, was presented The, House bill to appropriate $6,000 for th cadetehip sale investigation was passed. 1 bill was introduced and referred, proviflinj for the stay of execution in' certain casef This bill is intended to afford some relie against the operation of the recent legal-ten der decision. It gives a stay of execution o: all judgments founded on debts contractei prior to 11th July, 1862, the date of the paf --Bagh of the first Legal Tender Act, for fror one to four years, according to amount; bu 'provides that if plaintiff in such judgmen will receive pay in currency there shall be n stay, and that .whenever specie payment is n suraed all stays mnder the Act/shall terminal The House was engaged on the appropris tion bill all day. On the 21st, in the Senate, bills were intr< duced to declare the ratification of the 15t amendment bill; to abolish the Freedmen Bureau, and to establish a Bureau of Educf tion, which shall co-operate with all other e( ucational organizations throughout the Unite States for the education of all classes. In the House, resolutions of instruction 1 the Currency Committee to report increasin the currency $50,000,000, passed, by a vote i 108 to 73. The disability bill from the Sei ete was amended by a vast number of name The House passed the bill, and it returns 1 the Senate for concurrence. The Militai Committee reported unanimously in favor < the resolution expelling Whittemore, ofSout Carolina, for cadet corruptions. The Houi i votes on the expulsion on Wednesday. MERE-MENTION. John Robinson's circus and menagerie wi at Columbus, Ga., a few days ago.*"* T1 family of General Sam Houston is very poo and Texas papers are making appeals for a: for them. The family consists of his wido an<;l three young sona. Brownlow is i ; again. His constituents are hopeful. is said the Chinese are buying real estate e gerlyin California. A consciencious gar i bier in Chicago gives ten per cent, of his plu ' der to an orphan asylum. The Chine in Texas are thinning out the dogs. A f , curat Calvert ia now worth ten dollars fort ! meat. About twenty-five per cent, of tl !' five cent nickel coins redeemed at the Nc i York sub-treasury have been discovered to 1 j counterfeit. Deer are so plentiful i Mississippi this winter that venison is a dri i j in the market.' The latest about the nt Mississippi senator, Revels, is that he is mo - than half Indian.,"*v"*Mr. Joseph Wesl 3 Harper, one of the four brothers who foundj the famous publishing house of Harper i | Brothers, died in Brooklyn, New York, < I j Monday of last week, at the age of sixty-nii li Wendell Phillips eayaj-"Boston is a city - j whiph every tenth person is a criminal, ai f every seventh a pauper." The lett - carriers in all the cities generally testify the: declining interest in St. Valentine's (hy, as compared with former yeare. fhe cotton mills at Preston, in LancasHre,! which were compelled to stop, a short tme since on'account of. the depression in. tlieeo? . ton trade, are resuming.-'-v-vThe Ohicfcyop man suffrage convention met at Cblurobu oiii Friday of last week, and concluded to petrmi ' the Legislature for the right to vote.*: policemnnrin New York, stands six(feet[irfe inches in his stockings/'^^^ntrinnathi?poses annexing suburbs to pialce it a ct 0f i forty-two square miles. '^'Mr.uSwd, ' when last heard from in Cuba, was beinUntertained at one of the estates of JulioiZulueta, the largest slave owiieTnow knoV in the world. ^"Emperor Alexander II of Russia has 6i.323.000 subjects."""""Thva nadian Government has proclaimed account of twenty per cent, on .AmericacQfoer current in the dominion. Chicagas^ . about 800 streets, with a total length oi30 miles. The Frcedmen's Aid Commii m; headquarters at Cincinnati, is said to ve sent 300 colored teachers to the South, id : hold 8200,000 worth of real estate. , A TALK WITH 7HE GOVERNOR 1 A correspondent of the Charleston .03 1 lately held a conversation with the Goye r,' ] with permission to publish the following, rfc ] of it, which pretty clearly shows whaMJa & ' upto: ( ft ' i-jJm The Governor was as&fl ifthdptiflJPf truth in the report that State arms were- ^ J distributed throughout the couhtie^. 1 replied that arms had been sent toj only < or two places?-York county was Wentidi as s , one-1?where 'the "Ku-Klu'x" Or some -et organization had1 been mal-treatihgilO li- ] cans, beating them and destroying tneir >p- c ? ertr- 1 To the question' whether arms fcoibe c 1 generally distributed previous to'the ti bf c ' holding the general election ne*t fall, 1 re- ( ' pHOd that the Legislature had 'pOsSCd act' ? ( providing for" tbe organization or me kis j , of the State; and as it, was his duty to'Ty j , out the provisions of the rict, he intent ho. , 1 see. them executed as quickly as possible, m \ wished to see the militia organized undei en f who could be trusted to preserve or< in | ,l their districts at any and at all times, wt ie^ < . tHe disturbers of the peace were Derpocr or f ! Republicans; he desired to see till cl& in , r the militia, and it'.taade no difference him , whether a Confederate or' federal co'mr jjd- , K edthem; infact. it never occurred hi* to 1 ask such a Question; all he wished to aw j was, "would lie obey arid exeoute the I a,** ; The Governor mentioned.'one or two Cc^L- ( erate officera whom he had either entrust or i intended entrusting with mflitih fcofrimls. f In response to the interrogatory i "VI Id ! not the arming of the militia and th^t ^ ' ( encriat the elections tend to proVoke k 'dl ir' barice' and cause bloodshed ? he aswefed at"; 1 he thought tiibt; that the knowledge that,i rri was a force adequate to. check all' disturb! es 5 would'deter the evil-minded men'in"any' nt mupity from commencing or instigating j i's; tutbancd. : "Brit now let metellyou; sir.' $ ( he, "you may "rdst assured that after the xt election the Republican: party will neV go 1 before Congress statirig that "its voters ire " intimidated or prevented from voting by' mF ocrats, Ku-Klux or any organization whiy. er:- The Republicans want'td h'avepbacl nd . . order ,during the next election^ arid rf poi ! they will have it. If the Democrats crin^al. us rairiy we will submit; but we;will njbe,' 1 'driven from the State, as some propose. p,e" ' from the North have come here to Btayjrid intend to do-so. If the Democrats choa to i-; practice their qld tricks of niut'derand iifrii.1 dation, the result will be terrible to themrid 5 to the State." !" / j 1 L EDITORIAL INKLINGS, . it I C.Seeeers, of that city, has ordered . for the manufacture of ice, at a cost of $>00. : Its capacity is one thousand pounds per tar, ! and Mr. S. proposes to supply ice to all Val, ities within two hundred miles of Colnqja, . at prices far below,those hitherto paid foto. It is estimated'that the cost to him willW . exceed one cent per pound, which will erole him to sell with considerable profit atbw j rates. We earnestly hope the ex'periint . will prove a success; for it will require IgB . quantities of cheap ice to keep the StateDol j next summer. ' ! 1 i.. j .The Paris Rioters. V. .1. [ /< r ?r? The French Governnient are vigordly ? prosecuting the trials of the Paris riots. t Those convicted of carrying arms have Ito" l4 condemned to three and four months' imfl*\ e onment, aud those convicted; of uttering ijlif L tious, cries, to fifteen and thirty days' inrisy. onment The editors convicted of violton s' of the press law are fined in sums vafng f from $100 to $500; and imprisoned fromw.p L. to six months. These punishments arejmQ paratively light; but as they operate c(ao 3 many persons, the effect is more felt apt to be regarded, than if one or two eie n- severely punished. 1 l'-: j. Trial Justices. . V;' *1 ' j. ??A bill is now before the Legislare, Q providing for the appointment of two huned y trial justices in the State, >vho are to excage' 1 the functions of magistrates, and are. in cl; ^ simply magistrates, with a reconstructed n; ie. In apportioning these justices among the cnh ties, York was allowed only three, a leafn^ ^ ber than any other county in the State. ,g We are glad to see that the legislate Lm think York stands less in need of magistxes | j than any of her sister counties. It is fsly 1 ^ to be inferred that the Legislature- do nojoincide in opinion with Governor Scott, do 0 the necessity for placing York county ujer the protection of Captain Faris' cowill ' ? scouts. We trust the Governor will tak^ie l:-a l.ornin hnt pynpnhi vfl Lf? i j II111 UlOUUiiVi tiiUTy uuA vw? >v*??<???.,. ~ , riors, and allow them to devote their enejes ^ to the task of making their own living, ^ Whittemore Treed. . ^ The House Militar^comrah^^^B ^ vestigating the sale of cadetships by&yw ^ of Congress, have received definite that Mr. "Whittemore, of South CarcSfon, fs been engaged in the business. A copy <a letter from him, addressed to P. H. Kegr, is formerly a broker in Charleston, was procle ed, which contained a proposition to selln r, appointment at West Point for . five hunid id dollars. The investigation is still goinj'i. w Mr. Whittcmore's sole defence, thus fays 111 that the accusation was made by a peHoil It enemy. . . a- We fear that the honorable gentleram is n- nearly reached the end of his rope. Hi; paw n- in South Carolina are making arrangmeis se to drop him, and will doubtless manifes miii at indignation at the idea that he could beguiy lis of such conduct, although the great cimte lie in being caught at his tTicks. The p?sp;t iW is that he will bid a long farewell to all js be greatness. The people need not be diicottin late; for there is plenty of material le? of e ig same sort, to take his place. . >w The latest mail brings the news thitile re military committee have unanimously izjtey ed in favor of expelling Whittemore, Us ed defence before that committee was that hold & appointed a young man as cadet, aniliM on after the appointment $2,000 were sertato ie. his district for political purposes. Tli^esin perate effort to put the blame of his fcdioid tion upon his loyal zeal for "the part/tiily er made things worse, and Mr. Whittemelms to "gone up" beyond a peradventure. , =r?-HMasonic. tw At a recent meeting of the Gra^d Chapter of South Carolina,'in Charleston, th s following officer*-jwre-elected for. the ensuing Montgomery Moses, of Sumter, M. E. Grand sTHigh Priest.i0jTliiiHil.j jC? i0\ ! C. J. Jaegar, of Newberry, Deputy Grand High Priest. ^T. A.: Hoyt,?of Ahtfefsbn, Grhnjl King. E. W. Lloy'd, of Florence, Grand Scribe. C. F. Jackson; of Columbia, Grand Treasurer. A. T. Smythe, of-Charleston;!*. Secretary. B. Z. Herndori, of Cokes buty^C. of H. H. F. Covington, Grand R. A. 0. L. F. Meyer, Grand SeoJineLr> W. S. Bmvrhan, bf Chariestrm; Gi^and"Chaplain. The Old Judges. A correspondent of the. Augusta ConsiUuiionaluit, while in Columbia recently y ascertained the following facta in reference to th? present whereabouts and occupations of the old Judges of South Carolina: . Chief Justice Duncan is ' practicing law with'his son in Charleston"; judge Wardlaw is keeping a savings bank in Abbeville; Judge Inglis is practicing law and Professor in the lav School in Baltimore; Judge GloZ "Witt his son in Indet aw ?n H "10n Pawkins is practicing ! ZithTn: Ju^6^Id"ch is practicing wn - 8 ??? Barnwell; .Chancellor 3SrimhS?r2:iC?^,Ia^Xi^Vt^Melionsin ^iiumbia. Chancellor JohnsonirT-*^? bt% injtfarlboro': Olmnr-pllni ^CSna uj ii iii uqUpft " "ii.liffWjP j . 'ire in Union. ( ?r?The Union,Timea, of lost Thursday, ays: ha is ! ? . -.j??: 1 Just before daylight on Tuesday morning ast, fire was di?mvehed issuingfrob the kitch* :n of Maj. D. A/To^sehd/Trincipal'of our hhle academy, and1 although a' humber of sitizens were promptly on the'fepdt, the pro1jress of the fiataes was sorapm- that they :oulil' not be arrested until their ftiry fvas ipent in destroying the dwelling House. The oss to Maj. Townsend was very severe. Neary all his provisions wehe'btrned, and a great Dortion of the furniture oh ihe first floor. All ,he'.furniftrt4 in;: the'Second story was des;royed. The Mai. has been peculiarly unfor* :unate with the house; just, mrrned. About :hree years ago he purchased it! but iri'cttiK jequence of seine legal difficulty could hot obtain possession of it until about the first of January last This delay cost hiin'a large imount of mone^ atad tnticb "anxiety, ahd aow, in the short space of six weeks, nothing is left of it biit a huge pile of iashesi -The1 Major is much respected here and has the'sincere sympathies oi our whole community*/ | RevelB Not a lyegro. 1 1 i: Sin,ce. the'election of llevels to the 1^. S. Senate, there have been various histories q;, his; life given to the. public. .The latest .story.about him is thatihe< is.partly of'Indian descent. The New York Herald thus discourses about'the matter:' " '! 'Zhj Beeiiis that; aftej-' all, .S^mbo is-to be cheated in'his aspirationsJ-for' representation in the United States Senate. Revels, the colored Sehatdr! frotn :the State r"o!f Mississippi, turns out td be neither a' black', a quadroon,;' a mulatto nor a nigger. He has Wrelndj^p blood in his veins than 'African. Henc'ej h,e can be hailed, as one 6f :the purest Americans now in the'Senate, and the co-6qnal: crfhny "big-Indian". that even the old Tammany Wigwam ever cradled.1, All this may be bad for poor Sambo, but'it is glorious for CHdctaw. Somebody wanted to keep Revels out'Of the Senatorial body on account of his African extraction. '.Will they not attempt to dpthe same thing by alleging that he is entitled to no political privileges which the White man is bound to respect, because he'is in "Indian, not taxed f" ' ahead, Choctaw! ' ! ini mi ,-y % , i " ;1fiPinmunlcat^"' Mr. Editor .v^Being prevented, by sickness, from meeting my congregation last Sabbath, I ask the favor to use the paper to' extend the 'following notices : To-day, being- the last Thursday in February,/jvill be observed as usual in the Presbyterian Church, as a day of prayer for youth .in Schools and Colleges. Religious services at 10}' A. M. Teachers particularly, and the community in general, are invited' to attend.'. Bev. Dr. Plufiier is expected to preach next Sabbath, morning and night. A collection will be taken in the morning.fqr.necdy candidates for the ministry. I**fIfi ??; ' < Yours respectfully, ' ' ' Henry R. Dickso^. i The May Oo^rntion'^ircuear op lthe: State in'exrttj'rib.-^-The followingcircular letter has been addressed to the offiiders and members of the county Agricultural societies : <i ' "i.? J- ii: (('! ' Charleston, reDruary 10. * At a called meeting of themewbetfc of the South Carolina Ingtitlite, onc ihe 9thi instant, among othecr proceedings, the following resolurtion was submitted by Hon: W. D; Porter, andy on due consideration, was unanimously -adopted:: <- : i''- ; > '!?? ' I Resolved, That the president of the Sooth Carolina Institute be requested to invite delegations from the Yimous county agricultural and -mechanical ana immigration eoeieties throughout the State to assemble in Charleston, on the first Tuesday (3rd,) in May next, to take into consideration the questions of f labor and immigration, and means for further development of the agricultural interests ol I the State. : Gentlemen.?As the executive officer oi the South Carolina Institute Association, ! take the earliest opportunity to lay before yes .the appended resolution, and respectfully to invite an earnest consideration of its import, and the appointment.of such number of delegates as your association, club or organization may deem proper. Authorized credentials from the presiding .officer of the respective societies will pass delegates on the South Carolina Railroad foi half the usual fare, as doubtless will be adopt ed by other lines of roa^. ' The paramount importance of a broad and Wfeed organization, as indicated- by the reso* J^ion, is 'self-evident. i To induce settlers, immigration and efficient laborers to till the fertile and genial lands-ol South Carolina, and bring out her various resources of manufacturing and other industrial pursuits, demands co-operative action of the npnnle. from the ^mountain region to the sea {joard, and the influence of all true men oughl to be enlisted. ^ ' ' ' ' "? The metropolis of the State, with the various lines of roads and steam and sail ships at command, with enterprising and willing mer chants, aided by the parent of all pursuits agriculture, ana with practical counsel, car form such an association as will inspire hopt for the future and render success obvious. I have the honor to tender my sincere re spect for your Society. . W. :M. LAWTON, President South Carolina Institute. r ?rr~-? > A South Carolina Rat .Traj^?Mr. W J. Clarkson, of this State, has invented a nove! and very ingenious rat trap, called the;"Sur prise Trap, for which he has obtained i patent, and is: now making arrangements! t( have them manufacture^. .-Che pr^pioif ra Eoison will decline when JVfr., CiarJbon getis machine in operation. As the rats can'i read, we will describe it The Surprise Iraj is simply a rotary wheel placed over a suits ble cage or other receptacle, the wheel ii forme'd of four radial wings, and on eacl wing is a treadle to which the bait is attach ed; as soon as the treadle is touched th< wheel revolves and deposits the rat or othe] animal in the cage below; the next winj is brought in position and so on until fortj revolutions are performed. The trap is thei wound up and ready for action again. f 'i I^OOAL ITEMS., T i ?/ \ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, g - Bra (.ton, Masda&Withers?Drees Goodflrr-Springi. Stock?Dry Goods?Groceries?Our Hitching Lot?Crockery?Boots and'Shbes?Oatsi" Carroll, Clark & Co.?.White Goods?Look to ' \ Vow Interest?Wooden Ware?Prints?Get tne Best?Hoes?Keep Clean?Castings?Tin Ware?Yarn and Sheeting, tT. M. Dobqon &/Co.?Geograpl\y,- &c.? Paper? 4 - ' Knvelopes-^-Pens,' Ink,' <5c.^-Sfetes?Pocket. Books-rPotatoes?Oil Cloth?Marbles?Bill Paper?'Thread?Gloves?Linen?Neck Ties < ?Books?Calico?\Vhalebonc-^-Cheese?Vi- ] ; olin Strings?Shirting?Traveling Bags-rFine , Combs?Indellible Ink?Spectacles?Blank, Books?Powder. * B. P. Boyd?Hams?Bacon?Grindstones?Can dy?Blacking?Paper, &e,?Fish?Gr. ceries ( Flour?Tin Ware and Castings?Wando? ? "Beeswax and Feathers. 1 J 'i' 1 John May, Agent?Cooking Stoves. ' f " t 1), Williams?CottonSeed. .. >r ... .' g Bobert Cairnes, Executor?Application for Dis- ( ' charge, '; 1 ' : G, M, Gwinn, Administrator?Application fcr Discharge. * Thomson & Jeffeiys,. Assignees?Dividend Meet I lnz in the Matter of .Tns N" Stbbto obA flra- r - I * "e.ferys? Assignee?Dividend Meeting in T T xr . rter_i? Mwsey, Bankrupt. J Wewt?n Leifis?CommisMon Merchant, Baltimore. ' " > .1,0 Hart & Guffe?Attorney* at LaWi si ^'ecwtie',a"?Quotations of Southern h j LADIES' MEETING. ? P",. of Yorkville and vicinity re, w at the Dreslly loMltil' LulfrthTBIfSfcs^www^" T day, at eleven o'olock, for the purpose of form- ^ ing an Auxiliary Monumental Association. A full attendance is desisecL:. . . si " " ' " > ?i .. SNOW. t, . Since our last issue we have had two falls h of snow, the first coming last .Sunday morn- a ing and njetying away about noon.. , The sec- 'J ond snow began to fall on Tuesday night* and. ^ is still falling to-day "(Wednesday), as we go to presq., The ground is covered to the depth t] of nearly three inches, and, so far as we re- tl member, this is the heaviest fall of snow foj a several years. 4 . ; fii . ii TlfrE Kt-XLUX BELLED. 7 v ; We learn that a soldier of Captain Farris* t armir roperit.ltf related to a crowd the fdllow- 8 ing thrilling incident, which at once illus- ? trates the vigilance of the army, and the ne- ( cessity for puttihg York under piilitary pro- j tebtion.. "" ' - ',lV: '' " " \" f It seems that this one of our protestors Was a on guard on the night of the 13th. While ' pacing his lonely round,, and probably meditating upon the uncertainty Qf 'a' soldier's ( ' life, he heArd the sound of two Cow b4lls, ap- s pfbabhing from the direction of the King's s Mbtrntain battle-groUnd.'' Ad the sound canie 's fro in the supposed' dlrectioh of the enemy, he 1 at oiice reported the circumstanbe to his. fconi- ? maoding officer, who detailed flvC toed tb g mhkb a scout in search' of the invaders. " On \ their return, they reported'having discovered t J this' tracks of three horses and two'mules, but c nowde8pbnMoe8."' ; 1 *':V ' ? ' I i Skeptics may insinuate that; the sound was * caused by loose horses, turned out for th'e j night, with bells on their necks. But no rea- y soriablb man can Jbubt that the alarm was ( catrsed hy ionxt jide Kn-Klux, who are well i known'4o possess the power of making any i .sort of noises or trackB they choose. We' ,f :think that sentinel deserves promotion. : ' ^ ,i > "A LONG TIME AGO." A friend has handed us for publication the 1 following ''musings," which were surrepti aritfiSftsiif Ssss the very last who would be suspected -of dal- i lying with tlft muses. From the abrupt man- ' ner in which the effusioh terminates, we are ' i led to infer that the ht ol inspiration was suddenly broken by some call to attend upon ( the duties of his very practical every-day life. This is a matter of regret; for his muse had just entered upon the most interest ing portion of bis subject, viz: the present j ) :We hope the author will, when be sees his unpretending Ikes in print, saddle his Pegasus for another flight r* : ;:n ' i MUSINGS. ' -lis. I am thinking to-night of things that have past <u ;i . A long time ago, . . It,,i When life was socheery, and youth was to look up To the many lonf years in future I'd work * *? :i . A loBg time ago. i ..M . ! 'Three score and ihree of the years'have gone by 1 ' A lo?g time ago.; . , .. , , j My youth passed away,.and my hair turned grey, And Still I loot back to that juvenile day I 1 : '?1 A l?Jig time ago. ' ? , My thoughts on to-night asli where were we then, ] . :!j ; A l?ng time ago? : In a country as free a?; the air that we breathe, Was the land ofoiir home and the home for our ease,. i ";;"A fcng time igo, : 1: i Wisdom, giiicled by Prudence, had chalked out ihe A long time ago," ' [way With laws that were wholesome; 'moral and good, J To. govern our actions; and so matters stood .< ' A long time ago. . ;. < (." " " ' ''' ; ' ' ' '" | ,, Put we've wandered a little, much changed are we A long .time ago; [gince 'j . Ouif laws tre now made By cheats, blackguards 1 and liars,' " :1" ' 1 ' And Cuffee. who was "usen" to put on our fixes.- ] * A long time ago. , ? '-l-*? ? " \ , f REMOVAL OF DISABILITIES.' ( THb following is the full text of 'the bill j ' recently reported by' thfe Reconstruction Com- i 1 mittee for the removal of political disabilities: /' ' A BILL PCS THE REMOVAL OP DISABILITIES. :'' Beit enceted by the Senate and House of i 1 Representaives of the United Stales of America, J ? in Congrm assembled, That the political dis- ' ' abilities inpurred,, because of acts committed during the late rebellion, accruing under the ^ third sectitn of the 14th amendment to the ! Constitution of the United States, be and hereby an removed from, and; all rights of 1 1 citizenship/are restored to tnoste citizens or tne 1 tinted Stites who shall comply with the con- 1 . ditions ant do the acts hereinafter set forth, 1 i u Aon receding the certificate hereinafter pro- 1 :vided- . .1 [ SecticN 2. And be it further enacted^ That , every crizen of the United States, who has 1 given ait, comfort or assistance to, or held ' . any offitf or'place of trust or profit, either civil or nilitarv, under any government with-'' , in the Tinted States, either State or Cctafed- ( erate, ojposed and hostile thereto, who desires : to have his political disabilities because of such act or either of them, removed and be | restored to his rights as a citizen, except per, sons wto have held commissions in the army and nafy of the United States, or have been 1 . members of Congress, may. apply by petition 1 to a coirt of the United States, in the State of < Territcry in which he had his home during 1 the wa* of the rebellion, setting forth what ' Sffice ,<r place of trust he had ever held under * lie Urited States prior to the fifteenth day of 1 I Aprji eighteen hundred and sixty-one, which, i - by lav required.any oath to be taken to sup- >.* i port the Constitution of the United States; '< > and d80 ^ wbat manner be had given aid, i t comfrt or assistance to the rebellion, or whe- ' 3 theme had held any office or place of trust j,< t and irofit under a State Government or Con> fedeate Government, or either of them, hos- 1 t tile t> the United States during any part of 1 3 the imeof the war of the rebellion,, giving i i a pirticular description of the acts done, and < - offites or places held by him in that behalf; * i anc that he therein and thereby renounces all ' r allgiance or fealty to any supposed govern- i r meit, State or Confederate, heretofore set up < r, agiinst the United States within the same, ' i ani that be truly intends hereafter to act and ( { coiduct himself as a true and loyal citizen of ! . 4 i : i V? E "?Ft * \ the United States; and that he will bear trud faith and allegiance to the United Stages, and support the Constitution thereof; and that he has not since the first day^of June, eighteen hundreJ'and sixty-five, done any act of hostility to the United States, or committed any crime by violence against thfe laws thereof; or the laws of any State thereof;'dild thaffid has not endeavored, by force or fraud, sincp th%time, to interfere with the civil rights of any citizen of the United States, or to prevent the freedom of election or of speech; and that from said day to'the present time he has behaved himself as a man of good moral character, attached to the Constitution of the United States, and well deposed toward good irder and happmess pf all the .citizens there)f; wherefore the petitioner prays to be reitored to his rights in all'that n6 has lost by lis wrongful acts therein set forth, which peitidn being sworn to in open Court, the same* hall be filed and a notice published by the "Jlerk of the Court, three weeks successively,, n some newspaper in the county wherein the M l.- n i <* >eunoner resiaea as aioresaia, 'or it no'newspaper be published there, then in a newspaper j tublished at the Capital of said State or Teritory, statiug the name of the petitibner/the lace 6f his residence, and thfct he has1, petitioned to be restored to his right# as a citizen f the United States, according to the laws in uch case made and provided^ and, that a earing will be .had therepn before said court n a day named, not less than thirty days af;r the first publication of the notice, at w'hich me and place any person may 'show oause hyjsuchjgetition should not be granted. If lg of the praye^rfBe^efflonef^iff mm hurt shall her satisfied that the statements it forth in suth betition are true, the Court fall issue a certificate, under the seal thereof, gned by the Judge, which-shall set forth lat all tne acts hereto required to be done ave been done and performed in this behalf, nd that the Judge believes all the statements 1 said petition to be true, wherein all potical disabilities of the petitioner are removd and he is .fatoned to ail hier rights'Jdf bitiehship by' virtoe of this Act. But if,; trpon lie return day of Baid notice, any citizen of he United States shall appeficto object that, uything set forth in said petition is not true i fact, thereupon, an issue shall be framed by be Court, to be tried ^efore the Courts upon rtiich both parties may be fully heard by heraselves or by their counsel, and'prodUceJ * - Li, ? .1 ma?U uch witnesses, wnereoi laejmiuuuci ^ ne, or testimony- as mar be relevant and ompetent.; and the. certificate above provide ;d snail not issue unless said Court shftU adudge and determine tpat all, the facts setj ortn in said.petition' are'taue beyond,reason--, ble dotibt'j'mid ifsueb'&rtificate is refused1, he petitioner shall thereupon1 be forever tarred from relief of his- political disabilities aye by specieL Act of Congress, n Jdut. if said ^9prt/shall determineseid %j8.i#et ferth; inj aid petitiop are true, then ^e,^ certificate hall issue in the .same manner and with the afhe effect as if1 no 'objection'had been rpade: I Avoided, always, That1 atiy fafreswe&rfog'iif my of the'proceedings herein provided shall1 >e perjury, and may^ on. conviction .beforei aid Court,,be punished, .ifl the. mapnerrprfr rided by, lawAnd provided, further,t(That he Judge of said' Court shall. have^power to leterpiihe'tlie fees of/the Clerk for filing said )ethion and the coSt of advertising the same; he-making'up thereconlaadSsSniPg the oerificate, which shall,be similar ;to the -cost of ike (certificates);,proceedings in jfolyil cases, vhich shaU.be paid by, the apjwllant^ /Voviied, however,,, That whoever make? .(ibjeqtiop.s is provided in. Section two which .causes an sSue'of fact, the C0sf of trial 'St such issue ihall be paid by the object*#,1 if the* issue is bund against him, andjudgment maybe renlered therefor. .; ! !*:i-nth Section 3. : Arid he it further enacted, That lothipg in this Act: contained, shall have any; jffect.to restore er giye back any property or. rights Of property heretofore lost or forfeited 310ns dumg lbe^^^lion, wto'?raise ?or set jp any claim against the United States,-Jor my State, Jor any property or rights of prop ;rty of any citizen of the United States lost, captured pr destroyed by.jtjm army of thp United States, or any portion thereof, during the late rebellion. It is understood ihdt Mr. Farnsworth, of Illinois, will move, as a substitute, a simple Bill, removing at once all political disabiliities. And this Bill we trust will pass. SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Tuesday, Feb. 15.' In the Senate, a1 petition' from sundry citizens of Yorkville, praying an Act of incorporation, was presented and referred.. > ., Mr. Jillson introduced a bjU to determine and affix the time for payment of school teachers, and to fix the time for the meetings of the Educational Boards.' Section one "provides that the salaries to the Bcbodl-Cbmmissiotacrs shall commence from the first day off November, 1369.: | (Section two. appoints-tho first meeting -of . the Board ?pf, ! Qoipity, .School, Commissioners on March 16^370. ,f.<l!V|l| .li; Mr. Wimbush introduced, a i bill to inooypor rate the StonewaH Fire Engine Company., of Chester; referred.1. ' " " ' Mr.'Hoyt introduced a bill to protect the1 raisers of sheep in this State, And tor encouraging their raising. The hill provides that'it shall be lawful for persons .having sheep unr; der their control to kill at sight any dog .whichi they may find afctac]?ii|g their sheep, or to kill any dog known lo have killed sneep; that if the owror df a sheep-killing dog 'shall permit him to go at lai^ -aftef being informed of the habits of said dog, and any sheep be maimed cr killed by said dog, the owner snail be: fined not less,than fifty, nor more than five hundred dollars, and be imprisoned for not less.than thirty days, nor more than one year, in the county fail.' 1 The Speaker of the House of Representatives attended in the Senate, when MAn Act to establish and. maintain a system of free common schools for the Slate of. South Carolina," was duly ratified. u', t In the House, a message was received from the Governor, announcing that he had approved and signed' the following Acta / For the better protection of migratory fish; to amend an A6t entitled "an Act to empower Circuit Judges to change the venire for the trial of actions, both civil and criminal; to jecure equal civil rights, and to provide for ;he enjoyment of all remedies in law by all persons, regardless of race or color; to regulate the rights and powers of railroad companies ; to provide for a general election of jounty officers. A Senate bill.to provide for the payment )f all claims of teachers for services rendered luring the fiscal year commencing Novefhber l, A. D., 1868, and ending ^November 1, A. D, 1869, was passed.' Wednesday, Feb. 16. In the Senate, Mr. Arnim introduced a bill to provide for working the public highways, The bill;requires,the.county commisr uonere to make each male inhabitant, between the ages of eighteen and fifty years, labor upon the public roads, provided, that no. person shall be'required to perform more than twelve'days' labor in a year; that the commissioners may appoint as, many overseers as they may deem necessary, at one dollar per lay for actual service, andt any person refusing to labor on the roads shall send a substi tote,'and pay one dollar for-each day required of him/ ' " , . In the House, Mr. Ransier Introduced' a bill to legalize all marriages previbUs to emancipation in this State. The'bill provides that all persons in this State, who, previous to emancipation, had undertaken and agreed to occupy the relation to each other .as,man and wife, and are cohabiting together as such, or in any way recognizing the relation as still existing at the time of the passage of this act, whether the rights of marriage have been' celebrated by them, or not, shall be deemed husband and wife^ and be entitled to all the rights I i and privileges and subject to the duties and obligations of that relation, in like manner as ii if they had been duly married according to h la,w, and all their children shall be deemed legitimate. And when the parties have ceased "to" cohabit before the passage of thin act, in consequence, of the death of the woman, or frbnrany other' cfcos&,bll ftfe dElrareif df \hi woman recognized by the man to be his, shall be deemed to be legitimate. By the second section all previo.us inconsistent br)con?icting acts are repealed. ^ t [m ; ; t! 7 U iLi *' ! * IV Tkte^SEji'ATE,' Mr.* Wimbirsh intrtkJuced a bill to incorporate certain churches in York and Chjster counties. r, ^ ,t< I ' Mr: t/orbin introdtoeedVbill td provide for an election to fiU certain vacancies occurring in county office.' The bill' provided that as by the constitution the election of judges of probate, coUfaty commissioners, clerks of the ? Court of Common Pleas, and School commissioners, rests with the people, therefore be it enacted that .whenever any vacancy .occurs in these offices the coupty commissioners shall within thirty days thereafter, call an election, givitig at least fifteen days' notice thereof, to be hosted at the courthouse and three other public places iu the Cbunty; that the election. shall be conducted in accordance with the general election law of the State, provided, that if there be a vacancy in the office established by law required for the conduct of said election, the county commissioners may fill said offiee. & 1 was laid over. . In the House, Smythe introduced a bin to authorize the county commissioners of each and every county to purchase a farm, to be cultivated under thur supervision, as the model farm of the .Districts. Section 1 authorize such. county commissioners to .purchase farms of blank acres,, to he cultivated under their immediate care and supervision. Section 2 is rathe# irrelevant, ana provides illat the Avages to be paid for labor On1 "such 1 farms, shall the standard and- uniform / prices ofikbor within!tl? State, .which shaliii be as follows: Full han^s .pCRiWnth-ja half hands three pounds' bacon, one quart(molasses, one #} ' gill 8alt, 'and'one peck of th'eal per week, cy section three, eight hours constitute a 'fun" day*awork, in whioh a?full hand shall be.ilAOuired-toperform a certaip.amOuai.of labof i of, diff<^? ldnds as fef. forth .Section four previaes that all wntxacia.with , .kborert 8M.be mute"in laccorfaWwitt the prbvi8ioris'dfJtftt8 Act' ' Sections live and1, a *-impose penaki&dbr Violation of cotttnutti"' ; A number- ofbilk to incorporate certain*11 fire; companies,. hook and ladder oompamea^ .t 3ndtorfaew.ithe. 'ere reco^ndedto.?fc$,. c^m^p^ip-j , WoMtou.^jjnatp??m , ail in one pin. , , 1 ? . . . Notice d gftfefa df AM tb ^jjWjhibi^fenV1 'from having moi& than t#o'Wives/ l; bin; ? n<l ,.?! i'Hi: ifcnol?|??] liolIlKpiiiKi ? i,,; uvu/cn-JPR^^.jFebWarjl^llA l..ui ' iff ehrSwute,,* hill to .provide ior/thalt working , IN the HOTOE, )?? taniait^ ot ^owflp^,,, .rations reported favorably on a bill to incorwf- , raW'tW I&kHm Mfc W'lUWOfo"'' pany.''Uit.l viwib i >i li??l Jin:--.->r?ur h'jmip ' i Mr. CConnell presented a bill to j-echfctter ' Moore's Ferry, oVirihe Catawba River. h-iitii:!' The Comn^tto W (Sngrqwed^Ua reported,!. the foilowingk/which were, reaijl the^th^rd and passed: A Senate.tffl to provide ?<m the-. , paymeht of'cialmk of teachers for services , rendered during the fiscal' yedr'fctfiiflmeridirig' November 1? A. D. 1868, and end ins 'October 31, 1869 ;, providing far .the general elections ,i and the manner of .conducting the same; i#rw bill to provide for the construction and }$ep- ) isg in repair public highways and roads. V . ^DtTHE bill to define the- jurisdiction of trial justices. A bill to authorize trustees to invest funds i u in State bond? and stocks of this State, waAiii laid over. .. , . f *. . Wimbush introduced a bill to incorporate .the Merchant's Banking anaTftist Company jpf Charleston. This bill* purtxjtos to assist"' in the development of agricultural interests *" by making loans, upon mprtgages of crops, n and for other purposes. , rniiiii tuo Leslie stigmatized the hill as "wild cat'' in the extreme, and the . "government" as one with both sides PA top?no bbttom7 ach, no anything.oiHo acknowledged fhav similar charters, have already beeaptu^/bufe'-^^ holds it no.sufficient reason.for a.repetition of >i? the .wrong, .i, ,.K ;-kh, uI);j^ku jiU l'u. niuu In the,hops?, Boston.; iatrodu^hipaq; f, regulate marnages, and for ofl^,P?fr^ rf}>: , In; ;*'>* Monday, FebrMr?9&'' .1' Iri the S&ite^ Hf. DumAa' iritrodtfebd'it'' bill to - anthoriie -<he: buiidwg of'a fotfdgd " pirir Broad River, betweeh' Union and York 1 counties... |,i)i|{ noii .i' .iii iu'i iu .iij ?/j '/; A resolution tp a^jquraoyer WfJ&ogtafc>il ^^mttosc2fi6i?te the Charlton Banlci tinged Trpst.Compttnyy Wis.'after mbjffi discussion, ordered tobe engrossed, with amend- ' meats, w . !"-ji ',j;j ' twni v"!: i u ' A bill to,fill aily Vacancy i&i.ithe.office oful.' ShejtifiOTtpawei}., ,1.:,.: vu.i -M .l.n-i ill ..I ",?* TP' following concurrent resolution, which was adopted anil sent (6 the Senate:' . ' i: Whereas, thirty States of the Anf^Hctcn'1 1 UnioQ have ratified thei fifteenth amendment to theGomstitiition of the United States ^ ?nd- , whereas,; this act of the American, people;,,. fixes ouri Gpyernn^flt firpaly, qn^^Qt .. 1 right, and makes . it a beacon-light to then nations of' the earth, and our flag the emblem '6r liberty and the 'tdgis ofxvery citizen be--' neathiiits- folds, throughout the length and* breadth of ottr land, and the world over { audi -1 whereas, it is eminently .proper that the great,. 'event should be hailed with joy and thanks giving; therefore, be it Re&oUed, by the House of Representatives,, .the Senate concurring, That as an expression of our deep sense of gratitude to Almighty God for the victory of right, and in honor of* this event, that bia Excellency, the Governor be respectfully requested to set apart, a day of thanksgiving and prayer, immediately after the official notice of the ratification has been promulgated by the Secretary of State of I the United States. ... : . i : OCR CLUB MAKERS.. Fqij thp information of those who wish to get the Evquibe# at the club rate of 42.50 per annum,; ,wp wi}l, state that the following ;{ persons are making up clubs for the present year; any of whom will, bp pleased to receive ,;! subscriptions, accompanied with the money: j Capt. J. F. Workman,,.....Rock Hill..: < ... ' A. Fj Lindsay, McCoon<allsvillef . . Joseph R. HWe,.............Yorkvifle. J. S. Davant,...'.: ..Fort Mill ' Major A. A, McKcnxie,...,Zeno. . . t . W. 0. YouDgblodd,.k,.f Clay Hill , . J. Leander Adams, ".......Bethel. J. B.C. Duff,...'.'...-. ....Zeno. S.G. Brown, j?....Allison's Store. ;,?i Capt Charles Petty, ..SmithVFord. W. L. Grist,.......Yorkville,' ' Col. W. B. Allison,.......i.;Red House. W. S. Gregory^..^.li..?u.^Cro8S Keys, Union oo. Rev. S. Head,,.....Chester, C. ,H. i'H. G Harris...... ....Pineville, N. Carolina.' Majttr Myles 8mith,::.. New Centre, 'Andrew Mulholland?........Yorkville. Samuel W. Jackson,..,,?.New Centre. Samuel S. Sraitli,... Zeno. , , Joo. M. Carothefs,..Beth-Shiloh. " D. J. Jackson,.<.4w.4i.iBeaver Dam Stora *' R. A., Black,i..,,,?,,,,,,4*^,. BlairsvBle., ,! ? D. T. Le=s!cy,..f....f?..v,'/4rG?Gt?3' Tavern. , Jno. J. Wylie,...I^WtOry Grove. ' William'Whytei..:...U';.i..?Rock Hill1 ' Dr. S. M. iWylie ?....Chester, S. GL: . *?.. John Jackson, Chester, S, C. , !l[ | ' - ' B3TThe Virginia wheat crop is said to pre.sent a promising appearance.