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JVntefltt fntetttgettm* THURSDAY H0R5J5G, APRIL 28, 1370. J.GRXTS FOR. THE INTELLIGENCER. Walxb*,' Ewora-a. Cosswkll, Charleston, 8. c Jobk T. Sloan, Jfc, Columbia, S. C. W. h. B. TODO,, General: Agent. -?- . S&r Senator Sawyeb wilT accept our thanks fbr recent Congressional favors. .-o TJnfortunate Accidekt.?We regret to learn, from the Charleston papers that-Mr. and Mis-D. H? STlcox met with a serious accident on last Friday, while riding out in Magnolia Cemetery. The horso attached to the buggy in which they were seated took fright at some ob? ject and ran away. Both occupants were thrown out and the buggy smashed to peices. Mr. Sn> eox. was thrown into a grave lot and had his leg broken. His wife was severely bruised by the fall. At last accounts, their injuries were not considered dangerous. The numerous friends of this estimable couple in our commu? nity, where they resided several years ago, will be pained to learn of this unfortunate acci? dent. _ - mi-? Officers to be Elected. We have had numerous enquiries as to what officers are to be elected by the people on the third Wednesday in October next, and although the time is distant, an enumeration of the places to be filled may prove interesting to the public generally. The citizens of Anderson are to elect a Senator and three Representatives in the Legislature. A new apportionment would have given us four Representatives, but the General Assembly failed to make the appor? tionment under the census-- of last year. The county officers to be chosen are the Probate Judge, three County Commissioners, and one School Commissioner. Besides, the office of Coroner is vacant. The above embraces all the offices to be filled by the people of Anderson trounty,-exclusively. The Clerk and Sheriff are elected again in 1872. A Solicitor of the Eighth Circuit and a member of Congress from the Third Congressional District will be voted for bj the citizens of Anderson, as likewise the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the State. The remaining officers of the Executive De? partment, elected by the people, serve four rears, and will not be chosen again until 1872 -* Greenville and Columbia Railroad. The report of the President and: Directors of this Road is published in to-day's issue. It shows an unusually prosperous condition of its affairs, and makes an interesting exhibit of its business and prospects. The gross earnings during the past year amounted to $400,105.50, an excess of $54,559.53 over any previous year of its existence. Its net earnings arc set down at $152,416.98, which exceed that of any year, except 1859, either before or since the war. The entire bonded, debt of the company is $1,682,083.97, the interest of which is promptly paid as it becomes due. The market value of the bonds has advanced 800 per cent, in the last two years. Altogether, the President and Directors are induced to believe that the Road i? likely to become an important artery in the commercial world, especially when the projec? ted lines of railway in this portion .of the State axe completed. ' The annual meeting of stockholders in this Road will be held hi Columbia to-day, and many .ocrsons from this vicinity have availed them? selves of an opportunity to visit the capital. Much interest is felt in this meeting, as it is expected that there will be some disclosures concerning the recent transfer of stock, and shout which many are anxious to be informed. Woman Suffrage. The proposition to enfranchise "the fairest -portion of creation" has been meeting with only indifferent success recently. The Indiana member who introduced the sixteenth amend? ment, giving suffrage to woman, has been de? feated?partly, as is understood, on that ac? count?in an effort to secure a renomination for Congress in his district. The Minnesota Leg? islature passed a woman's suffrage bill, but it met the veto of the Governor. The Hlinois State Convention, refusing to insert such a pro? vision in the constitution it is now framing, submits* the question of woman suffrage to a sep? arate vote. And, to cap the climax, the Mas? sachusetts Legislature has voted squarely down a proposition to amend the State Constitution hy giving the elective franchise to women, and this by a vote of 133 to 68 in the House. The advocates of this new dogma cannot be much encouraged by such a showing, especially by their failure to achieve success in the State represented by Sumner, Wilson and Butler. I We had thought that every fanaticism was to be cradled and nurtured in that enlightened part of creation, and it is really a matter of surprise that there is such a strong majority against making the experiment. Its friends will take courage, however, from the fact that universal manhood suffrage met with like op? position f* other days. -1-t^j*. The Immigration Convention.? The question of supplying the Southern country with a white population has occupied the minds of all interested in her welfare ever since the abolition, of slavery. So far, however, nothing practical has resulted from any effort at its so? lution.. In this State we have been especially unfortunate. The well-organized system es-, tablished by the Legislature of 1865, under the efficient management of Gen. John A. Wag zsnat, was completely upset, and all the pro? gress, it had already made rendered nugatory by the change of government; and the efforts of individuals and private societies have* been j restricted for want of means to a very narrow compass. At last, however, we have a brighter pros? pect. A convention is to l?e held in Charleston on the third of next month for the purpose of devising means to bring about the all to be de? sired influx of population from abroad. The , class of gentlemen whose aames are announced from the various districts of the State as dele? gates to the. convention, and the enlightened views in regard to this subject generally, which have recently been promulgated through the public prints, leads us to believe that this con? vention must result in great practical good, and that the era of white immigration to the South is about to dawn. The arfangem ?nts fbr the convention are an? nounced in detail in an advertisement which appears in another column. A Colored Man's View of the Fifteenth Amendment. We find ih^an exchange ;an extraordinary confession from one of tiie colored race. It is no less true, however, and we wish that the col? ored people could feel its force, for their aim benefit. The Maryyille (Tenn.) Republican, owned, edited and published by colored men, says "it will give thanks to nobody or party for blessings to the colored race secured by the Fif? teenth Amendment, save to God Almighty alone." This is the just and reasonable view all along held beforethecolored people by their late masters. The public speakers and writers of the South, truly representing the white peo? ple, have always contended chat the handi of Providence alone guided even ts resulting in the emancipation of this people from slavery, and their subsequent investiture with the rights and privileges of American citizens. The North, in waging war for the restoration of the Union, distinctly avowed its purpose not to intefere with slavery in the Southern States; and the solemn declarations of the Federal Congress, together with the more important overtures of President Lincoln in the proposed basis of settlement in 1864, never contemplated any disturbance of the relations existing between the two races. It was an afterthought, and as such enforced upon a prostrate people, whose power and influence to prevent it had forever gone. It was the finger of Providence direc? ting for wise purposes the release of an inferior race from slavery. But the glory of the achieve? ment was seized upon by reckless fanatics and demagogues, and for their own selfish ends these deluded people were subsequently made to pass beneath the yoke of Radicalism. Here again let us listen to this "man and brother" of the j Maryville Republican, who declares as an "un- j questionable fact" that the majority of "the colored people contemplated in that change of J the Constitution are as much slaves to-day, to the Radical party, as they ever were any kind of slaves in their lives before. With very few exceptions the Radicals would prefer a return to the old slave system at once unless the)' can be masters of the colored man's vote," while he recognized another fact, that "the Southern people, or so-called rebels, are, without excep? tion, thankful that this settled matter of slavery is dead forever," Is not every word of this undeniable truth ? The Radicals of this State, while charging in? timidation upon the white people, have illus? trated it on every occasion. In our own streets, during the elections held in 1868, it was posi? tively dangerous lor a colored man to vote the Democratic ticket Only a few showed pluck enough to go contrary to their Radical masters, and in nearly every instance they were made to suffer by taunts and jeers, if not actual blows, from the vast majority who were seeking to en? force the behests of their League rulers. But let us enquire as to their thraldom to-day. Every appeal from the white Radicals is 1o the prejudice of the colored voters, either in behalf of the political party which claims to be their deliverers or against the white people of the South. They would not have the colored voter to enquire as to the fitness or capacity of any proposed candidate. It is enough for him to know that the Radical party is represented, and it is rank treason to cast a ballot independent of that party. The chief strength and support I of the office-holders is this mighty grasp upon J their deluded followers, and they knotv full well that the exercise of independence and un-r restrained freedom will bring about a change of rulers. Hence their efforts to impress the ne? groes with their importance and value in a political point of view, and the unreliability of any professions made by their white neighbors. We are convinced that time and individual ex? ertion will satisfy the colored race as to the baneful -efleetB of their present slavery. Alien? ation and distrust of their former masters can not be perpetuated, even through the agencies I of oath-bound organizations and party intimi? dation. The day is coming when the large ma? jority will appreciate the galling chains of their subserviency to the Radical white leader, and when their eyes will be opened to the selfish in- j trigues of the men who have grown rich by their \ countenance and support. This awakening has its terrors for the carpet-bagger and scalawag, and they would postpone the evil day until their opulence and ill-gotten gain would make them independent of thecolored voter, and they would no longer feel the necessity of pan? dering to his prejudices or appealing to his blind infatuation for the Radical party. It is an imperative duty upon the white people of the South to expose the base pretensions of ad? venturers and recreant natives, and in the most effective manner show to the colored people the nature of this political slavery under which they are yet governed. The instance cited in this article proves that "truth crushed to earth will rise again," and we would ask our readers I to improve the opportunity given by this exam? ple to illustrate the subject in all of its bear? ings. --4? The Iron-Clad Oath to be Dispensed with.?We are gratified to know that the man)' difficulties which have environed the respecta? ble white people of the South, in regard to selec? ting suitable Representatives in Congress es? pecially, are at last in a fair way to be solved, j The credit of such a solution is due to Hon. F. A. Sawyer, Senator from this State, who has introduced a measure to accomplish so desirable an end. He will be justly esteemed for his moderation and fairness in this matter, and as a Republican his conduct contrasts favorably with his allies in this State. We copy from the Republican: On the 29th of March Senator Sawyer in ' troduced a bill which provided that any person 1 not eligible under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, who shall be elected or ap? pointed to any office, and who cannot take the oath prescribed on account of participation in the rebellion, may take the oath prescribed by law of July 11,1868, for members of Congress who cannot take the "iron-clad." This bill passed the Senate on Friday last without objection. The House, in its present temper, may be ex peeted to pass it. Mr. Sawyer's bill enables any citizen not still remaining under disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment to take Federal office. It practically relieves in the entire South prob? ably five hundred thousand persons. -<> B&* The May number of the Old Guard con? tains the usual amount of interesting reading matter. Van Evrie, Horton & Co., New York. ? Official advices confirm the death of Lo? pez, the President of Paraguay, a sketch of whose b'fe appears in this issue. Pass Him Abound.?Our exchanges in this and neighboring States will oblige us by in? serting the annexed description of a man call? ing himself Wm. E. Habeis, hailing from Maryland, in. the vicinity of Frederick City, and who has been guilty of obtaining money under false pretences in this community. He is an accomplished imposter, and we would guard the public against bim: Said Habeis is ahmt fifty years of age, five feet ten or eleven inches high, weighs about 215 pounds, fair complexion, and blue eyes. He has a small red mole under his left eye, and a small round scar on his left temple. When excited, he has j a peculiar motion of the head, as if slightly palsied, and this is also observable in his hands under similar circumstances. He has the ap? pearance of a frank, honest character, and is well calculated to deceive the public in any ca? pacity. -o New Advertisements.?The firm of Ben? nett & Keese has been dissolved by mutual consent. The business will be continued by Dr. Bennett at the old stand. Farmers in want of genuine Peeler cotton seed, at a moderate price, can be accommodated at the store of P. K. McCully, north side of the public square. Those in arrears for State and County taxes will read the advertisement of the County Treasurer. The firm of Keese & King has been dis? solved by mutual consent. TowEBS & White offer Chester White pigs for sale. A novel plan to prevent any further decline in cotton is pleasantly suggested by Messrs. N. K. & J. P. Sullivan, whose recent pur? chases are constantly arriving at their popular store, r They are offering extra inducements to buyers, and would be glad to entertain their friends with an explanation as to the quality and prices of their goods. -<s> Washington News and Gossip. We make the following extracts from the Washington correspondence of the New York World: Washington, April 20. The right triumphed in the House to-day, and although it was not as complete a victory as the Democratic side could have wished, it was substantial enough to strike down carpet bagism and repudiate the frauds it has so long imposed upon the House in the shape of minori? ty repesentation. The case of General J. Hale Sypher, who pretended to hav? been elected from the First Louisiana District, came up for a final vote, and it was decided to admit him by a vote of 78 yeas to 74 nays. At this point, just as Sypher was going up to take the oath, Mr. Brooks arose and said he objected to Sypher taking his seat, because he was a Pennsylvanian and a bargain had been made to admit him to secure his vote for. the iron interests of that State. This fell like a thunderclap on the Western free-trade Republicans, and, while the Democrats secured the necessary delay by get? ting up a protest against Sypher's admission, Mr. Moore, a Republican member from Illinois, moved a reconsideration, which was carried? 85 to 79?but not till the Radicals had been beaten by several preliminary motions. Then they made another effort to admit him and it was lost. By this time there was great excite? ment throughout the hall. The Ohio Legisla? ture was on the floor, interested spectators of the sceue. Every vote the opposition gained ground. Fitch (Radical, of iSevada) then of? fered a substitute declaring that there had been no valid election in Louisiana and sending the whole case back to the people for.' a new elec? tion. Sypher's friends, rather than submit to this, failed to table the whole thing, and then the resolution was adopted 100 to 69. This re? sult will throw out three more Louisiana carpet? baggers. The wrath of Job Stevenson, of Ohio, knew no bounds at this defeat of his pet report. He grew white in the face, denounced Demo? crats, assailed the Republicans who voted with I them, and, altogether made such an exhibition of his temper that he was hailed with shouts of j derisive laughter. Half a dozen personal ex? planations followed over the political coalition that defeated carpet-bagism. There was no opposition made in the House to-day to the reference of the Georgia bill to the Reconstruction Committee. Mr. Bingham's amendment was also referred, and several members-gave notice of other amendments. It is quite possible that Butler will be able to in? duce his fellow Radicals on the committee to agree to some modifications of the Senate amendments, but the action of the House will, probably, be different. Mr. Edmunds thinks that the Senate amendments will be concurred in by a majority of House Republicans. The House Democrats say they will not vote for the bill in its present shape; and it is possible that if it is reported in that shape, they will abstain from voting, as did their colleagues in the Sen? ate. On the whole, it is now clear that there is a large majority against Bullock and his gang in both branches. Their defeat in -the Senate was unexpectedly crushing. Much of it was due to the skilful engineering of Mr. Pomeroy, who developed an unexpected shrewdness. Washington, April 21. The Georgia question has met with tempor? ?r}' postponement. General Butler, the Chair? man of the Reconstruction Committee, left town to-night to be gone several days, and the committee will not take up the Senate bill till he returns. It has been said that the Republi? cans of the House will generally support the military bill as it came back to them ; but that this is not true may be judged from the fact that three prominent Radical members have prepared substitutes, all of which agree in one feature, namely, that Georgia shall be admitted to representation at once in Congress. One of these (Mr. Ingcrsoll's substitute) proposes that the government of the State shall cease to be re ?arded as provisional, and that an election for enators and Representatives in the Legislature thereof, as prescribed by the constitution of the State, shall be held in November next, or such other day during the present year as the exis? ting Legislature may appoint. The substitute offered by General Logan proposes that an elec? tion shall be held in Georgia m 1870 for mem? bers of the General Assembly, as provided for in the constitution of the State adopted by its convention March 11,1868, at which election all persons who by said constitution are electors shall be entitled to vote. Then comes the proposition of Mr. Cessna, which proposes to I admit the State at once, but to continue the present LegiBlature in power till November. It further provides whenever it shall appear to the President, from an application by the Legisla? ture of any State, or by the Governor of such State when the Legislature cannot be convened, that domestic violence prevails in any city, county, or municipal organization in such State that cannot be suppressed by the local authorities, it shall be the duty of the President to suppress the same, and for that purpose he is authorized to employ the military force of the United States and any portion of the militia of any State he may deem necessary, and to exer? cise all such powers and inflict such punish? ment as may, by the laws or the rules and ar? ticles of war, be exercised or inflicted in case of insurrection or invasion. These bills all differ from the Senate bill, for they propose to admit the State at once, and do not remand her to the condition of a military province. Notwithstanding the denials of Bullock and of others that the investigation of the Judiciary Committee have led to any important results, there is authority for the statement that the evidence when published will be very damng ing to the Bullock branch of the Georgia Radi? cals. It is said there is evidence which leaves no sort of doubt that Bullock's friends were ready to put up $10,000 in order to get Mr. Carpenter's vote for their scheme of prolonging the term of the Georgia Legislature, but Mr. Carpenter, of course, repelled the suggestion. Mr. Edmunds, who moved in this matter, is not apt to go off half-cocked. It has been observed that for several days past Bullock has been hardly seen in the Senate at all, so that Ed? mund's resolution of inquiry has done some good already. - Congressonal Proceedings. Washington, April 25. In the Senate, a Committee of Conference has been appointed on the non-concurrence of the two houses on the income tax. A special to the Baltimore Sun, says "letters and telegrams have been received here from Georgia, which uniformly state that the people prefer the Senate bill and military rule under it, till next December, rather than have the Bullock administration perpetuated another year." The President, however, again expre? ed himself yesterday to members of Congress against the Senate bill, in such strong terms, that there is a bare possibility, that it it were enacted into a law, he would veto it. He said that the Senate bill postponed reconstruction, which he was anxious to see closed up by the admission of Georgia to representation in Con? gress. While-he indicated no special plan, his views seemed to meet those proposed in the Igersoll bill, which admits the State to repre? sentation now and provides for the election of a new Legislature in Georgia in November next. Ex-Confederates Thomas Rhett, of Charles? ton, and George Picket*, of Virginia, are in New York, en route for the Egyptian service. Rhett has been sworn in as a Brigadier-General, by the Pacha's recruiting officers. Confederate Generals Loring and Sibley are already there. The Federal General Stone, who was unfortu? nate at Ball's Bluff, is also among the Pacha's recruits. After holding court in Richmond, Judge Chase leaves for Europe, in search of health. The Howard investigation is still confined to the church trouble. The bill which passed the House, giving the Sisters of Mercy, of Charleston, $25,000, to re? build their asylum, was reported to the Senate without amendment. The Judiciary Committee of the Senate re? ported as a substitute for all propositions on the subject, a bill to enforce the fifteenth amend? ment, setting forth that all citizens of the United States, otherwise qualified by law to vote in any State, Territory, District, etc., shall be entitled to vote" at all such elections, without distinction of race, color or previous condition of servitude, any law, custom, usage or regula? tion of any State or Territory, to the contrary notwithstanding; also, that if the laws of any State or Territory shall require any act to be done as a prerequisite to voting, it shall be the duty of the officers of the law in said State or Territory, to give equal opportunity to all citi? zens of the United States to perform such pre? requisite ; and any such official failing so to do, shall forfeit and pay $500 to the person ag? grieved thereby, to be recovered by an action at law; and in case of conviction shall also be fined not less than $500, and imprisoned from one month to one year; the offer of any citi? zen from whom such prerequisite is refused, shall be deemed a forfeiture in law of such act, if. such act fail to be carried into execution by reason of the wrongful act or omission of the said officer charged with the duty of receiving such performance of offer. The same penalties are prescribed against any person who shall hinder, or attempt to prevent any citizen from performing such prerequisite. Persons de grived of any office, except that of member of bngress or State Legislature, by reason of a violation of the foregoing provisions, may re? cover possession through the United States Courts, which arc given concurrent jurisdiction in all such cases. The United States District Courts shall have, exclusively of the State Courts, cognizance of all crimes and offences against the provisions of this Act, and all the officers of tho Uuited States Courts are re? quired, under a penalty of $1,000, to institute and enforce proceedings thereunder; and the President is authorized to employ the land and naval forces, or the militia, to enforce its exe? cution. Dockery, of North Carolina, offered a resolu? tion, declaring that the honor and good faith of the Government is pledged to the payment of all claims of loyal people in the South, who had property taken by the army, navy or Gov? ernment during the war. Objection was made, and the resolution was not entertained ; subse? quently, Mr. Booker, of Virginia, offered the same resolution, and the House again, by a vote of 69 to 90, refused to second the demand for the previous question and allow it to be en? tertained. Several hours were consumed hear? ing excuses of members absent on Friday even? ing, when the House was called and the tariff resumed. Burdett, from the Eleceion Committee, re girtedin the election case from the Fourth istrict of Louisiana, that Michael Ryan is not entitled to the seat, and that J. P. Newsham should be seated. ? Delicate females take Golden Eagle Bit? ters. It is a pleasant cordial. -o Fearful Railroad Accident.--The Sa? vannah Republican, of Saturdav, learns from dispatches received in that city from Jessup, a station on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad on Friday night, that a serious accident oc? curred on that day to the excursion train on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, by which four or five persons were killed outright, and a number more or less seriously injured. It appears that an excursion party was made up at Quitman, Valdosta and other places on the line of road, for a visit to Brunswick. The train left Quitman Friday morning, and pro? ceeded on its way without accident until it reached a point sixteen miles from Brunswick, when, in crossing a trestle, the cribbing gave way and precipitated the cars containing the ex? cursionists a considerable distance to the swamp below. A telegram states that four or five per? sons were killed outright and several others seriously wounded. No names or further par? ticulars are given. A special train, with medi? cal and other aid, was dispatched from Savan? nah to the scene of disaster late Friday night. It is understood that many ladies were on board the excursion train. ? All good looking men sell the Golden Ea? gle Bitters. -o The Blue Ridge Railroad.?Colonel Steers, the contractor, has already commenced work on Dick's Creek Tunnel, in Rabun Coun? ty, Ga., a few miles above Walhalla. The Knoxville Whig has the following in reference to this great enterprise: Colonel Thomas Steers, of the Blue Ridge Railroad, a gentleman well known in this city, is stopping at the Lamar House. The Colonel is the contractor for the building of the railroad from Walhalla, S. C, its South? ern terminus, to the North Carolina line. The contract calls for the completion of the line in two years, and the well established business talent and enterprise of Colonel Steers is suffi? cient assurance and guarantee that its stipula? tions will be completely and faithfully com? plied with. We feel justified in predicting that the whole line from Ifuoxville to Walhalla will be constructed and in full operation in three years from this time. The importance of this road, forming, as it docs, a link in the great trunk line from Cincinnati and Louisville to Charleston, and the Southern Atlantic sea? board, cannot be overestimated. ? If you must have a beverage, use Dr. Tutt's Golden Eagle Bitters. They are healthy and invigorating. ITEMS-EDITOEIAL AND OTHEEWISE. ? The Louisiana State Fair was successfully opened on Saturday. -.. ? It is stated that the Pacha of Egypt has offered a commission to Gen. Beauregard. - ? A colored voter, only a hundred years old, was registered at San Francisco the other day. ? The War Department has threatening ad? vices from the Indian country. ? The Charleston hotels are making prepa? rations for a large crowd of visitors next week. ? The First Battallion of Infantry has been organized in Charleston, with colored officers. ? Minister Burlingame was buried at Boa ton on last Saturday with imposing Masonic and civic ceremonies. ? The Ohio Legislature visited Washington city last week. It called on the President, but no speeches were made. ? The Newberry Herald well says that prac? tical, scientific and agricultural enlightenment is what our people want now. ? The Democratic members of the Ohio As? sembly have published a protest against the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. ? A duel with rapiers was fought at New Orleans on Saturday. One of the combatants was slightly wounded. ? The Supreme Court of the United States is applauded by the London Post for its refusal to reopen the legal tender cases. ? Last week the bodies of twenty-seven Confederate soldiers from South Carolina were disinterred at Arlington and transferred to Bichmond. ? President Grant has expressed his inten? tion of extending his travels to California next summer, and he will make also a grand tour of the Western cities. ? The Galveston News says "the health of the city is uninterrupted with the exception of a temporary falling off in commercial transac? tions." ? The citizens of York are to hold a county meeting on next saleday to discuss the proprie? ty of raising the sum of $100,000 by taxation, as a subscription to the Air Line Railroad. ? Captain James R. Wheeler, an officer of the Kearsage when she sunk the Alabama, and recently United States Consul at Kingston, Ja? maica, died on the 8th instant. ? The colored people of Augusta, Georgia, changed the day for celebrating the ratification of the fifteenth amendment, so as not to con? flict with the sacred memorial ceremonies in honor of the Confederate dead. ? The smallpox which has been raging so extensively in Arizona, has subsided. The ex? citement of the new silver mines in New Mex? ico is spreading throughout the Territory of Arizona. ? Mrs. Abraham Lincoln has written a' let? ter from Germany to President Grant, inqui? ring why Congress has delayed in granting her a pension. She says she is not in good health and needs money. ? Prof. James S. Henderson, after an ab? sence of more than a year in Missouri, has re? turned to this State, and assumed his position as principal of the Cedar Springs Asylum for the blind. ? The handsome mansion belonging to the estate of the late George Steele, of Yorkville, was entirely destroyed by fire on Thursday last. Furniture saved, but no insurance on the building. Loss estimated at from $10,000 to $12,000. ? A London dispatch says that a rumor was circulating that President Grant proposed to visit Europe, and it is reported that prepa? rations were commenced in St. Petersburg for his reception before the rumor was pronounced false. ? A resolution has been adopted in the Mis? sissippi Legislature to appoint a joint committee to prepare an address to the Governor asking the removal, from office arid the impeachment of Judge Shackelford for releasing Yerger on bail. ? Snow fell on Sunday, the 17th instant, along the line of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, as far East as Christiansburg, to the depth of six inches. The mountains near Lynchburg were also covered with snow on Monday morning. ? A. B. Caraway, Judge of the County Court of Calhoun county, Florida, left home for Tallahassee on the morning of the 13th instant, and was murdered before he got a mile from his house. Luke Lott, a citizen of the same county, was arrested on suspicion. The Orangeburg News announces that the citizens of Orangeburg, without regard to par? ty, race or color, will meet in convention on saleday in June to appoint delegates to the anti-radical convention which meets in (Colum? bia on the 15th of June next. ? We learn that a telegram has been re? ceived from Frankfort, Germany, announcing that the Port Royal Railroad Company has just negotiated a loan of $2,000,000 at 73} cents. This will be sufficient, it is said, to complete the road. ? A number of families in Philadelphia have been poisoned by eating cheese, bought from a cart. The carter had been engaged by a warehouse firm to haul it away and bury it. Instead of doing this, he peddled it about at cheap rates. No deaths occurred. Gen. Logan said recently in the House of Representatives: "It is an utter impossibility for any set of politicians on earth to make their records consistent, and they have no busi? ness to try it." Logan ought "to know, as he has been terribly inconsistent. Mrs. Catharine Marsh, residing in Balti? more, killed her four young children by cut? ting their throats, and cut ner mother in such a manner that but slight hopes are entertained for her recovery. The woman was declared to be a raving maniac. H. T. Peake, Esq., has resigned his posi? tion as Superintendent of the South Carolina Railroad Company, which he has held, we be? lieve, for fourteen or fifteen years past. He has been all his life in the railroad employ, and was for some years in the service of the Green? ville and Columbia Railroad Company. ? The President has nominated General Adam Badeau for Consul at London, to succeed the Hon. Freeman H. Morse, of Maine, for? merly a member of Congress from that State, and a gentleman of much ability. General Badeau was for a long time upon Grant's staff, and is the author of a history of the life and military career of Grant. ? The surviving officers of the staff of Stone? wall Jackson publish an appeal to the officers and soldiers of the second corps of the Army of Northern Virginia to aid them in procuring a suitable monument to be placed over the re? mains of the General, at Lexington. Virginia. The amount contributed to that end before the war terminated was lost in 1865. ? The Chicago Tribune thinks that wheat, the great staple of the Northwest, can scarcely get much lower. "Farmers, in their present preparations for planting, will probably turn their attention more to other grains, and it is hardly probable that this, as well as all other wheat producing regions, will have as abundant a crop this year as during the last two." ? General Albert Rust, of Arkansas, a mem? ber of Congress from that State from 1855 to 1859, and during the war a Brigadier General in the Confederate service, is dead. He was a Virginian by birth. It will be remembered that he once resented an abusive criticism upon him in the Tribune by beating Mr. Horace Greeley with a stick in the streets of Washing? ton. ? Albert S. Joslyn, who was sentenced last October to imprisonment for life, for rape on i an old lady in Lexington, Mass., and subse? quently declared insane and removed to the asylum at Worcester, made his escape from that place several weeks since. On Wednesday he was discovered in North Wobum. He fired a pistol at the officers sent to arrest him, when he was shot by one of them and instantly kill? ed. ? Dr. Tutt's Golden Eagle Bitters fa the best tonic ever invented. A Radical Judge on the Rampage.?Tb* Wilmington Journal gives the following ac? count of a curious proceeding, by which a law? yer was fined one hundred dollars for calling a colored man by his "first, name. Judge Cant well is said to be a native of Charleston: One of the most extraordinary event* in tho history of ourNorih.Caro?na courts (now, alas, so sadly changed from'those.of the past) oc? curred in the Speciai Court of iirift^cfty yester? day. The case of a white man, by the name of Charles Posner, was on trial, Mr. John L. Holmes, one of the members of our buy ap? pearing as counsel for the defendant, when Anthony Howe, a coal black negro, and who rejoices in the dignity of an Alderman of the city, was called to the stand, and wanted to be called "Mister" by the. counsel, who for long yean, has known him but as "Anthony." The following is the record of the singular proesedr ings as directed by the court: Y<In this case, Anthony Howe, Esq., was call? ed as a witness to testify to the character of the complainant Mr. Holmes, counsel for the de? fendant, addressed Mr. Howe as 'Anthony.' The witness said he did not object to bo so styled, but objected to the tone and manner in which he was so addressed. The court ruled that the witness had a right to demand that he should be addressed in a proper manner, sod with respect, and not. with familiarity, where? upon counsel refused to be governed by the de? cision of the court in this matter, and it was ordered that a fine of ten dollars be entered against Mr. Holmes for contempt of court, for refusing to obey, this order and take-bis seat when directed to do so. "Mr. Holmes again peremptorily refused to obey .the order of the court touching the treat? ment of the witness under examination, and in? sisted on the right to cross-examine without complying with the order of the court to address him, otherwise than by his first name, 'Antho? ny/ after objection made and sustained to that style of address on the part of the witness, and the same order had been extended to the other counsel, upon which it was ordered that the fine be twenty dollars against Mr. John L. Holmes for contempt of covrt The witness at this point was discharged by the court, the attorney, Holmes, adding, 'Stand aside, Anthony/ in the hearing of the court, and in contempt of its de? cision and aurhority, and it was then ordered that the fine be one hundred dollars ($100) against Mr. Holmes, and the particulars he re? corded." / For the benefit of strangers, who do not know the parties, it may be well to add that this Judge Cantwell, the presiding officer of this court, is the man who worefhtr first seces? sion cockade in Raleigh, and was afterward* Confederate Military Governor of Norfolk: His action yesterday can but be viewed as an indignity to the Whole bar, a direct attack upon the profession through one of its members, which no doubt the members of the bar will properly resent. It may not be amiss to state that we hear the court directed Mr. Holmes to address the witness either as "Mr." Howe or 'Alderman" Howe. On Saturday Mr. Holmes appeared in court, when his honor suggested that an answer bo filed by the defendant purging himself of the alleged contempt. This was declined, and after further discussion, Mr. Holmes paid the fine, which amounted altogether to $106.25. -??? Return to Barbarism.?While under the preaching of bad men from the North, the ne? groes are rapidly lapsing into heathenism, there is some evidence that many of the white race are tending to barbarism. It has not been long since a great cock fight was announced in Augusta, in which the representative sports? men (as they are called) of at least four States, were deeply interested, and at Columbia, the other day, another of these barbarous exhibi? tions took place in presence of a tremendous crowd of interested spectators. Whether money is so plentiful that men can devise no other way to get rid of it than by betting on game chickens, or whether the exhibition of cruelly is so attractive that they cannot resist the temp? tation to provide the entertainment for their own gratification, though two old roosters.with gaffs on their spurs should be actors in the tragedy, we do not know. We feel sure, how? ever, that it indicates a poor standard of moral? ity and a disgusting taste. The next leap down the descent to barbar? ism, will put us in the bull pen, and then we arc ready to revive all the abominable prac? tices of the dark ages, and the sport* of savage nations.?Cher aw Democrat. ? If you want strength and a good appetite, use Dr. Tutt's Golden Eagle Bitters. THE MARKETS. Anderson, April 27, 1870. Very Uttle Cotton offered during the week ending to-day. Middlings command 20]^ cents. Chxrlrstox, April 23. Cotton quiet-middling 22 to 22}? New Yoke, April 25. Cotton firm?middling 23>? Gold, 13%. MASONIC DIRECTORY. #5-,Burning Bosh Chapter, No. 7, B. A IL, meets at Anderson C H on the first Monday nigh', in ever/ month, at 7^ o'clock. E. FRANKLIN, Secretary. 45" Hiram Lodge, No. 68, A F. 3L, meets at Andersoa C. H. on the second Monday night in every month, at 7H o'clock. - E. FRANKLIN, Secretary. 49- Pendleton Lodge, No. 34, A. F. M.. meets at Pendle? ton on the Saturday on or before the full moon In. cmIi month, at 3 o'clock p. m. W. H. D. GAILLARD, Secretary. 49* Living Arch Chapter, No. 21, R. A. M., meets at Pea dlcton on the Saturday on or before the full moon In each month, at 7 o'clock p.m. M. L. SHARPE, Secretary. 49- Willia-mston Lodge, No. 24, A. F. M., meets at Wil 1 iamsi.on on the Thursday on or after the full moon in each month, at 10 o'clock a. m. J. B. WILSON, Secretary. 49* Belton Lodge, No. 130, A F. M., meets at Itehoa on the Thursday on or before the full moon m each month, at 10 o'clock a. m. W. O. ALEXANDER, Secretary. 45- Hcrnion Lodge, No. 106, A. F. Mn meets at Mflfoxd'i on the first Saturday in every month, at 10.o'clock a. m. G. W. BELCHER, Secretary. LATEST QUOTATIONS OF SOUTHERN SECURITIES, IN CHARLESTON, S. C, Corrected Weekly by A. C. KAUFMAIC, Broker, No. 25 Broad Street, APRIL 22, 187?, Stats SEcrttrrrEs.?South Carolina, old, 85 to ?; d? new, 79 to ?; do, registered stock, cx in t so. . City ? ecu rities.?Augusta, Ga., Bonds, ? to 84jjCharles? ton, S. C, Stock, ex-dlv.. ? to 57; do. Fire Loan Bonds. ? to 76; Columbia, S. C, Bonds, ? to 70. Railroad Bonds.?Blue Ridge, (first mortgage,) ? to 65 ? Charleston and Savannah, ? to 70; Charlotte, Colombia and Augusta, ? to 87; Che raw and Darlington, ? to 86 Green ville and Columbia, (first mortgage,) ? to 80- do! (State guarantee,).?to 69; Northeastern, ? to 88; Savan I nah and Charleston, (first mortgage,) ? to 80; do, (State guarantee,) ? to 75; South Carolina, ? to 80; do, 72; Spas tanburgand Union, ? to 59. v*?*^ Railroad Stocks.?Charlotte, Columbia andtAuinotav ? to 50; GreenvUle and Columbia, ? to 2: Northeaster* 9 to j Savannah and Charleston, ? to 33; South Carolina, (whole shares,) ? to 45; do, (balfsharcs,) ? to 22. itBffiJ&R lork Sight- * south carolina bank bzjllv ?Bank of Charleston. ?Bank of Newberry...i..,. Bank of Camden. Bank of Geon-elaj-n....? Bank of South Carolina.?.,.,?*;;;,. 5@?. Bank of Chester.?.?.^ 5@? Bank of llomlwrg.-.??.?.? 2<a? Banl: of State S. C., prior to 186?._....... ? Banl: of State of S. C., issue 1861 and 1862. ?Planters' and Mechanics' Bank of Clmrterton.....*, ?Peoples's Bank of Charleston.~....~....??.?..M*?." ?Union Bank of Charleston............-rn'i.',.,V,L-ij ?Southwestern Railroad-Bank of Charleston,fCWSE ?Southwestern Railroad Bank of Charleston (newT* State Bank of Charleston_~..'.,...77 Farmers' and Exchange Bank of Charleston!^.".' ** Exchange Bank of Columbia......... v_.M> "'."".""" Commercial Bank of Columbia.,'"|7."*'" Merchants' Bank at Cheraw...r... . Planters' Bank of Fairfield.,...?.?."~;' State of South Carolina Bills Receivable""" ?, City of C^kstoa Change Bills.'^v^Z^^m. '<l^lti^mm^vi^ -t tb-Btak Jan 13,1870 w