Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Jtoaps and ^arts.. The Emperor of Brazil will visit this country in September, and remain two months. ! He leaves home this month, and makes the tour of Europe before visiting the United States. Dio Lewis writing from Constantinople says: "Women enter the ballroom. They are dressed in gauze so thin that you can see ! their skins all over their persons." This is certainly too thin. The remains of Bishop General Polk are to be removed from the churchyard of St Paul's, in Augusta, Ga., where they now lie undermarked, to Louisiana, where a monument will be erected over them. In Iowa City, a prospective child was j pledged to a creditor to cancel a debt, should ; the offspring be a boy. The baby proves to be a boy, and the creditor demands him on contract. The mother refuses, and the credi- j tor proposes to bring suit for the child. Many persons have wondered why j horee-chesnut, horse-radish, &c., are so called. I A Scotch work, entitled "Etymons of English Words," says that the original word was "harsh"?harsh-chesnut, harsh-radish?and that the French and Swedes translated it into "horseand hence the common error. A French chemist asserts that if tea be ground like coffee before hot water is poured upon it, it will yield nearly double the amount or its exhilarating qualities. Another writer j says: "If you put a piece of lump sugar, the ; size of a walnut, into a teapot, you will make J the tea infuse in half the tpne. ??7 A paragraph in the.report of the pro- j eeedings of* a Republican meeting held at, VTamghnm P? l?al aavs : "Mr. Cess- ' 11a introduced the Hon. Mr. Wallace, the only white member of Congress from South Carol ina. Mr. Wallace was enthusiastically receiv-? ed, *nd stepped forward and addressed the convention in a clear and forcible manner." ?? An editor in Alabama having read an article in Hall's Journal of Health advising that husband and wife should sleep in separate rooms, says: "Dr. Hali can sleep when and where he chooses, but for himself, he intends to sleep where he can defend his wife against rats and other nocturnal foes as long as he has got one to defend." The lower house of the Pennsylvania legislature recently passed to a second reading a bill appropriating $5,000 for the use of Washiugtou Cemetery, Maryland, to be ex-! pended in removing to said cemetery the bo- j dies of Confederate soldiers buried in scat- [ tered places in Pennsylvania. The vote stood yeas 46; nays 35. The census exhibits make it appear that the losses of the Southeru States by the war amount to $1,200,000,000. This is greats ly under the mark. The loss of slave prj*perty alone was much in excess of tha^um. There were 4,000,000 of slaves, and they were placed at an average of $750 each, which would make the loss in slave property alone $3,000,000,000. A destructive fire occurred in Alexandria, Va., on Friday night last. The loss is estimated at $120,000. Among the buildings destroyed was the Washington Masonic Lodge. The furniture, relics and jewels were saved. The Lodge was built in 1802, and contained the chair used by General Washington as Master in 1794; also his portrait, painted in 1787 by Williams, and the portrait of Lafayette. The New York Sun says that but for the President's unruly son, the troubles at West Point would not have occurred, and that Colonel Pitcher is not to be superceded by General Ruger as superintendent until September. This is to enable cadet Grant to be graduated and receive his diploma, as under no other superintendent but Pitcher, who is one of Grant's pets, could such a cadet have |>yiLjatained at the ac^jjrpiy an V hr The Chicago Tribune makes an interest-; ing estimate of uie gain in congressional representation which must accrue to the Southern States under the new census. By the emancipation of the slave population two-fifths of that aggregate, or say 1,680,000, have been added to the representative basis of these States. In 1860, out of 253 representatives, the slaveholding States had 84, or one less tbau one-third, they will now, out of 280, members.be entitled, under the census of 1870^ to 104, or ten more than one-third of whole house. J In the State of New York, taxation Jias in the last ten years advanced from twenty millions to fifty millions; in Massachusetts, from seven to twenty-one millions; in Ohio, from eleven to twenty-two millions. Taxation is heavier in Massachusetts than in any civilized community in the world. The taxation in New York is 811.55 per capita, in Massachusetts 814.35, in Ohio 88.72, and in Vermont $5.29. The aggregate per capita taxation in the United States is on one caculation 821.83, and on another $16.09, the last figures representing, probably, the minimum, which is greater than any modern nation has borne continuously in a time of peace. On Friday night of last week a party of disguised men entered the town of Pontotoc, Miss., for the purpose of driving off Col. Flouraoy, the editor of a radical paper, who had been warned to leave. On entering the town they were met by a party of citizens who asked their intentions, and were answered by a volley, which the citizens returned. One of the maskers fell from his horse, and the otht-rs fled. On picking up the wounded man he was found to be a young man named Dilliard, residing near there. He persistently refused to disclose the names of the others, and soon after died. The next morning a number of persous were found to have left the county, while several horses with trappings, which had evidently belonged to the masked party, were fouud near Pontotoc. Under the head of "The Ku-Klux Chinee," the New Orleans Times of the 8th instant, has the following: "One of our^coast planters, who has a number of Chinese laborers in his employ seeing a disposition on the part of some the negroes to annoy the Orientals, and apprehending a resort by the latter to the use of the sharp knives which they always wear, cautioned them not to take the law into their own hands, but in case they were troubled by any negro to bring the offender before him, and he would see that justice was done. Accordingly, one day the planter, whilst sitting on his gallery, observed a procession of the Chinamen coming from the quarters, bearing at their head a dark packnna Th*v niarchfid with creat deliberation "&- -?J p and dignity up to the mansion, and laid their burden on the gallery at the feet of the planter. It proved to be a "chunk of a negro," securely bound as ouly Chinamen know how to tie a parcel of goods. The negro was scared out of his senses, though entirely unhurt. Laying him quietly down on the gallery, the leader of the Chinese, pointing to the dark mass, said to the planter : 'Nigguli! too much! too much niggah!' and then the whole party trotted back to their work. It was an hour's hard work to untie the frightened negro, who, on his release, very cheerfully acted upon the suggestion of the planter to 'make himself scarce."' The New York Worlds Columbia, S. C., correspondence gives a vivid sketch of our Supreme Court, under the new regime. Chief Justice Moses is described as a native Carolinian, of hard, woodenish expression, with a big, corrugated face adorned with spare patches of hair, like a poor field with briar bushep and furze. Of his associates, Justice Willard is part and parcel of the scoria1, thrown upon this soil by the great volcano of the war. He is a large man, with the head of a silver badger and a beard much like that of Hudibras; while Justice Wright is said to have been a Philadelphia barber. He has unmitigated wool, extremeiy thick lips, and eyes with su[>erabundance of white. These eyes goggle continuously, and when the judicial eye-glass is applied thereto to make out some tough word in a brief, the sight is one for men and gods to contemplate and sigh. A caseof lessee vs. mortgagee was on, and "the muddle was worse than the worthy Rev. Mr. Blattergrowl's preliminary discourse in the "Antiquary" of three solid hours on the law of teinds, the chief justice remarking and being corrected by the bar, and saying yes, that was what he meant, and then no, that was not what he meant, and the black fellow on the bench sticking his eye-glass in his revolving eye and looking at his brief, and flinging himself back in his chair, and making his silk gown rustle, and?then the correspondent left. YORKVII.LE. S. C.7~ THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1871. Watch the Figures.?The date on the"adc!resslabeP' ahowstlie time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It musf be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertiRing an i jobwork, are cash, in advance i JOB HiSffiK \ {Having determined to devote more attention hereafter to job printing than we have done in the past, we would inform the public that our office is now well supplied with new type of the latest styles, and the best machinery in use; and with a choice stock of inks, cards, papers, &c., we are prepared to execute as good work as can be done anywhere in the United States, Orders for Ball Tickets, I Freight Billheads, Bank Notices, Labels, Bonds and Coupons, , Law Blanks, Bill Heads, Law Briefe, ? Business Cards, ; Letter Circulars, Certificates of Deposit, Letter Headings, Certificates of Stock, Memorandum Billheads Checks, Note Circulars, Deposit Tickets, Note Headings, Drafts and Notes, Programmes, Envelopes, Policies, Fire A Life Ins., Election Tickets, Shin plasters, Festival Tickets, iWedaing Cards, will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction as to quality of work, guaranteed in every instance. Particular attention given to fine workjiTcolors. THE PEOPLE*MOVING. We publish, this week, a paper signed by a goodly number of the citizens of York county, urging it as a common duty for every citizen to discourage all acts of violence; pledging their individual efforts to maintain order and sustain civil authority ; and soliciting the co-operation of their fellow-citizens in their efforts to prevent domestic disorder. We learn that other papers of similar purport are in circulation in various parts of the county, and we trust this action, inaugurated by the best men of the county, will meet the heirty support of the people, and that none will withhold their names from the papers, or withdraw the least influence they could exert in restoring order and bringing about a bet ter state of affairs, and promoting oetter reeling among all classes of citizens. We will cheerfully publish the names of all who may sign these papers, and request persons who may have charge of procuring signatures, to forward them to this office by Monday next In sections where no paper has b$en prepromoting the desirable object sought, can espy the document published in this numbei of the Enquirer, procure signatures and for.ward to us by the time above mentioned. There is not a more law-abiding people in the land than the citizens of York county and in vindicating themselves before tl^ Fe feel assured they will likewise ob violate any pledge they may make A SENSATION* REPORT. Under quite a display of capital letters anc ; sensational head-lines, the Columbia Union o Monday publishes an account of Ku-Klu? operations in the vicinity of Fort Mills, ir this county, wherein it is stated that a part] of disguised men visited the residence of Tria Justice O'Connell, but not finding him ai home promised to repeat the visit. Subse queutly, and only a few days ago, the sam< parties, it is believed, without disguises, agaii visited Mr. O'Connell's place, went into thi field where he was at work, and after making their threats, demanded that he should re sign the office of Trial Justice. Mr. O'Con nell for some time stoutly refused, but finding himself in their power, and fearing their con tinued threats of personal violence, finally I yielded and signed a document drawn up b; the band, resigning the office of Trial Justice This is substantially the statement made b; the Union. Of the truth of the assertion made we are unable to * speak; for afte diligent enquiry, we have been unable to lean | a word verifying the facts stated. We con I versed with gentlemen last Saturday direc from Mr. O'Connell's neighborhood ; and w 'i feel sure if such an occurrence had takej ; place, these gentlemen would have mentionei | it. We are not disposed to screen such ac , tions or their perpetrators from the public but in this case, with the lights before us we cannot but believe the affair has been, ii some manner, misrepresented. WASHINGTON ITEMS. 1 S An order has been issued from the Wu Department, containing tire Presidential Ku Klux proclamation. The order concludes ii the following language: "The President di recte that whenever occasion shall arise th 1 regular forces of the United States statione< in the vicinity of any locality where offence described by the. act approved April 20th 1871, may be committed, shall, in strict ac cordance with the provisions of the said acf be employed by their commanding officers ii I assisting the authorized civil authority of th United States in making arrests of persons ac cused under the act; in preventing the rescn ' of persons arrested for such cause ; in break ; ing up and dispersing bands of disguise< I a. nmaniTOtinns nrrfliriS . I1JUU1nuuci o, w ai uivu uiguuu?v.vuu ? ! the power and quiet of the lawful pursuits o i the citizens in any State. Whenever troop j are employed in the manner indicated in thi; | order, the commanding officer will, at the ear I liest opportunity, make a full report of hii i operations to the proper superior authority.' I A number of Indian chiefs, from the re I mote tribes on the plains, have arrived ii Washington, and are in charge of the Iudiai bureau. The policy of bringing a Dumbe of Indian delegates to Washington each yea is said to have a good effect. The Southern Outrage Committee has adopt ed the following plan of proceedings: Senator ! Scott, Poole and Blair, and Representative 1 j Poland, Stevenson, Coburn, Beck and Vai Trump, are to constitute a sub-committee t< . hold sessions in Washington, with power t< i send suiveoramittees of the sub-committee throughout the South. This arrangement i ,' to last until September 20th, when the ful i j committee will meet and arrange a future pro gramme. EXTRA SESSION OF THE U. S. SENATE. ! The Senate is in extra session, having con-1 | vened for the purpose of adjusting the diffi-' i culties and complications between this gov-1 ! ernment and England, most of which grew > | out of the war, and the part English manir-, : facturers and ship-builders took, on their own private account, in furnishing supplies and vessels to the Confederate authorities. The I proceedings were intended to be profoundly ' secret, and a lengthy plan of treaty was drafV i ed, a copy of which, however, two entejjrtv j sing newspaper reporters succeededym proi curing, and since its publication, the Senate ! has been almost constantly engaged in endeavj oring to ascertain by whose complicity the I document fell into the hands of the reporters. ; The reporters are under arrest, and refuse to : give evidence implicating any person in the transaction. Saturday, Monday and Tuesday were de- J 'l voted bv the Honorable Senators to able de-1 n - . # bate upon the momentous question of how the - treaty was procured for publication, while the British Parliament is only anxious for the treaty to be promulgated, and have the matter ended. But it must be remembered the British government is sadly deficient in point of dignity- and importance. THE CIVIL WAR IN FRANCE. The excitement and tumult in Paris has been on the increase for the past few weeks. The Communists stilhhold the city, and th^r1 wild demonstrations ?.nd attrocious" acts areT disgraceful to barbarians. Prisoners are tortured to death, and works of art recklessly destroyed. Among the recent acts of vandalism is the destruction of the Column of Vendome, which has been famous for two hundred years. The column was 140 feet in height, surmounted by a bronze statue of the First Napoleon. When the -column fell, the excited populace cheered and dispersed. A magazine containing a large quantity of powder and fixed ammunition was exploded ?lv? ?i.U?aU a ??mniKnr wamon Oil YY OUUC3UZLJy Uy YYilAUU Or uuuivv* v* hvmvm and children were killed. It is thought the explosion is a. part of a conspiracy against the Commune. The Versailles Assembly have adopted the entire treaty signed at Frankfort by France and Germany. Slight objection was raised to the proposed territorial exchange, but it was answered by insisting upon the advantage of retaining and strengthening Belfort. Dissensions ip the Assembly are reported. A desire has been expressed to depose Thiers, the succession being offered to Grevy and then to McMahon, both of whom declined. McMahon has called upon the Germans to aid him in his operations against the Communists in Paris, and German engineers are throwing a bridge over the Seine to facilitate the passage of the Versailles and German armies. A decisive attack from the east of Paris is expected, in which the Germans and Versaillists will act together. The Communists declare that the whole city of Paris shall be reduced to ashes before they will yield to the Thiers or Versailles government. A dispatch dated Pans, 22nd, says that ' 70,000 Versaillists have entered Paris, meeting with slight resistance. The barricades were not defended, and no mines were exploded. The Versaillists are moving on the Hotel de Ville, where the Communists will make their last stand. No excesses were 1 committed by the troops as they entered the city. fa. h. w< 1 F Watron Harness. J. J. Blackwood <fe R. M. Oaiss?Cleveland Alineral Springs. M. Jones, Agent?What Do You Think?Slaves of Prejudice?For Those Who Reason. . Conner,Hobbadfc Dobson?New Buggies?Buggy Trimmiffgs?Second-Hand Buggies?Re, pairing?Barter?Carriages?Put Up to Or, aer. 1 J. W. Carroll?A Rare Bird?Reasonable Calcu\ lation?Stop Your Whining. S%>nTien P. Sutton?Administrator's Notice. TTv/'. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bank/ \ ruptcy?In the Matter of D. W. Hodges. ' T. Wr Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bank[ ruptcy?Application for Discharge?In the Matter of W. P. Hargett. t T. M. Dobson & Co.?Linen Shirts?Gents' Hats? To Arrive?Meal Bags?Bed-Ticking?Sugar and Coffee?Sheeting?Pocket Knives? l Bacon?Trunks?Auger Gate Hinges?Garden Trowels?Well Chains?Safety-Fuse? Dress Goods?Carpet Bags?Summer Bal1 morals?Tin-Ware?Looking Glasses?Can. dy?Sleeve Buttons?Concentrated Ley? 1 Starch and Maccaroni?Corsets. - J. H. Adams?The Old Established House?Save Your Wheat?Ladies' Hats. 3 Duff & Davis?Bacon?Molasses?Corn?Calico? 1 Sheeting?Summer Clothing?Ticking? Produce. 3 S. B. Hall, Judge of Probate?Citation?S. R. r Moore, Applicant?Mary Boggs, Deceased. MERE-MENTION. Hon. Alexander H. Stevens, of Georgia, is = engaged in writing a School History of the " United States. In answer to a question if f it was intended especially for the South, he f replied "No, it is for the whole country, !* wherever the people love and wanted V truth." "Shot through the heart" is a s common expression, yet out of 87,822 cases of r gunshot wounds reported during the late war, 3 it is said that in only four cases the bullet " wounded the heart. After the 30th of June, the pay of enlisted men in the United e States army will be reduced three dollars per a month. The Southern Baptist Conven^ tion which was recently in session at St. Louis, has adjourned to meet at Raleigh, N. C., ' next May. Tampa, Florida, had ripe - ? ? n -nwij '' watermelons a wees: ago. v^iua ricm 1 Jtfis 8214,000 life insurance. There are ^ two thousand Chinese on Louisiana plantations. "Brick" Pomeroy was married to r Mrs. Louisa M. Thomas, in New York, on . Monday evening of last week. Georgia n has a larger colored population than any other State in the Union. Professor Morse, e the inventor of the telegraph, is eighty years i of age. General Early denies -having s ordered- the burning of Montgomery Blair's j house during his Maryland raid of '64, and .. j says the only burning authorized by him, be t; sides some railroad bridges and trains of cars, a were "the burning of Thad. Steven's iron e works in 1863, and the burning of Chambersburg in 1864, and both were in accordance e with the recognized rules of war." ***An . American banker is said to have offered to i buy the Column Vendorae, and set it up in t Central Park, New York. In New York f there are 60,000 Jews and twenty synagogues, 3 and it is estimated that the Jewish .popula3 tion of the United States numbers over 500,. 000. Cherry trees in the vicinity of New 3 York city have blossoms this year earlier ? than for twenty-seven years past. The . largest insurance upon any life in the country i is upon that of A. S. Mansfield, of New Or! leans, who is insured for $350,000. In r j 522 out of 3,492 marriages celebrated in Bosr i ton, last year, the brides were older than the grooms. A Michigan Doctor, who was r arrested because his patient died, has been s acquitted, on the grounds that he did the best s he could, giving all the medicines he knew i the names of. He put in the plea that he 5 I never insured a case when he took- it. A a! good terrier in New York is worth from e 1 $3 to 88, and dogs range now all the way s ; from 50 cents to $100. Since the papers I: told of that girl who got married by washing . j a child's face in the street, all the anxious ; girls carry towels with them. 1 r; ? CLEVELAND MINERAL SPRINGS. We direct the attention of irivdids and pleasure seekers to the advertisecaat of the Cleveland Mineral Springs, which^the present season, will be under the manadsment of Messrs. Blackwood & Oates. TTiT^Pedicinal virtues of these springs are well knoVn to the public, and the proprietors pledge eyry exertion to render their guests comfortable. It wiU^be seen that the rates of chyges have M&n reduced. 'V TO THE CITIZENSOP YORKIOUNTY. The undersigned citizens of Yok county, earnestly desiring the preservation Cthe public peace and for the purpose of'gqPShteeing to all citizens the protection of lifejland liberty, respectfully urge it as as:ommon duty for every citizen to discourage alTl^tsof Violence. We do not desire to dictate to otlu^but are convinced that a repetition of vibfence must disorganize society and result in., a spirit of general insubordination, the ctjja^gauence of which mav be deplored when tab,late to bf remedied. As members of the^communitjj whose common interest is imperiled. w< pledge our individual efforts and influence to prevent farther acts of violencfe^dUi? aid and support the civil authorities ii bringing offenders to justice. Vfe respect fully solicit a hearty co-operatiofc 0f 0Qj fe] low-citizens throughout the co^^^j^odr ef forts to preserve tne ther acts of violence and pJiOHwAfasonl f - JBLarVky i Alfred Moore, Hende^on?order<|P E. G. Byers, Jackson-^flfcer, R. E. Guthrie, John Harat, Jas. M. Lindsey, W. M. Stephenson,, Wm. Burris, John Caldwell, R. J. Withers, , ' W. Y. Love, J. F. Oates, L. A. Johnipn, W. Y. Jones, M. R. Smith, ' , T. P. Whisonant, R. M. AlliajD, W. S. Plexico, R. T. Allison, S. L. Adams, Jonal N. MtfElwee, J. 0. Crawford, Wra. Caldtfell, James A. Wallace, S. E. Moore, W. C. Beatty, J. J. Garvin, Miles Johnson, J. L. Gaffhey, I. D. Witherspoon, J. H. Adarai, W. C. Owen, W. B. Smjth^ * J. A. Owen, John A?* Campbell, J. M. Rawlinson, J. C. Phillips, R. F. Clark, D. T. Partlow,' John May, T. W. Campbell, M. D J.L.Clark, E. S. Thompson, Thos. O'Farrell, M. A. Bigger, ^ 11 r?: r ?u? VV. i'. I10DDS, .uevi -L/auiuy, J. M. Harvey, James M. Bigger, D. C. Turner, W. H. McCorkle, W. F. Garvin, J. A. McLean, i F. M. Walker, . A. G. Dover, J. W. Grigg, L. A. McGin, H. Dillingham, J. L. McGill,-Franklin Robison, E. A. Falls, Lawson Howell, R. A. Pureeley, J. T. McMackin, J. N. Thomas, 0. 8. Jones, W. 0. Thomas, Joel McCarter, A. P. Campbell, R. Nichols, J. J. Wilson, Ira Hardin, J. W. Lawrence, G. R. Whisonant, {j J. C. Watson, T. C. McMak^n, i. M.Watson, W. N. Crawford,; . r-. J. R. Faulkner, Thos. Falls, : * Wm..McGill, V Josiah Henry, T. C. Henry, A. J. Matthews, -jn Wm. Forbes, R. A. Matthews, c- M. Jenkins, Zimri Carroll, n-J. E<-Love, A. C. Purseley, Andrew Jackson, W. E. Sanders, > Felix Dover, W.D.Leslie, W.Hardin, T. H. Leslie, Ira--Hardin, jr., John Wood, :r" James Carroll, ? Edwin Wilson, L. A. Hill, MTD., Wip. Wood, r N. Hullender, Smith Sanders, - J. E. A.J.Stewart, >. John C. Knykeifaal* A. Harding R. S. Moore, A. H. Seapock, Richard Hare, J. H. Dickson, P. B. Darwin, W. M. Fulton, J. A. Wray, J. W. Avery, J. R. Parish, A. I. Barron, W. H. Snider, S. R. Mnore. R. D. Parks, James B. Allison, S. A. McElwee, Johu S. Crosby,' J. R. Schorb, W. A. Moore, H. C. Conner, John Barron, J. P. Herndon, T. W. Clawson, Geo. T. Schorb, ^ ~ W. B. Williams, S. G. Hemphill, " S. M. Sadler, J. B. Lowry, S. C. Sadler, Solomon Quinn, R. M. Burris, Amzi Hope, John J. Smith, E. N. Davidson, A. J. McCarter, J. W. Neal, James Fitchet, J. Beatty Williams, W. M. Walker, A. Sylvanus Wallace J. P. Hood, T. M. Dobson, : J. R. Wallace, J. Herndon, T. P. Whitesides, B. P. Boyd, i E. A. Crawford, J. F. Wallace, B. T. Wheeler, W. B. Mette, Wm. Purseley, A. Coward, E. T. Faris, J. H. Barry, A. F. McConnell, J. H. Fayssoux, ' John J. Hunter, E. E. McCaffrey, T. M. Graham, A. W. Ingold, W. H. Colcock, John M. Thompson* D. C. Williams, Eusly Elliott, Frank C. Harris, Milton Purseley, John T. Grist, T. D. Grist, C. Whisonant, J. G. Ferguson, D. B. McCarter, D. C. Walker, ; Felix Quinn, W. L. Grist, M. Whitt, J. A. Falls, J. W. P. Hope, E. B. Faris, L.M. Grist, F.L.Miller, R. M. Kerr, J. A. McMakin, Arch Dillingham, B. R. T. Bowcn, I C.F.Smith, W.R.Wallace, ! H. E. McFadden, James Jones, <| , E. T. Avery, D. R. Neely, J. B. Tate, W. E. Neely, I S. Sadler, Sr., Thos. W. Neel, f J. C. Miller, J. C. Black, J.J.Miller, T.S. Choat, 1 Dempsey Cook, D. W. Barqm, James R. Cook, S. D. Si Aril, , D. T. Cook, T. H. SimrjWrr,^ _ Wm. Sahms, , J. M^WaJl3ro7 p R. H. McCully, Jas A. Gil# { J. F. Carothers, G. E. Myfftfcele, _ J. B. Partlow, M. A. Fans, Jas. L. Bigger, J. A. Davidson, t i E. A. Faris, W. A. Partlow, Wm, Youngblood, F. T. Timberlake, i T. Ferris, W. D. Barnes, J. A. Stewart, ?T. J. Barnes, [ . -fR. C. Millen, L. R. Williams, H. W. Aikens, S. W. Wallace, S. W. Aikens, P. McCallura, t Robert Aikens, J. T. McCallum, E. T. Brandon, L. C. McCallum, S.H.Williams, W. A. J. McCalluu S. F. Faris, J. D. Harper, ! J. J. Faris, A. A. Barron, T. L. Barron, Wm. Wallace, D. A. A. Watson, J. D. Currence, f J. A. h, M. Stewart, H. M. Jackson, i J. B. Stewart, J. A. Jackson, W. J. Neely, B. C. Pressley, James Simril, R. M. Davis, A. D. Choat, L. Davis, Wm. Choat, J. W. Cheek, T. A. Douglas, R. T. Gillespie, J. H. Douglas, R. M. Pressly, J. C. Hicklin, David G. Wallace, E. F. Bell, J. W. Leach, J. H. Clawson, JefT Smith, D. C. McKinney, J. D. Morrow, John Smith, J. M. Morrow, . ! T. G. Wylie, T. B. Whitesides, J. J. Wylie, G. C. Leach, W. B. Allison, J. T. White, S. M. Gillespie, Henry Hope, John R. Massey, J. F. Campbell, > E. L. Glenn, Joab Price, R. F. Hall, John J. Miller, i F. H. Brown, J. H. Douglass, P. Hoover, B. R. Miller, W. F. Lomas, S. Neely Miller, i T. S. Neely, J. W. B. MiUer, j R. Lathan, James F. Hart,. I NORTH CABOLINA NEWS. cc ? A North Carolina editor advertises for si ! sale a skeleton, which he warrants to be in i * good condition. ' , - --jsrh ? Jefferson Davis arrived in Raleigh on | ol , Saturday last and remained until" Monday, hi when he left for the South. j lc ? John W. Thomas, of Davidson county, f e: a well-known citizen, died at his residence in i ai , Tkomasville on Tuesday night of last week. Vance has received and accepted f] an. iiivitatkm to deliver the annual address \ at A bury University, Indiana, next month. ig ?1 )badiah Woodson, an old typo of Salis- I bury, has been selected by the citizens of f( Rowan county as a candidate for the conven- p '* tiom. t< ? A term of the Superior Court of Meek- v lenburg county was to have commenced on v MMonday morning last ; but his Honor Judge Logan, failed to arrive. e ? A colored man and woman were drowned t ' one day last week in South Fork river. Gas- r '< ton county, by the capsizing of a canoe in \ r which they were crossing the stream. t * ? Work on the Chatham railroad, extend- ?g * ing from in ^hathamT 'county, is progressing.; finely. The bridge i 1; across Haw river is completed, and on Tues- j ' day of last week the train nasaed it. fats' y the first time. " ? TWfirrtt)en of Charlotte celebrated last ] commemoration of the Mecklen- j |Esaj?yjj|^Sarotiou of Independence. The fire- c iP^^or Winnsboro, Chester and Ealeigh, \ ] were invited guests, aod participated in the \ festivities. t ? In the Superior Court of Gaston county, i which closed last week, James Hargett, a j young man of color, was tried for the murder e of another negro, and convicted of the crime, t ' He took an appeal to the Supreme Court. Another negro, Caldwell liargrave, was tried ? for rape, and convicted. He was sentenced 1 v to be hung on the 30th of June. s ? Hon. Josiah Turner, editor of the Raleigh, i Sentinel, registered at the Nickerson House t in Columbia on Mondav. It is stated that t he came to this State for the purpose of send- t ing a challenge to Gov. Caldwell, in conse- i quence of a card which the Governor had re- t cently published in one of the Raleigh papers, 1 ' reflecting upon Mr. Turner. j ? U. S. Revenue officers made a raid on i several liquor establishments in Raleigh last week, and seized a large quantity of "illicit" < liquor. The Raleigh officials act upon a dou- i ble-edge principle. If they find liquor above 1 > proof, it is seized as being a fraud upon the i government; and if it is below proof, it is ] seized as being an imposition upon customers. < Several tobacco factories have also been late- i ly seized in Granville county, for alleged vio- ] lation of the revenue laws, inoluding the use 1 of fraudulent stamps. i ? On Thursday of last week, a U. S. Marshal, with a squad of soldiers, arrived in w Rutherford ton, and on the next day proceeded to arrest ten men, charged with having \ beaten and otherwise abused one Aaron Big gerstaff. The parties had previously been ' bound to appear before competent civil au(.. thority on the 8th instant, and on that day were prompt in attendance ; but the competent authority not being present, they -were rebound to appear on the 10th of July. Now ' they have been arrested by*a U. S. Marshal, and removed elsewhere, regardless of their bonds to State authority. ?During the recent, terra of Gaston SufraiftK (Ma Mi J wwwsWiwi 0 vid Schenck, Esq., an attorney, to prevent him from practising before him, his offence being the writing of a letter to Washington city i /vinfrnrlirtinrr anmn AooAH-inna mnrip in a lpfciAr. previously written by Judge Logan, to a member of Congress in regard to Ku-Klux operations in Cleveland county. At the close of the term, the Judge refused to.rescind his order, which prevents Mr. Schenck ?pm. prac** tising in the courts of the circuit. < , ? Gov. Caldwell has issued a proclamation in the nature of an appeal to the people of the State. It recites that in some of the counties "armed bands of disguised men are prowling about, and in the night time committing outrages of an atrocious character upon weak and defenceless citizens, white and colored, i old and young, male and female." The Governor declares that the civil authority,' as heretofore constituted, is powerless to suppress ^ ' this evil. He says this conduct "must have an end and the good name of North Carolina be vindicated." And to this end, he makes his solemn appeal to the people, more especially to those who have heretofore held places of honor and trust?to ministers of the 1 gospel of every denomination?to unite and assist the authorities in maintaining the laws, and build up a fraternal feeling throughout the State. The proclamation closes with a , iT warning to the perpetrators of the mischief, and a threat that when the power to punish them can be exercised, it will be applied without mercy. 4 ' STATE ITEMS, j ?A. G. Mackey, Esq., who resides in J Washington, is on a visit to Charleston. I j ?Mr. Wm. H. Hovey, an energetic citi- 1 i zen of Greenville, died in Massachusetts, last .! week. ? In respect to colored population, as shown by the census return, South Carolina stands the fifth largest in number. ? The Charleston papers announce the of John Campsen, a prominent grain *! merchant oi^hat city. J ? J. R. Boyles has been appointed Treasu-pcer of Fairfield county, vice John W. Clarke, "j deceased. ? The Judge of Probate for Newberry i county has resigned his office under the pres- 1 ' sure of a Ku-Klux notice. ! ? A few days ago, a detachment of caval- ( I ry was sent to Winnsboro' and a detachment ( of infantry to Newberry. 1 ? It is rumored that the publication of a 1 new Democratic daily newspaper is to be c commenced in Columbia at an early day, e with General M. C. Butler as editor. r ?The Fairfield News says that a party of I disguised men whipped several negroes, near 1 Monticello, in that county, on Saturday night x -.of last week. a ? Faulkner, the wounded Ku-Klux, who r was arrested and lodged in the jail at New- r berry, was last week admitted to bail by a | "\ j trial justice in a bond of $1000. c ? Lieutenant-General Jubal A. Early, of o I the Confederate army, has accepted an invi- s ! tation of the Survivors' Association of Colum- t | bia, to address its members at the next meet- n I ing in November. n ? The Chester Reporter says that on and p j after the 1st of July, a weekly mail line will o | be established from that place to Landsford, p j via Lewisville, Rich Hill and Cedar Shoals. 1 ; The mail will leave Chester on Thursdays * j and return on Fridays. 1> ? Gov. Scott was in Charleston on Thurs- w ' day last in consultation with the leading o: | bankers of that city. It is understood that r< I he is going to New York for the purpose of V I carrying out the suggestions of the tax-payers' I r< invention for strengthening the financial potion of the State. ? The Union Times says: "We regret to arn that the-prospects foran> abundant crop i wheat are quite gloomy. The rust and fly ave taken complete possession of it in many icalities, and from all quarters we hear fears cpressed that not more'than one quarter of a average crop will be made. ? A special dispatch from Washington to le New York Tribune, under date of the 4th instant, says: "The President, acting, it i said, on information received through the nternal Revenue Bureau, and also on that )und in the letters of the Tribune?s corresondent in South Carolina, has caused orders o be issueid to the officer in command in the icihity of Spartanburg, to arrest the ruffians rho have been committing outrages there." ?. We learn from the Greenville Mountain* er, that a company of gentlemen in that own have taken steps toward the establish* oent of a first-class cotton factory in Green'ille county. Already about two-thirds oJ he capital necessary for the purpose has been absoribod. mid tlmra mm to fre so little loubt about securing the remainder, that th< neasure may almost be regarded as accom dished. at'i--inni)-TTibin_rVif| Company F, 18th Infantry, Captain T. J. liloyd commanding, have been orderd to take K)st at Sumter, and are expected to leave tol^y; Company D, 2d Infantry, Capt Faulck, lave'been ordered to this post, fcbm Huntsrille, Alabama, and are exacted'w "arrivt o-day. It is thought the remaining compa lies of the 7th cavalry will also arrive at thii )ost. Columbia has been made a depot ni upplies for all the troops in the State except hose stationed in Charleston." ? The Carolina Spartan says: "Titus Coop sr, a colored man who lived in the neighbor lood of Glenn Springs, in that count;, wa* ihot and killed a few days ago bya,. colorec nan named George Williams. The cause o: he homicide arose from a disputeabout mat ers connected with their work on;-the planta ;ion where they were employed. Titus was f legro of good character, honest and indus ;riou8. George Williams (or George Cates las not been arrested. He is supposed to hav< gone to Haywood county, North Carolina vhere his brother is living. ?Mr. John W. Clark, County Treasure )f Fairfield, was shot by Mr. W. D. Aiken n Winnsboro, on Tuesday of last week, fron lie effects of which he died next day. Th< following appear to be the facts in the case Mr. Clark was engaged in a personal en count jrwith Mr. S. Dubose. Mr. Aiken interfere* to separate the parties. Mr. Clark release* his antagonist and seized Mr. Aiken by th throat, and continuing to choke him agains his protest and warnings to desist, th . a iii-y __j laiier arew a pisuii auu ouui> mm tmuugu ?u bowels. Aiken was arrested and taken tx fore Judge Melton, in Columbia, on a writ c habeas corpus, and admitted to bail in the sue of $5000. ? A correspondent of the Columbia Unior writing from Aiken, says that a few nighl ago a party of disguised men visited th house of a colored man named Charles Johi son, twelve miles north of Edgefield, for tb purpose of inflicting punishment on him fc his political principles. He was aroused b the barking of his dogs, and on going out t ascertain the cause of the noise, heard tb sounds of men and horses approaching. H trance into his house, when h? fired one ba rel of his gun, mortally wounding a youn man, whose name is n^t given, but who said to be of respectable parentage. He ah discharged the other barrel of his gun at tb crowd, slightly wounding*another of then when he fled in one direction and the Ki Klux skedaddled in another. ? A case involving the payment of a del contracted for the purchase of slaves wj brought before Judge Orr at the recent teri of the Circuit Court for Greenville count] The Mountaineer says: "When the first cas was called, Judge Oit expressed his regre that he could not concur in the recent decii ion of the Supreme Court of this State, an that he would feel himself constrained to ii otrnnf tha tiirw .that slahta nnntroflto/1 OU UVV VUV JU4J VI HIW UVUW WUV4MUVy\A 4Vi slaves could not be collected, and that th prohibition in the State Constitution was nc a violation of the Constitution of the Unite States. * He suggested that it would perhaj be most prudent to continue all such case until the decision of the Supreme Court of th United States upon the question should b announced. The members of the bar approt ed of the suggestion, and all that class c cases were continued." t ? EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Good Templars. A lodge of this order, to be known a Redemption Lodge, No. 3, was organized a New Centre church, in this county, on Satui day last, by the Deputy Right Worthy Gram Master of Eureka Lodge, No. 2, assisted b; a number of the members of that Lodge. Th following officers were elected to serve th ensuing term: J. W. Lawrence, W. C. T. Miss A. C. Jackson, W. V. T. ' S. L. Wilson, Sec. Miss J. L. Wallace, Asst. Sec. D. A. Jackson, F. Sec. J. N. Thomas, Treas. J. R. Falkner, M. \ Miss E. G. Lawrence, D. M. \ J. C. WATSON/ Gfapfain. M. P. Parrott, i. o. ] W. M. Mathews, Sentinel. Miss M. Mathews, JR. S. S. Miss L. E. Fitchet, L. IT. S. W. E. Sanolers, Act. P. W. C. T. fruit Canning in the Sonth. There is promise of an abundant yiek )f fruit in all parts of the South during tin joming season. A little effort to secure th< >reservation of the crops would save all thai las been lost by the decline in the price o: iotton. Millions of dollars' worth of peach is, delicious and excellent, are permitted tc ot under the trees. Canning this fruit should >e ;ommenced on an extensive scale. At Richmond, Wilmington, Charleston, Savanlah, Augusta, Mobile, New Orleans, and at J1 the minor cities uf the South this businese aight be made very profitable. There is a aarket for all the fruit that dan be put up. IVest Indies, South America, Cfentral Ameria, Mexico, all ask for unlimited supplies of ur canned fruits. The busineasiis inexpenive, easy and profitable. A fruit canning esablishment on a large scale has been comlenced in North Carolina, the work of can ing 10 DO CiOUtJ UU bUC jJICUllOOD UX LUC piV rietor; and we see no reason why an^ owner f a large orchard could not successfully lace his fruit in the market by this means.'f tajor Samuel Dickerson. This distinguished officer of the Colored National State Guards of South Carolina, rho was sent to New York to deliver a course f lectures this summer on Ku-Klux, has aliady returned to his home in Charleston, ifith some of the incidents of the trip our ;aders are already familiar; and after the experience he hgs had among the loyal, union- c loving people of the North, he ^somes home y heartily disgusted. He avows his intention4o J do all in his power to uproot the Radicals aiM j carpet-baggers generally from this State. Jie , ! said {hat Horace Greeley told him, thafth ere j never would be peace in the South, ug?ilVtt; *i "low whits' men who' had come down here since the war, were expelled." Sara says, that he will use his best exertions in that direction, moid will soon kindle a political Aire in this State, which will never be quenched, until it has consumed all of the evils which hfflict it, in' the form of "carpet-baggers, exstable-keepers, and : bar-tendSrs from the North.". . Another Revolution Threatened. In the woman's suffrage convention at New York, on the 13tb, Mrs. Victoria Woodi hull said that if the next Coogren refuse wo ^ .f? , men all legitinKte citixenswp, iney (we wu. men) will proceed to call another convention , expressly to frame a new constitution, and ' erect a new government, completg in all its ! parts, and take measures .to maintain it as efi feetually as men do theirs. It shall be appli5" "cable not to women alone/but to all persons . who shall transfer allegiance, and shall be, in every practicable way, a higher and move I irimitf 1 nwnW ii/ iu0 giHwuiilUUluri , idea; in to, a perfect oasis for carpet bagi gers. Said the feminine orator: "We mean .) treason, we mean secession, and on a thousand, ; times grander scale than was that of the . South. We are plotting involution. Wewill y overthrow this bo^us republican government, . and plant a government of&ghj&Qnsness in its i stead/' This is very bdd of ihe fair revoluf tionist, considering that the operations of the t Ku-Klux law extend to New York. President Grant should ads jo it at once, or thgre . will he such a hustle in the land as was never . before known. ,*? . r ^ \ Horace Greeley In the South.- . I The Hon. Horace Greeley arrived in f New Orleans on the 18th, en route to Te&s, . in whioh State he has been invited to deliver' . an agricultural address. He was entertained i in New Orleans by the American Union dob. * In his speech, he said this was his first visit ) to the South. I oome here, said he, with a 9 heart devoted to the good of all the' people, ,, They are not my enemies now, who were six or eight years ago. I bear hatred to no one. r 1 believe the best men should occupy the best , places without any reference to by-gooes. The 1 peril which necessitated the exclusion of some 9 men from the ballot-box no longer exists. He : opposed disfranchisement asno longer a necea r sity. There would not be a Ku-Klux in the 1 land now if there had keen general amnesty 1 five years ago. It would have united the e people and healed the woUnds produced by ,t the war. For that he had straggled, and the e time was not far distant when every Amerie can would have his fair say at the ballot-box, y and die majority rule. uS if This is all very well, eoming as it does, from a so distinguished a leader of the dominant party ; and we trust the sentiments to which he i, gave utterance in his speech at New Orleans s will not be forgotten by him after his return e to the editorial rooms of the Dribwie; which, i- if it would, could do much toward restoring e harmony in the land. '' ,r THE FEMALE BROKERS. ^ Frequent allusion is made in the papers to 0 the female brokers, of New York, "Woodhull, !? Claflin A Co." The firm consists of Mrs. :e Victoria Woodhull, her sister Miss Tennessee >ni i''te i* i ^ "jjr< d Virtn r_ ria, who constitutes the "Co," of the firm. At the early age of fi&rteen, Victoria was m^rP ried to a Dr; Woodhull, from whom she was divorced, and subsequently married her pree10 ent business partner, Mr. Blood. Domestic difficulties have recently brought the family before the public in the courts of Nejr York, and during the investigations the fact was d veloped that these good women?these woman's-rights women?are free lovers, spirifcual18 ists, Ac., and that Mrs. Woodhull, the self-nom inated candidate for the Presidency in 1872, ^ is now living cozily and happily under the same roof with both her husbands. The Bor ' Chester Democrat furnishes the following par3" ticulars of the early history of the Claflin d'ladies: ' . ' : The woodhull-Claflin family are written ,r up to some extent by the St. iibuis Times. e How true the account may be we have, of >t course, no means of knowing; but it is probd ably certain that the family have undergone (g a great variety of adventures and are likely to be the subjects of many more. "Victoria * Woodhull," says the Times, "redded in this e city a few years ago, where she appeared as ? the proprietress of an eclectic institute, located r- on Sixth street, next door to the present city )f dispensary. It was here that she first formed the acquaintance of CoL James H. Blood, who was at that time city auditor, and president of the Fifth street railroad. He was a married man, and lived with his wife as agreeably as the majority of men until they are divorced. * The acquaintanceship between Col. Blood and t Victoria Woodhull ripened into love, and fir nally, after the necessary separations and d abandonments, into marriage. Blood reeign? ed his position as city auditor, deserted his ' wife, and then doped with Victoria, who was at that time the reputed wife of Dr. Wood6 hull. A few years afterward they returned to St. Louis, and Mrs. Woodhull lived happily under the same roof with both husbands." The Times gives the details of the refeent scandal in New York, and then condudes its story as follows: The history of this ddectable family is a curious one, Buckman Claflin, the primogenitor, lived in a village in Central Ohio, where a portion, at taptf of his talented offspring came into the world. He bore the reputation of a long-headed, tricky man. Unfortunately, he was blessed with one eye, but could see more with that one than most men with. two. When Tyler went back on the party that elected him, Claflin succeeded, by some inge-" nious wire-pulling, in obtaining the office of { postmaster against the wishes of a majority of 3 the citizens. Some doubted his integrity and received their mail matter at another office.' 3 He owned a mill on a stream that feifedto run k it a part of theyear. The profits were scarcely f enough to support the fast family and pay off . old debts. One night, when Claflin was stay> ing four miles from home, the mill unaccountI amy burned, down. There had been no fire near it for hutia timp nrpvmns. Possibly it ' was a case of spontaneous combustion. The ' loss to him appeared great, but appearances ; are deceptive.. The null was heavily insured, i The old lady, who'is the author of the present k sensation, was subject to religious spells. When the spirit moved her she was in the.< habit of going into an upper room, opening; . the windows Tike the prophet, and praying ipi , a very loud tone. Whether tho prayera were effectual doth not yet appear. Tne daughters all bore peculiar names, such as Victoria Calfhrny, Tennessee Celeste, Utica Vanticia, Odesca Malvida, Ac. The Vic. and Tenn., when quite young, are reported to have seen i strange beings dressed in white among the stars, which they called little sister angels. ' Thus their wonderful precocity was brought, j into notice at a very early age. [ A rew < years later, this gifted family traveled i from city to city, healing all manner of dis- 0 eases. That "ruined child"?Tennessee Co- : leste?by the aid of clairvoyance, could re- ] veal the secrets of nature, past, present and 1 future, whereabouts of stolen property, tell < one's fortune, and even the success of a ven- t ture or {peculation. During the practi6e of f their profession in Pittsburg they were arrest- t id* for some fraudulent transaction. After various peregrinations, in combination with Dr. Woodhufi, they opened a house in Chicago,'uA grand and peculiar style. Success followed them beyond expectation. After a time, however, they played out, and removed to the sedate city of -Si. Louis. Here they met Blood, and Vic, and he affinitised. . v-?-?- ? For the Yorkvtlle Enquirer.. UNION COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. ' - KEttOBBWE OIL. Itwasquiteawo^der, to'CharleeLamb how the people managed to get oh after dark, before the invention of candles. He supposed that, if they talked at all, they would have to feel each other's frees to ascertain when the laugh was coming, or would have to rub the cheek to find out if the tears were falling at the relation of some' pathetic tale.' Now those old ancestors of ours may not have been quite so bad off as the great Humorist supposed; yet if he were living to-day, he would have sufficient grounds for wondering why so many people will nse spirting, spattering, greasy candles,when kereosene is so much JPetroieum is taxen m large quauuues uvm oil wellsin the coal regions. It has to be reJpied before fc " T^p mng* ? ? Thoroughly refined the better light it gives. In the newspapers there will be various tests for the parity of the oil. Evey one may not, have time for thjsj bat he mm do better; buy from, a responsible, truthful dealer. The usual objection to its me is thi'^aBget^^"" Soon after the war we commenced to read oil accidents. Perhaps several hundred reports have been read, and all the explosions resqlt from carelessness. When people will fill burning lamne, or poor oil from the can over a slow fire to start it,' or do other such foolish things they should patronize insurance comana clean lamps m day time, and keep foe away from a can just opened, the danger will be ^ceedmglj Ltt To keep lamp burning oosts about one-third ii does to keep a candle lighted the same time. Thelamp gives three times as much light We have been usfog the Astral oil from the house ofChaiies Pratt It is very good. A few nights ago * a lighted lamp was knocked from the qandle , jtand, and went out without any damage except the'Ioss of the lamp and oiling the 'jSoor. Dr. Nott, near Gowdeysville had a laimp broken, but the flame was not extinguished in the &11:, and no explosion took' using the Astral oiL There are other uses to which this oil can be tonlied. It is good to kill vermin on stock. It is ti?e best" for the carpenter's cil stone. For sores and bruises it is a good application. Even in rheumatism Bome have foundrelief from its use. *m; . This is no advertisement, but a simple effort to indace the people to Have more and better lightJi v j *f r.uilnp 9 ; ; THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE ON THE SOUTH. Columbia, May 11th, 1871. / There can be no doubt that the propertyowners of South Carolina have many real grievances of which to complain on account Of the manner in which the finances of the State have been administrated, and a carefnl inquiry satisfies me that the charges of corrupt practices which they make against the StataXegislature and many of the State officers dkej'to some extent, true, although greatly exaggerated.. All people, from the Governor dowft to private citizens of both parties, white mfln and negroes, agree that, with few exceptions, ; fluty veual, and sold their votya witi^Etle ~ ^ pretence of secrecy. This we may pass over as an admitted fact; but the amoont of really bad legislation of which they were guilty is not very great The State of Sonth Carolina to too poor to afford much plunder. There are no powerful railway companies or other rich ana grasping corporations that can afford to pay roundly for legislation to promote their interests; and the actual amount . of corruption money used at the last sertion wr dd appear ridiculously small to the lob' byists who manipulate the Legislature of New York and Pennsylvania. The measures for the passage of which money was most freely used were the Phospnate Bill (which gave to a few persons* monopoly of the right to take -i J " "...int uuwjiimw wyih| tvi ?nuaiiw < yutuww) from the riven of this State;) and the Gfreenviile Bail Boad Subsidy Bill, which passed the'House after an expenditure of 4o0,f)00, but which finally failed to pass the Senate over tile Governor's veto. Tnefdnefwb of the Legislature was the extravagance with which money was spent for olerk hire, furniture, and incidental expenses. The oost df the last session was nearly ten times as much as the average cost of the sessions before the war. As an illustration of where the money went to, it is related that one, member boupht a pair of horses and paid1 w owner by giving nim an order on the Treasury for pay aS a committee clerk, and that others famished themselves with gold watches and chains in a like manner inexpensive to themselves. But it is against three or four of the State* officers that the anger of the tax-payers is esspecially directed. When the State Government went into operation in 18Q8, the only capital of its members was their influence with the negro voters, And they carried all their tangible fortunes upon their backs. : Now they live in fine mansions, d^iye fast hprses, buy rail roads, establish banks, and give every sign of possessing great wealth. In commercial communities, where riches are often rapidly acquired, such a sudden rise to fbrtune would not attract so' much attention or suspicion; but to understand the effect it makes -'' upon the public temper here, it must be membered that the people of South CaraH** are veiy poor,- that nearly all I once possessed by them were wreefcid hqr the war, that many who once lived in WfauySre j now reduced to actual poverty, and flnti old proud planters have nothing left tat meir barren acres, which scarcely prodbai enough to feed them. In these pinching days of adversity, a throng of unknown men ,qqme out of the country or their recent enemies to seize upon all the places in the Government by the : aid of negro votes. No doubt a large share of the wealth of these men was acquired by what would be looked upon iaiNew York as legitimate speculation; bpt here Jem make such distinctions. The South Carolina plant- ^ era know iitqe aDQW; speculating: uieir jortunes used to be w khds and slaves. Wealth was slowly acquired; and was kftrfcjii'iifr evidence of respectability and geodfiunly; men who made money rapidly were suspected, and^ the speculative instinct was one of the -Yankee^ which they. most depised. These planters now find themselves poor, their taxes enormously increased, their State debt much augmented, and the State officers suddenly risen from poverty to affluence. Their wrath is naturally great at all this. The tax-payers do not test their case, however^ on general assertions of corruption, but they make specific charges against some of the State officers, and these charges ate repeated and.endorsed by many respectable Republicans out of offtoe. < Perhaps the most Serious of the charges nefoto the public lahda Bonds to this amount of $700,000 were sold, and the proceeds applied tp purchasing lmid for tha State with the purposeof re-selling it on long credit and in timflin tracts to colored men, as a charitable bndertaking. A Land Commissioner was appointed, with numerous deputies, it turns out that the utmost value of the land purchased is not $200,000, and that all the : rest of the poftey went into the pockets of the Commissioners and some of the members of i Supervisory Board, consisting of certain jltate officers. One man made $90,000 on a tingle purchase. He bought a tract of land