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COLUMBIA, S. C. -Thursday Morning, June 17, 187?. There was a regular old-fashioned wind-storm, yesterday evening, with a slight touch of thunder and lightning and a heavy fall of rain. The clouds to the North-east presented a fearful ap? pearance. It had been unusually warm during the day, but the storm cooled off the atmosphere capitally. Do we believe that the Keeloy motor is what it is represented to be? Weneither believe nor disbelieve. We know no? thing more about it than wo have pub? lished. The telegraph found no one to credit its claims previous to their estab? lishment by positive proof. DeMOK.YIJZED AND DISORGANIZED.?A number of Democrats in the State of Mississippi having said that they in? tended to "disorganize" the vote of the negroes, the Washington Republican takes the alarm, and declares that these Democrats and others desire and pur? pose to "disfranchise" Cuflfcc. The strength of the Republican party in the South , is the negro vote. Without it, . that-party is as destitute of vitality as a body without a heart. There is no health in it. It is not wonderful, then, that the Republicaii sounds tho alarm at the first intimation of n purpose to do anything that might deprive' the Radical leaders .of their faithful allies in the South. We ?cannot administer any consolation to the Republican. .We are firmly persuaded that the negro party will be "disorgan . izod" next year. The negro worships power. Even the symbol of it awakens his admiration. He is shrewd, too. And inasmuch as he has-for the last ten years acted with that'party which ruled the National House- of Representatives, it is not at all impossible, nor even improba? ble, that he may think it best for him to act hereafter with the Democratic party, which now has the control of the National House of Representatives. Indeed, we may remind the Republican that there is good authority for say? ing that the negro has in some States lost sight of freedmen's bureaus, carpet-bag gors, mules and acres, and turned his attention and his hand and vote to the men who give him tho price of his vote. Tho news must be distressing to the Washington Republican and all others whose bread-and-butter depends npon the continuance in power of the Radical party. For that "little organ" and all its sympathizers well know that almost all the money, as almost all tho intelligence of the South, is in the hands of the De? mocratic . party. If money is to control Sambo's vote, and if the House of Repre? sentatives, which holds the national ] purse-Btrings, refuses to appropriate any money to buy negro votes, how are these property-holders in the South to be pro vented from buying up those votes? We cannot answer the question. We don't know that any Democrat will condescend .to try to purchase such votes. Rut wo are confident that the 148 votes of the Southern States are hereafter to be cast solidly for tho friends of the Union and tho Constitution. It is retributive justice. Before the war, only three-fifths of the ne? groes were oountod in making up the basis of representation for the House of Repre? sentatives. Now all of them are counted. Instead of counting only 2,400,000 ne? groes, we now count 4,000,000; and this now counting is the result of the eman? cipation and enfranchisement of tho negroes. The gun which they loaded to fire at us, the Richmond Dispatch truth? fully asserts, we now use to blow them clean out of tho water. The division on the nice line, which the unprincipled Radical villains encouraged and profited by a few years since, will hereafter in? sure their own political defeat and death. Thus do the laws of nature vindicate themselves and make tho wrath of man to praise the Rulor of the Universe. Thoroughly demoralized and disorgan? ized the negroes aro hereafter doomed to be. We exult over tho' fact because it indicates peace and prosperity for the country. They wero never fit to over? balance the votes of white men. Here? after their votes shall weigh down our side of the scale. The Republican may . make the most of this kind of treason. * Tho Princess of Wales appears to bo getting a very strong hold on the affec? tions of tho British people. They seem to lovo her very fondly?much nioro than they do Queen Victoria, indeed; and they havo ceased to abuse the Prince of Wales. All now say that ho is a very good fellow, and does his duty?not a light one either? as Prince very nicely. The Princess makes no display what? ever in hor Hyde Park drives. The car? riage is a plain one, tho coachman and footman sit together in plain buft'or light brown coats, and there aro no other at? tendants, oxcept as her carriage enters tho park a mounted policeman starts in advance of the carriage, so that the Prin? cess may rido rapidly down the centre of the road, between tho lines moving each way, without impediment. Sho looks bright and protty, and one cannot but admire tho quiet and respectful way in which every gentleman raises his hat as sho passes, and tho bright, pleasant manner in which sho returns the com? pliment by a bow of the head. One of tho judges, speaking from the bench, declares that there are about 7,000 drinking saloons in Philadelphia and that not two-thir ds of them pay a license. Ofenino the Cell.?At lost there is a prospect that the doors of the peniten? tiary will open to Tweed, and that the once powerful politician will regain the liberty of which ho has been so long de? prived. The telegrams published state that the decision in his case, pronounced by the New York Court of Appeal, will cause him to be set at liberty immedi? ately. No one can doubt that Tweed was a corrupt politician, who robbed the people of Now York of fabulous amounts when he was in power. But if he has sinned, ho has also suffered. His pu? nishment has been severe; his ruin and humiliation have been complete. Tho man, who for years ruled a great em? pire with almost absolute power, was driven from his position, htrippod of his authority, compelled to surrender his wealth, branded as a felon and placed in a prison. He comes from the penitentiary a disgraced and ruined man, and will be glad to hide in obscuri ty until thorc shall come tho oblivion of tho grave. Wo agree with tho Augusta Chronicle ami Sentinel, that the enmity of his bitterest opponents, of the greatest sufferers by his crimes, must be exhaust? ed, and that fow will find it in their hearts to regret the decision which re? stores him to freedom. Peoplo recollect, too, that, bad as Tweed was, others equally as bad escaped punishment, whilo he experienced all the rigor of tho law. Shopard robbed the District of Co? lumbia worse than Tweed ever robbed New York, and received from the Presi? dent honors and promotions as a reward for his crimes. Colfax committed per? jury with impunity, and received an ovation when he retired from office. Pomeroy and Patterson were notorious for their thefts and corruption, and nei? ther one of them has received tho slight? est punishment. It is only the Demo? cratic" robber who has been punished. All the Radical scoundrels have escaped scot-free. The Eabthquake in New Granada.? The report published of a terrible earth? quake in New Granada, by which 1G,000 lives were lost, is supplemented to-day by details received from Panama, which give a more graphic idea of tho extent and havoc of the visitation. The region in which this earthquake occurred lias, especially of late years, been subjected to violent shocks, by which towns have been destroyed and thousands of lives lost, and embraces a vast volcanic area, extending through Central America and the Northern portion of South America. Of tho earthquakes of former times, that which happened at Caracas, in Yenzuela, in 1812, by which 12,000 lives were lost, is one of the most notable; but it does not compare with somo of the earth? quakes of tho Old World. That which destroyed Antioch, in 52G A. D., accord? ing to the historian, Gibbon, caused tho death of 250,000 persons. There were in the city at tho time, besides the resi? dent population, thousands of strangers, who thronged the city, attending the festival of the ascension. Lisbon, Por? tugal, was nearly destroyed by an earth? quake, November 1, 1753, and within the space of six minutes 00,000 persons perished. This terrible catontropho is thus described: "A loud rumbling was followed almost immediately by a fearful shock, which demolished the principal buildings of the city, and in the short time of six minutes it is estimated that 60,000 per? sons were killed. The tide on the sea coast ran out rapidly, leaving the bar perfectly dry, and as rapidly an enor? mous wave, thirty foot in height, rushed j in again, sweeping everything before it. j The mountains in the neighborhood were 1 shaken violently, deep fissures rent in the valleys, crags toppled over,' ami rocks hurled into the abysses, bearing j I everything with them. Thousands of persons rushed for safety to the marble quay, which had just been constructed at an enormous expense, when suddenly it sank, carrying its load with it, anil Lover the spot the water stood (100 feet deep. AH tho shipping of the harbor was sunk instantly, and hardly a vestige of the life and prosperity of tho fumed capital remained." j In this country, earthquakes have of late years become familiar, but have not been attended by such serious disasters as are recorded olsewhorc. California and other parts of the Pacific coast have been shaken up considerably at various times ?the last, which occurred a year or two ago, having caused considerable de? struction of property in tho interior, with some loss of lifo. Several slight earthquakes have also occurred in New England and Northern New York. The most important events of tho Kind, how? ever, were the carthqnakos of New Madrid, Missouri, in 1811 and 1812, when over 'M0 miles of country, from tho mouth of the Ohio to that of tho St. \ Frances, rose and sank in undulations, lakes and fissures boing alternately formed and filled up. These shock's wore both perpendicular and horizontal, tho latter boing by far tho more disas? trous in their effects. Tho incessant quakings wero kept up for several months, and tho loss of property was enormous, while many persons perished. A committeo of three, appointed by parties in the Black Hills who havo suf? fered loss by destruction of property by military, on Saturday, brought suit at Omaha against tho Government officers who destroyed it. The damages claimed are $22,000. Deny the Charge. Columbia, S. C, June 1G, 1875. Editor Columbia Phyentx: We request a place in your columns, that we may deny, in most solemn form, the false and infamous charge of mjurder brought against ub by tho men who confess under their oath that they did tho bloody deed. Tho men who have instigated those wretched oriminals to aocuBe ub of hav? ing conspired with them in the cold? blooded assassination of Dr. Shell, in 1868, have their own skirts dyod red with the blood of the innocent, whom they slew for their political opinions. Dr. Shell had never inflicted any injury upon us, or upon any of our kindred. We had no motive to seek his life. Those who know us best will admit, unless blinded by political hate, that there has never bccii anything in our conduct to justify the assassination of our fellow men. Hunted and persecuted as we were for years in Laurens County, solely because of our political opinions, and well know? ing who were tho leaders in that perse? cution, if we had been capable of seek? ing our revenge along the path of the assassin, those leaders Mould not be living to-day to instigate this most ma? lignant ami groundless charge against us, which rests alone upon th<* state? ment of the avowed principals in the deed of blood. "We shrink from no judicial investiga? tion, and stand prepared to meet our accusers face to face in the courts. JOSEPH CREWS. J. ADAM CREWS. ORIGIN of thk Names of the Districts or. Counties in South Carolina.?Abbe? ville was settled by the French, in 1750, and took its name from a town in France. Barnwcll was erected in a judicial dis? trict, in 1800, and took its name from Col. John Harnwell. Beaufort derived its name from the French. Charleston took its name from the c ity. Chester was settled in 1750, by emi? grants from Pennsylvania and Virginia, and took its name from a County in the former State. Chesterfield was settled by emigrants from Pennsylvania and Virginia, and is said to have taken its name from the ac? complished Earl. Colleton was ono of the earliest settle? ments of tho Shite, and took its name from Sir John Colleton. Darlington was settled in 1750, and took its name from Cel. Darlington, a revolutionary hero. Edgefield took its name from geogra? phical position, Being on the edge of Georgia. It was settled by emigrants from Virginia and North Carolina. Fairfield was settled by emigrants from Virginia and North Carolina, and probably took its name from its general aspect. Georgetown was settled by the French, and was named in honor after King George. Greenville was settled in 1770, by omi gnints from Virginia and Pennsylvania, and probably took its name from its green and verdant forests. Horry was settled in 17;J;J by the Irish, and took its name from Col. Peter Horry, of revolutionary fame. Eorshaw was settled by Irish Quakers in 1750. and took its name from Col. Joseph Kershaw, a patriot of the revolu? tion. Lancaster was settled in 1713 bv emi? grants from Virginia and Pennsylvania, and took its name from Lancaster, in the former State. Laurens was settled in 1755 by emi? grants from Virginia and Pennsylvania, and was named in memory of Col. Henry Laurens, of the revolution. Lexington was settled by Germans, and originally bore the name of Saxe Gotha. Its present name is in memory of Lexington, Ky. Marion was settled in 1750 by Virgi? nians, and was named in honor of (Jon. Francis Marion. Marlboro was settled by emigrants from Virginia and Pennsylvania, and took its name from the Duke of Marl borough. Newherry was settled in 1750 by emi? grants from Pennsylvania; origin of the name is doubtful?probably from New burg. Orangeburg was settled in 1701 by Hermans, subjects of the Prince of Orange; hence its name. Pendleton was settled in 1750, and re? ceived its name in honor of Judgo Pen? dleton. It has been divided into two judicial districts, called Anderson and Piekens. Pickens is in the North, and compre? hends tho mountainous part of old Pen? dleton. It took its name from (Jen. An? drew Pickens. a hero of the revolution. Anderson is the Southern part of Pendleton, and took its name from (Jen. Anderson, who acted a conspicuous part at tho battle of Covipcns as well as at many other places during the revolution? ary struggle. Richland was'settled in 1710, and took its name from its rich and productive soil. Spartanburg was settled in 1750, and received its name after the close of the war of '7(5. Slimier was set|lcd in 1730 by emi? grants from Virginia, and took its name from Gen. Thomas Snmtnr. Union was settled in 1755, by emi? grants from Virginia. Origin of tho name unknown. Williamsburg was settled in 1733 by "Scotch Irish," and took its name from William III, King of England. York was settled in 17i>0, by emigrants from Pennsylvania and Virginia, and took its name from York, in tho former State. Oconeo takes its name from a river in that vicinity. It is composed of a por? tion of Pickens. Aiken is composed of portions of Edgefield, Orangeburg and Barnwell. Tho people of Iceland seriously think of abandoning their island* ho frequent and appalling hare the volcanic erup? tions become. A largo portion of the country is covered with not ashes, and. the persistent action "of the internal fires soveral weeks ago destroyed the postal ngc, and otherwise injured the prospects of the farmers. It i* difficult to conceive how the strongest love of country can induco people to remain in such a fire cursed region, and the Icelanders them? selves have for a long tiire. been turning their eyes elsewhere for a home. It would seem a little singular that, after the re? cent pompous celebration of the 1,000th year of their independence, the island would have to be abandoned by the people. It will l>e remembered that the Icelandic settlers in Wisconsin sent a commission to Alaska to examine the country, with n view to future Icelandic settlement. These commissioners? Messrs. Jon. Olafsson, Olafr Olafsson and Paul Bjornsson?addressed a communi? cation to President Grant, after their re | turn, last fall, in which they warmly recommended Alaska as a land which seemed well adapted to their countrymen in every respect, and requested that the Government should do something to en? courage Icelandic immigration there. As it seems extremely probable that the Icelanders will be driven from the island by the fires, they should be welcomed to Alaska on the same terms as other immi? grants, and, as they aro a very honest ami industrious people, their advent would doubtless prove a check upon the rascality of the rings which have pos? sessed themselves of the business of the new territory to a great extent. Slavery is Kansas.?Food for reflec? tion is furnished in the statement that slavery in the United States onlv came to an end a few days ago, and that the last State in the Union to hold a slave was "bleeding Kansas." The Loaven worth Hints says that Maggie Adams, a colored girl, seventeen years old, was recently released in that State from a slate of bondage. During all the years since the war, this prl has been living in a remote section ot the State as the slave of a family. Sho knew nothing of the emancipation proclamation or the fifteenth amendment, was not allowed to learn to read or write, and believed her? self a slave until released by accident a few weeks ago. "Here's richness for you," as Mr. Sqneers was wont to say when stirring water in the milk of the (mpils of Dotheboys Hall. Guns have >een fired everywhere in honor of the abolition of "human slavery," the colored people have celebrated anniversaries of the emancipation proclamation, gushing orators havo congratulated the world upon the extinction of the "relic of bar? barism." tho wiping away of the foul spot, etc.,.John Drown has been apotheo? sized as the vanquisher of the monster, yet during all these years slavery has existed in the good Radical State of Kan? sas, in the State where John Drown first commenced his career of robbery and murder! The door-keeper will please put out the first man who laughs; the faithful will perform on their pookct handkerchiefs, to the tune of "John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the ground." The Philadelphia Preitit, referring to the recital by Mr. Nordhoff", in a recent Herald letter, of a case of barbarous treatment of a colored woman in Missis? sippi, says: "States where the scene he relates, is possible, cannot be governed on tho same principles and in the same way in which Pennsylvania is governed." There is unquestionably a great de al of deviltry practiced in Mississippi Which ! goes unpunished, but as that State has I been under Republican rule, in every sense of the word, for eight or nine 1 years, the party who profess to be chain ' pious of law, order and liberty, is on j tirel v responsible for the infamous treat I men: of the colored girl referred to, and for mini or ou.s other acts of lawlessness, j The Press evidently overlooked the fact : that Iladical officials have allowed these disorders to go on free-handed for so j long. Rut it se^ms to us that Mississippi I Republicans govern that State just about in the same way in which their brethren I govern the great State of Pennsylvania, j whore a horde of cut-throat miners hold j a large portion of the territory in a reign I of terror, shoot men down with impunity, 1 sot lire to and destroy valuable manu- j I factnring establishments, murder poor ; Italian miners in cold blood and set the j \ Governor at definancc. It is a wither ! bad argument to bring Pennsylvania for : ward as a model for the country. There < i-t. to-day, more wide-spread lawlessness j thoro than in the State of Mississippi, under unprincipled carpet-bag rule. A colored man appeared before Com? missioner Rotts, in New York, on Friday ' last, and asked for a warrant for the nr ; rest of a confectioner on the Sixth avenue, - on the ground that he had violated the ' provisions of the Civil Rights Bill, in re ] fusing to sell the complainant a plate of ; ice cream on account of his color. Tho Commissioner, without asking tho name i of tho complainant or of the person against whom he desired to enter the ! complaint, refused to grant the warrant, i on the ground that the act charged did 1 not come within the provisions of the Civil Rights Bill, which did not contem j plate the regulation of the business of others than those subject to general nub j lie legislation; all others engaged in I business having the right to accept as ' customers only such persons as they might choose to deal with. The com? plainant was very angry at the refusal of tho Commissioner, and wanted to know what the Civil Rights Bill was good for, if a colored man could not get a plate of ? ice cream as well as a white man. Greenville suffered severely from a j tornado, on the l?th. Trees and houses ? wer demolished in different sections of 1 the County. Crrr Ltxwb.?Subscribe for (don't bor? row) theftseKinxr-'"'' <' ? ?? v? ??<-*'- n?*w>r? Uncle Joo nays he didn't. Adani ditto. "Biled shirts" melt rapidly this wea? ther. No cross, no diamond, and yet tbc police are happy. "Why is this thtw? It is a Scripture maxim that we always have the poor with us. The rich go away in the summer. The recent fine rains have done much to advance vegetation, and have been it Bonrcc of great benefit to the farmers. "Uncle Joo" is in the city. His smilo is as child-like and bland as ever? notwithstanding the murder charges. If yon would haye a thing kept secret, never tell it to any one; and if you would not have a thing known of you, never do it. A gentleman, endowed with a great amount of brass, desires to meet a lady possessing a corresponding amount of tin. Mayor Alexander has furnished us with a late copy of the Sidney (Australia) j Tuirn and Country?the largest publica? tion in the world. There is to be a public meeting of tho male citizens of School District No. 1, held in Irwin's Hall, on the 26th inst., j at 12 o'clock M. Undo Joe Crews says in a telegraphic despatch, "You make a big fuss, but yon can neither scare nor hang worth a damn." Mr. McKenzie has something new in j the way of a thirst-allaying invigorant? coffee syrup, prepared from the best of Java. If they continue to sell goods at such prices much longerat the Grand Central Dry Goods Establishment of Wm. D. Love &. Co., the firm will be arrested for smuggling. The rush for cheap goods at tho Grand- ? Central Dry Goods Establishment of Wm. D. Love A Co. still continues. No wonder, the prices they are selling for axe sure to make customers buy. It's astonishing, says the New Orleans Bulletin, to see how little there is of some ladies in these days of contracted skirts, y And it is equally astonishing to see how much there is of some others. No matter what happens, some people are never contented. Clouds and dark? ness aro over their heads alike, whether it rains or shines. To them'eVery inci? dent is an accident, and every accident a calamity. Those yard-wide printed cambrics they are selling for 10c. a yard at the Grand Central Dry Goods Establishment of Wm. D. Love & Co., are'the cheapest goods ever sold. Can't see how they do it. The Governor has made the following appointments: John J. Watson, of Greenville, A. E. Sloan and Matthew White, of Chester, Notaries Fublic; Thomas Jackson, Commissioner of Deeds at Philadelphia, Pa. The examinations at the academies in Williamston, Walhalla and Spartanburg, come off next week, and Col. Dodamead and the other railroad officials of con? necting lines have agreed to issue excur? sion tickets to those desirous of attend Which shall it be- Saturday or Mon? day? The "glorious Fourth" falls on Sunday, this year, and the query is, when will it be celebrated?Saturday or Monday? Who will decide it? Perhaps the Mayor and City Council can settle tho matter. We Like Such NEioHiions.?Mrs. Huff? man's fruitery and family supply store contains many things useful and grati? fying to tho taste. Fruits in season, fresh vegetables and other nick-nacks are in abundance. And occasionally tho pro? prietress remembers her noighbor, as was the case, yesterday, when a basket full of good things?bananas, oranges, apples, lemons, candy, wax beans, cab? bage, nuts, etc.?was presented to the Pkienix, for which sho has our thanks. Miss Josie Smith and Mr. Huffman are the obliging attendants. -? ? List of New Advertisements. A Setter Bitch Lost. W. 11. Burke?Hay, Bacon, &c. Meeting Union Council, 11. & S. M. Hotel Arrivals, June 16.?Mansion House?W. T. Crawford, Winnsboro; T. C. Ryan and wife, Charleston; H. E. Bruce, city; H. G. Arthur, W. & W. S. M. Co.; B. P. Mauldin, G. A C. R. R.; J. McIIekin, Alston; H. D. Hamitcr, Richland; W. Stevens, Edgefield. Fairbanks' Scales.?It is some satis? faction to know that notwithstanding the depression of business throughout the country, tho principal indnstry in this place keeps up. Forty-eight full car loads of scales were Bhipped from tho factory in tho mouth of May. Tho pro? duction of scales for tho first five months of the present year was over 2,500 more than for the corresponding time in 1871. [.S7. Johnsbury Caledonian.