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COLUMBIA, S. C. _- . _-_ ThursaVy ?praing, April 21,1870. Tlie Reviewer Reviewed-The Preta Conference--Noa. 3 and *. Ia article No. 8, the author of the re? view objects to our admission of political rights to the colored mau, because, as he bolds, social equality flows therefrom. We do not assent to this proposition. That the tendency may exist, we do not deny. But wo hold timt social equality does not necessarily follow. In all coun? tries and amongst all olasaoB, it is taste that regulates Bocini equality and indi? vidual association; We acknowledge that whites nnd blacks stand alike before the august tribunal of Goa. The white man nnd tho colored man may commune together, and aide by Bide engage in re? ligious rites, and yet, with perfect con? sistency a|id in Christian charity, after leaving tho church, each seeks those hu? man associations that uro mutually agree? able. So .may white uud black stand equal before colin try, side by side vote, side by side legislate, and still it does not follow, no moro in a political than iu a religious way, that , social equality must : follow . from- political and legal equality; God, in his providence, made men of different races. ' Tho white man and the negro afe?bf different races. Let each preservo tho integrity of his race. We aro altvaja gratified to: find a man tena? cious'.at>.nia ;r?oeJ ' We heard. Senator Be)yeily,Na8K; S?y .o?ce-or saw that he once wrote-^^that ho was proud of the blood of tho negro that flowed in his veins-that it was dearer to him than all the blood of all the Howards." We ad? mired tn?s in Nash. Let him entertain the sentiment. It will make him better nnd purer because of his faith. And in ibis, he irises head and shoulders above Mosers. /Balney and Wimbush, brother Senators."'who, according to Representa? tive Jones, are ^'colored folks," in South Carolina, but Spaniards in Washington liainey and Wimbush here-but there, .UDon Rodrig?" and "Bon Alplionso." And let the white man also be proud of his white blood. Let him never forget his race. Let each be what God made him, and become what he can make himself. It is tho rivalry of races and the pride of nationalities that make up tho incentives to human rivalry. In the aggregate, the progress of humanity is accelerated, and the ways of God are vindicated to mau. , It is thus that we auswer tho reviewer of the press resolutions, in his third pro? position. , In article No. 1, the reviewer of the press conference resolutions asks what is meant by subjecting the right of the colored man to office to tho test of "per? sonal qualification and fitness." This We take it, is easily answered. It means that if we freely admit that wo must no longer deny the claims of tho colored . mau to office because of his color, then, also, we must insist that because of his color, he is not to bc exempt from the usual teats of "personal qualification and fitness." This is but fair. If thero bc few colored men qualified to bold office, thou they shonld not bo elevated to of? fices that they are not competent to fill. If Mr. Justice Wright and Mr. Codifier Whipper, os instanced by tho reviewer, have been raised to positions for which they are unfitted, this shows that in those cases, at least, a premium was set upon their color, but thero is involved no dis? count upon tho fair compromise indicated in the resolutions of tho conference. A Democratic newspaper, published at Concord, New Hampshire, and called Thc People, takes a sensible view of the proper attitude of thc national Democra? cy towards the new voting element that tho passage of the fifteenth amendment has now, in every State, fixed iu tho body politic. It says, some advocute tho or? ganization of a "white man's party," pure and simple, based upon tho con? troling idea of race; having upon its bannei-B the motto inscribed, "This is a white man's Government," and making an unyielding opposition to nil participa? tion, by the colored race, in Government affairs. On tho other hand, it remarks, that others hold that since negro suf frago has become a "fixed fact," it be? comes tho duty of tho Democracy lo make special efforts to secure tho sup? port of tue colored voters. Tho People says it favors neither programme, and remarks that it does not becomo the Democratic party, if it would be true to itself and its cause, to engage in a mere scram bio for tho votes of any class of men. It says, in conclusion: "Wo must become neither a party of narrow prejudices nor of flimsy exped? ients, but remain a party of broad and comprehensive principles Wc must neither become a 'white titan's1 nor a 'black man's party,' bul 7'cmain a 'party of thc people,' striving not so much for mere partisan triumph, as for the lasting ad? vantage of tho nation. In short, wo must go straight forward in the only true A Resonuble View. i ? ? M -?-J .? ? - .nil '-?li.?, D?mooratio co n rno, resisting to the utmost tho desperate efforts of radicalism to subju? gate the masses of tho tc hoi? people, white and black, to the tyranical pouw pf ** des? potic central oligarchy, baaed opon t li o foundation of a morned aristocracy, ap pealing to the reason and intelligence of all mep, and flattering tba vanity and ' courting the favor of none." To Be Expected. That tbo Charleston Republican would seok to misrepresent and belittle every anti-radical effort, is to be expected. It is, of course, to the interest of "tho organ" and of the officials of tho State, and of the office-holders in general, that tho present regime bo upheld. No ouo, therefore, need bo surprised at its per? sistent effort? to defeat tbo cause of tbo people of tho State, who aro anxious for such a govern men t as will protect rather than feed upon tho State, and give' en? couragement to tbe coming hither of capital and sett.era. It is now doing nil in its power to defeat tho purpose of tho June Convention. But wo hope that its efforts will but intensify the determina? tion of the well-disposed people of tbo State to mako this year in tbe coming campaign a general,- concerted und ener? getic effort, in whatever, form the Con? vention skull decido, to givo to our State aa honest aud economical and yet an en? lightened and progressive government. The Republican pretends to get aid and comfort from an article of ours, but we trust that it will yot see that our only coDcern is bow tho weapon of our oppo? sition shall best be pointed. The Newberry U?ra^d well sny3 thnt practical, scientific aud agricultural en? lightenment is what our peoplo want now. STATISTICS OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. A meeting of tbe Confederate Relief aud Historical Society was held at Memphis, on the30th ult., dov. Harris in the chair. Dr. Avent read a communication on the Confederate army, which contained the following statistices: In 1861, 1,315 were killed; 4,051 wounded; 2,772 prisoners. In 1862, 18,582 killed; 68,659 wounded; 48,300 prisoners. In 1863, 11,876 killed; 51,313 wounded; 71,211 prisoners. In 1804-5, 22.000 killed; 70,000 wounded; 80,000 prisoners. Totals-killed 53,773; wounded 191,020; prisoners 202,233. If the deaths from disease bo added, tho sum total will present tho entire loss. The returns of tho field and general hos? pitals aro known for 1861-62, and if it bo fair to assume that the total mortality of 1863 and 1861 was fully equal to that of 1802, then Ibe total of deaths in the (Jonfederato army iu 1861-05 was at least 1(30,000, exclusive of the deaths in tho Northern prisons, which would swell tho number to near 135,000; and if the dr-alhs among tho discharged for wounds and disease, and among the sick and wounded on furlough, be added, the grand total of deaths iu the Confederate army, during the entire war, did not full far short of 200,000. According to this calculation, tho deaths from disenso were about three times as numerous as those resulting from the casualties of buttle. Tbe available Confederate force capa? ble of active service did not, during tho entire war, exceed 600,000 men. Of this number, uot more than 100,000 were en? rolled at any one time; and the Confede? rate Slides never had in the field more than 200,000 mon capable of bearing anns, at any ono time, exclusive of sick, wounded and disabled. The other business transacted ut this meeting, was thc introduction by Gen. Pillow of an amendment to the constitu? tion, reported as follows: Any Confederate soldier maj' bo eli? gible to membership in the assoc:ation, when his record ns a soldier is binnacles-. Provided that whore tho applicant left thc service before tho end of the war, ho ahull have been honorably discharged, and after leaving, his conduct must have been such as to leave no doubt of bis continued devotion to the Confederate cause until the end of the war. AN EXHAUSTIVE AND BLOODY SPEECH. Morton, of Indiana, is tbe meanest aad most malignent of all tho Radical leaders, Sumner and Butler not accepted. A Washington letter thus speaks of bis late effort on the Georgia bill : Senator Morton got the floor to-day, at the expiration of tho morning hour, for a speech on a Georgia bill. His ad? dress was at once exhaustive aud ex? hausting. Ho exhausted tho reservoir of Radical slanders and fulshoods ; becuinc physically exhausted himself, and ex? hausted tho patience of his listeners. Ho raved of murders, tho murders of loyal mon ; bo wanted protection for carpet-bangers ; ho smelt blood, saw blood, felt blood, dabbled in blood, waded in blood, and it was all tho blood of loyal men. WHAT WILL Yoe Do WITH YOUR PO? LAND ?-"I remember, when our army started from Washington on the Bull linn campaign, that Mr. Win. H. Russell of tboLoudou Times wrote to mo a letter, whereof tho sting was thia question, 'What will you do with your Poland after you have conquered it ?' The answer that rose to my mind was, 'I trust that wc shall libcrato our Poles.' " From Horace Greeley's Fifteenth Amend? ment speech. A .Fifi.-shire mau recently took his child to the ininistor to bo baptized, who asked lum: "Aro yon prepared for so impor? tant and solemn an occasion?" "Pre? pared I" ho echoed, somewhat indignant? ly ; "I bao a firlot o' bannocks bakiu' twa bnmo, an* a gallon o' the best Hic land whisky, an' I wad jiwt Uko to ken what better preparation yo could expeok frac a man iu my condition of life ?" Tit? PrtM Conference-?iccrptirig (he Bil? li allon- No, \ Bat are we prepared to accept all that follows from the political equality of tho races? After admitting political rights, can wo deny social? or may they ba se? parated? ': We know that it is customary to speak of them as Separate and distioot, but in praotice aro they so? Have we not heard of the rival claims of the wives of Sena? tors at Washington to be considered "tho first lady of tho land?" And do they rest their claims upon their respect? ive beauty, culture or refinement, or is it not by virtuo of tho positions of their husbands or fathers that they consider themselves entitled? Do we not now read of the "court etiquette" which re? quires the President to hand in to din? ner the wife of the senior Senator pres? ent, nud that that Senator must take in Mrs. Graut? Is it permitted to Senators nt Washington to cull upon those below them in rank? lu tao court io Europa aro tho rules of distinction more strictly defined or rigid? ly enforced tbnn in th?Republican court at Washington. In Europe these dis? tinctions aro marked by birth nud class, and somewhat by political station, iu America they depend upou political sta? tion alone. But without going so far us Washing? ton, what do wo beor of in our own little Radical court at Columbia? We are told that not even a surprise party eau hap? pen ut the gubernatorial residence with? out tbe fullest explanation to tho colored officials of the accident that brought about a social gathering in which none of the ruling color were present. This social equality may bo to Governor Scott's tastes, but will it be to tho taste; of tho Governor whom tho white people aro to elect with tho aid of tho negroes? If it bo, then alas! our fears that social equality must follow political, are nol groundless. But if, on the other hand, it bo not to his tastes, and bo refuses tc receive into his household the wives and families of his brother officials, how loup will the party of purity stand the dis? sensions that thia matter of taste will produce? But will tho Legislature thus elected by the fusion of all classes, permit thc social equality act to remain upon th? Statute Book? And if repealed, hon long will tho party that repeals itremuic iu pawer? For all his aspirations wo do uot blame tho negro. It is most natural that whet ho has the power, he should desire thai which ho has always observed as ils nc compauimcut - social position. More ovtr, it is a necessity to him who liai raised himself above bis race, that lu should aspire to a higher association that it can a fiord. But we cannot consent tc a social mixture of races on account o tho few who have raised themselves abovi their own. Thero ia uo dividing lim between social equality and mi ace gena tion. But are wo gravely to discuss tho pro priety of a social mixture of races? Dil the press conference propose to do so And yet they have raised questions whicl can ouly be answered by a solution o that problem. [NOTE.-Since these articles havebcei in press tho following paragraph hus ap peared in the News: "Mr. Thornton, th British Minister, has called upon Mi Bevels, aud the latter is the recipient o numerous invitations to dinners and pri vate parties, lld is invited to dino wit Mr. and Mrs. Fish. Report says Mi Sumner has prevailed on Mr. Revels t spend the summer in Boston.") No. 4. But the press conference, while admil ting the absolute right of all citizen: white, black and yellow, to suffrage, sui ject tho right to oilico "to personal qua ideation and fitness;" what is meant b this personal qualification aud fitness? Is it proposed to put the two races al solutely ou thc same footing iu thia r< spect? Is it intended that the colore man shall ouly hold office when he po: sesscs the requisites expected of tb white? Will an ordinary education b necessary? Will even tho ability to rea and write correctly be required? Coul wo bo assured that these simple requin ments would bc insisted upon, woshoul put this paper in tho fire, and wait tb issue of the experiment with coufidenc that it would result iu tho supremacy c the white ruce. But had Mr. Justice Wright been white man, who that was in that confe once imagines that he would ever hav attained tho position be now bolds? W read some weeks since bis published b ography, and, as far ns wo recollect, tb remarkable man of his race is abot thirty-three years of ugo. Wo learn tin ho was refused in 18G5 an examinatio by tho Committeo of Legal Examine; iu his County in Pennsylvania, and wi only admitted in 18615, under tho Civ Bights Act. At the most then he ha been nominally n lawyer for four yeai before his election. Most, if not all < that timo, ho lins been, wo believe, i this Stale, but we havo never heard < his having been engaged in any caso b foro tho court in which ho uow sits; nc iudeed in any other court. Now, su] poso a white man, under theso circun stances, had aspired to his positioi would it not havo been considered al su rd? But perhaps Mr. Justice Wright's ii stauco will bc considered an exception ono. What thon about Mr. Whippc the loader of tho Mouse and ono of tl codifiers of our law ? Whether M Whipper has sinco learned better, v have hud no opportunity of ascertainiui but wo know tbat three years ago 1 could neither speak nor write correctl; Wo havo taken the instances of the! two men, because without question thc aro tho representatives of their raco i this State. Now, wo ask aro their pc sonni qualification nnd fitness such i will satisfy tho requirements of tho pre conference's aecond resolution? Wei these mon white, would tho press coi ference have considered thom fit, we wi 'noff?lc^oT-tb^lib?RIdW'IU^ta'd^ hold, bat for.'tbat of tue most ordinary mem? bers of tbe Legislature? Honestly, we ask, will uoLthis res?d.otiou.ifLit means anything, cloie tho doors of ;dfAce to all but the white THOU in t bia Stile? -ts * ? ? JI-h fl \ Ltltt-r from Brr? Chane. If! \ WASHINGTON, March 30, 1870. GENTLEMENI Accept my thanks for Ino invitation you have tendered rae, in be? half of tho colored peoplo of Cincinnati, to attend their celebration of tho ratifica? tion of tho fifteenth amendment. My duties hore will not permit me tobe present, except by good will and good wishes. Almost u quarter of a century has passed since some of you, probably, i.enrd mo declare, on tho Otb of May, 1815, in an assembly composed obiefly of tho people whom you now represent, that all legal distinctions between individuals of tho same community founded on any such circumstances ns color, origin, and tho like, are hostile to tho genius of our institutions, and incompatible with the true theory of American liberty; "that true democracy makes no inquiry about the color of the skin, or the place of na? tivity, or any other similar circumstance of condition; and that the exclusion of the colored peoplo ns a body from tho elective franchise is incompatible with true democratic principles." I congratulate you on tho fact tbnt theso principles, not then avowed by ute for the first time, nor ever since aban? doned or compromised, have been at length incorporated iuto tho Constitu? tion and made part of tho supreme law of tho land. Many, no doubt, would have been glad, as I Hhould have been, if tho great work consummated by the ratification of tho fifteenth amendment could have been ac? complished by the States through amend? ments of State Constitutions and through appropriate Stato legislation; but the de? lays and uncertainties, prejudical to every interest, inseparable from that mode of proceeding seemed to necessitato the course actually adopted. Nor does the amendment impair thc real rights of any State. It leaves tho wholo regulation of suffrage to tho wholo peoplo of each State, subject only to the fundamental law, that tho right of no citizen to vote shall bo denied or abridged on account of color, race, or previous condition of servitude. It is to be hoped that each Stato will so conform its constitution and laws to this fundamental law that no oc? casion may bo given to legislation by Congress. But tho best vindication of tho wisdom as well us justice of the amondmeut must be found iu the conduct of that large class of citizens whom you represent. On tho occasion to whioh I have referred, I ventured to say that "the best way to insure the peaceful dwelling together of the different races is the cordial recipro? cation of beuet?ts, not tho mutual inflic? tion of injuries;" and I cannot now give you better counsel thau I offered then; "Go forward, having perfect faith in your manhood aud in God's providence, adding to your faith virtue, and to vir? tue, knowledge; and to knowledge, pa? tience; and to patience, temperance; and to temperance, brotherly kindness; aud to brotherly kindness, charity." Why not signalize your rejoicing in the rights secured nuder the fifteenth amendment, by urging upon Congress tho prompt removal of all political dis? abilities imposed upon our fellow-citizens by the fourteenth amendment? so that, through universal suffrage and universal amnesty, peace, good will and prosperity may be established throughout our country. Every good man mnst rejoice iu the progress which tho colored citizens of tho United Statos have made in educa? tion, iu religious culture, and in the general improvement of their condition. Every good man must earnestly desi ru their continued and accelerated progress in tho same direction. All public and all I private interests will bo promoted by it, and it will insure, at no distant day, cor : dial recognition of their rights even i from those of their fellow-citizens who have most earnestly opposed them. No man eau now be found who wonld restore slavery; a few years hence, if tho colored men aro wise, it will be impossi I bio to find a mau who will avow himself i in favor of denying or abridging their ' right to vote. Very respectfully yours, S. P. CHASE. Messrs. PETER H. CLARKE, ?fee, Com? mittee. ON THE STJRJECT OFVOTINO.-"A bill," says the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Gazelle, "is now pending in tho House, which shows conclusively i tho design to placo tho wholo subject of votiug under Congressional control. It i is another stop in tho direction of cen? tralized despotism. It provides that no citizen of tho United States shall bo ro quircd to write, print or placo his uamo on any ballot, or to do anything whereby tho identity or nama of any person cast? ing the ballot may bo known; and, fur? ther, makes tho printing or writing of a voter's name on tho outside of tho bal? lot punishable by a lino of ono thousand I dollars aud ono month's imprisonment. If Congress assumes power to enact such a law as this, it may well be asked what they cannot do in tho way of interfering in State elections. In simple truth, wo aro already living under au oligarchy of unlimited power. Tho revolution is au accomplished fact." That Congress has transferred tho He public that once was into an oligarchy of unlimited power, is a fact that did not need tho introduction of such a bill to establish. Tho fact has been long since most forcibly established. Some ono eays that "tho solution of tho question whother woman is equal to man depends entirely upon who tho wo? man is and who tho mau is." That's so. "Tho politicians have thrown mo over? board," said a disappointed politician, "but I have strength enough to swim to the otbor side." Representation of minorities. The declaration that the majority must rule ia simply a way of practical work? ing ol tho principio that the people go? vern. As the peoplo aro not nil ol one mind> there must'be nome; way of com? ing tb a decision, and thin fulo that tbe majority ahull decido ia the only one tbnt has yet been tried, lint it does not menu that the minority havo no rights in the government. And it canuot be denied that when a small majority assume nil tho power? of government, and make | laws in which a great population has no voice because, it is in a small numerical minority in the State, tho principio of representative government and of a go? vernment by tho consent of the governed is but imperfectly carried out. How to mako government a better re? presentative of tho people, and how to raise minorities from their present state of political annihilation, and give them a vcico in proportion to their numbers, is a question which has drawn tho at? tention of many thoughtful minds of late. Its desirability is generally con? ceded, but the iden has not become so popular as it natu rally might be, because of the general notion that it cannot be mado practicable. A plan to put this principle in practico in thc Stato of Illi? nois, in tho election of tho Geuerai As? sembly, has been presented by the Com? mittee on Electoral nnd Representative Reform, of which Mr. Medill is chair? man. In brief, the plan is that repre? sentatives and senators shall be electo;! by districts, each district to choose three, aud each voter to have the right to cast a vote for each, or to cast three votes for ouo, ns ho may choose. In this way tho minority, by concen? trating their votes on one candidate, may Keciiro ono of the three representatives of tho diatrist, if their numbers are large enough to entitle them to one. Time thc minority will be able to secure a fair representation, tho principles of repre? sentative government will be better pul in practice, and still the political neces? sity that tho majority shall rule will be provided for. And wo may remark thal this plan will enlarge tho privilege of al voters by allowing them more latitude o' choice in tho caudidates, aud thus will, iu a considerable degree, givo them ? recourse against bad nominations ani corrupt rings. Tho American practice of revising tin State constitutions periodically will make it practicable to introduce this mode o representation iuto tho State govern ments, if it shnll be found to work well and from thence into the Presidenten election. The principle is ouo that com mends itself to all, and tho plan seem: simple and fair; therefore wo hopo tin Stato of Illinois will tako this opportu nity of constitutional revision to estub lish this system of "totslity representa tion and an unrestricted ballot," as it i denominated in tho report. [Cincinnati Gazette. General Grant anti General Armies!} The telegram informs ua fhat Genem Grant has determined to withhold hi general amnesty from all offences dnrin the war, on account of reported distnrt ancos in tho South. This conclusio does not speak well for tho logical jus tice of the President, oveu if tho cooker, up stories of Southern outrages, fu which thero is so largo a demand i Washington city, had any foundation i fact. That a whole people, embraciu nt lenst ninety-nine out of a hundred < the Southern population, should be pur ished on accouut of the violeuces nn outrages of a few, does not appear to i to accord with a Christian spirit, or th) magnanimous sense of justice which ai expected from tho chief of a great Ri public. Then, too, the question migl well arise, whether these outrages con plained of aro not tho legitimate reaul of tho very policy of disfruucbisomei which has produced so many other evi and hostile and bitter feelings among certain class of rude and excitable pe plc. We can well imagine how the sen: of their exclusion from tho protection > tho law, their virtual ostracism from p htical rights, would provoko a geuer contempt for tho authorities as well for the law which unjustly punishes ac degrades them. Thero never was a greater error statesmanship, and one moro utterly war with tho spirit of our iustituttoi and of tho age, than this policy adopt* by tho radicals nt tho close of tho wa and continued down to the present da of excluding n largo and tho most i nil cntial and intelligent portion of tho pe plo of a great section of the Union fro political rights without a trial or convi tiou. Thia must ever stand forth fro our history as a conspicuous exeepth and anomaly in our political aud jur prudential history. Future generations will bo perplex? to recoucile this fact with tho com ph: guarantees of all our constitutions nt bills of rights, and our boasted inhei tance of tho sacred provisions of Magi Charta. It gives a still darker shade this mensuro that it has been provnk by partisan passions, not by patriotic national feelings and convictions. Ai n es ty was always held within reach those who would voto tho radical tick nnd accept radical doctrines and policir In other words, tho crime consisted in i inability to bclievo in radicalism. ? degree of criminality in tho late rebi lion could outweigh sound radicalisi Consistency would require that th should extend this priuciplo to tho who. auti-radic'al party. Why should not tl Democrats and Conservatives of tl North bo disfranchised , if to bo oppos to radicalism is to bo disloyal? [New Orleans Times. DKATH OK AN Ex-CONGItESSMAN.-T death, o? General Albert Rust, of Arka sus, is announced. Tho deceased h been for many years a public charnel of prominence and influence in his st tiou, having represented bia district Congress, and held tho commission brigadior-goncral in tho Confedera States army. jE o o et 1 X lt? ip xra. g? L . Tho Sumter IFate/?maN announces a lecture in that town by the celebrated traveler M. Paul Du Cbnillu. We learn that he will, perhnps, lecture hero. THE GREENVILLE AND COLUMBIA RAIL? ROAD.-Tho report of President Ham? mett, which appeared in ourissno of yes? terday, will be read with interest. It shows tho favorable condition of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad. WEDDINO CARDS AND ENVELOPES.-A lot of wedding cards aud envelopes, of latest styles, has just been received which will bo priuted in imitation of en graving, and at less than one-tenth the cost. Call and seo specimens. ARREST-THE LATE ROBRERY.-One MoCnrtney was arrested on yesterday by Sheriff Frazee, ns being concerned in tho lato robbery of Messrs. Scott, Williams <fc Co. He was identified by Gaige. He was pat in jail, and to-day be will havo a hearing. McCartney is a discharged United States soldier. RARA AVIS.-A most remarkable speci? men of tho genus bird was left at our of f?co last night by n young gentleman of our city, who obtained it from "the stout Injun on thc war-path."- ByBomo it was pronounced a plover; by others a king? fisher, of the small tribe; and again by others a pigeon, which it resembles very mnch, nad would bo taken for one, were it not for tho fact of its being web footed, and having avery long bill, while the pigeon has separate aud distinct toes. Will some of tho expert ornithologists hereabouts give us tho history of this raro bird? Wo expeot to stuff the skin of tho aforesaid bird, and deposit it among others in our cabinet of natural curiosities. SUPREME COURT, April 20.-The Court met at 10 a. m. Present-Chief Justice Moses and Associates Wright and Wil? lard. In the caso of John Alexander el. al. vs. Jehu McKenzie et. al. Motion to docket a cause and to fix a day for argu? ment. Tho Court announced that they had decided to grant tho motion, reserv? ing all questions of jurisdiction, and ap? pointing Tuesday next, the 20th instant, for the hearing. Messrs. Jas. D. Trade well and D. H. Chamberlain for plain? tiffs; Messrs. Johu T. Rhett, J. P. Car I roll and J. D. Pope for defendants. W. R. A. Thomas ct. al. vs. John Kel? ley et. al ; con tin ned. Friday Nixon ads. the State. Habeas corpus. Tho return of the Sheriff of Charleston County, having tho prisoner iu charge, being read, showing the cause of his detention, prisoner's counsel, Messrs. Whipper, Elliott & Allen, moved for his discharge upon the grounds that prisoner had been respited by Governor Scott, which expirod on the 22d day of Murcb, 1870, aud has never been re? newed by him, (although ho still exer? cises tho duties of hisoQieo;) that on said day, D. T. Corbin, representing and styling himself President pro tempore of the Senate, (although his term of such office had long sioco expired, he haviug been elected to fill that office ouly for tho special sessiou,) and "Acting Gov? ernor," granted another respite, (the Governor being absent from the State at tho time,) for twenty-eight days longer, which act upon his part was invalid and null, as there is no such officer ns "Act ing Governor" known fo or authorizec by tho State of South Carolina, the Gov? ernor being alono authorized to granl reprieves, excepting in case of the death removal or resignation of the Governoi and Lieut. Governor. Although Mr Corbin at ono time, as before stated, wa: elected to the office of President pn tempore of tho Senate, ho never took tk< oatli of offieo as Lieutenaut-Governor as required hy tho Constitution, nor wa he ever commissioned as such; and tba all his acts in this caso wero unlawful and should bo set aside; that tho timi for tho prisoner's execution having lonj since passed, and having received neithe pardon or respito from tho Governo since tho 22d of March, 1870, ho is un lawfully held by the Sheriff; and no mo tion having been mnde to any Court fo his ro-sentence, tho prisoner is entitle to his discharge. Attorney-General Chamberlain, in rc ply, said that ho might admit all thc counsel for tho prisoner had urged, ant still tho real question raised by this mc tion was untouched, viz: what is th forco and effect of the act of Mr. Corbin granting that it is wholly unauthorize and void in law? In decision of thi question, ho cited: Stafo rs. Fuller, McCord, 17rf; State vs. Smith, 1 Bailey 280; State vs. Addington, 2 Bailoy, ?lt] Stato vs. Kitchens, 2 Hill, 012; State a Chancellor, 1 Strobhart, 350. Tho doc? trine of theso cases was, that when fe any cause the day assigned for tho ex. cition of sentence passed without ex< cation done, thc Court, on motion, woul lix n new day. lie agreed with tho cout sel for tho prisoner that Mr. Corbin's n< was unauthorized and void; but that fin iu no way impaired tho validity of tl sentence of tho prisoner, but simpl mado tho assignment of another day n cessnry. Tho Court reserved their d cisi?n. Robort A. Pringle cl. al. rs. Bela Siz< cl. al. Mr. Allison concluded his nrgi meut for appellees, Mr. Kershaw c same side. Mr. Mooro in reply. Riggers Moblcy rs. T. K. Curotou t al. Mr. Kershaw for appellant. M Moore for appellees up to hour of a journmeut. LIST OF NEW AnvEnTieEMENrs. niakely A- Gibbe?-Fertilizers. li. Pollard - Flailing Tackle. Cook Wanted.