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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1360. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. REFORM IN FAIRFIELD. A STRONG DELEGATION UNFETTER? ED BT INSTRUCTIONS. [SPECIAL TKLKGRAM TO THE SEWS.] COLUMBIA, June 7. Fairfield sends the folio wing delegate s to the State Reform Convention, to be held on the ISthinsla?t: James B. McCants, Altred Moore, colored, David Provence, Sandy Ford, colored, Thomas Jordan, Samuel Anderson, colored, Abraham F. Lumpkin, John 0. Crosby, col? ored. The best feeling prevailed at the county meeting, and lt ls understood that the dele? gates will come to thc Convention wholly un? fettered by Instructions and free to support such impolicy as, after consult?t len, shall seem best for the interests of the entire State. TUE TRIUMPHS OF " KEFORM. " WASHINGTON, June 7. Matthew G. Emery, the. "Reform"' candidate tor Mayor, and a Republican, is elected Mayor of this city over the present incumbent, Sayles J. Bowen, who was nominated and supported by the corrupt Radical Ring. Emery received the support of the honest anti substantial citi? zens of all parties and both colors, and his ma? jority ls over three thons and. The vote reached within a thousand of registration. Three colored men were elected to Council on the Emery ticket. HARTFORD, June 7. The ticket composed of men of both parties ls elected over the regnlar Republican ticket - WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, June 7. The President has nominated Albert D. Bar? ney, collector of customs at Brazos de Santia? go, Texas. Simon Woolf has dispatches from Europe, somewhat conflictive, relative to the alleged outrages upon Jews in Roumania. SENATE. The Senate Committee on. Education report adversity to incorporate thu Blind Asylum in tho District of Columbia. Harris introduced a bill granting lands and the right of way to the Arkansas and Delta Railroad. The Senate confirmed Smith, as assessor of the Eighth Virginia District; Greene, postmas? ter at Petersburg, Va.; Slater, at Wytheville. Ta.; Rose, at Abingdon, Va.; E. J. Mc Hen ry, at Macon, Miss. The Indian Appropriation was resumed, after which the Senate weat into executive session and adjourned. HOUSE. In the House the bul was passed allowing deputy census marshals about fifty per cent. Increased pay. It goes to tilt* President. The Currency biU elicited a long debate. lue House is lo session to-night discussing the subject : The Reconstruction Committee added a pro ! viso to the Georgia bill, that nothing therein ' should interfere with the election this fall as provided in the Georgia Constitution. It was also resolved to take action regarding Ten? nessee this session. _ FROM THE PACIFIC COAST. SAN FRANCISCO, June 7. A special election will be held to-morrow to determine if the city shall donate one million towards the construction of the Southern Pacific Railroad. There is considerable oppo? sition to the donation, arising trom the fact that the Southern Pacific Rall roa I ls but another name iii the Central Pacific Company, which owns all the railroads in the State, and will thus control the Central Pacific route from this coast to the East. The British ship William Wilson sailed for Bakers Island yesterday. The vessel was in possession of the United Status marshal, pen? ding a snit in the District Court. The captain forced the marshal overboard. It is rumored that a revenue cutter .will be sent in pursuit. THE RADICALS REATEN IN OREGON. SAN FRANCISCO, June 7. The returns from Oregon are meagre. The indications are that the legislative contest will be very close. Grover, the Democratic candidate for Governor, will probably be elect? ed by 400 majority. A Portland telegram says the election passed off quietly. The Republi? cans claim a majority in that city and county anl some gain in other counties, and believe the vote in the State v.?ry close. A Radical Version. WASHINGTON, June 7. Dispatches to the Republican here concede the election of Governor, but claim the Legis? lature of Oregon by one majority on joint bal? lot thus securing the next senator. Nothing definite has been received through the regular channel. __ RUMORED DISASTER AT SEA. NEW YORK, June 7. There lsj* rumor on the street, which cannot be tracedfthat the steamer Dacia, belonging to the Central American Telegraph Corps, has been lost near Bermuda. A SAVANNAH MERCHANT KILLED BT FALLING 1 PROM A WINDOW.-About half-past 4 o'clock Sunday, morning, Mr. Robert I. Caughey, a ! guest of the Marshall House, and a well-known cotton merchant of Savannah, was found lying in the hotel yard, groaning, with a large cut Qrer his forehead and his left? leg broken. .Medicalaid was summoned and his wounds ?were dressed, and the sufferer was removed to his room, where he died in about an hour : after he was discovered. The base of his skull 1 was fractured. The deceased had been labor? ing under strong mental excitement on Satur- ; day evening, and had procured a uer- : vine with which to quiet his nerves on Satur- j day night, and was in bed at 12 o'clock Satur- , d?v night, not under the influence or liquor. I The coroner's Jury, alter hearing evidence, ! found that the deceased had come to his death j by falling, accidentally, out of his room window 1 In the Marshall House, while laboring under temporary aberration of mind, caused by ex? treme nervous excitement. He was a native of Belfast Ireland, but for twenty years had resided in Savannah, engaged as a cotton buyer. _ -Hie equality of color is making rapid strides at the capital. The negroes now occu ,py conspicuous seats at the opera, and the oili rcers of the House of Representatives appear at the theatres with dashing and elegantly ^dressed colored ladles. RAMBLES IX XORTLZERX VIRGINIA. Warrenton Springs-The Place as it Was and as it Is-Gay and Glorious Reminiscences-Personal Notes. [FROM AX OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.] FA?Q?IER SULPHUR SPRINGS, May 12. Toe next point of interest at which Pele- in arrived was the once widely-known, but now forgotten, Warrenton Springs. Of all the Vir? ginian relics, tlie ruins of this Saratoga of the South 3how the devastating and unsparing hand of war, sweeping away the pride of the land and the palaces thereof in the storm of battle, or by the incendiary torch. Before the war there was an annual migration of the gen? try of Virginia and the (arther South to this spring. A line of stages connected with the railroad at Warrenton for the accommodation of distant visitors, though most ot the people from the surrounding counties preferred to come with their own equipages, driving in from their mansions among the grassy hills of tue Piedmont region, or down on the rich aUu vial bottoms of the Rappahannock. The Fred erlcksburgers would often make an excursion in their old family carriages over the interven? ing ten leagues of poor roads, starting in the gray of the morning and arriving in the late afternoon Intime for the dance. Unhappy people; they have smelt enough sulphur since 1861, and without the trouble of coming away up into Fauquler for it. When these pleasure seekers or health seek? ers bad passed through the lorests and valleys of this rich and rural country, they were put down before a grand hotel, towering up by the wayside, massive in construction, vast in ca? pacity, and graceful in architecture. This great building, with its accessory outbuildings, arose over the surrounding landscape like the temple of Jupiter Ammon In the silent oasis of Lybia, a towering temple independent of the little world about, self-existent and self-sus? taining-only this temple was not dedicated to the father o? the gods, but to Hygeia and Terp? sichore, Inasmuch as the magniloquent and domineering Jupiter lias not yet been natural? ized an American, We have Sumner, and he outherods Herod. The Grecian god and the Massachusetts demigod would repeat the old contest ?T the Devil and Tom Walker, and per? haps attain the same result. In the tranquil depths of this beautiful valley of the Hegeman nestled the innermost shrine to which pilgrim? ages Innumerable were made. A little octag? onal building, upheld by chaste Doric columus, with a spring of medicinal waters bubbling up through an open square in its flooring, and a classic statue, in whitest marble, of the goddess of health and vigor-such is the Mecca of the old time, where Virginians, aye, and many from remoter and less favored lauds, travelled and drank. The hotel was sump? tuous. The water which fell on far distant hills was trapped in a great reservoir, and car? ried through many a furlong of iron aqueduct, to supply its needs. A gasometer supplied its hundreds of rooms with light. Great gardens on the outlying Springs estate yielded freshest vegetables and fairest flowers, and the river flowing at the edge of the grounds furnished boating facilities, and offered tempting induce? ments to the disciples of Izaak Walton. Through all the summer, the velvet luwns ol' the park were haunted by the fairest of women and the cream of the youth of the Old Dom lu? nion, and in the cool evenings thc band dis? coursed Bweet music to tho merry dancers in the great hall of the hotel. The "reverend seigniors" of the State Legislature were some? times won by these Sybaritic enticements, und adjourned from sun-scorched Richmond to hold their deliberations under the calm shadow Of the great trees, and supplement their learn? ed labors by the relaxation of the quadrille and cotillion. But the serpent entered even this Eden. The summer of 1861 was not so lively as the pre? ceding ones, for the young men were march? ing in the Virginia line. Th? Warrenton Rifle Company and the Black Horse Troop were re? cruited in the vicinity, and moved away to? wards the North, and henceforward took their sulphur from before Federal cannon, rather than from this Castalian spring. The hotel and cabins were perverted Into barracks and headquarters; the spurred heel of the trooper replaced the delicate dancing slipper; the clank of the sabre-sheath was heard for the flutter of the silken fan, until one day that proclnmatory hero who had previously "seen only the backs of rebels," came down from Culpeper with his beaten army-most evidently having seen their faces at last, and without being specially pleased at the view. Posting his troops on the right bank of the Hegeman, or north fork of the Rappahannock, he fought a long artillery duel, while his rains were hurrying towards Washington ?Jgpd lu his retreat, the houses about the springs were brought between the lines just long enough for a hot shot to turn the great palace, which neither Saratoga nor Newport could-outshine, into a mass of surging flame. On the long hills south of the river the Southern artillery took position, and hammered away at Pope, especially along by Beverly's Crossing, where the bombardment was terrific. Jackson got a brldue across and snapped up the strong guard at the Springs, then let his indomitable "Foot Cavalry" rest for a time on the Acids and lowlands hereabouts, the Hth South Caro? lina getting its brief respite from labor on a sunny slope near thc river, where they got ready for that superb charge on the Bull* Run field. An eye-witness ol* that charge said that they saved two brigades by dashing right on tlie bayonets of a heavy mass of Federals, who were splitting through Gregg and Thomas and doubling up Jackson's left. Old Stonewall, with characteristic unerusl ness, soon lelt this pleasant valley of thc springs, and moved away to Northern war rings, and the " blast of battle " echoed no more through their groves. Deserted and desolate, the estate lapsed into a wilderness, until Major Boyle, ex-provost marshal of the Army of Northern Virginia, took charge thereof in 1868. How eclipsed the glories of the water? ing place of 1860! The grand hotel lifted only its lofty columns like monumental chroniclers of departed splendor, towering over a vast mass of chaotic ruins. The Warrenton House was burnt; so, too, tlie Williamsburg Hons?', and the cabins were stripped of floors and windows and doors. The aqueduct had yielded its metal to feed the " dogs of war." and poor Hygeia, dethroned and desecrated, with ears ana nose, fingers and feet ampu? tated, was prostrated in a dense matting ol' bristly grass. Every path was obliterated, the lawns were overspread by legions of sturdy young trees, the Elysian fields had become ii chapparal. But since the arrival of the new proprietor, commodious buildings have been erected, and other improvements reclaimed, 30 that last summer, with a goodly company of guests, Fauquler Springs came into lino with tlie Spas of Virginia. The country about the river bottoms is smiling, with advancing crops, betokening a rich soil and skilful husbandry. One of the iahest of estates is that ol Captain North, an old Charles tonlan, once of the United Stales Navy, and at a later day Confederate agent in London and Paris. After rendering invaluable services to the Southern causo, and moving in thc gay so? ciety of tlie European cities, he has quietly re? tired to his rural mansion, and transferred his energies to its administration. Here, also, is Mr. Atkin, an English gentleman and former resident of Charleston, who made his entrance there by swimming from a captured blockade runner, through the darkness, to Sullivan's Island. There are others who have come hither from the Palmetto State, and found homes in the vicinity, and become valued citi iens. Some of the bravest of the brave rest in Lhe Confederate Memorial Cemetery, on a sun? ny slope near Warrenton, having purchased Lheir tenure of the land at the dearest price, und leaving but a heritage of unstained honor to their compatriots. Over this sacred spot, God's acre indeed, the blue sky of Virginia bends its crystal arch, and the lairest flowers are planted. "Slowly and sadlv wc laid them down. From the held o'f their fame fresh and gory, We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, * But we left them alone with their glory." P?LERIN. -The offlce of the Missouri Republican, in St. Louis, was burned down last Tuesday Light, and notwithstanding tlie building and fixtures, with all the material on hand, were entirely destroyed, tlie paper made its appear? ance on Thursday morning verv neatly printed, and about two-thirds its size bel'ore the war. EUROPE. Opposition to Infallibility. ROME, June 7. The Augsburg Gazette says: "The Ameri? can delegates in the Ocurnenical Council are showing a growing disinclination to the Papal infallibility dogma, and are disgusted willi the sophistry and sycophancy of its advocates." Paris lt? ins. PARIS, June 7. The smallpox is decreasing both in number of cases and in violence. The journals are attacking Olllvier for his course toward the party of the Left. During the drought the woods are burning In many parts of Europe, Involving the loss of life. A hundred acres of Fontainbleau forest are burned. Dullness at Frankfort. FRANKFORT, June 7. What is known as the dead season has fairly set in here. There are few transactions in bonds or other securities. t The Conflagration at Constantinople. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 7. The conflagration is checked. Though still raging, lt cannot spread, houses having been blown up, leaving the burning district Isolated. The burnt district includes the wealthiest and best built portions of the city. PARIS GOSSIP. [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] PARIS, May 21. The Chamber of Deputies has examined the official returns of the vote of the 8th of May, and the Pl?biscite, when "decomposed," as the French say, represents-"yes," 7,330,U2; "No," 1.358,825; "Null" 112,975. These are the figures which go down to history. The Deputies cheered the verdict with vive VEm? pereur, the Irreconcilables with vive la nation; In which the Imperialists might heartily Join. The resultwill be formally presented to his Majesty witt, every solemnity, when Napoleon will deliver an 'utterance;'' now, but second? ary, since hisCablnet does this part of the governing. Napoleon has seven friends for one foe; and that huge voting machine, the nation, will be tontent to grind Partant pouria Syrie, rather thoo the Marseillaise. 'Hie days of oar ri cad es htm vanished; and it ls to be hoped the authorities have preserved an over? turned bus. a lew\ white blouses and such revolutionary paraphernalia In the Nation? al Museum for future generations, to smile at. fublic opinhm desires to finish quickly with the pending trlaraf the conspirators-with itandry, who wished rt kill the Emperor, but couldn't-with the artttts ol the bombs to blow him up, along with half tho city-with the picrate of potash press-wlth the entail of hard times and arbitrary lawi-with those who cry hosannas in the morning and crucify in the evening. There are legal abuses to be reme? died-Hie heritage of days before the empire -there ls stability to be founded and cultiva? ted as a religion-patience, to be preached and the furia fr?ncese to be restrained. The Op? position, instead ol' Delny obstructive, must uecome constitutional-the Shibboleths of 93 exchanged for the "Whole Ditty of Man" of 1870, and the violence of party passions cease lo resemble the Bourbons, who learn nothing and forget nothing. A witty French laity class!Qed her countrymen aa "cat-men" and "do<:-men," which exactly describes the pa trioMc politicans. Outside the Bonapartes, all other parties have been black-balled by the national vote just concluded. TUE MINISTRV-ipuC DE GRAMMOST. The ministry bas bien so occupied, accept? ing the resignations of some of Hs members, and appointing successors, that the march of the projected reforms ls slow. 1 he new For? eign Minister, the Duke de Gramtnont, ls tbe strongest ot the new crutches received by the Cabinet. He is popular;, belongs to the old aristocracy, and is a conscientious diplomatist, his only fault being thal he speaks lils mind. He is "a man of giant statue, compared with the dwarfish dimensions of his colleagues He has seceded from the Legitimist party, but this is not a cardinal crime among a people where "Manners with fortunes, humors turn with climes, Tenets with books, and principles with times." His first entry into public life was the severe punishment he gave to two laborers who shouted, "Down with the rich," as his car? riage rattled along. He descended, challenged his Insultera to box, and showed how the neb can in that way, also, put down the poor. As Ambassador at Vienna he was much esteemed, but then the Empress Elizabeth has thrown her cap at the Prince Imperial for her daugh? ter, and seems to be engaged In a tie race with her sister-in-law. the Queen of the Bel? gians, who has also a blooming princess bloom? ing In her teens. Hence the French Ambassa? dors ol both courts are very popular-motive. "The Rape of the Heir." PRIM-EUGENIE. Prim is going to Vichy. Possibly as he fioals In his bath, slicking a weed, he may resolve the Spanish dillieulty, which lies rather In making the two ends meet of the national ac? count, rather than providing a king. If Prim is "to be king hereafter," when Espartero, aged eighty, leaves the crown to young Harry, the sooner the better. Anything definite i.s better than the most glorious uncertainty. Thc Empress still continues to mauifest her aver? sion to the Intrigues of politics, and undoubt? edly longs for a lodge In some vast wilderness. Her latest act of charity is the furnishing the poor girls ol' France with their confirmation dresses, the want of which deprives tile cere? mony, in the eyes of the young communicants, of its intrinsic value. ANOTHER FRENCH TRAGEDY. Nice has Just supplied us willi a terrible drama. A young gentleman, poor, but of re? spectable position, was in love with the accom? plished daughter of a Parisian librarian. Their means, they considered, were not sufficient to enable them to support, when marrled,th at state of Ute in which it had pleased God to cull them. They resolved to die, and in death not to b<: divided. Setting out one afternoon from Nice with a bottle of'laudanum, a cane sword and a revolver, they selected a romantic nook to die. Mlle, hung up her white apron on a tree to enable their bodies to be found. They drank the poison, but it failed to kill, and, awakening in the middle of the night, it was resolved to end the pain by the revolver. The young lady begged to be shot, but not to dis fliiiire her ieatures. It was done, but she lived to tell the tale. Her lover, after firing upon her, shot himself in the beut TUE KAPPEL AND THE SOLDIERS. Th? Rappel ts one of the several rabid organs of rho opposition. Having stated that the military were compelled lo' vote as the colo? nels: wished-which the 40,000 votes against the Empire, by the soldiers, but too seriously proves the contrary-a corporal waited upon the editor to demand such a calumny to be withdrawn. The brave soldier was unceremo? niously pushed out of the ollice, receiving ?it parting a kick "Just in thc place where honor's lodged, As wise philosophers have judged."' He re-entered, seized some three of the edi? torial staff, and threw them out of the window, adding somewhat, "That it was a way we have in the army." .MINOR MATTERS. . Co-operative societies are very general in France, and are daily extending. The latest has been founded by some "Monks of the (cork ) Screw," who have for their object thu provision of wine and brandy, cheap, plenti lul and good. Even in begging there is novelty. A vaga? bond has just been arrested for soliciting alms in thc public streets, a privilege only allowed twice a year, when the maim, the halt, and the blind, so afflicted for the occasion, reap a golden harvest. The monsieur in question, was dressed most respectfully. He informs a "kynd public" of Iiis bavins seen belter days, laments the degradation ol levying an income tax on sympathizers, takes ofi* his^hat, leads the subscription by putting therein a two-franc piece, hints his objection to the smallest contribution will be thankfully ac? cepted " doctrine, and after the silver shower. skedaddles to frosh flelds^and pastures new. One of the leading doctors ol' Paris has come out with a pronunciamenlo against the wear? ing ol' kid gloves. He linds that the tips of the fingers, " whore the bright waters moot,'" thc arterial and venous blood becomes indura? ted, ulcerated, and heaven knows what be? sides. He counsels the children to avoid this mode, as their elder sisters ought tiorht stays. Death rather than bc unfashionabl?, will bc the reply. A celebrated doctor-Cambus-lias Just died. He was "medicine man'' to the operas, and certified, at thc twelfth hour, when an artiste was indisposed-such as Patti, Nilsson, Ac. On one occasion he left n model ol' a prescription. The waiter of the cafe where he habitually re? sorted to, to play chess, asked him to visit his mother, who was dying. He left his game, saw the patient, prescribed rest and beefsteaks, in a scrap of paper, which was a bank-note for 1000 francs. LABOR, AND THE CROPS. Practical Hints for thc Times. ELMWOOD, EDOEFIELD, S. C., / Junee, 1870. j All is bright with the planters and farmers at this lime. The recent rains, with warm growing weather, have produced a wonderful effect upon the different crops in cultivation at this time. The stands of cotton, together with the size up to the present time, are better than for many years past; the quantity planted is equal to. that planted last year, and perhaps greater; and blooms may be ECQB in this district in a few days hence. The different manures used the present year nho promise to pay a great deal better than the past. The cultiva? tion and labor are decidedly better, as the laborers begin to find ont that a well culti? vated field yields them better pay than one that is half done. Also the laborers are beginning to try to excel one another In keeping their crops clean of grass; and are doing their ploughing and hoeing to perfection in the sandy portion of the dis? trict. The Columbia and Augusta Railroad runs through a portion of these lands, which are considered the garden portion of the dis? trict. The corn crop looks well, and promises a large yield for the quantity planted at this time, and should the seasons continue as they have done for the past three weeks, up to the middle of July next, there will bc three times tim quantity made off the same land thc pres? ent year than was made last, and the quantity planted ls pcrhups greater than the past year. But I nm one of those planters that differ with many of ray contemporaries in the quantity of grain and that of cotton planted. Why not plant two-thirds In grain and one-third in cotton, and lire independently, and not have our corn-cribs and meat houses in tlie West, as has been the case for the past lour years, aud will continue to be so as long as til?- planter continues this mode ol' farming? Certainly two-thirds of our crop planted in grain in the best land will give us bread and meal a plenty, and to spare; and one-third in cotton will give us just as much money and a great deal less labor; and why not all do it ? Some re? ply, "it will not do to plant corn, or raise bogs, or stock of any kind, as it is so liable to be depre? dated upon so often." Why is not cotton depredated upon as often '( But I suppose there being such a large quantity on hand, it is not so easily missed. Now, if this be true, would not the same logic work well in raising a large* quantity ot grain and slock of ail kinds? But I am digressing from my subject, and will return to it. The wheat and oat crops are verv good, and are being harvested at ahls trme." The latter thc rains have brought out considerably, and comes in at an opportune time, as there ls no corn lu the country for stock, and even half the farmers have to buy their bread and incur. I have often thought, suppose we had no rail? roads, what would be the price of corn with us? Certainly we would have Confederate prices, and no greenbacks to pay for the prime necessities ol' life, and perhaps lu the long run mtehl nrove a blessing, for we would have only one of three choices lo fall upon-either to ciakc a supply, or go where it Is, or perish. But I will return to ray subject again. The fruit crop will be very good-a supera? bundance of apples, cherrles'and pears, and a good supply Of peaches In thc upper portion ol the district. The lower or sandy portion blooming earlier, was considerably thinned out by the late frost. But the never-failing irultcrop ls the blackberry, which can be soon gathered in any quantities. I must here add that this fruit comes In an opportune time for man as well as beast, and must exclaim, "While the Heids are so green, and the sky so blue, marblue, parblue, what a pleasant excur? sion aft?r blackberries." The different melon crops will be large, and of choice selection, of the largest kind, the vines commencing to flower. Garden vegetables have been scarce through the month ot' May, but since the rains have commenced, lhere will be any quantity in a few days. SENEX. A HITTER RETORT. Professor G.tlUivln Smith and DUrae IVi ? Lothair." The New York Tribune prints the following, as it says, by request : The Right Hon. li. MsraeU : Sm-In your "Lothair." you Introduce an Oxford professor who ls aboiit to emigrate to America, and you describe him as "a social parasite." You weil know that if you had ventured openly lo accuse me ol'any social baseness you would have had to answer for your words. But when* sheltering yourself under the lite? rary forms of a work or Action, you seek lo traduce with impunity the social character ol' a political opponent, your expressions can touch no man's honor-they are the stingles* insults ol' a coward. Your Obedient servant. GOLD WIN SMITU. Tlie passage in "Lothair," la which lt is sup? posed Professor Smith is referred to, ls the following : The Oxford professor, who was the guest of the American colonel, wn- quit? a young man, of advanced opinions on all subject's, religious, social and political. Ne was clever, extremely well informed, so far as books can make a mau knowing, but unable to profit even by lils lim? ited experience ol'life from a restless vanity and overflowing conceit, which prevent, him from ever observing or thinking of anything bia hi tself. He was gifted with a great* com? mand ol' words, which look the form ol' enti? le.,... exposition, varied by sarcasm ami pas? sages of ornate Jargon. He was (he las', per? son one wolli?! have expected to recognize in an Oxford professor; but we live in times of transition.' A Parisian man of science, who had passed his life in alternately fighting at barricades and discovering planets, had given Colonel Cam pain, who had lived much in the French capi itnl, a letter ol' introduction to the professor, whose Invectives against the principles oi' English society, were hailed by foreigners as representative of the sentiments of v?n?rable Oxford. The professor, who wits not satistied with his home career, and, like many men of his order of mind, had dreams of wild vanity which the new world, they think, can alone realize, was very glad to "make the colonel's acquaintance, which might facilitate his luliire movements. So he hail lionized the distin? guished visitors during the last few days over the university, and hud availed himself of plen? teous opportunities of exhibiting to them his celebrated powers ol' exposition, lils talent for sarcasm, which he deemed peerless, and seve? ral highly-finished, picturesque passages, which were introduced with extemporary art. The professor was very much surprised when he saw Lolhair enter the saloou al. the hotel. He was the last person In Oxford whom he expected to encounter. Like sedentary men of extreme opinions, he was a social parasite, and instead of indulging in his usual invectives against peers ancfprinces, "nding himself unexpectedly about to dine with one ol' that class, he was content only to dazzle and amuse him. -A prominent firm of New York and Bor? ton coll?n brokers luis failed. OUR POLITICAL PESTS. VIO ORO US RADICA L PROTESTS AGAINST OFFICIAL CORRUPTION. White ( ?more and li IM Associates Shown Up. In the leading Radical paper of Philadelphia, the Evening Telegrapli of June 3, we find the following strong and significant leading edito? rial article : TUE RETURN" OP WHITTEMORE. Sufficient returns have been received from the special election in the First Congressional District of South Carolina to render the return of the notorious Whittemore certain by a de? cided majority. We need not recapitulate in detail the story ot his shame. Worse than a defaulter In Massachusetts, before he donned thc sacred robes; more than distrusted for dis? honesty as chaplain of a regiment; charged cir? cumstantially with defrauding the freedmen in various ways; elected to Congress from a district where colored men of the most ignorant class largely predominate; bartering his cadetsliips openly and shamelessly in the market; and final? ly fleeing the House to escape an almost unani? mous expulsion, he now returns to the same House that drove him out as a moral leper, with the broad seal of the State of South Caro? lina attesting his right to represent the First District of that Commonwealth in the popular branch of our National Legislature. In a few days he will again appear at the bar of the House and ask to be sworn as a member. Will he be admitted ? The nation, profoundly sensitive respecting the half developed cor? ruption which seems to pervade our Biiprcme law-making power, will watch the action of the House with much solicitude. The case ls without precedent in our history. Members have heretofore resigned under resolutions of censure and been returned and sworn unchal? lenged, but In no Instance, we believe, has a member of Congress been expelled or com? pelled to resign, to escape expulsion for ve? nality, and subsequently returned to claim a seat. Mr. Matteson, of New York, was censured by a strong vote, some years ago, for alleged corruption and then compelled to resign; but a resolution of expulsion had failed to command the constitutional majority In his case, and his legal right to his seat was unquestioned. At the time of his resignation he had already been re-elected to the succeeding Congress, and when the new term commenced ne re? sumed bis place. The propriety of allowing him to serve without some notice of the dis? grace he had brought upon the previous Con? gress was freely discussed in the public jour? nals, and was the subject of repeated consulta? tions between some of the leading members of House. But it is due to Mr. Matteson to say that he stoutly disputed all thc allegations of corruption, and Claimed that his explanations cleared him of all moral turpitude In the mat? ter. it ls clear that the House has the legal right to protect itself from the presence of any lin-5" proper person. It is the sole judge of Hie (Juallocation of Us own members, and it is mor? ally bound to refuse admission to a man who lias notoriously and corruptly abused his offi? cial privileges and brought infamy upon him? self and the country. We submit, therefore, that when Mr. Whiitemore's credentials are presented lor readmission, lt is the duty of the House to reject him and declare the scat vacant because the proposed Incumbent is utterly un? worthy, and his admission would be a blister? ing stain upon our national character. Mr. Whii temore's re-election ls but a part of the grand scheme of a puck of the most un? scrupulous adventurers to maintain power iu South Carolina. Of the four districts in thal Stale, two elected Republicans-Whittemore and Bowen; ami the other two districts elected Simpson nnd Reed, Democrats, by about 4000 each. Of the two Republicans, Mr. Whitte? more is sadly notorious, and the antecedents of hu Republican colleague are anything else than creditable. An adventurer and cump fullower in tlib rebel army, and more than once arraigned for crime before the rebel military au? thorities, he naturally cast lils lot with the swarm of vampires who have fastened upon that State, In desecration of the name of Republi? canism, and are eating out its vitals and making reconstruction a term of reproach among all upright men. In the two districts which gave very large Democratic majorities the members elected were not eligible, and tlie minority candidates have both been sworn In In defiance of the popular will expressed against them in unmistakable tones. We need not say that the men, Messrs. H?ge and Wal? lace, who consent to sit in Congress in con? tempt of the decision of the election returns cannot merit any high measure of popular re? spect. But for the combinations of thc corrupt State authorities, Whittemore would not have had a shallow of a chance for re-election. But he is neither better nor worse than the average of his fellow official plunderers, and they diu not dare to overthrow him. They would have done so, but Whittemore would have risen like the ghost of "Banquo"' to confuse them. Gover? nor Scott Is a candidate for re-election next tall, and he dare not break a link In the circle of Swiss mercenaries, who now control the State by appeals to the passions and prejudices of the ignorant, and by the official patronage they command. They profess to purchase hornes for the homeless freedmen, Issue the bonds of the State to pay for lands, and then what they fall to plunder directly from the Stale they plunder lrom the negro. The re? election ot Whittemore ls but the act of despe? ration ol* Diese men, to perpetuate their power, and our National Legislature is presented with a hypocrite and renegade to save a junta of petty thieves in their uneasy and uncertain positions at home. The Republican party must wash its hands of these political abortions called State offi? cials In the reconstructed States, or it must ceuse to rule In a single commonwealth of the Soul h. When reconstruction began lt was impossible to place competent and honest men in power in the Southern States; but re? construction is settled, and the Republican party must demand ability and integrity in its representative men, or lt must die. If Whittemore shall be admitted, and thus the high sanction of the Republican national administration be given to thc political ad? venturers who have blotted the history of the constitution, and now. hang as mili-stones about the necks of the struggling States of the Soulh, they will all follow Virginia and Ten? nessee, anil Republican power In the South will have no future. Its history will be but ii continued chapter of shaine and mlslortiine, and it will puss away speedily amidst tlie re? joicings ol'?ill honest tuen. Already the Citi? zens' party is making headway In South Caro? lina, und embraces in Its ranks some of the ablest leaders, both white and black, in the State;and it needs but the admission of Whit? temore. and Hie high approval of a Republican Congress to be given Hie imbecile and corrupt rulers who have returned him, to insure the utter and hopeless discomfiture of Republican? ism in the strongest Republican Slate of the South. The Character of thc Mun Elected Will Congress Admit this Disgraced Cadet-S wi tidier. In thc same vein as the above manly and outspoken article, the travelling correspon? dent of tlie New York Tribune writes from South Carolina: The fact that the return of Mr. Whittemore to Congress will Inflict a serious blow upon Hie best interests ol' the Republican party and of the South, is not more thoroughly appreciated at tlie North than it is here, and not more in the minority party opposing him on general grounds than by the Intelligent Republicans of South Carolina. "Will not the House rise to the dignity of reiuslug to receive him ?*' they ask, urging that his resignation ought not to. prevent Iiis receiving some adequate punish-' ment for the offence he committed. But when I intimate that the House will probably con? sider its duty done In letting the sell-convicted representative go back lo his constituents branded with a vote ol' censure, these gentle? men sigh, and fear there is no hope ot over? coming, in Mr. Whiitemore's own district, Hie hold which he has obtained upon his very pe? culiar constituency during the too brief time which Hie order for election leaves to accomplish anything. The extraordi? nary condition or affairs temporarily ex? isting in South Carolina In consequence of the withholding ol' amnesty and the sudden eleva? tion to supreme power ol' a class, at least, in? experienced in the wiles besetting legislation, hus induced a lacllity for corrupt! -n in its politics which the many honest men in the dominant party have Hie more difficulty in lighting, because the opposition do not recog nizc their efforts, but class all as leeches to? gether. There is an unpleasantly large class of politicians who live only by politics, who know no other profession, and who look upon the legitimate and the illegitimate emoluments of the trade with equally favorable eyes. When to these we add an infusion in the Legis? lature of men chosen as the most eligible in a community of field-hands who never saw a school house and never owned a five-dollar bill, It is easily to be seen that dangers beset the public affairs of South Carolina-dangers which will lesson as education is spread among the people, as wealth is diffused, as amnesty permits the voters to choose among men whose loyalty has been sadly"1 stained. |but whose private integrity ls above suspicion but dangers not the less real to the pres? ent welfare of the State, and threaten? ing the creation of a chronic political corruption which it will be hard to counteract. That the general virtue innate in the voters of the State at large is proof against this peril as yet, is abundantly shown by the high character of the senators chosen, and of the Governor. But there are detatched localities peculiarly liable to error, the votes of which may fasten many cormorants upon the commonwealth, and the most conspicuous of these Is the dis? trict in which Mr. Wuittemore was lucky enough to encamp at tlie close o? the war, and which he shrewdly made the stepping-stone to one place after another, till he reached the seat in Congress, from which only his own carelessness temporarily dislodged him. And though he may succeed In deceiving his imme? diate constituents, Mr. Whittemore'strue char? acter ls perfectly well known to those who have served with him in the State councils at Columbia, and thoroughly understood bv lead? ing Republicans throughout the State,.so that his apparent success is anything but encourag? ing to those who are battling with the raids of corruptionlsts in minor positions in South Car? olina. Yet, if the gossip which the gentleman's own neighbors retail about him be true, it seems strange that even the most infatuated of his black constituents should not come soon to know the man. I have listened to nothing from the lips of rebels or Democrats, and get my estimate, only from true, earnest Republi? cans who have hud to work beside the man in one capacity and another, in legislation and in electioneering, and have come to know him by degrees. These all give him the praise of being a tireless, constant laborer, ever ready to answer any call, able to speak in stentorian tones by the hour and by the day, equally ca? pable on the stump and in the pulpit, and an adept In all the social expedients known to the local politician. But they all attribute to him a readiness to replenish his pockets by any method, a willingness to confiscate small perquisites os well as large ones, an inability to distinguish between his personal treasu? ry aud that of the party, which cannot but bring any politician eventually to grlef. "Why, slr,,; said one gentleman to me, " when two lady school-teach? ers came to Burlington, and the hotel rclused to take them in, this man took them down to the house of one of the best citizens, and got him to keep them over night, a man with thc real Southern notion of hospitality, and then Wie representative in Congress collected sev? enty-five cents apiece Irom them for their lodg? ing, and put it In his own pocket. They went to tlie same house for shelter again a lew weeks after, and offered their host In the morning the same sum they had paid before, and he re? sented it as an Insult, and so thc whole con? temptible swindle came out." "Yes, and that was hardly smaller than collecting dimes and quarters from all the negroes In his district for a national Hag, and then gettlug the mo? ney for the same Hag from people In the North on the plea ot the poverty of his people." "We found his accounts in a sad state in our Republican Slate Commit? tee, and when we inquired into some ol the deficiencies, he said he had spent a cer? tain hundred dollars for printing ballots for such and such a village; but the leading negro. from there contradicted him on the spot, and sahl on the contrary he had sent down and demanded a collection of money to pay for the tickets, which had been duly malled and en? trusted to him. So we were unable to certify to lils correctness, but made a report speaking ol'his great ardor and indefatigable work in the campaign, and regretting his carelessness in keeping his accounts." Of course I, on a brief sojourn in South Carolina, cannot testify to the correctness of these stories: I merely give them as specimens of multitudes of alle? gations freely made among his political friends, so far as I know uncontradicted, and going to show how natural and consistent with his en? tire career was the lapse which occasioned his departure irom Congress. THE FIRST CHINESE. Their Arrival at New Orleans-Their Wilges anil Appearance-What the Agent Suya. I Tiie New Orleans Prices Current of Saturday says : The bark Ville de St. Loo, from Hong Kong, arrived at our wharton Thursday, after a pas? sage of 107 days, having on "board 107 coolies. This is the ?rst lot of coolies who have come direct from China to New Orleans, but we un? derstand that they will shortly be followed by 220 more, per the ship Charles Auguste, en route for this city from Hong Kong. Tho ar? rivals by the St. Loo on Thursday were brought over by the Arkansas Valley Immigration Com? pany, and are to be employed along tile Arkan? sas River in raising colton. They are to receive as compensation for their labor, eight dollars a mouth in gold, and are to serve for three years, their passage money from China to this coun? try. ?13 per head, being paid by the employ? ers, tlie latter also having tu Dished them with provisions lor the Journey. The cargo of the Charles Auguste lt is intended to distribute among several sugar planters on Lafourche. These arrivals will doubtless do much towards assisting the settlement of the question con? cerning the wisdom of importing Chinese" laborers and the capacity of the latter for laboring in our cotton and cane fields, as well as tho relative value of the Chinamen to the negro as a laborer. Certain it is that if they should prove as satisfactory as their employ? ers anticipate, we shall soon have sufficient material, through future shipments, to fill up the gap left by the loss of negroes who have either died or have given up working in the field for a precarious and often dishonest living about our cities. Mr. Frank Williams, of this city, who went over to China to engage the cargoes of coolies noted above, states that he found considerable difficulty in obtaining good and trustworthy hands. He represents the lower classes in the seaboard cities as being vile and degraded, but gives an entirely different accout of the people of the rural districts, characterizing them as docile, energetic, industrious and faithful. The deceit practiced upon these people in years past, when many of them were taken to the West Indies and sold into slavery, has led them to be rallier shy in making engagements with strangers to leave their own country for placs ol' which they know nothing. But lt is antici? pated that this will give place to other feelings when they have had an opportunity ot hearing from those who are about to take up their abode upon our farms and plantations. We hud tho pleasure of meeting, at the office ol'Colonel J. T. Tucker, agent ol'the Illinois Central Railroad, Messrs. L. Mingkewong and C. Margting, merchants ol'Hong Kong, China, wlio are direct from that city via San Francis? co, having been eight days on the route from the latter place. These gentlemen, although II icy are away t rom their own country for the first lime, speak and write English very flu? ently. They are here to superintend the arri? val of the lirst shipment of emigrant laborera from their country, and to see in person how they ure suited to the work required of them. They express themselves as decidedly in favor ol'an even country and mild climate, and if Hie first company" are as well pleased as it is expected they will be, others will follow to work on our Southern railroads, which Messrs. Mingkewong and Margting intend to make a specialty with those laborers under their con? trol. The Northern cotton llrm whose Atilure has already beeu briefly announced is Gorham, Gray & Co.. of New York and.Boston, and their liabilities will be for about 10,000 bales. The firm commenced buying some two months ago. aud the boldness of their operations is said to have been a leading cause of the steady tone of the New York market during that pe? riod. The losses would have been far heavier but that their liability to make good their offers ?was questioned. Most of the contracts were in the name of the suspended firm, though a Pearl street broker is down to the tune of 2H00 bales. The finn figured largely In the September gold panic, in connection with Jim Fisk, and went to protest for a heavy amount, owing to the repudiation of their con? tracts by the lutter. _Shipping. "JpOR FORT SUMTER. The safe, fast sailing and comfortably ap- Ai pointed Yacht "ELEANOR" will make two SS? trips dally to Fort Sumterand 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 south of the Mills House, or to the Captain on board. may 14 J10R NEW YORK-ON TUESDAY. The Al side-wheel Steamship ""V _ JJEfcL NESSEE, Chichester, Commander, wIllSMBK sau for New York on TUESDAY, June 1?, at 6 o'clock P. M., from Pier No. 2, Union Wharves, connecting with day Passenger Trains from Co? lumbia and Augusta, arriving at 4 P. M. The TENNESSEE will make close connection with Liverpool Steamship MANHATTAN, of Messrs. 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RETURNING: The PILOT BOY will leave Savannah every FRIDAY AFTERNOON, at 3 o'clock, touching af Beaufort and Pactllc Landour, and connecting:' at Charleston with SATURDAY'S "-'teamshlps for Sew York The PILOT BOY will touch at Bull's Isl?n*/ Wharf every fortnignt, going to and returning"', rrora savannah. J. D. AIKEN A CO. apr8_ R GARDNER'S BLUFF po AND INTERMEDIATE LANDINGS ON THE PEEDEE RIVER, VIA GEORGETOWN. Thc Steamer PLANTER, Captain _ _ ^.JP^^. J. T. Foster, will receive freight BsS?SESSm THIS DAY, the 8th Instant, at Accommodation Wharf, and will leave TO-MORROW MORNING, at 6 o'clock. Freight and wharrage prepaid. For Freight or Passage, having stateroom ac? commodations, aply to RAVENEL A HOLMES, jnn8-l_No. 177 East Bay JpOR EDISTO, ROCKLAND AND ROCKVILLE, VIA JOHN'S ISLAND FERRY, CHURCH FLATS, ENTERPRISE, YOUNG'S ISLAND, BEAR'S BLUFF, Ac, IN? LAND ALL THE WAY. The Steamer "ARGO" will receive P ?JT^t^ Freight at Accommodation Wharf,???S???M3m THIS AFTERNOON, at 3 o'clock, and leave aa above TO-MORROW, 9th Instant, at 12 o'clock, noon. For Passage or Freight apply on board, or to DOUGLAS NISBET, Agent, Accommodation Wharf. N. B.-Freight and Wharfage payable here. jnn8-l INCURSION ! EXCURSION ! Ou and after THURSDAY, June 9, the Steamer POCOSIN, Captain P.. _ Sinclair, Jr., will make an Excursion Trip every EVENING, leaving Market Wharf at half-past fr o'clock. Returning, will leave Sullivan's Island, at half-past 7 o'clock. Fare for the Round Trip, 25 cents. JUU8-1? J. H. MURRAY, Agent. Drugs, Cljcmicals, &'c. J^SSM^S^ FOR INFANTS TEETHING. ALLAYS INFLAMMATION OP THE GUUS. CUTOS CHOLIC, CHOLERA INFANTUM, DYSENTERY, AND ALL DISEASES TO WHICH CHILDREN ARE SUBJECT WHEN TEETHING. CONTAINS NO ANODYNE. RUSSELL'S SOOTHING CORDIAL is offerea o the public with an absolute guarantee against all danger from its use. Read the following certlu CHARLESTON, May ie, 1868. Mr. J. B. RUSSELL, one of our careful and intel? ligent Pharmaceutists and Apothecaries, has sub? mitted to my examination the 'formula for the preparation of a Soothing Cordial prepared and vended by l?ra. It alfords me pleasure to express a favorable opinion of its safe and efficient adaptation to the particular cases of the diseases of children, which, it is designed to relieve. E. GEDDINGS, M. D. Having had occasion to prescribe RUSSELL'S Soothing Cordial tn severe cases of Bowel Com? plaints in children and delicate females, I have been much pleased with its effects. I consider lt a valuable medicine in all cases, in which it may De advisable to avoid the use or anodyne, and par? ticularly for family use, as it ls perfectly safe. J W. T. WRAGG, M. D. CHARLESTON. S. C., 1868. I certify that I have most successfully use* RUSSELL'S Soothing Cordial in the Summer Com? plaints of infants. He has fully exhibited the in? gredients of his remedy, and the tedious method of preparation. I recognize the prescription containing no anodyne whatever-as a most safe and etllcaciousone in bowel affections of children. When much nain or restlessness attends the affec? tion, doses of Paregoric can be added to the pre? scribed doses of the Cordial according to the age of the patient. The compound, though more often, acts In an etllclent manner without any ad? dition of anodyne. In the Diarrhoea of the aged, in Increased doses, lt ls or great value as a remedy ; never disagree? ing with the stomach-increasing appetite, im? proving digestion, and acting as a slow but effi? cient astringent agent. " _ W. M. FITCH, M. D. CHARLESTON, S. C., 1868. Dear Sir-I have used your Soothing Cordial for Diarrhoea in teething children, and find lt a very excellent preparation. It has a great advantage over most preparations of the kind In cont air lng no Opium or Narcotic. When these are required they can be added ia proportions applicable to the case. I therefore can recommend Its nse In the affec? tions for which lt ls designed. Respectfully yours, Ac, T. L. OGIER, M. D. MOUNT PLEASANT, S. C., 1868. ? Mr. J. B. Bussell : " DEAR SIR-I have used your Soothing Cordial for children extensively in my practice, and most Cheerfully testify to its merits. I have found lt, without an exception, to accomplish alt lt claims, and cons. ".er it superior to anything In usefo* children. Its freedom from anodyne of any kind recom? mends it asa perfectly safe preparation In the* hands of mothers and inexperienced nurses. Very respectfully, Ac, D. A. WILLIAMS, M. D. Made by J. B. RUSSELL, Chemist. Sold by Dr. H. BAER, Wholesale Agent fa? South Carolina. octli