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THURSDAY, APRIL 4. 1872. J. cr? THO.UPXOV, Editor* * _____________ - advertising rates. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of $i^>0 per square (12 Nonpareil lines or less) for "the 1st insertion, and $1.00 for each subsequent ia?ertion. A discount will be made to those who advertise by the year, and special contracts will be made. agents in new york, geo. p. rowell A co. SUBSCRIPTIONS. Out Year,. $2 00 & *x Months, 81 OO Official Paper of the State; Official Paper of Beaufort and Colleton Counties. Our Agent in Colleton. Mr. H. T. Farmer lias been appointed agent for the Republican in Walter boro.' lie is authorized to receive and receipt for subscriptions and advertisements. Communications may be addressed to him or directly to the editor of the Repi blican. Beaufort S. C. \m ? BJJLLYISO GRAM. . * The Charleston RcpnLlicjin asserts that the South Carolina delegates to the Phila(iai nil 1Q AAnron4i/\n * ? ~a ??a?3 i mw?|.'uiu vumvuuuii ncrc III5U UUlfU, clS tl conditio!! to voting for Grant, to demand the removal of certain- federal office holders in Charleston. We learn in addition, that a meeting was held in Columbia to decide upon the names to be handed to the President so fill the vacancies. The meeting was harmonious in all save the names. No agreement could, be come to, and the meeting adjourned to meet in Washington this week. The facts of the case are, that no such instructions were given to the delegation. Gen. Grant will not need the votes of South Carolina in the nominating convention. If they di' uld cast their votes for another they will probably stand alone To this we would have no ob- i objection if it proceeded from a nobler mo tive. We think our delegation would honor itself and the Slate by casting the vote of South Carolina for Charles Sumner. But to do so because Gen. Grant will not dispense the- paltry patronage of the state in accordance with the desires and interests of Tom Mackey would be no compliment to the i pure record of Mr. Sumner. Xor do we ; believe that Gen. Grant is the man to be i coerced into any line ot action, but rather ] that the very means, conceived to be so i powerful by the petty politicians who have devised this scheme, will result in fixing more < firmly the present officers in their places, I and close his mind to any arguments against them. The whole scheme is worthy only of I small political bummers. The First Monday in June. We wi.-h our warning could reach erft-h 1 delinquent tax payer in Beaufort County. Many of them have heard the cry of "Wolf, without ever, seeing him, and now will hardly give heed to the statement that unless they pay up before the third day of June next they will inevitably lose their lands. The provisions of this act have already been published. Wo will next week republish the act in full. We are inf.)rmed that nearly one thousand of the delinquents are colored people, who, in losing their land will lose their all. We shall spare no effort tt* induce them to pay their taxes and save : their lands. Gov. Scott has ordered that j the utmost efforts should be put forth to inform the people of their danger. Posters 1 aud hand-bills will be widely circulated, and wc urge all to aid in bringing delinquents to a consciousness of the gravity of their peril. , The provisions of the act referred to are sucinctly stated as follows: 1. The provision that, when delinquent i land exposed for sale, except in cities and villages, cannot t>e sola ror one-tourth ol its . I assessed value, the State shall buy sufficient I at that rate to sati>fy the amount of the 1 taxes and penalties, is repealed. 1 2. After the expiration of ninkty pays ^ deeds may be made for anv real estate sold * at delinquent land sabs. The act of-1 SOS J forbade the making of deeds until the expi- 5 nitiou of two years. ' 3. Ileal estate soldi'for taxes may only be 1 redeemed within ninety days, instead of 1 within two years; /. e., it may be redeemed ' within thirty day*, instead of one year, with- * out penalty, and within ninety <btys, instead ' o?" two years, with a penalty of fifty per cent. 4. The county auditor is required to tear- 1 rant the title* to all lands sold for delinquent taxes. ? 5. All lands upon which any State or eountv tax for 1808, 1809, 1870 or 1871 re< mains unpaid shall he sold on th first Monday in June, and conveyed in fee simple icihli'Mt the riyht of redemption. If no . per*** offer as much as the delinquent ta*es ( and charges* the St; lie is declared the purpurchaser, and. becomes the owner of the land. \ AU the lands in the State upon which any ' tax for 18t>8, 1 SG'J, 1870 or 187d remains unpaid will be sold, outright on the first Monr . day inJune- To give courage to purchasers, the Mate warrants the titles to all land$ that , may be sold. To frustrate any combination ! i on the part of the citizens, the State becomes the owner of the lands if the amount bid is not equal to tfie delinquent taxes and \ expenses;- and it is required, besides,, that if 1 any purchaser does not pay forthwith the j I amount of his bid the lands shall be immediately resold as if no previous sale of them had taken place. THE GEORGIA ROAD'S BARGAIN. While we have much to congratulate ourselves upon in the prospect of am. early completion of the Port Royal Railroad, we cannot refrain from expressing our regret that to strangers will accrue the main profit of the enterprise. The men who have so heroically fought the battle for our road win a victory, it is true, but one comparatively barren of tfie rich fruits they were entitled to. These wfll be poured" into the coffers of j the Georgia Road. If our me i had possessed j the means, as they possessed the courage and ! sagacity, to bring the enterprise to completion, instead of paying others to connect their fortunes with the Port Royal, they would be in a position to demand a price far higher than that now paid by them to enter into the alliance. The Georgia road has reaped where others sowed. With this connection she can bid defiance to all compepetition. Does a planter wish to send cot' ton to Norfolk ? The Georgia road can take it as cheaply as the cheapest. To Charleston? To Savannah? To Port Royal? The Georgia road will make the price iff each case, not only for herself, but for all competitors. All the-e advantages ought to have been at the disposal of our road, and its projectors ought to have been able to . i them for millions. Then, too, our interests would have been safer in the hands of our own people. But we suffer, in common with the many from lack of means. To those which have is given. Let us he thankful for what we have ?a road connecting us with Augusta and the whole svstem of Southern railroads. An Important Bill. A bill was introduced into the U. S. Senate on March 11, which, if passed, will dispose of all lands remaining in the possession of ftie United States in this county, except such as are needed for army or navy purposes and United States cemeteries. The first section provides that lands now held by the United States under tax titles shall be restored to-the legal owners who shall make application to the commissioner of Internal Revenue within one year, upon the payment of the tax, costs and interest, with payment for any improvements which may have been made upon them. The second section gives the secretary of the treasury the right to decide between contesting claimeuts. The third and fourth sections provide for the final release of all claims by the United States, and other regulations. The fi th section directs that where no application for return is madf the laud shall be sold or rented. , The sixth sectifjp provides that where the land has been purchased under "Array and Navy" sales and not paid for in full, that holders of such certificates shall have precedence in redeeming such land. ; The seventh section directs that the iund held by the Freedman's Bureau, accumulated from rents and sales of school lands shall be turned over to a board of school commissioners appointed by the secretary of the treasury for the benefit of schools iu the parishes of Saint Helena and Saint Luke in Beaufort county. Section eight exempts the United Slates cemetery and such land as is needed for army or navy purposes from the opera don of the act. This is probably the best hi 1 obtainable it present. Our opinion, frequently ex pressed, is that any bill which will extin- j juish the United States titles in this county is better than none. We thiok some relief ought to be granted to those whose lands have been sold and who have suffer! d in other respects but of all proportion to their fellow-citizens in rebellion, but such relief can be obtained in another hill of a time more favorable to their in- ! Crests. To those whose laruls are still tield by the United States this bill offers *s favorable terms as can be expected, and nught to receive their support. To army and navy purchasers it gives one more chance to redeem. To the community at large it ntLis an opportunity to get rid of the inLubus of Uuited States ownership and the ! consequent evils attending upon it. The bill, if passtd, will add largely to the taxable property of the town and district. We suggest therefore immediate action by the people in favor ot thio bill. Let a petition be at once forwarded to our Senators and Representatives urging its passage. ?We have received the able speech of,Senator Sawyer against the repeal of the duty an rice. Mr. Sawyer, on March 2S. introluctd a bill to build a light-house on Hunting Island to cost SoO OoO. The schooner Faragut, Wart, master, sailed from Fall River for this port, via New Vork to load with a general cargo, consigned j [o D. C. Willson & Co., Port Royal Saw' Mill. Ss?T* An accident occurred on Tuesday at lie Batten-, by the falling of a stick of timber by which Gumbo Fraser had his skull ractured. He died on Wednesday. The License Law County Auditor Hall has received his blanks from Columbia, and is ready to receive applications for license. The persons affected in tliis community, are as follows: 1. Real estate and other brokers, including commission merchants, 850. 2. Billiard saloons, and ten-pin alleys, 825 for every table or alley, and 810 for a bagatelle table. 3- Hotels, inns, taverns, saloons, and livery stables, according to their rental value. N Jt less than 8 ,7.50 4. Merchants and venders of goods, according to the amount of sales. Those selling malt or spirituous liquors in quantities not less than a quart, are required to pay fifty per cent more than other merchants, and a license of this kind shall not be construed to allow the sale of liquor in less quantities than a quart5. Where parties have more than one store they must pay on each. 6. Banks pay according to their capital. 7. Railroads pay about forty dollars per mile of track. ?, Auctioneers, $50. 9. Phosphate diggers, $500. 1C. Doctors, lawyers, dent'sts, insurance agents photographers and architects, $10; all salaried officers, one dollar on every hundred. Any person or persons'carrying omor Conducting an coeen nation or business named in 0 J - - 1 - ? this act, without having first complied with its provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not less than double the amount of license imposed upon such business or occupation, and be imprisoned in the jail of the county in which such offense is committed for a period of not less than six months, or either or both, at the discretion of the court; and every company or corporation carrying on or conduct ing any occupation or business named in this act, without having first complied with its provisions, shall be fined in a sum not'less than double the amount of license impose 1 upon such business or occupation, and the Attorney-General and Solicitors are hereby authorized and directed to take all legal proceedings necessary for the collection of such fine. " Sot a Candidate. We are authorized to say that Gov. It. K. Seott is not a candidate for rc-elcctiQn. The preliminary ?w? a.s is very much simplified by this determination. There seems to be no doubt that Hon. F. J. Moses will be the nominee of the Republican party. His popularity as presiding officer "of the House has greatly aided in thus placing him foremost among those anxious to serve the State. FREE EM;CATION. Tfie engrossing attention which the United States Senate has paid to the angry discussions and disreputable personal quarrels of its members, who have rendered the body almost contemptible to decent, soberminded people, has prevented it from adopting a measure'which in its provisions, is just, wise andbeneficient. We refer to the National Education Bill introduced into the House of Representatives by Mr. Perce, and which, after some amendments, passed the House in February last. Thus bill consecrates the money to be received from the sale of the public lands to the cause of popular education. The money is to be divided among the several States and Territories, according to the ratio of their illiteracy, as found by tlin onncnc r\F 11^7(1 Tf rn/iinrnw oc n Anmli. lion of receiving this'gift, that each State shall provide by its own-local laws for the free education of all its children, between the ages of six and sixteen years ; that it will devote all moneys received by this act to this purpose; and that it will report annually the condition of its schools. The management, method", courses of instruction; in fact, every matter pertaining to common school education are left free to each State. All that the general government wants is that the children of the nation shall he educated, and that without charge. Under the beneficient operation of this act, South Carolina has an opportunity to place within the reach of the humblest of the people such educational advantages as have never before been by them enjoyed Nothing has such debasing effect upon the moral and political life of a people as a widespread ignorance; and <*ur present lamentable condition as a people, and as a political community,' is due, principally, to the terrible ignorance which prevails among us. As in a more than calculable proportionate ratio to its social, moral and educational advantages, is a State's position in science, politics and religion; so is it all the more degraded, as it lacks these elements of civilization. A . . . . ... voice f?t" thanksgiving should go lip troiu every hill, grove and valley of the south to the n-?Uc philanthropists who have urged this measure before Congress. jHis Honor, J. J. Wright, one of the associate J udges of the Supreme Court is in town. A dead body, supposed to be that of Caesar Wallace, drowned Saturday week in crossing from Pigeon Point, was seen floating on Tuesday in the river. It went ashore near the Grove place on Ladie's Island. Coroner Carleton held an inquest, when a verdict of accidental drowning was rendered. The College >Scrip. By the aet of July, 2, 1862, Congress gave to each State a quantity of Government land as an endowment for agricultural educatioq. This grant has been variously applied. Massachusetts founded with her share the very successful Amherst Agricultural College, and Connecticut added the land deeded her to the assets of the Scientific College of Yale. North Carolina has just published an account of her disposal of the gift. The landscrip was given to the North Carolina University, and sold by the Trustees for fifty dflnto rtn tVin nf rloi'nfinortliP proceeds to agricultural education, as tfiey were bound by honor and" law to do, they used a portion of them to pay the arrears of professional salaries, and invested the remainder in State bonds, which are now practically worthless. There is great curiosity to know what has become of the South-Carolina scrip. A committee was appointed at the recent meeting in Orangeburg to ascertain the whereabouts of this college fund. We trust that they will find that it has been better invested than that of North Carolina. CO UNTY COMMISSIONERS. Tuesday, April 2. ADJOURNED MEETING* Board met at 11, a. m., ail the members* present. Minutes of last meeting were read and approved. The Chairman presented the duplicate certificate in favor of H. C. Koth, issued for John Franz! at the meeting held on March 19, 1872. The original having been found the duplicate was destroyed. II. J. Davant, Esq., appeared and presented the claim of J. D. Bolte, endorsee of J. A. Gay lord, tor the building of tbe Coosawhatchie bridge in 1867, the bill for which work was destioyed in the burning of the court house in 1869. Resolved, that a check be issued to J. D. Bolte for the sum of ?620. Checks were issued to F. Talbird for bill audited in October last for $167.75. To F. E- Wilder for i surunce on court house, ?105; also for insurance on furniture, ?38.50. To J. Apple for blankets furnished to county for ?15. Application was received from the treasury for liquor licenses to Frank*White. Savannah Back Biver, and J. E. Jordon & Co., Roberts township. Frank S&ney and Edda Myers were admitted to the alms house from Hilton Head. The proceedings of the afternoon session were promised to us by the clerk, but he failed to give them to us. Were they suppressed? J83T- Beaufort couuty wi 1 have $15,511 from the school fund?that is when she gets it. No part of it will be available until the taxes are collected next fall. ? On Tuesday, March 20, a terrible \ earthquake shook up a large portion of 1 Nevada, f&reat Sssures were made in the earth, rivers were dried up and mountains 1 ve'ed. Many persons were killed. At j Lone Pine fifty houses were demolished and.twenty-three-lives were lost. JKaT" There wa9 quite a small attendance at the Colored Convention which m? t at Columbia Saturday last, only twenty-eight delegates being present. F. L. Cardczo, A. J. Ransier,.R. B. Elliott, W. S. McKinlay. F. II. Frost, and W. B. ; iNasn were cnosen delegates to represent, the State at New Orleans. Ml * ' fSZg- Col. McClure, a liberal anti-Grant Republican, has been sworn m as Senator in the fourth district of Pennsylvania He beat the regular Republican candidate in a district which gave, in October last, 4000 ; Republican maj rity. _ Another "Unfortunate" Vessel. We believe this is tlie polite wayofspeaki ing of these "accidents." The bark "Rebi ington" which cleared from Bull River for ; London, with 11,IS tons of phosphates, on j March 2f>, was deposited upon a bank or * bar in St Helena sound by her pilot, A. ff. Alston, one of the recently appointed pilot j commissioners, who succeeded a few weeks ; a?ro in finding a place in Port ISwal harbor upon which to leave the "unfortu ate" bark "Ebenezer." If these "accidents'' continue the number of barks visiting ports in this ; neighborhood will probably decrease. ? Sales Day. Monday, April 1, being sales day, the following sales were made by the Sheriff in front of the Court House : A. J. Salinas, assignee, ts, Septimar II. ! Strobert, executrix of James A. Strobert, order for foreclosure. Sold for ?500 to A. J. Salinas. Ex. parte. II. C. Judd, J. W. Collins, Ceo. Gage, commissioners, sold by order of court. All the upright part of the Givens dwelling, at Edgerly plantation, on Port : Royal Island, bought by Win. F. Fields for ! $50. | II. G. Judd, vs. Win. J. Kirk and Emily Moore, heirs.at law of Jno. W. Kirk, deI ceased. Foreclosure. Lot in Bluffton, S. I C., bid of to the Daily fund for $100. H. G. Judd, clerk, f r the use of the Daily fund, vs, W. F. Hodgins, order of sale by the court. 400 acres in St. Peters Parish near Bluffton, bid off by II. G. Judd, clerk, trustee, for $50, N. W. Ellis,, vs E. T. Davis, execution, 540 acres near the Port Royal Road in Beau- * fort county. Sold' to Wm. Goethe for 1*20. 1 John H. Screven, guardian of Hamitt A. j Gadsden, vs. Frederick Langballe, heir at ( law of David? 3f. Langballe, deceased. ? House and lot in Bluffton. sale adjourned. * Win. C. Johnston, vs. Perry Shipes, execution, one mule called Jack. Sold to J. W. Collins for $76. The Daily fund is a legacy left b; Thad- ( dious Daily, who died before the war and * left his money to the poor of St.- Lukes Parish, with directions that it should he ( invested judiciously and the interest used for the purpose above mentioned. Ittiring the i war a portion of the fund was iavestecf in Confederate bonds and was lost, the balance * was loaned on bond and mortgage. By the acts of the Legislature of 1868, the clerk of the court is made trustee of the fund and it * is made his duty to report in open court j once a year the condition of the fund and ( how the money has been expended. This < fund if piy)perly managed would now amount to about $5000. Lumber. T 1 . 11 1 1 . .1 1 in our last issue we aiiuuea to tne cnirterng by Messrs. Enslow&Cu., ship brokers of Charleston, of the several vessels recently loaded and loading at Port Royal for differ- , ent coastwise ports with cargoes of lumber ] manufactured by the mills along the line of the Port Royal Railroad. We have learned with pleasure fhat j through the agency of that enterprising firm [ a contract has been made with the mills on *he railroad for a large cargo for the Cuba market and they will soon send another vessel here to load it. We are glad to notice an opening in that direction, and we are encouraging the hope that our port will soon show her ability to furnish her full share of the lumber business which is now done by her old neighbors (in Florida, Georgia and our own State) with South America, continental and other great 1 markets of the wodd. A Lecture from J. K. JilLson. Our State Superintendent, of Education, Mr. J. K. .Tillson, will visit Beaufort this week. He will lecture to the people on the important subject of Education in the Court house on some evening next week, of which due notice "will he given. We tirrafour people will show their intercut in the subject j by a full attendance. A meeting rs: also , proposed on St. Helena Island, if proper i orronunnmnfj lwk vnniln It Till* , i <*i i atJ^riiivu ucj Mir- uv; iiui'iv;. . ?? iiitvii has visited several counties of the State, and wherever he has spoken the people have been pleaded atvl instructed. Easter Election. The regular Easter election of St. Ilc'ena : Church, resulted as foil ?ws: Wardens?Dr. A. S. Gibbcs, Dr. R.R. ; ; Sann. Vestrymen?TT. 31. Stuart, Sr.. T. O. Barnwell. F. F. Sams, W. Kiliott, 31. S. : Elliott, Dr. tl. 31. Sfinr\ B. S. Satin. ! Delegates to Diocesan Convention?F. E. [Sams. B. S. Sams, T.?(). Barnwell, Dr. II 31. Stuart. IHHIT OP UH.\ I'FiHtr. Cleared 3Iareh 2<>?Bark B"'?in<rton. ! Harrison, master. for L hi Ion wifli I! IS tons phosphates from Coosaw 3Iinimr (b>. Arrived .March 28?Bark Hans Ger<r<r. ; from Scotland with <14.8 tons coal for 3Ia,i,ie & River 3Iin:n? & Fho-ph.itc Co. Ran ere of Thermometer OliSKKfKl> AT Dr. H. 31. Sti art's DrI'O Stork, for tiik wkkk f.ndin<i A rim. :): Date s a. in. 12 hi. 6 |>. im. Thursday, 53 til ' < Fridav, ">9 5:1 t>{ Saturday 5tJ j 72 i 62 Sunday, 6-7 j 72 71 Monday, 63 Go | 62 Tuesday, GO 67 I 61 Wednesday 64 63 j ? THE PORT IIOYAL RAILROAD. A 3Iil#IIoivl J'rom Savannah. Our Savannah neighbors don't relish the idea of the endorsemea* by the Georgia Railroad of the bonds of the Port Royal Railroad. TheSavanuah Republican howls at the proposition in this fashion:. Augusta and Mr. John P. King have long been in want of something; exactly I what, neither has appeared to kuow. Both i the city and the Georgia Railroad have i prospered, but they have for years been casting about for some movement that will, j at least, injure somebody else, if it should not benefit them. They have, at last, after much deliberation, hit upon the road to Port Royal as the great desideratum, somclDiDg mat is destined to make both the city and the Georgia Road rich and happy As to the scheme itself, however Augusta may feel about it. we shall be | greatly mistaken should Mr. King find it a , very easy matter to convince the stock- |; holders of his road that the investment of a million dollars in order to get control of a railroad from Augusta to Port Royal is a wise and beneficent scheme. In our humble judgmeyt it is a ridiculous one, viewed \ ; as a mere business transaction. Augusta has already two outlets to the sea, in direct line of railway to Charleston and Savannah; and how she is to be materially benefited by building another to run be' tweeu them, and nearly or quite as long, we do not understand. She has now a tierce competition for her freights, and they are carried low enough in all conscience. Her new road makes the third competitor, and i to get Ireight it must take them at still lower rates, in fact below the remunerating point. We cannot see the wisdom of this. Indeed, the whole scheme looks to us like an open declaration of war by Augusta igainst both Charleston and Savannah.. vhom she ought to* make friends of and lot enemies. But la* her go on with her Port Royal project; she wHi get sick mough of it before she gets through, thould the contract just made be ratified, ind we believe it will not be. .. i The Latest News. Connecticut went republican on Monlay by a very small majority?not over iwo huudred. In Columbia the whole republican tickit for municipal officere-wae elected. The arrest of Ku-klux continues in Laurens county. The democrats carried Cincinnati on * Tuesday by two thousand majority. Professor Morse, the father of the telegraph, died oft Tuesday. Further advices from California state that thirty persons have been killed, and over [>en hundred wounded by the recent earthquakes. Reports are coming in of active volcanic eruptions, with streams of lava[lowing down the mountain-sides. i , AT'tt UTUTPPV T wrvn VI li IlljOlliU.I UJUA1IJU* ? Lafayette, Ind., March 21,1872. "About these days," as the almanac* jay of the weather, we may expect nebuk)U3 political schemes and various combinations, nuking up of states, &c., which sre the exciting e'ements of political life. That little stone which the great convention builders have laughed- at is likely to become the pivot of political action. * I refer to the Cincinnati? convention. We io not pick u > a paper of either political party these da} 8 but somewhere in its columns reference is made?and with i? creasing respect?to this schism in ouc ranks. There has come to be, however, tin abhurauce, among Republicans, to httviug auything to do with "Reformers." That name is synonymous with selling: out to the Democrats. We have tried it. often in local and district affairs and the promised "Reforms" proved to be myths;, while the Reformers made themselves a. "stench in the nostrils of sill good men." Therefore it would be difficult to get men to leave the ranks or refrain from voting the strait ticket. Hut wi&all this there can be no doubt that wide dissatisfaction, too, exisfai We read of the acts of the administration and" see many things which deserve denunciation and npp ?siiiou. The German tl? nu nt in the Republican party of O.iio, Indiana, Illinois aud Wis consin, as for as state tickets are concerned, cannot be relied upon this fell. Aa I have stated in former letters, the issue of Lemn ranee reform is being agitated vig ?r<>u*!y in all these slates. Legislative enactments of a restr ctive character have been passed and the wh ?le (^rman population is up i? aims?figuratively speaking ?agaii.at tin in. Apropos of temperance, I hcar%a good story ah >ui Gough. the lecturer. A week before iho Chicago fire, G ?ugh, was in that city at the SheninfTV house and it happened th it Mirk Twain and Giis, the fat c ?utnhutor," weJC' also there,. Diif.ing ab >ut in south of thi pieturesquo Gris and Twain followed the hum am stream until they strauded on a bar* Go ugh had retired early. While staudiug at the bar a bright idea occurred to* Twain. "Let's seud Goiigh a c ck tail.'* idea voted good ami acted on. Waiter arrives at Mr. G"s. room, "Some mistake, mver touch liqnr." Waiter p<wtiv*. Mr. G. more so. Oa the way down it occurred to waiter that such cock-tails should not be wasted, he drinks it and reports "all right." Twain and Gris immensely delighted, think they have got Gough where they want him. "I^et's send him another?" Same result, cocktail receipted home by darkie. More de i * t? rn j 11 w: _ nglll oy x wain aim uri?. jiia ujj ? brandy, strong," said Twain. Disappearance of darkey, also cock-tail; and the precious pair had their heads together, making up new drinks, when Mr. Gough , approached Ihem and said: am afraid you rest under a misapprehension. Seeing, that I was being made the victim of ? practical joke, I followed the waiter down and saw him drink the liquor intended for me. Don't serufc any more up." When the subject is brought up to Twain now, he says the "Fat Contributor" retired within himself like a greased telescope;, but further that, he (Twain) never was in Chicago,.and never stopped at the Sher man House. Theodore Tilton has been lecturing thiswinter upjn "Home, sweet* Home'*' throughout our State. The whole lectureis upon the marriage relation consideredas a code and in its natural and mutual" ofola Tic rlofcnrla himself fnr thft atata. ment-that he is an advocate of Love," but denounces the divorce lhw?and the burden under which both man and wife suffer. He thinks the tie should' be dissolved by mutual consent, but, of' course, only after due reflection. Advocates the adoption of the Wisconsin code? throughout the Vni>n. This code provides, among other things, that the parties may separate at any time by mutual consent;-and after five years separation, a divorce may be obtained by either pagy upon application. He has had large audiences is received with applause. One of the noteworthy events is the nomination of Mr. Greeley by the chamr