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Saturday Morning, May 29,-1675. Third and Anti-Third Term?-South Ca? rolina and Pennsylvania. The proceodings of the Republican | State Convention of Pennsylvania; show I the adoption of the usual quantum of specious generalities. The work was' carefully cut out in advance, and the convention only met to register tho de-1 orees of the great ring-master Cameron. It was ushered in by a declaration which affirms0 'continued adhesion to the party. That'moribund concern is assured that] theNCauieronians will bo in at the death and-set up with the corpse. Then come | what , are called fundamental principles, which, like those passed in the Patterso niau Convention in this State, can only be so termed by a singular perversion of | language. This ambiguity or doublo uie?duuHa of*, speech appears tho morel olearljr .'in,, at the same tuno declaring against, the third term, and eulogizing th4 Government. But tho only part of | tho * proceedings which evoked any en? thusiasm was thotfmti-third term resolu? tion. It" was received with cheers. Thej relief, the joy which is felt at such an expression,"brings forcibly to view the sense of peril which the President's ambition has caused in his party. The j office-holders, or the expectants of office, were there in full force, and felt con? strained to faco the danger of this de? claration, rather than disobey what they felt to be the general public demand. And the chief himself, who holds the Government patronage of Pennsylvania in his hands, must havo been keenly conscious of tho pressure of tho great public opinion of the country, before he could engineer or resolution through his convention which might cause him to | Iobo that precious patronage. Since the I South Carolina declaration in favor of a third term-find rulo by. the bayonet, whioh was the work of Cameron's tool, Patterson, he has become conscious that ho was on tho wrong track. Or, possi? bly, ho means to keep two tracks open? tho third term und the anti-third term? and shift his engine from one to the other, according as circumstances and appearances may advise either to be the best As for the President himsolf, he appears likely to. achieve the small dis? tinction of dividing his party on o ques? tion of merely personal preference of himself. Statesmanship, dignity of rule, the interests of the country, the pros? perity of the people, the honor of the Government, are aU small in his view, and all subordinated to his sense of com? fort and enjoyment of office. Like the wearied traveler who has reached com? fortable quarters, and sat himself down, he asks, "Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn?" New York oity is pre-eminent in com? merce and trade, magnificent in build? ings, institutions, enterprises and public spirit. . But Boston itself is not more provincial and' ovor-weening in its con oeit in setting up to be the hub of the universe, than tbose in the Empire City and neighborhood, who assume to speak its voice upon some current events and give its opinion upon some notorious characters of the day. Tho Tribune bus pronounced BeochCr the greatest preacher since Christ, and has represented that a vast overwhelming calamity would over? take Christianity if he fell. And hero oomcs the Philadelphia Times with a similar fulsome tribute,-saying that he has beon for many years "the foremost pulpit orator of the world." Ho is, of course, a man of genius and power, skilled in dialectics, and with a dash and vim about him that are captivating. But his productions have not the stamp of immortality upon -them. There is a thread of vanity, enor? mous conceit and familiarity oven to? wards the Creator, whom ho regards as only next above himself, which taints and disngureB everything that he puts forth. We do not speak of his morals, and moke no allusion to the great scan? dal in whole meshes he has been caught. But we protest against the exaggeration of his greatness, and that narrowness of opinion which exalts him so immensely above other men. It is. only the "pa? roxysmal" opinion of those who revolve about him. He will be more distin? guished in history as the centro of tho greatest scandal of the age, than for the genius, the deep philosophy, broad learn? ing, divirie humility and god-like hu? manity, whioh his admirers claim for him. In addition, to . her othor pretensions California promises to become an impor tant tobacco ptoduoing State at no dis? tant **y. la/ J87L, a company was formed*flffrftuitft Clara Coaoty.-forrthe culture and * prejiax?ll?n t?* .tobacco under a(ne.ft prooe^ Tim first orop in 1873La?pm?aXq /i^, thousand pounds; nSwBr^ |(*d f th abOBit was from H?Varia isee^MfeyfcWl >t* cigar? making, thoVon>alpdoif l>cing from Flori? da seed,' bettcr^aaajpted'.to pipe-smoking and cb^wm'4, t?baepo. The company were dompellod, to manufacture their own material, and now are making 200,000 cigars per m^9l^twddes!pfiokltlg about 10,000 pottnds,qf iemoking tobacco, Ami have recently determined '.to greatly e tondj^j^oriflr^n/j.!;Jfho MfM .suited to the ff?mfia of tobacco, under the .pro? cess employed, is-.said to bo unlimited.' How It Is In Louisiana. Charles Nordhoff, in his lnst letter from Now Orleans to the New York Herald, shows to the Northern publio who have not yet been reached by other* testimony, the real causes of the disorders whioh have prevailed in Louisiana. First, ho says that the population of that State is divided into Radicals and Conservatives, and the latter, no less than the former, aro Union men. It is absurd and very wicked to keep up the old war animosity, by giving to tho Southern Republicans the special title of Union men. There is no disagreement on that score. In the years immediately succeeding the war, between 1805 and 1808, there was a good deal of savage and brutal wrong inflicted on blacks; and in tho same period, and probably for a year or two later, North? ern men who went there to take posses? sion of the Stato politically, and who at once began a prodigious system of public plunder, wero not always safe from the anger and resentment of tho nativo whites. So much for those days. Whatever of wrong there was in them, was mostly imported. Mercenary and baso influences wero set to work, society was corrupted, and it was no wonder that somo violence and resent? ment followed. Tho only present cause of disorder, Nordhoff says, lies in the corruption and inefficiency of the State and Parish Governments. But tho Con? servative citizens have accepted the com? promise settlement in good faith, and hope for an improvement in tho admi? nistration. Bad as they know tho Go? vernor and those about him to be, they aro willing to give them a fair trial on tho new basis. The extent and far reaching character of the evil inflicted on the. Stato by tho missionaries of po? litical hate and groud, the deep mot that the corruption they have disseminated has struck into the very conscience and soul of their dupes and victims, are artificial obstacles in tho way of good government more difficult to surmount than those which naturally existed. "Tho only danger," he says, "to the peace of Louisiana, to-day, lies in the cor? ruption and inefficiency of her rulers, who call themselves Republicans and have thus gained tho countenance of the Northern Republican party and the sup? port of the Federal Administration. These men have committed a great crime against tho State and against the co\in try, the greatest crime which civilized men can commit; for their misrule has struok a blow at tho very foundations of society here; they have corrupted tho ublic morals, tticy have degraded and ebauched the negroes, whom they were sent to lead into tho exercise of citizen? ship; and, surveying tho story of thoir misrule, I am constrained to say that their plunder of the Shite, monstrous as it has been, is tho least of their offences, bocauso it is a graver crime to debauch and domonilize a Stato than to steal its treasure." Benedict Ahnold.-The New York Commercial Advertiser has an article highly eulogistic of Benedict Arnold. It spooks pettingly of him as "that young soldier of the revolution who was already identified with tho operations in front of Boston." And again: "Ho was the bravest of the brave." We are mildly told, however, that "he was not blessed, as was Washington, with a disposition which could patiently brook the dissen? sions, jealousies and treachery that cha? racterized tho story of the continental troops during tho crisis of the revolu? tion. Stung by a sense of personal in? justice, and tired by a belief that the patriot cause would never succeed, Benedict Arnold subsequently sought to end tho war by delivering up to the Bri? tish the key of the North?the fortifica? tions at West Point. His treason failed, and he lives in history as the arch traitor of his day, though many of the oldest families in the land had also espoused the royal cause, and tlte chaplain who opened tho Continental Congress of 177l> with prayer had subsequently taken the oatli of allegiance to tho king and kept it. Arnold had provocation greater than his temptations, and theso no doubt wrought his Iruiu. A greater soldier than most of those who ranked with him. he was ever kept in the background, winning laurels on the field to grace the brows of others. At this distance of time, and in the glow of festivities, can we not afford to be generous to tho memory of Benedict Arnold, whoso grand-children have filled high positions of trust in Eng? land, and whose surviving decendants are of tho most respected citizens ofthat country?" Tho Advertiser then goes on to de? nounce tho Confederate lenders in the late civil war as worse than Arnold, and because somo of them havo had statues erected to them by people of their own section, it plaintively inquires: "Can? not we extend somo measure of forgive? ness to the man who stood by Ethan Allen's side at Ticondoroga, who was the first to thunder at the gates of Quebec, and who won for us the field of Sara? toga? Iii the glory of the centonnial morning, this great nation can suroly stretch tho circle of forgetful nous over the treachery of 1780 as over tho treason of 1881. The former betrayed only a cause?the latter betrayed a country. Great in his faults as* in his virtues, Benedict Arnold Was the son of our sires, and for their cako may win charity.'5 uTheNew'^fork Cbmmerciai Advertiser has the honor of being the first apologist of Benedict Arnold that has ever ap? peared in fM? or any other country. The tToasoh of tho man was purely per? sonal and selfish. England despised him as mUoh 'as1 America; The Commer? cial Advertiser claims relationship with him, and boasts of him as ''the'son of our sires;" ' yVe should think so. One of the oldest colored residents of JohnVIslftffd, named Monday Lime ?use,'-die. d suddenly on Monday' night t. The-age'of the old man: js not definitelMlrnbwn, Wut Worn nil accounts he musthave-beeo nearly, if, not quite, ! 100 years old.'- . I ') { .:. . ? . i >:'..?: i. 'l-'j v . .. ",' ) ! j-1 Adjourned Meeting of City Council. *?> CouNurt Gwaasxstt Columbia, C, May - 20, 1875 ? Council met at 8 o'clock P. H- Pre? sent?His Honor tho Mayor, John. Alex? ander; Aldermen Cooper, J>avi9, Wolbi, Puch, Carroll, Carr, Purvis and Swygort. Continued examination into loss of pin and cross. i*V'( wf? ?';?' Spencer Loe sworn: On Sunday morn? ing, when wo captured the man Daniels, wo did not examine any of tho ortioles afterwards found on him until .wo got to the guard houso; wo went, byvMr. Jack? son's house, where we started tho man from, and asked Mr. Jackson what we wore to do with the man, and he told mo we should take him, with what things he had, and turn him over to tho guard house; after going to tho guard house, tho things wero examined; 1 then re? quested Sir. Jackson to take a list of the things down; everything was taken out and examined thoroughly; then Lomax took tho pin and cross and put both to? gether into the pocket-book; there was nothing else in that pocket-book, but thai piu and cross; Lomax then said bo was going to take charge of them until some of the officore came in; I did not leave the guard house until Sorgcant Williams camo; when he came in, I was standing at the door of the captain's of? fice?tho inside door; Lomax was in the room, at the sergeant's desk, where we had examined tho things; I then turnod round to Sergeant Williams, and told him we had captured a fellow with a good deal of plunder; the sergeant laughed and snid it was a good thing, and he went on into the guard quarters: I still staid there until the sergeant came back to tho door, and Policeman F. liobinson with him; Lomax had not turned the things over to Sergeant Wil? hams yet; I then said to Sergeant Wil? liams, I will go now?I thought I would stay until some of you officers came; Sergeant Williams asked Lomax where was tho captain; Lomax snid, I would havo sent for him, but there was no one here?all wero asleep back in the guard room, and I was bnsy and did not have time; Sergeant Williams said he ought to have sent for tho captain?when there was so much property, the captain ought to bo there to look over it: I then left. By Alderman Swygcrt?Did you find the pin anil cross in the same pocket book that \ou put them back into? We did. Describe that pocket-book. The pocket book was about eight inches long and about four inches wide; I do not retnam ber the color of it; it was a dark one, and the newest-looking one in the lot. Did Lomax have the valise open at any time after tho examination and be? fore Sergeant Williams came? Not to my knowledge. What did Lomax do with the valise while you were there? Ho kopt it on his arm; 1 did not seo him turn it over to Sergeant Williams. Policeman Avery sworn: On Sunday morning, May 2, between 7 and 8 o'clock, I walked into the guard house for the purposo of going on duty; was placed on duty as house-keeper; I received the keys of the guard house from Lomax, and then very shortly after that saw Lomax standing in tho office with the satchel that the jewelry was in; he said to Ser? geant W. that he wanted to go away, and wanted to turn tho things over'into Ser? geant W.'s possession; Sergeant W. said to him that ho had sent for the captain, so he remained standing in the office with the satchel in his hand; Sergeant W. took a seat in the office; after sitting there awhiie, it seemed that they conio to a conclusion between them to com? mence to overhaul ^the things, and hike a list of theui; Lomax drew up to the desk with the satchel; opened it, took out a lot of watches and chains and laid them on the desk; Sergeant W. said we will commence taking the numbers of tho watches; so he picked up a watch, examined it and took the number and commenced setting it down; ho had not examined more than ono or two when Sergeant Blizzard stepped in; as Sor gcant B. stepped in Lomax said, here both of yon sergeants here now; I do not know if he said to both of them to take charge of the things; I think ho did; then Lomax and Sergeants W. and B. all went on with the examination of watches and knives and a ring; about that time I stepped back to the quarters; in a few minutes afterwards, I turned round and saw the captain come in; that is all I know. By Alderman Carroll -Arc you certain that Lomax was there when the captain came in? I am not certain. By Alderman Davis -Did you see any one handle any of the pocket-books? 1 did not see any one have anv of the pocket-books, except Lomax. Did you see him have any open? I did not. By the Mayor?Who was in the cap? tain's otliee when Sergeant W. sent for the captain? Only Lomax. Was Spencer Lee there? No, sir. By Alderman Carroll- Was Sergeant W. at the guard house when you got there? He was. Where was he? In the quarters. Bobert E. Williams sworn?When I was in Charleston, (attending court, )D met up with W. S. Evans; ho askod me if I bad seen Capt. Nixon or Lomax with a diamond pin; I told him I thought I saw a pin in Nixon's shirt bosom; but did not know if it was a diamond pin or not; he, Evans, then described the pin tome; I went down to tho court room and saw Capt. Nixon, and did not soo any pin at all. By the Mayor?Did EvanB soy to you that you could mako money if you found the pin? Ho said there was a reward of $50 if you could find it Did Lomax call upon you in Nowberry last Satur? day? Ho was in Nowberry and asked me what I knew about the pin. Did he ask you if you said Capt Nixon had a diamond pin in Charleston? I said tho samo as I say here; I described a pin as Evans described to me. H. Johnson sworn?On Sunday morn? ing, 2d May, I mot a man, named John Noal, looking for a police, to go and ar? rest a man who had went out of Mr. Jackson's house;'said bo could not find one; told him I would go and 'arrest tho man myself to prevent his getting away; I went on up to Mr. Bryan's house, whero he saw him go into the yard; I went into tho yard, and by that time ono of tho polico, Sam WiUiams, got thero; I i told hi jo ? to gi) on I tho outside and I would go intrido; I t^oh, with 8. Leo and J. Neal, searched Mr. Bryan's yard tho? roughly; I could not find him there, and searched J. J. Patterson's yard; I found no tracks thorp, and went into. a yard between R. B. Elliott's and F. Eagle's; I went np behind u privy and jumped a rejoice and scarohed F. Eagle's yard; I saw that he had not gone out of the yard; I then called Neal nnd Lee, and [told thom ho was in this yard some ; where; I went into the rear of the privy in F. Eagle's yard, and F. Eagle went in 'front; I discovered the man Daniels under tho privy; I Raid, Fred., sen if that is not a man in there; Fred, said yes. here he is, boys: I got on my knees to haul him out, and took hold of him, and he said, let ma go, you damned son of a hitch, or I will throw u lot of this in your face, (.meaning manure;) I then drew my pistol on him, ami he said don't shoot me, and t will come out; I still held to him and dragged him out: he then showed fight, and I called to the others to oomc round, that he was about to fight me; l*eo came to my assistance; I got him round to the front of the yard, and Police Sam. Williams assisted me: he demanded the pistol and the other property on the prisoner; I then turned him over to Police Sain. Williams: I de? manded "Williams' club, and carried Daniels to Mr. Jackson's house; I mea? sured his foot with the truck in Mr. Jackson's yard, and it fit exactly: I then carried him to the guard house, with all the property he had on him; I turned the prisoner over to Lomax: we searched him thoroughly; found nothing on him but one gold ring; Lomax then put him in a cell, and went to work to examim tho contents of the satchel, in presence of myself, Spencer Lee, J. Neal and (5. F. Jackson; wo found in the satchel, 1 think it was, ten watches- four gold and six silver ?one diamond pin, one cross, one carved gold ring, one pistol, eight pocket-knives, eight pocket-books, one broadcloth coat, one box caps, one box balls, a small powder-pouch and three gold dollars, a sleeve, button, one collar button, I think about $:'.N0 in green? backs, and twelve cents in coppers; there were some papers, but 1 do not know what they were; I asked Mr. Jackson to take a list of all these articles, and he did so; alt- r he took the list, I asked him to call them over to me; h<* did so. and they were placed bank into the satchel by Lomax, in presence of my? self, Mr. Jackson, S. Leo and J. Neal: Lomax then insisted on having them taken out and called ovir again: Mr. Jackson did so; they were all put back again by Lomax: he took the cross, ring and pin, and put them into a pocket-book, and this pocket-book was the first thing he put in the bottom of the satchel, and piled everything then into the satchel; Lomax said, What am I to do with these things?there is no one here to lock them npV says I. You keep them and send for some of the officers; he then locked the satchel and hung it on his hand, nnd I staid with him, not inore than five feet from him, until Ser? geant Williams came; S. Lee was also j there up to this time; when the sergeant came, Lomax said, Sergeant, I have a lot of stolen stall'here; the sergeant asked him what it was; he told the sergeant it was a lot of jewelry and one thing and another; he then walked in ahead of Ser? geant Williams into tho captain's office, and I followod the sorgeant; I stood be? tween the sergeant and Lomax, and Lo? max then placed the satchel on the desk; Sergeant Williams seemed as if he was going to take charge, but I did not see him touch it. Alderman Griffin Whereas, the grand jury having found a true bill against Sergeants Blizzard and Williams for breach of trust, in connection with the loss of a diamond pin and cross, he it Jtt.iolveil, That the City Council sus? pend the said officers pending the trial of the case, and that we publish the evi? dence adduced before tho City Comicil when through with the investigation into the loss of said diamond pin and cross. The ayes and noes were demanded. Ayes- Aldermen Cooper, Davis, Griffin, Pugh, Carroll, Carr, Purvis and Swvgert. No Alderman Wells. Council adjourned to meet on Mondav, 21th, at 8 P. M. RICHARD JONES, City Clerk. Corscn. ClIAMIIEIl, Coi.VlOUA, S. C, May 21, 1875. Council met at H o'clock P. M. Pre? sent- His Honor the Mayor, John Alex? ander: Aldermen Cooper, Davis, Wells, Thomas, Pllgh, Carroll. Carr, Simons and Swvgert. Investigation into b>>s of diamond pin and cross, continued. ('. F. Jackson sworn: On Sunday morning. 2d May, about <i o'clock, win n the prisoner was captured by the police officer, there was a crowd of six or seven, altogether, came to my house; when In? got to my house, I made him take off his shoes and compare his track; Sam. Wil? liams saiil to me, Mr. .Jackson, we have a lot of stuff -gold watches, Jfcc ; he opened the bag and showed them to me; 11. Johnson bad the prisoner; I proposed to go to the guard house with him; when we arrived then-, the whole crowd went in; the doors were open; we called for the house-keeper, Lomax; the prisoner was searched and a ring and some pocket handkerchiefs were found on him; after he was searched and locked up, the crowd went into the captain's office; we took out all tho things; Lomax picked up a watch and called out the number; the idea struck mo at the time, and i proposed to Lomax to take the numbers of the watches; Lomax said, I wish you would do so; with that I took out my memorandum hook, and he held up tho numbers to mo to seo that ho was cor? rect; I took down a list of everything that was taken out of tho bag; my idea was, that in looking over the articles, I might recognize something or find out who they belonged to; in a memorandum book, there was two letters?I think addressed to H. Daniels, signed by a lady named ? Daniels; after looking at all these arti? cles, in one of the pookct-books?rathor a largo one?thero was a gold cross, black enamel oentre, and in a pocket a pin, which I said I thought was a dia? mond pin, and a valuable one; when I was looking at this pin, the crowd all gathered round to see;, the pin passed through several hands, as did also most of the articles; in looking in the pocket book which had the pin in it, 1 saw in one compartment tho pin, in another the cross, and in another, I think, some other trifling pieco of jewelry, which I forget; but in taking a record, I found only the Sin and cross; after taking them all own, they were still scattered all over I tho desk; I proposed to Lomax to put ! them back into tho satchel, and to chock them off as they wore put back;, the checking agreed with tho list taken; Lo? max put them in; after that was done, the keys wore brcught and the satchel i kicked up; I asked Lomax if he had a safe or any place to keepthoBO things in; j he uaid no; I asked him what time the chief would bo there; I think he said he expected tho chief to come very soon; Loin ox held the bag in his hand, and I left him and wont to the prisoner; I j n;&cd him his name; he hesitated a little; I finally, ho told me Henry Daniels; 1 naked him if he had been in my upper piazza; he denied being there -said he was only on the lower one: in ti.Iking to him, he soid it wm not all his own; there was another party in with him- a white malt named John Henry Drown, who came on from Augusta with him the night before last, (meaning Friday night,) ami n black man - chunky size?met them at the Pine House; after this, I went to the captain's office, und getting a piece of paper, headed "Uflicc ol Chief of Po? lice," 1 wrote this interview down; I then started out, but returned und wrote on the same paper the names of S- Lee, H. ?Johnson and J. Neal; as I was going, I told them I wonld leave the paper; just before l k-ft, Sergeants Wil? liams and Blizzard arrived; I think they were there when 1 turned back to write the names on the paper; the last I saw of the satchel was in the hands of I I.oiunx in the captain's office alone; the two letters spoken of were found in a memorandum book on Sunday, and on Monday morning, when shown to me, they were in the pocket-book, which had contained the pin and cross, with the paper I hud written on; Sergeant Wil : [lams had arrived a little while before I left; Sergeant Blizzard came into the guard bouse as 1 was going out; there was no ?diain to the pin that 1 remember, or if there was. it must have been very little of it. ('apt. M. F. Nixon sworn: On Sunday morning, l!*l of May. I think about a quarter past 7, the boy Albert came to my bouse and stated that Mr. Jackson was at the guard house and wanted to see me; that his house had been robbed; I got up and dressed, and handed my shoes t<> be blacked ami started to the guard house ; when 1 got there it was ten minutes of H by tie* ?dock; I went into my own office and saw Sergeant Williams sitting at the sergeant's desk; Sergeant lili/zard was hitting to the left of Wil? liams, near the desk, and Policeman Simon Williams was leaning at the door leading into the yard: the boy Albert was leaning against the window sill by Sergeant Blizzard, and Policeman Abney was standing in the entry near my office door: when I went up to the sergeant's desk f saw a great many articles?pocket books, watches, pistol, Ac.: I picked up two gold watches and carried them over to my desk, opened the drawer and took out a quire of legal cap paper; I then told Sergeant Williams to bring the tilings over to me; I then took down the numbers of the two gold watches that I had, and they brought the rest over; there were four gold watches and sis silver; I think the next I took down were the chains; I think Sergeant Bliz? zard brought over a chased gold ring and laid it on the desk. I put it down on the list, also, a gold collar button and a sleeve button; Serjeant Williams then handed me a pistil, and stated to mo that the nuinbei was 5,')32; I took the pistol and examined it to find the num? ber for myself, and Sergernt Blizzard re? marked that I would find it under the ram-rod; I removed the ram-rod and found the ?umher; there wore other things, but I do not remember in what order I put them down; Sergeant Wil? liams brougU over some greenbacks and counted then over twice; he afterwards brought overxhree one-dollar gold pieces which I fonnl had been worn for studs; he then brought over twelve coppers and asked me whit he should do with them; I will not be icrtain, there were two cap boxes laying on tho desk, whether 1 told him to put them in the cap box or to lay them down; Sergeant Blttzard then handod me a largo poclet-book, open; I took it and the first fliing I saw there were some papers in the lower pocket; I took the papers out; tie first one I opened was a half shert pa>cr, with tho guard house heading on it; I was surprised to find that papor thjre, until Sergeant Williams fold me that ilr. Jwekson had left a note ' for me ; whenl read it, 1 found it was a ! statement nlont Henry Daniels, and I where he cane from; under that was u statement tint John Neal was the first I man who hadseen Daniels on the piazza; j another pape* was a receipt for a pair of shoes, S1.7o;the other was for a clock; I I then commenced to pile the things up, I und Sergeant Williams brought over a satchel and hid me that the satchel be? longed to tin lot; I put them into the satchel and sorted to go, and Sergeant Williams brought me a bunch of keys and told me hat tho brass key belonged to the sutchc'; before leaving, I took one u( the watchS and made the remark, I will wear thi, to-day, anvhow; I put it in my pocket Sergeant Blizzard asked me to allow bin to wero one of them; I told him he could and to be careful and not let any one sie the number of it; I then handed tho loy Albert the satchel, and we left the guard house together; tho I satchel was licked and I had tho keys in my pocket; vo went homo to my house; I took the b.tchol from tho boy ot my door; took itup-stairs and locked it up in my wardrbo; I had breakfast and af terw?rds satm tho front piazza; saw Al? derman Davs on tho other side the street, and 1 think some one spoko to him at the orner; us soon as he was alone, I wentovor to him nnd told him about the rolbery and showed him the watch I har on; whilst talking with Mr. Davis, Dlioemon Golden came up and said he bought he had the other rarty who ws implicated with Daniels; loft Mr. Dais, went over to the ho use to change my;hoes; from thero we went down to tin. Greenville and Columbia Rail road Dept; was there about a half or three-quarter of an hour; Poliooman Golden said he two mon were up tho road; I arrowed the two and carried them to the fiord house, and stripped and searchodthom, and aftor examina lion and senrlng for Mr. Whitney, found they were nofimplicated with Daniels; I j released thenjand went home. Philip Pfarja Gorman, living on what , is known as Stunkcr road, several miles | from St. Loui Missouri, was murdered i Tuesday nigl by an unknown negro, 1 and his (Pfarr) wife outraged. . Intense j excitement pr< ails, and twenty mounted police have b in soouring the woods in sesroh of the l urdorer. Cxrr Matthe?.?If von are asked to lend your Phcxkis. ?rggeit to the would - bo borrower that be had better subscribe. A busy foil is predicted. Hope the prophets will hot be disappointed. A rough estimate? guessing you can knock a man down. Cnol nnd pleasant, yesterday morning, but hot and uncomfortable, later in the day. Mr. C. O. Trumbo, of the clothing house of Browning A Co., New York, is circulating around the State on a plea? sure trip. Who has lost a cow? An apparently tine-looking animal fell into an unpro? tected well on Arsenal Hill, yesterday, and was killed. Pollock House Pat. furnishes green turtle soup to his patrons to-duy; and I being desirous of pleasing the home folks, will supply families with tho de? lightful compound, at fifty cents a quart. The new Southern Life Insursncc building was still further ornamented, yesterday, by one of the largest and moat showy-looking signs which can bo pro? cured -large, raised, gilt letters. Messrs. Haigood A Treutlen are the agents for tho Southern Life, as ulso tho Royal Ca? nadian Fire Insurance Coinpony?a card relative to which is published in another column. Sheriff Bowen, of Charleston, declined to hang the prisoners, Bunch and Har? den, yesterday, on the ground that tho reprieve granted by Lieutcnnnt-Governor Gleaves was illegal. He obeyed the ordor in the first instance, but declined in tho second. He contends that they should be re-sentenced. So the murderers will be tantalized by another delay. The old idea that a condemned prisoner escaped the gallows, if the day passed without his being executed, has exploded?the decisions of the courts being that he can bo re-sentenced. A sturdy German, Mr. Augustus Moltke, until recently a resident of Lou don, Ontario, and a member of the Lu? theran Church in that city, bearing let? ters of recommendation from his pastor and from Dr. Bratton, late of York vi lie, S. 0., passed through this city with his family yesterday. His destination wan Yorkville, where he proposes permanent? ly to locate. Two fine looking young Germans?Eugene Maurer and George. Cornell?the one hailing from Stuttgart, Wurtcmborg, and the other from Yoll gach, Bavaria, both tradesmen, passed through here yesterday. In Season.?Our neighbor, Mrs. Hoff? man, is au fait in everything pertaining to fruits, vegetables, etc. Just now her establishment appears to be filled with good things, but otheo* are constantly coming in. There are red-ripe and juicy pine-upples; delicately-flavored bananas; thin-skinned Mesina oranges; lemons sharp cnongh to mako a pig squeal; sober-looking russet apples; strawberries of unusual sizo; crisp beans; hard-head cabbage; pinkest of tomatoes; besides a variety of French candies, etc. Miss Josie Smith and Mr. Hoffman will show you every attention. The Phoenix i is indebted to them for courtesies. [ List of New Aovektibements. R. Swaffield?For Sale or Rent. P. Cantwell?F. M. Beef. Meeting Typographical Union. Royal Canadian Insurance Company. Ditson A Co.?Bound Music. V Hotel Arrivai?, May 28.?Columbia IJotet?F. W. Whitney, Paterson, N. J.; .T. H. Walker, Va.; T.* Cook, Vermont: R. Mayo, Jr., Va.; Miss M. Harvey, Sumter: P. G. Bowman, Jr., Texas; T. D. Gillea pie, S. C.; H. P. Goodwin, Greenville; W. J. McDowell, S. A U. R. R. Munnion Jlouxe?Henry A. Meetze, A. II. Caughman, Lexington; A. F. Rutf, Ridgewuy: W. D. Stacks, Richlnnd; D. M. Donald, Camden; J. K. Hunter. W. 0. Hunter, Lancaster; G. T. Reid, S. C.; L. C. DeSaussure, J. M. Muller, city; J. S. Bowers, Newberry. A Wholesome Stimulant, that is Ab? solutely Pobe.? Physicians throughout the world agree as to the necessity for diffusive stimulants in medical practice, but complain, and with good reason, of the impossibility of obtaining them pure. The difficulty here presented would be a serious one indeed, if the clrss of agents was limited to the adulterated liquors and wines of trade. It vanishes, how? ever, when the absolute purity and ex? traordinary restorativo . properties of Hostetter's Bitters are taken into con? sideration. As a stimulant the article is absolutely free from everything objec? tionable; but this is only one of its re? commendations. If it \ wero nothing more than an excitant its effects would be fleeting. It might refresh and revive the system for a few minutes, but could produce no permanent benefit. The stimulating elomcnta of tho Bitters is a means, not an end. The tonic, anti bilious, dopurative and aperient vegeta? ble juices oombinod in tho preparation are the agenta that impart vigor and regularity to the weakened and disor? dered organization, the spirituous princi? ple being ohiefly useful in diffusing their influence through the system and other? wise facilitating their operation. Alco? hol, even in its purest form,.is not so muoh a medioine as a motive power, by whioh the specifics of the vegetable kingdom may be brought to bear upon the debilitatod and disordered organs that require renovating and regulating; and it is in this way that the pure es? sence of ryo incorporated in HoBtetter's Bitters increases the efficiency of the purely medical ingredients. M28f3tl Don't try and hold a cat up by the tail. A Maine paper says: "Eben Smith, of Bridgton, who was bitten by a cat seve? ral months since, and has since, been suffering extremely, cannot live long."