The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, June 01, 1875, Image 2
T^es?-ay Morning, Jn^ 1?
'Ikdjah* xkd Wssnonr Fbauds. -r-Whe
tih?t of the Sionx chiefs to Washington
ia?d their plain talk about official .lying
mj cheating have been the subject fof
?auch comment, almost as much as the
?fate developments concerning the whis
ikey frauds. The disappointment of the
Indians soon after their arrival, Uptin
3?eiag referred to the Secretary of the
Jntetidr and the Commissioner of Indian
SSMhy*1ttBteaTl*,?Tv being permitted to
*4 once a.*big Ulk" with the Presi*
dfc&ti intenstued weir chagrin, and no
rdjtnht mucky -j*es said in the Indian
NnSte] woiSlv literally translated, was
txvry Ugly.? ? They were permitted, how
over, to visit ilhe President Thursday.1
. aid ^ear a, ^hfg talk" from .him, without
enjoying the privilege of discoursing in
tmplyiytelSpdaefl TuU took occasion to
he.p_ubU**iPd statements to the
khe had stigmatized the Secro
'of the Interior and the Commis
of fodls"? Affairs as liars were
iventions. .The President in his re
ra^$4g$ed,f$ejn. that'.under the
treaty of 1668 they were to be furnished
with ceothinsytorth^j; years and prOvi
?ou- fcW five, so- that for tho I past two
7?ss*tfeej?ro*n*rfon* ajsppl*^ them have
Been a gratuity. He'also Boid that the
TCVUBftry shey -now occupied was innde
?juato for their Support, but that there'
was -a, .territory South of them where |
5^s:ssnd pasturage were more abund
and they might also enjoy the ad
wantage of having teachers in the arts of
civilization- . He would not ask them to
.lure their present homes without their
cots en t, but as it will become necessary
.tcr^hite people to go from one place to
Stfrer, whether occupied by Indians
? sr not, the same as .they, go from one
> ^StateWejtc&er, and as the Black Hills
?ossintry is at preseiU in the line of
v^eeulative emigration, and there .are
?.beut 200 white1'fH^opie In tue country to
??oo Indian, perhaps it would be better
Bar the ?Jndiuli le.'refieat gravely upon
'* bhe suggestion. They will reflect, of
course But there is one great prejudice
?o be conquered among tho Indians be
Yore-thoy can either, be safely bought out
?sr ruthlessly turned out of their homes.
Xhoy ^fie^sv? that tho agents of the Go
^<rcijithWt are great mscals, that they have
S?en cheating them from the beginning
esf aft treaties, and there is no security
.igainst them. That there is a good
.ftaundation of reason under this oom
jf3tuMA is admitted by leading Admistra
/Hirjh journals, though, of course, Indian
dScauds are not peculiar to any Adminis
.'festlsa. The Newark (N. J.) Advertiser,
. -1st -example, suggests an analogy by
? srldeh we may discern what is almost too
jlain tc be worth reasoning about The
? KgeuAsiof she Government, it says, who
. i?.vo been.) nj^Btrejyift, ths>-enormous
whiskey frftutlB in the West were ostensi
Wj unde^ c^opp-^ Bnryeillsnoe by the In -
"lifemaJ-?^eepue Beportment, but when
i&rwas notified, by an outside agent, of |
'Jsoir thefts, it was as unable to arrestL
rHyo.m an it bad been slow to discover
ttheir frauds.- It is hardly necessary to
?bow a fortiori how much more oppor
. 'Sanity is- afforded to those notoriously
-.Sshonest 'men, .'the average Indian
agents, hundreds of miles away on the
pliuon, out bf reach of the telegraph and
?smparntively free from dectection, to
aheisa their trusts at the expense of the
i^gworaat Indians.' Promises made in
TOcshington are passed to their hands
fSsr performance, and the suspicion is
That they do not keep faith to the utter
vwmsi farthing. The New York Times re
ot tints at length the wrongs and out
cngea which have been inflicted upon
flhe Indians?--the slaughters and massa
?xres?the violation of treaties nnd of re
??rvutio'n "guarantees," the debauching
*f women and murder of children, the
-breaking of bargains, the stealing of
aK4M.ey which ijhus 'Qovemmsnt has sent
***> them, the' invariable cheating of them
whenever they offer to trade, and perti
jaently adds: - 1
''There was a very largo class of per
*??ib whs believed, and who still be
Jiewe* that the sufferings which fell upon
.the South between 1801 and 1865, were a
-tort of special punishment for tho cruel
- Jtiea which they hadlnflictea on the ne.
They saw the hand of 'an avenging
Providence at woaU' It would be intev
anMUng. h> know whether the persons who
VjSM this view, imagine that Providence
? emly 'avengea' cruelty and injustice when
tthspstfe ooramitted by the Southern peo
plo, end that Peovidenoe will never pre
vnrae to interfere against ourselves.
Th^M can be no doubt thai the Indians
?ate been the objects of quite as much
JJ-Sreatweat aa ever the negroes were,
ydat^ish tttuare inevitably followed
?y retribution?as many events in the
?**?7 the wwid seem to ptOrS?why
?hoaiflwa ss^ mowi than others? The
'^a*i??'t* ?P?*?* interposition
^eotehje would U? wsH; to think over1 thd
The OQStpSslMm df the Tisie? rests, ot\
vrs^Uy wa? er*?, pvactioed. .ttowaSd* *v
mottoes in ?e'Sooth as upon- thVrln-'
, vl?^nt'^t^J.^t >ls,w^!
-*ss?y,w '4? fij^ Jo|? do, ^o. dismiss (
-sve^oMow by the stereotyped p^eHlity
of calling the Indian ?'Lo,'' add' teconfi
ending' his1 immediate suppression1/
,^r?echerous> thlerrhsh- and degraded. Is
*?$]? ' ? ? !! itt ?;
LO ..K
i it ^ ? iii i i I ?? ?- .ijA. tu uA L
OT DBRMuXaJiB| cicu TT we
did not know they had been in contact
with depraved whites. Whatever their,
chattetet-, ? they are entitled to -fcomset.
treatment. If they are to be-nl lowe d oex
toini) privileges and '.reservstionSi their
rigMts should he respected with as. muoh
sacredness us thoss of any other people. \
The sentimental element of the Indian
question has nothing to do with the.
matter, but if it is poesibb: to reform the |
Mgenoy system, and to give the Indians I
I the benefits guaranteed to them by so
' lemn agreement, it ought to be done.
?Then let a true civilization grow up j
round about them, and they themselves
will become civilized and peaceful.
The war between Princeton and Rut?
gers Colleges, in New Jersey, is a very
puerile and undignified affair, the Presi- [
dents and Professors oven being mixed
up with it. The Rutgers students, it
will be remembered, went to Princeton
and dug a cannon, belonging to that
college, on* of the ground, and carried
it to New Brunswick. A few nights ago
the Princeton students retaliated by
stealing a lot of muskets from the armory
of B?rgers College. The only way to |
put a stop to these disgraceful proceed?
ings is to arrest every student engaged
in the raids for thoft or burglary. It
may be called college fun, but it has aj
strong clement of rascality in it.
The foreign news lately seems to have j
been peculiarly sensational and unrelia?
ble. The stories about Belgium and its
perils have been numerous and contra?
dictory. Mr. Disraeli, lately reported as
"quite broken down," still lives. And I
pow the New York Times contradicts
another doleful ditty, which was con?
cocted a few days ago, setting forth that
the "Marlborough family'* whs utterly
ruined, and some persons seemed to
take all the more pleasure in hearing
this from the fact that a young American
lady had become connected with that
family by ties of marriage. There was
no. foundation for the last mentioned
rumor, but what of that? It did just as
well for sensational articles and dinner
table gossip as if it had been true.
? ? ? ?
May has been a month of horrors as
! well as a month of flowers. The wreck
of the Schiller on the English coast takes
the lead in the chapter of disasters; other
murine disasters of less extent are re?
corded ; the great tires in Pennsplvania
add a painful interest to the story of
suffering and distress; the Boston ex?
plosion and the Holyokc disaster enrich j
it with horror, and now as the month
olOses the cable tells a talc of earthquakes
in the East, involving the destruction of
600 houses and the loss of at least 1C1
I ivts.
In a late number of La Estreita Soil
taria, a Cuban paper published at Cama
gsey, appeared an address to General
Valmaseda, which is a most terribly mi?
nute, indictment of that official. It
bristles all over with horrors, and lays
all these horrors to the charge of the |
j Captain-General of Cuba, the chosen j
representative of Spanish civilization in
this quarter of the world. Tho murder
j of the boy students at Havana by Val?
maseda'is White-winged when comparod
with other offences declared to have been
perpetrated by him in his military capa?
city. 302 cases of butchery, some of
them attended with most revolting facts,
are distinctly traced to General Valma?
seda, the names of the prominent vic?
tim*, given, and the places where the
saoriftc.ofc occurred pointed out, so that
tbjnwcatf be no mistake. The murder
of seventeen persons connected with the
family of Colonel Cintra, the Cuban pa?
triot, is one instance. This, it is said,
was done by order of Valmaseda him?
self, and the men, women and ohildren
were cut down and backed to pieces by
the machete. Annthc r case is that ol
ninety-eight persons, who surrendered
under the protection of a proclamation
from Valmaseda, and were shot by
his orders. Tho butohery of thirty I
j women and children in the mountains
of Jiguuni is set forth, and also the
shooting of forty women at Canto del
Paso, among them some of the first ladies
of the place. In' some instances these
executions werajtecoinponied with other
offences of such a nature us to make
death welcome to the heart-broken
wives, mothers and daughters. This is
a mere idea of the indictment tiled
against General Valmaseda, and sup?
ported und sustained by facts, dates und
corroborative circumstances. They show
the character of the man, and put the
chanoes of his subduing :theCuban
people totally beyond the pale of possi
>ilisy. They will never yield to such a
man, for yielding means outrage and
murder for themselves and families.
General Vauuaseda reapeota no promises.
Even Us word as a soldier Is hot sacred.
He pardons with the pen and kills with
the rifle or the machete. King Alfonso
made a mistake in putting such a man
in Cuba as his representative,' for he can
neither settle the matter nor put down
the revolution by military means. The
civilized world will measure the cause of
Spain* In. Cdba by tile .Aeant ised to
sustain it, and seen acts &s*thAse ordered
and committed ip Cuba by ths>Spanish
CepteiJKBBel will not W16oleW$8b
with favor by any Christian nation on
the face of the earth.
1 The En?perors of Russia, Austria and
. Prussia are to meet in conference shortlv
1 sit Bass, the tittle watering-place in
?KeysNassau, As the Emperors ore]
Europe, * few baths in the mineral!
wate?, whioh are said to be very benefi
itelitOT 0nronio nervonH e^plafhte, may
Wmia^^^nesia,^bad the conference j
- Dt^WT^^TreMdent Grant Says he
doesn't want a third tern), and has ad
dressed the following letter to the Presi?
dent of the Pennsylvania Republican
Gen vent ion:
Executive Maksiok,
Washington, D. C, May 2V, ,
Dzar. Sib: A short time subsequent to
tho Presidential election of 1878, the
press, a portion of it hostile to the Re?
publican party, and particularly so to
the Administration, started the err of
Cnosarism und the third term, calling
lustily for me to define my position on
the lutter subject I believed it to be
beneath the dignity of the office, which
I have been twice called upon to fill, to
answer such a question bet?re the sub?
ject should be presented by competent
authority to make a nomination, or by a
body of* such dignity and authority as
not * to make a reply a fair subject of
ridicule. In fact, I have been surprised
that so many sensible persons in the
Republican party should permit their
enemy to force upon them and their
party an issue which cannot add strength
to the party, no matter how met. But
a body of the dignity and party author?
ity of a convention to make nominations
for the State officers of the second State
in the Union having considered this
question, I deem it not improper that I
should now speak. In the first place, 1
never sought the office for a second nor
even for a first nomination To the first
I was called from a life position, one
created by Congress expressly for me,
for supposod services rendered to the
republic. The position vacated I liked.
It would have been most agreeable to me
to have retained it until such time as
Congress might have consented to my
retirement, with the rank and a portion
of the emoluments which I so much
needed, to a home where the balance of
my days might be spent in peace and the
enjoyment of domestic quiet, relieved
from the cares which have oppressed me
so constantly now for fourteen years.
But I was made to believe that the public
good called me to make the sacrifice.
Without seeking tho office for the second
term, tho nomination was tendered to
me by u unanimous vote of the delegates
of all the States and Territories selected
by the Republicans of each to represent
their whole number for the purpose of
making their nomination. I cannot say
that I was not pleased at this, end at the
overwhelming endorsement which their
action received at the election following;
but it must be remembered that all the
sacrifices, except that of comfort, had
been made in accepting the first term.
Then, too, such a fire of personal abuse
and slander bad been kept up for four
years, notwithstanding the conscientious
performance of my duties to the best of
my understanding, though I admit in
the light of subsequent events many
times subject to fair criticism, that un
endorsement from the people, who alone
govern republics, was a gratification that
it is only unman to have appreciated and
enjoyed.
Now for the third term. I do not want
it any more than I did the first I would
not write or utter a word to change the
will of the people in expressing and hav?
ing their choice. The question of the
number of terms allowed to any one Ex?
ecutive, can only come up fairly in the
shape of a proposition to amend the
Constitution?a shape in which all poli?
tical parties can participate, fixing the
length of time or the number of terms
for which any one person shall be eligi?
ble for the office of President. Until
such an amendment is adopted, the
people cannot be restricted in their
choice by resolution, further than they
are now restricted as to age, nativity, Ac.
It may happen, in the future history of
the country, that to change on Executive
because he has been eight years in office,
will prove unfortunate, if not disastrous.
The idea that any man could eleot him?
self President, or even nominate him?
self, is preposterous. It is a reflection
upon the intelligence and patriotism of
the people to suppose such a thing pos?
sible. Any man can destroy bis chances
for the office, but no one can force an
election, or even nomination. To reca?
pitulate. I am not, nor have I ever been,
a candidate for a re-nomination. I
would not accept a nomination, if it were
tendered, unless it should come under
such circumstances as to make it an im?
perative duty -circumstances not likely
to nris". I congratulate the convention
over which you preside for the harmony
with which its ticket has been put in the
field, and which, I hope, may be tri?
umphantly elected. With great respect,
your obedient servant,
U. S. GRANT.
To C/i.n::k.u, Harry WnrrE, President
Pennsylvania Republican State Conven?
tion.
Dr. Schliemann, the distinguished
archtcologist, discovered, several years
ago. what he believes to be the ruins of
ancient Troy, and exhumed from them
a valuable callection of antiquities.
Fropor investigations have been much
hindernd by interference from the Turk?
ish Government, which claimed the
ownership of the relics, and legal pro
ceedinga wera commenced. A recent
j letter from Dr. 8. to a friend in this
country conveys the gratifying intelli
eence that the* suit has been amicably
sottled, the Turkish Government accept?
ing 60,000 francs, and renouncing all
claims to the collection. During the
ErogreBS of the case, the collection has
een hidden to prevent its seizure and
Sossible confiscation. A number of the
octor's employees, Greek laborers, wera
cognizant of the place of concealment,
but none of thorn betrayed the secret,
although their treachery would have
been liberally rewarded. Since the set?
tlement of the suit the treasures have
been removed to the doctor's bouse.
What disposition he will make of them
hss not yet been decided, but the great
nations of the-world will probably com
pete for their possession.- ' ?
! i Jones gave a lawyer a - bill to be col?
lected to the amount of ?30.? - Calling for
it after awhile, he inquired if it bad
been collected. "Oh, yes," said the law?
yer, "I have it all for you." "What
charge for collecting?" "Oh," said the
lawyer, laughing. "I'm not going to
charge j/eu?whyTXnave,known you ever
since you were a baby, .and your father
before you; $90 will be about right,"
handing over $10. "Well," said Jones,
as he meditated upon the transaction,
"It's danied lucky ne didn't know my
grand-father, or I shouldn't, have got
|nytbing!" . '.. 1 ? >. . - ? ??.
i . 'ti * it.
?'?"t^'ltoffa*? If yon are asked* to
lend your Pbcutzu. -. e*t to tho would
be borrower tb*t he had better subscribe.
' The 'jrinoering heiress?the wind-lass. 1
. It was hot, hotter, hottentotter, Sun?
day and yesterday.
What holds all the snuff in the word?
No one nose.
Tho finder of a gold ring with a uumoo
head will be suitably rewarded by re?
turning it to Phosnix office.
The acre strawberry patch attached to
the Convention, near this city, yielded
nearly 0,000 quarts. The crop bus played
out, however.
Old typo metal, suitable for many pur?
poses about mills, can be obtained at
Phoenix office at 25 cents a pound, or 20
cents by the 100 pounds.
Policeman Win. Stowers is dissatisfied
with the diamond matter, and requests
us to say that he has resigned from the.
police force.
Choap calicoes are advertised by
Messrs. Jones, Davis A Rouknights.
They mean what they say. See adver?
tisement.
If it is important for you to know
whether a man will ?hcat, sound him as
to his willingness to help you cheat
somebody else.
The Barnwell Sentinel says thai Leslie
has been paid off, and has gon? glimmer?
ing since the warrant of arrest was issued
against him.
Owing to the dull times and scarcity of
work, the Charlotte, Columbia and Au?
gusta Railroad officials have been com?
pelled to discharge a number of their
employees.
The flower thieves are at work again,
and those of our citizens who have fine I
plants should beware of leaving them on
their front piazzas, unless they have ?
their gates locked.
Robert Irons, familiarly known as I
"Gas House Bob," a hard-working co?
lored man, was buried Sunday after?
noon?the Rides and Vigilant Fire Com?
panies, of which he was a member, at?
tending the funeral.
The well known watering-place, Che?
rokee Springs, will be open for tho re?
ception of guests on the 15th inst. The
water is alterative and tonic, the climate
dry and bracing. Those who have here?
tofore visited, will return.
The roof of the dwelling of Mr. tM.
Martin, on Winn street, waa slightly da?
maged by tire on Sunday morning. The
bell at the railroad work-shops was rung,
but before a general alarm was sounded,
the flames were extinguished.
Mr. N. W. Trump has furnished us
with copies of the Delineator and Metro
?prAitan?illustrated fashion monthlies,
published by E. Butterick A Co., the
pattern manufacturers. He is the agent
for tho patterns and the publications.
It is understood that Attorney-General
Melton has Messrs. Woodruff and Jones,
the Clerks of the Senate and House re?
spectively, on his "black list," and will
soon "put down tho legal brakes" very
sharply. The exact nature of the charges
is not generally known, but is under?
stood to be in connection with the legis?
lative and other printing.
Receiving this day and for sa'.e at
lowest market rates, by C. J. Laurey,
opposite Phcxnix office, twenty barrels
golden russet apples, twenty-four boxo?
Messina oranges and lemons, ten tubs
leaf lard, ten tubs Goshen butter, five
casks choice sugar-cured hams, and ten
thousand pounds salt and smoked sides.
Mr. Jackson has another novelty in
the way of fans -"the pistol." A young
lady can now deck herself a la mllltaire?
filt hat, soldier's jacket, leather belt,
sword parasol and pistol fan. Perhaps
there are other goods in tins line which
we have not enumerated; if so, Mr. J.
has them, yon bet.
The children attached to St. Peter's
(Catholic) Church, accompanied by their
touchers and a number of friends, pic?
nic at the Schnctzen-platz to-day; and
one and all anticipate a pleasant time.
Several private parties inaugurate the
fir-d summer month, by spending the
day in the woods. Verily, Columbians
are partial to pic-nics.
The question, "Who got that diamond
pin?" is about as hard to onswor, as was
Bret Harte'a query, ,4Who got that whis?
key skin?" The subject is being very
generally discussed, and the city autho?
rities should continue their investigetions
into the intricate matter?press it home?
and if the thief can be discovered, let
the law take its course Tho valuo of the
appropriated articles is not the principle
involved?a niokel or 9500, makes but
little difference. "Who shall guard the
guards?"_?
There ate' some merchants who affect
to believe that the immense business
done by A. T. Stewart & Co., of New
York, is mainly attributable to the supe?
rior advantages enjoyed by the firm, and
not to .any particular sagacity. How
widely they miss the mark, a recital of
one fact will evidence. The amount of
money expended for advertising by A.
T. Stewart A Co., during last year, was
(800,000. Here is one of the principal
secrets of their prosperity. They know
the value of printer's ink, and are not
backward in taking advantage of their
knowledge. Such advantages might be
enjoyed by every Arm in the country.
'A- T. Stewart A Co. have not a monoply
of the privilege of advertising.
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Taz SrABTAinnmo and Abbeville Raij>
boad.?The following despatch, dated
Spartanburg, May 31, was received last
night from See ret axy A. C. Kaufman. It
is pleasing intelligence tor oejr citizens,
as we earnestly believe that the comple?
tion of this important railroad will be of
immense advantage to Columbia:
"Spartanburg County has to-day re?
deemed the pledge matte on the loth of
September, to subscribe $100,000 to the
Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad.
This vote enables us to obtain $150,000
of County bonds subscribed by Union
conditionallv," and is, therefore, equiva?
lent to $250,000 to the company. The
Claytons say now that the road wili never
stop until it reaches Ashevillc, and they
are ready to break ground in the moun?
tains at once. Everybody here iB in high
glee over the good news. Three times
three cheers for old Spurtanburg!"
We re-echo the cheers, und append ?
"tiger!"
>BA Capital Asbanucxent.? Our young
lawyer fellow-citizen, C. F. Janney, Esq.,
is entitled to the credit of an arrange?
ment which, if consummated, will prove
of immense ad vantage. He has recently
connected himself with the Independent
Stoum Fire Engine Company, and after
rseveral "runs with the machine," very
sensibly cumc to the conclusion that
horse power was the proper means of
locomotion for these cumbrous but very
useful lire extinguishers. After consul?
tation with some older heads, it was de?
termined to make the attempt, through
the medium of contributing members,
and, we are pleased to learn, it has been
very successful. It is understood that
Mr. Owen Daly will furnish the animals,
from his stables directly opposite the
Independent's house, at a very reasona?
ble rate. We congratulate our citizens
on this important improvement of und
addition to the tire department.
The Beaufort Delegation in the
Next LEaiaLATr re.---There will be a ma?
terial change in the delegation from
Beaufort County at the next session.
Senator Smalls has been elected a mem?
ber of Congress, Representatives N. B.
Myers and Sammy (Irecn resigned their
positions, to run for the vacant Senator
ship. The official return of the mana?
gers was received by the Commissioners
of Election, yesterday, and is as follows:
Senator?S. Green; Representatives?W.
J. Whipper and -Simons. It is un?
derstood that ex-Representative Myers
will be appointed County Treasurer of
Beaufort. Representative Whipper has
made several attempts to reach a higher
position?Congressional Representative,
State Senator and a Judgeship?but
failed in all, and now comos back to his
old stamping ground, the House of Rep?
resentatives. Congressman Smalls may
find himself in an awkward position; if,,
by any means, the charges preferred
against bim are proven, thereis no doubt
but that be will lose bis Representative
head?for the big guns at Washington
don't seem to take kindly towards the
colored brother.
m ? m
The BAr.nwell-BuvcKvn.le Case.?
This case is up again. The last time
the vote was twenty-six in favor of Barn
well, and the Biaokville party, protested
before. the Board of State Canvassers, j
That board refused to take jurisdiction,
and it went before the Supreme Court.
That court sent it back to the board, or?
dering the board to take jurisdiction and
decide the election. The time had passed
and it went over. The establishment of
the Court House at Blackville was Leslie's
pet hobby, and when he was elected to
the Legislature last session, be had a
bill passed, ordering a new ' elec?
tion. The election was held on the 12th
of last mouth, and the managers' return,
it is said, reported a majority of 1,037 in
favor of Blackville; but before the Com?
missioners could declare tho election at
Barnwell, where they met, the ballot
boxes wore broken and the ballots de?
stroyed. On this state of facts it came
up before the Board of State Canvassers.
The board consists of Attorney-General
S. W. MeltOtt, Comptroller-General T.
C. Dunn, Treasurer F. L. Cardozo,
Secretary of State H. E. Hayne, Adju?
tant-General H. W. Purvis and Repre?
sentative Hirsch, Chairman House Com?
mittee of Privileges and Elections. The
Attorney-General holds that the board
has nothing to do with it, although the
Supreme Court seems to have decided
otherwise. He does not attend. Messrs.
Hirsch and Cardozo were absent, and
there being no quorum present, the
board adjourned over till to-day, at 12
M. In the Bowen case, the board de?
cided that it had a right to go into the
facts of the case, and if it takes jurisdic?
tion under the Supreme Court deoiaion,
it can only get at the facts by summon?
ing the managers of all the precincts and
put them on their oath. It is an inter?
esting case and will serve as a precedent.
Mr. Aid rich, representing BarnweU, end
Mr. Bellinger, Blackville, are in attend?
ance on the board. Blackville is a ris?
ing railroad town. Barnwell on the cen?
tennial order. It is rumored that there
I is a bail writ out for Leslie, for some
i $400,000, for Land Commission money;
j Mr. Aldrich representing the Attorney
General. Leslie is said to be in New
! York.
I -??*-, ? r
! Every young girl aow^ar^nyu fp**P*5*8
to get a rich hasband; and, therefore,
rieh men ought to be abundant.
Judoes as well a* Li^ru? will Dnv
lOBEc.?Judge Maokey decided, in a re?
cent ease tried before him at Fairfleldr
tmjt an $nd?d<a?c*|nvicted of grand
lameny ^ nagthferSBy disqualified as ?
witne is ttr a voter 4| this State, and reter
io<js. This matter affects the voting and
tcatifyiug of a great- many persons, and
is of great importance. Judge Carpen?
ter has decided to the contrary. By
the-way, another caae of disagreement
may as well be'rTcor?ert.' A' short ?ime
ago, Judge Muckey was being conveyed
in a carriage from Chester to Lancaster,,
and being overcome by fatigue, ft-11
asleep. The driver, not noticing his
irregular breathing, supposed he was
dead, and turned his horses' heads, to
get back to Chester as rapidly as possible,
at the same time pitching into the
Judge's lunch-basket. Jnst as John was
working energetically ut a chicken-hone,
the judicial functionary awoke, and put
in a demurrer?in other words, rendered
on opposite opinion. The vehicle was
soon being propelled Lancastcrvard
again.
Luit or New Advertisements.?
Jones, Davis A Bouknights?Calicoes.
Independent Steam Fire Company.
J. A. Hendrix A Bro.?Seed Peas.*
King's Mountain Military School.
Biohland Rifle Club.
Carrie Jones?Administratrix's Notice.
Palmetto Steam Fire Engine Company.
John B Black?Cherokee Springs.
Daniel Horlbeck?Petition.
W. K. Greenfield?For Bent.
Hotel Arrivals, May 31.?Columbia
Hold?j; B Leonard, New berry; H. T.
Peate, Greenville; J. M. Seiglor, G. A C.
R. R.; F. S. DeTreville, Orangeburg;
J. H. Hartzog, L. M. Whaley. J. E.
Whalev, H. P. Cooke, Lewisvilfe; J. A.
Dunn,\s. C. Gilbert, S. C,; J. B. Exell,
city; S. P. Hamilton, Chester;-W. H.
Evans, J. E. Thames, Charleston; W. J.
McDowell, S. JkU. 11 R.
Hendrix House?W. 8v Pope, wife and
two children, H. P. Yong, city; W. H.
Reid, E. H. Rodcers, Charleston; J. E.
Hendrix, J. E. Flowart, N. C.; L. Pum
phrey, Md.; H. P. Green, oity.
Alansion House?Rufus Froneberger,
Charleston; Chos. B. Stears, J. B. Stears,
C. Aughtry, F. T. Miller, J. C. B. Smith,
Frank Merony, Dan Fry, ' Frank Ed?
munds, Dr. D. L. Boozer, city.
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Consionkes.?Per South Carolina Bail
road, May 30, 1875.?J. A. Selby. L. C.
Northrop, Government, H. Muller, J.
Alexander, B. F. Griffin, H. Solomon, S.
Sheridan, W. B. Stanley, Jones, Davis &
Bonknight, C. J. Laurey, Soluda Fac?
tory, [L.,1 C. L. Roenig, W. Green, J.
Boltuno, J. A. Hawerton, L. McFherson,
G. Symmers, C. F. Jackson, T. M. Pol
look, A. Palmer, G. A 0. B. R., C. Brook
banks A Co. , Perry A Sbrwson, R. Tozer,
J. A. Hendrix A Bro., D. Epstin, Kings
land A H., W. D. Love A Co., M H.
Berry, W. B, Burke, J. H. Kinard, J. C.
Dial, G. H., C. 8. Leokie, T. Dodamead,
F. D. Koneman, W. J. Duffle.
Mr. Beecher has received many very
marked and beautiful evidences of popu?
lar esteem and affection and faith in him
since the scandal oloud burst over hia
head, but none of them compare with
the tribute whioh was paid him on
Wednesday by thousands of the children
of Brooklyn. It is the annual custom of
the Sunday-school scholars of that city,
when spring has fairly opened and the
flowers are in bloom, to deck themselves
in white, parade through the streets and
spend one day in Prospect Park or in
the woods and fields of the country.
60,000 children participated in this
beautiful holiday on Wednesday. A
large division of them visited Mr.
Beecher, who stood upon the steps oi his
house, and as they passed in review, they
cheered the venerable preacher at tho
top of their tiny voices, and showered
the flowers they had gathered at his feet,
until the place where be stood looked
I like a floral throne.
The meeting of citizens held to make
I arrangements for the decoration of tho
I soldiers' graves in Cincinnati, Covington,
Newport and vicinity, passed resolutions
under which all exionfederate soldiers
were invited to join with the ex-offioers
and soldiers of the Union army in the
ceremonies attending the observance of
decoration day, when "the graves where
rest the remains of both the Union and
the Confederate dead" would be honored
in an appropriate manner. The ex-Con?
federates then, held a meeting, cordially
accepted tho invitation, and expressed
the nope and trust that coming genera?
tions may rejoice in a common nation?
ality, cemented by the blood of the
fallen, ovor whose graves the ex-Confede?
rates will cheerfully join in strewing
flowers.
Total emancipation has at length been
vouchsafed, it would seem, to the re?
maining slaves in the colonies of Portu?
gal, who arajknown as apprentices. By '
an Act of the Cortes, passed in March
last, the system of apprenticeship under
the decree of 1860, is to be abolished one
year after the promulgation of the Act,
and al "persons apprenticed are declared
free. Those freedsteU who may be una?
ble to read or write may be subject,
however, to tutelage by the oivil authori?
ties until the 28th of April, 1878; their
labor is to .he. free, and they will be at
liberty to make their own contracts, sub
Ieet to revision by the proper authority.
Jy this Act, slavery will not exist in any
form within the Portuguese dominions.
Lieutenant Collins and ethers of the
I party engaged in the surrey of the
Inapepi route for a canal across the
Isthmus of Panama have returned to
Washington, having completed their
work after work in the field of exactly
100 day a The snrvev was a very labori?
ous one, the me* having suffered greatly
while wading through the swamps, and
were broken down considerably with
fevers, but in no case did the siekneas
Srove fatal. The distance from the
tratoto Chiri-Chiri Bay by the proposed
route is nearly thirty miles. For twenty
one miles the cutting would be light,
but the balance of the way heavy, with
two tunnels, about five miles long alto