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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1360. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. THE CONVENTION. THE MO Y JEM EST FOR REFORM TAK? ING SHARE. TWENTY-TWO COUNTIES REPRESENTED. THE, PRELIMINARY WORK COM? PLETE. NOMINATIONS EXPECTED TO DAY. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TBS NEWS.] COLUMBIA, Jane 15. The convention called by the conference of | the Spite press, held in March last, assembled at 8 o'clock this evening In the hall of the Co? lombia Hotel. There was a full attendance of | delegates, a large minority of whom were colored citizens. The Convention was called to order by E. W. Seibels, of Richland, who nominated as temporary chairman Colonel T. Y. Simons, of J : Charleston. On taking the chair, Colonel Simons made a brief and appropriate address, which waa.frequently interrupted by applause. At Its close, Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell, and W. G. Sont, of Charleston, were, on motion, elected secretaries of the Convention. The comities were then called, and the lists of delegates were presented to the secreta? ries. Twenty-two counties were represented. The counties not represented are York, Georgetown, Williamsburg, Sumter, Oconee, Marlboro', Abbeville, Beaufort and Clarendon. Y. J. Pope, Esq., of Newberry, moved the appointment of a committee, to consist of one delegate from each county, to report officers . for the permanent organization of the Con? vention, which was carried. Subsequently the committee reported the following nominations for officers: ?For President-Wm. Shannon, of Kershaw. ? ForYTce-Presidents-=?. P. Klnard, of New? berry; S. E. Means, of Spartanburg; F. B. Mc t. Bee, Picke ns; B- G. Witherspoon, of Lancas ' ter; J. E. Bird Of Darlington; A. Melchers, of j Charleston; James Kennedy, of Richland; Hen- j ry Barnes, of Edgeheld; Moses Benson, or j Chester; Marlow Cochrane, of Charleston; M. Caldwell, of Orangeburg, and J. Gibson, of | , Williamsburg.. I Secretaries-Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell, <. and W. G. Bout, of Charleston. The report was unanimously adopted, and the president was conducted to the chair. : On taking his se? t. Colonel Shannon made a patriotic address, in which he alluded to the Importance of the object for which top Con? vention was called, and urged the delegates to rise to'the Importance of the occasion, and la the spirit of devotion to the State, to co? -operate to rese?e it from misrule. General M. C. Butler, of Edgefleld, moved the appointment of a committee of seven on F the platform, which waa carried. The presi? dent announced the tollo wing as the commit tee:' Messrs. M. C. Butler, Ellison C. Keitt, I I George L. Buist, Joseph B. Kershaw, Benjav ?hi Harrington, Thomas Gregory and James B. Mcfants. Mr. Slebels, of Richland, moved the appoint? ment of a committee of seven, to whom all re? solutions offered in the Convention shall be ?. referred, which was carried. Subsequent]; the chair announced the following gentlemen aa auch committee: Messrs. E. w. Slebels, J. P. Thomas, J. D. Kennedy, F. W. Dawson, C. C. Boyce, A. Harper and J. 0. Crosby. Major W. T. Gary, of Edgefletd, moved the appointment of a committee of ten, to whom shall be referred the question of the number of votes and the manner of taking the votes of tiie different counties represented in this con? vention, wMch was carried. Subsequently Ithe chairman announced the following as such committee : Messrs. W. T. Gary, James M. )avls, W. E. Marshall, Jonas Bird, B. J. With rerspoon, J. A. Hoyt, A. Smith, S. P. Burbridge, Elwin F. Malloy and R. P. Todd. General Kershaw and Mr. E. S. Keitt pre seated drafts for the platform, which were re? ferred to the committee having that subject in * charge. A clause in General Kershaw's reso * luttons recommends that -the nominations of j the Convention be of Republicans only. A communication,-from General John A. Wagener, of Charleston, was also referred to the same committee. On motion, the convention then adjourned to Thursday morning, at 10 o'clock. The'onvention is settling down In admirable temper to its work. The general expectation ls that a State ticket will be nominated in the course of to-morrow's session. Though there is perfect harmony of spirit among the dele? gates, tbere is, of course, a considerable di? versity of views, and there is every Indication that we shall have a lively debate to-morrow. All the Charleston delegates are well and in fine spirits. The following is a correct list ot the Charleston delegation present at the open? ing of the Convention : Whites-R. Mure, G. L. Buist, J. F. Britton, John Campsen, B. O'Neill, R. Hunter, J. B. Steele, 2. Melchers, T. S. Browning, T. Y. Simons, F. W. Dawson, J. D. Parker, L. Mc Lain, Alva Gage, J. J. Grace, W. E. Mlkell, E. w" Marshal], A. 0. Stone. A. G. Goodwyn, F. Melcher?. Colored-John Abbott, B. R. Kln och, Charles Michael, W. E. Marshall, Wm. lack, Jonas Bird, A. Harper, M. Cochrane, . A. Sneed, W. G. Rout, Charles Miller, Theo, tchell, W. L. Shecutt, Cyrus Fenwick Ellas ohnaon, Wm. R. Fordham. The colored delegates were well entertained d cared for. They came to the Convention t in omnibuses, accompanied by a white 'ttee. Loud threats of personal violence ade against them by some of the j mouthy Radicals, but they have not been mo? lested. The resolutions by General Kershaw, fully affirming the political equality of all the citi? zens of thc State and declaring that none but Republicans shall bc nominated by the con? vention, produced a profound sensation. They will be reported upon to-morrow. THE STATE CAPITAL. The University-Thc DeatU of Mr. Simms-Burial or an. Honest and Sen? sible Colored Man-Prominent White Gentlemen Act as Pall-bearers-Im? pressive Services. [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ? COLUMBIA, June 14. The final examination of the students c? the University of Soith Carolina opens to-morrow, the 15th, and will continue two weeks, after which the public day comes-on the 29th. The news of the death of Mr. Simms was re ceived yesterday by our community with feel? ings of profound and universal sorrow. His great genius had so bound the hearts of all to h\'ji that each one felt in his death a personal bereavement. HIB departure suddenly tight? ened the ties that bound us all to him. and we are made by this depth of our sorrow sudden? ly conscious ol the strength of our affectionate admiration for the author and the man. All parties-the old and the young, the lettered and the Illiterate-alike feel that In the death cf Gilmore Simms our community, om* State, our country, and literature, have suffered a bereavement of no common character. He was the patriarch of Southern literature, and dying now, leaves no equal to write his obituary. Pleasant Goode, the li<e-long servant and friend of General Maxcy Gregg, died yesterday and was burled this alternoon at Trinity (Episco? pal) Church, of which he has been sexton for some considerable time. Pleasant Goode was a negro, but has always been estimated and appreciated for his qualities as a man, irre? spective of his color. And to-day he was borne to his grave by gentlemen of high so? cial position and worth, and rests among the whites of the Gregg family. He has always maintained that the best friends of j his race were the friends of their life-times; and In furtherance of this idea he has resolute? ly stood upon principle, unmoved by allure? ments, bribes, threats, taunts or isolation. And jus; as be has stood their friend through all ordeals, upon the broad prin? ciples ol' humanity and honor, so have they-his white fellow-citizens-borne his re? mains to their resting place, paying a debt of j respect and honor due alike to his worth and to their appreciation of true manhood, irre? spective of race or color. The pall-bearers were: Professor M. LaBorde, Dr. J.W. Parker, Colonel Wm. Wallace, Colonel J. P. Thomas, Colonel F. W. McMaster, Colonel A. C. Haskell, Mr. Richard O'Neale, Mr. W. C. Fisher, Mr. P. M. Porcher. The service was conducted by the rector pf Trinity. The attendance wus large, consisting of many ol' the congregation and a large number of colored persons. CORSAIR. ODDS AND ENDS. -In 1SC9, in Paris, 2758 horses were eaten, giving more than a million pounds ol this kind of "beef-a large Increase oraany former year of hlppophagy. -bhort-horn cattle are valuable for their remarkable aptitude to fatten, the perfection of their form and the smallness of their bo re? structure giving them great advantage as beef cattle. -A Washington belle says : "In walking up a long room when the women who don't like you are looking at your back, there ls a moral support conveyed by a Parle dress not to be derived from the firmest religious principles. -Robert Hall, when asked how many ser? mons a preacher can conveniently prepare In a week, replied : "li' he ls a man ol pre-emi? nent ability, one; If he ls a man of ordinary ability, two; If he ls an ass, six." -An advertisement was sent to the Cleve land Herald, In which occurs the words. "The Christian's Dream : No Cross, No Crown." The blundering compositor made it read, "The Christian's Dream : No Cows. No Cream !" -A Scottish nobleman one day visited a law? yer at his office, In whlcbat the time there was a blazing fire. whjsh led him to exclaim, "Mr. -, your office is as hot as an oven." "Suit should be, my lord," replied the lawyer, "as it ls here that 1 make my bread." -Lawyers have a ludicrous habit ol' Identlly ing themselves with their clients, by speaking In the plural number. "Gentlemen ol'the jury," said a Western lawyer, "at the moment the po? liceman says he saw us lu the trap, I will prove that we were locked up in the station-house, in a state of intoxication." -lt has be -n the practice of wealthy Berlin stock exchange men to secure diplomas of no? bility Brom the petty German princes. The Prussian Government is putting a stop to this business, the feudal barons protesting against the monied intruders. -"Old potatoes transformed to new" is one of the artistic effects ol Parisian trickery. There ls a resular establishment under the first arch of the Louis Philippe Bridge, in the French capital, where, by a processif soaki ng and rubbing, the dark skin of the last year's potatoes is removed, and a fine, light satin surface produced, which enables the vender to pass them off In neat, paper-lined baskets for the fresh spring article. -The American stock Grower, talking of j the "sex ol' eggs," says : "When, on exami? ning an egg by holding it between the eye and the light of the suu, or of a candle, the vivifying speck is seen exactly Oh the top, such an egg, it ls said, wiU produce a male bird; but, lt on the contrary, the speck be oh one side, lt will produce a female." -An English writer is making war upon the vowel u, demanding its expulsion from all such words as labour, favour, honour. He says the useless use of this letter In a single copy of the London Times costs ten pounds, and that in English books and periodicals alone it Increases the cost ot publication fully ?10,000 a year, without yielding any practical good. -A Scottish clergyman, happening to go into the churchyard willie the beadle was em? ployed, neck deep, in digging a grave, thus ac? costed him: "Well, Saunders, that's a work you're employed In well calculated to make an old man like you thoughtful. I wonder you don't repent of your evil ways." The old worthy, resting on the head of his spade, and taking a pinch of snuff, replied: "I thought, slr, you ken'd that there was nae repentance in the grave." -The people o? Hindost?n used to make a threefold division of interest on money. One they called vice, another uelther vice nor vir? tue, and the third virtue. The interest which was vice was lour per cent, per month; that which was neither vice nor virtue was two per cent., and that which was virtue was one per cent, month. This last was, in their opinion, an act ol' beneficence which belonged to the most heroic minds. Many self-sacrificing gen? tlemen among our money-lenders are willing to assume the exalted virtue of the Hiudos tanees, if lt would pay one per cent, a month. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. Red Cloud speaks at Cooper Institute, New York, to-day, a committee in that city hav? ing promised him the seventeen horses which Secretary Cox refused him. A dispatch from London announces that Rev. Thomas Luby, mathematician of Trinity College, is dead. Hon. Thomas B. Elliott and Moses Wingate, of Massachusetts, died yesterday, the latter ged over one hundred. FAIR WAMItfG. GREELEY ON THE READMISSION OF WHITTEMORE. "Congress, or the Penitentiary." Under the head of "Congress, or the Peni? tentiary," we find the following outspoken leading editorial in the New York Tribune of Monday last : A man is presently to offer himself at the bar of the House for readmission, concerning whom the same House recently adopted this resolution ; Resolved, That B. P. Whittemore, late member from tlie First District or South Carolina, did make appointments to the Military Academy at West Point and the Naval Academy at Annapolis In violation of law, and that such appointments were influenced by pecuniary considerations, and that his conduct in the premises has been such as to show him unworthy of a seat In the House of Representatives, and ls therefore condemned as conduct unworthy of the representative of the people. Is this corrupt man, who was unworthy of a seat three months ago, to be readmitted as worthy now ? Wehear that he has been tele? graphing to his 4Fend and counsel, General Butler, the news ol his triumphant re-election; that he confidently expects to be admitted without dispute; that reputable members are deploring lt in a helpless sort of way, and go? ing about dolelully asking each other, "How can we prevent it ?" Really we do not know. The House ls made the sole judge as to the qualifications of its .members. Once lt seems to have hair-pretty derided notions concerning the qualifications of Mr. B. F. Whittemore. lt grew less de? cided in some similar cases; finally lt disgraced itself by permitting Mr. Butler, of tennessee, to remain, albeit as guilty as Whittemore him? self; now, perhaps, lt may think Mr. Whitte? more possessed of all the qualifications required lor its present standard. It is the sole Judge. But we can assure members that the time Ls at hand when a larger body of voters will be called to sit in Judgment. Thus far the Demo? crats have promptly spurned and cast out every member of their party found guilty of this cadetship Infamy. We assumed great virtue at the outset; then we furnished able counsel for the Congressional cadet merchants; next we excused one because he had been an unusually active Republican, and alter that the whole business broke down. We tell gen? tlemen that we have had fully as much of this sort ofthing as we can Bland. We utterly and vehemently protest against assuming any more party responsibilities tn bebau'of the car? pet-bag Congressmen. Here is a man notori? ously guilty ol shameful and criminal acts. If the Gaited States authorities had not al? ready neglected their duty in the case, he would have been admitted to the penitentiary of South Carolina, just about the time he is ap? proaching the bar of thc House to lake afresh upon his perjured lips the oath of office. The law of Congress explicitly provides thal if any member of Congress shall, directly or indirect? ly, receive any pecuniary or other valuable consideration lor procuring auy office or p.aco under the government, he shall be liable to indlctmeut for misdemeanor Ut a United Slates Court, and, upon conviction, shall pay a fine not exceedng ten thousand dollars, uud bc Im? prisoned in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding two years, and be thereafter dis -qualitled from -holding any office of honor, profit oe trust under the Government ot tho United Slates. The House lias resolved that be has done ihese things; it has itself prescrib? ed this penalty for the doing ol' these things; lt now asks whether, ignoring the guilt, and de? fying its own law, it shall readmit Mr. Whlite more-perhaps that he may volo for ihe repeal . ol the odious law ! We have consistently urged universal suf? frage and universal amnesty as thc true solu? tion for the problem presented at the close ol' the war by the conquered South. ? We have never held that negro suffrage, coupled with disfranchisement ot whites, uffordcd men u solution. We point now to its disgraceful workings In thc case of this mau Whiiieinore, and ask "honorable" members-Whittemore himself is soon to show an admiring world what this high title, "honorable," means-to consider Hie result and draw ihelr own con? clusions. Another Republican Journal Disgust? ed at the Pranks of the Radical Ring in South Carolina. [From the Philadelphia Telegraph.] We have before referred to the corrupt ring of adventurers that now rules South Carolina, and has made Republicanism a term of re? proach with every honest citizen of that State. After Whittemore was driven from the House, be demanded from his fellow plunderers a re? election to vindicate himself. Governor Scott had but to take the stand demanded by even consideration of official and personal integrity, and Whittemore would have been driven from South Carolina as he was from Washington. But he could not strike at thc disgraced Con? gressman without striking at himself. Congress has decided that either laws or in? dividual action calculated to intimidate legal voters vitiates a majority, If employed in fur? therance of that majority. Will lt now inquire into the laws and acts ol'officials of South Car? olina, by which the defeat of Whittemore was rendered Impossible, regardless ol' the vote cast by thc people ? If the Republicans in Congress do not vindicate the name of the Republican party from complicity with the systematic corruption and lawlessness of the banded thieves in South Carolina and other Southern States, Republicanism, will become a hissing reproach both North and South, and the better elements of the nation will accept any form ol' opposition to overthrow tho ad? venturers who cloak the most shameless wrongs under the sltadow of thc Re? publican party. Let Congress meet this question now with a promptness and determination that will demonstrate to the nation that it can have no sympathy or fel? lowship with the political highwaymen who arc now roaming through official channels in the South, in the name of Republicanism; and the Republicans In the North, and the Repub? licans lu the South, will be saved from the de? feat that must inevitably follow open disgrace. Let Whittemore be met at the threshold and sent back, because lie left a criminal, and re turusdoubly criminal by the frauds he employ? ed to effect his pretended re-election, and hon? esty in the South wlirtake courage ana bring forth good fruits, and Republicanism every? where will be vindicated from complicity with the varapyres who have so basely prostituted Republican power in the.Soulhern States. FURORE. The Revision of the Bible. LONDON, June 15. In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Gladstone, in replying to a motion to revise the Bible, said that the government had care? fully considered the question, and thought it better to leave the subject to the ecclesiastical authorities. He said the revision of the Bible was ol dubious utility and a tedious and un? timely task. The motion was withdrawn. French News. PARIS, June 15. The party of thc Left has decided not to op? pose the construction of the St. Gol hard Rail? way, a joint enterprise of Baden, Switzerland. Bavaria apel Prussia, but to request the French Government also to participate in the under? taking. The Journal Officiel contains thc following nominations: Viscount Gtlbronler, cmbassa dor to Constantinople; Count Armand, etnbas sador to Lisbon; M. Berlhemy, ambassador to Brussels; M. Pr?vost Paradol, cmbassador to Washington; M. Bellend, secretary of the sec? ond class al Washington, and M. Mormld, sec? retary of thc third class at Washington. -The London correspondent of the New York Tribune says that the women at the head ol'the suffrage niovament in England are not discouraged by their recent defeat in Parlia? ment, bitter as it was after the t Asie of victory they dad enjoyed lor a moment. They keep up their organization and effort Much en? couragement is given them by the effective co? operation of Lady Amberley, tho daughter of one poer and thc wife fol another, wno, in a recent speech at Stroud, urged the claim ol women to equal social, political and industrial rights. The writer thinks If Lady Amberley can convert the women iu her own circle, thc work will be done. -S"? WASHINGTON. The Currency Bill Passed by th? House. i [FROM TUE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] WASHINGTON, June 15. The evidence in the case of General How? ard, charged with corruption in the adminis? tration of the Freedman's Bureau, has been closed. The committee will carefully overhaul the testimony, which will probably occupy the remainder of the session. The case was closed with a long statement from Howard. Admiral Lee succeed^ Admiral Poor in com? mand of the North Atlantic Squadron, with headquarters in Cuban waters. SENATE. A protest was presented from New York shipowners against granting American regis? ters to foreign built ships. Among the signers are Moses Taylor and Cornelius Vanderbilt. A bill was passed granting land to a Florida railroad. The discussion on Cuba last night was vio? lent. Several Republicans attacked Grant's message. HOUSE. In the House, the Committee on Ways and Means reported a bill relieving coal from duty. It was referred to a committee of the whole. It excludes the coal traffic both at home and abroad from all kinds of taxation, whether tariff, stamtf income tax or tonnage, and makes a clean sweep of revenue from the coal table. Tue bill, after some discussion, Was recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means, the minority claiming that the bill was not in accordance with the instructions of the House, and insisting that had the full commit? tee been present a different bill would have been reported. The House then resumed the consideration of the currency bill. The fourth section al? lows a bank in a State having an excess to re? move to a State in deficiency, taking with it its capital, circulation, Ac. The bill finally passed-yeas 98, nays 81. It goes to the Sen? ate. The debate to-day on the Cuba resolutions was exciting, especially between Butler, who opposed the declaration of belligerency, and Logan, who advocated it. Bingham introduced a compromise amend? ment, authorizing the President to use his good offices In restoring peace between Spain and the Cubans. It Is thought that this may be adopted. Pending Its consideration, the House adjourned. HOLDEN IMITATES SCOTT. RALSIOH, June 15. Governer Holden has issued orders to the different, military divisions ol the 8tate, lor the formation of a regiment ol State troops for ac? tive service, to be made up of white volunteers If they can be obtained; if not, negroes will be enlisted. He also orders the immediate enrol? ment of the militia, with Instructions toset apart a special number of mounted men In each regiment, to be used as a reserve. SQUALL ON CHESAPEAKE BAT. FORTRESS MONROE. June 16. A violent squall struck B?rne vessels lylhir at anchor In Great Wycomlco, about sixty miles up tlie bay, on Saturday evening, capsizing three schooners, one the Viola, of Cusfleld. No lives lost. On reaching the land It uprooted trees, blew ont windows and doors, and did much damage to crops. It covered a space about a mile wide. STB ANGE PHENOMENA. SAN FRANCISCO, June 15. The steamship Republic arrived from Hong Kong May 12th. An earthquake had occurred in Japan which ls said to have been the severest since 1855. Reports are meagre. Several vil? lages were destroyed. The volcano on the Island of Nypshone, quiet for a century, was In violent eruption. The captain of the bark Benefactress reports a volcano at sea, two hundred miles from Yok? ohama. Some portions of the volcano, rising above the sea, were seen from the deck of the vessel. The water around the volcano seemed boiling. THE BLUE RIDGE INJUNCTION. COLUMBIA, June 15. Judge Melton this morning flied his order dissolving the injunction against the Blue Ridge Railroad. REFORM IN BEAUFORT. Mass Meeting at Hickory Hill-Appoint? ment of Delegates to Columbia-A Colored Speaker Unmasks the Rascal. Ules of thc Radicals. [REPORTED FOR THE NEWS.] In response to u published call, a mass meet Ins of the citizens of Beaufort County was held at Hickory Hill, on the 11th instant, to elect delegates to the Stale Reform Conven? tion to be held at Columbia on the 15th inlRuit. About noon Mr. A. J. Gill called for order, and moved that J. C. Davant, Esq., be invited to take the chair. This m otion having prevailed by a unanimous vote, the chairman proceeded to state succinctly the objects of the meeting, to Impress the necessities of retrenchment and reform, to urge the indispensability of co? operation for success, to trace the lines of the proposed party as indifferent to the bounda? ries or all national parties, and to exhort the people to rise in their majesty to vindicate their supremacy, and to drive out every usurper. Mr. B. R. Lewis was requested to act as sec? retary, and the chairman announced that the meeting was ready for business. Mr. II. Bostick moved that a suitable com? mittee be appointed to nominate delegates to represent the county In the approaching Con? vention at Columbia. This motion prevailed, and the chairman appointed Messrs. B. R. Bostick, Marcus French, 0. H. Hoover, Ellas Ryan. J. L. Fitts. Pat Terry, F. Johnston, Hec? tor Loadholdt, J. J. Gooding, Seaborn Dray? ton, P. E. Terry, Warner Giles, S. J. Lewis, ami Edward Dopson. The committee having retired, Dr. H. W. C. Folk moved that a committee ol three be appointed to wait on Colonel H. C. Smart, with an invitation to address the meet? ing. The Commitle on Delegation reported as fol? lows: Colonel G. P. Elliott, Colonel II C. Smart, J. C. Davant, Esq., Rev. Elias Ryan, Hi-nrv McBride, S. C. Millett, Colonel J. A. 'fison, Erwin Robertson, Colonel C. J. Colcock, H. lt. Williams, Major W. G. Roberds, Marcus French, Rev. Seaborn Drayton. Phillp Jen? nings, Colonel A. M Martin, and Rev. Abram Lewis. The motion was to adopt the report, when ColoneLSinart rose, returned his thanks for Hie distinction showed him, led the audience through all the ramifications of State and Na? tional politics, along the pathways ol' virtuous and wise statesmanship, by the resting places of Jefferson and Henry, Webster and Clay, Mayne and Calhoun, and implored these spir? its to. hover over the destinies ol'smitten South Caroiina, and Inspire lier to rise from the ashes ot her former self. He demonstrated to every mind, bv clear, forcible, convincing con trast between tbe past and the present, the in? roads upon every Individual's pocket, made by the taxation ol' men chosen only because of the adoption of a party name-the name of a party brought forth by national politics, reared to huge proportions for national ends, and having no connection with the interests of South Carolina. He' then- appealed to those but recently born Into citizenship to know how long they would regard with suspicion those they knew best, and how long trust the "sounding brass and tinkling cymbal" of se? ductive professions. Colonel Smart was followed by Rev. Elias Ryan, colored, who said that he had voted the Radical ticket every time, but, with the help of God, he'd never vote it again. He said every? body had been taxed for having anything and for expecting anything; they had been forced to pay for schools, and j et. there are no schools; lo support the infirm, and yee they are unaid? ed. He wanted to know where the money had gone, If not In some vagabond Radical's railroad speculation or in his pocket. He said, if such would only go back to their rail-split? ting or manuro-carting, all classes would live here In peace and plenty, and like brothers all born in the same countrv; and that South Carolinians who had made South Carolina a prosperous and happy State, and kept her so a long time, could do it again with? out any Radical taxation. For his part, he knew his friends and gentlemen from mean, sneak? ing "pocket-pickers." He said he was asham? ed that some of the white men In the county would not come out to meetings or to vote, because they haven't got much to pay tax on and don't care. Who is the taxpayer after all ? Not the man who makes that box of matches, and has to buy a stamp to put on it. When you come to buy it don't you have to pay lor the stamp and the box of matches, too ? And that makes us laborers pay for a stamp to put on the sweat of our faces. Tbe report of the Committee on Delegation was then called up and unanimously adopted, when the meeting adjourned. THE HATH OE THE* WAE. A Reminiscence by John Mitelu I. The following extract from the war Journal of John Mitchel, the distinguished Irishman, will be read with interest: RICHMOND, January. 1864. During the late months, I have obtained, from time to time, only few intimations, and at long intervals, of how It has fared wita my family In Ireland. A mercantile firm in Balti? more has been good enough to receive letters for me, and then to send them to me through the guarded Unes as occasion offered. So I knew not, all through the month of January, that my wife, with my two little daughters, was at sea, on board one of the small blockade running steamers, on their way to Virginia. I should never bare given my sanction to their enterprise, if I had known of it; yet the step they took was very natural. My wife knew that not only tier eldest daughter was dead in Paris, bul that ber youngest son had fallen In the held at Gettysburg. She could not know at what moment she might hear of the slaugh? ter nf lier two other sons, both engaged In the very fore-lrontof the war-one In South Caro? lina, the other in Virginia: and at last she had determined, without consulting me. to attempt the running of the blockade by means of such vessels as were available. Our Irlends in Ire laud had heard a great deal of our privations In these blockaded ?states; a matter which was al? ways greatly exaggerated In the North, and those privations hau been dwelt upon compla? cently In Yankee newspapers. They all thought we were almost starving and almost naked; and at last my wife had determined to run the gauntlet. She would at least see her children belore. .they would be all killed, aud would bring us some supplies. Ac? cordingly she had set to work In If eland, by help ol our friends there, to collect such stores ol'various kinds as were said lo be most scarce amongst us. She had purchased materials for Clothing, boots und slioc?, u'u und cottee, (l'or the ntorles of our rye coffee Imo Peen current over the world,) and had caused these stores to be packed In cases and shipped ut Plymouth on board the Vesta, oue of tho little swift Confederate steam vessels, bound to Wilming? ton, N. C. She brought away our youngest daughter from her convent school in Paris, and started with the two girls In this misera? ble little Vesta, knowing that she was running imminent risk ot capture by tbe Yankee block? ading squadron. Ol'all this I knew nothing, and so much the better for me. I believed my family to be still amongst our friends In Ire laud. They made their voyage salely and pleasant? ly enough as far as Bermuda; and, after a de? lay of a few days there, set forth again to en? counter the greater and most serious danger, that ot capture by the Yankee blockade-run? ning squadron. Coming near the coast of North Carolina, the lillie Vesta verysoou found herself chased by some eight or ten Federal shlps-of-war. For several hours she was under Ure, and shot and shell tore through her rlgglug; but the Vesta was very fleet, was gaining ground upon her pursurers, and having good prospect now of running Into Cape Fear River, when it was found that the fuel was exhausted. A large part of the cargo consisted of bacon, shipped for the Confederate Commissary Department. This bacon was, without scruple, used as fuel, and was thrown Into the fire. Steam was thus kept up, and the Utile Vesta actu? ally ran past and through her pursurers; and when night fell was ont of their reach and on the direct course for Cape Fear River. Now, the captain of the Vesta was an Englishman an officer supplied by Messrs. Collie & Co., who bud built and loaded ihe vessel for the Cunlud erate service. The first mate was an English? man; and, so soon as night came un, and il was evident that the Vesta had run through the blockading squadron, aud lhere was noth? ing to hinder lier to come to her port, this cap? tain and ibis mate made themselves drunk, and it became evident tliat some mischief was afoot. When men are about to commit some pecul? iarly atrocious vllluny, lt ls always a great comfort to them to make themselves drunk. Alarm soon began to spread on board the Vesta. My wile und iwo daughters were the only ladles o? board; but lt fortunately happened thal three or four "Confederate naval officers were passengers, who had been at Bermuda upon some special mission. These gentlemen placed themselves at tho disposition of my wife, and kepi an eye on the doings of the captain. Soon he and the llrst mate were rolling and tumb? ling in their drunkenness; all discipline and order were lost; and at last the vessel was ? turned straight for the beach, "bows-on," and run ashore. 'Ihe few passengers bad scarcely time allowed them to come ashore in boats, willi such small bugguge as they bad lu their staterooms, and were thrown out upon a baro, sandy Island, In Hie middle ol' a bleak winter's night, when Hie drunken captain whose name was Eustace-set fire to ship aud cargo; and then my wile, crouching on Hie bare sand, with ber two little girls, saw the Vesta set lire to by the captain, and all that she bad In the world burned up. Th? otlicers I have mentioned stood by lier, and even attempted to save something for her, but in vuln. A miserable niglil they spent on that naked beach, without Shelter and with? out Ure. They were all nearly dead when morn? ing broke and showed Hiern that they were not even on Hie shore of North Carolina, but on one of those sandy spits which bonier the main? land, divided from it by shallow lagoons. They found means to cross inls lagoon, but were then sixty miles from Wilmington, on thc dreary strand, where u sluggish creek called Lit? tle River makes the boundary line be? tween North aud South Caroliua. A more dismal situation could scarcely be con? ceived, and but for Hie worthy young Confederate officers, it would be han! to say what might have become ol them. Captain and mate had disappeared. A short way inland, however, they found a mis? erable nut: und some ol' the gentlemen having established the helpless ones in this sheller, sel out to look for a wagon to bring the party through the marshes in thc direction ol' Wil? mington. It was a sad and sorry Journey, and there was not much to eat; but, at last, "by good heart and Our Ladye's grace," they won as far us Wilmington; and Hum, for the first lime. 1, who still thought Hiern safe and quiet in the County Down, had a telegraphic mes? sage that my wife and two daughters were at Wilmington, and would come on by the nexi train lo Richmond. Here was to be an arrival ! AGENTS WANTED, TO SELL THE only really good low priced SEWING MA? CHINE Sample complete to agents only $12. From i'i to $200 pur month und expenses paid to ener? getic ageuts, male pr female. Send for circular or sample Machine, and commence canvassing In your own neighborhood. Address BAKER SEW? ING MACHINE CO., Cleveland, Ohio. may3-3mos* Snmtai Notices. VALENTINE.-Died on tho 14th Instant, In the Goth year of her age, Mrs. P. VALENTINE, relic; of the late Samuel Valentine. ?S-TRE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND acquaintances of Urs. F. 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