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is proverbial that cats are "hard to ^ lose." Recently a cat was taken from Jack- 81 son county, Indiana, to Cincinnati, but in six ? days founa her way back to her old home.' F The Napoleon (Ark.) News says there r is not much danger to be apprehended from 9 drought in that region, as the ground is damp . two feet above the surface. 1 A company of negroes have organized | for the purpose of building a colored hotel at ? Indianapolis, Indiana, to Which no white per- g ' son will be admitted. ? The Alabama Legislature has passed a r law imposing a tax of $40 upon every Geor- 8 gia lawyer practicing in the courts of Alabama. c The Georgia lawyers threaten resistance. \ A Missouri newspaper claims that the c hogs of that State are so fat that in order to fina out where their heads are it is necessary t to make them squeal, and then judge by the ( sound. It appears from recent investigations that the Southern Medodist Church is rapidly losing its colored membership, there being but aSbut^>,*000 members' this rear, against 32,000 last year. . ?? fbe father oiM|^H^ youth "in Nashville has compelled q^Hkgfranks there to disgorge the losses of r^fl^Jf. From one of them he recovered $250, and another refunded . $150. ?- The Spanish authorities are proceeding with^vigor against free-masons in Cuba. All r lodges there are prohibited by statute, and ; thev^are proceeded against for the violation of * f luav tan. - Vl Hie Synod of the Reformed PiG^te-11 rian Church of New York has declared against Free Masonry and other secret soci- , eties, as "pagan in their character, infidel in t their tendency, and perilous to the liberties of | the State ana the church." , The election yesterday on the question of appropriating the bonds of the city to an amount not to exceed $3000 for the purpose 1 of purchasing grounds for the use of the Ag- < ricultural Society, resulted in favor of the appropriation, but we did not get a statement , of the polls at the close.? Charlotte Observer. A convention was to have been held in , Louisville on the 7th instant, to be composed of delegates from Buffalo, Erie, Milwaukie, 1 Toledo, Chicago and other points near the < lakes, representing an association of nearly i one thousand families who desire to find homes in the South. , ?? The General Conference of the M. E. f Church, after transacting a large amount of j business of no general importance, adjourned sine die on Thursday of last week. Just be- j fore adjourning, Bishop Andrews delivered ' his farewell address, as, owing to his extreme 1 age, it was not probable that he would ever meet with them again. : In Appomattox and neighboring counties in Virginia there is a genuine famine. < Hundreds are reduced to beggary. The < divuiorht nf the ruin of the countrv by 4 Grant's army sacking it, the inability of property holders to give labor to the people as the result of government measures, and the social disorders, are the causes. A young man sent his father (an old farmer in the country) his photograph, accompanied with a request for aid, as ne was poor, and required money for the necessaries of life. The old man looked over the photograph, and then responded: "You can't be yeir poor, to be living among marble vases and statues, and flowers, and nice furniture, such as your picter shows." DeBow's Review collates a few figures, which show most strikingly the immense loss suffered by the cotton-growing States in not manufacturing a larger proportion of the cotton crop before exportation. Of a stock of 2,392,254 bales, one and a half million are said to have been exported to foreign countries. Northern mips spun 7Q7.522 bales, or 32 per cent., and Southern mills 64,998 bales, or about 22 per cent. A traveler in Texas writes that Austin is a very beautiful place, and though lacking the ordinary means for illuminating the streets, has hit upon a very original method. He says: "So soon as the sun goes down you see a red-haired girl come out and plant herself on each corner of the street We then loose the lightning-bugs, ajd the two make it as light as day. I have been brought twice before the authorities for hugging lamp-posts, and fined very heavily. ?? A Washington correspondent says that under the able administration of Postmaster General Creswell, the receipts of the Postoffice Department have increased largely during the past several months, and have been far in excess of any amount ever received during the corresponding time of previous years. In his next annual balance sheet Mr. Creswell expects to show the most flattering statement r>f thfi onndition of his denartment. the re ceipts nearly equaling the expenses. ' Gradual emancipation is to be the poli- ^ cy of Spain towards the negroes, instead of the ' sudden and total abolition of their servitude. 1 The draft of a law was read by the Colonial i Minister to the Cortes on Satunlay, the pro- , visions of which are: that children born slaves , since 1868 shall be free, and ail those born after the promulgation of the decree shall be j unconditionally free. In the former case the ' Government is to indemnify owners by pay- 1 ing $50 per head. Slaves who have fongbt ] in the Spanish service, and all over 65 years j of age, are to be immediately set free. The j proposed law is favorably received in the Cortes. 1 According to the Magdeburger Zeitung, the German emigrants to America this year j 5 are distinguished from those of former years 1 by the fact that five-sixths of those who have j ] resolved to seek a new home in America are ! < persons in the possession of capital. Besides ] this, they are mostly people of some knowl- j, edge. Formerly the peasants and day-laborers of Pomerania, West Prussia and Posin * formed the principal part of the emigration. ( They were, therefore, people almost utterly j unacquainted with the state of matters in the | Union, who went there and were exposed to ] numerous dangers before they could settle.1, ^^^~This year II is more particularly the more intelligent laborer and merchant who seems de- ! sirous of trying his fortune. 1 On Monday last Oregon opened the po-11 litical campaign of 1870, by the electicn of a < State ticket and a member of Congress ; the j j Delaware and Kentucky elections will follow j ] in August; those of Maine, Vermont and Cal 1 j ifornia in September, and the rest of the State elections win take place in October and No-I vember. It may safely be asserted, says the 1 New York Times, that upon the result of ' these elections will depend the success of the republican policy, and that the future destiny s of the party, not only in 1872, but for many years to come, will be largely affected. The j entire lower branch of the Forty-second Con-;; gross ia'to be choeen, and subsequently twenty- J one United States Senators are to be elected { by the Legislatures of these several States. j i . A law passed at the late session of the t Pennsylvania Legislature provides that here- ( after in that State, whensoever any hurhand,: from drunkenness, profligacy or other cause , whatsoever, shall, for two successive years, de- j sert his wife, or neglect or refuse to live with j' her and provide for her, she shall, as to every ' i species and description of property, whether i real, personal or mixed, owned by or belong ing to her, have all the right and privileges ^ of a femme sole, to purchase or sell and convey the same as if she were unmarried; and also that it shall be lawful for any married * woman as aforesaid to sue and be sued in her c own name upon all contracts, and to sue, in c her own name, her husband to recover the 1 possession of her real estate, or the value ! r thereof, as if she were unmarried. Last week a passenger train on the West Wisconsin Railroad met with a startling 8 adventure near the towu of Tomah. A fire in the woods had communicated to a pile of 8 about five hundred oak ties, seasoned two f w ears, which lav alongside the track. A urve in the road concealed the danger from he engineer till he was nearly at the fire, le immediately whistled "down brakes," but eeinff that this would stop him in the fire, he rhistled "ofWrakes," and putting on all steam ossible, determined to run the gauntlet. The ails had been so badly warped, and the ties onsumed, that the engine was soon thrown rom the track, bumping along on the ties till t was finally brought to a halt, with the en;ine and tender jtfSt through the fire, and a adies' car at the other end of the train also ree. The . engine and tender were immediitely uncoupled and run to a place of safety, ind the passenger car also disengaged and renoved, although not before it was badly corched and the glass broken from the winlows. The rest of the train consisting of one >aggage car, one second-class, and two freight ?rs,-were entirely consumed. Hike ffotMIe flhtyirow. SmAAB YORKYIL.L.E, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE ft, 1870. Jcajilyt^.Tt um?t-Jbe dlatlntetlv understood that >ur terms for subscription, advertising andjobvork, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expi-ation of the time for which payment has been nade. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark on he wrapper or margin of his paper, will underitand that the time paid for has expired. THE AIR-LINE RAILROAD. . The Charlotte papers announce that hfir.-' P. P. Dickinson, of New York, has taken tne jntire contract for the construction of the Air-Line railroad from Atlanta to Charlotte, ind proposes to let sub-contracts for sections to parties along the line of- the road. He advertises for proposals for the grading, masonry and bridging of sixty miles of the road extending from Charlotte to Spartanburg, on jvhich work will be commenced immediately. From all this, it would appear that the road is located; but the route selected is not itated, except that it is to run to Spartanburg. We hope some of the Charlotte papers ivill ascertain from Mr. Dickinson the precise ,ine of the road from that city to Spartanburg, and publish it for public information. ? CONTESTED ELECTIONS. Mr. Dawes stated in the House, the other Jay, that there have been ninety contested election cases considered in Congress during ;he last twelve years, against sixty-three cases luring the whole existence of the government before that time. There have been $200,000 impropriated out of the contingent fund in Jiese twelve years, to defray the expenses of ausuccessful contestants. This occurred during the debate on a bill to establish a rule for determining what contestants shall receive compensation. The bill proposes to pay the expenses of those only who have "reasonable" grounds for contesting a seat in Congress. This is all well enough if Congress will deline what constitutes reasonable grounds. Before the war the only point to be established was, who received a majority of the votes. But aow this circumstance has nothing to do with an election. Congress has by its votes, if not by its legislation, declared that none but a member of the Republican party i^ entitled to be in Congress, and that it is not "reasonable" for any one outside of that embodiment 5f political virtue to contest a seat. Certainly no one else has any reasonable grounds to expect a fair trial, however cleaijjy he-may prove his election by the people. Unless his >pponent has enough gentlemanly self-respect X) decline a seat which he knows the people lave awarded to another, a member elected n opposition to a Republican has little prospect of obtaining his just rights. Opposition candidates, from the South at least, may as well retire a3 soon as they are served with a lotice of contest from their opponents; for ;hey only sink money, without gaining any;hing for themselves or their constituents, by loing otherwise. THE LAND COMMISSION. It has leaked out that a tract of land was purchased for the State, from a Mr. Schley, innofoil \i-d holier** in Charleston countv. for IVVWWMy n V UVilVIW) ?mm W??- - ^ r which the Land Commissioner paid $120,000, while Mr. Schley received only $30,000. As somebody must have pocketed $90,000 by this operation, the enquiry naturally arose as to who it was. The Advisory Board is com* posed of the Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney-General, Comptroller-General and the Land Commissioner. No purchase of land can be paid for without the approval of a matority of this Board, whence it follows that some of them must have manipulated the swindle mentioned. This being the case, the friends of these respective individuals are endeavoring to shift the blame from one to another. A correspondent of the Guardian, signing himself 'Republican," makes Leslie, late Land Commissioner, the scape-goat. He says that Leslie so humbugged State Treasurer Parker, Attorney-General Chamberlain and ComptrollerGreneral Neagle, that these, unsophisticated ind unsuspecting officials gave their consent to the purchase. Having got their names to iiis document, Leslie signed it himself, and without consulting Governor Scott, or Cardoso, the Secretary of State, he induced Parker to draw upon the financial agent of the State In New York, for the money. No report was iver made of the transaction by any of the parties until Governor Scott threatened Leslie with prosecution for his refusal to exhibit lis accounts. When this exhibition was made, ;he Governor and Cardozo learned of this ;ransaction for the first time, and after the money had been paid out. In a second article, "Republican" rather shifts the blame upon Parker's shoulders4 and jays he had charge of the affair from the beginning, and he bamboozled the too confiding Npftodfi an<f the unsuspicious Chamberlain, ?? - * ind induced the virtuous Leslie to sign the ipplication for the purchase in blank. And, is State Treasurer, Parker made out the checks >n New York and drew the money. Leslie and Parker have the ornus upon and jetween them, and there is a third party, Mr. }ates, the agent of the Land Commission n Charleston, who is a Democrat. The other nerabers of the Advisory Board are exemptid by the Guardiati's correspondent, to the exent of his power. But he cannot exempt hem from the blame of keeping silent after hey learned the facts, which they must have lone, when Leslie's accounts were exhibited, >n his retirement from office. It was the K)unden duty of each and all of them, as nembers of the Land Commission, to use all he means in their power to recover the spoils md detect the robbers. It seems to us this investigation lias begun it the wrong end. Mr. Schley is properly the irst witness in order. He can testify as to the amount paid him, and the person from whom it was received. That person can testify as to the amount he received, and so on, until the gap between the $120,000 which Parker let out of the Treasury anc the $30,000 which Mr. Schley received, it. located. Until this is done, the general conviction must be that the Land Commission is a rotten concern. STATE ITEMS. ? The Camden Journal says the subscription of $150,000 to the Central railroad was carried in Kershaw county by a handsome majority. ? The proposition to make a county subscription of $200,000 to the Air-Line railroad is to be voted on in Spartanburg county on the 23d instant, and in Greenville on the 25th. ? The Reporter learns that the wheat in Chester county was not materially injured by the drought, and a more than usually bounti? '? . i i-j | iui narveai in eipwicu. ?Incompliance with the order of Judge Piatt, the sheriff, clerk of coort and judge of probate have removed their offices fronrBlackville to Barnwell. ? A mortgage from the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, to George S. Brown and Enoch Pratt, of Baltimore, for $3,200,000 has been probated in Wilmington. The stamps alone amounted to^|3,200. ? A military company has been organised in Columbia, with R. O'Neale, Jr., as Captain, And C. J. Iredell, W. H.fanning antt John Smith as Lieutenants. As soon as the requisite number have joined the company, its services will be tendered to Gov. Scott as one of the volunteer militia companies. ? The Ideation of the South Carolina Central railroad to Sumter has been closed, under $he immediate direction of Mr. George W. Earle, engineer in charge. The estimates will be finished in a few days, and contracts will be made very soon for the construction of the whole line to Sumterville. ? A company has been organized in Charleston, with a capital of $70,000, under the name of the Chicora Mining and Manufacturing Company. Mr. A. D. Estill was elected president, and Mr. T. A. Witsell Secretary. The company has secured lands within seven miles of Charleston, and will manufacture fertilizers. , . ? The election for Congressman in the second district resulted in a triumph for Mr. Whittemore, who received an overwhelming majority?about six to one?over Captain Dunn, his opponent. Very few whites voted. Whittemore goes back to Washington with the distinct understanding that his constituents approve of his making all the money he can out of his position. ?The Charleston Republican makes the announcement that Col. R. F. Graham, of Marion, has joined the Republican party. Col. G. was a colonel in the Confederate ar1 -1? *t- T? my, nas oeeu a inemutx ua me ucguumuic, and is highly esteemed throughout the State. What attractions such a man can see in the Republican party of South Carolina, is beyond our comprehension; but if he has gone over to it, we can only say joy go with him. ? A shocking accident happened in Charleston, last week, to a party of brick masons who were clearing away the ruins of a house which was burnt last November, in order to rebuild it One wall, which stood too stories high, was supposed to be uninjured, and it was the intention of the builders to let it remain. A scaffold was erected around it, and while the masons were working on it the wall suddenly fell to tliX |round. It wa^some time before the ruins were cleared away, when one man was found killed and four seriously hurt One of the wounded has since died. CONGRESSIONAL. On the 31st ultimo, in the Senate, the bill to change the judicial circuits was called up and debated. The bill to supply deficiencies in appropriations was called up. An amendment was adopted, appropriating 61,400,000 additional for the collection of revenues and $20,000 for the payment of special counsel employed by the Secretary of the Treasury. This large appropriation was explained on the ground that there has been an increase of thirteen or fourteen millions in the receipts of revenue, which creates additional expense in collection. In the House, the bill to promote American commerce was defeated; but the vote was reconsidered and the bill recommitted. The internal tax bill was resumed, and an amendment adopted, striking out the tax of four dollars per barrel containing forty gallons of proof spirits, upon withdrawal from a bonded warehouse. On the 1st instant, the Senate passed the bill to change the judicial circuits of the United States. There are nine circuits. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Tennessee constitute the fifth. The judiciary committee reported unfavorably on the joint resolution to declare void the action of the State Legislatures as to constitutional amendments, after these have been ratified by three-fourths of the States; also on the joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to collect abandoned npf\m>rf.v hfllnntriru* to the United States. I J.. ?-J o?0 ? I These resolutions were indefinitely postponed. In the House, the internal tax bill was debated, and numerous amendments were adopt| ed. On the 2nd, in the Senate, the bill to aboli ish the franking privilege was called up, but 1 after some debate it was passed over by a vote of 33 to 26. This is the second time the Sen? : ate has refused to pass a House bill for the abolition of franking. The Indian appropriation bill was amended by making additional appropriations, amounting to $200,000. Du! ring the debate, General Sheridan's tactics of , murdering women and children were censured without a reply from any quarter. In the House, a bill was reported to pay the i contestants of the members supposed to represent Louisiana, $16,500 for their expenses. The internal tax bill was debated nearly all ( day, the question being on the abolition of the ; income tax. j On the 3rd, in the Senate, Mr. Morton presented a memorial from Israelites of Indianapolis, on the subject of an alleged massacre of ' Jews in Roumania, which has since proved false. After some debate, the memorial was referred to the committee on foreign relations. An additional appropriation of $1,500,000 was made to the Indian bill. In the House, the deficiency bill passed by the House, was reported with the Senate i j ? <t1 AAA AAA fr.? ' uiueuuiueuu) appiujjuaitug v?iwv,uuv w> ? j collection of revenue, and passed by a vote of 116 to 45. The internal tax bill was called up. An amendment to reduce the rate of the ini come tax from five to three per cent, was adopted by a vote of 115 to 78. The exemption was increased from $1,000 to $2,000 by a vote of yeas 138, nays 52. An amendment to limit the exemption for house rent ! to $500 was also agreed to. A motion was ' then made to strike out all the sections relating to the income tax, which was lost by a vote of 58 to 126. An amendment to tax United States bonds led to an excited debate, in which Mr. Butler broadly charged that the bondholders' exemption from tax was solely for the benefit of the rogues and rascals; but the amendment was lost by a vote of 78 to HCL On the 4th, the Senate was occupied with the Indian appropriation bill, but nothing of special importance occurred. ? In the House, the internal tax bill was again up, the question being upon the passage of the last section (referring to the income tax), with accompanying amendmengTl^ye section was passed, when Mr. Schenck offered as an additional section a modification of the tariff bill which the House had, after two or three weA^ discussion, laid aside. The bill was read,"and under a call for the previous question, the House by a vote of 80 to 83)iw* fused to entertain- the amendment Mr. Schenck, having been reinforced by the arrival of several friends, renewed his amendment, which was seconded by a vote of JHhto 83. Without acting on the amendment thtis brought before it. the House adjourned. On the 4th, in the Senate, Stewart introduced a bill to prohibit contracts for service labor, which he said was intended t^ break op the system of coolie controct^hrj^Mk the Chinese laborers were impoi^dn?4M country and held to labor for bill provides that no contracts with nese shall be good longer than He argued that immediate actio^^M^V^ tyken, as, agents arenow about 1hH| them into South Carolina and MaBBjEPBi He moved that the bill be referrefwaKpte? diciary Committee, and gave noW^I^/.lw should press it to early action. -t In the House, Bowen introduced a bill for the sale of certain sea islands. Schenck's tariff amendments to the tax bill were adopted; also an amendment relieving coasting and fishing vessels from tonnage duties.. The bill finally passed?150 to 35. Sargent introduced a bill preventing servile labor contracts. MERE-MENTION. The Texas State prison runs a cotton factory by convict labor, which pays all the expenses of the institution. The Governor of Mississippi wants the marriage UoeqpsHee put as low as possible in that State, sd as to encourage matrimony.,,"*,*,,One of the editors of the Detroit Free Press, the leading democratic journal of Michigan, is a colored man. Thirtv-one thousand bales, of cot ton are reported to have been shippe^-Atta England to Bombay by the 8aez Canal within the past few days. There are said to be 25,000,(100 of acres of woodland in the State oi Virginia.** The Greeks are said toAe the most sensible people in the world, as th? wear one s.yle of dress all the year round, #d the . fashion never changes."" SenatorSyrague .has sent an agent to Americas, Ga.,~with a view of making a selection-of a site for a cot; ton factory. Mrs. Victoria C. Woodhull is called the hoopskirt candidate for the Presidency. A New York sexton, after burying twenty-six thousand bodies, has died himself. *By the new tax bill^ofMispissippi a tax of one per cent is to levied^jJpon each and every bale of cotton.'""""Vppi Hugo's next novel is to have Old jdkk Bmwn for its hero. The cotton cr?fj^ estimated at from 3,500,000 to 4,OOOj(|j^taAf| A contemporary speaking of th& p9W^8j| says that this year "eternal vigifoea jW p the price of potatoes. Thf^iaH'tSUk cisco board of education has charge any female teacher who jMff: the crime of marriage.-" It that there are'five hundred milllopi^|QBBi deposited in the savings banks try. The cotton crop on botlpppM? thi Arkansas river promises finely." ""' Humphrey Marshall announces himself as a candidate for Congress in Kentucky. The Atlanta Sun recommends the using of the Georgia capitol building at Milledgeville for a lunatic asylum. This is no new idea; for most of the 6tate capitols have long been asylums for lunatics under the designation of legislators. The President has signed-tttf^bill to enforce the fifteenth amendment."" A building for the uso of Oglethorpe College is to be erected in Atlanta by January next. Rev. David Wills, D. D., of Macon, has accepted the presidency of the institution. Mrs. B. F. "Whittemore, it is saidj^jjdped her husband materially in the late ctmsiws, 1? uinman of. rnilrnar] ftp not* UJ JKLlDOUIg WlUiyu TTWW4VM ww and other public places. Rev. Father Ryan, author of the "Conquered Banner," is about to leave his home in Augusta, Ga., for a brief visit to Europe, in order to benefit his health. A married lady in St Paul has been in a trance for six weeks, and WThusband refuses to send for a doctor, ife says he intends to enjoy a quiet time as long as possible. The Chronicle says that more than six hundred dollars' worth of dog collars have been sold in Augusta this season, and yet not more than one third ofjtfee-dogs of the city have been provided. The rest are now serving as targets for policemen, who are practicing with double-barreled shot-guns. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. ; Society Celebrations. -i We have been favored with invitations to the annual celebrations of the Eujghradian and Clariosophic societies of the U?4y^ity of South Carolina, the former on ^foncCy, the 27th instant; and the latter on Tuesday evening, the 28th; The valedictQj^aMjffe& the respective societies are Messrs. Clifton, of Chester, and John T. Beihet^ol Columbia. North Carolina Coiiyressiwaal JtoMtaBfeMPP Gen. J. M. Leach, of Davids^H^he conservative nominee for Congress injwiroth North Carolina district. Hon. F. E.'tjhober, of Rowan, the present member for tfffe tfih district, was nominated for re-electionp|}y the conservative convention which met at Statesville last Thursday. Plato Durham* Esq., of Shelby, is the conservative candidate" lh the 7th district . The Income Tax. The quest' n of abolishing tho. income tax was up in the House of Representatives for three days last week. The debate was interesting and showed a strong disposition to do away with the tax entirely-} buWhejnatter was finally settled by reducing the tak from three to five per cent, and raising the amount of income exempted from $1,000 to $2,000. It is estimated by the revenue bureau that this will reduce the amount ?f revenue some ten millions, and relieve about fifty thousand persons who pay the tax under'the law as it now stands. The bill in which this reduction of income tax is included as a section, has passed the House, and willprpb^fbly pass the Senate. Reforming the Judiciary. The Senate has passed a bill dividing the United States into nine judicial circuits, j The Justices are required to reside in their respective circuits, and the chief justice is to be known as "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States." The cbauge4n the title was made at the suggestion of Mr. Drake, who wanted to rebuke an assumption made by Mr. Chase at the impeachment trial, when he assumed the title of Chief Justice of 1 the United States. < Mr. Drake's zeal to guard against tin const!- j tutional usurpation of titles, taken in connection with his war upon the constitutional 1 rights of States, is suggestive of straining at a i gnat and swallowing a camel. 1 "All Setting." i Mr. Wallace having been triumphantly put into Mr. Simpson's seat in Congress, re- ' eeived the congratulations of many republi- i "can members of Congress and office-holders in Washington, on the night of the 31st ulti- 1 mo. His resignation as Collector of the third j revenue district of South Carolina was promptly tendered, and accepted by Commissioner Delano. His son, Mr. R. M. Wallace, of Columbia, waR duly nominated by the President for the vacant office, and the nomination was confirmed by the Senate. Everything has been arranged satisfactorily, and Hon. A. S. Wallace is now prepared, we presume, to look after the interests of Mr. Simpson's constituents. We nope he will prove a good ouuovmuvw m w AV|/tv?jvMVMvt * v* The Richmond Mayoralty. The election for Mayor of Richmond, i gUrhich was supposed to have resulted in fiivor J of Chahoon, has been found to be in favor of IjSllyson, conservative, after throwing out illeIgal votes and the return from one precinct in Isrhich the ballot-box was first stolen and then Mound, just in time to give Mr. Chahoon a majority. Rtfical members of Congren and ' office-holders from Virginia., are try tog to tave military authority irevived in Virginia; ut the prospect for getting troops is not flat, iering. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says the nearest point from which troops can be obtained is South Carolina. Of course these cannot be spared. As for Mr. Chahoon, the defeated candidate, he has been compelled to give bonds to appear and stand his trial on two indictments for forgery. Candidates for Congress. A writer in the Unionville Times proposes L Q. McKissick, of Union, as a suitable person to represent the 4th congressional district in Congress. It seems that the voters of this district are to have no lack of candidates to choose from. Mr. McKissick is the third proposed, and there will probably be a few more before the election. As this is a free country, 'we would not for a moment restrain the exercise of the right to run for Congress, which is common to all men of the proper age. But we would respectfully propound the ques. tinn to all the candidates: what chance have any of them, when there are so many? There | will probably be but one Republican, candidate, and the friends of this, thai and the other Conservative candidate are only making a clear track for that one by entering their respective favorites for the race. The Savannah Yalley Railroad. The revival of the project to build the . 8aviannah Valley road, from Anderson to Augusta, Ga., has been objected to in some i portions of the State; on the ground that it { will tap the Blue Ridge road, which is being ; built at great expense to the State of South I Carolina, for the benefit of Georgia. Even if it does not turn the main stream of trade g from Charleston to Augusta and Savannah, it j opens up competition by which those cities l get the benefit of an enterprise which cost ; them nothing, whil^it has cost our State sev, eral millions. ' * But these considerations will not amount to an insuperable objection to the building of the ! Ttmd. Political ehangecTin theTspirit of thi*$ government have done much to break down ^ State pride, and commerce will eventually ? finish the work. The cities which are to con, trol the commerce of the future will not do ? it because of their position in any particular , State or section, but by means of active enter, prise and energetic competition.. ; Brazilian Emigrants. i A friend has kindly furnished us with the following extract from a letter written to him by Mr. W. P. McFadden, who writes from Santa Barbara, Brazil, under date of the | 11th of April, 1870: " Your friend and mine, Dr. J. McF. Gaston*.. is at Faxine, Sao Paulo Province, getting* large and lucrative practice. Rev. J.lR. Baird is residing within one hundred yanjtef'af me, and is doing well. He has a good drop and is much pleased with the countnr. Em> igrants in this section are generally doing well. 8ome few are dissatisfied." i; Sonth Carolina Monumental Association. ?' ? ? - t.J !il une 01 tne lacues connected witn tms i Association has famished us with the followr ing statement of the amounts collected up to the close of the second quarter; i Receipts for first quarter, $518; for second i quvter, $1,791.64; Total, $2,309.64. The , receipts for the second quarter were made up asfollows: From Greenville $80.00, Beaufort, $29.35, Barnwell $15.25, Kershaw $104.40, " Clarendon $40.00, Horry $38.00, Richland 1 $111.50, Orangeburg $100.00, Andewon $75, i Newberry $72.85, Fairfield $42.50, Pendlei ton $50.00, Union $20.75, Chesterfield $75.14, York $85.00, Charleston $737.00, South Carolinians in Baltimore $5.00, South Carolinians in New York $110.00. The Slaieri of Corn-Bnyers. ) i ??A wlteraent was published in one of ' the Montgomery papers, that about eighty car loads of corn are transported over the Montgomery and West Point railroad daily. The Tuskegee (Ala.) New, commenting on this, l#81 ) '? V" " "Ifby an accident the supply of corn and i provisidls from the West was cut off for ten * days, scores of our people, and all our work (2$Q& and cattle would die ofstarvation.^There TOtotJtolfraeon county ten days rations for the population. How can a people so depen. dent on others, so completely at the mercy of speculators, ever hope to prosper? Eighty car loads of corn are about 24,000 bushels worth,say $38,000 a day; $266,000 a week; $1,140,000 a nonth and so" on?and pay or . starve! People may talk about African si a very, or Turkish slavery, or Algerine slavery, | or Radical slavery, but the cotton slavery I beats them all." The Confederate Archives. Mr. Wm. L. Stone delivered an address before the Theta Delta Chi fraternity at the , 'Astor House, New York, in February last, in. which he gave the following as the true story of the concealment of the Confederate ar chives: On the morning of Mr. Davis's; capture, General Tilghman waited upon, him at his bedside and said: "Mr. Davis, by this map you may see that the enemy are here, such and such is the situation of the roads. If yon come with me you will be able to leave the country in safety. If you do not you will be captured in five hours." To Mr. Davis replying, curtly, that he "knew his own busiA Hess best," Tilghman continued, "Very well, I sir; I have been entrusted with the treasure 1 . and archives, and propose to secure them, even j at the peril of the loss of your fevor and of j : my life. I shall start at once by the route I' have marked out." The result is well knowu. ; In less than five hours Mr. Davis was a pris-, oner; but the archives were safe. When a i few weeks after, in the recesses of the forest, Tilghman learned that all was lost, he alone, and with his own hands buried the treasure 1 and archives; and unless, during the four 1 days that elapsed between parting with me' 1 I and his untoward death, he revealed the spot, i ;he secret as .to the whereabouts of the arrives is forever buried." , 1 Merited Beboke. Judge Woodward, of Pennsylvania, do* livered a stinging rebuke to his colleague, the notorious John Covode, during the debate on the income tax last Saturday. Mr. Covode made a violent personal attack byname, upon Mr. Woodward, accusing him of making tariff speeches at home and voting for free trade in the house; of favoring the rebellion at the beginning of the war an receding from his church because his preacher was loyal; of having been a Know-Nothing and now "toadying after the Dutch and Irish vote"; and of defeating the election of a Republican senator by fraud. Mr. Woodward, whose character is unimpeachable, contented himself with the following brief but pointed reply: Mr. Speaker, when I select my biographer he must be a man of truth, and therefore ray colleague has no chance to become my biographer. . When I debate on this floor I debate with gentlemen sent here by constituents. I never debate with a man who stole his seat here from an honest man, for the purpose of selling cadetships. Great excitement followed, but though Mr. Covode and others stormed and quarreled, Mr. Woodward said not another word. The Sure Old Puritan. Mr. Judkins, the librarian of the Massachusetts i Historical Society, recently stumbled upon a letter from Rev. Cotton Mather, the celebrated Puritan divine, tp "ye aged and. belovea Mr. John Hjgginson," dated SepJem-f ber, 1682. It is a valuable historical paper, showing that the modern Yankee style of inflicting profitable punishment in the name of God and liberty, is an honest heritage of the sons of the Pilgrims. The letter is headed "ye scheme, to bagge Penne," (a scheme which failed, however, in spite of its pious design of glorifying the Lord,) and reads as follows: "There bee now at sea a shippe (for our friend Mr. Esaias Holcroft of London did advise me by tbolast packet that woldesail some time in August).called ye Welcome, R. Greenaway, master, which has aboard an hundred or more of ye heretics and malignants called Quakers with W. Penne, who is ye Chief Scarape, at ye hedde of them. Ye General' Qotfrf has, accordingiely, given secret orders to Master Malachffluxett of the brig Proposse to waylaye ye said Welcome slylie, as near ye coast of Coddeas may be and make captive ye said,Penne and his ungodlie crew, so that ye Lord -may be glorified and not mocked'on ye soil of .this new countrie with ye heathen worshippe of these people. . Much spoyle can be made by ssllitfg'ye whole lotte to Barbadoes, where slaves fetch good prices in rumme and sugar, and shall not only do ye Lord great service by punishing ye wioked but we shall make great gayne for his minister and people, hfaster Huxett feels hopeful and will set down the newes he brings when his shippe comes back. Yours in ye bowells of Christ. "Cotton Mather." THE FIRST NEGRO CARET. A West Point correspondent of the New Vnrt' fihm wrifcinor An tJin Ofifh nlHmn mum West Point and the entire National Academy were almost breathless with excitement yestenlay. The son of a colored American citizen arrived here in his new role of military cadet There had been rumors that negro boys had been appointed to the National Academy, but the absolute arrival of an African, commission in hand, is too much for West Point human nature to endure. Aristocratic professors and jaunty cadets are speechless. \ Cadet Master Charles Howard (colored) comes from the State of Mississippi. His appointment is from the Secretary of War, and was.r|co|nn?end?hby the Hon. Legrand W* Perce, newly elected member from the fifth district His pure African descent is unmistakably manifested in his clear black complexion, large white eyes and closely crimped hair. His personal appearance is by no means unprepossessing. In height he is about five feet four inches; his figure is well rounded, and his carriage not at all ungraceful His countenance has apleasant, shrewd and resolute expression. His accent smacks decidedly of the plantation. "What you gwine to do wid dat bag, sah?" and "You dun let dat drap," was his exclamation to a hotel porter who accidentally took up his carpet-bag. His nose is slightly retrousse, and his face is shiny with healtn. It is settled that he cannot be rejected physically by the medical board. It is quite evident that he is aware of the peculiar position in which he. is placed, and although sensitive, is not embarrassed nor discouraged. His appearance as he wandered about the Plains, carrying in his hand an immense carpet-bag, and inquiring the direction to the commandant's office, was somewhat amusing. He was politely informed that he was in advance of the appointed time, and that new cadets could not be examined until after the 25th. He then endeavored to procure board, but everywhere he applied was informed that there were no accommodations left^whereupon he proceeded to the village of mgniana Jeans, iwo mues peiow, ana applied at Cozzen8' Hotel. Dinner and supper were fdftished him here, but all the rooms were "engaged;" so he had recourse to a colored family near by, and who are now entertaining him. He appears very quiet, but apparency determined to "push things" resolutely. His advent is the sensation of the season. The cadets, especially, are not a little exercised in mind over the matter, and it is a theme of no little contentious argument.? Even the officers, while discarding all political bias in the matter, and after having fought for the colored race, both at the polls and on the battle-field, while feeling kindly toward him, speak very doubtfully on the expediency of this venture. They regard it as a more decided advance of the colored man intoiocial circles than even the elevation of Senator Bevels to Congressional rank. The position of the new cadet, if accepted, and retained, must grow more and'more embarrassing, from his isolation, and the peculiar novelty of his social connections. No doubt but this recruit will have a thorough initiatory "devilment" from the cadets to sustain, which will test his fortitude. Otherwise he will be treated,by both officers and cadets with courU kindness, their sense of honor being TOO high to permit any other course. One thing is certain, the black cadet is, here. He is undoubtedly physically aualified. He must now drill with the white caaets until the examination on the 24th of July. * Then he will fail in mental examination, and go back to Mississippi. This is the programme, for the examining officers have power to reject any applicant. General Schriver and Colonel Black are opposed to the African, and while they are at the head of the Nation- ' al Academy the black boy will remain on the plantation. Judge Hoge, M. C., from Co Jumbia, is to appoint anegro,and has already I signed a paper of recommendation. General i Butler's colored youth was too young, and | the General knew it He only appointed , him for political purposes. But in the light of the Fifteenth amendment, what we shall1 do with the African in our national and na-' val academies, is a grave question for the nn regenerated mind. J Severe Storm.?On Friday afternoon j last, this vicinity was visited by a severe storm ! of rain, wind and hail. It appears that it did not extend over a very large scope of country. I We are informed that the crop of cotton and, corn of Mr. Baxter M^.re was entirely destroyed, and that the crops of Dr. J. M. Da- j vidson and a few others were considerably. damaged. The storm continued but a few j minutes, but in that time a vast amount of! hail fell. Morrow's Creek, in the edge of j town, was higher than ever known to be with-: in 10 or 15 years past.? Charlotte Democrat. LOCAL ITEMS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. F. C. Harris. Judge of Probate?Citation?John .. W. Boyce ana John Douglass, Applicants? Wm. -Boyee, Deceased. i Thomson A Jefferys?Assignees' Sale in Bank* ruptay. |' M. Jones, Dep. Col.?Internal Revenue Tax No- . tice. B. P. Boyd?Buffalo Tongues. Adickes A Black?Copartnership?Dress Goods? I 8ummer Coats?Hoes?Books? Laces, Ac.? Shoes?Prints. R. H. Glenn. 8. Y. 0.?Sheriff's Sales. I John May, Agent?Removal. A. Coward, Proprietor?To House Painters. T. M. Dobson A Co.?New Caliooes?Flax Drill? K en tacky J ean s?Ladies' Hats?Files?Tin- i Ware?Umbrellas?Chemisettes?Drawing | Knives?Carpet-Bags?Crockery?Cutlery? Adz-Table Covers?Lemons?fish?Planes 1 and Bits?Mowing Snaths?Looks?ReadyMade Clothing?Don't Forget?Self-Maae Men?Safety Fuse?Gate Hinges?FlourBacon and Lard?Coffee and Sugar. TRIAL JU8TICE8. Governor Scott has appointed R. L. Crook and F. W. Davie additional Trial Justices for York county. These appointments, we believe, complete the number to which this county is entitled. KILLED BY LIGHTNING. We learn that during the storm of last Friday afternoon, Hinuh Hutchinson, second son of Mr. A. E. Hutchinson, of Rock Hill, was struck by lightning and instantly killed, while standing in the door of the family residence. The deceased was a youth of about sixteen yean, and of very estimable character. It is a remarkable coincidence that his maternal grandfather wis also Jellied by lightning., RAIN AMD HAIL. There have been several falls of rain in various parts of this county during the week past, die most general of which was on Friday afternoon. This was accompanied with 1 hail, which in some places was severe, but as a general thing did no injury. The copiouB rains of the last two weeks have given the crops a fresh impetus, aud both corn and cotton look very promising. CHERRIE8 ARE RIPE. We. received last Monday evening a present j of a box of fine cherries from some anonyJ mo us subscriber near Guthrieeville. Our unknown friend will please accept oor thanks, with the assurance that anonymous contributions in this form are never declined. We beg to add that this contribution was somehow knocked into pit and has .since been distributed, according to the rules of all well; regulated printing offices. SALES-DAT. " ' ,v There was an unustfallysmall attendance from the country last Monday. Farmers are detained at home to fight the grass, which is giving the crops a close pull for the benefit of the late rains. The following publiq sales of real estate^fere made by the Sheriff: Two tmcts belonging to the estate of Amos Rhea, deceaeed, eoHforpartition, under ordere from the Judge of Probate. One of these, containing 19 acres, was purchased by B. Whitesides, at $3.05 per acre*, The other, containing 50 acres, was bought by 0. Whisonant, at $1 per acre. Also, two tracts, sold under execution?one belonging to Hhgh Simpson, which was pur* chased by John B. Patton, for $500; and, one belonging to E. A. Crawford, which was purchased By J. A. Brown, for $700. ( TAKING THE CEN8U8. We leant that Messra J. A. B&tchford and J.f H. White have been appointed Deputy^ Marshals for York county, and that they have already' begun the work of taking the census, the county having been divided for, this purpose into two sections. The dividing line runs along the King's Mountain Bailroad from the Chester line to Yorkville; thence, through Main street, by a public road to be determined by the Marshals, to the North Carolina line. The eastern side has been assigned to Batchford and the Western to White. The'time allowed for finishing the census is short, as all the returns must be sent in by the 10th of September. The work will be much facilitated by a prompt response on the part of the people, and we hope All persons will be prepared to answer the questions when the Marshals come round, more especially as there is a fine of thirty dollars for a refusal to answer questions. The men will do well to count up their horses, cattle, doga,sheep, Ac., and the ladies to make an abstruse calculation of their ages on the first of June, 1870.' THE BASE BALL MATCH. The long-expected trial of skill between the "Chicora" and "Bryce" Base Ball Clubs came off on Saturday last. At an early hour the two Clubs and their friends assembled on the ground, and by 11 o'clock?the time previously agreed upon?a numerous concourse were in attendance, and the game began with the Bryce Club at the bat The result of their playing at this inning was highly creditable to themselves, and quite a damper upon the otherwise buoyant spirits of the Chicoras. Had the Bryces played in the field with the same zeal and dexterity as they displayed at the bat, the result of the contest might have been different The score of the Chicoras in this inning was fully sufficient to revive their drooping spirits, they having made thirty-one runs?doubtless one of the finest feats in the annals of the game. Six innings more passed off wrthoutanything remarkable, but the .eighth opened and ended auspiciously for the Bryces?the score being twenty-four runs for them, and but two for the Chicoras. . finally the ninth inning came, and added to the recqrd of the now victorious I and exultant Chicoras." Hie rest is soon told. The scorers m stentorian tones proclaimed the result of the game?-eighty-five "runs" for the Chicoras, and fifty-five for their opponents; the victors! give throe- hearty - cheers for the vanquished, and afe in turd cheered by the jitter, the crowd disperses, and the Bryce 0ub^ after a short rest, start on their home1 wae^ourney, UAjktiubt well pleased with their jgsif? Below wfrgtTC-fl^u m m ary of the score 1stB. WCaiininglmi^^ 8 j 5 2d B. !& McLean, j 10 - 2 3d B. Heath ! 9 ! 2 K F. iMcIlwain, j 10 : 2 C.F. !Buck, I 8 4 L. F. iBurwell,...; 1 8 : 4 : - {Total, ! 85 J 24 j BRYCE CLUB. Poik | Names. iRuns. Outs. : C. W. Myers,... ' 8 ' 1 j P. 'Hand, | 7 2 1 S. S. iJ. Myers, ?.| 5 5 1st B. Gray, ~ J 6 2 2d B. Morrow 8 1 ' 3d B. ( Wilson, 4 6 R. F. .'Andrews, 6 3 C. F. Waring : 6 i 4 L F. Tabb, 5 3 Lj I Total, 55 I 27 1 It will be observed that when the game , ended, the Chicoras had as yet made no "outs" , in the last inning. i j THE ECTOBCEXEOT BOLL. The following is a careful summary of the A.ct of Congress enforcing the XVth Amendment, which has been signed by the President rod is now a law. It is from the Louisville Journal:.. . in act to enforce the right of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Union, and for other purposes. Sec. 1. Citisens who are otherwise qualified by law to Vote at any election in any State or Terrritory, shall be entitled to vote at any such elections without distinction of race, color or previous condition of lervitude; any constitution, law or regulation of any State or Territory to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 2. Where any local law requires any act as a prerequisite to voting, and makes it the duty of any person to furnish citizens with an opportunity to so qualify, it shall be the duty or such persons to give such opportunity to all citizens without the distinctions mentioned in section 1; and any refusal or omission to give full force to this section makes the delinquent liable to the party aggrieved in the sum of 1500 damages, full costs and aif attorney's fee, and for such offense such offenders may be* fined not less than $500, or imprisoned not less than one month of more than one year, Or both, it the , discretion of the court. Sec. 3. When any prerequisite to voting is prevented by the wrongful act or omission of the persons charged by law with the duty of affording an opportunity to qualify, the offer to qualify shall oe deemed a performance in law of such act as is required, and the person so offering shall, ifothenriafc qualified, be entitled Unvote. A refttraft* ieora?\) mfl give ""*'^1 effect to such vote, oU4bfe presentation'of the ?u ?.>. i ? ? ? i / ^ voters amaavn stating tne Tacts, maxes tne offender li?l|lel to the party aggrieved, and also liable to the punishment provided? sec- 88 tion 2L'f?* Sec. 4. If any person; by'fbcce, bribery, ; threats, intimidation, or othertmlawMmeans, shall hinder, delay, prevent, or obstruct any citizen from doing any act required as a prerequisite to voting, or shall combine with others for this purpose, he shall be liable, and may be punished as provided in section 2. Sec. 5. If any person shall prevent, hinder, control, or intimidate from voting any person towhom the right is secured by the Fifteenth Amendment, or shall ? attempt the same by means of bribery/thitnt, ythreats of depriving them of oraployraent or occupation, or of ejecting them fromrented houses, land, or other property, or by. threats ofrefasing to renew leases, or contract for labor, or by threats of violence to himself or family, section 2. Sec. 6. If two or moz8<'0onftpire,or go in disguise upon the public highway,* nr the premises at another, with intent to violate any provision of this act, or to injure or intimidate any citizen to prevent his free exercise of any right secured to him by the Constitution ana laws of the United 0m?&ho?'bec*uae he has exercised the same; such' person-is guilty of a . I felony, and may he fined not more than $5,000oar impriaoneAqet^pore than ten years, or both: ana thereafter, shall be ineligible ta office under the.United States. ' ... Sec; 7. in. the violation of the proceeding sectiona anv other offense1 is committed, it may be pmtisks i with suchpunMttafent as is attached to the offense by the lairs of the State wherein committed. Sec. 8. Gives exclusive jurisdiotion to the -J ^Jnite^ States Courts of, all criminal and rcivil proceedings against persona violating said act, and authorizes-the appointment of additional ? Commissioners to facilitate the enforcemeat of the act r: . Sec. 10. Provides for punishing of Marshals whodo eot diligently execute all warrants issued under this act \ and authorises the AjuiuiuuBiuuei* w appuun persons w execute lany warrant they may issue, with power in Iperson soa|)pointed to smnrabn bystanders, or posse comitates of county, or lrnd or naval force of the United States, or the miHtia to aid them, and to insure observance of the Fifteenth Amendment ' Sec. 11. Any person who hinders or pre- & vents any officer or person lawfully aiding any officer from making any arrest, or makes or attempts a rescue, or aids or abets an escape, or harbors or conceals any offender for whom a warrant is issued, may be fined not more than #1,000, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Sec. l? Provides for payment of fees to officers charged with the execution of this act Sec. IS. Authorises the President of the United States to employ sochpnrfrcfthe land and naval forces of the United States, or of the militia, as -hall be necessary to aid in theexecution of judicial process issued tinder this act * Sec. 14. Directs proceediaqjy^^mt of quo* warranto against all persons, except mfihMfc1*'' of Congress and State Legislatures, who hold office contrary to Sec. 3, Art 14, of the amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Sec. 15. Any person accepting or holding office, or att^ptong to hold or exercise the duties of any office, after the passage of this act, in violation of the Fourteenth amendment, may be imprisoned not more than one year, or fined not more than #1,090, or both* Sec. 16. All persons in every. State shall have the same right to make ana. enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and enjoy the foil and equal benefits of laws for security of person or property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishments, taXes, licenses and exactions of ere ' ry kind. No tax shall be imposed by any State on persons immigrating thereto, which is not equally imposed upon every person so immigrating. fc'SEC. 17. Any person who,, under cover of law, shall subject, or cause tfrbe subjected, any person to the deprivation of any right secured by this act, or todifferentjamisbinent on account of his being an alien* or by reason. : of his color or race, than is pnscrfoed for the punishment of dtizera, maybe fined not snore i than $1,000, or imprisoned mom than one hu ?r April 6,1866, and provides .that sections 16 and 17 of this aet shall bo uifss^i maiding ?H to the provisions of said set of April 9,1866". . Sec 19. If at any election for member of Congress any person shall vote or attempt to % vote in the name of any other pertete; Bring, dead or fictitious; or Vote more than once, or where he is cot entitled, or without lawful right, or do any unlawful act to eecureap op- $ portqnity tp vote for himself or otfwr person; or by any unlawful means' pre ven ts any voter from freely exercising his right ; or compels or induces any officer of election;or induces such officer to neglect, or violate any law re- * -* quiring him to ascertain or announce the result of any election; or indoofes such officer . to receive an illegal vote, or who shall aid or advise any officer or voter to violate this act, may be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, and shall pay costs of prosecution. Sec. 20. Applies penalties of preceding section to registration of voters, ana provides that any registration made under the laws of a State for State or other elections at which members of Congress may be chosen, shall be deemed a registration within the meaning of * this act Sec. 21. Where die laws of a State require the name of a candidate for Congress to be placed on a ballot with names of candidates for local offices, proof that any person voted for local ofjScers shall be prima faei* evidence, under the provisions of this act, that he voted at the same time for member of Congress. , Sec. 22. Any officer of election, at which a member of Congress is voted for, who shall neglect or refuse to perform any duty required! * by any law of the United States, or of any State, or who shall aid or advise auy person to do any thing forbidden by this act, or who shall omit or attempt to omit anything required herein, may be punished as providedin section 19. H