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An Independent Family Journal?Deyoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. HOYT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON C. H., S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1870. VOLUM? 5--NO. 62. From the Columbia Guardian. PROCEEDINGS OF THE REFORM CONTEN? TION. Agreeably to notice previously given, the Convention assembled in the ball of the Co? lumbia Hotel at 8 o'clock p. m., "Wednesday. Col. T. Y. Simons, of Charleston, was called to the chair, and Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell, lind W. G. Rout, of Charleston, requested to act as Secretaries. Col. Simons, upon taking the chair, address? ed the meeting in an appropriate and stirring speech. The Secretary then called Hie roll of the Counties, when delegates from twenty counties imswered to the call. Upon motion, a committee of one from each County was appointed to nominate permanent officers for the Convention. The committee reported as follows: For President?W. M.Shannon, of Kershaw. For Vice Presidents?J. P. Kiiiard, J. P. Means, F. B. McBee, B. J. Witherspoon, J. E. Byrd, A. Mclchers, Jas. Kennedy, Henry Barnes, Moses Benson, M. Cochran, M. Cald well, J. Gibson. For Secretaries?Robert Aldrich and W. G. Rout. The report of the committee was unanimous? ly adopted, and a committee of three appoint? ed to conduct Col. Shannon to the chair. Col. Shannon thanked the meeting, in fitting terms, for the honor conferred upon him, and delivered a fervent and touching appeal to all good citizens to rally to the rescue of our dear old mother, South Carolina, in this her hour of greatest need. At the conclusion of the President's address, the meeting proceeded to business. On motion of Gen. M. C. Butler, it was re? solved that a committee of seven be appointed tc draft a platform for the convention. The following gentlemen were appointed : M. C. Butler, E. 8. Keitt, G. L. Buist, J. B. Kershaw, Milton Sims, Thos. Grezorv, J. B. McCants. The following gentlemen were appointed a committee on resolutions : E. W. Seibles, J. P. Thomas, J. D. Kennedy, F. W. Dawson, C. S. Bryce, A. A. Harper, J. O. Crosby. The following gentlemen were appointed a committee to determine the manner in which the votes of the respective counties shall be cast: W. T. Garv, J. M. Davis, W. E. Mar? shall, E. F. Malloy, R. P. Todd, Jonas Bvrd, B. J. Witherspoon, J. A. Hoyt, S. P. Burb?ge. Gen. J. B. Kershaw read a paper referring to the business of the Convention. Referred^ to the committee on platform. Col. J. P. Thomas submitted and read a let? ter from Gen. John A. Wagener, addressed to the Convention, which was also referred to the committee on platform. Col. Ellison S. Keitt then road a communi? cation to the Convention, which was referred to the committee on platform. On motion of Gen. M. C. Butler, the meet? ing adjourned till 10 o'clock Thursday. second day's rr.ocnuwxc?:. On account of the inconvenience attending the use of the hall in the Columbia Hotel, the convention met in Carolina Hull at 10 a. m. yes? terday, President Shannon in the chair. On motion of Mr. Kinloch, of Charleston, the Secretary was directed to call the roll of counties alphabetically, and the delegates were seated in accordance therewith. On motion of Ailr. O'Neill, of Charleston, the Vice Presidents occupied their proper places. Mr. Butler, of Edgefield, for the Committee on Platform, recommended that the letter of General John A. Wagner, of Charleston, be printed with the proceedings of the convention, and that it be laid upon the table lor the pres? ent. Agreed to. Mr. Siebels, of Bichland, for the Committee on Resolutions, reported that "the committee had nothing before them for consideration. Mr. Gary, of Edgefield, for the committee on the manner of taking votes, recommended that all votes be taken civa vote, unless seven mem l>ers object and call for a vote by counties, in which case each county shall cast the number of votes equal to its number of representatives in both branches of the General Assembly, and that the Chairman shall declare the vote of his delegation. Agreed to. On motion, Secretary Aldrich read the pro? ceedings of yesterday's meeting. Mr. Butler, of Edgefield, for the Committee on Platform, reported as follows : The Committee on Platform beg leave to submit the following report: This convention, representing citizens of South Carolina, irrespective of party, assem? bled to organize the good people of the State in an effort to reform the present incompetent, extravagant, prejudiced and corrupt adminis? tration of the Stale government, and to estab? lish instead thereof just and equal laws, order and harmony, economy in public expenditures, a strict accountability of otlice holders, and the election to office only of men of known honesty and integrity, doth declare and announce the following principles upon which men of all parties may unite for the purposes aforesaid : 1. The fifteenth amendment of the constitu? tion of the United States having been, by the proper authorities, proclaimed ratified by the requisite number of States, and having been re? ceived and acquiesced in as law in all the States of the Union, ought to be fairly administered and faithfully obeyed as fundamental law. 2. The vast changes in our system of govern? ment wronght by the international war between the two sections of the United States, and fol- , lowing in its train, arc so far incorporated into the constitutions and laws of the States and of the United States as to require that they be regarded accomplished facts, having the force and obligation of law. 3. This solemn and complete recognition of the existing laws brings the people of South Carolina into entire harmony upon all ques? tions of civil and political rights, and should unite all honest men in an earnest and deter? mined effort to establish a just, equal and faith? ful administration of the government, in tho interest of no class or clique, but for the bene? fit of a united people. The committee also recommend the adoption of the following resolution : Resolved, That this organization be known as the Union Reform Party of South Carolina. Respectfully submitted. M. C. Butler, Chairman. On motion of Mr. Elli son S. Keitt, the re? port of the Committee on Platform was taken up for discussion. Mr. Keitt then delivered a spirited harangue, endorsing in full the principles set forth in the platform as reported, but claiming that they were not sufficiently broad and comprehensive ; that they had reference only to the past, and were in their nature applicable to only our own State. Mr. J. B. Kershaw arose, at the close of Mr. Keitt's remarks, and delivered a most able, in? teresting and eloquent speech in support and in explanation of the principles set forth in the platform. The work before the people of South Carolina?to harmonize and bring about a proper feeling between the two races, in order to rid the State of its present oppressive rule? was no child's play. We were two people? here in the State, of the same interests, one in senti? ment and feeling, but upon political matters alone an antagonism hau been brought about by the artful insinuations of men who are aliens to South Carolina; between Esau and Jacob, they had sown the seeds of discord to advance their own infamous private ends. Every effort at reconciliation is by them held up to the col? ored people as nothing but a serpent in dis? guise. Therefore, there is needed an open, frank and distinct declaration on the part of the white citizens to convince our colored brethren of our sincerity and our honest inten? tion to secure to them their rights while we bat? tle for our own. In framing the platform, the convention must also carefully guard against miconception on the part of the white people of the State, and not offer an insult to the sen? timents of the old sons of the soil. Mr. Kershaw was repeatedly and enthusiasti? cally cheered throughout the course of his speech. Mr. Keitt then arose again, in order to de? velop more fully the views previously advanc? ed by him. At the conclusion of Mr. Ke: tt's remarks, Mr. M. C. Butler arose, and for more than an hour held the convention spellbound as he dwelt up? on the responsibilities of the hour, the oppres? sion of our people, the bitter, malignant and partisan spirit of the present State government, their injuries to the whites, their utter faithless? ness to the blacks, and the glorious hope of a better day promised by the great movement for reform. From time to time Mr. Butler attempted to close his speech?but the vociferous and uni? versal cry of "Go on I" "Go on !" impelled him to continue, until physical exhaustion com? pelled him to desist. Mr. Jonas Byrd, a colored delegate from Charleston, then rose and addressed the meet? ing. Fellow-citizens, he said, if we had linked our destinies together from the first, as we now purpose to do ; if the black people of South Carolina and the white people had ur.ited in the interest of a common State, and with friend? ly trust and confidence undertaken the man? agement of public aflairs, South Carolina would not to-day be in the wretched condition she is. But I am not one to repine. If the gentlemen of South Carolina say to my race they arc: will? ing to join hands, and to establish a government upon principles of equality with their own, I feel not the remotest doubt but that they will do what they say. 1 know the old citizens of South Carolina. I have lived in the State since 1815, and there are no men under God's heaven in whose word 1 place such implicit confidence as in theirs. 1 am a republican, and I expect ever to cherish republican principles; but 1 do not conceive that republicanism would lead me to continue a set of men in olticc who, while their right hand grasps yours in scmbled friend? ship, their left hand is stealing its way to your purse. There are men here now in South Caro? lina, aliens to her soil, men from other climes, who, when they came to this State, were almost begging bread, and are now riding in their fine carnages and roiling in wealth. Where did that money come lroin? Fellow-citizens, it came from your pocket, and from my labor.? While in the Land Commission they have pre? tended to give homes to the homeless ami land to the landless, scarce a poor man has a piece of land ; while in one transaction alone some of the officers of the Land Commission defraud? ed, nay, stole from the State, ?1)0,000. Mr. Jonas Byrd showed up also the nefarious practice on the passage of the phosphate bill, and ended by urging all the patriots of the country to rally to the old ship of 6.ate, for, in his expressive words, she'a nearly on the brmJ: crs. Mr. J. P. Thomas spoke next. In its incip iency, he said this movement had not received the hearty approval of/ Iiis judgment. .Not that he did not shudder at the outrages upon civilization, honesty and decency daily perpe? trated by the officers of the present State gov? ernment. Not that he did not hark to the cry of our distressed Stale, but because he had al? most lost hope in receiving any support from the colored people, lie was, he owned, a doubting Thomas, and not till he perceived the noble action of toe colored delegates in this convention did he feel a confidence in the suc? cess of the movement. Now all his fears were removed, and he could enter upon the canvass with all the earnestness anil zeal which truth and a generous patriotism inspires. He favor? ably urged the advisableuess of a nomination ; the new movement to meet with success must have a standard bearer in the field, must have personality and individuality. We are striking against fraud and-corruptiou ; let us put honest and incorruptible men in the field, and trusting that the God of justice may give us the victory, do battle manfully for the right. Mr. J. B. Kershaw, at the close of Colonel Thomas' speech, said that he desired to answer a query put by some one in the audience ou the first evening of the convention, aud that was, "why we did not enter upon this move sooner." He could answer that query in short order. Those same nettles of discord that are now endeavoring to keep us apart?the prowl? ing, plundering thieves lrom abroad?prevented a combination which he, together with Colonel Chesnut and Colonel Shannon, had proposed, so far at least as Kershaw county went. At a masi meeting in that county, in 1867, of colored people, he had addressed the meeting, urging the same views he now upheld. The lamented B. F. Randolph was one of the Republican speakers on that occasion, and cordially en? dorsed the sentiments uttered by him, saying that if the white people of the State would unite with the colored, giving them equal rights and privileges, he for one would heartily second the movement. But the foreign adventurers advised them otherwise?made them shut their oars to Iiis words?and he could not ever after effect a hearing. When he had finished his reply,Mr. Kershaw moved that the platform be adopted. Mr. Uoyt, of Anderson, moved that the vote be taken by counties. The platform, he stated, was in full accord with the views he had enter? tained ever since the last Presidential election, but the closing resolution seemed to anticipate ' a nomination, and was in duty bound to Iiis constituency to oppose a nomination. After some discussion, participated in by Gen. Butler, Gen. Kennedy and others, Mr. Hoyt withdrew his motion, and the vote was taken viva voce. The platform, exclusive of the last resolution giving a name to the organ? ization, was unanimously adopted, and the last resolution also passed with merely two or three nays. Mr. Kershaw then moved that the conven? tion go into a nomination for Governor. Mr. J. D. Kennedy moved that a committee of one for each county be appointed to consider the question of a nomination. Mr. W. T. Gary opposed the appointment of the committee. He wished thesubject brought before the convention as a committee of the whole, in order that a full and free discussion might be had. He claimed that many dele? gates wished to give expression to their views on the policy of a nomination. He desired to hear the views of the colored members on that question, and that the proper course to pursue would be to discuss the matter in convention. Mr. Kennedy replied that the subject would elicit an endless discussion, and that, in order I to expedite the business of the convention, it I should be referred to a committee. He desired I harmony of action and a full expression of the views of the members, and hoped that the ' committee appointed would be composed of delegates who favored and delegates who op- | posed a nomination, as nearly equal as possible. | Mr. Gary responded by urging the views he had previously expressed. Mr. J. 0. Crosby, a colored delegate from Fairfield, said he was a Republican, and had come into the ranks of the Reform party be? lieving that its object was the election of hon? est and capable men to office, irrespective of i party or color, and he wished to see such men I nominated. He desired a full discussion of the subject before the whole Convention. Mr. Caldwell, a colored delegate from Or? angeburg, gave some excellent illustrations of the dishonesty of those who opposed reform in governmental affairs, and said that he was here for the purpose of assisting in the nomination of honest and intelligent men to office. He spoke of the rascality and bribery of several parties, which he was prepared to prove, and referred to the phosphate bill, and other bad actions of the present regime. The motion lor the appointment of the com? mittee was then put and adopted. The Convention then adjourned till 5 o'clock p. m. afternoon session. The Convention reassembled at 5 o'clock. Mr. J. D. Kennedy, for the committee on the subject of a nomination, reported that the committed had decided, with but ono dissent? ing voice, that the Convention should make a nomination for Governor and Lieutenant Gov? ernor of the State. The report of the committee was adopted. Nominations then being in order, Mr. T. Y. Simons nominated Hon. R. B. Carpenter fer Governor. Hon. George S. Bryan was also nominated. The Convention then proceeded to vote by counties for the nominees for Governor, with the following result: On the first ballot, Judge Carpenter received 774 votes, against 4 for Judge Bryan. Hon. R. 13. Carpenter was thereupon declared to be the choice of the Convention for Gover? nor of the State. Mr. Courtney nominated Hon. M. C. Butler for Lieutenant Governor. Mr. W. E. Marshall and Mr. J. Byrd, color? ed gentlemen, were also nominated for Lieu? tenant Governor, but both declined the nomi? nation. Mr. Byrd, in his declination, heartily endor? sed the nomination of Hon. M. C. Butler. Mr. W. T. Gary was also nominated, but de? clined. Hon. M. C. Butler was then elected by ac? clamation. On motion of John E. Bacon, a committee of five was appointed to inform Hon. R. B. Carpenter and Hon. M. C. Butler of their 1 nomination by the Convention. On motion of Mr. T. Y. Simons, the Presi- i dent was requested to appoint, at his leisure, a committee of thirteen, to be called the Exec? utive Committee of the Union Reform Party of South Carolina, to prepare, on consultation with the candidates lor Governor and Lieuten- ' ant Governor, an address to the people of the 1 State. Mr. J. B. Kershaw was then called to the i chair, when a vote of thanks to President Shannon and Secretaries Aldrich and Rout was adopted. A vote of thanks to the proprietor of the ; Columbia Hotel for the use of the dining hall for the first day's session was also adopted. The Convention then adjourned nine dir. -^- I Let the Children Alone.?These excel- 1 lent words occur in "Dr. Hall's Health by 1 Good Living." Wc commend them to our j readers: Let your children alone when they gather 1 around the family table. It is cruelty to ham- ' per them with manifold rules and regulations about this ami that, and the other. As long as ! their conduct is harmless as to others, encour? age them in their cheerfulness. If they do smack their lips, and their sippings of milk and other drinks can be heard across the street, it 1 docs not hurt the street; let them alone. What if they do take their soup with the wrong end ' of their fork, it is all the same to the fork. Let , them alone. Suppose a child docs not sit as straight as a ' ramrod at the table ; suppose a cup or tumbler ' slips through its little fingers and deluges the plate of food below, and the goblet is smashed, and the tablecloth is ruined; do not look a thousand scowls and thunders, and scare the poor thing to the balance of its death, for it was scared half to death before it; it "didn't go to do it." Did you never let a glass slip through your fingers since you were grown? Instead of sending your child away from the table in anger, if not even with threat, for this or any other little nothing, be as generous as you would to any equal or superior guest, to whom you say, with a more or less obsequious smile, "It's of no possible consequence." That would be the form of expression even to a stranger guest, and yet your own child you re? morselessly and revengefully and angrily mete out a swift punishment, which for the time al? most breaks its little heart, and belittles you amazingly. The proper and more efficient and more Christian method of meeting the mishaps and delinquencies and improprieties of your chil? dren at the table, is either to take no notice of them at the time, or to go further and divert at? tention from them at the very instant, if possi? ble, or make a kind apology for them ; but after? wards, in an hour or two, or better still, next ? day draw tlio child's attention to the fault, if fault it was, in a friendly and loving manner; point out the impropriety in some kindly way; show where it was wrong or rude, and appeal to the child's self-respect or manliness. This is the best way to correct all family errors. Sometimes ft may not succeed; sometimes harsh measures may be required, but try the deprecating or the kindly method with perfect equanimity of mind, and failure will be of rare occurrence. A Regular Rogue.?Old Ben Hughes, who used to live near Halifax Court House, Va., and who has now been dead some few years, was a rogue after the natural kind. Ben served his time in the penitentiary, and then at last he died like "any other man" at home in bed.? Ben used to tell a right good thing on himself. He couldn't help stealing a thing to save his life; if he ever got near it and nobody was looking, it "went up." One night he was out 'possum hunting and got lost in the woods ; he wandered about and at last came to his own spring, but he didn't know it, where was left a big iron pot his wife had been washing in. He s'ole his own pot and toted it off till he got in j the big road for home and then he hid it oil": the side of the road in some bushes. The next | washing day Ben's wife reported to him that some one had stolen her pot. Ben thought' over the matter a bit, and fiually sneaked down ! to the woods and brought the pot back. He j wa: a constitutional thief.?Hilhboro Recorder. From Washington. Washington, June 12. The case of Pat Woods was the all-absorbing topic of conversation last evening. The facts concerning the assault upon Congressman Por? ter are as follows : Porter and friend were walking along Broad street, Richmond, when they met Woods, who was considerably under the influence of liquor. Porter accosted Woods with ''How are you, Pat," and Woods respon? ded by saying he didn't allow any d?d Radi? cal to call him Pat; after which he knocked Porter down, Porter being followed "to grass" immediately by his frieud, and then by two negroes who placed themselves in contact with the bellicose, but diminutive Woods. Porter puts his finger in his mouth and hurries to Washington to take measures for soothing his wounded honor. As he stood up in the House to make complaint that little Pat Woods had bit him in the eye, lie looked for all the world like an overgrown school-boy complaining of one of his mates. The members listened to Porter's doleful tale; and resolved that Woods must be brought before the bar of the House. The resolution in itself is an outrage, and without precedent. There is jio warrant for the step. The personal attack was no invasion of representative rights, no infringement of the privileges of a member of Congress. It is another of the little acts of hectoring over the country to inspire fear of Congress. But the manner in which Woods was arrest? ed was an even greater outrage. He was ar? rested on a simple telegram and literally kid? napped. Mr. Woods' counsel had sued out a writ of habeas corpus, returnable yesterday morning, and it was served on the United States Marshal as he was getting on the Fred cricksburg cars at 8:30 p. in. Friday evening. The Marshal had no warrant to detain Woods, yet he refused to obey the writ of habeas corpus, saying he had consulted counsel, and he brought Woods on to Washington. The Rich? mond papers say Woods was under bonds to appear before Judge Guigon to answer for the attack on Porter. His arrest by Congress is an infringement of State jurisdiction, and is without precedent in this country. It is an act of petty tyranny, and another expres? sion of the contempt of Congress for the States. If Congress can take this man out of the hands of the proper legal tribunals, and in defiance of the writ of habeas corpus, and place him in a Congressional prison, it has also power to hang him from the statue of Liberty on the dome of the capitol. It may not be very pleas? ant for Woods to be subjected to Congressional handcuffs, but his case makes excellent mate? rial for the fall campaign. If this impudent Radieal Congress will persist in sowing dra? gon's teeth, it must not be surprised at the re suit. Another story on Whittemore, the cadctship peddler, has leaked out, and can be vouched tor as true to the letter. Some time before Whittemore resigned, to avoid being kicked out of the House, there was a charitable festi? val of some sort, and tickets of admission were sent to each member of Congress. Whitte? more evidently thought he was the only person thus honored, and. going over to a neighbor, he endeavored to .strike up a trade. Said Whittemore, producing his ticket : "Every member is expected to take one of these tick? ets and hand over ?5; I've got ju~t this one left, and will let you have it." The member addressed had a ticket in his pocket, but said nothing, beyond declining to purchase. Then Whittemore tried another member, with no better result. How many more he may have approached i.> not known. A Democratic member of the House propo? ses to advocate Whittemorc's admission on the following grounds: This is a representative government, and Congress has no right to dic? tate to the people whom they shall select to represent them. The House branded Whitte? more a-= a thief, and with that brand upon him he went back to his constituents. They have re-elected him. The inference is that in his district the thieves are in a majority. But the House has no right to say that those thieves cannot be represented. Whittemore must have his seat.?Cor. Ha/finiore Gazette. --?^.- . An Exciting Titi.u. in Kansas.?The hot? test day last week, a suit, growing out of a horse trade, came off in the Justice's Court of this place. The eight by ten room in which the court was held was crowded so suffocation. There were ten men interested in the case, sev? en lawyers employed, six jurymen, n justice and constable and forty-nine witnesses, all in the room. Besides these, there were 150 spectators in the room, seventeen jammed in the door, five in the window and three perched in each of the pigeon holes cut high up in the sides of the cage to admit air. This was the situation when we passed by at 11 o'clock a. in. At .1 p. m., we again went by, and found the situation pretty much the same, except that one man had stuck himself through a sash, where a glass was broken out; another had found a crack in the side of the building, through which he was peeping ; three, men were on the top of the roof, looking down through gimlet holes that they had bored through the shingles; one was perched upon the flue, look? ing down the stove pipe ; and we saw several pairs of stogy boots kicking from under the bouse, belonging to persons who were looking up through cracks in the floor. At midnight, we again made a rcconnoissance in force, and found the position of the forces outside unchanged. On the inside, the con? stable and six of the lawyers were asleep, while the seventh was frantically laying down the law, and his client was threatening to whip him for slandering him. A disinterested spectator was advising the jury about the verdict; the jurymen were begging for water; while the jus? tice was drawing on a piece of paper a plan for a i'iitent bee hive, and underneath it had writ? ten the epitaph "jS7/j<? qtta non, borum"? White Cloud Chief. ? ? ? - ? A Curious Invention.?Dr. Milio, the cele? brated surgeon of Kiel!', has recently been at St. Petersburg explaining a means he has in? vented of illuminating the body by means of the electric light to such an extent that the hu? man machine may be observed, almost as if skin and flesh were transparent. The Moscow Gazette asserts that to demonstrate the feasibility of his process, Dr. Milio placed a bullet inside his mouth, and then lighted up his face, upon which the bullet became distinctly visible through his cheek. Dr. Milio does not propose ; to lay bare all the secrets of the flesh, to cx- j plore the recesses of the heart, or to pcrlorm any miracles physical or metaphysical. But! he claims to have discovered a new and cfi'ec- i tive method of dealing with gunshot wounds ; i first, by means of electric illumination he dis- j covets the precise situatino of the bullet;next, i by means of magnetism, he proposes to extract I the bullet?provided always that the bullet contains some portion of steel. Against leaden ' bullets this system is powerless, and he there- : fore intends to represent to the International Committee, which lately met at Geneva, the I desirability of recommending an admixture of j .steel in the manufacture of all future bullets. Dr. Milio's experiments with bullets contain-1 ing only a slight admixture of steel are caid to j have been thoroughly uuc.ccsaful. A Cnrions Tribe. J the moq?is indians of the colorado?the only non-nomadic tribe. The Moquis Indians are interesting as an ex j hibit of the degree of civilization attainable by savage tribes, under compulsion. Originally a ! numerous people, occupying both sides of the Colorado River, other Indian tribes conquered and decimated them, till in self-defence the remnant?about 3,000 strong?located in six villages, capable from their position of easy de? fence. Their traditions place the camping I grounds of their ancestors along the Southwest j seacoast of the United States and Mexico, so that possibly their progenitors may have been akin to the Aztecs and others of that date, who exhibited a greater capacity for civilization than any Indians of the present day. Their religion cannot be called strictly idolatrous, since the images they have are merely symboli? cal. Their deity is called "Tow-wau-c-na" or Sun Father, aud now resides in the heavens, from thence dispensing unto His faithful and well beloved the blessings of life, rain and faith? ful seasons, and punishing all others by-visiting upon them his anger. Their sacred temple is also the chief workshop of the village, ana con? tains a rude stone symbol of their deity. The figure is adorned with costly heads, leathers, and sacred shells?relics of their forefathers. In front of it are wooden figures of all kinds of domestic fowls, painted and adorned to imitate nature. Corn and water are placed before the fowls, and at their side are hung the skins of wild beasts, that of the fox, as more sacred than others, predominating. In their ceremonial worship men form in rows in front of their I image, and, Shaker like, speak and sing praises, accompanied by the music of rude instruments. The women join with the men in only one re? ligious ceremony. In the centre of the village is a publicsquare, within which is a stone altar, where sacrifices of food are laid on holy days. Around this al? tar the men dance in rotation, and during the ceremony the old men and women of the vil? lage sprinkle pinches of holy meal on the backs of the dancers, and then scatter a little to the four winds of heaven. Astronomically, they believe that the sun shines for them alone, and rises by the little Spanish town of Planea, aud sets by going into a hole near New-at-ki-be, the San Francisco mountain of the whites. They are good and careful agriculturists, produce large quantities of fine peaches, and raise do? mestic animals of all kinds. They also grow cotton, with it and wool manufacturing their own clothing, which is of a very serviceable quality. In public work of any kind, all the able bodied men and women join, and are directed by two "co-che-nas"?men dressed like clowns and in complete disguise, who carry whips and lassoes, using them upon loiterers and delin? quents with terrible severity. Their buildings are of stone, laid in a kind of clay mortar, and have no doors, but are entered by ascending ladders to the roofs, and then descending from within. A witness describes their marriage ceremony as follows: "In the morning the interested parties break? fasted in the workshop to which the bridegroom belonged, after which the manufacture of a new pair of blankets was commenced out of the purest white material obtainable. The parties ate their dinner in the second, and then supper in the third story, of the bride's father's house. The pair of blankets were not completed until the second day. During this time the bride? groom and bride were put into a private room, where they were required to bathe each other in pure cold water, as a witness that they were pure, healthy, and fitted for the cares and the responsibilities of the married state. The hap pv pair occupy the new blankets on the second night." Their amusements arc principally confined to foot racing. The race course is a foot trail some ten or twelve miles in circuit. Another feature is the competitive kicking of a piece of cement and hair up certain steep and crooked steps. One of their instruments of warfare, by a singular coincidence, is almost identical with the "Boomerang" used by the natives of Oce anica. With this missile strong men will break the skull of a man or the leg of an antelope at the distance of from one hundred and fifty to two hundred yards. When a person is given up to die, his under jaw, the back of his bands and the upper part of his feet are colored black, and friends begin to mourn as though death were already present. A corpse is dressed like the living, a blanket wrapped round the head aud shoulders and a string tied round the neck. A grave is dug several feet deep and walled with? in with stone, into which the body is placed in a sitting posture. A pole long enough to ex? tend two feet above the ground is placed be? tween the legs, and around it the arms are fol? ded. Wrapped up in the bosom of the dead is a loaf of oread and a bowl of water. The grave is securely covered with earth and the surface around the pole ornamented with peb? bles. . They believe that the spirit of a good person goes to the Sun Father, and then travels down the pole on its homeward way to the body. These Indians are regarded as friendly, and are entirely self-supporting. They no longer live a nomadic life, but, like the patriarchs of old. have settled down in the midst of their flocks and herds. Several of Brigham Young's fol? lowers have visited them, aiming to impart a higher degree of (Mormonic) civilization. It is from the story of one of his elders who dwelt with them for three months as a hostage that wc glean what we have told.? Central City Iicy ?ter. Laughable Adventure of a Baltimore judge.?An exchange says: A judge in Balti? more went into the river to bathe the other morning, and, while lie was swimming about, some abandoned scoundrel stole all his clothes excepting his high hat and an umbrella. We won't undertake to explain how mad the judge was, because, although the English language is copious, its most efficient and vigorous adjec? tives are entirely unequal to the expressions of certain degrees of emotions. But he stayed in the water about four hours experimenting with the different kinds of imprecations, and endeav? oring to select two or three of the sturdiest ob? turations for application to the thief. At last he came out, aud, after mounting the high hat, he opened the umbrella and tried to cover his retreat up the street toward his house. It ap? peared to the judge that all the female pupils of the boarding schools and the members of the | Dorcas societies and the woman's rights con- | ventions were out promenading that day, and the judge had an awful time going through the Zouave drill with that umbrella. When he reached home he heard that the thief had been captured. The judge is now engaged in writing out his charge to the jurj*, in advance of the trial. Those who have seen the rough draft say it is the most picturesque law paper ever i drawn up in that section of the country. ? The frog docs not remember when he was a tadpole, but others do?there is a moral to this which some might profit hi remembering. ? What is better than a promising young | man ? A paying one. Political NoteSi I Two thousand bills are still on the Congres? sional calender. A woman's suffrage amendment to the Con? stitution is being canvassed before the people. In addition to State, county, and town taxes, Grant'3 government wants this year S393.0C0 J 000. All the Ohio Democratic papers are confident that the party will sweep the State at the next election. - Ohio papers deny the statement that Ben. Wade is a candidate for Comrrcss from Mr. Gar' field's district. The vote in Whittcmorc's district was re? ported light, but an inspection of the registry shews it to be very black. The Democrats in Schenck's district, Ohio, are anxious to have him renominated. They promise to lay Lim out elegantly. The labor reformers have sixteen votes in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, the Democrats 114, and the Republicans 188. The population of Washington Territory, which in 18C? was 11,594, is now estimated by some persons at 40,000 and by other at 60,000. San Francisco voted last week to issue $1,000,000 in city bonds to aid the Southern Pacific Railway. For the first time the negroes voted. Hon. D. W. Vcorhees is on an extended po* litical tour in Indiana. He springs from town to town, addressing the Democracy every night. It is dkcourageing work to keep track of the Congressional candidates throughout the coun? try. Ten men for each nomination is drawing it mild. Forney says that Whittemore's election was obtained by "imposing on a rural and not over intelligent communitv." Even a Forney can blush. The St. Louis Democrat speaks of Senator Drake as "the gentleman from Philadelphia who temporarily represents part of Missouri in , the Senate." A company of negroes have organized for the purpose of building a colored hotel at In? dianapolis, Ind., to which no white persons will be admitted. The election of Hon. E. I. Itforgan, Chancel? lor of Tennessee, is contested on the ground of frauds, and that the election should have been held in August. The Democrats of Tennessee expect to se? cure seven of the eight Congressmen at the next election. The State is uow represented by eight Republicans. Radical shoulder-straps were dismayed and disgusted last week at seeing colored women in the South strewing fiov/ers on the graves of Confederate soldiers. The scheme of consolidating the two capitals of Connecticut has failed for this year^t least, the Legislature having refused to submit the question to the people." It h the common talk in Washington that Senator Cameron's recent conversion to the support of the Sau Domingo treaty has been rewarded by the appointment of his son-in-law as minister to Turkey. Hon. John P. Hale, it is said, will, on his return from Spain, become a candidate for Congress in the First New Hampshire Con? gressional District, in the place of Jacob H. Fla, whose term expires in March. The Good Templars of Minnesota almost destroyed their society by running a prohibi? tion ticket last year. Its number of members has been since reduced from ten to three thou sandj and its pecuniary loss ha-sbcen very great. Several Democratic papers in Missouri are opposed to running a Democratic general ticket next fall. They think the "Rads" are coming over fast enough, and that all political expen? ditures should be reserved for a later occasion* The Toledo Commercial says: "The recent failure of the Fenian leaders has discouraged their followers to such an extent that it will be difficult to bleed' them again. The organiza? tion in this city became disgusted and disband? ed/' The general opinion in Congress seems to hz that the considerations urged by Grant for the annexation of San Domingo are altogether of a trading or speculative character, without reference to the general interests of the coun? try. A Georgia paper slates that when Governor Bullock visited Andersonville, Ga., recently, some of the colored people asked him what he had done with all the money he had raised, and what made job printing so expensive at the Chronicle office. A correspondent says of the Woman's Suf? frage Committee in the Connecticut Legisla? ture : "I think they are- having a good time. They arc not expected to report anything; .--nly to sit up there and look pretty and be talked at by rhc gentler sex." The Cvuricr-Journal gels this off: "In order that the noble savages now at Washington may be convinced of the terrible effects of 'fire water,' the President of the National Temper? ance Society is anxious to secure for them a good look a*t Dick Yates and Zach Chandler." The last Nevada Legislature proposed a wo? men's suffrage amendment to the State consti? tution, and a call has been issued for a conven? tion in Winnemucca on the Fourth of July, for the formation of a State organization to bring the issue fairly before the people at the next election. The officers of the Northwestern Women's Sufirage Convention have published an address declaring that to secure the submission by Congress to the Slates of a woman suffrage amendment is the first work before them, and proclaiming that now is the time to strike for the principles of liberty and of a purely Re? publican government. As there will be no Democratic Slate Con? vention in Minnesota this year, the State'Cen tral Committee has issued .nn address indicating the position that the party should occupy. The tariff question, it is st.-.ted. is the issue of the dav, and the parly is urged to reaffirm, in un? mistakable terms* at all Congressional Conven? tions, their time-honored and unfaltering op? position to protective tariff and all other kind* of class legislation. -. ??? ? The Schenectady Star is puzzling itself over the conundrum, why girls can dress as lightly as they do and still keep warm, and re? lates the followiug startling experience: "We once rode with a girl in an open cutter, fifteen miles', on one of the coldest nights in winter, and while we sat frozen nigh as stiff as a stake, our teeth chattering like castinets, she kept up an animated conversation, every now and then exclaiming: 'Oh, isn't this delightful! Don't you enjoy it-?' When we arrived at our destination, notwithstanding we were dressed a great deal warmer than our fair companion, she had to lift us out of the cutter and conduct in to the tropical atmosphere of the kitchen of a farm house. On the return trip we were froz<" \ to death and she drove the corpse home. It must be that girls arc tougher than we men people.''" ._ "Come. Bob, get up," said an indulgent father to his hopeful son the other morning. "Remember the early bird catches the worm." "What do I care for worms ?" replied the young hopeful; "mother won't let me go to a fishing/*