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jfrtajjs and Jacfs. Henry Ward Beecher says the most per- 1 feet description of a gentleman ever written is 1 contained in the thirteenth chapter of the first 1 Corinthians. The Commissioner of Internal Kevenue has decided that farmers are required to make returns of produce sold within the year, but not required to return produce raised until the" same is sold. Rev. Dr. Wm. F. Broaddus, Virginia corresponding secretary of the board for the education of the orphans of deceased and disabled Confederate soldiers^acknowledges a contribution from Gen. Robert R Lee, of fifty dollars. In San Domingo City, the vote on the j question of annexation to the United States I stood : For annexation, 1,006 ; against annexation, 9. After ' the election, the populace carried the American flag through the streets j in triumph. The reason Beecher declined to receive ! 820.000 instead of 812.000 salary per annum | from Plymouth Church, was that^iis congre-! gation, iu the event of accepting, would put a stop to his lectures, newspaper, and novel writing. . The Raleigh (N. C.) Sentinel reports that eighty thousand partridges have been J shipped alive from that vicinity to New York | during the season, the price being twenty i cents a pair, although a few sold as high as j fifty cents. A late number of the Scientific American contains an illustration and description of j a new locomotive invention, called a Pedesr\. It consists of a pair of small wheels to | fastened on the foot, and by their assis-1 tance man, it is churned, can eclipse the speed of the winged god Mercury. A monster mass meeting of tailors was held in New York receutly, to discuss the question of a thorough organization. It is stated that not less than 10,000 tailors, not members of protective societies, have resolved to form a union and make a stand for a higher scale of prices. A Louisiana planter delighted his laborers last week by paying them in silver quarters. One old negro exclaimed: "Federit . money come 'an done gone, and greenbacks is played out; but dis is de stuff that rats can't ' chaw. De ole time is come agin?hooray!" And then he went away and buried nis money. The Selma (Alabama) Times reports that there are now greater calls by. planters upon commission merchants for advances tpan have been made since the war, and even before the war. It laments this tact, and also that the advances are asked by the plan-' tere to enable them to increase their cotton planting operations to the neglect of all other crops, when th'ey ought to plant corn. : A Wyoming jury, composed of eoual numbers of men and women, has been locked up for four days and nights in order to force an agreement A question of some interest is as to how the husbands of these women like their being locked up with other men. The thing may be fun for the male jurors, and, possibly, the female ones, but it can't lie very funny for the relatives of the latter, and some are talking of new causes for divorce. The Commissioner of the General Land Office is in almost daily receipt of letters from our ministers and consuls abroad, and agents for emigration, and private individuals in Europe, and especially from the German States, asking for reports, circulars and maps, containing information relative to lands in the Western Territories, all denoting that the tide of emigration to this country the coming year will be greater than ever. A general order has been issued from ^ the War Department, in which the chief signal officer of the army is charged, /subject to H^feathe dim^iwioftlie Secretary of. War, with jflUnjk^ observation and givof storms, under the provis- 1 ^^^ons of joint resolution of Congress authorizing 1 f meteorological observations at military sta- ! tions in the interior of the country and at oth- i er points. , A Washington correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch says: "A document was " m T-? j 1 . l. J received at tne treasury uepanmciiL wj-uuy . from a party in Wadesbo rough, N. C., containing the names of 836 residents of that place, and showing the amounts subscribed by 1 them for Confederate bonds from March 24th i to April 4tb, 1864, to be $306,700, but wheth- | er in gold, greenbacks, or Confederate money, . the document does not state. This black list is gotten up to mark the subscribers for official vengeance." 1 Elizabeth Cordfrey, of Tvaskin district, 1 Somerset county, Md., was born a mute, and ] was never known to utter a syllable until < Saturday, on which day, our informant states, she was fifty years old. She had been confi- , ned to a bed of sickness for some time, when, on the day mentioned, to the great surprise of her family and friends, she began talking fluently, and from then to the hour of her death, which occurred on the following day, she prayed almost unceasingly in an audible voice and understandingly. The lady, we learn, has two sisters and a brother, also mutes. A Havana letter, of the 9th instant, says: "To a limited extent Chinese labor is about to be introduced into Louisiana from this island. Col. \V. Roberts, of that State, has contracted for two hundred and forty Chinamen?one hundred and sixty from Havana and eighty from Cienfuegos. They are employed and paid by contractors who deal with the American employers. One hundred of these will go the estate of General Wade Hampton, in Washington county, Miss., and the balance to the plantation of Colonel Roberts." In Florida there are many lakes which have holes in the bottom and underground communication, so that they will sometimes shrink away to a mere cupful, leaving many square miles of surface uncovered, and then again fill up from below and spread out over their former area. Some of them have outlets j in the ocean far from shore, bursting up a per- J petual spring ol tresn water in me very miusi i of the briny saltness of the sea. In times of j low water, during a long, exhaustive dry sea- j son, men have gone underground in one of ] these subterranean rivers, from lake to lake, a j distance of eight miles. The women seem to be in earnest with ! their progressive ideas, as the following will i show: Mrs. Stanton, Miss Anthony and Miss ! Dickinson are lecturing to crowded audiences all over the country; Caroline Hooper, colored, is lecturing in South Carolina on "The Work BeforeUswomen have sat on the grand jury in Wyoming Territory; a woman has been ad-1 mitted to the bar in Chicago ; three others are j studying law and one medicine in Michigan; women are successful practicing physicians in t almost everv city in the country; the anniver- j sary of the National Woman's Suffrage Asso- ! ciation is to be held in New York on the 11th ; of May. The Macen (Ga.) Journal and Metsen-; ger says that, with one exception, there is not a railroad in Georgia that has been in actual operation throughout its whole line for three years past, that has not earned and paid out to its stockholders during that time a divdend, on an average, of eight per cent. Last year the dividends of all the Georgia roads, with the exception above referred to, ranged from eight to ten per cent., and to-day their stock is held at from $93 to $120 a share. The I Western and Atlantic Rdilroad, extending I from Atlanta to Chattanooga, the property of the State, has been paying into the Georgia treasury monthly, for the past two years up to last October, from $25,000 to $30,000. The report of the National Soldiers' Home shows that most of the begging, organgrinding, and other like pursuits, so commonly indulged in by the cripples in the pities, are 1 carried on by associations which pick up all the cripples to be found willing to be employed in such pursuits, at starving salaries, and that j these associations make large sums of money,' % frequently as high as $20 per day, from each employee, out of the misguided benevolence of mankind. The managers of the asylums also announce that they have full ability and accommodations to take eare of ever}7 disabled Boldier in the United States who applies to them; that they have never refused to take care of honorably-discharged soldiers, and that it is the fault of the soldier alone if he is either supporting himself by begging, or become dependent upon alms or the charity of anybody. ?fvfcvitte #nquiw. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING,MARCH3i, 1870. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms 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 haB expired. EDUCATION OF THE COLORED RACE. It is likely thht no Southern man of intelligence is opposed to the education of the colored race, since tbey have been endowed with the rights and duties of citizenship.. These duties are very responsible ; for the nature ol the laws in force and the character of the men who hold office in a republican government, depend almost entirely upon the manner in which its citizens discharge tueir duties to the State, especially that of voting. This b6ing undeniable, it becomes a matter of prime importance that all citizens should be, to some extent, educated. Unless they have intelligence and understand the nature of .their du ties as citizens, it is simply unreasonable to expect a wise exercise of their rights or discharge of their duties. The negro raee have been suddenly called upon to act the part of citizens, without any previous experience, or even any definite idea of what they ought to do. It would have been the wisest thing that the Southern people could have done, to have at once entered upon the work of educating thera. But, though the negroes have been anxious to secure education, for their children at least, and though everybody admits that education is imperatively needed for the colored people, very few Southern men have done anything tc encourage measures for this end. The colored people have, in not a few instances; requested the services of Southern teachers; bul have rarely been able to get thera. The consequence is that they applied to the Freedmen'8 Bureau, and got what they wanted. We are led to make these remarks because we have been applied to recently, to secure Southern teachers for two negro schools which will probably have nearly a hundred scholars. After applying to several persons one gentleman was found willing to teach a school of this kind. The other school is stiu vacant, and unless a teacher is found soon those who have charge of it will apply to th< Bureau, although they much prefer to get i citizen of this county.There seem-to be two objections; to taking a am/the fear of what jthe neighbors"w^H^Uiiin^ of it. The first objection is unfounded, as the State ensures five cents per day for each scholar unable to pay; the second is unworthy of any man of independence who feels conscious of honorable intentions, and is unjjust to his neighbors, nine-tenths of whom will applaud both his motives and his action. We hope our readers will meditate upon this subject. If they desire to cement the ties of interest and good will between themselves and the colored race, they oan do so in no better manner than by- showing kn interest in and encouraging colored schools. The negroes are determined to educate their children, and the white people of each locality are the proper persona to teach the colored children of that locality. The expenses of this work will be paid by them, as the pay for free schools comes out of the county taxes. They have it in their power to see that this money is used for promoting good-will between all races here; but if they prefer, it will be paid to those who will exert the powerful influence of an instructor to make the colored people distrust their white neighbors. Which shall it be ? ... . * ? L THE UTAH BILL. The House passed a bill for the enforcement of the laws of the United States in Utah. The main end of the bill is to suppress polygamy, and all the provisions are drawn with a view tio accomplish this end. If it becomes a law, the keeping of more than one wife is declared concubinage, bigamy or adultery, according to the facts of each case. On conviction, the criminal shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment in the penitentiary at hard labor not exceeding five years. In iudictments for concubinage, it will not be necessary to prove the first or subsequent marriages; but the admission of the accused that he has more than one wif$, or his acts recognizing more than one woman as his wife, shall be regarded as sufficient evidence. In all prosecutions, the alleged concubines of the accused shall be competent witnesses to establish or disprove the charge. In order to secure jurors not in favor of polygamy, the grand and petit jurors are to be chosen by the marshal of the Territory, though the right of challenge is to be reserved to the accused. This enables the marshal to select juries of "gentiles," as the Mormons term those who do not adhere to their faith. In order to throw all the influence of the government against polygamy, the bill provides that no person who practises it shall be al lowed to hold any federal office. There are other provisions, all tending to the same purpose, but these are all that we have seen. Some sections were stricken out, among which was one providing an appropriation oj $100,000, for the support of the superfluous wives who will be deprived of their right tc a support from their former husbands. This looks unjust, unless the husbands are, by some further amendment, compelled to assist in the support of these unfortunate women. These have been the victims of polygamy, and are so regarded by the bill; yet, although they are not made liable to prosecution, they bear the principal weight of the punishment, while the real criminals are let off with fine and impris onment,and are relieved from all responsibili ty for the future of their unhappy dupes. Another section rejected made provision foi the employment of the military power in en forcing the laws. This was probably regarded superfluous, as military force is used now-a days without special enactment. "Preserving the peace" and "enforcing the laws" are twc pretexts which hsve been, and can be, used ~ r whenever it is desired to place any part of th United States under military authority. The Utah bill has to pass the Senate an receive the President's sanction before it ca become a law, and there may be many mod fications in it before it goes into force. Bi when it does, there will be ample employmer for the military. Brigham Young has d< , clarecl his intention to fight for his interestin family, if necessary, and Brigham meat what he says. He has been making prepan tions for such a contingency for some tiin He has a fair stock of munitions of war an an army of respectable size. But, notwitl standing his zeal for the faith and his dete mination to make a fight in defence of it, Brij ham is on the high road to reconstructioi . TEACHERS* CONVENTION. Wo call the attention of teachers to the pri posal of Mr. Hugh 8..Thompson, in auoth< column, for a convention of teachers in th State. The idea is a good oue and has bee acted on, with advantage, in other States, it lead to no more than a full interchange < views between those who perform the respoi i sible duty of developing the minds of tl men and women of the next generation, th will be no small benefit. That generation wi probably have many difficult problems, socia moral and political, to grapple with,and the fitness for the task depends largely on win and how they are taught. There has rare] l^ben a tame whfcn teachers required more tad . o* when prejudice was more likely to be inji rious, and, at the saifie time, difficult to avoi< i We think all wfeo take an interest in eduo tion will be pleased to have the teachers i l the State meet in council. THE CUBAiTQUESTION. The House Committee on foreign relatioi 1 adopted a joint resolution on the 22d, to 1 i offered for adoption by Congress, which vi tually recognizes the Cuban "rebels" as bell 1 gerents and places them on an equal footir with Spain. The resolution instructs the Pres dent ta declare and maintain a strict and in 1 partial neutrality; on the part of the Unite States, in the contest between the people ' Cuba and the kingdom of Spain. It furtln declares that all the Acts passed to punis persons who afford aid, in violation of tl ' neutrality laws, shall be construed to appl 1 equally to eaeh of the contending parties. At present the neutrality laws apply on] to those who furnish aid against Spain, as thj i government is a recognized power at pea< with the United States. Furnishing aid i , her opponents would be a violation of tl 1 neutrality between Spain and the Unit* > States. But furnishing aid to Spain would 1 ? no violation of neutrality with Cuba, for su< neutrality does not, and cannot, exist unl Cuba is recognized either as a belligerent i ? an independent power. If the joint resolution be adopted and r ceives the sanction of the President, the stati of the belligerents will be changed. Tl i Cubans will be debarred the privilege of bu ! ing vessels and munitions of war, as priva , individuals, which they have been doing; bi 1 they get the benefit of a recognition that tin , are a belligerent power. The Spanish go i ernment will be placed on the same footin [ being forbidden to purchase aid by the ne , trality assumed and the recognition of Cut ) by the United States government. B i though the resolution does as much for Cul as this govei^rhent could do without bccoi i itmjfeMftrty in the war, the Cubans are n BktSgfi<yi "Tfofr wap * 1 ^ o than recognition ^ STATE ITEMS. ? The Columbia Oil Company is now fairl established, $20,000 of its capital stock havin( been paid in. ... ? Captain Alfred Tyler has been electei Vice-President and Superintendent of the ? Carolina Railroad Company. ?Mrs. Walker, widow of Col. Williar Walker, died in Chester on the 21st instant after a painful illness of several weeks. ?The Lancaster Ledger learns that prow iuent citizens of several counties have solicit ed Mr, Phin B. Tompkins, of Lancaster, t accept the nomination of the citizens' part; in that Congressional district ? The Supreme Court begins its sittings i Columbia on the first Tuesday in April, an the circuits are to be called in the followin order: Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixtl Seventh, Eighth, First ? The Suiuter News announces a new orif inal story, from the pen of that talented ai thor, John Witherspoon Ervin, entitled Th Mysterious Marriage, to be commenced on th 14th of April next. ? State Constable Hubbard has arreste Richard Henry and Lewis Clark on th charge of arson and murder. These partie were the male occupants pf the store in whic the late fire in Marion originated, by whic fire Mr. Iseman was burned to death. ? The Laurens railroad was advertised t be sold at auction, in Columbia, yesterdaj The Herald says: "There seems to be abou as much interest felt in the matter in Laurent as if Waterman were advertising for the sal of a pint of peanuts." ? The Charleston Nem says: "On Fridaj we are informed,the prisoners in the jail; whe it was ascertained that the murderer Nixo was reprieved and that there would be no ej J ecution, procured a chicken, proceeded to th I gallows in solemn procession, and hung tb j feathery biped. They were determined nc to be cheated out of their sport." ? An altercation occurred near Abbeville o the 19th instant, between R. J. Cheatham an a colored man in his employ. High wore ' i parsed between them, and finally Cheathai 11 discharged his gun, wounding the negro ser ? ously in the throat. Cheatham was arreste | and gave bail to answer an indictment. 1 ?The grocery store of Mr. G. W. Low ' was broken into, on the night of the 19th, an robbed of a considerable quantity of bacoi Commenting npon the robbery, the ReportU says there is not a secure house in the towi and considers the easiness of getting an ei : I trance the main cause of the robberies froi I which Chester is suffering. ? We learn from the Reporter that M ; Yocura, of the State Constabulary, has opene f a recruiting office in Chester, opposite the jai i for the purpose of organizing two companii i of militia, of one hundred men each, for th i fall campaign. A few white men have ei s j listed, who, the Reporter predicts, will mono] s olize the commissioned offices. ! j ? On Tuesday, the 22nd, a destructive fii 5 j occurred in the woods near ttardeeville 8ti i | tion, on the Savannah and Charleston Rai i! road. A high jwind prevailed at the time, an 5 the fire spread with great rapidity, destroyic almost the entire fencing of Mr. Butler, i also other fences, negro houses, and cro] planted. Many families, by this conflagr tion, which extended over ten square mile have lost all they possessed. I ?The Greenville Mountaineer says : "D Elijah Satterfield died at his residence, nei r this place, on Saturday night last, at the ai > vanced age of ninety years and four month I He was born in York county, at the foot < e King's Mountain, and within sight of the bat- J tie-field, but has been living in Greenville for j H d perhaps more than half a century, and had ! n become one of the institutions of the place." I? CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. On the 22d, in the Senate, the finance com ltr mittee made a report recommending the indef^ inite postponement of Mr. Sumner's bill to*Jl S promote a return to specie payments, which r( 18 report was concurred in. The report of the ai l* judiciary committee, declaring General Ames 11 e? ineligible to a seat as Senator from Mississip- p d pi, was called up and debated until adjournment ' . ? r" The House resumed the consideration of the ^ i- bill reported some time ago from the committi. tee on Territories, to enforce the laws of the ^ United States in Utah, and especially against ^ polygamy. A long debate ensued, which ^ was not finished when the House- adjourned.'^ ^ On the 23d, the Senate resumed the debate ^ on Gen. Ames' case, the points at issue being a ^ whether Gen. A. is thirty years of age and v ^ was legally a citizen of Mississippi at the time * of his election. No vote was reached in this case. |0 ? In the House, the Utah bill was passed, afjj ter striking out several important features. j The main provisions of the bill will be found 0 .' in another place. The House then went into ,r - - . . n ~*t committee of the whole, on the tarin dui, until i I adjournment \ ^ On the 24th, the^Sqnate was ex&ut^ij (' session, with closed doors. V VwJHNj | In the House, the military committee made * a general report of their investigations with e ^ reference to cadetship sales. The report is ^ 3' general, because the committee desire to make jj no report in individual cases, unless the evidence fully warrants it. The committee in- P 33 troduced a bill and thred resolutions, all of ^ >e which were adopted with some amendments. ^ r- The bill passed provides that no appointments e li- to the Military or Naval Academy shall be"^ ig valid, unless the appointee has been an actual (i- bona fide resident of the district, from which ^ a- he is appointed, for one year preceding his ap- f? sd poihtment. The fact of residence shall be ^ of proved by affidavit. If such affidavit is sub- ^ sr sequently found false, or if corrupt means have a ih been used, the cadet shall be immediately dis- r ie missed. The resolutions adopted are given in ^ ly another placa The tariff bill was considered, a in committee of the whole, until adjournment. ^ ly On the 2oth, in the Senate, a bill was intro- P at duced to reduce the army and fix the pay. It c ?e nrnrwiBM to reduce bv September 1st, the \ J r- r ------ - * ' i to "jjumber of enlisted men to 25,000, of major- 0 generals to three, and 6f brigadiers to six; to 1 id abolish the offices of regimental commissary of cavalry, regimental commissary sergeants, a ;h hospital stewards and veterinary surgeons; to t: dl authorize, the discharge before September, of ^ ur officers applying for it, with extra pay in pro- ^ portion to the time they havqbeen in service; 81 o* to increase the retired list to 300; and to abol- n us ish the offices of general and lieutenant-gener- 0 al, when vacated by their present incumbents. 8 y- The bill was referred to the committee on mil- * te itary affairs. v ut In the House, the tariff bill was further de- 8 sy bated , ^ v- On the 26th, the Senate was not in session. ^ g, The House met for debate on the tariff only. a u- A number of speeches were made, buf no ac- c >a tion was taken on any part of the bill, ut On the 28th, in the Senate, a number of ? in unimportant bills, resolutions and memorial * n- were introduced. Drake inquired the reosofc ^ ot of the delay of the judiciary committee iJ J ^it would be useless, while timG^mrgtoanal j Ames questions were still undisposed of; besides, there were provisions in the Texas Con- P ^ stitution and in the House bill requiring care^ ful consideration. The San Domingo treaty ai ^ was discussed, with indications that it will not ?* be ratified by the Senate. 8(1 The House did little of importance, the tar- 111 a iff bill being the prominent subject of debate. ^ t, MERE-MENTION. m Gen. G. F. Anderson, of Atlanta?the "old ey i. Tige" of Confederate days?has been appoint . ed Superintendent of the projected Air-Line o Railroad. The Wyoming delegate to tc y Congress, in order to carry out the female suf- je frage laws of his territory, intends to send a u young lady cadet to West Point Repd resentative Prosser, of Tennessee, announces g that he will have a competive examination for ? his West Point cadetship, to which only col- ^ ored boys will be eligible. A son of r. General Santa Anna is imitating his father by getting up revolutions in Mexico, and in imi^ tation of his father has got himself defeated ra e and in disgrace. A Missourian who lost te his wife by a railroad accident, asks $30,000 te d damages. The company offer $2,000. An Y e Ohio murderer, who escaped conviction on 111 s the plea of insanity, now refuses to pay his jjj h lawyers for the same reason. Harper's 0j h Ferry is to be converted into a watering w place, and- a mammoth hotel is to be built tl 0 there. New York has 5,000 vagrant r children .who never attend school. A HI it Pennsylvania justice has sentenced a man to a month's imprisonment for stealing an um- n e brella. Francis P. Blair, jr., late Democratic candidate for Vice-President, is said to in j be in the insurance business in the city of N. m n York. A contemporary pities the "vern dancy of people who think that a seat in A c_ Congress is a passport to good society." A* e man at Lowell, Massachusetts, says in his will e that he desires to be buried in a burglar-proof ^ )t! safe. Lizzards have made their appear! ance in Western Georgia?the best u j of the advent of Spring. Senator Bfcv- ot d I els says he was once excluded from the Sen- ti jg i ate galleiy, on account of color. An edi- ^ n | tor of a paper in Indiana wants to .know if ^ j., modern whiskey was ever seen "comin' thro' g d ! the rye." A Maine woman has applied ^ : to the State Legislature for a pension, having ^ ,e sent all her male descendants to the war, aud d 1 been left by their'loss in the army with thirty- C 3 one orphan grand-children to take care of. She a' ^ deserves a pension. Out of 40,000,000 nprmlfi in the United States onlv 250.000 nav u, j r?r ? - . , j.! an income tax. Butler has been notified P1 u ! that hie yellow nominee to West Point is too c' | young. The procession in New York on ? r j St. Patrick's day numbered 30,000.,,. The 11 |(ji President pays taxes on $110,000; Sherman r' 1 I on $23,000 on property situated in the Dis- & ^ ! trict of Columbia. Pierre Bonaparte, ** ie | recently tried in Paris for the murder of Vic- 81 n.1 tor Noir, has been acquitted. A brief ^ p. j telegram from New Orleans on Saturday, an- ^ ; nounced the death of Hon. Pierre Soule, aged p re ! 69 years. For some years past he has been i hopelessly insane. jjj The Term "Loyal."?In a recent debate *n 1 ! in the United States Congress, the following tl '? I point was made. It is well taken: o: I Mr. Eldridge declaimed against the word a ^ , loyal as a word he despised and hated. It si a" j always reminded him of a definition of it T ! given by a contractor during the war, when r< i pressed to explain what he meant by saying r' j he felt loyal. He said he felt as if he wanted d *r'< to steal something or somebody. For himself si j he was patriotic, not loyal. The word did c< 18. | not belong to this country; it only belonged j h if j to Massachusetts. EDITORIAL INKLINGS, ealth of General Lee. The Raleigh Sentinel says that Genera E. Lee is shortly coming to that city. Hii salth is bad, and he may take a trip South fe hope he will; for he cannot go to any par : the South where he will not find some o: is old soldiers, and many others, who will bi jjoiced to see him. But as public ovation: re not to his taste,- it , is not likely he wil lake much of,a trip, rince Pierre Bonaparte Acquitted. Prince Pierre Bonaparte has been ac uitted. It will be remembered that he kille< 'ictor Noir, editor of a revolutionary pape i Paris, who went to bim to obtain a retrac on of charges which Bonaparte had made he acquittal caused great excitement ii '(iris. But the trebles of the Prince did no ifllfWTth his trial. As soon as the decision o ie court was announced, he was arrested 01 suit for a debt of some $20,000. He wa ery indignant, but found himself compellei )-rem*rin in jail, as he was unable to pay th ebt [unicipal Troubles in Richmond. The city of Kichmond has oeen suojec ?d to a species of civil war, by the reluctanc f a military appointee to give up his offic 'hen his successor was appointed by the eivi owere. Mr. George Chahoon, the gentlemai S[ to, was appointed Mayor of Rich while JVir^inia was out of the Unioc hejBtfte had been reconstructed am resenfetives admitted to Congr?w, God rnor Walker appointed Mr. H. K. Ellysoi layor, with a Board of Aldermen, to hold ol ce until an election by the people. Mr. Chs 0011 refused to be put out of office, and af lied to Judge Underwood for an injunctioi rorn the United States District Court, forbid ing Governor Walker's .appointees from ei rcising the functions of the cityi council c Uchraond. Both Mayors undertook to govern the city olding rival courts, and the dispute was ag ravated by Gen. Canby, who took sides witl 'hahoon. A warm correspondence ensue etween Governor Walker and Gen. Oanbj nd a more serious consequence was the occui ehce of two riots, in which one policeman wa illed and several persons were wounded. B dvice, or rather order, of Gen. Canby, Chs " ? J r oon nnany wunurew iruiu uie tuumi uuuc rotest, leaving the United States Court to d( ide between the titles to office of the tW fayors, and the case is now being tried befor udge Underwood. 'he "Elec4on Outrages." The Republican devotes a column an half to the "evidence" before the inveetigs ing committee, now in Columbia to examin Ir. Wallace's claims to a seat in Congresi Ve say Mr. Wallace's claims, for Mr. Simj on is not submitting his claims to the con littpe. The Republican thinks the absenc f Mr. Simpson conclusive proof that he cor iders his case hopeless. This is probabl rue, but not for the reason the Republica rould like its readers to believe. If he coi iders it hopeless, it is because Congress he leclared him ineligible. Why should h ake the pains to prove that he was electee lthough Governor Scott himself gave him ertificate of that fact, if he is ineligible? As a matter of course, in Mr. Simpson's at ence, the evidence produced is all to sho1 hat Mr. Wallace would have been electee iut for the intimidation of his supporter dr...Wallace does not attempt to prove tha ^fhas the selectio^fofwitness^itis^notf! ) expected that he will bripg forward wit jsses against himself. His witnesses are asked hat questions he desires, with no cross-ex nination, and "intimidation" is the burder ' their song. We confess to believing thai me of the witnesses were scared; for Gover )r Scott and Constable Hubbard testifiec i at they feared Mr. Wallace would lose hii fe, and the Governor has lately said he waj ore alarmed during the canvass than h< ;er was while on picket. But we do thinl le fact that these gentlemen are au still anv< id preparing for another campaign, ough > satisfy them that their fears were ground as, and quiet their nerves. It is really tim< ley were over their scare, icorporation of Rock Hill. We take the following sections from ai A.ct to Grant, Renew and Amend, the Char re of certain Towns and Villages thereii lentioned": Sec. 39. That the persons'residing withii le area of a square, each side whereof is on< lile, and the centre whereof is "Gordon's Ho tl," in the County of York, are hereby crea d a body corporate under the name of thi illage of Rock Hill^with the officers the sami i number, and having the same powers am rivileges, and subject in every respect to th< rovisioDs of the charter granted to the villagi [' Cokesbury by the Act of 1852, excep herein said charter may be inconsistent wit! ie Constitution and Ordinances of 1868. Sec. 40. That this Act shall be taken anc seined a public Act in all courts of justice id shall contiuue in force for ten years, anc util the end of the next session of the Gene tl Assembly thereafter. Sec. 41. That all Acts, and parts of Acts iconsistent with this Act be, and the same *e hereby repealed. Approved February 26,1870. n Opponent for Whittemore. The Charleston Courier says: "From a private letter received in this city e learn that Capt. C. T. Dunn, of Little iver, S. C., will be nominated for Congrest v the votere of Horry District to fill the MMfllpMBShby Whittemore. The write] H?? letter says: "Capt. Dunn is Conserva ve, and Horry will be a unit for him. He mi honest man. and has been residing al little River since 1865, planting and other ise developing the resources of his adoptee tate. I think him fully competent to fill th< osition, and, if elected, will give general sat faction to our people." The writer adds [ have been personally acquainted wit! apt. Dunn, the past three years, and have [ways found him a gentleman." We fear so many candidates will be presen ;d to that Congressional District, of botl arties, that Whittemore will stand as good 4 lance in the scrub-race as any of them lut then, if any but the simon-pure Radica ominee is elected, "intimidation" comes ir ght there. If that candidate happens t< et the majority of votes cast, the election ii lir, of course. But if any other is elected, i ,ands to reason that the voters were "intimi ated." How else could a Radical candidate e defeated ? 'rices in Charleston. The Charleston Neivs, speaking of th< ecline in gold, says that prices are govemec y the cost of production, and that other ele lents besides the premium of gold enter int< le cost, prominent among which is the wagei f labor. It may be added that prices ar< Iso influenced by the relative proportions o ipply and demand, without regard to cost 'he News gives the following summary of thi jsults of the decline in prices in Charleston In groceries there has been a considerable ecline, and especially upon imported articles ich as sugar, molasses, &c. Coffee, on ac junt of the limited supply and great demand as remained almost unchanged. In dry goods there has been considerable ! change, and all articles are being sold at New ! York rates. Yestefdaya merchant, who had 1 j been buying goods, stated that he could buy 3; as cheap here as in New York, and save ini surance and freight. In clothing the reduction has corresponded 1 with the decline in gold, f The shoe trade has also experienced a 3 change, but it is the opinion of some that the 9 lowered prices are as much due to the large ] supply and limited demand us to the decline in gold. Drugs, chemicals, Ac., have fallen with the price of gold, excepting patent medicines and - other articles of the trade manufactured in i this country. r Hardware, like drugs, followed gold on its downward march. - - In other lines there has been a depreciation, excepting, perhaps, in a few articles, similar 1 to those above mentioned. All ofour merchants have full supplies, and f are ready to meet the market, and even anil ticipate a decline when it is apparent, s Marriage in High Life. i The Richmond Whig publishes the fole lowing interesting hymeneal announcement: Young?Martin and Others.?In Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 16th ult, in the presence of the Saints, Elder Brigham Young to Mrs. J. R. Martin, Miss L. M. rendergrast, e Mm M -Toniplrnnm MifU SllRie P. Cleve e land and Miss Emily P. Martin, all of the 1 county of Berks, England. No cards, n Liability of Guardians i- The Charleston Republican is publishi ing abstracts of the decisions of the Supreme 3, Cou^jtof tftis State. Amongtlum find thq following With regard to a case from this counQ ty, involving the liability of a guardian who f- is also adnflnistrator of the estate to which his ward is an heir: > D. C. Crosby, administrator, vs. D. Crosby, n Appeal dismissed. Held, that where an ad[. ministrator was guardian of an infant diatributee, and -in the final accounting as adminis trator failed to account for interest on annual balances in his hands as administrator, that he was liable therefor in his character as r, guardian, and that a suit brought by his ward therefor was not barred under the statute of h limitations, the suit having been commenced j four years after the accounting. Held, that a co-administrator was hot a necessary party ' to such suit Held, where such administrator r" maintained the infant child of his deceaied s and intestate b.other.in his own family for y seven yeara, and at the end of that peridd became the guardian of such infant, and manir feated nor intent to charge the infant'with each ^ maintenance until two years after becoming guardian, and did not reduce his claim ft) a 0 definite statement until nineteen years alter e the maintenance of the infant commenced, that it must be presumed that such maintenance was gratuitous. Opinion by Jusice j I Willard. 11 " - . . . 1 ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE e 5. AN ACT >- To Provide for tbe Appointment of certain 003, oers therein named. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate end Howe of Representatives of the State of Sotth l" Carolina, now met and sitting in General isY sembly, and by authority of the same, That (he n Sheriff or Coroner of any county may appoint i- one or more deputies, to be approved by aty ? Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of sua e county; and the oath which such deputy b . required to take by the third section of thfc ? Act may be administered by any officer aua thorized to administer oaths within such county. The Recorder, or Clerk of the Court )- may also appoint a deputy, to be approved br w the Court of Common Pleas of such county; j, and the Auditor of any county may appoirt J a deputy, to be approved by the Commission \ ers of said countv; Provided, that the Couit JtfCounty Comiuissic era Cus the case may ba Auditor require such ueput^1*^^^^^^ Sec. 2. That the appointment of every sucli deputy shall be evidenced by a certificate thereof, signed by his principal, and shall con( tinue during the pleasure of the principal; and every principal may take such Doud and security from his deputy as he shall deem ne" cessary to secure the faithful discharge of the 1 duties of his appointment, and the principal 3 Shall, in all cases, be answerable for the ne^3 lect of duty or misconduct in office of his , deputy. Sec. 3. That every such deputy shall, ;previou9 to entering on the duties of his appoint2 ment, take an oath or affirmation,'as prescribed by the Constitution of the State, faithful ly to perform all the duties of his appoint3 ment; and, when so qualified, the deputy may do and perform any and all of the duties appertaining to the office of his principal. Sec. 4. That all. Acts or parts of Acts in1 consistent with the provisions of this Act be, " and the same are hereby, repealed. i Approved February 14, 1870. j AN ACT , To Repeal an Act entitled ''An jVct to Organize TowiiBhips and to uenne tneir rowers ana rnvileges." Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and 3 House of Representatives of the. Slate of South 3 Carolina, now met and sitting in General. As* sembly, and by the authority of the same, That 3 an Act entitled "An. Act to organize Town3 ships and their powers and privi1 leges," be, and the same is hereby, repealed, 1 except that portion of the same fixing the number, names and boundaries of the respecl tive townships of the respective counties. | Approved January 19,1870. AN ACT To Carry into Effect the Provisions of the Consti, tution ih Relation to the Rights of Married , Women, Section 1. Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now mtt and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the real and personal property of a married ' woman, whether held by her at the time of ' her marriage or accrued to her thereafter, ' either by gift, grant, inheritance, devise, pur' ehase or otherwise, shall not be subject to levy and sale for her husband's debts, but shall be [ her separate property. ' Sec. 2. A married woman shall have power to bequeath, devise or convey her separate i property in the same manner and to the same extent as if she were unmarried.; and if dy5 ing intestate, her property shall descend in the same manner as the law now provides for the descent of the property of husbands, and all deeds, mortgages and legal instruments of whatever kind, shall be executed by her in the same manner, and have the same .legal force and effect as if she were unmarried. 1 Sec. 3. A married woman shall have the 1 right to purchase any species of property in . her own name, and to take proper legal con1 veyance therefor, and to contract and be con, tracted with in the same manner as if she * v mi . . i i i j wereunmarried: rrovxaea, rnaiine nusDana shall not be liable for the debts of the wife 3 contracted prior to or after marriage, except for her necessary support Sec. 4. All Acts and parts of Acts in conj flict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved January 27,1870. ? " * " j Social Equality.?On Saturday a number of negroes made raids upon the various bar-rooms and restaurants in the city, for the 5 purpose of testing the Civil Eights Bill. They 3 were evidently organized bv Magistrate T. J. ? Mackey, who seems to be the prime mover in f the matter, for while two of them would go in and demand drinks, a constable with a * warrant ready at hand, would stand outside. 3 In the evening a party consisting of Mitchell, : the Clerk of Council, Hampton, Mishaw and j others, went into Mr. Stelling's bar-room and !. called for drinks.The attendant supplied them, - but refused to receive pay. Knowing this , fact they called for more drinks, and having | satisfied themselves, left. This proceeding is j I what is vulgarly called "humming," and peo j pie who do such things are vulgarly called i "suckers." - From Hampton and Misnaw such J j a proceeding might have been expected, but ; we confess to expectiug other tilings from I ; Mitchell. Altogether, Magistrate Mackey did a good business on Saturday, and his fees : must have netted a good day's work. Some 1 people there ?re who believe that this wily | magistrate gets up these little affairs for the i purpose of making fees. But this, of course, | is only prejudicial rumor. The immaculate ex-Alderman is like Caesar's wife, above suspicion.?Courier.-? ........ GOV. SCOTT ADVI8ES CONGRESS. Governor R. K. Scott has been to 'Washington, and made a speech at a Radical mass meeting on the night of the 22nd. We anne* a telegraph sketch of his remarks, sent to the Charleston News: , , r . "It is time that weak-kneed men in Confool Via* fhov nro r-Arrvinc lemflla I gi VCW, n ?*V *W? "*""w """ ?/"c""7 tion a little too far, should make up their ! minds to recognize the Southern Cotifeaeracy, and leave us to do the best we can for ourselves. As to Georgia, you give the loyal people there arms and they wilrprotect themselves. I say to you, gentlemen, this evening, as for South Carolina, no Republican will ever go to the doors of Congress again and knock for admission with a majority against him, because his friends have been prohibited by intimidation and murder from voting. Unless this thing stops here, I tell vou that the next class of men that comes We will he the rebel element of that countiy, asking for protection. We have stood upon a picket j line for four yearsu- )I spent four yearn in the wmy, and never Yelt greater dato&a on a pricket line than I did during the campaign of 1868. I say let .'Georgia alone. Strfte out the Bingham amendment. Admit the State. "Let them fight out their own battles. If. they decide that they want an election, I say < to the members of the Legislature of Georgia, when you go home pass such laws as will give your Governor power to arm every man in the State. Make an appropriation to enable him to buv all the Winchester rifles that he can, and one hundred rounds of ammuni tion for each man, and then demand it fair election. Let every; man vote as he pleases. Coerce no man; keep. no. man awby; but let him go up and vote, &nd you yourselves de. mand the same right. I tell you, the Winchester rifle is the best law that you can have ' there!" ' ' v*.;' ' "u,t ' > .? ? J??*i;?l THE ftKY GOODS WAB.j The New. York Times sap: "The houses of A. T. Stewart & Co., and H. B. Claflin & Co., are engaged in'au'ifiteraecine warfare. Stewart, We are'told, ia raakirfg a'terrific raid on unbleached muslins and Merrimac prints. The story goes that during the earlier part of the late war Stewart got; badly frightened about muslins, and. put all his stock upon the market, selling them for what they wpuld fetch. Claflin pretended to do the same, but in reality^ought back all his own goods and bought up all Stewart's. The result was thpt he got a monoply of the article, and when it rose, as it did almost immediately, Stewart had to buy from Claflin at pretty much what! the latter chose to ask. Stewart has never forgiven Claflin for this, but has been husbanding his forces and waiting patiently for an opportunity to strike a crashing blow m return, i This he apparently thinks he has found, and he is accordingly pushing his columns of muslin and Merrimac forward toi the attack. As j a central attack he massed his Merrimacs at1 ten cents a yard, when they were sold by the manufacturers at twfelve, and hurled them upon the market. The result is said to have been that the Merrimac men struck his name | from their books and refused to sell him any more goods. Stewart is reported to have immediately, procured a supply through a distinguished Philadelphia firm. Through their abundant caution, however, the Merrimac bought some of the goodslmPBKrart, found the mark, reported to headquarters, and the Philadelphia firm has also been struck from the Merrimac people's books. Mr, Claflin is reported to be fully alive to the situation. The practical result of the war is a terrible flutter among the dry goods people) fcnd a general assertion that if Mr. Stewart continues is raid he will ruin pretty much every, im porter aud jobber in tte city,. , I 8TATE CONTENTION. OF TEACHERS* After an informal'consultation of persons interested in the cause of education, the undersigned has been requested to invite the teachers of the State, not connected with the "free common schoqls," to meet in convention at Columbia. The immediate purpose of this convention is to secure, as far as practicably, uniformity in text books, and other advantages arising from concert of action. It is also proposed to make this meeting' the basis of a permanent qrganizatitm^Tuie teachers' of South Carolina. . v ' . . d?i Saeh associations have been formed in several of the other States, and where properly conducted, their tendency has been to raise the standard of education and increase the efficiency of schools. ' The time suggested for.the: meeting is the fimt week in May?the day to be determined hereafter., . ?1( .. , Those teachers who fhvor the prpposed convention, and who are willing to attend it, are requested to communicate at once by mail with the undersigned; and if the assent be obtained of such a number as will indicate the probability of a general representation, due notice of the time and place of meeting will J be published. When it is decided to call the convention, an effort will be made to secure at the hotels and on the railroads such reduced charges as. are usually made to the members of similar bodies. Those papers in the State favorably disposed to this movement are requested to extend this notice. ' . Hugh S. Thompson, Principal Columbia Male Academy. Governor Holden Rebuked. The Legislature of North Carolina, adjourned on Monday, the 28th. A telegram of that date, from Raleigh, says: The conservative members are out in an address to the people, alluding to the Governor's declaring Alamance county in insurrection, and asking for a suspension of the habeas corpus. The address says the Chief Magistrate of this State, the head and front of radicalism, has seen fit to declare one of our counties in a state of insurrection, and to call upon Congress to suspend the writ of habeas corpus throughout the State. "We declare there is no sufficient cause for this extraordiuirv action of Governor Holden. There is and fias been no armed resistance, no uprising of the people, no outbreaks to disturb or hinder the full administration of the civil" law. We assert that there is not a county in the State, in which any sheriff or other peace officer may not go, unattended, and with perfect safety, and execute any process upon any citizen of the State. It is true that murders and other outrages have beeu committed, but they have not been confined to any particular locality or | any political party; and when Gov. Holden represents to the President and Coaeress that these acts are evidences of disloyalty, he is ! guilty of a wilful libel upon a people whose ' rights he has sworn to protect j "They Marched Through the Town!'"' Not the Captain with his Whiskers, but Joe ! Greene, formerly drum major, more recently j tidal drain keeper, and now conmander in ; chief, (in his own existence' here,] with about j, thirty sable patriots, bedecked in blue and j yellow and carrying firearms. The whole j procession was preceded by a drim and fife,' and followed by a crowd of sooty gamin.; Joe is wasting his military ardor tow that the! country is at peace.? Charleston Courier. LOCAL ITEMS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ; T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger-Jn Bankrupt| cy?Application for Discharge in the Matter of J. Tnos. Dawkins. i S. D. C'arothers?Executor's Notice. T. M. Dobeon A Co.?Something for Ladies. , , John May, Agent.?Cheaper than Ever. J J. W. Avery?New Goods?New Colicoes?(}or- I sets, Ac.?Ladies' Shoes?Table Cloths?Taj ble Cutlery?Hpes?Bacon?Don'/ send your Money A*av?Sugai1/ R. La than?To School Teachers. - -*-* " Brem, Brown A Co., Charlotte, N. C.?New . _ .Stpdkoi" Spring Goods, i ??, 1 T. S. Jeff&rys, Agent?Notice to ih* Creditors of 1 W. B. Dunlop's Assigned Estate. I Zf D. Smith, Administrator?Application for- Dis- I charge! w >. r~~ .1 1 | Mary Feemster, Surviving Administratrix?Ap- " plication for Discharge. i' THE GRAND JURY'S PRESENTMENT. Owing to a blunder in making bp the form la8t week, a portion of a paragraph, in the presentment of the grand jury, was put in wrong, so as to make it on intelligible. For this reason we have re-published, the presentment in full, on the outside of this issue. FREAK OF NATURE. . Last Monday we were shown a monstrosity, in the shape of a pig with two heads, joining at the neck in such a manner that the animal had two ears, three eyes, two snouts and two mouths, all perfect Below,the lower jaws of the, respective heads and between the two ears, the, two. heads terminated in ppe neck, and w"*" the othei\parts of the bpfly were like those of an ordinary pig. The umbilical cSrd was attached to the union of the tops of .the' two heads. This freak, of nature was pigged dead, on the premises of Mrs. James, in this town, and is now reposing in a glass jar of alcohol, at the drug store of Messrs. Kuykendal & Tomlinson, subject to the inspection of the curious in such matters. .7 1 j, I''-.,; i , ! WANTS TO COME HOME. The following letter, handed us for publication, furnishes an instance of the fact thait colored mien, although they take the politacaTadvice of any stranger in preference, go to "old master" when they need pecuniary help. The writer left York county three years ago, and no news has come from him since that time until now. His letter is brief and to the point. He is in a distant State,'not "getting along wel).". We commend his experience to the attentipu of others who inay > be thinking about )?Avinff t.ko nlft/M .nf thpir hirtli fn frv tiiaip w. W ?-J ?"VM fortunes Among strangers, It is not every one t'et moves away .who betters himself. Mere* ij moving away will not. put money ift any man's pocket, and unless they have some positive assurance that they , are to profit by a change, nine out of ten will be better off among their old i friends than anywhere else. But to the letter: : ; i "Lima, Alien Co., Ohio, March 19, '70. Joel W. EaxoliTWon'?SiB.:, It is wjtb pleasure that I embrace the present opportunity? the first I have had for a long timej^of writing you a few lines infonnihg yoa that l ain well, and hope these finds may find you enjoying the same health. T am living in Li ma, Allen County, Ohio. I am not getting along very well, and would tQ hay?elittJe.help from the old farm, if possible?speaking fio all of my friends, brotheA sisters, cousins and all.' I am very anxious to hear fjrorti'tne old place anyhow, and to hear how* you are all getting along. Sir, give irfy love'to all of my acquaintances. Please let me know how Amanda; Rawlinson is getting along, in particular. N. B.?r want you all to send me some monjy anyhow to eome home M : have! not ^ney to come. 'Please an- a ?6<liately any} giveme all the particulars. With respect, j remain Yours Respe^-fullj, / arcthy v^wlik- v washington newst^ We glean the following items ffrom the Washington correspondence of the 'Baltimore Sun: ' ; . garrisons for the south. """ The President is undecided about sending troops into the alleged insurrectionary districts of the Southern States. He is not assured as yet that the State authorities are incompetent to take care of tbei* own disorderly population. Another vexihgqilestion arises, which is where troops are to be got for this extraordinary service. The army is rapidly diminishing in .numbers, :and by the end of the current year will be below the ante bellum standard, unless Congress authorizes the army force to be augmented.. There has been great demand for troops for die frontier service, particularly for New Mexico, Arizona and Montana, and all the force available is required to keep up the necessary posts there for the defence of the settlers against the Indians. .' * The call for troops to be sent to North Carolina gave decided impetus to die subject of distributing the army among the peaceable citizens of the States. The question agitating the authorities here seems to be bow far the troops can be used, and. yrhether or not there is any provision in the lifWB which will allow " the military to be made subject to .the authorities of any State calling for them1, as seems to be the desire of the North Carolina officials. REVENUE COLLECTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA. A detailed report of operations in die third South Carolina district has been forwarded by the deputy /collector there to the revenue department An expedition into the nioun- . tains of Greenville and Pickens counties, accompanied by a squadron of United States cavalry, was recently made by the revenue officers, and thirty-six still-houses destroyed, together with their contents. About five hundred tubs were broken to pieces, and ten men arrested and held to bail for defrauding ^ the revenue. , The deputy coUaptor states . that it is impossible to coflect the revenue in that part of the country, without the aid of " the military. TARIFF. Hi The debate ifi the House on the tariff has been so protracted that it has settled the fact that the details of the bill will not be consided before next week. The debate does not [ seem to have improved the prospects of the measure, though a speech made in its behalf declared that if it was passed, Congress could I legislate to confine internal taxation to eight articles. Another member attacked the ciasr sification of sugar and iron, declaring that the latter was wholly arranged in 'the interest of protection, and that the former was roatle in the interest of the sugar refiners. The chief appraiser of New York writes that the sugar clause will lead to fraud. It is still believed that the bill will yet be recommitted. FINANCE. The banking and currency committee do not seem to be in anv haste to obey the order of the House, passed several days ago, requiring that they snail report a bill providing for. an increase ot tne currency to the exteniioJ; fifty millions. The committee see very plainly that there is no use in submitting a measure of this kind, in the face of eo important a one as the funding bill; for the House evidently prefers to first test its financial views on the latter. THE BAN DOMINGO TREATY AND THE SENATE. The piints of the debate in the United States Senate, in executive session upon the San Domingo treaty, are dropping out by degrees, if the correspondents are to be relied on. Mr. Sumner, it is understood, in his speech, ptrongly opposed any attempt to annex either the territory or" people of tropical climates. He contended that the United States should endeavor to concentrate their enpire and strength within the temperate zone, and be a nation whose basal element is Anglo-Saxon, and whose institutions shall be a development