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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1360. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. fir 3HDNIGHI DISPATCHES. WAJt NEWS TROX LONDON. LONDON, AuguBt 17. Too Paris Journals confess their Inability to explain the course of recent military events tn consequence of the confusion of dates and lack of authentic advices. Three of the King of Sweden'6 nephews have Joined the ranks of the French anny. It is rumored that Le BceufFs wife ls a Prus? sian, and that Le Bceuff is imprisoned at Vin? cennes. The steamer Haswell, from Hamburg for Sunderland, hove to after the second shot from the French iron clads and showed Eng? lish colors. Sae was then boarded and allowed to proceed. The Prussian loan of forty million thalers is announced at63. ??FFAZBS IN NORTH CAROLINA. RALEIGH, August 17. On Saturday last, Kirk, leaving one hun? dred men at Yancey ville, evacuated and came to the company shops with all the Alamance and Caswell prisoners, where he remained till Sunday nigh:, when he again departed for Graham, ihree miles distant, where he ls now. Last night Hon. Josiah Turner, Jr., editor J of the Sentinel, Sheriffs Griffith and Wiley, ol j Caswell, who, with others, had been kept in the Courthouse at Graham since their removal, were taken out ol the Courthouse by Kirk's men and locked np in the dungeon cells of the county Jail. No reason Is known for this out? rage. The United States marshal will to-morrow i bring the prisoners arrested by the order of j Governor Holden before Judge Brooks at Sal? isbury. It is stated that Judge Brooks intends giving the parties a fair investigation, and will not allow the presence of Holden's State troops at Salisbury to intimidate the parties or j the people. The following learned counsel ap? pear for the arrested parties : Ex-Governors . Graham and Bragg, and ex-Judges Battle and Merriman. . It is stated that Holden Is endeavoring to get Judge Pearson to come to Raleigh and try those' ibr whom he issue d writs. In this event he will not surrender at least half of the pris? oners to' Brooks. Pearson, however, declared his power exhausted before the petition was oa$ried to Brooks, and it is said Brooks will demand all of the prisoners, regardless of Pearson. AFFAIRS IN GEORGIA. - ATLANTA, August 17, The Democratic State Convention met to? day, nearly every county in the State being represented. The attendance ls large. Gene? ral A. H. Colqoitt was elected president. The utmost harmony prevailed, and the conven? tion unanimously adopted a platform that the Democratic party of Georgia 6tand upon the principles of the Democratic party of the Union, bringing into special prominence, as applicable to the present extraordinary condi? tion-of the country, the unchangeable doctrines that this is a union ol the States and of the! rights, and. their equality with each other is an Indispensable part of onr political system ; that in the approach? ing election, the Democratic party In? vites everybody., to co-operate with them in the zealous determination lo change, as tar as the several elections are tobe held can do so, the present usurping and cor? rupt administration of the State government, by placing In power men who are true to the principles ol constitutional government, and to the faithful and economical administra? tion of. public affairs; that whatever policy others may pursue, we pledge ourselves to do all in' our power to secure a free and fair elec? tion by all who are qualified to vote under ex? isting laws. The convention then adjourned sine die. ' . * * Nothing of interest was done by the Agri? cultural Convention to-day, except the election of General A. IL Colquitt president. Sergeant iicCann ol Company K, committed suicide by blowing his brains out with a Der? ringer, because under arrest for keeping late hours. ._ THE GOLD AND BOND MARKET. NEW YORK, August 17. Money opened easy, but became more active as the day advanced. Gold opened stronger on false repertrof a French victory, but closed dull, with declining tendency. Governments, sixty-twos 12i; fours Hi; fives lit}; new 10? sevens 10?; eights 10}; forties 8i DESTROYED BY LIGHTNING. SAVANNAH, August 17. The American bark Eagle, from New York for Galveston, July 10th, was struck by light? ning on the 24th of July off Berry Island, Ba? hamas. The vessel and cargo ls a total loss The crew was saved and arrived at Nassau. -A Washington correspondent gives some interesting statements in regard to the cen? sus now being taken, received from General Walker, the superintendent. General Walker states that, by next week he will have the total populations of Mame, Delaware, Connecti? cut and Rhode Island, also the Eastern and Southern Districts. By the 1st of September the northern district of New York, Maryland and Ohio; by the loth of September all the States and Territories, except Texas and Oregon, and a portion of Western Michigan, which will-not be completed by the 1st of October. He will be able to give the complete population of the country by the 10th ol October. He says that by the 1st of September he will be able to give the population of all the large cities of the country, except San Francisco, and this latter by the 10th of September. He has made an estimate, and places the total population of the country at 40,300,000. He ar? gues that the large cities will fall twenty per cent, below the estimates placed upon their populations, for the reason that the estimates are all based upon calculations made of the number who are arriving in the city. But no note has been taken of those who have lett. The Chicagoans are now much disappointed over their figures, showing but 250,000, when they expected 400,000; but it is the same with Cincinnati, where they claimed over 300,000; and have but barely 200,000. lt ls so in all the Western cities, and to a* larger figure in the Eastern cities. He says that the number of houses unoccupied in the large cities Is almost fabulous, and is a proof ol the fact that many persons are leaving the larger cities and golDg K West and South. n THE XAST OF WHITTEMORE. Another Colored Man for Congress ^Doings of the Republican Convention at Florence-Nomination of J- H. Rai? ney-Speeches of Ralney, Whittemore and others. tPROM OUR OW? REPORTER.] FLORENCE, S. C., Angust 16. The Convention of the Republican party met here this evening. There was present a full attendance of delegates from all the coun? ties. H. E. Hayne, of Marion, was chosen president, JIIISOD, vice-president, Frost, secre? tary and James Moore, sergeant at arms. After some sharp sparring about smoking in the convention, motions irom parties not dele? gates, and the majority necessary to nominate, it was agreed that a simple majority should nominate, and the convention proceeded to business. Mr. Swails, o? Williamsburg, nominated the Hon. H. J. Maxwell, colored, of Marlboro', after paying him many compliments for abili? ty as a State senator, devotion to Republican Ism, and service in the Federal army, where he had bared his breast to the bullets in the cause' of freedom. This nomination was seconded by the Hon. - Lee, representative from Sumter, formerly a servant of Judge Moses, who directed his fire well; and by a rather venerable colored delegate named Sln fleton, I think from Chesterfield, who wanted [r. Maxwell elected because he had fought. The old man said he never fought himself, and did not want to fight. [Laughter.] W. H. Jones, colored, from Georgetown, then nominated J. H. Rainey, In a well de? livered speech, durizg which he was frequent ly interrupted by applause. P. C. Fludd, colored, of Darlington, second? ed this nomination. He said, substantially: It has been said that lt is Impracticable that colored men should be representatives in Con? gress. [Whittemore two years ago.] The time has come when a colored man shall fill the place of Brooks, who caned Sumner, and when J. H. Ralnej*, a colored mau, shall fill the place of W. W. Boyce. I hope my mend, Mr. Maxwell, will be alive two years hence, pud I'm going to tell you right here why I say tula. I dont go for any man holding office too long. I say, after a man fills the office one term, put him out, for, if you keep him there too long, rascality will come* in. [Laughter.] You educate your son. and I educate my son. If your son gets in office and can stay there all the time, how can my son get In ? What good will lt do me to educate my son ? [Great, laughter.] P. J. Moses, Jr., nominated the Hon. Thomas J. Coghlan, of Sumter, and said that the news of bis nomination by the convention would be greatly appreciated by the people in Sumter County. Mr. Moses seemed to feel that the pressure was against him. This nomination was seconded by a Mr. or Captain Johnson, white, also from Sumter. The Hon. B. F. Whittemore then arose and said that all named were excellent candidates, and he wished all could be elected. But as this could not be, he desired to endorse the nomination of Maxwell, whose claims he ad? vocated, because he knew him (Maxwell) well-knew him to have been tried and relined by the fires-knew him to be staunch and true. He desired union and harmony, and to para? lyze the efforts of the opposition. It necessa? ry, he would like to escort Maxweil to Wash? ington and see that he took his seat. This re? mark caused a significant titter. Alter an informal ballot, in which Rainey re? ceived 17. Maxwell S, and Coghlan 4 votes, Mr. Moses, by request of Mr. Coghlan, withdrew his name in favor of Rai ney. On the second and only regular ballot, Rainey was unanimously nominated, when three hearty cheers were given for Bolney. Affer the confusion subsided, Whittemore again took the door, and said substantially: ? I desire to present something which could not occur except under extraordinary circum? stances. Two years ago I was nominated and 1 elected to Congress, took my seat, and held lt till the unfortunate occurence last spring. Af- . ter that occurence I was again overwhelming? ly elected and Bent back, lam here this eve- 1 nlng by virtue of an act of Congress, unconsti? tutional and wrong. My Beat was withheld from me, and my credentials returned to me. I must say this act of Congress was cruel to me and unjust to my constituents. But I de? sire to unity the party. I desire that all their candidates shall be elected. I will go into the campaign for the Hon. J. H. Ralney. [Ap? plause.] I know that I have friends who love me as brothers, who have tried me and know that I have done all in my power to establish Republicanism. I am ready to be used by the partv wherever I am most needed. I will work. I will go up and down through the State and help that great party winch is doing God's will in establishing and promoting the ritrhts of all people. 1 rise to surrender my right to the seat In Congress, which I feel ls mine to-day, for tts : unexpired term, to the Hon. J. H. Ralney, and I ask this convention to nominate him to fill lt, so that the Forty-second Congress can bave no question as to whether your candidate can be admitted. { Mr. R. J. Donaldson seconded the nomino- , tlon, and Mr. Ralney was unanimously nomi? nated to fill the unexpired'term ot the Forty first Congress, vacated by Mr. Whittemore. A committee was then appointed, consisting of Messrs. Maxwell, Whittemore and another Hayne ol Marlon, to wait upon the nominee. 1 In a few minutes they appeared accompanied by the nominee. ARer the cheering subsided, Mr. Ralney said, substantially: Mr. President and Gentlemen-If there ever was a period in the history ol my life, when I have felt my inability, and been overwhelmed with gratitude, it is on this occasion. I cannot see what claims one so unworthy as I am could 1 have upon you. I lc%k around upon my body and see no scars of a warrior-no Bears that i proclaim I have fought and returned home with my brow crowned with laurels. When I ] have no history to refer back to, but simply that I have been one of you in the past, am j one of you now, and will be one of you In the future, I cannot see why you have so honored ? me. I know there are gentlemen in the first : Congressional District who ure more worthy, and who have done as much for the Republican i party as I have. But you have selected me- ] one humblest in birth and humblest in capacity, to represent the interests of the people. If I < Etm sent up to yonder capital, I shall carry with ; me those principles which have raised us up and made us men indeed. I shall not forget < those principles, nor the men who have as- I slated in elevating us to the position of men. [Applause.] j I have thought colored men ought to go to t the United States Congress. While we have large majorities in South Carolina, Republican- t Ism does not thrive so well in other ulaces. In c the great and wealthy North, colored men have no chance to be elevated to these high t positions. This is the reason I have said col- t ired men should represent our State. If we t lend white men, Democrats say all they want is negro votes. We have had white men who r save stood faithfully by us: but when a col- s ired man goes, he can gain more attention for 'i :oIored constituents, 'ihe man who went to f Demosthenes was not at first noticed: but ?vhen he plead so earnestly and feelingly he r ?vas regarded. It is so when a colored mun t ippeals for the Interests of colored men-he ti fVUl accomplish more. I believe if I get to render Congress I can vindicate your rights, li Simplicity mav accompany my efforts; kilt t hey will be earnest and felt. I have been dis- t josed to shrink from such responsible posi? tons, but have finally concluded to accept j: his one, because leaders ot my party have so- r icited me to do so, not because of antipathy to c iny otters I cherish no antipathies. I may C .egret some things. I will know no enemies, ?ut will try to make every ?nan my true friend, t Applause.] u When I consider the language of him who h ?receded me to Contrress, yielding to me his s losition, the double'honor" you have done me l< n nominating me for ir, also, is more than I oukl have expected. You can enter into my v eellngs. I shall go forward, feeling the re- a ponsibilit.v, and do all I can to promote the 1 anse in this State and in the United States. a lu accepting this nomination, I again thank F ou. I ask you to support me, because I am h he nominee of the Republican partv. Every v rue Republican must support the no'minee of ils party. [Applause.] T I will visit you again, and will visit every T ounty of this State. Again returning von mv p ?umble thanks. I beg to lake my leave, li Cheers and confusion.] " n The convention then adjourned. Its pro- 'I eedings indicated to your reporter, who being h mable to write short hand, has had to scratch tl dst, that the colored men are not so easily n irevalled on to believe that ihtir elevation ls our impracticable. J. p. c. THE WAR IJN EUROPE. The Battle Tailer the Walls of Metz. WASUINOTON, August 17. The following is a summary ol* latest dis patches: The Prussian official report of the bailie o the 14th shows that the Prussians, believin< the French under the walls of Metz wen about retreating, attacked them, and, after i fierce conflict, drove them within the walls. The Prussians made a reconnoissance nex day to Kouka, but their vision was obscura by clouds of dust, from which it was inferra tha'. the French had accomplished their re treat. ' Silence in Paris. PARIS; August 17-5 A. M. The Journal Officiel has nothing of th< "great battle." The Gaulois says important and satisfactor; dispatches have been received; but Bazaine the commander-in-chief, insists upon secrecy Another French Repulse. LONDON, August 17. The garrison at Strasbourg made a sortie but were driven back with heavy loss of mei and three cannon. The Empress has made application to UM Belgian Government for permission to tra verse Belgium for England. The Post says the telegraphs have been cu .'i?.rear of the Prussians. The French are char-, of news. Fighting seems to be good for s week, without decisive result. The Frencl are ready to fight to the end. A Prussian Reverse. WASHINGTON, August 17-1 P. M. Nothinc reliable from the armies. The im? pression ls strong that the Prussians have failed to break the communications of the French*army with Paris. The Latest War News. WASHINGTON', August 17. Official information denies the general ex? pulsion of Prussians from Paris. Only about one hundred and fifty were expelled for suffi? cient cause. LONDON, August 17. Napoleon's growing unpopularity is entirely owing to his interference with the army, In? stead of leaving it with military experts. The Times says that the French received the finishing stroke at Metz. A battle will be fought at Chalons, when English intervention will occur. The London correspondents concur that the French army entered the last conflict In a starving condition. A French steamer captured the schooner Pie il. The main body of the French are concen? trated at Etain. The Algerian troops will not be recalled. The Gurdes de Paris demand to be led into active service. FLORENCE, August 17. The Italian army has been increased, anti an extraordinary loan for war purposes has be-n negotiated. LONDON, August 17. The Russian press are alarmed nt Prussian successes. Toe Prussian loan is unsuccessful at Ham? burg. The Archbishop of Paris has surrendered the schools and other institutions for hospitals, md three thousand beds are already placed. PARIS, August 17. The following official dispatch has just been bulletined: ..The Department of War has Just received news from the anny, which continues to carry out combined movements. Alter a brilliant combat on Sunday night, two divisions of the enemy sought to Intercept the French march, but were repulsed." The Emperor is at Chalons organizing a large force. The Journal Officiel publishes a notification of the blockade of German and Prussian ports, commencing on the 15th of August. Friendly and neutral vessels will be allowed ten days to load and depart. LONDON, August 17. The blockade being established, Austria has allowed Prussia to pass merchandize through the port ol Rega. PARIS, August 17. The following is official: "We had a serious engagement yesterday, the 16th, near Gravillotte, and gained an ad? vantage, but lost heavily." [Gravillotte is a small town six miles south? west of Metz and two miles from Moselle.] Facts and Rumors hy Cable. We gather the following from cable specials to the Northern papers : The French admit that the Prussians pay the ?ountry people for all supplies. Pere Hyacinthe has volunterred as a private in a regiment for the defence ol Paris. The sale and circulation ol English and Bel? gian journals is prohibited In Paris. The Prince Royal of Prussia, for his victory it Welssenburg, has received the order of the Iron Crown. The Orleans Princes have as yet received no reply to their tender of their services in the French army. The press in all paus of France resolutely lenounce overtures for peace until the Prus? sians are driven troni the soil. The Gaulois says Drouyn de L'Huys has been )ffered by the Empress regent the post ol' am? asador at Vienna. Private letters from Pails describe the Em? press as sadly changed and worn by the heavy lays and sleepless nights. All the French correspondents have returned 0 Paris, no opportunity being afforded them >f observing the operations in the field. Letters from the seat ol war notice a prac ice of the Prussians in au engagement to sta? ion sharpshooters on the right ul each platoon O pick off French officers. Thirty German shins, which have taken efuge in the port ot Falmouth, had a proces? i?n around the harbor on Saturday to the uuslc of bands, and with tt general display of lags. Hie Prussians make the country people oarch In front of their advancing lines, so hut the French troops may be lorced to fire : ipon their countrymen when they attack. ? It ls said the reason ol' ex-Empress Cariotta las been reawakened by the great events now ransplring on the Continent. She manifests he deepest interest in the war. < Hundreds of German familles have been e.\ lelled lrom Paris. Many of these have just etiched Cologne. Subscriptions have been ipened for their relief in different parts of rormany. The report which was circulated throughout he city that Prussian spies hud spiked the can ion on the walls of Pavia is pronounced false y the minister of war, who authorizes the J tateuient that the fortifications are ia excel iiit order. The French newspapers explain that Nancy i ras given up to the Prussians because it was 1 u open city, and the French troops retired to 1 oui, which, being a fortified place, gavetliem better chance to resist the Prussian advance, 'falsburg, one of the frontier towns, still olds out, Prussian reports to the contrary not- T .ithsiaudlog. ? A special writes from Hamburg Thursday: " he French fleet is unlikely to effect anything. " heir iron-clads draw too much water to ap- p roach the coast. Prussian vessels are pro- .] ibited from leaving any ports between Warne- ? lund mid the frontier of Jutland. Neutral b ags are not included. General Falkenstein 11 as just returned lrom a tour of inspection ol' b ie coast, and is confident that Hamburg has .i othing to fear from invasion. The London Times thus stales the situation: w France, dependent of the army, -?ees ils fore- u -? most corps, through blundering, driven back on the reserves. Though only the first line oi the Germans has been engaged, the French show a desire to rely on cavalry in modern warfare. Dr. Russell thus describes a charge of the Eighth Cuirraisseurs on the Eightieth Prussian Infantry: 'When the French were at a distance of one hundred yards-they were ex? terminated by the Prussian fire.' " Le Temp3 says that the purpose of the last movement of the French troops is evident. The Prussians, numerically superior, wanted to interpose between our troops and their sup? plies. This was defeated by a movement of the French, who repulsed an attack intended to prevent their crossing the Moselle. Our forces will now take up a strong position and prepare for a great battle, which is ardently awaited for by the entire army. Public confi? dence here as to the result of a pitched battle is very great. A correspondent writes from Berlin, Tues? day: "Seven thousand more prisoners are on their way hither to fortresses. Many Freneh officers taken at Woerth were not wounded. The Prussian soldiers sav that the hardest fighting of all was at Weissenburg. There was much hand-to-hand fighting, but the French, though brave, did not know how to use the bayonet, and no Prussians received bayonet wounds. The Prussian Government has stopped passenger traffic by direct route from Berlin, and lt ls necessary to go via War? saw. The Russian papers and the national party begin again to express tears that Germany ls proving of too great strength. Preparations for a fresh Polish Insurrection are supposed to have been discovered near Thom." WEISSENBURG AND WOERTH. Hand to Hand Struggles-The Physi? cal Weight of the Germans Prevails -Their Regiments Advance Unfalter? ingly under SeverejPire from Zoaave* in Rifle Pit?-Losses on Both Sides E normo rt*-An Addition of 200,000 Prussians to be Soon Made. The following dispatch from a correspondent at the Prussian headquarters, on Monday, Au gust 8, gives some interesting details of Mc Manon's recent delea! : The engagements on Saturday were both far In our front. There are lew details besides thc official summary already seat. All letters and messengers are delayed. What hos really happened ls in perlect accord with what ! have foreshadowed more than once. The de? sign of the German authorities, as 1 gathered from Prussian officers of high position, was first to prevent Germany from being made the theatre of slaughter, anu second, to attack the French army In three places simultaneously. The programme has been carried out so far as the right and left Hanks of the French are con? cerned, but It remains for the German Matre to advance against that of the enemy. This advance is necessarily delayed until the result of tue flank movements can be learned. Now that McMahon and Froissard have both Buffered severe defeat, a general eniragement ls Immi? nent. During the whole of- to-day the arri? val of dispatches announcing that a great bat? tle ls in progress, or has ended, have been looked lorward to with feverish Impatience. It ls evening, yet no tidings have come. Though the' combats at Weissenburg and Woerth are regarded aa minor engagements, yet they are In reality of the highest impor? tance. ' The earliest official dispatches under? estimated the magnitude and extenl'of the vic? tory. Instead ot a few hundred prisoners hav? ing' been captured at Weissenburg, their num? ber amounts to nearly 2000. Both struggles were stubborn. The French soldiers stood their ground well. Their rifles proved terri? bly destructive, fl was downright hard fight? ing which enabled the Germans to claim the honors of the day. A wounded French prison er avowed in my hearing that his countrymen could not withstand the weight of the German attack. The fighting being one not of bullets only, but of bayonets also, lt wp 3 decided at last by the actual strength of the respectlv combatants. Physically the German soldiers on the average, are heavier men than ordina ry. The French supposed that the new weap ons would alter warfare-that the old styl hand-to-hand combats were obsolete. This eugageraeDt proved otherwise. The Zouaves did what they could to check the advance ol regiments by pouring in vol leys from a concealed position. They had posted themselves in pits dug lor the purpose, Not until the advancing regiments suffered lrom this concealed fire did the German sol diers know that their progress was to be con tested. They saw no signs of troops in their front. Such an ordeal as this tested the stuff of which these men were made. They bore themselves with extraordinary valor. Men were struck down by hundreds, yet the reg! ments never wavered. The Zouaves were driven from their places of concealment, and the ground they had occupied was won by their opponents. The exact details are not forthcoming. It Is impossible to learn, even approximately, how many fell.but it is quite certain that the German loss 'has been proportionately enormous. By dav and nigh! the wounded have been arriving here. This afternoon all the beds in the hos pilai* are occupied; these contain about 1000 men. Tile field hospitals are also lull. Hun? dreds of wounded men were sent on to Frank? fort, where there Is accommodation for 5090. Long series ol stretchers, on which lie wound ed soldiers and ollicers, are passing through Hie streets to-day. So great is the number ol' the wounded that the arrangements made proved Insufficient, and there were instance? | j where men laid twenty-lour hour? on the field belore being discovered. A private dispatch [rom a military surgeon confirms this Informa? ci?n. The latest statements from the field where McMahon's army was so thoroughly beaten, .ay that, while the victory was complete, and | y the number ol prisoners taken amounts to 0000, :he losses on both sides were enormous. These esses eau be ill afforded by the French. For hem io .replace those who are killed, wound id or nirSiinjr. is hardly possible. The Ger? mans, un the other hand, can fiil up all their jlanksiu the course of a lew hours. Thev lave a stiirt'rabnudance of trained soldiers .eadytojoln their regiments ala moments lotice. Should the Germans be defeated In a reneral engagement, they would be ready in he course of a week to fight again, A rnove nent is in progress which will greatly strength ?n tlie artnv now encamped on French soil. in addition of 200,000 men will soon be readv. FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, August IT. The steamer Shenandoah will reinforce the ?uropean squadron. Attorney-General Akerman goes to Georgia o make political speeches. The President returns on Friday to the Cabi let meetings. Attorney-General Akerman decides that per? ons actually employed by the Treasury De lartment must be paid without taking the ath. M.tjor James Delger liai been appointed spe ial Treasury agent. HEALin. Piiii.ADEi.riiu. August 17. The Mayor officially denies the presence ol ellow fever in this city. NORFOLK, August l". The board of health have rescinded the or er requiring vessels arriving lrom Philadel hla lo be quarantined. -The ice companies of Kew York have ad anced the price of ico from fifteen to twenty allara a ton at wholesale. At retail the price as been raised from one and a half cents a ound lo two cents. But the most serious latter is the restriction a3 to the quantity lo e sold in small lots, aud one that will prove n especial hardship lo the poor. Orders have een given tu the drivers not to sell less ian twenty-five cents' worth to families, hich is almost a virtual shutting off of the oorer classes. THE STATE CANVASS. RICHLAND AND REFORM. The Me? tine and the Speeches. ?FSOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COLUMBIA, August IC. . The colored people of South Carolina are rapidly becoming convinced that the promises of the Scott Ring, so prolnsely made hereto? fore, and now reiterated, have not, and will not, benefit them in the least. They see that I they hare been made use of ior the benefit of | a lew ?ow white men, and now feel very much like the members of the church congregation who were used by a Mississippi flatboatman. Some years ago, there was a wicked, hard swearing, devil-may-care man who was a cap tain of a flatboat which plied on the Misslssip- i pi. His impiety had excited the interest of j the members of a congregation which wor? shipped on the banks of the river, and many were the prayers offered up by them for the conversion of the. captain. One fine Sunday morning the captain's boat- ran upon a snag opposite the church in which the aforesaid congregation were nt worship. Finding that he could not get his boat off without assist? ance, the captain sent up to the church and asked the congregation to come down and pray for him. Spontaneously the members arose, and remarking, "Let us go and pray for this vile sinner, he ls awakened at last," pro? ceeded to thc boat. They collected upon the bow. but the captain invltvd them to the stern of the boat, saying that the singing and praying should take place there. When they reached the stern their weight lilted the bow, and lt floated off. whereupon the captain told those assem? bled that they might go to the devil, as he had got all that he wanted out of them. Now the colored people, who, before the last election, were promised offices, educational facilities for their children, "lands for the landless and und homes for the homeless," but received them not. see that they were made use of to elevate bad men into power, who now, when again seeking office, and are charged with having tailed to lulfll their promises, and also with corruption, reiterate their old promises, and promise to reform themselves. Recog? nizing these iacts, the colored people general? ly are determined not to aid the Scott Ring In getting the good old ship of State off the snag the Scott crew have run lt upon, but will use their best endeavors to place ft In charge of a new crew, (the Reform party,) which will lloat it off and carry lt safely into the haven of | prosperity. MASS MEETING AT COLUMBIA. To-day. Judge R. B. Carpenter, Colonel S. W. McMaster, W. K. Easier, General J. B. Kershaw and Rev. Jonas Byrd addressed. In Sidney Park, about twenty-five hundred citi? zens of Richland County. Of this number, fully two-fifths were colored. The committee of arrangements, composed ol' the following named gentlemen, had provided a stand and seats In a shady portion ol'the park, and secur? ed the services ol an excellent brass band, which enlivened the occasion: Edward-Hope, R. O'Xenle. Jr.. John H. Klnsler, W. P. Book ter, John Frost, Jr., Dr. William Weston, War? ren Adams, John P. Adams, Captain Edward Percival. Jesse G. Lykes, John Dent, Captaiu W. H. Stack, Samuel Garner, E. Stenhouse, Walter Fisher, John Crawford. A. Smythe, R. D. Senn. J. H. Wells. John T. Sloan, Jr., Thos. Tuylor. W. C. Swaffield, James Kennedy, Wm. Myers, Samuel 0. Henry. WHERE WAS SCOTT ? It was expected by some that Scott and Banaler would be present to discuss the ques? tions at issue with Judge Carpenter and Gene? ral Butler, they having been invited to do so upon this and all other occasions. But they did not appear. However, one of the "Ring," Assistant. Adjutant-General Elliot, did come, md desired to speak. But, more of him here? after. IXTRODUSTORY ADDRESS. The time appointed for the meeting was ll o'clock, and at that hour the audience was present, and Judge R. B. Carpenter, General kV. K. Easley, General Kershaw. Colonel F. W. McMaster, Rev. Jonas Byrd, MaJorE.W. Slebels, Aldermen Richard Holloway, of Charleston, Colonel J. P. Thomas, Rev. Father O'Connell, Rev. P. J. Shaw, C. P. Pelham, Eso.. Gene? ral Artin, of Lexington, General W. J. Taylor j ind others. Shortly after ll o'clock, Colonel F. W. Mc? master, of Columbia, called the assemblage o order, and said substantially: Felloic-citizens of Bichland County-Tills is .he most Important meeting ever held In this rark. Five long years have elapsed since we mve heard the din of war. And all of these ong weary years we have craved lor peace ind quietude within our borders. But there las been no peace. A faction has come into he Slate and raised its hydra head of preju lice and hatred, arrayed the people against :ach other, the blacks against the whites and he whites against the blacks. But this was an innatural state of things, aud should not be. Ve nil desire to oe a band ol' brothers; we live >n the same soil; we breathe the same air; our nterests are the same. This state of things ms caused the utter prostration of our people. The laborer claims that he cannot live; his abor will scurcely secure enough bread and neut for himself and family. The capitalists ell us lhat their capital ls decreasing day by lay. A number ol true, honest men, seeing hi's condition ol affairs, and actuated byan .arnesl desire to benefit their State, united to lour oil upon the troubled waters. They met 1 a Columbia, threw aside all political issues, .nd placed themselves upon a broad and . iberal platform upon which all, irre- ! pectlve of party or color, could stand .'hese men organized the Reform party of the ? ?tate, and their leaders are here to-day to ad- 1 Iress the people, and I bespeak for them your arnest attention; whatever they say is good, eceive lt as such, and whatever they say is s ind. reject it. It has been tauntingly asserted r if South Carolinians that they were a proud c nd bigoted people, and believed that no good r xisted in the people out of the borders of e louth Carolina. This taunt is false. We hate acanness and love uprightness; we despise* llsuonesty and admire honesty; we denounce] njustlce und cling to justice; we repudiate' j nd reject adventurers who come among us t 0 prey upon us, but we cordially receive, r xtend the right hand of friendship, and sup- t ort those who come to live with us and share r ur lortunes through good and evil report. r 'our years ago a stranger came Into our midst q olding a United States office of a judiciary v haracter. At first we looked upon him as t ne of those who had cometo taunt us In our |j lisfortimes. He was a strong light, and was t laimed as the brains and talent of the Repub- a cnn party In this State. The colored men, a ,'hen taunted for not having any men of intel- t :ct in the party to which they clung, pointed tl .Ith pride to him. Did we not trust him, after r e had shown, bv his career on the bench, to fl rhlch he had been elevated by the Radical par- v r, where he had shown himself to be an up- j ight. honest man and a just judge ? After he v ucl thus shown himself to be worthy of our j .list, of the trustof any people, we selected him tl j bear the standard ol the Union Relorm party p 1 South Carolina. He could not stand aloof r, nd observe the corruption of the adventurers s i power ; he left an office which he had ulled tl Ith honor, and embarked his fortunes and n de with the true and honest men who are c ulled to labor for the good of the State of g outh Carolina. I have now the honor to In- o .educe that distinguished man, the first K-aker ol' the day, Hie Hon. R. B. Carpenter. REMARKS OK JU&UE CAllPEXTEK. a Alter the cheering which greeted Judge Car- e enter's introduction had ceased, he com- ?, lencetl by exposing Hie corruption which ex- 1 ts in nearly all of the departments ol the State 0 overriment, arm a hlch he feared had crept 11 ren into the judi- 'ary. If it had escaped, he mid truly thank God and take fresh* courage, ut the signs of the times were unlavorable"to f> ie belier that it had altogether escaped. As 11 .gards the corruption, saki .he, as charged 0 raiust the government, there is no one, not sj i-en thc members ol' the '"Ring," who had the JJ ibliine impudence to deny lt. ~ A NEW WAY TO REFORM (?LD EVILS. fl Judge Orr says, in his letter of this morning, fl: mt good men must go into the Radical party d ? relorm the existing evils. Who are the V aod men ! Governor Orr and a bulky mau ai ora Marion are Hie ouly ones who have gone n ito it, and yet matters ure no better; in fact, rr icy seem to be growing worse. This talk ol' p( Dins into the Radical party to reform it re- ti linds me very much ol'an anecdote ot a Judge ci 1 Georgia. In his charge to the grand jury w 2 depicted in glowing colors the evils ot gam- k ing, denounced the gamblers, and instructed e' ie jury to report them and their halls as nui- ei sances. The jury took no action. A s time after the charge a member of the went Into a gambling hall, and, much t< surprtse, observed the ludge playing for : stakes. He expressed his surprise to judge, who replied: "I, In my charge strutted you to break up the gambling pla but as you did not, I have concluded to bi them up myself." Now, Governor Orr Colonel Graham, finding that the Radical ty will not break up its evil practices, h Joined lt to break lt up themselves. THE REMOVAL OF DR. PARKER. One of the gravest enormities that I hav charge against the Scott Ring, said Judge, ls the removal of Dr. Parker as su Intendent of the Lunatic Asylum. A short t after Judge Orr left the gubernatorial chal? received a letter from Miss Dix. No one n be told who Miss Dix ls-she has almost su] human gifts of philanthropy. In her hum mission of caring for the sick and woun she has visited nearly all of the Jails and ho tals ot Europe and of this country, paired her health and exhausted means. During her journeys she vis Columbia and the State Lunatic Asyli In the letter she wrote to Governor Orr, st believing that he was still Governor-said i she had heard that Dr. Parker's removal contemplated; she hoped that be would be fained, as in her opinion he was better adi ed to the position than any one she had e met, and the asylum was better conclue than any she bad ever inspected. Judge indorsed the letter, stating that he fully c cided with Miss Dix, and sent it to Gover Scott. But of no avail; the axe fell iou rt months thereafter. THE CHARLESTON* NE tn commenting upon this removal, desiree know why lt was done, whereupon the Ri cal organ, with Its usual unblushing Im dence and reckless assertion, charged t Dr. Parker had been a defaulter tor twei years. Dr. Parker has made the care lunatics his studv for twenty-three 1< years. He ls a man of rare Intelligen nigh character, and in every way qualified the high and responsible position which he so creditably filled for so many long yes When, during the war, the public funds for maintenance ol the inmates of the asyl were exhausted, he exhausted his priv funds to keep the Inmates from starvatl And when his pockets were depleted, he, his own responsibility, borrowed funds to fray the expenses^ Incident to the care of helpless beings under his charge. But v, was he removed ? A colored man named P vis, Anding that he could not get back Into Legislature from Lexington County, cove Dr. Ensor's place; he secured it, and to g Dr. Ensor a place, Dr. Parker was remov and the former appointed to fill the vacancy TUE MILITIA. I charge, Bald the Judge, that Govert Scott has endeavored to Incite a war of rac He first denounced the white people of Soi Carolina, asserting that they were but a ba of assassins; declared that the Winchester ri law was the best law for South Carolina; th organized the colored people Into companl and armed them with his Winchester rifles, assert that In organizing and arming the companies he has acted without a shadow legal authority. He had no more right, as tl law now stands, to organize or commissi these companies than I have to do lt. I asse that he, thc drill-master and the officers of tl companies are. under the statutes, liable Indictment and Imprisonment. SCOTT AND MOSES IN' TROUBLE. The statutes of 1868 authorize Scott and ft adjutant general to enroll all of the white an colored people of the State, between the agc of eighteen and forty-five; require that alfi, enrolled Into two classes ; the first class, thos from eighteen to thirty; the second class, froi thirty to forty-five; after they are enrolled the must be organized into brigades, regiment} battalions, Ac. There ls no law authorlzln Governor Scott to receive Independent comp; nies, either white or black. I defy any one t prove the contrary. Another section of th act above referred to provides for the Indie ment and imprisonment of those who viol?t the provisions of the act. I assert that the mil tar j have not been enrolled, and that Scott au his adj ula ut general (Frank Moses) are liabl< to Indictment for violating thc act. and I cai upon the attorney-general to execute the law I do not blame the colored people for organ Izlng themselves; they have been Induced tx lo so by the white men who hove led them istray. But Governor Scott has not only dis irlbtued arms, but ball cartridges too. [A voice jut they don't hurt.] They don't hurt ? I know jet ter. I've tried them, they do hurt; but I tell rou what they wont do, they wont scarce any jody. [Cheers.] In old times a man who carried mil cartridge at a militia parade was fined five Hollars; under the new rule, I suppose a mili Janian would be fined five dollars if he did not ;arry ball cartridges. At this pclnt two or three colored members >f the Legislature commenced to propound jueetlons to the Judge, not with a view ol raining information, but to Interrupt him. In answer to the questions, "What about the nurder of Randolph ?" thc Judge replied that .Randolph was dead and burled, and lt was ?est to let the matter rest, but if the Radicals leslred to kill his murdere/, as some of them aid they wished to do, they would only have o run up to the capital and kill the Governor. )ne man wanted to know why the Judge had lecided, as a judge, that a black woman could lot bring suit against a white man lor bastar ly, to which the Judge replied that he had de? eded the same way in a case of a black and vhite woman alike, and that under the act of 8C8, he could not have decided any other way. >udge Orr nnd Judge Green have In similar :ases since then decided precisely as I did. ind with all your talk about this case, when It vas charged by members of the Legislature hat I decided unjustly, and I demanded a full .nd fair hearing, the Senate, by an unanimous 'ote, on the 31st of January last, declared that here was nothing to sully my official charac er. REMARKS OF UE.NERAL EASLEY. After a tune by the band, Colonel McMaster tated that he regretted the absence of Gene al M. C. Butler, one of the speakers of the oc? asi?n, who was detained In Edgefield by slck less, and In his place he would Introduce Gen xal William K. Easley. The General, after expressing his regret at he absence of the distinguished gentleman vhose place he was requested to fill, and stat ng his inability to fitly fill it, said substan lally : "Thrice armed is he who hath ids quar el just." Yes, gentlemen, as Judge Carpen er so aptly quoted from the distinguished loet, '.Thrice armed Is he who hath his quar el Just;" and we have our quarrel just. No [uarrel since the world began,' no quarrel ?.hile the world will stand, can be more just han that we wage this day. Yet lt i a quarrel which receives the sanc? i?n of the oldest law known te man; law as old as Adam; a law as ancient s the human race; a law implanted by God in he human heart-lt ls the law of self-preserva lon. "Thrice armed ls he who hath his quar ell just," and thrice armed are we, for we ght for the self-preservation of the people, rlilte and black, in South Carolina; we are ghtlng for our lives this day; fighting for all rorth possessing to a Iree and civilized people, t is a common quarrel-a quarrel in which he two races should, must and ici?? stand side y side. What is the fight, what is the quar el, which I ciaim is just ? There Is no ln tance in history, no precedent for the posl ion we occupy in South Carolina. There can? ot be found in the history of the human race, ivllized or uncivilized, an instance of such a tate ol thinirs as now exists in South Carolina; C the anomalous position occupied by the two aces in this country. A black and white race re arrayed against eacli other. One has been race of slaves, the other of musters, and i vldenlly they dud themselves thrown together n terms of perfect equality belore the law. i hey have become citizens of one country and 1 one interest. This state of things was en- i rely new to both races. To both it was a i ew and untried era. We were out on the sea i ?Ithout chart or compass, with nothing to < ulde us but the wisdom which God implanted i i the human heart. We are living in one < ountrv, under the same laws, possessing the < ime institutions. We are bound together by i ie strongest law which governs all society- i ie law which binds all people who live in the : ime country. Our interests are identical, t Te are together in the same bark; we must t oat on to prosperity, or together must sink t own in ignorance and vice to a common ruin. I fe are living in the same mansion, f ad a house divided against itself can- r ot stand. I know that the colored V ian does think and mean, and I ask him is it ti ossible that the two races can live upon n irais of hostility ? If we cannot trust and u inflde in each other how can we live together? P 'e must trust and confide In each other. You c now and feel that our interests are identical; eery person, while and black, are alike inter- u ?ted in having wise, humane und Just laws, q Every just and honest man is interested Ia having a wise, economical and just administra? lion or the affairs of the State. Every man is alike interested in whatever tends to promoto the prosperity of the State. Unless we recog? nize the fact that the welfare of the State ls tn the hands of both, races, and that unless they unite and work together Its destruction is cer? tain Unless we resolve to live and die to? gether, there will be no peace or prosperity In the State. Men have come irom abroad without character or principle, without re? gard for the interests of any race. They are men with no pride; men wno were name? less at home; men who could never acquire a name, and scarcely a living, where they were born, have come among us, and taken advan? tage of that peculiar, unhappy situation ia which they found us; have gone about instill? ing into the minds of our colored friends pre? judices against the white people, telling then that the white men were at war with them, and wanted to put them back into slavery. These men have fastened these prejudices until the two races were arrayed against each other the whites in one party and the blacks In another. By filling the minds of the black? with these prejudices against the whites, and by heaping upon the waites humiliation and disgrace, they further estranged the two races; and they desire to keep up this division and still further divide us, because their power and places depend upon their so doing. They know that when the native element fraternize and strike hands together their power is gone; therefore they are using all means to prevent us from healing the breach. last week I had the pleasure of hearing Secretary of State Cardo zo-a very intelligent and respectable colored man I'm told. He made a capital speech. I admit he used admirable arguments for the purpose of keeping up the strife. Of the Re? form movement he said it was a good move, a step in the right direction; but the time had not come when the two races could trust each other. Just so long as Cardozo and others like him fill lucrative offices, Just so long will they declare that the time for the two races to trust each other has not come. Bur. why should we not trust each other ? We must do it. The condition of things obtain? ed In the State during the last few years cannot be endured. They muet end quietly, peaceably, or they will end In violence to the ruin of all. This proud, noble old State which held Buch a high position In the Union, should not, shall not be controlled by the nameless <">r. of strangers and allens who could not make t.n honest living at home. The people, white and black, will rise up in their might, strike hands together, and unite in the movement to drive from office the men who have preyed upon the State, and in their stead place In power men who will discharge tlie duties of their ?nices, not for their own good, but for the good of the whole people. AN INTERRUPTION. At this stage of the proceedings, Colonel B. B. Elliott, in a quiet and respectful manner said that he desired the privilege of speaking on this occasion. It had been announced that Governor Scott would be permitted to discuss the questions at Issue, butas he was not present, he (Elliott) desired to reply lo some charges made against Governor Scott. To this request Colonel McMaster stated that If Governor Scott would come, he (Scott) would be allowed to speak, but it could not be expected for the Retorm meeting of to-dav to hear minor men from the otherside. REMARKS OF GENERAL KERSHAW. General J. B. Kershaw was next Introduced. He explained at length the principles-of the Union Reform party, and the motives of the men who had inaugurated lt, which were to place before the people a platform upon which, every true, honest man, Irrespective of party or color, could stand, and combine to drive from ofllce the plunderers who had gotten Into power, and were stealing from the whole peo? ple. He eaitl that he felt It his duty to go out with the candidates at first, and lend what lit? tle aid and Influence he possessed In setting forth the principles of the party. He had not Intended to remain long, as it would have con? flicted with his other duties. He was grati? fied with the success of the movement thus far. In the upper counties, where they had expected to meet with some opposition, they found the people a unit In favor of the cause. TUE SITUATION. The General spoke at some length of the In? terests of the two races, showing how each ivas dependent upon the other. During these remarks, he casuall?,alluded to the wages the colored man now received, and of the nlre In nave times. A colored mon In the crowd felled out, "How many lashes were we found ?villi ?" and was applauded by about six colored nen surrounding him. The General quietly 'emarked that ihe Relorm party was not or? ganized to reform facts, but existing evils. At he close of the war, the white people found hemselves in a peculiar situation; they did lot comprehend it, but they had been educat? ed up to it, and now stand ready to admit, and .hat cheerfully, all of the rights which were riven the colored man. They had obliterated heir prejudices, and were willing to make rreat sacrifices to heal the breach, which, iud beea created between the two races. The :olored people had not been trained up to this loint. They had fallen into the hands of ad? venturers, (for which the white people of the state were partly to blame,) who had poison id their minds against the white people, and ret pandered to them to keep up the dissen ilons which these prejudices occasioned. The vhlte people of the State now desire to eradi :ate these prejudices, to bring the two races ogether in peace and harmony, and hereafter vork together for the redemption of their com non State. But if the colored men were de ermined not to forget the post, but to foster heir prejudices and array themselves In hos Ility to the white man, it would be better for is lo go home, arm ourselves and prepare for he issue, which must surely come if this hostili? ty on the part of the colored people continued. ANOTHER INTERRUPTION. When General Kershaw concluded his re narks Colonel El bott made another request to >e permitted to speak, stating that he had cen in a morning paper an invitation for any nember of the Republican parly to speak if he lesired to do so. General Kershaw arose and laid that he was cbauman of the Executive Committee of the Union Reform party, and bat the cbmmittee had not authorized the lublisbing of the article referred to. ir Gov irnor Scott bad desired to come and speak he rould have been allowed to do so. Colonel Siliott said be was a nominee toi Concrete,and ie saw in the meeting Major Bacon whem he inderstood was a candidate on the Reform icket for Congress also, and he would request hat he and Major Bae.m be permitted lo nave , discussion. Gener al Kershaw explained th it ?ajor Bacon waB not the nominee of the Re orin party, but that if he and Colonel Elliott lesired to have a discussion arter the pro? gramme of the day was carried out, neither he, lor any one else, bad the least objection. It Fas a question tor Major Bacon and Colonel Uliott to decide. Colonel Elliott expressed limBelf as being perfectly satisfied with tba ( xplanation. Some of his followers com-' neuced to create a disturbance, whereupon Jolonel Elliott arose and addressed them, re? testing them to keep client aud grant to the teform speakers t?at naht which they (tba listurberii claimed for themselves-the right if free speech. The disturbers immediately lecame quiet. , Judge Carpenter aiose and stated that he ras willing to meet Governor Scott at any une and give bim thc- opening and closing of he discussion; he desired to do this, but he ras not willing to meei a new horse at every ro?s-road. BE3IABK3 OF REV. JON A3 BYRD. Rev. Jonas Byrd, v.ho has been doing glori? as service ia the cause of Reform throughout ne State, was next introduced. At first a mall nu-aber of tue colored people present rere disposed to prevent bim from speaking, nd hissed and groaned, but desisted when re uested by Colonel .Elliott to do so. Mr. Byrd lade a very brief speech owinc to the lateness f the hour. He denounced as false the etate lents that the Reform movement was a Dem? erath? scheme iu disiruise, and tbat if suc essrul the colored people would be put back ito slavery; assertiDs: that if the people of outh Carolina desired to do so they could not, s it was utterly impo-aible for one State to nuul the laws which bad been ratified by two uiidd of the Slates in the United States. Ho Did his bearers that the stories which the ;adicai leaders had cir misted relative to the jod at Reform barbecues being poisoned had .coiled upon the Radical party, as the colored copie had attended tho barbecues, had par iken of the food, had not been poisoned, and ow they were convinced that all the state lonts of thc Radical leaders about the Reform irty were as false as those about the barbe? aes. At the conclusion of Mr. Byrd's remarks the teeting was dismissed and the assemblage uietly dispersed.