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COLUMBIA, S. C. T&twiay Morning. May 7, 1874. Tbe Mnn In White. Tfee question of who shall be Go mmat, >s/oo ?hall get the fat ofiSoea and ^KBse&rea, who sball control the patron sg?. ?od engineer the jobs, is one of atore ioterest to thoBe who ran 4&a .iBuohine of the State Government t?uettcnzh their power of manipulating a cxB?iarity of the votes, than any con tMxbscM^ion wbieh respeota its oharactor ?ac ?oonomy or honesty. The matter trhick. is in their minds is oropping <ja??il over tbe State. The small voice .off xafojrm is drowned in the roar of 'j&jerr demands for plaoe and pelf and tk& ojtportuaitioa of plunder. Not prin <zig&?&, bat men and their potty fortnnes.. ac? uppermost in their thonghts. For G?orernor, we shall have a regular ""Sin?" candidate, and, to antagonize atj^j another, not now of the King, but, Trerfcaps, an ex-Binger. The pretenso at reform will start its shadowy candi? date. And as all these will probably lie MU&der vthe disabilities of boing white ocml, seme gentleman of color?more or leas eofored?will think it opportune to rirceaent that issue, and run on tbe ateaiar for tbe rights of bis race, and ?aa.e*a:ug to inolude in that term all bucs \xte? 'ffrom snowy white," but from octo raatt- vto eooty." While all these pro tflntrions are put forth, and those who ccnaijd them saw the air and waken its ?tahnes, another class quietly look on at ?ie Ho?thfDE mass as it is stirred, to see < ?:: any one wi? como forth out of it to ' zmFzaeeni tbe true interests and the true lornaufls of the people. Will a real re farmer appear with dear skirts nod show jicc?aK to> l>o moved by manly purpose, amxrageous spirit and high and deter asrmdQ. ?airns1? Is there any likelihood th&t a man will <be put up who will not iieBOitG to tell wboleBome truth to bis v ?*iAfH?qh, who will seek to infuse into ? party-?pgranizatiou some leaven of j.aatiee, fairness and consideration for tboHo not of it, who will reinstate tbe cvorila end ideas of truth and duty, and ?orfw* will nrge some regard for the ooun ?ay, come patriotiam to work in it for its asaifare? Will a man be found to have sulj Gtreugth there whom good citizens '?.ranL.Piipport because of his clean record, ifriijuiaoare (purpose, his strong capacity, '.izarfw-wer to grasp the situation and ita fxziace developments, and hia courage to ^luer^ght? Amid all the discussions we Stave heard and read, we have seen no -surfe, man indicated as likely to stop on ?thn Moae. Yet jaat such man is the aoiy-tn'? who oau truly servo the public interests in tbe present crisis. If there ?k aay purpose of reform, if there is aoy {xoca?biUty of it even in the dominant pac^&ni will find its expression in the appearance -of a man of thia kind. Is be fJa.tr-6, and oan he dare to oome out? YS**-- tMjaandoring of the Fncdmitn') Money. *l?o .poor freedmen! By some fa <Saff.ty, they put their political and rXxuaasial 'trust only in those who du ?emae them, and abuse it. The latest frnafanaein point is the bursting of the babble of tbe Freedmen's Savings jar*dh. SX k ?217,000 worse off than rjaddciag. The money has beau nomi? nally invested, but in reality squ*n dec&iand appropriated by those oon aookeC with the institution at Washing? ton. It is melancholy to think that CfJunM humble toilers should entrust their tamtSL, ^hard-earned savings to managers at* -distanae, whom they did not know, ?*nd-over whom they could exercise no oscnjwl. Tbe very oondition of invest ceect ca Wesbington and tbe North ucg-bt-to have aroused tbeir suspicions. S'aCtChey havo in this, aa in many other met/Lorn, boen made the viotims of their u?r*i credulity. They are easily canght '?Kith, cbaff such as this: "Tbe Freed oaeri*? Sank was especially established t?s> fcasoarage and assist tbe freedmen to -and inorense tbeir hard-earuod orai-ney, and tbua to help them in tbe cakre to knowledge and higher oiviliza ?osa." They could not see the real uoseniog to be, that this money was to be saved in order to be appropriated to tha ?omforts, luxuries, spsoulating uses ofl?d idle display of those who hold them ?S. iiiral!. The money is gone, the bank cficolreot, the securities worthless, and cka Ireedmon, whose small sums, pour .^g in itorn every quarter of the South, <ma,6n up a respectable amount in the a?grogato, have to lament their Iosbos 'cooaivod in tbe house of thoir professed &?aadi. Will they be wiser next time? Will they ever get the better of that .fatal credulity, which induces tbem to .prefer a tbief to an honest man, a po? litical trickster to a patriot? Tbo co? lored people are feebler in purpose and ?resolution than children, for a burnt child dreads the fire. But they appa? rently will suffer cremation, rather than withdraw themselves from tbe hands of thoso whose ouly use for them is to plack them oloan. ?-" ?j> > X-rr A Beaututjl Tbidotk to Woman.? We have seldom read a moro touching and eloquent tribute to woman's humi? lity and strength, tush, that contained tu tho address of Gol. Thomas Harde man, of Maoon, On., delivered at the decoration of the Confederate graves, in the Soldiers' Cemetery, at Atlanta, on Saturday last. Said tho eloquent speaker: "Liko the cnptivo HebrowB.Ubey sigu not now the songs that waked to music sweet their David's harp, for that harp now hangs npou the willows by the rivers of Babylon, where they eit down and weep over fulleu Judea. True, they sing the songs of 'marriage feusts' and vintage ingatherings, jot they come with flower and tear, to testify to their sympathy in the sorrow of tho luud aud their undying appreciation of their gal? lant dead. What better offering bus sorrow or grid than tho timid heart's easo or tho modest fern? what purer tes? timonial of tho heart than tho humble violet, planted by beauty's baud over tho loved one's grave? As tho trees that grew over the gravo of the daugh? ter of Thnice, at stated periods, droppoi tho tears of their branches over her rest? ing-place, so do these noble women come when spring flowers bloom, to plant the memorial shrub and shed their tears of lovo over the humble mounds that tell where our heroes sleep. For this I give them honor and praise to-day, und unfeeling mubt be the heart that does not do homage to our South? ern women, 'the perfection of beauty' and tho glory of the land. With them, patriotism is a religion and love an ele? ment of life. The hour of adversity waB their hour of triumph. Does the storm gather aud the tempest sweep? Man, tho Bashan oak, falls before tho fury of tho blast; but woman, the wil? low by the waters, flourished, beautiful in her humility and loxariaut in her sorrow, when the tempest was over. Do the thunders crush or tho lightning strike? Man, the towering pine, is riven by the stroke. Woman, the hum? ble flower, nestling among our garden plants, emitted a sweeter fragrance when the storm was hushed. Firm, constant, devoted patriotism, pure as the water from 'Chiudara's Fount,' en? thused their bosoms and signalized their lives. Meek, gentle and aonfidiug, a devotion and love sweet as the fruits of the- 'Amrita tree' characterized their every aotion. Generous and self-saori ?oing, they stripped beauty of its jewels and home of its luxuries for the success of their cause and tbe comfort of their braves. And now that the flag is up rolled and the jaoket of gray huuga emply ou the wall, they bring their of? fering us love for those who " 'Died for the land they could not savo.' " The extravaganoe of Gen. Grant's ad? ministration is exemplified in the multi? plicity of new offices that have beeu created since he came into power. In 1859 tbe number of employees of the Federal Government was 44,527. Id 1861, the first year of the war, the nnm ber increased to 46,049. In 1865, tbe year the war closed, there were 53,167. In 1867, after tbe enormous labors grow? ing out of tho war had been mainly completed, there wore 56,113. Gen. Grant came into office in 1869, and in two years?that is, in 1871, six years after the close of the war?tbe number of employees had ron up to 57,605. By 1873, eight years after the war, the num? ber bad increased to 86,660. These are offioial figures, and they show that dur? ing the present administration, in a pe? riod cf profound peace and after suf? ficient lapse of time to dispose of the bulk of the unsettled business left by the war, tbe army of office-holders has been increased by a reinforcement of over 30,000 men. Tbe end is not yet, and tbe demand for more men and more money is still being made. The war in Spain is as atrocious in its character us any of the former civil con? flicts in that most distracted country. In the recent combats the Republicans lost not loss than 2,000 meu killed and woanded. The war is conducted with such ferocity that in some instances no quarter in given. In a recent action at San Fedro, a party of Carlists, finding escape impossible, fell ou their knees, aud begged for moroy, "for the love of God." But tho infuriated troops of tho Government mussuored them on the spot with tho bayonet, in retaliation of similar acts of inhumunity on tho part of tho Carlists. Frof. Leeds proposes in tho Scientific American to substitute eremaouusis for both burial and cremation. Ercinacuu sis is a consumption of human bodies produced by surrouudiug thorn with hydrated oxido of iron. The loarued professor would have tho dead buried in the ground according to tbe ordinary method, bat packed in this interesting chemical, which will destroy every ves? tige of the remains in a few years. Per? haps somebody will now form a society for tho promotion of eremucausis, and by the trial of all threo methods the bust may bo ascertained. Fratricide.?In a qaarrol in Bur? lington, on the 3d, George Buohannan stabbod his brother William in seven places, causing death in forty-five minutes, A family feud was the origin of tho difficulty. Both were laboring men. Steerage passengers are now booked from Liverpool to New York for $15. This great reduction of fares, amount? ing to fifty per cent., should, ?>.ud doubt? less will, have the effect of largely in? creasing immigration. The proposal to extend tbe city limits of Baltimore was rejectod by over 500 majority. Martin Hunt, Sr., a respected citizen I of Greenville, died on the 26th ult. Cray Matters.?Subscribe for the PHC2HIX. Dr. W. A. MoCorkle, of Williams toi-, was in Columbia yesterday. The present month is making a repu? tation as being one of showers as well as flowers. P. B. Nowoll, ex Clerk of the Market, died on Tuesday night. He had been in bad health for some time. The Governor hai appointed Rufos Lancaster, of Spartauburg, a Notary Public. The weather, yesterday, was just as pleasant as the most esajtiug mortui eonld desire. This is tho year for tho appearance of tho seven year locusts, and we may ex pejt to huve a summer vocal with their mellifluous discoid. Owing to tho continued ttopleusaut weuther, the picnic in uid of the Con? federate Monument Association bus been iude?uitely postponed. Mr. A. E. Clothier bus been furnished with a conveniently-arranged push-cart, from the factorv of Messrs. Aguew Ji: Co. Wo aro indebted to Commissi oner Watts for a copy of tho monthly report of tho Department of Agriculture for April aud May, 187-i. The ladies and geullomen who are to tuko part iu tho May concert aro re? quested to attend a rehearsal at Mr. Ly Bmml's music store, this evening, at 8 ! o'clock. The chances for tho rtifilj iu the inte? rest of tho Widows' Home are being ra? pidly taken up. Tho articles can be seen at Dr. W. C. Fisher's drug store. A massive silver pitcher is the first prize. Messrs. Hoffmuu & Albrecht rccoive Bologna and smoked sausages nearly everyday; smoked herrings, strawber? ries, new and old potatoes, ull sorts of vegetables, new-born eggs, etc.; can? dies, canned fruits and other useful uud necessary articles. L. E. LeConte, Esq., one of tho sut pended attorneys for contempt in the Savings Bank case, submittod a supple? mentary return, which being satisfac? tory, Judge Carpenter ordered all fur? ther proceedings, as it related to him, to be suspended, &c. Mr. Adair, who has been so long con? nected with the asylum, has left that institution, and now offers his services to the pnblic. Those who may want gardens laid out, shrubbery trimmed, itc, would do well to give him a call. His residence is next to the male asylum. Messrs. Gorman & Calnan, of tho Co? lumbia Hotel, as already announced in the Phozsix, will open Glenn Springs Hotel, about the 1st of June. A line of omnibuses will run from Spartanbnrg to tbe springs daily. Tbe hotel and sur? rounding buildings have all been re? paired and painted, and the hotel refur? nished. Bathing houses, of the most improved style, will be erected, and a brass and string band constantly on hand during the season. This will be a most desirable resort for the enoimer months. New Telegraph Line.?Mr. H. K. Reid, the courteous manager of tbo Southern and Atlantic Telegraph line, to whom we are often indebted for inte? resting items of information, has fitted up a new aud beautiful oflioo in tho Cen? tral Bank building, and established his connections from that point with the rest of the telegraphic world. The com? pany which Mr. Reid well represents has made arrangements with tho new ouble company now about being luid to Europe, to convey all its messages be? tween this country and Europe. Tbe public aud his friends will Und Mr. Reid at his new place of business, ready at ull hours to serve them iu his line. Or, if they find it more convenient, they may leave their orders at the Colombia Hotel oQiuo, which is retained as a feeder and branch to the main office. Both posi? tions aro central and eligible. Return' of the Firemen.?Tho Phoe? nix Hook and Ludder Company, Cap? tain J. Li. Little, returned from their visit to Charleston, yesterday, sud wero met at the depot by the members of the Independent and Palmetto steamers, in full uniform. As soon as the truck was deposited on lemi fir nut, she was manned by a detachment from each of tho companies, and, headed by tho Post Band, marched up Gervois street to Richardson, aud llience to the Phoenix house, where tbe apparatus was put up, aud tho ontire party assembled in the hall abovo, where, after short addresses by Captains Stanley, Littlo and Dorsey, a cold snack w.w disposed of, and the party separated. The rnooaix boys speak in glowing terms of the treatment they received from their brothor-flre men in the "City by tho Sou." A mass ive silver water pitcher was presented to them by the Charleston fire depart? ment, and n pair of handsome nilver goblets, by Hook and Ladder No. 1?of which Captain Little was formerly a member. Phcenixiaka. ?Many would be well j off if they could but tbiuk so. It is uot how muoh wo have, but bow much we enjoy that makes happinees. Impatient people water tbeir miseries and hoe up tbeir comforts. All men praise patieuce, but few oan practice it. Pain past is pleasure, aud experience comes by it. Hard work brings heultb, nud it 1b Slid "an ounce of health is worth a sack of diamands." Qriu and bear" it, is the old fubhioned advico, but sing and bear it, is much better. Sorrows are visitors that come without invitation, but complaining miuds seud a wngou tu bring their trouble:; homu in. Mt-.MOUl.vn Day.?Toe graves of the Confederate soldiets in this city nie to bo decorated to day, May 7. The fol? lowing is the order of the memorial ser? vices: j At 0 o'clock A. M., the church-yard J committees will moot und decorate the graves iu the several church-yards. Tb?a service* at Eluiwood Cem'-'ory will be held Ibis afteruuou, at hull pust 5 o'clock. The procession wiil form at the porter's lodge at half-past ? o'clock, ami proceed to the soldiers* enclosure, where, after the prayer, the graves will be deooruted. The order of procession wdl bo us follows: Children who uro to decorate the graves; oilieers of tub Me? morial Association, with the chaplain; members of the cemetery committees; soldiers and oilieers of the Confederate service; citizcus geuerally. ??icors uud soldiers of the Confede? rate service, tbe citizeus geuerully aud strangers visiting tbe city are respect? fully invited to attend. The follow iug geutlenieu are requested to act ah marshals of the day : General Hampton. General 1'restou, Colonel Wallace, Colonel Haskell, Colonel Mo Master. John Taylor, Captain Bacuinuo, Major Leaphart, W. C. Swaffield, Cap taiu Cas-ou, Major Gibbes, Captain Ire dull, Colonel Palmer, Dr. Taylor, Mr. Davis, Captain iiruine, Captaiu Wiley Cregg, John Khett, E:-q , Ilufus Bich burg. Members of the association will wear the usual badge of mourning. Sdpbeiib C?ubt, Thursday, May -4.? The Court met at 10 A. M. Present Chief Justice Moses aud Associate Jus? tices Wright aud Willard. Ex jxirle Johu Winsmith. Petition for admissiou to practico in Supreme Court. On motiou of Mr. C. D. Moltoo, and upon production of the evidence required by law, the petition was grant? ed, and Mr. Winsmith sworn and en? rolled as an attorney, solicitor and counsellor of Bupremo Court. Ex parts John B. Cleveland. Petition for admission to praotioe in Supreme Court. On motiou of Mr. J. C. Win? smith, and upon production of tbe evi? dence required by law, the petition was granted, aud Mr. Oloveland sworn and enrolled as an attorney, solicitor and counsellor of tbe Supreme Court. Tbe State ex rel. Theodore Waguer vs. State, County Treasurer Charleston County, and State ex rel. Robb & Low n des, vs. Gorney, County Treasurer Charleston. Mr. Lowndes, for relators, submitted order of Supreme Court of United States and motion thereon. Tbe Seventh Circuit was call?d: Michael Werts et al, administrators, respondents, vs. Long et al., appellants. Special order made aud case continued. James P. Cameron, respondent, rs. John E. Ben wick, appellant. Contiuned. John Winsmith, appellant, vs. Joseph Walker, respondent. Special order made and case continued. John Davis, respondent, vs. John Winsmith, appellant. Mr. J. C. Win? smith was heard for appellant; Mr. Car? lisle for respondent; Mr. John Win? smith for appellant, in reply. At 2 P. M., the Court adjourned until Tharsday, 7th, 11 A. M. cocrb of GbNEHAL SttsSIONS?May 6. This Court met at 10 30 A. M. The jury in tho case of tho Stute against Jobn Harris, which was givon them thu day before, reported that they could not agree. Thoy were allowed to go to breakfast, nnd, upon their return to their room, reporting tbo second timo that they were uuablo to agree, tbey were discharged as to this case. Affidavits for uud agaiust tho change of renne in tho oaso of tho State against Euoob Hendrix, were reud to the Court, und a motion to chuugo tho triul from L'jxiugtou to Btohland County wus en? tertained. Mt. Monleitb for the motion, and Mr. Bice for tho State. Motion over-ruled. Androw Crawford, E*-q., moved to vacate an attachment in the case of Liechtenstein, Bros. A- Co. aguiust B. Herman. Tho motiou was not outer tuiued. Tho ease of the State against J. Howell Hayos, for the murder of Alex? ander Brown, was thou taken up. After thu testtmouy for tbe State hud been concluded, tho Court directed tho jury to find n verdict of not guilty, without retiring from their seats. Tbo Court decided that, from Iho testimony of the witnesses for tho State, the defendant acted iu self defence. tho jury, there? fore, returned a verdict of uot guilty. Messrs. MoMaster & DeSaussaro for tbe prisoner aud Solicitor Bunkle for the Stato. Tho Court re assembled at 3 30 P. M., pursuant to adjournment. The oaso of tho Stato agaiust Henry Taylor, indict ment graud laroeuy, was opened, and tho testimony for rhu State and defence concluded, at wbioh time the Court ad? journed until 10 A. M , tu morrow, when the arguments in the above oase will be heard. Mr. Bauskett represented the prisoner and the Solioitor the State. Library Association.?At a meeting held at tbe rooms of the Central Na? tional Bank, last evening, an association of gentlemen was formed, to bo known as the Library Association of Columbia. It was organised by the election of tho followingbamed gentlemen as Directors: Messrs. j. B. Palmer, H. S. Thompson, L. E. LeOonte, W. C. Swaffleld and John S. Green. Perseus who desire to unite with this association as members are requested to leave their names and the amount entitling them to annual membership with Mr. Sawyer, at the bank. The German Festival ?The German pic-nio comes off to-day, at Seegers' brewery. Families desirous of attend? ing, will find conveyances at Messrs. Seegers and Staiglitz'e stores?the form? er geutlemnn having kindly consented to furnish a wagon for that purpose. It I will leave at 10)2 and 11)4 o'clock. Mr. j James Bawls' siring band will furnish I tho music on tho occasion, and they promise that all shall be satisfied. Seegers1 Henry will uot occupy bis usual position to-day, but will be found at tho pic nie grounds, where he and the com? mittee, with the Floor Manager, will ex? ert themselves to please visitors. Mr. Milbubn's Lectcre ?Milburn'a lecture ou England, delivered last even? ing iu Parker's Hall, presented a jnst conception of the superficial, as well as of some of the denper and more admi? rable, characteristics of the Eaglish I peuple. Tbe descriptive powers of the. speaker are good, his voice deep-toned aud well modulated, and his powers of imitatiou entertaining and sometimes amusing. It was a picturesque and inte? resting scene, that of a blind man da soribiug, from the inuer light of the soul, objects wbioh his eyes had not seen, but which all felt he had discerned through refined sensibilities, and had seized in tbe grasp of a robust and manly intellect. Acquitted.?The trial of J. Howell Hayes, for tbe killing of Brown, in the lower pnrt of this County, last Angust, occupied but a short time before the Court, yesterday. The only witnesses examined were those on tbe side of the State. Their testimony established the violent and overbearing character of the deceased and his hostile feeling towards the accused and his family, aud ?*vie out a clear case of self-defence. The Judge promptly charged tho jury to bring in a verdict to this effect. Young Hayes and his father left the Court with the congratulations of their friends that ; ho was acquitted, and that the act for which he had been put on trial was one that be could not avoid, with proper re? gard to his own life. List of New Advertisements. ; D. C. Peixotto A Sons?Hay. John D. Bateman?Batter. Hotel Areivals, May 6, 1874.? Hendrix House?D A P Jordan, O H Sloan, N Y; A W Lsmar, Spartanborg; S D Murray. Sumter; J L Black, J T Stewart, Bidgeway; J L Shnler, Dutch Fork; Mrs M E Stranae, Orangebarg; J A Calhoan, Ga. Columbia Botel?L M Holland, Ga; O W D Baasell, Chester; W R Sturgeon, Pa; WJ Sprinkle, O P Pelham, Jr, city; W A MoCorkle, Williamston; D F Jack, Ga; L O Carpenter, city; T D Gillespie, C Tracy, 8 O; W Sanborn and wife, Mich; Miss J Oabb, N Y; W H Evans, Charleston; Aug B Knowlton, Oraugeburg; John B Gougb, D Gordon, Va; H Y Shaoklott, DO; M Brown, N C; F G Whiting, N J; A P Bower, Va; J G Catesby, R I; J L Waller, Del; 0 W Digges, O Brown, Mo; C Washington, Texas; R M Keating, N J; T Blsnohard, Conn. Wheeler House?J H Bopon, city; E Titus, E Titus, Jr., NY; JE Schmidt, S C; John W Carlisle, John B Cleve laud, Spartanbarg; Ellis Abra.ru, Va; J L Blake, Md; James Lowndes, William Dudley, Charleston; TH Clarke, Cam deu; J H Adams, York; D B DeSaus sure, city; G T Wiokes, wife, ehildreu and nurse, N C; J H Ransom, W S Clinton, Mr Larkerman, Mrs G E Mnmford and child, N Y. Tho inflation party is forming. Tbe Evauuvillu (lud.) Courier thus furnishes the head ut the ticket: "The Hon. George H. Peudlaton, of Ohio, would bo a lormidable oandidate for President ou the ticket to be plaoed in the field by the new movement. His personal integrity, great abilities and the fact that he was the author of the greenback policy, would give him a prestige that fow other men have earned." Port Royal ?In tbe United States Senate, ou Friday, Senator Robertson presented a petition of oitizens of Beau tort and Port Royal, S. C, asking the establishment of a fortifioalion and a light-house at Port Royal, in that State, wbioh was referred to the Com? mittee on Commerce. - Tbe Greensboro (Ga.) Herald says: Tweuty farmers, taken indiscriminately from all sections of this County, planted in 1873, 2,841 acres in cotton, 1,440 acres in corn, 210 acres in oats, 67 acres in wheat. This year they will plant 2,826 aores in cotton, 1,716 sores in oorn, 410 acres in oats and 153 acres in wheat. Powdered nitre is good for removing freckles. Apply with a rag moistened with glycerino.