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?AJ~r ein? por aaatm, ta adwuw*. Two rt eado? jw. 8*v8?Tr-Fiy? Caws ^??'sro not Ukou for ? le,, period ail"ioM lue* for tho aritln??rUou,ai^Ffily ?ri 'iorthi. ?o 64T?rH??n>enU count? le? ^h?XSrttti willes msa?Wui?iowwlehlM ^?ilw forthreo.rtxoT twelve months. A?E 0 ^ili?.ft ?ostrsei mut bo c?noood tot& K $l?ie oK*? of tho liria cr Individual conlnw ?'?fctss?/ Notleei o?ee*4lBB tve lines, Trlbatco , o\.r*c\ ind nil persons! coramuhlcatton? or rf&yf?'l^^ ??l be chargedfor 7 ?iWerililBf ???a. AnnotnMemenU of marrlawo 5 ,t??th*. ?ad notice? ?ia relbdoas character, are ^n?ctruar solicited, and will ho lnterted gruta H?HT AKD SHADE IN LIBEBLi. 1 ast Natural Bichea and m BhlfUes? People. Corretpondenee Newt and Courier. MONROVIA, LIBERIA, Jane 17. In my last letter, I devcribeJ tbe land? ?ne of the emigrante and tbe appearance )f Monrovia. On Friday, June 7, two lays niter the disembarkation, a meeting if welcome waa held in tbe dilapidated Temple of Justice, already mentioned. About seventy-fire of the townspeople, iud a fair sprinkling pf thoso to be wel ?med, were present Capt. Holmes. Kev. B. J. K?Hogg? tho newly arrived lupermten?ent of the Monrovian High School, ace1.1, the only representatives of he Anglo-Saxon present, sat in a row ike three white crows, the color of the issemblflgo shading off from ou- white ikins through octoroon, quadroon and rorious other "roona" to the pure ebony, rho component parts thereof were gen ?rally about as well' dressed, and gave jromise of about as much intelligence, aa i similar gathering of thc dear people in \merica. Tho mayor of the town (block) iresided, sitting behind tho judge's desk, The secretary '.Mght) read the proceed ngs of tho prc*, tous town meeting, and tcv. A. C. Pittman, a black man, wat ntroduced oo THE ORATOR OF THE OCCASION. Ho spoke well, correctly and fluently, ind without tho superfluity r,\ language md gesture common with ?tao colored peaker. He said that not only Monro ria, not only Liberia, but the entire cen inent of Africa was to-day stretchier. >ut a hand to welcome these arrivals tie rejoiced with his wbolo heart to sci hese times, when in spite of all opposl ion light and intelligence were cotnim ii. He was glad to see BO many individ mis voluntarily seeking their fatherland Jo bid the immigrants and their friend i hearty "welcome I" They were greetei is brethren and friends. They wen velcomed as individuals willing to contri lute each his quota towarda sustaininj he principles laid down by tho fathers it remained to them all, he said, to prov vhether they were true to the timet Tho black race had its chance then am here. They could oot plead herenfte hat they had not had tho same chance s other men. Farther on, he romarko hat Liberia's friends hud done her gres larin by painting ber in' too bright col re. Then he went on to say that Liberi (lorded a refago and asylum from degrs lation and oppression. When Liberian welcomed their brethren it wes becuue hey expected them by individual an mi l/ul atVnrt tn, o cat of tn tho n'nvannn r heir race, by elevating therm Ives b tonest labor. If they had other idem hey had .better stay and die in Americi Applause.] Their miG?.ion was -to utam n the world's history that black me rere mea, [Applause.] The colore leople were a religious people, andi .-elcomed them to help in building u he Church of God. Liberia was the OPEN DOOR TO HEATHEN AFRICA, nd a nol ur work than her people ha ofore t*--m was never given to mai .'hoy were the lump of leaven whicl ?ith God's help, would leaven the whol len were wanted, he continued, wt /ould work. They were not wanted f .residents and legislators. ' [Great a; daune-particularly among tho offlc lolders.T Men were wanted who wou nd could work ! He was -glad to Bee i nany working men. They wero tl ..ind wanted. Then, he said, if th ftbrt s-tss to Bucceed. there must b? hu aouvjtitd peace. There should not ai irould hot be factions. [A very palpal lit at the Communistic Curtis who sat < he platform.] He, thc speaker, was >ure African. None of bis ancestors bi ver been to America. [Laughter.] i elt entitled therefore to reiterate th Urica, na well as Liberia, .cordially wi omed the 'brethren. A preamble BI csolutl?n was then presented and.ado etd declaring that, whereas tbe bark Az ontaining tho first company of thc oiuntarily fleeing "social ostracism ai political oppression," had arrived in po hat the meeting HAILED THEIR ARRIVAL nth pleasure, and gave them the rig isnd of fellowehip, welcoming them cl low-workers. Nobody had said ot hing to George Cartis; but tb ot pin ppoared like a jack-in-the-box or a p overing Banquo's ghost, and proceed o spesh, his remarks being largely de ed to n biographical sketch of himsi Ic "put bis foot in it" most heautlfu n the first place by announcing hims is an Englishman, and therefore a lo* if liberty, as it IR part of the Liberi xecd to hate England and her peo rith a holy hatred. Ho then procecc o give a sketch of the Exodus moveme vliich the audience had previously n n the Nexo? and Goutier. God's bond ! ivident in it, he sahl It was noth! hort of a miracle. The people brou] iver were not seeking to escape fr abor; They knew that they would hi o labor ; but every lick they struck b rould ho for tbemselves, and NOT FOR THE WHTJfK MAN. Applause.] They had comet to elev herasclves and thoir children, which tl ould not do in tho presence of tho n er rece. They desired to be where t' ould assert their manhood. They 1 ?rought two hundred and odd work leople to develop the resources of :ountry, and would bring thousands rr -not only of laborers, but of chilled wrers-men whose masters had tan hem trades to make them profitable .ants. Those were the jewels they iroughtoutofisgypt. [Applause.] rhita men took-good core that no n legroes should learn trades and neel cs, but, thank God, they couldn't 1 hem away from those who bod aire icquired them. He, thecpeaker.did mt? the white race. There were goo veil as bad white men, Tho white !ould have crushed this movement Si nfancy hod they chosen, but they 'rained. Ho thanked them for 1 rho white mari. in the South ot pre .coupled fla was degraded by his office, w tent him constantly in Oontact wi ubject race, which he hod to keep d Thfa movement weald render him a j er vi cb. It would leave bira to bo ? uogeneous rao% Then Curtis revi he blood in als eye. He said thi IBU mund ?.u??. a good COuutTy. 1 vere thoso who had said that no chit ould ho obtained herc. Ho had .hicken for dinner every day. [Ls cr.] This Was a blow-a foul bleu hcCaptain and I, who had complain he lack of poultry. But, thank Hei ?bat he and his 'people would send vnuld outweigh by thousands nnj terse -reports that might be sent bot my one (& slash at a\&, emphasised rnglc scowl.) They didn't believe his was a God-forsaken country as Hi porter (me again) had already Dn the contrary, they believed it tc [hid-blesscd country, and the p .vnuld conic Ile 'himself bad st from Charlo-ton with eighty cen ts, irriveil hero wllh sixpence, but li mt expect to starve. Heaven bs cady helped him. That very mo rtATBS, OF 8VB8ORJPT10N.-r?qW Sh\LXJiti ann Vtvft ?jur? par anuura, in *5rl*c9. . Two DofXAsI ul' ot"v of year. HETMTY-FIV? CEJCTB for ?Ix tuontbs. ? , , . Subscriptions ate not taken for ft leas forlod th?n xl* month*. . " " j? , BATB* OF ADVHRTI8INQ.-On? Dollar per1 square ol one inch for the Ant Insertion,?nd V?fty Cants per square for subsequent lnscrtionsless than tiireo mouths. Ko advertisements couuleless (Usu a bouaro. ... Ubers!coutracts wlllbe made withtho^wUhJne fco advertise for. tb reo, als or t weiro months. Ad vertising by contract must be confined to tho ltn modlato business of tho firm or Individual contrae Obiuiaiy Notices exceeding five lines, Tributes 'Of itespcot, and all personal communication or matters of individual interest, will be chaifV for 'at advertising rates. Announcements of wartages nnd deaths, and notices of? religious character, aro respectfully solicited, and wilt bo Inserted yatla FARMING AND THE SCIENCE*! I Editor Anderson Inidlujencer : Several indications have recoutly Up come prominent to show that the 8tudjy of thc Sciences is becoming a necessify foriour people, especially those of theijp who have a more intimate connection with farming. - I I wish to have a familiar talk s Uli my brother farmers, and show them, if i can,- how perfectly dependent ever,/| farmer is upon tho knowledge of tin1 Sciences by Bo.uebody who can make that kncwlcdge known ; and how impos-l aiblo it is for fanning to make progresa) without tho knowledgo in somebody of) the lawa whl ifc a kind Creator has pro vided for the benofit of his creature*. To ahow iu a familiar way how com pletely dependent mankind is for their livinj . on somebody knowing and ex plaining the Sciences, I assort this, and defy contradiction, that a man who does not use that knowledgo derived from those Jaws bf God called Sciences, cannot perform ono single act, except talking, that a horse cannot do. Ho can without science draw his breath and eat euch fruit as God has made grow wild. Thin being a fact, I am anxious to dull the edge of that prejudice which many good farmers have even of talking on the subject of the Sciences, by making it so plnin that any one who can read will understand mo. First, then, what is the meaning of the word Scionce? The word itself sim ply meatis "to know." But it has been further applied to a collection of the lending truths relating to any of the laws of God, properly arranged and sys tematized. Thus: Tho leading truths relating to that law of God which treats of the internal structure I of the earth, its various conten tn, ita various elements, put there for food for plants and trees, all arranged and systematized, ia called the Science of Geometry. Tho leading truths of that law which treats of the properties of mineral substances, all ar ranged and systematized, is called the Science of Mineralogy. Tho leading truths relating to that law which treats of all mattera calculated by figures, and of whatever can be measured and num bered, all arranged and systematized, is called tho Science of - Mathematics. Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, &c, are branches of this. .. The Science of Chem istry has for ita object to discover the nature and properties of all bodies, which is done by decomposition and combination. By it tho elements of food which ?ny plant has taken, from tho soil can be exactly ascertained, and by it tbe soil can be analized, and whatever food it has. for plants can be also discovered. It would seem that every farmer must see how important this knowledge of this Science would be to farmers. Men who have studied the lawa relating to Geometry and Chemistry tell usthf>.?Gou bas placed in the Boil fourteen elements or ingredients for food for plants. Now, if a farmer can bo told what the corn he plants takes up by Us roots, and also ex t.ctly what the soil ho plants tho corn in has of the . food the corn wants, then when he knows what tho soil lacks,.ho will know what to apply. Hydrology is the Science which ar rangea and systematizes all the proper ties and laws which are contained in and govern water. Mechanics is that soienco which investigates tho forces by which al. bodies aro to bo kept still or put in motion, and put in a particular form or ahapo. Tho .powers which it uses are the Idver, pulley, screw,'axle, inclined plano and wedge. Botany ia tho science which treats of the structure of planta, the function of their parts, the latitude in which they grow, and their classifica tion and names. Metallurgy io more of an art than a science, and comprehends tho whole procesa of separating the ore from other matten?, and smelting and re fining the meta). Natural History ar ranges and systematizes a description of the earth and all its productions, and in cludes Zoology, Botany, Geology, Miner alogy and uah culturo* The foregoing contains a description ?,of those Sciences.which have a more in timate bearing on the advancement ol Scientific Agriculture, and by which all farmlntr - ohnratlnni? ara ^owlaJ on, in many cases the farmer not being aware of it, as I,Will now proceed to illustrate ; Snpp'csf a beginner to commence farm ing. Hojmust havo laud, and that clear ed aud fenced, a horse and plow ready ? for "fork/ Now, think how many of these Schncesi must be known by somebody before the plow can be started. To make . the irani God han modo a law there should bo placed in the earth the oro of iron ; s raiacrsiegbt then first finds the ore; then chemistry must find the composl tion ipt will make a crucible to statu beat enough to melt the ore ; tho metal .* lufgiA must bo at hand to smelt and separate the oro from earthy and othei mattera; then mathematica must ahovi how?the machinery must be made to beal it ?ito bara ; then the scionce <5f me chuica muet Bhow how to ahape lt intx "a inWahare, and mathematica muai a*in how lo make the atock to suit th< pjpw. Hero, then, somebody must knott tils whole array of' sciences before J r&w can be made and started to work ? ad still more of them must be koowr, ?fore a fence or a house can .be built flion get your eora aeed and start U ?,_? . u/i.ere at? y .vi i tn nat tn groin fn the ground or on top ? Ask the geo! LrM ?ud ue t,lu y?a that aU lho cl* /menu which God has made for food fa f plants are placed in the soil. Thet I there ia another law that talla os tba f God na? given to eeod a vitality tba / when placed in tho ground and bavt J moisture and heat? will aend o0* wt ^S2"w? ?r? not mpos?iblo forihf tiowt,??* opinionsbf our corrcepon?csis. ItorsIutclHiftrice?." ??4 ?ll cfcec**< ?^fi. "^iff ? Aiken to attempt to fattier it. ? Stroker.introduced a resolution rel*". Uv? to the agricultural college* derfa?idr?-i;;?.l ing JU use for the ;col!ared people, and . aleo that the Interest en thc laud wnji 'bonds should be paid promptly. Re After several moro or the would-be and ex-siaU-smcn aired their "eloquence," with which tho majority of the wnall fry seemed to be well pleased ?nd lightcJ, tho ?9nv?nt?pn,f.at . about 8:30 p.m., waa declared adjourned until 10 a, ra. Thursday. THE COMMITTEES. The Committee on Rules triet at 0 p" m., and it le eupposcd that they will to morrow recommend the rales of the House cf Ropresonta^Tf?i for the gov ?rnment of tho conventbn. The Committee on Platform and Reso lution? mot at c p. m. The eesslor last-. ed for about two boure, and was the etorinieat mooting held in thia oi'.y for ?. I long rhilr\ The resolutions offered by Sonator J. R> Cochran wore the bono of contention Wo were iuformed that tho 8peecl.es of Borne pf tho members were ot . the most .bitter character, in whlMi Hampton, his associates and the jwhuie Democratic party were charged with being vile., treacherous, aud un worthy of the confidence of tho colored people. E. W. M. Hsckoy, of Charles .an, and Fred Nia, Jr., of Barnwell, bccracd to be the ?most ravenous of the wbolvsefc. The latter, in tho course of his i .?guage, said that it mattered not what Hampton wanted done rn Barnwell, if Johnson Hagcod enid shoot tbp "nig ers," his commands would be obeyed, lampton was charged with not giving the Republicans representation on the boards of manager? of special elections, and having, packed juries when colored men were to be tried. Hayes also carno in for his share of abuse. He was a traitor, and deserved nothing bat tho most supreme contempt of the Republi- . csa party of the whole country.^nd cs of South Carolina, where the offensive "niggers' , had Buffered i to place him In "the chair once BO highly honored by that great soldier and statesman, General Grant." The resolutions were finally put to a voto and almost unanimously rejected. From the general tenor of theepceches at this .committee meeting and fi wsrd caught here and there ct; the street to- ? night, we may look for a red-hot Kadicai platform to be adopted and a big'fight made to nominate a sirsightout ticket. The Bcene in and around the State HOUGO early in the day ; reminded us very forcibly of the palmiest dava of ' Radicalism. Quita a. crowd of colored people were present, and wa noticed many of tho old "hangers-on^ stirring i around pretty extensively, and, judging from the glistening eyes and cheerful voices, they no depot thought that the good old days of stealing nnd extravn Sance were about to dawn again. Ali, ?logatea, wirepullers, former attach?es and oLher members of "de party" seemed . to feel perfectly at home. . Tue old and comfortable position of leaning back in the chair and throwing the feet across the desk was hot forgotten by "tho boys," as they indulged themselves to their heart's content .in thin luxury dar ing the session. There were but few ot bur white people present, and we aro glad to state that many, of the colored citizens of tho city did not leave their ^uilkn 1?..P ..1 IL- CJ._?_ Houso all day, as they heed tc' do on suoh occasions, thus proving thai: they are satisfied to mako an honest living and let poUUc? TiSu bad ?dyis?'?% alcs*. COLTJ?IBXA, August 8. Pursuant to adjournment, the Repute Hean Convention was called to order this morning at 10 o'clock by President Bowen,, and the doorkeeper instructed to permit no one to enter unless in posses sion of the little ticket endorsed by Elliott-one of which a newspaper man could obtain under no circumstances. The, Jkyit?erY accou nt of Wednes day's proceedings, as waa expected, cre ated quite a furore among tho members, and a resolution binding- all present lo secrecy waa immediately offered and adopted. This action Was rough ia the reporters, who faithfully stood at their posts in the lobby during tho whola cf the long session, and thoir unrelenting endeavors to "pump" those who were fortunate enough to go in and out at jure were crowned with but little success. The Committee on. Rules submitted their report, which was agreed to. The next business was a partial report from the Committee on Plattform and Resolutions, rejecting the resolutions endorsing Hampton and his associates on the Dcmocratia ticket, submitted by Senator Cochran, of Anderson. Senator Cochran took the floor and spoke at length in support of his reso lutions. Ho understood that if any other than himself had cfi?ired tSa? reso lutions they would have been adopted. Hs thc? Sfikcd all the rnemh*?? os floor who endowed Hampton and the rest of tho Democratic ticket to riso, but not ono did BO. He further requested all who favored H?yi ? iand his Southern poli cy to get up, bot his request met with no response whatever. He battled manfully for the adoption of his resolutions, but without avail, fer when put to c voto the action of the committee was sustained by every one but himself. The resolution of McKinlay, Charles-, too, declaring that in order to perpetuate the party In this State it waa necessary to nominate a straightout ticket, which had also been rejected hy the committee, was next taken np. ^ Shrewsbury, Stevenson, Montgomery, favor of the resolution, all of whom were . very bitter in their denunciations of the party now in power, and held up the Re* publican party as one nf retrenchment, reform and the* only party that would {?ive equal and jost rights to all. They coked upon it as cowari'y to give away to the Democrats by tuasiug no nomina tions, and knew that their ticket, if tho right men were placed upon it, would bo elected by an overwhelming majority, : Moble?, Taft, Mackey, Sf raker and Bowen opposed the resolution. Whilo they wouia not endorso tho i^mocm?n, still they thought the proper thing to do was to wurfc for Congressmen and tho control of tho Legiotatare, and thia iliuy could accomplish easier by not patting np a State ticket. ODCO the General .Assombly_was in their power, they could elect a united states senator, wairo would be worth mo?e to them than all the State offices combined. Tho debate consumed several hours, when a motion was mudo to adopt tho resolution. On this motion th", ayes aod noes were demanded! and resulted as fol iowa ! Ayes-Widenian. Gogglna, Titus, Grif fin. Holland, Cochran; Wis, Dickdon, .^akfson, McKnight. Taft, Mackey. Punnern Fields, Washfogtoi; Blown. Ahxto?, JLaflffn, =v Hutchison, CnmminjCT,. A"?*'"> I ~???/m. Hiraiford.-Milton^Cw owF Cfiavii^-'SlBimons, ?Joni bert. Wilton, Smith, To om I bim, unsolicited, with a five dollar bill. Then be had read an apparently very badly written and ungrammatical letter from Homebody in New Orleans "and 1.800 others," declaring that the entire 1.801 had kissed hts photograph, und in cidentally mentioned that tney would probably have a cargo and boat ready to leave that port for Liberia in January. CURTIS' FLOATING UTOPIA. '" He then passionately addressed the audience with the assurance that if they would help bira, he (Curtis) would prom ise by January to have an independent steamboat running, loaded with Liberi ans and Liberian produce, owned ? by Liberians, manned by Liberians and commanded by Liberians, (terrific stresu on "commanded," being evidently a part ing slap at thc Captain.) This floating Utopia did not seem to meet with very S;reat favor, ard I feel safe fa prcphcey Dg that it will meet with 2 the fate of all other Utopias, and come to naught, espe cially as Curtis etock la considerably be low par io Monrovia. I was immensely amused at the malice.displayed by thu individual io treasuring up and exagge rating somo careless remark modo by me under the sense of injury induced bj having to eat salt meat while lying io port. AB bofore stated, he bated and wat hated by everybody aboard, but I came in for a special snare of disfavor-some how or other. . But I was amazed to ob' servo' the blackest sorts of looks directed at rae from all parts of the room, and tc observe sundry whisperings of which ] was evid-.i Hy the subject. At that mo anent the Monrovia militia company filet out on the green, and my surmise wai that I was to be immediately taken ou and summarily shot os a defamer of "tb finest country tho sun shines on." Th execution was suspended a while, how over, and BET. S. F. FLEOLBE, of Charleston, came forward, and epok at somo length. Tho main point of hi address was that he felt, for tn i first tim in his life, that he was at. home-that h was where he belonged. For the fin timo he could breathe freely, because h could look around and realize that h was the equal in every way of every othc man be saw. [Applause.] Clemer Irons, of Charleston, followed in a vet sensible little speech. He exhibited wit much pardonable pride a medal nwnrdt bim at oho Of tho South Carolina Stal fairs for an Improvement in cotton gin and concluded with tho shrewd and pta tic.nl remark, "we don't ask you to git us corn, but only to show us where I rrrnm it." ? A nnlanco I O' - - - L-rr-j THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (a blatherskite whose name I have fo gotten) noxt spoke. He is an octoroc with long side-whiskers, and bears dem fogue stumped on bis face as with randing iron. Being an office-hold himself, he very dieipterestedly advisi the immigrants not to* como seeking of ces. What the country needed was n office-seekers but workers. ' Then he toi a slight turn at the worthy Curtis, de recating tho stirring up of strife in tl movo'.vt'nt, and denouncing those wi woulU '.Tssuto aiv?8?ons- I feltsomewb ave- tv ;d of raine enemy, until the speak prr a 'jded to make an attack upon myee and all who should hold with me t heresy that this was anything but earthly paradise! He concluded wi the warning to be careful how I wro as they could write "a little" there h I expect that when he sold "a little" spoke more truly than he intended, began to be really afraid from thc loc of tbe audience that Curtis' attack wot co prejudice them as to seriously ham] mo in obtaining information. I v therefore extremely obliged to the soc tary of the meeting, a light-colored you man, when ho rose and depreca ted t lugging of personalities into tho racctli hinting at the same time that in opinion it was not either a very brave very magnanimous thing to make unprovoked attack upon a gentleman v, was a stranger and a visitor, and wh mouth waa presumably, closed. MB. 'WILLIAMS MAKES A LITTLE BREE He Wound up with the remark tha was a free mectiug, and that anybi had a right to opeak. I took the b: and requested tho immigrants themed io say whether or no the Newt and Chu bad not always given them and tl movement "a fair show." Hereu] Curtis again roso and forestalled sevi of the Cb arl estonians who would h contradicted his imputations of prejut by-praising the Newa and Courier and representative in extravagant terms, daring that he hadn't meant any ttl ?pd had tho most unalterably high gard for both I think that Curtis signed making this resemble tho cloi ?cene of the ounrrel between Brutus Cassius, and from his gestures I expel every momvnt to hear him break .?ita: "There is my ambrolla. And here my naked breast; withins lu If that thou bo'at a Roman take it forth (I will pauso to remark that insom as Cassius was "the hungry Cassim contd have played the port to perice ' almost any time during ray stay in A rovia.) No reconciliation occurred, 1 j ever, and the moating adjourned i ! several other speeches from several o persons, all breathing Very much sarao spirit. It was pleasant to noto nono of the immigrants forgot to p wall deserved TRIBUTE TO CAPT. HOLMES and bis officers. The Captain not . - J i.?--*_*_<._:u., IID1C. IVID.Vt. .t -r . .... the comfort and safety of his bel charges whilo aboard, but oven after had all boen landed, took every poe means that kindness and generosity c devise to prevent coffering, perso: visiting ana, as far as possible, eupp' their wants. It wss pleasant thar to eoe that this was-appreciated a came from the meeting. THE MILITIA were just being dismissed. The com seemed to be composed principal hoys ssd vsrv youno; men. vastlv in in arms, equipments and drill to colored military in Charleston, ore armed with the Snider rifle, ar Uniform of the privates seems tao of conreo blue cotton. Tho officers, ever, were handsomely uniformed, told that Liberia claims to be al inrn rujti.ii >nrn>v nf Hfj? armad m wrvice hoing obligatory on every c between 16 and 45 yean of age. ? formant orso told mo that this ?there being no standing army] lone good service io the wars wil natives, of which there have been se From all I can learn the "wars" so consist bf a week's poping away a range sud a retreat by tho natlv* treaty. I was told that in the last1 the Liberian* had lost thirty men. and wounded. They estimated th of their adversaries at one tho This reminded nie of some war nen ?. . .- M>?-1 I .?jr .ITU s ntmrn ocmcm ul .-mu w. ?.-. fart,is one reason why immigratioi desired, each new arrival contribu? Veep tho native-, in tho interior, w celve grrst?y exaggerated report* number*, quiet. HnvJax \?ld c army, I may .asi well mention . . Tiffi NAVY. It consists of a sftiall sailing cutter, not over 150 tons, with a few small guns; mostly eix-poUndera, t believe) and manned by,what ? Judge from reporta to be, a dilapidated crew. On Sunday I went ashore, and succeeded, with much difficulty,, in arranging for a frequently deferred visit UP THE ST. PAUL'S RIVER. It ia due to the New? and Oourier't readers, as well ea to ito representative, tu cxpiain that the day. was not selected from choice, but under pressure of hard necessity, it being the only one on which I could obtain boat crew and companion, (the last being requisite to make the ex pedition of any use at ail) and there ?z a prospect of the Azor leaving carly in the week. Of course, the whole journey to Liberia would have amounted to nothinz without some sight of the country. As for the Kroomen who rowed, they, in all probability, only exchanged that exercise for gambling, with which they usually occupy Bundara, and, io fact, all of their leisure time. While ' waiting at. tho boat I endeavored to ob tain some idea of tho religious convic tions of these villainy bat tboy seem entirely destitute of any such thing, When I asked one of them if he eve? went to chinch, and, receiving a negative rep*'?, asked "Why not?" roe replied: "What Krooman want go church fori No make money goin' church. Wbal for want go den, eh 7" I could, therefore only class them aa being worshippers o TBE GREAT AMERICAN GOD, GBEEN13AX of whom Cheek is said to be the prophet From all that I can learn thny do no even bow down to idols. They seem ab solntely without any god or auy religion or 'apology for religion. The only - ac approaching a recognition bf any super human power ia the suspending aroun their necks of bones ana other "modi cines," done up in a particularly dirt little bag. Even this seems less, tnougli of than the strings of gaudy glass bead and brass or bone rings, which they wes about their necks, ankles and wrier Their whole object in life seems to be t accumulate money with which to bu tobacco, cattle, women and-(beg pardo: I was on th o point of say lng "other trash,' -tawdry ornaments. Alt this in deapi of long contact with civilisation. Son few of them have been to school, and ct read and write, while others have mat voyages to foreign countries. All the aro more intelligent than their fellow and one or two privately told me th they didn't believe in the efficacy of tl "medicine," which they neverthelc wo'e. "Aheso "educated" ones, coo, go erally seem disposed to limit themeelv to one wife, but they never go to tfhurc use their funerior knowledge of Engli chiefly in thc moro correct rendition English. profanity and obscenity, a wear no more clothes than the othe Their constant exercise at the oar gi\ them beautifully developed arms a chests, but, like other savages, they coi th ?m. up when they cover anything, a leave er posed to view a set of miserai black and scaly looking spindle shae with the well known .'parrot heel," though their feet are generally reasoi bly -small. Of honor or gratitude tt seem to have no conception, and they by tho yard at the drop of a hat. female purity they havo, of course, lil iUoa, ruiuuugu vii?y ?igOi?u?iy 6???t f?i fulness from their wives, and punish m severely any breach of fidelity. I siro: ly suspect, though, that even this is lar ly due to their appreciation of the cc merdai value of the females. A WIFP 18 AN EXPENSIVE AF F Ali to a Krooman. In the first place he to pay her father for her a certain nt ber of cattle, beads, guns, kettles, I the price being regulated by the derna Then with each new. wife there is sc vade marriage ceremony, s nd a gn feast, the principal feature of which large supply of poor rum. Then the t bas to be decorated as far as the me of her husband will go. I saw ont these females, presumably a favorite, ~ one leg from the ankle to the knee < ered with brass ringa,' ?. several on other nether limb, a few on each s and several' necklaces of beads! Tl represented a good many days' wort a common Krooman'*:wages are < twenty-five cents per day, the hoad i of a crew getting thirty-eight. The I women generally dress in one large co cotton cloth, made by tho nati wrapped around their bodies. If I happen to have an infant, the clo! wrapped about the waist, with the ut t?nate looking. piccaninny envelope its folds; and tied in front: On this the conscientious convictions of the E men would not allow them to violate Sabbath for less than a half a dollai diem each, just double wages. I forced to submit to this extortion, an we Btarted. Crossing the Mesurado I from Mumu viii, wo stopped f?t a minutes In _ "VE! TOWN," just on the opposite bank. This I residence of the Vei tribe, who live! in closely built houses made of inter! bamboo, padded with clay, and coi with heavy thatching of leaves. 1 houses are generally circular in form the roofs slope down to within fivt of the ground, where they termini deep eaves. The inside walls we clay aa were the floors, and the go interior was very smoky, there beii chimneys. The buildings are clos gether, with barely room to pass bet them. They generally have a little ered porch at the entrance, howcrc - Li -t g?2 _!..?"_ I_ l._ 4V..., Sundays eltlier standing about ? . s ing in a hammock, while his wifv jr (according to his means) sit about ii These Vei men are magnificent i mens'of tnanhrjd, with broad, s shoulders, foll chests and well deve limbs, and are generally tall and On ? Sondar they seem to clothe selves in European raiment, althou week days they usually wear the on ment of large Cloth, but BO drapec ? produce an effect not unlike that i i Beman toga.__ Their women dress much as the Krou women d?, ??u ? remarkable for virtue. Tho Vets ; ever, seem immeasurably superior ? Kroos, Ono of their striking cha: istics. I am told, is honesty, thal mercilessly and se vet ely punishin i breaches of the Eighth Coramam My informant had in bia employ ? V?i boy whom, he told mc, lib wot trust, with untold amounts of change.. I think the Veis are ti some progress towards civilisation, t certainly have that appearance. Liberian Government allows these tribes to have-each its own mag who flit8, in sonto.degree, the poil legal governor or government ropr tivo among them. They seem ge ta behave themselves tolerably we to be law-abiding. Then from Town" we rowed up a few yards t tercd fcl.OCK.TON CREEK, which h?re emptie* Into tho Mc ' The creek is a branch of the St. about five miles in length. Th opposite Monrovia, on which "Vei stand*, is Bushrod bland, iormina r :df triangle,! bounded on the Ia* eldo by Mesurado riv sr, above by tb? " ereekj atid ob the opposite aide by iho ; Bb Paul, tta apex being formed by tho fork Yrhoro the creek: flow? from the river. The mouth of the Utter is about six miles north of Monrovia, (or in the direction of Sierra Leone,) where it empties into the sea over a heavy bar. Bushrod Island I l? therefore about nix miles broad at ita I base by five long. I couldn't help think? ing that it would make splendid rice j crops, as the tide rises and tails on both i Bides, and thc water is fresh within a mile from the bar. Buch an idea seems j never to have occurred to anybody in : Liberia. Stockton creek is a stream of Senerally uniform width, about one bun red and fifty yards, I should judge. Ita j flow is quiet, and ita surface placid. On I either side it spreads away among the roots of the mangove ana other trees, i and through the thick growth of "dra gon's blood," (a plant resembling our i sword grass, only stronger, sharper and I more savagely barbed.) The vegetation forms a jungle which not even the eye, much less the body, can penetrate. The view is varied by the feather!/ tops of the palm, cocoanut, or banana ; or mango, cotton and other trees, with an occasional indiarubber vine drooping from tba branches. In one or two places tho over useful palm growB in what are apparently plantations. The palm, by the way, ia the crest of the Liberian coat of arms, being stamped on their ugly one and two cent coins. So precious ls the tree held, that the wanton destruction of one is Sunishable by a fine of $5. The view on tockton Creek is generally monotonous, and a description of one portion of it will answer for al}. In one or two places the foliage is varied by beautiful trees, like giant ferns, of which my companion did not recollect tho names, while a few large, white water or common weed flow' ere, and the white leaves of the "tooti plant" gleam out from the dark greer bordering to the quiet water. There i nothing especially beautiful about tin scenery of tho creek. It is one of thoa streams that one dreams about sometime amid the hurly-burly, wishing that h< could drift down forever on its tranqui bosom shut out by tho leafy screen 01 each side from everything oxcept lar.il; floating clouds and blue skies above. Fo a picture of perfect rest and repose it i beautiful. Even the brightly hued psi rots and blue kingfishers that fiy ebon among the branches across, seem to mov languidly as if infected with the goner? silence. ESSENCE OF MUSQUITO. But, like all the poetical dreams*! ev< heard of, Stockton Creek is a deluslo _ m ..... T -1 . 1_A^ _;_HM- A I RUU a Billin;. X Truuiu uaw unguvn/ i float forever down its tranquil boson In the first place the floatings would ha\ to be accompanied by the unpoetic acce. sories of "ingun rubber overcoat an' gui elastic shoes," and an umbrella. In tl second place, tho swamps are infested 1 intervals by an insect wno seems to be cross between a sand fly and a musquit ?cesessing tho concentrated vices of bot] I woola like to stop here to write chapter on the proneness of ants, sac flies, gnats and others of that ilk to pe vade the realms made beautiful by p etic fancy, and knock the romance out j tender situations. Space forbids, hoi ever, and any young gentlemen who h walked on tho Battery with his ador one during Band fly time can appr?cia it.) Then, after floating tic wi. Steckt' Creek for a night- or so, the floater wou probably have African fever, and coi p?ete his floating with a shaven hes taking immenso quantities of quinit Altogether, I would prefer ailowii somebody elso to do my floating. Vvhi on this subject, however, I must pi pound one question over which my nil ios often been exercised : Is it presum ble that tho insects above referred to i fasted the Gorden of Eden? if so, a it be supposed that the state of our fit parents in their unprotected coudith was one of unmixed happiness ? A rep is anxiously awaited. When about t, and a half miles up Stockton Creek, t rain began to fall os if the floodgnt were indeed open. It did not seem foll in drops, but in continuous struan It was literally a "pouring" rain, T Kroomen rowed, on through it all ve unconcernedly, while rubber cloth! turned the water from tho bodies of passengers, and allowed it to flow streamlets into the crackers and chet in the lunch basket. So wo progress. By and by I noticed at one or two plat on the right honk slight clearings, which a native canoe was generally ti np. This, I was informed, was THE FIBST SETTLEMENT ABOVE MC BOVIA. It is called New Geoigia, and n along the banks for two or three mi) tho nouses being built far apart. 1 number of inhabitants in this muni S?iiy is - stit??ted at five hundred, soi brough the openings in the bush caught occasional glimpses cf thf* d' green coffee trees, or bananas, surroui Fog some house, Then, after awhile, swept around a bend, and were ON THE ET. PAUL'S, which is hero about two-thirds of a D wide. The banka of tho river are m elevated than thoa* of the- creek. 1 generally rise in miniature bluffs-fi three to ten feet above tba water. .1 land speedily begins to assume a m cleared appearance, tba view being obstructed by large t.ees. The grass 1 undergrowth, howevar leraily cc down nearly to the - d edge. 1 banks themselves seemed to consist 0 hard, gray clay. Marl ia said, to abundant i?oi?g the river. Most of I-I1J1_- T_il_1 _l_il?- _ IHimniirai - ?wEyw? i-!_.OTC 7 of brick. ?. largo proportion being story, ?bout five miles up the rivei stopped at a "landing." Tho"lond?? invariably consist of cither a few ai cat in the clay from the water's edge tho top of the bank, or of a cut di slope into the bank itself. Such a tl as comfortable wooden or stone steps a wharf, seems to have occurred to a of them, and tho Liberians go on st 1 hiing and sliding on the slippery c 1 and falling down and muddying t good clothes, and swearing just as t ' ia th era did. It may ?>o> remarked that their sole means of trans porta tio : Monrovia seems to consist of the ni canoe, (what we call a "dug ot ' Everybody who can afford it keeps I ' one to five of these craft of different a . lying either at the "landing" or tu i bottom un on the ?r.Mund in the ne ; borhood.* When ?ney want to go . where, thoy put in a crew of from t ! to ten natives (according to theb oise) end go. What objection t > would be*to naving decent boats I c ' know. I am told that a path leads cl i through the woods by tbe creek to 2 '. rovia. That is how the poor folks r thero I s?ppoco. . The "landing" ' stopped at was of the usual! order. I companion bad a Kroomno to "tote" i through the water and mud to tho j ' above,, and I, very absurdly, fol lowe? example. One hundred and- sevc fivo pounds of weight, however, oec to make my K roo man sick, ona I i , tally registered a vow never to try experiment again. When i do b my neck or smother in mud, I wai . do ii all by rnyoeli.. Beeide? ii' ls , ?trie?y speaking, pleasant lo be sp c ly embraced by a moist ?roo. The rain had temporarily suspended, and after reaching solid ground vre trended our way to a very heat looking frame cottage, the residence of a colored man named Beam. Ile has been in this country for a number of years. He has ?tty acres under cultivation in sugar cane, and ex pressed bis regret that he could not show us around owing to the all-pervading dampness. He aid show us, however, over his sugar tn'.il, which is of the ordi nary pattern, ran by a six homo steam engine. The LUJURIAN SUGAR is coarse, but of a good quality and color, and brings from seven to eight cents per pound from American refiners. The Liberian production is from 8,000 to 3,500 pounds per acre. The7 make from their sugar boiling also an excel lent quality of syrup, and rum, which is Srenounced by connoisseurs to be very ne. This yield of sugar shows what the soil is-magnificent. It car. be cyphered out readily that there should be money in sugar-raising at this rate, especially as a crop ia to be obtained in one year, and the cane, so I get lt from the best au thority, does not require replanting for years, a new growth springing up every season from tho old stumps. I saw sonto cone, anent remnants of this your's crop, which I would estimate at belog twelve or thirteen feot high and two in ches thick a foot from tho roots. There are only two or three sugar milts on tho river, however, and the profit is greatly reduced to tho general producer by the tolls charged for grinding out the cane -ono third of the gross proceeds. Re embarking, we continued our course up the river. About five miles above Nen Georgia comes a similar town named CALDWELL, stretching along the river front, and con taining a population of from 500 to GOO The word "town" may mislead the read er, "settlement" would be the mon Eroper word, as they consist of a nura er of email farmers adjoining eael other, and generally connected by bror.?! roads, miscalled weela." Just oppo Bite ' Caldwell on the other shore, an Lower and Upper Virginia, the two to gcthor containing 800 or 900 people Behind Upper Virginia ia Brewersvillo where there are about GOO peoplo. Nex above Tinner Virginia is Clay-Ashland which claims a population of 1.00C Nearly all of the older houses along th shore aro of brick, but farther back tram ia tho general rule, with a proportioi of thatch houses. Theso latter it ie dil ficult for any one but a native to raak comfortable. They can be run up with few days* labor, and aro souiciiuios use temporarily by immigrants untirframe c brick buildings can bs erected. Thei is a saw-mill on the river, and a consit erable quantity of the dressed lumber : imported. As the brick clay is abundai ana easily accessible, and the sunjs h< enough to bake brick, it would bc, should think, more advisable to build < brick always. Manufactured brick ce be bought for four dollars per tbousam and lime is cheap and easily obtainei Dressed shingles aro also mode ia ema quantities up the river. There is a bu a tort of ant. in the country called "buj aboo," which is very destructivo to dre sed timber, especially in building, think fom all accounts they would eat frame house entirely up in ton or twob years if let atone. The Libo rhum bee to think that American timber wit! stands the ravagea of these insects be ter than that produced in Africa, The ants. ?.re different from tho black ant which make occasional raids, and if n smoked back, overrun houses, complete clearing them of animals, insects, & and acting as though scavengers. I sa some of the mounds built by these latt< four feet high by two or three thick, ai overgrown with grass and bushes! ? Clay-Ashland I saw A SMALL IRON STEAM DO AT tied up just below the landing. It w formerly .the property of Messrs. Morri of Philadelphia, but by some means < other has passed into the hands of a I her?an. It seems to be rusting itself o now, and I am informed ia never use exactly why, I could not learn. It seer! to me that it would be an incalculab benefit to the people on the river, we it run regularly, aa well as a sour of profit to the owner. It seems ?resent to afford a fair illustration ?iberian enterprise. We landed Clay-Ashland. took dinner, and spe the night. There I first saw what Lib .-.a could do in the way of cotton. ] my host's yard wan a large bush son eight feet high, and branching out twel feet each way. It waa a cotton pla which, he informed mo, had been gro ing there for nine years, bearing reguU ly every year, and on two or three c casions twice a year, from 2,000 to 8,0 bolls. Of the cotton itself I secured specimen. It is long staple, and resei bits our sea island, only U ia not ouito fine. This COTTON GRQWS WILD about the country, and nobody seems pay an? attention to it except tho natlv who with their primitive looms, manufi turo from it a coarse strong cloth whi they wear almost universally. Tb weave stripes about six inches wide, a of any required length. Those strij are subsequently woven together into t cloth, which is traded to the Liberi store keeper who sells it out again his. customers. The cloths genera sell according to width, about 12$ cei being charged for each "stripe" couta ed in them. They are dyed usually w indigo, which also grows wild, in bl stripes of different width on the wb ground. Un - \ saw, however, which s quite claborw-o, there being *-.de tempts at reproducing the shapes flowers on it. I obtained a couplo these also. From all I can see, I kn of no reason why Liberia should i with proper cara become one of the gr cotton producing countries. Therols replanting necessary except every two or. fifteen years ; the plant beare the f year, and soon becomes strong ouoi to defy grass. NATURE SEEMS TO PROVIDE EVE] TEING HEHE. In rambling around, my compani * the doctor, snowed me the fever ph this leaves of which, made into tea, almost a sovereign cure for fevers; soap tree, tho leaves of which, w! i braised, lather like soap and are aim as efficacious for cleaningro.tgh euria tho tooth plant, a white icm, which, i ascertained by experiment, by a li rubbing, clean and polish your U i beautifully : the hemorrhage, plant, i leaves of which when applied to a wo Staunch tho flow of blood ; pepper pla licorice, ginger and lemon pi?ats, a smelling ana lasting like lemon and admirable medicinal agent; then m angove ash makes the strongest sor lye ; and the uses of the palm and bi fruit tree, everybody knows. Cassad a long root, generally about two inc thick, which is palatable when propi cooked, ;aod is^rery natrifciOus.^ Int i 3 abu minni, v Walking nbtiul Cinj-n land yon kick ap pare silicate from ground in flakes at every step, and I shown dp?cittiens of ore which, eve could see, wei* rich in iron. Rom? thia ort?, lam told, yields 85 pore of pitre iron. The natives bring pure gold from the interior to trade, anet we procured #a ruby, picked up from tho ground. The Liberians claim that there aro diamonds also, but precious piones seem very scarce. Theso things I do not give as rumor's but as the result of diligent inquiries among different people at diff?rent times ana places, ana of personal inspection. At Clny-Ashland, aa well as everywhere elae ia Liberia, I everybody is mad on the subject of coffee. TUB COFFEE TEEE ia a beautiful one, generally growing, when developed and under cultivation, from six to ten feet high, with a largo dark green leaf, (here like everything oise an evergreen.) It is generally plant? ed by scions or slips, tho little trees Doing taken from tho beds when well started, and transplanted. Tho coffee grows in thickly clustering bunches along the branches, and is green in color, until ripe, when it turna red. A thick pod or case envolopes the grains, which ia beaten off when gathered and dried. Tho grains are very large, and tho coffee itself is ! delicious, to my taste fully equalling, if not supassing, Mocha. The coffee trees aro usually planted about 400 to the acre, and begin to bear well the third year. Tho trees yield from one to five pounds of coffee giiaiiu csch, which sell at 20 cents per pound, whole sale, at Monrovia. While on this eub {ect, I may say that I caw in the Court louse yard la Monrovia a coffee tree ful ly twenty-five feet high, from which from' five to ten pounds of the grain are gathered every year. The coffee-picking season ia over now, letting from February to Moy. I saw the trees growing wild and uncared for ia the bush in one place, and about the yarda and streets in Mon rovia. Almost everybody near the land ings along tho St. Paul's bas a little store under their dwelling where they carry on a TRAFFIC WITH THE NATIVES. Exchanging calicoes, kettle?, guns beads &c, for country clothes, palm kernels, coffee and rice. The palm ker nels aro the nuts gathered from tho palm tree, and, with the oil pressed from them form onoof tho chief articles of export, tho oil being extensively used for tho man ufacturo of fine paints and soaps. Tho English , and French manufacturers ex tract the oil from tho kernels, and press the remainder into cakes, which is said to make "u excellent food for cattle. Almost everybody handles palm oil ; nearly the whole of Liberia seems to smell of it, and tho odor is not a par ticularly delightful one. BICE also grows in a wild and half wild stats 1 and bat littlo care seems io be devoted tc its production. It is kept in the h uss 1 until wanted for use, when the required ' quantity is put in a wooden mortar, anrj : hammered on until it ia cleaned, anti . tolerably well broken up. Itisagooc ' article to the taste, being richer that our fine white rice. Tho Liberians clain ' that thia effect ia produced by keeping il unhulled. Notwithstanding its grow tl at their very doors, however, they impon 1 India rice for consomption. Althougl ir*, the country with cattle all about, wi bad English canned butter at Clay-Ash land. I only saw milk at two places ir ? Liberia, ana then it was in the coffee 1 They say that the cowa give BO litth ' milk that it's nardiy worth whiie. feed ' ing them. I believe, though, that thi experiment of carefully feeding and at 1 tending to milch cattle has not as ye ; been tried. Ciay-Ashlaud io like tin ; other settlements, scattering far and wid< over tho country, with every vacant loi ; densely overgrown with underbrusb, ant all the roads covered with gross. Wt left there early on Monday morning, con tinuing our course up the river. The da) was the one appointed for the opening oi the quarterly court at Monrovia, and ai we wont up we met quite a number ol planters comiug down to attend. They make quite LUXURIOUS CONVEYANCES of the long "dug-outs," having cushioned or covered and backed seats near tbc stern, in which the "boas" reclines be neath tho shade of bia umbrella ano smoked bb pipe, or leieurely discusses s lunch or a bottle of wine, while thc seven, eight, nine or ton natives whe ' compose tho crew paddle away singing merrily. - In one of these craft I noticed the two "bosses," leaning comfortably back, facing each other, with a little table between them, from which they atc breakfast. In several places, on each aide of the river, small creeks flow irJtc it. These are generally bridged just al the mouths by Hi ni ny root bridges, sup ?jrt;* on long, insecure looking poles hese creeka are 'ho great resorts of thc hippopotamus, (? I /or norse.) GAME docs not seem very abundant. I saw bul i few birds along tho river. There arc several species of deor, tho principal o?i being apparently tho water deer, a small i animal, savory to the taste, and from whose shina the natives make shot pouches and other articles. Quite t number of other de . r aro, however, kill ed in "the bush." Monkeys aro abund ant, but I saw none, those ancestors ol i ours having a constitutional objectior i to, being wetted by thc rain.' Panthen occasionally make themselves trouble some by leaping the apologies for fenec? and killing cattle. Those interesting i animals ore, however, becoming scarcer ' Porcupines, squirrels and similar email llvartnenta" seem r .entiful. I sow one i large alligator, on ? rock. He seemed tc bs rather tighter in color than his Amor , iiiau brother, but he gs ve ?"dd?n?v of eqnal alacrity in moving al f the whistle of a rifle bullet, and ?: F equal persistency in refusing io give an) tangible evidence of whether he wai ; hit or not There are no tigers or Hom , hereabout, but elephants there must bc > not far in the interior, as the nativo i bring considerable if?mbonv of theil ; tusks in for sale and barter. ' Fish swarm i so I was told, in the rivers. I notice*! many traps a'.ung the banka. A. B. WILLIAMS. , ARSENIC-The Master of tho State , Grange has issued a circular to tho loco! ? granges of Massachusetts and the Stott ) Grauges of tho country on tho increasing i sole of poisonous articles in our markets . He calls attention to the fact that 2,827, j 742 pounds of arsenic havo been im k ported iuvO iu? c?uriry iii is ?*5g?6 ySA" ) each pound containing a fatal dose foi i about 2,800 persons. A constantly in ? creasing quantity of this poison goet I into wall papers, while lt is mero anc , more used in the coloring matter o t dresses, underclothes, socks, etc. Farm i ors ara warned to be careful In buyin| i new kinds of cooking utensils, the mar ' blcizcd iron-ware "alive with poison,' I which came into such extensive use los i year, illur .rating: the dangers in thia di i reefton- and they aro, advised to kee) ' their ^jd open gcnarally when makio] > purchases.^ Finally' thejrare congratu ratcu OB utting ??v?r.p? . >G?r. sos".c rlart > gera to which other classes are subject, ai i in having vinegar and pickles of theil own make, whllo tho t?acjU?fl? Americai F says that probably half tho vinegar nov , sold In cities is ''rank poison, ' THE RADICAL STATfc CQHVBHTIOH. 0IHef SptftctW Aaalasi Hampton, Hayes ant DetoOc??ji Generally. A Reminder of the Falto?fi ?die Jil ?Aya? COLUMPIA, August 7,1878. At 12 m. to-d??v the Convention, of th? ?nlon Republican party of South Caro lina assembled In the tall of tue House of Representatives, end tran called to order by R. B. Elliott, Choirraan of the State Executive Committee: By previ ous agreement 'SQ convention sat with closed doom, u??d as reporters as well as other outsiders were excluded, it wus on ly through the members as they came from the hall at intervals during the ses sion: to get a little fresh a?r that we are enabled to give what follows. After quiet was restored, and a few re marks by Elliott congratulatory of tho full'and "intelligent" representation of tho Republican party of South Carolina, ami tho auspicious occasion upon which the. convention had assembled, ho an nounced that nominations were In order for temporary chairman. Elliott was nominated for the position, but declined tho proffered honor on .ac count of feeble health. C. C. Bowen, Shoriff of. Charleston County, was then nominated , and unani mously elected. s J. L. West was elated Secretary by acclamation. A committee on credentials was then appointed, which immediately retired, and during their absence a motion was made and adopted that the temporary chairman and secretary bo made perma-1 neat officers of the convention. Committees on rules, platform and resolutions wore then appointed. Senator John R. Cochran, of Ander son, introduced the following preamble and resolutions, which were referred : Whereas, the Republican party has aver avowed as ita cardinal principles the equality of all men before the law. the fair and impartial administration ot jus tice and economy in the transaction of public affairs; whilst upholding these timo-honorcd principles, and in. perfect loyalty to our party affiliations, we ro cognizo in the course of Gov. Hampton the fulfillment of all tho liberal pledges ! tuado by him in the la?t canvass, tue discharge of all the duties of his Ugh office without favor or distinction be cause of race or condition, tho repression of crime, the cessation of violenco and the impartial administration of law; i ihc-rc-foro, bo it Resolved, That this convention of the Republican party will not make any numinatious in opposition io Governor , Hampton and the rest of the State ticket > nominated with bim, and are prepared : to entrust to them tho administration of I tho government of the State, relying 1 upon their renewed pledges to administer I it with equal and exact justice to all. I Resolved, That President Hayes io en I titled to 'no confidence of the Republl i can party, in so far as he baa earnestly t and honestly endeavored to carry out in i good faith the pledges of tho Republican t party as laid down Tn the platform which i was adopted at Cincinnati in 1876. ? Resolved, That in declaring wo are pre - pared to entrust the administration of i the government of the State to Governor . Hampton and his associates for the next ) two years, we do not intend to discourage - the nomination cf local Republican tkk 3 eta wherever It-may be deemed proper ; . and, in view of the probability of such *, tickets being nominated, wc demand of ? Governor Hampton, in the interests of 3 fair elections and public rights, that a t recognized and intelligent Republican be 1 appointed one of the Commissioners of 3 Election in each county, and a' recogni ? zed and intelligent Republican bo ap t pointed one of the Managers of Election f tu each precinct. i Resolved, That wo denounce alike the F violence by which Republican voters r have been prevented or deterred from voting in some of the counties of thc State, and the fraud by which Republi I can majorities have been deprived of the 1 fair results of elections in others ; and ' that we particularly denounce the mon ? straus outrage perpetrated under the 1 thin guis3.of legislative action, by which 1 the Republican members of the last ' House of Representatives from Charles \ ton County were deprived of the seats j to which they bad been elected by a ma \ jority of more thnn 6,000 votes, and mi nority Democratic candidates, without a . shadow of right, seated in their stead. 1 Resolved, That wo lenent the want of 1 intelligence and integrity which, cha rac ? terizeo, in many instances, the adralois ' tration of the government of thia State ' during the supremacy of tho Ropublir*m ' party, and that we entreat the local R? ' publican conventions throughout ibo otate, wherever they, make nominations, to nominate only such candidates as are ' recognized aa men of intelligence and 1 integrity os well aa of established devo [ tion to Republican principles. D. A. Stroker, orOrangehurg, offered ' a resolution that?.a committee of seven " be appointed to wait on Gov. Hampton 1 and ascertain whether he would not ap ' point one Commissioner of Election, to . bo recommended by the Republicans, in ' each county, and to secure one Repupli 1 can Manager at each election precinct. 1 This resolution was sn opening wedge ' for the ultra Radicals to vent their I spleen, and when Swails, TafL Mackey > and Bowen were through speaking in qp : position to it, but little moro.could ne 1 said abusive of the pledges and policy . cf. the Democratic party in general. . Lee, Mobley, Strebor and others made ' lengthy speeches warmly advocating the J p^iCigC ?f thc rf?A,,1<LWv when a. ino i tion was offered to postpone its further 1 consideration, but was voted down. Mackey again took the floor in oppo y Bition to It, and after quite a lengthy and ' boring ?peech, announced that the Gov J erhor was not in the building. ' Stroker, being assured of this fact, r then moved that the resolution bo laid t on the table, to be taken up at some 1 future time ; which was adopted, McKinley, of Charleston, introduced a resolution declaring that in order to i perpetuate the Republican party in South > Carolina, it was nvoc?n?rj to s-.skc s I straighten* Republican nomination of 3 the whole State ticket. Referred to the ; Committee on Platform and Resolutions, Holland, of Aiken, offered a lengthy . preamble and resolution? with reference - to! the oppressed condition of tho people , throughout the United 8**t4?; esd of i?e r colored people in particular, tho general . stagnation of business, bankruptcy and ?J even starvation that is. hovering over tia 1 and haunting our very footstep?, which f was caused ?by tba contraction of cur - rency, remonetization of silver, sala of 5 United States bonds, Aa, thanking the - i v-mbers of Congress of both parties for ' their opposition to these schemes, and t calling upon them io adopt Momo meas . ure which would afford immediate relief > to the pcoplo, ? Thia document, which was referred lo - the Committee on Platform and R?solu*. - tites, ?ras rifideaily mrfinarod hy some s ono who had been reading tho National r Party organs, as ft was fbi ly ip keeping. > with the tons of these watchful ??anuncia r of the republic and too well golton up ' for the greasy ex-Reprepontativa ft out.j