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BY JULIAN ?. SELBY;: COLUMBIA. S. C.. WEDNESDAY MOKN1NG, JUNE 17. 1868 VOLUME , IV~#0, Ti TECK, ..JPHQSNOU PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKET. THE GLEANER, EVER? WEDNESDAY MORNINO. BY JULIAN A. SELBY, P EDITO ii AND PROPRIETOR. Office on Main etroet, a few doors above Taylor (or Camden) street. TERMS-IN'AD VANCE. . SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Paper, six mon thu.$4 00 Tri-Weekly, " : M . . 2 60 Weekly, " V .1 50 ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at 75 cents per square for the first Insertion, and 60 cent* for each subsequent. Weekly 75 cents each insertion. 49T A liberal discount made on the abovii rates when advertisements are inserted by tho month or year. : AGENTS. Lexington-B. J. Hayes. SparUuburg- Hiram Mitchell. J. B. Allen, chester. ' Julius Poppe, Anderson O. H. 8. P. Kinard, Newberry 0. H. James Qr.o^f?gjggvi_^____^^_ Tb? "W?Mld Am?w?red. The Petersburg Express thus re? plies to tho argumenta of the World : '.W? o??i only briefly notice a few of its salient points. 'When the Democracy comes" into power,' it says, 'negro suffrage- will bo the existing rule in the Southern States a rule "which can no more be abro? gated by Federal authority than it was rightfully introduced by Federal authority.' This is, a Very strange assumption. How came negro suf? frage to be the existing rule ? Was it .not wholly by the exercise of usurped power br Congress ? Have not the Democratic porty and its presses, (the World conspicuous among them,) stigmatized the recon? struction laws as utterly unconstitu? tional, and, therefore, null and void? Have they not ' also proclaimed their purpose to bc to abrogate these un? constitutional and accursed enact? ments just as soon as the Democratic party come into power, so as to re? store the aggrieved States to the position thoy were in before-tc strike off tho fetters in which Con? gressional tyranny has i bound them, and leave them free to exercise theil . lawful rights ? If a radical Congress can enforce negro suffrage on thc South, in violation of the supreme law of tho land, surely a Democratic Congress can subsequently declare that act a nullity, and relieve, th? injured party from all its grind inf impositions ? A simple repeal of th? obnoxious laws would remedy th? evil, at least so for as to put an en< to it. Tho authority tc repeal then would be as good in the one case a was the authority to enact them ii the other. What, then, becomes o the World's view of ' the inviolable sanctity of the 'existing rule'-th offspring of a daring and iniquitou usurpation of power by a viciou Congress ? The rule is a 'nullity, according to the logic of the Demo eratic press. It isa 'nullity,' accord ing to all the teachings of our inst] tutions, and now the World turn round, and says that this 'nullity possesses substantiality so formids ble that it cannot be demolished b the power which produced it! "Again: 'The rules of suffrage continues our contemporary, 'canuo be changed without the agency of Convention for revising tho Const: tution of a State, called by its Legii latnres, &c.' It is certain that th rules have been changed in the Stub to what they now are by and und? the expre&s authority of Gongrest and in defiance of the will of n immense majority of the people < the States in which this odious an disgusting innovation has been mad Dy parity of reasoning, they can I changed baok again to what tin were. It is not at all the ease of tv wrongs making a right, but simply case of wrong being righted by tl same power which perpetrated i and the sufferers relieved by tl only practicable process. It is usu hair of the dog to cure his bite *^Again, says the World, * * "when tho negro constitutions i into operation, the former Stato G vernmeuts will be defunct. Thus fe the contest has been between tl true heir and the bastard; but wh< the true heir is dead, the bastard i herits; or else the estate escheats, goes to waste for want of an ownei This assumption of the slaughter the old Constitutions by the n? ones is a fallacy. We take it to be sound and incontrovertible dootri that the Constitution of a - State c bo legally superseded pnly by t same authority and means by whi it was established--that is, by the v of tho people livinW nuder it, fair fully and freely dfpressed thrgn the Legislature that calls tho Ci veution, and in the election of de gatea to that body. Any change in the organic law of a State otherwise affected, is illegal and really null, especially when, as in the present case, bruie force has been tho instru? ment used for accomplishing it. If this view bo correct, the old Consti? tutions of the Son thorn States will not be extinguished, but suspended by the new one, and the latter will operate only as long os the power which enacted them shall be able to sustain them. They are the off? spring of a radical Congress, 'con? ceived in sin and born in iniquity.' They havo no claim whatever for sup? port upon any but their radical parent, and when the latter dies they will dio also, for there will then be nothing for them to live upon. When Congress ceases to be radical and become Democratic, the carpet? bag constitutions will be entirely de? pendent upon a hostile power for their longer existence, and if that power redeems the pledges it has made and fulfills its obligations to the country, it will at onco strangle these vicious and deformed Calabans; these 'bastards" sprung from the embraces of a prostitution more foul and loathsome than words can ex Eress. Such 'bastards' cannot in 6rit, under any circumstances. If the true heirs die, the estate must escheat or go to waste. But they are not likely to die. They will be tem? porarily ousted by the bastards from the inheritance, but when the latter are drawn out of it by the Democra? cy, the former (the good old Consti? tutions) will re-enter and resume pos? session, with all their rights unim? paired. When the reconstruction 'nullities' are repealed, suspended animation will return and re-invigo? rate the realities, and then under the auspices of the latter, the people of the South can proceed to avail them? selves of the blessings of a deliver? ance, the results of which will reach to the furthest limits of civilization and to the remotest ages of the fu? ture." "Let us have peace," says General Grant, in-the same letter in whioh he applauds the "wisdom, moderation and patriotism" of tho Convention that nominated him, and makes theil platform his own; declares that ne? gro suffrage "must be maintained at the South, while at the North thc States shall do os they please." "Let us have peace," says Genera' Grant, and declares in favor of ar inter-State inequality, which incvit ably organizes an enduring alienation and stnfe. "Let us have peace," says Genera Grant, and declares actual and eter nol war by declaring in favor of fore ing on the States of the South i mensuro odious and intolerable bo yond conception, and which tho peo plo of the North reject and spurn a inexpedient and inadmissible fo: themselves, even under their own fa: more favorable circumstances. "Let us have peace," says Genera Grant, and he sends us a flamiu) sword. "Let us have peace," says Genera Grant, os he sows the dragon's teeth which aro to yield a harvest of be ligerents. "Let us have peace," says Genera Grant, as in the nama of "wisdoc and moderation and patriotism," h inflicts on many millions of people in tolerable insult and atrocious wrong imposing a burden which they rnr not bear, and which the North wi] not touch with its little finger; au enforcing an inferiority which woul inflame resentment under the ribs c death. "Let us have peace!" Yes, he ma] by tho course he embraces, who every instinct of freedom has die out, every sentiment of justice var ished, every impulso of maulinei been eradicated from the Souther heart and mind. Then there will t the peace of death ; but till then, thei can be no peace. Ireland end Polau and Hungary and Italy will toll hil how many centuries of resistance fl oppressed people will wago nguiu their oppressors till their deliverani oom?s, and to how many riuboi generations ho is bequeathing legacy of discord and alienation ar strife. Tho extraordinary folly, tl crime against right and reason ni self-interost, on whioh he is em bar ed, is nob moro opposed to tho "wi dom and moderation and patriotisn which ho invokes, than is his gr tuitou8 declaration of war, a moo ery of the exhortation, "Lot us ha peace!"-Petersburg Express. A little girl was lately reproved 1 playing out doors with boys, and i formed that, being seven years ol she was "too big for that now." B with nil imaginable innocepco s roplied, "Why, the bigger we gro the bettor wo like 'em. IMfftfc j The diversity of ideals among men is wonderful. Que worships m?re physical beauty in a woman, and all the virtues under Heaven could not atone for red hair or a snub nose. Others, again, if ono may judge by their Choice of wives, place small value on mere physical beauty, and if a woman is a good housekeeper, brings np her children os they ought to be, hos good principles and a good temper, can tolerate a squint, or any and every Other form of ugliness. One man wants a good musician ; another does not care a bit for music, bnt desires a cultivated intellect; while another still cares for neither quality, if tho woman be of high blood. And still there is another and a pretty large class-to whom Venus herself would be unattractive without a good balance at her banker's. While this diversity of ideals is true of individuals, it is especially so of nations. A Frenchman's ideal woman, according, to Miohelet and others, is a feverish little creature, full of nervous energy, but without muscular force; a prey to morbid fanoies; now weeping away her life because her husband cannot under? stand her; now sighing away her delicious sins in the arms of tho lover who does without reasoning facilities, but with divine intuitions without cool judgment, bnt with barning passions that guide her just as well incompr?hensible by the coarser brain of mau ; a creature born to be? wilder and to be misled to love, and to be adored-to madden men, and to be destroyed by them-a queer metaphysical compound of hysterics and adultery. The German has two ideals-one, his Martha, broad-faced, thick-set and domestic, who cooks good din? ners, at small cost, and mends tho family Unen, and her husband's panto, as religiously as if this were the eleventh commandment, specially appointed for her feminine fingers to keep. The other-his Mary, his Bettina fall of mind and aesthetics and heart uplifting love, yearning after the infinite with holes in her stockings, and her shoes down at heel. In Spoin, it is a woman, beautiful and impassioned, with the slight drawback of needing a world of look? ing after, lest they go astray. In America, we have two kinds, like the German-the one the clover manager, a woman with good execu? tive faculty in the matter of back wheat cakes and gumbo, with great capacities in the way of stews and pies and things. The other, confined to a more Northern elimo, thanks-be to the gods-is the aspiring soul who puts her aspirations into deeds, and goes out into the world to do battle with the sins of the world and soci? ety, as editress, preacher, stump orator, missionary and the like, with some leaning to miscegenation and free love. Above all these, there is the ideal which each of ns has in his own heart, realized in our wives or sweet? hearts-a creature infinitely good and pure-a noble, generous being, whose influence sanctities a life, ennobling, purifying, elevating lifting the soul far above thc sordid, selfish thoughts of this world, and making it more akin to tho divine ideal given to us for our imitation. STATES RIGHTS.-The New York World is strongly supporting States rights. But tho World says, on the other hand, that where those rights have been violated by Cougrcss there is no redress! Better not have rights! The World is like old Martin Smith, who, hearing the burglar breaking into his store, ordered his clerk to lie still, or tho burglar would shoot him! So the World, as sure that tho States have rights as that Smith had groceries, yet tells the States to bo very quiet, or Congress may take away their rights, put them out of existence, and there nu end on it.-RicJnnond DispafcJt. The custom of allowing tho bride a monopoly of the wedding presents was not adhered to at a recent fa? shionable wedding in St. Louis. The groom was substantially remembered in a special douceur, the dunor of which was the bride's mother. In a silver pitcher was a plain-looking bit of paper, which was found to be, by thoso who had tho curiosity to ex? amine it, a check in his favor for 025,000. ", John Hopkins, the wealthiest man in Baltimpro, now approaching octo? genarian lifo, has made his will, be? queathed a million and n half, with a magnificent suburban estate, for a great university, as well as* another million for a hospital in tho city. ' 'OUR "NBW MINISTER TO ENGLAND. The Senate, yesterday, paid a very handsome compliment to the .distin? guished Senator from Maryland, whom the President nominated as Minister to England, by confirming the nomination immediately, and without sending it to committee. Senator Johnson is an indepen? dent, loyal, conservative Democrat very much such a man in politics as Gen. Dix, who represents the United States as Minister to the French Government. His long experience in public affairs, his eminence as a 'statesman and jurist, his great in? tellectual abilities, and his high per? sonal accomplishments, qualify him signally for the important position to which he has been appointed. To the conduct of negotiations upon the various questions at issuo between our o wu Government and that of England, he will bring large know? ledge, a clear understanding and a moderate temper; and while quite able to copo with the statesman of England, he will be found equally competent to carry on the work here? tofore so ably conducted by Charles Francis Adams. Mr. Johnson's speeches in the Senate have shown ? that he fully agr??s with the views of American Tights promulgad by Sec? retary Seward and upheld by" Mr. Adams; and we have no doubt that he will bring to a satisfactory conclu? sion the negotiations which are already so far advanced toward settle? ment. For the prompt confirmation of this fitting appointment of tho Presi? dent, the Senate deserves the thanks of the country. [Kew York Times, June 13. CAT.T. FOR A MKETINc,.-We are re? quested to make publio the announce? ment that a meeting of the citizens of Clarendon District will be held on Saturday next, at 12 o'clock M., for the purpose of organizing a society in aid of the Democratic freedmen of our District. There are some of our freeamen who are true, and need assistance. A great many of our white citizens express a willingness to help them; an opportunity will, therefore, be offered to all who are so dispos -d on that day. And on sale dav next another meeting will be held, in order to give those an opportunity to participate who are unable to attend on Saturday. [Clarendon Press. The Courier notices the death at Sumter of Mr. T. Waties Dinkins. CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK, OF ' COLUMBIA, S. C. CAPITAL, $100,000. DIRECT0R8. L. D. CHILDS, Prea't. Maj. JNO. PRESTON, jr. Dr. J. W. PARKES. EDWARD HOPE. OEOROE W. SWEPSON, of North Carolina. W. B. GULICK, C. J. IREDELL, Cashier. Teller. THE CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK, OF COLUMBIA, will deal in Exchange. Gold and Silver Coin, and do a general Banking Business. The accounts of mer? chants and others in Columbia, and in the towns and country connected with it by business, aro rei-peet fully solicited. Collections attended to carefully and re? mitted for promptly. Loans made on gold coin and other collateral security. The Board of Directors meet, for tho transaction of business, EVERY MON? DAY, at 10 o'clock a. m. COLUMBIA, S. C., June C, 1868. Juno 8 '_3 ni o SALAD OIL, &C. JUST received and freshly imported, Genuino Borduau OL1YE OIL, in quarts and pints. Crosse A Blackwell's Pickles, assorted. Hermetically Sokiod Prunos, Smyrna Figs-small boxes Malaga Raisins, Loudon Layer, in whole, half and quarter boxes. Italian Maccaroni and Vermicelli, Capers, Muebroou Catsup, Worcestershire, and otbor favorite Sauces. GEO. SYMMKRS. May 13 _ Fresh Biscuit and Crackers. OA BBLS. FRESH CRACKERS, for salo ?i\J low by E. A G. D. HOPE. _Marcli 27_I MILL FOR SALE. ONE of tho best -constructed PORTA? BLE BURR STONE MILLS, about 1.200 lbs. woight-suitablo for wheat or corn, and will grind from fifteen to twenty bushels of corn por hour. Apply to JAMES HUNTER, May 5 Columbia? 8. 0. STITCHING DONE on tho Sewing Machine, (Wheeler A Wilson's,) at the "Ladies'Indus? trial Association." LESSONS will also bo given, on the same machine, to Buch ladies as desire it, between the hours of 0?. m. to 10 a. m. For terms, apply at tho May 10_ "ASSOCIATION." Smoking Tobacco. i fi A'LBS. Pure Spanish SMOKING 1UU TOBACCO, 100 lbs. Lone Jaok Smoking'Tobacco. For sale low by E. A G. D. HOPE. March 10 SPECIAL NOTICES. ?MANHOOD.?-?nothor New Medical Pamphlet from the pen of Dr. Curtis. ' ao Metical Times says of this work: "This valuable treatise on tho cause and cure of premature decline shows how health is impaired through secret abuses of youth and manhood, and how easily regained. It gives a cloar synopsis of tho impediments to marriage, tho cause and effects of ner? vous debility, and the remedies therefor." A. pocket edition of tho above will be for? warded'on receipt of six stamps, by ad? dressing Doctor Curtis, No. 130 F street, Washington, D. C. May 27 ly A PKW WORDS TO THE LADIES. Many ladies, particularly mothers nursing, complain of a tired, listless feeling, or complete exhaustion, on arising in the morning. On the wifo and mother de? volves the responsibility of regulating the duties of the household. Her cares are numerous, and the mental as well au, physical powers aro frequently called into requisition. She often linds her slightest occupation a weary task and existence a burden, while at the samo time she has no regular disease. ELOSTETTEK'8 STO? MACH BITTERS, if resorted to at thia period, will prove an unfailing remedy for thia annoying lassitude. The effects of this potent agent are soon seen in the rosy [ cheek and elastic step of the hoad of the family, aa with restored health and re? newed spirits abe takes her accustomed place in the family circle. If this friend in need be regularly used, those ^depressing symptoms will never bo complained of, ana not only would lassitude not be expe? rienced, but many diseases following its advent bo avoided. As a MEDICAL AGENT, it bas no equal, while its pleasing flavor and healthful effects have mado-it a general favorite. It is free from all pro? perties calculated to impair the system, - and its operations are at once mild, sooth-, lng and efficient. AU who have used the | Bitters attest its virtues and commend it < to use. June'J ju FOB SALE. At Palmetto Iron Works, Columbia, S. C. 125-HOB8E POWER ENGINE, with Tubular Boiler and Saw Mill, complete. Will be sold separately, if desired. 110 and 1 8-Horse Power ENGINE, suit? able for plantation use. ' Keeps on hand Gin Segments, all sizes ;1 Plates and Balls for Cotton Screws; Sugar Mills, with or without frames: all sizes. Also, manufacturing MonaenhaU'R Pa? tent Hand or Power Loom. One can be seen in operation at the Works. Iron and Brass Castings made to order; Mill Gearing, Pulleys, Hangers and Shaft? ing. Jobbing promptly attended to, and j aliwork warranted. May 20 Imo_GEO. A. SHIELL8. TO BENT. THE HOUSE and LOT on Richland street, occupied at present by Capt. R. D. Senn. Inquire at Office of tho Hontliern Express Company. March 18 A BABE CHANGE. AYOUNG: LAWYER will find RICE'S and CONNER'S LAW DIGESTS, and the STATUTES AT LARGE; also, RICE on BANK? RUPTCY, JAMES on BANKRUPT? CY, at DUFFIE & CHAPMAN'S Bookstore, Davis' Building. April 22_ SALE OF TOWN LOTS poa The New County of Pickens. THE UNDERSIGNED, Commis sioners appointed by the Conven? tion to select and locate the County Site for the new Pickens County, will sell to the highest bidder, at the new location, on THURSDAY, tho 25th of June next, the LOTS at Pickens Court House, comprising respectively half acre, one and two acre lots, judiciously laid out. The location is near Hunter's store, between Town and Wolf Creeks, fourteen miles from Old Pickens C. H., twenty miles from Greenville C. H., and seveutcen miles from Pendle? ton village, in a healthy section. The location is a most desirable one, being situated on a beautiful plateau and surrounded by a fertile region, with thrifty inhabitants. There is on both Town and Wolf Creeks fine WATER POWER, with good SAW MILLS, and an abun? dance of tho best TIMBER near by. Tho County Site is nearly equi? distant between Keowee and Saluda Rivers, with a line viow of tho moun? tain scenery, and will command a large and pro?tnblo trade from tho mountains und from North Carolina. TEBMH ov SALE.-One-third cash; balance in two instalments of sixty and niuoty days each. Purchasers to givo bond Ad surety for tho pur? chase money. Titles to be executed, but not delivered until tho bond for the purchase money, is fully paid. Purchasers to pay extra for titles and stamps. JAMES LEWIS, Chairman, JAMES H. AMBLER, REESE BOWEN, W. T. FIELD, J. E. HAG O OD, Commissioners. For further information, apply to the undersigned, at Pickens C. H. J. E. HAGOOD, Sec. and Treas. Bonrd of Com. May 2 s8 FISHER A tOiWRAJCTCE. COLUMBIA, 8. C. TO THE LADIES. i MRS. 0. E. REED ha? just received a spion did .assortment of D li ES S 'TRIMMINGS. Aleo, : & fresh supply of MILLI? NERY GOODS, of all descriptions, at wholesalo and. retail- French, Coir sets,'Z?phyr : Worsted Hair Braids,. Curia, etc;, which will be sold very low. ' -^^r ALSO, DRESS-MAKTNg in all branches, warranted to gi vc satisfaction. - . I Main street,- over. Ii. C. Anderson's clothing store. ; :^ April-2?$mfh ARTIFICIAL TEETH, : ,. in DRS. REYNOLDS & MSB Ht REYNOLDS. .are prc ^mrHj pared fo furnish ARTI? FICIAL TEETH on a larg?Fsc?le than heretofore, and- at rates touch below the usual charges. : Uh iu Their recent improvement, lately patented, constitutes the highest order of art in this Bpecialiry, and is fully warranted. Dentures con? structed by this process possess many advantages over gold plate work, and can be supplied at about half the cost pf the latter. .-11 An examination of specimens, especially by those having exp?rience in such matters, is respectfully invit? ed. Ordinary VULCANITE RUB? BER SETS $25. The same, strength? ened by gold bands, $85. Terms cash._April 30 % FURNITURE HAVING just received, "TZSlgaddition to my former Va? ^^^?stock of the above, lT* offer, at low prices, a variety of BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS, SIDE? BOARDS, CHAIRS, TABLES, PA? TENT IRON BEDSTEADS, PA? TENT COTS, PATENT SPRING BEDS, SAFES, and other articles too numerous to mention. FURNI? TURE and MATTRESSES MADE TO ORDER. Particular attention given to REPAIRING, PACKING and JOBBING. JEROME FAGAN, Washington street, April 28 Opposite Masonic Hall. JEWELRY. WATCHES and JEWELRY RE? PAIRED by an experienced and expeditions workman. May 1 G. DLERCKS. New No. 1 Mackerel. K f\ KITS No. 1 Bay MACKEREL .jyj 20 whole and half barrels No. 1 Bay Mackerel, for sale by May 1 E. & G. D. HOPE. BILLIARDS. IN compliance with, the request of many lovers of the game, my SALOON has been RE-OPE NED. A BAR is connected with the Saloon, at which Seeger' UNADUL? TERATED LAGER BEER can always be obtained; also, WINES, BRANDIES, etc. G. DiERCKS. Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, Oreenbrier County, West Viruinia. THE undersigned, Lessees of this old and well known WATERING PLACE, announce that, encouraged by the liberal patronage received last season, they have largely added .'to their accommodations, in comfort and in appearance, and are prepared to entertain 1,500 guests. The BATHING ACCOMMODA? TIONS are in fine order. HOT and WARM SULPHUR BATHS, so emi? nently efficacious in many cases, are at tho command of visitors nt all hours. In addition to other amuse? ments, they have providei a De\tr and elegant BOWLING ALLEY , and BILLIARD ROOM, conveniently located.- Prof. Rosenberger's cele? brated FULL BRASS BAND has been engaged for .the i season. A good LIVERY STABLE will bo kept on the premises. The completion of tho Virginia Central Railroad,' to Covington, leaves only twenty miles 'staging, through a beautiful mountain coun? try, over a; well graded turnpike. ?TERM?T-$3 per day, und $80 per month. Children under.ten years of age, and colored servants half price. White servants according to accom? modations. PEYTON & CO. May 2 Jl5