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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1348. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1870. S?X DOLLARS A YEAR. WASHINGTON. APPROPRIATION TO THE SISTERS OE MERCY. Actlon of Northern Railroads Before the Supreme Court -More Mou ey for the South-A New Enfranchising Bill. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] WASHINGTON, April 25. In the Senate, to-ilay, Morrill reported, wilh out amendment, the House bill appropriating $20,000 to aid the Sisters of Mercy, of Charleston, in rebuilding their orphan asylum and other buildings. It will pass the Senate. The counsel for Northern railroads are here, endeavoring to get the legal tender case rein? stated, but it is believed the Supreme Court will not listen to the motion. The object is still to get a decision sustaining the law, so these railroads will not have to pay their bonds In gold. The House Banking Committee have virtually agreed to-day to report a bill giving the South forty jain ions additional circulation. The Senate Political Disability Committee have agreed to report a bili enfranchising al! except. Ceneral Lee, Mr. Davis ind the members of Con? gress who joined the Confederacy. [FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] WASHINGTON, April 25. A special to the Baltimore Sun says: "Let? ters and telegrams have been received here from Georgia which uniformly state that the people prefer the Senate bill and military mle nnder It, tdl next December, rather than have the Bullock administration perpetuated another year." The President, however, again expressed himself yesterday to members of Congress against the Senate bill in such strong terms that there is a bare possibility that if lt were enacted into a law he would veto it. He said the Senate bill post? poned reconstruction, which he waa anxious to see closed up by the admission of Georgia to rep? resentation In Congress. The President has nominated Commander Lee as rear admiral, Captain Parrott as commodore, and Frank Burn itt as supervising inspector of the Fonrth District, The bill which passed the House, giving to the Sisters of Mercy of Charleston an appropriation of $20,000 to rebuild their asylum, bas been reported to the Senate without amendment. URAH. A petition -was presented from ?.?ie Cincinnati Board of Aldermen, for enlargement of the Louis? ville Canal. The Judiciary Committee reported as a substi? tute for all propositions on the subject, a bili to enforce the Fifteenth amendment. It sets forth that all citizens of the United States otherwise qualified by law to vote In any State, territory, districtAc, aban be entitled to vote at all such elections,without distinction of race, color or pre? vious condition of servitude, any law, custom, osage or regulation of any State or territory to the contrary notwithstanding; also, that if the laws or any State or Territory shall require any act to be done aa a prerequisite to voting, it shall be the duty of the officers of the law in said State or Territory to give equal opportunity to all citi? zens of the United States to perform such pre? requisite; and any such official falling so to do, shall forfeit and pay flvehurdred dollars to the person aggrieved thereby, to be recovered by an action at law, and, in case of con? viction, shall also be fined not less than five hundred dollars, and imprisoned from one month to one year; that the offer of any cl tl. zen for whom such prerequisite is required shan be deemed a performance in law of snch act, if sueii act fall to be carried into execution by rea? son of the wrongful act or omission of the said officers charged with the duty of receiving or per? mitting such performance or oller. The same penalties are prescribed against any person who shall hinder or attempt to prevent any citizen from performing such prerequisite; that persons deprived of any office, except that of member of Congress or State Legislature, by reason of the violation of the foregoing provisions, may re? cover possession tbrougb the United States Courts, which are given concurrent Jurisdiction in all snch cases. The United States District Courts shall have, exclusively of the State Courts, cog nuance of all crimes and offences against the provisions of this act, and all the officers of the United States Courts are required, nnder a penal? ty of one thousand dollar*, to Institute and en? force proceedings thereunder, and the President le authorized to employ the land and naval forces, or the militia, to enforce Its execution. A bill to renew a grant of lands for the benefit of the Sooth and North Alabama Railroad Com? pany was passed. HOUSK. A resolution indefinitely postponing the pend? ing Tariff bia was defeated by a large majority. The Ways and Means Committee considered the Funding bill. No result. In the House among the bills introduced was one granting to the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad the right of way to the Pacific, also one j granting land to the Selma aud Fernandina Railroad. Mr. Dockery, pf North Carolina, offered a reso? lution declaring that the honor and good faith of the government 13 pledged to the payment of all claims of loyal people In the South who had prop? erty taken by the army, navy or government during the war. Objection was maie, and the resolution was not entertained. Subsequently Mr. Boker, of Virginia, offered the same resolu? tion, and the House again, by a vote of sixty-nine to ninety, refused to second the demand for the previous question and allow lt to be entertained. Several hours were consumed hearing the ex? cuses of members absent on Friday evening when the House was called. The Tariff bill was resumed without progress. Burdett, from the Election Committee, report? ed Di the election case from the Fourth District of Louisiana that Michael Ragan ls not entitled to the seat, bot that J. P. Newsham is. GOSSIP FROM THE CAPITAL. AN INTERESTING CHAPTER. The Georgia Maddie-The Honte more Conservative than the Senate-The S>j? htr Case-The Tennessee Pro gramme. [FROM OVR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WASHINGTON, April 23. The Georgia muddle, as it is now most fit? tingly called, seems SB far from a solution as ever. The coarse of the Senate in passing a bill remanding the State to a military condition, and virtually commencing the work of reconstruction over agaia, does not accord with the views or a great many Radicals In the House, and especially meets with the opposition of Grant, wbo informed some or the Ohio delegation yesterday that he hoped, whatever policy Coagress might adopt with regard to the tenure-of-offlee of the Bullock administration, that it would not keep the State unrepresented any longer in Congress. He re? peated, what he has so often said of late, that he was anxious for the work of reconstruction to be closed up, and all the States represented in Con? gress at this session. He is seconded in this by three well known Radicals of the House, who have prepared bille limiting the Bullock adminis? tration to November next, and providing in the meantime that the state shall have repre? sentation. It ls dally more apparent that the obnoxious presence of Bullock on the floor of the Senate and House ls working against his own schemes. Senators and members are disgusted with his persistent lobbying and boring, t Senate has ordered an investigation i charg?s of corruption preferred against connection with this Georgia muddle. 1 dence ls pretty conclusive that some of B satellites have endeavored to Influence leg against the Bingham amendment by bribi corruption. Besides this, Bullock was pei ly snubbed lu the Senate during the strui Tuesday night. Even Butler snubbe with the out direct in the presence of the c galleries, by turning away and refusing : verse with Ulm. The temper of the House dedly against the Senate bill, and if the latt desire to let Georgia in at this session the; swing loose from Bullock's demands am over to the more conservative views of the The carpet-bag element ls demoralize long-jarring prejudice among the Norther cals against tliis class found veut In the this week ia the repudiation of the eli Sypher, who demanded a seat as the repr tive e-f one or the Nev,- Orleans districts, ai ported bis modest request by three th votes out or thirty thousand ! This was more impudence than thc House was wil put up with, and they administered the ad al sting or voting him In and then expellln ir Sypher had by any possible means sq through, the Democrats intended to cbari with selling a cadetshlp and demand an I gation, feeling confident that they would his expulsion on lt. However, it was i charged on thc t?oor that Sypher was to be bi in through a corrupt bargain. It was cl that he had been bough: over by thc Pent] nia tarin* interest to vote for the Iron du the pend'ng bill. Having taken his carp and gone South from Pennsylvania, he wa urally identified with tne protective Inter? that State; but, like all the carpet-baggers, 1 a price. The rest of the Louisiana clique wi the same fate; and now that the ball is ri others from the South had better keep a cle cord. The bribery investiga:.'' a of the S may bring some more of their rascalities i surface. The programme to reconstruct Tenues: likely to fall of its own dead weight. Ther division in the Congressional delegation c question, and besides the evidence does noi tain the "outrage theory" qr*.tta strong em Old Brownlow says if it e/er gets throug House, he Intends to tight it in the Senate declares that it i3 merely a scheme on the pi Stokes and Maynard to get elected to the F second Congress. Under the present enfranc meat and with their great personal unpopuli they know they can never get into publli atrain, unless they inaugurate a revolutloi Tennessee and get elected bj bayonets. I matter ever comes to the Senate, Brownlow make this charge. The fact or it ls, this Ten see programme would not have got this far, it not been for the non-committal views or ernor Seater, who testified on both sides o question before the Reconstruction Commltti The President has made complete pr?par?t to leave town just as soon as Congress adjoo He has built a "cottage by the sea" on the be at Long Branch, and called it the White Ho ir Congress does not finish up the werk fastei will not be able to get away before August Fish intends about the same time to remove State Department to his summer cottage on Hudson. Before the encl of the session "society" exp to get in quite a flutter over the marriage of ( eral Ames toMtss Blanch Butler, daughter of well known B. F. B. Ames don't take very w He is the only carpet-bagger who signs the i tlflcateor his own election-a fraud a little transparent for Washington. Senator Robertson says that there ls no di cully about the neir ruUtlcal Disability bill, will go throue'i boin houses without any troub Hedf>n'tsay why there are so few South Can nians in lt. ZET? EUROPE. Killed by Brigands. WASHINGTON. April 21 A report comes via Constantinople that I Grecian brigands have killed the party captui near Marathon. Napoleon's Proclamation. PARIS, April 2e Napoleon's proclamation concludes: "To ' call which I make on you to ratify the liberal forms realized duriajr the last ten years, rep Yes. As for myself, faithful :o my origin, I sh continue, penetrated by your thought and foi fled by your will and contlding In Providence, work without cessation for the prosperity a grandeur of Prance." Important Circular. PARIS, April 25 The Jo urnal Ofllciel contains the following c cular to the officers of the civil service, which signed by all the ministers: "The Emperor t dressed a solemn appeal to the nation In 1852. 1 asked power to assure order. In mo he as power to establish liberty. Confident of the tl which ls his by reason or the right of elga: in Hon suffrages, he does not surrender the Empi to discussion. He submits to a vote only I libcr.t trasformation. To vote yes, is to vote fi liberty. The revolutionary party is secretly a tacking the national sovereignty, and misrepi sentlng the respect which the Emperor pays that sovereignty in consulting the people. Tin are not true friends of liberty; but in spite these, masses will march In our ranks. Can tin ignore the fact that to abstain from voting or vote' 'no,'' will be to strengthen those who onl combat the transformation of the Empire in ord' that they may destroy lt, and with lt the politic and social organization to which France owes hi greatness? In the name of public peace ac liberty, In the name or the Emperor, we demao or you, all our devoted co-laborers, to unite you efforts with ours. It ls to the citizens we add re? ourselves, not as ordinary, but as offering patr otic counsel. Our object ls to assure to our cout try a tranquil future, to thc end that on Ut throne, us in the humblest dwelling, thc son ma Bucceed the father in peace and quiet." The (Ecumenical Connell. ROME, April 25. In Council, six hundred and sixty-four rathei being present, there was adopted unanlraousl the De Fide, lt contains four charters and eigl teen canons as follows: Charter i?{ of five canon on the Creator; charter 2d of four canons on th Revelation ; charter 3d of six canons oa Faitl and charter 4th of three ?anons on Faith am Reason. Probable Fate of thc City of Boston. LONOON, April 25. It is stated that a thin strip of board, about yard long and painted blue, has drifted ashon Inscribed -The City or Boston ls sinking, Fel ruary ll." CUBA-WHERE IS JORBAN ? WASHINGTON, April 25. The British man-of-war Lapwing report: Jordan with six companions at Nassau, en reuti for New York. Less reliable advices report Jor dan still in Cuba. The insurgents have reappeared in the jurisdic tion of Uolquin._ SPARKS PROM THE WIRES. Two negroes at Memphis stabbed and threw overboard the engineer of the tow-boat Mary Alice, from New Orleaus ror Pittsburg. An engine and six freight cars were wrecked ot the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. They fell throng! a trestle near nut&boldt. Chief Justice Chase will go to Europe in search or health, arter court in Richmond, Va. The Howard corruption investigation ls stu confined to the church troubleV Additional evidence has been introduced in the McFarland trial to prove his insanity. The Chicago delegation has withdrawn from tho Fenian Congress, and have issued an order disapproving or tts proceedings. COLUMBIA. CUTTING UP DIDOS. GOVERNOR SCOTT AND WOMAN SUFFRAGE. THE SCOTT-WILLIAMS BURGLARY. Interesting Speeches on a Grand Occa? sion-DeLarge Distinguishes Himself All About "The Wobbcr?." rFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLOMBIA, April 22. The torchlight speeches night before last in continuation of the celebration of theXVth amend ment, were many and full of meaning. His Excellency, the Governor, did not get be? yond the usual platitudes or party, except at the close, wherein he came out squarely and unmis? takably in favor of the XVlth amendment-suff? rage of wemen. Tkis, it ls understood, ls to be thc last card played by the Scott ring-after next elections; although he may find some difficulty as things go lu weathering that storm. Purvis made a speech in his usual temper, which, however, does not stand out in the gene? ral utterance of the evening. Auditor Tomlinson made a regular abolition Bpeech, replete with anecdote of the olden time and Fred. Douglass. The sum of it was that he has been true to the negro's cause ever since he was so young that bc feels a delicacy in saying how long ago it was. One Minton, connected with the Executive of? fice, (colored,) read a speech which was scarcely audible, bnt seemed temperate and sensible. Major DeLaney (colored) delivered a rambling address to the whites, full of suggestive points and historical matter. He claimed that his race is equal to any people in the world. If he had 1 ever been a slave he would have stolen whatever his hands could have found to steal. To-day, he maintains-and laid emphasis on thc point-that no black man ought to be opposed to removal of political disabilities from every white man in the whole country, upon whom such had been im? post J. He wanted justice, but no more-equal and exact justice to all. Keep away your Ka Kluxes from me, he said, and I will strike hands with your (the white) race. Land Commissioner DeLarge made a charac? teristic speech; 00c full of shrewd and practical points. He did not abuse the white race and white politicians, as his carpet-bag associates generally had done, but took a careful line of ur gamest to show that there was no need of a new or Citizen's Reiorm party-that the principles of the Press Conference, so far as they were any? thing, were exactly those or the Republican party, and his people were not opposed to them. He did not Indulge in abuses snch as Elliott and Raluey had done, in the morning. He reit the importance of a harmonious State, but urged that harmony bc sought in thc folds of Republi? canism, ne afforded the audience, in thc tem? per or his remarks, au Illustration of the differ? ence between the naive negro and the Imported brother ? Maxwell (colored) was speaking when your cor? respondent left the scene, not far from midnight. Several or the speakers-enough to show that it is a party idea-touched upon the question of woman's Buff rage; and all who did so gave it their endorsement. The crowd was large, for Columbia, difficult to estimate, bnt numbering probably fifteen hun? dred, or possibly two thousand, mainly negroes, although there were a few-may be fifty-whites present. . . me attention was very poor-boys shouting and playing with fire-balls and a genera) iaxlty of attention. Upon the Scott, Williams A Co. burglary affair, the opinion as to thc escape now uppermost in the public min'', le that the burglars took their departure from Columbia Saturday night-or, rather, early Sauday morning-in an oar-boat, down the Congaree River. A week before the robbery, an oar-boat was seen in the river, above the city, near the junction or the Broad and Sala? da Rivers, which unite at Columbia, with a set of new oars and some general repairs. Satur? day, the day or the robbery, this boat was ob? served u> :ave been removed below the city near? ly half a mile, and la the direction of the Conga? ree Swamp. After the robbery, it disappeared. A boat of this kind was not such as to excite tn itself any attention. The presumption now ls that the burglars went directly from the baak to this boat, and moved down the river a few miles -three or four-aud landed on the edge ot the swamp, fixing their camp there nntll Sunday night, when they moved on down, travelling main? ly or entirely at night, and hiding In the swamps during the day. Thus continuing down, they-we are assured that the number was three-could select their own place and time to quit the river, either on thc Congaree or thc Santee, or the Wa teree, most likely stopping near some railroad, either near Manchester on thc Wateree, or Pine? ville on thc Santee. This hypothesis agrees with all the facts thus rar ascertained-the drill or blt round at Mr. Lo? gan's corner lay In a direct line between the bank and the point on the river already mcu tloucd as thc place where the oar-boat was last seen on Saturday-the papers round near Conga? ree Swamp, and thc suspicious conduct or the women near the river and near the Congaree Swamp. This theory isla itself a good one; and the ab? sence of all trace or the party upon all the rail? roads and other modes or exit, gives it additional claimB to our attention. CORSAIR. GOING TO EGYPT. NEW YORK, April 26. Ex-Confederates Major Thomas Rhett, of Charleston, and General George E. Pickett, or Virginia, are here en route for the Egyptian ser? vice. Rhett has been sworn in as Brigadier-Gen? eral by the Pasha's recruiting officers. Confed? erate Generals Loring and Sibley are already there. The Federal General Stone, who was un? fortunate at Ball's Bluff, ls also among thc Pasha's recruits. NEWS PROM CUBA. WASHINGTON, April 25. Tlie New Tori Tribune to-day contains news from Cuba which show great activity on the part or the Insurgents. Colonel Fajardo was attacked near the capital or Camaguey and Buf? fered severely. A rorce of cavalry was sent to their rescue, and they were enabled to returu to the city. The insurgents are reported active near Cienruegos. A fight occurred on Estates Santa Isabel and Brazo, in which the Spaniards were worsted. A report was in circulation ar Saint Auge de Cuba that General Jordan hau been killed by attempting to escape by boat. THE PRESS CONVENTION. SAVANNAH, April 25. The Convention of the Southern and State Press met here to day. Representatives rrom North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Ala? bama. The Executive Committee reported the result or the meeting in Augusta, with J. W. Si monton, or the New York Associated Press, favor? ing a continuance or the present news service as the best that can be obtained under existing cir? cumstances. The citizens Invited the members or the press to go on an excursion to Fort Pulaski, and they went. A. M. Lamar, or Columbus, has been elected president or the Southern Association, and J. Ciisby, or Macon, president or the State Association. The members will remain until Thursday. -The volunteers or Canada ar? still under arms, and drill twice a day at Quebec and Point Levi. THE AyTI-RADICAE JrjCOt?JCA.MMM!. Oar Titrer of the Situation. [From the Anderson Intelligencer. When the anti-Radical Conference adjourn? ed, and the resolutions adopted bp our brethren were submitted to the people? we felt that the first duty of the Conservative press had been dis? charged, and lt now devolved npon the voters of the State to pronounce Judgment as to the policy suggested of holding a State Convention to nomi? nate a general ticket In opposition to the Radical party. We expressed dissent as to the time sug? gested, and even hinted that lt might be unwise to make Any nomination for State officers. But we were disposed to treat the actlen of the Press Conference with every courtesy, and allow the resolutions to go untrammelled before oar read? ers. We were willing to defer the expression of our views as to the policy suggested until a more convenient season, and In case the movement was approved by those around us, to quietly ac? quiesce In their better Judgment. The time has arrived, however, when silence might be miscon? strued, and we desire to record our earnest con? victions. The resolutions adopted by the Press Confer? ence recognized universal suffrage, and also the right to hold office, irrespective of color or pre? vious condltlou.subjeot alone to personal qualifica? tion and fitness. As a recognition of Incontro? vertible facts, we applauded this declaration of the conference, as it would be srorse than Idle for any 6et of men to attempt a disturbance of these rights In South Carolina. The class of per? sons lately Invested with these rights hold the reins of power to prevent aay diminution of their privileges, and lt is not likely that they would vote with a party Tailing to sustain them in their newly acquired power. Indeed, past experience admonishes us' that the alien? ation existing between the'.two races has been caused by this identical feature or the Dem? ocratic platform. It was on tola rock that the white and colored voters spilt.* Now, ir this re? cognition or legal rights, Boleidtoly made by an antl-Radlcal conference, meant |nylhing at all. lt was intended to assure the colored people or this State that henceforth there was to be no agita? tion or Issues definitely settled, and that the white voters tendered them the olive branch of peace, and desired to form an alliance politically for the redemption and reformation or the state government. It was a palpable recognition or another fact, that only through the assistance or the colored people could the work or rerorm be carried successmily. This brings us to inqnlre whether or not these declarations have effected the purpose intended. So far as our information extends, the action or the Press Con Terence has fallen unheeded upon the cara of the colored people.. In no single In? stance, where the opportunity his offered, do we hear of political affiliation between the two races. As In times past, the lines are f Istlnctly drawn, an d we do not believe t hat the m k sb es or the Radi? cal party are broken by this onslaught. The pros? pect or vigorous, united and organized opposi? tion tends to strengthen the efforts or their lead? ers in every section or the State, and already the bugle notes of the Union League summoning its cohorts, and triumphantly rehearsing the bene lits and advantages or the Radical party, espe? cially to the colored people, are heard in every' quarter. Wc arc eonvlnced that a determined opposition, represented by a State ticket, will knit more closely the ties by wblch they are bound to each other In their secret meetings, and that thc 1 colored vote will be almost a solid unit in favor or , the Radical nominees. Entertaining such a be? lief, we cannot advise that a State ticket placed in the field, only to meet with defeat ant disaster, which would prolong the time of our de? liverance from oppressive taxation and merciless cliques Intent on extravagant plunder. Having stated the effect which, lu our opinion, the declarations oT the Press Conference had upon the colored voter, we will now turn to the white people. An v calculations based upon thc un an 1 mlty of the white race will be futile. Hundreds in this portiou of the State are opposed to or? ganized parties of any creed, and they will either vote Independently of nominating conventions or stay away from the polls. Many adopted this latter course In 1868, and here In Anderson, with a white majority of nearly two to one.the Democra? tic ticket never had more than five or six huodred majority, although the Radical ticket generally received about ah equal number with the register? ed colored vote. But we have taken some pains to ascertain the sentiment of our own race con? cerning the feasibility of the proposed State Convention. Many or those approached by at are extremely indifferent on the subject, but Bitch as entertain decided convictions are op? posed to making any attempt in this direction, and believe that (Treater results can be accora pllaUea bj- effort?, to pt***, honett and car*?K' men In the Legislature from every county. And this brinn* us io remark that the only hope of ad? vancement towards good, wholesome laws, and a faithful administration or the government, now berore us, ls that proposed by oue or our cotem porartcs a Tew weeks ago. We mean to wage guerilla warrara all over ihe '-"tate-not In a Win? chester rifle sense, be lt understood-but that each county attends to Its own affairs; and that the honest citizen, without distinction oT race, be urged to place his neighbor Into position Tor the fmbllc good, and not Tor party ends. We are Tully mprcsscd that such a course, judiciously pur? sued, will bring about a change in our State legis lat ion ; and whatever may bc said to the contrary, the burden of our woes proceeds from the corrup? tion and profligacy ef thc recent Legislature. Here let us concentrate our energies, and make U6e of political strategy-not to deceive the masses, but to thwart the machinations of grasp? ing office-holders. Of what avail an unscrupu? lous Executive, with a majority of honest men, without regard to Federal politics, opposed to his Shindering schemes, occupying seats in either ranch of the Genera; Assembly ? Unless we can bring about a change In the Senate and Hoase of Representatives, and place tn those bodies able, upright and conscientious citizens, lt ls wasting lime to dlscuts the situation. We are In a pecu? liar position, and a few more years will bankrupt the State, nnless a change is effected in the law? making power. We cannot afford to drift along supinely, and evince no Interest In passing events. But we must remember that the dominant party ls sustained almost exclusively by one class of citizens, and that politically they are es? tranged from natural associations, by reason of certain antagonistic positions heretofore as? sumed. In this, as in other things, we must learn that confluence Is a plant of slow growth, and patiently abide the hour when reason .shall reassert her sway, and honesty, intelligence and upright conduct shall govern the commonwealth. Let us not reach after Impossibilities, nor long ofter "the flesh-pots of Ecypt," but, with an eye single to the rut ure welfare of our common moth? er, strive earnestly to purify the roumains oT legislation, and build upon the ruins oT the past the proudest monuments of our wisdom, Integri? ty and never-ending justice. This exhibition or patient toil and stern endurance will soonest bring relier, and along with it happiness, con? tentment and lasting prosperity Tor our entire population. MATTERS IN GEORGIA. Mr. Thomas G. Bryant, of Americus, had his gin-house, in Lee County, set on fire and burned Friday night. He lost tour or five hundred bush? els ol cotton seed, and a gin and gearing. The Lunatic Asylum, at Milledgeville, contains at present 388-323 whites and 00 colored. They are about equally divided according to sex. Sixty or them are idiots-one bllud. James Wayne Moore, an ex-merchant or Sa? vannah, ls in trouble, on account or a little mat? ter oT rorgery and larceny arter trust. Mrs. Mar? garet Greenwold charges she ls minus $-1400 by lils rascality. In a pond near Sparta, Ceorgla, were lately round, stained with blood, the clothes oT a mis? sing mar., and on a boat near by a note written in pencil, saying: "Not the man we wanted." It ls evldeut that a murder has been committed by somebody. Late Connolly, the missing mau, was a carpenter, and had two hundred dollars on his person when last seen. There has been a general cold snap throughout the northern and western parts or this state. Snow has Tallen In several places-quite unheard of. Tlie little negro girl, whose case of falling from a three story window, In Columbus, aud alight? ing uninjured, has been reported, lt appears fell on a sow just under the window. Thc mystery l3 explained. Atlanta, In 1SG7. supported thirty-three lawyers. Now, one hundred and three professionals hang out their shingles In thai great city. A young mau named Zachary T. Page has been arrested In Augusta ror forging certificates or hay weights Trom the clerk oT the market. We learu Trout the Dahlonega Signal that the Yahoola mine-considered the largest and most Important enterprise of that character in Georgia -Is now In active and successfol operation, lt has a stamp mill running day and night, and crushes near seventy-live tons of oro In twenty four hours. Thc profit ls very handsome. Mr. N. H. Haud, of Boston, ia the manager, and has furnished most or the capital, but the compauy comprises several enterprising Georgians. BAPTIST EDUCATIONAL COSVEXTION.-Thc Na? tional Baptist Educitioual Convention has been In session in New York. Several Interesting pa? pers on the subject were read, among them one by thc Rev. Dr. Jeter, oT Richmond, and another by the Rev. Dr. Sampson, or Columbia College, D. C. Tiie Rev. L. L. Curry, or Richmoud College, addressed the convention on the condition and prospects or education in the South. When the South emerged rrom the war lt was ouly to find au extinguished civilization, and thea lt was that poverty and want threw u better class or ed? ucators Into t.ie schools thau ever were there be? fore. In Texas. Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee there were Baptist academics Tor the education of females eqnal to any in the country. The South paid more attentlou to the education of girls than the North. Rev. Dr. Moss, of Philadelphia, spoke or the ne? cessity or a thorough discipline m education and ft closer communion between tne cnnrc schools. Tlie Baptist denomination wa (Trowing to be a great power In the United I They had now 72S church associations, churches, 8787 ministers, 1.221,349 member 20 college institutions. With such an ira interest as this at stake lt was Incumbent the denomination to establish some centra resentatlve body to take charge of the g matter of the denominational educational tottens. .funeral -Notices. p&- THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS Acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. HINSO: family are requested to attend the Funen vices of the latter, at their residence, 2 Island, Tms MORNING, at io o'clock. Boats will be found at Moreland's wharf quarter before 9 o'clock, A. M._apr! ^3fr~THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Jonet ond Mrs. J. M. Rabb, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. 1 and of Mrs. A, House, and their respective lies, also the Congregation of Bethel Churct respectfully Invited to attend the Funeral ? ces of Mrs. R. A. JONES, at Bethel Church, AFTERNOON, at 4 o'clock, without further In HOP- _apr2 pS-THE RELATIVES AND FRIE, of the late Hon. RICHARD YEADON are res fully invited to attend his Funeral Services, AFTERNOON, at 5 o'clock, at thc Central Pri terian Church. ap: p&- UNION KILWINNING LOD No. 4, A. F. M.-The Members of this Lodge requested to assemble at Masonic Hall, Tn? TERNOON, a: hair-nast 3 o'clock, for the pur of attending the Funeral of their deceased Bro Member, Past Master RICHARD YEADON. spr26 A. E. GIBSON, S?cr?tai pa- FELLOWSHIP SOCIETY.- T Officers and Members of the Fellowship Soc are requested to attend the Fanerai of the E RICHARD YEADON, late President or the Sc ty, from his late residence, Wentworth sti rms AFTERNOON, at 4 o'clock. CAMPBELL DOUGLAS, apr20 __ Secretar, par THE OFFICERS AND MEMBE )f the South Carolina Society are requested tc ?end the Funeral of their late brother merni RICHARD YEADON, Esq., at Circular Chm ruis AFTERNOON, at half-past 4 o'clock. T. M. HASE LL, apr20_ Clerl pa- CHARLESTON ANCIENT ART LERY SOCIETY_The onjeers and Hemberg :he above Society are requested to attend Funeral of their late vice-President, the H RICHARD YEADON, from his late resider Wentworth street, Trna AFTERNOON, at 4 o'clo CHAS. P. FRAZER, apr2fi Secretary and Treasure! Special Notices. pa- EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE.-A I persons having any claims against the Estate the late EDWARD SMITH, of Aiken, S. C., v present the same properly attested to q. A. I MON, No. 16 Broad street, and all persons Ride id thereto will make payment to the same. SARAH E. SMITH, apr26 tn3_Qualified Executrix pO-PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER, rids ls a most desirable object In a practlc scriptural and medical sense-by attending to i latter, the two former can be achieved. ?*...??.tue_*tom?o?i,.tiuu your digestion may perfect; rouse and stunulate tho ?rphi nver, tl your complexion may be clear, your anpet good and your eyes lustrous and intelligent; rt ulate the bowels and keep them up to a heall standard; brace up your weakened nerves, ttl you may no longer be nervous or hysterical; I: prove your general health, that yon may be en bled to go through life rejoicing. The great remedy to bring abont this deslrat end ls the medicated compound that ls ualvi Bally used-SOLOMON'S BITTERS. apr26 tnths3 _ par CAMP-MEETING FOR CHARLE TON and vicinity Methodist Episcopal Church will commence (D. V.) at Ladson's Station WE NESDAY, May 4tb, and continue over the followii Sabbath. The Committee have made extensive prepar tlons for the accommodation of the Meeting, ai all friendly are cordially invited to attend. Persons attending will be earried on the Son Carolina Railroad at half fare by the regnl trains till FRIDAY, when the Camp-Meeting tra will be ran till the close of the Meeting, "?o yonr tents, oh Israel." T. W. LEWIS, Pastor. C. H. HOLLOWAY, Chairman Camp-Meeting Coi mittee. apr27 wsm3? pa- PROPOSALS ARE INVITED T furnish the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Coi pany 20,000Telegraph Poles of durable timber, d llverable on or before the first day of June, 187 on the line ol the Charlotte, Columbia aud Augusi Railroad, or any navigable stream In North Car lina, South Carolina or Georgia. Said Poles to t as follows: 25 feet in length, 0 inches in dtameti at the top, squared at both ends; bark, limbs an knots all removed, with surface left smooth an clean. Parties desiring to supply the whole, < any part of the above, will address with full nam and Postoffice address, JOnN B. LAFITTE, apr23 sltu4_Ko. 20 Broad Street. ^PEOPLES BANK OF SOOT! CAROLINA.-The Annual Election for THIRTEEN DIRECTORS of this Bank, will be held at th Banking House, No. 20 Broad street, on MONDAI May 2d, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 2 P. 1 JAMES B. BETTS, apric stutliTml_Cashier. ^OFFICE SOUTHWESTERN RAIL ROAD BANK, CHARLESTON, S. C., APRIL li 1870.-Notice ls hereby given that on and afte the 25th April instant the Transfer BookB of th Southwestern Railroad Rank and the South Cai olina Railroad Company will be closed till May ? for the purpose of preparing a Hst on which wll be bad a Stock vote at a meeting of the Stockhold ers, to bc held on the 3d May ensuing. J. M. HARLESTON, aprlO tuttis*_Cashier. pa-KO C?RE NO PAY!-DR G LOY ATT, Indian Physician, from Omaha, has ar rived in our city, and taken rooms at the Milli House, where he will remain sis days only. Ex amlnation and consultation free. Ofllce houri from 9 A. M. to C P. M. Call and sec his mammott specimens of tape worms._apr25 4? p3- S900.-WANTED, AN ACTIVI man In each County in the States, to travel ant take orders by sample for TEA, COFFEE gm SPICES. To suitable men wo will give a salar] of $ooo to $1000 a year, above travelling ant other expenses, and a reasonable commission or sales. Immediate applications are solicited from pro per parties. References exchanged. Apply to or address immediately, J. PACKER A CO., "Continental Mills," ftpr23 4_No. 3S4 Bowery, New York. pa- NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed proposais for completing the Breast Dam at Langley, S. C., (formerly known as Kalmia Mills,) about eight miles irom Augusta, on the South Carolina Railroad, will be received until May ist. Speculations can be seen at the office of Messrs. J. SIBLEY A SONS, Augusta, Ga., or upon the premises at Langley, S. C. The Com? pany reserve the right to reject any or all bids. WM. C. SIBLEY, President aprl4 imo (Langley Manufacturing Co. Special totters. .CONSIGNEES PER STEAMER SEA G?LL, from Baltimore, are hereby notified that she Is Tni8 DAY discharging cargo at Pier No. 1, Union Wharves. All goods not taken away at sunset, will remain on wharf at Consignees' rt3k. MORDECAI A CO., I aPr26 2_Agents. p&~ BLUFFTON.-THE PILOT BOY will stop at Bluffton on her way to Savannah on the 28th, and returning on the 29th. apr2? 3_J. D. AIKEN A CO., Agents. PB- O F F I CE SECRETARY AND TREASURER MOUNT PLEASANT AND SULLI? VAN'S ISLAND FERRY COMPANY, No. 2 BROAD STREET, APRIL 21,1870.-Thls Company having been duly organized by the election of Officers and Directors, SHARES CAN BE PURCHASED at No. 2 Broad street. HCTSON LEE, apr2i 6_Secretary and Treasurer. ^SORGHUM WORKS AND REFIN? ERY.-The Works recently put up for the Illustra? tion of the process of manufacturing syrup and sugarfrom sorghum, and refining, will be In ope? ration THIS DAY, from ll o'clock A. IL to 9 o'clock P. M., and will be continued from day to day. All persons Interested are invited to wit? ness lt. FRANCIS G. CART, Agent, apr20_No. 32 East Bay. ps- GERMAN SOCIETY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.-Emigran ts seeking employment can obtain information concerning the same from Captain H. HARMS, Agent of thus Society, whose office for the present ls at No. 80 East Bay. Parties wishing to employ Emigrants can coosnit the Agent dally. Office hours from 12 to 2 o'clock. JOHN CAMPSEN, ap23 stn_President. pm- INFECTION IN THE AIR.-EX? PERIMENTAL chemists have repeatedly ana* alyzed the air at unhealthy seasons In the hope of detecting the Invisible virus which produces epi? demic disease. They have not yet discovered lt, and scarcely any two of them agree as to Its na? ture, nils ls of little consequence. It ls suffi? cient to know that this poisonous principle exists, and that a safeguard against Rs Insidious Influ? ence has been provided. In the spring and early summer, when fever and ague, remittent fever, and other periodical diseases ofthat class are prevalent, lt ls only necessary to fortify the sys? tem with a coarse of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters co escspe them. ' If the precaution has been neg? lected, which lt never ought to be in any district liable to each visitations, and If the paroxysms of malarious fever bave actually commenced, they may always be checked and broken np by a coarse or that powerful vegetable tonic and altera? tive. Qalnlne iras once considered tbe only speci? fic for chills and fevers; but it ls now generally admitted that this nauseous alkaloid ht a danger oas medicine, and that Its secondary effects are more to be dreaded than any form of Intermit? tent fever. It ls simply a tremendous astringent. It does not touch thc disordered liver, or regu? late the bowels, or In any way improve the con? dition of the animal fluids. Hostetter's Bitters, on the other hand, In addition to being a better and safer tonic than any preparation of quinine, has a balsamic effect upon the whole system. It 13 aperient and antl-blllous, as well as directly In? vigorating, and parities the secretions as well as regulates the secretive organs. It stimulates the appetite, strengthens the stomach, soothes the nerves, promotes healthful perspiration, and In? duces quiet sleep. As a stomaahlc lt has no rival. Cases or indigestion that no other tonic seems ca? pable of alleviating are cured In a few weeks by its regular use._apr22 8 ?sr AW A? WITH SPECTACLES.-OLD Eyes made new. eaaUj?; without doctor-or medi? cines. Sent postpaid on receipt of 10 cents. Ad? dress Dr. E. B. FOOTE,No. 120 Lexington avenue, New York. rteclS THE NEWS JOB OPFICE EXECUTES ALL KINDS OF PRINTING IN THE NEATEST AND CHEAPEST STYLE. 49- ORDERS SOLICITED. -60 TO PRINTERS.-IF YOU WANT NEWS, BOOK, CAP, DEMI and MEDIUM PAPERS, Bill Heads, Statements, Cards, Card Board, Print? ing Material, Binding, Ruling and Catting, go to EDW&RD PERRY, No. 166 Meeting street, oppo? site Charleston Hotel, Charleston, S. C. decl4 amos_ ps- MANHOOD.- A MEDICAL ESSAY on the Cause and Cure of Decline In Premature Man, the treatment of Nervous and Physical De? bility, Ac. "There ls no member of society by whom this book wUl not be found useful, whether such per? son holds the relation of Parent Preceptor or Clergyman."-Medical Times and Gazette. Sent by mall on receipt of fifty cents. Address the Author, Dr. E. DBF. CURTIS, Washington, D. C. _septl lyr IF YOU WANT STRAW, MANIL? LA and all kinds of WRAPPING PAPERS, go to EDWARD PERRY, No. 166 Meeting street, oppo? site Charleston Hotel, Charleston, S. 0. dec!4 Cmos_ pt- AWAY WITH UNCOMFORTABLE TRUSSES.-Comfort and Cure for the Ruptured. Sent postpaid on receipt of io cents. Address Dr. E. B. FOOTE, No. 120 Lexington avenue, New York._declS . pS-A GRAND EPOCH IN SCIENCE, From the time when, in 1834, Dr. RUGGE discov? ered "Carbolic Acid" and RH extraordinary medi? cal effects, nothing in the history of Medicine has equalled it. Largely used by the French physi? cians In treatment of consumptive and scrofu? lous diseases, lt was introduced by the Court Phy? sician Of Berlin, MAX ERNST HENRY, into Prus? sia, and from thence to the United States. No? thing else of the present day can equal HEN? RY'S SOLULION OR CARBOLIC CONSTITUTION RENOVATOR, Patients get better after only one Oase has been taken, and we cordiaUy recommend lt to the public-[Editor "Argua." Janl7 iyr YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY HAVING YOUR PRINTING . " EXECUTED AT THE NEWS JOB OFFICE. ?-ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLE?.-*? pm- IF YOU WANT LAW BOOKS, LAW BLANKS and Legal Printing, go to EDWARD PERRY, No. 166 Meeting street, opposite Charlea ton Hotel, Charleston. S. 0._dec!4 amos VS- WEDLOCK-THE BASIS OF CIVIL" SOCIETY.-Essays for Young Men, en the honoi and happiness of Marriage, and the evils and dan gers of Celibacy, with sanitary help for the at talnment of man's true position In Ufe, Sent fr? ta sealed envelopes. Address HOWARD ASSOC! ATION, Box P, Philadelphia, Pa. j an 28 smoB _ YOU WANT PAPBR BAGS, FLOUE SACKS, and Bags of every description, go t< EDWARD PERRY, No. 156 Meeting street, opposite Charleston Hotel Charleston. S. C._decl4 amos rYOU WANT BLANK BOOKS MAD! TO ORDER, and of the best material, pattern go to EDWARD PERRY, No. 156 Meeting street, opposite cW*"ton Ho! el Charleston, S. ?. _^?rT deon ?moa F snipping. OE LIVERPOOL. The fine British Bark ISLAND QUEEN. Trios. Brooks, Master, having a portion or? her cargo engaged and going on board, andi or small capacity (1200 bales,) will meet with dis? patch for the above port. For Freight engagements apply to BO BT. MURE, aprl3 Boyce's Wharf. F OR NEW YORK. THURSDAY THE Al SIDE-WHEEL STEAMSHIP SOUTH CAROLINA. ADKINS, COMMANDER, Will sail for New York oe Tg^nttBAT , -rrraai April 28, at 5 o'clock P. M., from PlerS?SE No. 2, Union Wharves, connecting with dav Pas? senger Trains from Colombia and Augusta, arriv? ing at 4 P. M. Throngh Bills Lading will be Issued for Gotten to LIVERPOOL, HAVRE, Boston and the New England Manufacturing Cities. The SOUTH CAROLINA wlU make clue connec? tion with Liverpool Steamship NEBRASKA, er Messrs. William k Galon's Line, saning 4th of May. Freight on Sea Island Cotton, Xe; Upland, xe; Rice, $1 per cask. Insurance by the Steamers of this Une % per cent. For Freight engagements, or passage, haring very superior stateroom accommodations,?il new* ly furnished, apply to WAGNER, HUGER A CO., Hav 26 Broad street, or to WM. A. COURTENAY, No. 1 Union Wharves._apr28 BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA, BOS? TON, AND THE CITIES OF THE NORTH? WEST. THROUGH BILLS OF LADING GIVEN FOR COTTON TO BREMEN. The fine steamship SEA GULL, Dutton, *?GB?L ' Commander, will sail Tor Baltimore onJZfiSBZ SATURDAY, the 30th of April, at half-past 0 p. lt. ta- Philadelphia Freights forwarded to that city by railroad from Baltimore, withowt addi? tional Insurance, and Consignees ara allowed am? ple time to sample and sell their Cottons from, the Railroad Depot In Philadelphia. PAUL 0. TRKNHOLM, Agent, apr26 tuths3_No. 2 Union Wharves. y TTESSELS SUPPLIED WITH CABIN AND V MESS STORES ON SHORT NOTICE. * C?ptame and Stewards are respect-^tt/Gftt*. fully invited to call and examine tneS?iaBrE quality and prices of oar GOODS. Fud weight guaranteed. Delivered free of expense. WM. S. CORWTN k CO., No. 276 King street, opposite Hasel, Charleston, S. O. JW Branch of No. 900 Broadway, New York. Jan24_ pACLFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPY'S THROUGH UKI TC CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. FARES GREATLY REDUCED. Steamers of the absve line leave Pier .?Hp?Sftt No. 42, North River, foot of Canal street, ??MsfifiS Kew York, at 12 o'clock noon, of the 6th and 21st of every month (except when these dates fall on Sunday, then the Saturday preceding.) . Departure of tue 21st connect at Panama with steamers for South Pacific and Central Amer? ican ports. Those of nth touch at Manzanillo. Steamship CHINA leaves San Francisco for Japan and China April 1,1870. No California steamers touch at Havana, but go direct from New York to Asp hi wall. One hundred pounds baggage free to eaoh adult. Medicine and attendance free. ! vnr-i>??mM^rtokota or farther Information ap? ply at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the wharf, foot of Canal-street, North River, New York. - - - E.R. BABY, Agent. marchi! rp RAVELLERS PASSING THROUGH CHARLESTON EN ROUTE TO FLORIDA AND AIKEN, And other places, should lay In tt- iifffMi supplies of Clarets, Champagnes, Cor-S&??iK dials. Brandies, Whiskies wines. Canned Soaps and Meats, American and English Biscuits, De? villed Ham, Tongue, Lobster, Durham Smoking Tobacco and Imported Segara. ? WM. S. CORWTN k CO., No. 275 King street, opposite Hase), Charleston, S. O. Branch of No. ooo Broadway, corner 20th street, New York._sept28 jp OR BEAUFORT, VIA EDISTO, ROCK? VILLE AND PACIFIC LANDING. Steamer PILOT BOY, Captain 0. _ . ?IP^fc. Carol! White, will sail from eharles-^aSSflHC' ton for above places every TCBSDAT MO&NIKGJ at 8 o'clock. Returning, the PILOT BOY will leave Beaufort early WEDNESDAY MORNING, touching at all. the above named Landings on her roato to Charleston. J. D. AIKEN A CO. mch24 F OR PALATKA, FLORIDA, VIA SAVANNAH. FERNANDINA JACKSON* VILLE AND LANDINGS ON ST. JOHN'S RIVE?. SEMI-WEEKLY LINE. Steamer "DICTATOR," Captain George E. McMillan, sells every, MONDAY EVENING at 8 o'clock. Steamer "CITY POINT," Captain Fenn Poole,? sails everv FRIDAY EVENING at 8 o'clock. Con? necting with Steamer STARLIGHT for Enterprise. Fare to and from Savannah $3 each way, in? cluding berth and meals. Through Tickets and through Bills of Lading for Freight given. J. D. AIKEN k CO., Agents. Janis Sooth Atlantlc Wharf. jpiOR SAVANNAH, (INLAND ROUTE.) VIA PACIFIC LANDING AND BEAUFORT. The steamer PILOT BOY, Captain 0. ? .?JT*?IL Carroll White, will leave Charles jmSBBEm ton every THURSDAY MORNING, at . o'clock, for above places. ETURNTSG The PILOT BOY will leave Savannah every FRIBAY AFTERNOON, at s o'clock, touching at Beaufort and Pacific Landing, and connecting at Charleston with SATURDAY'S Steamships for New York The PILOT BOY will touch at BaU's Island Wharf every fortnight, going to and returning from Savannah. J. D. AIKEN Ax CO. apr8_ ?pOR EDISTO AND ROCKVILLE, VIA ENTERPRISE, CHURCH FLATS, YOUNG'S. ISLAND, BEAR'S BLUFF, Ac. (INLAND ALL THE WAY.) The Steamer "ARGO," Capt' iD. ? -?E?jb Boyle, will receive freight TH it, JAY^HEBBK at Accommodation Wharf un til 12 noon, and wm leave at 1 o'clock. Returning, wlU leave Edlsto at same hour, (1 o'clock P. M.,) To-MoRROW, (Wednesday, the 26th.) For passage or freight apply on board, or to DOUGLAS NISBET. Agent, Accommodation Wharf. N. B. Freight and Wharfage payable here. apr261_ T710R WRIGHT'S BLUFF AND INTER MEDIATE LANDINGS ON THE SAN TEE RIVER. The Steamer MARION, Captain - .?JT->hr W. F. Adair, will receive JpBBBK Freight at Accommodation Wharf, TO-MOKROW (Wednesday) thc 27th instant., and will leave os. THURSDAY NIGHT, the 28th Instant. Freight and wharfage prepaid. For engagements, apply to' RAVENEL k HOLMES, apr28 3D*C_No. 177 East Bay. EXCURSION TO PHOSPHATE WORKS, ASHLEY RIVER. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1870. The Steamer "SAMSON," Captain John J. Flinn, wlU le**e Accommo-,_ dation Wharf ati^clock ia the MORNING, touch lng at ChlsohjrffLandlng and West Point MUL going andj?urnlnir, leaving upper landing on,re? turn ajV^f-past 4, and to arrive at City about djri?ssage for theround trip $1 each person. " 'Tully will be in attendance to furnish refresh. %no"Kwretther prove unfavorable on Wan. wMDAY the first fine day following. HESDAY, me urst HENRY CARD, Agent, apr22 JO Accommodation Wharf.