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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1360. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. WASHINGTON. PASSAGE OP ANOTHER GEORGIA B I r X . ; PROM TUE ASSOCIATED PRS6S.] ^ ' WASHTKOTON, June 24. Hoar's resignation takes offset upon the ap? pointment and qualification ai his successor. Akerman is here, but the impression exist? in high quarters that the formalities preceding his qualification wili require a month. The President hos signed the Department of Justice bili, which greatly Increases the pat? ronage of the Attorney-General. Hoar will' continue to exerolse the functions of the office until Akerman can qualify; during which time the patronage of the Department of Justice will have .been expended. The revenue to-day ls nearly a million. General Longstreet is here. There will be a majority and a minority re? port upon the Imprisonment of Hatch in San Domingo. The majority repo.; exonerates fjfn^ral Babcock. -J. P. Root, of Kansas, has been nominated as minister to Chile, Stanislaus Gautier as con? sul at Cape Hay tl, Jas. C. Bennett, of Kansas, as'consul at Chihuahua, Chas. T. Gorman as minister to the Hague. The Washington Express says that the Presi? dent has himself declared that he intends to . remove Minister Motley, but it ls untrue, as has been stated, that the President intends Hr. Fish to take his place. The President has never so intimated to Fish, although the latter can have the mission if he wants lt. The Secretary of the Treasury has directed the payment of the interest due July 1st, on and after Tuesday nest, without rebate. The National Base Ball Club beat the Olym? pics to-day, score 23 to 14, leaving tho Nation? al* the champion?f th* South. The President has signed the bill for paying loyafacltizens for taking the census of 1860. gi . af SENATE. -The Senate, after a long debate, adopted gpafciendmeDt, placing General Fremont's ? "head of the incorporators of the ii 1 road by a vote of 31 to C. The total ?Ter of-incorporators is now one hundred i sixteen. The Senat? buX making 4th of July, Christ? mas day, New Year's Day, and Thanksgiving days, legal holidays in the District of Colum? bia, passed and goes to the President. Upon the Cuban question Fowler and Thur? man spoke against Sumner. Thurman said the resolutions were very grandiloquent, but what good would this piece of rhetoric do the Cifeans ? He was in favor of saying to Spain, and in the simplest words in which lt can be expressed, that she not only ought to recog? nize the independence of Cuba, but must do it He moved to strike out the second and third resolutions. Casserly also spoke against the resolutions. The Tax bill wai then taken up, and the in? come tax stricken out-34 to 23. The bill was made the special order for Monday. The bill for the new apportionment of Con? gressional representation was introduced. House. The bili authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to license pleasure yachts passed. The Georgia bill was resumed. Schofield argued that the term of the Legislature com? menced with the Ufe of the State. Ii the State was admitted in 1868, the term commenced then.. If the State requires this bUl for ad? mission, the legislative term commences with its passage. Farnsworth supported his amendment, which in effect elects a new Leg? islature this fal), contending that when legis? lators commenced work their term of office commenced. He declared the effect of But? ter's bili was to Illegally extend the legislative term to 1872, and the Governor's term to 187 <. Bingham followed, opposing the bill. Alter a prolonged discussion, and a decided negative vote upon the mixed schools clause, the Georgia bul was passed in the following shape. l. Be it enacted, That the State ot Georgia having compiled with the Reconstruction acts and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments toffee Constitution of the United States, and having been ratified in good faith by a legal Legislature of said State, it is hereby declared that the State ol Georgia is entitled to repre? sentation In the Congress of the United States; but nothing in this act contained shall be con? strued to deprive the people of Georgia of their right to an election for members of the General Assembly of said State, os provided for in the Constitution of said State. SEC. 2. That so much of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 18C8, and for other purposes." approved March 2, 18C7, as prohibits the organization, arming or caMfbg into service of the militia forcea in the States of Georgia, Mississippi, Texas and Vir? ginia, be and the same ls hereby repealed. Aile* otter unimportant business, ad? journ .-d. ADDRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN. WASHINGTON, June 24. ' The D?mocrate members an 1 senators have issued un address, in which it ls stated that upon the Legislatures elected this year de? pends the character of nearly one-third of the United States senators; and upon the fall elec? tions depends the character of the next Con? gress. They have sttong reasons to hope for favorable results, and by their SoutherS fel? low-citizens, not to risk any loss by electing to Congress persons who cannot take the test oath, or ar; under the disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth amendment. Such persons will certainly be excluded. *. A full Congressional Committee was ap poi?t?i._ EVROPE. Xhe Crops. % LONDON, June 24 Telegrams from various parts of the country report showers, greatly helping the crops, though the weather ls still warm and the ground dry. - The Irish cables are restored. Communica? tion ls perfect._ ? SOUTH AMERI0H. Rio JANEIRO, June 20. . The treaty between the Allies and Paraguay is not signed. A 4)111 recently introduced In the Brazillian Chambers makes free all chil? dren born after its passage. THE NEW DOMINION. OTTAWA, June 24. The Canadian delegate to England is instruc? ted to demand an indemnity for past Feniun raids and protection against them in future; also td urge the granting of aid to a Canadian Pacific Railroad. _ ? ANOTHER MASQUERADER. WASHINGTON, June 24. Advices from London at the State Depart? ment report the Incarceration of the American Cons# at Leith, Scotland, for misdemeanor in connection with the Boulton masquerade. FIASCO. THE BEGINNING OF THE END. Miserable Failure of tile Columbia Mass M.etins-V Loyal League Fias? co-The Pardon Business. 'FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLOMBIA, June 23. The grand rally of the eorruptionists last night was a tame affair. The big gun o? the occasion was H?ge, and the name of H?ge has ceased to be a rallying cry or the Republican fairly. He ls without power-to lead any party now, and I have heard influential Republicans earnestly hope that he may soon reach Whlttemore's goal. Alfter H?ge, came Dun? bar, and Tomlinson, and Worthington. Dunbar and Worthington are comparatively new names to this auditory, and our negroes are beginning to get tired of new names. They have helped to-?gorge about enough of these adventarers. They begin to ask where it 4s to end. They begin to demand these fat , offices for themselves. The State auditor, however, is an old stand-by, and he is fond of presenting his rot und person before all man? ner of gatherings, but the huzzas that he evokes are not so hearty as were tho se of a year or two ago. Upon the whole, this rally was not a large success. Neither in numbers present, nor in spirit, was it up to what a grand rally might have been. It was tame. It was wanting in a certain unity ot interests and feelings which once existed between nie negro and the carpet-bagger. A LEAGUE FIASCO. A short time ago a meeting was held at Ridgeway, in Fairfield County, for the avowed purpose of reorganizing the leaguists. Run. ners had been rallying the former members for ten days or more, observed and noted by tue citizens; and when the day of meeting came, one of the citizens who was present at Ridgeway thinks hardly a dozen negroes met. They are sick of that kind of thing. COURTS. Judge Green is holding an extra session of the Court of Common Fleas in Columbia, be? ginning last Monday. He takes the place of Judge Melton in this extra session, as a per? sonal favor to the lattes; and is said to dis? patch business in a style peculiar to himself rapid, accurate, and shorn, as far as in him lies, of all the tedium ot the law's delays. The bar speak In high terms of his singular faculty of expediting business, with no sacrifice of ac? curacy or thoroughness. The session may hold a week or ten days longer, ns the civil docket is heavy with accumulated cases. MIISCELLANEOCS. ? The board of trustees of the Columbia Fe? male College have concluded to extended the lease of their building-the Nickerson House, kept by Mr Wright-beyond the term of the present arrangement. T?tere ls, therefore, little if any prospect of the exercises of the col? lege being resumed in several years, and the building ls to be continued as a hotel under Mr. Wright. It is understood that the Southern College, now located at Newberry, is to be removed to Colnmbia, and the exercises continued by the faculty in temporary quarters, until provision be made for erecting suitable buildings. The number of deaths of colored persons, in Columbia averages about thirty a month one month lt was thirty-five-while the mort? uary exhibit of the whites would, my inform? ant estimates, hardly reach six a month. There are no regular official returns In Columbia; and hence these conclusions may be at fault, but I Judge them to be very near the truth. One of our up-country weeklies recently stated, on the authority, of John Mills, (who had himself been pardoned a three years' sen? tence passed on him last coijrt, ) "that Gover? nor Scott had pardoned him and about forty other prisoners, and Intended to pardon about one hundred and twenty more In a few days." Now, within trie last few days there ls a rumor about Columbia to the effect that the Governor has pardoned twenty-five more convictsjKow, these rumors, IF true, contain matters that our people are entitled to be informed of; and if they are not true, they do injustice to the Governor. If his Excellency would allow the exact facts to traspire regularly, there would be no chance for such rumors to arise; and If bis Excellency has no reason lo conceal his pardons, the community sees no reaso?vhy it shcruld not at least be warned of the danger, whenever his Excellency, has turned loose upon it a new batch of felons to prey upon it. His last official report showed an average of over thirteen and a half pardons a month for the ten months preceding the report. The optnlon of Judge Melton in the Bine Ridge injunction case has not been flied, but is daily expected. CORSAIR. HIGH TIMES IN iHE TEXAS LEGIS LAT URE. GALVESTON, June 24. Thc Hnitjjfc nu?Lm bill has been passed by the Senate by a vw^er 15 to 5. The Conservative senators not desiring to vote, left the oiamber, but were brought back by the sergeant-at arms. Eight senators who refused to vote are still under arrest. A correspondent who des? ignated Messrs. Geo. Davis and oilier senators as "lobbyists," bas been expelled from the Legislature. SB. I li K S FROM THE WIRES. The argument in the case of Gollern! W. T. Bennett, ex-supervisor o* Internal Revenue of North Carolina, charged with improper con? duct while in office, was given to the jury on Thursday. The Jury hangs, and it is thought that no verdict will be reached. FLASHES FROM THE CABLE. The Spanish government proposes to con? solidate the laws. Thc Czar of Russia is at Stuttgardt on a visit. The Bank of Amsterdam has reduced the minimum rate of interest to 3 per cent. The yachts Cambria and Sappho leave Queenstown on the 4th of July for a race across the Atlantic. The subject of the undue amount of work thrust upon the saleswomen in the leading dry goqds stores in the city is beginning to at? tract the attention of thc New York press. One great source of complaint lies in the fact that In many of thc stores the girls are obliged to 6tand up all day long. At oilier places slats are provided behind the cotinter for the girls to lean on, and foot-rests for their feet. In other stores again lhere ls no rule whatever against sitting down when business will allow it. The male clerks at Stewart's are obliged to stand up all day, and are fined if they sit down for a minute. On the other baud, there ajf many store girls who'like to stand up, and get so used to it that they don't mind it all. They say they are not able to waik a mile a day, but they will stand up all day without a THE CELESTIAL WAVE. HOW THE CHINESE SHOEMAKERS DOWN EAST ARE GETTING ON. The Interior or Mr. Sampson's Work? shop-"No Scabs or Rats Admitted Here"-The Celestials1 First Lust Their Determined Straggle willi a Yankee Pegger-How the Chinamen Learn. [Correspondence of the Boston Advertiser.] NORTH ADAMS. MASS., June 17. * It is only in the bottomers' room pf his fac? tory that Mr. Sampson proposes to use bis Chinese labor. For the other departments, the cutting, the fashioning, and sewing the uppers of i he shoes, he intends to depend on the few white workmen who have stood by him, and the force of girls long in bis employ. The Crispins are striving their utmost to get these away from him by every argu? ment, falsehood, persuasion and threat in the power of men to invent; but should they succeed, they will only precipitate the su? icide of their own order, for Mr. Sampson will at once divide his corps of Chinamen among the different rooms, teach them the other de? partments of the trade, and then fill up the ranks by fresh recruits from California. I do .aot think, however, that he wiil be driven to this extremity; the cutters and other workmen remaining with him being men of natural inde? pendence, and moreover havlngalready taken a liking to the new apprentices for the enthusi? asm with which they take hold of the study of their trade, while if the women of the upper rooms are so foolish as to quit their benches, there ought to be enough to supply their pla? ces fn the multitude of ''starving workwomen" of whom Massachusetts has heard so much. TUE BOTTOMERS' ROOM Ci OLDEN TIME. Let us go then to the bottomers' room. As we ascend the stairs, a scrawled inscription on the wall. "No scabs or rats admitted here," re? minds us of the recent occupancy of the room by workmen of another class; and a big blotch of black, hardly obliterated by the*fresh white? wash, testifies to the sort of frolic indulged in by the late tenants, to whom the hurling of a quart bottle of ink across the room at the head of a fellow workman was a pleasant Joke. There will be little of th's Jocularity among the new shoemakers, and as little of the shout? ing of insults and ribaldry to ladles passing In 'the street, which was among the scandals of the old r?gime. The room seems nearly empty; for in this difficult and -delicate business of teaching a trade to pupils who can neither ask questions nor receive explanations, a multitude makes confusion and obstructs progress, so il has been thought wise to instruct a few at a time. Two "gaqgs" or "teams" have been selected to begin with, and the rest of the colony are left down stairs, as we have seen in a former letter, to amuse and instruct themselves in their own way. The dozen men chosen crowd round the two benches al which the instructors stand, all eagerness and silent attention. TUE MEX Wno TEACH TUE CHINAMEN. The Instructors themselves are worth a word in passing. One ls an Independent workman who has been long In Mr. Sampson's employ. The other. Mr. Robbins, of .Springfleld, is a veteran shoe manufacturer, who has himself bnd some troubles from Crispin bands, and has been engnged especially for this purpose, being a typical New Englander, with a good deal of strength of character and firmness of purpose. He ls an entire stranger ir? North Adams, yet, within an hour after he had arriv? ed in town on Wednesday, and as soon as he bad been seen visiting thu factory he was accost? ed In the street by one man after anot her wit li mysterious and awful hints, with information that there is much more money to be made by leaving town than by staying in it, with kind suggestions that bis employer Is an unsafe man to work for, never doing as he agrees to, and so forth. "I heard all they bad to say,"says Mr. Robbins grimly; but from a twinkle In his eye it ie easy lo imagine that he did not eu courage his volunteer advisers to say more. TIIK CHINAMEN LEARNING QOICKLY. I have said that the new pupils look on silently at the work of lasting, pegging, trim? ming done for their instruction. They say very little, but seem all eyes and attention. Otie-of them seems particularly quick in catch? ing the ideas Hie teacher strives to impart in dumb show. It is our young frle.id, Ah My. "That ls a smart boy," whispers the instruct or to us, behind his hand. But Ah My'B quick ears catch the word, and Ah My has made such rapid progress in Eng? lish since yesterday, that he can '.inderstand them. There ls an evident sincerity of modesty in the way he shakes bis head. "No smart. Me foolee. You velly smart." They have all caught the names ol' the tools, too, and if a call Is made for the hammer or the knife, they repeat thc- semi very correct? ly, and dive aRer the implement willi thc eagerness of children. TUE STRUGGLE WITH TOE PEGGING MACHINE. These two gangs are learning to last, trim and flulsh the shoes. In another corner of the room three Chinamen have set themselves the task of mastering the pegging machine. This ' consummate specimen ol Yankee Invention ! Deeds a good deal of skill in the handling, ns all can tell who have seen the devious course in which Hie curves of the soie are carried around the swifting, falling punching and driv? ing apparatus. The foot ami both hands need I to be busy, and Hie eyes on Hie alert. But to learn the combined movement, practice is ' more efficacious than precept; so these three apprentices, having been shown the rudiments, are working away at their task by themselves, i taking turns at" the machine. The way in which the last will fly out at the wrong moment from under the awl, seems enough to discour? age anybody; but they ure not discouraged, but indicate approbation or disapprobation at each other's varying success willi low exclama? tions, and stick lo the Job after more failures than Robert Bruce's famous spider, with a per? sistency which promises the spider's ultimate success. They have one grace which the spider is not shown by the record to have pos [ sessed, in a modesty approaching to shyness, so that wliile w6 stand watching close by, or while a friendly bevy of girls from up stairs are looking on. Hie unruly machine swings about more wildly than ever. But withdraw j to the other end of the room, and look at them I furtively now and them, and we sjiull see that with every trial they tread the path of lm proveaaent toward perfection. THE CHINAMEN ALREADY MAKING SHOES. Your correspondent llrsl visited the work? shop on Thursday morning, two or three hours after the work of teaching had begun, and saw the slate of affairs be has endeavored to describe-lite instructors working slowly and silently. Hie uuplls silently watching every motion. Tilings looked encouraging, indeed": but they looked as if a long job had been be? gun, which the luck of language to communi? cate Hie simplest ideas would make tedious and difficult. Ho went lhere ajfuln on Thurs? day ufleruoon, six hours later ill tho day, and behold, Hie two "teams" wore working at their benches, each man doing lils appointed part in the completion of the shoe, and a heap of finished shoes testifying to the success of their first essuya. 11 seems linne enough in the telling, bat to Ute'actual observer it appeared almost a miracle. Ali My and iii.-; friends no longer watcli the teacher; they work away themselves in a business-like iasliion, while the teacher watches them, but are ready to accept the slightest pantomimic hint iVoin bim as to any Inaccuracy or awkward method in their work, mid sure to correct Hie error the next time. FRENCH AND IRISH SHOEMAKERS IN TUE SHADE. Tiie Instructor's brows no longer contract willi anxiety and doubt at ilie obstacles lo bu overcome, but Iiis eyes -rleam with pleasure us lie points to lilis pr that Celestial mechante and whispers : " I liiUflellowr sir, is going to make a splendid workman !" Mr. Sampsonis natur? ally exuliant at the success, substantially as? sured Huts early of the venture which a lew weeks ago seemed to involve so mucbsrUk and required so much courage. "That shoe," he says, affectionately handling one which lias been turned out ready lor mar? ket; "that shoe is as good as any one you could pick out. of a hundred cases down stairs which the Crispins made." And, indeed, these Celestial mechanics have a nicety of touch and careful method that far surpass the traits or thc average French audIrish shoemakers,who control the lodges und dictate the grade of work to be done in the western part of the State. A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH AN MON PEO. It is said that one of them this morning bav lng seen the teacher bend by accident one of the iron pegs at a certain point in the circuit of the sole, himself bent a peg at the same Eoint in making his next shoe. But what I ave seen I am inclined to think many of the stories which come to us of the slavishness of Chinese imitation, are the offspring of the exu? berant humor of the Pacific coast, and that the conscientious faithfulness of the performance of every detail of an assigned task, which gives rise to these tales, is not inconsistent with a good degree of independent Judgment and sagacity on the part of the workman, promising the best results in Up quality of his work. The sort of shoes which Mr. ' Sampson turns out those for ladies' wear, laced or buttoned high about the ankle, which would be called boots in the retail stores by clerks and customers-r? are particularly adapted for this kind of labor, and I shall be mistaken if the Chinese-made foods do not presently take rank as the most esirable in New England. As we passjout of the bottomer's room, we notice that ?ur three friends are still taking turns at wrestling with the pegger, cheerful and undaunted as ever, and with great pro? gress since the morning trials. THE GIRLS AFRAID OF THE CHINESE. North Adams, as a whole, is almost as much Interested in the contending influences now at work here as are the Crispins as a class. Mr. Sampson's pay roll in days post hos averaged two thousand dollars a week, and the money disbursed hythe other shoe pianufacturers has made the amount paid out here for labor in this branch of industry five thousand dollars per week. All this has been spent at once in the town-most of the unthrifty Crispins, indeed, being in such haste to get rid of their earnings that they have worked but about four days of the seven, devoting the rest too generally to dissipation. Naturally the small traders of a certain class see a very dark prospect In the possible substitution for these lavish fellows of a class who spend no money for whiskey or for tobacco, or for the various groceries which are the necessities of a family of Caucasian stock. Both sexes arc Interested; for there are smart girls in North Adams who earn a hundred dollars a month m the shoe-shops, and have leisure for amusement besides, and there ls little doubt that a Chinaman could do the same work as deltly and as ewiitly for a quarter the wages. THE CUINESE AFTER THE HOOSAC TUNNEL. The great enterprise to the success of which every Inhabitant looks forward as if it were to be the making of his Individual fortune is involved; for the Hoosac Tunnel ls in the hands of bold contractors, who will not hesi? tate to make a revolution in their labor, if it shall prove expedient. But the interest ex? tends far beyond North Adams. Every large town in Massachusetts is identified more or less with the shoe trade, which the Innovation of this week most directly affects. Every manufacture in thc country has felt to some extent the influence of trades unions, for whicli the most powerful enemy has now been discovered. # A JERSEYMAN WANTS SOME CHINAMEN. Already a manufacturer of shirts from New Jersey has been here to look on at the experi? ment, and has gone home resolved to make at once a larger Importation of laborers than Mr. sampson's for his own factory. It is impossi? ble to enumerate tile bearings which this In? cident winch the Crispins'have precipitated upon us may have, or lo over-estimate the im - poonce of its results. The most superficial contemplation of the subject opens up ques? tions whicli arc themes for the speculations of the social science philosopher, the statesman, Hie political economist; but with the state? ment of facts upon which their discussions may proceed, tho duly of the special corres? pondent is complete. A COOL PIECE OF WORK. The Loainvlllc, Ky., Bani: Robbery During Exploit? of th? Thieves, ?fcc. From the Louisville, Ky., Journal, of Satur? day lust, we take these particulars ol' t he dar? ing bank robbery In that city last Friday after? noon: Mr. Henry L. Pope, who for the last twenty live or thirty years has held the position of cashier ol the Mechanics' Batik, occasionally goes to the bank after business hours, espe? cially during tho busy season, to count the cush, post the books, and finish up the busi? ness of the day. Yesterday. Mr. Pope went to dinner, and returned to the bank a little after 4 P.M. He sat down in the cashier's office, looked over the daily papers for a lew minutes, and then opened the vaults and cash drawers and commenced counting the money. He had been busily engaged in this manner for some time when suddenly two men advanced upon him from behind. The fore? most of the two men had n huge knife In his hand, and as he suddenly came upon Mr. Pope, made a menacing movement willi the knife; and said, "If you make a noise I will kill you," and at Hie same time threw a handful of snuff into Mr. Pope's eyes. The other mau then rushed up willi a heavy woollen shawl and threw it over Mr. Pope's head. The two men then seized hold of him am) dragged him into the back room and locked Hie door. They then hastily gathered np i*hat money there was in sight and made off. Tile cash belonging to thc bank was in the cash drawer and In a small safe in the large vault, both of which were open. They scooped the small safe clean, but when they came to the cash drawer they were more particularly, only emptying the com? partments containing large hills. Scrip ami one and two dollar bills were thrown aside willi contempt. They wert evidently in a great hurry, and grabbed up the money hasti? ly, as ono package containing one thousand dollars was found lying on the iloor Immedi? ately beneath Hie cash drawer. How the rob? bers got into the hank is a mystery, but the most, reasonable theory is that they slipped into the building during the day and secreted themselves In the back roon until Mr. l'ope returned from dinner. The Erst discovery of the robbery was made a few minutes before 8 o'clock last night. Mr. W. M. Lewis, a young man who sleeps lr. the hank, went there at that time last night, and upon enter? ing the bank, found Mr. Pope lying in the stairway, with lhc*shawl lying partly over him, and a bottle which had contained chloro? form near his side. He was insensible, hut by the application of cold water was re? stored to consciousness. A lirge glass bottle ' partly lilied willi chloroform, a napkin which had been saturated with chloroformed a huge knife with a blade nearly cklit inches long, were found on the table. ASfcisty count of the cash was made, us it was Inpossible during the hurry ami excitement to a-icertnin exactly the amount taken, but as lar as eould be.as? certained last night about SUiOUO In currency was missing. Piled on the sielves in boxes were the special deposits of ti e bank, consist? ing of cash and bonds to the umotini of several hundred thousand dollars, which the robbers had overlooked. Mr. Pope was made very 111 by his rough treal ment, and Iud not fully* re? covered up lo ?i late hour last night. All the avenues leading from-1 he city were guarded Inst night, and erer? effort will be made to bring t he bold villains to justice. Tills is Hie second attempt which has bee] made to rob this same bunk in open dayligl.t. The first ift> tempt was ti highly Inrglcai affair, and oc? curred about thirty years ago. The story, as well us can te remembered now, is about as follows : Mr. Parker, who was the cushier of the b ink, hud a friend, u Cup lain Dix. of Maysvill?, who was lu the habit of dropping into Hie bunk occasionally. Mr. H. S. Julian, of ibis city, was also un o'f^jeer ol' the bunk, whicli was then totaled on Main street, between Second and Thud. Al the din? ner hour .Julinu would go to lits (limier und re? turn and relieve Purker. Upon the day in question Captain Dix went ino the bunk, while Jitliun was absent at dinner, and after looking over the papers and chatting awhile. Blipped up behind Parker., who VHS ai work al I his books, and struck him wit!.aslung-shot, I killing Jilin Instantly. Knowing that Julinu would return before he could possibly get. away with the booty, he del erm ned to lay in wall undkiil him also. ,?5 Julita pntercd llic front door Dix allocked him vim a slung shot, but thu blow glanced, utldJtdian closed with him. Dix thou struck lim with a concealed hammer, but without aiflic?ng scri qu8Injury. Jmoii then inuiiuimrtogcthold \ma chair, willi which he knocked Dix down. He i lieu run into Hie stree! und give the alarm. A crowd soon gathered, but us hey entered, Dix, seeing that his audacious tchetne was a failure, ami Hutt the penally for murder was more certain than ll is ni. present, drew a pistol und blew his bruins out befire Hie crowd could seize him. Mr. Henry L ?ope was ap? pointed cushier in place of the unfortunate Harker, and after a service of thirty years neat ly lost his life in defendlug *e properly ol'the bank. > THE LONG ROLL. fAKTXG READY TO GIVE RATTLE TO TEE EXEXIES OF TEE STATE. m The Work of ?he- Convention. [From the Newberry Herald.] The banner is now thrown to the breeze and binder its ample folds all good men and true will rally. The platfornjjoappcnded below is broad and liberal. The Reform Convention which consummated its glorious work in Columbia hall, last Thurs? day, was composed of some of the best men af the State, and they went right at. and finished the work they had to do In a brave, manly, liberal and statesmanlike manner. The con? vention was composed of Democrats and Re? publicans, who are a unit in the good work of Reform, and whose wisdom Is shown in the name adopted-Union Retorm Party. Standing upon the broad, liberal, middle ground of van? tage, with truth, and justice, and civil and Bolitical equality to alf men, the banner of talon Retorm will sooner or later oversha? dow the State with Its generous protection. We Shall Vote thc Ticket. [From the Wlnnsboro' Newa] It is well known that we favor every citizen of the State, without exception, giving his support to the administration of General Grant. We have cautiously waited, therefore, until we could read the full report of the proceed? ings of the Union Reform Convention, before taking a positive position, and, Indeed, before being able to have a positive opinion concern? ing lt, or the movement of which it forms a part. But we now give it our most emphatic and cordial support. - We had not supposed that liberal and enlightened thought had made such universal progress throughout the State as the platform, proceedings and nominations of the Convention prove to be the ?case. We congratulate the State. We rejoice and are full of hope for the future. Let us all work earnestly, since lt ls clear that this movement cannot be defeated ; for the defeat of Its candidates will surely make sympathizing friends of millions of American suffragans, yes, and thoroughgoing Republicans, too, outside of the Suite. Our colored citizens may therefore reject the offer of harmony, but at their peril. Were they wise, they would, by a free vote, prove them? selves worthy of the glorious gift of freedom, which God, using the passions and interests of men, bas graciously bestowed upon them. Thc Voice of Anderson. [From the Anderson Intelligencer.] We are unalterably opposed to the vllianies and corruptions practiced in high places, and will lend our feeble efforts to their exposure on every suitable occasion. We shall hope for good results In the approaching election, and will utter no word of discouragement to others more zealous and enthusiastic in support of the policy adopted. The platform adopted by the convention meets with our hearty and unqualified approval. It is a fair and honest recognition ol accomplished facts. The questions hitherto dividing the races in this State are permanently settled by this action of the conventioo, which was composed of white and colored delegates, lt was the first occasion, since thc present state of public affairs has been inaugurated, that representatives of both races met together In this capacity. The tone of the colored speakers was admirable, and evinced a clear percep? tion of the duties devolving upon their people towards Recuring nn honest and upright ad? ministration of the State Government. We ejrvould rejoice to know that their leading men, from the seaboard lo the mountains, were equally desirous of bringing about this refor? mation, and would assist in hurling from power and patronage the vampires who have fattened upon Ht? blood of the commonwealth for the last two years. The menning of Reform. [Krora the Camden Journal.] A set of vultures, harpies. Jackals and vam? pires are sucking to repletion tho very life? blood ol the SUte. ?? # . ? * . Men of Carolina ! citizens, native and adopt? ed, of all parties and races ! Honest people ! shall we make no effort to save thu ??tate troiu this incubus, that grinds us Into thc depth and dust of poverty and ruin ? Come to Hie platform of thc Union Reform party. It alone can promise* anything. It does promise an honest, lalthful and lust gov? ernment. ILS principles are wide, deep and truthful-lt excludes no honest man. It ten? ders good government and low taxes, and holds out to our distracted people the oliv? branch of peace-the horn of plenty-and the cup of prosperity. The banner ot Reform ls borne, os lt should be. by an honorable leader of the Republicans who has gracefully borne the honors of his party, from the organization of the new State government to the present time, without fear and without reproach. An able, zealous nnd competent, man, who stands almost alone as a champion fur the fume and honor of the Re? publican party, against the corruption and pre? judice which has disgraced it in South Caroli? na. His nomination will appeal to the hearty support of till honest and faithful Republicans, who seek the welfare of the party and the pro? gress of Its principles rather than their own aggrandizement, and must meet tho approval of their enlightened and unprejudiced leaders beyond the Slate. General Butler, bearing a name honored and distinguished in the annals of Hie country from the (lays of tho Revolution, a name that numbers its statesmen, Its warriors, its ruar ? ty rs to the starry banner of the Union, as well as I hat of Hie lost cause-himself not t hc least distinguished of lils noble race, is, all things considered, a most flt und pruner representa? tive man ol young Carolina, lie blends in his character, most happily, the prestige ol' the past with ibu prayers or the present and the nopes of tNfe future. Placed.before the people as tac unanimous nominee of the colored delegates in the Convention, and accepted by thal Dody by acclamation, lie concentrates iii himself the confidence and esteem ol' all good men, and represents that point ol union and harmony, In this movement, which promises so much of happiness and prosperity in a peaceful future. *Oar Platform. [From the EdgcOeld Advertiser. This hotly was undoubtedly inspired by high and earnest motives; and its platform is worihy of the occasion, and fully up to Hie progress of the age. Indeed lt is, after all, but a recogni? tion ol' the pre-existing rights of all classes and conditions, us declared in the ia'e amendments to the Constitution of the United Slates. But at the same time it is carefully worded, con sltVrulely weighed, and deliberately matured. It Is wide enough for all to stand upon, yel conservative; broad enough for the require? ments of the constitution, yet dignified; liberal enough tu meet the progressive spirit of the day, yet guarded anti discreet. It Is above all n simple and manly r?cogni? tion of the ja its accomplis ot tito war, and of Hie late incorporations into the Constitution" uf the L'nited States, which all good citi? zens are bjund to obey as the supr?me law of ?the land, so long ?LS they remain unrepeated. The platform ls simply in accord with the law of Hie lund: and no policy was intended, wu believe, but an hones. , earnest effort to reform Hu: present corrupt Government of thu State and to lend a quiet and dignified acquiescence to thc Constitution of the Union. ii******* Why then should not we gracefully accept anil endorse thc labor of the convention, and acknowledge this earnest and honest pial form as it dignified acquiescence in pre-existing rights, and as a wise desire lu relieve uur be? loved Slate from further anarchy and corrup? tion ? T li e Democratic View. [From i he Columbia Phoenix.] Our Democracy rises higher; und spreads fur wider Ulan tu be confined lo opposit ion to the negro man and his political status. In this re? spect we agree with the Augusta Constitution? alist, when it says : '.IL is true that the F?deral government was made by while men for wbltu mon; but notn Ing was done la its formation looking specially lo thu exclusion of negroes, if any ouu of the Slates, for itself, saw (it to admit them to citi? zenship or other political Tights. The Demo? cratic organization,therefore, should be plant? ed upon principles much higher, grander and nobler than bare opposition to the myro ;?/./;/, so-called. By such a course they would do great injustice to themselves and an injury tu their cause. They would sink (he sublimity ot Hie eternal truths ol' their lime-honored faith Into the miserable instincts ufa brutish an? tagonism of race. Thu Democratic party is th? party uf tile constitution. That name will suffice." jr, tiieretore. any uemocnu, is uispuaeu iu question the platform in its feature of eliminat? ing the issue of negro suffrage from the can? vass, he is behind the times. We believe that by the next Presidential canvass, the National Democracy will be disposed to do what we ob? serve Ohio did-viz : let this issue go. For us to resl6t tills wave ot universal suffrage is use? less, we believe. Better at once accept it, and purify and direct the waters as best we may. We take it that we are not unlike the Mis? sissippi planter who finds Iiis lowlands over? whelmed by the waters of the great river. The question with him is not whether he shall have the flood or not. but the question ls what "shall he do with it ?" How best shall he re? strain this deluge, and what fertilizing princi? ple can he extract from the waters. This, at least, is the question that we deem it our duty to consider. The Peculations of the Ring. [From the Anderson Intelligencer.] It is stated that Governor Scott has accumu? lated, during the past two years, a fortune of $250,000, and that he only asks the office of Governor for another term to enable him to retire on a competency. Will some mathema cian oblige us with the rule showing bow this amount could be honestly made in two years from a $5000 salary ? It is likewise stated that Goraptroller-General Neagle had to borrow money to defray his expenses to Columbia two years ago, and' that he is now worth $500,000. These statements are donb?ess exaggerated, but we would like to know exactly how much truth there ls in them. A Remedy for the Groaning Taxpayers. [From the Walhalla Courier.] ^ The people have found greater difficulty in meeting their taxes this year than last, though the amount levied is less. A heavy strain is often followed by a weakness difficult to over? come. Last year, the high basis and heavy percentage exhausted every surplus resource of our people, and the small crop has found them scarcely able to live this season. There is neither money nor provisions in' the country, and many cannot pay. Over 800 executions will be issued, and some against men owning considerable property. Thisls lamentable. How long will this state of things continue * Will the people tamely submit to this oppression with? out an effort to relieve themselves ? Look at the auditors, $1000; assessors, $1000; county commissioners, $1200; school commissioners, $1000; court expenses for State witnesses, &c., $1000; all unknown lo belter days and econ? omical government. Look at the constabu? lary, militia and thousand State expenses here? tofore unknown, and say shall these continue to exhaust our substance without any profit m return ? This is a practical question, and has mere common sense politics in it. The people must answer il at ihe polls, and those who are recreant to their duty should never again mur? mur or complain. KICKED OUT. The Decent Northern Press on the Re? jection of IVhlttemore. [From the New York Tribune.] The Bouse is happily rid of Mr. Wbitlemore. Ho retires to obscurity covered with odium only incrcaeed by bis paning threats of re lurmng auain to tbe i ext Congress. There only remains the duty of dismissing him with a word, and of commending the promptness ?rub which tho H mao disposed of bim. Tbe House, howovor, owes tho case further con? sideration. It lins virtually settled by its ro fusal to n ceivo Mr. Whittemore that a guilty member cannot escape tbe penalty of bis de? fence bv resignation after his exam in ition has begun. We are heartily clad that a merited rcbuko has been administered, that the good name of Congress lias been preserved from this last defilement, and that "a line has beeu drawn somewhere." [From the New York Herald.] Whittemore's loading characteristic is im? pudence; but wheo ho tried to bully the House as he bullied hts ignorant constituency into bein? ss sbiimelcBs as nim-elt, ho reached an cx're^Mtbat cvviu nis assurance was unequal to. anupui an insult upon tho representatives of honest constituencies wliicn th*-y should resent by having the tull penalty of bis crime meted ou' to bim o a on mina 1 court. [From thc New York World. Thc decision of tho Honse iu Wbittemore's case was technically wrong, but substantially rieh1; and although disapproved by m my lawyers, it will be endorsed by Ihe moral sense of the people. [From the New York San. The notorious Whiitemore. the seller of eado'ships. wa s excluded from membership in the House of Representative*. This ts honor? able to tue House, nud will have a beneficial effect tbrougho-ttho country. [From the Philadelphia Recorr?.] Congres-< has dono irs duty and preservad itself Oom disgrace io scuding the notorious Whittemore buck to his constituents, t he im? pudence of the man iu preioutmcr himself a secoud timo at tho door of the House is ouly equalled by that of his constituents in return? ing him. [From the Philadelphia Ledger.] Now, if the House bad sont the committee's record to tho grand jury, and bad him in? dicted, as it should hive done, il would not havo been botbero l by Mr. Wnittemoro's shameless presence.' It IB very c o ir that no considerations of dis lonor or disgrace have any mfluooco wi'hamin like himr-t ic crimi 11 ii coure nc tho only tribunals for such cases. For what other purposes was the law jf .1853 passed ? [From the Philadelphia inquirer.] W* rejoice over Hus defeat of a corrupt poli? tician, not only because he ivn tba', but be? cause ho falsely claimed to represent in the National Councils a Mate whose best and most Intellifont ci 112 JOH were pawerL-as to prevent his election. Ho was alien to all thoir i ate? r? sis, and ignorant of thoir necessities, through birth, instinct and custom. The wants of South Carolina aro not those of Mas? sachusetts;_ _ ALL ABOUT TSE STATE. The Walhalla Riflemen. The young men of Walhalla have formed a volunteer organization, under the above name. The nagipany numbers one hundred and six meirtWrs. The following are the officers: C. E. Watson, captain; J. C. Carter, first lieuten? ant; Robt. Pierson, second lieutenant: Thomas P. Hoyt, third lieutenant; J. H. Ostendorff, or? derly. The services of thhrxbmpany will be 'tendered to the Governor. Tile Air Line Railroad. The Town Council of .anderson, at a special raeeling held on Tuesday last, adopted resolu? tions for the purpose ol' being represented at the stockholders' meeting of the Air Line Railroad, which will convene in Atlanta, Ga., on Tuesday next, 28th instant. In order to carry out the wishes of the council and the purple of Anderson, the following gentlemen were requested to uti end the meeting of stock? holders and represent the interests of the town : lion. James L. Orr, Hon. J. P. Reed, and B. F. brayton, Esq. Greenville Female College. The Greenville Mountaineer learns from Pro lessor i'. C. Dozier, principal of the above In? stitution, that the following ladies, having completed the course ol' study prescribed for graduation, and having undergone salisfac tory examinations in the same, {frere declared graduates ol' the college on the loth Instant: Miss Funny L. Crawford-subject of essay, ..Love of Country;'1 Miss Lula Harrison-sub? ject of essay, "Memory;'' Miss Lula Whilden subject ol' essay,^Life's Mission;" Miss L. Lncia Widemau-subject ol'essay, "Unspoken Language." Painful AlTitir in Greenville. On Tuesday last, as we learn from the Green? ville Mountaineer. Mr. W. H. Mounce, LI. S. deputy marshal, proceeded to arrest, nuder a warrant for violation ol internal revenue laws, Mr. A. J. Ward, a resident of the upper part of Greenville County, who is familiarly known as "Jack Ward," when a very painful difficulty occurretirof which we have had several ver? sions, and deem it advisable to refrain from giving further particulars than the following, leavitig it to the evidence ol' the court to estab? lish tho Important facts of the case. During Hie attempted arrest, which, lt appears, was met with resistance nud efforts to escape, Ihe marshal fired four times with a pistol at Ward, three of the shots taking effect-one ia each thigh and one iu ti more paiutul part between, still continuing his efforts to escape, having ran about haif a mile, the marshal obtained as? sistants to effect the arrest, and one of these hurled a rock of so much weight and with such force as to break the left Ihlgh of Ward, ?IIU3C IIIUUI, ?US WlClCUJf ObU^IVU, UbllUTIiig also received a fracture of several of his An? gers. The unfortunate man ls now undergoing; competent surgical attention. His caseT though not hopeless, is regarded as a very critical one. Shreds of ?State |Xew?.i Mr. Wm. Smith, a well known and respected citizen of Greenville, died on the 15th Instant, aged 97. The annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of Newberry College will take place in the college building at Walhalla on the 29th of June. Mrs. Marv Webster, widow of the late James Webster, died suddenly at her residence In Marlboro' County, on the 20th Instant, at the advanced age of 91 years. TUE CROPS IN TUE STATE. Williamsburg. A Williamsburg correspondent of the Ches? ter Reporter writes under date of June 10 : "Our county has recently been visited with copious rains, and the crops are generally looking very well Indeed, wherever they have been properly worked. Farmers are begin? ning to lay by their corn; and with the Dick? son sweeps, to clean and smooth off beautiful? ly their cotton beds. This level, loose land, seems well adapted to the use of the buggy plough. An enterprising and successful plan? ter in the neighborhood has quite recently procured one, whose operations have proved to be very satisfactory. He had the stumps taken up from 170 acres, and the land thoroughly subsoiled and liberal- - ly fertilized. And now, Messrs. Editors, I wish some of my Chester tanning lriends, wearied and worried in guiding their ploughs along the gullied and rocky hillsides, could step down to Williamsburg some one o? these fine mornings, and see for themselves how success? fully this plough can do Its work on such land as this. Very little small grain is sown In this county, but I have seen some very fine oats. Rice (upland) is grown here, and every farmer aims to make sufficient for his own?family; and this ls saying a good deal, when you know, how the low country people eat rice.'* Oconee. The Walhalla Courier says: "The weather; for four weeks, has been showery, scarcely two consecutive days passing without rain. As a consequence, the farmers are behind with their crops. The wet weather has improved tlie prospect for upland corn, though the bot? toms, our chief source for grain, have been rattier Injured than benefited. Wheat has boen cut, and, from all we can learn, the yield will be larger for the land planted than the harvest for any season in the ten past years. Oats, though dwarfed by the early drought,, will prove an average crop. Cotton is small, and unpromising. Provisions are scarcer in the county than during any year since the war. Corn sells readily at $1 85 to $2 per bushel, cash." Marlboro'. Thc Bennettsville Journal says: "The rainy season bas at last suspended operations, and we have now regular warm clear weather, and especially adapted to colton growing. The planters who were left In the grass by the con? tinued rains are bravely getting out of this trouble, and the young colton has recovered. Its strength." Darlington. The Southerner says: "So far as we can learn, the crops in this county are represented' in fine growing order. The grass has been growing luxuriantly too. and g'ves the farmer all he can do to control it." F ?l) ip V niy. LIVERPO Thc first-class American Ship ALICE M. _J?? M i NoTT, Lowell Master, havlug a large SH portion of her Cargo engaged, witl be dispatche for the above port. For balance or Freight engagements, apply to STREET BRO ll IK HS & CO., Junie_No. 74 East Ba> Jj"OR FORT SUMTER. The safe, fast sailing ami comfortably ap? pointai Yacht "ELEANOR" will make two1_ trips daily to Fort Sumter and the other points of historic interest In the harbor, leaving South Commercial Wharf at 10 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 thc Mills House, or to the Captain on board. may 14 JIOR NEW YORK-ON TUESDAY. The Al side-wheel Steamship TEN? NESSEE, Chichester, Commander, will I sail lor New York on TUESDAY, June 28, ai 0 o'clock P. M.. from Pier No. 2, Union Wharves, connecting with day Passenger Trains from Co? lumbia and Angosta, arriving at 4 P. M. The TENNESSEE will make close connection with Liverpool Steamship IDAHO, of Messrs. Wil? liams A Union's Line, sailing July 6. Insurance by the steamers of this Une K per cent. , The Steamship SOUTH CAROLINA will follow on WEDNESDAY, July 6, ar 6 o'clock P. M. For Freigut engagements, ur passage, having very superior stateroom accommodations, all on deck and newly furnished, apply to WAGNER, il DU ER A CO., No. 26 Bruad street, or to WM. A. COURTENAY. No. 1 Onion Wbarveg. jun22 VESSELS SUPPLIED WITH CABIN AND MESS STORES ON SHORT NOTICE. Captains and Stewards are*respect-^&CH?L fully Invited to call and examine theS?B?sE quality and prices of our GOODS. Full weight guaranteed. Delivered Tree of expense, WM. S. CORWIN A CO., No. 275 King street, opposite Haset, Charleston, S. 0. 0W Branch of No. soo Broa^vay, New York. Jan24 piOR SAVANNAH, BEAUFORT AND PACIFIC LANDING, EDISTO AND ROCKVILLE. Steamer PILOT BOY, Captain C. C. White, will sall fur thc above, places as follows: TUESDAY MORNING, at 8 o'clock, for Edlsto, Rockville, Pacidc Landing and Beaufort. THURSDAY MORNING, at 8 o'clock, for Pacifie Landing, Beaufort and Savannah. Freight to Edi: to reduced 50 per cent. J. D. AIKEN & CO., junl7 . South Atlantic Wharf. JW EDISTO AND PACIFIC LAND? INGS, VIA JOHN'S ISLAND FERRY, CHURCH FLATS. ENTERPRISE, YOUNG'S ISLAND, BEAR'S BLUFF, HUTCHINSON'S ?AND FENWICK'S ISL \NDS. The steamer* ARGO will receive Freigut at Accommodation Wharf,_ THIS DAY, (Saturday,) 20th June, at 12 o'clock and leave as above on MONDAY, the 27tb, at S o'clock A. M. For Passage or Freight, applv on board or to DOUGLAS NISBET, Agent, Accommodation Wharf. N. E.-Freight and Wharfage payable on the wharf. jun25-l itiiscellancous. ETESIAN WATER supplied daily, in sufficient quantity for drink? ing purposes, at thc low rate of 25 cents per week, m ail vance, for houses south of Calhoun street ; uorth of Calhoun street, 37 K cents. This water ls also splendid for Bahs, at 30 and 37 Scents each, according to the above arrangement or dis? tance, and pumped up into bath rooms without extra charge. Ordera-to be left at Artesian WelL jun25-l_ WILLUM TEPPE. PERFECTION IN BAKING.* Housekeepers who do their Cooking on Kero? sene or Gas Stoves, slums! procure. DU VAL'S PATENT Br KER, which will bake Bread, Biscuit, Pies, Ac, and' Roast Poultry, Beef, Potatoes, Ac, to perfection. For sale by J. B. DUVAL A SON, may25~sw Nn. 337 King street. JOHN MARSHALL J R .., COMMISSION MERCHANT. NAVAL STORES, COTTON, LUMBER AND RICE. MARSHALL'S WHARF, Charleston, S. C. aug24 s