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BY E. 13. MURRAY & CO._ ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1870._ VOL. XIY-NO. 46. ' I Wv OF SUBSCRIPTION.-Oar DOLLAR .? ?1 Firrr ?>.-iT? per annum, lo adrauce. Two DOLLARS at end of year. BSVEXT Y-Fl VE CaUin lor ?ix months. Subscriptions aro not taken for a lets period t'ian ?Ix mouths. HATtiS OF ADVBRTIS I SO.-On* I>jlls.r per ?.jua col on? Inch for the drat Insertion, sud Fifty ?Vits per square for sub" t quent Insert lonslos* that three months. No ad.. .rt Isetnclitscounted les? than a tuuare. i li.cr.ii contract ? will he in aile wi th thoa? wish OIK io advrrlUt' for three, six or Iwelre months. Ad verit-liiK hy contract IUUJ.1 confined to thc lui? mediate business of th? firm or Indirldual contrac tu*. .li,mary Notices exceeding fl-e lints, Tribute*, .if Respect, and all personal communication* or ni tilers of imliviilual Interest, ?111 be charwd for ut advcrU-lns; rates. Announcements of marrin-?c* niel .leu the, anil out icc? of a religious? liar.i.T.r. ute respectfully solicited, and will be lusertcd gratis. NIHILISM. Tho Movement Mure tliun '/My Year* Old. A cor res po mle nt of the Cologne (ia Zills writing from St. Petersburg j iii? I before the late attempt on the life ol the Czar, says : "It is ju*t about a year since the Rus niau Socialists first surprised their fellow eouiltrymeil with a display of their pian of action. Within thc past twelve mouths h?ls, placards, and pamphlets of a revolutionary character have been de livered at the doors of Ministers, now at the cottage of the laborer, with an audac ity for which we should have to travel far lo lind a parallel. How long the dismal confederacy has been in existence -a confederacy whose members are abroad known as Nihilists, and itiH Ussia its .Socialist.s. bul who call themselves the Revolutionary party-it is impossible to ascertain w th exactness. At any rate the movement has assumed a fixed shape ?inly within the past year, and it is since that time thal we have learned the san guinary task which the terrorists have undertaken, and which they have been executing with a precision that excites the uttno-t horror and astonishment. At lirst little importance was in general at tached to the manifestos of the revolu tionary parly. Thc pievailing convic tion was that its principal elements con sisted of eccentric, over-excited students who could never prove dangerous to tho State or to society. To-day, the opinion has very much altered, at least in Hus* sia itself Abroad people aro still attri buting the movement, which, in the meantime, lias spread all over Russia, to Nihilism; others are endeavoring lo show the indeiitity of the Russian revo lutionists willi the Internationale. Thia view is, however, a false one, and he who is prepossessed by il has much to lenrn of Rushia and its people. Possibly, the Internationale and the Russian revolu tionaries have certain relations with one another, and it may be granted that there are many Nihilists among them; but taken generally, tho Russian Socialists ?ire pursuing paths of their own which Wider toto endo from those of the Inter nationale, and have desperately little, in troiumon even with Nihilism. To lind the real commencement ol present rev iiluliun we should have to go back as far as the accession of tho Emperor Nicho las It was in 182"? that for the lirst time loud demand was made in Russin fora Constitution, which it was also en deavored to secure by violent means. This movement the energetic Czar quick ly crushed. Under his iron rule lhere may have !?en occasional ferment, but nothing lo speak of came to the surface. lt was only under the milder Keepter of Alexander that the agitation Fret ven tured to shov itself again. Since the year 1803, when serfdom wits actually abolished, it increased from day to day, and for fifteen years il has been increas ing almost imperceptibly, and without assuming a fixed and definite shape, lint at length, last year il came forth firm, audacious, and in a terrible form. At that lime there appeared in all the Eu ropean cities of the Empire publications of an insurrectionary character, accusing the highest officials and dignitaries of dishonorable conduct, avarice, and bar barous brutally. Their remov from the entourage of the Emperor wa.? ' imanded failing which a sanguinary revenge was i h rentoned. From the outset the Rus sian Socialists declared that they did not intend any injury to the Czar. It was the Courl Camarilla they were aiming at-that wall which separates the ruhr from his people, and through which lay the only way to the monarch. This they declared must be broken down, if not in a peaceable way, then by force. They further demanded a Constitution, the suppression of Iiis Majesty's private chan cellery-commonly called the 'Third Di vision'-the abolition of corporal pun ishment with the stick in prisons, better treatment of political prisoners, reform in the courts of justice, and changes in the procedure in preliminary examina tions under the secret police. Tho persons whose dismissal from the ranks of thc government service was ile...anded were mentioned by name. They were not few ? lhere were about 2?0 names on the list. " Underneath these names were words to the following effect: 'Since we are unable to obtain any redress in a le gal way, and thal because in Russia, not ihe Czar, but those about the Czar really govern tlie country, we shall, unless nt lentiou is paid to our wishes, enter upon the illegal way, and we shall shoot, stab, and murder, until our demands arc sat isfied and the Camarilla is swept from the face of tho earth.' According to the pro gramme of the Socialists, or Revolution ary party, thc'Third Division' was to he first done away with. The private chan cellery of bia Majesty, it was declared, was an institution utterly irreconcilable with the spirit of the present-an insti tution which, standing above and outside all law, could not be reached by any le gal way. The Chief of tue Third Divis ion was threatened with murder or na gnssination, if he continued to torture prisoners into confession by subjecting them to thc pangs of hunger, and thirst and the knout. A certain time was granted him within which to mend his ways. Thc authorities, upon receiving these intimations, employed every exer tion to get a clue to tho audacious au thors and distributors of these publica tions, but all without success. Hand bills and placards seemed over night to grow out of the earth. Thc army was de luged with them ; the laborer found them in bis pocket in the morning. No body knew whence they came, but there ihey were, every d.-y in increasing num bers. Reforc lung simple hand bills were not sufficient. Newspapers began to "?"i" priiitcd and ptiblinhcti ??? regular form, some aboard, others in the capital ilself. LANI) AND WATER. "For some time the Storm Beti had been published in London anti the For nurd in (leneva, when suddenly, in St. Petersburg, lhere appeared the chief or gan ol thc Revolutionary party-a pa per which, in foolhardiness, surpassed everything thal had hitherto been known in thc sume line. It bears the name Sendai Sraboda, (Land and Liberty). In ibis print we see unfolded a revolution ary fanaticism and terrorism which recall I lie memory of the sanguinary years ol the first French Revolution. The Senda i Sntbodn passes judgment on life or death; it wains, threatens, and pardons; it announces beforehand those who have been condemned in the criminal court* ...?d publishes earlier and more faithful account* with respect to the condemned than the journals of the capital are abb tn do. Ibo- hawkers or distributors ol the Sem fa i Sraboda must, it would seem, eil her ttl do their work in invisible gar ments or the copies of the paper inusl fall from the skit's. They are found everywhere, except when the police want to drop on them. They are found in tili offices of the civil service, in manufactr>< res, in barracks, in restaurants, in thc Ministry <d thc Interior, in thc Ministr) ul Foreign Affairs and Public Enlighten' ment, etc., in every place copies of th? Senda i Svaboda suddenly crop up. Th? Councillor of State Andi them bet wirri the leaves of his Conservative journal the Sergeant finds them folded inside his I orderly hook. All fcnr:"1.: ?* in vain ; thc j secret wny by which thc paper comes is ' I not to be discovered. The Sctnlu i Scabo ila appears only once or twice a month, i It costa six roubles a year lo annual sub scribers-so, nt least, we are informed by the Announcement inviting new sub- ' seri bera which is printed at tuc head of this strange periodical. Shall wo call ' ibis audacity ?tr banter? "Thc editors of the Land and Liberty \ quite coolly invite readers to subscribe to their paper, as though it was a mere 1 ! matter of course. They further inform us what pamphlets have recently been ! republished, and what will shortly ap pear ; and to this announcement they add thc intimation that 'these publica tions are to be bought for' so much, 'at tbc well known places.' The form of the revolutionary newspaper itself very nearly resembles that of thc Auytbury Allegancia Heilung or the London Ga zette. The printed matter is on coarse paper and clear, although evidently, ut times, hurriedly put together. The text generally occupies from sixteen to twenty lour pages. Thc assumption is that each of the confederates employed on the pa lier carries about with him a quantity of type ; that on a fixed day he takes this li) the secret printing ollicc; that lhere the various articles are set up as rapidly as eau be done, put together, and made ready for printing, so that in a few hours thc whole business is over. OFFICIA IJ3 FOR KW A KN KD. "On thc day after that nssination of MeaenzeiT, the Chief of thc St. Peters burg Secret Division, the Scmla i Seabotla appeared with an illustration. On thc front page of the paper appeared thc commencement of a grand proclamation of which thc substance was as fol lows : " 'Yesterday, in accordanc ? with thc sentence of the National Revolutionary Committee, there fell (?cn. Mesenzeff, Chief of the 3d Division of the Secret Chancellery of His Majesty. He had trampled right under foot ; he tortured his privones, persecuded thc innocent and in his official capacity murdered partly by brutal ill treatment by hunger, thirst, and the rod, and partly by his minions, the following persons.' (Then follows a list of names willi cause of their imprisonment and the circumstances of their death.) 'The measure of Mesen zeff was full. We gave him warning which he disregarded.' "Thus the proclamation proceeds for some length, but it breaks oft"on thc first page in order to make room for the illus tration just mentioned, which is accom panied by a revolutionary dirge. The picture represe::!.-, thc murdered Mesen zeff lying on a catafalque. Around him bright tapera are. burning. The poem tells the reasons for his death, and re lates how the Czar comes in to take n Inst farewell of his faithful servant. The Emperor enters, takes off his helmet, and kneels down at the foot of the collin, SoP church music is then beard aud the lights suddenly go out. There is sound of thunder and of rushing wind in tht air ; the music suddeuty stops, and inti thc chamber of death tnere da.ices t long line of shades of the murdered hollow-eyed, covered in rngs, and fetters rattling on their limbs. Thc ghostlj company dance the dance of death rounc the Emperor and ?be corpse of Mesen zeil They lift their arms in menacing fashion pointing to thc wounds which the assas sinated Chief of the Police had inflicts on them. Then suddenly ceasing fron the dance, they join in a chorus, singing 'It is not he we pity, but ourselves, win were murdered for no crime; he onh had what he deserved.' I refrain fron reproducing the whole of the dirge; i is too frantically insame and fantastic I only wish to give some illustration o the length to which tho audacity of ila* Sent?a i Sraboda is carried. "Aller the assassination of Krapotkii another announcement of t':e secret tri bunal was made in the revolution?r journal. A reward of 50,00 roubles ba! been offered for the discovery of the; murderers of Mesenzeff, but nobody cam forward to earn the reward. After the at j temt on Kropotkin the reward was don bled tn thc hope of tempting some one i the hostile camp to turn traitor. And lui time a man actually presented bimscl before the Chief of the Gendarmerie an betrayed the whereabouts of two seen printing offices in .St. Petersburg. On of them was in the ollieo for sliippin dues on the Oundujevski Ostroff, th other in the Imperial Cartridge Factor on the Vassili Ostroff*. In the night bot the printing office were visited and broke up; but beyond a coupleof thousand copi? of papers which hail been smuggled int the country-copies of the Storm Itt and of Forward*-and a number of ph cards, only a few hundred printin r.y? -a wero found. An expert was 1 once called in hythe police und cousu ted as to where the type had come fron and it was found that thc letters hu been brought together from a number 1 different printing offices in the city, mo of them being from ibe firm of Wolf ai from the Imperial State Printing Olli: At the cartridge factory Col. Simon? and five other officers were arrested, ai in the ?iflice for shipping dues the fir assistant to the Director was likewi placed tinder arrest. He was a ni: named Eichstedt, of German parentac but born and brought up in Russia*. TIIK FATE OF A TRAITOR. "These prisoners are said to have bei found guilty of complicity with the rc olutionary movement but, after nil, t discovery of these two printing offices li had no appreciable effect in checkii the action of chiefs of the parly, w still remain undiscovered. Thc ty j pave the nnlire MO clue to them a::d 1 key to thc .iocret was not found, thou a large quantity of their papen fell ii the hand of tho defectives. Thc seat the principal printing office still conti ues a mystery. On the other ha three ?lays had not elapsed after t betrayal of tho two printing offii when tho betrayer was found mindel in MamontofTs Hotel, in Moscow. 1 his breasen card was pinned, beari these words : 'Executed oy command the Committee of the Hovolnti? Death to the traitors !' No ono in Mi cow knew the name of tho murdei man. He had travcle?! with a fa ?iiissporl from the new to the old capit lut the readers of thc Semla i Svabt were not long left in doubt as to I identity ?if the victim, for on thedayaf his assassination thc revolutionary ort! i reported the case as follows : "On tho Gib of March the trai Reinstein was executed in Mamonto ? Hotel, Moscow. Holnstein, n Pol f Jew, had betrayed to ihc Third Divis , the v.hereabouts of two of our print offices, (In this account we put Wita death. The government nee?! not put I self lo unnecessary expense. In ttfldt (ciliary researches it has found noth . of importance. It is exceedingly inc veulent to ns that our editorial portfi ? fell into the hands of thc police s . were sent in search, bul, ns wc h put our names to our articles, nott) . further can come of it. No money \ ? tempi any one anning us to turn trail : (or Rrlnstein was simply a lie"?" sp ; who distribute?! our papers. Wo li nt command -urns sufficient to keep our people from giving way to the temp tation of gold. The execution of Mesen r.effcost 0,000 roubius, and that of Krnp Otkin about an cqui'l sum, but, neverthe less, we have at our disposal at any mo ment, 400,00(1 roubles in hard cash, in order to enable us to cn ri y through <?ur work to its conclusion." Hints for "Beating lt." Begin by borrowing a quarter which of course vnu need never return. Thc lender will consider il money well inves ted. Always maililgc to smoke at somebody cleo's expense. You will be able to get behind unusually good cigars in this way -much better than von would buv your self. If you notice anything in a show win dow, order it up to the house regardless of the expense. The merchant is always anxious lo work oil" his goods, and it is your bounden duly to help him. Ile especially careful never to return a book hat a friend lends you. Il will look a great deal better on your table than un his-ii you are shrewd enough to tear ont the tell-tale fly leaf. Send home a sewing machine on the "instalment" (ilau. inn can make the first payment and sell the machine for cash before the agent calls again. This is a good investment. Engage the best horse in the livery every Sunday. "Money makes the mare go"-and if lt is somebody else's money she'll go all thc faster. If your salary's small, your dinners should of course be large. Patronize the markets liberally (on lick) and have everything good to cat in its season. You will grow sleek by this method, and your pocket-book will not suffer - the market man's will ; bul that's no matter. Your wife and daughters should dress in silks. Not that they can afford it, or that anybody expects them to, but it is sort of aUtinytte among strangers to wear good clothes. Recollect that you always promise to pay a bill "nextSaturday' anugo fishing all that day. Any Huspicious looking person that conics around the corner may bo a col lector, and it would be well to cross the street. He will cross too, but you will gain time to inventa new lie about your financial circumstance?. Doctor bills are never to pe paid. This is on honor. "Folks that's rich can pay them fellows-they have a mighty easy time, and get their money without trouble." Twenty-five dollars to a lawyer to contest a suit for debt is a highly hon orable and dignified way of getting rid of said debt. It. will bring you before the courts, and your name will be in the papers. It. is a great mistake to draw your own sr.lary. Have a "friend" who does this for you. Then the firm that owes you will liol owe you, and "garnisheeing," "factorizing," .'trusteeing," and the like will not trouble you. Talk very loud about your "business" and thc great things you are doing and your plans for the future. People will gain an impression that your "capital" is employed, und that you are an enter prisimr, stirringsortof a man-which you are, in certain lines. House rent is of no consequence to a landlord. If you occupy his house it will give it an "air of business-like respecta bility." You may get "warned oui" after awhile, but you can always have thc satisfaction of calling bini a "mean, stingy <dd curmudgeon, that never kept the house in a condition fit for a hog to live in"-notwithstanding that you lived in it yourself as long as he would allow you. Subscribe for the daily papers-all of them. You will thus be" kept informed of what is going on in the world, and can talk intelligently on all subjects. Drop in occasionally and make a sug gestion or two as to the course the paper ought to pursue. It will be considered an equivalent for the money in advance. About two years ol loss sort of proce dure will serve to bring you out as a "man of mark" and a "dead beat" of thc first water.-Xcw Haven Register. Hon CHOLERA-A CURE.-I have read many articles in newspapers and I journals, about hog cholera, and have waited to sec if a remedy could be found which would prove satisfactory. I will relate briefly my experi ?nee, honing it will prove of benefit to oiners. During the war just prior to the fall of New Orleans, I purchased from aTexas drover one hundred heavy meat boga which av erage two hundred pounds net. The weather being warm, I put them in a fattening pen and thought I would wait for a cold spell to kill them. Not more than a week elapsed when I noticed that several appeared sluggish and sick, and in a very lew days aller I had to throw nineteen out dead. Others looked as ?hough they were affected with thc san:. disease. I tiad the whole lot^tumed into a large wood pnsture hoping that they might be benefited by a change, but the disease spread among thc hogs I had raised, and at least one hundred pigs, shoats and sows died. At the suggestion of Mr. A. D. Woods, who was overseeing for me, I had a iarge 84-inch sugar Kettie hauled to the pasture and the stock mintier was direc ted to put six bushels of corn in the ear, to add one-half of unslactetl lime and to fill the kettle with water, and to cook the corn about half done. This made n good thick whitewash, ami with thc lime all coated over the ears, it was thrown out to thc hogs (about three hundred) and was greedily eaten by them ; we contin ued ibis for a week, feeding every even ing, anti I did not lose two hogs after thc first feed. I did not know nt the time what the disease was, but am satisfied by thc description given by numerous wri ters, that it was genuine hog cholera. 1 have never been troubled with the di?' ease since. Planters on Rayon Ru-uf arc preparing for cotton. Many have planted their corn and there will be an increase in thc acre ! age of cotton over last yent. The seed cane 1 is not injured as much as it was feared il would be.-LiNS TANNER, ( Cheney* \IU La.) in Oar Hame Journal., - A writer in the Weekly Trilntne -ay> that bc hunted last year cabb?gc-wormi till he nearly crippled his back. Om day a neighbor's Wife came in and toll him to use a tea made of cayenne pepper to sprinkle the cabbages with iwiee a day i He applietl it, anti his cabbages and bael were saved. He watched the millers ant ' thev would not light on the plants whicl had thc pepper on them. "NOARS IIAVETIIRY BUT THEY SM EM NOT!"-Among the lower orders, bac smells are little heeded ; in fact, "nose have they, but they ?mell not ;" hut lt thc refined and educated, a pleasant odor emanating from a well-dressed perron ?roduecs feelings of pleasure and delight he fragrance of Dr. Price's Unique Fer fumes produce.-, an influence that is tap ' ti vating and delightful. TUE AZOR FOLKS IX LIIIEKIA. How Tin y ur? Crttlng On lu (lu- -...?un? vt I "Tomine." Among tho passengers on the New York 8 team er which arrived here on Sat urday were Spencer Reeves and Iiis two sons, colored emigrants who went to Li beria on the Asor. They are now on their way back to Milhdgcville, Georgia, which is their original home, although they had lived in Aiken County, in ?his State, lor several years preceding their ocean voyage. The two sous are young men, one of them a mero youth, and neither hore any appearance of ill health, although tile younger stated that he was hy nu means well. The old man looks just as he did when he ?eft here a year ago, being evidently still as shrewd and practical as he was then, even in the height of the Liberian craze. A few more gray hairs in his head and heard is the only change in his appearance. He does not stem to have been favorably im pressed with Liberia, and expressed much satisfaction at being so near home once more. When qucr.ioucd as to his family, he stated that his wile had died of the Coast fever. His son "Pete," a most magnificent specimen of physical devel opment, was also dead, having dropped down in his own door one morning, and died in a Hash almost of .some myste rious blight. Floyd, the oldest and only married son, had been left behind in Li beria, the old man not having means suf ficient to bring him back, although he earnestly desired lo come. Hl'EXOER ll KEV KS* NA it lt ATI VK of the experience of the immigrants is that they lingered about .Monrovia for two months and two weeks after the while sails of the Azor had disappeared in the west. 1 luring this time some died, and all suire red with the fever. Keeves says his own belief is that Anthony Wil liams, probably the Secretary of State, made away with many of the clfecUs lauded from the A/.or. His own were sadly depleted by somebody. At thc ex piration of thc time above named, thc immigrants divided into three parties, tho one to which he was attached going about ".0 miles up the St. Paul's Uiver to one of the extreme settlements,called, as well as could be gathered from the nar rator's pronunciation, Pohama. Here they were allotted land, assisting the surveyor by carrying bis chains, ?xe. So soon as their claims were marked out, the men went vigorously to work in a large gang, building log houses, shelter being obtained meanwhile in the dwell ings of thc few settlers already there, and thatch huts. The new habitations were soon completed and occupied, and the work of CLEA RI NO AND I'LA NT INO was immediately commenced. Reeves himself planted small [latches of pota toes, corn and peas, the others doing about the same. He says he made two patches of the former, one of corn and one of peas. His potatoes "made" in about three months. He had meat, for which bc paid $30 per hundred, having held on to his money and kept il by him. Those who had no money lind no moat, unless they, could kill a stray deer or "pick up" a little somewhere. He plant ed a patch of cassadas, and left them growing. During all this time they could hear no word of the Azor, nor learn anything of events on this side of the water. Reeves himself generally went to Monrovia on Saturday, and there met many of his fellow immigrants. The Liberian government hail given a little help to a few. Perhaps the best idea of the status of the immigrants may be gathered from the old man's answers as thc roll was called over to him. His account of thc individual fortunes of his late compan ions was as follows : CALLING THE ROLL. William Adams, Lancaster County, aged 20. Was well at last accounts. Had lost his child. Wanted to return. At Pobama. Scott Hailey, Lancaster, aged 20. Knows generally that he is faring badly and living poorly. Robert Mangrr, Lancav.?er, aged 38. Has lost a child. He and his people were compelled to sell nearly all their clothes to get a start, but arc now doing tolerably well. Is al Pohama. Okra Adams, Ninety-Six, 8. C., aged 42, He and his family are at Pobama. andar? faring very badly; "sometimes they eat, and sometimes they don't." Janies Johnson, aged 20, Ninety-Six. Is at Pobama. Is a skilful hunter, and "makes out" tolerably well. Moses .Mason, Ninety-Six, aged49, has married a rich Liberian widow, and is comfortable and satisfied. Matt Matthews, Ninety-Six. Believed to be dead. Joshua Phillips, Ninety-Six, aged BR, carpenter, doing finely. Children all at school. Has lost one child. Abram Robinson, Ninety-Six. Farm ing at Pobama. Doing tolerably well, but sullering from an ulcer in his leg. Ned Wilson, Ninety-Six, aged 4(5, .loo.i Family fcrsttng at Pobama, aud "just breatbin'." John Bell, Selina, Ala., aged Cd, al Pobama. Has gone tx stealing. Oreen Rarr, Augusta, Oa., aged 34, i> at Pobama, farming and doiug well, and satisfied, ls a magistrate. (?co. Shaw, Augusta, Ga., aged 31, btu lost a child. Oetting along tolerably well ami satisfied, is making $1.60 II day in Moiirov*" working at his trade (machinist.I Simon W ..ugusta, Ga., aged 58 Wife dead. ..i overseer for a planter in ??8 per month, food and clothes, and i "lookin' fine as a liddle." Wm. Wilhite, Augusta, Oa., farming I ai Pobama. Doing tolerably \>eli am: satisfied. Allen Duval, Burke County, Cu., in . capacitated from labor by an ulcer on hi; . leg. Ihham Hughes. Ilurke County, is ai Pobama and high sheriff of town. Rachael Williams, widow, llurki County, in Monrovia, refusing to leave there, and very anxious to get back. , Thomas Williams, larmer, aged 47 ' Rurko County, doing well and "cotin ? ! widow woman." , Simon Williams, farmer, Ilurke Colin I ty, aged 22, dead. Left two children. I Berrian Williams, Burke County, agei ' I 14, became disgusted, stole a boat am ran off in it. Robert Williams, Rorke County, agc . 65, living with his family at Pobama ' Faring very badly. J William Adams, Rurke County, agc? . 55, died from an ulcer. . John Young, aged 30, Rurke County . incapacitated from work by an ulcer j and, with his family, "perishing." . Ned Clark, aged 23, Clarendon Coun 1 ty, S. C., making out very badly. James Clark, same family, aged 70 died at Pobama. Jackson Clark, same family, (was di 1 rector of the L. K. A.) at Pobama. Say s he would give his lite tu get back. > Alexander Clark, same family, doini , tolerably well ut Pobama. , Rufus (Mark, same family, inc?paci . tated from work by an ulcer. Moses Hilton, Clarendon County, dead - ''Grieved himself to death wallia* to gi buck home." Widow in Monrovia. Fred Robinson, Clarendon ; wife dead. Is about Monrovia doing odd jobs. Scott Daniel?, aged 24, Ham well Conn- ? tv, S. c. Is well but complaining of sea nt eat in g. Lydia fohtison, ?ged 70, Barnwell, living at l*obama. Moss Stevens, Barnwell, aged 28, in Monrovia earning scanty living by work- I ing by the dav. Howell Tyler, aged GO, Barnwell. Is . living somewhere down thc count, and , seems lo be doing tolerably well, going ' to Monrovia by boat every Saturday. 1 Reeves says he has the Baptist Church's . money and won't give it up. His sou ran oil" with Beman Williams. Abram Tyler,same family. Knocking around Monrovia. Kev. S. V. Flegler, preaching. Doing tolerably well. Waiting for A/or to come back on. W. J. Moultrie, (missionary,) Charles- ! lon. Has parted with his wife ; is elerie in a store. Thaddeus Middleton, aged GS, Charles* I ton County, living al I'obama. S. H. Gaillard, (ex-senator,) Charles j ton County, working at his trade ima- i I cliinist) in Monrovia and doing fairly. Has lost a child. Wife crazy to get i j back. I Clement Irons, nged GO. Charleston. ? ; Is doing well at his trade (millwright.) Has lost a daughter. George Curtis, (M. D.,) has parted with his wife, ls scraping a living as jeweller, and Beeves savs, lias a "sweet heart." Boatswain Siegler, aged ."?7, Edgefield County, dead. Daughter "wuitiif tm rich niggers." Jackson Smallwood, Edgefield. Do ing nothing. "Most ?lead." Casar White, Kdgclicld, wife demi. Alfred Hood, Charlotte, N. C., aged :i!?, dead. Lea a large family. Of course this list only includes those! heads of families of whom Reeves hap pens to know. There are ninny of whom be can tell nothing. He ?escribes the mortality among the children as fearful. His estimate put the number of deaths ai over one-half iii'*, souls landed. This, however, may be an exaggeration. He says thc Williams family from Georgia lost twelve children. The proportion of deaths have certainly been very large. Thc climate, he says, gives risc to fearful ulcers. His general summing up is that "ovei one-half is dead, plenty of others perish ing to death almos', and heap would come back if they could. The land is very good, but thc people unaccommo dating and inean." lie says bc was robbed of almost everything but his money. He stopped hen- lo altem pi to realize upon some of his claims against the L. li. A., but learning the futility of all such efforts, announced his intention of "goin' home to his people, goin' to work, and rctirin' from all nigger busi ness." He seems, on the whole, thoroughly and completely disgusted with Liberia, although he thinks a man with either a trade, a very small family, or a large capital, would do well there. - Xewt amt Courier. Ls Tin: MOON INMAIHTKP?-The qucs tion ns to whether the moon is inhabited by organic beings-if not like those that live on our own globe, at least of a kind specially adapted by their structure and nature for existing under the very differ ent physical conditions that obtain on our satellite-is one that bas attracted attention for ages, and one, too, that has been argued ?fit and ron with great abil ity by many learned and eminent men. The opinion of nearly all scientists ol'the present day, however, is that thc moon is a "dead planet ," and that, inasmuch us she has but a slight and very rare atmos phere, and that, as a consequence, no water exists on her surface, she is entire ly unfitted to be the dwelling place of any organic beings whatever-at least of any kinds that our minds can form any conception of. On the other hand, those who take thc opposite view argue (to use the words of Dick) that "matter appears to have been created ch icily in subser viency to mind ; and it is highly improb able that tho Creator would leave a globe containing a surface of 15,000,000 square miles altogether destitute of sensitive and intellectual beings, especially when we behold its surface diversified and adorned willi such a vast assemblage of pic turesqo ami sublime scenery, and when we consider that every department con nected with our globe is peopled with sentient beings of every descrip ion. AI though seas and rivers and a dense at mosphere are not lo he found connected with thc lunar orb, and although some of its arrangements are different from those of the earth, yet these circumstances form no valid objection to the moon be ing inhabited, for the Creator can in "all > cases adapt thc inhabitant to thc nature of the habitation provided for him, as he has adapted the birds for winging their flight through the air, thu fishes ?or i gliding in thc water, and man and quad rupeds for traveling the dry land." I -Col. Butler, Stale Fish Com missioner, placed one hundred ami fifty thousand young shad in the Saluda River, al the crossing of tba Air Line Railroad. It is 1 s;-.ld to require three years for any in I crease of these forced emigrants to out waters; that they will not nscend the i stream any higher than thc spot at ' which they ?re planted, hut that their 1 progeny w ill, each succeeding g?n?ration, i go above its immediate ancestors and re tain through its existence the territory ? first occupied by them, observing ".vil!: nicety their imaginary territorial bon lld I aries. ; j Faces. ' T.. J human face is not only "thc in dex of the soul." '.very bodily sensa ' lion leaves its indelible trace upon thc . features. Every human face, if studied attentively, reve?is the physical and " mental history of its possessor. On the crowded street of the city what volumes ; of these histories aro open to all who 5 would search them. The miser with bis features drawn as tightly as the . openings of his money bags; the de 1 baucbee with his sensual, semi-animal face ; the young mau willi thc future fair and broad before him, every line of his j Countenance revealed energy and umbi : lion ; the maiden's face hright with in ' nocent love and hope,-each of these . face-historic!; is as legible as tho printed ' page before you. lint there are othei . faces in which we ina; read sad historie! . -faces of work-v.eary women, to whom living has become au irksome task. Thc fatal alphabet of disease is wrilen in . every lino of their countenances. Whj ' will these women suffer fiom debilitj and those painful disease and weaknesses peculiar to their sex, losing besides tin charm and beauty of a bright, healthful ' face, when Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prc scription is a sure and effectual remedy ', Ladies who have used it pronounce it tc H be xeoinan'? elixir of Uralt h. Sold by drug ? Bl8Ur _ To think clearly and act quickly om . must have good health. Indigestion i the foe of health and should at once bi I. driven from the system by thc regula 11 uso of Dr. Bull's Baltimore Pills. Pria I 2G els. d'KA NT AN? THE CHINESE. Itemnikulile IVtitiim from < IIIIM-M- Mer I'IIIIIIIA al lViiiiiitr.-The lieiierul'? iHpio Ulalie He-pome and Promises, LONDON, May (5, 1870. Tile tfertitd correspondent accompany ing Cieiicrnl (irani writes from ?Singa poio, under date ?if April 6, 1S70. and gives an account of the progress of the General and party thrungli British Bur mah, the Malacca colonies and the Straits settlements. The General was sailing slowly along the cost of Southern Asia, stopping at points of interest, rho lirst place lie visited in the Straits settle ment was the Island of Penang. Here lie remained a day and held a reception in the Town Hall. An address was pre sented to thc general as fallows : To (?Client! I '/ouse* S. (?rant, c.v-President af the I'iiili il States of America : Silt -We, the chairman and members of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, desire on this, the occasion of your visit to this distant portion of our (tracions (?ueen's dominions, to tender you a hearty welcome and lo assure you that we have long been Cognizant of mid duly appreciated and admired the many ac tions, public and private, which have so deservedly brought you praise and fame both at home and abroad. Entering of fice after the much to be deplored assas sination of thc late President Lincoln, and when the passions aroused hy the unfortu nate civil war li ntl not hail time to calm you, by your great tact and impartiality, soon convinced all parlies that it woulb bc youl highest aim to smooth away all inf erences, and we noted with great satis faction the happy results which followed The steps you took when President tt increase the trade existing heiweer America anti Great Britain attracted ai tlie lime our admiration, and the rccep (ion lately accorded to you in all tin leading cities of England, 1 relam? am Scotland amply testifies that time has in no way detracted from the favorabh opinions formed years previously, or di in ?tl ished Ihr estimate in which yoi were held. Your efforts to bring (?rea Britain and America into the closest rc lalioiiship were not, however, confined I trade alone, hut extended in every dircc lion and were happily attended with th must successful results, for at no previ otu period had England and Aniertc been politically more closely connecte* than at the time nf your retirement fron office. We feel dcely gratified and hon oreti hy the opportunity offered us of adc] ing our simple quota of praise to th many and well deserved encomium j passed on you, and we beg to assure yo j tiiac your future career will De wa tc tic ' by us with the greatest interest. Shnul ! you, by (iod's Providence, again assuin j the reins of government wc feel convine rd thai the interests of America will nc suffer in your hands, and that the bon of friendship now existing between yoi nation and ours will bo cemented, possible, more strongly than ever. W impe that the remainder of your tour wi prove as successful as it has hilbert been, and we sincerely trust that yoi life may he long shared lo your fatnil and country. WALTER SCOTT (for self and members.) PEXAXO, March lil?, 1870. .nu: OKXKRAi/fl REPLY. General Grunt said, in response, th; he was extremely obliged to thc genii men of the Chamber of Commerce Penang for their address and for the r ception that had been uccorded to hit This, however, was only in keeping wil the cordiality ami hospitality he hail r ceived in every part of the British Eu pire ?tc had visited since his ?anding Liverpool nearly two years ago. His r ception in England vas continued wi unabated, he might say with incrcasin kindness in the colonies of Oereat Bri i aili anti throughout the vast Indian Ki pire which be had just visited. Til was very grateful to him, not alono b caine of the kind anti Haltering wor personal to himself with which these r eeptions wen? always accompanied ai to which he was far from being ?neem bb-, out because it opened a good feelii toward his own country. In that .sene more than any other, the kindness ! had received in England anti in Kngli colonies was grateful because bc belie ed that the welfare of the Anglo-Saxi race-he might say of tho world-ci pended more than upon any other eau upon the harmony and feeling of tl one peoole-one people in race and ci ilization, although two nations. He tl not think it was any disrespect to t other great civilized Powers of Europe he certainly did not so intend-when said that the civilization which finds home in England is better calcul?t than an' lither to bring the greatest go to man rind. Whenever ho saw a u growth of this civilization, as in Penal ?ie felt that il would be in thc end a gn blessing to the people of all classes. PEACE WITH THE WHOLE WORLD. An allusion had been made in thu i dress to his own efforts when ho was ollice to bring about a settlement of I questions at issue between England n America nt the close of our war. Tl policy, .ie wished to say, was simply c ry i nc out a conviction which bc had < tcrtntned long before he held any office t! thc first thing to bc considered in tin-1 cign policy of the Knited Stales was a gt understanding with England. With t conviction he felt it as President first duty to urge willi all his inlluei the settlement of the question arising of the war, .nd the removal of all fesl ing sores between the two countr Ile regarded the existence of such qi lions between nations like America i England aa v. --?rida!. !!?. bad no : j son to feel dissatisfied with the result those efforts, ami his observations si I.e came abroad only confirmed him that belief. The two nations were r as oue nation in thc development their civilization, ami he wished ev ctlorl of the English success, because advancement of the common civilizat of the. two countries meant the hu] ness, the prosperity and the peace of world. Till-. CU IN ESK MAKE AN AlHiKKss Al the close of this speech a depi lion of Chinese merchants advanced presented General Grant an nddi beautifully illuminated in silk. A ti i shitiflu of this was read in Knglish '. one of the deputation. The respoDSt . thc General has made a great i m pres: ! throughout the settlements on acct . of its reference to the Chinese emi j lion, which seems to be a burning q , lion in Asia, as il is in America. , following is the translation of the I , ncse address : - The Hokicn and Cantonese merci j traders ami other resident?; of this land have heard of the time when *i ? Excellency filled tho most important . lice of the President of the great Re] lie of the Knited States of Americ much to the benefit of that country of the civilized world, so administe i your government and executing | 1 laws as tu induce peple of all nation 2 make. America their home. Now r Your Excellency, in travelling ?ri % the world, has paid our island a visit take this opportunity of expressing happiness in being able to make yolir ac quaintance nnd to offer you a hearty welcome. Wo may add that it is thc first time that a visit bas been paid to Penang by so distinguished a representa tivo of the United States of America. Wo therefore avail ourselves of this oc casion to bring to Your Excellency's no tice that formerly no restrictions were placed on emigration from China, but latterly restrictions have been imposed, and we solicit Your Excellency's power ful influence on our behalf to advocate thc removal of these restrictions, and thus restore the intercourse between the two nations to its former fooling. Bhould (Jour Excellency bo instrumental in re opening llu ports of America to free em igration from China Your Excellency's name will ever bc held in grateful re membrance. UENERA I. URAKT'H KBI'l/V. General Grant said it afforded him a special pleasure to receive do address which had just been read. Ho was ab mt to visit China, having received a wi.rm ! invitation to do so, and he was anxious to see with bis own eyes tho institutions and people of that country, '.o bo met with a welcome from Chinamen in this colony, therefore, was gratifying. There was one point in the address .a reference to the passage by Congre*? nf a bill re stricting tho emigration ol Chinamen to the United States. Ho knew nothing of such a bill except what ho had read in the telegraphic despathes in tho last English newspapers. He had been ab sent from tho United States for some time, and was imperfectly informed of the public sf nlimcnt which lind support ed its passage. In all questions like this there were demagogues who, in America as in other countries, pander to prejudi ces against race ar nationality, nnd favor any measure of oppression that might advance their political interests. A good deal of the antipathy toward peo ple of other races in the United States, of which wc beard so much, was doma gogery, and did not represent tho better feeling of thc country. In this question of Chinese emigration there waa nomo thing to be said in favo; ofthose advoca ting a bill limiting cmigiaiion of thoChi nose lo America. In his earlier years, when i: young officer in the army, thc Genera! said he spent some limo in Cal ifornia and saw there something of thc beginning of Chinese emigration to thc United States, and he heard then objec tions to that emigration on tho part of good people. The settlement of Cali fornia was the beginning of this whole agitation. Ho remembered very well the objections he then heard to the Chi nese emigration, it was not to the Chi naman coming to tho United States, but tu bis coming in a condition of slavery. CHINESE AND NEGRO SLAVERY. He boped when he visited China to look into this question more closely, to . see for himself tho practical operations of thc Chinese emigration tn the United States, as it was a question on which he felt the deepest, affecting, ns it must in evitably do, thc welfare of the nations. Hut the gentlemen who presented this address could well understand tho objec tions on tho purl of the American peo ple to receiving emigrants who came, not as citizens, but ns alav?s. On that point Americans would naturally feel strongly, lt was in the order to free ono race from slavery, to put an end to a condition of things that was degrading to f both races, black and white, that we fought a long war, losing a great num ber of lives, with an enormous waste of treasure. This was a terrible sacrifice -he questioned if any nation ever made greater one. It was to suppress slavery. Having made these sacrifices to free tho negro it could not be expected that tho Americans would consent to the revival of another form of slavery in which tho Chinaman and not tho negro was tho victim. 1 THE SYSTEM OF IMMIGRATION. As he understood this question of Chin 1 ese emigration the Chinese dio not como to tho United States as tho people of other natioiiB-of their own fi ce will, to enjoy the benefits und the protection of 'llhe American government to have the ; benefit of their industry, and accept tho 1 responsibilities as well aa the benefits of 1 residence in America-but as dependants, slaves of companies who brought them aa 1 merchandise, held them in practical bon ' dago and enjoyed the fruits of their labor. ' As a consequence tbeCbinaninn in Amer 1 i ca was not a member of our society, on '. the same footing with other races, entitled to all tho benefits of our laws, with chances for improvement and prosperity but the slave of a company. Ho felt ! sure that tho Chinese gentleman who ! bad honored him with this address and ? who represented thc flourishing Chineso ; community of Penang would agree with i him that emigration to thc United States ' under those circumstances was not an I advantage to us. and was n wrong to tho people who came under such degrading conditions. AMERICA AND CHINA. ' This, in brief, said thc General, with j out going further into the question, was tho objection, to Chinese emigration on the part of Americans, who bau aono but tho kindest feelings toward the Chi ' neso people, and who would extend to them, if they chose to l?ake their home j with us, the welcome thev extended to thc rest of thc world, ile. mentioned theso views, not ns bearing on the bill * tn which allusion had been made in the ^ address, because he knew nothing about it, but as giving in a general way the fellings of tho American people toward ' the Chinese. Ho was only a ci ti wins of j the United States, without authority in j the councils or tho government of thc <.] country, and consequently the authors of the address have overrated his influ ence in tho seulement of the question. _ I tnt it was one which, ns an American r citizen, interested him greatly, and ho ,. looked with pleasure to his visit to Chi ? na as enabling bim to look into it and make up his mind. Ho never doubted, and no ono could doubt that in the end " no mntter what agitation might for tho timo being effect at home, the American people would treat the Chinese with kind ness and justice, and not deny to tho - free and deserving people of that coun L! irv tho fliylunn they offer to the rest of I, j the world. Ho begged again to thank . the members of the Chinese commnnity V I for their address, thc reception of which had given him nu especial plca-ure. Wori.D NEVER USE THEM.-If per sons were aware of tho injurious charac ter of most baking powders, they would never use them. Ignorant persons know nothing about thc chemical combina tions necessary. Tho only good baking powder, prepared by a physician with special regard to its healthfulness, is Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder. - A witty French lady, who was an "adopted" member of a famous military corps, when a cigar was lighted in her presence with tho remark, "I suppose they smoko in your regiment'?''' said, "Yes, but not in my company." - Blessed is thc mau who l?v?th bia wife's relations; and not only blessed, but also scarce. li t I e t r r ? o ? o lt d o ir?lllW?iMBIlMM1IjI, LEGAL ADVERTISING.-Wm are eotn-vcll?d I* require cash paymcnta for adrertlslng ordered bf Executors, A dui lo Ut rat? ra and other Cduciarlei and herewith append tht? rate? for tho ordinary notices, which ?Jil only b-j Inserted wbau Ike money come? with the orfler: Citations, two Insertions, .> . tM4 h?tate Notices, three Insertions, - - }.M Final Foltlemenu, ttTf Insertions - - 8.0* TO CORRMPONDKNia.- ? order to receive attention, communications must bo accompanied by the true name and address of the writer. Re jected manuscripts will not be returned, uniese tb? necessary a tamp ? ure furnished to repay tho postage thereon. ?ar* We are not responsible for the views and opinions of our correspondents. All communications should Le addressed ^'Ed itors Intelligencer," and all checks, drafts, money orders, Ac, should be made payable to thc order of E. B. MURRAY & CO., _ Anderson ,8. C. "Fifteen Centn Off." A Detroiter who dresses well and han n reasonable chare of good look?, had oe* easier* last week to inaVe a trip in the country, and one night he found himself at a farmhouse at which a party was to come off. He was invited to participate in the festivities, and after he had con sented, tho old farmer took him around tho corner of tho house and said : "The young folks are mighty fond of any game with kissing in it. They'll get up uoinething and fix it to make you kiss thc handsomest gal in the room." "Well, I'll kiss her!" was the prompt reidy. Yes, but hold on a little," continued tho old man. "There's my gal Kinma. We think she's as purty as any of 'em ; certain folks around herc kinder sniff at her 'cause her nose crooks a bit and her hair is a trifle high-colored. Now, I want you to kiss Km for the handsomest gal in thc room. It'll do the old woman good, do Km good, and kinder set these sniffers back a little. I don't ask you to kiss her for nothing, but if you'll do it I'll throw fifteen cents ofFn your bill in the morning. What d'ye say ?" The young man said he'd do it, and the father continued : "That's the checker. Don't have any make-believe about it, but kiss her right pop out, so that wc kin all bear the smack !" Tho game was played, the Detroitcr was "fixed," and bc kissed "Km" like the nop of a pistol. He fell all thc happier for it that night, to see how greatly thc old woman was pleased, but the next forenoon as he jogged along he lind to run the gauntlet of a score of farmers' sons waiting in thc fence corners to lick bim because he passed their "gals" by for "Km." He was struck by thirteen stones, six clubs and about a bushel of Cotatoes before ho got out of the neigh orhood, and when he came to figure up ho realized that fifteen cents was no in ducement at all.-Detroit ?Yee Presa. A Negro's Luck. Mci. D. McKissick Bellied on the Hrazoa, near Rock Dam, some twenty five years n;ro. Mr. McKissick farmed, and when the war broke out waa possess ed of many slaves, herds, and fcrtilo acrc3 of land. A bachelor, 1 e lcd a fru gal life, and was known to jossesa con siderable money. The reputation of McKissick's wealth proved his death, for one night in 18G5, just before tho close of thc war, be was murdered. Suspicion fell upon members of a battalion oiroviug cavalrynibn, under command of one Col. Board, who were then quartered on tho Brazos, doing no good for tho Confedera cy or thc country. In fact they were said lo be in reality jaybawkers md thieves. How much money, if any, the murderers secured, was never known, but Mr. McKissick's slaves always insisted that tho bulk of their master's wealth was not found. Mr. McKissick left a brother (Wm. McKissick) and a sister, who are now letiding near Mt. Calm, in Limostone County. Neat Rock Dan stands a nold tumbled down ?hut, that once belonged to McKissick, being on his land. It bas not been used for years. Last Friday morning a colored man who cultivated a Sold near tho Rock Dan concluded he would go to tho river and fish. Ho entered tho dilapidated floor less shanty, and began to dig in one cor ner for earth worms, to use as bait. Ho presently unearther an iron pot, covered with a lid. Tho darkey was surprised. Taking tho lid off his surprise was turn ed to amazement, for there in tho pot lay a heep of gold coin, American gold, in $10 and *20 gold piecer. Tho whole sum $8,0G5;allin gold. The negro secured the gold and next day went to Martin, were ho got to drinking. His lavish ex penditure of money excited suspicion. Whisky had loosened his tongue and tho whole ?.tory leaked out.- Waco Texas Telephone. His "RECOMMEND."-Some limo since a Detroit merchant was in want of n clerk, and ho adver'.ised the fact. Among thc numerous applicants who sent in recommendations was a young man who had shortly before received a letter from tho old man Blank, to the ef fect that any further visits to his house on tho part of the young man could not be permitted, and that "Mary's" future husband was already selected. In his baste and excitement he forwarded this note in place of a recommendation from a mercantile house, and on discovering his mistake ho called upon the merchant to secure tho missive. "Ah I" enid tho merchant, as the young man entered, "you can begin here to morrow. I was about to write you." "That-that letter-," began tho young mau, but Ibo merchant interrup ted : "Best recommend in tho world. Old Blank and I have been enemies for forty B?X yeats. Any one ho is down ou I al ways employ in order to aggravate him. Come right along. I'll givo you a posi tion iu tue ."ront of the store where tho old curmudgeon must seo you every limo he passes, and if you want to make up faces at him I'll pay all costs." Thus aro wo aldo to furnish another illustration that sunshine may come out of the depths of despair. THE FATAL GLASS.-Mr. Chica, of Lensburg, Lo Sueur county, got on a spree last week, Monday, at Montgomery, nud offered to woger that ho could swal low tho glass contained in a whisky flask The wager ?as taken up by ono of tho party present, whereupon the drunken man proceeded to swallow tho pulverized glass, and also a '.allow candle. Strange to relate, that night ho felt no ill effects caused by the rash deed, but next day thc glass began to cut and grind his bow els, compelling tho man to writhe and scream in agony. This continued until Thursday morning, when tho poor wretch was brought to New Fraguo iu tho delu sivo hope that a physician could savo him from his inevitable and fast ap proaching death. Of course no physi cian's skill could now savo or oven bro* iong tho life which bad bee.; so delibe rately though unknowingly taken. It waa pitiful and he??trcDuiiig to lieut ino poor mortal moan and scream in agony as the death dealing glass slowly but constantly cut its way into tho vitals. This could not long continue, however, and death kindly relieved thc suffering man Thursday afternoon. A post mor tem examination was held and tho man's stomach and intestines wcro found to bo literally ground to pieces. A wife and nine childic are left do pem'eut by tho foolishneaa of a man crazed by drink. This may ?rove a timely warning to those addicted to tho excessive use of a substauce as deadly in ?ts final effects as that swallowed by tho . man ?who carno to so untimely an end. Skatopee (Minn.) Argus. - Governcr Hubbard, of Texas, has retired from politics and gone to railroad building. Every mother-in-law should recom mend Dr. Bull? Imbj ?jiup for bor grand children and thus keep peace in tho family.