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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1360. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. WASHINGTON. I FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] * WASHINGTON, May 20. SENATE. The Pacific Railroad bill was placed OD the calendar next to the bill reducing taxation. The entire day was devoted to a bill enforc? ing the Fifteenth amendment HOUSE. K The House Cor?mittee on Pacific Railroads considered the trans-continental scheme, with? out result. The clerk of the committee says they are fighting among themselves, and the result will be they will get no road at all. The bill to compensate the officers and sail? ors of the Kearsage for the destruction of the Alabama, by appropriating $190,000 out of the Japanese indemnity fund, waa passed. A message from the Senate was received an? nouncing that the 'Senate had amended the '. House-resolution of adjournment by changing if from July 4th to 15th. This wa? instantly agreed to, and a-motion to reconsider was laid on the table, thus making the matter definite and final. EUROPE. Marriage with a Dead Wifc'i Sister. LONDON, May 20. The House of Commons, by a majority of four, defeated the bill allowing husbands to marry deceased wives' sister*. ? The Spanish Throne. MADRID, May 20. Another deputation waited on Espartero yesterday, hoping to prevail upon bim to ac? cept tbe throne. It is reported that he per? sisted in his refusal. Watching the Beda. .R ? . . FLORENCE, May 20. Three Italian frigates are cruising around the Island of Caprera to prevent the escape-of General Garibaldi to Naples. The government takes this action because it is known that the sons of Garibaldi are with the insurgents in Southern Italy. The Trouble In Portugal. LONDON, May 20. The following details of the insurrection in Portugal are published to-day : General Sal? dana having taken the Castle of St. George, after a severe fight, wherein seven were killed and eighty wounded, entered the palace and Immediately resigned bis command into the King's hands, who authorized him to form a itt w ministry. This coup d'?tat was participat? ed in or sympathized with by the people of Lisbon, Oporto and other cities. THE CUBAN WAR. . HAVANA, May 20. De Rodas. has published an order tbat all slaves belonging to the insurgents in the field or in foreign countries, who have taken up arms or who have served as guides to the Spanish troops, or performed any other ser? vice for the national cause, are henceforth free. The insurgent captain Mestrid, and some of bia followers have surrendered to the Spanish authorities at Puerto Principe. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD. CINCINNATI, May 20. The General Sjpod ol the Reformed Presbyte? rian Church of North America yesterday elect? ed Rev. Dr. McLeod, of New York, moderator; Rev. Dr. Steele, of Philadelphia, secretary ; Rev. Woodside, o? Brooklyn, assistant secretary. On taking the chair Dr. McLeod made a short address, alluding to his connection with the Synod as a stated clerk for thirty-five years. He looked upon this as a crisis in the history of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and hoped tbe Synod would not be governed by a parti? san spirit in its deliberations. In the reports of presbyteries, all those that referred to the subject of union with the knited Presbyterian Church favored it except Eastern and Philadelphia presbyteries, which were opposed to union. Ohio and Chicago presbyteries did not refer to the subject. THE PRESBYTERIANS. PHn.ADKi.PHiA, May 20. At the Presbyterian Assembly, this morn? ing, the moderator read a congratulatory dis? patch addressed to the assembly by the vener? able Dr. Elliott, who was moderator of the General Assembly in 1838, at which time the memorable schism occurred. SPARKS EROJH THE WIRES. The race between Amber and Asteroid, at ' Louisville yesterday, mile heats, was awarded < Vto Amber. It is rumored that the rider or Asteroid was bribed. At New York, yesterday, Lydia Thompson won a thousad dollar match against 2:34. George Pat che a also won a thousand dollar match against 2:44. Time not given. Gilmore's shoe factory at North Raynham, Mass., ls burned. Loss $60,000. Supposed incendiarism. THE WEATHER AND CROPS. . _ ? Oconee. Frost was seen in the co?*ty last week. The ?bother now ls warm and very dry. York. The Enquirer says: '-We regret to learn that the drought continues in this section. Some parts of this county have been without 1 rain for six weeks, and ploughing has nearly i ceased. This unfortunate state ol' affairs is : telling very seriously upon aU the crops, but 1 more especially on wheat and oats." Edgefield. The Advertiser says: "It is now thirty-four or Ave days since we have had rain ir this section. And if we are not mistaken, pretty much tbe same thing may be said of our en? tire district A drought like this, so early In the season, is sometimes unprecedented among us. And during most of this time the nights and mornings have been decidedly cool, often cold in fact, while high winds have prevailed steadily. Cotton ana corn are having a deci? dedly bad time of it, and the farmers are gloomy and despondent. Vegetable gardens too have fallen into woiul plight. The last two or three days, however, have been war? mer, in fact somewhat sultry, betokening although there are but few clouds-the ap Sroach of ram. Let us hope that the present rought will end very speedily, and that it will be the only one this summer." -Wall street was completely fooled, it seems, by young Kimpton, backed by the New Tork Herald puffs. Tha^fc paper, of Wednesday, in its report of the stock market, bays: t4The South Carolinas were strong and higher, on tbe advertisement of the Sinking Fund Com? missioners promising to cancel $100,000 of the Slate debt. The old bonds rose to 04 j, the lew issue of July to Bi, and the October bonds to 83." AMNESTY. SENATOR SAWYER'S VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT. ' A Powerful Speech. The Congressional Globe bring3 us the lull verbatim report of the hot debate in the United States Senate, on Tuesday last, on the subject of universal amnesty. We take the following passages from the able speech delivered on" that occasion by Senator Sawyer: HE 1S;NT AFRAID. After alluding to Senator Af orton's denun? ciation of those who favored amnesty as urr sound Republicans, Senator Sawyer said: . For one, I recognize'no man's right to read me out of the Republican party until he shows that I stand on ground which is not Republi? can. Mere denunciation, mere assertion that I am acting in the interest of rebels or rebel? lion, has no effect upon me. I feel no particu? lar anxiety to avoid pleasing the rebels if I do right and act as a Republican. I think it might be more wise and statesman-like if some senators should remember that their chief mission is not to make the rebels hate them. But there are some senators here who seem to conceive that consistency requires them so to act that the rebels shall entertain toward them now precisely the same opinion that they en? tertained when the war was flagrant. ? Sir, that is not my position. When the war was flagrant I hated rebellion; when the war -was flagrant, to the extent of my power I re? siste! rebellion; but let me say, Mr. President, when the - war was flagrant I did not hate re nels, and I do not hate rebels nor anybody else now. It is not the mission of the Repub? lican party tu hate the men who created and who carried on the rebellion. It was the. mission of the Republican party to suppress the rebellion: and it has been and is yet the mission of the Bepublican party to reor? ganize this government on a more solid and enduring basis than that upon which it lias ever stood before. * SOUTHERN UNANIMITY. But, slr, let me tell the senator from Indiana that the foundation upon which he would re? organize this government, the foundation upon which he would reconstruct the States lately in rebellion, is a foundation as unstable as water. The rebellion took into its vortex the whole Southern population, with exceptions abso? lutely insignificant in number. All classes were bound up In sympathy with lt. Every man, woman andehild, withes I said, insignificant exceptions, had but one aspiration so far as the political situation was concerned; and that was that the Southern Confederacy and the cause of the rebellion might triumph. Here and there a man of generally very slight polit? ical or social significance among his fellows was, or professed to be, a loyal man; but the number was so small that to carry on the gov? ernment in those States by their aid, and by their aid alone, ls a proposition perfectly ab? surd to any man who knows the people. WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE. I can understand, too, that those who would govern these States as subject provinces, who words"continue to keep over them the strong arm of power, who would destroy the vital principle of the American Republic, which is local self-government, administration of local Interests by local agents-I say I can under? stand how those who would upset all this prin? ciple and theory of government, who would destroy this chief element ol strength in the American system, should advocate the contin? uance of that system which should hold the grip upon the throats of the great majority of the white population. That. is the- only theory on which 1 can understand it; but if our pur? pose is to forget the war, if our purpose ls to establish in the breasts of the Southern people a love for the Institutions of the United States, If our purpose ls to strengthen the government In those States, and to have a real Union, we must take the people of those States with all their infirmities upon them; we must incorpo? rate them into the body politic of the United States, as equal constituent members. We muBt recollect that a man in 6outh Carolina, a citizen of the United States, must be placed on precisely the same platform, and covered by the same protection, endowed with the same political privileges, as a man in Massachusetts or Michigan. A FOOLISH POLICY. When you shut out any one large section of the country from all aspirations for participa? tion in the public offices, when you tell that large class of men that they must have no part or lot In the administration of the affairs of the government you bid them to obey and love, I say you cut off from the Republican party one ot its great elements of strength. When I reflect that in addition to the third clause ot the Fourteenth amendment Imposing these disabilities there'still rests on the statute book the act known as the test oath, passed on the 2d of July, 1862, which keeps out of Federal offices practically, not, as my friend from Connecticut said, eight hundred thous? and men, or all but fifty thousand of them, but a million men at least in the States lately in rebellion and In the States that did not nomi? nally go into rebellion; when I reflect that all those boys and young men who never had held an office and who had no political opin? ions save those that they had absorbed from the atmosphere which they had breathed all their lives, are cut off from all aspirations lor Federal preferment and Federal office. I say the folly of man cannot conceive a more blun? dering and stupid scheme than the scheme of keeping that test oath on the statute book. THE TRUTH AT LAST. We are now, in many localties in the South, reduced to the necessity, In order to get Fede? ral appointments filled, of selecting them from ignoramuses or rascals; and yet the senator from Indiana tells us that we can select where we will-that the fifty thousand loyal men are amply sufficient to guide thc counsels of the nation In those States. Kow, I wish to do all credit to the men who were loyal to the flag in the Southern States-I wish to give them all the praise which belongs to men who resisted a current that my friend lrom Indiana never had to resist-I wish to give them all the laurels that belong to them. Far be it from me, who saw their sufferings and their sacri? fices through that terrible contest, to take one Bingle leaf from the chaplet which should bind their brows. But, Mr. President, they were few in numbers; as a rule they were insignifi? cant in political and social consequence; and if you attempt to carry on the business oi gov? ernment in those States by their agency and that of the race lately enfranchised alone, yon will certainly fail. WHY HE BECAME A SENATOR. And when an;- senator charges that the po? litical course on this floor of another senator would be controlled by the consideration of the question ol his re-election, it is an aspersion upon his integrity as a senator, and an impli? cation that he will violate his oath as such. When a senator allows hiE official senatorial conduct here to be governed by such motives EIS those, it is better that his place should be Siled by another man: and let me say that I io not hold the seat I occupy here because I would have sought the place which I do hold, nor would I have held it or have been a candi? date for it, but for the fact that I desired to keep out others who were even less flt to be here than myself, and that I could select in my State many men at that time who, if it had not been for these very disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth amendment, would have stood on this floor much abler advocates of the prin? ciples of the Republican party, much stronger men for the State of South Carolina, and Tor fhe United States, than I eau ever hope to Oe. PROSCRIPTION PLAYED OUT. But, Mr. President, I did not rise to speak at any length on this bill. I believe, as I said when I began, that the speech of the senator from Connecticut but re-echoes the sentiments of the vast majority -of the people ol' the Re? publican party; and I believe that the acute? ness of t'.je senator from Indiana has in this instance failed him, and that he has nut suffi? ciently studied the sentiment of the party of which he is so distinguished an ornament. 1 think*that when the people speak ou this sub? ject, he will find that he represents not that majority which might have the right to read a minority out of its ranks, but that he stands in a minority which may rather ask to be admit? ted to the orthodox platform of the party. -Thc Grand Jury of the United States Dis? trict Court of Texas have found found fifty-, four true bills for internal revenue frauds, against Horace Broughton, ex-assessor, and Thomas Browning and George R.-Spaulding. assistants. "LJ CURRENT NOTES. DISRAELI'S KEW BOOK. "Lotbair," Mr. Disraeli's new novel, is the literary sensation of the day in England. It is pronounced on all sides a "clever," well?writ ten and amusing work-a book that will, in the present temper of the English people, be well received. The critics say that "Lothatr" him? self is intended for the Marquis of Bute, a very wealthy young nobleman-the richest man in England, and with a rent roll of ?500,000 a year-who, not very long ago, joined the Church of Rome. In the same way the Duch? ess is intended forTne Duchess of Abercorn, whose daughter the Marquis really did want to marry, but who would not marry him, because be had Joined the Church of Rome. Cardinal Grandison is pronounced almost a, life portrait of Archbishop Manning, the chief of the Catho lie Church in England, and "The Bishop of the Diocese" is claimed to be Dr. Wilberforce (the late Bishop of Oxford, but now Bishop of Win? chester,) all over. TUE MORMONS. The fortieth annual conference of the Mor? mon Church hos just been held, with an esti? mated gathering of twelve thousand souls, in the New Tabernacle at Salt Lake City, and bas unanimously sustained and re-elected the entire list of church authorities. 'Brigham Young presided over the three days' delibera? tions, and laid down the law by which the saints are to be guided ou several points, with his usual force and clearness. He announced the readiness of the Mormons to give np poly? amy when men will stop doing' wickedly and live purely, if only the same number o? women be found.as men, and if there should be a few extra women, he would be willing that the best man that could be lound should have them. He lectured the young men on their shirking the duties ol' marriage, which throws upon the married the trouble of marrying and supporting more women, and turned his batte? ries sharply upon the sisters for their conform? ity to worldly fashions and their pursuit of new and extreme styles. REMOVING THE CAPITAL. A call has been published for a national con? vention to assemble in Cincinnati in October next, "to consider the question of the remov? al of the capital, and to take such action there? upon as shall be deemed wisc and proper." The call is signed by the executive committee ' of the national convention which assembled at St. Louis in the month of October last, and is expressed in terms that suggest a pleasing confidence in the ultimate success of the move? ment. The convention, according to the plan proposed, will consist of rather more than a thousand members, which is not assuring for the harmony oi'lte proceedings, for, if In a mul? titude of councillors there is wisdom, large de? liberative bodies arc apt to bc divided. This is the more to bc apprehended In thc case ol' the capital convention, inasmuch as there are, perhaps, one hundred geographical centres of thc United States in rivalry for thc new site. The determination of thc exact central spot wilt proveas perplexing a problem os the quad? rature of the circle, and probably take up as long a time. A CUANCE FOR WOMEN. Ashley, having bent ills intellect to thc con? sideration of the necessities of the Territory over which a chastening Providence and Pres? ident Grant have placed him to rule, finds that the great want ls women. It may be that this discovery docs not indicate an exceptional keenness ol observation on Mr. Ashley's part, for similar complaints come from all over the Western wilderness; but the prospect for emi? grating fejnales is certainly as good In Mon? tana as in the notoriously desolate Washington Territory. In Governor Ashley's domain a good housekeeper is worth from $75 to $100 a mouth, and can command that salary readily. Ordinary kitchen "help" has wages of $50 to $75 a month, and other manual employments bring females proportionally large remunera? tion. Putting out of question the near proba? bility of marriage in such a woman-forsaken land, the material advantage is much in favor of working-women settling in Montana; while those who are ambitious beyond dollars will remember that Wyoming has already estab? lished woman suffrage, and that female justices of the peace are springing Into judicial exist? ence all over the West. THE NEW LAW KOR IRELAND. The first prosecutiot under Mr. Gladstone's Irish Coercion bill was that of a bookseller of Dundalk. who displayed in his window for sale a little tract called the "FarmerTCateAlsm." This "Catechism" is by no means so Iwfamma tory os many of the campaign br?affldd?j^?r sued in England and in this coiupplflrWs severe upon the landed proprietors, and pro? perly condemnatory of ihe tyranny under which the tenants suffer, and for that cause the authorities have declared it illegal. But since the arrest of thc unfortunate bookseller, the Pall Mall Gazette has seen flt to give the "Catechism" in lull in its columns, and the matter seems a trifle complicated. The res? trictions imposed upon the press by the new law are very severe, extending not only I o publications issued in Ireland, but to tlio-e ol the entire kingdom; and under these provi? sions, the Lord-Lieutenant has the same right to suppress the Pall Mall Gazette that his sub? ordinates have to arrest the bookseller. Of course the Gazette will not be troubled, al? though It has a circulation in Ireland; but the whole case is a curious illustration of the work? ing of a system which sets up a petty tyranny lor the government of a country nominally free and equal with England. TUE PRACTICAL VALUE OF THE SOEZ CANAL. M. De Lesseps and Ismail Pasha have made the Suez Canal pay them in present honors, but to make it yield a profit as a commercial venture is a matter of longer and harder work, lt is a great enterprise, and it required an enormous investment, on which the interest alone will amount to something near five mil? lions of our money. This, together with the cost of keeping thc canal in repair, must be paid out of the earnings of the company. But the business of the past quarter shows an annu nl income ol'less than one raillion,or enough io pay about one-fifth of the interest on the money borrowed. Besides this, the canal will have tobe dug out each year. Steamers grounding on the fjanks cut portions ol' the slope off into the canal, and the wind comes so laden with sand as to be unbearable to exposed passen? gers and to steadily drift up thc channel. The annual deposits of sand are enormous, and thc cost of dredging it again must be proportional. A lew inches in the bottom of tue canal, caused by a high wind in one day, could be removed only at a cost of thousands of dollars. While this is the case, it is evident that the contin? ued success or tlie Suez Canal, and even its continued operation, depend upon an imme? diate increase of business, and will perhaps render necessary an increase of the tolls now demanded of vessels and passengers. SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SON. Mesdames Woodhull A Claflin have afforded an evidence of their boldness in speculation even greater than they could have shown among the bulls and bears of Wall street. They have set up a newspaper, and for a woman's organ it is the most curious that has made its appearance. Its first number talks of sporting and fashion, politics and literature, has a column or two of finance and many col? umns of labor reform, and ls altogether a mas? culine journal. It ls quite too early to call it a success, but not to soon to recognize In it something entirely different irom all we have seen of women's papers. Its main purpose is to advocate the claims of Mrs. Woodhull for the presidency; in which thc clairvoyant powers of -^Miss TinnieC. Claflin, or Miss Tennessee, will natur-" ally be of the greatestjservlce. Indeed, unless Mr. Boutwell and Mr. Grant and the rest of the aspirants for the honors of 1872 secure this private clairvoyant without delay, there will be a vast advantage lu favor of the firm of ex brokeresses who can do?their own divining. "Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly," however does not commit the error of pUshtng its candidate thus early, but confines Itself to a vigorous support of the claims of female suffrage and making itself elsewise agreeable to male readers. Those who know Mrs. Woodhull, say that she has no idea herself that her presiden? tial aspirants will ever be gratified, but simply advances her claims as a poiot of principle-to prove that woman had a right to get whatever she wants; even if her hopes never result In fruition. _ .. . " THE ELVE RIBQE BO If JOS. What Senator Corbin Said About State Endorsements. The Columbia Phoenix prints thc following abstract from the stenographic minutes of the clerk of the Senate, on the discussion of the bill proposing the endorsement of the State upon the bonds of the Greenville and Colum? bia Railroad Company, at the regular session of the Legislature in l868-'69, the Senate having under consideration, the veto of his Excellency the Governor. Hon. D. T. Corbin, chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, after a lengthy discussion upon the impolicy of the eriRorsemem, said: Last but not least in this discussion, I earnestly invite the attention of the Senate to the constitution recently adopted by the State, and which we have all solemlysworn to support. In my Judgment, it prohibits the Legislature from endorsing the bonds of any railroad company. TJie seventh section of Article IX ls as follows : "For the purpose of defraying extraordinary expenses, the State may contract public debts; but such debts stiall be authorized by law lor some single object to be distinctly specifier? therein, and no such law shall take effect until it shall have bee^pass?d by a vote of two-thirds of the menrrere ol' each branch of the General Assembly, to be recorded by yeas and nays on the Journals of each House, respectively, and every such law shall levy a tax, annually, to pav the annual interest on such debt." Tho tenth section of the same article recites that "No scrip, certificate, or other evidence of State indebtedness, shall be issued, except for the redemption of stock, bonds, or other evidences of Indebtedness, previously Issued, or for such debts as are expressly authorized in this constitution." ? The fourteenth section provides that "Any debt contracted by the State shall be by loans on State bonds, of amounts not less than fifty dollars each, on interest Dayable within twenty years after the final passage of the law author? izing such debt." A correct registry ol all such bonds was to be kept by the treasurer in numerical order, so as always to exhibit the number and amount unpaid, and to whom severally made payable. These three sections, In my Judgment, re? strict the State as to the purposes and manner of contracting debts. The purposes are, first, "to delray extraordinary expenditures;" se? cond, "for the redemption of stock, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness previously Issued;" or third, "for such debts as are ex? pressly authorized In this Constitution.'' The manner ls "by loan on State bonds, of amounts not less than $50, each on interest payable within twenty years alter the final passage ol' the law authorizing such debt." It must be understood that the purposes and manner for which, and by which, State indebt? edness is created, must all unite in each and every case. I ask. If this be true, and lt is but the simple direct language of the constitution, how can a liability be increased by the State, by an en? dorsement of the bonds of a railroad or any other company ? Certainly it cannot be said that this ls an issue of State bonds, and it can? not be said to bean extraordinary expenditure of the State, because the State spends nothing. It cannot be said to be a loan upon State bonds, because the Slate borrows nothing. Hence, I Insist, that neither in matter DOT manner, shape or form, is there any compliance with the terms of the constitution, by which responsi? bility is Increased by the Slate. But I seo around me a disposition to pass this bill. I leel that what I am saying falls powerless upon the ears of the Senate, and that this bill will be passed. But I have felt it my duty, as a senator upon this floor, to lift my voice of warning, ol' protest and o f entreaty, against the policy of this bill, and against the constitutionality of it. I shall yote against it and leave to posterity, to Judge who ol us is right. SHVQQZIRO IN NEW YORK. How They do it at tbe Customhouse Nice Revelations. A New York correspondent of the Washing? ton Chronicie writes: Customhouse smuggling has become so com? pletely systematized and so larnely entered into by men ol obviously good standing in so? ciety, that it is looked upon almost in a legiti? mate light, and its suppression by the authori? ties laughed at. The law, either from being too weak, or from lack ol being vigorously en? forced, is not heeded, and to a great extent is considered unworthy of serious notice, not only by the smugglers, but the officials them? selves, many ol whom aid in its violation; while others, too feeble for successful opposi? tion or too indifferent, remain conveniently blind and lei it pass as a misdemeanor beyond their correction. Thus extensive.smuggling is facilitated by the very men and measures in? tended to prevent it, and all goes so merry and safely that titer" really appears but little risk of apprehension. Tho law says smuggling is a crime, pun? ishable by fine and imprisonment, the con? fiscation of the goods, &c. ; one-fourth of the proceeds of the sale of seized goods to go to the Informer, one-fourth to the officers of the customhouse, and the other half to the govern? ment. By means of this Injurious system to evade paying the established'dulles on import? ed merchandise it is reduced to afine arl, and is one ol' thc most gigantic schemes for safe plun? dering ever inaugurated. Rewarding by moieties ls tho easiest and most destructive way that could possibly be devised for corrupt? ing an officer of trust in all business and in any capacity. It is sure to prove ruinous in the end, and more mischief is brought about through inls common medium than any other. It is a mistake to suppose that the "moiety'' Incentive acts as a sort ol' lucrative stimu? lant toward inducing an officer to do his duty. Its effect is quite the reverse, and perquisites ol' the kind, in addition to pay, are almost certain to deteriorate the honesty of the best of us. Once given to dubious tampering with that which conscience warns is wrong and dishonest, human nature seldom proves destructive sufficiently to re? sist the prurient desire to appropriate what ls easy of access with but very small detriment to personal self-esteem or public censure. At the worst, exposure has very slight terrors, and will pass away with only a brief blur on credit, character, and confidence. Equity will balancfeJier demoralized scales on his side. Detorteer* bail will be readily procured from some mysterious quarter, the newspapers will publish a few lively paragraphs on the subject, and that is the last we ever hear ol the smug? gler, his detection, and trial, unless he should happen to turn up again in the same role, in which case the old legal farce is again . gone through with-a hearing before the commis? sioner, goods confiscated, perhaps bali, and the affair, as before, "hushed up." It is no secret that the New York custom? house has for years been the theatre of stupen? dous frauds and thc hot-bed of the basest offi? cial peculations. Smuggling, if on a large scale and judiciously managed, ls of immense pecuniary advantage to the custom officer when thc law allows him one-fourth of all seiz? ures as his lawful right. It is to his interest to encourage the crime, and the individual abro 1 gation of customs duties -ind regulations is safely and extensively practiced under the ac? tual protection of the government's own em? ployees. Of course they must occasionally make a show of doing something brilliant, and a portion ol'a large lot of goods is sagaciously seized, and, with convincing zealousness, im? mediately sold that the officers may get their share t>f thc proceeds. It is well understood among those most concerned that there is to* be no arrest, no disagreeable questions, and no real danger further than thc possible loss of a few goods, which is not to be considered, for-1 upon one case of valuable goods, such as silks, velvet and laces, the successful operator would realize enough to cover the loss of half a dozen seizures of the kind of goods he expects to have seized. * Customhouse functionaries of tho lower grade are paid and kept Jn the interest of the steamship companies and shipping merchants, so that no Interference beyond thc occasional seizure of an honest outsider's merchandise, or the baggage of some poor, luckless emigrant is to be feared; and this disgraceful state ol tilings has been quietly going on for years, and, un? til recently, no one has dared to so much as lay a finger upon the canker, or lift above it the weight of a strong and inflexible authority. A few arrests have been made lately which gave the city a brief glimpse of what is daily ijoln<r on In and about the customhouse, and fl Is to be earnestly hoped fiat the investiga? tion so vigorously begun will not flag or be de? terred from its purpose until this great revenue of the nation be thoroughly overhauled, and from root to branch purged of all impurities. It ls replete with dishonesty from surface to centre, and let nothing oppose a clear, open ventilation of the whole concern; and though the facts elicited may implicate steamship mo? nopolists, merchants, and shippers, and im? porters of every class, officials of every grade, and politicians of every dye, let the truth be known, and whosoever lt accounts guilty pun? ished as tho law directs. It has been demonstrated by the most unde? niable evidence that the inspectors ol this port have all along been in the pay ol the steamship companies, and actually salaried at a rate nearly equal to what the government pays the same officers. The strict examination of a dozen or more ol these faithful Inspectors, last week, disclosed this startling fact. MUSIC HATH CHARMS, AC. Clara 1,9a Ua Kellogg Sings In a Luna? tic Asylum. We do not remember to have heard of a more interesting episode in the life of any ar? tist sincethe days of the great Jenny Lind, than that of Miss Kellogg at thc Utica. New York, Asylum, on the occasion of her concert in that city, a few days since. The circum? stance speaks volumes for the kindness of j heart and genuine humanity of this great | artist. Not content, as some of the genius irritabile would have been, to dole out a few notes to better classes ol' patients that could be assem? bled for the purpose, she asked the doctor to be allowed to penetrate to the interior and sing for the most disturbed. Accompanied by two of the faculty, their ladles and the matron, and armed only with her "light guitar,"' she started, like ah ancient troubadour, on her novel Journey. Arrived in one of the depart? ments devoted to the most noisy, destructive and disturbed of this unfortunate class, she was not long in making her power felt. A few notes from her wonderful voice was sufficient to call order out of the wildest confusion and still the troubled waters of the soul; in a mo? ment all was hushed, and except the voice of the cantatrice, the hall was silent as thc house of death. After the first song they gathered about her like children, wondering, apparently, what angel from heaven had dropped down so suddenly and unexpectedly among them. They examined her minute]}*, and literally "from the crown of | her head to the sole ol' her foot,'' for one de? sired to see and examine the "pretty little boot with which she beat time to her music." This was allowed witii most inimitable grace; and not only this, but every article ol dress and Jewelry about her person she suffer .to be freely overhauled and examined minutely by these poor crazy ladies. She was turned about from side to side like a merchant's lay figure, much to lier amusement, apparently, and little to ber annoyance. But the most trying ordeal was yet to come. Several in the exuberance of their delight came forward and desired to kiss her themselves; not with lear, but genidne emotion, she not only received the greeting, but returned it in kind in each in? stance. Such ls Clara Louisa Kellogg; such some of the characteristics ol genius; such the power of music and kindness over the disturb? ed mind. C insurance. i T i z E N s INSURANCE COMPANY, OP NEW YORK. INCORPORAT KD 183 C. JAS. M. MCLEAN, E. A. WALTON, President. Secretary. Cash Assets.$650,000. THREE-FOURTHS OF TUE PROFITS DIVIDED TO THE ASSURED. BY THIS PLAN OF INSURANCE THE ASSURED become interested in the profits of the business without incurring any liability. The management of affairs of the Company heretofore gives almost positive assurance of LARGE YEARLY DIVIDENDS to the holders of participating Policies. Non-participating Policies Issued as heretofore. A. L. TOBIAS, Agent, No. 109 East Bay, mch26stu3mos Next South Courier Office. S OUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ATLANTA DEPARTMENT. General JOHN B. GORDON, President. J. H. MILLER, Gen'l Agent, Augusta, Ga. Hon. J. L. MANNING, Special Agent. S. C. ASSETS, January l, 1870, over.$650,000 DIVIDEND TO POLICYHOLDERS, JULY 1, 1SC9, FORTY PER CENT. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER-GENERAL. } COLUMBIA, May 7, 1670.) 1 certify that S. Y. TUPPER, of Charleston, S. C., Agent of thc SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, incorporated by the Stare of Tennes? see, has complied with the rcqusltlons of the Act of the General Assembly entitled "An Act to reg? ulate the agencies of Insnrance Companies not Incorporated in the State of Som h Carolina." And 1 hereby license the said S. Y. Tl'PPER, Agent, aforesaid, to take risks and transact all business or Insurance In this State, In the City of Charleston, ror and in behalf or said Company. J. L. NEAGLE, Comptroller-General. This Company having complied with the recent Deposit Law of the State, continues to write LIFE POLICIES at fair rates. Losses promptly paid in Charleston. S. Y. TUPPER, Agent, In Planters' and Mechanics' Bank, East Bay. mayl2-tbstulmo IF YOU WANT NOTE, LETTER AND OAP PAPERS and ENVELOPES, gc to EDWARD PERRY, No. 165 Meeting street, opposite Charleston Hotel Charleston, s. C. decM emos dio?ljing aub irnntisijing (Soobs. J^OW IS THE TIME. GEORGE LITTLE ? TJO., Is tue place to find the largest and best selected stocK of Men's, Youths' and Children's CLOTH? ING ever offered In this market, and at prices to suit the times. Having determined to sell our Goods as low as can be purchased elsewhere, we would respectfully solicit an examination of our Stock. Our Stock or CHILDREN'S CLOTHING com? prises the latest styles In Linen and CasBlmere. Also a fine and well selected assortment of FURNISHING GOODS. GEORGE LITTLE A CO., No. 213 Ring street, below Market. apr30-? stutho S PRING CLOTHING No. 219 KING STREET. CORNER OF WENTWORTH. An extensive supply or SPRING CLOTHING1, made np expressly ror the trade of this clty^ ls now offered at LOW PRICES, the Goods having been bought since the decline in gold. The as? sortment consists of all New Fabrics for men's wear, and made up equal to custom work. This bouse will continue to deserve the wide reputa? tion lt bas enJoyeU ror many years or "eeuing the best marte Clothing in the city." In the stock will be found the following: SCOTCH CHEVIOT WALKING COAT SUITS ScotchdUhiviot sack Coat Snits # French Batiste Walking Coat Suits French Coating Walking Coat Suits English and American Melton Coat Snits Silk Mixed Coat Snits Plaid Cassimere Coat Salts Bine Flannel Coat Suits French, Bine and Black Tricot Coat Snits Oakes' Cassimere (all Wool) Coat Salts, at $15 60. BOYS' AND YOUTHS' CLOTHING. The largest and best assortment In the city, viz: Walking Coat SUITS, Sack Coat Suits, and Fancy Knickerbocker Snits, for ages from 6 to 17 years, or Meltons, Silk Mixed, Bine Flannels, Mixed Cas? simere, Black Cloths, Ac, or all qualities. t FURNISHING GOODS. In this department will be round every style or Under-Garments ror men's wear, such as: Gauze, Merino, Lisle Thread, Silk, Cotton-and Per kale Undershirts Jeans and Linen Drawers Silk Tics and Bows, Colored Silk Cravats and Scarfs French Kid Gloves, Beaver Gauntlets, Silk and Thread Gloves Patent Shoulder Suspenders, Braces, A?. Also, THE CELEBRATED STAR SHIRTS AND COLLARS, Introduced by me ia this city twenty-five years ago, and since then selling them to the satisfac? tion or all purchasers. ta- Prices as advertised In Card. TAILORING DEPARTMENT Is sopplled with French, English and American COATINGS, Meltons, Batiste, Scotch Cheviot, Silk Mixed and Cloths, ot a variety or shades. CA.SSIMERES or the most select patterns of the season, Plaids, Stripes and Plain, which Goods will be made np to order, In the wen known good style always displayed at this House, and at mod. erate prices. WHITE TURKISH HAREM VESTS, A new and elegant Garment. Purchasers are invited to call and make ..heir selections. WILLIAM MATTHIESSEN. Captain B. W. McTUREOUS, Superintendent. raayS-lmo financial. NRY H. BOODY & CO., BANKERS AND RAILWAY AGENTS, No. 12 WALL STREBT, NSW YORK, Maxe Collections, pay Coupons and Dividends, Buy and Sell Governments, Railway Bonds, and other Securities on Commission. j9?-Particular attention given to the negotia? tion of Railway and other Corporate loans. N. B.-Interes: allowed on deposits. New York, May 2d, 1870. H. H. BOOOV. D. A. BOOPY. H. P. BOODY. may7 B E CAREFUL WHAT MEDICINES YOU TAKE. When you are exhausted by overwork or head or hand, and reel the need or something invigorat? ing, don't drink whiskey or any intoxicating thing, whether under the name or Bitters or other? wise. Such anieles give Just as much strength to your weary body and mind os the whip gives to the jaded horse, and no more. Alcoholic stim ulants are injurious to nerve health, and are al? ways followed by depressing reaction. DODD'S NBRVINE AND INYIGORATOR Is a Tonic and gentle stimulant, which ls not at? tended by reaction. What lt gains for you it maintains. When it refreshes body or mind, it refreshes with natural strength that comes to stay. We are not recommending teetotalism in the Interest or any faction; but long and extend? ed observation teaches us that he who resorts to the bottle for rest or recuperation, will And, as he keeps at it, that he is kindling a fire m hts bones which will consume like the flames of perdition. Tum from lt. Take a tonic that wm refresh and not destroy. DODD'S NERVINE is for Bale by aU Druggists. Price One dollar. See book of certi? ficates that accompanies each bottle. ?une2? _ Stjipp?ng. ^ESSELS WANTED. Several VESSELS WANTED, to load tere JJ* with Timber. Lumber and Phosphate? r.oQflf New Torie, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Long Island, New Haven, Ac. Also. CHARTERS from Bncksvllle, Wilming? ton, Savannah, Satllla and Jacksonville, to coast? wise and foreign markets. Charters ont to Coba and batk North Hatteras. Applj to J. A. ENSLOW A CO., may2l-2 Strip Brokers, No. 141 East Bay. pOR FORT SUMTER. The safe and fast Balling Yacht "ELLA J?M ANNA'1 is now readw for EXCURSIONS^* AROUND THE HARBOR, to Fort Sumter and other points of interest. Can be chartered on very reasonable terms Tor pleasure p?rties. Will make two trips daily, at 9 A. M. and 4 P. M. For passage apply to the Captain on board at Boyce's Wharf._ mayl7-tuths3 JpOR FORT SUMTER. The safe, ?a?f sailing and comfortably ap- &i pointed Yacht "ELEANOR" will fluke twofffli trips dally to Fort Sumter an d'the other points of historic interest in the harbor, leaving Sooth Commercial. Wharf at io A. M. and 3 P. M. The Yacht can also be chartered for private parties on reasonable terms. For passage or charter apply next door sonth of tue Mills House, or to the Captajji ?n board. _may!4 J^OR NEW TORR-TUESDAY. The Al side-wheel Steamship SOUTH, CAROLINA, Adkins, Commander. utrr sall for New York on TUES DAT, May 24th, at O o'clock P. M., from Pier No. 2, Union Wharves, connecting with day Passenger Trains from Co? lumbia and Augusta, arrivais: at 4 P. H. The SOUTH CAROLINA wm make close connec? tion with Liverpool Steamship NEVADA of Messrs. Williams A Onion's Line, sailing June 1st. Insurance by the Steamers or this line X per ceci. For Freight engagements, or passage, having very superior stateroom accommodations, all on deck and newly furnished, apply to WAGNER, HroER A CO.. No. 26 Broad street, or to WM. A. COURTENAY? No. 1 Union Wharves. mayl9-e BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA, BOS? TON, AND THE CITIES OF THE NORTH-? WEST. THROUGH BILLS OF LADING GIVEN FOB COTTON TO BREMEN. The fine steamship "FALCON," Hor-^JBffigav* Hey, Commander, will sall Tor Baltlmore2tf&fltaav on SATURDAY, 2lst May, at half-past 10 A. M. 03- Philadelphia Freights forwarded to that city by railroad from Baltimore without addi? tional insurance, and Consignees are allowed am? ple time to ?ample and sell their Goods from the Railroad Depot In Philadelphia. PAUL C. TRENHOLM, Agent, maylS-wfs3_No. 2 Union Wharves. T7ESSELS SUPPLIED WITH CABIN AND V MESS STORES ON SHORT NOTICE. Captains and Stewards are respect? fully Invited to call and examine the1 quality and prices of our GOODS. Full weigt guaranteed. Delivered free of expense. WM. S. CORWIN A CO., No. 276 Klug street, opposite Hasel, Charleston. S. C. MW Branch of No. 900 Broadway, New York. Jan24_ jp OR BEAUFORT, VIA ED1STO, ROCK? VILLE AND PACIFIC LANDING. Steamer PILOT BOY, Captain 0. Caroll White, will sall from Charte?-? ton for above places every TOEUDAY MORNING, at 8 o'clock Returning, the PLLOT BOY will leave Beaufort early WEDNESDAY MORNING, touching at aU tn& above named Landings on her route to Charleston. J. D. AIKEN A CO. mch24_ OR PALATE A, FLORIDA, F VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA JACKSON - Vii LE AND LANDINGS ON ST. JOHN'S RIVER. SEMI-WEEKLY LINE. Steamer "DICTATOR," Captain p . ?IT^a? George ?. McMillan, sails everyJBSS?EB? MONDAY EVENING at 8 o'clock. Steamer "CITY POINT," Captain Fenn Peck, 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. m Through TicketB and through Bills of Lading for Freight given. J. D. AIKEN A CO., Agents, janis_South Atlantic Wharf. J^OR SAVANNAH, (INLAND ROUTE.) VIA PACIFIC LANDING AND BEAUFORT. The steamer PILOT BOY, Captain C. Carroll White, will leave Charles-,_ ton every THURSDAY MORN INO, at 8 o'clock above places. RETURNING: The PILOT BOY will leave Savannah every* FRIDAY AFTERNOON, at 3 o'clock, touching at Beaufort and Pacific Landing, and connecting at Charleston with SATURDAY'S Steamships for New Yorlc * The PILOT BOY will touch at Bub's Island Wharf every fortnight, going to and returning from Savannah. J. D. AIKEN A 00. apr8_ OR EDISTO AND ENTERPRISE,. F VIA CHURCH FLATS, YOUNG'S ISLAND, BEAR'S BLUFF, Ac, GOING AND COMING INLAND ALL THE WAY. The Steamer "ARGO," Captain D. Boyle, ls now receiving Freight at,__ Accommodation Wharf, and will leave as above on MONDAY, 23d Instant, at ll o'clock A. M. Returning, will leave Edisto on TUESDAY, the 24th, at io A. M. For passage or freight apply on board, or to DOUGLAS NISBET. Agent, Accommodation Wharf. N. B.-Freight and Wharfage payable here. may2l-l_ OR GEORGETOWN, S. C. F The Steamer EMILIE, Captain P. C. Lewis, will receive Freight at,_ South Commercial Wharf on MONDAY, M?y and leave as above on TUESDAY MORNING, the 24th Instant, at 6 o'clock. Returning will leave Georgetown on THURSDAY MORNING, the 26th inst., at 6 o'clock. SHACKELFORD A KELLY, Agents. No. 1 Boyce's Wharf. N. B.-Parties desiring to attend the sale of brig Melrose and cargo, will have an opportunity of doing so by this trip._ may2l-2 gCHEDULE MOUNT PLEASANT AND SULLIVAN'S ISLAND FERRY. On and after THIS DAY, May 4th, _ ^,tT**?t>. the following Schedule will be ob-?ggSSSmZ served. MOUNT PLEASANT. M Leave City at 10 A. M., 3 and 6* P. M. " Leave Mount Pleasant at 8 and io% A. M., and i% PM . SULLIVAN'S ISLAND. Leave City at io A. M., 3 and 6>i P. M. Leave Island at ia and lix A. M., and s;-; P. M. SUNDAYS. Leave City at 10 A. M. and 3 P. M. Leave Mount Pleasant at 9 and ioA. M., and e;-i P M Leave' Island at SK and ll A. M., and 6 P. M. m ay 21-1*_ J. H. MURRAY, Agent. J^XCURSION AROUND THE HARBOR. The Steamer EMILIE, Captain P. ?-JT?^ C. Lewis, will make an Excursion JB?w?mknwm around the Harbor, visiting Fort sumter and other points of Interest, leaving South Commer? cial Wharf on SATURDAY AFTERNOON, May 2lat, at half-past 4 o'clock. Fare. (50) Fifty Cents. 4* Band of Music and Refreshments will be In at? tendance. SHACKELFORD A KELLY, may20-2_No. 1 Boyce's Wharf. FISHING EXCURSION TO THE BLACK FISH BANKS. The popular Steamer "SAMSON" r . ?rtT*-?h. will leave Boyce A Co.'s Wharf on ?r't?^Tf WEDNESDAY MORNING, May 26, fit 9 o'clock, for a DAY'S FISHING, returning In the evening. Bait will be provided. Fare for the trip $l 50. ?TULLY will be ia attendance to famish Re freshments. Tiekets can be obtained at A. 0. STONE'S Store, East Bav. also TORCH'S "Our House," J. C. . H CLAUSSEN'S and STENHOUSE A CO.'S, and' at the Onice of HENRY CARD, Agent, may20 Accommodation wharf. IF YOU WANT SCHOOL AND TEXT BOOKS of ali kinds, cheaper than yon caty purerase elsewhere, go to * EDWARD PERRY, No. 155 Meeting street, opposite Charleston Hoto ciiarieston, 8. C. decM enoa>