W&t ?j)?ilt?t0m Jails jfefeg, VOLUME X.-NUMBER 2179. ' CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1873. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR7 THE CALENDAR OF CRIME. MURDER OF TUE OFFICERS OF A BRIGANTINE ON THE HIGH SEAS. Th? Drunken Crew Slay the Captain and Ms Wife and Abandon the Ves? sel-Traces of the Bloody Combat. [FEOil TUE 8, AM) A. TELEGRAPH COMPANY.] WASHINGTON. March 24. The following circular was issued from the treasury department, dated March 24,1873: To Collectors of Customs and Others: Yon are requested to furnish this depart WI?L any Information you may be able to ob tatl affording a clew which may lead to the discovery ci all the facts concerning ihe de? sertion of a vessel lound on the l3ih ot De? cember in latitude 38 degrees, 20 minutes north, and longitude 17.61 west, derelict at sea, and which was towed Into the harbor of Gibraltar J y a British vessel, Del Gratia, and ls there libelled by the salvors. Prom the los: of the abandoned vessel she ls supposed to be the American brigantine Mary Celeste, bound trom New York tu Genoa, and lt ls supposed she called from New York, and that her master was named Brigg?. The cir- j cumstances ol the case tend to arouse grave suspicions that the master, his wile and child, and perhaps the ohlel mate, were murdered, In the fury of drunkenness, by the crew, who had evidently obtained access to the alcohol with which the vessel was In part laden. Ii ls thought that the vessel was abandoned by the crew between the tweniy-fllth ol Novem? ber and the filth of December, and that ihey either perished at sea, or more likely escaped OD board ol some vessel bound for some North or South American port or the West India isl? ands. When discovered the derelict vessel was thoroughly Bound, wiih the exception of the boats, which bad been Injured by some sharp instrument. She was weil lound and provisioned, and no reason for her deserilon was apparent, A sword with the appearance of blood thereon was on board, ana marks of | blood were lound upon the sails. The vessel's documents and chronometer have not been found, but almost the wholo of the personal effects of the master and hiv wile and child, and o? the crew, were discovered In good condition, and books, trinkets, gold lockets and female wearing apparel ot superior qual ty were left untouched In the cabin. Tuel->g was completed to noon of the 24th ol No? vember. Many other details concerning the matter are In possession of this depanment, which wlU be furnished upon application if neces? sary. (Signed) WM. A. RICHARDSON, Secretary ot the Treasury, fratricide In Kentucky. LOUISVILLE, March 24. Mr. G. W. Hollsebuuse, one ol the oldest and most esteemed citizens of Bond^towo. 11 was In his room to-day witb his unmarried | j son, J. Hollsehaiise, when a married son en tered aud shot the other In the left breast, the I shoulder and head.. The Mysterious Murd ur In Brooklyn. BROOKLYN, March 24. The alleged murder ol Chas. Goodrich ls still the topic of conversation. Some insist that it ls a case of suicide, others that the man was murdered. Friends ol the deceased scout the Idea of a suicide, saying all fae: s and cir? cumstances go to show that he was murdered. Dr. Cuvier, who officiated at the funeral, takes a similar view. The inquest stands ad- j journed. One More Attempt to Cheat the Gallows. NKW YORK, March 24. Application was made by Sykes's couu.-el for an order to show cau-e why an order I should not be made correcting aud amending 11 the Judgment record In the case of his client, f I The matter was argued at some length and the judge has the matter under consideration. The Woman who Killed Watson 1 Caught at Last. i WASHINGTON. March 24. J Mrs. Fanny Hyde, who killed Geoige W. 1 Watson, In Brooklyn, New York, lu J lunary, 1872, was arrested bere yesterday, aud this morning started for New York lu chame ol Detective Miller, ot this cuy. liri'. Hyde | '? states that she was willing and anxious to return to New York; that she had no Idea ol' avoiding trial, and what blame lhere was for her.non-appearance when wanted reefed with ber lawyer, who bad tailed to communicate with her. O'Brien, the murderer of Cunningham, and Tom Wright, colored, the murderer ol the Jew peddler Rogerisk), have been detected in a slot to break jail, which, by ihe vigilant - of toe officers, was completely frustrated. THE ERIE SWINDLE. I \\ Dan Sickles Pockets a Plum-The Cost I ( of Changing Directors. I | [FROM TH S S. AND A. TSLKQKAPH COMPANY.] j 1 NEW YORK. March 24 The legislative committee to Investigate the affairs ol' the Erle Railroad resumed Its session this morning. General Barlow, counsel lor the Erle corporation, testified at length rela-. tlve to the disbursement ol certain tunds in I ! con ne dion with the management ol the road. 1 { In bis testimony he stated that three hundred and fifty thousand dollars were disbursed to effect the chaDge of the Erie directorship; ihe amounts paid the directors lor resigning being 11 intended to guarantee them lrom liability '1 after the reorganization ol the board of direc? tors. Seventy-five thousand dollars was paid General D. E. Sickles, out of the corporation treasury. Four million dollars were advanced by Bischoff Sheim, ol London, to take up the floatleg Indebtedness, without which th? company would have oeeu thrown imo bank? ruptcy. There was great difficulty In obtain? ing possession of three millions of bonds held by Gould, but be was finally Induced to hand over the bonds at seventy. Tne only sum paid the witness and his firm for compensa? tion was five thousand dollars lor contract I ! work, and since then he was employed as I counsel for Six months at the rate of ten j J thousand dollars per year THE WEATHER 1HIS DAT. WASHINGTON, March 24 Probabilities : The storm centre In the Ohio Valley will move Northeastward over the Ohio, with Increasing Northeast wind, and snow during Monday Bight lrom the Middie States Westward over the lake region to the Rocky Mountains. For Tuesday, in the Gull States continued Southwest and Westerly winds, followed in the Western Gulf States by Northerly winds and falling temperature on Tuesday afternoon. For the South Atlantic Stales Southeasterly winds, veering to South? west, with rai n. A storm centre will continue developing on the Middle Atlantic coast, and Northeast winds, with threatening weather and rain or snow, will prevail over ihe Middle States and lower lakes, with low temperature, but somewhat higher than on Monday. Rising barometer and clear weather will prevail very generally in New England on Tuesday morn iDg, followed by foiling barometer, Northeast winds and cloudy weather on Tuesday night Cautionary signals continue at ?talions on the Guli and Atlantic coasts. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -Archdeacon Jno. Van Sanford, of Coven try, England, is dead. -General Sharp took possession ol bis office of surveyor at New York yetierday. -The New York strike seems lo be gather? ing strength. -Wm. M. Tweed is re-elected president ol' the American Club. -The custom receipts at New York average $500.000 a day. -Commodore Vanderbilt has given $500.000 towards erecting a girls' seminary at New Dorp. Staten Island. -The German Government bas determined to treble the excise duty upon Imported to b&cco. -The Harlem Railroad ls to be leased to the New York Central lor nine hundred and ninety-nine years at eight per cent. -Peculations extending seventeen years back ara reported as having been discovered In the County Court of Jownsenton, Md. -The Massachusetts Senate propose to Rive $50,000 to Professor Agassiz's museum at Cambridge. -All checks upon United Slates officials must be presented within three years after their date or they will only be paid at Wash? ington. -The steamer City of Brussels lost her rad? der while in mid-ocean, and became unman? ageable for three days, when a steamer hove ffn sight, and tewed her Into Queenstown. THE COUNTY SEAT OF BARNWELL. A Legislative Legacy to a Puzzled Pos? terity. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB NEWS.] BLACK VILLI:, Monday, Milch 24. The election ordered by the Legislature, to determine where the conni y seat of Barnwell shall be. ls happily over. About Tour Ihousiod votes were polled, and Barnwell claims that lt ls twenty-nine votes ahead. At some Impor? tant precincts the manuger* of eleciion were not sworn. Blackville ls Jtibllani; yet the wise-heads believe thut the question ol the county seat will have to bo determined by our "heirs, executors, administrators or assigns." (SHERWOOD AN UNQUIET GRAVE. The Attempt to Disinter Poster-HU Wile on her Deathbed. [BY TUB 3. AND A. TELEGRAPH COMPANY ] NKW YORK, March 24. The statement that the burial ot Poster in Greenwood Cemetery was objected to on the ground ol the loiproptiely ol buryloga mur? derer in the cemetery, ls denied, and lt is stated that no objection has been raised, be? cause lt was understood that no monument would be erected. It was rumored to-day that Foster's body would be exhumed and a chemical analysis of the stomach be made to ascertain it he had taken poison previous lo the execution. Sheriff Brennan states that lhere is no foun? dation, for such proceedings. Foster may have taken poison, bu: inasmuch as he did not die lrom itri eflT>cis, no proposition io exhume ihe body could be entertained. Mrs. Foster ls believed lo be dylrg A con? sultation ot dociors was held this aiiernoon. HURRIED INTO ETERNITY. Two ihn Instantly Killed by a Mill Explosion. [FROM THE S. AND A TELRGRAPH CO.) ACTON, Mass., March 24. One ot the powder mills ot the American Powder Company here exploded ibis fore Doon, killing two men, one named Wem won li, aud the oilier unknown. Addison G Fay, the geueral ageut of the company, ls probably fatally li J.ired. REPUBLICANISM IN SPAIN. Terms of the Porto Rico Emancipation Law-Dissolution of the Cortes. NKW YOR?, March 24. The Spanish Corles has passed the bill ibolishiug slavery in Porto Kico. Thu bill provides lhai the abolition of slavery shall fol? low immediately on the promulgation ol the oil!. The emancipated slaves will, however, De obliged to nerve lor three ?earn with ihelr present masters, or other residents ou the island, and will enjoy the political riglils of Spaubh ciUzens aller Uve years shall have elapsed. The indemnity payable to slave own srs ls io be charged exclusively to the account ot the Porto Rico budget. LONDON, March 24. The Times this moroing editorially com? ments on ihe action ot the Spanish Assembly yesterday m passing ihe bill for the Immedi? ate abolition of slavery In Porto Rico, and in? timates that a similar policy towards Cuba wouhl be accepiable to the Uuited Stiles. The Times relers at length to ihe protracted war on i lie I.-land of Cuba, and the aiilmde of be United Stales towards (but inland, which t au MCI pai es will eveni nally lead lo a disrup .ion and a war between Spain and AmetiCA. MADRID, Mai ch 24. The dissolution of the Curies was unan noiisly proposed to-day, and the body broke ip amid great excitement in the building and m the ilreels. but lhere was uo disorder, and he streets were perlecily tranquil. WAIFS FROM WASHINGTON. Thc Resignation of Caldwell-Nomina tiona and Recommendations-Sawye in Harness-Southern Claims. WASHINGTON. March 24 Caldwell, the accused Kansas senator, fl ed als resignation to-day, and (he proceedings igainsi him were stopped. The cuse ol Clay Lon, ot Arkansas, was then taken up. A strong tight is making against Atkins as collector at Savannah. Townsend, the cashier of the customhouse, ls endorsed by Boutwell and Yates. Colonel Young is re ?stabllshed us collector at Bale gil. Georgia ion is con Armed as collector at Petersburg Pa., and Nonh HS postmaster ut Brunswick jd. Medical Direcior Joseph Beale is up jointed Inspector-general ol hospitals aud lett-. The nomination ot Casey at New Or raus was reconsidered, but he was again infirmed. It is said that the Soulhern delegation ?rging President Grant to bave the South 'epresented in his Cabinet, are satisfied with he appointment of ex-Seuator Sawyer as isslstant secretary of the treasury. General Mosby called to pay his respects to be attorney-general on Saturday. He staled hat be still held to his determination not to iccept an office tinder President Grant, when t could be said that it was tendered as a eward for party service. The Southern claims, on which the third ludltor ol the treasury has a large clerical orce engaged, are being adjusted as speedily is possible, with ihe limited number ol clerks it the command of the auditor, who ls be leged dally by persons Interested lo know in Just what day they can call and get the nouey claimed by them on their alleged osses. The new internal revenue Uw, regulating he collection of taxes, providing lor the re? noval ot assessors, and tarnishing the manu aclurer with stamps direct, Is ready to go in o operation. The appointmeul of collectors lave all been made, and the new stamps are re ry nearly all printed. Assistant Secretary Sawyer entered upon ila dulles this morning. The outstanding legal lenders amount to ?358,669.997, being an increase of hall a mil lon since Saturday. THE SAVANNAH REGATTA. At a meeting of the ste warda of the Savan tah Regatta Association, last Saturday eve ung, the following races and prizes were de ci mi ned upon for their annuli regatta, which s to take place about tbe 20th of Mt.y: FIRST DAY. First Race-Between four-oared canoe and rig boats. Distance ono mile. Entrance fee 10; prize $100. Second Race-Between four-oared shells. )istance one mile. Entrance fee $10; prize 100. SECOND DAT. First Race-Between single sculls. Distan?a me mile. Prize, a smcle scull boat. Second Race-Between four-oar9d boats, ad boats of more than four oars. Distance bree toiles. Entraoce $10. Prize, "Ihe Champion Flag" and $200. THIRD DAY. Sailine: Regatta ut Montgomery-First-class >oats. prize $125: second-class boats, $75; bird-olass boats, $50. HOTEL ARRIVALS-MARCH 24. Charleston. Je6se E Smith, H 0 smith, Philadelphia; J W Edmonds and servant, New York; Thos E Cum nins. New York; R D Sidney, Florida; John il ."uttle, Newark; Mr Seabrook, Geo P Wheeler, Ic'ams. Mass; Wm Cunningham, F B Ferguson, lait uiore; W O Uopklns, Philadelphia; A t? Ou llorn, Ner York; Mrs K D Hubbard. WU Hob >ard, Bai "ford, conn; E J Hey and lady, Water - )ury, Conn; Dr Woodruff, Plymouth, Conn; H E Javles. Miss Davies and maid, New York; S A ?chols, Atlanta; Mrs Wm Latmbeer. K M Laim >eer, New York; B F Boyer and lady, Reading, sa; Mrs Kobert Klotz, L E Kio z, Maunch chunk. ?a; A Barcanson. Washington; S S Pratt, H D Juman, Homer, 111; J Q Morris and lady, Ohio; lohn D Schemman, New York; Miss Katie A borden, Philadelphia: T C Engl9h, Mobile; B B ?eeler, Columbia; K Brainard, Jr, Savannah; T r Townsend. New York. Pavilion. W M Fuller, C D Partridge, Philadelphia; J L iopez, city; J K Gibson, S 0; John T Echols, Ga; : B Mobley, Lancaster; LTlernan, Ballimore; G V ?strange and lady, canada: S H Dixon, WU nlngton, Del; O M Starr, New York. ? LONDON "SEASON." THE GREAT SOCIAL PHENOMENON OF THE BRITISH BABYLON. An Eccentric Period of Pleasure-Urban Society with a Rural Flavor-How and When the Season Begins-The Symptoms In the Parks-Cosmopolitan Company-Eating the First and Last Condition of English Sociability. [Correspondence of the Cincinnati commeiclal.] Few Americans ever know anything about that mammoth social phenomena called the London season. In the spring and early sum? mer, when the exodus of travel takes place trom the United States Into Europe, Ameri? cans arriving in London are usually too much engrossed lu the purchasing of "outfits," or in arranging letters of credit with their bank? ers, and too eager lo breathe the more lor? eign atmosphere ol the Continent to have much thought about ihe extraordinary movement ol' polite civilization which ls lust then taking place In the British capital. Or, ll they remain, passports of no common kind are required lo introduce them luto the defended circles of English society. Perhaps a hall dozen Western Republicans in i year come p.med with the extraordinary credentials, and have Inclination and leisure ;o remain in London while they may be lu lucted into the wilderness ol' entertainments ivblch characterize UR season. Topographi? cally considered, a London season is not an iffair ol London at all, but ol the West End, ur the part of English Babylon which bas Bel? grave Square as Its centre, and its periphery within two miles of that distinguished nelgh lorhood. Inside ol this limit Ile Westminster ind the two Houses ol Parliament, the tamnuB streets Regent and Piccadilly, ihe Academies )f Science and Art, the (treat parks, and, grouped about the latter, the palaces of the lobluty-everything, In short, which divides )ollte London trom tbe vulgar, shopkeeping ;lty. Considered with reference to Its time In the rear, the English season ls the world's out-of leason. The nation gifted with a political sonBtltution which dom not contain ita laws, vlth a sovereign not permitted to rule, and vhich produces Us arboreal fruit on vines slinging to carden walls, consistently differs rom the order of Nature In having its uro .a )OlIte period amid the lervors of midsummer, rue London season In this respect ls indeed in anomaly. Fashionable society In other iountries begins Its gala term in November ind closes lt lo April-retreating from Nature luring Its unattractive period. The English irowd to their capital with the breaking of day buds, and the last ol their metropo itan estivitles die away amid the excessive dusts ind heats ol July. The eccentric turn of the joudou season 1B fixed by the habits of tbe latlooal aristocracy. Polite lile elsewhere bas ts beginning and Inspiration In cities-the ?entres of commerce and ol Intellectual tcilvllleB. Good sooiely in England bas ts strong roots In the country, In the amlly neats of the nobles and ol the ;reat landed gentry. Il ls distinguished, In a vord, as the only modern cultivated society vhich Is rural rather than urban, keeping al? lays Its Savor ol the soil. Once a year this ?ultlvated provlcclal soclely makes Us Irrup lons Into the great city where lt elects to told HB holiday. The Loudon season becomes i kind ol' social reservoir filled by trickling ri but aries fi om every part ol Ihe kingdom, (atemporal limits, as I have intimated, are letermlued by Eugilsb unstocrailc tastes und isairee. The ancient passion lor fox-hunting luring the winter mouths has not diminished mong the gentry, and one of Ihe traditions ii this same grade ot English Hie ls io ussem le the members of a household al the country owe during Christ mas-Ude. The great lanal? ea like to remain ai their rural seats ii ts Lil ?ier ibe Easter festival; the smaller families ike their pattern after the great, and so the eglnnlug of tue London carnival ls delayed alli the middle of sprlDg. "Going up lo joudoa" for the season, as the English ex iress lt. is like going to a ball, those appear Qg most distinguished who appear late. The far off hint 01 the season is the assem iling of Paniameut In February. Tne first lep toward the great fashionable holiday ls hen considered taken. In the Interval be ween this event and ihe week alter Easter Ide Ihe leminine portion of English iamilles mich are to take part In the London carm? al, ls believed to restrain llseli In rural seclu Ion with considerable Impatience. British aairons who are liable to estimate the impor? t?e o? the Beason with relerence to oppor unliy fer securing desirable matches for hier daughters, grow anxious tor an early etllement in their town residences. Young r daughters who are about io enter upon heir first year ol society exist for two mouths a asiate ol nervous anticipation. In London .gell there are also signs ot looking lorwurd 3 Its annual transformation. Members of 'arllament, including tne heads of many troog households, arrive and take reel - ence In lodgings until the coming of neir lamllles. Just enough euiertaln lente must be attempted to preserve these epreseutatlvee ol the State from social stag aiton. There begins lo be a little nen vii y ID he palaces ol th? great clubs along Pall Mall, nd in the houses ol various journalistic ana terary celebrities that series of enteilaln lents knowe as "At Homes," and which lathlain as ihe model London receptions throughout ihe season, ls faintly Initiated. Ai ne eud ot March a few ot the earlier arriving risiocralic ramilles, whose heads are io one r ibe other ot the Houses of Parliament, are Iready in town; lhere la a perceptible bustle f lite lo ibe fashionable nelgbborboods, and score ol' window-blinds are seen io be low red in the grim quarters ol Belgravia. Dur ig April the season breaks out manifestly lo lie parks. For the parks are ihe pulse of .ondon gala year, the show of equipages and idera on the grand parades giving always vidence ol the exact Hinte ot Budal activity, iecepilons and entertainments ol all sorts nicken willi the advance of April, and with he opening or ihe Royal Academy of Arl in [a; the drama ol the London season is fairly itrod ticed. An attempt to describe in detail the English ishlonable year when lt has fully commenced, I lt a'rt not begin, would end In madness. A iOndon season ls thu very aggregation and umble of human events, lt ls au annual elebratlon four months long, In the largest lty ot the world, of all the pleasurable con ems of mankind. Tue Russian Blghs for St. Petersburg; Ihe lusselman longs for Stamboul; a German pinter centres about Vienna or Berlin, and be Latin races draw to Paris. But London, hat could swallow within KB limits all these liles, ls the magnet of ihe world, and offers a oclal season BO varied and extensive as to ,bsorb the distinctive characteristic ot the everal European capitals lulo Hs massive oos uopollLanism. Parliament, whose session ls he central t'tct around which the season re? lives, is a vortex of political consldera ion lrom Hindost?n lo Quebec. Arl has Iis lally seances ai the academy. Lecturing ias ita reunions, and draws after lt anslocra ?y and fashion. Twice a week the votaries of he parlors cit In opera dresses to hear the eciuresof ihe Royal Institution scientists uch us Huxley, Tyndall and Farrar, becoming he mentors of good society. London, lrom Lpril to August, isa rani ol dinners and re ?eptlons and parades in the pnrk, while Ihe iiibstantial and varied iuterests of the world, >i politics and art, run through all the festivi? t?s, and keep Hie season from degenerating nto mere social irlvollty. It le a medley of lie, lu which pleasure and profit are combin id on a scale such SB society nowhere else ?as ihe diving or the means to attempt. Cos nopolilaniRm. not In manners, but In the va ?ely ol the Interests and persons consorted or "its employment, distinguishes above ill the Eoglis'h social season. The world eems turned down from the poles lo the iquator to furnish the physiognomies of aces lhat are destined to confront you D a London drawing-room in the middle of Jay. The seasons ai the continental capitals ire over with the winter, and that yon enould mcounter here, where they have been at racted from Europe, Frenchmen, Russians, tallaos. Norwegians, of distinguished names ind histories, 1B to be anticipated. But there ire delegates lrom the races farther off. A ?ariar chief ls your vis-a-vis at n dinner party; i polite New Zealander on your left pushes ou the salt. At a recension two hours later in Icelandic poet gives you an account of the larliest manuscripts ol the Eida, and you turn o be Instructed by a Brahmin upon the ex sting evidences of Alexander the Great's ampalgn in tlie Punjaub. A swarthy Abys ! sirilan relates to you the mysteries of King Theodore's domestic economy. He ls in charge of King Theodore's son, a mild looking lad who stands at his elbow, and whom the Enellsh have Invited over for a civilized edu? cation, in generous revenge for the Insults of his ferocious progenitor. An Arab defends the revelations ol the Prophet agalost ihe miracles. A North American Indian, lu his skins and feathers, turns np cu an afternoon as a i eat ure at an artist's conversazione. All of these geographical personages, unless peihapstbe American chief, appear quite as much at home under a London roof *s your? self, aDd address you in the moat conventional and idiomatic English. London Booiety, unlike that of other European capitals, admits of no [jargon of tongues. There is no weakly 1 polite giving way to the frailty of a foreign speech. All these delegates of divers zones and races conform in their manners a od dress, aod pav deference to the Anglo-Saxon vernacu? lar. English dignity and ign?ranos alike de? mand it. The British social instinct is not believed to be very vivid, but in this vast par? ade field of London, it exhausts the excuses of J the body and intellect for bringing men and women togethor. Ealing is the first and last | condition of English sociability. His compan? ionship may not be very exhilarating, but a bottle of sherry, with a loantnd cheese plsoed between you and an Englishman, ou a table, proclaim* bia having accepted you on even terms of respectability and acquaintance. The table plays an essential role in the drama of the London season. Society offers you its breakfasts at 12 o'clock. At 2 you are demand? ed for luncb. Yon arranged io accept tea at a West End terrace at 5, to dine at 8. to attend ci reception at 10, and finish a supper of sub. stantial viands one hour bsfore midnight. You drink coffe J at a o!ub and visit a scientific cabinet or ao athletic ma cb in ibo morning. You drive to the Boyal Academy or a baziar iu an afernoon interlude. To-morrow the pro? gramme is not less exacting, but unchanged. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following transfers of real estate have been filed In the Mesne Conveyance office for the week ending March 24,1873: February 6, 1873. Lot, B. S. Hamp? stead Mali, A. P. Caldwell, as? signee, to James E. Boone. $ 225 00 j November 25. 1872. .'jot. w. P. Smith street, W, H. Chafeeto Henry aud Martin Fmdd. 300 00 February C, 1873. Lot, n. s. Socie? ty street, John L F.-ber, Sr., to Ernest F. Benedikt. 2905 00 March ll, 1873. Lot, n. B. Society street, James F. V/elsman to Anthony Michael. 3750 00 February 8, 1873. Lot. s. s. Am? herst street, B. W. Seymour, trustee, and C. H. Bernard, lo M. J. Tobin and M. T. H .rim... 1200 00 September 1G, 1871. 10} acres, Charleston County, Jan. Martin to Jas. Small. 300 00 February 5. 1673 Lot, P. S. Line street, J. L. Faber, Sr., to Geo. Addison. 325 00 February 6,1873. Lot, s. s. Doe street, J. L. Faber to George Addison. 365 00 February ll, 1873. Tract. Wadma law, Wm. S. and Anna M. Beck? ett to Thomas A. Beckett. -. Lot, e. s. Line street, Richard Hogan to Mlcknel Han? ley. 350 00 January 15, 1873. Part of Blake lands, No. 35. C. H. Simouton, referee, lo F. W. Kiareu. 100 00 Marcb 5, 1873. Plantation, Etawub Island, George D. Bryan, as? signee ol Wm. Greg?, lo H. H. Hickman. 1850 00 November 10, 1872. Tract, St. Stephen's, E. T. Reeves to Jas. R. Thurston. 650 00 March 20, 1873. Lot, e. e. corner Church and Atlantic streets, James F. Welsman lo Jos. M. Shackellord . 4,250 00 January 15, 1873. Fart ol Blake lands, C. H. Slmontoo, referee, to Wm. HuDt. 560 00 March 12.1873. Lot. Sullivans Is? land, Caroline Gilman lo Eliza W. Slppltt. 700 00 March 18, 1873 Lot, n. s. Broad street, J,HUI L. Inglesby, trus? tee, to the Pheulz Insurance Company, ot Hartford. 3000 00 | March 22, 1873. Lot, corner Lau? rens, Anson aod Alexander streets, Martin Caulfield io Abra? ham Seckendorf. 1000 00 I TBE WRECK OF THE CADUCEUS. The British batk Caduceus, which went j ashoro on Sapclo bar on tbe Georgia coast on the 13th instant, has gone to pieces. 'Ihe crew were brought to Savannah last Saturday on the steamor Pilot Boy, and they brought the following report of tho disaster: ' Left London January 10th, and bad a fine passage all tue way, until within sight of land off Sapelo nar. On Thursday, Maroh 18th, off BlackDoar Inland, about a quarter of a mile in? side of tbe black buoy, and steering southwest half south, vessel struck with great violence abaft the mainmast and remained perfectly sta? tionary. lt was about 7 20 A. M. and tho weather fine. Ten minutes after she struck, sounded pumps and found three and a half feet of water tn tho hold. Part of the craw were immedi- | atelv put to work on the pumpa, while part dischargod ballast. At 7.30 P. M. a fishing boat came to the ship and the captain gave them fifty dollars to report at Dari on and eend assistance. It was not until Saturday, the 15th, however, that a revenue cutter and the tug Starlight came down. Upon examination it was found impossiolo to do anytbing bnt save the sails and whatever oould be detached, which was done." The captain and crew did not leave, how? ever, until Monday at seven u'clock P. M., when they were taken to Darice When they j left tho Bea was breaking completely over tbe sbtp. and it was momentarily expected that she would go to pieces. The captain states that ho was steering right according to his chart, which must bava been totally incorrect. The Caducues was owned io Shields, and np to tho time ene left London for Sapelo had been running on the regular line between Lon? don and New Zealand. At the time of the dis? aster she was nineteen years old. Captain Gower still remains at Danen, expecting to eave something more from the wreck. JOTTINGS ABOUT TBE STATE. -Last Saturday morning Major-General McDowell reviewed the Columbia garrison. -The wile ol Mr. Owen D.uy, ol Columbia, died on Sundav morning lani very suddenly. -A small house on Sprigging HUI, Colum? bia, belonging to Hon. R. H. Cain, was turned over by ihe wind Saturday. Nobody hurt. -Rose's Hotel in Columbia caught Ure last Friday night and would have been destroyed, as a high wind was prevailing at ihe time, had not a pa?8er-by given the alarm. -Major John R. Niernpee, for many years a ] resident of Columbia, has been appointed one of the commissioners lo the Yleuna Ex? position. -The down frerght train on tho Greenville and Columbia Itailroad was tnrown from me track ata point near Littleton station on Fri? day alternoon, and ihe passenger train was delayed a short time. -Colonel J. B. Palmer, president ol the Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta Railroad, has gone Nun h to make arrangements lor buying an improved pattern of rail for bis road. -Mr. W. H. Lockwcod, late an employee In the branch of the Freedmen's Bank. In this city, has been prora&ted lo the cashier riepart ineni ol' ihe Beaulort Brunell, vice N. R. Seo vel, E>q. -The deserter from the United States army who surrendered himself lo the authorities a few days ago lu Richmond, was taken lo Nor? folk and transferred to Fortress Monroe. He belongs to ihe 18th Infauiry, now stationed at Columbia, and ls from Pittsburg, Pa. -The Marlboro' limes says that Nelson Webb, who has already served out a term In the penitentiary for manslaughter, has been lodged lu he Jail ot that county charged with com mini ng a rape upon Ellen Jacobs, his own step-daughter, aged eleven. -Mr. John M. Gannon, a prominent citi? zen of Augusta, who was for some time the proprietor of the Globe Hotel, died at Augus? ta last Friday. TAXING THE RAILROADS. DECISION OF THE UNITED SUPREME COURT. STATES The Northeastern Case Not Decided Adjournment of the Court for a Week. [SPECUL T2LRGRAM TO THE NEWS.] WASHINGTON, Monday, March 24. No decision was rendered by the United States Supreme Court to-day In the tax-case j against, the Northeastern Railroad Company. The court has adjourned for a week. Text of the Decision of the Supreme Court in the South Carolina Railroad Case. The following ls the text of the decision lu the case of the State against, the South Caro? lina Railroad Company: Reuben Tomi!nson. James W. Grace, Fleetwood Lannean, L. D. Hallonqulet, T K. Saspoitas, J. W. Denny, John Woolly, E. D. De8aussurp, T. J. Coghlan.appellants, vs. Thomas Branch, John P. Branch, Frederick R. Scott and Thomas P. Branch. Appeal from the Cir? cuit Court of the United Slates tor the Dis? trict of South Carolina. The doctrine that a State Leglsl il ure, unre? stricted by constitutional prohibition, has power lo exempt certain property from taxa? tion, reiterated. wnere a railroad company, by Its charter was granted such an exemption for a limited period, and was afterwards merged In another railroad company, which became invested with all Ita properly, rights and privileges, the ex-1 emption -and Its limitation accompanied ihe | properly, and a perpetual exemption from taxation In the charter of ihe taller company would not be extended to the properly so ac? quired, without express words, or necessary Intendment to that effect. Where two railroad companies are consoli? dated the presumption ls, that each of ibe iwo united Unes of road will be respectively held ! with ihe privileges and burdens originally at- j ladling thereto, unless the contrary ls ex? pressed. Mr. Justice Bradley delivered the opinion of j the court. In this case a bill In rqntty was flied In the court below by i he appellees, as B? ck holders or the Sonih Carolina Railroad company, to restrain the State auditor und certain comry collectors from co lecili g.and the c mpany fiom paying, certain taxes .sy to have ,o diciated. Not having so d. dared, we cannot presume that such was ihe intent, 'fha keeping | alive of the rights and privileges of the old com pany, and transferring them to the n pan; In connection with the property, li the legislative Intent, that nach propere be holden In ihe fame manner and snbjet same rights as before. The owners of the ty were to lose no rights by this transfer, the public to lose any rights thereby. Of thpse remar*s do not apply to those cc rights and franc Lases of the old company, appertain to Its existence and functions ? poratlon. These became merged and i But all Its rights and duties, Its prlvileg obligations, as related to the public third persons, remain, and devolve up new company. This seems to ns the m vlousand natural construction of ihe t leads to the conclusion that, SB to th property, and works appertaining to lt line fi om charleston to Hamburg, ihe son ollna Railroad Company has no claim to tlon from taxation. This view of the subject ls corroborated decidion of this court In the case of Th delphia, wilmington and Baltimore Kallroa pariy, va. Maryland, lu Howard. 376. lt th peared that the railroad line between Ba and Philadelphia had originally belonged eral distinct organizations chunered by th) or Maryland, Delaware and Penney ivan lt of thesa companies was exempt from taxation, and lt was claimed by the con-o company that this exemption wa-? trangie lt i.nd affect' o Hil parn of the line. 1 authorizing the union of the several com provided that the "said bod; corporate so i should be entlteld * * io ail the pow? privileges and advantages then belonglrg former corporations." And the new co eli med the exemption from taxes ss one privileges and exemptions acquired. B court held that the exemption did not ext a ponton of the line to welch lt had not ext before the onion, lt considered the e meaning of the daw to be. that whatever leges and advantages either or the former c nies possessed should lu like manner be bel pressed by the new company, to the ext the road which tha said former compaole respectively occupied before the union; 1 snouid stan I in their place, and posses pvwer. rights, and privileges they bad sev enjoyed lu the j onions of the road wblcl previously belonged to them. lt deems to us that this decision ls diret point, and governs that branch of the casi under consideration. Reference ls made, however, to certalt cisiona of the courts of South Carolina, n lt ls contended, settle the question the other The first case referred to is sontn Carolina road Company vs. Blake, B Bich., 233, ^ arose out of an attempt of the south cai Railroad Corni any to condemn certain lani Its purposes In charleston. The owner dis| the right or condemnation on the ground the road and works had long belora been loc and that, therefore, tue pawer wac gone, the court held that the power existed under charters, and might be exercised nuder eli first, showing by affidavit the necessity o u-e. The ouse va1 inns ou itu subject of t tlon were obiter ateta; but, as far as the j men. goes, it does uot seem to us to mil aguiDBt the views we have taken, but raih confirm them by recognizing the c >ntti vitality of the powers contained in t.ie old c >er. These cannot fairly be claimed wlthou ceptlng also us daMe-tand burdens. Another case was that of t ie State ex South carolina Railroad Company vs. U State treasurer, 15 Rich.. 177, in which the i pauy claimed exempt on from a State incomi imposed in 1887, nuder a law passed the preceding, taxing the gross Incomes of all roads not exempt by law. The Court of Apt held that the company was exempt by law, I under the thlrty-Mx years exemption In the charter, (which bad mt then expired,) and tier the exemption In the charter of 1836; expressly waived the consideration of the e Df tho act of unto i passed In 1843. This c therefore, furnishes no authority on the sub. The remaining case M that of The South C lina Kui road Company vs. The Columbia Augusta Railroad Oumpany, 13 Rich. Equity, decided in 1887. '1 be defeadant company, In :ase, was chartered lu 1868. with au thon ?.j construct a railr. a t from Columbia to Ango The s. ut.: Carolina Railroad Company dali that th.a would be an invasion of its exclu privileges, as guaranteed In the charter of Mjuih carolina Canal and Kailroad Company in that of the Cincinnati and Charleston Ram company. The learned chancellor, by whom case was decided, assumed that the south 0 lina Railroad Company was entitled to both g antees; but he held that ihe pnjectcd road wi not be an Infringement of eltber. The guan (liven to the old con pany was that ot an ex sive right (for thirty six years from the com tlon of lt-* road) of having a rallnad betw Charleston as one terminus, and the towni Columbia, Camden and Hamburg, reanecilv and the guaranty given to the cincinnati i Charleston hallroad Compauy was. ilia, for t ty six years from January first, 1836, the Si shoo d not authorize any other road within tn ly miles of its road, which should c nee any points thereon, or should i m thrt general direction thereof; which elusive privilege was not to be ex ended hr nenes, but only to the main road. The ch; seller held that the first gu minty secured ci mpany only against other roads leading Charleston, which ihe projected road did not i and that the second gearauty secured the cc pauy only against roads interfering with main line of tie cincinnati and Charlestou Cc pany, which ihe projected road cid not do, cause this main line, as originally contempl?t was to cxi end from Charleston via Bran ch v and columbia to cincinnati; and tbe only pan lt ever constructed was the road from Chariest via Branchville to Col amma, with wnlch the p jeered road did not Interfere. This was all tl the chancellor decided. It Is true that, in course of his opinion, he does say that after i acquisition of tho old road, extending fr Charleston t j Hamburg, the charter of the Soi Carolina Railroad company extended over lt i same as if that company bad bnlit lt. But tt proposition was not material to the conciaslon which he came. And wnen he assumed thatt guarantee of ibe old charter still subsisted w regard to the old road, and baaed hH Jndgme upon that assumption as one of lt* groends, I opinion ls virtually an authority lorine ott proposition, that tne company must be regard as holding the old road, so far as the rights the public are concerned, subject to ihe com Mons and limitations of that charter, as well with its pilvheges and Immunities. Be this, however, as lt may. we find nothing this case or the other cases referred to, which, our view, affects the authority or tne case of ti Philadelphia, wilmington and Baltimore Rallroi Company vs. Maryland, or the soundness of tl conclusion to which we have come, as before e pressed. Tne next Inquiry relates to the line or ral I roc constructed by the South Carolina Railtoad Coi pany, under Us own charier; being that portie between Branchville and Columbia and camdei We have seen that the company, by Its origin charter granted in 1835, had the giant of perpe ? al exemption from taxation We have airead decided that lt ls competent for the leglsuvrt power to grunt such an exemption. But lt ls coi leaded on the part or the state, that this exe mi don, aud all other chartered privileges of tb company, are subject to alteration and repeal, b ortue of the 4tst section of an act, passed in Di comber, 1841, by which ii. ls declared ' that lt sha become part of the charter of every corporatiot which shall, at the present, or any sncceedlo cession of the General Assembly, receive a gran if a charter or any renewal, amendment, or moe ificatlon thereof, (inless the act granting sac charier, renewal, amendment, or mott meat io i mail In express terms except lt,) that every chai 1er or Incorporation granted, renewed, or modi tied as aforesaid, shall at all limes remain subj ec to amendment, alt?ration, or repeal by the legis Sive authority." Now, there can be no donbt but that the act o 1813. authorizing the consolidation of the twi companies, i r the merger of the one Into tbi 3ther, was an act modifying the charter of tbi south Carolina Railroad Company; but the thin section of that act withdrew the charier from thi 3 pe rat ion of the act of 1811. lt was in thea* words: "SEO. 3. The said South Carolina Railroad Com pany ls hereby excepted from the provisions o the forty-first section of an act entitled an act tc Incorporate ceitatn vii ages, Ac, [referring tc the act In question.] but nothing herein oon ainec snail be construed as exempting the said com pauy from the provisions of the s ld forty-first section, upon any future grant, renewal, or modi tication of their charter." The allegation on the part of the State ls, thal subsequent legislation was obtained by the com pany, which modified Ita chatter, and thus rend ered the who e charier liable to subsequent alter? ation and repeal. The legislation referred to con sis .s of i wo several aces, namely : ''An act ta lend the credit of the state to seenre certain bonds, to be Issued by the South Carolina Rail? road Co npany, and for other purposes, passed December SI, 1865." And "an act to amend the act last aforesaid, pasaed thc 19th day of Decem? ber, 18 i6." It IB very doubtful whethr r thesei acta can be regarded as amending or modifying tue charter of the compauy. They merely authorize the extensiou of corta u bouda made by i he com? pany, (which thc State had guaranteed, by toe issue of new bonds of Use character, and the con? tinuation o? the mortg ge for securing the pay? ment, of said bouds. But whatever may be tuought on this p int. the third section of the act ofl?43 ciesr.y withdraws from the operation of the ii o t < ; r ian (by which power to amend and re? peal is n sc-vc i) the entire charter of the compa? ny except as to fu ure grants, renewals aud mod? ifications Such future grants only were t? be tunjectto alteration and repeal. This Beemsto ns c n cl us. ve of the point raised, and no runtier argument ls nece-sary. It ls our opinion, therefore, that the part of the Hue now under consideration ls exempt from tax? ation; and that so much of the decree as relates thereto ls correct. '1 he decree must be reversed, with directions to enter a decree making the injunction perpetual as to all that part of the line and railroad ot said sooth Carolina Railroad Company, which extends from Branchville ta columbia and Camden, and as to all property and stock of said company, pro ! perly appor' lon able and applicable to tba aald gorri?n of line and railroad, and dismissing tho lil as to all the re-tcue of the railroad prop erty and stock of said company, and that such far? ther proceedings be bad as may be necessary to perfect and carry ont said decree. A WAIL FROM PENDLETON. The Farmers Waiting Anxiously fer Fertilizers-Vexations Del?7s Mt th? Bine Ridge Railroad-The Weather and the Crops. [FROM OCR OW COBBESPONDIKT.] PENDLETON, March 21. I write you again, not to complain of tba weather, as osnal, for we have had a number o? pleasant days, and the work of preparing the land for the coming crops Is progressing rapidly. We have bad rain and ball tor the past two days, however, and last night there was a very heavy frost. This morning the thermometer stacia at thirty-two degrees, and there is Ice nearly a quarter ot an inch thick. Host of the peach crop ls probably de? stroyed, although the wind blew all night. 1 and I never knew all of tbe peaches to bs killed io March. The apple trees are not jet io bloom. Bat I write principally to Inquire, "What has become of our railroad r" Inls inquiry Jj anxiously echoed every day by your cotres? pondent and others, who have failed to re? ceive lem lizers ordered weeks ago.^and who I are daily annoyed by customers to wnom tbe article has been promised for the last montb. Tour correspondent has Invoices for several orders for guanos, lrom the 17tb of February 10 date, bm one shipment ol wblch has been received. This ls distressing, whenyoubave : a dozen dally Inquiring, "Has your manure come to hand, sir ?" to whom yon are com? pelled to reply, "No, sir, lt has not. and from present prospects I fear it never will." .Thu is not our case only, but that o? every Individ? ual engaged in the selling o? fenlllzeraJn this section ot country. And why is the matter noi accounted lor by the offlolalB of the road 1 ? With all the complaints they mnst have beard not a word have I seen In explanation of their seemingly unpardonable Inattention and neg? lect of duty. It ls geti?rally admitted that tne freights charged on our railroads are exorbi? tantly high, at least double what they should , be In Justice to the farmers and planters, te compared with the Georgia railroads, for thia class of freights. But lt may be thought that I have enid enough on this Bubjeot, and I will, therefore, turo to other matters of inquiry. Have yon any spare mechanics In Charleston f If so, please Inform them that we want at Pendleton carpenters, bricklayers and cabinet workmen. Neither o? these bave we In tbe place, except, some pretending negroes, who are not at all reliable. lr any one wants an agent for tbe sale of furniture at Pendleton refer bim to your correspondent. We have sold mach of our old iurnlture to tbe freedmen, and want . something new to supply its place. If we want even a common bedstead we have to send to Anderson, our nearest point, to pro* cure lt. And I doubt ii there ls brick enough ? In the village to make a common vault in . grave. _ H. OCR SOUTH ATLANTIC NEIGHBORS, Georgia. -Two negro children were burned to death , at Springfield plantation, near Savannah, last Tuesday. -A company of New Orleans capitalists have made a proposition to build waler worka . for the City of Macon on the granting to them of ihe exclusive privilege lor twenty-five years. -Judge Permendus Reynolds, who bas been hopelessly 111 for several weeks, died at bia home, In Covington, on Wedneeday morning last. Judge Reynolds was one ol the repre? sentative men ol Georgia. .. - . -..Tue Snowden Memorial Association".wat organized ai Augusta last Thursday evening, the object being to erect a monument to the memory ol the late Thomas Snowden, Esq., who was for many years tbe principal of toe ' Augusta free school. -The remains of an unknown man of re? spectable appearance were found las! Thurs? day night on the Western and Atlantic Ball road track, near the company's car shop at Atlanta, with both legs cut off and the body terribly mangled. -Three persous convicted of - murder were sentenced last week In Webster County to te . hangeJ. They were Susan Eberhart and E. F. Spann, convicted of murderlog the latter's ' wile, and Lee Smith, convicted of another ' murder in the same county. North Carolina. -John G. Saxe, the poet, lectoras in Ral? eigh tonight. -A meeting is to be held at Halifax, next Tuesday, to organize the Halifax and Scot? land Neck Railroad Company. -The Bev. Whitefoord Smith, D, D., lec? tures bet?re the T. M. G. A., of Wilmington, on the 4th proximo. -The new postofflce at Raleigh is to be one ? hundred and five feet long ?od sixty feet deep. -The Republicans ol Wilmington are hope? ful of electing seven aldermen under the cumulative suffrage act. -Tbe Bev. W. H. Pendleton, of Lexington, Va., and late of the Confederate service, was' to have lectured lu Charlotte on Saturday eve? ning on "General Lee." -A colored man named Ne wk irk bas been In ihe habit ot Jumping off the Wilmington, and Weldon Bali road train at Le eB burg with? out troubling the train to stop for bim. He did so last Friday, and troubled the coroner instead of the conductor. -8. T. Carrow, Gaited States marshal for the Stale, has Issued instructions to deputy1 marshals not to execute any more capiases or subpoenas ia any oases wherein defendants are charged with violations o? the enforce? ment or Ku-Klux act. Witnesses are informed1 that they need not attend. -The dwelling o? W. J. Johnson, near Cedar Bock, Nash County, was accidentally destroyed by tire on ihe 16tb Instant. Tbe . gin-bouse of Madison Sykes, on Peachtree Creek, in the same couoty, was robbed and burned on the night o? tbe 13th instant. Loaf, twenty-five hundred dollars. Florida. -About seventy feet of the wharf at St. Augustine caved in last Wednesday. -A "Catholic Benevolent Society" was organized at St. Augustine, on the 16th Inst. . ' - There Is now some prospect ol the early construction of the St. Augustine and Jack? sonville Ballroad. COTTON STATISTICS. The achievements of Mrs. Lydia Sherman, of Connecticut, as a practical toxicologist, have been fairly excelled by Mrs. Mary Ann Cotton, of Weat Auckland, England, whose career baa been 1 borough ly exposed by the recent ex? plorations of the police. Mrs. Sherman, in the proudest moment ot ber professional enthu I s ia am, only claims to have poisoned six persons, while Mrs. Cotton's very first undertaking waa nine, and the poisoning of these can only be regarded as her apprenticeship. Her labora I from first to last are too great to be recited in ! detail, and they can best be compressed in (the form of a table, as follows, the figures in the left-hand column representing her four several marriages, and tbe others ber victims: Marriage. Husband, Children. Total. First.1 8 9 Second.1 0 1 Third.0 4 4 Fourth.1 4 5 Total..1 16 5 The only sins of omission for which Mrs. Cotton can reproach herself are ber third bus ban i, who managed to escape alive after the had robbed bim of every centbepoeaesaed, and one of bis five children by a previous mar? riage. When there were six oases of quickly consecutive mortality in the Cotton family, the suspicion seems to have dawned on the Weet Auckland mind that all might not be right, and an inquest was held on the fourth cblia, but a doctor of the period made the poet inor tem and found no trace ^IjS&L J"*!!" quently the eromaoh waa robmictod.to ase* amination by an aiialytical chemist of estab? lished reputation, who foi^ thatit was ?to? ra ie d with white arsenic. The same WM -bund to be true of the other members of the Gatton Sandy! There is a probability that she will be