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fcraps anil J adt. Columbus, Mississippi, has received two hundred and thirty-five white immigrants since the organization of its association to encourage immigration some months ago. ? ?? Fifty-four murders are recorded as having been committed in the United States during January. New York had the largest number-^leverr;'Wd Illinois came next with six. .."---t It was said of a very handsome woman, whose feet were immense, "She's very pretty, but she upsets completely the ordinary system of measurement by proving that two feet make a yard." i A curious fact to connection with the crime statistics of New York is that men are most apt to commit offences against the law between the ages of twenty and thirty, and women from thirty to forty. . "Look here, boy," said a nervous old gentleman to an urchin, who was munching sugar-candy at a lecture, "you are annoying me very much." "No I ain't," replied the urchin, "I'm a-gnawing this sugar-candy." A girl in Chester, Vermont, died a few days ago, from tight-lacing. For several months previous to her death, this poor victim had been obliged to sleen with corsets on and tightened to the last notch, for the loosehing gave such pain, internally, that she could ' not bear it According to the Norfolk Virginian, ' the cold snap of the past few days in that re- j gion has destroyed the vitality of the peach i and apricot blooms, which had put out under the influence of the warm weather during tile P past^nonth. Fears are entertained in other sections of the country for the safety of the fruit crop. The Supreme Court of North Corolina sonip time since decided that under the new constitution of that State, a man's homestead could not be sold under execution, even for ! debts contracted before its adoption. It has now decided that the homestead may be sold if the execution was levied before the adoption of the constitution. Attempts to commit suicide are hereaf- . ter to be punished in Massachusetts, upon the * principle that attempts to commit a crime are indictable as misdemeanors at common law. 1 ?- A person who recently attempted to shoot ' himself, but failed, has been bound over in < Worcester, Mass., for trial in the criminal i court i? > ( The number of colored voters in the ] United States is estimated at 850,000. Of 1 these 790,000 dwell in the sixteen late slave holding States, 7,500 in the six New England States, 41,000 in the five central States of ; New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, and 8,500 in the remaining ten ; Western States. . > < , A bill has been introduced in the Senate of California proposing an amendment to ] the State Constitution, which shall permit young men who distinguish themselves by their industry and morality to vote at the age of 18 years, and to hold certain local offices, if fortunate enough to be elected to them. A 1 board of examiners is to decide whether the ( young men are worthy of this high honor. < A Poughkeepsie woman was so anx- 1 ious for the comfort of her husband, that she i selected his seconds wife for him, and, when ] she supposed herself to be dying, had the cere- j raony of marriage performed by her bedside. Unfortunately, she recovered, and, after liv mg together tor some years, the new wite has at length driven her predecessor out of the house. i- . < ?- A lottery suit in New York has brought to light some straBge and extraordinary facts, revealing the cause of much of the poverty and crime in the city. No less than six million of dollars per annum is received by the sale of lottery tickets, and most of this amount is received from the poor, wretched people, who have scarcely a cent to spend except for the necessaries of life. Dr. Livingstone, who was safe at last accounts, reports that he has found tribes in Africa, living in subterranean villages. Some of their excavations extend for thirty miles and have running rills in them. A whole tribe could stand quite a long siege in these singular abodes. Whether they have underground railways, as their African brethren in this country did in former days, is not stated. Living in Harrodsburg,' Kentucky, is an old negro woman over one hundred years of age, wliose face, hands, neck and arms have become perfectly white, and her hair is snow white, besides having lost much of the kinky appearance which is characteristic of I the negro's wool. The old woman says she 1 was "born a nigger," and felt no little alarm when she began to turn white. 8 A newly married lady in Chicago com- ^ nlained to her ma that on her reception day her card-basket was overrun with circulars from lawyers announcing terms of divorce. T "So absurd, you know, ma, before our honey- ' moon is over." "True, dear." reDlied ma. ? (who had been twice divorced,) "but I'll put c them in a safe place; you may find them very s useful in a year or two." * It has been proved beyond dispute that pain can be felt for twenty minutes after decapitation, by the following experiments, made s by a Paris surgeon: Two human heads were 0 placed in the rays of the sun, and the eyelids t which had been opened were immediately J shut; and the head of an assassin named Ter- t rier, which was experimented upon more than .. a quarter of an hour after having been separated from the body, turned his eyes when . called. Judge Pratt, at a special terra of the ^ Supreme Court of King's county, New York, b i a few days since decided that a mortgage made n in July, 1857, must be paid in coin, and at s the same time alluded to the recent decision j] of the United States Supreme Court, which c he took for his guide in the matter. This is the first decision, it is claimed, on the legal- P tender question by any State court 3ince the * Suprem^Court decision, and as such is quite v important. a A resolution was offered in the Illinois t Constitutional Convention on the 16th ultimo, p in favor of an article in the amended consti- g tution to prohibit white and colored children from attending public schools, and to provide n separate schools for each, and prohibit any t appropriation of the taxes paid by the colored P people of the State for the education of white b people, and prohibit the appropriation of any nart of the taxes Daid bv the white DeoDle for v, n A ? A T U I the education of colored people, and that ^ 1 such article be submitted separately to the 1 people. * E There is in Paris a club composed ^ 8 chiefly of rich merchants, the object of which I is to enable the members to witness executions. I The rooms are in a wine shop directly oppoB site the guillotine. A circular is sent to the , I members of the club previous to an execution , I in the following form: "I am happy to inform 11 B you that to-morrow is the day of the execuI tion of Do not fail to be present, p 3 He is afraid to die, and there will be fun." f( I The members assemble at the room and pass gI the night over a bowl of punch, so as to be B ready when the interesting moment arrives. ^ I The new Rail Road Suspension Bridge H at Louisville, Ky., was completed Friday, ' " B and thrown open with most untoward cere-! h B monies. A locomotive attached to a train,1 n B with two thousand persons aboard, while! a< B crossing ran off the track, but a remaining lo-! nl B comotive carried away some of the passengers : *? B in safety. Then another locomotive was sent ! B to briny back the rest of the passengers, and B and it also ran off the track, thus blocking up w B the remainiug fifteen hundred passengers on 9 the bridge. At the latest news they had not fr B been resried. The strength of that bridge ^ H has certainly been found equal to a very se-11 B vere strain. Running rail road trains off the H track is an excellent test of it. H A correspoudent of the Practical Far- J H vier, speaking of the medicinafotfoprieties of "j celery, says: "I have known a's'*raany men, C and women, too, who, from various causes, | or had become so much affected .with nervousness that when they stretched out their hands they shook like aspen leaves on windy days? and by a daily moderate use of the blanched foot-stalks of the celery leaves as a salad they became as strong and steady in limbs as other people. I have known others so very nervous that the least annoyance put them m a state of agitation, and they were almost in constant perplexity and fear, who were effectually cured by a daily moderate use of blanched celery as a salad at meal times. I have known others cured by using celery for palpitation of the heart." * 14 7- . .* >. v. . f 235 YORKVILLE, S. CVs THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 3,1870. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood'that our term 8 for subscription, adVertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiration of the 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. |THE AIR-LINE RAILHO^}). *> "We learn that a corps of engineers, in the employ of the Air-Line Railroad Company, passed through the upper part of this oouMfc. ( last week. They were surveying a route p?oposed for the roAd, crossing" 'Broad River above Cherokee Ford and passing near King's Mountain. The Carolina Spartan mentions that Captain Sage, brother of the chief engineer of the Air-Line road, with a corps of engineers, passed through Spartanburg recently. This is the same party who went through ' A I. tvtn1f?n/v n >V? wMinrlk ClirrOV I UTK, UI1U lliey .OJ.C uiaaiug u wivugu HH. ? VJ to Charlotte, of the route via Greenville and Spartanburg. They intend returning by anjther route, and the claims of the rival routes will not be determined before the conclusion )f the two surveys. Fifty miles, on the Atlanta eud of the road, are already under contract. The Phoenix of a recent date says that Col.' A. S. Buford, President,\{Jeheral^Austell, Vice-President, chief engineer Sage, Col. J. P. Reed and J. > W. Harrison are in Columbia, an business of the Air-Line railroad company* All these facts, taken together, indicate that the company means business. EXPULSION OF WHITTEMORE. Mr. B. F. Whittemore, who has been representing the second district of this State in Congress, has been sent back to his constita3nts in disgrace. On last Thursday, the 24th,. be was virtually expelled from Congress by a unanimous vote of the House, after having been allowed to make a defence before his fellow members. As out' readers are aware, he was accused )f selling an appointment to West Point to a poung man from New York. The evidence jrought before the military committee proved :onclusively that Mr. Whittemore received jearly two thousand dollars for the appointnent Mr. W. did not pretend $6 deny the eceipt of the money, but pleaded in excuse hat it wa? given, after the appointment, as a iresent to the poor of his district and to aid n the cause of education.x This was not satsfactory, and the committee reported a resor ..x!? 11 tr? ' V uuun t/U uxpci mm. i When the resolution came up in the House, Vlr. Butler, as attorney for Whittemore, asked 'or time to produce rebutting evidence. Mr. Logan, chairman of the military committee, jpposed this petition, for the reason that the i iccused had never denied the charge, or rathsr, that he was convicted by his own admis-' ion. The House sustained Mr. Logan, and efused further time by a vote of 39 to 155 ; >ut when Mr. Whittemore personally asked o be heard in his own defence, the House jave him until noon of the next day, which lour was appointed for his defence. Mr. Whittemore, seeing the game was up, pent the interval in telegraphing his resignaion to Governor Scott, which was promptly accepted by telegraph. He presented this lext day, and attempted to make a defence. ; But the speaker, having received Governor ; >cott's acceptance of the resignation, no longer , onsidered Mr. W. as a member of the House ] .nd refused to recognize him. The resolution j o expel him was laid on the table, on. the ] ;round that he was npfcvin Congress, and a ] ubstitute, declaring Mr. Whittemore guilty < f the charges brought against him and unfit o be in Congress, ms unanimously adopted, j dr. Whittemore Immediately left the hall, , hreatening to appeal to his constituents. The >robability is, however, that he will go home. ] Congress has acted very creditably in this , nstance. The charge of selling cadetships las been frequently made against members, j iut not in definite terms against any one by j lame. As soon as this charge came up in < pecific terms, Congress promptly examined < nto the evidence, and, having found the 1 harge true, as promptly expelled the guilty tarty. We think this one act will do much < o revive respect for Congress, which has been | veil nigh extinct for some time.' True there j re others accused of the same thing; but ( hough these may be guilty, they have ndt ( teen convicted. Congress is not fairly re- j ponsible for the criminality of particular ] aembers so long as they elude detection. But , he House has proved to the world that it will mnish an Achan, so soon as he is known to ie in camp. But how about the Governor ? What shall e said in defence of his attempt to screen Vhittemore? Even if he had been innocent, ; would have been in very bad taste for the lovernor to receive the resignation while the louse was sitting in judgment on the case. CONGRESSIONAL. On the 22nd, uoth Houses met, but without oing any business of importance, adjourned 1 honor of the day. On the 23rd, in the Senate, a bill was reorted, providing a territorial government )r Alaska. The credentials of H. R. RevIs, colored, Senator elect from Mississippi, ere read. Mr. Saulsbury objected to the enator's being sworn in, on the ground that is credentials were irregular, being signed y a military officer and a provisional Goveror. After a long debate, it was resolved to Dcept the credentials, when a motion was tade to refer them, together with those of j [r. Ames, the other Senator elect from tississippi, to the judiciary committee. This as debated until adjournment. In the House, four representatives elect om Mississippi appeared and took the oath s members of the "House. The bill for the rritorial government of Utah, suppressing dygaray, and the legislative appropriation ill, were debated, without action. The reso- 1 ition to expel Mr. Whittemore, of South a arolina, was called up. Mr. Butler, as a mnsel for the gentleman, submitted an affi- v davit from Mr. Whittemore,. which was read. Mr. Poland offered a resolution to postpone the expulsion until the final report of the committee and the cross examination of witnesses by Mr. Whittemore. This was rejected, and the House was about to vote on the expulsion, when Mr. Whittemore requested the leniency of the House until the next day. Mr. Logan complied with the request and moved an adjournment, which was carried. On the 24th, the Senate concurred in the House amendments to the bill for the reliei of political disabilities. The amendments consisted in the addition of names to those included 'in the bill. A resolution was adopted, declaring that the volume of paper currency ought not to be increased. The credentials and eligibility of Revels, colored, to a 3eat in the Senate, were discussed at length. In the House, Mr. Whittemore rose to speak in his own defence. The Speaker stopped him, and informed the House that he had received the gentleman's resignation and the acceptance of the same by the Governor oi South Carolina. lie couia not, tnereiore, recognize the gentleman as a member of the House. Mr. Butler made the point of order that, if Mr. Whittemore was not a member of the House, the resolution to expel him was out of order. The House sustained Mr. Butler, by laying the resolution on the table. Mr. Logan thereupon offered a resolution that Mr. Whittemore was unworthy to be a member of the House, which was unanimously adopted. The legislative appropriation bill was then taken up and debated until adjournment. K On the 25th, in the Senate, a bill was introduced and referred, providing for the divisioriof Texas into three States. The question as to^the eligibility of Revels was resumed, and after a long debate he was admitted by a vote of 4?.to 8, a strict party vote. He was forthwith sworn in, and immediately surrounded by a crowd of both sexes, anxious to shake hands with him. In the Hcuse, Mr. Butler introduced a bill for the acHnission of Georgia on the Bamfe terms as Virginia and Mississippi. It was recommitted and ordered to be printed. The House finished the preparation of the legislative appropriation bill for its passage. ^ AA.1 .1 it!. p 1 umne zotn, mere was nomiug ui geuerni interest in the proceedings of the Senate. The House was not in session. On the 28th, the Senate wa3 engaged on the funding bill all day. . . . In the House the following resolution was adopted by 103 to 61: That the best interests of the country require sufficient revenue from imports and such a tariff as will afford suffi cient protection to our manufacturers, and will best promote the industries of the country. The resignations of Messrs. Dewees and Galloway of North Carolina, were announced. STATE ITEMS. ? Columbia is to be a permanent military post, and five more companies, the Phoenix ia informed, will soon .be added to the pre&nt garrison. ? By common consent, members of the House of Representatives smoke their pipes and cigars in the hall during the. evening sessions. . >! . ? Land Commissioner Leslie, has resigned his office, in consequence, it is supposed; of the ungenerous suspicions embodied in the new bill regulating the Land Commissioner. DeLarge is expected to succeed hinj. ? The Charleston papers announce the death in that city, last week, of Dr. Peter Horlbeck, a prpminent physitiam and Mr. Henry Bollman, junior member & the firm of Bollman Brothers. ? Gen. Wade Hampton has accepted an invitation to deliver an address next May, at the dedication of a monument now being constructed, in honor of the members of the Washington Light Infantry who fell during the late war. ? About seventy-five young men of this city, says the Charleston News, are making preparations to emigrate to the Republic of Venezuela at an early day, Their intention is to settle on land already selected for them near Caraccas, the capital of the republic, where the land is elevated and the climate healthy. They intend to engage in the cul ture of coffee, sugar-qane, &c. ? At the regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Managers, of the South Carolina Monument Association, in Columbia recently, the Treasurer reported contributions, as follows: From Richland, $347.60: Kershaw, 85; Union, $50.50; Lexington, $20 ; Orangeburg, $6 ; Fairfield, $71; Barnwell, $20; Abbeville, $9; beyond the State, $12.50: total, 8541.60. ? There was a lengthy "chicken dispute'* in Augusta last week, between two mains of cocks belonging, respectively to Dr. Gee, of Alabama, and Col.Bacon, of Edgefield. The latter won the stakes, which ^vas a fortunate circumstance for Edgefield, according to the A.ugusta Chronicle, which asserts that the fight was considered an Edgefield aflair by the people of that county, who risked upon it every dollar that could be raked up. Had Dr. 3ree won, Edgefield would have been "dead broke." ? Gov. Bullock, of Georgia, has kindly come to -the relief of State Constable Hubsard, who had given security to appear before ;he Superior Court of Richmond county, Ga., >n the charge of false imprisonment, in the ease of Pleasant Sharpton, whom he arrested n Augusta last fall. Gov. B. has furnished Hubbard with a pardon, in advance of conviction, to be used in quashing the trial. Very considerate in Bullock to give Hubbard such i delicate intimation of the certainty of his being found guilty. ? On Saturday evening, as a freight train vas backing into the turn-out at Ridgeville, ' -a :i~- x* . *v:? iUOUl Mliriy lruui I/IUD migr, a nunc iuany lamed Baxter, was run over. Twenty-six jars passed over his body, dreadfully and rightfully mangling it. The engineer felt ;he shock, and stopped the train as soon as jossible. Having jumped down to ascertain ;he cause of the shock, he was horrified at belolding the mangled bod y of his own father. Mr. Baxter was an old employee of the road, md had come to Ridgeville to see his son, the engineer.?Charleston Courier. ? The Augusta Chronicle, under the head )f "Sports in Hamburg," says : "A serious jutting affray occurred in the Africanized ?wn of Hamburg, on the night of last Satiirlay. It appears that a ball is given by the legroes of that sociable little village on every Saturday night, at which the usual amount of Irinking, dicing and dancing is enjoyed by he participants. At the last one of these fesive frolics, a negro named John Gaut was )resent, and was engaged in a sociable game >f cards with another colored gentleman, reoicing in the cognomen of Harry Thomas. During the progress of the game a row occurred, in which clubs became the trump suit rhe melee soon became general, and sticks, cnives and pistols were drawn and used. The iffair finally terminated, however, without inybody being seriously injured^except Gaut, vho was stabl>ed dangerously in the head by Thomas. The knife entered the i and severed one of the smaller arteriS^H wound bled very profusely, and the negl^H brought across the bridge to this city. man who inflicted the wound made hisescaH without being arrested." UJ;J. NORTH CAROLINA NB??s/j| ? Forty-four patents have, been .issued to North Carolinians since the- war. / '< , ? The laying of the track on the T&rboro and Williamston rail road has been cpm, menced. 1 u v, ? Large numbers of colored people are reported to be leaving Guilford, Forsyth and Wayne counties, for the West. i ? The insane asylum, at Raleigh, is full, with two hundred applications for admission now on file. ? The State .Executive uommiwee nave decided to call a Mass State Convention of the Republican party in Raleigh, on the lltb. of , May next Tho committee adopted a resola tion in favor of an election in Aqgust next ?The Charlotte Observer says:,Two car i loads of negroes went South Thursday morning. Among them was a large number of women and children, and each family group had , their favorite coon dog along. Better stay among the old hunting grounds. ,T-"> ?Speaking of the "Wheat crop j^e A&Slj i dard says; We understand this crb^islook. ing finely, and that the reeentv fall ofjattd will add great^ to its gray ness.' We hope our people wilrhave fin eye . to grain and pork, this year. Plant corn in quantity sufficient to bread man, feed horses, and fatten hogs. . .. :-i: ? The Elizabeth City CaroUnian says-; We have reports from most of the counties in Eastern North Carolina, and especially from /Perquimans, Martin, Camden, Washington, i' Currituok, Tyrrel, Bertie, Hertford, Chowan and Gates, as well as our own, and from these r we are gratified to learn that the farmers are preparing for a much more extensive cultivation of the land this year than in 1869. ' -7 The Raleigh Standard, the leading Republican paper of the State, repudiates the 1 Legislature, also Republican, and; calls upon the people to "wash their hands" of those who now misrepresent them. . Th* people will probably* do that very thing, as soon as they > get a chance at the polls. But it will not be ' ' l T H1 |" I {J ' 1 '(k!i ^1/ ' i exactly in the way the /Standard wants ; for i that paper still clings to its idol?^the Republican party... . i . j -r Just before going to press last night, be, tween the hours of ten and eleven o'clock, the alarnf of fire was sounded,' We: immediately . proceeded to the Bpot, and found' the dwellihg ^ occupied by Mr. Winn Robinson,|'in: flames. . We believe most of the furniture waa saved. We ascertain the fire was; oauaed by the carelessness of the servants, they having lei) the kitchen, as they supposed, free from danger. The Independent Eire Company wias on the spot promptly, but could not throw water i on the fire; t 'The house was the property of Mr. ; Baxter H.. Moore, of this city, and was partially, if not wholly, covered by insurance*? I Charlotte Timet, let. < -i - 1 1 j e ^ EDITORIAL 1NKLIN6B. \ ! i ' Revels Assigned toDutjr. j The new colored Senator from Missis> sippi has been admitted and put on the committees on labor and education. .These are not very important committees, as the United States Senate has little supervision over labij and education. Still thdy are committees, ana the etiquette which requires every f^&atar tc be on one or' more committees, is : with, ni io evident, however, that does not want Revels to occupy a very prominent place in the picture. Removal of Political Disabilities* ?? The bill which passed Congress' a few days ago, removed th^ political disabilities of the following persons: ' York?I. D. Witherspoon, Jno. Gr Enloe, D. T. Byers, James A. Ratchford. Union? Isaac G. McKissick, Robert Macbeth. Chet ter?James Hemphill. Richland?C. D.!Melton, S. W. Melton, James G. Gibbes. Spartanburg?Claude C.Turner, j. C. "\Vpsmith, Wm. Irwin, L. M. Gentry, A. B.'Woodruff, R. C. Pool, J. M. Elford. j f .. ,;< Fence Law in North Carolina* ;> -i ' :A bill has passed the Senate of the North Carolina Legislature with thelollowmg provisions:' The Comhiissio'ners of any county are authorized at any time to submit to the qualified voters the question whether the general fence law of the State shall be repealed in such county. The written request of fifty voters, or five persons holding red' estate m the county, shall be sufficient to bring the question before the people; but it shall opt be so submitted, except at a general election, more than once in two years. Beasts straying upon land, whether in cultivation or not, may be conveyed to the pound-keepef of the township, and the owner shall be liable for certain fines, and in default of payment, the beast is to be sold. The bill has not yet passed the House; but it is likely to become a law. A Balloonist in Trouble. ?- The Clarendon Press says that Prof. S. A. King very suddenly appeared in Clarendon, in a balloon, having come from Augusta, Ga., in four hours. His balloon caught upon a tree, and he called to some freedmen near by, for assistance. These gentry, however, took to their heels, thinking the day of judgment had arrived, and .Professor K. was left to his own resources, but succeeded in getting to the ground with considerable bruising. It was subsequently reported among the freedmen that the balloon contained the spirits of the "late lamented" and HiacL Stev&n? with mules for distribution and suryeyorVin-' 8truments to lay off forty acre farms, r. Thad, we presume, was looked for to shoe the promised mule, as he is, or perhaps it would be safer to say?was, familiar with "the iron works." As for Abraham, why he is to split rails to fence the "forty acres," of course. For the Good of the Rarty. The Charleston Courier is informed that Governor Scott has pardoned the ringleaders of the Charleston base ball riot, who were convicted and sentenced at the last session of the Court of General Sessions. It will be remembered that these rioters interfered with a friendly meeting between the Charleston base ball club and their visitors from Savannah, and made an escort for the latter a necessity. Their conduct was, at the time, universally considered a disgrace to the city of Charleston. It is difficult to explain the Governor's leniency in this case, on any other grounds than that of party good. Such fellows are invaluable in election times, as they can deter quiet and timid people, of the opposite party, from going to the polls. Still it is not quite consistent with the Governor's expressed intention to punish all disorderly conduct, whether committed by Democrats or Republicans. Resigning Their Places. Resignation seems to be the order of the day, among the prominent lights of Southern radicalism. Mr. Whittemore "resigned" his I ingress last week, Mr. Leslie has reland commission, and the latest ^BwPs that twp Congressmen, bne from North arolina and one from Kentucky, have re fewed their seats. Mr. -Whittemore's re9ig fefon was tendered under peculiar cirstan Pf and barely in time to save' him from Joeing expelled. It is not improbable that Alessrs. Dewese and Goladay had a presentiment of a similar catastrophe, as their names mre mixed up with the sale of cadetships. It* wonld be hard to abcooht for the milkip the ' cocoa-nut on any other supposition; for they 1 belong to the sam^'class of politicians as Mr. , ."Whittemore?a,' class that hang on to office with a vice-like clutch, which never relaxes for any cause except dire necessity. As for Leslie, he probably has something better in view. Hence his virtuous indignation at the 1 restrictions, implying suspicion, of the new bill [ to regulate thfe land commission. Mr. Goladay is a Democrat, but that fact idoes. not help his case any. Indeed, it makes the matter worse, for he ought to have set a good example, instead of imitating an evil nnfl when he cwt intn hud enmnanv. ' The Republican Slate Committee. The State Central Committee of the Republican party met in Columbia on the :24th. ultimo.. It was resolved to call a State convention on the 26th of July. Mr. Rangier I stated that the object of the meeting was-to rake preparation? for. the coming campaign. HHMf-prtfsrfftteity whatever they were," werd [made very quietly. According *to the Republican, the chairman, made "certain" appointments to fill vacancies, which were confirmed. The Governor was present and made * "certain" remarks.in honor of Randolph. :It is proposed to raise fhnda to erect a Randolph j monument, and the Governor proposed that j every member of the Legislature1 give one I half day's pay to this fund. ., He thinks tW! Randolph simply, took the .place of "om/of : us," and "we" ought-to ereet a decentTOonu' ment, placing on it the fact that Randolph' was a 'taartyt, apd charging the critoe of his jiealjh on the party (Democratic, we presume) who murdered him. C. C. Bo wen, directly charged the Democratic party with 'the murder, and proposed to make the SUte pay for the monument. ' . by a - Alf this stuff must of cohrseTbe taken St its par value, which is "buncomjSe" for consump^on colored voters,; The true object of the meeting was to consultabout the best plan to carry the State nett fall, and'we mention 'the meeting only to show that the Republican 1 leaders are ^getting ready1 tor toe worr Deiore them.J Hie convention to "be called in July ,< ?f!T i w ' ...J' " TiTi...:, ' ' is for show alone, and will have nothing to do hut carry out the programme: of the Central Committee, which is really the party, so far 1 us plains :and purposes are concerned. . . <' ?i'.? ' .M! I MERR-MENTION. i 1 Ourthanks ire hereby tendered to Mr. J. ft AdkinS, one of oar subscribers at Fort Mills, for a fine "mess" of turnips wlpcK were . raised on his farn).,,,,f',,,HieM6!Kodi8t Con^, vention, now in session at-l3yracu#e, tabled a resolution favoring further overtures for a re-union with the Church, South."*' A North Carolina clergyman has made $11,000 by inventing a machine for catching rats. The North Carolina Legislature ' has passed a .bill repealing au^ailroadL appropriation acts passed at the lasll^esw^and |.for levying aspeoiai tax.""?""Gen. Lotftf-j street is President of a Republicai^Ghfb TNew Orleans." There ara~tt) be "sevens ifc^res of carpeting" in the new Southern Hoj2frW.",,y"JL-vaI ffiRfce dealer in New Yfrk. this year sold 78 | valentines valued at ^KKeach. An Iowa farmer lately sent a lftter to the Patent Office, asking if he could get a patent on "an improved mode of making fried cakes." A ' number of, American emigrants to Brazil reached New York last week, whose return passage home was {laid by the4 Brazilian gov eminent."'"""The people of California are jubilant over thccrop prospect. In Virginia twelve per fcent. merest is allowed on special contracts. ' " jam^Gordnp. Bennett never made a speech, never voted, never was naturalized, and is.still a subject of Queen < Victoria."";,",It i?<said that Gen. Lee contemplates & visit to Europe this spring. The Missouri Legislature has amended the laws so as to permit women to vote in school matters.";""".A firm which recently failed br'Neir-Yofk, with liabilities at $300,000, handed oyer three sleeve buttons as the actual assets of the firm."'''""The next session of thg General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, is appointed to begin in Memphis on Sunday, May 1st."' A tantalizing old fellow i^Na^hville has left sij/ OK AAA oVkiAna niwn />Anrllfinn fViftf I WIUUVTO fUjUUV' ayibVUj u^vm vuuuuiuu iui^w they shall never marry. 'Salnavefe dying advice to his sons was "never to meddle wjith politics."*""""The uniform depth of the Suez Canal is nineteen feet. Florida expects a pine apple crop yrorth $200,000 next year."*' Texas is to take the tax off dogs now that the Chinese have come.""'""Wine is peddled on the Missouri railroads at thirty cents a bottle?twenty-five cents for the bottle and five cents for the wine.*" The fattest woman in Philadelphia keeps a lager beer saloon,and weighs 600 pounds.*: Gen. Canby estimates the number of judgments re3orded at present in the several courts of Virginia at between 350,000 and 400,000. Seventy lives were lost by the burning of - jhe steamer Emma on the Mississippi river on Friday of last week. A man in Middletown, Maryland, a short time ago, in attempting to draw off his boot^ broke his leg about. , Any-wny hptwp^n the knee - and thigh.*" "'"A )SsSj^physician in Lafayette, Indiana, returns her income from ?er profession, last year at 12,500.*""""The Florida independent publishes eight columns of Alachua county sheriffs sales. At -the present time, there are 117 ocean steamers making regular trips between the United States and ports in Europe, not one of which bears the American flag.: The 99,999th patent was issued from the Patent Office at Washington last ? ? /i s vir !.ii week. 'The rast Tirana ?orcny rainarch of the Virginia Sons of Temperance has just died of delirium tremens! ""Bills to abolish the Freedmen's Bureau hare been introdueed in both Houses of Congtesg."'*"The Texas Legislature adjourned sine die on the 25th ultimo. Hamilton/ one of the U. S. Senators elect, expresses a preference for immigration from the North and West and Europe, over immigration from the late Confederate States. Anson Burlinghame, the Chinese Embassador, died at St. Petersburg, on the 2pd ultimo. Unitersal Amnesty.?The N. Y. Tribune, Commenting on the fact that the fifteenth iraendment is now ratified beyond question, nakes a loud call for universal amnesty. It Baf, and with great force and truth, that our Mumph is not perfect so long as one man Bhallfremain disfranchised and incapable of le&mg offlee because of .our late convulsion. ;We ftive fought secession; the republic has coimiered; her triumph is perfect. Now, "leap have pepce," and a peace that can best be Mured by i^Jversal amnesty. LOCAL ITEMS. NEW ADTEBTI9EMENTS. J. W. Aveiy?Greenbacks as Good as Gold?Ladies' Hati?Ladies' Shoes?Gloves?Toweling, &c, ?Hosiery?Bacoi? Henderson Martin, Executor?Application for Dis. ; eharee. Carroll, Clark & Co.?Garden Seed?Molasses? Laguyra Coffee?Cheese?Salt?Biick-Wheat PIouiv?Shgar?Country Flour?Bread?Cash k' Wanted-^Hams, Hams. T. M. Dobeoa A Co.?Tape lanes?Willow Baskets?Twine?Claw Hammers?Hoes?Shoe Thread?flesh Forks?Curry Combs?Blasting Powder?Mill Saws?Saw Sets?Braces and Bits?Key-Hole 8aws?Chains?Sheep Shears?Tea Kettles?Squares?Bells?To the Ladies?White Goods?Linen Towels?Turkey Flejh Towels?Cross-Cut Saws?FilesSmoking Tobacco?Crockery?Tacks?Groceries. Allison & Button?Cigars?Queen's Delight DIVINE SERVICE. We have been requested to state that ReV. B. B. Anderson will preach at Beersheba Church oh next Sabbath. BELIGIOUS NOTICE. : ! ! ' -fl * We are requested to announce that there will be preaching at Union Church (4 miles from town") next Sabbath, rain or sunshine, I j RETURN 1)1Y. ^ Tuesday of last week was return-day for( the March term of the Circuit Court The Clerk infbrmB us that'not exceeding a halfdozen cases w^e entered in his office. QUARTERLY MEETING. ' The quarterly meeting of the Methodist Episcopal Church, will commence in Yorkyille on Saturday next. Rev. E. J. Meynardie, Presiding Elder, is expected to preach at the Methodist Church at 11 o'clock. Services^ in the evening at candle-lighting. . j ( ^ BURNHG OF MeGilfS STORE. We regret to learn thqt, the store .of Mr. John McQill?on Clark's JPork, in this county, was destroyed by fire lost Tuesday morning, about 3 o'clock. The fire is supposed to be the work of incendiaries, as auger holes were seen in the door a little before the build-, ingfell; but the flames had made too great progress before the fire was discovered, to admit of a close examination. There were three kegs of powder in the store, which exploded during the fire and completed' the ruin. Suspicion rests upon -two unknown men, who came from Spartanburg county. These, men passed an amount of counterfeit money in the vicinity of Limestone Springs before their true character was discovered, and did several other things of a suspicioqs naturel They were in the neighborhood or the store on the nighi it was burnt, and it isj supposed they first, pandered it and tjhon, s$t fire to it in order,to prevent discovery* >i We get these facts from ruinor, and are unprepared to vouch j for their accuracy; but there is no doubt as 1 to the burning of the store and the explosion 'of the powder. / jjl ; OUB C1UB RAKERS. \j/T ^ For the information of those wh^rish to ;gct thy Enquirer at the club: raft of $2.50 per annum, -we will state that the following persons! are making up clubs for the present year; any of whom will he pleased to reefedve subscriptions,accompanied with the money : CapfcJ. F. Workman,..:...Rock Hill. M F.:Lindsay, 1 .......McConnellsvOle. /oseph R. Howe,...'..... Yorkville:, J. 8. Davant,.. ... Fort Mill yMajor A. A. Mckenzie,....Zeno. W. 0. Youneblood, 1 .Clay HilL i ... J. Leaoder Adams, Bethel. SLttC. Duff,. .:....Zeno. A Alliann'aStnrfl. V yCapt Charles Petty ...Smittr s Fora. %. L. Grist, Yorkville, Cel. W. Allison,..........Red House. W. S. Gretory, Cross Keys, Union co. Rev. S. Hmd, ...Chester, C. H. H. C. Hani....... Pineville, N. Carolina Major Myles Smith, New Centre. Andrew Mftlholland, Yorkville. Samuel WT Jackson, New Centre. Samuel St Smith, Zeno. Jno. M. Carothere, ..Beth-Shiloh. D. J. Jackson,... Beaver Dam Store. . R A, Bl#ck,.... BlairaviHa D. T. Lfessley, ..Coates' Tavern. Jno^J? Wyhe, Hickory Grove. William Wbvte,.... ....Rock Hill. Dr. S. M.- Wylie,'.1............Chester, S. C. Join Jackson,...........Chester, 8. C. There may be others engaged in making up clubs, who have not yet informed us of the tact. When they send in their names, we will publish them. It may also be added that there is no sort of use for any one to oall at the office, in the hope of getting the paper at any less rate than $3.00, the usual rate.for single subscribers. The reduced rate is intended solely for clubs, and we will not work agsjpst our friends who are making up clubs, Retaking subscribers at reduced rates.. v A PARTY OF HORSE THIETES. We learn that dm Wednesday evening of I l~~t- a kftlJ oKomnf vug mnrlo to of AO 1 l{K5b 1TUCA| ? wv*u HVWIM|/V HMW W mw?M a horse from Mr. R. M. Burris, of McConnellsville, by a party of four men who had camped with a wagon, near Guthriesville. Mr. B. was riding by, apd was hailed for a horse trade. After some conversation, he partially came to terms with one of the party, who had offered a mule and fifty dollars for his horse. The stranger, however, wanted to fry the horse, and having mounted him on this pretext, rode out of sight As he did not return in a reasonable time, Mr. B. became uneasy and asked what the fellow meant He was tSld that this man did'not belong to the crowd, but had merely* camped with them for the night This explanation did not suit him, and' he took possession of a fine mare, to compensate him for his missing horse. The wagoners resisted the proceeding and an altercation ensued, which brought Mr. P. W. Lindsay, whoJivee near by, to the scene. On his arrival, the wagoners took a different line of argument, and said there was no necessity for uneasiness, as the man who had gone off would soon return. Upon this, Mri Burris temporarily gave up his claim on the mare, but waited for the issue of the matter. One of the party soon afterward rode the mare off, "in seareh of fodder for the night" As he, too, failed to return, Mr. B. seized two mules and started with them toward Mr. Lindsay's house. Two of the wagoners attempted to stop him by drawing their pistols and threatening to shoot. Having failed in this, they finally agreed that if Mr. B's. horse was not on hand in the morning, he might keep the two mules, which were pot in Mr. Lindsay's stables! With this understanding, Vie holliorprpntfl spnarated. 13? X" But before morning Mr. B. discovered that the whole gang had decamped, carrying with them the two mules. He at once assembled three friends and started in pursuit, stopping in Yorkville and getting a constable to assist him, with a warrant for the arrest of the thieves. He came up with them four miles above Yorkville, where they had stopped to feed. Circumstances being somewhat changed, he was enabled to make a better trade than the one first offered him, and received sixty-five dollars and a good mule in exchange for his horse, which is supposed to : have gone "where the woodbine twineth." "We regret to add that he did not arrest! those of the gang whom he had in his power. | They ought by all means to have been brought! to jail for the consideration of Judge Thomas next week. ' . ;? j [??" ^'tuesday^ Februa^^ In the Senate, the following bills were ordered to be engrossed for a third reading To define the criminal jurisdiction of Trial Justices; bill to incorporate the Stonewall Fire Engine Company, of Chester; bill to vest in the Clerks of the Courts all the rights, powers and duties conferred upon the late Commissioners in Equity by the Act of December 21, A. D. 1857, entitled "Ah Act to provide for the administrated of derelict estates," and to amend said Acts. \ The Speaker of the House attended in the Senate, when the following Acts Were ratified: To provide for the jiaymeht of teachers for services rendered during the fiscal year commencing November 1,1868, and ending October 31,1869; to determine the time when the salaries of county School Commissioners shall be paid, and to fix the date of the first meeting of the State Board of Education. A billlo enforce the provisions of the civil rights bill of the United States Congress, and to secure to the people the benefits of a repiib lican government in this State, was indefinitely postponed, by a vote of 21 yeas to 22 nays. IipThe House, a bill to make appropriations and raise supplies for the fiscal year commencing November 1,1369, received two readings and was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.. Among its provisions are : $30*000 for the State constabulary; contingent account of the State, including expenses of/this General Assembly, $125,000; to. meet t^fe deficfency in the appropriations for 1866 and 1869, $13,450.24; for repairs and extension of the Lunatic Asylum; $l0,000; for repairs of the University, $10,000; for building a vault for Comptroller1; General's office, $5,000; for fitting up the State House, $30,000; to defray the expenses of the.enrolment, 'Organization' and equipment, of the .militia, $50,000 ; for payment of the interest on the public debt, $350,000; for payment of the Adjutant-General and the Assistant Adjutant General, $4,000. The following bills were passed and sent to the Senate: To amend an act to provide for the assessment and taxation of property.; to provide for an uniform system of assessment and taxation of property by municipal bodies; t6 provide for the construction and keeping in repair public highways and roads; to provide for the assess relent or real property, in the year 1870; aSeriktb bill to determine the^mp when the salarifea of cbunty school comnus- j aionara shall coramen&s, and to fix the time of the first meeting of thp State board of e^jication., . . ' Y ' " u&Le ' ' i u'' The Ltind Commission bit!> .appropriating, half a niiHibn dollars for the purchase of land&-, was read a secbnd tfme, and oid^red'to be engrossed by a Vote of yeas 82, nays 17, A VUi lAJ aUbUUllM? tuc CAVCU3IUU Ui' ilig South Carolina Central Rail Road, from Sumter via Camden ahd Lancaster Court Souse, to North Carolina, in the direction of; $har^ lotte in that State, received its thjrd' reading. ' :ij , . Wednesday, February 23. In the Senate, the titlciof the'Bill' to iiicorporatc the Augusts and ' Manchester fyil (,Road Company was changed to an Act, and it'was ordered to be'enrolled. In the House, s bill to further atnenifl and perpetuate the homestead act, received a second reading and whs ordered to he'engrossed. Neagle charged Smith, Democrat, with.i& longing to the Ku-Klnr-Klan. / Smith denied it and challenged proof Neagle afterwards apologized to Smith. . 'I;'17"1 The House Committee on Privileges1'and Elections reported favorably oh a .joint resolution to authorize the Committee'of Investigation for the Third Congressional District to makes timflar-investigation for the Foqrth Congressional District, and recommended the following amendment: "Add,,after the last word in the resolution: "Provided: the duty' hereby assigned to said committee shall hie pcr&MMcd *2-ilre <Jity of Columbiahagreeably to a resolution of theCongresa bf uie United States, in the matter of the contested election of Simpson vs. Wallace, and that the same shall be completed ttn or before the 25th of March, A. D. 1870.'" The resolution as amended was read a second time. J/I i tlJ> i Thursday, Feb. 24.' In the Senate, Leslie introduced a bill to encourage and aid cotton and woolen manufactories. " ! . V, The enacting clause of a bill to. authorize Counties and. towns to make subscriptions to works of internal improvements, was stricken A message was received frprp the House that they had indefinitely postponed the Miate joint resolution instructing sheriffs and o^her persons to turnover to; county treasurers tax executions,- ' The enacting clabfee of the Bill to remove the County Seat of BarnWell Connty to Barhvfell, was stricken out "]" -!" T f ? The bill to incorporate the Wilmington and Carolina Railroad Company,-and the' Bill'to provide for administering on derelict estates^ passed, and was sent to the House. " The following were read a second time and ordered to be'?engrossed: ABHF to'provide for the assessment of real property in the Vear eighteen hundred and seventy, ahd A Bill td amend an Act to provide for the assessment and taxation of property. , : Ii:". T TT . _ VJ* ' i'.li. it-i.il in the house, u1i13 co nx cne per aiem j and mileagefor the next General Assembly1; ] to further determineand perpetuate the Homestead, passed, and went to tne Senate. The following bills were passed.and ordered to be enrolled: Senate bill to fix the per diem and mileage of the members of the nejet General Assembly; to farther amend and perpetuate the homestead; to raise supplies arid to make appropriations for the fiscal yfear commencing November I, 1869; to define-the powers and' jurisdiction of County Commissioners. " v" u . / tat i . i >ir . Friday, Feb. 25. In the Senate, a bill to provide for an issessment on real property for the year 1870 was passed. ' ' ' In the House, the following bills were passed: To authorize Clerks of tne Courts of Common Pleas to take testimony in certain cases, and for other purposes therein mentioned; to provide a'Sfikfeg fbncT for the management of the same. Most of the day's session was spent in reading a second time a large number of bills from the calendar, which were ordered to be engrossed for a third reading,. A concurrent resolution from the Senate to pay Judge J. J. Wright the unpaid balance of an appropriation for the payment of the salary of Judge Hoge, was passed and returned to the Senate. Saturday, February 26. In the Senate, Mr. Rose introduced a bill from the Committee on Incorporations, to incorporate the town "Of Yorkville. A resolution introduced by Cain to rescind the resolution to adjourn on the first of March, 1.1 I i I1 was josi oy a voie 01 1110 iv. The Governor informed the Senate that he had approved the following acts: To determine the time when the salaries of County School commissioners shall commence, and to fix the date of the first meetine of the State Board of Education; to provide for payment of claims of teachers for services rendered during the fiscal year commencing November, 1868. . The following bills were read the third time and passed : To encourage cotton and woolen manufactures in this State; to enforce a uniform system of assessment and taxation by municipal bodies; to provide for construction and keeping in repair the public highways and roads. ' In the House, the following bills were passed: To provide for the appointment of Trial Justices; to authorize and require the Probate Judges of the State to take charge of certain bonds and records in the offices of the late Commissioners in Equity; to regu late the taking of bail in criminal cases; to authorize the Attorney General to institute proceedings against the South Carolina Railroad,. Company, for violation of its charter; to incorporate the Rock Hill Hook and Ladder Company; to incorporate a home for invalid clergymen; to limit the costs of criminal prosecutions. ' The enacting clause of a bill authorizing and requiring the County Commissioners of Sumter county to cause forthmth to be assessed and collected.iwspt,the taxable inhabit**, ants of said Sumter county, a sum of ipoaey hereinafter to be .set forth, to (indemnify David G. Robertson find the firm of Dubose & Co., for certain abuses and losses, after a very exciting debate, participated ip bjr Whipped Burrel James, Kansier and Chestnut, was stricken out. . -? I /; . ILiUM i- it-tut Monday, February 28. ,il In the Senate, the following hills were read the third time and passed: To enforce the provisions, of the civil .rights bill of tltei: Congress of the United States,- and to; secure . to the people benefits of a, Republican .. Government in, this State; to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide forthe appointment of a Land Commissioner* and td define, his duties and powersto provide for the general elections and the manner of conduct mg the same; bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the Air Line Railroad, in South Carolina, and the Acts amendatory to the same. . a ci The Speaker attended in we Senate; when the following Acts were, ratified: To provide .? for an assessment of reed property ; to limit the post of prosecutions; to,, provide for the . care of toe poor; to charter the Port Royal Railroad Company; to incorporate tlm Charleston Banking and Trust [Company.; to provide for the appointment of Trial Justices; to authorize the Attorney-General to institute pro- 1 ceedings against the South Carolina Railrauf Compahy Tor violation of its charter. : < In, the House, the following hills were read the third time and passed :.To regulate the e^essment and taxation of personal property ; to prevent the sale of ardent apinte in . this State; bill to incorporate the Wilmington and Carolina Railroad Company.: : The FuTDBt Piucxs of CoxTpy^rrJthei.y New York "World, of Monday, the 2^st ujti-,, ; mojrsay^; ^ j .. i.i/. The cotton market in this country has beep, sustained, since October, by purchases op . time, at higher. prices than the current mar*.. ket This system of buying at hij^i prices for delivery in months ahead has thrown iha Whole weight of the cotton marked pn specu- | lators with inadequate means to s^apd against saddendecKnei:fa;pri<^J;Tbe winkers and, Jegitimate dealers in cotton MfftnJ >m&9 <??tion^h^h(Htt^o son, so thatthey ,haye no material,inter#in,;. ?i doing anything to prevent a sudden break;!*,,,,.; prices. It u ^knowBjtp.thoes^ thewtton. i..; trade that the market has ndver been i#,* ' more dangerous condition; thamnt the freaqpt > time. Its whDle wejghtJure^.<mJe 'Mng,1, . of speculators,^ .the Southern ,country, 1?h4 .l New Tp^ whff; in already weakened m their a.i cash camtftl by, the gradual decline W.pFVW ?,1. whichnomg .on steadily, smqe the},^, isttsonoDened,, ,/When. these .people tap!** ?{, tbeir cartuand credit; which may; happen e?. u-J any day, then the cotton market is liable to ,{J ? panip,;in Jwhfch, prices;may, ra*ge. dosrifc Iu?l ward ,**. much taoJo* aa farm* Ml Jon. ,.n high., . yith.tlwfe^n^ffll^^tteir > so far ^ theythem^Yiws^ . public interest will, not, be much a&cted. , But unfortunately tW failure wilidepqwe lithe market value of c?tton . would be otherwise, and perhap^ J^w^thnn oiU H ought, .to, be., ; Jnthas condition; .elaflebw: the interests of the country are chiefly ji^ectr Mua ed by what thp pjanjqr realizes lor kfe/C9ttyM* *il! becav^ the, rnore .capital the pburtessjfcrce* ;>?,,{ the greater will be theiwealth-produciiw pofr-f.. ,',> er ot the Southern Spates next,jenr. lp the.. World, of December 17, thft pknfemwflfo:, urged to sell their drop early, and not to be deceived by the hope or prtrmfees ifipHeti'' a *" prices as; the- season advanced. uQurfcteirt matipn is to the 'eflhct that the. bnlkj ?f them.planters have made.early sales... Thqse who sell their cotton first will obtain the bust bri- j-:, ces. The receipts of cotton since September () 1,1869, to the close of .this week on .Friday , night, are 431,805 bales greater thie year than uorf last, making a total cash value of over,HKb000,000. The; acpial figures , are 2,032J86 . bales this year against 1,600,681 bales for the v.,.\ corresponding period ip.JOflWh the. talkiJvl. about; the failure of?thelndian crop is gotten;; up apii used by the speculators simply in .<* ?: der to bolster up.a naturally declining mar-1-. ket Qn anv day the whole ?rine" of cotton -,i'i ?peculi^ora,|s liable to be wip^outbyasudden panic to sell out ?uid realize,fJ.. II. . ') l-jj j;,l \ '# -i ii . A Fk*MJS fcfCrinjSfc^Aftw listening last evening to; a harangue of JU*li<V deliver ed to, .Ka^/instead. of to the Senate, wbstefeli- , ed into tbfiflou?e -of Bepiesentatlves. . Tbot...... ^ body sopp .adjourned,;and the rustling of fe'male dresses was uejOaurd,-ushering inbnd . iv accomi?mying'Mrs.Harper, a colored female! Iteturer. Senator TomlmsQn wa* called to the obair, and informed the audience that h#/ had known. Mnu Hajper ?i long tuna;, had .? . often heard her speak, very often, audi that ai u i-.i each rehearsal Mrs. Harper indicated .great improvement, very great improvement vfibo had, year by year, ripened in knowledge ad-; auiredL precision of language, justness ,.of> thought, breadth of views, Ac. Mrs. Harped, .>Jj a medium si2&d,trim> neat looking oolored1 I . person, mounted the ..Speaker's desk*; and per- i haps for three quarters pf, an hour, held forth -j . to an admiring audience. I She congratulatedi * herself and race upon the privileges which bloody war had openfd to them. Only glano* > c ing at their previous condition of ignorance^ !i .:i weakness, poverty ; and low civilisation/.shel dwelt at some length and with evident satis- >?."! faction, upon the present power and respect/ ability which they had attained!^ These she' .<' summed up as muscle :poffler, brain power and political power, In showing the importance if of the hist, she sensibly remarked* thatsla Very had educated the race to labor. Nowthat they were thrown upon their own resources* ana bad their fortunes to make, it was no inconsiderable advantage to have so strong an; ally, as this power and habjt of labor., She ... went through her several head) of discourse ,, [ quite glibly, uttering a good deal of sound iwnse.andmastrntra^ taecdoteoT;, T~* *" . She urged upon her hearers to strive unceas-[ . ingly to gain knowledge* to maintain their im, tegnty, and to vindicate the manhood of their race. . : i.. Mrs. Harper would be a great improvement: . . as a law-maker upon some of the carpet-bag -t }j legislators of the body she addressed. Wheth. er original or not, whether repeated by jrote ; or prompted by nature, ami suggested ,bjr reading and sound reflection, she wd; many \l_?, liinrm which hor i-aca -would dn wall in tmuu ure up and heed.?Columbia Guardian, 27th . ultimo. , Government Bonds Above Par.?The feature in financial circles the past few days is a continued decline in the price of gold, so that the* United States six per cent, bohfo of 1-8,61, are hew at par, selling even a fraction better than gold. The lowest point for the latter Bince the summer oft 1802 was touched in New York on Thursday, that is, 161. Yesterday, at the close, the quotation was 16}, while for bonds of 1881, the rate was 16}a}. The reduced rates for gold and the appreciation of our securities abroad, is the best evidence of the improvement that is going on in the national credit There is, of course, the danger of sudden reaction, from a fall in the gold premium so rapid. If Congress, however, shall refrain from any further currency inflation, it would seem that the improvement must go on pretty steadily, even though there may be some temporary reaction. It is not improbable that tne five per cent bonds may ere long be floated at par, which would demonstrate that tbooe at nigher rates, as they become subject to the call of the government may be replaced to any necessary extent by securities at lower rates of interest. "While the House of Rep~