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COLUMBIA.. S. C.
Ti esHy Morning, January ll, 187(M
REDUCTION IN PRICE- CnunfliNO.-Th?
WEEKLY GLEANER contains more reading
matter than any other family paper pub?
lished in the Mouth-thirty-two long
columns, printed in clear type. It is
tilled with original as well as selected
matter-editorials, correspondence, gene?
ral news, marketa, telegrams, interest?
ing stories, sketches, poetry, etc It?
columns are now graced by n highly
entertaining nouvelletle, the production
of a lady of this city, and whioh has
been pronounced by disinterested critics
as equal to the very best of "Marion
Harland's" works. This story is entitled
"Orkney, or the Fortunes of Juliet Clay?
burn-a talo of the Palmetto Stato," and
will run through about twonty numbers
of the "GLEANER." AS we are desirous
of introducing the paper-which is in
every sense a "7?w?e companion"-into
overy family in the State, we have de?
termined to reduce the yearly subscrip?
tion price, as follows-payable, in all
cases, in advance: Single copy 82.75;
ten copies, (to one post office,) $25.00;
twenty copies $45.00; fifty copies $100.
The GLEANER and the ''Rural Caroli?
nian"-the popular agricultural monthly
-will be furnished, for one year, at
four dollars. Address orders to PHONTX
and GLEANER Office, Columbia, S. C.
THE PREVALENCE OF CRIME AT\
THE NORTH.
No ono can read the newspapers of the
day without notioing the unusual preva?
lence of crime in the North. This may
be called the era, there, of murder. Nor
is the South free from acts of violeuce.
But there is this difference: When out?
rages occur at the South, they aro made
the pretexts for new Acts of "reconstruc?
tion," for new invasions of the constitu?
tional rights cf the States. But when
these aots of violenoe are perpetrated at
tho North, they are explained away and
attributed to a prevailing "epidemic"
Tf Congress proposes to regulate "out?
rages," by its enactments, let its inter?
meddling extend North as well as South.
On this subject, the Baltimore .Sun re?
marks, with force:
"Every man of ordinary information
and candor knows that, judged by any
fair standard of comparison, the amount
of crime committed in the South, as a
whole, is not greater than the amount
perpetrated among a corresponding popu?
lation in the North or West; and this,
notwithstanding the disorganizing cons??
quences of an invasion, whioh called a
much larger proportion of the male po?
pulation in the South to the Held than in
the North, and the suddeu emancipation
of millions of colored people, not to
apeak of the anomalous political position
of the Southern States. The greatest
outrages perpetrated in the South have
been in oonnection with the sdmioistra
tion ot justioe by Northern officials in
those latitudes, who have liberated crimi?
nals on some such ground as that the
magistrates who tried them could not
take the test oath. In some parts of the
South, where there has not been even a
justice of the peace, there has been more
freedom from crime than in Boston and
New York. Yet it eeemB to be the policy
of Congress to hold the whole South
responsible for the alleged acts of un?
known criminals. Why should not New
Yorkera be held to account for the mur?
derous assault upon Mr. Pullman, of
that city, not long ago, and for the Ro?
gers murder, perpetrated in broad day?
light, in the most densely populated
part of the city, and which remains to
this day a mystery? Or, why is not
ludianu, where Lynch law is more com?
mon than in any portion of the South,
taken in charge? Shall we judge New
York by the terrible tragedy which has
just occurred in the rural district of
Tarrytown, the 'Sleepy Hollow' of the
State, wheres bucolical monster smashed
the skull of his wife with the stock of a
gun, slaughtered one of his neighbors
outright, and shot and mutilated a third
third beyond the hope of recovery? Or
shall we go to Brooklyn, the so-called
.oity of churches,' where a teacher and
guide of children is disclosed as having a j
paramour, and, instead of 'teaching the
yoong idea to shoot,'shoots the wr ot oh ed
woman and himself? Shall we form our
opinion of the community of Brooklyn
by such o specimen of its inhabitants, or ?
argue from this fact that all school?
masters in New York have concubines
whom they are ready to butcher upon
the slightest provocation? If a pre?
tended regard for law is to furnish ex
onseB for invading the constitutional
rights of the Southern States, whynot of
New York? Every nov and then, we
hear of threats to take even some recon?
structed Southern States in hand, on
?w^unt of 'outrages,' so that those
taken off without InjS? ^>^t-?a
the nation.' There ought, no wovor
be a more rational pretext for the* pro*
cess than the occasional outbreaks of
violent passion common to all sections
and all centuries."
Senator Stewart will introduce a bill,
next week, to abolish the franking privi?
lege, and authorizing the Postmaster
General to contract with the lowest bid?
der for constructing telegraph lines over
the principal mail Youtes and establish a
post telegraph in connection with tho
post office department-the latter to regu?
late charges so that the revenue shall be
equal to the expense of operating tbe
same; the construction in no year to
exceed the charge upon the department
for franking for the fiscal year 1860. A
bill will also be introduced, in the Se?
nate, to modify the neutrality laws so ss
to prevent foreign governments from fit?
ting out vessels, procuring arms, etc, in
this country to be used against insurrec?
tionists seeking to form free govern?
ments.
STATS LBOnfcATUB?.
MONDAY, January 10, 1870.
HOUSE OP 1U5PRESENTATIVES.
The House met at 12 m.^Spealifc
Moeea In the Chair. ?I $
The following bills were reported as ,
being en groked, and were read and
passod: To incorporate certain Fire En- .
gino Companies, Hook nod Ladder Com?
pany and Hose Company, of Beaufort; ,
to incorp?rate the Colombia Oil Com?
pany, j
The report from the Judiciary Oom- j
mittee, on a resolution to inquire into
the conduct of Judge J-M. Rutland,
was laid on the table. The following is ,
the report: Tho Committee beg leave to |
report, that they have considered the l
same, and,, lot the following reasona, te- \
commend that the resolutions be laid on <
the table: i
1. Because the resolution ia mad? too i
indefinite in its cbaraoter, proposing, as
it does; td i nquiro in to tho conduct of J. 1
M. Rutland, generally, and not particn- j
larly into his official condun^
2. It proposes that the^ Committee ?
should inquire and report to the Honae, j
what ohargea exist against the said J. M.
Rutland, Jndge of the Fourth Jndioial ,
Circuit of this State, when in fact, there ,
are none, nor cannot be, till preferred ,
by this House. ,
8. Because the Committee, not being j
empowered to send for persons and pa- (
pers. would, therefore, find themselves
stopped at a very early stage bf their ?
proceedings, or be compelled to proceed (
on mero rumor.
4. Because your Committee are of the
opinion that "to proceed so irregularly :
against a co-ordinate branoh of the Go- ?
vernment, wonld be exceedingly danger- ?
ous and calculated to destroy the inde- ?
pendence and efficiency of the same. (
Yonr Committee would farther submit, ,
that if there are any complaints against
Judge Rutland, or other Judges of this ?
State, they eau ouly be investigated by ,
this House, under a resolution to im- ,
peach or remove.
A resolution that the Attorney-General !
inform the General Assembly whether
the law requiring notice of changing
corporations is required to bo published \
threo months before the session of the ,
Legislature, passed. (
A communication calling attention to ,
the numerous grog-shops throughout the ;
?State, &c, was received as information.
The Judiciary Committee, to whom \
was referred a resolution of the House ?
that the said Committee be instructed to
inquire into and report upon the ques?
tion as to whother there aro any statutes ,
of the State discriminating against per?
sons on account of color, nov in force in
this State, reported that they have had
the same under consideration, and have
arrived at the conclusion that there nra
no such statutes in this State. Received
as information.
The following bills received a second
reading: To license pedlars; to regulate
the appointment of magistrates and to
amend certain Acts conoerning the same;
further to amend the law of landlord and
tenant; to punish conspiracies to prose?
cute an innocent person, and for other
cases; to secure equal civil rights, and to
provide for the enjoyment of all reme?
dies in law by all persons, regardless of
race or color; to abolish i m parlances in
all cases brought to reoover wages or
shares of crops; to lease certain land I
on Edisto Island, and the erection of a
wharf and other structures thereon.
The accounts of Alexander Bowie, |
James A. Porter and J. F. Herrod, were
referred.
Notice was given of bills to abolish the
office of Inspector of Naval Stores in the
oity of Charleston; to incorporate the
Coopers' Trade Union, of Charleston;
to establish a school for convicts in the
Penitentiary; to incorporate the Metro?
politan Police force, of Charleston; to
incorporate the Mining and Manufactur?
ing Company of South Carolina.
Mr. Rivera introduced a bill to incor?
porate the Society of the "Sons and
Daughters of Zion," of Hamburg. Re?
ferred.
Mr. Sasportas introduced a bill to
amend an Act entitled "An Aot to pro?
vide for the appointment of a Land Com?
missioner, and to defino his duties. " Re?
ferred to a special committee of five.
Mr. Doyle offered tho following reso?
lution, which was referred to a commit?
tee ci seven from tho House and three
from the Senate:
Whereas tho building of the Blue
Ridge Railroad has beon a favorite en?
terprise of the people of South Carolina
for tweDty years, and the present Gene?
ral Assembly has sustained it, with an
approximation to unanimity unsurpassed
in the annals of legislation on a subject
involving such grave considerations; and
whereas the management of the affairs
of said road have been snob as to elicit
much inquiry, and to reflect on both the
Legislature and those who manage the
affairs of said enterprise; therefore,
be it
Resolved, by tho House of Representa?
tives, the Senate concurring, That a
committee, to consist cf three members
of the House, and two of the Sonate, bo
appointed, with full power to send for
persons una papers, to investigate every
transaction had since the re-organization
of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company,
with instructions to report the result of
their investigation at, least ten days
before the adjournment of the present
session.
A petition of certaty persons to in?
corporate a turnpike rond through Sas?
safras Gap, was re ferrell.
Petition of J. W. (garvin to erect a
dam at Sknll Shoal, ip Union County,
waa referred. ?T
Joint resolutions weil) adopted, to go
into an election for six Regents of the
Lunatic Asylum on thal:8th, and to elect
an Associate Judge on fie 14th.
Senato bill to incorporate the Policy
OomSBey ^f^fl^^3M?l\noA88urance
lection of l?Uraj|?^E
ment of a pommn*Ww of Contrite in
mUted? tl?ptate, waa rooom
Mr. McIntyre int?dncod a bill to ao
thorizo the Oommftfeaera of CoUeton
and Spartanburg Cftiuties to levy an ad?
ditional tax and for? other purposes;
referred. /
Tue enacting oManste of bills to pro?
hibit the carrying of concealed deadly
weapons by any/person in this State,
other than a State or Auinicipnl officer,
and to abolish tho right to traverse mis?
demeanors and ether offences lens than .
felony, were striken oat.
A bill to a m did an Act entitled "An
Act to empower/Circuit Judges to change
the venue for the trill of criminals,"
was ordered to be enrolled.
SENATE.
The Senate met atl2 M. President
pro tem. Montgomery h the chair.
The accounts of DrsJW. P. Geiger and
H. F. Garey were refend.
The petition of certin merohants and
teeters, praying the abolition of the
office of Inspector of Naval Stores, wai
referred to the Judiciary Oom rn it toe.
The Committee on finance, to whom
was referred a bill to authorise the
County Commissioners of Spartanborg
sud Collo ton Couti ties to levy an addi?
tional .'tax for County purposes, recom?
mended that the bill pass by striking out
"three" and inserting "two aud a half"
mills. Laid over.
Mr. Jil Ison introduced a bill to pro?
hibit the issue of promissory notes, due
bills and scrip, to be used as currency.
Referred.
Notices were given of bills to amend
%xx Aot entitled "Au Act to incorporate
the Charleston Board of Trade;" to abo?
lish the office of Inspector of Naval
Stores in Charleston ; to incorporate the
Coopers'Union of Charleston; joint re?
solution to petition the Congress of tho
Quited States to grant aid to enable the
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad Com
Sany to extend its road to tho Pacific
cean.
A bili to incorporate tho Georgetown
Railroad Company, was recommitted to
tho Committee on Railroads.
A bill to grant certain persons therein
named, the exolusive right to dig and
mine in tho beds of tho uavigable
streams und waters of the State for
phosphate rocks and phosphalic depo?
sits, after much discussiou, was referred
to the Committee on Incorporations.
The Committee on Engrossed Acts re?
ported as being duly and correctly on
grossed, the following bills: To incor?
porate Union Fire Engine Company No.
I, aud Hook and Ladder Company No.
1, of Beaufort; to incorporate the First
Freedmen's Baptist Church, of Ander?
son Court House; to incorporate Now
York Hose Company, of Beaufort ; to in?
corporate the Unity and Friendship So?
ciety, of Charleston, and to confer cer
taiu powers thereon; to incorporate the
Sisters of our Lady of Meroy; joint re?
solution to appoint Fish Commissioners
(ind to define thoir dnties; bill to incor?
porate Washington Fire Engine Compa?
ny No. 2, of Beaufort; to incorporate
Bomberg Firo Engino Company; joint
resolution to direct the County Commis?
sioners of Charleston County to exnmiuo
and report to the Attorney-General con?
cerning lands belonging to the State; bill
ceding tho jurisdiction of tho Stato of
South Carolina to the United States of
America over such lands as may bo ac?
quired for public purposes by the United
States.
-
THE FATLURB OF THE CUBAN REYOI,U
noN.-The Washington correspondent
of the New York Herald, who has beou
on the side of Cuba, writes that he has
information from high official sources to
the effect that the Cubau revolution has
proved an utter failure. Ho says:
"The facts alluded to are based upon
official information from our agents in
various parts of Cuba, as well as from
private letters received from Washington
and elsewhere, from parties whose op?
portunities of obtaining accurate know?
ledge of the progress of the civil war are
such as to guarantee perfect reliability.
The inferenoe to be drawn from these
despatches and letters is tbat'the revolu?
tion of the patriots is on ita lust legs.
Their forces are reduced to a mere hand?
ful of armed and unarmed men, who are
carrying on a predatory warfare, merely
prolonging the struggle in the forlorn
hope that something may yet turn up to
help their cause, and that then their lit?
tle family may be made the nucleus from
which will gather the dispirited patriots
in every part of the island. The revo?
lutionary party, according to his infor- j
mation, is now driven ont of every
stronghold which u few months ago it
possessed. It holds not a single town
on the island, and is compelled to confine
itself to attacks upon the Spaniards along
tho narrow roads and bridle-paths.
Further than this, intercepted letters
show that tho Junta itself is badly de?
moralized and distracted by internal dis?
sensions which cause all its expensive
efforts to aid the patriots to eventuate in
failures and disasters."
THE ENGLISH CHURCH.-Tho Balti?
more Sun says :
"The excitement in regard to the con?
secration of Dr. Tomplo to tho See of
Exeter does not seem to have abated in
England. The oppositiou to him is
based on a volume of essays and reviews,
said to have been of infidel tendency,
though written by clergymen, to which
Dr. Temple is reputed to have contri?
buted, though it is not alleged ?that his
individual contribution was exceptiona?
ble in that respect. Tho practical im
ftortauco of this case consists in the il
nstration whioh it is held to afford by
those who opposed the consecration of
Dr. Temple, that tho idea at least or
spme power in the Church, independent
of the State, is dissipated by tho fiat of
Mr, Gladstone, whioh has forced Dr.
Temple into the See of Exeter-an ex?
ercise of power which is leading man y,
even of those who had never before ques?
tioned the expediency of a union of
Church and State, to doubt its propriety.
The cable telegram whioh lately convoyed
the message that Dr. Temple had been
elected Archbishop of Canterbury.instead
of Bishop of Exeter, showed a singular
ignorauco of prominont affairs under the
operator's own eye. Tho Archbishopric
of Canterbury, tho chief ecclesiastical
dignity in the English Church, was filled
some time ago, and tho illness of the
incumbent by a stroke of paralysis, and
the varying stages of his disease, have
boen among the ohief topics of local in?
terest in the English newspapers for
months.
No LEO AL COURTS IN ALABAMA.-The
Supreme Court of Alabama has rendered
a decision, in the case of Benajah S.
Bibb and William C. Bibb, exporte, tho
effeot of whioh 'is said, by the Montgo?
mery Mau, to be to declare that there
were no legal oourts in Alabama during
the wm*; that.all judgments, sales of
property, &o., perfected under decrees of
the oourts whioh sat during the war, are
null and voidl The Mail continuos: "It
follows, from this decision, and others of
like purport, whioh were rendered on
Tuesday, that all debts contracted before
the war aro dead, and that all property
sold, under judgments awarded upon
snob debts, reverts to (he original
owner. Tho debts are dead, because
the scalawag Legislature, at its last ses?
sion, repealed all tho laws whioh pur?
ported to have suspended the operation
of the statute of limitations. This point,
however, was argued, yesterday, before ;
the Supreme Court. Wo will see who- j
ther the Coort declares that tho statu to
lias never been suspended. We pre?
sume that the ruling which tho Court
makes as to the period of the Confede?
rate Government will also apply to the
oe ri od of the Patton and Parsons Go- :
rernment " I,
i Tn* Horrors of Y?wrk.
New ?Mc-with ?ll it? wealth, like
other great eitles, had its d*Hjf horrors,
as will be eoeo from the following, which
constitutes the sensation? of a singlo
dav:
For several years past Christian Wai?
te ia and his wife, Mary Jane, both Ger?
mana, have kepi a saloon ?I No. 168
Division street. The place hes for e
long time been known to the police as
one of the vilest dens in that section of
the city. Characters of the lowest type
have made it their headquarters, some of
them living as boarders with the Wal?
terson. Walters has served a four years'
term in the State prison. A warrant is
now in tho hands of an officer for bin
arrest, on a oharge of felonious assault.
Tuesday morning Mrs. Walton arose ss
usual and commenced preparing break?
fast. She suddenly left the kitchen and
went down stairs. As she did not re?
turn, Charles Smith, a frequenter of the
place, went to the basement, and there
found the woman hanging by the neck
to a staple in tho wall. She was quite
doad. She had formed n noose out of a
handkerchief, and deliberately commit?
ted self-destruction. Coroner Schirmer
held an inquest, and a verdiot of suicide
was rendered. The only motivo for the
not is supposed to have been the fear
that Walters would be sent to Bing Sing
again; by which his wife would be left in
destitute circumstances.
The police were notified Tuesday that
Mrs. Richard Conlin had died suddenly
on Monday night at the dwelling No. 72
North Third street, Williamsburg, and
the coroner was informed of the faot.
The woman's name was before the public
several weeks ago. Her husband being
suspicious of her having frequent crimi?
nal intercourse with Patrick Cunning?
ham, wont off to Albany for several dayB
aud left a friend to watch his wife's
course. Returuing to his home ut a late
hour on Sunday night, Conliu found his
wife and Cunningham asleep iu tho same
bed. Furious ut the sight, Conlin seized
a club and assaulted his wife's paramour,
breaking his arm and inflicting several
cuts on his head. Conliu was arrested
the same night and Cunningham was
taken to the city hospital. The guilty
wife, 80ou after this occurred, took up
her residence at thu houso where her
body was fouud Tuesday. A few hours
before she expired, a physician was
called iu, but he was unable to positively
determine tba cause of her death, ho
handed the case over to Coroner White
bill. Is is believed by many that the
woman died from tho effects of poison
administered by herself.
The grave closed over one of the vic?
tims of the Elizabeth street tragedy,
Tuesday. Tho coroner's inquest wus
held in the morning. A sister ot Mrs.
Allemego, Mrs. Beck, the keeper of the !
assignation den, and the polico officer j
who broke in the door of thu fatal chain- j
ber, wero examined, but no new develop
ments, further t hunt lie public now have, j
were elicited. The verdict of tho jury
wus in accordance with the facts, and the
body of Mrs. Allemego was delivered to
her relatives for interment. That of the
murderer and suicido lies rotting at the
Morgue, no ono having como forward to
claim it.
In one of the most elegant muusions
on Fifth avenue, a few doors from Twen?
ty-sixth street, Tuesday night, a young
man named James B. Pull, sou of R. L. :
Pell, Esq., committed .suicide by cutting j
I his throat from ear to oar with a razor.
The alleged causo of this dreadful deed j
i was grief for tho death of a favorite
j brother, who died more than a year ago.
Further investigations may develop other
reasons. j
Julia Fenton died Tuesduy, at 24 Ma
disou .street, having boen kicked by her
husband, John Fenton, who, on New
Year's Day, returned home in a state of
drunken freuzy. Tho poor woman, for
a time, bore his violent language without
I reply, but at length, fdie retorted, and
he kicked her. As she was likely soon
to become a mother, tho assault proved
fatal. The husband is locked up in the
Oak street police station.
Apropos to tho above horrors, Judgo
Bedford, in the Court of General Ses?
sions, yesterday, delivered a charge to
tho grand jury, which touches the right
spot, in these days when half-a-dozen
murders or murderous assaults uro re?
ported every twenty-four hours, aud only
three convictions have resulted out of
forty-two murders, committed in tho
year just closed. He charged the jury
that they must givo strong aid to tho of?
ficers of the law, in order that crime may
no longer be committed with impunity,
and that the laws must be enforced, bo
tho consequences what they may. With
the record of only the past few days be?
fore us, tho timeliness of this charge
will be readily appreciated.
IMPORTANT RUMORS FROM SPAIN.-The
Washington correspondent of tho Now
York Herald says:
A lotter recoutly received in this city,
from Madrid, affords some important in?
formation. Tho writer states, among
other things, that our Minister in Ma?
drid has sounded both Serrano and Prim
as to their willingness to soil Cuba to tho
United States, aud that ho has tho high?
est assurance that both these prominent
statesmen are favorable to tho project
and are only waiting a favorable oppor?
tunity to consummate it. Their objec?
tion to it at present is that the people
aro uot iu tho mood to sanction such a
grave step, und that tho Ministry in its
present precarious position would run
too much of a risk by setting itself in an
attitude of antagonism to the mass of
tho people on any great question of
policy.
I have reason to know that our Govern?
ment was advised of that fact sometime
ago, and caused a representation to bo
made to ?he Spanish Government that
the United States would only treat on
the subject of a purchaso of Cuba for a
fair consideration. If our Gnv_tirnment
is anxious to gat Cuba by purohase it iT
evident that the financial embarrassment
of Spain will greatly facilitate the ne?
gotiations; and henoo it becomes our in?
terest to nse measures to prevent any
European capitalists or others from
famishing "Don Qnixote" with tb*,
needful.
Prim and tho Ministry have resigned,
and bpaiu is upon the verge of anarchy
again. The cause of this fresh oriais was
the reception at Mudrid ot Victor Em?
manuel's flat refusal to permit his nephew
to accept the Spanish crown. The ca?
lamity was kept in the breasts of the
Ministers for two whole days before they
plucked np courage enough to let the
nows have uir. Everything ir,/ topsv- I
turvy now. Sumo believo Admiral T?
pete will form tho now MioistrV; others I
that Montpensier is coming buck to be '
king; nud doubtless tho Isabollisls, the
Carlists aud tho Republicans aie actively
intriguing to tuko udvantage ojt the row
change iu affairs.
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ti mani.**
Thc fellowing Bcaiis,sats we e?d?we.
The Charleston Co wrier Bays :
The Houston Telegraph, in al lu di D g
to th? late elections, in that Stat?, says :
"Oar division* h ave defeated us, and we
had a conscious poller which we knew
not how to use. On the other hand, the
radicals presented a solid phalanx, and
acted harmoniously under their organi?
zation, and hence the success they have
achieved." This is a plain statement,
and addresses itself to the common sense
as well aa the highest interests, of every
State in the South. Mr. Calhoun well
said once, "concert of aotion is the one
thing needful." Never was there a time,
wheu the maxim was moro important
and necessary, thau the present. With
division among ourselves, we surrender
all hope for the future. We thus cast
away the great moaus by which good
government may bo secured aud right
and liberty restored. The radioal party
are a unit They are bound together by
the common tie of self-aggrandizement,
power and spoils. Al) that we ask is a
government of liberty and law, and not
of misrule, oppression and anarchy.
This can only be attained by unity ou
our part. No mon can expect that his
individual views shall prevail. No one
has the right to demand, in the light ol
the vital public interest at stake, that hit
particular Opinions should control thc
campaign. Wo must look to the result,
and regard that as the wisest, best and
only course which will effect that result.
What we noed is a governmont withoul
corruption, au honest administration ol
public affairs, the diminution of ac
over-burdening taxation, tho establish'
ment of peace, security, and a prospect
for the future.
Whatever tho other differences, oui
people certainly can unite on these issues
And these are sufficient for the purpose:
of victory. Our lust city eleotiou was
lest simply upon the ground of differ
onces among ourselves, Many wan tee
the campaigu to be conducted, und thc
candidates to be selected, simply to sui
their own views. Some declined to vot<
because colored uieu went to the polls
Others, because sume of the candidate
were conservative republican*, and thu
for a thousand and one reasons, the elec
tion was lost, which should have beei
secured by our people.
Tho past luis settled its own issues
The equality of all the races before tin
law is everywhere acknowledged. Ol
these poiuts there is no contest. Bu
the question of good government is ii
issue. It is necessary that the Legisla
turo aud the officers of the State shouh
represent tho rightful and true senti
men ts of tho people of thu Stute. Au?
in this every inhabitant is concerned
Radicalism has been the baue of th
South. It bas overthrown their com
roon wealths, held their people in sut
jectiou, rendered them iu many it
stances incapable of office, placed upo:
them an oppressive yoke of taxation, d<
pressed their industrial pursuits, an
endeavored to create a war of races. ]
has been the steady opponent of peac
and concord.
Hence, the necessity of union on tl
part of all those who desire seonrity f<
the South in the present and a prop?
administration of public affairs. Tl
time has como wheu we cannot shirk th
necessity. Individual opinions, if nece
sary, must bo surrendered for tho great
and higher interests at stake. Lotus n
make hereafter the mistake, as in Texa
; and have to record, "our divisions ha'
\ defeated us."
SUDDEN FRIGHT-A LADY DUI VEN I
SANE.-A case of sudden or violent frig
occurred in our neighboring towu
Abingdon ou Monday last, which ahou
prove a sad and impressive warning
I all who are partial in indulgiug iu pm
? tical jokes. It seems, from what we c
j learn, that ou that day a party of boj
disguised by hideous masks and grotesq
I garments, called at the residence of
I estimable lady. Mrs. George H. Marsha
iu that place. They entered noiselet
at the back door, and succeeded iu frigl
ening an infant almost into convulsioi
Mrs. M. hearing the horrified scream
her child, immediately hastened to
assistance to shield and protect it frc
harm. In hurrying to her child she st
denly encounteaed the masked figur
and fell fainting to the floor. She v
shortly afterward found by her frien
and proper remedies were at once i
ministered, but her revival only witness
the horrifying fact that she was ho;
lessly insane. Up to this writing we
gret to say that no lncid intervals hr
beeu developed, aud the womau, one
happy wife and proud mother, is now
raving maniac, bereft of reason u
cowering in fright.
THE Ti.iiEQRAPHERs' STRIKE-A Fi
OF TRUCE.-So far as this district is c<
cerned, tho telegraphers' strike may
pronounced at an end, and it has rcsul
in tho overthrow of the positiou tal
by the strikers, without any oomprom
on the prrt of the company. Yestcn
afternoon, the Richmond operators g
io; and then, as the news flow along
line, the rebels laid down their ni
most as rapidly as the engagement 1
become general. So far, the atrik<
when their services wero needed, h
boen reinstated without their asking i
conditions. It is evident that decept
has been practiced upon the operate ri
this section, and that they have b
made the dupes of designing men in
North and West The corresponde*
published in the New York pap
which reached here yesterday, shows <
the offices of the company in New Y
stated positively to tue representa
strikers that no rc duotion of salaries
been contemplated, and that the i
discharged in San Francisco were
charged only because their services v.
not needed.-Richmond Dispatch.
A colored man, -engaged to answer
boll, nt a residence in^^Indianapolis,
ing to prevent the outrahoooi"?"^8rl
man who did not tende? his oard. '
lady rebuked him, but/tbo "boy" ex<
ed himself by saying that he thought
"would lose money, for a good many 1
gone in withont tickets." And ai
wards, on giving an account of his i
wardship, he polled from his mimer
pockets a large number of cards, i
laid them upon the table, stating t
they were all he conld get, and addi
"Lots of de gemmon went iu withont
tickets, but he couldn't help it, and
was sure they moat of lost heaps
money."
The Bloomington (III.) Pantagn
says it has known quite a number bf
stances in that community "where p
sons upon whom death had a visi
mortgage, have succeeded iu effecti
insurance upon their lives, and who hi
soon after died, huving the honest a
sound subjects to pay the losses. "
mm ? ? ? \ - i ? .? ;
!CkOOA>X Items.
CRUMBS.-President Jeter will accept
our thanks for i "complimentary" over
tho Spartanburg and Union Railroad,
for the present year.
We examined, yesterday, at the store !
of Mr. Lou. Daniels, opposite the Na?
tional Hotel, a luaus natural-a cow, with
seven hoofs. Tho animal is perfeotly
shaped, except that three hoofs and the
stump of a tail protrude from the left
side of tlie spine, where tho neck joins
the body. Tho animal was rained in
Spartauburg, and is pronouueed a great
curiosity by all who havo Been her.
! The eminent comedian, Mr. James H.
Hackett, is to appear for a few nights at
the Academy of Music, Charleston-his
engagement commencing on Monday,
Jan miry 10. He is, undoubtedly, ono of
the finest comedians of the day-his
personation of the character of Falstaff,
giving him a world-wide reputation.
The Southern Cultivator for Jauuary,
presents, as usual, a great variety of con?
tents. Among these is: How to Improve
Cotton Seed; Improved System of Agri?
culture; The Actual Value and Market
Price of Phosphates; Mr. Davidson's
and Dr. Pendleton's Experiments with
Fertilizers; tho Chinese; Will Fertilizers
Pay if the Season bo Dry, etc., etc. Wm.
& W. L. Jones, publishers, Atheus, Ga.
$2 per annum in advance.
We have been requested to state that
Rev. E. J. Adams will lecture in the A.
M. E. Church, this evening, at 7 o'clock.
Cammis8?oner Capron will please ac?
cept our thanks for a copy of his mouth
ly report of the Department o? Agrien!
turo.
Mr. Diercks has a fellow-feeling. He
knows that the employees of a daily pa
', por are detained until n lato hour of thc
I night; and last night guve un evidence o
! his appreciation, by extending au invita
j tion to them-which was gratefully ac
. cepted-to visit him in his new quarters
I So far as the urticles furnished were cou
j corned, they can say as did Ciesar: "le
Ir.i, vidi, viet/" Music, like distance, len
' enchantment and also facilitated diges
tion; which was discoursed by the Co
lnmbia Brass Rand, on the occasion, lo?
by its efficient Chief, Mr. Kentslor; nut
everything passed off pleasantly.
i The word "State" spelled backward
j
' is Etats of French. It is not safe, bow
; ever, to undertake to leam French simpl;
by going back on your English.
i
; ?SrTREM?; COURT, Jauuary 10.-Th
Court met at 10 a. m. Present: Chit:
I Justice Moses and Associate Jnstic
I Willard.
j The following cases weru struck of
i John Robertson, plaintiff in error, v.
I the State e.cr cl R. O'Neale & Son et a
defendants in error. In re. Sarah C
Richardson vs. T. H. & J. W. Chappel
j Ex., et ul. James A. Crotwell, Adm., v
'jane Boozer el al. John W. Earhear
I plaintiff in orror, cs. G. Muller, di
j fendant in error. James S. Guiguan
Ur., ads. Mary S. P. Gibbes et ti
j F.ph rani Suber, plaintiff in error, rs. Gi
j bert Pullen, defendant in error. I
j Yampill, County Treasurer, plaintiff i
I eiTor, vs. S. A. Durham ft Co., el al, d
' fendants in error. N. B. Pegues ac
w fe el al vs. George J. W. McCall et ti
S. B. Clowney, C. C. P., vs. James Cati
cait et til. Ex parte J. M. McCall uni
al. Robert R. Rosborongh and other
ads. James M. Rutland. Robert 1
RosDorough es. James M. Rutland an
otho a. Robert R. Rosborongh ad
James M. Rutland. The case of Mos?
P. Sanders and wife ps, Robert Roger
Trustee, was heard. Mr. Warley fi
. appellants.
' The following cases were continue
I A. J. Hamnimd el al rs. A. A. Glover
j "I. x\mJ?\ P,?I11>11111 "<k- W.
Griffin. wHrucc Walker, Assignee, ;
Lewis Co^^_^ Ann Griffin and M. '.
J Bonham f^B- A. Addison et al.
j Morse and ^{e vs. Elizabeth Adai
I et al.
, On motion, th? following cases we
: restored to the locket: John W. E?
heart, plaintiff ii error, rs. Oerha
\ Muller, defendau. in error, and Jam
,; S. Guignard ads. Mary S. P. Gibb
. ; et al.
, On motion, the caso of Silas Job
stou, plaintiff in errir, rs. T. H. Croo
j et al, defendants in error, was ordered
be docketed.
At 1 p. m., the Covrt adjourned un
i this morning, (11th,) it 10 n. m.
HOTEL ARRIVALS, Jumary 9 and 10.
Columbia Hotel.-C. C Kanapau, G.
Stoddard, lt. H?ntel, M. M. Carpent
lt. E. McManus, A. I Haltiwauger,
i ! W. Heart, John S. Wley and lady,
i E. Bristow, A. McBee.S. C. ; W. Shiv
j Ringville; P. Lovensteii, Baltimore; '
j A. Feaglo, Charles Barnim, Henry Sp
, nick, A. M. Leo, city; J. P. Poole,
Fair, Newberry; Z. B. lakes, D.
Corbin, Miss Winn, J. A. Smytl
Charleston; J. L. Patten, C Conklii
S. E. Anthony, M. Wolfe, N>w York;
, A. Moore, C. C. & A. R. X. ; W.
Bradley, J. A. August, Georg?; W.
Britton, N. C. ; J. P. Adams, T\omas
; Weston. Robert Adams, J. P. Yoni
: Fork; G. A. Darling and wife, J.y.;
? 0. Garlington, Atlanta.
National Hotel.-J. M. Brace at?V t
i vant, Robert Wells, W. P. Conner, 't
. W. H. Webb, Newberry; J. W. 1
i wood, Greenville; J. B. Hubbard, (
neotiont; Thomas Gist and servant.
renee Gist, Jr., Thornton Gist, Arkac
i J. A. Bynum, Richland; W. L. L
N. C. ; D. O. Hagan, Raro W. Bu
New York; 0. C.^Folger^A.^M. Fol
1 L ^ w^
J. O. Daratt, Manning; O. W. On
Abbetilfa,
Nicherson House-Alexander Holt
New Tork; J. O. Harden, Rock ]
Wm. Laidler, N. A. Pratt, J. G. Bai
Charleston; Jotin H. Clark, Ja
Island; F. G. Tamer, Wilbamston,
E. Leapheart, H. T. Roberto, Lexine*
Z. T. Moses, Sumter; E. M. St^sl
Ms rion; John L. Deaton, Charlotte;
J. Jones, Newberry; E. S. J. Ha]
Master E. Hayes, Lexington; L."
' Holland, S. 0. Godshall. Nashville;
Webster, Orangeburg; A S. Dongl
Winnsboro; T. H tobo Farrow, Atlai
C. S. Jones, New York; S. H. To
send, Manchester; F. G. DeFontai
Charleston; J. M. Smith, Boston; J.
Mansfield, Utica, N. Y. ; M. R. Br?
ing, St. John's Berkley; M. G. Baflol
Richland. J
Tn NOBTHWBN LaoHT?.-Concerning
the An rora Borealis, wu iou a- number of
early risers in our city observed on Mon?
day morning, January 8, a Philadelphia
paper of Tuesday says:
"About 4 o'clock yesterday morning,
a gorgeous crimson flush was discovered
iu the Northern sky. a few degree? be?
low Ursa Minor. While the horizon
waa closed in by the crimson mantle, a
host o? aoiutillatiog columna of emerald*
piuk, ailver and gold auroral Area darted
up from the North-west, becoming each
moment moro and more brilliant, until
the mysterious streams shone brighter
thuu the most dazzling rainbow. The
whole North waa covered by a bright
column, that, like a mighty host, slowly
moved from West to East, and so bril?
liant thut Arcturus and Capella became
nearly iuvisibloiu the glow."
WEDDING CARDS AND ENVELOPES.-A
lot of wedding carda and envelopes, of
latest styles, has just been received;
which will bo printed in imitation of en?
graving, und ut lesa than one-tenth the
oust. Call and ROO specimens at Pnouux
o dice.
A NEW SWINDLE.-A new devioe for
getting money from the unwary has been
hit upon by some unprincipled schemer
in New York city. A lithographed letter
bas been sent throughout the West,
which is designed to lend the reader to
suppose that it has been issued by the
Fourth National Bank of that city. The
circular representa that it ia probable
that tho i ust itu lion will fail in the Spring,
and it is desirable to circulate a large
amount of the bills before the first of
Muy. In order to do this, it is proposed
to nell thom at fifty cents on the dollar.
After tho word "Fourth" the circular baa
the lottere "st." in very small type, So
oe to muke it read "Fourth street No?
tional Bonking House of New York
City." Correspondents are requested to
forward tho sum of ten dollars, when, bf
course, they will hear nothing further
from the institution.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern
mail is opened for delivery at 8 a. m.;
olosed at 8.30?. m. Charleston, opened
at 5.30 p. m.; olosed at 8.30 p. m.
Greenville, opened at 5.30 p. m.; closed
at 8.30 p. m. Western, opened at 9.80
a. m. ; olosed at 4 p. m. Charleston,
(evening,) opened at 8 a. m.; closed at
4.30 p. m. On Sunday, the post office is
open from 9 to 10 a. m.
The four sovereigns, now exercising
absoluto power within the boundaries of
the Uuitod States, am Gens. Ames, Ter?
ry, Conby, and Reynolds. There are
other military kings in the country, bat
the four here mentioned are the most
potential ut present. They have more
power over their subjects than the Czar
of Russia has over his.
BUSINESS CARDS AND CIRCULARS.-Aa
tho sea-sou is approaching for the annual
travel and distribution of business cards
and circulars, our merchants and others
will please give attention to the fact that
our job office is supplied with the best of
boards, of all colors, fine commercial
note and other paper, and the very new?
est and most fashionable styles of typ?,
thus enabling us to supply all of such
wants.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is
called to the following advertisements,
published the first time this morning:
Dr. W, H. Tatt'e Hair Dye.
Meeting True Brotherhood Lodge.
Hardy Solomon-Surprise Candy.
L Sulzbaoher-Won't be Under-sold.
S. C. G.-Wanted.
D. W. Aiken-Meeting Executive Com.
G. Diercks-For Sale.
J. G. Gibbes-Wanted.
Henry's Constitution Renovator.
Johu T. Ford-Academy of Music.
P. Cantwell-Seed Potatoes.
Meeting Stockholders National Bank.
F. P. Salas-Auction.
J. S. McMahon-Notice.
SELF-ADVERTISED.-PHALON'B VITALIA
OR SALVATION FOR THE HAIR carries with
it it.s own best advertisement. As the
light shines through the bottle yon ace
that tho liquid is clear as the azure of
heaven. You smell it and find the odor
agreeable. Yon apply it and it changea
gray hair to any natural shado without
soiling the scalp or produeing bead?
nelie. Nothing can be more harmless.
J8J3
DELAYS ARE DANOEROOS.-That poor,
emaciated consumptive, who is now be?
yond ull hope of recovery, might now
be hale and hearty had he not neglected
that slight cough. Be advised, if you
have a cough or cold; get at once a bottlo
of DR. TOTT'S EXPECTORANT and yon will
scon bo relieved. Do not put it off. J8 6
BLOOD! BLOOD!! BLOOD!!!-Ont; out,
I say, this canker spot; this self-con?
demning fruit of a diseased body; viti?
ated system; impaired health ; disordered
liver; fonl stomach, and other ills which
flow from this self-same cause. Bad
blood 1 Bad blood ! the primal cause of
all disease. HBTNTTSH'S QUEEN'S DE?
LIGHT. This elegant preparation is the
only true remedy yet discovered for re?
moving every disease and symptoms of
disease, whioh may be traced to bed
Wood. I? is truly a sovereign |iemed?.
?Jud thousands will atte?AU^yJftb^D10
^VLLEN'B LUNG BALBJL
n^oted^a^sl?reUin all 'W?PJ
1UMIWMTKKB AND PUUMO SrKl??iwho
*ro so of teu ntlltcied with throatB.isakses,
will ?hd a sure romedy in thWJaUnm.
[xn/ngerB and wafers ^netioaeMTeVe
lietf but this Balsam, taken M^JL^P^
?viii insure a permanent curs* With an
/lose afflicted with Coughsi or C*BBO?P*
ion, nive this Balsam a fair trial, they
viii be pleased with the result, ?nd ooi
ess that the SURE BEME^ IS FOUND AT ,
.AST. ItiBwldbyaUDjfbg^ist^andbj
FISHER <Y HIRNTTSH, Colombia, ?\W>V>
.?Just the thing!"* Snob, ia the excla?
mation of the Dyspeptic* who nee SOLO?
MONS' BITTERS.

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