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THURSDAY MDRMNSf, APRIL 7,~ 1870. AGENTS FOR TEE INTELLIGENCESi. w4uxx, Evass ? Cogsweix, Charleston, 8. C* Joaw T. Sloax, Jr., Columbia, S. Cr W. H. B. Todd, General Agent. South Carolina bonds were quoted in New York on Monday last, old o^Tnew 82 J. The Presbytery of South Carolina will conveneat Aveleigb Church, in Newberty^at 8} o'clock p. m. to-day. -??r~-?? Ifc ~The Clerk of the Town Council hiving been unable to- make out a correct list of delin? quent tax-payers- in time for this issue, accord? ing to the resolution adopted at the regular meeting in March, the names of such delin? quents are net published to-day. We are re quested, to ?ste that the list will certainly ap? pear ixt our next issue. -. ? A Nice Present.?We beg leave to return our thanks to Mr. X. R. Beaty for a sack of j fine, white^jorn mtol, "prepared expressly" for | this purpose at his mill on the waters of Wil? son's creek, in the southern portion of this county. It is decidedly superior, and hiaj neighbors doubtless appreciate the value of such a mill in their vicinity. .-??'?-. Personal.?We had the pleasure of a brief | visit, on Saturday last, from Rev. J. L Bonner, of Due West, editor of the A. R. Presbyterian. He is looking well, and seems to thrive corpo? really under the arduous duties of his reveral positions as- editor, President of the Female College, &c. We were gratified to learn from him that both institutions of learning at Due West are in a prosperous condition. -4?-.-. Sudden Death.?The numerous friends and acquaintances of Mr. John B. Smith will be pained to learn of his sudden death, Which sad event occurred at his mother's resi? dence, four- miles east of this place, on the 29th inst Mr. Smith was a quiet, unobtrusive gen? tleman, respected by all who knewhinu He had been in bad health for the last two years. He was buried with Masonic honors, in the Presbyteriaa churchyard, on Thursday last. ?-_ Freshet.?On Wednesday and Thursday of last week the rain descended almost in tor? rents, and we here of much damage to the bot? tom land therefrom. The creeks and rivers were higher than since 1865?the January freshet?end great apprehensions existed as to the consequences. A few bridges over small streams were swept away, and the dam at Nor ris' Mills was slightly damaged. Beyond these occurrences, We have not heard of any serious detriment in this section, other than the wash? ing of bottom lands already alluded to. The Sumter News wants to know wheth? er any of its ^temporaries have been paid for advertising "Henry's Constitution Renovator,' or if any one has been cured by the medicine. New, without wishing to appear sharper than any of the rest, we will state that we had a brief correspondence, with Henry & Co. on ?che subject of advertising, in which our rates were given and cash in advance demanded of j them. In reply, they had the cool impudence to order us to insert their advertisement forth? with, but sent no money. Hence, we kept aloof from the tempting bait Gov. Scott made another speech in Columbia on last Thursday night, and at the outset promised to give an explanation of his great effort in Washington; but, according to the report of the Guardian, he failed to give the explanation. Now, we would like to have a little "light" on that speech in Washington. Did the Governor speak his sober- thoughts in advocating the Winchester rifle as the best law ?? Is he not ashamed of the speech now ? If yea, why not demonstrate a little moral courage, and tell the people of the State pre? cisely as to the "influences'' surrounding him on that memorable occasion ? Perhaps some of his party friends could give the explanation, and thus relieve him from the quandary. It is singular that the Radical organ in this State has not yet expressed an opinion as to the merits of the Winchester rifle law. To our Brethren of the Preis. It would be ingratitude not to express the warm emotions kindled by the partial encomi? ums of our brethren throughout the State, on ] the occasion of our recent appearance in new type. The kindly words from our co-laborers, without distinction of party or political differ? ences, encourages us to hope that the mission of journalists has not been altogether miscon? ceived by us, and that something in the past ] warrants the smiling approval of our brethren. So* these evidences of appreciation, we are profoundly grateful, and will seek to maintain the standard, we have striven to uphold among the front rank of journalists, while battling for the interests, honor and welfare of the whole people. ? A Bew Enterprise?Cotton and Woolen Factory. We have a gratifying announcement to make this morning, to the effect that a large Cotton and Woolen Factory is shortly to be established in this vicinity. Messrs. Harris, Colton and MoRBlSy from Maryland and Massachusetts, have recently purchased the splendid water power known as High Shoals, belonging to the estate of Andrew McFall, deceased, and situ? ated six miles south of this place. It is their intention to erect at once a large establishment for the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods of every description, and as a necessary conse? quence they will build a large number of houses for their operatives. These gentlemen repre? sent an abundance of money to carry out their design upon an extended scale, and we believe that they have experience, energy and enter? prise to make their undertaking a complete success. We give them a cordial welcome into our midst, and trust that the future will prove their sagacity and foresight in becoming the pioneers in this movement towards developing I the facilities of this section as a manufacturing centre. Mr. Harris has been prospecting for some weeks in the upper part of South Carolina, and at length made the purchase above stated. The price paid is $10,000, with fifty acres of land, attache* ! The recent fires in this village have had the effect of directing public attention to the want of facilities for the protection and better secu? rity of property in snch emergencies. It is ad? mitted on all Bides that the growing importance of the town demands further and ample protec? tion to property, and hence the natural result is another effort to organize and equip a Fire Company. Such efforts have met with failure heretofore)" but there is a spirit of determination and energy at work that will likely produce better and more auspicious results. We think it the duty of every citizen, without confining the question of aid to the real estate owners, to give every encouragement and assistance to the proposed organization, and to respond with lib? erality to the honorable efforts of the young men, who are associatied together in this patri? otic and laudable undertaking. The election of officers to serve temporarily took place two weeks ago, with the following result: John" B. Moore, President. N? K. Sullivan, "Vice President; S. Fog arty, First Director. Jas. H. Thornwell, Second Director. Jomr McGeath, Third Director. Wm. Lee, Fourth Director. J. Baylis Lewis, Secretary and Treasurer. The company numbers about seventy-five strong and active men, whose services are pledg? ed to carry out the purposes of the organization. The various committees are at work perfecting the necessary details, and it is confidently ex? pected that the company will prove a success. Undoubtedly, with sufficient material aid, this must be the case. The next meeting will be held in the Court House, on Tuesday night, April 12th, and we trust there will be a large attendance of members, together with a full representation of the citizens generally. ? The Charleston News.?-This enterprising journal announces that, in compliance with solicitations that constantly reach it from all parts of the South, it shall, on the first of May next, begin the publication of a cheap weekly edition of the News, containing the choicest news and miscellaneous matter given in the daily edition, besides the usual light reading which forms so attractive a feature in the pop? ular weeklies of the day. -o-? The Anderson Prayer Meeting Conven? tion will be held in the Methodist Church at this place on Friday before the first Sabbath in May next, at 9 o'clock a. m. - ? The Jury . Law.?The Chester Reporter, in commenting upon the trouble existing in that county as to the time of holding Court? the Legislature having passed two acts on the same day providing for different periods?takes occasion to draw attention to the jury law, in the following terms: Under the law as it existed last year, juries were made up of jurors drawn by the selectmen of the different townships. The late General Assembly repealed the tDwnship law, and of course wiped all the township officers out of existence. It failed to make any other provision for the drawing of juries. So that, even if the time for holding the Court wore fixed, we see no means by which petit juries can be organized. About the Grand Jury there is no difficulty, as the persons drawn to serve in that capacity at the January Term, are required by law to serve twelve months. All this trouble and bother arises from the stupidity and blundering carelessness that pre? side over the Legislative and Executive De? partments of the Government. Let us all pull together this year, and reform the whole con? cern. The President's Message. The following is the mesisage sent by Presi? dent Grant to Congress on Thursday, accompa? nying the proclamation of the Secretary of State, publishing the ratification of the Fif? teenth Amendment to the Constitution by twenty-nine States: 7b the Senate and Souse of Representatives ; It is unusual to notify the two Houses of Con? gress, by message, of the promulgation by pro? clamation of the Secretary of State of the rati? fication of a constitutional amendment. In view, however, of the vast importance of the Ffteenth Amendment of the Constitution, this day declared a part of that revered instrument, I deem a departure from the usual custom jus? tifiable. A measure which makes at once four > millions of people voters, who were heretofore declared by the highest tribunal in the land not citizens of the United States, nor eligible to be? come so, (with the assertion that "at the time of the Declaration of Independence the opinion was fixed and universal in the civilized portion of the white race, regarded as an axiom in morals as well as in politics, that black men had no rights which white men were bound to respect,") is indeed a measure of grander im? portance than any other one act of the kind from the foundation of our free government to the present time. Institutions like ours, in which all power is derived directly from the people, must depend mainly upon their intelligence, patriotism and industry. I call the attention, therefore, of the newly enfranchised race to the importance of their" striving, in every honorable manner, to make themselves worthy of their new privilege. To the race more favored heretofore by our laws I would say, withhold no leijal privilege of ad? vancement to the new citizen. The framers of our constitution firmly believed that a republi? can form of government could not endure with? out intelligence and education generally diffused among the people. The "Father of his Coun? try," in his Farewell Address, uses this lan? guage: "Promote, then, as a matter of primary im? portance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be en? lightened. In his first annual message to Congress, the same views' were forcibly presented, and are again urged in his eighth message. I repeat, that the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution completes the greatest civil change, and constitutes the most important event that has occurred since the nation came into life. The change will be ben? eficial in proportion to the heed that is given to the urgent recommendations of Washington. If these recommendations were important then, with a population of but a few millions, how much more important now, with a population of forty millions and increasing in a rapid ratio. 1 would, therefore, call upon Congress to take all the means within their constitutional powers to promote and encourage popular education throughout the country, and! upon the people everywhere to see to it that all who possess and exercise political rights shall have the opportu? nity to acquire the knowledge which will make their share in the government a blessing, and not a danger. By such means only can the benefits contemplated by this Amendment to the Constitution be secured. U. S. Grant. Executive Mansion, March 30,1870. ? If you must have a beverage, use Dr. Tutt's Golden Eagle Bitters. They are healthy and ravigorntrng. ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE. ? Governor Davis has called an extra session of the Texas Legislature, March 26th. ? Chicago expects to be the most populous city in the Union in 1890. ? It is estimated that New York spends $800,000 for amusements every month. ? The election in Connecticut on Monday last passed off quietly. No returns sufficient to determine the result. ? The Penitentiary at Jefferson, Indiana was burned on Monday last. One prisoner was smothered in his cell. ? ? Capt. Alfred L. Tyler, of New York, has-! accepted the position of Vice President of the South Carolina Railroad. -i- Greenville and Columbia railroad stock sold in Columbia on Monday last, at public j outcry, at $2.55 per share. ? President Grant pays taxes on $100,000 ?and General Sherman on $235,000 worth of | property, in St. Louis County, Mo. ? The annual convention of the Southern Press Association will be held in Savannah Ga., on April 25th. j ?Benjamin H. Warren, a prominent citizen [ of Augusta, Ga., died in that city on last Thurs | day in the 74th year of his age. ? The University of Virginia is in * flourish? ing condition, with 464 students in attendance, twenty-four of whom are from South Carolina. I. ? The President has given Butler, as Presi? dent of the Asylum for Disabled Soldiers, two West Point ana one Annapolis appointment. ? The Democratic Convention of Oregon met on the 23rd. J. H. Slater was nominated for Congress and L. F. Glover for Governor. ? Professor J. P. Kennedy, one of the pro? fessors of the Due West Female College, died on the 26th ultimo of disease of the heart. ? It is understood that General Ames, Sen? ator elect from Mississippi, is to be married to Miss Blanche Butler, daughter of General But? ler. . ?Horace Greeley will deliver the opening address at the next fair of the St. Louis Agri? cultural and Mechanical Association, October 30. ? L. M. Burger, who has been recently ap? pointed consul to Algiers, was a Colonel on General Gilmore's staff, and1 sineethe war set? tled in the vicinity of Charleston. ; ? A large fire in Troy, N. Y., destroyed the Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine compa? ny's building, valued at $400,000; nearly two thirds insured. ? The Greenville papers chronicle the deaths of Maj. Henry R. Williams and his wife, the brief space of two days only elapsing between their deaths. ? The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will assemble at Memphis, on Wednesday, 4th day of May next. ? It is asserted that there never was a better "stand" of wheat in North Georgia and Ala? bama at this season of the year than now. ? It is announced that the Supreme Court has decided to re-open its opinion on the legal tender question, and will again hear arguments on next Monday. ? The North Carolina Legislature has ad? journed, and the Wilmington Star is so rejoiced as to parade three roosters, in a crowing atti | tude, in its columns. ? Governor Palmer, of Illinois, declines the Vice-Presidency of the Cuban Aid Society on L the ground that as a loyal Governor, he cannot ! aid insurgents. At least, consistency. ? General Walter Mitchel, a prominent citi? zen of Maryland, died at his residence in Charles county on Monday. He was several times Presidential Elector of that State. The Laurensville Herald reports a serious affray near Tumbling Shoals, in that county, on the 23rd ult., which resulted in the death of | J. Seabrook Leak, and*the wounding of a Mr. 1 Bolt and Pinkney Wilson. ? It seems Texas has been hoarding gold for years. Fifty millions, probably, are now in the State. The fall in gold has cost Texas, on ac? count of this hoarding, at least five millions. This capital will now De employed. ? The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Times reports that Ryland Randolph and a man named Smith ex? changed several shots in the street, wounding each other and killing a by-stander. It appears that Randolph acted on the defensive. j ? Thomas L. White, the man wflo shot and j killed Mrs. Katie A. Hobbs, in Boston, last Au? gust, has been tried. He plead guilty of man? slaughter, and was sentenced to the State prison for fifteen years. I ? Judge Thomas has appointed Mr. David Hemphill as Clerk of the Court for Chester county, to fill a vacancy. The Reporter says that Mr. H. possesses every qualification for a good officer?intelligence, courtesy and appli? cation. ? The Boston Post says: Gen. Butler should be looking after the Massachusetts Ku Klux. Rapes, murders, robberies, are thick enough here, if scattered through the Southern States, to place half a dozen of them under military government, accordiug to the Radical theory. ? The Washington correspondent of the Bal? timore Gazette says: "The revenue officials in the South are calling for armed and mounted men?United States troops preferred?to aid them in capturing 'coffee-pot distilleries in the mountains. The Government would find the game not worth the candle; but how the far? mers' hen-roosts would suffer." ? The Sheriff of Ouachita parish was killed at Monroe, La., on Friday night last, by a party of fifteen or twenty armed men, who came for the purpose of releasing one Beaver, in custody for murder. The mob also killed Johnson, col? ored, who was a witness against Beaver. After releasing Beaver, they barred the jail doors to prevent the escape of the other prisoners, and retired. ? The Charleston Neics states that in eleven Counties of this State, there are white majori? ties ranging from 20 in Lancaster, to 1,977 in Spartan burg, and that in twenty Counties, there are colored majorities ranging from 2 in Marl? boro, to 8,002 in Charleston. The total vote of | the State, according to the last returns, is 148, 716, viz: White 09,301, and colored 89,415. ? The Captain-General of Cuba has received instructions to order elections to be held in the island for deputies to the Spanish Cortes, when? ever the political and military situation will permit. This is an additional inducement held out to the Cubans to submit. They are to be recognized as an integral part of the Spanish people; not mere colonial dependents, as here? tofore. ? The Savannah News says that Aaron Al peorio Bradley (colored) has been appointed Assistant keeper of the Lunatic Asylum at Co? lumbia, S. C, with a salary of $2,000 per an? num. This must be a mistake, and the citizens of Savannah will rejoice to know that the ser? vices of their Senator will continue to enlighten and instruct the Georgians. We don't want to deprive the disconsolate people of Savannah in any such manner. ? The New York Herald, calling upon Presi? dent Grant to change his Cabinet, says: "With the restoration of the South, some one should be taken from that part of the country. Such a man, for example, as General Orr, of South Carolina. With his large experience, thorough? ly national views and great ability, he wouldbe a" valuable Cabinet Minister at the present time. His appointment, too, would go far to heal our sectional difficulties." ? Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas died in San Francisco on the 29th of March, in the 64th year of his age. He was struck down with apoplexy on Monday, and died in less than six hours. The death of this distinguished soldier produced great emotion in California and at Washington. According to his directions, the GenernVs body will be embalmed and sent to Troy, New York, for interment to-day. The President and many eminent persons will at- \ tend the funeral obsequies. He was a native of Virginia, and one of the few army officers of Southern birth who regarded it a duty to stand by the Union in the late struggle. Gen. Thomas was highly esteemed as a soldier and gentleman, and has been frequently spoken of in connec? tion with the Fwtckraoy, 1 Washington News and Gossip. We make the following extracts from the Washington correspondence of the New York World: Washington, March 30. An appeal was made to the President this morning to issue the official notice announcing the ratification of the fifteenth amendment, and he promised to do so to-day. The Texas bill was sent to him in time for his signature, and the transmission of a special message which he had prepared on the subject. The Reconstruc? tion Committee met this morning and decided to accept the Senate amendment to the Texas' bill, striking out the provision that the act should not affect the original terms on which the State had been admitted- in 1846, and to rush the bill through the House. The pro? gramme was carried out swiftly. When it was reported, General Butler made a few remarks, j stating that he did not regard the proviso pro? posed to be stricken out as of much importance, on which he was handsomely picked up by Mr. Fernando Wood, who, in the course of an in? teresting historical sketch of the way Texas was brought into the Union by joint resolution, reminded him that he (Mr. Butler) laid great stress upon this very proviso, when it was first considered in the Reconstruction Committee, and regarded it as a matter of great importance that it should be passed. Now because some sudden particular purpose was to be effected by the Radical party, presto change, it was of no importance. Mr. Wood made the further point that the passage of the bill without this proviso was a violation of a virtual treaty agreement made between this government and the Presi? dent of the Republic of Texas in 1845: but the Senate was concurred with, and the bill passed by a party vote. It was then enrolled, signed by the Speaker and the Vice-President, sent up to the White House, signed there by the Presi? dent, and returned to the House with a special message and Secretary Fish's proclamation an? nouncing the ratification of the fifteenth amend? ment, all within two hours from the time the bill passed the House. When the documents reached the House at 3: 30 p. m.r there was a perfect flutter among the members. Mr. Hay? na rd was making a prosy tariff speech in Com? mittee of the Whole. He Was asked tor give way. The Comraitte rose; the Speaker was sent for; order was restored, and the message and proclamation were read. That portion of the latter about New York excited close atten tention. When the reading was finished, Pe? ters, of Maine, moved to refer the message to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Wood rose at once, and emphatically denied that New York had ratified the amendment. Mr. Peters said: "Well, we think she has over here," meaning the Radical side, which followed the remark with a shout of laughter. Mr. Brooks, refer? ring to the disorder, wanted to know of the Speaker if this was a town meeting. It appear? ing that Indiana had been counted to make the twenty-eight States required to ratify the amendment, Mr. Niblack rose and said that in point of fact it was untrue that the Legislature of Indiana had ever ratified the amendment, and any representation to the contrary was a fraud. (Sensation.) The House then divided, j and the Radicals carried the previous question on the motion to refer, but the Democrats were I determined to secure debate. Mr. Randall ! moved to adjourn. Lost. Mr. Wood moved a { call of the House, pending which Mr. Dawes I said the Democrats were determined to debate this question, and he appealed to Mr. Peters to withdraw his motion to refer, which that gen? tleman did, and the documents were then laid on the Speaker's table for future action. The Senate in executive session to-day con? firmed the nomination of Dr. Samuel Bard, of Georgia, to be Governor of Idaho, the commis | sion of Governor Ballard, the present incum i bent, expiring on the 10th of April. Governor Bard was among the first in the South or else | where, as editor of the Atlanta, Ga., New Era, j to nominate General Grant for the Presidency, ' and it is known was an active worker in his ! behalf. The Governor is a native of New York, j but has resided in the Southwest and Georgia ' since 1846. A rumor was current on the streets last night and this morning, that Secretary Fish had re? signed his place in the Cabinet on account of a difficulty with the President on account of Cu? ban matters. Inquiry into the matter shows that the story is wholly false and that it was originated by the C uban interest, which had its I headquarters at the Ell . xiouse, solely for po j Htical effect. The President has up to this af ! ternoon received nctfnformation, direct or indi? rect, that any of his Cabinet intend resigning, or can he see any reason for believing that they have ever thought of doing so. Washington, March. 31. 1 Both senators and the four members of the House from Texas were sworn in to-day, thus giving every State in the Union representation in Congeess but Georgia, and making 224 mem? bers of the House ana 71 members of the Sen? ate. There was no objection to the admission of the delegation until the name of John Con? nor, the Democratic member, was reached, when General Butler, with that enlarged feeling of j importance which seems to grow with every snubbing that the House gives his interference I with the business of committees with which he [ has no connection, moved to refer back Mr. j Connor's credentials to the very committee I which had unanimously reported them, on the ! ground that certain ex parte affidavits' which were read charged him with cruelty to soldiers, while he was a captain in the regular army, and with having denounced certain acts of Congress in his campaign speeches, which latter conduct was alleged to be disloyal. This most extraor? dinary proceeding, which the Radical Mr. Ste? venson vehemently denounced as unpreceden? ted and the Radical Mr. Orth characterized as preposterous, was rebuked by the House by a vote which ought to teach the member from Lowell to stop insinuating his probe into every? thing that comes up. He got just twenty-one votes, and found his cause too weak to be able to order the ayes and noes on it. Even such Re? publicans as Dawes and Schenck were obliged to protest against being indoctrinated with the I theory that the House could go back two or I three years prior to a member's election and in? quire into his moral or military conduct, es? pecially on the flagrant assumption of ex parte affidavits denied by the member-elect. Thede ! bate was boisterous. Butler got excited, and threw his vindictiveness into the warmest kind of language. The stentorian voice of Steven? son, representing the Committee on Elections, hurled its denunciation at Butler. The Demo? crats flocked over into the middle aisle, and the f;alleries gradually filled up to see the fun. The ight-haired, smooth-faced, boyish figure of the member-elects?for whom the question of an ' eligible age seemed more pertinent than any? thing else?sat on the Republican side of the chamber, an innocent contradiction inhisevery look of the terrible cruelties which the sangui? nary Mr. Butler was fast charging upon him. Most apt was the intimation of Judge Orth that, if the House had ever adopted the rule of ex? cluding men for cruelty to soldiers Mr. Benja? min F. Butler and other military men now in the House would never have occupied their seats. Mr. John Peter Cleaver Shanks, of In? diana, also said a word against Mr. Conner, de? claring that he knew him well, that he had ap? pointed him as a cadet to the Naval Academy, and that he had been discharged because he was worthless. This lean exhibition of personal partisanship reacted on Mr. Shanks: for the House saw more plainly that it was not at? tempted to oust Mr. Connor on any constitu? tional disqualification. The good-natured Mr. Ingersoll then briefly told about the House having the right to keep out "moral monsters;" but the debate being limited, the discussion ended, and the vote was taken with the results as stated. The four members-elect then march? ed up to the Speaker's desk, held up their right hands, and swallowed the ironclad oath. Mr. Orth at once asked'ten minutes for Mr. Connor, which the House granted, and all eyes were fixed upon the youthful quondam Texan as he rose, and, ruffling up his coat sleeves, as if he ? meant work, proceeded in the coolest manner possible to deny the allegations; to say that he was acquitted of them by officers who had grown gray in the service; to declare that Shanks's allusion -to him was based on a political quarrel, and to finally state -that he had been told in Texas that, being a.Detqpcrat, he could never fet his seat in the House while Butler was there, [e had only to say that -he JbAd believed that Butler was something of a lawyer, but his course this day had shown him to" be a low comedian. There was a laugh of surprise at the little Tex? an's boldness. The Speaker called him to or? der, and he sat down. Up rose Mr. Shanks, who said he reiterated what he said about Mr. Connor being a worthless fellow. The Speaker said Mr. Connor was now a member of the House, and the language was out of ordert Shanks said he apologized to the House, but not to Connor. Then the matter ended. ? If you want strength and a good appetite, use Dr. Tutt's Golden Eagle Bitters. -?-! ,. Congressional Proceedings. Washington, April 2. Butler introduced a bill to collect debts from Southern Railroads. The Tariff Bill was resumed. Sehenck an? swering the question said a RevenneUill would be reported, reducing the amount to thirty, mil? lions, but declined giving particulars. Tariff on tea fixed at twenty cents a pound; tariff on coffee, fixed at five cents a pound; thequestion of sugar was reached when the committee rose without action, and the House adjourned;. Applications for offices in the "Executive De? partments receive no attention at the White House." Grant, Belknap and Sherman will attend a celebration of the Grand Army of the Republic on Saturday next at Philadelphia, Governor Serfter, of Tennessee, will be here on Tuesday. An important question is pending in the Court of Claims as to when the President's proclamation, dated June 24th, 1865, regarding the commercial intercourse and removing re? strictions in certain portions of the South took effect. The 24th of June of that -year was Saturday, but the proclamation bearing that date was not promulgated untilTuesday follow? ing. In the meantime'the Treasury agents made many important seizures. The intention is to appeal the question to the Supreme Court in order to definitely determine when the proc? lamation took effect, whether the 24th or the 27th. If the Court decides in favor of the 24th, much cotton will be restored to original owners. The Delaware negroes voted at the school election to-day. Stunner's movement for compulsory attend? ance upon mixed schools meets little sympa? thy. J. C. Saly, of Admiral Poor's staff, arrived with dispatches from San Domingo, with Mr Cohen, Commissioner for exchange of ratifica? tions of the treaty. The latter says the vote on annexation was conducted in the most peaceable manner all over the country; that in the agricultural districts the vote was almost unanimous in favor of annexation. The ques? tion of annexation to Spain, which was discuss? ed during two years, was carried by only four thousand votes, Cabrel's election in '66 was effected through universal suffrage by a majority of four thou? sand three hundred votes, but the vote favoring annexation to the United States, which was taken in less than a fortnight without any kind of interference on the part of the Government., or the presence of a single soldier, was decided by a majority of sixteen thousand, with an op? position of only two per cent. Everything was quiet when the Commissioner left San Domin? go, and the merchants were awaiting with anxi ty the decision of the United States. The best opinion is, that the recent Legal Tender decision by the Supreme Court will be reversed. Washington, April 3. Dispatches from General Sickles indicate that a crisis is rapidly approaching in Spanish af? fairs. The President is reported as expressing a be? lief that the Senate would not ratify the San Domingo treaty, and deprecating futherstruggle. Senators say the vote never will be reached, but the treaty will be allowed to fail by general consent. The New York World considers the reversal of the Legal Tender decision certain, charging that the Supreme Bench has been packed with a special view to this result. At a negro meeting to-day a colored man said he was beyond Mr. Sumner in his claim for equal rights for the negro. He would not rest until the colored man could safely vote the Democratic ticket. Washington, April 4. The House refused to second a resolution to adjourn in May. Perley, the correspondent of the Boston Jour? nal, telegraphs that Bingham's amendment will pass the Senate. This morning's Republican makes the same assertion. The conservative Republican delegation here claim that the amendment will be carried by Colfax's vote on a divided Senate. Resolutions to amend the Constitution of the United States were introduced as follows: Section 1; The right of citizens of the Uni? ted States to vote, shall not be denied or abridg? ed by the United States or by any State, on ac? count of sex. Sec. 2. The Congress shall have power to en? force this article by appropriate legislation. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. The following passed, under suspension of the rules : Elections shall be held in all the States on the second Thursday after the first Monday in November, 1872, for the election of Repre? sentatives to the forty-third Congress, and the elections shall be held on the same day in every second year thereafter, for members of Con? gress, to take their seats on the succeeding 4th of March. In case of a failure to select, the vacancy shall be filled by a special election, to be held under the authority of the several States. In the Senate, the Indiana Quakers desire cer? tain lands in order to enable them to continue their efforts in behalf of the Indians. The dis? cussion showed that the Quakers had improved the lands in question, but tbeShawnees, in vio? lation of the twelfth article of the old agree? ment, desired it sold for their benefit. Flanagan introduced a bill incorporating the Southern Pacific Railway, and granting the right of way from the Rio Grande to San Diego. Chandler offered a resolution that when Geor? gia was resumed there be a continuous session till the question was closed. Objection- was made, ana the resolution went over under the rules. Georgia was resumed. During the dis? cussion Stewart said it would require all of two years to complete preparations* for a fair election, and Georgia would then be made a Republican State; but if the election should take place sooner the rebels would get control. The authorities needed this time, and the Leg? islature needed it to pass the registration and other laws. Thurman asked if seven mouths would not be enough. Stewart doubted whether two years would be enough, Edmunds?Why not make it four, then? Stewart?Well, that would be better. There were no Southern nominations to-day. Dr. Samuel Bard has received his commission as Governor of Idaho, and qualified before the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, ? Dyspeptics should take the Golden Eagle Bitters. _ THE MARKETS. j Anderson, April 6,1870. Cotton quiet, and little offering, although prices ad? vanced lj^c. on receipt of Tuesday evening's mall. Tc-day (Wednesday) price* range from 19 to 20}^ for middlings, and a choice artlclo would command a better price, charleston, April 4. Cotton market too stiff for buyers. Little doing?mid dUng, UK to*. . New Yobk. April 4. Cotton quiet and finn-falea 8,200 balce; middling* 23. Gold, U}% 1 ? Dr. Tutf a Golden Eagle Bitters is the bait tonic ever invented. Beyond a Douot. More diseases are ibe result of a derangement of the Liver than from any other cause'. Whea thflt organ is diseased, every part of the syaten sympathises with it, and general prostration and decline is the result. . The best, safest and speedi? est remedy for Liver Complaint, and all the dis? eases that follow, is TUTT'S VEGETABLE LIVER FILLS, they are peculiarly adapted to the climate of the South. ~ They are sold by Druggists every? where. , ? All-good looking men sell the Golden Ea? gle Bitters. .. Special, jjoTiCB ?To-P.arties ia.want.of.Doors, Sashes andTJJlinds, we refer to the advertisement of P. P. Toale, the large manufacturer of those goods in Charleston. Price list furnished m ap? plication. 4?9m . ?-??>.. ? .-t\ ? ? Delicate females take Golden Eagle Bit? ters. It is & pleasant cordiah..' .?.. ?.. .m - '? - LATEST QUOTATIONS OF! "iv SOUTHERN SECURITIES, IN CHARLESTON, &. C, Corrected Weekly by A. C. KAUFMAS", Broker, No. 25 Broad Street. ? APP.IL 1, 187<J. -. State Securities.?South Carolina, old, SC to ?; do new, 80 to ?; do, registered stock, ex int 80. .. ? Citt Securities.?Augusta, Gu.,Bonds,?to 84-Charles? ton, S. C, Stock, cx-div ? to 58; do. Fire Loan Bonds, ** to 75 ; Columbia, S. C, Bonds, ? to 70. Railroad Boyns.?Bine Ridge, (first mortgage,) ?- to 70; Charleston and Savannah, i? to 63; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, ? to 90; Che raw and Darlington, ? to SC; Greenville'and Columbia, (first mortgage,) ? to 80; do, (State guarantee,) ? to 68; Northeastern, ? to 90; Savan? nah and Charleston, (first mortgage,) ? to SO; do, (Stato Siarantee,) ? to 70; South Caro h a a, ? to 88; do, 76; Spar nburg and Union, ? to 54." Railroad Stocks.?Charlotte, Colombia and Augusta, ? to 55; GreenvlUe and Columbia, ? to 2: Northeasiorn, 10 to ; Savannah and Charleston. ? to 35; South Carolina, (whole shares,) ? to 45; do, (half shares,) ?to 22. Exchange, Ac?New York Sight l? par; Gold, 111 to* 113; Silver, 108 to 110. south carolina bank bills. ?Bank of Charleston.-.-. *Bank of Newberry... Bank of Camden..........'.......?.?.....;._. Bank of Georgetown.?. Bank of South Carolina..,.?.L~~.?. Bank of Chester.-.-.... Bank, of Hamburg.?........?.v-...-..^...-. Bant of State 8: ?, prior to 1861...v...v.-_.;._5 Bank of State of 8: C., issue 1861 and 1S62.......... ?Planters' and Mechanics' Bank of Charleston.. ?People's Bank of Charleston-?.......?..?. ?Uniim. Bank of Charleston. ?Souli western Railroad Baak of Charleston, (old). ?Southwestern Railroad'Bank of Charleston, (new)... State Bank of Charleston_-._._. Farmers' and Exchange Bank of Charleston........? . Exchange Bask of Columbia-._.-.1C Commercial Bank of Columbia-....-. Merclhants" Bank of Cheraw.;. Planters' Bank of Fairfleldi. State O? South Carolina Bills Receivable.-........par. City of Charleston Change Bills. ? Bills marked thus (*) are being redeemed at the Bank Counters of each. u Jati 13,1870 29 ' 17 NOTICE. IHEREBY appoint Mr. John McGrath my agent, with power of attorney, to settle iip> my business rn this place. a. m. hunt: April 7, 1870 41 1 Administrator's Notiee of Final Settlement THE undersigned hereby gives notice th?t ?tf will make application to the Probate Judge ot Anderson county on the 18th day of April nex?,. for a Final Settlement of the Estate ot: Wm. H. Acker, deceased, and a discharge therofrom. J. S. ACKER, Adm'r.. April 7, 1870 41 2 Administrator's .Notice of Final Settlement THE undersigned hereby gives notice that be will make application to the Probate Judge ol Anderson county on the 15th day of April next, for a Final Settlement of the Estate of J_ N. Emerson, deceased, and a discharge therefrom. S. J. EMERSON, Adm'r? April 7, 1870 41 2 ' Administrator's Notice. ALL persons having demands against the Es? tate of Wm. L. Webb, deceased, will pre seui them to the undersigned, properly attaaied, within the time prescribed by law, *t.d those in debted to said Estate must make immediate pay? ment. E. W. WEBB, Adm'r. April 7, 1870 41 3* -j-? Notice of ]?inal Settlement. NOTICE is hereby given that on Monday, the 9th day of May next, I will apply to the Judge of Probate for the county of Anderson, for a Final Settlement with my ward, Susan J. Gaines, (formerly Cox,) and for dismission from my Guar? dianship of said ward. M. h. BROCK. April 7, 1870 41 5 Administrator's Notice. ALL persons having claims against the Estate of the late W. K. Harris are requested to present the same, properly attested, to the under? signed wilhfn the time prescribed by law ; and all persor s indebted to the Estate are required to come forward and make payment. JOHN W. DANIELS, Administrator with Will annexed. April 7, 1870 41 8 ASSIGNEE'S SALE. In the District Court of the United Stalesfor the District of South Carolina. In the matter of H. C. COOLEY, Bankrupt. BT virtue of an order to me directed in tho above mentioned case, from the Honorable George S. Bryan, Judge of said Conrt. I will sell at public outcry, at Anderson C. II., on Monday, the 25ih of April instant, the Cbosea in Action of said Bankrupt. Terms cash. E. T. COOLEY, Assignee. April 7, 1870 41 8 ASSIGNEE'S SALE. In the District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. ? In the Matter of ANDREW SMITH, Bankrupt. BY virtue of an order to me directed by tho ? Honorable George S. Bryan, I will sell at public outcry, at Anderson Court House, on Sale day in May next, 156 Acres of Land, Whereon Andrew Smith now resides. On the premises is a splendid dwelling house, and all ne-. cessary outbuildings, and tho farm in good repair.. Terms cash. _ JOHN C. WHITEFLELD, Assignee. April 7, 1870 41 .4 UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE. N01 COLUMBIA, April 1,1870. ' >TICE is hereby given, that on the 26th day of April, 1870, at my office in Columbia* appeals will be received and determined relativ? to any erroneous or excessive valuations, assess? ments or enumerations by the Assessor or Assis? tant Assessors of the annual taxes for 1870, which have been assessed. The Assessor's Office is open daily, during bos-' inesn hours, for the hearing of appeals by parties who shall appear voluntarily before him, relating, to any I; axes which have been assessed, and which have not, been committed to the Collector. - All appeals to the Assessor as aforesaid, must ? be mado in writing, and specify the partioular cause, matter or thing respecting which a decision is requested, and must, moreover-state the ground or principle of error complained^ . ??'.-.'? C. h. BALDWIN - * J'^fo? atM?'A*"W?* 8* District W? ' * April,?, WTO 41 1'