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nmmmw^r** m rup WM+UW I-r-fh - TI.IIWMI-i inmaiwi f m *>.* COLUMBIA, S. C. ' Wednesday Morning, April 21. 1869. Cnb?n Patrloti-in ?nd Ra?lca.1 Chicanery.' The more intelligent ?meng those who have watched tho progress of the present Btraggle in Cuba, in the light of the dis? couragement Congress has continual!; thrown in the face of our own natural in? terest in its close, must incline to a re? newal of tho cursos which honesty has been hurling against the radical leaders during the past three years. There have been oc? casions almost every weak since the struggle began, when a proper expression, honestly made and honorably carried out, would havo closed the fight without tho spilling of nu othor drop of blood or tho expenditure of another dollar, and left the native intelli? gence of the island to take tho most natural and judicious coarse as to its future govern? ment, and its relations with ita surrounding people. That expression was, on every occasion, and in spite of all our own plead? ing interests, added to tho dictates of nu apparent humanity, cruelly withheld, and in its place came, in hollow mockery of our common cause, windy resolutions, blown only to be pricked in passage to the com? mittee-room. Thus the Cuban cause pro? gressed, and thus Congress mocked the honorable bidding of the time, and whilo it did, the leading radical press was silent ?as to the demand alike of interest and hu? manity, not even oensuring those in the Spanish interest, who insulted our repre? sentatives, seized our ships, and imprisoned our officials there. Then, having disgraced our statesmanship, and sacrificed alike our natural interests, and those of the native Cubans straggling there, Congress ad? journed. Now, when the machinery competent to effective action has been dissolved, and any claims that may be made may be put off, on the plea that Congress is not in sesssion and nothing effective can be done, that same radical press teems with reminicences of Spanish wrong and barbarism, and wonders what the result will be. Spain, that has naturally never lost its strong desire to reto in its hold upon the profitable products of the island, felt at the commencement of the fight, that at least the moral influence of the United States would be thrown with force into the native Cuban ccale, and knowing what the effect of that influence would be, made scarcely au effort to maintain an army there. Now, seeing that Congress has adjourned, leaving only a mockery of the Coban canse on record, we hear of a gathering army and no less than General Prim in effective command, to re? tain authority .and continue to reap ita re? ward. The ordinary reader will readily say: "That was surely very strange policy for us, and why did not the leading radical prcas insist upon proper action at tho most ad? vantageous time? And the question is one which must occur to any one who is still so lost to the existing fact as to suppose that Congress sits in Washington to do what is best for either the material interest or honor of the nation. That neither Congress nor tho leading radical press did what it was patent to any one at all informed, would have been right, is now acknowledged by the radical press itself in its present eagerness to defino the right, when its advice is of no avail, except as an example of its rare hypocracy. And the reason is here. Hod this nation dono what civilization, including Spain, expected it to do, the in telligont and property-owning inhabitant! of Coba would have organized it: government and controlled its affairs with out unnecessary derangement of landed OJ commercial property interests, and whon i would present itself for admission to ou; Uniou, it would be ndth its local govern ment complete, and in the management o those familiar with the peoples' needs. That would not suit the leading radical hero. That would not have left the neces sary opening for the radicals to stop in, an? tho guise of "fixing things" for the com paratively benighted Cubans, rob them o all of material value that avaricious Spai: had left. Tho botter plan-that is for tho thievin radicals, but of courso, the most dishonor able, as well as tho most heartless that coul bo pursued-was to leave tho Cubans entirt ly without an honest expression of sympathy encourage Spain to carry on tho war unt Cuba shall have been desolated and bearii mortgaged to moneyed radicals hero at a impossible interest. Then a radical Cn gress may take an interest in it, put th United States to millions of expense to r? Btore tho property wasted under its nefarioi policy, and moneyed radicals will pock tho money paid, own the land, and contn its govcrnnient. That is the highly-mor radical programme of monoyhased patrio ism, and if not outwitted, Cuba will be their property in the end, at the expense of the United States Government and of the people there. , --o-*-. English Estate? and American Heirs. In the New Orleans Times we find tho following lotter from Hon. J. P. Benjamin: LAMM BUILDING, TEMPLE, LONDON, February 8, 18G9. To the Editor of the New Orleans Times. Will you permit mo, through your co? lumns, to scud a word of warning to the public against a scheme of swindling which is now extensively practiced in the United States? Since my call to Ibo English bar hundreds of letters have reached mo from Louisiana aud other parts of the Uuion, written by persons, many of whom aro educated and intelligent, making iuquiries relative to estates represented as existing in this coun? try unclaimed, and awaiting the appearance of heirs residing in America. In every in stauco that has come to my knowledge tho statements oro false, and evidently made for tho purpose of defrauding parties out of sums, large or small, under pretext of pay? ing tho costs of records, copies, <Sra, said to bo necessary for tho assertion of tho pre? tended claim. One case may bo selected as an example: A banker by tho name of James Wood died in Gloucester in tbs year 1836, leaving a fortuno of about ?800,000. His will was the subjeot of much litigation, but was finally decided to be valid, and the estate was ordered to bo divided amoug the legatees, under a decision of the House of Lords, in 18-17. Any ono desirous of having particu? lars of the litigation can traoe it through the different courts as follows: 1. In the Pre? rogative Court of Canterbury, reported in 2 Curte?8s, p. 82. 2. On appeal to the Privy Council, in 2 Moore's Privy Council Cases, at p. 355. And 3. In tho House of Lords, in the case entitled "The Corpora? tion of Gloucester vs. Osborne," 1 Houso of Lords Cases, p. 272. Although his estate has thus been finally settled and distributed for more than twenty years, I do not at all exaggerate in stating that not a month passes without my receiviug ono or more letters from persons who aro approached by some pretended agent of some imaginary great firm of London solicitors, engaged in seeking for tho heirs of the great intestate banker, James Wood, whoso fortnne, amounting to 10,000,000 sterling, is lying in the Bank of England awaiting a claimant. TuG usnal mode of proceeding adopted is to propose to undertake the business free of expense, tho proposer to receive on?y a share of what may be recovered. Thi6 seems so reasonable that in most cases the dupe readily swallows tho bait. A short time afterwards he is informed that all in? quiries and researches have resulted favora? bly, and that nothing is wanted to insure success except the cost of a few copies of records and other papers, aud that the pro? poser having already incurred great expense in conducting the necessary inquiries and researches, is left without resources at the very moment when a few pounds would suffice to secure tho fruits of his labor and expenditure. Many are the victims from whom sums, varying from 20 to ?500, have been thus extracted, and the number of persons engaged iu this system must bc very great, and the sums received by them very considerable, if at all in proportion tu tho number of letters received hero on the subject. Many thousands of pounds are known to have boen oxpeuded by those who could ill afford to bear the loss in the pur? suit of the great Jennings estate; and some of those who have spent money in this way have actually been deluded into writing to mo their conviction that they wero entitled to dislodge the present Duke of Marloo rough from Blenheim Castle, by virtue o: their descent from tho famous Duchos; Sarah Jennings. Most of the persons who ure duped ar< ignorant on two points, which, in nearly every instance, would satisfy them nt onci of the utter folly of the hopes they indulge Tho first is, that au alien cannot bo an bei in Eugland when there is no will, and tha ho cannot take real estate even if left to hin by a will. Tho second is, that in Englant estates devolve upon the oldest son alono and on his eldest son in succession, and ari not divided in shares among all the chil dren, as in Louisiana and other States. Ye nothing is moro common than for person to assert hcirship to the supposed shares o younger brothers and sisters, or olnim, a natives of tho United States, heirship t Englishmen who had left no wills. In the hopo that this exposure may be o some use to my fellow-citizens, in whos welfare I retain tho deepest interest, an may protect them to soma extent from th sharpers who are plundering them, I r< main, very respectfully, your obedient sei vant, J. P. BENJAMIN. -o A MODEL DOCUMENT.-A paper, of wilie the following is an exact copy, was serve upon a colored man working on the estai of Campbell Bryce, near Columbia, h Beverly Nash, ono of the negro State som tors and a magistrate for Richland County COLUMBIA, April 12th, 18G9. William Avery your Wife Mary Aver has made complaint to me that you hi illtreatod her that is that you have been i tho habit of beating her without Just Cam and that you have taking np with and Living witli another Woman as your wi now I notify you that if she Comes to n and Complain of your treatment I will arre you and bring jo? to trial this habit of nu beating their wives must and shall be put stop to I can roach tho offender at List should like to see you at my office on We nesday naix. W. B. NASH Magistrate. Nash is evidently as well qualified to be magistrate ns to boa State Senator, alt hon; no one will object to his declaration th wife-beating must be put a stop to. [Charleston News. LiF?ram's WATCH.-DV. John B. Ward, I of Louisville, Kentucky, has in bis posses? sion an old English watch, one hundred ! years of age, which ia claimed to bo the one presented br George Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette at the time of the sur? render of Yorktown by Lord Cornwallis. The watoh is of the old English verge pat? tern, and is heavy with gold, the oases alone having $43 worth of the precious metal. Without the onter case, it is abput 4}<i inches in circumference and 1)? inches in diameter. The crystal bears tho Roman numerals, with figures above to mark tho minutes. Tho outer casej is elaborately worked, nnd bears a representation of a Roman soldier presenting a crown to a god? dess. On the inner case is the following inscription in German text : OEOllGE WASHINGTON TO GILBERT UOTTIBHS DE LAFAYETTE. Lord Cornwallis Capitulation Yorktown. October 17th, 1781. Tho works bear tho name of E. Halifax, London, 17G9. Au outside copper case be? longed to tho watch at one time, but this has never been in Dr. Ward's possession. Tho watch was taken to Louisville by a policeman of that city, who bought it from a needy Frenchman in Sacramento, Cal., in 1858. The Frenchman and tho officer hap? pened at tho same hotel, and tho former, being in need, was glad to part with it for tho sake of a little very necessary money. The officer afterward pawned it, and it after? ward fell into tho hands of auctioneers, who, in November last, offered it at auction. Dr. Ward, putting in the highest bid, secured it, and has kept it up to the present time. He has written to Paris to notify some of the members of LaFayette's family, but, none of them being in Paris, ho has as yet been unable to reach any of them by lotter. The watch is believed to have been taken at the timo the house of LaFayette was mob? bed, in 1794, during tho French Revolution, as otherwise it could hardly have reached this side the water and got into the hands of the pawnbrokers. A Washington lotter to the Baltimore Gazette says : "The fearful depravity mani? fested in official circles here far exceeds any? thing ever before known, and it bas become so open and palpable that leading radicals aro expressing great disgust. In a conver? sation last evening, a radical editor who, in the better days of the republic, had been a prominent Democrat, declared that no go? vernment on earth could long continue under the corruption as now openly prac? ticed here iu high quarters, and his honest belief was that tho only salvation for this country was to reinstate the old Democratic party. His brother, also a radical convert from tho Democracy, exclaimed, 'Treason, treason.' 'You may call it what you please,' said tho first speaker, 'but no one knows better than yourself the truth of what I say.' General Siokles, who was presont duriug tho conversation, remarked, *I don't know about reinstating the Democracy, but I do know I leave hero this evening thoroughly disgusted at what I huvo witnessed.' Dur? ing the conversation it was stated to be a fact that a brother-in-law to President Grant was regularly eugaged in selling, and at high prices too, his letters of recommen? dation for office. In a word, the Federal Capitol is now regarded by all parties hero as a vast gambling bell, in which the pub? lic offices are played for, won and lost aa coins of gold and silver would be at Baden Baden." FATAL ACCIDENT.-An accident ocourred on the up freight train on the Wil? mington and Weldon Railroad Saturday night last, between 8 and 9 o'clock, bj which one of the train hands, named Robert Jackson, was instantly killed, and another, - Mooneyband, dangerously injured, These two men were both white, and have been running on the road in the capacity o brakesmen but a short time. {Wilmington Journal. -o-?* From a long list of Danish proverbs, wt select a few choice ones: All wish to live long, but none to bi called old. Take help of many, advice of few. He who builds according to every roan'; advice will have a crooked boase. God gives every bird its food, but doe! not throw it into the nest. He who says what ho likes must bea what he does not like. Empty wagons mako most noise. Better suffer for truth than prosper b; falsehood. -o The Salt Lake Reporter says: "We neve could understand why Brigham Youuj should take tho eagle for his emblem. Tba royal bird is strict monogamist; ho has on mate and is noted for his faithfulness to hor defending her with his lifo. Now, if Brig ham had chosen the rooster wo could so the point at once. Wo venture to sugges tho change even now." Senator Ross, on Friday, secured the re jection of the person nominated for posl master at Lawrence, Kansas. ^ This was on of the appointments over which Grant an Ross had their quarrel tho other day. ROS? in executive session, demanded that th selection of a postmaster for a Senator's ow town, by courtesy, belonged to the Senatoi and in this was sustained with only eigh votes in tho negative. The Washington Chronicle says that cor siderablo complaint is made by tho Sou thur Republican Senators in consequence of win they allege to be tho unequal distribution c the foreign appointments. It is said that Breokinridgc will go int the Kentucky Legislature-that he is wort not less than 869,000, and that his healt was never so good as it is at presont. OBITUARY. Departed thia life, on the l?th instant, in the fifty-tfftb year of his age, LAURENCE B. BECK? WITH, a naiiTe of Joffereon OoOnty, Virginia, but for ne vor al yep ra a resident of tbia city--leaving a wife and six ehildren aurviving him. For a long perfid, h Oleras a3noted with a serious i illnosB, attended, at times, with intens? bodily suffering, but, through the Divine blessing, thoso heavy tribulations seemed truly sanctified to bia spiritual advancement and growth in grace. His expressions of daop penitonce-bis utter renun? ciation of all reliance on self-worthiness, and bis earnest exhibitions of faith and trust in the merits and mediation of Christ alone for salvation, gave evidence, of tho sincerity of his Christian experi? ence. Atter a life of many and varied sorrows, thoro is every reason to believe that ho died in the Lord, and has passed from thc acenos of his great earthly trials to tho heavenly rest which remain cth to the pooplo ot God. Wanted to Purchase. AFirst Class MILCH COW, with young calf. Apply at Modsra. Campbell i. Jones' store. April 21_\1 Final Notice. ALL person having any demands against the Estate of J. II. LEE, will render them, duly attested, to A. J. DERRY, Agent. _April 21_ 2 Notice IS hereby given hy the subscriber, thal he will applv to the proper authority fot tho renowal of a CERTIFICATE OK TEN SHARES o? Stock in the Columbia und Augusta Railroad, being No. 88, on tho Books-in consequence of having lost or mislaid the same. JOHN C. HOPE. April 21 _ mo3* Notice to Tax-Payers ! CITP CLERH'S OFFICE, COLUMBIA, April 20. 1809. BY a resolution of the . Sity Council, all Taxes duo tho city, that aro not paid before the FIRST OF MAY next, will bo given to tho Sheriff to colleot by execution. Thoso persons who desire to save costs, can do so before that date, by paying their arrears at this oflico. Tho resolution referred to will bc strictly enforced. J. 8. MoMAHON, April 219_City Clerk. Stockholders' Meeting. m OFFICE CHARLOTTE ANO S. C RAILROAD CO., COLUMBIA, 8. C., Aprils, 1809. THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Stockholders of this Company, will be bold at Nickerson Hotel, in this city, on WEDNESDAY, tho 21st iimtant, at 10 o'clock A, M. The usual privileges, as renpeota freo passes, will be accorded to Stockholders and their fami? lies._ C. H. MANSON, Secretary. Al'BLeussle's Saloon I MAIN STREET, GREENFIELD'S ROW, NEAR THE NEW STATE HOUSE, IS now open for tho Season-ICE CREAMS, WA? TER ICES. SHERBETS, CAKES AND CON? FECTIONERY, or all kinds. West India FRUITS, FIGS, Prunelles, Nuts, Prunes, etc., etc. In connection with tho above, is added RE? FRESHMENTS, of various kinds, which will be served np to Ladies and Gcntluraon, such as: TEA, COFFEE, ami Chocolate, Ham Sandwiches, Sardines, Chicken, Eggs, in all stylos, Steaks, Welsh Raro-bita, Pastry, Custard, etc. April 21 3 np HE Subscriber would eal! attention to his fine JL stock of JEWELRY, GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, of English, Swiss and American ma? nufacturo. SILVER AND PLATED WARE, SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES, in great variety, with the best quality of PERISCOPIO LENSES, which are adapted with great caro. WATCHES AND JEWELRY repaired. Cameos, Diamonds and Precious Stones mount od to order. JAMES ALLAN, 307 King street, Charleston, S. C. April 21 tSmo COW PEAS. pr/^?rV BUSHELS Sound COW PEAS, for salo | OVJU by E. y G. D. HOPE. THE ADDITION of numerous suites of ! rooms to tho AMERICAN HOUSE, BOSTON, reuders it more than ever a deserved favor? ito with families- traveling. Its central po? sition and large, airy rooms aro unsur? passed. A21 .-o PHYSICIANS USE THEM IN THEIR PRACTICE. It is almost universally tho case that Physi? cians condemn what are generali}- known as "Patent Medicines." Although DR. TUTT'S LIVER TILL IS NOT A PATENT MEDICINE, yet its composition (the result of years of study) is known only to himself, and so palpable are their valuable curative properties, that very many of the first Physicians in the Sonth and West have adopted thom in their practice, and recommend them to their pa? tients. A17 G Scrofula or Kiug's Evil is a disease of the blood, making its appearance ir ev?ry year, and when fully developed is characterized by the presence of scrofulojs matter in Eruptions, Tumors, Swellings, ?fcc. It is really the seed or germ of many diseases that are most fatal to mankind. Consump? tion may follow from it and derangement of tho liver and digestion is a frequent result. Rheumatism,Erysipelas, Disease of tho Skin, Female Weakness and Irregularity, Kid? ney Affection, Dropsy, Pain in tho Boues, Head, Back, all come from a vitiated condi? tion of the Blood. Now, what is the remedy? Time and experience has demonstrated the fact that the only suro remedy is Heinitsh's great medicine-the QUEEN'S DELIOHT-no other medicino will do it; thousands attest its worth, and tons of thousands are trying it to-day, and upon the recorded verdict o? the people, lot it stand tho wouder of mo? dern medicines. To the affiioted we say try it. For sale by FISHER & HEIN TSH. A13 I* o ?o ? X X-te mb . The Riverside, for May, has a partie larly attractive look, on aooont of its nunil ic of short, bright articles, and its strikini pic? tures. Nineteen different subject are treated in the forty-eight pnges, and Bi one in reading has a chance to get very ti id of any one article. Fronting tho nam er is an original and powerful picture of a |iant, accosted by two travelors, hy Jobi La Farge, and the first story explains the pic? ture. Hans Andersen bas some charac eris? tic "Sunshine Stories," well* fitting the mouth of May; a pretty picture, by I',. L. Stone, accompanies it. Jacob Abbot ex? plains tho philosophy of the hoop. Am ette Bishop gives another of her delicate airy poems and pictures. The sculptor Kt ntze describes how amber is found in tho Biltic Abby Sago tells another story from O cor. Tho Huuting Scones in Africa, Rambles about Constantinople, Borte Crayon's Young Virginians, and ^Irs Weeks' Adventures am ong the Indians, aro all continued; while sandwiched bet neon tho different articles are a number of pretty poems. There is something for everybody in it. Hurd, and Hou ghton, publishers, Now York. 82.50 per annum. ' (ian? the SUPREME COURT-TUESDAY, April 20.--M. L. Bonham ads. W. J. Griffin, continued by consent. C. Bruco Walker, Assignee, vs. Lewis Covar, continued by consent. Ann Griffin and M. L. Bonham vs. J. A. Addi? son and H. W. Addison, contined by con? sent. Richard Williams and wife vs. the Escheator, Jos. T. Cummings, Administra? tor, continued by consent. S. Morse a jd Mary Ann, bis wife, vs. Elizabeth Adams et al., continued by consent. R. C. Richard* son and R. L. Livingston, Administrator, el al. vs. Eliza A. Tindal, was heard. Mr. Moise for motion; Messrs. Haynesworth and Fraser, on same sido. Mr. Richardson contra. Mr. Moise in reply. -o Putnam's Magazine, for May, has been re? ceived. The following is the table of con? tents: Thomas Carlyle as a Practical Guide; Christus Sylvie; A Stranded Ship; The Cholera in Asia; Early Spring; Rhyme; The Emperor's Eye; The Dream of Life; Voyage of the Esperanza; Guglielmo Ga jana; To-Day; Mexico and the United States; Current Events; Literature, Sci? ence and Art Abroad; Literature at Home; Fine Arts; Table-Talk; Monthly Bulletin of New Publications. -o WATCHES, SILVER, JEWELRY, ETC.-We would call special attention to the card of Mr. James Allan, of Charleston, in another column. Mr. Allan has bean, for years, in tho jewelry business; is a skilful watch? maker; has great experience in fitting spec? tacles and glasees to the eye, and is agent for tho celebrated Elgin watches. -o At a meeting of tho Columbia Debating Society, held on the 6th instant, the fol? lowing officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: President, J. J. McCartha; vice-President, R. B. McKay; Secretary and Treasurer, F. P. Board; Censor, R. M. Casson; Query Committee, Messrs. Good mau, Casson and Stanley. -o Wo havo been requested to state that the Agricultural Convention will meet at Caro? lina Hall, Wednesday morning, 28th inst., at 11 o'clock, instead of Wednesdoy evening. -o Mr. James A. Milne has completed his contraot for painting the Palmetto engine, and deserves credit for the exquisite man? ner in which he has beautified that machine. -o Twenty-two couviots were discharged from tho Penitentiary, yesterday, most of whom hud served out their time. -o NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special attention is called to the following advertisements, published for the first time this morning: James Allan-Jewelry, &c. John C. Hope-Certificate Lost. McKenzie's Saloon-Opon for the Season. P. F. Frazee-Sheriff's Salo. Acts Passed by tho Legislature. Milch Cow Wanted-Apply, &c. J. 8. McMahon-Notice to Tax-Payers. C. H. Manson-Stockholders' Meeting. A. J. Berry, Agent-Final Notice. Donald J. Auld-Assignee's Salo. -o Miss Judith Russol, of New Bedford, writes: I have been afflicted with severe prostrating cramps in my limbs, cold feet and hand*, and a general disordered system. While visiting some friends in New York, who were using PLANTATION BITTERS, they prevailed upon me to try them. I com? menced with a small wino glass full after each meal. Feeling bettor by degrees, in a few days I was astonished to find the cold? ness and cramps had entirely left me, and ? could sleep the night through, which I had. not done for years. I feel like another being. My appetite and strength havo also greatly improved by tho use of the PLANTA? TION BITTERS. MAONOLIA WATER.-Superior to the best imported German Cologne, and sold at half the price. A17 Jlf3