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irr^T TTUff IT_N?TMRER 1259. CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. WASHINGTON. ROZDEX APFEAZS FOR MARTIAL LA tr iy y ORTH CAROLINA. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE KETTS.] WASHINGTON, March 20. Governor Holden telegraphs to Senator Abbott urging him to r.se his influence ta in? duce President Grant to suspend the writ of habeas corpus for Alamance County. He says that the Federal ? troops are already there, but that they can do nothing until martial law is declared. [FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] WASHINGTON, March 19. The opponents of Bingham's amendment claim that they have six majority. The Senate had no session. The House is debating thc tariff. Canny, in obedience to orders from thc Pressent, sent two companies into the insur? rectionary districts of North Carolina. A special committee on the decline of Ameri? can commerce to-day heard steamship and railroad men from New York. Boston, Phiia delphia and the South, who favored the Orien? tal and Mediterranean Steamship Company. THE Z4>A VES AND [FISHES. Ho TV to Bolster np tho Party. In the United States Senate on Thursday, .?upon the question to distribute the official pat? ronage of the government among the States according to their repr?sentation, Senator Sawyer, of this State, said : There are single States In thc Union that have more patronage in the Executive Depart? ments of ? the govern meet than all the Sou them States that have been reconstructed put to fether; nay, there are Bingle Congressional i st ri ct s in some of the States that have a larger amount ol patronage at the hands of the Exec? utive than any one of the reconstructed States, taking lt as a whole. One single representative in the other bouse has been instrumental In putting into one of the Executive departments no less than seven? teen clerks, and went to complain that he could -not get another ?ene; and yet when representatives from States that axe more remote from the capital try to get men ap? pointed to places there they are told there are no vacancies, all the .places are filled, and these men cannot ne turned ont because, for? sooth, they have been put in there, and lt will bring a storm about their ears from thc repre? sentatives ol' those States. Mr. Conkling. From what State? Mr. Sawyer. I decline to answer from what Stated but I make the statement that there is from one Staten representative who bas in one department seventeen men, placed there by his own Influence. Now, Mr. President, I do not expect the patronage of this government co be distributed arithmetically. I do not expect the States that have been recently admitted to representa? tion here to have their arithmetical proportion . of employees of thc government It would not be reasonable to expect it; because, in thc first place, thc character of the population there is such that it is almost impossible to select enough men te fill their respective quotas of executive employment here. But when these States come here, and offer men capable, who are entirely qualified in every respect to fill these positions-as well qualified as the men from Ohio, or Massachusetts, or New York and then are told that all the places arc filled from those States, and that no vacancies can be made for them, I submit that that ls a prac? tical injustico and the worst possible policy for the Republican party. The Republican patty in the South, if in any part of the country, needs bolstering by this official patronage. It ls the vice of politics that public patronage should be necessary for the propagation of correct political principle: but the fact exists that official patronage is a power, and it belongs te the party that exer? cises the powers of government to distribute that patronage in the way ol strengthening that political party which i's represented by the Adminstration; and raen a single section ol' the country takes to itself all that there is to give in this way, and saya, after it is all taken, there are no vacancies, nothing can be given to another section of the country, because, forsooth, its represntatives were not as per? sistent when the appointments were made, not as pushing and pertinacious all those from that section, I submit that it is a practical injustice, and lt lt is the worst possible policy. ffHE COZORED SENATOR. FIRST SPEECH OF REVELS. THE NEW SENA ATOR FROM MISSISSIPPI. A Vindication of the Blaclc Rae?. The colored United Stales senator from Mis? sissippi, Revels, made his first speech on Wed? nesday last. The galleries were packed with spectators, anxious to be present upon thc oc? casion of the delivery of the first speech ever uttered in the Senate of the United States by a person of African descrnt. At one o'clock Morton took thc floor, but gave way to Revels. Fenton, who sat a few seats nearer the centre ol' the chamber, mo? tioned to Revels, and the latter walked over to and took position at the desk of the former. Thereupon there was a buzz, general stretch? ing of necks and rising in seats to obtain a good view of the dusky senator. Revels proceeded to deliver his speech from man? uscript in a strong voice, distinct enun? ciation, subdued gesticulation and easy address, except at the beginning, when he appeared to be slightly embarrassed. He was listened to in marked silence and close at? tention throughout, each particular senator of either party turning directly faca towards the colored peer, with one or two exceptions, tlius remaining to the end of thc speech, the read? ing of which took up about half an hoar. Meant?fee Sumner twirled his eye-glasses, ran his fingers through his locks, carefully adjust? ing each particular hair whilst he smiled be nignantly upon his colored brother. That pro? found statesman, Drake, gazed fraternally upon the African senator; Trumbull's countenance was non-committal, and the erudite Tipton looked on patroaizlngly. The Kentucky sena? tor, Garrett Davis, tried to be indifferent, but his repugnance to th? negro overcame him directly, and he cleared" ont. The other Demo? cratic countenances wore a sort of "Thou canst not say I did it" expression, while the rank and Ale of Republican senators looked very much like a set of sick men taking bitter pills to cure disease brought on by their viola? tion of Nature's laws. We copy the most not? able passages of thc speech: I am well aware, sir, that the Idea is abroad that an antagonism exists between the whites and blacks; that that race which tue nation raised from the degradation ol' slavery, ami endowed with full and unqualified rights and privileges of citizenship, are intent upon power, at whatever price it can be gained. It has been thc well-considered purpose and aim of a class, not confined to the Sout h, to spread this charge over the land, and their efforts are as vigorous to-day to educate the people ol' this nation into that belief as they were at the close of the war. It was not uncommon to find this same class, even dnring the rebellion, prognosticating a servile war. It may have been that the wish was father to the thought, and, sir, as the recognized representative ol' my down-trodden people, I deny the charge, aud hurl it back into the teeth of those who make il?and who, 1 believe, have not a true and conscientious desire to further the inter? ests of the whole South. Certainly, any one possessing a knowledge of the colored popula? tion ol my own or any other State, need not be reminded of the noble conduct of that peo? ple under the most trying circumstances in the history of the late war, when they were bevond the protection of the Federal forces. While the Confederate army pressed into Its ranks every white male capable of bearing arms,the mothers, wives, daughters and sisters of the Southern soldiers were left defenceless and in the power of thc blacks, upon whom the chains of slavery were still riveted; and to bind those chains the closer was the real issue for which so much life and property were sac? rificed. And now, slr, I ask, how did that race act ? Did they, in those days of Confederate weakness and impotence, evince the malignity of which we hear so much ? Granting, for the Bake of argument, that they were ignorant and besotted, which I do not believe, yet with ail their supposed ignorance and snpposed credulity, they, ra their way, itnderatood as tully as you or I the awful import of the con? test. They fcnew that if the gallant corps of native soldiers were beaten back, and their flag trail? ed in -?he dust, ?that it was the presage of still heavier bondage. They longed, too, as their fathers did bet?re them, for the advent of that epoch over which was shed the hallowed light of inspiration itself. They desired too, whh their fathers, to welcome the feet of the stran? gers shod with the peaceful preparatlonof good news. Weary years of bondage had told their talc of sorrow to the Court of Heaven. In the councils ot thc Great Father of All they knew the adjudication of their case, albeit delayed for years, in which patient suffering had nearly exhausted itself, wouW, in t he end, bring them the boon for which they sighed-God's most blessed gilt to bis creatures-the inestimable boon of liberty. They waited, and they waited patiently. In the absence of their masters they ?protected thc virtue and chastity of defenceless women. Think, sir, for a moment what the condition of this land would be to-day if the slave popu? lation had risen in servile Insurrection against those who, month by month, were fighting to perpetuate thal Institution which brought them all the evils of which they complained. Where would have been the security for property, female chastity and childhood? innocence ? The Woody counterpart of such a story of-cruel? ty and wrong would have been paralleled only in th?se chapters of Jewish history as recorded by Josephus, or in thc still later atrocities of that reign of terror which sent the unfortunate Lotus XVI and Marie Antoinette to the scaf? fold. Nay, thc deeds in that drama of cold-, blooded butchery would have out-heroded the most diabolical acts of Herod himself. Ur. President, I maintain that the past record of my race is a true index ol the feelings which to-day animate them. They bear to? ward their fermer masters no revengeful thoughts, no hatred, no animosities. They: aim not to elevate themselves by sacrificing one single interest of their white* fellow-citi? zens; they ask.but the rights which are theirs by God's universal law, and which are the natural outgrowth, thc logical sequence of the condition in which the legislative enactments of this nation have placed them. They appeal to you and to me to see that they receive that protection wltich alone will enable them to pursue their daily vocations with success, and enjoy thc liberties of citizenship on the same footing with their white neighbors and friends. And here let rac say further that the people of the north owe to the colored race a deep ob? ligation which lt ls no easy matter to fulfil. When the Federal armies were thinned by death and disaster, and sombre clonds over? hung thc length and breadth of the republic, and the very air was pregnant with the rumors of foreign interference-tn those dark days of defeat, whose memories yet haunt us as an ugly dream-from what source did our nation in its seeming death throes gain additional and new-found power ? It was thc 6ablc sons of the South that valiantly rushed to the rescue, and but for their intrepidity and ardent dar? ing many a Northern fireside would miss to? day paternal counsel or a brother's love. Sir. I repeat the fact, that the colored ruce saved to the noble won: .MI of New England and the Middle States the men on whom they lean to? day for security and safety. Many of my race, the representatives of these men on the field of battle, sleep In the countless graves of the South. If those quiet resting-places of our honored dead could speak to-day, what a mighty voice, like to. "the rushing of a mighty wind," would come up from these sepulchral homes! Could we resist thc eloquent pleading of their appeal ? Ah, sir, I think that this ques? tion ot immediate and ample protection for the loyal people of Georgia would lose its legal technicalities, and we would cease to hesitate in our provisions for their instant rellel. EUROPE. House of Commons-Thc Fenian Prison? ers-Wiarders and Agrarian Troubles tn Ireland. LONDON, March 17. In the House of Commons, Ur. Gladstone, replying to Mr. Moore, said the Fenian prison? ers were well treated, but the government courted inquiry on the subject. Two of the prisoners had certainly gone mad, and had, therefore, been realeased. One of these, Rourke, concerned in thc Clerkenwell affair, was slowly recovering at an asylum. Amnesty to the Fenian prisoners, he said, was untimely In thc presence of continued violence. [Cheers.] Thc tranquillity of Ireland was an essential preliminary. When loyal men were able to pursue a livelihood in peace and con? fidence, then amnesty will be proper. Right Honorable Chichester Fortescue, Chief Secretary for Ireland, gave notice of a bill for the protection of life and property in ireland. In his remarks lie recapitulated the outrages In that island since 18CC. Nine murders have been committed aud two murderers only have been brought to trial. The agrarian offences since that time aggregated about 1800, mainly threatening letters and unlawful oaths. The government needed more power to repress lawlessness and terrorism in Ireland, which were mainly due to Fenianlsm. The bill limits the possession of arms to holders ot game licenses: revolvers require special license; imprisonment at hard labor for two years to be the penalty for unlawfully having posses? sion of arms. In proclaimed districts, thc supposed sending of threatening letters to be subjected to imprisonment; inns tobe closed at sunset, Ac. A desultory debate on thc bill followed, in which Messrs. Heygate, Connolly and Patten participated. The Bonapartc-fVoir Homicide Case. PARIS, March 17. Henri Rochefort has been taken to Tours, where he is to appear as a witness in the Bonaparte-Noir homicide case. Louis Noir announces in the public prints to-day that he has now boen admitted as a jnirj^e civile against Prince Bonaparte. Miscellaneous. ROME, March 19. The Pope pronounced mass to-day for Count Montalembert. LONDON, March 19. The contract for the Honduras Railway has been signed, and work commences within thc year. LIVERPOOL, March 19. The bark Neptune was spoken on the 13th, with cargo shifted and part thrown overboard. Supposed to be the Neptune from New York; though thc Neptune from Savannah. February 12th, is still at sea, SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. Bailey, internal revenue collector lor the 22d New York (Wall street) district has disap? peared. George Wakeman, an editor of the New York World, is dead-pneumonia-aged 30. Captain Phillips, of the schooner Ann Eliza? beth, at New York, fell into the hole on Satur? day, and was killed. A movement will be made in Canada, cham? pioned by Sir A. T. Galt, allowing the Dominion to establish commercial relations with foreign countries, subject to the Queen's approval. TENNESSEE AND CONGRESS. NASHVILLB, March 19. A meeting of people of all parties to-day passed resolutions protesting against Congres? sional interierence, denouncing exaggerations and misrepresentations regarding internal af? fairs of the 8tatc, and pledging thc people to maintain thc laws, State and national, at all hazards, and dedaring that soldiers to sustain the civil authorities will be welcome. Tlie wholesale merchants of thc city have also held a meeting, and adopted a circular addressed to the boards of trade In thc princi? pal cities of thc Union, setting forth the condi? tion of affairs In Tennessee, and appealing to them to use their influence against congres? sional intervention. They allege that the State is unusually quiet and peaceful, and business prosperous, but that thc proposition to subject the State to outside interierence has brought business to a standstill. THE JITUNICIEAL WAR. RICHMOND, March 19. Ellyson's police arrested and disarmed part of thc opposition police. The balance took refuge in the station-house. At noon the second station-house surrendered to Ellyson. The new officials have notice of a motion on Wednesday before Judge Underwood for an injunction. Both Mayors held court this morning. No disturbance occurred to-day. About thirty of Chahoon's adherents are shut up in thc station-houses. Ellyson's force, about two hundred and fifty, have possession of the city. LATER.-Ellyson's force numbers two hun? dred, with a reserve "of one hundred. Two public meetings, tc-nlght, resolved t? volun? teer to support Ellyson. The city is quiet, except around thc third station-house, which Chahoon holds with some forty white and black adherents. COLUMBIA. State Board of Education-Memorial to Congress-Petition to sell the Hilton Head Abandoned Lu mis- Mode of get? ting Text Books-Mise McCulloeh. COI.CUUIA. March 19. The State Board of Education adjourned Fri? day evening, alter a session of three days. The work was, in the main, harmonious, being al? most entirely routine business, or business looking to the operation of the new system of commoa or public schools in this State. The work probably could have been done In half thc time, had the superintendent not found serious difficulty in adapting his New England scheme to a Southern population. Hero, as in the ap? plication of thc township law, the differ? ence between the population of South Caro lina and that of Massachusetts pre? sented considerable difficulties. Thc town? ship law had, alter a year's trial, to be laid aside as a failure ; and one of these school commissioners told me yesterday that this school law will re quire a million a year to keep it In successful operation. Pursu? ant to this manliest desideratum, something was done to raise money, as ail parties realized the fact that no appropriation which a South Carolina Legislature could ever make would suffice to carry on thc scheme. The leading item accordingly in the proceedings of this convention was a memorial to thc Congress of the United States praying that a large portion of public lands bc set aside for the use of this State as an education fund. It will be remem? bered that some three or four years ago a na? tional convention ol teachers, held at Trenton, N. J., set In motton this idea of asking the Uni? ted States Government to appropriate certain public lands in the West as the source of an edu? cation fund for the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. This meeting of thc State Board the other day revived that Idea, and made It a point *ln the memorial they voted to be made to Con? gress. A second item In this memorial was I the advice to Congress to sell the Hilton Head abandoned lands and apply the proceeds of sale to the common school uses. This item j provoked an excited political debate. Thc animus of the Radicals seemed to be to punish the former owners of those lands, although they argued that the present sale of the lands would lead to a restoration of them on easy terms to their former owners; but the reply to this was that that process would not yield much money for the schools. Upon the whole, lt seems that these Radical agitators merely want to stir up points of bitterness for use as politi? cal capital in the coming campaign. The vote on this matter was strictly a party vote, and stood thirteen against ten. Another point of detail may be of public interest. It is the mode of getting school books. It was de? cided to require each county commissioner to forward to thc State superintendent a hst ot thc books needed by bim; the superintendent is to forward these lists, under his endorse? ment, to the publishers, and thc publishers are to scud the books to the county commis? sioners. This all seems fair enough, until we remember that lt puts lt in the power of Mr. Jillson to forbid the use of any books not acceptable to him personally-and Mr. Jill son is known to be unfavorable to all Southern books. He being a Massachusetts man, 'his feeling ls natural to him, but hardly just on that account. The proceedings are to be published In a few days; and the minority report on the laad me? morial will (if allowed to appear) show the party style of reasoning pursued by the ma? jority. MISS M'CULI.OCU. Thc announcement that this prima donna is to appear here on the 2Cth has produced a de? cided sensstion. Thc rush to hear her will be unprecedented in that line. CORSAIR. -The following clause of law In regard to thc income tax seems to be bothering some honest and other sort ol'people: ''That the taxes on incomes herein imposed shall be levied on thc 1st day of March, ami be tine and payable on or before the 13th day of April in each year, until and including the year 1870, and no longer." Now, what is the purpose ol' this clause ? It is to define and declare at what time in the year the iucotnc tax ls duo and payable. And it declares very plainly that the tax shall be due and payable by the "13th day of April in each year, until and In? cluding the year 1870, and no longer.'' No payment ol' the tax can be demanded later than April, 1870, and at that time we pay the tax on our Incomes of 16G9. On the income of 1870, therefore, no tax is payable. Colonel John G. Park, an old and prominent Georgian, died at Indian Springs on Wednes? day. Thousands of citizens ol the State knew the deceased intimately. He was a native of Greene County, Ga., where he resided until admitted to the bar. when he removed to Gwln nett County, and was chosen clerk of the Su? perior Court. Subsequently he moved to Milledgeville, where he engaged in the prac? tice of his profession, and also in the editorial management of the Federal Union. The latter position he filled many years. He also served several terms as comptroller general of the State. Mr. Joseph Fa it, of Union, died suddenly on Thurs lay from an apoplectic attack. RETRENCHMENT AND REFORM. LOW TAXES AXD EQUAL RIGHTS. THE VOICE OF THE INDEPENDENT PRESS. There is Hope for the State. [From the Orangeburg News.] Tlie sentiment of the people of South Caro? lina is unanimous. From the seashore to the mountains, a voice comes spontaneous iront the people of the State, and lt speaketh mighty things-things of high import, and pregnant with bright hope. The people of South Caro? lina have repudiated Democracy. Significant omen ! Its name and its nationl issues arc re? linquished. This is a fact. The colored man has a natural and constitu? tional right to his freedom and his citizensh ip, and this right is really and heartily admitted and recognized by the white people of the State. Great things must com? from this. There Is hope for thc State! Hope that the honest men, those who are citizens of the Stale, and who have exhibited the Intention and desire of becoming her good citizens, will unite, and that their concert ot action and community of interest will result in breaking up the "ring of corruption,'" the nest of robbers that have settled upon us, and will secure the govern? ment to those who are citizens and who are worthy. Another grand effort is about to be organ? ized, and it Ts to be made upon the basis of fact; upon thc iact that the colored man Is our fel? low-citizen and our equal In evil and political rights. Disgusted as the colored people are with the deception and dishonesty of the party that bas controlled their sympathy and ballot for Its own purposes of robbery, they will hear with astonishment that the people ot South Caro? lina are ready to guarantee to them their right of voting and holding office. They do guarantee to him these rights, and they ask him to use these rights to purify, to redeem their State, of which they are citizens, and in which they have the deepest and truest interest. And we believe that they will respond to this movement. They will free themselves from the galling shackles of the party that has ruled them, and will exercise their rights in favor of the honest and worthy of her citizens, while and black. There is hope for the State. With a commu? nity of rights and of interests, the white raen and the colored, men of South Carolina will make Ihe effort together, and honest men will be put in office. The intelligence, the elevation, the reflne .ujnt willoh have ever been the characteristics of the Southern people, and the labor, the In? dustry of the colored men, the best adapted to our climate and to our great product, united In a community of the truest and deepest Inter-' est, hopes and destiny, present in their union a tableau of hope In the future, the brightest .arid most glorious of any people-. We shall be as one. The same rights, hopes, destiny belong to both. And in its effulgence of brightness, tho carpetbagger will skulk away. Yes ! he must pack up 3 When honest men agree rogues most clear out. That thc people of South Carolina have resolved to make this grand effort, upon this true basis, ls shown by the action ol' the press at their late conference at Columbia. The One (?nestion which Candidates Huht Answer. (From thc Columbia G nani inn. J In the coming campaign, one question must be asked of every candidate: Is he honest ? When an affirmative answer can be given, we shall be ready to examine his fitness for office. But If thc answer bo negative, he must give place to a butler. As one of the Journals represented in the press conference, we fully endorso the spirit and letter of the lour resolutions, and we In? tend to push the principle of honest govern? ment to its legitimate conclusions. We mean business. Accept the Issues. [From the Lancaster Ledger.] Heretofore there have been reasons for op? position lo the measures of reconstruction, and for attempts to defeat them; but having failed in Ibis, lt ls now the duty ol' all good citizens to unite their efforts to mako the best govern? ment possible out of the form of tho one which has been established over us. And therefore we hope, should the convention adopt a plat? form, that lt will accept the Issues against which wo have struggled and been defeated, as fixed facts, and agree upon a policy that will promise more success. The citizen*1 Party. [From the Georgetown Times.] The elections in the coming fall afford us an opportunity to bring the State out of the slough of Radicalism, and certainly the experience of the past two years ls such os to induce us to make efforts as have never been made before In the cause of honesty, decency and jjood government. The accomplished /acts of the present are to be dealt with in their full reality. A!! must now recognize the situalion as a criti? cal oi;e. Reconstruction, with its results, negro suffrage and a Fifteenth amendment, are upon us whether we desire it or not, and n sincere acceptance of a situation that we could not pre? vent seems to be the part of prudence as well as policy; and we concur In tho views of THE CHARLESTON NEWS in shaping our course in such manner that while ice1 make of no sacrifice jtrinciple, we should act for the best interest of thc State. Abolish party distinctions and let the honest and Intelligent of the State, white and colored, unite for thc overthrow of Radi? calism under thc banner of the "Citizens'Par? ty." As regards national politics let the Northern people settle the Issues among themselves, and on their decision we will bc compelled to rest, but the Democratic party of the ?tato is unable to effect objects which through recon- j stTUcllon have been set aside, and our atten? tion should be turned against this demon Rod- I icallsm that ls supping the foundations of soci? ety and good government, und checking our progress and every means of prosperity. We | admit the task will be a hard one, but the pres? ent should nerve us to work for the future. Work ! Work f "Work ! [From thc Union Tlraes.j We must work ! work ! work ! zealously and constantly. We mr.st not let the enemy get possession of the outposts while we are stand? ing with our arms folded. "Up, guards, and at them." must bc our watchword. One more decade of such rule as has cursed South Caro? lina for the past two years, and every vestige ol our former rights and the honor and pride of our State will be legislated from us. The prize to be won or lost ls too great to admit of laggards or cowards In our ranks. The State expects every man to do his duty, and lie who does not should be met with sc? rn from every true Southern heart. The ranks ol' the Radical party are broken and In confusion. The leaders know this, and are assiduously at work to heal the breaches. Now is our time to Invado their ranks, but rest assured, If wo make no effort now, they will nilly their lorces and defy us. Harmony, also, must characterize our party. Let no personal considerations distract ns, but with a united front, and bearing aloft the bright banner of trut h, honesty and Juslice to all, let us commence our march against the enemies ol'our Slate at once, and victory must be ours at the next election. Again, we say, let us organize our party, and be prepared to meet the enemy wherever and whenever he shall show himself. The Hight to Vote and to Hold Office. [From the Abbeville Press.] The right to vote carries with it necessarily the right to hold office. The voting class form the body politic; they are the Sute really and essentially. They arc the sovereigns, fur suf? frage ls the highest act ol' sovereignty. Suf? frage sets tlie complex machinery ol govern? ment iu motion, and keeps it in operation. It creates the executive, the legislative and the judicial-they who make the laws and they who administer them. Can anything be more absurd, then, than to deuy to the ruling class the right to select from their own body those whom they may deem worthy to hold the offices In their gilt ? Negro suffrage ls a fixed fact, and it is too late now to deny all of its legitimate consequences. If the negro ls the niling power In the State, can we deny him the right to choose his office bearers-to choose them especially from those ol' his own class ? Not only has he the right, but we are prepared to show that between his own race, and those who are properly denomi? nated "scalawags" and "carpet-baggers" meaning by the one mere unprincipled adven? turers, and by the other those who are recre? ant to the instincts of race-lt ls a right which he should properly exercise ia elevating the best representatives ot the black race to office. Not only ls the right or the black man to hold office a legitimate consequence of the right to vote, but It makes less Inroads upon time-honored prejudices. It is a step lees in advance-less revolutionary in fact and In semblance, than was the concession ol' univer? sal suffrage. To make thc bondman the roas? ter-the newly enfranchised the sole dispensers of office-to make thc ignorant rule the intelli? gent, and the poor control the property of the rich: this was so coutrary td the principles of right reason, and the first Instincts of our na? ture, that, granting this, we may well con? cede, without a murmur, everything else in? volved. We concede the principle in its length and breadth; we have no reason to stickle at any of its legitimate consequences. Negro suf? frage has been established. We shall not gain Bay the right of the negro to hold off ce. We go furthsr: we prefer the negro In office to the rule ot the carpet-bagger and the scalawag; and this for two reasons-reasons which in? volve the whole question of competency-that he possesses more of ability and integrity. 1st. The black man in oCice will naturally be the best representative of his race, and surpass the carp?t-oa?ger and scalawag in intelligence and ability. By the carpet-bagger we do not mean Northern men who come to settle with us permanently for "weal or woe;" we mean mere adventurers, the "bummers" of the camp. They have not the stamina to compete with solid men at home, but are mere "wails" of the storm, thrown up to the surface by the currents of revolution. They are Insignificant, Inert and powerless for good as the scalawags themselves-men who turn against their race, and sacrifice their self-respect and :he good opinion of their neighbors for the lust of office. Do yon want to verify these conclusions ? Turn co our late Legislature Itself. Who were Its controlling spirits ? Wright, DeLarge, Elliott, Whipper. Northern men, some of tnem, it ls true, but the best representatives of a race willi whom they are identified In interest and blood, and to whose advancement they are pledging their best energies. But 2d. Who were the most honest and con? servative Republicans In that same Legisla? ture ? We believe no one doubts the honesty of Wright, and we have heard no allegation against the others. They are also the most conservative. It stands to reason that lt should be so. The carpet-bagger, has left his home and his associates, and allied himself with the allen race, and all for the creed of office. The scalawag has gone farther, and turned against "those of his own household." They have, both done violence to the instincts of race, and sacrificed reputation and self-respect, which are thc bulwarks of character. Can we hesi? tate long tn choosing such a man as Wright or DeLarge or Lomax in preference ? Vve re? spect an honest, conscientious black man. Not only do we not blame the colored men for electing such a representative of race, but wc endorse his action in the. pren: ales. We would choose such ourselves in preference to the others. Such are our views, and such we believe are thc sentiments of the white men of the South those "to the manor boni." The Republican party claims the monopoly of good will to the blackman. We dispute the claim. We appeal to thc past; we are willing, if need be, to give pledges for the future. All the associations of our past, all the interests of the present, ali the considerations of thc future, make us the friends of the black man. This could be clear? ly made to appear, but we roust defer Its con? sideration for the present. THE LAST NEW TORR SENSATION. Successful Alteration of Certified Checks The New York papers give the particulars of the latest "fraud upon Wail street," In which a man going by the name of Mitchell, and pur? porting to be a grain dealer from Baltimore, ls said to figure. The "fraud" Involves about M0,000., obtained upon certified checks altered from small amounts to large sums. Other frauds ol this kind seem to have been perpe? trated simultaneously with the Mitchell affair to the tune of about $100.000, and there ls con? sequently a considerable stir In business cir? cles In New York. The uneasiness ls so great on this account that many of the brokers are represented to be sending to their respective banks a memorandum of every check they draw, so as to prevent the certification of any altered checks. In regard to the Mitchell "farad" the Now York Express says : It appears that a man by the name of Mitch? ell, doing business in Baltimore as a grain shipper, recently left that city and came to New York. In Baltimore nothing was appa? rently known against the reputation and In? tegrity of Mitchell, and he brought with him to this city a recommendation from the Balti? more correspondent of Charles Unger & Co. He stated to Mr. Unger that be wanted to buy bonds, and the firm bought for him about $40,000 of 6-20 bonds. He.gave In payment for these bonds a certified check on the Ninth Na? tional Bank, which Unger & Co. deposited in the Phoenix Bank. It now turns out that he bas no account at 'the Ninth National Bank, and the certification is a iorgery exceedingly well executed, botli In regard to the stamp and the name of thc teller. Much sympathy was expressed for Messrs. Unger & Co. No trace of thc forger has yet been discovered. In connection with this "little game" of al? tered checks after certification, a New York paper describes the modus o?>erandi, and pre? scribes thc remedy as follows: One check for thirty dollars was altered to six thousand, and another for fitly dollars to fifteen thousand. In some instances, the for? gers were entirely successful. Now, this ls a very serious matter, and one that will cause alarm among the business community. There is only one way to provide against it, and that is this: Let every business man have his checks printed In different colors. For Instance, for sums over one hundred dollars, and under one thousand, the check might.be printed with blue Ink; over one thousand, and under two thousand, green; over two thousand, and under three, pink, and so on. By this means lt would be impossible for a forger to misrepresent the original amount of the check, except to an inconsiderable extent. If this plan ls adopted, a bank teller could as? certain at once whether thc figures had been Increased In amount to a sum which the color of the check was not intended to cover. It is thc only sure means of protection against fraud, for it wili always be easy fur an experi? enced sharper Lo chantre figures, no matter how complicated they may be in construction. Rumor speaks, of more forgeries upon New York brokers, the particulars of which have not transpired, the victims pocketing their loss in silence. ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN NEW YORK.-Thc Philadelphia Ledger's correspondent in New York thus speaks of the observance of St. Patrick's Day In thc Empire city: The weather, for a wonder, was favorable, and the streets for the out-door display were all that they ought to be. Never was "Old Ireland" In New York so much ar. home. The city hall, the hotels, the newspaper offices and other public buildings, with nut a lew of the shipping lu port, were gayly decked with bunting in honor of the occasion, thc green flag here and there intertwining with the star spangled banner. The grand procession stretched away for miles, and thc streets all along Broadway ?md the other thoroughfares through which it passed, were crowded with enthusiastic spec? tators, among whom the women and children were conspicuous, most of whom displayed a small green Hag with a harp on lt. The number of mou in line is roughly estimated at 60,000. Twenty-five banda of music were couutcJ, with horses and carriages innumera? ble. Mayor Hall and both branches of the com? mon council reviewed the pageant as it passed through the park. The entire area of the park during this ceremony was densely packed with human beings, while housetops and windows, as far as the eye could reach, exhibited each Its quota. The police were thickly distributed along the route, and little or no disorder was apparent. , . ? The religious services at the Cathedral were of the usual imposing character, and were at teuded by 3000 persons. The day closed with sundry banquets by the leading Hibernian societies, and the performance of irish dramas a: se vend ol'the theatres. A DINNER AT THE WHITE HOUSE. How a State Dinner ls Conducted un? der President Grant. A Washington letter to the Philadelphia Press says : It Is the evening of'the President's state dinner. The guests are not only invited, but expected to be punctual In their attendance at 7 o'clock. P. M. President and Mrs. Grant are already in the Red Room awaiting the com? pany. The ladies have disrobed themselves of outer wrappings, and. like graceful swans, they sail slowly into the presence. Mrs. Grant is In full evening dress-Jewels, laces, and all the et ceteras to match. Her lady guests are attired as handsomely as herself, and the gentlemen are expected to wear black s wal lo w-i all coats and white neck ties. President Grant leads the way, with the wife of the oldest senator present on his arm not the oldest senator in years, but the one who has enjoyed the longest term of office. The President is followed Ev the other guests, whilo Mrs. Grant, assisted by the husband of the woman who honors the President by her exclusive attention, brings up the rear, and after slight confusion the guests are comforta? bly seated. When no parson is present the Divine blessing is omitted, unless lt be the Quaker thankfulness-the silence of the heart. In the beginning of the feast, fruits, flowers and sweatmeats grace the table, while bread and butter only give a Spartan simplicity to the '"first course," which iscom {losed of a French-vegetable soup, and accordi? ng to those who have,tasted lt, no soup, for? eign or domestic, has ever been known to equal lt. It is Bald to be a little smoother than peacock's brains, but not quite so ex? quisitely flavored as a dish of nightingales' tongues. . The ambrosial soup ls followed by a French croquet of meat. Four admirably trained ser? vants remove the plates between each course, and their motions are as perfect as clockwork. These servants are clad in garments of fault1 less cut, which serve to heighten to the last degree their sable complexions. White kid gloves add the finishing touch to this part of thc entertainment. The third "course" of the dinner is composed of beef, flanked on each side by potatoes the size of a walnut, with plenty of mushrooms to keep them company. The next course is a dainty in the extreme. It la made up entirely of the luscious legs of partridges, and baptized by a French name entirely beyond my comprehension. It will bc readily seen that a full, description of the twenty-nine courses would be altogether too mucb, so we pass to the dessert, not omitting to say that the meridian or noon of the feast ls marked by the guests being served bountifully with frozen punch. As a general rule, wine ls served about every third course. Six wine glasses of different sizes, and a bouquet of flowers, are placed before each guest at the beginning. The dessert ls inaugurated by the destruction of a rice pudding, but not the kind which prompted the little boy to run away to the North Pole because his mother "would have rice pudding for dinner." It 4s not the same dish which our Chinese brethren swallow with the aid of chop-sticks, but it is such a pudding as would make our great grandmothers clap their hands in Joy. This Presidential ?dish cannot be described except by the pen of ge? nius, therefore lt can only be added that no plebeian pies or other pastry are allowed to keep it company. Alter the rice pudding,'1 canned peaches, pears and quinces are served. Then follow confectionery, nuts, lce-cfeam, coffee and chocolate, and with these warm, soothing drinks, the Presidential entertain' ment comes to an end, the host andonis guests repair to the Red Room, and after fifteen min? utes spent In conversation, the actors In a state dinner rapidly disappear. . ALL ABOUT THE STATE. . . - : ? Tho post?nico at Taxahaw, in'Lancaster County, has been reopened. -, .p :?< The Orangeburg News says that Mr. F. De Mars has entered upon his duties as postmaster, and a decided improvement hos taken place already. The Weadwell Hotel at Orangeburg caught fire on Wednesday. No harm done. ? - ? Sydney Armstrong, sentenced to two year's Imprisonment at hard labor In the'penitentiary for manslaughter, by killing Samuel- D. Owens, has been pardoned by Governor Scott. A destructive fire took place at Anderson C. H., on Thursday afternoon. The dwellings of Captain Daniels and Samuel Crawford, Esq., were consumed. By great effort thc fire was stayed without further loss. On Saturday last an altercation occurred be? tween Mr. R. J. Cheetham, residing near Abbe? ville village, and a colored man In his employ. High words passed between them, and Cheat bam finally discharged bis gun, wounding the negro very severely in the throat. Ho escaped narrowly with his life. Cheatham was arrest? ed, and has given bail to answer an Indict? ment. Thc Laurensville Herald, noticing the ex? amination ol witnesses in the contested election case of Simpson and Wallace, says: "Colonel Simpson, when this matter was originally con? tested, employed counsel, and evidence was taken In every county of the district. Colonel Simpson went to Washington, remained there in the interest of his constituency, applied for I thc removal of his disabilities, and has done ! all that can possibly avail to secure his seat. The records are complete at Washington, and the evidence that Wallace will now adduce is simply unanswerable, except by an attack on the credibility of his witnesses. Wallace him? self, and all his admirers and supporters, will not stickle lu tho matter ot affidavits. He can make out any case he choose lo write down. Let bim put it In black and white, and he can find every other voter for himself to make his mark or subscribe lils scrawl. A Congress that seated H?ge will scarcely strain at wal? lace's pretensions. Besides, the term of the present Congress is so near an end that Colonel Simpson could be of very little service to lils constituency. The game ls not now worth the chase. Wallace only wants the ass-ets. Let the vlllanously low dog have them." MATTERS IN GEORGIA. Mr. Mordecai Johnson, an old and respected citizen of Meriwether County, died at his home near Granitevllle, on the 13th, lacking only two days of being eighty-two years of uge.l^ Mr. C. T. Goode, alawyer of Macon, Tn the railroad accident on the Southwestern Rail? road, on Wednesday morning, hud his collar bone broken and "received several bruises, though not ol a serious character. Twelve years ago tlie place whereon Valdos ta Btands was an old farm, and near by was a saw-mill, which did the lumber business for the neighborhood. It now contains about one thousand five hundred inhabitants, and has aa large a trade for its size as any town in the State. The BandersvhTe Georgian has been pre? sented by Mr. George M. Brantley with an eagle's foot measuring about eight inches from point to point. Mr. Brantley says that these monstrous birds hare become very destructive to sheep and pigs in the lower part of the county. He has killed four of them, one of which measured uine feet from tip to tip of wing. The Savannah News learns that on Thursday afternoon, while Mr. H. M. Stoddard and two other persons were proceeding down the river to Daufuskie, In a sall boat, it capsized oppo? site St. Augustine's creek, and one of the par? ty was drowned. The other two were picked up and succeeded in reaching shore in safety. The person drowned was a negro, who had gone with the party, and was steering the bout. The News reports an enthusiastic celebration ol' St. Patrick's day in Savannah, by the Hi? bernian Society, Irish Union Society, the workingmen^ Benevolent Association and St. Patrick's Total Abstinence Benev? olent Socletv. The address was delivered by Major James 0. Ferrell. At eight o'clock the Hibernian and tbe Union Societies sat down to a sumptuous dinner at the Marshall House, where toast and sentiment ruled the hour. The Savannah News says: General Wm. McRea, of North Carolina, and recently super? intendent of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, passed through this city a few days since en route for Brunswick, to accept the position of superintendent of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad. General McRea, as a railroad man, has risen from the position of a locomotive engineer to that of chief executive officer of a road, and as a military roan, from a private to a major general in the late C S. A., in which position he made for himself a name that will long be remembered by members ol the army of Virginia. fjotels. TTTASHINGTON, D. C THE NEW HOTEL, 'THE ARLING TON,,r : - .?:.>'? is?srraiM . ? BuiU by W. W. corcoran, Esq. T. ROESSLE & SON, ' PROPMBTOEO; LAKE GEORG E ; . ; ?rs E :.. ? j G FORT WILLIAM HENRY HOTEL,. WILL BE OPENED FOR SOMMER v/siTOBS JUNE 1st. OS* ROOMS can be engaged and plans of Hotel seen at "The Arlington," Washington, D. C. T. ROESSLE A SON, mch2i 2mos PROPBIBTOBS. Q. R E E N WOO D H O T B.L-. The subscriber, having purchased the. large and commodious building, known "S the GREEN? WOOD HOTEL, is prepared to ntertatn th? travelling public. The boase is situated In full view of and convenient to the depot and busi? ness portion of the town. The rooms are large, neatly and newly furnished. The table will be constancy suppled with every'delicacy the mar? ket affords, and the Hotel Is In every way equal to. if it does not surpass, any in the up-coantry. - in connection with this Hotel is a first-class Livery Stable. Conveyances of all Kinds on hand for hire. T. F. RILEY, Proprl?tor. Greenwood, S. C., March ll. ? mehi* ima> Business (Caros. ADAMS, DAMON <? CO., 16 BROAD ST., Dealers In Stoves, Ranges, Orates, Ac. Agen? for the Automatic Washing Machine and Wringer. ?LMAR, G. W.-CHOICE DRUGS, CHE? MICALS, Surgical Instruments, Perfumeries and Toilet Articles, 489 King, cor. Yanderhorst st. ARCHER'S BAZAAR, 363 KING ST., Wholesale and Retail Notions and Fancy Goods, 60 per cent, lesa than elsewhere. -, > ALLAN, JAMES, WATCHES,- CLOCKS, Jewelry, Sterling SUver, Plated ware. Spec? tacles, Fancy Goods, Ac, No. 307 King street. BARBOT, ALFRED A., AGENT OF THE: Havana Cigar Factory. "La Valentino," 118 East Bay street._. ' ' /Vt BAZAAR, F. VON 'S ANTEN, IMP?RT I ER of Paris Fane Goods, Toy s, Fr?nclt Con? fectionery,India Rubbe GoodsAc,Ne.228Hingst.. BISCHOFF & CO., HENRY, WH?LE I, SALE ; Grocers, and Dealers In . Wines,' Li? quors, Cigars, Tobacco, Ac, 197 East.Bay. CHARLESTON HOTEL; .-THE:-BEST regulated and irnlsheu House In the South? ern States. E. H: J CKSON, Proprietor. ' " "' GOSGROVE'S SODA WATER ? MANU? FACTORY and Bottling Warerpoms for'Bass. and Hlbbert's. London Ales, 37 Market st. ' te*! GHAPLN A CO., L., 'MANUFACTUE?BS" and Dealers in Carriages, Harness,'ftc,; 20 Huyne, A 33A35Plnckney sc.; also, 193 Meeting st. CORWTN ? CO., WM.' 8., IMPORTERS and Dealers In Colea Whines, Brandies*. Teas and Groceries, Wholesale and lietsU'276 .Klag st. eHAFEE & CO., ?WM. H., WHOLE? SALE Dealers In Groceries, Wines, Liquor^. Ac; Agents foT Exton's Crackers, 207 EaJt lefty'. GHAFEE'S TONIC, THE BEST AND most pleasant Stomach Regulator extant. Chafee A Co., No; 207 East Bay. Manufacturers. DUVAL & S0N, J. B., MANTJFACTUB ERS of Tinware, Dealers In stoves. Tlcwe Furnishing Goods, Ac, 387 Klagst. , - , r. EASON JRON WORKS, ESTABLISHED' 1838, Nassan and Columbus streets ; Steam Engines, Marine. Portable and Stationery., qollers. FRENCH CHINA AT -REDUCED; prices, Glass and Crockery, at R. H. M0DOW7 ELL'S, Agent, corner of King and Liberty Ste. " FOLLIN, G., TOBACCO COMMISSION Merchant, Manufacturers' Agent for the sale of Standard Brands, No. 161 East Bay;1 - - FURNITURE WARBROOMS;. ESTAB? LISHED lssc. D. H. Sllcox, Nos; 176,17 7 anti 179 King st. Goods carefully, packed and shipped. p OLDSMITH ?k SON, MOSES, 4, 6 AND \X 8 Vendue.Range,Wholesale Dealers tn lronr Metals, Rags, Paper Stock, Hides, Wool, Ac. ... . GURNEY, WM., FACTOR AND COMMIS? SION Merchant, 102 East Bay.anC 1 Accom? modation Wharf. ri OUTEVENTER BROS., (SUCCESSORS VX to A. Him 7.) dealers in Millinery, Fancy Goods. Toys, China, Glassware, Ac, 237 King st. HENEREY, WM. S., 314 MEETING ST., Machinist and Founder. Manufacturer tr Huitines, and Improved Agricultural Implements.'; KINSMAN & HOWELL, GENERAL Commission Merchants, and Agent?: for Mapes' Superphosphate of Lime, No. 128 East Bay. LYONS ? MURRAY. WHOLESALE AND. Retail Dealers In Boots, Shoes,Trunks, Ac, 7? Market st;, ne?r Meeting, Sigh of "Big Boot." LA CRIOLLA. - JOSE JARA, IMPOR-; TER and Manufacturer of Havana Cigars, Wholesale and Retail, cor. Meeting and Market sta. LITTLE cfc CO., GEO., 213 KING ST., sell the eheapest and best Clothing and For-' nlshlpg Goods In Charleston._... . ? MERTENS, W. A., DEALER IN LA? DIES', Misses', Gent's, Boys1 and Children's Boots and Shoes, Trunks, Valises, Ac. 282 King st. , MERNAUGH, N., DEALER IN BOOTS,:. Shoes, Hats, Trunks, Valises, Ac, 212 King, street._'." MARBLE WORKS.-THE OLD ESTAB? LISHMENT. E. R. WHITE, Proprietor, ll? Meeting st.. next old Theatre lot. MATTHIESSEN, WM, STAR SHIRT Emporium and Fine'Clothing and Tailoring House, Gents' Furnishing Goods, 291 King st. "VTEUFVILLE, B. K., BLANK BOOK J.1 Manufacturer, Job Printer and Stationer, 0 broad st. Magazines, Ac, bound In all styles. NOAH'S ARK.-WM MCLEAN, JOBBER : and Dealer ta Toys, Fancy Goods, Show Ca? ses. Stamping A Pinking a specialty; 433 King st. OSTENDORFF cfc CO., WHOLESALE - Grocers, Dealers In Wines, Liquors and Ci? gars, No. 175 East Bay. . : O'NEILL, BERNARD, WHOLESALE Grocer and Commission Merchant, 189 East Bay, and 48. and 60 State st. PADDON, W. F., GAS FITTER, STEAM Fitter and Plumber, 447 King st. All kinds or Gas Apparatus made to order. PIANOFORTE AND MU>IC STOKE, 191 King st., ZOG BAUM, YOONG A CO., Agents for Knabe A Co., Denham k Sons, etc PHONJXIRON WOKKS,ESTABLIijHEJD 1844, John F. Taylor A Co., Engineers and Boilermakers, 4, 6, 8,10 and 12 Pritchard BL PERRY, EDWARD, 155 MEETING ST., Printer, Stationer, and dealer In Blank, School and Law Books. STOLL, WEBB & CO., WHOLESALE and Retail Dealers in Dry Goods, No. 289 King street, three doers below Wentworth. SCOTTS' STAR SHIRT EMPORIUM and Gents' Furnishing Room, Meetlngat. op- . poslteMarket Hall. Agent for the Champion Brace. ?FEAR, JAMESE., 236 KING ST., OPPO ? site Hasel, Importer and Dealer la Fine Watch? es. Jewelry, Sliver. Platedware. Faacy Goods, Ac. - Tab GREAT SOUTHERN TEA HOUSE.. WM. S. CUR WIN A CO., 275 King st., braaofc> House of POO Broadway, New York. r