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W&t ?j)?ilt?t0m Jails jfefeg, VOLUME X.-NUMBER 2179. ' CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1873. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR7 THE SO. CA. RAILROAD. ADDRESS OF THE DIRECTORS TO THE j STOCKHOLDERS. What the Road has Ramed and How the Earnings Have Been Spent-The Dividend Quest iou-A Gratifying Re. view of the Past and Encouraging Prospects for the Future. To (he Stockholders of the South Carolina Railroad Company: The Subscribers, a committee appointed by the Board of Directors to address a circular letterrto the stockholders, respectfully ask your attention lo the following communica? tion: For several years past rumors have con? stantly prevailed of plans being on loot to ob? tain control of the South Garolloa Railroad, and to make lt subservient to the policy and to the success o? other and rival roads and communities. There may have been but little foundation for these rumors; we have been assured by gentlemen whose names were freely made nae of as participants in the s?beme that they bad no connection with it whatever. These assurances we regard as entitled to Implicit confidence; yet the con- j ?tant agitation of the subject bad the effect last year of persuading the Georgia Railroad to undertake the completion of the Port Boyal Railroad as a measure of defence. We have it on the highest anihority that j nothing but the conviction forced upon them that the South Carolina Railroad was about tc pass ont of your bands Induced the Georgia | Railroad to adopt this momentous resolu? tion. Similar movements are again in agitation. In a circular published in the dally papers j you are requested to send your proxies to a j stockholder residing In another State; and who, however well Informed in other re? specta, la evidently not correctly lnlormed apon the affairs of the road. He proposes to elect "a board of directors who hold large amounts of stock, and who will ron the road , ] lo tbfL Interest of the stockholders." "The present directors," it ls added, "hold but lit- ( lie stock." To this lt may be answered: ] First, that excluding three or four ( gentlemen who have bought of late, ^ and avowedly on speculation, largely of the abares o? the road, there are no other fifteen stockholders who hold in the aggre? gate aa many shores aa tba fifteen directors. 1j Second, that the utmost scrutiny into the management o? yonr affairs will not reveal one single instance In which we have made the In- j ] tereala or the stockholders of secondary con? sideration to any other interests whatsoever, After the termination of the war the road waa restored to the directors on the 19th of Jane, 1865. At Columbia all shop.?, depots and buildings of every description, all the val? uable tools and other appliances of a large first-class workshop, were entirely destroyed, ? together with a large and valuable stock of L supplies. On the Colombia branch of the road the en? tire line above Orangeburg, and on the Ham- j t burg division, all above the ?dlsto Biver, was 1( completely des .toyed. All the wooden strnc-1 (. tures, cross-ties, culverts, stationhonses and water tanka were destroyed. The rails were burnt, twisted and bent into shapes baffling . all efforts-at restoration. O? the passenger j and freidat cars 117 only were In possession; ? 136 were on the Charlotte Road, entirely cut ( oft* by the destruction of the .Columbia branch. These loases, namely, In property in the road, In negroes, and In cars, locomotives and machinery, amounted to $1,629,114 64. That la to say, it required about that sum te rebatid and rehabilitate the road.$1,629,114 64 On the ether hand the debts of the compa? ny amounted to_$3,686,000 Of thia amount there was due in cash For arrear of Interests 495,799 For past due domestic benda. 234,000 For sterling bonds first mortgage, payable lat Jan., 1866, in gold. 2,000,000- 2,729,799 00 $4,358,913 64 To which must be added the out? standing bills ol the Southwest? ern R. R. Bank, for which tbe 8. C. R. R. was responsible,'and of wale'; we finally redeemed the sam 0?.;. 574,628 46 $4,933,542 10 Ia these circumstances it will be readily .understood that dividends bad co place in the ?houghta of the president or directors. The .ole Idea waa to avert the total loss of the capital Three Important measures were es? sential to success: L The renewal, of the first mortgage debt, and funding of the arrears of interest, and ot the overdue domestic bonds. 2. The Immediate reconstruction and r?? habilitation of the road. . s. The funding of the bills of the South Western Railroad Bank, for which suit waa '.inmediately commenced by the holders. The difficulties.Incident to the accomplish? ment of measures pi auch magnitude and im? portance, in the crippled condition of the road, and the merit implied in their success? ful accomplishment, we will not dwell upon. K ls enough to say that they were successfully achieved, and by that means that the stock holders were saved from the total loss o? their capiut The gross income for the five years from the I j lat of January, 1867, to the 3 ist ef December, ' 1871, ia............. .'.$6,766,273 56 Being on average of $1,353,25471 per annum. The operating expenses are..'. 4,002,117 ll Being about 60 per cent, o? the gross. The net earnings are.$2,764,156 44 Add incidental income. 66,650 31 $2,820,806 75 Sterling and domestic interest 'jeld; expenses paying oterllng v-upons 1870 and 1871, and ex? changing sterling bonds, and discount in exchanging bonds, 4C.v. 1,514,699 71 $1,306,107 04 Deduct dividends declared and paid. 174,582 00 Toto! amount received from in? come In five years.$1,131,625 04 Increase of debt in same period, viz : In bonds, notes paya? n?le, 40..$1,316,990 05 Deduct amount ap? plied Ia redemp tian of South Weet? ara Railroad Bank notes.$574,628 46 Io the adjust? ment and settlement of ante-bel? lum claims, and lo ex 5^?"f26T,6?7 27 842,325 73 474,664 32 Total amount remaining to be ac? counted for arising from In? come and from Increased in debtedness combined.$1,606,189 36 Disposition ol above amount : Restoration ol road prop? erty .$552,634 Ol Cars and locomotives. 310,248 41 $862,882 42 $743,306 94 Water front on Coop River, and other lands, being addi? tional acquisitions of property.$123,877 06 Macon and Augusta Railroad, and other railroad shares. 286,260 00 New York, Balli? more and Phlladel p h i a steamship shares. 269,333 33 Greenville and Co? lumbia Railroad Company's first mortgage bonds. 69,350 00 $748,820 39 The establishment of steamship lines to New York, Philadelphia and Ballimore was as essential in restoring and confirming the value of your property as th? rebuilding of the road. And the constant danger and almost dally menace, for several years, that tbe Greenville Railroad was about to pass Into hands that would dlreot all of its business over the Wilmington and Manchester Road, rendered a close alliance with the Macon and Augusta Road almost as Important to us as the steamboat lines. In these views the stockholders unanimously concurred, aa will be seen by the reports and resolu? tions adopted in the several annual conven? tions from 1866 lo 1872, both Inclusive: It has been said in another place that tbe increase ol Indebtedness since 1866 ls.$1,316,990 05 But ll Is not to be Inferred that the company ls that much worse off now than lt was then. Prom the total debt of the company has ilways been deducted the assets in band In the form of stocks, bonds, <?c , so as to ex? hibit the balance of indebtedness. This balance on the 1st Jan lary, 1867, was.$3,459,690 49 But there was subsequently added is part of the debt then existing 5230,000 premium on a large imouat of tho sterling debt, for which settlement in United Slates surrency was demanded and had o be made. 280,000 00 Correct balance ni Indebtedness 1st January, 1867.$3,739,590 49 Balance ot ludebtedness 1st Tanuary, 1872, after deducting xonds, stocks, ?c., la band*, as ibove described. 3,680,579 34 Toar property ls now entirely restored, ind ia more efficient condition than at any ime In the whole period of Its history; your natured and pressing debts have been to a arge extent arranged for and funded In new ssueB of bonds at long dates. Tour business bas largely augmented, and he promise of the future ls more encouraging han at any time. The acquisition of the Ireenville Railroad bas exceeded In the re alts our most sanguine expectations. The loc?me of that road for 1871 ras.$600,000 'ue operating expenses. 300,000 ind now that the litigation ia which lt was nvolved is at an end, we look confidently to i most proa table return from this lnvest nent. The question of dividends, as far as he past ls concerned, seems to be plain and ilmple. Had lt beeu financially possible to lave declared and paid even tour per cent. >er annum during the last five years, the lebt of the company to-day would have been 1,000,000 more than lt ls now. What would he shares lo such a case be worth 1* But the payment of dividends during that lerlod was impossible; the postponement ol red Hors pressing for Judgment against the oad, or holding an overdue first mortgage, or the purpose of distributing the earuings .moog the stockholders, would have caused ce loss of our entire property. We could tot be unmindful oi the fate of the Charles on and Savannah Railroad, the Wilmington nd Manchester, LaurenB, Spar tan burg and Inion, the Blue Ridge Road, and we may add he Greenville and Colombia Railroad also. As to the future, we can only say that there re no stockholders more deeply interested or lore earnestly desirous ol receiving dlvl ends iban the directors themselves. The report for the past year will show what lay be possible in that respect, and we re pectfully urge upon the stockholders the luty and advantage of a punctual and general ttendance at the approaching convention, to ecelve and consider the report to be made ol he operations of the year 1872. Respect fully, G. A. TREN HOLM, H. GOURDIN, GEO. W. WILLIAMS, A. SlMONDS, L. D. DESACSSORK. THE OLD WORLD'S SEWS. L Liberal Appropriation for the German Navy-The Carllat movement Album? ins; New Importance. LONDON, March 10. Cardinal Cullen in a pastoral letter strongly leaounces the Irish University bill. There are strong indications that the Btrlke n the Welch mines ls about over. A special from Berlin lo the Times says that be Germans are refusing to evacuate Bellort inttl the payment of the war Indemnity by france ls completed. The German govern nent appropriates $80,000,000 lor the consunc? i?n of ships and BL 'p yards. PARIS, March 10. A dispatch from Bayonne says that the Car lets ia the Spanish province of Gulpuzzoa jave cut the railroad and burned several sta .lons between San SebuMlan and Ima. Travel jetweeu those towns Is entirely suspended. 1. band of insurgents Is threatening Irun, and t ls feared the iowa will fail into their hands. BARCELONA, March 10. A Federal Republic has been proclaimed in his city. The greatest excitement and entbu ilasm prevails. * METHODIST MINISTER DEPOSED. BALTIMORE, March 10, Thia morning in the annual conference of he Methodist Eslecopal Church, South, the iommiltee appointed for the trial of the Rev. r. F. Clark, of White Sulphur Springs. West Hrglnla, of which committee the Rev. N. ?ead is chairman, reported the charges of inmorality sustained, and Clark was expelled rom the cburcb. The committee in the case if the Rev. Dr. Houston are taking testimony. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -Commodore Edmund M. Henry is dead. -In answer to certain propositions, the 'rlbune announces editorially that it will net ell itself or Its opinions. -AdviceB lrom the Beat ot war report that laptaln Jack has yielded, and the Modoc war i over. -The meeting ot the Journeymen shoe lakers In New York, to organize a strike, was ut slimly attended, and tbe project ls ooosld red a failure. THE CHARLESTON COLLEGE. A SKETCH OF ITS HISTORY, CONDI? TION AND PROSPECTS. Its Advantages for the Education of Charlestonlans-Improvements In the College Buildings. The College of Charleston ls now about to close Its winter term, the commencement ex? ercises being expected to take place on Tuesday, the 25th instant. A brief recess will then be taken, and the exercises of the Col? lege will be resumed on Tuesday, ihe 8lh of April. Candidates for admission to the Col? lege will be examined on Monday, the 24tb Instant, and alBO on the first day of the new term, the 8th proximo. It ls expected that the commencement exercises will take place as usual at the Academy of Music, but the de. tails of the exhibition have not yet been de? termined upon. THE HISTORY OF THE CO LC EU E. This venerable institution was first organ? ized In 1785. A number ot legacies had at that time been left by certain public spirited citizens to be devoted to "the first college in South Carolina," and an application was made to the General Assembly ot that year lor a charter lor the College ot Charleston. It hap? pened, however, that some other movements had been set on foot for the establishment ot certain other educational Institutions in the upper part of the State, and tbe same aot ol the General Assembly, approved March 19, 1785, which incorporated the College ol Charleston, also contained charters for a col? lege at the Village of Wlnusboro.and another In lue vicinity of Ninety-Six. The Institution at Wlnnsboro' was Boon after established, and, we believe, ls still In existence, but J lt has never couierred degrees nor ex arclsed any ol the distinctive functions t* | i college, and the one at Niuety-Slx was never began. The legacies, however, were ilstrlbuted equally among the three Institu? tions, and the one which Is now the College sf Charleston was soon aller opened by Bish? op Smith, who was IIB first principal. The property then comprised the same ground that is now held by the Collage, being the square bounded by George, Green, St Phillp md College streets; and the school, lor lt was it first no more than a grammar school, was neld In a long building running from George to Green streets, which bad been occupied taring the Revolutionary war as a barrack for 11 the British troops. Ihe second principal ot ?< the school was Dr. Buist, father ol the Hon. Seorge Buist, the present probate Judge ol 11 Charleston County, and its first graduate was j .he Right Rev. Nathaniel Bowen, the third Episcopal bishop of the diocese of South Car? inna. In 1824 the institution was ORGANIZED AS A COLLEGE )y the union of three o( the principal grara nar schools In the city, thea kept respectlve y by Mr. John Dixon, Mr. Wm. Balley and ir. Gilbert. The most advanced pupils ol all hese schools formed the first freshman class if the new college, and a large grammar chool was organized la connection with the ?liege, and received the other boys from the bree schools. A year or two after this foun iatlon of the college the present extensive lulldlng, which ironts on Green street, and ixtendairom College to St. Philip street, was irected, and the Rev. Jasper Adams waa sleeted president of the college. This con Inned until 1835, when the exercises of ihe iollege were Interrupted until 1838. In thal j rear the property of the college was trans erred to the city, and the city undertook the mpport ol the institution. The college was j eopened In 1?.38 with Dr. Wm. J. Brantley as >reeldent, and it has been In successful opera ion ever Blnce, wlih the exception of the year J 865, when the distracted condition of the elly I caused a temporary suspension ol the exer lises. Dr. Brantley was succeeded In the iffice of president by Professor Wm. Perropeau "joley, now ol Aiken, who retired In 1858, vben Dr. N. Russell Middleton, the present ?resident of the college, was elected. THE FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE a now composed of the following gentlemen I. Russell Middleton, LL. D., President and 'rofessor ol the Evidences of Christianity, ind Horry Prolessor of Moral, Intellectual nd Political Philosophy; Lewis R. Gibbes, M. )., Professor of Astronomy, Physics and 3 hem is try; Frederick A. Porcher, A. M., Pro esaor of History and Belles Lettres, Instruct ir In French; Francis W. Capers, A. M., Pro essor of Mathematics; Henry M. Bruns, L.L >., Professor of the Latin and Greek Lan? gages and Literature, and Instructor in Ger aan; L. A. Frampton, A. M., Librarian; John loCrady, A. M., Curator of the Museum. The course of studies pursued in the college j Blmilar to that of the best Institutions of the ;lnd in other sections of the country, and lt ls lalmed that Us mathematical course, In par Icular, ls more complete and thorough than hat of any other college In the United States. 3he number of students In attendance during he past year was thirty-four, and ll this ap-j .ears small It must be borne In mind that its luplls have been drawn entirely from the City if Charleston, and a comparison with other ol leges which depend for their students upon he population ol the respective cities In rhlcb they are located Bhows very favorably or the College of Charleston. The Columbia Allege, for Instance, In the City of New Tork, lad last year one hundred and twenty Bta? lents, drawn from a white population of iver nine hundred thousand, while the College I if Charleston, with a while population of | ess than twenty-three thousand, bad thlrty our students. In other words, the pet insti? ll Hon of the City of New York had; about one | J itudent lor every seven thousand inhabitants, vhile the College ol Charleston had about one itudent for every seven hundred. IT3 ADVANTAGES. There ls uo reason, however, why the preB mt number of students In this excellent in itltutlon Bhouid not be largely increased. The juli dings are ample for the accommodation o? I nuch larger class, B than are now bad, ihe [ ?ndowment of the college supplies it a liberal lupport, Its advantages are at least equal to .hat of any other purely collegiate Institution n the country, and its charges for tuition are jxceedingly low, being but forty dollars per rear, or ten dollars per quarter, with no fees whatever for lectures, matriculation or grad lation. The college buildings are now being i mt In thorough repair, and by the openlDg )f the summer term they will be In first ?ate order. The grounds are also being Un? loved and beautified, and a complete and mbstantlal gymnastic apparatus ls bel na con tructed for the use of the students. Attached to thia college is the finest mu? era of natural history to be found in the Southern States, including many rare sped nens and preparations which cannot be dupli? cated in the world. THE TALE OE A RHO, A Trae Story with an Obvlots Moral. Tbe utility of email advertlsenenis ia a paper of large circulation was aptly illustrated In THE NEWS of yesterday. It happened that OD Saturday a valuable diamond ri og was lost somewhere on East Bay, Harket or King streets, and that, a few hours later, the ring was lound on King street. Th? loser was naturally desirous of recovering the gem, and the finder was equally anxious to restore lt to Its owner. Both being sensible persons, they each Inserted a little advertisement In the next issue of THE NEWS, and the natural con? sequence resulted yesterday In tbe owner re? covering the lost treasure, and the Ander re? ceiving the gratification ol agood deed grace? fully done. THE CITY AND THE ORPHANS. A Reply to Alderman Gage's Protest in the City Connell. TO THE EDITORS OF TUB SEWS. The protest presented by Alderman Gage at the last regular meeting and ordered to be spread on the minutes was unexpected, as the reception which greeted his motion on the same subject at the previous meeting of Council it was to be supposed would have satisfied him that such sentiments were un? congenial to our conservative Council. I propose briefly to examine In detail bis several objections. The first reason, be alleges, for depriving the Sisters of their ap? propriation, which, on being granted, was made perpetual, Is beoause their institution Is sectarian. Hy reply ls, lt is not more so ! than the oiber. The one objects not to re- ' celve children, under certain restrictions, of ! all denominations. Neither does the other. The one declines to invite the Protestant ! minister; the other, the Catholic. In the one tbe Protestant religion ls exclusively Inculca ted; lc the other the Catholic. Is it not clear, theo, that the withholding of the Sisters* ap- 1 propriatlon would involve the non-appropria- ? ting ef the other, and that the granting of the one necessarily Implies the granting of all ' auch appropriations as can come as well re? commended as was the Sisters'-three thou? sand citizens, representing two-thirds of the Laxes, having signed their petition. Another reason he alleges, economy. As the ministers ot retrenchment and retorm, he Bays we 1 should economize, and illustrates by making ( Lbe preposterous assertion that for one-third , 3f $6000-Bay $2000-one hundred and ten . ihildren could be maintained In the publlo < 3rphanhouse. This* I pass by as unworthy t in y reply-lt bears loo unmistakably its own , refutation on Its blank face. Our worthy Mayor's report proves that the appropriation of $6,000 has proven a most iconomlc measure. The lacie are corrobora? ted by figures, In the archives of the treasury, i that about double the sum was appropriated ' tor the public Orphanbouse, when the fiist ippropt tallon was made to the Sisters, and at I .bat time, as since, a great reduction bad been , affected. Now, the minimum figure of $20,000 nae been reached. The public Insulation bas 1 resides an Income of $7,000- or nearly-lo I round figures $27,000 to maintain 230 children. t Now, in Justice, half that sum should'be iwarded the Sisters, as they maintain half that number nearly, and their nnmbers are < noreaalng whilst the others are decreasing, y Dr. reverse lbe euee, and say that $6,000 Is sufficient for the Sisters, then twice that sum ?honld be ample for the other, viz : $12,000 rem which deduct $7,000 private fund-and i .he appropriation ibis year 9bould bave been , 55.000 nol $20,000. I might here add that the listers are not blessed with a palatial home, 1 >r appurtenances. That they popsess not the < lower of steam, are uot furnished with phy- i ilclan or medicines, and innumerable valuable ? iddenda. Viewing these lacis, unprejudl iially, no future member ol Council can I nake a moiioc. In the Interests of our city, to | ibohsh this appropriation. Another reason , he alderman avers influeuces him-lt would irove pe. llous to our Republican institutlons. 1 .-low lbe exercise of charity In educating and ' raining our destitute youth, and seeing that ( .hey are properly apprenticed, and following , .hem with wise precepts and vigilant guarn?- ? inshlp to maturity, cxa have other than a be- < alga influence-none but a prejudiced and in- i nierant mind can conceive, and ls unworthy . Uiiber re tere t ce. Besides, he says lt would nteifere wllh our public schools, the bulwark, ' kc. My reply is, that Republicanism ls fully ' is strongly anchored In our elster city Of Sa rannah as here, and lhere a special appropri itlon is made and yearly paid for the Catholic ichools; where permission ls granted In Ibis < ree country that the text booka of their own selection may be read and the teachers ap? proved by their clergy may educate the Catt? ilia I have now, seriatim, answered the alder nan's several objections and may be excused rom replying to the many cogent reasonB which yet remain locked up in his capacious losom. A discerning public need not be re nlnded thal this discussion has been unpro? voked. It has been lorced upon our commu? nty: first, by a moiton that no roan in Council would second; again by a communication to which no one replied; followed by a protest, illowedtogo on record. This is my reply, ind whilst I deplore sectarian discussion, and , shall ever be slow to engage In lt, when the ssue ls forced upon me I shall be ever ready .0 defend tho right and maintain the dignity )f the citizen, free and independent. Ci vis. A Question of Arithmetic. TO THK EDITORS OF TBE NEWS. I/, as Alderman Gage states, $49 96 be suffi? cient lo maintain one orphan for one year, ben 230 Inmates of the City Orpbanhouse ! would coal $11,260 80. Now. the amount ap? propriated by Council ls $20,000, to which Boat be added $7,000-the private lund of the nstlluilon, and the difference between that imount, $27,000, und that which he states lufficlent for lbe maintenance ot the children -$11,260 80-leaves a balance of $15,739 20, , which, one Interested may ask, what dlsposl .lon Bhall be made of lt ? TAXPAYER. A BLACK MAIL PLOT. Vindication of Mr. Peter Pup in and an Exposure of his Traducers. TO THE EDITORS OF THK NEWS. From Information received from seemingly -esponslble parties In New York, concerning the character and business ol Peter Papln, ' Esq., lt waa deemed advisable to warn our 1 Mlzens against hts schemes of emigration, ?fcc, 1 mill reliable Information could be obtained rom the New York officials on the subject. ' accordingly, I telegraphed the chief of police 1 ll that city" staling Hie charges against Mr. , Papln, and requeBtlug an Investigation of the , ;ase, to which (he lollowlne reply has been eceived, and ls now, at the request ol Mr. Papln, reierred to the papers ol ibis elly in ustice Io himself and for the Information oi ill concerned. JOHN C. MINOTT, Chief of Police. ' Charleston, S. C., March 10. j OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT OP POLICE, ) ! NEW YORK, Match 5,1873. [ 1 rohn C. Ninon ESL, Chief of Police, Charleston, 1 SC: SIR-Yours of the 25th ultimo received, and jontents noted. Below please find transcript I if report made lo Captain Irving by the offl- 1 :er who WBB directed to make an Investiga- 1 Ion In the Papin casp. ? Yours respectfully, I JAMES J. KELSO, Superintendent. j Captain James Irving-I have Investigated ,he enclosed, and from what I can learn Mr. Peter Papln IB o gentleman, and the parties iccupying the basement No. 109, Fourth iveuue, and who wrote to Charleston about lim, are sawdust swindlers, and their object i n writing Is lo black mall him. . GEO. H. DUES, Detective. DAMAGE BY THE GALE, j PHILADELPHIA. March 10. ! An extensive ship house, ut Wood & Co.'s i ihip yard, at Kalghnes Point, N. J., was i ilown down this morning In a gale of wind, i t was two hundred and fifty feet long, eighty i feet wide, and about eighty feet high, lhere i vere twenty-five men employed on a vessel i n the lower part ol the house, but the wind I :arrled tbe wreck away from the vessel and I io one was Injured. i THE RAEROAD TAX CASES. FINAL DECISION ST THE UNITED STATES SUFREME COURT. The South Carolina and Northeastern Railroads Peclared Liable to Taxa? tion, and the Chura iv and Darlington Railroad Exempt. A dispatch was received In this city last eve? ning announcing that the United States Su? preme Court had yesterday rendered a decis? ion in the cases involving the question of the liability of the South Carolina, Northeastern, and Cheraw and Darlington Railroad Compa? nies to State and city taxation. The dispatch was received by ex-City Attorney Corbin, who represented the City of Charleston In these cases, (rom Mr. D. H. Chamberlain, who rep? resented the State, and was as follows : In the case of Humphreys vs. Pegues, (Che? raw and Darlington Railroad case,) the decis? ion ol the Circuit Court that the property of the road ls not taxable bas been sustained. In the cases of Tomlinson vs. Jessup, (North? eastern Railroad case,) and of Charleston vs. Branch, (South Carolina Railroad case,) the decisions of the Circuit Court, similar to the above, were reversed. The following dispatch from the Associated Press Indicates tbe grounds of the decision In the case of the Cheraw and Darlington Rail? road Company: WASHINGTON, March 10. The Supreme Court to-day, In the case of Humphrey et al, vs. Pegues, irom the United States Circuit Court ot South Carolina, de? cided that the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad In South Carolina ls, by the laws of the State, exempt from taxation, and that the law ol 1808, enacted to repeal this exemption, ls fold. The opinion of tha court says: "It is too late to raise the question whether a State bas the power to bina itself against imposing -axes, for lt bas been beld In thia court that a 3tate has the power to bind itself lo relin? quishing the taxing power, and such a pro vis? on of exemption ls a contract which the State may not subsequently Impair." A Confirmation via Sumter. [SPECIAL TKLKQKAM TO THE NEWE ] SOUTER, MARCH 10. A dispatch has just been received from (Washington, by Governor Moses, to tbe effect bat the case of the Sute vs. the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad has been decided in favor )f the company and the cases ol the State vs. .he Sooth Carolina and Northeastern Railroads n favor of the Slate. A TOUCHING APPEAL. To his Honor the Mayor and Board of Health: We have watched with much interest the Illing up of the pond opposite Rutledge ave ine. Dead cate, dogs, Ac, have contributed such to the deposits. So muob so that we leered at one time lt would become a nuls ince to the whole neighborhood. But we ?vere glad to see these covered up speedily ind securely by good earth, so that when the ivork was completed these putrid animal r? nains would beoome Inert. The work for some reason or other has been mspended Just before lt has reached the causeway, and If lt be allowed to rest there ;he stench must necessarily ooze out and be? come Insupportable to the neighborhood, and f sickness does not follow, lt will bo because iad smells cannot produce lt. But with many persons, part'cularly ladies, bad smells will produce often serious results, such as fainting, ;nUre loss of appetite, and all the evils that result from constant nervous Irritation and want of food. We hope, therefore, as the :hlef municipal officer, that n&twithstAndlug rour other labors for the good and prosperity ol the city, which you have carried out with the zeal and perseverance of one who has the real good of the city at heart, and as chairman of the Board of Health, you will have this work completed, and prevent the evil which will certainly follow ll lt ls allowed to remain In Its present condition until the bot weather develops the smell. With great respect, RCTLEDUE AVENUE. Charleston, S. C., March 10,1873. THE SEASON AT PENDLETON. Unprecedented Severity of the Weather -Its Effect on the Crops-The Stock Law. [PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PENDLETON, March 5. When I last wrote you about the unprece? dented severity ol onr ?Inter I did hope we should have no iurther cause to complain, but throughout the month of February, with a very few days exception, we had but little agreeable weather, lt being either too wet or too cold, so tbut the larmer could do but little towards preparing for a crop. Scarcely any ploughing has been done, even spring oats hav? ing been sown but by few, and there has been a most backward preparation for cotton or any other crop. Oats and late sown fall wheat have been very much killed out, and there ls not haifa stand In many Instances within my Knowledge. I walked two bundred yards to? day through a lot ol wheat sown on my own farm and saw but two plants standing, and the eland ls very light on lbs earlier sown Held. There is not half a stand ol oats sown in October Marob set In with snow on the first day, wblcb, with sleet, continued through the night, ending with rain on the second. The third day cleared with the thermometer at twenty-eight degrees. On the fourth day ll was down to sixteen degrees, and to-day (the ruth) lt is at fourteen degrees. The monn lalns In Bight are covered with snow, and, although lt 1B clear here, lt ls one of the most disagreeable days we have bad this winter on account of the high and culling west and northwest winds. No gardening bas been done, and there ls not a sign of a bloom on a peach tree up to dale. We have a remarkable coincidence In the weather the present and last year. There having been snow on the first and a heavy sleet and snow at night on the 2d of March last year. We have had lesB snow thia winter than lhere was last winter, but that season cannot be compared with this for the Intense :ol? and disagreeable weather. Indeed, your correspondent has lived to see seventy-five winters, and has no recollection of any one to compare with this. Il is said lhat good crops follow hard winters, but our present pros? pects are truly discouraging io the larmer ind planter. Many in our county regret the failure of the passage in our Legislature of the stock law, a lt would require much less fencing to se jure our stock than crops. Our timber ls be? coming scarce In many sections, and to con? done to cut dows what is left will reader our leasons much more unreliable than hereto? fore. _ S. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON. March 10. Probabilities: On Tuesday the areas of owest barometer will move eastward, over the lakes and the Ohio Valley. Southeast ?vlnds, cloudy and threatening weather will prevail from the Middle Statea and the lower lakes to Tenneseee. Southerly winds, wlih threatening weather will prevail in the Gulf States. Falling barometer, Increasing south arly winds and cloudiness will prevail on the the South Atlantic coast. Southeast winds, veering to southwest, with rising tempera? ture, cloudy and threatening weather, will extend over the Middle States by Tuesday alght. Partly cloudy weather, with rising temperature, will prevail In New England. Brisk northerly winds will extend lrom Mls lourl to Texas by Tuesday alternoon. TBE FEDERAL CAPITAL. Congratulations of the Diplomatie Corps to President Grunt-Tho Pre i I- : dent's Little Speech. WASHINGTON, March 10. The Diplomatic corps, in lull court costume, called on the President to-day, to congratu? late him on bis re-Inauguration. Many o? them were accompanied by the ladies of their families, several ladles of the Cabinet officers' households were also present, and nearly all the members of the Cabinet were In attend? ance. After the usual formalities between the President and the foreign representatives, Blacqne Bey, the Turkish Minister, who Is, by vlrtne of seniority, the.dean of the corps, made the folio wing address : Mr. President-1 have the honor to offer yon the congratulations of the diplomatic corps upon this the occasion of your rein augur?t lon. I ieel both pleased and flattered that the duty bas devolved upon me to express lo yon the sincere wishes of my colleagues and myself for lbe preservation of your Hie and the con? sequent success of your administration. To this the President replied : ifr. Sean-I receive with sensibility the congratulations which you offer on behalt of J your colleagues accredited to this govern? ment. My intercourse with you all baa hub? erto been agreeable, and I trust may- so con? tinue. It ls my wish and shall be my pur? pose in the future, as In the past, to keep up with the countries which you represent these-] clal and friendly relations which are essential to general prosperity and. happiness. Nominations and ConAnnatlon. The following nominations were sent to the j Senate to-day: v Jno. T. C>ark, postmaster, Savannah, Ga.; j Jas. L. Dunning, postmaster, Atlanta, Ga.; R. S. Taylor, postmaster, Athens, Ga.; W. W. Holden, postmaster, Raleigh, N. C.; Elizabeth Van Lew, postmistress, Richmond, Ya.; Ed? ward Belcher, postmaster, Macon, Qa.; Wm. L. Scruggs, Jr., mlolster to Columbia. The following nominations were confirmed: Nelson Platt, collector. Corpus Christi; Nicholas Y. Beard, postmaster, Marshall, Texas; Hughes, attorney, Middle District ot Tennessee; Wm. H. Smyth, marshal for Geor? gia; Colonel Parker, surveyor ol customs, New Orleans; Goes, collector of customs, St. Augus? tine. The Caldwell case was discussed In the Senate but without any final- action being taken. A Senatorial Caucus. The Republican Senators met In caucus after the adjournment ot the Senate this af? ternoon to conslde; the demand of the Demo? crats 1er inoreased minority representation on the committees, and after some discussion tbe matter was referred to a sub-committee of five for report at an adjourned meeting to? morrow. The sub-committee consists of j Stewart, Conkllng, Scott, Wright and West. The caucus reconsidered Saturday's vote re gardlL? the case of Patterson, and decided not to take the case up for consideration In the Senate, no action being possible for the reason t hat Patterson ls no longer a member o? the Senate. The Freedmen's Bank Case. The comptroller of the correnoy io the statements which have Just been sent out has abbreviated to a considerable extent the schedules which accompany the reports and required the banks to report the average daily reserve for the preceding thirty days, and the highest rate of interest on dally balances. The report to the comptroller of I the currency ot the national bank examiner [ upon the condition of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company, of this city, was intended to furnish Congress informally ' In regard to the technical violation of the law under wnlch the Institution was organized. The seourlty upon which the loans were made ls considered by tbe comptroller and the exami? ner, with a lew exceptions, as good for the amount loaned. There ls nothing In the re? ports which convey the Impression that the bank cannot respond to the demands of de? positors. The Examiner states that tbe executive offi? cers are, in bis opluloo, men of the most un- J doubted integrity ot character, devoted to the best interests ot the institution, who have educated themselves to a practical knowledge ot ihe business ol the Institution, which prom- j i sea a prosperous future tor the Institution. The comptroller of the currency states thal the bank will be able to correct the mistakes already made, and oontlnue a business of great usefulness to the class ol depositors for | whose benefit the Institution waa organized. A Shabby Slander. Late information from Laurens County. 8. C., proves that the reported Eu-Klux outrages there were base fabrications by certain Radi? cal officials. The only foundation there was tor the report was a row between two drunken men. General Dent, who bas been for the past four vcars lo charge ot the reception rooms at J the White Bouse, noa been ordered to his regi? ment. W. H. Crook succeeds Dent Sawyer for the Cabinet. The Southern Republican Press Association, L. Cass Carpenter president, ls in the city, with the view ol urging lbe President lo place In bis Cabinet a representative man from the South. Thursday evening ibis association held a caucus for tbe purpose of determining whom they should recommend to the Presi? dent for this Important place. Resolutions were drawn lavoring both ex-Senalor Pool j and Settle, of North Carolina, but both were voted down, and lt was Anally devel? oped that ex-Senalor Sawyer, of Soulh Caro- j lina, was the choice of the majority. Later the same evening Mr. Carpenter called on the President and expressed a desire that be would grant the association an interview on the subject the following forenoon, which was accorded. Yesterday the associai lon had the promised interview, and the Piesldent was formally requested not to forget the South in any change ne might make, and a careful con? sideration of the mailer was assured by the Executive. JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE. -Five hundred taxpayers in Fairfield are yet loth to settle up with the State. -The eldest son of Mr. B. Gladoey, at Monticello, died recently irom meningitis. -The masked bali at Graham's, on the 28th ultimo, was a success. /-A drunken affray occurred on the night of the 1st Instant, between two negroes named Nelson Stephens and Marlin Lawton, at Major W. W. Hullo's place near Blackville, In which the former was fatally slabbed. I/iwton es? caped. -H. Middleton, who has been confined In Jail at York ville since last November, charged with complicity In the Roundiree murder, was admitted to ball by Commissioner T. M. Wilkes on Tuesday last, In a bond of five thousand dollars. -Governor Moses has appointed Walter steele, of Charleston, a notary public; 0. A. Darling, county auditor of EdgeAeld, vloe F. A. Ballinger removed; Warren R. Marshall, trial justice of Fairfield, vice Howell Edmunds removed. -The Columbia Phoenix says: "Two of onr German fellow-citizens are nreparlng lo re? turn to fatherland-neighbor Gottlieb Eilbardt, who has been a resident of Columbia for more than thirty years, and Mr. Jacob Hussung and wile." -A train loaded with Iron, on the South Carolina Railroad, collided with a train ai Doko, nineteen miles from Columbia, at nine o'clock Tuesday morning. Six cars were wrecked, but no lives lost. Passengers north? ward bound were detained an hour, when the wreck waa cleared away. -The Marlon Star says : "We are officially Informed by ihe clerk of tbe board of couniy commissioners, lhat the debt of the county, contracted by ihe predecessors ol the present board and billi unpaid, amounis to eighteen thousand and forty-two dollars and twenty five cents. The debts contracted by ihe pre? sent board are being promptly paM. -In Winnsboro' on sales-day 1272 acres be? longing to the estate ot C. D. Ford, deceased, brought an av?ra e of $1.90 per acre; 600 acres of Asaph Hill, $2000; 48 acres belonging io Eli Harrison's estate $106; 120 acres belonging to estate or James Cathcart, $200; two town lote belonging to same estate, $430; 555 acres be? longing to estate Wm. Broom, $2075.75. -Saturday, tbe 1st instant, was a gala day at St. Augustine. The main event of the day waa a yacht race, In which the winning yacht's and prizes werona follows: Oceola $80, Dex? ter $20, Eagle $15. Then there were tub races, pig chasing, sack racing, pole climbing, band playing and general Jollity. ffiELAIWS TROUBLES. THE REDRESS OF A NATIONAL GRIEV? ANCE PROMISED AT LAST. Mr. Gladstone's S?llente for Irian Uni? versity "ducation. [Correspondence of tbe Kew Tork Wt rid.] LONDON, February 16. Tbe night of Thursday, the 13th of February, 1673, should be a date long remembered, in the annals of British political history. On tbat night bills for two of the most Important reforms of the age were Introduced In Par? liament-one in tbe Lords and tbe other la the Commons. In the Lords, In a speech ot wonderful lucidity, the new Lord Chancel? lor-he who was Sir Bonndell Palmer and now ls Lord Selbourne-brought forward his measure for the complete reconstruction of the judicial system of England and the aboli? tion ot the right of appeal to the House of Lords. In another letter I have explained the features of this projected reform, and I nava only to say of it here that If Lord Selbourne succeeds In the great task he has undertaken, he will win victory where a long Hst ol Illus? trious Lord Chancellors, from Brougham down to Hatberly, have failed. In the Commons, on this memorablo nlgbr, Hr. Gladstone intro? duced bis long-expected measure for univer? sity education in Ireland-the measnre which is to crown the work commenced by the dis? establishment of the Irish Church, and ad? vanced by the Irish land bill, the measnre which ls to remove the last reasonable causa ' lor Irish discontent, the measnre which la to lop off the last branch and out op the last root of the Upas tree which Mr. Gladstone, five years ago, declared poisoned everything bs neath lie fatal shade. The secret of th?) government bad been so perfectly well kept that no one outside the cabinet knew whit the measure waa to be. The anxiety concerning lt was universal, the House was crowded and the galleries were paoked, and although Mr. Gladstone's speech was exactly three hours long, and much of lt was made up of dry details ot figures, he held his audience so closely that when he sat down the benches were as full aa when he com? menced. I saw the corpse-like lace or Arch? bishop Manning In the speaker's gallery-and I hear that he ls tolerably well satisfied with the proposed measures. The Irish members, at the conclusion of Mr. Gladstone's speech, were also generally well Ba tl siled; bnt I am told to-day that as they examine the details of the measure they find lt less satisfactory than they supposed. Bnt what la ll? It ls a measure to remove what the Roman Cai holies of Ireland-four-fliths of the whole population-regard as a great grievance. This grievance ls that the religious education which they desire and deem necessary for their children cannot be obtained along with university training. They bave a great thirst for learning; but they believe tbat learning without religion ls pernicious, and by religion they mean their religion. Protestants In Ireland do not have thia grievance. The great Trinity College, Dublin, which Mr. Gladstone described as "the wealthiest college In the world;" the university which this college?, In a truly Irish reversal of rules, controls, and the Queen's Colleges at Galwav, Belfast and Cork, all institutions chartered by tbe State and supported by public money, are all Pro? testant institutions, and the Irish Protestante have a supply of university education far greater than the demand. The Catholics some years ago lou oded a college of their own In Dublin, aud endowed lt out of their own slender resources; bul the government refused to charter it, and lt consequently could grant no degrees. Ia a word, no Irish Caihollo could receive a university degree without doing violence to bis conscience and dlsobey log me rules ol his religion. Mr. Gladstone's measure for removing ibis grievance may be : thus briefly described: Dublin University fs to be severed from Trinity College and made Into a national university lor Ireland, with a gov? erning body consisting of twenty-eight mem? bers, chosen in the first instance Dy Parlia? ment, and composed of men ol all parties and religious opinions. It ls not to come Into act? ual existence until the 1st January, 1876, and lt will not reach tbe full developmeat of Its In? dependence until 1885. The chancellor lt to be the lord-lieutenant, and ihe vice-chancellor ' Is to be chosen by the governing body. Ont of the revenues of Trinity College, ? li, OOO a year ls to be taken towards tbe main? tenance of the new university; ?10,000 more will come out of tbe consolidated fond, and If more ls required lt will be taken from th? surplus property of the disestablished church. Trinity College Is to be secularized. Ail tests are to be abolished, and the theological faculty Is to be removed outside the college and put under the direction ot the governing body of the disestablished churcb. Then Trinity Col? lege, thus secularised, the Queen's colleges (except that at Galway, which le to be wound up,) the Roman Catholic University, and the Magee College, at Belfast, are to be affiliated to the new university, together with euoh other colleges as may be determined in the first Instance by Parliament, and subseqnently by the governing body. But In tbe new na? tional university there will not only be no chair of theology, bul neither moral philoso? phy nor modern history will be taught; nor will any student be examined In these two latter subjects against bis will, nor can there be any examina? tions upon them in the case of students com? peting for emoluments. The expenses of the new university will be ?60,000, via: ?26,000 for the encouragement of learning, thus divided -ten fellowships ananally of ?200 a year, ten? able for five years; twenty-five exhibitions an? nually of ?50 a year, and one hundred bursa? ries annually of ?26 a year, tenable lor four years; ?20,000 a year for the staff ot profes? sors, and ?5000 a year for examinations, build? ings, and general expenses. This ls more than liberal-lt is almost lavish; and If the govern? ing body of the new university ls composed of men satisfactory to tbe Catholics, and If they do not find an Insurmountable objection In toe exclusion of the three prohibited subjects, lt seems probable that the scheme will work. The Catholics can send their boys to the Cath? olic college as now; there they can receive la perfect education In all branches; when they go up to pass their examinations for degrees, tor honors, and lor emoluments, they simply will not be examined In three of the branches in which they have studied. That will be all M -and I think this will do. PICCADILLY , COLOR AT THE SIG BALL. ' Society at th? National Capital-The Colored Belles at thc Inaufroratlam BaU. [New York World Correspondence.] No one who bad anything to do with the management of the ball could be mad? to believe that the colored population would not appear at the ball. Of course the colored population have. They ara here In gorgeous array, with glares of defiance in their faces or expressions of excessive patronage. They dely us to put them out. It may suit ibo car? pet-baggers very well. No one else here, Re? publican or Democrat, ls pleased. Senator opencer, of Alabama, speaks lu toity fashion about its not hurting anybody for the dark colors to be in. Perhaps lt does not. It de? Dends entirely upon what one ls accustomed to. One trio called forth special Indignation. A perfectly white man was sandwiched be? tween two colored women. This caused gen? eral remark and irritation; but the latter was somewhat soothed when lt was lound that the maniwas a Java merchant ana the two women were women ot rank. Among those present at the bail were J. W. L. Bornee, with the two daughters of George Downing, the caterer: Mr. Cardoso, the colored secretary of State or South Carolina, and lady; Congressman El? liott, ot South Carolina, and lady; Barber and lady; the Wile Of the H ay tie u minister; ex Vice-msident Colfax, with ladles; Senator and Mrs. Corbett; the Chinese commissioner of education and his wife, a Chinese princess, in her native costume. THE CRUISER CHICK AM A UGA. NKW Yo BX, March 10. The ex-prlvateer Chickamauga, recently purchased by the 8panlsh government, clear? ed on 8aturday for Havana. Thei crew ofthe vessel will work under orders of the American offloers now In charge, until ?*J"**2T" vana, wheu Spanish officers willirtecbam. The Ohtckamaug* ls heavily laden wllhprovl slons and ammuultlonB of war, and carries two one hundred pound perrott guns.