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irr^T TTUff IT_N?TMRER 1259. CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. COLUMBIA. THE COLORED ELEMENT ON THE RAMPAGE. THEY DEMAND THEIR RIGHTS AND THREATEN THE CARPET-BAGGERS. Favorable Report on thc Civil Rights Bill-The School Commissioners Clam? oring for Money-Death Decreed to Sheep-killing Dogs-An Alliance Pro? posed Between Soath Carolina und Georgia for the Benefit of Navigation and the Fisheries, &c., &e. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, February 15. Ia the Senate, the Judiciary Committee re? ported on the Civil Rights bill favorably, with y several amendments. Jillson introduced a bil] te determine the time for the payment of thc school commissioners; Hoyt, a bill to protect sheep owners-this bill al? lows them to kill sheep-killing dogs on sight; Wimbush, to incorporate the Stonewall Fire Com? pany, of Chester. The Sinking Fund bill was discussed for over two boars, and passed. Ralney, DeLarge, Cham? berlain, Neagie and Scott were made commission? ers or the sinking fund. Nash accused the carpet-baggers of forming conspiracies to drive all colored men out of offices. Donaldson denied it. Wimbush said that he was aware of, attempts to prevent the negro from holding office, but woe to the carpet-baggers if they succeeded. Thc colored people would then root up Republicanism and make it so radical that carpet-baggers would go back over Mason and Dixon's Line. Leslie made a.sickly attempt at conciliation, and stated that it began to look like the colored men make discriminations against the white man because he bad white skin. In the House, Sloan introduced a resolution re? questing the Governor to open a correspondence with the Governor of Georgia, with a view to se? cure some co-operative legislation as to mctnal rights of navigation and fisheries in the Savannah and Tugadoo Rivers. Adopted and sent to the Senate. ?uh gave notice of a bill to incorporate the Beaufort Home Guards. The following were read a second time and or? dered to be engrossed: To provide for the pay? ment of the claims of the teachers for the fiscal year, from November i, 18GS, to October 31, 1869; to provide for general elections, and the manner of conducting the same, under the new Code of Procedure. The Governor has approved the following acts: For the better protection or migratory Ash; to provide for the appointment or certain officers named; to incorporate the DeLaney Rifle Compa? ny of Charleston ; to incorporate the Columbia Oil Company; to incorporate tho sumter seana facturmg Company, and to amend the act em? powering circuit judges to change the venHe in all actions, both civil and criminal. IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING IN? TELLIGENCE. The Recent Election-Judge Vernon The Members' Opinions of one Another -Columbia Canal - Constable Hub? bard and Murders-Civil Rights-if ira y lTems. ^y' [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, February 14. THE RECENT ELECTION. During yesterday there was considerable talk about an attempt to be made to-day to vitiate the cle?lion of Judge Melton. As rumor had it, thc opponents or the judge elect were attempting to bribe several or those whose names appeared on the journals as voting ror him to swear that they had not done so, but had voted ror some other candidate, claiming that ir they could get Tour to do this the election would have :o bc de? clared iUcgal, and then thc supporters of Murray would have another opportunity to elect their ravorlte. Whether there was any truth In this rumor, or whether Melton's opponents made thc first effort to unseat him, I am not prepared to state; certain lt ls, however, that nothing trans? pired in the House to-day to indicate that such a thing had ever been thought or. It is probable that the contestants, having had time to "cool off" since last Friday afternoon, have concluded to do, as Judge Melton has done, "accept the sit? uation." The judge elect took his seat this morn? ing. It is stated and believed that no money was used to secure votes for Murray, but plenty of it promised-the promised price for a vote rang? ing from thirty to one hundred and fifty dollars. Some of the colored members who were betting baskets or champagne on the election or Murray, will have to draw on their per diem to pay their bets, or, as a Radical white member suggested tc Jay, express opposition to an important b:B until they are "recognized." JUDGE VERNON*. That "elephant" (to all excepting the codifiers they showed him to pecuniary advantage to themselves) known as the "Code," or the "blU to revise, simplify and abridge the rules, practice, pleadings and forms of thc courts of the State," was up for discussion in the House to-day.; Whjeper moved to ameud one or thc sections by placing EdgeOeld ia thc seventh judicial circuit, presided over by Judge T. O. P. Vernon. DeLarge said Vernon wa3 a curse to the State and a dis? grace to the ermine he wore; he was a sot and a drunkard; he had been eo drunk on the bench that he had to be carried out,"too far gone" to perform his duties. Rumor said that his moral character was bad. Turner (Democrat) stated that lie believed the judge's moral character was good, bat he admitted that "his honor" drank too much. DeLarge said the people wanted no such judges; they were not safe with such. Whipper said there was little, if anything, known to the members of Judge Ver? non's character, beyond what rumor stated, and he hoped they would withhold their censure for a time; he would inform them or what they per? haps did not know, that the Senate Judiciary Committee were now taking steps to ascertain the truth or the rumors; ir they proved true, he would be as willing as any one to impeach the judge. I am informed that the memhers or thc bar generally in the several circuits arc dissatisfied with Judge Vernon, and desire his removal. RAILWAYS-OPERA HOUSES-HOTELS, SC. In the Senate to-day, Hoyt, without previous notice, introduced a bill to incorporate a city rail? way company In Columbia, lt provides that D. H. Chamberlain, John Agnew, Niles G. Parker, Hardy Solomons, W. K. Hoyt, W. E. Rose and J. W. Denny, be declared a body politic under thc name or thc Columbia norse Railroad Company, with power to construct tracks through any of the streets in Columbia and run horse cars, for the_j$irpose of carrying freight and passengers. The corporators contemplate (so they say; hav? ing the road completed in less than two years. I am inclined to think that this railway wil in running order abont Hie time the new tal of opera-house and hotel are thrown open to public. Thc Radical officials whose names fig most prominently in these enterprises, h plenty of money, that is, if buying up fine and erecting elegant buildings be taken as < dences; but whether they intend going to wc or have Introduced this bill, as they have othi for mere speculation, is a vexed question. M persons think that if they do mean work, tl will not begin operations until after the next el tion. WHAT MEMBERS THINK OF ONE ANOTHER. In the nouse, to-day, there was under disc sion for a considerable time a joint resolut from the Senate, providing that the free-sch teachers be paid at the rate of five cents per ( f Dr each scholar in attendance. It having b< stated that some of thc aforesaid teachers 1 6ent in bills claiming pay at the rate of one hi dredand fifty scholars par day; and Tomllnsi doubtless knowing of this, moved that the re lution be so amended as to provide that I claims should not e.cceed more than forty dolli a month. Bozemtn stated that there wi p'enty of male teachers North who wu gladly come and teach for three hund? dollars a year. Ye3, said DeLarge, and there t plenty of men who would bc willing to come a do your work in this House for three dollars day-and do it better too. Perrin, colored, < pressed a williup ness to do the teacher's wo Tor thirty dollars a month; to which DeLarge plied: By gracious, you are not worth ten dolli a month; you never got more than five before tl time. Burrell James thought forty dollars month sufficient for teachers, and DeLar thought that thc State would save money by pa lng him (James) forty dollars a month to sti away from the House. At this point some o yelled to DeLarge, and asked him what rems teacher's claim he was advocating. THE COLUMBIA CANAL. It will be remembered that, previous to the i cess, a bill to amend the act authorizing the sa or the Columbi A Canal passed the Senate, w sent to the House and referred to a committee, which Joseph Crews ls chairman. It has n fcjen reported upon yet. The bill gave the pa chasers the power to widen the canal its ft length, and it is stated that they are prepared I commence work on the first of March, as tl provisions of thc bill obligates them to do. It asserted that citizens, Irrespective or party, hat called npon Crews and urged him to report, ac have requested thc representatives or Richland i use their influence to make the committee act 1 the premises, but it has not been heard rrom. would suggest to Joseph Crews that he devote little less time to brokerage and more to the con mittee room, and produce that bill with a repoi upon it. The Columbia people are talking abor you, Joseph, and ir you wish to preserve yon spotless reputation rrom even the suspicion or blemish, dive into your pockets and fish np tba bill. PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICES. In thc Senate, to-day, was adopted a ravorabl report or the Judiciary Committee upon a Uous "bill to reg?late tho publication or all lega and public notices." Thc bill received a secom reading and was ordered to be engrossed lor i third. Thc bill provides that lt shall bc thc dut; ortho Attorney-General, thc Comptroller-General and thc Secretary 01'State, conjointly, to dosig nate, by public notice in one or more newspaper in this State, lu which all legal notices, advertise ments or publications ror the State, or any am! every character required by law :o be made public, shall be published; and farther to designate a pruVUI IinnUr Ul neWSpupctw-r^. ?--? counties or this State, In which all legal notices, advertisements, or publications ror the county or counties Tor which, respectively, each paper shall be designated, or any and every character re? quired by law to bc made public, shall be pub? lished; and they shall have power to make sucli changes and new designations, U om time tc time, as they may judge that the public Interest requires; that all State and county officers shai: furnish to such designated papers all documents Intended ror publication, and, unless published in them, tncy shall have no valid roroe or effect. Swails, Rainey and Nash made speeches upon the bill, intimating that they knew that the object or it was to place thc pap in the hands or the papers friendly to the State Government; but they did not see how it would work, as many people never would see those papers. Nash said there were only two of these papers, (they were in Charleston,) and hundreds of people In Richland would never see them. A law might be passed compelling the people to read them, but then they would not do it. A billof thc same kind was passed last ses? sion; thc Governor vetoed it; the senators ac? cepted the veto, adjourned, and bolted lor home by the nearest cut, as it ashamed to look auy ono in the race afterward. Swails, or Williamsburg, said that his county paper wa3 a "rip-roarer," and then proceeeded to show how it charged more tor legal than ror oilier advertisements. A paper published In this section of thc county was mentioned. Nash said he hadn't seen a copy, but he knew the editor of it; they bad graduated at the South Carolina College together In 1S37. [Laughter.] And he believed that he knew as much as thc editor now. Rainey asked him why he had not become an etlitor too; to which Nash replied, thal bc liailu't suuk so low as that yet. ruo? PH ATES. The "bill to regulate thc digging ami mining of ' phosphate deposits from thc navigable streams and waters or thc State or South Carolina," gen? erally known as the "free license bili," was to? day reported upon by the Committee on Incorpo? rations to which it was recommended last week. There were numerous amendments submitted by the committee, the priucipal of which are, that persons desiring to dig phosphates must make application, lu writing, to thc Secretary of state fora license for the period or twelve months, and must pay to him twenty dollars fur each li? cense, and before commenclug operations shall file, or cause to be filed, in the office of the-ftatc Auditor, a bond to the State of South Caroliua in the penni sum-of tlfty dollars, the condition of (.which shall bc that he will make true and faith? ful returns to thc said State Auditor, monthly, of the number of tous or phosphate rock or deposit dug, mined, or removed by them rrom the navi? gable streams and waters or the State; and shall punctually pay to the State Auditor, monthly, one dollar for each ton reported as dug or re? moved. This morning iu alt thc placer, or public resort were circulated a eight page pamphlet entitled "Phosphates, their discovery, extent, commer? cial viilue, and the interest of the State therein." lt presents the same arguments, if not some of thc'language, that Corbin used in lils big speech on the "excludive righi" phosphate bil!. The pamphlet seems lo be of very recent date. What ls the object of its circulation now, after all or the lifo has been squeezed out ol' thc phosphate subject, no one seems to know. CIVIL U1UUTS. TnE NEWS has already published the provisions of the "bill to enforce the provisions of thc Civil Rights bill ortho United States Congress, and to secure to the people thc benefits of a republican government in this State." Early last week it passed thc House and was sent lo the Senate, when it was referred to the Judiciary Committee. To-day, Maxwell introduced a resolution Instruct? ing the committee to report on Wednesday, but withdrew when Corbin, who is chairman or said committee, stated that he would report to-mor? row. I am informed that a favorable report will be made, atula recommendation that thc penal? ties be lessened, and that the act take eirecl from the (list or May next. "TUOSK NUMEKOUS Ml'KDKKS." As will, perhaps, be recollected, a resolution was introduced in the House last week reqv'cting the State constable to furnish the names of ihe per? seas who. avcordiug to his report, were murder ed, said r?solution being offered because it was believed that there were more murders reported than had bcen'commlttcd. To day the following report was sent to the House, which, on motion of Johnson, was received as information. It seems to me that the report is not as clear as it might be, but the members will determine that question : STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) OFFICE OF CHIEF CONSTABLE, J COLUMBIA, February Vi, 1870. ) To the Honorable Speaker and Members of the House : GENTLBMEN-In reference to the resolution of the House of Representatives, concurred in by the Senate February 3d, instant, requirijig "that the State constable report within tenTfays the name of each person murdered, as represented in bis official report, and also the county in iv h ch such murders were committed," I would respectfully state, that in my report I do not give the number of crimes of any nature that have been committed in the State during thc ?scal year, but furnish a tabular statement of thc number of arrests that were made In the different counties, as reported by the deputies during the year ending October 31, i860. Thc crime reports forwarded to thia office by thc deputies do not give the names of murdered persons, or other victims of crimes, but they em? brace the names of the complainants ana par? ties arrested, charged with the commission ol said crimes, which, if deemed necessary by your honorable body, I will rurnlsh. I am, {tentlernen, very respectfully, your obe? dient servant, , (Signed) Jons B. HUBBARD, Chief Constable. TASS ACE OF RILLS. The following bills received a third reading in the Senate to-day. and were sent to the House: A bill to amend an act entitled an act to tlx thc sala? ry and regulate the pay of certain officers; to in? corporate the Wide-Awake Fire Engine Company of Sumter, S. C.; to amend the charter of thc Granltevllle Manufacturing Company; to provide a remedy against charges for transportation, conveyance or toll in excess of limits prescribed by statutes, and to declare the proper construc? tion thereof. A bill to amend the charter of the Granltcvlllsa Manufacturing Company received a third read? ing, aud was ordered to be enrolled. STRAY ITEMS. Some of the Radical members of thc General Assembly are so disgusted with the action of some of their fellow laborers during the election for judge on Friday last, that they contemplate Introducing a bill to provide a physician for each of thc circuit judges, to keep them in good health, and thus prevent thc occasion for such another scene as the recent one. A short time since a "Colonel'' McClure, of Chambersburg, whose house wa3 destroyed by the Confederate troops, came to Columbia, hopimgto get into the "big monopoly ring." However, he has returned home, and has been wrlttlng letters complimenting thc legislators, and "damning with faint praise" thc people of South Carolina generally, and of Columbia espec? ially. The letters have excited considerable com? ment here. According to general report, thc writer was made a "tool" of by the monopolists, and then shoved out of the ring, and is now venting his spleen upon the citizens of Columbia, by writing about them. There are a large number of bills awaiting the consideration of the House. It is believed that the more important ones arc being held back un? til just before adjournment, when an attempt will be made to shove them through on the -high pressure principle." There is a vaiicty of opinion regarding the time that tbe General Assembly will adjourn-the majority think that it will be about tbe 16th Of March. lt is reported that a number of members have purchased copies of thc statutes or several or the Northern, Sr Btes and ara rnnwinm iniu '..????ii,.- - to inlroifuce in tue Llousc-not with a view of having them passed, but to keep business before the House, thus delaying adjournment, and to let their constituents know that they arc doing something . There is a strong movement on foot, I am in? formed, on thc part of the Radicals to dereat Con? gressman Whlttemore at the next election. He ls the congressman who ls charged with having sold a West Foint cadetship for $2000, agreeing to give the two brokers engaged with him $800, but pocketed the whole bonus save $300. Ralney, colored. State senator norn Georgetown, is prominently spoken of as a candidate. The Investigation of the Rino Ridge Railroad affairs will, it is stated, commence to-morrow. AFFAIRS IX MARION. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] MARION, S. C., February M. The February term of the circuit court was opened on Monday, 7th instant, Judge Rutland presiding. Up to this date the Court or General Sessions has occupied thc entire time of thc court, and it ls very probable that thc civil dockets will not bc reached before Wednesday morning. Many cases of burglary, grand aud petit larceny have been disposed or, resulting generally in con? victions of thc parties accused. There remains for trial only a few cases of smaller offences, which, together with the time of indicting senten? ces, will probably occupy the conn on Tuesday. In trying one or the partiesMndleted for grand larceny," it was ascertained that counsel for the prisoner fa colored man) had been retained and paid by an old white citizen or Ihc comity, one of thom Democrats tho colored people liuvo been taught lo believe their worst enemies. The gentle? man who pursued this noble course was moral? ly convinced that the colored mau was wrongful? ly accused, and Unis believing, has set an exam? ple to our Radical brethren ol' his way of treating his enemy. Thc prisoner was acquitted. The grand Jury was in attendance until Friday evening, having to consider over fifty indict? ments. They performed their dulles very credi? tably, and in their presentment have recommend? ed many reforms calculated to relieve Hie county and citizens from vexations evils. Among oilier changes suggested was the sever? ance of the Courts of Sessions and Common Picas, a measure rendered almost a necessity, by reason of the vast quantity of criminal business before the court, constituting an effectual stay on civil suits. In the investigation of the accounts of Hie coun tv officers, rho treasurer's books showed ns the amount or taxes collected, over $11.000, and thc jurors rccomme;. 'ed thc bond (*10,000) be increas? ed, as the receipts Tor a single year exceeded ihe amount of the bond. This certainly appeurs a wisc measure, since it entrusts too much to the honesty of the ot?lcer, and though thc present In? cumbent seems to have discharged his duty, yet ful ure officers might not bc so faithful. Thc grand jury paid a high compliment to Judge Rutland, testifying to tlie impartiality' with which he has performed thc duties of his office, and condemning the recent move In the General Assembly, looking to lils impeachment. Judge Rutland replied in ? tew words, thanking thc juors aud expressing his gratification al the compliment, fie gave to ihe colored grand jurors a few words of advice and warning, and during its delivery asked if ihose who caine among the colored people solely to obtain office by their votes had done anything for them. A colored man on thc jury promptly and emphatically re? plied: No! no! Tlie bur alsu passed resolutions to the same effect. The sales of rea! estateon Monday. (T?i instant.) did not reach the prices realized lu December, and several lots and tracts will be resol.I in March, at the risk of former purchasers. In conse? quence of the failure of the parties to comply with the terms of sale. This fall in price, however, may be partially attributed to liens on Ute lands or ihe inferiority of the lands as to fertility, when compared with those sold in December. Thc Masonic fraternity have organized a Chap? ter of Royal Arch Musons here. We wish them every success. PEEDEE. -Mr. Peabody haring been charged willi speculating iii Confederate bonds during the war, took occasion, when ut Portland some Unie after, tu explain the probable origin or the charge to a party of friends at dinner, ile stated, says a correspondent, thal he hud uni? formly condemned the course ol' the Souili in takinii up arms, and had injured his reputation among English friends by his advocacy ol'the cause of the L'nion. When Hie Confederate agents were endeavoring lo negotiate a loan of $75,000,000 in London Ot '>0 cenls on the dollar, some of the friends of the Confederacy asked him his opinion as to the proposition. He re? plied lo them that in a var from ?hat time they could get Confederate bonds for 2.1 cents on the dollar, and to prove that lie was iii ear? nest proposed lo enter an engagement, to fur? nish. I hem on those terms. They accepted. The year passed. Confederate bonds were sel? ling for less than 25 cents, und holding Ills friends to the bargain, he made ?U0.000 by lite transaction. WASHINGTON. THE REMOVAL OF DISABILITIES. The in Ititi States District Courts to Exercise their Jurisdiction-Who arc Excepted, cw?. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] ?WASHINGTON, February 15. The Reconstruction Committee finally agreed to-day to vest in the United States District Courts the power to remove the political disabilities from all persons, with the exception of ex-army and navy officers, and ex-members of Congress. The oath requires that they have not obstructed free? dom of speech, or thc right of any one to vote, since June 1st, 1865, and that they will hereafter become loyal to tlie government. When the bill comes into the House, Farnsworth will move a substitute to remove the disabilities from all per? sons whose Slate Legislatures have ratified the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments. Whltteraorc has presented in the House of Rep? resentatives a petition of citizens of South Caro? lina, asking that the salary of Hon. George S. Bryan, Judge o? thc United States District Court for the State of South Carolina, may be In? creased. (FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.) WASHINGTON, February 15. Collector James Atkins, or the Fourth Geor? gia District, reports that the houses of lils detec? tives in Cherokee County have been burned. He has no hope rrom the State authorities. General Oanby wants the headquarters of the Department of Virginia transferred rrom Rich? mond to Washington. Farragut is here. Delond bas gone northward. It is stated that the Judiciary Committee have reported favorably on the nomination of Pearce for the Fourth Judicial District. CONGRESSIONAL. In the House, to-day, Fcnlanism was the princi? pal subject of debate. In the Senate the franking privilege was de? bated. Thc Reconstruction Committee reported Senate bill for rcraov#g political disabilities, amended by their own bill, covering some 3600 names. This involves delay. . The Elections Committee considered the action of the House yesterday In relation to Its opposi? tion to the proposed ballot. It is apprehended that Paine will withdraw from the chairmanship of thc committee. LATER.-In thc House thc election case of Van Wyck vs. Green was discussed for four hours, arter which thc House adjourned. In the Senate Garret Davis spoke lour hours on thc Mississippi bill, in an effort to fix thc voting time to-morrow, which railed, and thc Senate ad? journed. EUROl'E. Thc Fi-eiich .nut Spa ii i ill Trouble. PARIS, February 15. The preliminary examinations have result? ed lu holding one hundred aud four persons' for thc court. MADM.\ February 15. Montpensier ls hcrc^ and had a prolonged con SPARKS FROM TUE WIRES. Commodore Stephen Cliamplin, who com? manded the Scorpion at thc battle of Lake Eric, ls dangerously sick at Buffalo. In the Superior Court in Cincinnati, Judge Tart, presiding, lt was decided that thc Bible and reli? gious books cannot be excluded rrom the pub? lic schools. William Jones, a driver or a mall wagon, has been arrested at Chicago charged with robbing the latter or over one hundred thousand dollars. An orthodox Brighainite carried thc elections at Salt Lake City. The weather is so favorable in Utah that gar? dening has commenced. Thc Seminole ls quarantined at Portsmouth, Va., with yellow fever. THE SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE. Thc Privilege* of Life Members. I'ENULETON, February 12. TO THE EDITOR Ol' TUE NEWS. I am much pleased to see In yours, ol' tho loth instant, au account of the meeting of mem? bers and citizens or Charleston, Tor thc purpose or "redoing the old South Carolina Institute fairs,'' Ac. Tlie remarks or the chairman were appropriate, and I reit gratified with the follow? ing information given by him on the occasion: You say "Hie chairman stated for thc Informa? tion of persons not members of the Institute, who might bo present, that before thc war the society numbered about 2o0lifc members and loon annual members, but that all the papers had been lust when thc hali was burnt: hut all life menu brr.< could Mi:! claim the privilege, and others could liecomc life members on payment of $to, or annual members on payment of $. (the Italics mine.) This is worthy the noble spirit of thc old members of the Institute. I say I felt gratified, because it diirered so very materially in one' important particular rrom any declaration made at the recent formation, or rather revival, of our State Agricultural and Mc ehanical Society, where thc old life members were not at all recognized (I do not mean our legisla? tive recognition.) as members of the revived *oci cty, as those or the Institute were, but passed over in silence without a word of explanation that I have ever heard or. It ls presumed that some ol' the old members were present at the re-establish meut or thc society at Columbia, but ir so, it ls a matter of surprise to others that they submitted so "cozily to Hie soft impeachment." Please sec part or former remarks of minc on thia subject, published in Hie November number of thc Rural Carolinian, p. 121. A part or my ar? ticle was not published, as probably irrelevant or unworthy a place in that now very popular maga? zine. l hope THE NEWS ls doing as weil throughout tiie South as it is hereabouts, and very justly de? serve?. Respectfully, Af.. A BLACK SOLON ON THE WAI: Augusta Constitutionalist ol' yesterday says: ..Du Saturday last. Prince Rivers, ono of the Edgetloid misrepresent ulives in Hie South Carolina Legislature, magistrate,ic, returned to his classic villa un llie banks ol' Hie Savan? nah. Hamburg-how considered a province of Africa-Iiis loyal lips breathing threats ol' dire vengeance against one ol' his colored constim enu, surnamed Ellis. The ex tent of the offend? ing ol' the aforesaid Ellis seems to Intro consisted in a declaration that the aforesaid Solon supported his leam and equipage in Columbia (for he is said to spoil two dashing steeds and a buggy at the capital )"'upou money secured in the regular Radical way-stolen. Tlie incensed law-maker, breathing threatenings against his presumptuous subject, announced Hie Inten? tion of cnwskinniughim upon sight. The ah sence of Ellis at Edgcfleld Courthouse, it is said, alone prevented the execution of i lie threat, tis tlie negro legislators ot' South Carolina are seemingly adepts in tho art of cowhiding their enemies-lo which several of their white car? pet-bag associates can testily fctihujly. Rivers returned to the capital yesterday morning without an opportunity to expend his bottled wrath." -Mrs. Horace t'ouke is profiling pecuniarily by her husband's wicked conduct, Hie church subscribing liberal sums ol'money tor her. An irreverent fellow sii??rests that she would do wv ll io ''set him again." A STRANGER IN CHARLESTON. SIGHTS IN TUE CITY AS SKETCHED BY A "GREEN LINE'' EXCURSIONIST. Thc Battery and Waler Front-Om Hotels and Markets- Rains-Thc Arse? nal-The Old Customhouse and the Orphanhonsc-Down the H a r b o r The Forts-War Gossip, ?tc. - L [Correspondence of the Cincinnati Cohjmejclalrf' CHARLESTON, February i. Charleston comes out like a tongue iroin the main land to taste the salt of the sea, not satis fled willi the brackish waters of Ashley and Cooper Rivers, that moisten It on either side. The front of the city on the harbor ls a hand? some battery eighteen or twenty feet wide, for* pedestrians, reached from the street by flights of steps at convenient intervals, and lined with large and elegant residences, once the abode of the wealthly and fashionable of the great mari? time city of South Carolina. These residences are all surrounded by walled enclosures contain? ing fountains, conservatories, flower gardens and magnificent magnolias, the rich, dark foli? age of which contrasts beautifully at this time with the white aud cream-colored houses, and abundant oleanders In full bloom ont doors. The residences on thc battery are a fair type 9f all In the city in their class. ' They arc mostly three stories high, thc lower story being used by the servants, and containing thc culinary and kitchen store departments. Arched doorways admit to the Interior. Broad balconies and verandas extend around three sides, and sug? gest the comfort and ease born of wealth. Money ls not wasted in mere architectural dis? play; indeed, thc idea of turning the cold shoul? der is conveyed in the construction of Charles? ton mansions, for many are placed with the end gable to the street, and nearly all are sedu? lously walled in, as the traveller will observe as peculiar to those in the Italian cities-Rome especially. TOE WHARVES. After taking a glance nt the Battery, the ex? tensive wharves at Charleston next claim at? tention. They are over thirty in number, own? ed by individual", and mostly He in Cooper River. Being mainly used for the shipment of cotton, they are constructed on a broad scale and occupy great space. Eight and ten Inch plank ls used for flooring, and each wharf ls provided willi long rows of sheds for the tem? porary storage of the great staple. During tlie war Ic was the custom to sneer at the palmet? to as thc most useless and good-for-nothing timber in the world. This was done in Igno? rance of its Indispensable utility, and because il was the emblem of the State that first seced? ed. The palmetto abounds in the sandy bar? rens of the "Palmetto State," and frequently attains a height of thirty feet, with a uniform circumference of:; to 4 feet. The tree is branch? less and leafless, save at the top, where lt sends oui a fan-shaped cluster of broad, many-pointed leaves, bunched on the end of triangular ribs llial shoot out from thc apex and crown the queer-looking shaft like those round blushes used to displace cobwebs in the Gothic niches of cathedral ceilings. The timber ol the pal met lo i:i porous, and when cut across the grain looks like bamboo. It is the only Umber yet known in the construction of marine docks that escapes the destructivo attacks of tlie borer worm, an insidious Mille insect, pro? lific and innumerable as Hie sands on the sea? shore. When the borer worm attacks, he is not larger than a cambric needle, bul he grows as lie goes, and will .'honeycomb" a pine or an oak log ol immense thickness in a very few years. The li?les bored by this worni are found to be lined with a peouliar, thin, brittle, shell-like crust, and they will run into each other in such close proximity that whoa the borer ceases lils work the merest fibre of the timber is lefl. The Wjmaa of f.hnite?im^r^nidpint,^] ^r^TOuntlons of the wharves are made ol' palmetto cribs filled with stone, gravel, sana, ic. and on these Hie superstructure of pine aud oak rests. An army of howling darkies greet thc visitor to Charleston. They are glad to see him. Any service ls tendered for Hie smallest considera? tion. Thc streets have a deserted appearance, and nothing new lu the way of building meets the eye anywhere. Crumbling ruins and dllap Itated structures, pretentious in character and proportion, are seen everywhere, while thc melancholy waste ot tlie burnt district com? pletes the picture of metropolitan destruction and fills the mind with a sadness unrelieved by anything else thc city cm show. Charleston ruins-thc beginning and Hie end of the visit? or's voluble reflection, whether lie takes a cur? sory survey or pauses to examine and reflect. Yet, through all the falling away, the ruin and decay, there runs a little bright coloring of hope. How it became Incorporated with the picture, lt would be difficult to determine. It may be ingrained; lt maybe extraneous, but "commerce with her luminous wings''.fans it, and the hardy spirit of thc North give's it vi? tality and growth. STREET LIPB. Charleston has large, fine, well kept hotels. There is no better hotel on the Continent than the Charleston-a magnificent structure, in the Corinthian style, with spacious halls, ex? tensive verandas, and comfortable! rooms. The markets are well supplied, all hough there will not be found in Hiern the variety that Cincinnati oilers. Butler is a scarcity indeed, the commodity is hardly to be fourni among the nail ve products. As a general thing ii is Imported. Pish, shad, liallibiti. icc. willi line oysters, are cheap and plenty. Beef, mutton, ile, come from Unit moro and New York. Poultry and eggs are abundant. Young darkles, sharp as steel-traps, black your boots, ami offer you the morning papers. They comprise Bootblack and Newsboy Brig? ade: Two lines of street cars traverse the elly single fare ten cents. Flights ol' buzzards hover about I bc city, and alight in the market-houses, performing, un? hindered. Ute olllcc of scavengers. Carriage hire is S'J per hour: three hours. ' i.'i 50; four hours. ?7, and so on. Hotel fare is SI per dav. Tlie streets aie narrow, and bowldered in the business part. At high I ide Ute greater part, of the city is pervaded by a back water, winch makes its appearance tri Hie vacant lots in the lower levels, and in its ebb carries with it the contents of sewers, cesspools, ,te. Strange enough, Hie citizens maintain that this back water promotes the sanitary condition of the localities if invades. There*is. however, one positive advantage derived-DO water pings are needed, lt serves and ls used exclusively in case ol tire. TUE CHARLESTON ARSENAL. Among thc many places of Interest that Charleston now affords the visitor none will awaken more reflect io:: tlitui Hie arsenal built In 1841 by Hie United Slates Government for the city. It is a walled inclosure. with loop? holes and battlements for Infantry defence, oc? cupying twclveacres, purchased from Hie city, which had used it for a potters' Held. The ar? senal building, officers'and soldiers' quarters are in good condition; but there are only twenty-live men on duly, and those are kepi Uro in idleness merely by standing guard over the liarnrrrs.s guns and I rimming thc broad grass-bordered avenues. Dismounted and resting on platlorms in long rows down thc main aveline arc Hie heavy ordnance used in defence of Charleston during the war. and these embrace Holuiubiads, I'arrotts, field pieces niid howitzers. Ofhetivy guns lhere are seventy-five, six to ten inch: ' twenty-live brass pieces; fifty thou? sand proiec! iles and over filly monars, thir? teen ten and eight inch. And here ibis enor? mous enginery reposes in peace and silence. Undoubtedly many of these guns helped to destroy the elly and produce the dreadful re? sults inseparable from ll:; name througlioul American history. The disposition of the government is to abol? ish thc Charleston Arsenal ?us unnecessary, in which case il will be sold, and perhaps turned into a public charitable Institution. !M..U'ES OK NOTE IN THE CITY. One of the first objects that meets the eye aller landing ut Hie Atlantic ?locks is the old Unite/Slates Customhouse, a square, quai ni looking structure, two and a half stories high, with aseihl-btisemcnt, in which Major llayne was Imprisoned and from which he was con veyed to execution by the British. His cell is sli'l! to be seen. Tile building is overa hundred ami twenty-five years old. very dilapidated, and Irremediably shattered by round shot and shell. In one or Hie many Utile graveyards ol Charleston rest the mortal remains of'John C. Calhoun, His tomb ls a small, plain, square marble block, surmounted Jjg a capital and rudely shaped urn, the whole not over eight feet high. It ls Impossible to read the inscrip? tion from'the street, and the graveyard ls fenced in and Itemed from public resort The Charleston Orphan Asylum, capable of accommodating six hundred children, is one of the finest and best institutions on the con? tinent. In appearance it ls handsome, yet utility is not subordinated to architectural ef? fect, and it ls well managed and kept up as a matter of city pride. What is known as the "Burnt District'* Hes on the Ashley River side of thc city, and was the aristocratic quarter. The ruins of the stately mansions and magnificent churches, Including ?hesplendid Catholic Cathedral, stands scat? tered over a space larcro' enough for a "city of the second-class," and sadden the heart to look upon. The artesian well is an object of interest, although no effort, has been made to invest the feature with architectural attraction. It is twelve hundred and forty feet deep, and sup? plies the city with a magnesia water good for all household uses except cooking. The residence of ex-Secretary Memmingor, of the Confederate service, on Wentworth street, ls pointed out as a sample of the archi? tectural magnificence in which the Charleston nabobs lived before the war. It occupies thc greater part of a very large square, and ls fur? nished with extensive verandas, balconies and corridors. The grounds are filled with choice growths, indigenous as well as tropical. But from thisjtes from all the objects of in- j dividual interest In the place, the glory has de Earted, and over it gradually creeps the slow ut certain decay peculiar to the atmosphere ol' thc Southern Atlantic coast, unchecked by hands paralyzed by the effort to destroy the government. CHARLESTON HARBOR. The first object that meets the eye from the ocean approach in the Charleston harbor ls a long, low nile that looks like a church with a stumpy spire, sitting down in the water as if partially submerged. Between it and the f white beach of Morris Island, lying away to thc left, there is about a mile's distance. That ls the ruins ol' Sumter, with a lighthouse on the extreme ocean point. Farther in toward the city is Sullivan's Island, with the ruins of | Fort Moultrie, a mere parapet work of earth with Inside facings of brick. The readers of the Commercial would all like to visit these historic remnants of the war, and they shall therefore accompany a par? ty ot Green Line excursionists, with the Louis? ville delegation largely In the majority, in the effort to gratify the most Justifiable curiosity. A tug is chartered, and a party of forty people leave the Atlantic docks for Sullivan's Island. ' A walk of five minutes from thc landing, througli sand knee deep, and past houses in ruins-thc summer resorts of the Charles tonlans before the war, and here wc are on the parapets of Fort Moultrie. There is a Colum? piad en barbette, and here Is a Parrott, sweep? ing a vast stretch of ocean, but now pointed at Sumter. Sight the gun and it covers the centre of the lighthouse. Oh, yes, try lt, that's easy enough, and you see that you can put your head into cither gua without dis? turbing a hair or rubbing tuc rust off their unused muzzles. There arc the bomb proofs and covers, and the brick furnace for heating hot shot, and the worm-eaten flagstaff in the centre of the fort, with a shred of .lie halyards still clinging to the top. Cut a piece off the staff with your penknife, for a momen? to; no watchful sentinel will forbid. Shapeless heaps ol' sod-faced sand, with here and there the merest suggestion of the mathematical regularity ol' those defensive lines which thc skill and bravery ol a great people constructed and fought In, are now all that remain to give tangible evidence ol' the mighty struggle that shook thc continent, und echoed throughout the world. A beautiful sandy beech slopes down from thc fort on the Sumter front. A Tew shells are gathered, and a handful of thc white sand, still wet with thc ebbing tide, and the Cincinnallans return to the walting tug. "Now, for Sumter, captain." bio'w his wrilsll?To Milly W?' ?fiSE 5p5 tience seizes some, for dinner hour is long past, and the pure sea air sharpens the appe? tite to insufferable keenness. Others care nothing for dinner In the great desire to visit Sumter. In the meantime the captain is "in? terviewed," and a lot of war talk imparts the information that the four wrecks lying a little off Sullivan's Island were English blockade runners, sunk by the batteries on Morris Is? land, and that, jic says, pointing, to a vessel anchored inside, off Sumter, "is a French man-of-war in quarantine, with yellow lever." We were told marvelous stories about the siege ol Charleston-the wonderful sacrifices the people made to defend the place. One statement is worthy of repetition, Inasmuch ns Hie same was made in Charleston, namely, that the boulders of the streets of Charleston were taken up and shipped down to Fort Sum? ter in the night, to Hil the gaps battered in the fort during the day by Gilmore's guns. Enor? mous quantities of sand were snipped down for the same purpose, the people of the city engaging all day in loading the ships and bar? ges, to have them ready for use at night. This will account for the almost incomprehensible replacement of the gaps and breaches made in the fort each succeeding day of the siege. At last the Louisville party appeared, and now wc are bound tor Sumter. There it is, only a mlle or so off, and we shall enter the grand old fortress and see the broken flag staff and the very spot where Anderson stood to salute thc Hag as he passed out. ..Hello liiere, captain, ain't you taking us to Sumter !" "No sir; thc gentlemen l'or'ard there says they want tb go ashore, and that's whore we're bound." And so ii is, the Louisville delegation squan? dered their lime away on .Sullivan's Island, and must hurry ashore now lo pay their re? spects In a bolly to Trcnholm, who receives Hmm willi distinguished consideration at his luxurious residence in Charleston. flic Cincinnati party are sold oui, but there is no help for it, and in? time left to make a wiser effort. The golden opportunity to be como -familiar with the most historic spot lu America is sold l'or a mess of pottage, aud it is useless to lament. Suinter stands on live acres of stone, dump? ed into the harbor fora foundation. Every thing valuable and useful was removed at the close of the war. and the place putin charge of a veteran soldier. The lighthouse, on.the extreme ocean point, was erected since to waru seafarers ot danger, and suggesting to all who see lt thc mighty events evolved by hurling a ball against the once impregnable walls over which il sheds its peaceful light. E. B. Seining ittacrjmes. JgXrOSlTION UNIVERSELLE, PAJtIS, 1657. WHEELER A WILSON. THE GOLD MEDAL. HIGHEST PREMIUM. LOCK-STITCH, SEWING AND BUTTON-HOLE MACHINES, nie only Hold Medal. Eighty-two Competitors. EDGERTON A-RICHARDS, Agents ,lCC24 No. 32 Broad street. '^fl L L IS & CHISOLM, FACTORS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, AND SHIPPING AGENTS, Will attend to the Purchase, Sale and Shipment 'to Foreign and Domestic Ports) of COiTON. RICE, LUMBER and NAVAL STORES. ATLANTIC WHARF. Charleston, S. C. E. WILLIS.A. R. CHISOLM. OCtSfi _ p HARLES HICKEY, GILDER, PORTRAIT AND PICTURE FRAME MANUFAC? TURER, Ko. 315 KING STREET, Charleston, S. C. OKI Frames Regilt equal to new. Looking t!]<is?cs o? all sizes iltted to Frames. jost received, an assortment or fine Chromos and Engravings. dec8 wfm3mos irnneral Notices. ?&- THE FRIENDS AND ACQUAINT? ANCES of Mr. WILLIAM ROGERS, and of His sister, Mrs. Ann M. Browne, are invited to attend the Fanerai Services or the former, at the First Baptist Church, Churchy street, at 8 o'clock THU AFTERNOON. . _ Jebi? VIGILANT FIRE ENGINE COM? PANY.-Assemble at Engine House, State street, at 2 o'clock P. M., In citizens' dress, to pay the last tribute or respect to our late venerable brother fireman, WM. ROGERS. By order. E. G. CHTJPBIN, feble Secretary V. P. E. Co. THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ot the late Mr. GEORGE F. MELDAC are respect? fully invited to attend bis Funeral, at 4 o'clock Tms AFTERNOON, at his late residence, corner of Arcbdale and Market streets. ' feble J?* FRE?NDSCHAFTSBTJND. - THE Members are requested to attend the funeral' ser? vices of their late Member, Mr. GEO. F. MELDAC, at his hange in Archdale street, one door from Harket, THIS AFTERNOON, at 4 o'clock. CHAS. SIEGLD?G, . feblS _ _ Secretary. JET- THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND Acquaintances or Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Mousaean, and Mrs. Ann Mousseau and family, are requested to attend the Funeral Services of JAMES ROB? ERT, infant son of the former, at their residence, corner of Anson and Society streets, at 4 o'clock THIS AFTERNOON, withoat further Invitation. febio . HJrrj (BODOS, JgARGAINS! BARGAINS 1 IS DRESS GOODS, A T STOLL, WEBB k CO., For the next THIRTY DAYS w?s oder our entire Stock of WINTER DRESS GOODS " AT AND UNDER COST. One lot of POPLINS and DELAINES at 6 yards ror $1 One lot All-Wool Figured Delaines at 25c. Together with, assorted lots of Choice POPLIN'S, In Chene-Popllns Worsted Poplins Solid Colored Irish Poplins Poplin Plaids. All shades in Empress Cloths, from soc. to S5c. French Merlnoes from Tic. to 85c ALSO OFFERING, One case SPRING POPLINS, at 30c. Our Stocks of Domestic Goods are also com-' plcte, and at the Lowest Cash Prices. At STOLL, WEBB & CO., feb" mwf Nos. 287 and 280 King street. S PECIAL INVITATION. LAST NOTICE Call in time, while the following articles are offered at such prices to suit the times and to draw the public: A fair quality BLACK. DRESS SILK, only $1 60 per yard. Dress Goods at 25, 30, 35 cents and upwards each worth 5 to 10 cents more. White 10-4 Blankets at $4, actually worth $6. Arab Shawls at one-half their original value. 4 pieces 6-4 Black Beaver Cloth at $2, worth $3 Longcloths, Brown Homespuns, Hosiery Gloves, Collar and Cuffs, and Fancy Articles, as tonlshlngly cheap. All our Stock ls reduced, and only BARGAINS can be found at No. 437 King street. FURCHGOTT A BRO., Corner King and Calhoun streets, No. 437 King street. Boots, Shoes, Hats, Trunks, Ac, kept separate and sold at correspondingly reduced prices. na~ Al) wc want ls an early call. JanSl iUacrjinerrj, (Eastings, #c. jy^EETLNG STREET FOUNDRY. TUIS ESTABLISHMENT IS NOW FURNISHING THE DC PROVED MCCARTHY COT? ON GIK, STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS, Or various sizes, on hand. Improved Vertical and Horizontal Corn Milla, Sugar Mills, Sugar Boilers and Pans, of all sizes. Horse-Powers and Gin Gearing, from 6 to 16 feet In diameter. Improved Lever Cotton Presses, for Hand, Power, Saw and Rice Mills. Machinery and Castings of au descriptions made te order. Particular attention paid to House Fronts and Castings for Buildings, Gratings, Cistern Covers, Sash Weights, Ac, Ac. WILLIAM S. HENEREY, MACHINIST AND FOUNDER, NO. 314 MEETING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. aug4 mws_ ?gXCELSIOR IRON WORKS, ESTABLISHED 1839, FOOT OF 14TH STREET, EAST RIVER. IRON. FRONTS, 1 AND EVERY DESCRIPTION OF IRON WORK FOR BCILDIXQ PURPOSES. GEO. R. JACKSON, B?RNET <k CO., . Proprietors. BRANCH OFFICE, NO. 201 CENTRE STREET, CORNER OF HOWARD. nov30 3mos J T. HUMPHREYS, BROKER, AUCTIONEER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT. SALES OF REAL ESTATE, STOCKS. BONDS, SECURITIES AND PERSONAL PRO? PERTY ATTENDED TO. No. 27 BROAD STREET, Charleston, S. C. REFERENCES.-Hon. HENRY BUIST, W. J. MA? GRATH, Esq., General JAMES CONNER, T. R. WARING. Esq. OCU