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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 2248. CHARLESTON, FJRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1873. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE PALMETTO PARLEY. PRESIDENT GRANT'S REPLY TO TSE SOUTE CAROLINA COMMITTEE. He Can't Come South This Year, but Maybe will do so Nsxt Yen r-Then He Whisks Off to New York-General NOTTS and Gossip at the Capital. I BT THB SOOTHE UN AND ATLANTIC LINE,] WASHINGTON, March 27. Senators Robertson and Patterson, of South Carolina, with Lieutenant-Governor Gleaves, Spite Senator Swabs, and Representative Hur le^-.ot the State Legislature, a committee ap? pointed by the Suuth Carolina Legislature io Invite the President to go South, had an in? terview with the President this morning, and warmly urged bim to pay a visit to the South? ern States. The President said it was impos? sible to go South this spring, but hoped to do so a year hence. Bot notwithstanding the pressure or public business the President, accompanied by Mrs. Grant and Miss Neille, will leave far New York to-night, to be absent several days. The visit ls a private and not an official one. Th? Democrats Quiet. The widely published statements purport? ing to give full accounts of conferences of Governor Hendricks, ot Iadiana, with lead? ing Democratic senators lor the purpose ot forming a new party organization appears to be pure lubrications. Tbe majority of the Democratic senators bave been spoken to on tbe subject, and they say thar, although they talked ireefy with Governor Hendricks while he was here, he made no such oppositions to them. Excessive Fees. The following circular was issued to-day. "Collectors and other officers of customs are notified that tbe department has discover? ed that fees are exacted in excess of those prescribed by law lor certificates of invoices. A fee ol only twenty cents should be charged for a certificate to the duplicate invoice for? warded to the collector as a verification ot the original document. "(Signed) W. A. RICHARDSON, Secretary." Financial Notes. For the purpose of preventing any fut ther isane of the $44,000,000 reserve and to mase as favorable a debt statement as possible for the month of March, the Treasury Department has suspended the payment of ali warrants of any magnitude until alter the first of April. The indications are that the large disburse? ments made during March will cause au In? crease of the public debt for the current month. The Secretary ol the Treasury bas announced a purpose to reduce the outstand? ing of legal tenders to the minimum amouutof $300,000.000 as soon as practicable. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. STOCKTON. CAL.. March 27. The harbormaster of this place has been found In the streets with his skull fractured and robbed. KANSAS CITT, MO., Mirch 27. John S. Barris, late postmaster at this place, and later cashier ol the German Savings Bank, burned and robbed the latter Institution. He was arrested on a charge of arson and rob? bery, and released on ball of $20,000. NEW HAVEN, CONN., March 27. Scranton <fc Co., bankers, have suspended. PEEKSSrLL, PA., M ireh 27. A man here attempted to murder his wife, yesterday, and thea hanged himself. PORTSMOUTH, VA., March 27. The schooner Ada has beeu sunk off the coast. Her crew were saved. MILWAUKEE. March 27. 1 Three children were cangai by the prairie : fires, near Read's Landing, and burued to \ death. CAMFBELLVTLLE, TAYLOR CO., N. Y.. ) , March 27. J The greater portion of this town ls burned. ' A PINCHE A CK THREAT. NEW ORLEANS, March 27. The colored Republicans here have passed resolutions endorsing Judge Darell and Presi? dent Grant, bat expressing pain at the sen? ate's fallare to seat Pincbback. They also threaten the secession of Its colored Repre? sentatives, unless the party Is treated better by>Congre83._ THE WEATHER THIS DAY. ' ' WASHINGTON, March 27. Probabilities: For the Gull States on Friday falling barometer, rising temperature, south? ern Winds, Increasing possibly lo brisk, and partially cloudy weather, except on the West? ern Gull coast, where threatening and possi? bly rainy weather Is probable. For the South Atlantic' States Increasing southeasterly winds, followed by cloudy weather on Frtd ?y night. For the Middle states falling barome? ter, southerly winds, partially cloudy and hazy weather._ SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -Ex-United States Seuator Dixon, ot Con? necticut, ls dead, aged fifty-eight. -Rear admiral John B. Mouigomery, U. S. N., ls dead. -Boss Tweed has at tact given up the fight and resigned his imperilled seat in the New York Senate. -The Petracyl vania Legislature bas appro? priated a round million for the Philadelphia centennial celebration In '76. -The eight boor ferment in New York is in? creasing rapidly, and trouble Is likely to re? sult. -Over one hundred thous ind dollars have been subscribed la New York to re-establish the Bullhead Bank. -Two "aawdusi" or counterfeit money swin? dlers In New YorK were yesterday sentenced to one year's Imprisonment und one thousand dollars fine each. -The street ruffians are catching it in the New York courts. John Maloney, who last week committed highway robbery, was yes? terday sentenced to Aileen years' imprison? ment. -The government printing office in Wash? ington ls pressing forward its work with all possible haste, so i bat the Public Documents may be sent out before the franking privilege expires. -The Massachusetts Legislature will not for gise Sumner lor bis good will io the South as expressed In bis proposed measure about the army flags. That body yesterday refused lo rescind the r?solut ion of censure passed against bim last year. -Bidwell, the alleged Bank of England for? ger, remains In close confinement at Havana, cut off from all communication with others. Permission has been refused bim to consult counsel, and the authorities have made ar? rangements, subject to the sanction ot the borne government, to send the prisoner back to London as eoou as the British officers ar? rive to take charge of bim. Orders to that ef? fect are dally expected from Madrid. THE SALARY STEAL. Honorable Conduct of thc Connecticut Congressmen. (Washington Correspondence N. V. Tribune ! All ol the members of Congress from Con? necticut have n aided Sergeant at-Arms Ord way that they do not wish Mm to draw the sums due them out ot irtb iam -us "salary steal," as lt ls their intention not to take me money. This officer has also received other notifications ol like character from members whose names will be Kept secret, and he says other members have drawn me coney and deposited It la the county treasury of their county, to be applied in payment of taxes About thirty, members wlit take this course, and keep the tact to themselves for the pres? ent. This appears to be ihe only manner in which members can refund the rooney equita? bly. If lt ls relamed to the treasury it be? comes the property ot the government, going to the whole people and not to the taxpayers in the member's dlsiricr, even to euch extent as to help make up toe sum paid to other members who refuse to make restituiion. There will be at least a dozen bills Introduced on the first day of the next SHSSIOD, reduclog the salaries of members of Congress to the old figure, when those who have quietly disposed ol their portion of the steal, as above Indica? ted, will have a chance to be heard. Nobody supposes, however, that any such bill will pass. THE BROOKLYN MURDER MYSTERY. Latest Theory of the Tragedy. The New York papers are still engaged la sp?culaiing upon thu mysterious death of Charles Goodrich, the wealthy property owner of Brookbn, whose body was lound in a base? ment room of one ol his buildings In the latter city on Friday last, his head being pierced with three bullets. Tne Brooklyn Eagle con? tains the lollowing llieory : That Mr. Goodrich was murdered not by a burglar or thiel, but by a person who had some other mot ire than that of robbery, and that the murderer was a woman. Tnat the man committed suicide is next to Impossible. Ihe plxtol was lound on bis right side. Tn?re are three wounds, two ul which are on the left side ot the head, and either of which would have caused insensibility. Ou thu right side is auother wouud. To have shot himself on the lett side with his right hand would bare beeu almost out ol tue question, owing to the location ol the wound? and the direction of the tulls as traced In the skull upon the post-mortem. To have been suffl ciently seuslble and so persistent alter intilcl lng the two wounds on the left side as to have passed ihe pistol lulo the right hand and in? flict auother wound in the right side of the head ls altogether beyond ail precedent of human endurance ami suicidal persistence. The man was shot Irom behind first, with his own pistol, In the hands ot anotner per? son. This shot look effect behind the left ear, and stunned the man, who could not si rugate with uny nerve. The next shot entered his lett temple. The third grazed his forehead, and the iourth, he having turned around as the murderer came around him, took effect on the right side ol the head. He then fell, and be tell where be lay for some lime with his bead upon the marble floor near the beater, where a large spot ot blood was :"ourid. He wa9 afterward moved by his mur? derer, so that his head lay upon the boots as he was found. He was not kided tor bis mo? ney, although his pocketbook was taken for the immediate necessities of his murderer. But hu was killed as the result ol a quarrel with a woman, who was either Jealous of him, or whom he had refused to marry. This ls the theory of the reponer, a nd it will be lound to be essentially correct ii the truth shall ever tully be determined. In support of tais theory facts are elven showing that Goodrich, who boarded in New York, had tor some months last summer been in the habit of absenting himself for several days together lu Brooklyn; that he was there seen repeatedly In Intimate companionship, generally on the stoop of a house in D.-graw street, two houses from the one In whlcn his body was lound, with a woman of graceful appearance, having blonde bair abundantly curie'1; that during the fall and winter they were uot seen together, lut that the woman was seen on the sireels UL unseasonably early hours, und more iban once during the preaeut mouth earning out of the basement where the murder was committed, and where Goodrich lodged; lhat In February a souffle was beard In the basement room, aud a woman's voice crying (or mercy, indicating , that ih.re had been set ions trouble. In ibe meantime another woman appears on the scene in Brooklyn, and ibis one, it seems, was engaged io be married lo Goodrich. Tne , drat woman writes several k iters, one lo tne father ot Goodrich, claiming that she is already married to him, .iud that a child is tbe fruit of ihe union, though the marriage , may have beeu of an illegal character. This , gives the clue to the mjsiery. Whether the , one or the other commuted the deed ls lu question. The New York Times, leaning lo , the theory that ine discarded woman is the j murderer, says: , '.Alter Mr. Goodrich's alleged engagement lo the secoud lady the visita of UM drat be? ? rame lar less frequent, PO far as can be ascer- j tamed. Uer last visit is believed lo have been ? made on the night of the murder. She was { seen leaving Ihe house on Thursday morning, between halt-past live and hall-past six o'clock. , Mr. Goodrich left Ihe house early lu ihe day, , and did not return until alter ten o'clock at ? night. As all tbe doors were locked, lt ls bul , reasonable to suppose that il Hie woman re? turned to the houee it must . have been utter ; that hour. Die dt talla of the neath are of \ course unknown. Ia this respect it ls easily comprehended by tbe Incident ot the letter , how completely the theory ol the complicity , of tbe woman coincides with the facia already ascertained. lu view of these fads lt ls not difficult to Imagine ber pleading lor herself nod the memory ol her child. her appeal for recompense by a legal mun l?ge, his refusal, tben her demands lor money. It is also easy j to imagine the relusal of Goodrich io com* [ plywitn her demands, th?n Hie wild unger ot a wronged aid plighted woman, ihe I snaicned-up pistol, the firing of Ihe shots, and i Goodrich's lat! io (he fl jor. Then the cou- < sciousuess ol her ucl, ihe return ol tue Un- ' gering love she bore him, her hope th it be 1 might have Hie left, the procuring of the ' towel with which she wiped the blood from i bis face, the discovery that he was dead, the i woman's horror, lear, an 1 flight by the front i ball doui, which she closed behind her, leav- i ing the ho 'se nil fasiened, us ll was lound, probably a lew hours afterward. All Ibis can 1 be well imagined." i A telegram from New York, yesterday, gives ! another twist to the tangled web of doubts , overhanging the case, as lollows: i The Goodrich mystery is yet unsolved. It j ls staled ibat the building of a row of brown-ff Btone frouts on Degraw s'reet, Brooklyn, io- : volved the supposed murdered man heavily ? In debt, and that he ls not wealthy, as at hr.-1 supposed. It appears that the so-called bloody Bhirt lound lu the bouse where Ibe murder . was committed had no blood n tal ns whatever on lu and had no buttons turn off, but was simply soiled. The chief of police of Brook? lyn still holds t) the theory that Goodrich commuted suicide, and that the cause was i financial embarrassment. i OUR SOUTB ATLANTIC NEIGHBORS. ] Georgia. i -Savannah Masonic Hail is fast approach- 1 ing completion. It ls a very floe struct ure. -A prize tight beiweeu two Savannah 1 sailors ls looked tor at. an early day. -The body ot Wm. Purdue, who was I drowned In the Savannah River, February 27, I hus been found. i -The lug Christiana has been thoroughly ' repaired, aud la now aolng service on the Sa? vannah River. I -The membeis of the Arkwright Amateur ABBOClatioo, ol Savannah, want Borne young ladies lo figure In their dramas. -The German Volunteers, of Savannah, ' will celebrate tbe first of May by a march, an oration, and some sport at their park. -The remains or Rev. Father T. J. Kirby i reached Augusta from Baltimore on Tuesday, and weie taken in charge by the Catholic SOCletleB for interment. -At a recent meeting ol the St. John Bap? tist T. A. B. Society, of Savannah, the lollow? ing officers were elected: The bishop, presi? dent; J. R Dillon, vice-president; A. J. J. Riols, secretary; John Kelly, treasurer; M. J. Gibbous, marshal; Titos. Houlihan, standard bearer; J. Kane, aoorkeeper. North Corolin ii. -Charlotte Is io have "a perfect little gem ol a theatre." -Charlotte's Central Hotel ls fast approach? ing completion, and will bo the finest in the State. -Some buildings, belonging to Mr. W. J. Yates, o? Cuarlotte, were burned In Fayette? ville, on Sunday last. -Robert K. Reid, M. D.. of Abbeville, S. C.. bas been elected proressor ol anatomy by the lacuity ot the Wilmington College of Physi? cians and Surgeons. -Governor Caldwell has Issued his procla? mation, offeriug a reward ol iwo hundred dol? lars for ihe arrester Sam Perry alias Moses Perry, charged with murdering bis wife near Burgaw, lu Wilmington County, a few weeks -The mall train on tho Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, which left the former place on Tuesday night, encountered a broken rall on the trestle at the north prong of Town Creek, ihree miles north of Joyner's. The engine Jumped the obstacle, but the first and second-class cars were hurled off Into the water below. The sleeping car, in which the moat of me ladleB were, escaped. The rall was oroken by the two A. M. southern freight train. Conductor Howell and Prentiss, ex? press messenger, were slightly wounded. Four colored men were more or less injured. THE CARLISTS IN SPAIN. ALLEGED ABDICATION OF DON CAB LOS IN FAVOR OF BIS SON. The New Republic In a Bad Way and Invoking Sympathy and Assistance MADRID. March 27. The Imparclal announces that Don Carlos has abdicaied his claims lo the Spanish throne In favor of his soo, under the regency of Don Alphonso. General Cabrera has been appoint ed to the supreme command ol the Carliste in Spain. The Cabinet lia? Issued a circular claiming the assistance and sympathy of all parties In the country In its conflict with ihe Carlista. The latest Intelligence regarding Ihe move ments of Don Carlos, the leader In "the Spanish Insurrectionary movement, states he has lett Spain and gone lo Geneva, Switzerland. The vice-president of the Cuban insiirrec tlonary committee, who has been In l\irls for some lime past, attempting to obtain ene re cognition oi Cuba us u belligerent power, lefi here yesterday, en route for Cuba. LONDON, March 27. Count Arthur Yon BeerueloiT, the German amoassador to the British court, died In this city last evening from dropsy, Irom which he has been suffering for aome time past. The steamship Great Western, from Bristol for New York, went ashore at Blackmore. JOTTINGS ABOUT TBE STATE. -Newberry is to erect a monument to the viotims ot the Lost Cause. -The opening of spring has given a fresh impetus to building in Orangeburg. - Captain Silas Bay, ot Abbeville, recently reported dead, ia in the best of health. -General McDowell is now inspecting the Spartanburg military post. -Captain E. C. Green is to establish an Ice? house al Sumter. -One hundred and thirty sacks of guano arrived at the Abbeville depot Tuesday. -J. M. Davis, of Abbeville, has Invented a new fire extinguisher. -Epizootic reigns in Sumter. Three horses have already died. -Wm B. Peterson, a typo io the Abbeville Medium office, died on Saturday last, aged twenty-two. -The recant promenade concert for the benefit ot' the Baptist Church in Columbia, brought in $735. -Henry Buff, an aged colored man, of New? berry, was thrown from a horse last week and instantly killed. -Il ls stated that Ihe Newberry cotton mer? chants lost heavily by Hie falling of Hie price la colton. -It ls estimated that Iwo thousand tons of fertilizers have been disposed ot In the Spar tanburg market during the present season. -A little son ol Mr. A. J. Moses, of Sumter, was thrown from a buggy, lasi Friday even? ing, but escaped auy laial Injury. -Prof. Reynolds delivered his lecture, ''Ob? servation and Reflection the Source of all Knowledge,'' in Sumter, on Tuesday evening, lo a crowded audience. -Tne Eighteenlh Inlanlry band serenaded Colonel Eugli8h, of tue Second United States [nfaitry, in Columbia, on Tuesday evening last. -Orangebnrg's "first picnic of tho season" ivas held at Sunny-Side on Tuesday last. The lay was spent in various amusements, croqnet, fcc, and wound up with a good dinner. -Savannah Williams, a colored girl living : o Mr. Sheppard's plantation in Edgefield, lately filled her cousin, named Isaac Williams, with i dagger. Q -Tue Walker Hous^ at 8parlanbtire has wai renled lo Mr. Clayton, ol Hie Central Solei In Columbia, and Is undergoing repairs ireparalory to Its being occupied at an early tay. -A new PO?Ioffice, by the name of Ashton, with Mr. D. Keels as postmaster, has been tBtabiished six miles below Lynchburg, In Sumter County, on the route lrom Lynchourg co New Zion Postofllce, Clarendon. -At a town election held at Midway, on Ihe W. b instant, the following officers were re? elected: L. A. Burke Intendant; H. Berk man, Ural warden; John L. Beare, second war? ien; W. W. Ellzey. third warden; B. W. Mid? dleton, fourth warden. A NATURAL ERIDGE HOAX. The Southern Cjlleglau of March 8, con? fided by some amateur young Journalists ol Washington and Lie Uuiverslty, Lexington, Va., hsB published au account ol quite a prodigy at Hie lamons Natural Bridge In Rock Drliige C unit y. ol winch L-xlugton ls the Minny seat. l\w account repret-eulei that wonderful structure as slowly consuming, the writer suggesting that electricity was the cause, and calling upon i-rotes sor Cumpbell, ol tue Lexingiou Univer? sity, f r un explanation. A note Is then subjoined, purporting lo come lrom Professor Campbell, and signed by his name, In which he Btu es that targe assures of the limestone of Ihe bridge are Ailed with a Kind ot bltumlnons coal or asphallum, and lives chemical reasons lor ihe combustion. Hie paper containing Hie story was sent to us Baralullj marked, some lime since, bul we as jareluliy abstained from noticing lr. Several josophisllcaled Journal* have been burned av the Natural Bridge conflagration, and it ls going io me Non hern pre<>e. REPUBLICS AND MONARCHIES. \ European Opinion of President Grant's Views. [From the London Times, Marche.] We are unable to share the "firm convie lion expressed by Presldeut Grant "(bat the civilized world Is tending toward Republican Ism," and thai ihe great Amerlc in Republic 1B "destined lo be the guiding-star of all other countries." In one seuse the civilized world has always been tending In the direction of Republicanism. The most civilized Stales of antiquity, until very shortly before the Christian era, were In fact. Republic:), and the Italian Republics ot' Ihe middle ages contrast lavorably In science and the aits with Hie [eudai monarchies ol ihe same period. A fresh and more powerful lmuiilse was given to Republicanism by Its establishment and succecB In the Uulted Stales. France hastened to lollow ann improve Hie example, and though on the whole constitutional monarchy and Imperialism have prevailed in ihe struggle winch began with the French revolution, .'the Republic," as lt ls absurdly called, la In Hie ascendaut just now bolh In France and Spain. On ihe other hand, not only have men learned to recognize the vices and weak? ness Inherent In Republicanism where politi? cal virtue does not rise above Hie ordinary level, but it bas also been discovered lhall all the chief beuedls of Republicanism may be obtained under a monarchy. There ls no Republican party wotlliy ol the name in England, because lt is almost impossible to conceive any republican privilege wulch the country would enjoy under a presiden;, which lt could not have, if lt chose, under a prime raiulster to-morrow. The same may be said ot' Haly; and it Spain thinks proper lo maintain the existing Republican Govern? ment tbeie may be lees order, but lhere cannot be more llnerty lhau Spaniards en Joyed under Klug Amadeus. As lor Presi? dent Gram's allegation that under a republic ihe United States are enabled to dispense with large armaments, it must surely be ob? vious that a monarch In Ihe same geograph cal position could do the sume. Meanwhile, every day's experleuce illustrates afresh the supreme advantage of a monarchy-the ad? vantage of the higheet social position of Hie State belog preserved from becoming a con? stant lure to political ambition. M. Gambella lately told au American visitor that France had no special admiration tor the ss Stem Of elective judges as tested In the United 8tates. It has yet io be seen whether France herself will endure a periodical competition lor an elective presidency; and, lo Bpite of the large German population of America, we doubt whether even German Republicans would de? sire to Impon this German institution Into Qermany. Tnat Presidential elections, with the consequent alvlslon of the spoils, have not utterly demoralized tbe Uulted States, proves the capacity of the American people for self-government and the healthy vigor of their municipal life. That enormous corrup? tion and other evils flow directly from ibis source ls notorious, especially Just now; and lt ls by no means sen-evident that Republi? canism ls worth purchasing at euch a prue. THE DEBT OF THE WORLD. The Pall Mall Gazette says : '-It may be useful, at tbe present moment, when our at? tention ls being prominently directed to our own expenditure, to reflect upon tbe burdens under which other nations are unhappily groaning. It ls not a very easy matter to discover (he actual Indebtedness ol either Eu? rope or the world; but ll is possible to give an approximate estimate ot the total liabilities of continental nations. There are seven Euro? pean nations which owe upwards of ?100,000, 000 eacb. They are : Great Britain'.?793,000.000 France.?745,000,01)0 ltal>. 3dO.000.000 Ras?la.3S'>,ooo,ooo Austria. 306.000,000 -pain. 261.000 000 Turkey. l24,oco,oou Total.??.044.000 ooo .rois ia tbe lowest estimate or tbe French debt, sume authorities place lt at ?960,Ooo,O0O. "The debt ot the German Empire amounts to a little over ?26,000,000. The different Slates composing it. however, owe in ibe aggregate about ?173,000,000. The liabilities 01 the Empire mav. therefore, be probably placed at about ?208,000,000. The debts of the eight most heavily encumbered European countries mav in this way be raised to about ?3,162,000,000 ! " I'here are six other countries In Europe which owe their creditors more than ?10,000, 300. but less than ?100.000,000. They ure: Holland .? 80.000,000 Portngiil. 64.bG?,ooo uelglum. vT.ooo.ooo [?'reece. is ooo ooo rtoumauia. 13,00u ooo Denmark. 12,0u0,000 Total.?214 OOO 000 "These six countries, then, add ?214,000,000 .0 our previous total, and raise toe national labilities of Europe to ?3.3G6,000,000. It j ntist be remembered lhat we have excluded rom this category ail fractions of a million, ind the debts or ail States whicb owe less han ?10,000.000. 'The debiB or the rest of the world are hap lily much smaller than mose ot Europe, but ? ?ven these ure considerable. America o? tourne heads the list. Ihe different Ameri? tan States owe: Jutted Mates.??33,000,000 Irazll. 67.000,000 ;anada. Sl,00n,ooo trgeutiue Republic. nurnoo JG 'OUI Z Jeld. 16 000,000 ?em. 12,000.000 lex,co. 10,000.000 Total.?i73,000.000 "Asia lollows America at a considerable listar.cn. Her chief debts are: Irltlsb India.?108.000,000 apau. 27.000,000 Total.?135,000.000 ''Our di livrent Amurallan Colonies owe In he aggregate ?33,00(1,000. Tne chief African lebts are those ot ?gypt.?28.C00,OO0 lorocco. lu.Ooo 000 'apetown. 1,000,000 Total.?39,000,000 "Toe chief debts, Iben, In each of ihe Ave [reat divisions of the world amount In the ggregate to the Ioho wing sums: ?uiope.?3,400.000,000 tm er i ca. 678 000.000 fla. 136,000,000 L?rica. 89.0O0,. oo i usn al as ta. C8,ooo,ooo - Total.?4,185,000 000 "If we add only ?15,000,000 to this total for ninor omissions, we ure compelled to coti? llion that the nations of the world owo their reddon ?4,200.000,000-a- sum which at near f 4J per cent, must involve a charge of ?189. OO.uoO a year. The figures aro so stupendous hat lt is hardly possible lo comment on them, tut lt ls a suggestive circumstance that with lerhais three exceptions-the United StaUs. ferme ny and ourselves-all these countries ire iteadlly increasing their debts. The ;reater portion ot them have been created vlthln the memory ol Ibu present generation; j he great maj THY of them are rising still with i rapidity which is adding uuuually hundreds if minions to the national liabilities of the rorld." OUR COTTON HILLS. >perations of the Langley Mill During 1872-A Highly Satisfactory Exhibit. Tue Langley C Hon Mill, situated near liken, ls rapidly loomiug up as one ot ibe mading establishments of the kind lo the louth. The stockholders met at the mill, on Wednesday, when President W. C. Sibley, of lUgusta, made a report showing the opera ions of Ihe company lor the past twelve aonlhs. Tue following extracts cover the aore interesting portions of the report: As required of me, I bund you herewith laiauce sheet of the company for ihe year ndlug December 31, 1872. showing net earn ngs for the year $62,233 30. When we met ne j ear ugo, lor the ?rst lime, the mill re uru showed all the machluery at work, and non, y aller a dull teas JU Bet in for goods, nd having no regular customers, we accum? ulated, by the 16th of August, 1000 bales ?oods, walch we sold for no profit, but In lolng so we were compensated by procuring mme of tte best customers we now have for mr goods. Od tbe 6th ot January, 1872. we lad only 216 looms lu operation, making only 0 yards per loom per day. For the six months rom January to July, 1872, we averaged In iperatlon 288 looms, producing dally an verage of 47 14-100 yards per loom per day. ?rom July 1 lo December 31, 1872, we aver? red In operation 300 looms, producing dally a average ol 62 61-100 yards per loom. When ou consider thal we commenced 1872 with n y two-thirds of our machinery lu opera ion, and that all was not started until tbe irst quarter of tbe year hud expired, and that io Bold three months' production at cost, and laid over ten thousand dollars for Interest urlng the year, which alone was more than j? per cent, on our capital, I think you will I .amit thal ihe mill did well for 1872, earning, s you perceive, over 13 per cent., and which nus really made on the profit from eight nouihs' buBlness. Our product tor 1S72 was as follows: Pieces. Pounds, Yards. .4 Standar s. 27.157 382,101 1,089,766 ?4 A. 39,178 634,8 .'4 1,670,806 -SA. 17,826 201,265 719,731 ? IA. 13 276 121.830 633,414 L Drills. 8 ?66 1:12,195 867,404 1 Drills. 7.73D 110, ll 9 309 3r 6 114,?3l 1 489 414 4,580,4? Ve consumed from January io Joly, 1872, 816,394 poul i's cotton ut 21 27-100.$180,028 00 uly lo December 2.st, 187.', ?)94,86o pounds at 19 63-100. 176,659 06 'otal. 1.741,244 pounds. Average, 20 42-lUO. $365.637 06 For the first quarter of 1873 I have made a .ireful estimule, and state without doubt that ire shad pay the interest on money hoi rowed aid make 1 jr Hie three months not IHSB than Ix per ceut. on our capital We have lubored mder disadvantages for ihe want of a work ng cash capital. Hence, I do not recommend toy dividend; but ii no uotoreseen misfortune ivertakes us I think we can commence a piarterly dividend In July of two and a hall >er cent, und continue st thai until we real ze a commercial capital adequate tor our re pji remen ts. During the year there have been erected lu ?ur village sixteen houses, of all kinds. Our uQabllatita have Increased, and the popula-1 loo is now about eight hundred. A free ichool has been established and the average atendance is about sixty. Our water power, owiug to loss of dam, has >een expensive. We now have about eighteen eel head, and from close observation I be- ! ieve lt strong, and apprehend no danger of ls giving way. I am also satisfied ihat by jutilng in strictly first-class sheels we have imple power to drive as much more ma ?hlnery as we now have. I have already or iered twenty-eight new looms, lour ol which lave arr.ved and are now In operation. By availing ourselves of all the power we lave, and doubling our machinery, we can jperate relatively at a less cost of production than now. I would therefore recommend that you eu horlze the directors to Increase our capital stock, when they deem lt expedient, to euch in amount as will be necessary to enable us , Lo use all the power we have. A REMARKABLE WILL CASE A LEGAL FIGHT OVER A DEAD WOMAN'S PROPERTY. The Relatives of Denmark Vesey tn Court - Auditor Bennett as a Will Maker. A curious aod complicated will case was de? cided yesterday ia the Court of Common Pleas, to which court lt had been taken by an appeal lrom the decision of Probate Judge Buist. The decedent was an old colored woman by the name of Hannah Vesey, relict ot one Denmark Vesey, a son of the notorlons Denmark Vesey, who was the leading spirit In the famous negro Insurrection of 1822, and who, wliu twenty or thirty of his followers, paid the penalty of his rash attempt upon the gal lows during the administration of Governor Bennett. She was always free, and be lore the war was well known to most of 11 the residents of Charleston as a thrifty, well to-do market woman, oooupylng a stall tn J the city market, where she drove a flourishing I trade In butter, cheese, eggs and poultry, In < the course of whloh she amassed a very re-1 ' speotable competence, her property being es-1 < tlmated to be worth,- at the beginning of the 11 war, some twenty thousand dollars. She never had any children, and she appears to I t have long ago bestowed her affections upon i the four children of a sister of here, named Blnah Gadsden, who waa then a slave belong-1 ] lng to Mrs. Ann S. Smith. In 1837 she pur? chased ibis sister and her four children, who ( are now grown up and narced respectively I ' Ann Matthews, Rosanna Holmes, Betsy Prloe c and Titus Gadsden, aod brought up the ch il- ( dren, giving them some degree ot edu? cation, although still keeping them in I nominal servitude because lit was lmpossl- i ble for ber, under the then existing laws, to [ make them free by a deed or emancipation. She always manifested a considerable degree c of affection lor these nleoes, and she appears I 1 to have endeavored, som: lime before the 11 war, to provide for their comfort and support 13 after her death. It was, of course, at that t time Impossible for her to bequeath ber prop-1 ' erty to them either directly or through true- C tees, for being slaves, they were not compe-1 { tent lo hold any properly, and a wi il was . drawn out at ber request by Colonel Wm. Wbaley, io which she left all all her real and I { personal estate, Including the nieces, ber I slaves, to MeBsre. John Y. Slock, William C. I r Bee, and the late Dr. Edward North, three prominent and wealthy gentlemen o? this eli v, I JJ and In whom she bed every reason to place the I ? utmost confidence. It is hardly to be supposed, j j however, that thlsbt quest from the humble I market woman to these three wealthy gentle- I e men was intended for their own enrichment, I sod the more natural theory ls that Mrs. ? Vesey meant thereby to place ber nieces in kind hands -od thus lo provide for their com-1 ( fort and support after ber death. Anolber I , will of a similar nature was drawn for her by L the same gentleman. Colonel Whaley, during I ^ Ihe early years of the war, somewhere about the lime ol the battle of Secession ville, lor tbe I ( ola woman appeared lo have had a pen- l{ chant for will-making, but as neither , of these wills have been produced, the supposition ls ibat she destroyed them alter the war, when the emancipation of the j alav?s and ihe consequent chances in the laws left her more free lo follow ber own Inclina-1 lions and affections In the poslbumous dis posai of ber properly. She then appears lo j ' have taken again io will making, ibis time J ( entrusting her indi raclions to Ihe new crop of I j legal luminaries of ber own color who sprang up after the war, and have flourished apace ever since upon the proceed* of Just such I cases aa this. In 1866 she called in General I W. J. Whipper, to whom she gave Instructions for a will, which he prepared and read over to 1 her, she being unable lo read or write, and IJ which abe signed by her mark and preserved, j ' This will gave the principal ponton ot J Ihe properly (0 her husbaud, Denmark I { Vesey (since dead) and her nephew and I c nieces, whom she bad bought and brought up, I ,.? and left the remainder to Whipper. This will, I ? however, was never produced, and ihe sup-1 j position ls that the old woman, probably after 11 getting some better educated neighbor to read I ?J lt over to her. destroyed this will, as she bad * her two former ones. At this lime Mrs. Vesey was the matron ol J tbe Old Folks' Home, a wonhy Institution 1|? where feeble or aged colored people are cared ^ for at tbe expense of tbe city, and she was j thus brought Into official relations with Sam-11 uel L. Bennett, a colored man, who was then I u connected with ihe Freedmen's Bureau, and I c who IB now well known as the present county 11 auditor of Charleston County. She be-11 came wei! acquainted with him, and he Ic soon became her general adviser, 11 factotum and mao of business. Ia March, 1870, I 1 Mr. Bennett, who was then a trial Justice, huv- I ^ lng bis office In Military Hall, Wentworth street, called lo to bis office Ibree neighbors, I Messrs. Wm. Robb, Thomas McCarthy and R. I v M. Alexander, asking them to step In for a n moment to witness a signature. There they j c lound Mrs. Vesey seated wllh a paper lying on F the table before ber, which she said, In an-1 * swer to a question lrom Bennett, was her 1D will, and which she signed by across mark, I ^ aller which Ihe three gentlemen affixed their signatures as witnesses, not doubling but that I ( everything was corred and In due form. Oo January 1st, 1872, the old woman died, und was buried und dutifully mourned by her I loving relatives r.ud expectant heirs, and as I 1 soon ar 'p..ouble lime had elapsed ibey J I dried their tears and proceeded In a body to I ? the office uf Trial Justice Bennett to attend 11 the ceremony ol reading the will. They were j C received by Benneil with all due respect and * sympathy, and furnished by him with a paper j which they were told io take to the probate 1 Judge, George Buist, Esq., who would ac- 1 quainl ihem wllh the contents ot their ailee- ?j tlunate relative's last will and testament. < They accordingly proceeded to lhat gentle- j f mau's office, presented the document with j wblob they were armed, and seated themselves ( lu a little semicircle, with their clean hand-1 * kerchiefs up to their eyes, ready, at the prop- J j er moment, to bewail the loss of their generous 11 and beloved aunt. The will was read, but t tbeir lamentations turned to astonishment | and iheir while handkerchiefs were crammed I, back to the pockets of their alpaca Babies, 11 when they found that to each of the nieces 11 was given a life use ol I wo rooms in certain I ? small shanties in Hasel street, and to the I ? nephew the sum ot twenty dollars In cash, I < while to Mr. Samuel L. Bennett, who was ? made sole executor, was bequeathed a valu- j able residence on Spring street, which coa I stltuted the most desirable portion of their ' venerable relative's estate. They departed , from tbe office of the probate Judge speech- 1 less with consternation, but Anding their tongues by the time they returned to j Bennett's office, they demanded of him, i with no small agitation and vehemence, I wbat waa the meaning of the extraordinary will. Mr. Bennett blandly Inquired what were the contents of tbe will, and they retort? ed by asking how it was possible that he hadn't known all about the will all the time. AU this amounted to nothing, however, and the disconsolate nephew and niece then pro? ceeded to peur their sad recital into the pro? fessional ears of Messrs. W h al ey h Ml nott, who undertook to conduct their case before the courts, and to restore them to tbeir heri? tage. Ihe case was then tried and argued be? fore Probate Judge Buist, and bis decision was n favor of the will. An appeal was taken from tbla decision to the Court of Com? mon Pleas, the grounds of the appeal being as follows : The paper propounded at the will of Han? nah Vesey ought not to be admitted to pro? bate 1. Because lt appears that the decedent :ould neither read nor write, and there Is no evidence ot knowledge ot the contents. 2. Because ibe proponent ls sole executor md principal leeatee, and bad the conduct of the execution of tbe paper propounded. 3. Because the proponent, who Is executor, ind was the attorney, principal legatee and san ot business of the deceased, ana that tbe laper was either drawn hy him or one of bis clerks, and there ls no proofs of Instructions, 'eadlng over or knowledge ot contents. 4. Because In the cases above mentioned he onus probandi ls on proponent to show lometblng beyond the ordinary execution and utestation ot the paper. 5. Because the acknowledgment on the )art of decedent that lt was her will, If proved wmild be insufficient. 6. Because the paper was obtained by un lue Influence, which may be Inferred lrom .he facts mentioned In the first three grounds. 7. Because tbe will is unnatural and lnoffl ?ious, and the onus probandi ot knowledge o? ??rnenla and ot fairness is on the proponent. 8. Because so far as any evidence of knowl idee appears it Is Inconsistent wllh ihe will, ind the contestants have shown, BO far as the ullng of the court admitted, declarations of be decedent showing an entire want of tnowledge ot the contents. 9. Because the circumstances [of suspicion leveloped In this case, unexplained, areevl lence that the will In this case waa obtained brough iraud. 10. Because ihe decedent was advanced In ?ears, and her capacity was doubtful, and the iroponent and legatee having drawn the will, t was Incumbent on him lo prove knowledge if the contents ol the will. It will be seen that the theory of the con estants was that ihe will was drawn up by bennett; that the old woman had little or no tnowledge of Ita contents, and that he bad aken good eare to appropriate to himself the nost valuable pan of the property. The case ?ame on for trial last Tuesday, and Bennett, i vho was represented by Messrs. Whaley ? mitchell, of course denied all these surmises ind assenions of the contestants. The trial i asted two days, and a very large number >f witnesses were examined. Bennett 1 wore positively that he did not draw j ip the will, but, on the other hand, i l?verai experts gave lt as their opinion, 1 titer examining many papers written by him, hat the whole will was in his handwriting, fue history of Ihe old woman's life, her rela? tons to the contestants, her former wills, Ac, vere all elicited io the testimony, and, aller ?lab?rate arguments by counsel on both sides, ind a clear and Impartial charge by Judge }i om, the case waa given to tbe jury on Wednesday" evening. Yesterday morning hey rendered a verdict to the effect that the )aper propounded was not the last will and eslament of Hannah Vesey, and judgment vas entered accordingly. The effect of this lecislon will be lo restore the property to'the ?ephew and nelces, who are (he helrs-at-law, tod who, after all their troubles, will now ?time Into possession by the due course of aw. HOTEL ARRIVALS-MARCH 27. Charleston. James Bulwlnkle, Frog Level, S C; Qulgnard lleharuson and lady, Snmter; John A McDonald, rohn M Whitton, w j Tolar. S B Tolar, Nt; RA filcsa and la ly, N T; James F lzlar, Orangebnrg; L Clarke, Baltimore; John W Tench, E 0 Mitch ill, Union J w Weat, New Springe, S C; John l.if. New York; O B Moore. Philadelphia; 0 Bi h ip. Ohio; U L Pickman, Boston; Mrs Richardson, IS Con vers, Snmter; S Q Curry and lady, Provl lenee, R I; Mrs O B Goodrich, Charlestown, Mass; Ilsa King, Miss Van Rensselaer, Mrs Vreden mrg, New York; C Q Edwards, Tallahassee; An Irew S Smith, Syracuse; A E Bontwell, V 8 Duncan, Philadelphia; E H Ba'cheller, tost?n; J B Dumble. Indian Spring, Ga; no T Gilman, M D. and lady, Miss Cutler, Port. ?nd Maine; J no Bower, Godfrey Kiel) 1er, Thos ? >nyder, HN Hirsch, Philadelphia; OJ Ir eh, Ohl , ago; DR Stockwell, Maine; Colonel Livingston, acksonvllie; W B Forbes and lady, nurse and wo children, Boston; D Baldwin and lady, Raitt lore; D B Moses, New York; A Thorp, Fairfield, ?on ne? lc ut; W A Butler and lady, Detroit; G lammersley, L O Hammersley, Sew York; Joseph Ire wer, Boston; W A Miles and lady, t-allabnry, lonnectlcut; O T Hotchkiss and lady, Master lotchklss, J H McAvoy and lady, chicago; Albert 'a moo, Benj Walker, Worcester, Mass; T W bambers, Allendale; Bogh Albert, -; Ro. pert Douglas, Augusta; W s Duncan, Philadelphia. Pavilion. Lewis Weinberg, city; Alex White, Carn?a? me, Ga; W A Jennings, Greenville; W W Melnar lld, Florence; J. Bigga, Columbia; E Richmond, narke County, Va; cL Bartlett, Colombia; WT ower, Orangeburg; H Daly, City; W G Fuller, lew Vor);; Jno H Meeker, Jr, Newark; Miss Sea ian, New Orleans; L c Gorton, East Greenwich. , CHE GREAT METHODIST UNIVERSITY. Commodore Vanderbilt's Half-Million Dollar Donation. [From the Western Methodist, Memphis.] It IB wllh no ordinary gratification that we ' innounce t* our readers the reception of dia? nne h es ai ibis efflce oa Tuesday last convey- 1 ng intelligence mat Commodore Vanderbilt, pf New Turk, has given, through .Bishop Mc* 'yeire, $500,000 to the endowment lund of ibe Central University of Ihe Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The Central University be fan to lake lorm at the convention held In iemphls, January 21-27, 1872, uuder the aus ilcea ot eight annual coherences. After borough discussion the convention unanl nously adopted the following resolutions, viz: : L'hat ll shall consist at present of five schools ir departments-viz.. a theological school or the trainiug of o?r young preachers, ! vho, on application lor admission, sha 1 iresent a recommendation from a quarterly >r annual conference, and shall have obtained i standard ol education < qual to that required br admission on trial Into an annual oonfer ?nce; and Instruction to them shall be free, I joth in the theological and the literary and 1 identifie departments. Secoodly, a literary ind scientific school. Thirdly, a normal ( ichool. Fourthly, a law school. Fifthly, a nedlcal school That the sum of one million lollars ls necessary In order to realize fully .he object desired, and not less than five hun ired thousand dollars must be secured as a jondltlon precedent to lb? opening of any de? triment of the university. The grand gift 31? commodore Vanderbilt completes . the imount required under the acilen of the cou feniloo of Memphis, and set forth in the char? ier as a condition precedent to ihe opening ot my department of the Geniral University. The location ot the institu? lon is wisely com? mitted to ihe College of Bishops, wbo in due time will, as they have promised, perform ihe duly laid upon them. -A small colored boy, living on the planta? tion of Mr. Jno. 8. Richardson, of Sumter, shot himself fatally, the olher day, while handling a loaded pistol. . , A NEW FRANKENSTEIN. ALARMED AT THE ASPECT OF A MONSTEB OF ITS OWN CREATION. Tbe Wall ot a Party Organ-Prospec? tive Rattling Among tne Republican Dry Bone?-A "Vacuum in tbe Treas? ury.** As the best evidence of tbe sincere desire ot THE NEWS to wash its hinds ol tte canning conspiracy which is alleged to exist against the prosperity sod the pocket ol the Republi? can party of South Carolina, we reproduce for the edification of Conservative readers tbe7' latest blast of our perspiring yoong contem? porary, the Columbia Herald, on the subject ol ire Blue Bldge scrip: [From the Colombia Herald, March 26.] Tbe Inevitable Result. Our contemporary, THE NEWS, considers lit '.very tunny" thal we should regard the scrip' as a'Democratic ambuscade, a trap set, a branch limed to trip the advancing step of the State administration. ? Now, we bad proposed to say a word or two, about the aot proper, to which we are lodebt-. ed tor this peculiar obligation to pay one mil? lion eight hundred tbonsand dollars more or" less; but we shall once more endeavoPto en? force the Idea, not that tbe Dem?crata' originated the Boheme, but that they see plainly enough Its financial effect upon the lorin ces of the parly In power, and mat they stand ready lo push the advantage to the ot most. The Republican party of this State have not forgotten, and can never forget, the desperate energy with wniob the Democracy, and more particularly our distinguished NEWS, labored .0 destroy the credit of the State and luduee ne people to refuse to pay the taxes. This was the fight in 1868. It was the beginning )i that "war to the knlte, and the knife to the lill," the hopelessness of whicb has Just been realized by the opposition. Now, wost they vere unable to compass, ve propose io aceom )llsh for them in tne making and redeeming )f this scrip. In other words, the death aruggle through which we have successfully passed ls to be renewed among ourselves, and .be knife which we wrenched from the band' y a Democrat ls to be plunged imo the heart )f the party by the baud ot a Bepub ii can. We sropose In our prosperity lo commit suicide. Sow ? Plain enoutih; in this wise : The coming decisions will verv soon make receivable tor taxes and payable lor all de? mands J( bills Rank of the state, say..$2,000,000 Jf certlflcateB for loans from savings inst itu lions say. 1,000,090' jr revenue bond scrip (taking ror grant id ne over Issue) say. 1,800,000' Tbat is, total receivable for taxes and payable for all demands, say.$4,800,000 Now tbe taxes ibis year, exclu Ive of thc school appropriation, we understand, ls near? ly all exhausted. Next year, with the same tax, and three mills besides- that ls, eighteen mills, exclu? sive of whatever further tax*may be necessary 10 meet the Interest on tbe debt, If we nave any-we will have at the utmost bul $3.294,000, every cent o? which, enormous as the amount Is, will be, ot course, paid Into the treasury In inytblrg else than in greenbacks, because lhere will .ba on tbe market, selling ak a heavy discount, nearly five million dollars of : these 'milis receivable." Tne treasury will be lull ol vacuum, and a desperate state of things wonld supervene, which would compel the administration to do one of three things, either of which would be. fatal to its reputation. Toe stuffed treasury ' would bave to be relieved by retiring the s iM fi" in bonds, and by Increasing the debt that lar, which, without a vote of the people, ls,, perhaps, against the recent amend me nu Ia which case, there would be neither bl Wa nor money, and a special tax wonld have to be levied large enough to absorb, not only the balaoce of stuff on the market, bot to supply the bard cash to pay members' claims, et id ovine genus-the ordinary expenses .of the State Government. If this was not done, then the stuff would have io be received- ano) paid out as well, and tbe market would be flooded,i o the utter exclusion of tbe genial greenback, so (ar as State luods were concerned..-1 besame thing would continue from year to year, od infinitum. Ot a heavy tax of, say thirty mills, would have lo be levied and the stuff retired. Increasing ibe debt pro rata, lt tho stuff could not be retired ou account ot the amend? ment requiring a vote o? the people, then lt: would have to be paid out or destroyed or withdrawn in some other way. It such a heavy tax was levied, as seems at this time Inevitable, there would be such an ornery about platform pledges and so forth tbat the. administration would find the responsibility,' together with the debt, more than it could succ?s?fully carry before any constituency, however loyal and subservient. Now, does THE NEWS or any other Demo?,' eratic organ mean to say ibat such a consum? mation is not most devoutly wished lor by : that cunning side of the house ? Do they not boast that they bave, the' money to buy up all this stuff at tbe lowest price at which they can manipulate tbe mar? ket ' Would they not hold tbe purse strings of, this people, and bold In avise the great artery that supplies the life b ood of the party iu this state? Can any sane man doubt that their . silence upon this Imminent flood ol bills re-, receivable is ominous of the gathering storm tbat will break npon the administration In tills event? SM We could carry this argument mach, further and show the Inevitable loss, rain, litt-, gallon, disaster, faction, murmuring and vio? lence that will ensue, every item of which will be laid with curses at the door of this administration, bat this ls enoagh for this artlole. _ Receipts per Railroad march Wt. SOOTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. .429 bales cotton. 20 bales goods, 2 cars stocx. To Railroad Agent, Pelter, Rodgers A co, w B williams A Son, Fennlck A Talbot, PO Trenholm, ' W 0 Courtney A co, Wardlaw A Carew, Street' Bros Jr oo. Geo W Williams A co, 0 Oraveley, R M Butler A ison. D H Sd :i x. S K Marshall A co, S QuacKenbuBh. Kstlll A co, W If Bird A co, J T Kr * in, R H Pringle, P B Lalane A co, A J Salinas, . W 0 Bee A co, O H Walter A co, sloan A Sieg nions, Wagener, Moneees A co, E H Frost 4 co, ! J S .Robson. Mantoue A co. NORTHS ASTXRN RAILROAD. , 11 bales cotton, 257 bbls rosin, 28 bbls spirits, turpentine, cara lumber, mdse, Ao.To j Graver' Sc Bro, W A Kenyon, J E *dger A' co, Holmes, ualder A co. P B Lalane A co. s R Mara?ad A GO? . J Hinds, D H ?ilcox, M Schwartz, shackelford A Kelly. DWG, A Diamond G O, G W Williams A co, Jan McCall, Wm T White. U Triest, Bardia, A Parker, E Diamond Q C. Wm M Bird A co, s D Money, Trtntiolm A Son, F Klint wort h,, a rierembal. B Robinson, E H frost A co, whiiden A Jones. E Welling, N E R R Agent, P Walsh, ' F O'Neill, W K Ryan. B Boyd, J Bafcer, A J Salinas, Kinsman A Howell, P F <'nale. J Meyer, S o Rail? road Agent, SAC Ral read Agent, WO Bee A co, colbert, Tovey A Glen, and others._ iflarmir. ROWELL-CADTHKN.-At Camden, on the 25;h instant, by Rev. R. L. Harper, Mr. W.F. RC BELL and MlssS. E. CAUTHSW. WITTER-MBLLETT.-At Camden,03 the2ith lestant, by Kev. Noah Graham, Mr. O. Wim? ana Miss M. C. MELLETT._ \ if nu tr ai S o net?. DOR?SE.- Died, at Charleston, 8. c., on Sith Maren, 1873. MA. ANNE P. DcBOSE, daughter or the late Henry W. Peronneao. ?ZS- THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS of Bev. and Mrs. W. P. DnBose, ot Mr. and Mw. Wm. H. Peronneaa, and or Dr. and Mrs. H. w DeSaussure, are respectfully Invited to attend the Funeral Services or Mrs. DUB OSE. at Btv Philip's Church, at l o'clock P. M., Tars DAT. - mch28-* '_. PB- THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AUB Acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. JOHS O'BRiEr are respectfully Invited to attend the Fanerai Sei vices or tberormer, from his late residenoe, No. 27 America street. TH DB (Friday) Amarome, at a o'clock. _ tW THE FBTENDS AND ACQUAINT? ANCES of Mr. and Mrs. AUG. F. CHRISTIE aro respectfully invited to af end the Fanerai of the former, at the Mariners' Church, THIS A?TXB SOOM, 28th, at 4 o'clock. nen**