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VOLUME IX._NUMBER 1411. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1870._SIX DOLLARS A YEAR.
WASHINGTON.
TSE AMNESTY QUESTION POST?
PONES- UNTIE NEXT DECEMBER.
[FROM TBS ASSOCIATED PRESS.]
WASHINGTON, June 29.
The Reconstruction Committee postponed
the Amnesty bul to December. The majority
try to make its appearance plausible by argu?
ments that the present session ls too short
SENATE.
Seventy thousand copies of the 15th Amend?
ment enforcement bill have been ordered to be
printed. v
The discussion on the tariff bill was re?
sumed.
H0U8E. *
The report of the Conference Committee on
the Currency was defeated, and a new confess
eoce was asked for. The Une of argument was
that tia* bill reported by the Conference Com?
mittee in validated contracts.
The Senate bili amendatory of the bill of
3867, protecting the right of actual settlers,
passed and goes to the President.
The Senate bUl confirming entries to public
lands in Alabama, in certain cases, passed and
goes to the President
The Senate bill establishing and protecting
national cemeteries passed,- and goes to the
President.
EUROPE.
English. Wows'.
LONDON, June 29.
There is an active demand for money at the
banks and on the street?. -
The health of John Bright is restored.
The new tea proveB inferior.
More Work /or the French Laborers.
PAUS, June 29.
The French Goveanment is negotiating for a
heavy loan to complete the regeneration of
Paris, which was inaugurated by Baron Hauss
Mtann.
Hines? of Garibaldi.
FLORENCE, Jone 29.
It is reported that Garibaldi is quite HIL
The Troubles in Ireland.
Coax, June 29.'
Quiet ls nominally restored, but the com?
mercial uneasiness continues. The precau?
tions of the government remain unabated.
THE WAR IN CUBA.
f? HAVANA, June 29.
-Gonzales Junco, insurgent leader, who sur?
rendered some 'time- ago to the Spanish au?
thorities at Yilla Clara, and was pardoned, was
tried and convicted last week for crimes com?
mitted while a rebel leader, and executed this
morning. Advices from the interior report
both parties killing prisoners. DeBodas's re?
porte show an excess of butcheries on the part
af the Spanish.
MISHAP TO A COTTON SHIP.
GALVESTON, June 29.
The British ship St Lawrence, loading for
Havre with over two thousand bales of cotton,
?ok fire to-day and waa pumped full of water,
rhe vessel and cargo wUl be saved in a dam?
aged condition._
SPARKS PROM THE WIRES.
E. M. Holbrook, ex-delegate from Idaho, has
teen assassinated in Idaho City.
E. Porter Dyer, the late cashier of the New
?nv?le Bank, has been sentenced to six
nonths' Imprisonment and $36,000 fine tor ir?
regularities in office. '
Daring a heavy storm at Pittsburg, y ester
lay, which prostrated houses, the Ughtnlng
ired two thousand barrels of oil at the Eclipse
Refinery. The ?U exploded with a terrible
loise. One man was barned to death.
Morales Lomos, Cuban Minister to. the Uni
ed Stetes, died yesterday in New York.
Jete^ Phillips, the wife-murderer and the
nan tltiosc name fiUs aU of the spare blanks of
he Executive for respiting, has been respited
igain._
IT. JO H A'S HAY AT BRANCHVILLE.
[FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.]
BRANCHVILLE, June 25.
Friday last wiU long be remembered in
iran ch ville, with pleasurable emotions, by the
arge crowd who were gathered, to participate
rith Branchville Lodge, No. 110, A. F. M.. in
he celebration of St John the Baptist's day,
me of the patron saints of Free Masonry.
At 12 o'clock, the Lodge, with visiting breth
en from Allen, Harmony and Hope Lodges,
vere formed in procession by Brother
saac Bamberg, who acted as marshal,
ind moved from thence to Main street
ip Main to Railroad avenue, down Rail
oad avenue to Church street, and np
Jhurch street to the Baptist Church. Upon
xriving at the church the procession was
tatted, faced inwards and opened ranks, and
he brethren entered the church by inverted
irder, where they listened to discourses from
lev. Brothers Thomas Raysor and Stanmore
{.Sawyer. It would be out of place here, to
ttempt any analyses of these addresses, as it
voula be impossible to do justice to the om?
ore in a short sketch like this. The church
ras crowded to its utmost capacity, not alone
he seats being occupied, but every available
tending place, and yet there were very
early as many outside the church as were
a it The ladies were out In full force,
ending their smiling encouragement, as they
Jways do, to every thing good.
The table was set in a grove adjoining the
burch, and the good things of thia life were
tlspensed with a lavishness which showed
hst vta are fast recovering from the effects of
he wai?. It was estimated that five handred
?rsons were present on the occasion, and
lOtwithstandlng this large concourse, there was
?ot a single incident which occurred to mar the
ileasure of tue day. At night, the young peo
'le, who had procured the services of the band
rom Orangeburg, determined to have a fitting
loee to so pleasant a day by a dance at the
lOtel, the spacious dining room of which bad
een offered Sat th? occasion. "They closed '
be glowing hours with flying feet" untu the
ree small hours, when they broke up, satiated 1
rith enjoyment. !
The officers ol' Branchville Lodge, No. 110,
re : Brother 0. H. Ott, W. M.; Brother N. C.
IThet8tone,S. W.; Brother A. S. Dukes. J. W.; 1
irother J. L. Smith, treasurer; Brother J. D. ;
?hoades, secretary.
THE CROPS.-"First cotton blooms'7 are j
laking their appearance in every direction. |
everai are reported from Marion County,
'he Marlon Crescent teUs us that the prosent '
ot dry weather is repairing to a great extent (
be damage caused by the recent continued '
sins. From Barnwell, we hear of numbers .
f planters who have excellent corn, hut of !
ery few who have fine cotton. The Journal 1
ays: "From present indications, there will 1
tot be near as much cotton made in the dis- j
rict this season as last, though, if we have a ?
;ood season from now out, everything may be 1
rough t up all right as the planters are all
rorklng bard, and doing all In their power to
:eep their crops in good order."
-Tjug Hew York and Philadelphia papers are
lUed^rith accounts of sunstrokes in those
Ities. We pity the unfortunates who are com?
pelled to stand the broiling weather in thine
roplcal cities.
THE REFORM CONVENTION.
A Letter from Mr. Ellison S. Keltt.
ENOREE PLANTATION, S. C., June 27.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS.
As my remarks in the late convention, held
in the City of Colombia, have been miscon?
strued, truth impels me to ask you to give
publication to this, their true version.
After the organization of the convention,
two drafts for ? platform were offered to that
body, and were referred to the committee on
platform-one by General J. 6. Kershaw and the
other by myself. The one presented by Gene- j
ral Kershaw was entirely retrospective, as it
embodied only past existing facts. The one
presented by myself was present and pro?
spective. Being a member of the committee
on platform, I resisted the draft by General
Kershaw in the committee room, but to no
avail. When the platform came before the
convention fer its action I renewed some of J
my objections to lt, which I felt in -duty bound
to do. It embodied only past existing facts,
and in that embodiment was embraced right
and wrong, truth and falsehood, good and evil.
It consolidated and cemented, and required us
to sanctify and embalm as verities all the vast
changes that have been incorporated into our
system of government, both State and Feder?
al, since the cessation of hostilities. This I
would not do. I preferred to make thc plat?
form present and progressive, and leave it to
time and a returning sense of right and jus?
tice to eliminate whatever was wrong in the
past. If we were to embody the Verities of |
the past, then let us stand upon truth alone.
This forced me to touch upon the slavery ques
I ,tion, as I regard the Thirteenth Constitutional
amendment as the only prominent truth, in a j
crystallzed form, in aU the legislation bearing
upon us since the war, upon which we can
stand as all truth. That was mutually agreed
to, adopted, and ratified, as we fought not to
perpetuate slavery, but for self-government.
In the discussion my aim was to show
that we of the South were not responsible
for that Institution; that it existed in
all of the original thirteen States, and that our
forefathers, North and South, made them?
selves alike responsible lor it, when they laid
the foundations of the General Government.
They had eyes and they saw not, and in the
second and third generations their children,
North and South alike, have bad to atone for
their errors, while the black people, the infini
I tessjmal of the human race, nave been passed^ |
over unharmed. The solemnity alone of the
occasion moved me to speak. The mission ol
Moses was freedom. The mission of the Re?
publican party, under Lincoln, was freedom.
Ours is the greater mission of Truth and Free?
dom. Moses and Lincoln faltered and perish?
ed. Shall we falter or shall we prove faithful
unto the end and succeed ? My words were,
kkThe finger of God has pointed to each one
here. It you would be faithful unto the end,
you must banish'all selfishness, for that be?
longs to Moses in his fatten, heneo un?
natural, state. Away with all maternal
prejudice. Let us know no North, no South,
no East and no West. Iiet us know only truth.
Let us to-day enlist under that banner which
has waved over the battle-field since the morn?
ing ot Time. It is the banner of right against
wrong, of truth against falsehood, ot good
against evil," Ac. How the word prejudice
came to be connected with class or race, I
cant imagine, for the words class or race were
not used by me anywhere in my remarks. It
was used principally in a geographical point
ol view. " Because South Carolina is our moth?
er (and I claim that none of her children can
be more fondly attached to her than I am,) we
should not be prejudiced against others com?
ing from everywhere to aid us in building up
and beautifying her. This was manifested In
the draft I offered as a platform, wherein an
invitation was extended to the capitalist with
his money, and the laboring mau with bis
hands from everywhere, to come and dwell
amongst us, and we would give them a neigh?
borly welcome. The wbole substance of my
remarks were that we should stand upon
truth, strike for right and elimenate wrong.
Trusting, slr, that you will do mo justice to
give this letter a place in your columns at as
early a day as possible,
I remain yours,
Very respectfully,
ELLISON 8. KEITT.
PLEASURE BLUNTING.
[Prom the Saturday Review.]
We really do not know how to amuse our
selves, and are forced to snatch at the first
pretext that offers ltself/and to make believe
very hard that we are really enjoying our?
selves. It la a duty not as y et generally recog?
nized to study the art of pleasure hunting, we
areno more capable of amusing ourselves
than of fencing or playing the fiddle without
careful training and long practice. If the
object of moral teachers ls to increase tbe
sum of human happiness, they should cer?
tainly Indicate the cultivation o? the . facul?
ties which are Immediately pleasant to the
individual as weU as of those which are more
indirectly profitable to his race. It ls a very
Sod thing to be scrupulously honest and
iustrious; but the most industrious and
honest ol men may lead a wretchedly
bare and unprofitable life. Why should
be not study the theory of deriving the
?rreatest possible amount of innocent en
oyment from the world which he inhabits, as
well as that ot doing good to other people. | '
Two practical rules would probably result from
such an inquiry. The first would be the ex?
treme importance to every man of providing
himself with a good serviceable hobby. Even
a cultivated taste for cookery or wines, is bet-11
ter than nothing, so long as it is kept within
certain bounds, and not only provides a man
with an interesting pursuit, but certainly pro?
motes the comfort of his friends. We may ad?
mit, Indeed, that this is at about the lowest
limit of permissible pleasure-seeking; but ls it a
fair question for casuistry, whether a man
would spend a day better in yawning about a
race-course without any taste for horse-racing,
or in pursuing with moderation a course of ex?
perimental inquiry Into the art of dining.
There Is another ride, however, which is of
equal importance, and may be more unreserv?
edly stated. What an enormous advance would
be at once made in the art of happiness, if peo?
ple could only be persuaded to a tolerable de
arree of sincerity ! The principle would cut both
ways. There are some thimrs which every?
body really likes, but for which, for some ar?
bitrary fashion, it is customary to avow con?
tempt; as there are many things which every?
body hates, and yet which every one is afraid
to denounce. One of the greatest impedi?
ments to sound art is that both artists and
their admirers are so much inclined to adopt a
style recommended hy some preconceived
theory as to overlook the important question
whether they really give and receive pleasure.
It is true that, when we know whether a poem
Dr a picture pleases, there is a further question
whether it ought to pisase; but when the
habitual hypocrisy of mankind leaves us in
complete uncertainty as to the first point, our
subsequent theorizing ls apt to be very unsat?
isfactory. There would be in one sense no dis?
puting about tastes if we only knew which
tastes were genuine, though we might still ask
whether they were elevated; but as it is, thc
first, and often the utterly insoluble, question
is, whether we really like a so-called pleasure
or only persuade ourselves that we like it.
. -The agents of the Rothschilds in New York
have taken, it ls stated, $2.000,000 of the new
city seven per cent, dock bonds, the proceeds
of which will be enough to commence exten?
sive dock and pier Improvements with.
THE STATE PRESS.
"An Ed neat ional and a Federal Policy
?Rit In Urge J upon the Un lon Reform
Party."
[From the WInnsboro' News.]
We have never wavered an instant from the
opinion more than once expressed in this pa?
per, that the coming canvass demands ol all
candidates an expression of both an educa?
tional and a Federal policy; and that, as part of j
an opposition party movement, the adoption
ol a plain, out-and-out unreconstructed and
rebellious Federal platform will command
more votes than no Federal platform at all.
The wisdomfof thejUnion Reform party has
despised this, our suggestions hitherto, and
many disregard it to the end. Its leaders have
practically asserted that a party in anv State
in the United ?tates can succeed without a
Federal policy. But its candidates may yet
remedy this fatal blunder and weakness, as we
consider lt.
We, therefore, urge upon the Executive
Committee of the Union Refrom party, after
due deliberation, to suggest a State Educa?
tional policy, (for Behool commissioners are to
be elected) and a Federal policy, to which
candidates may pledge themselves before the
people. As one plank, we think we could af?
lora to vote for three colored Congressmen
out of the five to which tbe State will be en?
titled, and could pledge ourselves to send a
colored man to the United States Senate. We
will go further; we will suggest a candidate.
Colonel Beverly Nash suspects this movement
of Insincerity: let us prove the groundlessness
of his suspicion, by offering to send bim to
Congress, li he will Join us. He ls a represen?
tative man of his race, and better entitled
to a general's commission than General
Whipper, of Beaufort. We respect him for de?
claring that he is "content with his negro
blood, and would not exchange it for the blood
ol the Howards." That was a manly senti?
ment, Colonel, and you are the proper man to
represent the Union Reform party in the Uni?
ted States Senate, if voa will accept the candi?
dacy of the party. With ten such representa-1
tire colored men to canvass the State in the
cause of Reform, Federal politics having been
not simply left alone, but plainly yielded to
the Republican party, Carpenter and Butler
and the Union Reform Legislature could be
triumphantly elected, and the canvass would
be the most stirring and animated ever had in
the State.
But, on the other band, since county school
commissioners, congressmen and legislators
who will elect a United States senator, are to
be elected, if the Union Reform party attempt
a non-commital or a conglomerate Federal
policy, it will fail to awaken Interest and
life. Kershaw's resolution amended, so as to
cover congressmen and the United States sen?
ator, namely, dat the party would vote for
Republicans, should never have been struck
from that platform. In fact, it was worth
more, In our Judgment, than the rest of |
it. The Executive Committee, however, and
the candidates, by their personal pledges,
can remedy all this effectually. We call
upon them to do so, and we call
upon our contemporaries of the press
to join us in urging them to do so. There
is no safe means between what we urge and
the defiant Democratic position originally ad?
vocated by the Phoenix, and controverted by
the WInnsboro' News, as unsuited to the con?
dition of the Slate, and its relations to the
Union. Yet we do regard that defiant Demo?
cratic policy as tar stronger; in the nature of
things, than a non-committal or conglomerate
Federal pollcy^Let us have none such. There
is no power Iwlt. The matter should be de?
bated between the Phoenix men and men of |
our way of thinking, such as Kershaw, and one
or the other course adopted. That's buslneas.
That's common sense. A firm, plucky will
goes a great way before the people, even if |
acting against the judgment and wishes of a
Eortion of them. Let us give this movement
ackbone.
Form Your Reform Clubs.
' [From the Marion Star.]
All citizens, white and colored, who intend
to stand manfully on the platform of Honesty
and Reform, should go earnestly to work at
once, if they would have their efforts crowned
with success at the October election. We
would advise, therefore, that a Reform Club
be formed at the earliest possible moment in
each school district in the county, so that the
necessary means may be devised, suitable to
each locality, for the successful accomplish?
ment of the great work before us-the re?
demption of our State, and the political salva?
tion of our people. By. doing this, we shall
have forty-two working Reform clubs in
Marion, which will present a van strong
enough to write victory on the banner of Re?
form next fall. Our shoulders to the wheel,
men, and South Carolina will be saved.
Let ns have a White Militia Company.
[From the Marion Star.]
The colored citizens ol Marion have already
formed a militia company. Their right now to
bear arms is a constitutional one, and no one
should object to lt. And lt ls also a right as
sacred to every citizen as his right to vote.
Our white citizens should also form a militia
company, and we advise them so to do at once,
that they may share the field appointments.
We do not advise this course simply because
our colored citizens are forming companies,
but because we believe it to be the duty of our
whites to bear their share of the burdens of !
the body politic. Let all who desire t o form a
company at once, leave their names with the
clerk of the court. We propose to hold a meet?
ing next Saturday, at the courthouse, at 12
o'clock M., for the purpose of electing officers,
If the requisite number of names shall have
been obtained.
Oar Platform.
[From the Columbia Guardian.]
When one bears Into consideration the object
ol the June convention: that its, animating
principle was reform in the State government;
that to effect this reform a co-operation of both
classes of our citizens ls necessary, and that
the only hindrance to that co-operation is the
mooted question ol' the political rights of the
colored people, the short, terse and pointed
declarations which make up the platform of the
Union Reform party become possessed of pe?
culiar force, and are far prelerable to those
voluminous platitudes that commonly charac?
terize similar papers.
In plain, direct and unmistakable language,
it announces the determination on the part of
the native white citizens to cease all opposi?
tion to tbos'e unconstitutional laws which have
idvanced the colored people to the rights of
citizenship. This is the key-note of the plat?
form, the continued sounding of which will
make thc plundering politisai wolves of the
ruling faction tremble In every limb ere the
fall elections are over. It removes in a mo?
ment the baneful cause of discord and ?nimos
?ty between whites and blacks, and sounds the
political death-knell to those who have been
Hoisted Into office by Increasing the same.
We Will Try Again.
[From the Columbia Guardian.]
Our call in behalf of the public upon Messrs.
Dhambcrlain, Neagle and Parker to show what
part they had in that $90,000 land swindle has
igaiu passed unheeded. They seem deaf to
ill entreaty, and force tis to inquire from other
sources. Governor Scott and Secretary ol
Slate Cardozo are 6aul to have investigated
he matter at thc time the charge was first
nade. Will either of them deign to give the
jood people ol' the State the result ot their in?
vestigation ? These gentlemen hold positions
ilgliin trust and power; they are honored ser?
rants of the people, or should bc, and it is a
natter of some imporlance to the taxpayers to
itiow who are the parties that have stolen
590,000 oithelr money.
A False Report.
[From the Marlon Star.]
It has been pretty generally reported in this
;ounty and also in some parts of the State,
hat many ol our most prominent citizens
vere leaning to the Scott Ring Radical party.
)n consulting the parties referred to, we are
ileased to learn that the report is without
oundation-false. Our leading citizens to a
nan, so far as wc can learn, stand firmly on
he platform ol Honesty and Reform.
In Atlanta, on Friday, a young man named
?obert Boyd shot a friend, Jesse Owens, klll
ng him Instantly. The New Era says: "They
lad been playing during the afternoon with an
?nloadt?d Derringer. ThevJ.ook a walk, and
n the Interim thc pistoUar?T'loaded by a third
>an v; on their return Boyd took up the pistol,
ind, supposing it to be still unloaded, snapped
t at Owens and shot hi n> th rough the head, the
mil entering Jifst over the eye and passing
brough the brain. He died instantly."
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
-General Longstreet ls In Washington.
-In Indiana, a girl ol eleven has applied for
a divorce.
-It is stated that a beautiful quadroon girl
will soon make her debut on the New York
stage.
-One of Dickens's sons is in literature, one
in Australia, one in the British navy, and a
fourth at a university.
-A petition Is being signed at Paris asking
that the Grand Rabbi Isidor should be nomi?
nated senator-a dignity to which no member
of the Hebrew persuasion has ever attained.
-A brother of Senator Revels, of Mississip?
pi, llve,s in Nashville. He ls a successful phy?
sician, and was educated by the American Col?
onization Society to be sent to Liberia.
-Madam Ollivier has abandoned the effort
to set a modest fashion of full dress, and gone
! into fawn-colored satin, neckjor nothing as re?
gards corsage.
-An Indiana divorcee is engaged as cham?
bermaid to her remarried husband, at $8 per
month, and finds it more profitable and agree
I able than her former situation.
-Clara and Blanche Gottschalk, sisters to
the deceased pianist, are to make a concert
tour in the United States next winter. One i?
a vocalist, the other a pianist.
-Audubon's own copy ol' his "Birds ol
America," in lour large volumes, half bound,
and five volumes of letter-press, with his auto?
graph in each volume, are advertised as being
for sale in England.
-Dickens was never formally connected
with any religious sect, but his rule was to
worship with the Unitarians. While living In
London he attended one cl their places of
worship regularly, and had afamily pew there.
-Lord Eldon, who has Just died In London,
has left his whole fortune lor. the establishment
of an insane asylum. "I restore to madmen,"
said he, "the fortune I owe to them." Lord
Eldon was a lawyer.
-Charles Dickens lived longer than Shakes?
peare, who died at fifty-tkree; than Byron,
who died at thirty-seven; than Thackeray, who
died at fifty-two; than Burns, who died at
thirty-seven, and was one year younger than
Macaulay, who died at fifty-nine.
-The announcement of the death : of the
Earl of Clarendon having been made by the
British minister to the United States Secretary
of State, the President directed a message of
sympathy and condolence to be sent by tele?
graph, through our minister at London.
-The Prince of Wales, in a recent speech at
a dinner given in aid of the London Children's
Hospital, said : "There is one fact, gentlemen,
to which I wish to draw your attention, viz :
that one third of the adult population of this
country never arrives at maturity.*'
-A Florida man says he will have about
3000 dozen pineapples lor market this year,
and that he expects to realize irom $2 50 to $3
per dozen for them. He further says that he
and his three little sons do all the labor neces?
sary to their cultivation.
-It is announced in San Francisco that Col?
onel James Fisk, Jr, ls about to make a most
gorgeous visit to California. He ?has secured
the most expensive suites of rooms at the
principal hotels, and promises to give the la?
dies of San Francisco a $20,000 ball.
-Mord Clarendon was prostrated by exces?
sive labors, and had for a long time been sub?
ject to violent attacks of gout, but the imme?
diate cause of his death was diarrhoea. When
first attacked, his lordship paid no attention to
the disease, whlch4 operating on a debilitated
system, soon becasae dangerous, and within
three days terminated fatally.
-Bishop Griswold, of Massachutts, once said
to a clergyman who asked him why he was so
often silent, when he had so much to say that
was worth saying: "I talked a9 much as any
body when I was young, and I said a great
many foolish things that I have been sorry for;
I have never been sorry for anything that I
never said."
-A young man in Nevada had courted a
young lady of New England by mail, and ex?
changed photographs. An engagement was
made, and the young lady started over the
Pacific Railroad to meet and marry her affianc?
ed. On her arrival, however, she promptly
declined the alliance, avowing that while his
face looked well enough, she "would never
wed with such a little spud of a fellow as
him." . , - ? .
THE VIRGINIA CADET. ,
Greeley** Comment on his Manly and
Straightforward Coar?c.
A Washington dispatch ol Sunday to thc
New York Tribune says:
A case of much interest tb the boys ol' the
South was decided by the Secretary of the
Navy yesterday. A youth named Baldwin Al?
exander, from Pulaski County, Va., was ap?
pointed a cadet at the naval academy by the
Hon. Mr. Gibson, of the eighth district of Vir?
ginia. Alexander, who is not yet 17 years of
age, underwent a thorough examination, and
passed at every point. He made a favorable
impression upon the board of examiners, as
well as the Secretary ol' the Navy, and bis ap?
pointment was confirmed. But when the iron?
clad, or test oath was put to him, he declined to
take it, asserting that, although he was a mere
child at the commencement of the war, and j
but 12 years ot age at its close, yet his associa?
tions, surroundings, <fcc, had created|a sympa?
thy in his mind and heart for those around him,
and to swear that he had not sympathized
with or countenanced the rebellion would be
base perjury, and he could not do so. His
honesty and candor elicited encomiums from
the naval authorities, and Senator Johnson, of
Virginia, took the matter in hand, and tried to
have the youth admitted by his taking the pro- l
per constitutional oath. The law on the sub
feet, however, seems to be imperative, and the ;
Secretary of the Navy to-day informed Senator J
Johnson that Alexander could not be admitted \
to thc Academy as a cadet, unless he subscrib?
ed to the Iron-clad oath. Senator Johnson will
ask special Congressional l?gislation in his
case, and representative Platt, a prominent 1
Virginia Republican member, lias also stated
that he would ask thc removal ol lils disabili?
ties by the House, and that lie be allowed to
enter the Academy without taking the iron?
clad oat)).
The Tribune remarks editorially: I
We sincerely trust the young Virginian who
is debarred from admission to tiie Naval Acad?
emy because he declines to swear that he had
no sympathy in the rebellion in which lils ?
family heartily enlisted, will not be any longer
proscribed. The test oath which boys arc 1
called upon to take belore admission to the i
national schools are a disgrace to our statute t
books. The more oath-taking the more lying
there will be, and tho more we proscribe enif- .
dren for the rebellion ol' their parents the
more that rebellion will be respected. The ad- E
ministration of the test oatli to a boy who was i
onlv twelve years old when the war closed, i
and who is*still a minor, is an absurdity which
ought to secure the repeal of the statute. t
Corn and cotton In Brooks County, the
Quitman Banner says, are growing finely, al- :
though reports are In circulation thut the cat?
erpillar and rust have appeared. The Banner
says: "It is probable that thc rust may be con- :
fined to meagre limits, and do but little dam?
age, but we do not like the reports of caterpll- -
lar this early in the season. There can be no
doubt of their existepce, for one of the oldest j
and moat experienced planters of Brooks in- T
fprmed us on last Monday that he had not only
Been, but thoroughly examined them,, and is 1
satisfied that they are the genuine cotton cat- ?
erpillaf.
LIVINGSTONES 18 PROBABLE
FATE.
At the Anal fortnightly meeting of the ses?
sion of 1869-70 of the Royal Geographical So?
ciety of England, in London, June 14, Slr R.
Murchison relerred to thc present position of
Dr. Livingstone and the succor which is to be
sent to him. He said:
There have been great misapprehensions
about this affair, and I have received numer?
ous applications from active young men anxi?
ous to go In search of Dr. Livingstone, suppos?
ing that there was a real expedition abont to
start from this country or elsewhere.
There is no such expedition, even in imagi?
nation, and certainly none in reality, con?
templated in any way. Dr. Livingstone
has been more than three years and a
naif In the heart of Africa, without a single
European attendant. I am not sure that the
sight of a young gentleman sent out from Eng-,
land, who was not acclimatized, would not
produce a very bad effect Instead of a good
one upon my friend, the doctor, because he
would have to take care of the new arrival,
who would very soon die there, and the poor
doctor would have an additional load. I have,
therefore, to announce that there is no such
intention whatever. I have received a dozen
letters from admiring young volunteers, who
are anxious to distinguish themselves, but
who have not the least idea of what they
are about. I have every reason to believe
that the ?1000 that thc government has
given will go out by the consul ot Zanzi?
bar, who happens accidentally to be In this
country, and who ls going out immediately.
He will instruct Dr. Kirk, the vice-consul, to
relit the same expedition which was started
before, but which was Impeded by an attack
ol' cholera. The cholera has passed away en?
tirely, the country is free from Zanzibar, and
the only difficulty now is po get to UJijl, where
my dear and valued friend was and still ls, tor
he cannot move forward or backward without
carriers, supplies, ?c. It will take two months
or more for those supplies to go from the sea?
board to Ujiii, therefore you must put aside
all anxiety for some months to come. I hope
in about seven or eight months hence you will
hear good news, and that very soon after that
we snail see our friend again In his native
country. _ _
MATTERS IN GEORGIA.
The Episcopalians ol Columbus have secured
$20,000, in two year's subscriptions, for the
erection ot a $30,000 church.
Three watermelons appeared in the Savan?
nah market on Saturday, the first of thc sea?
son, grown in that section.
The steamer Nick King, on Saturday,
brought several hundred fine watermelons to
Savannah, which were shipped North.
The Madison Farm Journal has never seen
the corn and cotton crops of Morgan in a more
flourishing condition than now.
The Bainbridge Argus, after Investigation,
is Induced that the farmers in that section
have not planted enough corn to meet their
demands.
A negro boy, hauling wheat from the planta?
tion of Mrs. Walton, In Morgan County, was
struck and killed by lightning last week. One
of the oxen he was driving was also killed,
and the other badly shocked.
Of mining prospects, the Dahlonega Signal,
speaking of thc Dahlonega mine, abandoned
two years ago by Northern miners, and now
worked by Wm. R. Crlsson, a practical miner,
says that in three weeks, 1000 tons ore were
crushed, and 700 dwts. of gold realized; work?
ing expenses, $285; after paying rent, keeping
up the machinery and all incidental expenses,
he makes from $200 to $300 per month. Tho
Yahoola Mining Company have opened a new
cast of the old one, which Is far superior to the
richness of the former.
S
i??illinerr), fancn (Boobs, &c.
AT ~
No. 304 KING STREET.
MRS. M. J.. ZERNOW
Having recently returned from New York, will
open THIS DAT a Choice Assortment of MILLI?
NERY QOODS, including all the LATEST PARISI?
AN NOVELTIES.
DRESSMAKING,
In all its Branches, attended to as usual.
DRESS TRIMMINGS and PAPER PATTERN!
xept on hand.
Country Orders solicited and promptly attended
to. aprl6-fmw3mos
Clothing ano Jfnrnisfjing ?ooos.
JyT-OW IS THE TIME.
GEORGE LITTLE Sc CO.,
No. 213 KING STREET, .
Is the place to find the largest and best selected
Btock of Men's Youths' and Children's CLOTH
IDG ever offered In this market, and at prices to
Bult the times. Having determined to sell our
Goods as low as can be purchased elsewhere, we
wonld respectfully solicit an examination of our
Stock.
Our Stock of CHILDREN'S CLOTHING com?
prises the latest styles in Linen and Casslmere.
Also a fine and well selected assortment of
FURNISHING GOODS.
GEORGE LITTLE Sc CO.,
No. 213 King street, below Market,
jons-fmwlmo
M
tailoring.
ENKE & MULLER,
MERCHANT TAUiORS,
No. 325 KING STREET,
Opposite Society street,
lave just received and opened a arge and fine
Lssortment of
SlEN'8, TOUTH'6 AND BOT'S
CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS, Ac,
For Spring and Summer.
CONSISTING OF:
ANEN, Linen Duck, Alpaca, Drap D'Et?, Cheviot,
Casslmere and Cloth Suits
English Walking Coats, of all colors
Vhlte and Colored Shirrs, Underwear Goods, Ac.
Sngllsh and Domestic Half Hose
Idexandcr and Couvisier's Kid, Silk and Thread
Gloves
AKD
L LARGE ASSORTMENT OF THE LATEST STYLE
of Linen and Paper COLLARS, Neckties,
Cravats, Handkerchiefs, Suspen?
ders, Umbrellas, Ac.
Also, a large and well selected Stock of
JROADCLOTH, CASSLMERE, DOESKIN,
COATING, Ac.
And a large variety of .,
?JEW STYLE PANTS AND VEST PATTERNS,
vhlcb we offer to sell by piece, yard or pattern, or
nade up Into Garments, by measure, In the latest
ityle and the shortest notice.
Our Stock has been selected with great care,
ind purchased since the fall In gold, which en
ibles us to sell at greatly reduced prices. Buyers
u our line would do well to give us a call before
lurchasing elsewhere.
All orders will receive our prompt and very
areful attention. Entire satisfaction ls guaran
sed.
aprl fmwSmos
Rotels.
r B V I N G HO U S B.
A FIRST CLASS HOTEL, European Plan. Lo ca?
l?n unsurpassed, being near UNION SQUARE,
WALLACE'S THEATRE, and A. T. STEWART'S
lew (uptown) Store. Broadway and Twelfth
itreeta, New York. G. P. HARLOW,
opri4 thstu Proprietor.
Business (?Toros.
ADAMS, DAMON & CO., 16 BROAD ST.,
Dealers In Stoves, Ranges, Grates, Ac. Agents
for the Automatic Washing Machine and Wringer.
?WAR, G. W.-CHOICE DRUGS, CHE?
MICALS, Surgical Instruments, Perfumeries
and Toilet Articles. 469 King, cor. Vanderhorst st.
ARCHER'S BAZAAR, 363 KING ST.,
Wholesale and Retail Notions and Fane;
Goods, 60 per cent, less than elsewhere.
ALLAN, JAMES, WATCHES, CLOCKS,
Jewelry, Sterling Silver, Platedware, Spec
tacles, Fancy Goods, Ac, Ko. 307 King street.
BAKER, H. F., A CO., SHIPPING AND
Commission Merchants, Central Wharf.
BARBOT, ALFRED A., AGENT OF THE
Havana Cigar Factory,"La Valentina," 118
East Bay street._
BAZAAR, F. VON S ANTEN, IMPORT?
ER of Paris Fane Goods, Toys, Prench Con
fectionery.IndlaRnbap Goods Ac, No. 229 King st,
BISCHOFF & CO., HENRY, WH0L?
SALE Grocers, and Dealers in Wines, Li?
quors, Cigars, Tobacco, Ac. 197 East Bay._
CHARLESTON HOTEL, THE BEST
v7 regulated and ? irnlshed Honse In the sond?
ern states. E. u. JACKSON, Proprietor._
COSGROVE'S SODA WATER MANTJ
FACTORY and Bottling Warerooms for Bass
and Hlbbert's London Ales, 37 Marlcet st.
CHAPIN <fe CO., L., MANUFACTURERS
and Dealers In Carriages, Harness, Ac,, 20
Hayne, A 83 A 36 Pinckney st. ; also, 193 Meeting at.
CORWIN A CO., WM S., IMPORTERS
and Dealers In Colee Whines, Brandies, Teas
and Groceries, Wholesale and Retail'276 King st.
CHAFEE <fc CO., WM. H., WHO*LB'|
8ALE Dealers In Groceries, Wines, Liquors,
Ac; Agents Ur Eaton's Crackers, 207 East Bay.
CHAFEE'S TONIC, THE BEST AND
most pleasant Stomach Regulator extant.
Chafee A Co., No. 207 East Bay, Manufacturers.
DUVAL A S?N, J. B., MANUFACTUR?
ERS of Tinware, Dealers In Stoves. Honse '
Furnishing Goods, Ac, 337 King st._
EASON IRON WORKS, ESTABLISHED
1838, Nassau and Celnmbns streets: Steam
Engines, Matine. Portable and Stationery. Bollera.
FOLLIN, G., TOBACCO COMMISSION
Merchant, Manufacturers' Agent for tue
sale of Standard Brands, No. 151 East Bay.
FURNITURE WAREROOMS, ESTAB
LISHED1838. D. H. Sllcox, Nos. 176,177 and
179 King st. Goods carefully packed and shipped.
p OLDSMITH & SON, MOSES, 4, 6 AND
\JT 8 Vendue Range,Wholesale Dealers In Iron,
Metals, Raga, Paper stock, Hides, Wool, Ac.
GURNEY, WM, FACTOR AND COMMIS?
SION Merchant, 102 East Bay, and l Accom
modatlon Wharf._
p O?TEVENIER BROS., (SUCCESSORS
XX to A Hiing.) dealers In MHUnery, Fancy
Gooda. Toys, China, Glassware, Ac, 237 King st.
TTENEREY, WM S., 314 MEETING ST.,
ll Machinist and Founder. Manufacturer of
Ena?ncs, and improved Agricultural Implements.
KINSMAN & HOWELL, GENERAL
Commission Merchants, and Agents for
Mapes' Superphosphate of Lime, No. 128 East Bay
LYONS ? MURRAY, WHOLESALE AND
Retail Dealers In Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Ac,
*a Market st., near Meeting, Sign of "Big Boot."
LA CRIOLLA.-JOSE JARA, IMPOR?
TER and Manufacturer of Havana Cigars,
Wholesale and Retail, cor. Meeting and Market sta.
LITTLE 4 CO., GEO., 213 KING ST.,
sell thc cheapest and best Clothing and Fur
nianing Goods In Charleston._
LUNSFORD, J. L., CABINETMAKER
and Upholsterer, 27 Queen st. Jobbing neatly
done. Agency Common-sense Sewing Machines.
MERTENS, W. A., DEALER IN LA?
DIES*, Misses', Gears, Boys* and CTiuaren'a
Boots and Shoes, Trunks, Valises, Ac, 282 King st.
"?/TERNAUGH,"N., DEALER IN BOOTS
AU. Shoes, Hats, Trunks, Valises, Ac, 212 King
street.._
MARBLE WORKS.-THE OLD ESTAB?
LISHMENT, E. R. WHITE, Proprietor, 111
Meeting st., next o!d Theatre lot._
MATTHTESSEN, WM., - STAR SHIRT
Emporium and Fine Clothing and Tailoring
House, Gents' Furnishing Goods, 291 King st.
NEUFVILLE, B. JL, BLANK BOOK
Manufacturer, Job Printer and Stationer, s
Broad at. Magazines, Ac, bound in all styles.
NOAH'S ARK.-WM MoLEAN, JOBBER
and Dealer In Toys, Fancy Goods, Show Ca?
ses. Stamping A Pinking a specialty; 433 King st.
OSTENDORFF <fc CO., WHOLESALE
Grocers, Dealers in Wines, Liquors and Ci
gars, No. 175 East Bay._
O'NEILL, BERNARD, WHOLESALE
Grocer and Commission Merchant, 189 East
Bay. Foreign and Domestic Exchange for Bale.
ADDON, W. F., GAS FITTER, STEAM
Fitter and Plumber, 447 King st. All kinda
of Oas Apparatus made to order._
PIANOFORTE AND MUSIC STORE,
191 King st., ZOGBATJM, YOUNG k CO.,
Agents for Knabe A Co., Dunham A Sons, etc.
PHONLXIRON WORKS, ESTABLISHED
1844, John F. Taylor k Co., Engineers and
Boilermakers, 4, 6, 8, io and 12 Pritchard st.
PERRY, EDWARD, 155 MEETING ST~
Printer, Stationer, and dealer In Blank,
School and Law Books._
STOLL, WEBB A CO., WHOLESALE
and Retail Dealers in Dry Goods, No. 289 King
street, three doors below Wentworth. v
SCOTTS' STAR SHIRT EMPORIUM
a-d Gents' Famishing Room, Meeting st. op
poslte Market Hall. Agent for the Champion Brace.
SPEAR, JAMESE., 235 KING ST., OPPO
si te Easel, Importer and Dealer IH Fine Watch?
es, Jewelry, Sliver, Platedware, Fancy Goods, Ac
H?GREAT SOUTHERN TEA HOUSE.
WM. S. CORWIN k CO., 276 King st., branch
House of 900 Broadway, New York._
Ol GT, C., DEALER IN FRENCH CALF?
SKINS, Oak and Hemlock Sole Leather, Shoe
Findings, Hides, Furs and Beeswax, 85 Market at.
WILLIAMS & BRO., A. M., 9 BROAD
st., up stairs. Railroad, Commercial and
General Job Printing, at New York prices.
WHILDEN & CO., WATCHES, JEWEL
ry and Silverware, 256 KJng st. Crockery
and Glassware at Wholesale, No. 137 Meetioren.
?\T7EBB, WM. L., IMPORTER OF CUI
V Y NA, Glass and Earthenware, 128 Meeting
street.
WING, ROBERT, BELL HANGER AND
Locksmith, 122 King st. Hotels and pri?
vate houses titted up with Bells, Speaking Pipes.
$ealtl) anb Recreation.
QH?EO KEif SPRINGS,
Eight Miles from Spartanburg Courthouse, S. C.
New Furniture-Hotel thoroughly Renovated.
New Bedding, New Baths, Bowling Alley, and
other modes of exorcise for guests, will be ready
for visitors June 1,1870.
CABINS TO RENT.
Board per month.$30
Per week.10
Per day. 2
R. C. OLIVER, Proprietor,
Spartanburg Courthouse, S. C.
JunO-thstulmo*_
?^THERE TO SPEND THE SUMMER.
GLENN SPRINGS,
SPARTANBURO COUNTY, S. C.,
W. D. FOWLER, PROPRIETOR.
This delightful WATERING PLACE, unsurpassed
by any in the South, ls now open ror the recep?
tion of Invalids and pleasure-seekers for the sum?
mer. The Eiiharu and Bowling Saloon, both for
Ladles and Gentlemen, will be found in complete
order. Rooms newly and comfortably furnished,
and the tables supplied with the best the market
affoi ds.
Stages direct from Spartanburg to Hotel same
day. Charges-$35 per month. jun20-imo
Shipping.
pOR NEW YORK-MERCHANTS' LINE,
The fast sailing Al Packet Schooner a*
"FLORENCE ROGERS," Sheppard, Master, S?
having the balk of ber cargo engaged, will take
small quantity of light Freight and sall promptly.
For balance engagements apply to
WILLIAM ROACH A 00.,
jun30-thftu3 _Agents.
-pOB LIVERPOOL*.
The first-class American Ship ALICE M.
Ml NOTT, Lowell Master, having a large SB
portion or her Cargo engaged, whl be dispatched
tor the above port.
For balance of Freight engagements, apply to
STREET BROTHERS A CO.,
jonie_ No. 74 East Bay
?pOR FORT SUMTER.
The safe, fast saning and comfortably QTV- &&
pointed Yacht "ELEANOR" will make two SB?
trips daily to Fort Sumter and the other points of
historic interest in the harbor, leaving South
Commercial Wharf at io A. M. and 8 P. M. The
Yacht can also be chartered for private parties on
reasonable terms. For passage or charter apply
next door south of the MIIIH House, or to the
Captain on board. may 14
-pOR NEW YORK-ON WEDNESDAY?
The fast screw Steamship ASHLAND, ^>f?Mc
Crowell, Commander, will Bail iorNew2fiHK~
York on WBDNESDAY, July 6th, at 1 o'clock P. M.,
from PIER NO. 2, ONION WHARVES, TAKING
FREIGHT ONLT.
The ASHLAND will connect with the Liverpool
Steamship NEVADA, of Messrs. WILLIAMS A
GUION'S LINE, sailing July 13.
Insurance by the Steamships cf this line X per
cent.
The Steamship TENNESSEE, Chichester, Com?
mander will aatl on the following WEDNESDAY,'
July 13, at 6 o'clock P. M.
For Freight engagements only, apply to WAG?
NER, HUGER A CO., No. 20 Broad street, or to
WM ? COURTENAY, No. 1 Union Wharves.
Jnn2?_
J10R "PHILADELPHIA.
THE REGULAR STEAM LINE-WEEKLY.
? * _
Thf Screw Steamship J. W. EVERHAN, rfgfc,
Hinckley, Commander, will sall for^?l?S
Philadelphia direct, on FRIDAY, July 1st, at io s
o'clock A. M., from Brown's South Wharf.
ta* Insurance by the steaaers of this Line M
per cent. \
For Freight engagements, or Passage (oabin
$16,) apply to
WM. A COURTENAY, Agent,
jnn27-mtnjgl_No. 1 Union Wharves.
BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA, P OS
TON, AND THE CITIES OF THE NORTH?
WEST.
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING GIVEN FOB,
COTTON TO BREMEN.
The fine Steamship "FALcoN,"^TiTjB*
Horsey, Commander, will sall for Baltl-?rfUtMifc
more on FRIDAY MORNING, 1st Joly, at half-past
eight (8X) o'clock.
?a~ Philadelphia Freights forwarded to that
city by railroad from Baltimore without addi?
tional Insurance, and Consignees are allowed am?
ple time to sample and sell then- Goods from,
the Railroad Depot in Philadelphia.
PAUL 0. TRENHOLM, Agent,
Jon27-mtnthf4_No. 2 Union Wharves.
TTESSELS SUPPLIED WITH CABIN AND
V MESS STORES ON SHORT NOTICE.
C?ptame and Stewards are -peet JgBfSm*
fukiy Invital to call and examine theSftflflB
quality and prices of our GOODS. Full weight
guaranteed. Delivered free of expense.
WM. S. CORWIN A CO.,
No. 276 King street, opposite Hasel,
Charleston, S. C.
MO* Branch of No. ooo Broadway, New York.
Jan24_
pOR SAVANNAH, BEAUFORT AND
PACIFIC LANDING, ED1STO AND
ROCKVILLE.
Steamer PILOT BOY, Captain C. _ .-fl^w
C. White, will sall for the above?S?ffi5s2
places as follows:
TUESDAY MORNING, at 8 o'clock, for Edisto,
Rockville, Pacific Landing and Beaufort.
THURSDAY MORNING, at 8 o'clock, for Pacific
Landing, Beaufort and Savannah.'
Freight to Edi*to reduced 60 per cent.
J. D. AIKEN A CO.,
junl7 South Atlantic Wharf.
?pOR GARDNER'S BLUFF,
AND ALL INTERMEDIATE LANDINGS ON PEE?
DEE RIVER. ~
The steamer GENERAL MANI
GAULT, Oap tain H. S. Cordea, is.
now receiving Freight at Boyce A Co.'a1
and will leave as above on SATURDAY MORNIN?,
July 2. SHACKELFORD A KELLY.
Agents, No. 1 Boyce's Wharf.
N. B.-All Freight must be prepaid. Jun30-2
?pOR EDISTO AND ENTERPRISE
VIA JOHN'S ISLAND FERRY, CHURCH FLATS",
YOUNG'S ISLAND, BEAR'S BLUFF, Ac,
INLAND ALL THE WAY.
The steamer ARGO ls now receiv?
ing .Freight at Accommodation,_
Wharf, and will leave as above To-MORROW MORN
INQ, at 7 o'clock. Returning, will leave Edisto
same day, (Friday, July i,) at 4 o'clock P. M5 .
For Passage or Freight, apply on board QT to
DOUGLAS NISBET, Agent,
Accommodation Wharf.
N. B.-Freight and Wharfage payable on the
wharf. j un 30-1
F
OR.WRIGHT'S BLUFF
AND INTERMEDIATE LANDINGS ON THE SAN
TEE RIVER.
The Steamer MARION, Captain W.
F. Adair, will receive Freight at Ac-,_
commodation Wharf, THIS DAY, 80(5 UUhTiuc
leave at NIGHT.
Freight aud wharfage prepaid.
For engagements, apply to
RA VENE? A HOLMES,
jun30-l_No. 177 East Bay.
FISHING EXCURSION TO THE BLACK
t FISH BANKS.
The Palmetto Fire Englpe Com- _ _^HK^tt.
paDy have chartered the Steamer JBBES?SS?*
SAMSON, for a Fishing Excursion ou iuc 4m or
July. Boat will leave Accommodation Wharf at
7:30 A. M.
Tickets can be procured from either of the un?
dersigned Committee.
A. 0. STONE,
H. F. BYRNES, WM TUOMEY,
W. EESLIN, M. GANNON.
N. B.-Refreshments will be furnished on board
without extra charge._jun29-4
MOUNT PLEASANT AND SULLIVAN'S
ISLAND FERRY COMPANY.
On and after FRIDAY, July l, the
following Schedule will be observed,
dally:
Leave City at 6',i and 10 A. M.; 3 and 6 P. M.
Leave Mount Pleasant at r< and ii ri A M.:
b)i and 7M P. M.
Leave Sullivan's Island at "X and lix A. M.;
5 and 7 P. M.
On SCNDAY MORNINGS, the first trip from each
place will be one hour later than during the week.
All Freight must be prepaid, and none received
alter half-past 2 o'clock.
Jun29-2* J. H. MURRAY, Agent.
rp HE FOUNTAIN SYRINGE.
SELF ACTING.-NO PUMPING.-NO .'.IB
INJECTED.
The best universal SYRINGE in the market.
It ls recommended by the first Physicians of the
country.
lt is so simple that it cannot get out of order.
There are no valves, and nothing that will cor?
rode. One will last a life time.
Dr. JOS. H. WARREN, an eminent Phlslclan, ol
Boston writes to the manufacturers:
"From the fact of its simplicity and correct
principle In the structure of your 'Fountain Sy?
ringe ' and for thc easy manipulation, practicable
result and comfort to the patient, I have recom?
mended this instrument extensively."
The Profession are invited to call and examtue
the apparatus.
For sale, wholesale and retail, by
Dr. H. BAER,
No. 131 Meeting street,
may30 Agent for Sooth Caroline?.