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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."
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|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."
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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. 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.
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. 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
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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~