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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1360. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. THE FOURTH. A. BOG OBX IN CO ZUM BIA.. How the Anti-Rtformcrs Celebrated the Day-The Death-cry of the Carpet Baggers. [FROX OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, July 4. Independence Day in Columbia bas been ' celebrated by the Anti-Reform Isis entirely. They had ? flaming programme In the Phoe? nix of Sunday; but the day we celebrate tailed to. come np to the programme. Th? programme proposed to have the execu? tive-officers of the State, tho city officers, the military companies, Ac, Ac., with Professor Ly Brand's celebrated Post Band to discourse music for the occasion. The day we celebrate did. not exhibit these altogether so strikingly as the programme did. There was something of a procession; main? ly the four colored militia companies-the El? liott Guards, the Neagle Rifles, the Stevens . light Infantry, and the Scott Guards. There -^as no military, except this militia, 'In the crowd of persons at the Park, a few ?State officers were seen standing among the spectators. Auditor Tomlinson and Treasurer Parker were standing round. But none of .these men were on the etage, so for as your .correspondent could see. The crowd gathered in Sidney Park two hours bei ore the procession arrived, which was ?sadly behind time. There were probably 2500, possibly 3060, per-. sons present, a very large portion of them be? ing girls and children. A new convert or two made the sum total of whites on the stage.. There may have been one hundred whites, all '/ told, on the ground. It was a colored celebra- ' tlon. " Pro fess or LyBrand's celebrated Post Band" was absent The programmists bad counted without their host The Post Band is under command of the commandant of the post, Gen? eral Bamford, and that gentleman distinctly informs these anti-Eeformlsts that the Post Band cannot be used for purposes so manifest? ly political - and so notoriously partisan. He declines to allow the band to "discourse mu? sic for the occasion." The fruit stands, melon stalls, ice cream tables and ginger'pop stands were numerous and apparently successful. "Colonel W. Beverly Nash, orator of the day," and also "chief marshal,"'' entered the ?Park on horseback. The militia stacked arms. The crowd drew ? around the platform. "Hon. Charles M. -Wild . er,' first assistant marshal," officiated as master ?of ceremonies, and announced and introduced the speakers. The first speaker was *4J. E. Greene, Esq.," . sergeant of the Senate, who made a short speech. He told the crowd that the prejudice ?against them was - not one of race, but one or ignorance; that (as He Jillson said the other day at the Howard School) the whites were prejudiced mora against uncultivated brains than against black skins. The orator"of ' the day-Colonel Nosh-was next Introduced He commenced by saying that his name had been announced without his consent, and that he had never heard of it until last night. His oration consisted of an analysis of the "Black God?," as he termed it, with as much of recriminative abuse of the whites as he had at command; the whole tend? ing to array race against race, and embitter feelings between them. -He did not spare the carpet-baggers nor the new converts to Radl caltaLany more than he did Carpenter and ??B Although he disclaimed any purpose . of raRug those old and by-gone issues, he spoke of little else. Distrust of the Reformers and of the white race In general, was the key? note of this oration. . Next followed "James Davis, Esq.," whose sentiment was, '-Stand by the Republican par . ty, right or wrong." Next came Representative H. W. Purvis, of, Lexington County, who Introduced his speech bjlrsaylng that be felt to-day, for the first ? time like a free man and a white man. His speech was of so violent and vindictive a character, so extreme in sentiment and so unparliamen? tary in language, that his best friends and the -.friends of his party probably wish that he had not made.lt Bot while he denounced -and abused the Reformists, the Democrats, and -the white race in ' general, he did not ?pare the carpet-baggers, nor those "ly? ing whites who have sneaked Into the Republican party for nothing else than fain." Neither Worthington nor H?ge, ?who occupied seats on the platform at some ? parts of the performance, seemed able to stand the galling fire and lncesant bot shot, that the ?peaker poured Into the ranks of the political -adventurers ?nd vultures that had swarmed in upon the colored population o? South Caro? lina. Both these worthies took places in the audience; and after the speech H?ge crept back and took a seat again. The speaker made the point that he would sooner trust Hampton, Butler, or Jeff. Davis, than some of the cursed trash that have joined the Repub? lican party. He further asked, ont of throe hundred State.offlces, are there ten held by negroes; and ont of three hundred and twen? ty Federaloffices In the State, how many do the colored race hold ? He said that his race are determined to have power, and mean to? be represented. . The last speaker was the Rev. David Pickett, a colored man, whoso voice was so low that hA?ould not be heard. All the speakers were colored. The "Hon. W. H. Wlgg," the only white man announced to speak, failed to appear. About 3 P. M., the master of ceremonies an? nounced that, as everybody was'tired, ihey would adjourn until 8 o'clock to-night, at the State-House, when'speeches would be deliv? ered by Messrs. David Pickett, General Elliott and Judge "Hege. The celebration was a purely political party display. It was a boggle, almost a failure, and far more unfortunate for the Anti-Reformists than for their opponents. The snub given the movement by General Bum ford, about the music, seemed to cast a damper upon the day, from which the most enthusiastic failed to reeover. CORSAIR. AFFAIRS IN MISSISSIPPI. - JACKSON, MISS., July 4. The Legislature adjourned ?.over In honor of the day. The Legislature will fprobably adjourn this week for three months. Parties from Mobile are here in the interests of annexation ofthat city to Mississippi. A serious affray occurred to-day at Wesson, fifty miles from here, between blacks and whjjfcss, in consequence of the abuse of a white boy ?by a negro. The negroes fired into the whites, wounding two. The fire was retnrned, killing three negroes instantly. WASHINGTON. [FROM TUS ASSOCIATED PRESS.] WASHINGTON, July 5. The Senate last night resumed the consider? ation of the Naturalization bill. The vote, adopting Sumner's amendment, striking out the word "white," was reconsidered by yeas 27, nays 14. Sumner's amendment was then re? jected, yeas 14, nays SO. Warner moved to ex. tend the naturalization laws to allens of Afri? can nativity and persons ol African descent. Adopted-yeas 31; nays 30. The bill was re? ported to the S?nate, and amendments agreed to. On Mr. Warner's amendment a separate vote was taken. It was concurred in-yeas 30; nays 17. Sum uer renewed his amendment to strike ont the word "white." Lost-yeas .12; nays 26. The Senate disagreed to the House amend? ment to the funding bill, and ordered a ?com? mittee of conference. Fenton Introduced a bill to Incorporate- . the Tehuantepec Railway and Ship Canal Com? pany. The Tax bill was then taken np, the ques? tion being on an amendment providing for bonded transportation ol merchandise to in? terior cities. The afternoon was consumed debating the tea bill, providing transportation on bonded merchandise to interior cities. HOUSE. In the House, Washburne, from the Special Committee, made a report favoring the estab? lishment ol a postal telegraph system, and re? quested that the bill go over till next Decem? ber. Agreed to; . The House then took up the oontested elec? tion case of Barnes vs. Adams, the report being in favor of Adams, the sitting member, who ?B a Democrat. Palmer, from the special committee, made a minority report, accompanied by a bill to es 'tabllsh a postal telegraph company. After discussion, the House report from the -Elections Committee, declaring Adams, the sitting member from Kentucky, entitled to his seat, was agreed to, and a resolution was passed giving his contestant five thousand dol? lars for expenses. Adjourned. EUROPE. The Infalllbllty Schema. ROME, July 5. The Council have adopted the preface and first two chapters of the Infallibility Schema. Partisans of extreme infallibility doctrine re? fuse to allow any alterations, and demand an immediate vote. The bishops are leaving inst. It ls thought a final vote will bo taken by tho 10th. LATER_The discussion of the fourth chap I ter relative to the supremacy of the Pope, was ended In the (Ecumenical Council yesterday, many of the orators inscribed to speak on the subjecc having withdrawn. It ls reported that there will be a public meeting on Monday, the 17th instant. A King for Spain. MADRID, Joly 5. It ls announced to-day that tho Prince ol Hohenzollern has accepted the offer ol the Spanish throne. The Council will immediate? ly take tho matter ander discussion. It is tolerably certain that this candidature wiU be proclaimed without the sanction of tho Cortes. The government authorities officially deny makin? any but confidential overtures to a loreign Prince. The name of the Prince, the government adds, it ls not yet proper to di? vulge. English News. LONDON July 5. The steamer Robert Low sailed yesterday from here with the apparatus on board for the repair of the Atlantic cable near Heart's Con? tent, and the French cable between St. Pierre and Duxbury. This steamer has just been built by the Atlantic Cable Company, and is fitted with the most approved appliances. She will be stationed permanently on the American side in readiness for contingencies. Advices received to-day from Aden report that the ship John Dogden was recently found ashore and abandoned near that place. Her cargo of cotton was not injured. The Times, in the city article this morning, anticipates no difficulties attending the close of the speculative accounts for the autumn re? cess. The Duke of Sutherland gave a banquet In honor of Lesseps. Among the guests present were the Dukes of Cambridge and Argyle, Right Hons. Wm. E. Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Dufferln, and others. AN INDIGNANT COLORER MAN. One Who Knows the Union League. The Union Times publishes the following spirited letter from a shrewd and independent colored man of that county : SANTOC, June 21. I don't know whether yon allow colored iolks to .write for your paper, but I think you will not refuse any one the right to defend his char? acter; and having heard that it is reported that I ha: 3 Joined the League and . now belong to i the Republican party, I think lt my duty to de- i fend myself Irom such a foul slander. 1 am a colored man who bas to work regularly and 1 hard to obtain an honest living, lam not an t office seeker, and have something else to do ( than spending my time attending League meet? ings. These meetings don't gi ve many colored ? men bread, but they help to give lazy white men 1 office. I am a free man; as free as you or any j other man In the State, and I intend to act as a , free man should-earn an honest living, have my own political opinions, and vote Just as I ? ( please. This no man who Joins the League can j do, for every member of the League is bound i by a solomn oath to vote for any candidate the head mes (and they are white) may select. Now I don't believe in being bound to any party. My best friends are the good white 11 people ol' Booth Carolina. If I want a friend I go to them, and they always befriend me, and I don't intend to join any party that forces me not to vote for my friends, t As to the Northern men who came here to hold office and bind the colored people to support them, I don't know any- I thing about, and I don't want to know them. \ I look around at the white native South Caro- ? linlans who join the leagues, and I don't sec a ' respectable man among them. They are most ? ly tho3e that we colored iolks used to call I "poor buckra," and most of them we used to ? watch when they came on old master's prem? ises, to keep them from stealing. I used to c think they were not as good as myself, and I don't think they are any better now than they were then, and I say it is a disgrace to my character to report that I belong to their party. Now, Mr. Editor, I wish to tell everybody that I never did and never intend to belong to the League party, and any one that says I do, tells a Ue. Very respectfully, LIMERICK THOMAS. -The London Spectator criticises the Indian policy of the United States, and anticipates an immediate Indian war, which will result in the extermination of the race. -A Fteamboat race, which was causing much excitement and heavy betting, was In progress at late accounts from Memphis and Natchez, on the Mississippi River. -Thc New Orleao3 firemen are in Philadel? phia, receiving much attention from their brethren of that city. F?EDERICKSBURG. THE CONFLICT OF THE BLOODY HEIGHTS. Thrilling Heenes-'The Famous Charge of the Irish Brigade. [FROM OUR.OWN CORRESPONDENT.] FREDERICKSB?RO, VA., June 27. How natural the transition from the gloomy fastnesses of the Chickahominy to the sterile abades of the 1 Wilderness." The vast armies which struggled through that week of agony in the river-swamps, relaxed their interlacing death-grapple for very weariness and decima? tion, but ere the vast pall of smoke had drifted away, they met again In conflict. The attack (rom the east had failed most disastrously, and the northern lines of advance were reopened. The Confederacy changed front, crushed the Army of the Potomac on Bull Run, sent its boys into lukewarm Maryland, beat that unfortun? ate, army again at Antietam, and then tell back with vast plunder and glory enough for a doz? en campaigns. Once more, at Fredericks burg, the ever-victorious Southern army and the ever-beaten Northern legions were brought face to face. For one thing let ns give due credit-tbere was never before an army which was so often and so terribly beaten, so out-gen eralled. out-fought and out-marched, and yet held so well together. With one man out of eve? ry three stricken from the rolls of the battles of June, it had braced itself to meet another san? guinary scourging in August, and was none the less ready to cover Sharpsburg Heights with 16,000 of its dead and wounded in Sep? tember. In December, with full ranks, silken banners, superb artillery, and all the pride of war, they ' came up to the scratch once more smiling," as pugilists say, as though they bore the unstained prestige ol a dozen victories. Thus from the "loins of the frozen North," a new multitude had reinforced the veterans of the two years of vicissitude, and their united masses overhung Fredericksburg and the lit? tle Southern army in occupation thereof. Brave little army, shedding Its best blood at every step, it always found the weak spot in the enemy's armor; and as unerringly and as fatally as the sword of Achilles, lt pierced to the vitals. On the day of the December mas? sacre under Marye's heights, one more deep wound was scored through the rich mall ol'the ill-starred Hector. After an infinite annoyance from the Missis? sippi rifles, which called down a tremendous fire of artillery from his batteries, Burnside bad succeeded in throwing his pontoons across the Rappahannock, and then the grand divi? sions filed over in solid mass-one steady stream of regiments and batteries, bands and banners, crossing into that shattered city, and deploying toward the grim heights beyond. There was no battle here-it was only a vast massacre. In the faco ol such defences, held by such men, the Old Guard of Napoleon, the Tenth Legion of Cosar, the Macedonian pha? lanx of Alexander, would have quailed and fled. A division would pour out from the city, form a beautiful and imposing Uno, advance by brigades steadily up within rifle range, per? haps spurt up with a cheer within a few yards of the stone wall that encircles the hill, and then when thc river of men had diminished to amere waving rill, they broke and fled in panic to the horror-stricken army waiting in the outer streets of the city. And then a fresh division, leaping into line, went through the same ordeal, and left the green meadow tosselated with their dead. Hancock led 5600 men to thc assault in flfteeen minutes 2011: of them were shot down. Then In rapid succession the com? mands of French, Howard, Sturgls and Getty marched out, entered thc line of fire, broke, and streamed back across the fields. When the order came for the Irish brigade to storm the hill, the whole Northern army held its breath. This was the finest body of men on the field-it had held the works at Gaines's Mill against inundating masses of Confede erates, and when orders came for its retreat, it marched ont in the twilight with flags flying, music playing, and company lines as nicely dressed as if on review. Hill's division could hardly help cheering at their splendid audacity. So now they moved out with the battle-light on their faces, and as they entered the jaws of death, they gave a wild Fonte? noy yell, and dashed toward the wall. Minutes were hours-inches were miles? ia that corpse-strewn field. On they went, beyond tho farthest point reached by any previous command -on and on ! In three minutes more they will have crossed the flame-scarped wall; but the roar of the cannon above and the rattle of the rifles below swells louder; every bullet finds its billet; the line doubles into a V; the flanks melt away; tlie cheering ceases; the advauced colors stop, waver, turn back; the invincible Irish brigade is broken and in full flight. The boys in gray jumped upon and over the wall, cheering and ?xultant. They wanted to charge back, to ?nter the city, to show how Oiey used the jayonet and bore the flag. But in the twilight mother dense array was seen approaching, [t was Humphrey's division, 4000 empty mus? kets, ordered up by General Burnside, against ;he entreaties of his corps commanders. With lead'y earnestness they came on. The fire slackened at some points along the Southern ine, as ammunition failed, but one more long ..rash of shell and canister and rifle-balls, and Jumphrey fell back, leaviag POO men piled >n the field. It was the last attempt. The irotid old flag was humbled once more; the Potomac army had lost 15,000 more men. and in this field, so much resembling Bunker Hill ind New Orleans in ita features, one more vic ory was inscribed on the battle-flags of the L N. V. Behind that stone wall was a long line of roops from the far South-prominent among vhoin were the 24th Nort h Carolina and Cobb's ..egioa, braze men from sister States. These vere men who had hunted the wild duck from lie Santee to the north end ot Cun i tuck, and ;een-eyed mountaineers from Rutherford, 'oik's and Pickens's and the Washington Ar lllery and Ransom's batteries hammered away iver their heads. Just on the right there was a battle goiDg on aeanwhile. Stuart's outposts and Jackson's irst line were pressed baek by Meade's dlvis on-he had captured two hundred Conf?d?r? ?s and two flags, and, with a continual tide if reinforcements, he waa sweeping up a hill , very quiet and dreary, and worthless now) i eyond the railroad. Stuart's light batteries J rere unequal to Meade's heavier metal. The lassaponax was won and crossed, and the i 'ennsylvanians were dashing on with all 1 he elan of easy success. Suddenly a scathing , olley from a long line, of troops on the hill-top ? nd the steady roll of "firing at will" set in Iregg was there with his Palmetto veterans, . standing like a stone-wall." Meade halted a { ?oment, charged vainly, because Gregg's men rouldn'tglvo an inch; and then Early and j !regg came down on a run, bayonets de- , ressed, torn flags all astrcam, and the ragged c boys in gray shouting like Mexicans. Mean? time Gibbon bad come up to Meade's help. What was the consequence ? Why, two divi? sions were routed instead of one, and Massa ponax Creek was in the Confederate lines again. The Federal commander got bis broken army across the Rappahannock again, and the Washington Star-chamber decreed another official decapitation-more recruits were torn from the depleted North, and the beaten army was ready for another blow. How ready Gen. Lee was#to inflict lt, he soon showed. Fredericksburg hasn't yet recovered from that day of bombardment. It is lacking in the life-power and wealth which have lifted Charleston and Bichmond from their ashes; but the ?urburban estates are slowly improv? ing; a lew broad fields of grain-wheat and corn-are growing In pacific beauty, and back near the hills they are making a monument in memorial of. the Confederate dead. If the design ls fully carried out, it will be a very fine work, worthy of the place and its history. When I passed the working parties, the re? mains of sixteen hundred Southern soldiers had been collected and placed in the mound. Many others will be laid there. A. turfed and symmetrical tumulus will be raised above them, and a neat monument over all. The General Government has prepared a beautiful cemetery for eighteen thousand of Its soldiers, who fell here and at Chancellorsville, and it is well that the Virginians are taking such care of their defenders-the bravest of the brave. Blue and gray alike, enemies no longer, they Bleep under the evening shadows of the Spott sy Ivan I a hills. "On Fame's eternal camping-ground, Their spectral tents are spread, And Glory gnards, with solemn roand, The bivouac of the dead." _ _ PELERIX. VIRGINIA. POLITICS. RICHMOND, July 5. The Conservative caucus held here last night, by nearly a two-thirds vote, determined that it would be Inexpedient to reapportion the State for Congressional representation at this session. No action was agreed upon re? garding the formation ot parties in the State. It rained nearly all day yesterday. There was no public demonstration except the parade of two colored societies. Judge Guigon to-day decided in the contest? ed city election that the matter of illegal and fraudulent voles cannot be gone into. Had this matter been opened the legal proceedings would have extended beyond the term for which the city officers are elected. The Re? publicans claim that this decision, in effect, gives the city offices to their candidates. The Conservatives still contest the case on the ground of informality in the election. ORANGEBURG. The Celebration of the Fourth-A Ter rlltle Thunder Storm. [FROM OCR OWN COU RESPONDENT.) ORANOEOURO, S. C.. July 4. . The "day we celebrate" has ingloriously passed without any demonstration (beyond an effort by the "chairman," who, at the head ol thirty or forty ragged negro urchins, paraded the streets to the rub-e-dub of two dmms, tied to two Fifteenth amendments) and a slight In? crease of colored visitors to the "burg" in hol? iday finery, who peered in at thc windows as if in search of the eff?te gentleman, who, on "spread eagle" wings, has "measured the ex? panse from the billowy Atlantic to up and over the Rocky Mountains, thence on to the Pa? cific," and who is doubtless to-day counteract? ing Alaska's icc with some Al apple cider. The average appreciation ot the day may be summed up In Greek's estimate of Its Import? ance-a few parched pindera. During the prevalence ol' a severe thnnder slorm this afternoon, the store ot Mr. G. H. Cornelson was struck by a bolt of lightning. The shingles, rafters and front of the building were very much torn and Injured, and several persons stunned, among them a negro girl se? riously, but not dangerously wounded. In one of the chambers where a lady and her children were gathered, the effect was very marked, a washstand was shivered and the nurse slightly struck; ihe bolt escaped from the girder near the front door, leaving an aperture about the size of a pistol shot, after tearing the upper portion ot the house very seriously. We con? gratulate the occupants in their wonderful es? cape froiu death. A refreshing raiu is pouring, and will be gratefully welcomed. To-day has been a sales-day, remarkable for no business transactions by the sheriff, a rare event. _ _ _ TUB BOG-DATS OF TBE PAST. A Record of Hut Summer?. Prom tho published recDrds kept at Nurern burg, in Bavjria, we get the following interests in; tacts relating to extremely hot saasons in timos past: In the year 1132 tho earth cracked by reason of the heit; the nells aud streams in Alsace all dned up, and the bod of tho River Rb me was cL-y. Io the year 1152 the heit was so great that sand exposed to tue sun's rtya was hot enough to cook an eg?. * Io 1160 (rreat numbors of soldiers in the enm paign against Bela died /rom the effects of the neat. In 1276-7 the crjps of hay and oats failed completely. In the ye irs 13034 a man could have crossed, dry shod over the rivers Some, Loire, Rhine and Danube. In 1393-4 a multitude of animal J perished by meaoB of the heat, which was eo great that the harvest dried up. lu 1443 the heat was ex'"r.tordinary. In the yejrs 1533.1539,1540 and 1541 all the rivers were nearly dried up. In 1556 there was a great drought, which ex? tended over uearlv tbe whole ot Europe. In 1615 and 1616 there was, in Italy, France and the Netherlands, an overpowering heat. In 1648 there were fitty-.-ight consecutive d:iy8 of extreme heat. l'ho your 1678 was very bot, and as were the first three years of the eighteenth century. Ia 1718 it did not ram a single timo from April until October! Tho growing grain was burnt, tho rivers dried up, ibo theatres (but wherefore is not etated) were closed by com? mand of the pohca. Th t thermometer showed 35 degrees Eeauni'r, equivalent to 113 Jesrees Fahrenheit. In irrigated gardens the fruit troea b o >raed iwic?. In 1723 and 1724 there was very great heat. The summer ot 1718 was ver? hot and dry, thc growing srain being abs lulo.y calcined. It did not rain for msnv month*. Tho years 1748. 1754, 1760, 1767. 1778 and 1783, were also years in which tue aummsrB were extremely hot. lathe famous comet year-1811-the sum? mer was very -varm, and tne wiue produced that season -v;'s consider id very precious. I i the year 1818 the theatres had to be closed an account of the heat, the highest temp?ra? ture beiug thirty-five P.eauju3r, or '111 Riren ueit. Durin? tho three days of tho revolution of Inly, in 1839, the therm une i cr s'nod at thirty six degrees centigrade, about the same as ainety-ieven Farenheit. In 1832, daring the uorbing of tbe 5th and Hh of July, the thermometer was about the jame. The Soine wis neorlv'dried up in 1835. Io June. 1850, when the cholera appeared for he second time, the temperature was only ibout seventy-five Fahrenheit. The highest de .TC 3 of heat that man can vithstand for any leag.'he ned period varies from 104 to 122 of Fahrenheit scale. But with a mich lower temperature numerous deaths oc :u;\ A BOLD DEMAGOGUE. WHITTEMORE IN A PASSION WITH CONGRESS. He Threatens Vengeance against Cen? tral Logan. B. F. Whittemore, the disgraced and expell? ed member of Congress from the First District of South Carolina, prints in the New York Standard (the organ of his patron, B. F. But? ler,) a column or more in defence of his courge. He says: It has been said "that I have made a iortune out of the freedmen;" "that I have established schools-a large number-and charged the children twenty-five cents each, per month, for their tuition;" "that I have sold books sent for . gratuitous distribution among them;" "that I have made merchandise of Bibles and Testa? ments; that I have exacted money for clothing sent by benevolent societies to my charge, for the benefit of the needy;" "that I have misus? ed the means put in my hands lor the erection of school-houses and churches, and appropriat? ed the same to my own benefit;" "that I have made extravagant premises to attain populari? ty among my deluded constituents;" "that I have sought entertainment for the teachers at. the houses of the first families," and the cabins of the freedmen-collected "tare from the teachers, and put the same in my own pocket," etc., <tc-in fact, all that an idle, mischievous brain could Invent, has been published, circu? lated and scattered to the fonr winds tor strangers to hear, who think there must be some truth in so much assertion. But I defy any one, curious in the art of crimination, anxious to make a capture, to prove a single statement here reiterated, or that may have escaped my eye similar in its character. It will not be a bard thing for those who have already filled the columns of a traducing journal, to gather evidence. If their charges are well lounded, for no man is more widely known in his district than my sell. If I have been guilty of any illegal act, I demand of them that they shall bring me to the proper courts for punishment. If I have committed an immoral, unjust or unfaithful act, let me be brought before the people who have known and tried me. Allow me, in this connection, to present the statement of some of the most prominent gen? tlemen in the place of my residence, which will show how much of truth there is In the heralded accusations so industriously circu? lated to my detriment: '.DARLINGTON, S. C., June 9, 187ft "To whom it niau concern: "We, the undersigned, take, pleasure tn saying that we have been Intimately acquainted willi the Hon. H. F. Whittemore for the patt Ave years. No man has done so much in his private and pub? lic ministration to aid the poor, to clothe me naked, feed the hungry, educate the ignorant, In? struct the people in general as he; and he has been maligned at home and abroad because of lils unflinching devotion to the canse of hu? manity. "He liaR been untiring in erecting school? houses lu the First Congressional District, and lt has been due to his personal energy, his constant appeals for help, as well as the liberal girts from his own purse, that the wants of many have been relieved. "His private character and public virtues with ns are nnquestloued. "He has been the advocate of equal and exact rights to ah men, and the former enemies of the government will naturally slander fuch a friend octile masses to accomplish their own funl endB. ' Rev. S. P. BROCKENTO.V. JONATHAN WKIORT, Chairman of Board of County Commissioner). JACKSON A. SMITH. County Commissioner. JOHN LUNNBV, State Senator. J. G. GATTIN, Trial Justice. JOURDAN LA SO, Member of Assembly. GEORGE LUNNEY, Postmaster. JAMES M. BROWN, Probate Judge." This should be regarded with ns much credit as "the sp?cial" scandals of the flying Bohe? mians who, with green spectacles, gather their material from the diseased-discomfited-un? reconciled-unrepentant enemy of the coun? try; the present order of things; for, certainly, those who have been my neighbors are better qualified to speak of me than those who are afar off. either by distance, sympathy or politi? cal affinity. It will be a matter of wonder, no doubt, why I have not before noticed "the scandal and falsehood" so widely circulated. In answer to which I wili say, that I have been engaged in a campaign which has been unparalleled in abuse and severity. I could not spare the time to refute all the falsehoods so maliciously trumpeted against me. I had to meet them In the canvass; the press of the country printed and reprinted them; my enemies used them as far as they could; and yet I was re-elected by 8499 majority, to represent a constituency as honest, as capable of judging ol' the merits ol any question before them where their own In? terests arc at stake, as any in the land. I come now to the matter which first brought me prominently before the country, viz. : my connection with the so-called "sale of the cadetshlps." 1 do not attempt to Justify what is regarded criminal in the disposition ol' pub? lic favors. I do, however, emphatically assert that no criminal intent or corrupt desire moved or actuated me in my conferring the recom? mendations for the appointment of the young men to the military or naval academies. No evidence exists to show lt; no witness has tes tllled to such a venality. Nor did 1 for per? sonal gain, bonellt, or reward, directly or indi? rectly, receive a farthing "tor the procure? ment of any office or place under the govern? ment." After the favor bestowed upon the friends of the cadets, I suffered them to give material aid to the people ot' my district for educational and other purposes which poverty and suffering would suggest. I did not cover up my transaction. I believed the Intention, which always precedes and qualifies an act, would be weighed as well as the act itself. I had no desire to conceal my connection with the unfortunate affair. Had I thought it would have led to such a result, I would have severed my right hand before engaging in it Meaning then no wrong, my conscience is still void of offence, and lara sure any judicial tribunal, where justice holds its even scales, would acquit me of any criminal intention and discharge me from thc odium; which some men, who are not troubled with "light offences," seek to fasten upon me. What J complain of is, that I have not yet been heard in my own defence, except before my constituents, who have reversed the deci? sion of those who declared me "unworthy" a seat among them on the report and resolution of a committee, whose sittings were secret, whose rulings were hasty, and whose charity was harsh as ito chairman's persecution. I complain of the duplicity and deception of General Logan, who, aller he had persecuted me beyoud the limit ol civilized or J'arliamen tary precedent, told me that "he was sorry that his committee1 did not report a resolution of censure instead of expulsion; that he did not believe my intention wrong; that he hoped I would bc returned to Congress, and he would be the first man to welcome my return." This he cannot deny, for others heard him declare the same thing, and Samuel Lee, of South Carolina, a gentleman whose word has never yet been questioned, has, in an affidavit already widely published, shown how those who are so careful of their company can falsi? fy their utterances. I complain of the unjust, indecent and un? constitutional disposition of my credentials by the same "savage statesman," who falsified history, law, precedents, everything, to carry his persecution to a barbarous end. 1 com? plain of the utter disregard ol' ray rights, the rights of my constitueras-thc great principles which underlie our representative form of gov? ernment. I complain of the arbitrary return ol my cre? dentials; the Insult thrown in the face ol' 157, 000 constluents, their disfranchisement, exclu? sion from representation, total and complete abrogation ol' their delegated, legislated im? munities. I complain of the complete disregard of rea? son, law and justice; the denial ol time, argu? ment, research, which has resulted in estab? lishing a precedent fatal to the liberties, the rights ol' the people-the choice of electors ! A preceded that will prove a thorn in legisla? tion, an inducement not only to irregular pro cedures,but an usurpation of all that makes our Republican ideas the boast of the world. The House of Commons, one hundred years ago, by its arbitrary encroachments upon the rights of the Britons, lurnished a warning against like usurpations; but Congress has dis? regarded it. General Logan and his adhe? rents have given us a record which must yet be expunged, for tho people will not submit to be trodden under foot by their servants. The servants are not greater than their masters, and a voice will soon be heard, "Be ye no lon ger servants of ours." I shall carry my "case," credentials, rein ddrsement by 8499 majority back to those who will not tamely submit to the indignity which 124 members of Congress, led on by the equiv? ocal, false, vindictive Legan, have cas? upon them. I have been faithful to my country, to the cause ol humanity, to the reconstruction of a sundered Union, and I shall battle yet for uni? versal, Impartial liberty, until the colored vo? ters, citizens of the whole country, shall re? ceive as much consideration as the whitest electors of the nation. I am, yours truly, ? B. F. WHITTEMOBE. MIDSUMMER FASEIONS. WHAT JENNY JUNE HAS TO SAY ABOUT THEM. The Summer Stampede - Fashionable Toilette? from Paris-Toilettes for the Seaside. Mrs. "Jennie June" Croly, in ber July letter about the fashions In New York; tells us: The usual Bummer exodus has commenced, but this season lt finds its way less to Europe than to the many localities worth visiting in our own land. There ls little call In the Euro? pean tide, a trifle of disgust at the follies into which the extravagant admiration ot every? thing European betrays it. A couple of months ago a lady sent to Worth, the Paris dressma? ker, for a spring costume of the very latest style. Four weeks later she received it, an ordinary suit ol' changable silk, of a style which had already been transferred at Stewarts to the "cheap" counter, because lt was found unsalable. Imagine her mortification at paying four times the amount the dress would have cost if she had purchased the material and had it made in the best etyle here. To finish up the measure of her annoyance, the suit was accompanied by a spring hat of gray ie!t. exactly like those which have been worn all winter in New York, and which had al? ready given place to lace, straw and chip of quite different design ! Of course she did not obtain much sympathy, and she had the pleas? ure of seeing her friends displaying charming and distinguished "Charlotte Corday" and "Pamela" bonnets, with their exquisite new toillettes of silk and crepe de chine, while she rustled in that "horrid changable thing," and melted in her warm ielt hat, (which had cost too much to permit her to buy another,) her only consolation being that her costume was "fresh from Paris." A REVOLUTION IN FASHION. The question of fashion has not yet come to a crisis, but some time or other lt will do so, and the result will be much greater freedom and liberality regarding the dress of women. Parisian lorettes and dressmakers do not In the least understand that tbe times are chang? ing, that the sceptre is passing out of their hands, that women are beginning to under? stand the folly and degradation of following like a pack ol hounds the hue and cry of paid whlppers-in-that they are beginning to rea? lize, In this country, at least, that the clothing she wears is less than the woman-who weare it, that the question of dress should be subor? dinated to the larger question of duties, that all women are not reigning empresses, or the dis? solute hangers-on of unprincipled men, and cannot therefore afford to gratify caprice at the expense of every obligation. Fashion, which changes with every breath, which knows no law except compliance with thc de? mand for novelty and the gratification of eve? ry passing laney, is only fit for women who are above, or out ol pale of the usual exigencies of life, whose fortunes are so exceptional that they cannot be tried by the usual standard, or held amenable to the usual tribunal of public opinion. The mass of women are beginning to understand that life was not given to us wholly for selfish purposes, but for the per? formance of certain duties, and that these per? petual changes lu dress are not only trivial and silly, but criminal, because they absorb time, means and energy, which are required in other directions. To a sensible looker on, could anything be more absurd than the changes every few weeks or months, from ruffles to pleatlngs, from pleatlngs to puffs, and from puffs back to ruffles again ? But then there Is a most Important difference between the ruffles of the lost and the ruffles of the first. Dressmakers solemnly announce lt, ladies hear it with a little shriek, thinking of the dress re? cently made, not yet Worn, but which ls rnffled In the now old style. WHAT is IT ? Why, ruffles are no longer gathered, they are pleated, laid in single pleats all running one way. Oh ! but, says some experienced mother of several little ones, that will be so in? convenient for ironing-gathered ruffles upon washing dresses iron so much easier. "Can't help lt, madam," is the reply, "pleat? ed ruffles are the style tiow," so pleated ruffles it must be. Women are always dying of something or other, one time it is their shoes, another time it is tight lacing, a third time (before hoops came In fashion) the weight of skirts upon the hips; now lt is of thu enormous amount ol trimming. Positively of half the women who are dying. I believe two-thirds are sick of ruf? fles or some such thing. The amount of trim? ming upon one ordinary suit is enough in a few years to put any woman into a lunatic asylum who felt bound to keep step to so fran? tic a tune, and could not afford to hire some other woman to do lt for them. LONG SKIRTS. Undoubtedly there will be an effort made to revive the trailing skirts for the streets, butas yet there is no evidence of it upon the prome? nade; on the contrary, many ladles who have been accustomed to wearing very long in-door dresses, are having black grenadines, summer silks and tissues made short for the house, re? serving the demi-traln exclusively for evening wear. At a very fashionable wedding recent-, ly, the bride's dress was of white aros grain, covered with flounces, and tunic of costly lace lay only about eight inches upon the ground, while the bridesmaids, of white grenadine, trimmed with blue, were short The costumes were completed by short- basques of white lace tied in with blue sashes, and bonnets of white lace trimmed with trail of blue forget-me nots mingled with dark leaves. The bride alone wore a veil arranged nearly to envel? op her entire form, and fastened by a Watteau wreath ol orange blossoms mixed with small white bridal roses Of course it cannot be ex? pected that the lofty fates that preside over our dresses will condescend io hold a feather's weight against the simple assertion of their occular will, but it would not be surprising if an effort to bring back long skirts,or some other equally inconvenient and disgusting nuisance, should result lu a general strike, a practical protest, which would give women freedom from a galling and oppressive thraldom. Let ?mollean women determine upon retaining a sensible street dress which does not embarrass their movements, and the whole world of in? telligent, active, conscientious women will quickly follow their example. BATHING DRESSES. Suits of every description lor this purpose arc exhibited in all the ladies' furnlshing-goods houses at from four to five dollars each. They are generally composed, however, of striped cotton or some ugly woollen material that can? not be got rid of in any other way, andar? bongin because ladies think it a matter of very little consequence of what a bathing dress is composed. And some are actually persuaded Into the belief that a thick, striped colton stuff is as good as any other. Do not believe it. The best material is soft (not fine) ail-wool flannel, marine blue or Russian gray. Make it into trousers and belted blouse; trim thc blue with black alpaca braid, the gray with scarlet. Bend in a Hat straw hat, and tie it down with ribbon, and the costume is com? plete. The cost of it, home-made, will be three dollars without the hat; but it will be tasteful and pay for the additional trouble in the fitness, comfort and becomingness, and all this is something, even In a bathing dress. EORGETOWN TIMES. TARBOX A DOAB, PROPRIETORS. Published every Thursday, at Georgetown, S. C. The TIMES respectfully asks the attention of the business men of Charleston to irs low advertising rates. Our terms are low, but they are cash. We will Insert a Card of not more than io lines for $10 per annum. Look to your interests. junl5-imo F Shipping. OB LIVERPOOL. The Ship ALICE M. MLNOTT has large engagements and will receive dispatch for I the above port. For balance of freight room apply to jnly4-mwf3 STREET BROTHERS A CO. BALTIMORE, PTTTT ? A TYPX ."PITT A jj BOS? TON, AND THE CITIES OF THE NORTH? WEST. THROUGH SILLS OF LADINO GIVEN FOR COTTON TO BREMEN. The fine Steamship "MARYLAND,"^?%||L Johnson, Commander, will sall for Bal-ifi?BK timor? on FRIDAY, 8th Joly, at 4 o'clockP.M.7 making close connection with the Bremen steam? er ("BALTIMORE'') Of the 18th. I 43* Philadelphia Freights forwarded to that city by railroad from Baltimore wtthoat addi? tional msnrance, and Consignees are allowed am? ple time to sample and sell their Gooda from the Railroad Depot in Philadelphia. PAUL C. TRENHOLM, Age*t, - jnly6-3_No. 2 Union Wharves. -pOR NEW YORK-ON WEDNESDAY. The fast screw Steamship ASHLAND, ?FfiV?i Crowed, Commander, will sall for NewSBBilib York on THURSDAY, Jnly 7th, at 1 o'clock P. M., from PIER NO. 2, UNION WHARVES, TArnro FREIGHT ONLY. The ASHLAND will connect with the Liverpool. Steamship NEVADA, of Messrs. WILLIAMS A GUION'S LINE, sailing July 13. ' Insurance by the steams nips of this line M per cent. The Steamship CATHARINE, Whiting-, Com-' mander will sall on the following WEDNESDAY, July 13, at 8 o'clock P. M. For Freight engagements only, apply to WAG? NER, HUGER A co., No. 28 Broad street, or to WM. A COURTENAY, No. 1 Union Wharves. Jun29_?_?,..-? JO R FLORIDA, (ONCE A WEEK,) VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA, JACKSON? VILLE, PILATEA AND ALL POINTS ON . ST. JOHN'S RIVER. The Steamer DICTATOR will sall on and after the 5th July for above.^_ places every TUESDAY EVENING, at so'oioca. Fare from Charleston to Savannah, Including meals and berth. $3._ Julyl ? T7ESSELS SUPPLIED WITH CABIN AND V MESS STORES ON SHORT NOTICE. Captains and Stewards are respect? fully invited lo call and examine thej_ quality and prices of our GOODS. Full weignt guaranteed. Delivered free of expense. ... ;. WM. S. CORWIN A CO., No. 275 King street, opposite Hasel, Charleston, & 0. ?- Branch of No. BOO Broadway, New York. jan24 ?JpOR SAVANNAH, BEAUFORT AND PACIFIC LANDING, EDISTO AND ROCKVILLE. Steamer PILOT BOY, Captain C. ? C. White, will sall for the above ?SEgfiajg places as follows: TUESDAY MORNING, at 8 o'clock, for Edlsto,. Rockvllle, Pacific Landing and Beaufort THURSDAY MORNING, at 8 o'clock, for Pacific Landing, Beaufort and Savannah. Freight to Edt to reduced 50 per cent J. D. AIKEN A CO., Junl7_South Atlantto Wharf. FOR EDISTO AND ENTERPRISE,. VIA JOHN'S ISLAND FERRY,' CHURCH FLATS,YOUNG'S ISLAND, BEAR'S BLUFF, Ac. The Steamer "ARGO," Captain _ ^S^Jtt Geo. F. Klseam.la now receivingJaSSStSSi Freight at Accommodation Wharf, and win leave as per the following time table, until.further no? tice: CHARLESTON, On Thursday, the 7th mst..'.'..at 12 M. On Monday, the 11th.at fjf A. M.. On Thursday, the 14th.at 7 A. M. On Monday, the 18th.at 10 A.M. on Thursday, the 21st.at 12 M. On Monday, the 25th.at 4 A.M. On Thursday, the 28th.ate A. M~ EDISTO. On Friday, the ?th tost.at ll A. M. On Tuesday, the 12th.at 4 A. M. On Friday, the 15th.at 6 A.M. On Tuesday, the 19th.at 9 A. UV On Friday, the 22d.at HP. M. On Tuesday, the 28tb.ats P.M. On Friday, the 29th....:.at 6 A.M. DOUGLAS NISBET, Agent, Accommodation wharf. N. B.-Freight and wharfage payable on the wharf._Jnly6-2sw4thi JgXCURSION TO THE PHOSPHATE' WORKS, ASHLEY RIVER. The Steamer PLANTER. Captain J. T. Foster, will leave Accommoda-, _ _ tlon Wharf, SATURDAY MORNING, the dtn instant, at 9 o'clock, for above points. Returning to the city at sunset. A good opportunity will be afforded to view the Plantations en the River, and of witnessing the prows of mining and preparing the Phosphates, for shipment. Passage for the round trip $1. Refreshments will be on beard. JnlyO-3 (SErjina, Orsrkerrj, &z. ^7*M. G. WHILDEN & CO. HAVE REMOVED THEIR WHOLESALE CROCKERY, CHINA AND GLASSWARE ESTABLISHMENT FROM No. 137 MEETING STREET TO No. 29 HAYNE STREET, Extending through to No. 82 MARKET STREET, entrance on both streets. Mr. W. S. LANNEAU will have the WHOLE? SALE DEPARTMENT especially under his charge, and Mr. STEPHEN THOMAS, Jr., will be found at the RETAIL STORE, No. 255 KING STREET, cor? ner Beaufaln, and will manage that branch. Oar customers and friends will And a complete ASSORTMENT 0F.G00D3 at both Stores at REA? SONABLE RATES. WM. G. WHILDEN..S. THOMAS, JR. .W. S. LANNBAU. CROCKERY, CHINA AND GLASSWARE AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL, AT No. 29 HAYNE STRE E^jT, AND No. 62 MARKET STREET. WATCHES JEWELRY SILVER AND PLATED WARE CUT AND PRESSED GLASS CROCKERY AND CHINA AT NO. 256 KING STREET, CORNER BEA UFAIN. For sale by WILLIAM G. WHILDEN A CO.. mays rTTHE CELEBRATED THOROUGHBRED* JL Stallion "JONCE HOOPER" will stand thia season m Spring street, near King. Terms-$25 the season and $1 to the groom*, payable in advance. For pedigree and any other particulars, apply at No. li Vanderhorst Wharf jan31 awi j