The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, May 03, 1868, Image 2
COLUMBIA*
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Sunday Mcrning.-May 3, 1868.
Politic? in Charleston.
If Charleston has manifested utter
indifference to the political move?
ments of the State-the, papers of
that city, not deigning to publish
even the late circulars of the State
Central Exccutivo Committoo of the
Democratic party of the State-she
seems at least concerned about .her
municipal matters. But' it appears
impossible thus .far, fpr the whites
to come to any united. action. We
notice a conservative meeting, that
ended in little or nothing, "No man
Hhnnld bnVnn <ui a Ti a ?vi rw? Can?
didate," (for Mayor,V says tho Neics,
because-now, reader, what do you
suppose?-because "the naine, alone,
would alienate important elements of
success." ...
Allow ns, gentlemen of tho iVc irs,
to BUggest that yon have, yourselves,
pointed ont the cause of your diffi?
culty. You are trying in Charleston
to have a party founded on city issues
alone-a party that has no name-that
is neither fish, flesh nor fowl-that
has in it no elements to give it-vitality.
Let us respectfully suggest that some
man amongst yon-some bold and
self-reliant man-some man that
will think and stet for himself-rise
and gather around him a body of
practical, earnest men, who will call
themselves Democrats, form a Demo?
cratic party and put themselves in
accord with the Democratic party of
the State and country.
Charleston have a party of State
al significance, and then you
win bring ont all your conservatism
and all the political decenoy of your
city.
Hero the people, instead of not
being willing to call themselves De?
mocrats, are rather proud of tho
name; and well inay they be--for
our State is to bo redeemed, and re?
deemed only by and through tho
Democratic programme.
The Negro Constitution.
In analyzing this instrument, those
two points stand out in bold relief:
That by giving unlimited suffrage to
the colored man and disfranchising
many whites, it establishes tho su?
premacy of the negro; and, secondly,
that in its provisions with respect to
taxation, it is so arranged that those
who own no property shall tax those
who hold all tho property. Thus wo
havo unlimited suffrage, whereby
ignorance is placed over knowledge,
and we have taxation without repre?
sentation. Nor is this all. But in
the matter of the laud commission,
you have covert confiscation. A moro
infamous wrong was never perpetrat?
ed in tho political department, than
is contained in the imposition of this
radical Constitution upon the whites
of this State.
Two miHipns of dollars, it is esti?
mated, maj' be collected of taxes
under this Constitution! And this
to be drawn from an impoverished
people! And theso taxes, iu a largo
measure, to go to tho support of a
people, mauy of whom arc known to
be idle, lazy and thriftless.
This is the entertainment to which
we are invited, and we are disloyal if
we do not pronounce it a "feast of
reasou and a flow of soul."
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Clrculur of the Slute Central Kxccu
tlve Party.
Wo publish iu another column, this
paper. We think that tho Commit?
tee have pursued tho only course
consistent with thc interest of the
party, and wo hope that thcro will
be au acquiescence in their sugges?
tion, that it is inexpedient to call
another Convention. The party is
now on rising ground-organizing
and buoyaut-and wo can perceive
no good to result from tho proposed
Convention No. 2.
TUE NEW COINAGE.-Tho now live
cent coins from the mint in Phila?
delphia aro tho ??izo of the presont
piece; tho thrco cont and ono cent
pieces are somewhat smaller. Tho
devices on all of them aro alike-on
ono side the head of tho Goddess
of Liberty, surrounded by the words
"United States of America;" on tho
other side are the Bunnin numerals
I, 1 IT. and V.
<-#-?->
A grand cathedral church, it is re?
ported, is soon to bo ereeted near
Central Park, New York, by thc cor?
poration of Trinity.
Whit?! Vat?,??For Constitution."
I The Charleston ?fcrcUry makes tho
following estimate, whi?h, no doubt,
is correct:
"The exact number of white men
who did *ote'-forfihe Coafttojfcn
can never be known, for no tally was
kept of the votes for and against
Constitution in a manner to distin?
guish between white arid colored
voters; but the table below, compiled
from official returns, when taken in
connection with well-known fact?,'
will prove to any unprejudiced mind
that 1,000 would bo a liberal estimate
for snob voter*. ; Au official,table of
registered voters was, published. in
connection with tho oleotioq retorne,
plaoing tho aggregate jiu naher ot rs*
giatered voters at 138,597, but no
distinction was made between the
white and negra voters.. This aggre?
gate is ?j,lHfc> greater ?ian the aggre?
gate registered vote as given ?n tue
table below, wbioh is taken .fr00* ftu
official report published April 0,18G3.
Dividing this namfor, equally be?
tween whites and bjacks, we have the
following totals as a result of the
eleotion: Registered whites, 50,194;
registered negroes, 88,40j3. For Con?
stitution, 70/788; against Constitu?
tion, 37,288, not voting, 86,551.
Kow, when it is remembered that the
negroes have beon thoroughly organ
used for a. year past by means' of
secret leagues, and at the previous
election for and against Convention
and the varions regis teringa have
been drilled to act as a compact body
against the whites; while, on the
other hand, the whites attempted no
organization until two weeks before
the eleotion, and were many of them
principled against voting, it will ap?
pear at once that the body of the
non-voters should be credited to the
whites. It is established that 27,288
votes were oast against the Constitu?
tion, and that 85,551 registered voters
remained away from tho polls-mak?
ing in all 62,839 registered voters
who did not sustain the Constitution,
or. 12,645 more than tho entire white
registered voto. It is acknowledged
that a few negroes voted with the
whites, but we eau put that number
as high as 2,645, and yet must allow
more than 10,000 negroes to have
absented themselves from the polls,
before we can acknowledge that any
white men voted for tho Constitution.
The fact is, and we think it estab?
lished by the tables, both considering
tho result in tho aggregate and in
each separate County, that only a
few of the lowest class of whites, not
in all over 1,000, voted for the Con?
stitution; and that moro than 12,000
negroes gave their influence against
it, either by diroct voting or absence
from thc polls."
In Columbia, it is pretty well es?
tablished that not more than six
white men voted the radical tickut.
Personnel of the I*nte Virginia Con?
vention.
From the address of the conserva?
tive members of said Convention, we
make the following extract:
"The Convention Consisted of 105
members, of whom some thirty-five
wera conservatives, somo sixty-live
vero radicals, and the remainder
doubtful. The radicals were com?
posed of twenty-four negroes, four?
teen native born white Virginians,
thirteen New Yorkers, ono Pennsyl?
vanian, one membor from Ohio, ono
from Maiue, one from Vermont, ono
from Connecticut, ono from South
Carolina, one from Maryland, one
from the District of Columbia, two
from Eu gland, one from Ireland, ono
from Scotland, ono from Nova Sco?
tia, and one from Canada. Of the
fourteeu white Virginians belonging
to thia party, some had voted for se?
cession, others had beon in tho Con?
federate service, others ure old mon
whoso sous had been in the Confede?
rate army; hardly ono has a Union
record. A largo proportion of tho
Northern men and tho foreigners,
were drifted hero in some non-com?
batant capacity by the war.
"The Conventiou organized by
electing a New Yorker President. A
native of Maryland was elected Sec?
retary. A Marylander was elected
Sergeaut-ut-arms. An Irishman, re?
siding in Baltimore, was elected Ste?
nographer. The assistant cit: k was
from New Jersey. Two negroes were
appointed door-keepers. A clergy?
man from Illinois was appointed
chaplain. Even the boys appointed
na pages, with one exception, were
negroes, or tho sons of Northern men
or foreigners; while the clerks of tho
twenty standing committees, with
two or throe oxceptious, were also
Northern men or negroes."
These aro tho men who have pro?
posed a fundamental law for as noble
a people as ever lived-for a State
that has been rightly called tho
"mother of States and statesmen"
for a State that has given to tho
world such names as those of "Wash?
ington and Jefferson-of Madison
and Marshall-i ' Leo and Jackson!
A froedman who left Charleston,
S. C., for Liberia, a few months ugo,
writes back tho most glowing ac?
counts of matters and things there.
He says "ho never felt free until ho
reached the colored man's own re?
public," and is quite rapturous in
describing the luxuriaut fertility of
thc country.
1
It ipay interest our readers to haye
at bfcnd a convenient reference of ibe
changes in tho price of American j
cotton in England, beginning wRU ? J
period antecedent to the war. Xte ]
havo hoon at some poins to complete
such n table, and trust that it Will l?o
found useful and correct. The
figures represent the average for each
month in the last twelve years; and
although the average does not give,
in all cases, the extreme rate, it will
bo found to iudicata clearly the im?
portant fluctuations. The quotation
ia for "fair upland bowed." The
blanks previous to the current year
ropreserit period? when there were
no eales of this quality, and the price
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Mit. EDITOII: I was n visiter, for a
ehort time, on Friday evening, at
the supper room, and am prompted
to express the sentiments of sad ond
sorrowful ploasure, which filled my
Boni, as I looked rouud me upon the
busy and earnest members of the As?
sociation and their visitors. It looked
to mo moro like n /amil)/ ijuthrriny
than anything else, nnd that made it
a very pleasing Bight. Yes; a family
gathering of our Southern people,
coining together again for one pre?
cious object, animated by one blessed
impulso, and aiming at ono great and
sacred cud. My thoughts carried mo
back to tho duys wheu they used to
meet in various forms of co-opera?
tion for our good "lost cause." All
that is past and gone, but it is plea?
sant to seo the people of tho South
uniting still together for a Southern
object; and what a sacred object that
Ls which stirs the hearts and prompts
the efforts of these ladies. I under?
stand that over fifty fomilies get their
support in part from work done for
and paid for by this Association; and
many of those who do this work
wore, before the war, in good cir?
cumstances themselves. The object,
then, is to help our impoverished
Southern women to help themselves.
No wonder that the members of this
Association should have been toiling
so hard, day and night, to get up
these, suppers, with a view to aiding
so blessed au object.
In every aspect, Mr. Editor, it is
important and desirable to forward
the great end of helping our desolated
and ruined people lo help (hemHelves.
The beautiful aud graceful assem?
blage, who presided at these table*
hare accomplished much in this good
cause. They have my heart's warm
eat acknowledgments, us a Southern
patriot, on behalf of those in our
community for whoso assistance they
work; and may tho oup ol their own
blessings, joys and comforts be Ulled
once more, by a merciful Providence,
to tho brim aud overflow. A.
THE COHAN STEAMSHIP RACE.-The
following is tho cable despatch giviug
tho hours of arrival of thc steam?
ship City of Paris, of tue luman line,
and tho Cuba, of the Cunard line
tho contending vessels in the great
oceuu race-at Queenstown, the
former on Monday morning and the
latter on Tuesday morning:
Lrysni'oon, April ii'.)-8:25 n. m.
City of Paris arrived hore ut ten
minutes to 1 o'clock, yesterday morn?
ing. Cuba arrived ut fen minutos
past 1 o'clock this morning. This,
with the Cnba'u detention of one
hour and five minutes in steaming
down the harbor and crossing tho
bar nt Saud/ Hook, gives the victory
of the groat ocean race to tho City of
Paris, beating tho Cuba from port to
port about twenty hours aud fifteen
minutes. Tho respeotivo time of tho
vessels in making tho run is ns fol?
lows: City of Paris '.) days and 50
minutes; Cuba 10 davs ando hours,
A colored man, formerly belonging
to Caleb Coker, Esq., of Darlington,
was murdered "by ?mother freedman
n few nights ago. Cause, thieving.
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. Circular.
Ia reply to the r?solu tiona adopted
at' the meeting of the Dexajocr?tie
party of Edgefield District, the un?
dersigned Executive Committee deem
I it expedient lp state that they do apt
I think it wise ot proper to invite aay
other convention of the people of the
State at this time. Tho Convention
recently assembled, represented, we
believe, the sentiment of the State,
and any other line of policy now
would be disastrous to tho unity and
harmony so necessary to success.
The resolution adopted by that Con?
vention was based upon the right of
each State to regulate for itself the
question of franchise, and in giving
aa expression pf what they believed
to be the opinions of oar people, tho
Convention acted deliberately, calmly
and, under the circumstances, wisely.
The action of the Convention meets
with approval everywhere in the
ranks of the Democratic party, and
we are disposed to abide bj ihe notion
of the Convention as politic, prudent
and jost. As the Organ of that body,
our duty is to uphold its action and
lay it before th'e country abd ihe
State, accompanied, nevertheless,
with our solemn protest against the
instrument called a Constitution,
which is about to be forced npon ns
by radical rule and military dictation.
WADE HAMPTON,
J. P. THOMAS,
F. w. MCMASTER,
JOSEPH Df POPE,
For Central Executive Cimmittee.
Papers in the State requested tr
insert.
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Democratic Victories.
Although professing no great nd
miration for tho course pursued bj
the leaders of the Dwniocratio party
before aud sinco tho close of the war
we must nevertheless feel that if nnj
helping hand is ever extended to m
from beyond the Potomac, it must Ix
tend?red by that party. We an
cheered of lato by intelligence o
fresh victories won by this party ii
almost every Northern State. Las
week tho great State of Michigau
styled by the party tho back-bone o
radicalism, voted for certain Stat
officers, and the result is a Domocra
tic guiu to sr?ch an amount-as to givi
the party just hopes of a complet
victory in the next election. Chicago
the third city in size in tho Union
another radical stronghold, and tb
place where the Republican Nominal
ing Couventiou sits in May, last wee]
elected a Democratic Mayor. Net
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky
Maryland, New Jersey, Connection!
Maine and California, have all gon
Democratic in the past twelv
mouths. Add to these tho State
about to be re-admitted, and that wi
evoutually be coutrolled by tho D(
mocrnts, and we havo Virginia, Nort
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Floridi
Arkansas and Texas; llQd if the pee
plo will exert themselves, South Ct
roliua and Mississippi. Those Statt
alone casting a solid vote for the D<
mocratic Presidential nominee, Woul
bo able to secure his eleotion, if w
havo estimated correctly the aggr<
gate number of votes they cast.
We believe, from the fact? pr?
seuted almost every week, in tlifts
Northern election returns, that if Iii
Democratic party will put' a suitabl
man in nomination in July next
man that can unite the conservati
elements North and South, againi
whoso past political course no cav
can arise, and whose present viev
accord with tho principles of tl:
party, that such a man can bo electe
to the Presidency, if the party bi
exercise a little more than its usu;
energy in tho campaign. Wo heliev
further, that tho Southern States, <
most of them, wdien relieved of tl
bayonet rule, can and will carry tl
Democratic ticket successfully.
There need be no'occasion then f<
'despair. In every State electic
North, within tho past twelve monti
if wu remember rightly, tho D
mocratio nominees, if not el?otei
havo closed a vast amount of distant
formerly standing between them ar
their radical opponents. Whatev
help wo receive outside of our OM
efforts must come from this part
and thu promise of its speedy rece
tien is b}' no means groundless.
I Wo mention thoso cheering fact
not that we rely upon them, exel
sively, but that we fhould thereby 1
stimulated to exertion in our ov
behalf. We are not utterly helples
The radical storm hus spent its fu
upon . us, and we have passed tl
crisis. Henceforth wo must wo
? more uiiergvrtiotMij foi ????? di?en I h II
nient, than we ever did for our i
dependence. Our allies are stron
and theit strength ls daily iucreosin
Weean v. in our owu laurels of vi
tory, if wc but try. Our duty is I
fore ur-. Shall we remain idlo or JU
[ TTorh rille Enquire)'.
Tin; AnyssrxiAN NEWS.-One
th'e most brilliant exploits of mode
journalism is tho success of tho Ni
York He-aid in gettiug the ne
from tho PriM"h expedition in Ab}
sinia. That paper has had minu
details of thc progress of that exjj
dition, its battles and lis succ?s
always in advance of the journals
, London, and often in advance of t
\ British Governmenl itself.
?Railing AcoMiatlon.i."
j lu bis speech on the impeachment
[trial,. ?Mr. Slavens enid that "railing
accusation would 111 become this oe-,
casion." which ho' piooeodtid to jilas
. trato afterwards by intimating that
tho President was aliar, and calling
biri ''wretched man" and the "ofl&
spring of assassination." It is pos?
sible that, under all the circum?
stances, Mr. Stevens maj consider
the application of such epithets to
the President of the United ' Statos
quite complimentary and even Chea
terfieldian. Most people, however,,
will think differently, and, in fact,
a review of all the impeachment
charges and speeches tho? fur will
impresa the public' with the convic?
tion that if the impeachment pro?
ceedings against Mr. Johnson were
purgea of the "railing accusations,"
nothing if'A?jt^j Vj{?' ij.r* One cf thc
impenoTiers likens the President to
Charles the First, and another to
Cromwell, almost as enrious a combi?
nation of opposites as if one of the
President's counsel, not given to
"railing accusations," shonld say i h at
General Butler, in his impetuous
courage, reminded him of Charles'
dashing general of the horse, Prince
Rupert, aud another should say that
he reminded him ofthat eminent op
8oset of-the king, Hampden, who is
escribed by Lord Clarendon as "ol
a most civil and affable deportment;
his reputation for honesty was uni?
versal, and his affections seemed so
guided towards the publie good that
no private euds could lead them
estray." Even Manager Williams,
of Pennsylvania, whoni no one before
suspected of being historical or po?
etical, or of dealing in aught but the
material and substantial, said that
this "'was the old struggle which had
long gone ou between the Commons
of England and the Crown," which
is very strange if it is true, and not
much to the credit of American pro?
gress. If it were not that the Speech
of Mauager Willinms was too ponde?
rous a production to be lightly spoken
of, we should have to say that
nothing could well be more chaffy.
Thc Commons of England long ago
carno out victors in their contest with
arbitrary power, and no such contest
ever did or could exist in America.
Still, after uttering this appalling
nonsense, and gravely alleging that
"it was thc Rettled purpose on tb?1
part of tho Executive of this nation
to assume to himself royal preroga?
tives," Mr. Williams intimated that
Johnson was in a fair way to become
a Cromwell. "Ho 1ms not yet (says
Mr. Williams) played the role of
Cromwell, by coming in here boldly
aud saying 'you are no longer a Con?
gress,' but ho has done it outside.'
First, the poor President is Charles
the First; and, presto, he is Crom?
well, as it suits the zigzag pnrposes
aud logic of thc impeachers to de?
scribe 'him. What sane man sr>r?s the
faintest resemblance in Andrew John?
son to either? What possibility ex?
ists, under our institutions, of his
being like Charles, even if ho were
an idiot., or of his entering Congress,
like Cromwell, with lin army of iron?
sides at his back, and addressing
them thus: "You aro no longer n
Parliament; the Lord has done with
you; He has chosen other instru?
ments for carrying on his work." All
theso charges of usurpation and
royalty aro mere "railing accusa?
tions," which is all that the impeach?
ment consists of. To any human
befog capable of reason, and whe
caree tb inquire what faculty Andrew
Johnson possesses to mako him dan?
gerous to liberty, nothing can appear
more preposterous th au snell charges.
A Republican President, shorn by
Congress long ago oven of his consti?
tutional prerogatives, is held up os a
usurper and aiming at kingly power!
A commander-in-chief of the army
anil'navy who has not control of lift
own War Department, and whose
subordinate otliocrs avail themselves
of every opportunity to display theil
insubordinations, is denounced ns o
would-be Cromwell. The truth is,
that Andrew Johnson has less po wei
at this moment than any President
of the United States ever had, whilst
Congress has a great deal moro than
any of its predecessors. Which is
the more likely ti^bo injurious to thc
public liberties? Most people will
say tho latter; and the only dang?
of a Cromwell, is that increasing
legislativo usurpation here, as in
England, may produce ono, though
happily for our institutions there if
nb one now on the stage of American
affairs who has the capacity for Go?
vernment or war, much los for thr
two combined, of the (peat protector.
[ />' tllirnore Sun.
A now machine for navigating the
air, invented hy n Scotchman} will bc
brought ont undei luv auspices ul
the British ?Ecronautic Society. It is
a sort of bird, with a body fifteen
feet in length, and wings stretching
out to the Width of thirty-live foot.
A tail reaches out behind to give di?
rection to tho movement, while thc
wings are flapped by un engine oi
forty-horse power. This, it is said,
can be made to proceed through thc
air at the rate of forty miles ail hour.
Telegraphic advices from Nassau,
N. P., state that tho Government wat
Successful in thc late elections by n
majority of ten. The defeated party
mndo some riotous demonstrations,
ami were fired npon by the .soldiers
Petitions for the removal of Gov,
: Rawson are in circulation.
Iio?al .Tterxia.
Oar citizens will be pleased to
learn of the return to his home hore, ?
of Gen. Wade Bampton, our esteem?
ed fellow-citizen.
It was John P. Tinsley, Jr,, (the
popular clerk of the Spotswood
Hotel, ju Bichmond, and now ol the
White Sulphur Springs, Virginia,)
and not John Lindsay, as stated,
yesterday-who arrived in Columbia.
' A. HOTEL COMPANY.-As Major
Davis' hew building is now rapidly
advancing towards completion, we
would throw out the idea of engag?
ing it for a hotel, by a company'of
Arir giBsens It ^* nrk?ve"icn! to thc
business portion of the city, is hand?
somely finished, and presents many
inducements for hotel purposes.
SOMETHING NEW AND USEFUL
Mr. J. C. Bayne, a printer and for?
mer resident of Atlana, is the pa?
tentee of nu India rubber scrubbing
brush, which is destined to supercede
the old style "mop" and other simi?
lar instruments necessary to house?
hold economy. The structure of this
scrubber is remarkably simple. The
machinery is oheap, and its efficiency
as a floor cleaner is unequalled by
anything of the kind we have ever
seen. With a little cold water and
very littlo labor, grease spots may be
removed from tho dirtiest floor, and
the surface made bright nnd clean.
Another advantage of this scrubber
j is, that it dries the floor as it cleans
j it-thus saving great labor, much
j time, vexation and annoyance to
housekeepers. Mejor John Alexan?
der, of tho Cnngaree Iron Works, is
the agent for the sale of these imple?
ments in this city. Mr. Bayne is
stopping at.Joyner's Hotel.
ON 1 STANLEY, ON !-By reference
to our columns this morning, it will
bo seen thnt Capt. Stanley has called
a meeting of the District Democratic
Club for Monday, at 12 M., in Calis
theuic Hall, (above Gregg's store.)
Let there be a full attendance. Let
the Democratic party turn out and
give an hour or two to coun
? .try. Hampton will, no doubt, be nt
tho meeting, to odd to our cause the
; weight aud influence of his honored
i name. A brave general in war, a
wise and conservative nd viser in
' peace, ho is tho mau on whom we
can, one and all, build an absolute
i trust. In a Gordon in Georgia and
! a Hampton in South Carolina, both
conservative men, aud neither of them
, of the class of mero politicians, the
' conservatism of the South has fitting
i exponents.
J RELIGIOUS SKUVICES THIS DAY.
I Trinity Church-Rov. P. J. Shan.,:.
. i ector, lO,1^ a. m: and 3 p. hi.
Presbyterian Church-Rev. W. E.
Boggs, Pastor, 10'..' a. m. and S pi in.
, St. Peter's Church-Rov. J. J.
. O'Connell, Pastor, 10 o. ra. and 3 p, m.
Washington* Street Chapel-Rev.
? N. Talley, 10*.? n. m.; Rev. Wm.
Martin, 4hj p. m.
Marion Street Church-Rev. S. K
Browne, IOJ?J n. m.; Rev. H. A. Bas-.
. 4J? p. m.
i Lutheran Lecture Room-Rev. A.
< R. Rude, 10 y i a. va.
j Baptist, Church-Rev. J. L. Rey
I nolds, 10l.i a. m.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The post
. olBco open during the week from 8>.j
a. m. to ? p. m. On Sundays, from
. 4l? to 5L? p. ra.
The Charleston and Western mails
' are open for delivery at 4*-.% p. m.. and
j close at. 8)3 p. m.
i Northern-Opeu for delivery at
, 8)?? a. m., closes at 2.4? p. m.
Greenville-Open for delivery 7 ' .
. p. m., closes at 8 p. m.
' Nnw ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special at?
tention is called to tho followiug od
1 vertiseraents, published for the first
1 time this morning:
' Mooting Democratic Club.
S. H. Spencer-Corn.
! i W. D. Starling-lieut".
United States Internal Revenue.
C. P. Jackson-Novelties, ?vc.
Joseph McMillan-A Card.
, J. & T. R. Agnew-Cheese, A c. J
', T.-?.T._::. ^r..i___A7
A CARD. L
\ COLUMBIA, MAY 2, 1SC-.
TM11. EDITOR: There isa rumor cir?
culating that I was turned ont of tay
\ situation-where I have served faith
L fully for eighteen years-as Sexten
i of Trinity Clmrcb, for voting. It te
> false. I never voted, nor atten lei]
any of the meetings. I will refer I
the Elev. Mr. LaBorde nnd Di
Heinitsh, that my resignation was
5 presented long before tho election.
1 1 could not retire without, expressii .
' I roy heart-felt gratitude for the kiudl
i feelings towards tho c?ngregfitioi
Trinity Church, for their confio
. which was placed in nie.
: May 3 JOSEPH McMILLAi