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An Independent Family Journal?Devoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence* HOYT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON 0. EL, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1870. VOLUME 5?NO. 44. Report of the President and Directors of the ' Greenville & Columbia Railroad Company. Office G. & C. R. R. Company, ) Columbia, S. C, April 15,1870. J 2b the Stockholders of the Greenville and Golum ! bia Railroad Company: X Gentlemen?The President and Directors respectfully submit herewith their annual re-' port of the condition and operations of the roadfbr the fiscal year, ending 31st of Decem? ber. 1869, together with the report of the Gen ?eral Superintendent, and the tables of the Au- j siitor, Treasurer and Foreman of the Work Shops, and other supplementary tables, which will be useful as information, showing the comparative business of the road as compared With previous years. ? The gross earnings for 1869. were derived from the following sources, as shown by Table No. 4: From freights_.-$274?06 89 From passage and extra........ 114,196 61 From mails.?.? 11,400 00 $400,108 50 Operating expenses, including the ? rc-buildin; of locomotives, and the repairs and restoration of ears as tho vrn by Table No. S.- 247,686 62 Net earnings_.-._.- $152,410 98 Amount paid for 250 tons of new T , rail, with chairs and spikes for szmo, laid, on Anderson branch, after deducting amount realized * from the sale of old iron taken . ?up..,_._.?... 17,924 21 Net earnings, after paying all ez - Senses for operating, netr iron. Improvement of property, Ac.....?.......-..... $134,492 77 By reference to tables Nos. 1 and 2, this amount is accounted for in the payment of in? terest on bonded debt, purchase of new iron, re? duction of bills payable, Sec. By* reference to previous reports, and supple? mentary tables accompanying this report, show? ing the comparative earnings of this with pre? vious years, it will be seen that the earnings of 1869 was in excess of 1868 by $64,559.53, and was larger ihan for any previous year either be? fore or since the war. The next larger amount for any previous year, was for 1859. being$381, 601.98, but in this is included $8,000.00 for freights on material used in the construction of the Blue Ridge Railroad, which was, by action ?of the stockholders, taken in the stock of that Company. ; The following will show the amount of earn? ings of the four previous years since the war, With the excess of last year (1869) over each, and the per cent of gain in 1869, as compared with each. 1869, $400,103.50; 1868, $345,453.97; excess $54,559.53. $15.79-100 per cent. 1867, $269,787. 47;exces3$130 315.53?48.31-100 percent, 1866, $251,931.19; excess $148,172.51?58.81-100 per cent 1865, $254,516.86; excess $145,586.64? 57.20-100 per cent. The net earnings are also larger than for any previous year before or since the war, except that of 1859. This result is certainly gratifying, and de? monstrates conclusively that not only the fu? ture prospects of the road are brightening with each year, but that the country through which it passes is growing in resources and prosperity. . It is known that the crop of 1869, along the line of road, was severely injured by the drought during the summer, which cut of the crop nearly or quite one-half. It is believed that, if a fall or ordinary crop had been made, the gross earnings would have been still further increased thereby?perhaps by fifty thousand dollars. The expenses of last year, as compared with the ,yearjpreviotts> shows an increase of $31, 455.30. By reference to table No. 3, as com? pared with the same table the year previous, it will be seen that the amount is much more than made up and accounted for by the in? creased amount of timber put into the track, bridges and .trestles during the year, the in? creased number and wages of laborers, and the cost of re-building and repairing locomotives and cars. This was necessary to put the road and rolling stock in suitable and safe condition for the constantly increasing business, and it is evident that the road and property liave been largely increased in value thereby. The number of cross-ties and stringers put into the road in 1869, is 114,812, and in 1868, 65,262; increase^ 49,550. There were 1,021,589 feet of lumber put into the road in 1869 ; in 1868, 995,992, an excess of 125,597 feet in 1869. The comparative expense of re-building and repairing locomotives and cars is also conside? rably increased. The increased business done in 1869, as compared with the previous year, also increased expenses. For information as to the additional amount of work done, reference is made to the report of the General Superin? tendent, and the number of miles run as com? pared with previous years. The report of the General Superintendent is also referred to fur detailed information as to the increased capacity and value of the rolling stock, as compared with the previous year ana its present condition. The cost of working the road, with these ad . ditional and increased expenditures, (a consid? erable amount of which does not properly belong to what is usually included in current expense account,) will compare very favorably with, neighboring roads. The road with its two branches is 164 miles in length. For the first five months of the year, the Blue Ridge Rail? road, from Anderson to Walhalla, a distance of thirty-three miles, was worked by us under a lease; so that the average length of the road operated during the year was 178 miles. Upon this whole line passenger and freight trains Were run daily. tSundays excepted) at an aver? age cost of $1,391.49 per mile, including all ex? penses. Since the war, no new locomotives or cars have been purchased. Those belonging- to the Company at the close of the war, ./ere, in con? sequence of continued use, without repairs, al? most in an unserviceable condition ; many of them were laid up, and heavy repairs had to be made on them before they could De put on the road; others had to be entirely rebuilt, and large expenditures for material and labor in? curred, \ By reference to the table of the Foreman of the Work Shops, it will be seen that all the locomotives have been in service for a long time, and it- w? nnt strenge that it should have requir? ed much time and expense to put them in con. dition for active and efficient service, although they are at present sufficient to do the work of the road, by keeping them in continued ser? vice. Still their age, long service with the ex? tensive and reputed repairs made upon them, admonishes us that they must, ..before a groat while, be replaced by new ones, as well as the number increased, to meet the anticipated in? crease of business. The same may also be said in reference to the passenger cars. The num? ber of freight cars is also not sufficient to do the present business with despatch and ease, al? though the number has been increased by the addition of twenty-three during the year. It is respectfully recommended that three new loco? motives, with firi>t and second class passenger cars for each, be purchased and put on the road by the time the fall business commences. Also that at least thirty box and ten platform cars be built by the same time. With the facilities for building freight cars at the shop* at Helena, |t is thought best to "build them there, rather than buy them, as it can be done by the Com? pany at a less cost. The 250 tons of new iron put on the Ander? son branch during the year, has materially im? proved the condition of that portion of the track. The iron removed was of the flanged pattern, and very light; it had been in use for a long time, and was worn out. The balance on the branch", about four miles, together with about ten miles below Bel ton on the main line, is of the same kind, and is very expensive to keep the track in condition to pass over, and should be replaced with new T rail at the ear? liest time the Company is in condition to do so. There are also about forty miles of chub rail on the road, most of which has been in use for a long time, and is badly worn, and, like the other, is very expensive to keep up the track, and must be replaced in a short time. Then there are, perhaps, twenty miles of T rail, which from long use and injury sustained, 'by being removed from the track and bent during the war, requires re-rolling. The trestle bridge at Alston, and over Broadway Creek on the An? derson branch, both built in 1865 and 1866, must also be rebuilt within the next few years. The one on the Branch must either be rebuilt or repaired during the present year. There are some culverts that require immediate repair al? so. With these repairs to the track and addi? tions to the rolling stock, the road would be in j comparatively good condition, and prepared to do the increased business that is anticipated with despatch; and the operating expense af? terwards would be materially diminished. One of the greatest difficulties we have at i present, is the want of sufficient depot room for storage and assorting freight. The through depot in Columbia should be enlarged to double its present length, with a platform and bhed in the rear, for the protection from the weather of fertilizers and other like freights. The depots at Littleton, Cnappell's, Ninety Six, New Market, Greenwood, Hodge's, Don nald's, Beiton. Williamston and Golden Grove, are all old ana much decayed, and are unsafe as store houses against theft, and should each be replaced with new depots of at least twice the sizes of the present ones, as early as practicable. There should also be passenger depots at Co? lumbia, Newberry, Belton and Hodge's; and comfortable shelters for passengers at the other depots on the line. By reference to table No. 4, it will be seen that the number of passengers carried over the road in 1869, were 53,363; in 1868, 45,214?an increase 8,149. In 1869, there were 54,490 bales of cotton brought down the road; in 1868, 45,111, an increase of 9,379. In consequence of the failure of the provis? ion crop along the line of road last year, large Quantities of grain and flour have been sent up ae road from Columbia, since the 1st of Janu? ary last. Heretofore it has been customary to send trains of cars up the road loaded with merchandize, and when at the upper end of the line, they were re-loaded and returned with grain ana provisions, (where they have here? tofore been produced in sufficient quantities to supply the demand along the line of road,) so that the cars were loaded both going up and re? turning ; but the recent change, by which both merchandize and provisions were sent up the road from Columbia, together with the unpre? cedented quantity of fertilizers that have gone up and the cars returning empty, has required nearly twice the number of cars to do the same work as heretofore; this will account for any apparent want of promptness in delivering freights for the past few weeks. The small de? pot roow at stations, and the failure of con? signees to remove their freights promptly on arrival, have embarrassed us very much; in many cases, the care have been compelled to re? main in the turn-oute at the depots for several days, for want of room to discharge them. The quantity of fertilizers sent up from 1st of Jan? uary to the 1st instant, is more than for the en? tire year of 1869. This would indicate that more than usual preparations were being made for an increased crop the present year. The lease of the Blue Ridge Railroad termi? nated on the 1st of June last, since which time the road has been operated by that Company, and run in connections with ours. The dilapidated condition of the road and rolling stock at the close of the war, besides the damages sustained by the army, was very great? ly injured by the freshet of January, 1865, which, with the financial condition of the Com? pany, have been subjects of the deepest solici? tude to the managers of the affairs of the Com? pany. All their energy and means at their command have been directed to the restoration of the former and adjustment and satisfactory arrangement of the latter. A short statement and history of the bonded debt is herewith submitted. The rood with Its outfit and real estate cost.$3,081,213 52 The Company holds stock in other Kailrood Companies.~._ 80,495 00 Cost of road and property. $3,161,703 52 Capital stock paid in by individ? uals and corporations.:.:..;. $1,076,414 64 Subscribed and paid in bv the State..um:u.??~.~ 433,960 00 1,510,871 54 Leaving amount of cost of tho road over the capital stock paid In_._.~.? 1,651,33? 98 To provide for this difference, the Company issuea their bonds, bearing date from January, 1852, to March, 1854, respectively?having ten years to run?for ?800,000. And to give them a higher market value, on the 18th of January, 1854, they executed a mortgage to secure their payment. They subsequently issued their bonds, bearing date July, 1855," and July, 1858, respectively?also having ten years to run?for $600,000i No mortgage, nor othef lien, Was executed to secure the payment of tins latter class of bonds. These two sums combined, did not yet make up the deficiency or difference between the cost of the road and the capital stock paid in. In 1861, when the bonds secured by mortgage were approaching maturity, the Company ap? plied to the Legislature for aid, and an Act was passed authorizing the endorsement of the guarantee of the State upon the bonds of the Company, upon specified conditions, for ?900, 000?$100,000 of which were to b e used for funding a floating debt for the same amount, then due by the Company, and $800,000 for re? tiring the mortgage debt. The Company im? mediately commenced operations under the Act, but the war came on and at its termination they found only a portion of their mortgage bonds retired, and the large portion outstanding all past due; also a large amount of the interest upon all classes of their debt past due and un? paid, because the holders of the coupons had not presented them for payment at maturity. Their road-bed was broken, their bridges and track destroyed, both by the war and freshet, and their rolling stock greatly reduced, the remnant remaining scarcely in condition for use. In this condition, they again, in 1866, ap? plied to the Legislature for'aid, and an Act was passed authorizing the additional endorsement of their bonds ana certificates of indebtedness for $600,000?$350,000 of which were to be used in funding interest due upon their mortgage and guaranteed debt, and ?250,000, in retiring their non-mortgage debt of ?600,000 with inter? est due upon it, at the rate of one dollar of new p^aranteed bonds for three dollars of past due bonds surrendered. In 1869, the Legislature also pas?ed an Act authorizing the farther endorsement of certifi? cates of indebtedness to the amount of $50,000, to fund interest due on mortgage and guaran? teed debt to July, 1868. It will be perceived from this statement, that the whole amount of endorsement authorized by the several Acts of the Legislature is $1, 550,000. The Acts of 1866 and 1869, are amen? datory of the Act of 1861, and each contain a statutory mortgage to the State of all the prop? erty and assets of the Company as security for the guarantee, which, when all the bonds under the first mortgage are retired, and the mortgage cancelled, become the first mortgage upon all their property and assets. In 1867, the Company executed a second mortgage for $1,500,000, and the bonds to be issued under it were also to be offered to the holders of the past due non-mortgage bonds at par, and the holder allowed to choose between them and State guaranteed bonds at one for three. This became necessary because some of the holders refused to accept the terms offered: of exchanging for the guaranteed bonds. Bonds under the second mortgage were also offered to other than bond creditors of the Company, in settlement of their claims. It will, however, be perceived from the fol? lowing statements, that only $54,063.68 have been issued under it, for all purposes. The following statement will show the ex? changes and funding under the several Acts of the Legislature alluded to, up to March 3lst ult.; and the amount of original bonds and coupons of each class still outstanding: STA TEMENT OF BONDS AND CERTIFICA TES OF IN? DEBTEDNESS OF THE G. d: C. R. R. COMPANY, MARCH 31,1870. FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS. Amount issued doe in 1862,1863 and 1864.8800,000 00 Amount exchanged for State guar? anteed bonds.t?. $538,000 00 Amount outstanding. 262,000 00 800,000 00 Of the amount outstanding the In? terest bas been funded and paid upon....~. 229,000 00 Amount reported, but not arranged, 10,500 00 Amount not reported. 22,500 00 262,000 00 NON-MORTGAGE UO"DS. Amount issued due in 1865 A 1868? 600,000 00 Amount exchanged, at par and re? duction.?. 839,500 00 Amount outstanding. 260,500 00 600,000 00 BONDS UNDER FIRST GUARANTEE OF THE STATE. Amount endorsed due in 1881,1832 and 1883......_ 700,000 00 Amount issued..-.?.... 688,000 00 Amount in bands of Treasurer. 12,000 00 700,000 00 BONDS UNDER SECOND GUARANTEE OF THE STATE. Amount issued due Jan. 1,. 1888. 118,500 00 CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS GUARANTEED. Amount due 1st of Janunary,' 1888, issued for funding interest on first mortgage and guaranteed bonds to 1st ol July, 1868,and arranging tho non-mortgage bonds ana in? terest._. 429.293 30 BONDS AND CERTIFICATED UNDEB SECOND MORTGAGE. Bonds issued due Jan. 1,1888. 46,000 00 Certificates do. do. 8,063 68 54,063 68 AM Ol" NT OF STATE GUARANTEE OF ABOVE BONDS AND CERTIFICATES. Bonds issued under first guarantee.. 700,000 00 Bonds issued under 2nd guarantee 118,500 00 Certificates issu'd under guarantees. 429,293 30 1,247,793 30 OUTSTANDING COUPONS. Number of coupons of first mort Sgc bonds outstanding, 214, $17. eocb..8,745 00 Number of coupons of nqn-mort* gage bonds outstanding, 3,804, $17.50 each._~ 60,570 00 Number of coupons of guaranteed bonds outstanding, 457, $17.50 each._.~ 7,997 50 Outstanding bonds, "Confederate States" caption, not surrendered in exchange for new guaranteed bonds, viz: Bonds falling due 1st July, 1881- 56 ? " " u 1882. 22 ? ? ? '< 1883. 22 100 In the bands of Treasurer, due July 1,1883. 24 The exchange of these latter bonds does not increase the debt of the Company, or the State guaranty. The following statement will show the entire bonded debt on the 31st of March ult., as it ap? pears upon the Bond Registers of the Compa? ny: First mortgage bonds outstanding._$2G2,000 00 Non-mortgage bonds outstanding. 260,500 00 Guaranteed bonds due in 1881,1882 and 1883. 688,000 00 Guaranteed bonds dne in 1888.-. 118,600 00 Certificates of indebtedness, guaranteed, duo in 1888. 429,293 30 Bonds and certificates issued under second mort? gage.- 64,063 68 Coupons of first mortgage bonds outstanding? 8,745 00 " non- ? ? ? 66,570 00 " guaranteed " " 7,097 60 " 2d mortgage bonds and certificate?... 9,461 15 Total...,...i.:.;;v.;-;.:-...;$1^00,130 68 This is subject to a reduction of % on tho non mortgage bonds and coupons, say. 218,046 66 Whole amount of bonded debt when adjust ed...$I,6S2,0S3 97 The following bonds and coupons have not been reported to the Company, for either the payment of interest or adjustment of any kind, and as the Company has advertised for them for three or four years, and the Courts for about two years, the presumption is that most of j them are lost or destroyed, and will never be presented as a claim against the Company, to wit: First Mortgage Bonds.$22,500 00 Non-Mortgage Bonds.umum. 260,500 00 Guaranteed Bonds. 60,000 00 Coupons from First Mortgage Bonds. 3,745 00 Coupons from Non-Mortgage Bonds. 66,570 00 Coupons from Guaranteed Bonds. 7,997 60 $411,312 50 All the interest upon the entire mortgage and guaranteed debt that has been presented has been funded up to the 1st July, 1868, and from that to the present time paid in cash. The suit in the Court of Equity for the fore? closure of the mortgage bonds, commenced in 1867, by certain holders of the first mortgage bonds, as well as all suits growing out of it, were dismissed by the Court last summer, on motion of the complainants, and the whole matter satisfactorily adjusted. There were also two suits at law commenced against the Company, brought on non-mortgage bonds past due. One of the parties has dis? continued the suit, and surrendered the bonds, and exchanged them for State guaranteea bonds, at one for three; and the other has ex? pressed a desire to do so, and presume will, in a few days. Then there will be no suit, either in equity or at law, against the Company on bond account. It must be gratifying to both bond and stock? holders to know, that in consequence of the increased business and consequent prosperity of the road,* the prompt payment of interest, as it matures, and the confidence felt by capitalists and the community, that the Company will be able to satisfactorily arrange the small balance of their past due bonded debt, that the market value of their bonds has advanced within the last two years at least three hundred per cent., and that they now command nearly as high a price as the first class securities in the State. This result has no doubt been hastened by the prospect of the various connections soon to bo made from the upper end of the line, some of which are now being built, and others soon to bo commenced. When completed, the Greenville and Colum? bia Railroad must and will form the trunk line within this State from the Capitol to the North? western States, bringing into the State the rich products of that vast and rich section, and in? viting commercial intercourse with its people. The various railroad lines now projected in the North-western part of thiB State must also greatly facilitate the development of the re sources of that section?agricultural, manufac? turing and mineral?and Build up a local busi? ness therefrom for all the roads passing through it beyond the most sanguine expectations. The officers and employees in the several de? partments have discharged their respective du? ties with fidelity, and with an apparent desire to promote the prosperity of the Company, and are commended to your confidence and respect. H. P. HAMMETT, President. The Actual Condition of the South, as Seeu by a Brooklynile. 7b the Editor of t/te Brooklyn Eagle: Having spent the winter in a somewhat extended tour through the Southern Atlantic States to the Gulf, visiting almost every section on the sea? board to the mountains; and having enjoyed many facilities for learning the views and sen? timents of all classes and parties in regard to their present and progressive condition, and seen a vast amount of undeveloped wealth, I submit the following statement, aa the result of some of my observations, for the information of those who feel any interest in that section. And first, in regard to the people. The blacks, who are the most valuable laborers in the world, when treated right, and especially for field ser? vice, at some crops in that climate?after hav? ing been cruelly tempted, imposed upon, and used, by loyal demagogues?are fast learning who arc their true friends, and finding their true position. The intelligent and influential classes, who pay the taxes for the support of the government, although excluded from par? ticipation in its management, approve and cor? dially support every honest scheme for educa? ting and improving the moral and physical con? dition of their colored fellow-citizens. They also cordially welcome every new-comer, from whatever land or section, or calling of industry ?except the "political carpet-bag speculators," whom they as heartily despise. As in every other section, there are outlaws and outrages, but all the whiskey and fire arms?^which many of the younger and more ignorant citizens of both colors avail themselves of "since freedom came" ?there are fewer brawls and less danger to life or property in all the Southern States than there is in any of our larger Northern cities. True, there has been a good deal of petty thiev? ing of pigs, chickens, &c, but the stories of the Ku Klux outrages are all manufactured or col? ored up for political and speculative purposes, and they have had their effect. Thousands of Northern and Western men, who have had the courage to trust their lives in that section, have made investments and are engaging in enter? prises that will demonstrate the fact that the South offers greater inducements for the far? mer, the manufacturer and the mechanic than any other portion of the world. The invalid and those predisposed to certain hereditary diseases can find in the humid and temperate air of the seaboard, or in the bracing atmosphere of the hilly and mountain region, the climate best adapted to his case. The ag? riculturist can find every variety of soil and can grow everything that can be produced in any other part of our country, besides several other staples that will grow no where else. And for the manufacturing of many staples produced there is no section of this country or in the world that possesses such immense natural ad? vantages of unfailing and easily controlled wa? ter power, in a genial, healthy climate, sur? rounded with the raw material of cotton, tim? ber, iron ore, and valuable minerals of all kinds ?good and cheap farming, where every lus? cious fruit can be cultivated, and now grows almost spontaneously where the tea plant, mad? der, indigo, and rich products of other coun? tries will flourish. While there arc unoccupied lands, unproduc? tive mill sites, mines, &c, to be had at the South (all cheap now), sufficient to support a thriving multitude many times greater than the popula? tion of our whole country, it would seem that these facts only require to be known to encour? age thousands of our enterprising citizens to avail themselves of the opportunity to better their own condition, and at the same time con? tribute towards rendering that portion of our country what hature has designed it for?an earthly paradise. H. W. R. A Voice of Wabning.?The Seymour, Ind., Times (Radical) says: We would respectfully suggest to the leaders of the Republican party that they are crowding the "colored person" a little too fast for his own good. Negro suffrage is a bitter pill for at least one-half of the men who have hitherto voted the Republican ticket. Hence time'should have been given them be? fore another and a worse dose was exhibited. This crowding of the negroes into office while there are whites quite as deserving and as well qualified won't win in the long run. It will reduce the negro to a worse condition than he occupied in a state of slavery, if that were possible. It will sooner or later lead to his extermination. Politicians and fanatical idiots who cannot read the signs of the times may elevate the negro to the United States Senate and to the platform of conventions; but they can't find indorsement at the polls for such dis? gusting conduct, and they will find it out when too late. It is possible that both parties will strive for the negro vote. We predict that this foolish policy of elevating negroes to office and of catering to them for their votes, will result in the formation of what will be termed "The White Man's Part}'," which will be strong enough to carry the next Presidential election, if wisdom in the selection of candidates Is ob? served, and there is not too much rebel Democ? racy mixed up with it. Such a movement is imminent, ana if made will break up the Re? publican party, which Would be a deplorable event for the country. Let us secure the negro in his right to the ballot, but for the salvation of our party?for the welfare of our country? for the good of the negro?let us dissuade him from seeking or accepting office* Cheerful People.?God bless the cheerful pcopl^-^-man, woman or child, old or young, il? literate or educated, hnncfeome or (homely. Over and above every other social trait stands cheerfulness. What the sun is to nature?what God is to the stricken heart which knows how to lean upon Him?arc cheerful persons in the house and by the wayside. They go unobtru? sively, unconsciously about their silent mission, brightening up Hociety around them with the happiness beaming from their faces.. We love to Bit near them ; we love the nature of their eye, the tone of their voice. Little children find them out, 0! so quickly ! amid the densest crowd, and, passing by the knitted brow and compressed lip, glide near, and laying a confi? ding little hand on their knee, lift their clear young eyes to those loVing facos. ? The Philadelphia reporter of the dresses at ball, Who wrote that "Miss Bloodgood wore a double shirt, neatly trimmed with satin ribbon," Is dodging the girl's brother, who wants to knbw how he found out. The reporter now says he tried to write "skirt," ana thinks he mast have been drunk, which is very likely. ? A little cotton batting, wet witn 6weet oil and laudanum, put in the ear, will enre ear? ache in the beginning of it. 1 The Policy of Attacking Radicalism:foBetiiiii A correspondent of the Chester Reporitf, whom we take to be a distinguished citizen of the State, albeit a man young in years, ex? presses the following sensible views upon the policy suggested by us last week: I fully concur, Messrs. Editors, in the view which you present, as to the proper course to be pursued in the next election, by those who are opposed to the present State Government. Each District must take care of itself, accord? ing to its means and exigencies, and the pecu? liar circumstances of its condition. We must attack Radicalism in detail, and do so with as little noise as possible. A single mall must be the unit of organization, and each District, each community, and if practicable, each num, should lay earnest seige to some radical strong? hold and carry it, by approaches, by assault, by ruse de guerre, or by purchase; but it must be carried and occupied, either as masters of the field, or e& joint tenants with the enemy. We have had enough of Platforms. The Press Convention adopted a very good one. It is simply a recognition in terms of an esta b? lished fact, of a foregone conclusion. It is fruitless to enquire by what means it was estab? lished. There is no reason why any sensible, practical white man may not adopt it, and if the colored people require anything more, why it would simply be an announcement on their part, that no concessions from the whites would satisfy them. Coalitions should be formed wherever they are practicable. For instance, in Chester, if you are entitled to four representatives, and the races are nearly equal, propose to divide the ticket; that is, each party run two candidates, or a compromise ticket If either race prepon? derate, let it preponderate proportionally on the ticket. This will give us at least a respec? table minority, which could make itself felt in the legislation of the country. This arrange? ment is certainly fair, and will afford the ne-* groes that opportunity for harmony and peace with the whites which they say they desire. It will enable them to elect natives for their representatives, committed to a liberal and ac? ceptable policy; and will avoid the excitement, anxiety and ill-blood incident to a contested canvas3? which is so injurious to the material prosperity of the country. Adopt this policy throughout the State, each District and each community for itself, wherev? er it is practicable, and my word for it, R. K. Scott will be disappointed in his hopes, for an opportunity to issue his Winchester Rifles, and there will be no occasion for the cry of "suave quipeut" of the Phatnix. Our people, white and black, require repose. The material interest of the whole State is lan= j guishing from too much excitement. The wisdom and policy of the Convention proposed for June may be well questioned. Will it not eventuate iu cementing, instead of disintegrating the Radical "party for the elec? tion ? Will any respectable number of colored men attend it? Doubtful. Will not the Rad? ical demagogues raise the cry of "Rebel De? mocracy" in disguise ? Almost certainly. Will not the credulous, benighted negroes believe it ? If we are to judge of the future by the past, they will, most assuredly. The Radical party is too formidable in numbers and organization to be be attacked en masse. As I have before remarked, it must be done in detail. Make a breach at every vulnerable point, and before we are aware of it, disintegration will follow; If we are to have a Convention, byailmeans, let it be deferred until after the Radical party have had theirs, and announced their platform. They cannot well go further than the Press Convention Resolutions. We may then follow with them?nominate conservative men for State officers, assail their corruption, selfish? ness, extravagance and recklessness merciless? ly, fiercely, unrelentingly and unceasingly. This would be my programme for the approach? ing canvass. .-o-.? Hanging a Man for Comf?Rt.?The Aiis* tin (Texas) Journal relates the following: In 1837 or 1838 the county of-had just been organized, and the firat District Court was held in a small room that had been used for a gro? cery. It was the f?ll term, a severe Norther was blowing, and there was no fireplace or stove in the room. A desperado Was bfi trial for one out of many murders he had commit? ted, and the Judge and jury were impatient to end the case. The county was sparsely settled, and consequently poor to make adequate arrangements for the comfort of prisoners,' 80j when the jury brought in the verdict of guilty, the Judge, in pronouncing sentence upon the culprit, said: Bob Jones, you have had a fair trial; you have been found guilty, and the court adjudges that you be hanged by the neck until you be dead; but as the county Is just organiz? ed, and affords no convenience to lodge a pris? oner with any degree of comfort?there being no suitable building nor bedding, not even blankets, the court do her'e'by, in consideration of his personal comfort, order that the prisoner be taken to the nearest tree and there hanged until he be dead, and may the Lord have mercy on his soul." The Sheriff then borrowed a la? riat from a bvstander, put it over the culprit's neck, and led him out to a tree a few feet-from the court house, threw1 it over a limb, and sus? pended the prisoner till life was extinct - A Sensible Vlew.?Boston sentiment, whether political, social or theologic, rarely commends itself to oui' approval. Bat the fol? lowing remarks of the Boston Advertiser, a thoroughly Republican journal, contains, sound sense; and while they appeal peculiarly to one class of Southern voters, they are oi general interest to the country : Furthermore, we ho pe that the vote of the blacks will consolidated in favor of no party and of no section. There is great danger to the republic from this massing of votes on the line of nationality. We hear too much of the Irish vote, the German vote, and now we are to have the negro vote. In the case of some of thepeo* pie which seek our shores there is unfortunately too much truth in the expression. We protest in advance against extending the mischievous classification to the enfranchised blacks. It ought to be understood that voters cast their ballots not as Irishman, or German, or French? men, or negroes, but as Americans. Suffrage is not conferred in virtue of birthright but in vir? tue of citizenship. We earnestly hope that each negro will vote according to his individ? ual convictions, and not according to {he de? mands of race or soction. ? One of the Washington papers, having in? discreetly spoken of Revels as a "public func? tionary," it is said that the fiery, untamed Mis sissippian immediately sent the editor a note demanding an apology, and that when the mes? senger returned with an explanation, he found Revels with four navy repeaters buckled around him and a'couple of Arkansas toothpicks stick? ing out of the' tons of his boots, swearing that he would "show the-Yankee scoundrel that he couldn't blackguard a Southern gentleman with impunity." ? Spirit of ammonia, inhaled, is good for head-ache, and to help the breathing; In bad colds. Letter from Chief Justice Cba*?. tvers al s?ffbjme and universal AH " i irj?BTT. The following letter was addressed to tile colored citizens of Cincinnati by Chief Justice Chase, in answer to tsn invitation to be present at their celebration of the ratifies tion of the Fifteenth Amendment: Washington, Bf arch 80,1870.-. Gentlemen: Accept my thanks in the invi? tation you have tendered me, in behalf of the colored" people of Cincinnati, to attend their celebration of the ratification .of the fifteenth amendment. My duties here will not permit me to be present, except by good will and good wishes. ( Almost a quarter of a century has passed since some 01 you, probably, heard me declare, on the 6th of May, 1845, in an assembly com? posed chiefly of the people whom you now represent, that all legal distinctions between individuals of the same community founded on any such circumstances as color, origin, and the like, are hostile to the genius of our ii jsti tut ions, and incompatible with the true theor/ of Amer? ican liberty; "that true democracy makes no inquiry about the color of the skin, or the place of nativity, or any other similar circum? stance of condition; and that the es elusion of the colored people as a body from the elective franchise is incompatible with true democratic principles." I congratulate you on the fact that these principles, not then avowed by me fa: the first time, nor ever since abandoned or compromised, have been at length incorporated into the Con* stitution and made part of the supreme law of the land. Many, no doubt, would have been glad, as I should have been, if the great work consummated by the ratification of the fifteenth amendment could have been accomplished by tlie States through amendments of State Constitutions and through appropriate State legislation; but the delays and uncertainties, prejudical to every interest, inseparable from that mode of pro? ceeding seemed to necessitate the course actual? ly adopted. Nor does the amendment impair the real rights of any State. It haves the whole regulation of suffrage to the wt ble peo? ple of each State, suhjedt only, to the funda? mental laWj that the right of no citize i to vote shall be denied of abridged on account of color, race, or previous condition of servitude. It is to be hoped that each State Will so cor form its constitution and laWs to this fundamental law that no occasion may be given to legisiiation bjr Congress. But the best vindication of the wisdoift ^ found in the conduct of that large clots of tiu izens whom you represent On the ociasicn if) which I have referred, I ventured to nay that "the best way to insure the peaceful dwelling together of the 'different races is the cordial reciprocation of benefits, not the mutual inflic? tion of injuries;" and I cannot now pve you better counsel than I offered then i ''Go for? ward, having perfect faith in your n lahhocd and in God's providence, adding to your faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, patience; and to patience, temper? ance ; and to temperance, brotherly, kindness; and to brotherly kindness, charity."' Why not signalize your rejoicing in the rights secured under the fifteenth amendment, by urging upon Congress the prompt ,-emoval of all political disabilities imposes upon our fellow-citizens by the fourteenth amendment? so that, through universal suffrage and univer^ sal amnesty, peace, good will and prosperity may be established throughout our country. ' Every good man must rejoice in the progress which the colored citizens of the United States have in?de in education, in religious culture, and in the general improvement of their condi don. Every good man must earnestly desire their continued and accelerated progres i in the same direction. All public and all private in? terests will be promoted, by it, and it will insure^ at no distant day, cordial recognition cf their rights even from those of their feUownitizens who have most earnestly opposed them. NO man can now be found who. wotdd re? store slavery; a few years hence, if the colored men are wise, it will be impossible tr. find a man who will avow himself in favor defying or abridging their right to vote. ?: Very respectfully yours, B; P: CHiSE: --j m - - How MAttBf.tw abe MAite^Tne eriief pt?eS of the manufacture of'''marbles," those little' peices of stone which contribute so largely to the employment of "Young America;" .m at Oberstein, on the Nahe, in (&rm?ny, where' there are large agate nulls and quarries, the refuse of which is carefully turned to good paying account by being made into the small balls employed, by experts to knuckle with, which are mostly sent to the American market. The substance used, in Saxony is a hard oalca= rious stone, which is first broken into blocks', nearly square, by blows with a hammeri These are thrown by the one hundred of two hundred into a small sorf of mill, which is form id of a fiat, stationary slab of stone, with a" number of concentric furrows upon its' ffcee; A block of oak, of other hard wood, Of the same diam? etric size; is placed over, the stones and partly resting upon them. The small block of. wood is kept revolving while wdter flows upon the stone slab. In about fifteen minutes the stones are turned to spheres, and then, being fit for sale, are henceforth called ''marbles." -One establishment, containing only three of these mills, will-turn out fully sixty thousand "mar? bles" in each week. Agates are made into "marbles" at Oberstein by first clipping the pieces neatly round with a hammer, handled by a skilful workman, and then wearing down the edges upon the surface of a large grind-' atone; - ?:-?? ? .-?r A Note for. Sunday Reading.?The edl-' tor of a vigorous journal, says that m any able and good ministers destroy their usefulness by thd tediou'sness of their services. Their pulpit prayers, instead of being from two to five nan* utcs long, sometimes are fr?iri ten1 to thirty* The sermons are prefaced by longititrOtr?ctioili, and branch out into divisions nnd subdivisions, reminding ofie Of the beast with seven heads and ten horns. The suggestion may possibly be worthy of note in this section. ? "To the parent whose son dies in infancy^'1 says the Louisville Courier-Journal, "Hhere must be something peculiarly soothing in tire thought that no matter what may be the-?to of the child in the next world, it can sever be? come a member of a base-bail club- in this." ? A woman in Missouri hung, herself because her husband went to California. Next week a dozen more started, but then? wives wouldn't hang worth a cent, and the poor disconsolate devils have all returned: broken-hearted. ? A female lecturer said": "Get married;, young men, and be quick about it. Don't wait for the millennium, for the girls to become an> gels. Yo Aii look well beside an angel, wouldh' t you, you brutes ?"' ^ ? A Chinese cigar-maker, at San Francisco-, has gone to the insane asylum, through trying to keep the run of internal revenue decisione regSrdmg cigar stamps.