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Thursday Horning, January 6th, 1870. John T. Sloan, jr., is the regular author, lied agent ia Columbia to solicit advertisements and procure subscriptions for the Intelligencer. W. H. B. Toon is duly authorized to aot as agent for the Anderson Intelligencer and the Rural Carolinian, and will receipt for subscriptions to either of these journals. We have received the Report of the State Auditor, Reuben Tomlikson, Esq.,. embodying ?och valuable information concerning the-levying and collection of taxes during: the past year. . jjjsgf" We publish in tommy's issue a graceful and well-written tribute to the life and service* of Ex-Governor Pickens, which originally appeared^ in the Edgefield Advertiser. It is worthy of peru? sal, and we trust none of our readers will neglect it. because of its length. ?? -? We are requested to state that Rev. Messrs. Capebs, Miles, Cobnish andDcBosE, of the Epis? copal Church, are expected to visit Grace Church in this place on next Sunday, and that arrange? ments are likely to be made by which services will be held every Sabbath during the year. -;-?? Bg^ We direct attention to an important an? nouncement made by the merchants of this place, in reference to the terms upon which they propose to. sell goods hereafter. It will be seen that they are determined to cheok the credit system, which is prevailing to an alarming extent. We are sat? isfied that this course will prove benefioial to all parties concerned, and trust fnat the merchants will rigidly adhere to the plan agreed upon. DEATH OF MR. MILFORD BUR RISS. This sad event occurred at his residence in this town on the 25th of December last. Mr. Bubbiss had an attack of apoplexy and paralysis combined on .Friday of the week previous to his death, and never spoke afterwards. He lingered in this con? dition nntil Christmas day, when his spirit passed from earth. He was an upright and honest citi? zen, and highly respected by all who knew him. He had been successfully engaged in planting for a number of years, and recently moved to this ?place, for the purpose of giving closer attention to his mercantile interests. He was a member of the Baptist church, and gave evidence before his death that his faith was well-founded. A SLIGHT MISTAKE. . A Georgia paper has the following paragraph: "A gentleman informs us that Judge Orr, of South Carolina/ who has just returned from Washington, informed him that Governor Bullock was spending money by the thousands. Ho has'a tine suit of J rooms, keeps a fine'carriage constantlyat his dis? posal, and entertains elegantly and lavishly. Orr asked if Bullock wait & man of much wealth. When informed that he was not, Orr said he ought to be, to throw money away as he did." As Judge Obb has not been to Washington re? cently, there must be some mistake, although we dacht not that Qov. Bullock has been spending good deal of money in putting the "Georgit horror" through the Reconstruction mill. THE ?OfnJMERT ASSOCIATION. Tho following committee of ladies has been ap? pointed to obtain members and solicit contribu? tions to the South Garolina Monument Association, the design of which has been fully explained in these columns heretofore. Lists and circulars will be furnished to each member of the committee : Mra. B. F. Whitneb, C.hm'u., Anderson C. H. ? W. W. Humphbets, " f James A. Hott, ". ' **? 0. A. Reed, " ? H Jambs H. Thobnwelx, ? ? ? Miss Ecqbnia Carlisle, ? ? " Eleanob M. Rice, Bettoa. " Vibqinia Cox, Townville. Mrs. James A. Gray, Moffattfrvilte. ?*? Thos. W. Russell, Equality. P. H..E. Slpax, Pendleton. ** D. L. Donnabb, Williamston. SEAL ESTATE SALES. ? Ths Assignees of John W. Gbaot, Bankrupt, sold the following property at public outcry on Monday, 27lh of December last: The McFall tract, containing 420 acres, for $2250; two acre lot in Williamston, 5100; Hellams tract, containing 148 acres, $450; Duckworth tract, containing 475 acres, $940; Baker tract, containing 230 acres, S5G5; lot in Williamston, containing 23 acres, $300; lot in Anderson, containing one-half acre, 5500; two brick stores on Granite Row, in tho {own of Anderson, $7,900. Sheriff McGcein sold the fallowing on Monday last: Lot in Belton, containing 6? acres, 5510; Posey tract, containing 50 acres, 555; Pcttigrcw tract, containing 125 acres, $355 ; Richey tract, in two miles of Anderson, containing 100 acres, S920; two acre lot in Anderson, with improve? ments, 51400. . W. W. Humphbets, Esq., Judge of Probate, sold the tract of land belonging to the Estate of Robert Manly, deceased, and containing 272 acres, for 51600. Capt. Jobs W. Daniels, Clerk, sold the follow? ing by order of Court: Real Estate of Henry Cobb, deceased?80 acres, ?400; 93 acres, 5425 ; 28? acres, $1,000. Also, the following tracts be? longing to Wm. W. Hewin, to foreclose mortgage? 854 acres, $1220 ; 52 acres, $320. ?Bute? Mention.?We have received a mammoth Turnip, raised by Mr. John D. Alewine, of this coanty, and weighing just eleven pounds! Such of our exchanges as have boen bragging about tur? nips weighing six and eight pounds, will please make a note of this huge specimen. An erratic genius has discovered a new and el? egant style of walking, as follows : When ..you get irto. an editor's room, if yon have no business to transact with him, or when you have finished your business, walle right out. It is healthy exercise? particularly for the editor. We learn that Mr. G. W. McGsB has been ap? pointed a Magistrate for this county, and has opened his office at Belton. W? are indebted to Mr. Geoboe B. Telfobd for a large club of subscribers, making the list at Belton tho largest now on our books outside of this town. Others might profit by this exauiplo of en? ergy and good feeling for tho local paper. The-Christmas holidays passed off with the usual amount of merriment, and many turkeys fell sacrifice to the cravings of the inner man. No accidents occurred in this region, so far &j we are informed. the Charleston papers of Monday, 27th of De? cember, reached this place on tho 1st of January, showing great carelessness among mail agents during tho holidays. A considerable snow fell in this vicinity on Monday afternoon last. An envelope hns reached us through tho Post Office, containing $1.25 in currency, btU without any explanation as to the object for which it was DEATH of EDWIN M. WANTON. The journals of the country; had not ceased to comment; upon the appointment and confirmation of Edwin If. Stantok as one of the Supremo Judges of the United States, when the news was flashed across the continent of his sudden death. He died in Washington city oaFriday, 24th of De? cember, in the fifty-fourth year of his age. Per? haps no man has occupied a larger share of public attention in this country during the last decade than Mr. Stanton. Even the chosen representa? tives of the Northern and Southern people, during those terrible years of civil strife, were not so frequently mentioned as the wily and astute Sec? retary of War whoso death is now chronicled. On the one hand, admired for his stern inflexibility in the prosecution of the war, and on the other scarcely less contemned for his unmerciful treat? ment of a conquered people. But he has gone to the bar of eternal judgment, and is alike beyond the praise of his admirers and the censure of his foes. Much has been written concerning the life and services of Mr. Staxton, and his death has evoked sharp criticism upon many of his public acts. But we prefer not to speak of the dead in terms of reproach and contumely. Hence, with this brief allusion to the character and services of Mr. Stanton, we give the following sketch of his life, copied from the Wilmington Star: Edwin M. Ptanton was of Quaker origin, and was born at Steubenville, Ohio, in 1815. Iiis pa? rents were emigrants from Culpeper county, Va. In 1833, he entered Kenyon College, and after studying there a year became a bookseller's clerk ia Columbus, Ohio. While in that city he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1836. Thence he removed to Cadiz, and soon after that to Steubenviile where he soon gained a large and remunerative practice. In 1848 he went to Pittsburg, Pa., and rising rapidly in his profession, beran to be much em? ployed in the Supreme Court at Washington. Finally, he removed to the national capital and was employed by Attorney General Black to plead the cause of the United States in some land cases of great importance pending in a California Court. The secession troubles coming on, Hon. Lewis Cass resigned his positon as Seoretary of Stale, and Mr. Black sucoeeded him. Mr. Stanton ?ras then appointed Attorney General. Formerly a violent Democrat, on IhenoccssioD of power to the Republican party he became a loud spoken adhe? rent of the Lincoln administration, and soon be? came known throughout the Union as a bitter Radical. In 18C2 he was appointed Secretary of War, .ind held that portfolio until the spring of 18G7, long after he had been requested by the President to resign. The circumstances attending his exit from the War office are well remembered by our readers. Since thai time he has been traveling a good deal, and his friends have for a year past thought that bis health did not promise a auch longer lease of life. His appointment to the 8a promo Court bench a few days ago was received with-pleasure by the Radical party, and the Sen? ate confirmed his nomination without the usual reference to a committee. Secretary Sfanton had many enemies ; perhaps no man in the United States had more. His ad? mirers claimed for him a high degree of ability as a lawyer and unwavering devotion to principle. Other people always spoke of him as narrow minded, vindictive, and lacking the best instincts of humanity, but withal shrewd, talented and en? ergetic. NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS: r. M. Stokes, Esq., formerly of this State, af? ter three years of faithful and unflinohing service in the Conservative cause, a.->d for the best inter? ests of Western North .Carolina, hoe been cc m pclled to relinquish his position as editor of the Asheville News and Farmer. Inadequate , support has caused his retirement from this arena of use? fulness and honor. The Edgeficld Advertiser has entered upon the thirty-fifth year of its existence as an honored ex? ponent of public opinion. It is the oldest country newspaper in this State, and under the guidance aud control of its present editor and proprietor bids fair to grow in strength and favor. We con? gratulate them upon the bright prospects of the future. The Surater News has been recently enlarged and furnished with new type, and ranks deserved? ly among the best papers of the State. Wc see it announced that the publication of an original story, entitled "The Pride of the School," from the pen of John Withkrspoon Ebvin, Esq., will be commenced about the middle of January, to be followed by other original stories during the year. Now is a good time to subscribe. Our distinguished friend, Gen. D. H. Hill, is out in a prospectus of the Southern Conservative} a weekly newspaper, to be published at Charlotte, N. C-, at S3 per annum. It will be devoted to the vindication of the truth of Southern history, to the preservation of our characteristics as a peo? ple, and to the development of the resources of the South. We wish him great success in this worthy undertaking. The Columbia' Phoenix began the new year with a material enlargement of its borders. It is edi? ted with signal ability, and furnishes the latest news to the up-country. Published by Julian A. Selby, at $4 for six months. Wc have received from the publisher Vick's Floral Guide for 1870, one of the m ist complete and instructive assistants to florists and garden? ers within our knowledge. It is elegantly printed on fine tinted paper, with about 200 engravings of flowers and vegetables, and a beautiful colored plate, embracing seven varieties of Phlox Drum mondii, making a fine boquet of Phloxes. Al? though published for the benefit of his customers, it will be forwarded by mail to all who make ap? plication for ten cents, which is not half the cost. Address, James Vick, Rochester, N. Y. Little Corporal for January makes its appear? ance in a new dress, with an engraved title page on the cover. It claims to have a larger circula? tion than any other juvenile magazine in the world; and deserves its great popularity, both because of its originality and sterling worth, and because it gives so much for so small a price, only one dollar a year. Published by Alfreu L. Sew ell & Co., Chicago, 111. Typographic Journal and Advertiser, the South? ern quarterly magazine, devoted to the advance? ment of the interests of the fraternity in this sec? tion. Published by Walkeu, Evans & Cogswell, Charleston. Typographic Messenger, from the well known es? tablishment of Jambs Connor's Suns, New Fork. Both of these last named journals are especially useful and interesting to tho craft, and tho pub? lishers will accept our thanks for tho courtesy of an exchange. south C arolina conference. The annual meeting of this body was held in Cheraw la3t month, nnd occupied several days in harmonious session. The list of appointments for this Conference District is herewith appended. The next Conference will be held in Charleston: Greenville Dist?A'. B. Stephens', P. E. Greenville Stution?S. A. Weber. Greenvillo Ci?J. Attnway. Reidville Ct?J. C. Crisp. Picken8ville Ct?W. Bowman. Walhalla Ct?Sup. by F. Smith; F. M. Morgan, sup. Willinmston Ct?J. A. Wood. Scncea Ct?D. D. Byars. Anderson Station?W. A. Hodges. Anderson Ct?C. V. Darnes. I'endleton Ct?J. B. Truywick. ?-? THE ETJRAL CAROLINIAN. Colonel D. Wyatt Aiken, one of tho leading planters of (Iiis S^ate, has become associated with Messrs. Walker, Evans & Cogswell as joint pro? prietor of this valuable agricultural monthly. In his notice announcing'the connection, Col. Aiken says: "In thus uniting myself with the enterpris? ing firm of Messrs. Walker, Evans & Cogswell, more than a single motive will of course be laid at my door ; bat chief amongst the inducements is the earnest desire to lend a helping hand to develop and publish the developments of the agricultural interests of our beloved South. Whatever of agri? cultural advantages I may have gained after a practical plantation experience of near twenty years, shall be given to The Rural for the benefit of others." Messrs. Walker, Evans & Cogswell state that Colonel Aiken "will devote his time to travelling through the Southern Slates gathering practical information from all sections for the benefit of our readers, enlisting correspondents, establishing agencies and extending our subscription list." The January number of The Rural Carolinian has intrinsic merit rarely equalled, and must se? cure a favorable consideration for the new firm.? Among the conteuts we especially notice the arti? cles on Fish Culture, Liebig and Agricultural Chemistry, Facts and Figures for Farmers, Agri? culture of Russia, The Sea Island Cotton Question, and The Culture of the Olive?all of which are first-class articles of practical interest, and evi? dently written by men thoroughly conversant with the subjects of which they treat. The illustrations of this number are numerous and handsome, and in appearance, as well as in contents, the January number of The Rural Carolinian can fairly chal? lenge comparison with any other agricultural magazine, North or South. Subscriptions received at this office. -?? HEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Blecklet & Evins advertise a largo variety of Fertilizers, of the most approved manufactures. The farming community would do well to consult them before purchasing. B. F. Cratton & Sons are tho agents for the Etiwan Guanos, which are becoming so popular throughout the cotton region. Attention is direc? ted to the advertisement in another column. Mr. Osuorne will sell a large lot of Furniture in front of the Benson House on Monday next. The trustees of the Pendlcton Male Academy have secured the services of Rev. John L. Kenne? dy for the present year. His extensive reputation as a teacher, together with the well known ad? vantages of Pendlcton as a community, will insure a large patronage. The exercises of Miss E. P. Morris' school will bo resumed on the 17th inst., at the resilience of her mother, near the Episcopal church. The Administrators of H. II. Wabdlaw, de? ceased, will sell a considerable amount of person? al property at his late residence on the 21st inst. -o Masonic.?The following brethren have been elected and installed to serve as officers of Bclton Lodge, No. 130, A. F. M., for the present Masonic year: E. M. Brown, W. M.; B. D. Dean, S. W.; W. J. Broom, J. W.; A. J. Stringer, Treasurer; W. 0. Alexander, Secretary; M. E. MitcuKLE, S. D.; J. W. Poor, J. D.; L. E. Campbell and E. M. Holland, Stewards; G. W. Tatlor, Tiler; Rev. W. P. Mabtin, Chaplain. The following brethren have been elected and installed to serve as officers of Pendleton Lodge, No. 34, A. F. M., for the present year: A. J. Sit ton, W. M.; Dr. G. n. Symmes, S. W.; Dr. J. U. Maxwell, J. W.; J. B. Sitton, Treasurer; W. H. D. G.ullard, Secretary; Dr. P. H. E. Sloan, S. D.; J. C. Phillips, J. D.; W. C. Mullinix, Tiler. -o> New England in Congress.?A Washington letter to the Baltimore Qazctte says: Last week Mr. Cullom, of Illinois, in a speech levelled at the unrighteous predominance of New England in the councils of the nation, innocently enough alluded to the fact that the six New Eng? land States, with a population less, by half a mil? lion, than that of New York, twelve Senatois to her two. If the honorable gentleman had taken a peep into the Congressional Directory, recently prepared by Mr. Ben Perley Poore, he would have discovered that Yankccdum has just precisely double that number. Twelve of them represent New England confessedly, and twelve others (car? pet-baggers) nominally represent other States at the South and West, but arc natives of, and really ! represent their "fatherland" on all important j questions. There are in the present Senate five natives of Massachusetts ; six of Vermont; four of Maine; four of New Hampshire; three of Connecticut, and two of Rhode Island. And it is a very suggestive fact, in contrast with this exhi? bition, that not a solitary Senator from New Eng? land but is a native of that soil. They have no carpet-bay representatives. I Before altering the constitution in tho only par? ticular which that instrument expressly declares shall never be altered by any process, (which Mr. Cullom threatens) it would be well for the "grow? ing West" to begin to put its own house in order, by inquiring whether it makes any difference j whether a New England representative shall be elected by tho Legislature of Massachusetts or any one of the Western States. It is at the op? tion of the West and South now to diminish the power of New England in the Senate one-half. This would be a good beginning in the'way of re? form. Mr. Cullora's own State is represented in the Senate solely by carpet-baggers. Pray, could Mr. Trumbull more efficiently represent the Radi? cals of Connecticut than he now does, if his cre? dentials were sent here by the Governor of that Stated at the behest of its Legislature, instead of the authorities of Illinois? People mako distinc? tions sometimes without differences. - A Bit of History.?The New York Sun (Radi? cal) publishes the following from its Washington correspondent, showing how things are managed in this State under the Radical administration : The rascalities of the carpet-bag governments in the South exceed ordinary endurance. Take ! South Carolina as an example. The notes of the I old State Bank were bought up by a gaug of spec? ulators at 12 or 15 cents on the dollar. That ! done, they went to the Legislature and put a bill through funding these notes in State bonds, by which their worthless rags were converted into ; values worth five or six times what they paid. This load was saddled on the back of property already crushed down by exorbitant taxation. Encouraged by ono success, the same parties, combined with others, now propose to have the i interest on these bonds paid in coin, or in other | words to enhance the value of the speculation by twenty or thirty per cent, at the cost of the op? pressed taxpayers, who have no means of relief The principal authorities of the State are the movers in these transactions, and have filled their pockets by such baso frauds. They treat the people juntas the Captain-Generals of Cuba have been accui-tomcd to fleece that Island. Fourth Congressional District.?It seems that Mr. Simpson's chances for admission to Con? gress are pretty good. The Washington corns pondent of the Charleston News writes to that pa? per as follows: The first thing on tho calendar of the House, when it reassembles in January, is the contested election case of Simpson against Wallaco, and the i committee intend to call it upas a privileged ques? tion and have it decided the first week. The com? mittee, pending (he actual contest, decided last session that, prhna facia, Mr. Simpson was enti? tled to the 'oat, and it is understood that they now sustain that decision by declaring that he was legally elected to it. It is hard to see how, even as partisan a committee as this one is, it could decide otherwise, for Mr. Simpson's majori? ty was over four thousand. THE SITUATION IN GEORGIA. The newspapers of the country have been dis? cussing, for the last two weeks, the situation of affairs in Georgia, consequent upon tho passage of the bill to promote reconstruction in that State, which was hurried through Congress just before adjournment for the holidays. Among tho vast amount of opinion launched upon the seaof ngws paperdom, we have seen nothing which more filly characterizes this sort of legislation than the fol? lowing article taken from the Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot: The people of Georgia, in token of their degra tion, must once more pass .beneath the yoke of re? construction. The bill to turn the State again into a satrapy has passed both Houses of Congress, and by this time has received the approval of Grant. Bullock returns to Georgia in triumph, and is sustained by the army of the United States instead of meeting conviction as a felon. Georgia refused to ratify the fifteenth amendment, and had so poor an opinion of Grant as to vote against, his electors. Behold her punishment. She is stripped of all rights as a State of the Union, and remanded to ths gentle discipline of federal dra? goons. To put the case in a way that every blockhead who throws up his hat for radicalism, and every brutal repeater who trains under Mann and Kemble may understand it, the people of Georgia are punished for doing what New York did at the presidential election, and what Pennsyl? vania should have done. Georgia voted against the fifteenth amendment, and so did the people of New York. Georgia refused to aid in making Grant a President, so also did the people of New York. But Georgia has been stripped of her rights as a State by an arbitrary power which insolently and illegally assumed to confer them. Two leading members of a radical house, Bing ham and Farusworth, found but one follower, in a member named Finkelnburg, to resist this last crimp of the radicals. With all the mischief these men have aided in accomplishing, let it be record? ed to their honor that they boldly and eloquently protested against this outrage against a State.? They proved that the act was unconstitutional in every aspect, and they appealed to their fellow mcmbcis to stay their reckless hands. Bingham, in a last effort to defeat the bill to strangle Geor? gia, declared that the sentence in Grant's message which prompted it, did not intend to recommend such a measure. But tho majority seemed to have a better and more intimate understanding of Grant's opinions, and passed the bill under the gag of tho previous question. They did not at tempt to defend the outrage for themselves, nor dare to listen to the argumenta of their democratic adversaries. And now Georgia has been returned to vassalage by that party which boasts of its regard for the Constitution and the rights of the States. She has been thrust from the Union by those who insisted that their purpose wns to maintain and preserve the Union. If the people of Georgia never before had just cause to rebel, they find it in this infa? mous act. Their ancestors struggled as best they could against tyranny in the dark days of the rev? olution. Sherman led his troops through the State, marking his progress with fearful devasta? tion, realizing Burkc's picture of the misery caused by Warren Hastings in India. But the last wrong which has been inflicted on that un? happy people outdoes all the rest. If there be a God in history, the outrage will be deeply avenged on its perpetrators. -o_ LATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Havana, January 2. Intense excitement prevails here inconsequence of an announcement in the Havana journals this evening that the revolution had terminated. Ac? cording to the published statement, the editors of the journals have seen a copy of a circular signed by the members of the Cuban Junta in New York, ordering the insurgents to lay down their arms for the present, and giving as a reasonfiirthc aban? donment ot the insurrection the fauurcof a recent filibustering expedition and the inability of the Junta to send more men ; and further, the dis? heartening aotijn of the American Government in permitting the gunboats to sail from New York. The circular severely attacks the course of Grant. The Junta advises the Cubans to submit to the Spaniards in order to save further bloodshed. The Yoce de Cuba announces the surrender of 1500 insurgents at Tunas, and the Diario an? nounces that ex-rebel General Coca offers to raise u body of guerillas to fight against the insurgents. One of the Spanish gunboats arrived to-day, having become separated from its companions off Charleston. The rest are expected to arrive to? morrow. A fire to-night destroyed five houses in Monte street. A further announcement has been made from the interior of bodies of insurgents offering to capitulate. If all the news is true the revolution maybe considered substantially ended; but the intelligence needs confirmation. Washington, January 1. Representatives of the press of Richmond and Petersburg arrived, at the invitation of the Wash? ington journalists. Welcome speeches were made at nine o'clock this morning, by Col. Forney. Re? sponded to on behalf of the Virginia press by Mr. Gilruau. of the Whig. The President's reception was not so numerous? ly attended as on many previous occasions. The reception began at half-past ten A. M., and was attended by Foreign Legations, in full court cos? tume, Cabinet Officers, Judges of the Supreme Court, the Washington and Richmond Press, Clubs, Officers of the Army and Navy, in full uniform, Local Organizations. Senators and Representatives here, and the general public. A Marine Hand was present in full uniform discoursing excellent mu? sic throughout the reception. Secretary Boutwell sells one million gold and purchases one million bonds on alternate weeks during January, on account of sinking fund; he also sells one million gold and purchases two mil? lion bonds on alternate weeks, and alternating with sales and purchases on account of sinking fund for special fund. Result for the month iu the sale of four millions gold and purchases six million bonds on both accounts. Tho Treasury will also anticipate the interest on coupons pay? able in sixty days from presentation upon rebate; nlso six per cent. RicriMOJw, January I. New Year wa3 observed here as never before. Calls were general. General Canby, the Gover? nor, and Mayor gave public receptions. The ar? my officers attended in a body, in full uniform, also a large number of citizens. Ex-Governor Wells gave a reception, which was well attended by officers and citizens. The colored societies cel? ebrated the Emancipation Proclamation, and called upon Governor Walker, who made them a speech. He said: ?'Fellow-citizens : I am glad to see you to? day," and ttcn reverted to the occasion which they celebrated. He told them they were his peers be? fore tho law, and vested with the same rights and privileges, and he, as Governor, would see that these rights and privileges were secured to them. He would stand by and protect them as far as the power laid with him. He appealed to them to show by their action that they appreciated these rights, and what had been called an .experiment in regard to colored people would prove most suc? cessful. He wa3 followed by General Imboden, who spoke in the same manner. Tho speakers were rcccivod with loud cheers. Washington, January 3. The great Northern and Southern mails were delayed twclvo hours by yesterday's storm. No marine disasters a?*e reportod. It is understood the President favors tho rati? fication of a treaty for the purchase of St. Thomas and Snmana. The debt statement shows a decroaso of the debt of nearly $5,000,000. Coin in tho Treasury $100,000,000; currency 512.250,000; other coin bearing securities $05, 000,000; sinking fund $22,500,000. Delano has ordered over 1,000,000 blanks for the income returns. Tho weight of tho paper is over seventeen tons. Any early repeal of tho in como tax is regarded unfavorable. Pkii.aBELrnia, January 3. The storm, yesterday, washed away the track of the Baltimore Railroad, on tho other side of the Long Bridge, nt Bosh River, causing a delay of the trains both ways. A large force of men have been at work all night, and the damage has been re? paired. The trains are now running regularly.? The storm was most furious all day Sundny, and the waves washed over tho bridges both at Bush I and Gunpowder Rivers. ' ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE. ? Geo. D. Prentice continues critically ill with rh 2 cm at ism of the heart. ? Charles Sumncr is a candidate for the Presi? dency. ? Earthquakes are again becoming frequent in California. ? Richardson, assistant Secretary of the Treas? ury, has resigned his office. ? Dr. James Dove, a well known physician of Richmond, died last week. ? The regular session of the Louisiana Legis? lature began on Monday last. ? It is asserted that the President will refer the alleged irregularities in the Texas election to Con? gress. ? There are thirty-two thousand "drummers" from the North engaged in selling goods in the Southern States. ? Lewis Adkins was shot and mortally woun? ded at a chicken fight in Warren county, Georgia, on the 27th of December. ? The Mississippi Legislature will elect three United States Senators?one to fill out the term which will expire in March, 1871, and two for full terms. ? The Agricultural report just out makes the cotton crop, 2,700,000 commercial bales, fully equal to three million bales ?f four hundred pounds each. ? Mrs. Elizabeth Gilbert, mother of our friend and brother, A. A. Gilbert, editor of the Sumtcr Watchman, died at Florence on the 21st of Decem? ber. ? G. S. Cady, Sheriff ef Culpeper county, Vir? ginia, has been tried by military commission for embezzling about 510,000, and sentenced to five years in the State Penitentiary. ? The February number of the Nineteenth Cen? tury will contain the opening chapters of a new Southern romance, entitled "The Storm and the Sunset," by Henry Cleveland, of Georgia. ? James H. Hackctt, the only worthy represen? tative of the doughty Falstaff on the American stage, will appear in legitimate drama during the winter at the Academy of Music in Charleston. ? A negro couple in Kentucky have had twenty two children in thirty-one years of married life, and the county remits their taxes in consideration of "distinguished services done to the State." ? There were 1,277 deaths in Charleston last year?of which 424 were white and 853 colored. In 18G8 there were 1,208 deaths?39? white and 818 colored. The colored race is dying out gradu? ally. ? Some one advertises in the New York Herald, of Deocmber 23rd, in the "financial" column, for' Confederate Bonds. As many of our readers are stiU possessed of this commodity, wc give publi? city to this "want" without charge. ? William Johnson, a farmer in Jacksou Coun? ty, Missouri, has twenty hogs, the average weight of which exceeds five hundred pounds, gross. He has been offered fifty dollars a head or one thous? and dollars fer twenty hogs. ? A difficulty occurred in Columbia county, Georgia, on the 27th ultimo, in which two men named A. N. Hodo and Ellis Adams were killed, and a brother of Hodo wounded. The affray was entirely personal, and bad feeling existed between tho parties prior to the difficulty. ? General Hamilton, in his late speech at Waco, Texas, said that he had traveled over 1,200 miles during the present canvass, and that within the past month he had passed over cne thousand emi? grant wagons on the road hunting their future homes in that State. ? The "gifr enterprise swindlers" arc about to be hoisted on their own petards. The Postmas? ter General has issued instructions that all letters addressed to the swindling concerns, well known to the employees of the postoffico, shall be sent to the Dead Letter office at Washington. ? The Alabama Legislature has been in session four weeks, and about ?48,000 of the people's money has been expended. As yet only six or eight bills, and they for divorce, bigamy and al? lowing certain persons to marry, have been pre? sented to the Governor. ? Some unconscionable villain stole the Christ? mas turkey of the editor of the Sumter New?, but while he was lamenting his grievous disappoint? ment, some "good Samaritan" supplied the defici? ency, and the aforesaid editor went on his way re? joicing. ? The Atlanta Intelligencer, in speaking of the first passenger train on the Air Line Railroad, says that twenty miles more of this road will be completed and in running order in a few weeks. The fifty-three miles to Gainesville is under con? tract and will be pushed rapidly to completion. ? An examination has disclosed the fact that each member of Congress had four tons of books and documents to send out under his frank in two years. It is estimated that it would require over seven hundred thousand dollars in postage stamps to have these documents transported to the per? sons for whom they were intended. ;? George Franklin, (white) and John Cannon, (colored,) charged with being implicated in the murder of Mr. Dunwoody, at Newberry, were re? cently brought before Judge Willard, on a writ of habeas corpus, and discharged. Chief Constable Hubbard was severely censured by the Judge for making the arrest. ? Colorado will be adArHtfed at an early day of tho coming session, says tho Washington cor? respondent of the Baltimore Gazelle. A Bill for that purpose hns twice passed Congress, but was vetoed by President Johnson. Two more New England Senators will thus be added to the pres? ent twenty-four, making twenty six in all. ? The Columbia Phtenix learns, authoritative? ly, that Judge Orr is not, and will not be, a can? didate for the. vacant scat on tho Supreme Bench of this Slate. The members of the Bar and the public generally, on his circuit, are anxious that he should retain his present position on his cir? cuit, and Judge Orr's personal wish is to remain on the circuit bench. ? The Clarendon Press says that two English gentlemen, just from England, have recently pur? chased tho largo "Bloom Hill" farm, formerly owued by that well known and worthy citizen of Clarendon, Captain T. C. Richardson, where they anticipate farming on the English plan, and intond using tho steam plough. ' They aro highly intelli? gent, energetic, and thorough-going business men. ? Judge Humphreys, of Alabama, Ira Harris and Judge PTcrrepont, of New Fork, and Senator Trumbull, of Illinois, arc spoken of as successors of Mr. Stanton on the Supreme Bench. As New York and Illinois have representatives on the Su? preme Bench already, it is believed tho appoint? ment will be given to tho South, and that Hum? phreys will be tho man. ? The Tcnncsseo papers report that ono Cap? tain G. H. Ahl, tho brutal wretch who had charge of the Confederate prisoners at Fort Delaware, du? ring tho war, is now a member of the shoo firm of R. N. Pomeroy & Co., New York, and' wkh brazen impudence, is traveling through the South on an electioneering tour for his house. He will, no doubt, do a smashing business wherever ho is known. Pass him around. ? A Washington dispatch to the New York World says: "The Southern carpet-baggers in Congress, it is reported, intend to take a more prominent part hereafter. Voting as a body, they would be able to decide many questions and to ex? act, concessions. It is understood that some of them propose to attempt an organization which will insist upon a more liberal policy than has heretofore been pursued by Congress in respect to appropriations for the internal improvements in the South." ? The designs of the new national currency may be very fine, although to our eye they are greatly inferior to those with which the public have become so familiar; but every ,-one not di? rectly interested will agree with the New York Journal of Commerce, that the paper is the vilest fabric ever used for the first-class work; It is a shade better in appearance than the specimens of Confederate currency issued during the war, but lasts not quite as long. It wears.to be rough, and is brittle and tender. ? There is a movement on foot, lobe developed as soon as Texas is admitted into the Union, to create two new States. There are two bills now before the House Reconstruction Committee for that purpose. One of these proposes to detach that portion of Texas lying west'and south of t?e Colarado river, and to call it the State of Lincoln, and another provides for the States of Lincoln? Houston and Texas, to be carved out of the boun? daries of the present Slate. ? General Ames has ordered the Mississippi Legislature to convene on the 11th of January. The following officers, elected at the late election, are appointed provisional officers until their in? stallation: James L. Alcorn, Governor; James Lynch (colored), Secretary of State; Henry Mas grove, State Auditor; Joshua S. Morris, Attorney General. About one-fifth of the Legislature are Conservatives. ? The Lynchburg Virginian is informed, that within the last few weeks lands to the amount of a million and a half of dollars have been sold to Northern capitalists along the line of the Chesa? peake and Ohio Railroad. It is the purpose of these gentlemen to erect ab least three large icon furnaces, one of which is to be-located at Clifton Forge?the point at which it is proposed to inter? sect the great trunk line road. ? The Edgeficld Advertiser says"On Monday night, the 20th inst., the gin house of Mrs; Stan more Watson, living on the Ridge, was fired and burned to the ground. With the gin house were consumed twelve bales of cottcn, and cotton seed from about sixty bales of cotton'; lossestrmatedat about S3,000. A negro named Harknese- Nettard has been arrested on suspicion of being the incen? diary." . ii ?-? A Wrong impression Corrected.. Many persons believe that there is no value in anything that does not come from "the North." How humiliating! However, this impression is being gradually corrected. It is now admitted that no remedial Agent has ever been discovered. North or -South, that possesses, in so eminent a degree, the power of eradicating from the system, all foul distemper, as HR. TUTT'S SARSAPA RILLA AND QUEEN'S DELIGHT. The secret is, it assists nature to do this through its oivn channels. It is composed of vegetable snbstanceaalone, every one of which grows-on Southern soil. It is tho BLOOD PURIFIER OF THE AGE. Dpcited;. MARRIED, at the residence of the bride's father, on Tuesday, 28th of December, 18G9, by Rev. J. W. Kelly, Mr. Wm. A. Diskker, of Co? lumbia, and Miss Theodate M., second daughter of Col. J. P. Hoyt. of Laureusville, S. C MARRIED, by Rev. George F. Round. Tuesday evening, December 28th, Mr. Dresden.A. Smjtjj, of Columbia, to Miss Gebteude Small, of Abbe? ville. Special Jtoftccs. Burning Bush Chapter, No. 7, lt/.A.-.E* A REGULAR CONVOCATION OP BURNING B?SII CHAPTER will be held in the Chapter Room on MONDAY NIGHT, Feb. 7, 3870, at seven o'clock. Companions will assemble with? out further notice. By order of the Most Excellent High Priest. E. FRANKLIN, Sec. Jan 6, 1S70 28 8 HIRAM LODGE, No. 68, A.\ F.\ M.\ A REGULAR COMMUNICATION OF HIRAM LODGE will be held in the Lodge Room on MON? DAY NIGHT, Jan. 10th, 1870, at-half-past seven o'clock. Brethren, will take duo notice ana govern themselves accordingly. By order of the Worshipful Master. ' . . .E. FRANKLIN, Sec. fjj Dec 2,1869 23 2 m_ " HERMON LODGE, No. 116, A* F. M. A REGULAR COMMUNICATION OF HERMON LODGE will be held in the Lodge Room at' Mif ford's, oa Saturday, Feb. 5, 1S70, at 10 o'clock a. m. Brethren will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. By order of the Worshipful Master.. G. W. BELCHER, Sec Jan C, 1870 28 8 Pendlcton Lodge, No. 34, A.\ F.\ M.\ AREGULAR COMMUNIOATIONOF PENDLE TON LODGE will be held in the Lodge Room on SATURDAY, Jan. 15th, 1870, at 3 o'clock p. m. Brethren will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. By order of the Worshipful Master. W. H. D. GAILLARD, Sec. Jan 6, 1870 23 . 2 Living Arch Chapter, No. 21, R.\ A.\M.\ A REGULAR CONVOCATION OF LIVING) A.RCH CHAPTER will be held in the Chapter Room on SATURDAY, Jan. 15th, 1870, at 7 o'clock p. m. Companions will assemble without further notice. By order of the Most Excellent High Priest. M. L. S HARPE, See.' Jan G. 1870 28 3 *_?_ ? WILLIAMSTON LODGE, No. 24,A.F.m. A REGULAR COMMUNICATION OF WIL? LI AMSTON LODGE will bo bold in tho Lodge Room at Williamsfon, S. C, on Thursday,' Jan. 20lh, 1870, at 10 o'olock A. M. Brethren are re? quested to be punctual in attendance. By order of the Worshipful Master. J. R. WILSON, Sec. Jan 6,1870 28 3 Belton Lodge, No. 130, A.*. TV. m.. A REGULAR COMMUNICATION OF BELTON LODGE will bo held in the Lodge Room at Belton, S. C, on THURSDAY, Jan. 13th, 1870, at 10 o'clock A. M. Brethren will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. By order of the Worshipful Master. W. 0. ALEXANDER, Sec. JanO, 187Q 28 S