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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1360. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. > VLIUUW - -... -w --- THE ROBBING RING. 1FOJS? OF THE CONOHESaiONAJj CONVENTIONS. A BLACK MAN FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT. Another Bolt Determined On. [SPECIAL TXUGBAMS TO THE NEW8.] COLOMBIA, S. C., Joly 29. The Radical Nominating Conventions for the Third and Fourth Congressional Districts met to-day. For the Third District the opposing candi? dates were S. L. H?ge, (the present incom? bent,) and R. B. Elliott, (black,) the Assistant A dj atan tr General, and a member of the State Legislature. Alter a temporary organization, a committee on credentials was appointed, who were In consultation until 4 o'clock. The djpjay was caused by the fact that there was a double delegation from Abbe v Ule. The perma? nent organization was then ejected, and the balloting began. This resulted as lollows: H?ge (carpet-bagger,) 9 Totes, and Elliott, (black man) 19 rotes. Elliott was declared doly nomi? nated. This annooncemet was followed by im? mense cheering. * The crowd lifted Elliott on their shoulders, and carried him around the lobby, and Into the Senate.chamber where be. delivered a speech. It is rumored that H?ge will run any how, but that ls doubtful. The Fourth District Convention was organ? ized by the election of a temporary chairman, when a number of dissatisfied delegates, head? ed by Wimbush, colored, State senator, "bolt? ed" from the convention. They charge that the friends of A. S. Wallace, the present in? cumbent, had brought in two contesting dele? gations from York in order to secure enongh votes to elect a temporary chairman favorable to Wallace. / About half-past six o'clock the convention again met, but failed once more to agree, and the'ubolters" withdrew as before. j ?' [SECOND DISPATCH] COLUMBIA, Joly 29-10 P. M. After a great deal of wrangling, the Wallace delegates from the Fourth Congressional Dis? trict met about 6 o'clock P. M. and organized. AU the counties In the- district but two were represented. The number o? delegates pres? ent was 17. Wallace, as was to be expected, was nominated unanimously. The uboltere" still hold out, and ore deter? minen nb) to be sold out' to the Wallace clique. Both Wallace and Elliott have receptions this evening. ? j " A mass meeting hv -to be held to-morrow morning by the persons who are dissatisfied with the county nominations. . ?. ? . ? _ BH^PHATES AND THE CIT I DEBT. Jadjr.e Willard Decide* Against- th? Phosphate . ' Grabher?-Arg ame nt s In thc City Dtbt C*.t. . .;< i ? ?-. 3 ? . [SPECIALTEUEHRAM TO THE NBW&] . C . " COLUMBIA, July 29. ' Mr.' Justice willard .this morning delivered a learned and elaborate opinion in the Dhosphate cases, holding that the phosphates- in the beds of navigable streams are the property of the State, and can only be dug and mined by those having a grant or license therefor from the State. An injunction was accordingly granted restraining all unauthorized persons from dig-1 ging phosphates. The arguments in the city debt case began this morning, Colonel L. W. 8pratt and Chancellor Carroll represent the committee ol citizens, and Messrs. T. Y. Simone, John Phil? lips and ' William Whaley represent the stock? holders. City Attorney Corbin represents the city. Colonel Spratt opened the argument, and spoke until two o'clock, when the court ad? journed until to-morrow. A PENITENTIABT BIBD. .?'What to Do with Whittemore." [From the New York Tribune-edltorial-l We ace ? it stated .that 'Mr. .Whittemore, the rejected cadet-peddling Congressman, parpo see becoming QDCO more a candidato.for the place from which-he' baa boen ejected. We should lite to kDow how it happens that thia criminal ia at large,?o run tot any office. Who ?ti tho dist rici-attorney in South Carolina, charged with the duty of prosecuting notori? ous offenders against tbestatutes of the United ?dutea? Why has ho far mouths neglected this plain ease, and how much longer does he propoe'e to neglect it? Here is the law which "Hr. Whittemore has broken: '"If ?joy member ^ Congress shaU, directly or ujdhwfly, retvuTO rony .pecuniary or other valuable compensation for procuring any offka or ?lace un der the government., ho shall be hable, to indictment for .misdemeanor tn a United States Court, and aeon conviction shall pay a floe not'exceeding flo.COO, and bj im? prisoned in tho penitentiary foi a tarni not exceeding/?ird years, and be rheieafter dts ?juahfied from holding any onlse. of honor, 'profit, ortrnet under, the Government of tho United States." That the proper officer- may have no doubt as to there being sufficient evideoC3 of guilt to warrant the promptest proceedings, we re? call lo bia attention this almost unanimous declaratirn of the House of Bepreseotatives: ".Reseted;. Tba* B. P. Whittemore, late member.from, the let District of South Caro. Una, did make appointments, to the Military Academy at Weat Point and the Narai Acade? my at Annapolis io violation of law. and lb it j such appointments wereimstaenosd by pecan i-1 ary oonti&rations, and that his conduct in the premises bau been such -aa to show bim "un? worthy of a seat in tue douse of B^presenta riros, and ia therefore condemned aa conduct unworthy ot tbe representa live of the people." ' Now - Wh; ha3 not thia notorious ofiender been brought to justice? Why are we threat? ened with the disgrace of another canvass io which be shaU be a prominent candidate? Why must wo be subjected to the possible he? rniation of having this man again presented for membership at the bar of the House ? We call upon the district-attorney and tbe courts tOo!o tbeir too-loDg neglected duty. And we caU upon Attorney Qener? Akaroa an to see that they neglect it no longer. Open the peni? tentiary doora for bim, and let na have an oad of Whittemprr I j ; -> _ ABHVAL TS L0KDOM 99 THE HON. BEN WOOD-We copy from the Kew York Standard an account ol the "God-speed" given to the Hon. Ben Wood, proprietor of the New York Baily News, on bia recent departure for Eu? rope. 'We are happy to announce the safe ar? rival of om* old and much-esteemed friend' in ioodon, with bis wife, en route for the Conti* sent. The New York DaUy News has attained an average circulation of. over 100,000 copies,' and ls a decided power in the State.. This ls Mr, Wood's first visit to Europe, and biose travellers may well envy him the pleasure cf "first impreselons." [London Cdsrwpcilitcm, July 5. A POLITICAL PANDEMONIUM. THE WaY THE BADICAL CONVENTION WAS PACKED. The Negro vs. Carpetbaggers. . [FKCM AN OCCASIONAL OOBBE8PONDEHT.] WAXTZKBOBO', 8. 0., Joly 25. We have just witnessed the adjournment of the dullest and most unprofitable court that has ever sat in Colleton. In the few sessions cases that were tried, we think Judge Platt presided with greater mod?ration and justice than heretofore, and now Bee ms to recognize the met, that the white man bas some rights the negro is bound to respeot. The nnmis? takable preference he has hitherto shown for toe negro mar be accounted for, we bone, by bis belief that they were being oppressed; but now seeing they are the oppressors, he is willing that both eyes of Justice should be bandaged, and the blind goddess (recently so curious) shall no longer be allowed lo squint at color. When ex-parson L-n-e, of SnmmerrUle.now a practitioner in the Sessions, implored the fury to disregard the fence as a relio ofjaax >arism-an obsolete statute no longer tobe respected-a statute imposing an improper restriction upon the ngbta of tbe poor man, the judge administered an indignant and merited rebuke, and eulogized Som h Carolina criminal law in a strain SB eloquent as unex? pected. We have to regret that be did not exhibit this commendable spirit in all cases, bat allowed hie partiality for his favorites lo put his best friends to tue blush. Ur. Buirell Sanders, a highly respected and pubho spirited citizen, prosecuted before the grand jury, J. J. Klein, the chairman of the county commissioners, (at whose boase Judge Phut ?ad Solicitor Wiggin have always so? journed during their attendance upon court,) on several specific chargea, on affidavit giving the names of witnesses to prove each offence. The foreman of tbe grand jory, in making the presentment and report, read these chargea to the court; they also presented Solicitor wig? gins for dereliction of duty in refusing to prosecute tbe county commissioners at the last term ot the court. Mr. Sanders, wno is better skilled In tho art of making fine crops of rios and cotton than in? dicting and stringing together courtly phrases sod legal specifications, called offences against the law by their old-fashioned names, as "brand. " "bribery,'. ..stealing," 4c. Judge Platt seemed very much in ce used at these charges-told the foreman to keep those papers presented against Klein as his private property; that the records should not be soiled by any such disgraceful documents. He asked if Mr. San? ders waa m court. Oabaing answered in tbe affirmative, proceeded to?bale bim in genuine Billingsgate, calling hun a low Dlaokguaxd, moved by the worst motives. Or the charges against Klein, ?ve are unable now to say whether mellor iii founded. Judge I Platt bas cut off ali chance of investigation. I If this officer is inoooant, oar autocrat of criminal law has debarred bim ot bis just viu I dioation. If be is guilty, his trien.l, Judge Platt has acreeued bim from mer ted punish? ment. How long will this state of th mers continue ? How long will wa bo cursed TI th jndges who will interpose judicial aotboritv to screen offenders against tbe law, because they happen tobe their political associates? How long will honest prosecutors be driven from coarta of j ns tico (where they have always baen specially protected) by a shower of low epithets and personal vihiflcaiiou emanating from an ennuie protected partisan ? This weak was a busy one for tl.ose who had the packing of tbe Scott Convention. The first attempt to appoint delegates from tbe Walterboro' precinct was a failure, OD account of the presence of a Dumber of wbite citizens in the courthouse, where tte mass meeting was held. The greater part of tbe night waa spent by the wrangling and contention of the two rival fa coi ons. One, beaded by Senator Hoyt and the carpet-bag element, attempted , to expel the white people from the meeting; -the other by McIntyre and the negroes, who were opposed to any act of discourtesy to their white neighbors and friends. The new issue ot "carpst-bagger vs. negro" was joined and fairly tested, the result being tbe total discomfiture of the carpet-bagger and the adjournment of the meeting in great con? fusion, till the next day, when the delegate* to the County Convention were elected. The moot noticeable feature of the County Conven? tion was the almost entire absence of wbite men-there being but four in a convention of fifty or sixty, and one of those (a carpet-bag .ger) was expelled because hailing ir o m a pre. cinot where be did uot live. This convention was a perfect pandemoni? um- the most frantic and discordant pcreims of "Mr. Cbairman"-the most noient personal abuee-snatches only of which roached outside barbarians, Buch as ..liar," "fool," "jackass," ."robbery," "perjury." Aa., besides others too foul for ears polite. > McIntyre, the chairman, frond it impossiblo to bring order out of chats, nd after wearing ,out the Sessions dootei ?? a gavel, he invited the convention to adjourn to his honse to snp per, which was curried wi hi marked unanimity. After supper the chapman's whiskey and tho creature com Fort? by him- provided dispelled all dissension, and tho greatest good fooling : prevailed, while Captain Melun ro, (late of the forty thieves,) with great adroitness packed his's^tf Hiles as delegates to Columbia, to vote for his master. Scott. The carpet-baggers who have been voted out are perfeoily free and out-spoken in their abuse of George F. Mclutvte and his colored minions, and would join tbe Union Bet?ren or ? any other party where there would be a chance of their getting office pickings. The negroes, satisfied with this tesl bf their sincerity as He? ?publicans, prophesy a wholesale hegira as soon as their present term of office has ex? pired. Great dissension and bitterness exist among ; tho rival factions. Criminattoos aud recrimin 'tiois. disclosures of past bribery, deceptions !?nd fraud, are constantly reaching those who ?are shelving them tor uso in tbe coming oam jpaign, and their aggregate w.llmake out an indictment that will bring a verdict of convie- j hon before the people. REFORM IN TUE VP-COVNTRY. The Anderson Intelligeacer publishes a gio v ing report of the Ref ira mass meeting, bold at Picketts and A aderyn. It says that the meeting was "the la gest ani moHt tnthusia? tic meeting it had bad tbe fortune to attond for a long time." Of Jadgo Carpenter tho -Intel ligjaoar eajs : The next speaker was the Hon. R. B. Car-, center, wbo made a telling aod effective Bpeech, in which he enlisted the absorbed attention of the whole audience. He is one of the m>st powerful stump speakers we have ever heard, auo, as tho advocate of tbe Reform movement will surely win hundreds and thousands ot both raoes to ino standard of honesty and retrench? ment. Judge Carpenter ?audied thereignms State Government with (.'loves off and exposed ibo practice by which high officials prostitute i heir positions for private gains and emolu? ment. H; defied them to meet bim befoie tbe people, and answer tho charges upon which ?they s: cod ind i c;e J. Throughout bis speech | Judge Carpenter was enthusiastically apo and? ed, an,: fftea he closed th?re were deafenioa ? beut? of approval. WEATHER AND CROPS. The Newberry Herald says: "Our immedi I ate vicinity ls still suffering for raiD, only a Blight shower having fallen in several weeks, and that scarcely sufficient to lay the dust. Crops and gardens are all but dried up In the belt thus deprived ol rain, but we are rejoiced to say that good seasons have blessed the dis? trict generally. The dry spots are not many, otherwise we wonld have much cause to des? pend over the prospect. Aa it is there will be a large crop of corn and cotton made. The upper districts, too, are having good rains, ' and we learn that corn and cotton both are fine, and that the former, ot which a great deal has been planted, never promised better." Tlie SumterNews says: "Recent rains, we understand, have materially benefited the crop*,.especially corn, in the various parts of the county. A friend at Packsville, Clarendon County, writes aa follow?: The crops are very goodin this" section of the county. Where they have been worked, they are better than they have been for several years past." THEMAR ON THE RHINE A BATTLE IMMINENT. NAPOLEON'S ADDRESS TO THE ARMY. THE TRUE STORY OF TEE SECRET TREATY. MASSING THE FRENCH AND PRUSSIAN FORCES. The Forward Movement Begun-The Imperial Guard on the March-Napo? leon's Dealgna. ^ PARIS, July 26-Midnight. Dispatches received from Thlonvllle, Bieren, St. Avoid, Metz and Bitche state that the army ls preparing to move to the frontier, and that the Imperial Guard has already started. A special dispatch from Strasbourg, received to-day, says that the ?lite o? the French army ls now concentrated at Strasbourg and Bel fort. The Algerian forces, consisting of zouaves and Torcos, and filling eighteen railway train?, reached Strasbourg on the 24th, and to-day took up their positions at Belfort, close to the Baden line. Sixteen squadrons of Chasseurs d'Afrique arrived to-day via Lyons. The Cherbourg Naval Expedition-Thc Pirat Division Already Sailed- Des? tined for a Deacent on the Schleawlg Coast-A Lost Chance for Attacking Cherbourg. LONDON, July 26. Advices from Cherbourg state that the squadron ls completely formed. It is under the command of a vice-admiral and two rear admirals, the chief in command being vice Admiral Count Bouet WiUaumez, whose flag I ship is the iron-clad Surveillante, Command? ant Grivel. The first division is under order i ol Rear-Admiral Pothouan, whose flag-ship is the iron-clad frigate La Savoie, Commandant PerigoL This division comprises the iron-clad frigate Guienne, Commandant Du Qulllo; the iron-clad Irigate Ocean, Commandant Desche ney; the iron-clad guardship Rochambeau, Commandant Boule; and the iron-clad ram Taurean, Commandant Duperre. Thc second division is commanded by Rear-Admiral Dleu donne. It comprises the Iron-clad frigates Gaulois, Commandant De Jooquires, and and Flandre, Commandant Duval; the Iron? clad corvettes Thetis, Commandant Serres, and Jeanne D'Arc, Commandant Reboust The Rochambeau above mentioned is the Dander berg, bought in the United States. The thick? ness of her plates ls five inches; that of all the other ships 8 Inches. The Rochambeau's arm? ament is 15 guns of 9* and lOj Inches bore, throwing solid shot weighing 475 pounds a distance-of 13,000 feet. The fleet ls thoroughly equipped in all respects, but trained seamen are wanting. The first division was to sail on Saturday evening, the second probably, on Tuesday. [The first division doubtless was the same which passed Dover on the 25th. The transports would follow last, embarking the corps of marines now forming at Cher? bourg. Gen. De. Vassaigno arrived this morn? ing to Inspect this corps; Gen. Reboul goes In command of lt. The corps numbers 8000, and ls Intended to land on the Schleswig coast to Join Gen. Bourbaki's 30,000 men. The squad? ron is to blockade the Prussian coast The troops are expected to operate from Denmark. The defences of Cherbourg have been strengthened within a few days, but had a Prussian fleet attacked the place last week it might have entered through the western pass, burnt the arsenal and the town, and retired through the eastern pass without receiving a shot. Detachments of infantry and marines are continually arriving. The transport fleet is composed of large sailing vessels with aux? iliary crews, and will be commanded by Vice I Admiral La Ronci?re Le Noury. With the transports there will go a numerous flotilla with batteries and gunboats to operate on the coasts and rivers. The expeditionary corps of the Baltic will comprise two African divisions, including two regiments of Zouaves anti Spahis, and two of Chasseurs d'Afrique. Forward Movement from Metz - So Journalists Allowed with the Army Americans Would be Allowed If Any? body-General Bazaine Leaves Metz. LONDON, July 26. The correspondent ol the Tribune, at Metz, sends advices to the 24th inst., that there were then no news from the front. There was no possibility of passing the lines. He had an in? terview with the Secretary of General Bazaine. To the repeated requests of the nephew of the latter for a pass, the reply consisted in showing a letter from LeBoeuf, saying that by the Em? peror's special desire ail corps commanders were to use the greatest vigilance to prevent all persons not belonging to the army from ac? companying lt to Germany, and especially journalists. Our correspondent urged an excep? tion ia lavor of American Journalists. He re plied that permission would be given to Amer? icans if to anybody. The uncle regretted to refuse. Ho feared the refusal would be misin? terpreted in the United States. Our corres? pondent thinks that this has reference to the General having been ordered out of Mexico rather sharply by American compatriots. Ttie matter was ended by referring tie correspon? dent to LeBoeuf, refusing even to look at pass? ports and letters from the American Legation. On Monday. 25th. the correspondent telegraphs from Metz: "General Bazaine leaves this morning with fifteen thousand men; Lad miranlt goes also." The Emperor is expect? ed to arrive next Thursday, and a battle, it was anticipated, would shortly afterward fake place. The Army of Africa was rapidly arriv? ing. Thc Zouaves that left Constantine on the 16th had also come. Letters from the headquarters of the army say that no strang? er will be respected. Formal orders have been given to shoot every man attempting to con? travene the orders against the pre6S. The Em? peror will not leave Paris until all prepara? tions are complete. When he goes, he will go quickly. From Strasbourg, on the 22d, there are ad? vices of a steady concentration of troops to? ward Thlonvllle. Nothing remains at Stras? bourg. Apparently the main attack is to be made along the valley of the Moselle, and the great battle will be in the Rhenish Provinces. But the Prussians Beem tobe falling back be? hind the Rhine. A Grand Movement-The Plan of the Campaign. LONDON, July 27. The correspondent or the Tribune, at Mela, expresses the belief that a grand movement across the fi on tier will commence at osee. 1'he contra and nearly the whole of the right, ex? cept the army of Aftica, which is rapidly oom ing up, and of which the corp? des Etats i ready at hand, are now in line between Betche and Sarr/jgnemmc-e. The left wing, which ie immensely serer Metz a Dd Thicm viii s, will make for. Saarlouii Birckenfeld, the right heading for Raise ten, and thus the movement will bs alon; western slope of the Vosges, although a c will probably be ordered lo move in a pai direction along the east of that range to w the defile and give warning of a flank attac the Prussians. It is not nolikely the French army will i descend the Valley of the Nobe, and the ? of Prussia, Uno is Willing to fight at all on left bank, will axept battle somewhere al Krealznack, a position strong 'i? itself, ant fording a socoro retreat upon Maye nee. T regirdtotha chances of success of the combatants m toe first battle, I believe odds are Immensely in favor of France, the last twelve days she has been massing whole of ber army on the frostier, and wi i one ox two marches of tbe Betche or Sarros mines. I have beard of a certain nombsr ol I talions being Bent forward, and of others m aining behind, bot as far as I can jadge French are evacuating every garrison en ma 1 pot800,000clown anthe lowen number Emperor means to have nader bis hand am complete communication at tbs entrance of i campai*n, andi believe the concentration i (July 24) to be within forty-eight boure completion. The Prussians have hardly yet been able effect such concentration of strength os French have certainly dona, and I believe t on the openicg of the oimpaign, either witt without ? battle, the Prussian* must retire i hind the Rhino. The weather is most invitl for military operations. Xhe country see made for war from tba ab?eoca of fonces embarrass movements. Water, fuel, and e tai ing or sticked corn for forage, are to be i with everywhere. There are many villages which .Toope migit, if necessary, sleep night. E aft mic and the Navy. PARIS, July 26 The Empresa, when at Cherbourg, read the salton of the fleet an address from t Emperor, which says : ?.Though not among you. my thoughts 1 low you tc- those seas where your valor v, be displayed. The French navy has a glorio history ; you will be worthy or its past. " When in front of the enemy rememb that France ls with you. and calls the prot lion of Heaven upon your arms. While you fis on sea your brethren light on land for the sai cause. Go, and show with pride the nat ?or standard. When they see it the enemy v, know lt enfolds the honor and genius France. Afier the delivery of the address the Erapre was overcome with emotion. Thc effect her visit to the fleet Is said to be great. A Battle Imminent-Strength of tl Opposing Force?. LONDON, July 29. Everything Indicates a battle within thn days. - The Prussians have four hundred thousan troops on the River Saar, between Tr?ves an Menzlg; the opposing French have three hu dred thousand. Sew Complications. LONDON, July 2ft. The people of the Danubian provinces ai preparing to take advantage of the war t strike for independence, hence, thc prepara tiona oa the part of Turkey. Napoleon's Addrea* to thc Army. PARIS, July 29. The following is the proclamation of th Emperor to the army, In assuming commas tn person: ".Soldiers-1 come to ^take my place at you head to defend the honor and aoll of ou country. You go to combat against one of tb best armed of Europeon countries; butothe countries as valiant as this have not been abl< to resist your valor. It will be the same to day. The war which now commences will tx long and hardly contested, for its theatre wll be places hedged with obstacles and thiel with fortresses, but nothing ls beyond your per severing efforts. "Soldiers of Africa, Italy and Mexico-Yoi will prove once more what the French army ii able to accomplish, animated by a sense o duty, maintained by discipline, and Influence! by love of country. Whatever road we maj take across our frontiers, we shall find upon I glorious traces of our fathers, and we wil show ourselves worthy of them. All Franc? follows you with confident prayers, and th( eyes of the universo are upon you. Upon oui success depends the fate of liberty and civili? zation. "Soldiers, let each one do his duty, and thc God of battles will be with us. "NAPOLEON. "At General Headquarters at Metz, 28th July, 1870." The Secret Treaty-Bismarck Check, mates Napoleon. LONDON, July 29. Count Yon Bismarck,in a dispatch to the North German Ambassador to England, confirms the authenticity qHhe secret treaty published in tho London Times. He says, since 186G France has incessantly tempted Prussia with offers of territorial aggrandizement at the ex? pense of Belgium and South Germany. He ls confident France will not obtain any extension or territory even by fighting for lt, and says if the disclosures made by thc Times had been withheld France, though fully.armed, would have repeated her offer of peace at the cost of the extinction of the kingdom of Belgium. The Altitude ot England-V Strict Neutrality. LONDON, July 29. The floor, galleries and lobbies of the House of Lords arc crowded with privileged visitors and other spectators anxious to hear the statement of the government's position In the present war. Earl Granville said the government was em? barrassed by explosive material lying around it, with matches ready lighted, efforts to extin? guish which bad been useless, though Lord Lyons had been able to hold back a declara? tion of war for five daya. The Incident at Ems was remarkable, but no iusult was In? tended. AU observance of the Paris protocol, which provides fora settlement of disputes by mediation, was repudiated by both parties. In the presence of this war England had but one duty-to observe strict neutrality. Lords Malmesbury and Russell approved of the action and the attitude ol the govern? ment. The war was wholly needless and in? excusable. Parliament would certainly sus? tain the government In its policy of neutrality, and await an opportunity of Intervention. Th? Frenen Intrigues-England Pre? paring sor an Emergency-Napole? on^ Bid tor an Italian Alliance. LONDON, July 29. Parliament adjourns on August ll. Mr. Gladstone proposes tbat it reaesembl days after the adjournment. The Prussian Ambassador to England that France in 18G6 offered to lend Prussl OOO men to make war against Austria if I would give up the territory between the and the Moselle. The rejoctlon of this ] tion aronsed Napoleon's sympathy for Ai These offers, which Napoleon finds It < nient to repudiate, have been repeated 1866. The British Government is quietly* b tively, preparing to meet any emergence dock-yards and arsenals are busy da night. The story is repeated that France Italy 60,000,000 livres and the ?vacuai Rouie for her fidelity. Arrangements for the Advance-A IH ment into South Germany. PAMS, July A large number of American and Et newspaper correspondents, who were an at Metz as spies, have been released v, warning that they must keep away frou army In future. It ls stated that the return of Le Brun the front hastened the departure of the peror. The Prince Napoleon ls on the Empi staff. Large bodies of French troops are m< northeast from Metz. General Trochu leads the corps whic vanees into South Germany. It is thought that the Prussians will de battle until the French cross the Rhine. The Prussians are massing at Niew near Coblenz. Sharp Talk About English Neutral BERLIN', July All foreign officers are forbidden to < the Prussian lines. The North German Gazette has a sharp cle on English neutrality, saying that Eng furnishes France with cartridges for the ala ter of the Germans. AV lief Talk In Paris-The Fort i ft cati PARIS, July The French newspapers are furious a restrictions regarding the publication of news. The early abdication ol the King ol Prt ls rumored. A state of siege is proclaimed in the de] menta of the Moselle, Haut and Bas Rhin. The following fortresses have been place a thorough state of readiness for offence defence: Metz, Tbionville, Lougwy, Mai Sfalzbourg, Schutzstadt, Belfort, New Bi sach, Dlchtenbourg, La Petite Pierre, M mely, Verdun, and thc entire fortificatior Strasbourg. Hungary Loyal to Austria. LONDON, July 2 Count Anderson has assured the Aust: Diet that under ail circumstances Hung would go with Austria. Another Peace Canard. LONDON, July 2 It was rumored in the street to-day l Lord Lyons and the Duke de Grammont completed negotiations assuring peace. ' rumor is not credited. The War Panie in England. LONDON, July 2! The Times says that the drain of gold Ls s Biding, and that the amount of specie on way from New York will go 'a long way counteract the tendency to pressure in money market. The advance in the bt rate to five per cent, was a precaution! measure rather than a proof of an act scarcity of money. The panic on 'Change continues. Six mi failures were announced to-day, making tl ly-slx since the troubles began. The depression in the Liverpool market still very great. War Bulletins. BERLIN, July 29 Bismarck lately submitted to the Itali Government proofs of Napoleon's double-fac policy towards Italy. The government has reorganized the te graphic bureau. War bulletins will be post' throughout Germany. A WarningTo Belgium. BERLIN, July 29. The official Journal, in an article to-ds says that Belgium has been enlightened by t publication o? the secret treaty as to Fren greed. If Germany be conquered by Fran then Belgium ls lost. Belgium is in a positii to oblige Napoleon to pursue without result war begun without motive. If Belgium is fir Prussia will protect the Belgium frontier. Tl National Bank has been authorized to tre 30.000,000 florins ol' foreign bills as as part its spode reserve. Facts and Rumora. The French lost one officer and eight m< in a skirmish at Valkengen: one Prusslfi wounded. The Iron-clad Warrior has been comrni eioned to bring the Crown Princess ol Truss! to England. Bogus American agents are buying arms fl France at Liege, in Belgium. Food aud forage are said to be scarce i Germany. It ls officially denied that the Bank ol'Franc has asked permission to suspend specie pa; mente. Thc Paris Bourse closed firm yesterdaj Rentes 6G. ? FLASHES FROM. THE CABLES. Thc Rev. Henry Griffin Williams, professo of Arabic st the University of Cambridge, I dead. The London Times, discussing the recall c Minister Motley, says that fickleness 19 thc rc proach of the republic. It eulogizes Motley am congrauilatos the world that he goes back t( literature. The cable connecting France with Algeria ii complete. Thc demand for discounts at the Bank o England is diminishing. Tbc steamships Bremen and Baltimore wll discharge their cartroes at Southampton, and will not attempt to reach Bremen. Thc Leip sig is the only vessel ol' this line known to b< at nea. _ _ SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. Thc revenue yesterday was ?749,098. At Windsor, yesterday, the Fenian General O'Neil and Colonel Brown pleaded guilty tc the charge of violating the neutrality laws, and were committed to await the sentence a the court. Colonel Hugh McGlnais forfeited his bail. Judge Gulgon decides that the Richmonc municipal offices are vacant, and orders a nen election next November. The court will ap point city officers ad interim. Benjamin Nathan, son-in-law of Judge Car dozo, was murdered in hiB room, ia New York, yesterday. His Jewelry was taken from the safe. His head was beaten to a jelly with t carpenter's tool, called a dog. Servants li the adjoining room heard nothing. SENATOR 8 AWT ER'S DEFENCE. Remarks of the Hon. P. A. Sawyer Be? fore the Ring State Convention In Co? lombia, July 26,1870. Jur. President and Gentlemen of the Repub? lican Convention of the State of South Caroli l in a-Ll t tie did I anticipate when two years ago the Legislature of the State of South Caro? lina entrusted In part to ruy bands the repre? sentation of this Commonwealth in that most dignified place, the Senate of the United States, that such a condition of things wonld come about In two years' time, that standing ID the capitol of the State I should be denied the priv? ilege, or that the attempt would be made to deny me the privilege of free speech to those gentlemen who had been my constituents. I Had little cause to suppose that reason would so far desert the minds of the representatives o? the Republican party of South Carolina that they would forget that ancient and honored maxim, "Strike, but hear." Little did 1 suppose that those who for a life time had breathed aspirations for freedom, freedom ot the person, that an assembly composed almost entirely of men but recently emancipated from a condition of bondage and put upon the platform of equality with all men beiore the law, would grudge the trifling favor of a patient listening to a public servant who bas labored and prayed for that freedom and that emancipation, who has sought to pro? tect it by every device known to nonorable men. Mr. President, when you cast your ballot for me for United States senator, when many of those about me cast their ballots for me for that office, little did I suppose that the voice of calumny would have produced this result; least of all, did I suppose you would listen to? day to the slanderous tonttne of one who, while I was breathing prayers, day by day and night by night, for the success of the cause of the Union and for the emancipation of your race, was baring his arm In the cause of the rebel? lion. T. J. Mackey. I rise to a point of order. My point ol order is that the gentlemen was de? livering these prayers while engaged in run? ning the blockade. Mr. Sawyer. That charge, based upon false booda, so far as it has any effect upon my loy? alty, was long ago exploded. I should insult the intelligence of the one who interrupts me if I supposed he did not know be is making that charge upon fraudulent bases. I should insult his acute intellect. But, sir, the ground? work of his point of order ls a baseless fabrica? tion, and he has had abundant opportunity to know that such ls the fact. I only wish I could add to that homage so freely paid to his intel? lect, the homage which every honest man pays to every other honest man. He bas wen flt to allude to a vote given by me on the Virginia bill. I call atten? tion to the (act that, on that twellth day of December referred to, I had the honor to vote in the matter to which he alindes, exactly as many brave Repullcan senators voted whose soundness has never been questioned. That vote was given upoa broad fundamental prin? ciples, that in the admission of States the same conditions should be imposed upon one as upon another where the circumstances were the same. Senator Morton took on this question of "fundamental conditions," in the admission of States, the ground that they should be Imposed. He brought all the pow? er of his strong intellect to sustain this posi? tion when the Georgia bill was before the Senate. Yet, Mr. Carpenter, of Wisconsin, answered Mr. Morton triumphantly by quot? ing from his owu (Mr. Morton's) former speeches. Good Republicans differed on this question. As true, as faithful, as well-tried Republicans were found on one side as on the other. That ls a sufficient answer to the whole Innuendo of the gentleman lrom Charleston. I trusted the last time I had the honor to ad? dress my friends In this State, that this Irre? pressible individual would never tempt me to say another word in reply to him. But he is like the toy which I think ls called a "Jump? ing Jack," a little box from whose Interior when opened there springs unexpectedly sometimes a white figure, sometimes a black one, sometimes a snake, sometimes a mon? key, but ever a disgusting and disagreeable object. You never can calculate when he ls going to Jump, nor when he will show his un? welcome face Mr. President. I had no design or desire to speak to this convention. I have Just come from a long and exhausting session of Con gre-8. I have come here to And myself, con? trary to my disposition and wish*, elected, without my knowledge, by the Republican citizens of Charleston, a delegate to the con? vention. I Und myself in a position of this kind a position from which I am told I shall be ousted by the Republican party of South Carolina, be? cause, forsooth, lt ls said I am not a Republi? can-that I am a rebel sympathizer-a Demo? crat. To be sure the Republican members of the Senate and House of Representatives saw flt to place me upon the National Republican Congressional Committee. To be sure that Re publican Congressional Committee saw flt to place me as one of the seven composing its ex? ecutive committee. We have a notion that a committee presided over by Hon. Henry Wil SOD, of Massachusetts, and comprising Sena? tors Chandler, of Michigan, Rice, of Arkansas, General Lo?raD, of illinois, Ketchum, of New York, and Platt, ol Virginia, ls a Republican committee. Nobody ever heard ol" their being anything else politically. But, forsooth, I stand in the way of somebody in the City of Charleeton, who wants perhaps to be a trial justice, possibly to be a delegate to the State Convention, and nominate a Governor, or of somebody who maj want to go to the Legisla? ture, so that he can be paid for voting for some little bill. I stand in the way President. The chair must call the atten? tion ol thc gentlemen that he cannot be per? mitted to proceed in any such manner unless the convention choose to do so. The gentle roan can bc as sarcastic as he pleases, Dut he must not infringe upon the courtesy ol* the convention. Mr. Ran?icr. I hope the gentleman will be allowed to proceed. I would not meet him in the way he met me to-day. Mr. Sawyer. I fust I have not sinned be? yond forgiveness. I did not suppose I could flutter the wings of any bird perched here, or that any allusions I made would touch any of those pure gentlemen that sit around me. I only suggest that In Charleston, not here, there are various people, perhaps vultures you might call them, vultures, who are birds of prey, and who might be injured by The President. I must again call the gentle? man to order. Mr. Sawyer. I am sorry indeed if I have not kept within the mles. I'll try and avoid saying more that will cause a flutter in this flock. But I was going to say that it was a remarkable thing ishould come home and lind myself a Democrat. I have since the convention of 1860, held by the Democrats in the City of Charleston, regarded myself a good Republican and a loyal supporter ol the United States. I was an admirer of President Lin? coln, a despiser of the administration of Andrew Johnson after he apostatized, but a warra, Arm advocate of Audrew Johnson while he was true to the Republicaa cau?e; a thorough worker for the election of Graut and Colfax, and a firm supporter of their administration, now in power. I am safe in saylngthat I am so regarded all over the coun? try. But, forsooth, I come to South Carolina and I find that I have gone astray, and am no longer a Republican. Il this is true, have the thing put in the form of a public address, di? rected to my Republicans friends in the Senate and House ol Representatives, and more es? pecially to this Congressional Republican com? mittee, and tell them ol' my backsliding. For, God forbid that I should bc a thorn in the side of Republicans. Mr. Mobley. Does thc gentleman not be? lieve that when he was having removed so many persons political disabilities he was put? ting obstacles in tho way of Republicanism ? Mr. Sawyer. I am obliged to the gentlemen lor asking that question. I have a resolution of the Convention of the State of South Carolina, in 1867,1 ha?e also a resolution of nearly every convention, and of every Legislature ot the reconstructed States recommending the remo? val of political disabilities. I have petition af? ter petition endorsed by the Legislature or Governor or treasurer or adjutant-general or other public officer requesting me to procure relief from political disability of A B and C down to Z, all good Democrats. In answer, I say if I have sinned, it has been in common with my dark colored, chocolate-colored, and .white Republican friends of South Carolina. But I have a higher motive than this associa? tion. It is because I believe any class o? peo? ple who do not stand on an equality before the law with every other class are a burning and blistering sore in the body politic. I did it for the sp.me reason that, in 1865,1866 and 1867 I advocated the raising to the platform of equality before the law my honored friend, who presides with so much dignity over this assembly-because in this I asked the paternal Government of the United States to extend its protecting hand la the only practical way to that people whom lt had relieved from a state of bondage to a condition of liberty and manhood; because the only safe? ty In a community for an Individual ls to hold an the hand the ballot, and to be equal In civil and political privileges to any other man. It is because such equality does not exist that we suffer to-day in South Carolina, and In the whole South, many of the evils under which we live. To have any man not convicted of crime point to himself and say, "yon have barred me from privileges which you enjoy/* is a political evil, the consequences ot which are far greater In magnitude than will arise from admitting to complete equality, beforu the law, those who were engaged in the late rebellion. I stand on that platform where the great majority of the Republican party stand, and where I have no doubt the whole will stand In a very brief period. I am as well aware as you are there ere hundreds of men over this state who would if they could trample me un? der foot, and sever my connection with the Senate of the United States. I am well aware there are thousands and thousands of men whose political disabilities I would have re? lieved who would vote to banish me, not only from the Senate of the United States, but from the State of South Carolina, But that is a paltry, mean, low view of the situation which says that because a man does or wishes wrong to me, or holds different opinions i from me, I i will forever bar him from participation In the Government England for centuries hat; been practicing proscription against Ireland. What has been the history of Ireland and England ? How has the policy of proscription worked there? Mr. President, I do not wish to assert that that the Sooth, or any portion of the Sooth, stands in the same relation that Ireland does to England. That is an unnecessary question for me to discuss. Bdt the condition of Ire? land for the last century is worth considera? tion by the advocates of a poUcy which would forever keep from political power the large mass of Sontheim people. ? word or two and I am done! I am not go? ing to weary the patience of this audience, it has been said that I am in favor of a white man's government; that I am opposed to the privileges and advancement of the black man; that I am not willing to give to the black man his fair share of offices, his lair share of repre? sentation in the Legislature of the State and' the National Government. No man who otters that saying has any conception of what I am or what I believe. It Is known, or can be proved, that I have recommended the appoint? ment of more colored men to office under the Federal Government than any other mon rep? resenting this State, with the exception of Mr. Bowen. Mr. Adams. I rise to a question of privi? lege. As the committee on credentials are ready to report, I move that they be allowed to submit their report. Mr. Sawyer. I trust that I shall not detain the convention much longer. I was saying that, with the exception of Mr. Bowen, the representative of the Second Congressional District, no man in the State, and I do not be? lieve all the other representatives in the State together, have recommended as many colored men to office as I have. I am perfectly wil? ling and shall always welcome a ' black man in the Senate of the United" States, so that he comes as an honest man, as an American citizen, and not simply as a black man. If there ls any one thing taught by the lessons of the last fifty years ; if there is any one thing taught by the struggle through which we have gone ; If there ls anything taught In the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendment, lt ls that the color of a man's skin ls to be cast out of question in esti? mating his value or his place in the communi? ty. When 1 hear men, like Mr. DeLancy and Mr. Dt-Large, standing up here and advocat? ing the representation ot the colored race, as a colored race, advocating the sending of a man to Washington because ?e. is a col? ored man, let me tell you that they are uttering dogmas which will not only Injure the Republican party, but serious? ly jeopardize the interest of the black man. [Applause.] No popular prejudice shall pre vent me from uttering the truth. In conver? sation with my distinguished colored friend,. John M. Langston, whose intelligence towers high above most others of his race, and I say it without meaning any disparagement to them, he said to me In sub? stance, "Send no man to Congress because he is black. Put him in office because he ls uall?ed to go there, and because he can ren er tile best services. Let there be no pan? dering to the prejudice of color." No trim? ming shall Induce me to say what I do not believe. Thank God I have this consciousness, that I have never stood up in a political as? sembly and utered that which I knew was not the truth, or that which I would not say in my closet or to my God. I ask whether others can say as much ? 1 care not for the few hisses I heard in this hall when my name was called. I have gone through life thus far a poor man, often hardly knowing where to get the means to meet my necessary expenses; gone through too much to be afraid to stand up and tell the truth, be? cause, forsooth, lt may fit the political occasion to tell a He. I have not served in that line. I have a wife and children. I shall die one of these days. God knows whether I shall have any legacy to leave them but a good name. I do not propose to let that name be the name of a trimmer in politics or a beggar for votes, at the sacrifice of political honesty. Rather let this hall echo and re-echo with hisses when my name is uttered, than get plaudits from assembled multitudes ac the expense ot being an honest man. I am done. I did not expect to speak here to-day. I have been often Interrupted; ray remarks have been disconnected, but I think you understand me. I think the people of the State will understand me. One word more,, and I tresspas no longer upon your patience. Mr. President, whatever that Individual who objected to my addressing this convention may say hereafter; however he may assail, In whatever place, in whatever language, I re? gard him no more forever. I make this an? nouncement, in this public place, that I may have done with an annoyance and pest, and I will not add another name which might be less odorous even than that. ALL ABOUT TBS STATS. ID Darlington tho crops are unusually fine. Mr. Jaonie McJrea, of Kmgetroe, died sud? denly on Friday night. OJ Saturday last John Anthony wis shot with a gua in the hands of bis brother Simon, at the plantation of F. M. Rodgers in Darling? ton County, and from the wound be died on Tuesday. We learn from the Abbeville Press arid Ban? ner that tbe contract for turuishin? posts for a> telegraph line to that place has boen given ont, and tbe people tb ere expect soon to bi ic tele? graphic communication witb th3 outside world. Col. T. L. Bozsmon, of Gree oville, d?ed on Saturday night last, at tbe residence of Dr. J. L. Woodside, near Williamson, and wasboried cn Monday last, at Fairview Charon. Rev. C. C. Stewart preaching the funeral sermon to a very large concourse of sympathizing friends. His complaint was consumption, from which be bad b?eu suffering for a n ?mbar of years. John Rafas Smzer, Jr., was struck dead bv lurhtmng, on Wednesday, the 20th instant, d ir; us: a severe thund3r storm, al his homo, twelve miles below Greenville. The Enterprise says he was killed outright, bruising bim very mach, and setting fire to bis clothing. An elder brother WBB slightly affected, who was standing some fifteen yards from deceased. His flesh was much torn aod in places crisped np, and his brother, on running up to him, said that a stream of t?re- poured outofhiB mouth. The body of tbe unfortunate young man was immediately placed in water m order to endeavor to revive bim, but all to no par? p?se A horse not far distant waa also very glipbtly injured. The deceased was only about fourteen years of age, and was a promis? ing lsd. We sympathize with bia family.. -A letter-writer says : "What impressed me* most of all, however, was the French drum? beat from that score of drums shaped like great cheeses. Mars and Bellona! what a. rattle and a ring I How thundering, yet how waspish ! What power and what spite I It seemed to me that I had never heard the voice ot war before, and this fierce sound Is now to wake up the more fearful din of the musket1 and cannon upon the beautiful Rhine."