Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COLUMBIA. 1 Friday Morning, April 27, 1S66. Rr ra perm t io li? lt is with pleasure that we daily j record the increasing prosperity of j our neighboring cities. The energy j and pers?v?rance displayed by tho j Southern people immediately after j such a devastating war is unparal- j leled. Iustead of sinking into de? spondency, and giving np all as lost, ! they have heroically placed their shoulders to the wheel, and extricated themselves from the quagmire of de? spair iuto which, for some months at first, it was supposed they had sunk. - Atlanta, which, like our own ill- | fated city, was consigned to the torch, is being rapidly rebuilt. The rubbish of burnt brick and charred lumber is fast giving way to stately edifices and capacious warehouses, and, above all, to large and numerous foundries and work-shops. Atlanta has always been the great mechanical city of the South, and again is the hammer to be heard within her walls, which plainly ? tells of her return to her former self. With excellent railroad facilities, three or four railroads diverging from its centre, Atlanta is destined to be oae among the leading commercial e nporiums of the South. In our own once beautiful city, the work of recuperation is going bravely on. We have already noticed several of the new and substantial stores erected on Main street. We now ob? serve that Mr. John Agnew has erected a capacious brick building cor? ner of Plain and Richardson streets, intended for a hardware store. Next door, Mr. B.- C. Anderson is con? stricting two new large and handsome stores, and on the same block, for? merly known as Granite Bange, Mr. T. D. Davis is erecting several stores. Messrs. Gregg & Co. also intend to erect a store on the same block, on ! the former site of the Commercial Bank. South of Plain street, Mr. Bedell is about erecting a handsome 1 store on the site of his old stand and ( that adjoining, formerly occupied by | Messrs. Falls Sc Kinard. I We have already noticed the large ' and substantial stores occupied by . Messrs. Kenneth & Gibson, Brown, j Stenhouse and others. We now learn s that Messrs. E. & G. D. Hope are preparing to put a handsome iron j j front two-story building on their old | ? Bite, and immediately in front of ! < their present store, which, when com- j ' pleted, will be one of the largest ! , stores in the city. Mr. Brennan is j j erecting^n_-?xtensive carriage fae. i \ tory; Goldsmith's foundry is in full | J blast, and Mr. Alexander's will soon be in active operation. It is thus 1 that our citizens are bestirring them- j selves to retrieve their losses by the \ war, and restore their city to her former prosperity and beauty. We j glean from our exchanges that other 1 neighboring cities and towns-Char lotte, Charleston, ?cc.-are all ener- ; getically at work, rebuilding and establishing manufactories, &c. Many other evidences of the ener- ? gy and spirit of our people are being j developod here and elsewhere. We ; are truly gratified to see that, although well nigh utterly prostrated by the ! ravages of wa*-, the Southern people have not succumbed to the dire disas- j ters which stunned them for a timo, j but have gone earnestly to work to retrieve their shattered fortunes. All j honor to the men who have clung to the South in her darkest hours, and de- ! voted their energies ai.d the slender remnant of their fortunes to the work of recuperation. This indomitable j will and persistent effort will ere long > rebuild our desolated towns and cities, and restore them to their for mer prosperity. THE BUBEAC.-Brig. Gen. Davis j Tillson, Assistant Commissioner of the Freedmen's Burean in the State of Georgia, has sent to each agent of the Bureau a list of questions, which they aro directed to answer, including I the following, viz: Whether the civil authorities en? deavor to arrest and punish those who wrong or abuse the freedmen; and if so, whether they generally succeed iQ punishing the guilty? Whether the service of nn agent of the Freedmen's Bureau is necessary to secure justice to the freed people; and, if the Bureau was removed, wuether the civil authorities would nrotect their rights? Also, whether in their opiniou the tone and temper of the whites are improving toward the freed people, and if they think the time is approaching when the control of the freed people maj be safely entrusted to them. - - Ttxr Timptt Bf t3?* -*>iittl. - I The New York Herald, in its issue \ ofvthe add inst., volunteers nearly a column of advice to the Southern people, on the information* that it hiu? reo?ived "froin many and reliable soirees," thai ''the people of the South are chafing a good deal under the suffering and humiliation their rebellion has brought on them." He says that "nursing their prejudices and foolishly turning their backs upon the Yankees, is not onrjfcchild ish, but rainons and dangerous to themselves." Tin's is all balderdash ; the "so-called" "Nestor of the Press" has been misinformed. "We can tell the New York Herald, in the heart of South Carolina, at its capital, that no such feelings exist as those which its informants represent. Her people are devoted to the resuscitation of their broken fortunes, iu tead of dis? cussing politics as heretofore, und there is little danger of any renewal of ill-feeling on our part. We hav? enough to do now without intermin gang with the nasty politics of th? radical faction. Fncte Worth lleiucinbcrlng. Harper's Magazine and Weekly, be foro the war, used to pander to ex treme Southern opinion. During th* war, they found out something els better, and reversed their course There have been of late no more nu scrupulous and reckless viii fiers o the South, to say nothing of North ern Democrats, than those two publi cations. Now that the war is o v. i they find, like the Herald, that it i impossible to recover their Souther circulation, and they whine aceori ingly. Whereupon, says the Mont gomery (Ala.) Mail: Our objection to the Northern i Lustra ted newspapers was based upo the indecent and immoral effect * the sensational engravings upo which those papers depend for the circulation. The tendency of tho; pictures is to iustil into tho mimi of children and the more ignorai id ul ts incendiary ideas and false in pressions, which time can never eras Tneir continued abuse and villific lion of the Southern people, the .ompoons and caricatures of the n blest sentiments and aspiration iiave done more to retort restorati* md engender reciprocal bad fc-elii in the people of the South, than ha di the speeches, essays, poems ai sermons of all the radicals combine Wc have not forgotten, ana we w lever forget, how those papers 1 presented tho women ol' the Sont laggard, contemptible, ornament ivith bones of Union soldiers han ng from their oars and wrists. We have not forgotten lipw .t! Southern man,wa.?, tfhr?ys"painted ittle Jbett?f than a d >g and mn arorse than a bear, hunted in swam ->y his own negroes clothed in u 'orin, or wallowing iu the filth lebanchery. Much of this may hu jeen overlooked as the effervesce! >f malignant cowards, who desired sell pictures, oven though it were :he expense of covering r.n L. oral psople vir1: infamy, av. 1 cwivupti .he brutish senses of tneir bh lilies. Si nee the war has stopp* here could have boen no excuse ?ontinuing these things. Still it 1 jeen continued, and weekly we nformed tuat the negro is our sn .ior, by engravings which repres graceful, well-dressed, attractive rresses sittiug beside Southern 1 nen, who pull away their tatter soiled garments, ami turn up tl iiideous noses. Not only so, but these pictor uid defiance to the decency of hum tty. If a terrible outrage bas b committed, the faces of poor fa ivomen, the houses were they \i\ the minutest circumstances of tl infamy, are thrown broadcast be; the eyes of a Christian people. S windows herald the infamy to wondering eyes of young boj-s ?iris. Bool, stalls thrust the graceful scenes before the hhoc senses of modest women. And s forsooth, we must stand it all; ur we object to Icing vilified :ui'scd-if we attempt to tia ve morals of our children from cor tion, we must be charged with g * step back to barbarism ! An election was held in Charlot an the 25th, for Alderman of \ S*o. 3, to fill the vacancy occasi* by the death of Alderman Br which resulted in the return of lames Cosgrove. The Nashville (Tenn.) Banner i story of a man who lost his v family, consisting of six per luring the late war, all having sent Northward by tho militar thorities, ami never traced fu than Nashville. A search prole iver two years has failed to dis them. Two Congressmen, Senator jenden and Representative Hub ire confined to the house, and jaid have varieloid. We cannot censure a man in ness who does not advertise, if 1 nothing worth advertising. g ? - m? r Tri From \V(iabi?K<<>ii. " ^ L confidently anticipate another -r_- 'i>,.,,.-:.?- * iii nama tito House agrees to the Senate amend? ments to tho habeas corpus bill, passed in the Spnuto yesterday. This mea? sure originated and waspassedby the House on the 20th of last month. Tl ie Senate hus passed the same bill with two amendments, which no doubt tho House will agree to, and then comes the President's action, which, as before stated, I expect to result ina veto. The bill is nt war with the principle which Mr. Johnson lias over and over nguiu avowed his determination to uphold and main? tain. lu the form the measure 1ms passed both houses, it is clearly un? constitutional, and embodies, iu the form of legal enactment, the idea of centralization of power in tho Na? tional Government, lt takes from the States rights reserved to them expressly in the Constitution. This is another instance of hasty and passionate legislation, for which the Thirty-ninth Congress hus he come notorious, lt is of n class ot legislation that, as expressed by Sc nator Edmunds on Thursday last, will return, like the plague, upon th? heads of those who participate in it. Notwithstanding this new Seuatoi from Vermont (who is of tho radical family, and sont herc to vote with h? brethren,) warned the Senate of th? ill effects of sueh legislation, he nu accountably voted for the bill upon its passage. One of the ablest arguments made against this measure in the debat? upon it was that of Air. Edmunds, upon an amendment offered by him self. That amendment was rejected and yet he voted for the bill finally. Such is radical consistency. Adopting the argument of Senator! Cowan and Edmunds, both sonne law, the President must veto the bill in truth, he must do so to be consis tent with himself. The bill as passed in the Senat? yesterday, provides, in brief, that an; search, seizure, arrest or imprison ment mad?.', or other trespasses ?>: wrongs done or committed, or au; aets done or omitted to bo done dur ir.g the rebellion by any officer <> other person rrader and by virtue <> any order, written or verlud, genera or special, by th?' President or an; officer, etc., slmll be held as: good to' all purposes of defence in suits fo damages by persons claiming to havi been injured. But'wie order of : superior officer shall not be a d<'feno for any act ?lone with malice, ? nu it; or unnecessary severity. If tho sui lu- commenced in a Stute court, i may bo removed by direction of th? defendant to a United States eircui court ut any time before or nfti judgment in tho State court; and i the latter court proceeds ? .rther ii the cause after certificate ot rcniovu is produced, tlie pioeecdings of sud court are declared void. "All parties ?/miges, officers nud other persons thenceforl h proceeding shall b?_Kjd .! in damages to the party ?rggrieved. _j3o tlmt^ii-rtTTiimnts to this: that ? a citizen of Ohio enters suit in n .stat court against another citizen of toa State for oppression in office whits executing an order of a military c< ?ni mander, this law wrests the case froi the .State judge and tak<-., it to Ul Federal court, (which under tho Cor stitution lins no jurisdiction <>f casi arising between citizens of the sam State, i an?.! thc State judge who dar? to proceed in tho case, after ho notified of the unconstitutional r? nioval, shall be mulcted iii damagi for his judicial act. Such is this lav according to the radical Solons. [Cor. Richmond Times, lil//'. The President's address to the so diers and sailors is very unpalatab to the Republican majority in Coi gress. lt is a direct appeal to tl people from tin1 judgment of Co: gress, and places before the count! his own policy of restoration in very striking and favorable ligh The speech is hopeful, and will ser to inspire tho people with entire co: tidenee in the early solution of aile remaining difficulties. The objections which are mad" some quarters to thc views of Mr. . II. Stephens, as presented i;i his ei dence before the committee of Co gress. uro founded entirely on the i sumption that the extension oT si frage to nil the blacks is to be t condition of restoration. Upon t statements uiol avowals of Mr. St phens, no Southern repres?ntate will be admitted by the radical ft tion. lt is important, therefore, know how strong that faction now in Congress. It is appureut that has lost ground .since tho organi; tion of Congress, lt is neither fierce, nor FO clamorous, nor so ct rident now, as it was when the Hoi first passed tue District negro si frage bill. At one ti.ix^ the impo tion of negro suffrege ou the elev Southern States was the test of Nor: ern loyalty. But it i-> believed ?.lose observers that not more th sixty members of the House are n disposed to make negro sufirage I condition, sine gua non, of South? repr?sent?t ion. The Committee <>n Reconstruct have before them severn! projects restoration, tlie ni<ist prominent which are those proposed by -1 Grimes, Mr. Stewart, and Mr. La of Kansas. Tlie la->i named plan based upon the President's telegrap letter to (io\t rnor Sharkey, but not vouched for as being now vised bj' thc President. It was State action, not Congressional, t the President looked. Congres, this sesP?cnC -will clo nothing on the subject.-Cor. Baltimore Sun. We understand that the Joint Cern m i tree on Reconstruction mot on Saturday evening, but adjourned without coming to any definite con? clusion in regard to the matters bo fore them. It is stated that they will hold a-meeting this morning, when, it is n lored, they may couclude to report to Congress to-day on affairs Ot nriror importance. The President is determined that thc neutrality laws of the United States shall be administered in good faith und with entire fairness in pre? serving the pence between Great Britain and the Uuited States should the Fenians seriously endanger it. It is expected that the Committee of Ways and Means will, early this week, report some of their proposed amendments to the internal revenue bill, especially relative to reduction? and exemptions. They have not yet considered the branches with regard to tobacco, distilled spirits, and the administration of the law. The Democratic Association in th? j city has endorsed Mayor Wallach foi i re-election. Hore is a strong Bigr j that tho mass of the Democratic party are disposed to give up nol ? only party names and ideas, but can didates also. Tn fact, tho people i irrespective of the feelings of formel ! leaders, desire to determine matten : at the polls upon the new and para ? mount issue of Andrew Johnson ant , his policy. In this aspect they ar< Johnson men, and by that designa ! tion they can sweep the country at did the Jackson men of 1828 am 1832. - National Intelligencer. Jusl as the Judiciary Comiuitte* of the House were about to report ii favor of bringing Jeffersou Davit and C. C. Clay before a military tri bunal, the President ordered the re lease of the latter, much to the stir prise of every member of tin committee. Tho evidence which tin committee have, aud upon which the; intended to have Davis and Clay ar raigned for trial, is well-known o the President. Speaking of Sta?sberry's appoint mont to the Supreme Bench, Lb President hist evening expressed th lu.pe that the Senate would act favor ably upon the nomination, as United States Court for the trial o Davis could then be opened at Nash ville. Judge Stansberry is appointe' fruin Kentucky, in which State h resides. The president added fbi important statement: "Should th Senate decline to confirm <he aj pointaient, 1 shall direct the Attoi nev-( reneral t?i arrange for the tris in Virginia. [Philadelphia ledger, 19/7,. A lvKioN or TEKBOB IN 3CAST TEJ> NKSSEK.-Through a private lette] v.e learn that ?Ul persons in Jonesbi ro whose sympathies were krrown t oe -?vii!; th. South during the lat war, have been notified to leave witli iii ten days after the reception of th notice. A reign of terror is said t exist in that locality. Several hav left, while others are determined t .stund their ground and abide th issue. Comparative ipiiet hail bee r. -toied in that County (Washing ton) and hopes wen- entertained tin the scenes of last autumn and wint( would never be re-eLacted. But th hit..- speeches delivered in that plat have roused the sanio hatred an mob spirit that bas already deprive the County of some of its best un most influential citizens. Sim writing the above, we notice that Mr. T-itrgs, who lived som? ten mil from Greenville, was murdered I live outlaws on the 8th inst. Tin went to his house and demanded e: trance, and uecuuso he wished know their business before openir the door, they fired through the wi dow, indicting a mortal wonn They claimed that they were lookii for bis sou, who was in the Confed rate army. Mr. Higgs was an exei platy christian and a good citizen. [Nashville Union and American. --?-???-? GOLD DISCOVERIES IN VIRGINIA. Considerable excitement has be> produced in Washington and vicini by the discovery of gold on tl Potomac River, near the Great Fal twelve miles above Georgetown. T precious metal is alleged to be foti on both sides of the river, ami sevei small companies have been at wo milling for months past, but as yet does no: appear that the treasti obtained bus been very great. Hitln to the quartz bas been shipped Philadelphia to be crushed. I recently one of the mining com} nit s hus erected a crushing mill m the diggings. The quartz contai what is known to miners ns "fi gold." that is, the metal is not eqna distributed in lino particles thron the rock, but is collected in tl threads of pure metal. For t reason, assays of ti e ore are, obvious reasons, not reliable. Ass: of some of the ore found in t region show yields nt the rate of fn 119 to 8219 to the ton. [ Richmond Times - - m ? m ? i'he walis of a building in Oral Lane, Boston, fell down on Satnn night, killing three small boys : breaking the legs of a little girl. Thc ilood. in tho Mississippi is the increase, an?! tho Parishes Louisiana on tho Westbank of river are overflowed. Hon. A. H. Stephens has return to bis homo in Georgia Airol m In England. Wo inako the following extracts from toe London correspondence wi tfie Richmond Timan, dated 7th 'nut.: The radical lenders tte exerting themselves to the uttermost of their power to coerce Parliament into the passage of the franchise bill. They do not confine themselves to holding meetings of their constituents in the Counties, cities and boroughs in which the people assembling reside, but are attempting to get ap a mon? ster mob from all parts of the island to crowd at the doors of the hulls of legislation and demand that the pro? posed measure shall be made a law. To draw together this mob, they are resorting to various devices. The people are not only urged to come to the metropolis by the blatant voice of the demagogue on the hustings, but radical employers propose to make the 12th of the month (the day ap ; pointed by Mr. Bright on which "to j lill Parliatneuf street from Charing I Cross to the Abbey gates" with his I followers) a holiday for their em I ployees, and io get up cheap excur ! sions from the radical strongholds'to ? the metropolis. With this view, they have issued circulars, which are being i distributed amongst the mauufac ? turers of the right stripe, and doing ! everything in their power to secure : concert of action. Should they sue ! coed in getting together such a mob j as tiley desire, and in infusing into it I such sentiments as they have been i proclaiming recently, there is every j reason to believe that the affair will I terminate in broken windows and broken heads, and, it is to be hoped, in the exemplary punishment of its originators, j There is a law upon the statute ; book of our country which makes it a criminal >fTence for more than fifty persons to assemble within one mile i of the houses of Parliament while it ; Ls in session, with a view of debbe . rating upon any matter then before , the I legislature, and for the purpose ! of influencing its action. Shouldthe radical leaders sueeeed in bringing I this mob together, they will put themselves clearly within the terms of this law, and your correspondent, 1 for one. devoutly hopes that it will bc enforced against said leaders to the letter. ?Such hopes, however, are vain, because the bill under consider? ation is the measure of the Govern? ment, and upon them would rest the burden of prosecuting the disturb? ers, which, of course, they would not do. as they rely upon the mob to coerce the bouse into passing the measure. Without some such influ? ence, they feel that the scheme will fail, mid with it tho present ministry would most probably go out. It is merely a trick to keep in power, which they have allowed themselves to bc taught bv the irrepressible Mr. Bright. OITZ?AUESTN CATHOLIC CHUIJCHES IN ENGLAND.- A Loudon correspond? ent of the New York Time* says: Our Euglish 'Catholics' are getting that amount of persecution which is considered a condition of growth ami prosperity. They had a square light the other night at Bristol, at a lecture presided over by a bishop, who, after a regular knock-down ami drag-out, gave the combatants his episcopal benediction; and, in the same ueigh bi irhood, on the eve of Easter Sunday, a mob broke into a church, and tore down th-' decorations, tore up the vestments, drank thc sacramental wine, and made beasts of themselves generally, (hi Sunday morning, "the sacred edifice was crowded to suffoca? tion by a mob of ruffians, some ol whom lighted their pipes and begar to smoke, while others roared out comic songs and shouted, 'We won'I go home till morning.' " If Mr Bright could give these amiable Bri tons votes, would they behave an] better? THE RCSSIAN TELEGRAPH. -M. Pan Anassoff, Commissioner of thoRnssiai Government to the Western Uuioi Telegraph Company, arrived in tin Persia. After delivering his despatehe to the Russian Minister, at Washing ton, he will proceed to San Francisc? and there join the expedition whiel is preparing to start for the Russia! Possessions, with the material am supplies required to complet?; the lin to* the mouth of the Amoor. Th Russian Government i-* extending ti this great telegraphic enterprise n] needed encouragement. MAJOK DICK MC CANN, or TENNER SEE. -Gen. Grant hus asked the nu conditional release of Major Die McCann, of Tennessee, as the Seen tary of War testifies by letter, bc cause he, like Col. Bradley T. Johr son. is entitled to the benefit of hi parole. So we karn from the Nasl ville Runner. Tho liiessagT: of Mayor Brown est mates tho present value of taxa ] property in Nashville at SIS.OoO.uiH or nearly S-t.000,000 more than li\ years ago, at the commencement ( the rebellion. The Washington Union says thei I is a great deal of bad feeling bot wee the original free negroes of the Di trict and th? recent importation wi were "sot free A vine-grower made $7,98"? la vear from five acres ol' island soil : Lake l a ic. He raised 34,500ponm of grapes, and made C.,OOO gallons wine. Beau Hickman doubts whethe ! under the civil rights bill, whisk? 1 can be banished frojn the capitol. IiOoal Items. Siortgsge? ??d.Cosv?j"E'.'es ?? Heal Es? tate for salo at thia office. Vhf} traveling public are informed of an? other change of schedule over the Charles? ton Railroad; tho car? leaving Columbia at 6 o'clock, instead of 6.45 as at present. Mes?is. E". & G. D. Hope adver tis? to dispose of their stock of hardware at cost, as ihey intend td confine themselves strictly to lin; grocery line. As their stock is complete, purchasers can bc suited, without a shadow of doubt. Our readers arc reminded that there is a linc of substantial steamers and richters plying between this city and Charleston. Freights are carried at reasonable rates. All information relative to the line can be obtained on application tr Thos. L. Craw? ford, at A. L. Solomon's store, Plain street. THE POST COSTMAXD.-In the transition of troops from one point to another, there must bo some irregularities among the troops. The attention of Col. Green has been called to the matter, and wo are pleased to find that on yesterday he took precautionary measures to prevent any disturbance. As we have already said. Col. Green brings with him every recom? mendation as an efficient officer, and will receive the most cordial support and re? spect of our citizens. C0MT?T.KT10K OF THE CHARLOTTE ANO ROI TU CAROLINA RAILROAD.- We arc high? ly gratified at being able to announce the completion of the track-laying of the above railroad, yesterday afternoon, and the ar? rival of the tiree passenger train to-day, (Friday.) This road, it will be remembered, was almost entirely destroyed, in Februa? ry, 18?1?, from Columbia to Blackstocks-a distance of more than fifty miles. The of? ficers had innumerable difficulties to con? tend with, but having gone manfully to work, surmounted them all. The greater part of the road was relaid with tho old iron, after the "kink*?" were taken out atid how this difficult job could be so suc? cessfully accomplished, isamyetery; for it really seemed that Sherman's mon under? stood the business thoroughly, as some of the bars resembled angers in appearance, while others again were twined lovingly around thc neighboring treea. The mag? ul ricen t iron bridge over the Catawba, we are informed, will be completed in a wee' or ten days, wheu passengers can be coi v y ed through without change of cars. Uxri.E.vsANT LITTLE EPISODES. -A pork loving darkey made au attempt to carry ofl % hain from the store of a merchant on Plain street, last night, and being detected in thc act. brought his fists into'play; when one of the attaches of the establish? ment (who had servod in the cavalry) seized an axe handle, in lieu of a sabre, ?nd dealt such vigorous blows, that the robber beat a retreat and escaped. A difficulty occurred last night, ou Wash? ington street, between thu Messrs. Pizej: I nier.-hauts in that street) and a freedman. ii which those gentlemen were slightly wounded with a sword-cane in the hands >f the latter. Tho cane was finally wrested fr.-rn him, and the freedman in turn grounded; but to what extent is unknown, is h?* succeeded in making his escape. A hard-working freedman was overhaul? ;d, on Wednesday night, by an individual ?vho expressed a desire to obtain possession )f his money. This the contraband ob ected to, advising the individual to go and work for his money, as he had to do. This idvice was not relished apparently, and a alow was aimed at tho unfortunate darkey, ivhich he succeeded in dodging, but at the jame time gave a blow in return, which 'elled the would-be robber to the ground, when the contraband vamosed. NEW ADVERTISE?TENTS. - Attention is caU :d to the following advertisements, which ?re published this morning for the first lime: M. Ehrlich-Boots. Shoes, Ac. Apply at this Office -Daguerreotype Lost E. Ji G. D. Hope-Hardware at Cost. Fisher A Lowrance-New Goods. Change of Schedule on Charleston R, R. Apply at this Ollice-Money Found. The World and his wife, and gTown-up laughters, are unanimous on one point. They declare unreservedly that Sozodont s a blessing to their mouths; that it im? proves and preserves their teeth, invigo? rates their gum? and sweetens every bteatli ihey draw. Hence they buy it. As Do? mino Sampson says, the sales are pro-di ,'ioll?. t AN INDIAN TRAGEDY.-A corres? pondent of the La Sueur (Minnesota) Statesman says that news had been received from a camp of friendly Li? lians near the Missouri Coteau, to the ?ffect that all the men, while out in search of bnflaloLwere caught in a terrible snow storm, and but one re? turned t.> bring tidings of the sad Fate of his comrades. All bad perished in one night. The party numbered forty or fifty. A correspondent of the Baltimore (?ueJte, writing from Georgetown Dis? trict, South Carolina, under date of April 12, says: "A few days ago, there was an awful row on a planta? tion in this District. Some negroes attacked Mr. Frank Parker, with in? ti nt to kill. He was unarmed. They beat him about the head with brick? bat.-, and he only saved his life by ?umping into the water and swim? ming off to a boat. THE CrvTXi RIGHTS LAW. -The civil right? law is to be tested in the Mem? phis courts. The statutes of Ten? nessee prohibit negroes from keeping drinking and billiard saloons; and several cases aro now pending main? taining that, under the new law, all men are on an equal footing as to business pursuits. "