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1 J? ' Ths Beaufort Republican. THURSDAY, JUNE 5 1875. S. B, THOMI'KON, I"n*prick>r. j. u. THOMFSO*. Bdlftr. SUBSCRIPTIOSS. Our Vr?r, $4 tMi bix.M?n(Ui, SI on ADVKI1TISINM KATKS. A'lT?>rM9em"iii? will I*- invrtnl at Mm rate "f 81.M" Cr?q'iar<?'10 NonpacHI lines or |c?sSfor the firs! terUoii. suhs'-.jii'Tit iiuvrti'jiut t>y contract. Tho Largest Bona Fide Circnlation. THE BOND CASE. Comptroller Gt neral Hogc, in hie return to the writ to compel him to levy a tax to pay the interest on the bonded debt of the State, in general terms denies that it is his duty to ascertain and determined tho rate of taxation ; argues that the judgment of the court* if had would bo vain and nugatory; and declares that tho bonds upon which the petition is based were not lawfully hypothecated and sold, and that a large portion of them wcro issued without warrant of law and to the amount of $7,701,700, are not a valid debt of tho State. It is asked, therefore, that the writ do not issue until and investigation shall first be had to ascertain what portion of the aggregate public debt {of $15,851, 3-7) subsists as the valid debt of tbo State. Tho facts set forth by the Comptroller arc not new. They were tally stated by tho investigating committed P*" ^ legislature of 1S71. In spite* of that revelation, the legislature to which it was uufcde, inst ead of impeaching and prosecuting the penitentiary the scoundrels wi\o perpetrated the frauds, passed a* 'validating act," fully endorsing and puking legal as far us it could b. 1 deuo by the legislature, ovcrv a#5t thc financial hoard and the financial ftgent in NeW Vi..lr v H'o uro glad to ^3VC lis official J recognition of the existtk'ice of a fraudulent debt. It adds on c Other nail in the co/Ku to \ T^rch " b'J some day consigned tin 1 Joatlu 'OHic b^y of corruption whic b fca* k >nS< ruM tho^tate. ANDEKSON MOVING. L A meeting was held in And* nson I,, -court-lmuse 011 the 23d ult., in ^?f-1 ? erence to a line 6f railway from C? V-1 P .cago to the South Atlantic. Rcsolu -J * tions were adopted expressing tho , belief that tbo best and cheapest te route was through tho Blue Ridgo w at Rabun Gap, thoucc to the Atlantic via, Anderson, Abbevillo and A Edgefield counties. A committee ? of three, Messrs. B. F. Whitner, x J. A, Hoyt and S. Y. Lee, werr ? appointed to impress the advantages u of thin route upon the "Chicago, s Ktioxville, Augusta ami South 1 Atlantic Short-lino Railway Asso- ^ ciation" recently formed at Augus- f t&. * The Conservator says: Anderson, a? the matter now stands, is a poiut by which (hey cau couie with 1 Srobablv less cost than any other. 1 'noxville has been named as one of the 1 oertaiu places by which it must pass, and ( Augusta as another point. The Glue , Ridge Railroad. which is projected from this j>lacc to Knoxville, is complete for fifty-five miles, alxait seventy live more milos are graded ard ready lbr the iron and there is bat ouc tunnel, which Oo'uld be completed in six mouths. This leaves but sixty-five miles to grade. Jjdween this plaoc and Clayton, Ga.,(thc placo propo.-td for divergence.) there is but twenty-six ti.iles fomn.p'etc?the greater portion of which is graded. Fioui here to Augusta it is but ubiety utiles, and by going by Kdgcfield (-o as to build a branch to Aiken), it need not exceed a hundred utiles. Theu there is less than a hutiu'ed and twenty-iire miles (counting the Work already done) to finish the told hum Au usia to Clayton. We hope our people will not lot this op|H>rtunity pass, but will u-c every endeavor to seem o the advantages offered by this enterprise. This thoroughfare would co>mO"l us with the only' deepwater" haii?or i the .Southern coast, and the grain and meat producing North West. The iStu'iiiiig of i'olttmhin. ('an any on; tell u.s why there should be so much disputing as to who burned Columbia? Why should the federal bol'l ers W.'iO LUriRM uo I'HiiS" uant when charged with dostroyin:; Columbia? Why is it to be denied that Sherman's anuy t lire to hou-e> in a city. when they do not deny having Kit a track ol'standing chimneys and blackened titnl>crs, ten miles wide, from Beaufort to Cher aw ? Why is destruction u:i the Concareo condemned as disirraecful, while the laying waste oflne Valley ol" he Shenandoah is honorable war' Why do South Carolinians denounce the destruction of Columbia as au act of federal vandalism, and say nothing of the destruction of Chainbersburg by the confederates? In what do the acts differ ? We v/ere 1h Beaufort ali the time of its occupancy by Sherman's army. Among olhcers aiiuniui, there was a perfect uuity"of sentiment ou the subject of the tiealun.nl 01 .South Carolina. Site was to he Wasted with me and sWoid. 'file j privates and interior oiiieers were certain that Ohaitestou was to b? the first ohju<*t of attack after Laving Beaufort. Not one of them doubled that the city was to T be utterly destroyed, sot one atone led ? upon another. The army wae uodoubt- w edly disappointed when Colombia was t( found to be occupied instead of Charles- 1( ton, and its fate would have been predic- * ted by anyone who knew the feelings of f the aruiy. No orders were uccded. The f privates, as well as officers, looked upon f this state as the "source of all our woes. Letter from Astoria. 1 BY MRS. SAXTON, Astoria, Feb , 187lt. g On the map of the United States and on t the Pacific coast, you will find the name tl ABtoria attached to a little black dot at v the moutli of the (xdumbia river, and that e little town is to be our tarrying place C during the winter months, for the benefit t we hope to derive from the sea air. To t one at the East I can imagiuo that Astoria I must seem only somewhat less distant <1 than China. I can remember in myscliorl Ij days searching on the map for the Colum s bia river and tracing it from its source to o its month, but I never dreamed of sailing t on it, its whole length, as I have done re t peatedly, a distance of over four hundred r miles. Still less did I ever dream of find- 1 i UK even a transient Home in tno mile <j town at its mouth. I also remember in i connection with this coast, hearing of the emigrants crossing the plains in ox I teams; and on many a bright spring morn { ing when tho sun was shining brightly in i the blue heavens and the air was soft and n odorous from the thousands of bursting t. buds and springing grasses, as I have 1 wended my way sorrowfully to school, I 1 have had such intense longings for free a dom and the delight of outdoor life and p would have hailed with rapture the pros < l?ect of starting from home in an ox cart v to cross the wide prairies, the foaming h rivers, the Groat Desert, the Rocky moun- j tains, the Sierra Ncvadaa to the Pacific t Ocean. . j This desire clung to me later in life; c and when kind Providence turned our a footsteps to this coast, and we were wliizz \ ing over mountains and rivers, through r canyons and valleys in a Pullman Palace , car, I looked out at an emigrant train as i it wound slowly through a beautiful country at tho foot hills of the llocky < 3iiountuins, and envied them their days of i hlow travel which gave such opportunity for a full enjoyment of scenery and novel f experience attendunt on a long journey c through a strange, unknown country. ( And llmt there must be many pleasures v connected with such a life for six months t seems apparent ; but in conversation with j many men who came over twenty years ] ago, 1 find the hardships have made the t most lasting impression, while the suffer- , ingH endured by the women cannot bo rofered to by them without a shudder. Wo j lmvo just met hero in town a woman who d came over with four children, aud though j a devoted wife and mother, was so worn i ' with fatigue and tho terrible monotony of i t.V blow travel, through blinding duet j uutdor a burning sun, that at night when j ho l'lid down in tho bottom of tho wagon j k.? 'U InV children, she prayed tho, dawn uigr. t,10m c'cuc^ *he pitileBB un nx 10 Sf^Piu. the interminable barren, arched ' BP*?*d out before^ her eyes, c ndthek nMkPci1 must be taken t for sii'? and the older children i alked tlio whole diBtance to save the am. Btill, tke ? igled, *nd we felt our ere.BtrangCly mu " ' ... . , . j. oly \Tith tears and ^ es, moistenr alterna. J ughtor during her .dram^C recital. f.ter they had been out a nail body of Indiuus rodo u." '? ^ C C rngona to trade. One fellow hud ft 'mt> _* * 2 if woven grass Idled with ripe be?.r|,!B- 'a 'lie woman offered one article aftb." 1C notlier, even a gun, for the fruit, But he u*i hook Iris head, when at labt he {Hrinted to .,j he bun bonnet on her daughter's head, jj You better believe," she said, "ihat I Qr vldpped off that bonnet quick from the er jirls head, and while he tied it under his ^ igly chin, wo went at the berries. Then . virile the cattle rested I cut up an old . alico dress, and mado another sun bonnet; ^ ind every time I v.anted ^ trade with ;hem red skins 1 whipped off the child's tionnct, and always got what I wantod; U] tnd I made up seven bonnets out of that ?ld calico, and tlieni painted fellows would ride oil as proud as if they'd got a s--alp." ^ On another occasion when the wagou h'.'.d become separated from the train, n party of Indians, came up aud demanded two of their cattle. The man fearing to irritate tlicm, surrendered a pair of oxen. n Shortly afterwards the woman's husband tl went aside boiae distance to hunt for game, b and the woman and her oldest son were j] left in charge, the rest of the train being several miles ulu nd. Tho Indians again ^ rode up and demanded the remaining oxen. | "That rib d me," she said, I handed one o " - -? ' ? ~-W ( nuu III nil- >WM ?"U ??n#rv uiiwui. ? I.tjo'iii, in front of tin* cattle, and hiivh I, . i 11 not a hoof of thorn beasts sluill you have ^ without u bullet first; They understood r the rides it they did'nt uio, and after* tl hanging round a little, rodo off. "Now," Ij bin- continued, "they dont want t<? give us *' women the vote ltccuusc we cunt he sol Si' diers. I'd like to know who showed the most fight then, me or the old mnu." The w argument was unanswerable, and wc told c her we liojied she would live to cast the tl ballot ^ct. ^ I wish I had space to detail to you all the histories given me by the many I have met on this coast ; the perils from Indian^ from storms, hunger and cold, narratives, q death bed scenes, births and burials in the tl wilderness ; of heroism, noble self-sacrifice * and ( hiistiau charity under the roughest exterior, all told with a dramatic power which thrills the heart and chains the V attention, to tho exclusion of everything u else for the time. One can willingly lay / aside tho sensational novel to listen like n Desdeinona to Otiiflio, or as a child, when h the story teller speaks those magic words, "Once upon a time." This little town of six thousands inhubi tj tuiittf is settled mainly by iiioec wno navo ? emigrated from the East or foreign 41 countries, all engaged in sea-faring pur- i'< suits. If you can turn to Irvign's "Astoria,'' 0 you will find a truo picture of the old Fur (1 \\ Co. settlement made by Astor in 1811. The location, forts, scenery, the tribes of Indians then roaming here, their names, customs v and character. The Indians have of course disappeared, except a very few di lapidate 1 looking Cidnookn who paddle up in front n of the hotel 'o sell clam? and < ysicrp. b J / > ?* ?|Iajginri1 Decoration Day. ' ' ' *?? BY MABOAKKY E. 8ANU8TEK. To-day, where low tbey steep in death, Who once wen hnitff In fight It'e bring (he row*' fragrant breath, Tin; lilicn, stainless while. Nor ask our hearts who wore the blue, Nor who the faded gray, Hincr ladle's sweat of crimson dew, All hate hath washed |away. ( ? Awake once molt the mart! 1 strain That fed our souls with trust, ho man still wears his raven mane long buut his shoulders, and the squaw sits Tapped in ber blanket, her cheeks and >rehead dyed a deep Vermillion. The ration of the moderft town ia still the mie, and when you stand on the broad lie dork, the view seaward is very beautiii 1 The broad mouth of the Columbia irms a fine bay, twenty-five miles long, mm seven to fourteen wide; on both ides bordered by very high bills heavily imberod, except on the south side at the ntrance, where there is a gradual descent o a low sandy strip of land on which Fort itevens is situated. If the day is clear, he white bnrrncks and the stars and stripe lying from the tlag staff are clearly seen ; vliile nearly opposite, guarding the northrn entrance, is the high promontory of 'ape Disappointment, on which the white ower of the lighthouse is also visible, hough fourteen miles away. As you turn rom the beautiful bay with its waves ancing in the sun or white capped by the >reeze sweeping in from the Pacific, yon ee before yon the little town ; part built n terraced streets cut from tho hills in lie background, part built on docks, the ide running up under tho piles. The uajority of the houses are neat, modem ittle cottages, all with front and Side rnrdens filled with fruits trees and flowers n the summer. Our winters yon know are not like the Sastern onos, with severe eold and snow >ut are long and rainy; endlessly rainy t seems sometimes. But Oregonians levor confine themselves to the house for lie rain. A long hoard walk oxtonda the ength of the town along the Bay ; and iero wo walk on these mild winter days, ometimes through a soft Scotch mist, omotimes through a driving rain. Oc nsionally, the heavy clouds lift and the velconio sun blesses us with his warmth md light. Then we find a dry lioard to >laee on an old log on tho bench, and sit nyoying uie gmnu scene uciore ub, listenngtothe roar of tlio breakers dashing ivcr the bar, or feeding with crusts the creaming sea gulls who have been hover ng near the land for food while the storm ages outside. Very often some stately ild raven approaches lured into security iy our motionless figuroa, and commence.' l dolorous cry, which,after reading 1'oe, ine cau very readily interpret into "Never nore." Our modern, comfortable hotel is built in the dock, with nothing before to inter :ept our view, aud possesses broad win lows, from which wo watch the white viuged ships and steamers coining in ovoi he bar, front England California, Austra in, China or the Sandwich Island; and oading again for their return trip with anned salmon and the world renowned vheat of Oregon. On tlio tirHt bright day which would >ermit of a pedestrian tour, we visited tin ite of the old fort built by the Astoria com tanv for protection against the Indian.' mt of course the palisades have rotted ongago; and in the old graveyard, \v< tad to part the bushes to read on weathei reaten tombstones, the dates of lyllaml ,4\ Perhaps, "Here lit*, Ids head upon the lap ol < arUi, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown." Certainly many of the pioneers on thii oast were the of stuff of which heroes art uade, uot forgetting the brave yomtir vho accompanied them. M.8. Fatal Accident on the Savannah LND ClUKLESTON RaILHOAD.? A wllitt nan, by tbc uauie of Joseph Wall, aboul brfy years old, was injured on the track if this railroad on Saturday aftcrnooJ; nd died on being carried to Grahauivillt utile beyond where the casualty occur<1. He was ridiug a mule, which was rob^K thcroa 1 ut the time the train was ,j, -oav^'bg, and whether the animal ied threw its rider on the track, whethtr l^c 111U'? was struck by the igine, eau\'"M 1'1C luan 10 0,1 the ack and be h} the cars, is not town. Couduc?.or ?mith saw the man ing in tie ditch atipr the engine had isscd whero the mult? *aa 2^cn' au^ hncdiatcly stopped the tram and picked im up, doing all that he coulu tor hnn * r nn t mi. ntit iio reacnccr uranamviuc. ort Ifcnal Wise in Hie Very Beginning ?Ldgcflcld Will Toe the Mark. In another column we publish an cx;llcut editorial which wo find iu the last wuc ot the Beaufort liepulliutn?an rtielo which we hope our j?coiilc will ^ail and ponder well. This artielc urges IC taking of a new hold upon the Blue lidge llailroad and its extension from indorson via Kdgfieldand Aiken to Port loyal. In this the Repultlicitn shows asclF practical, long-headed, ard cnorctic? evincing a realizing sense that 'ort I loyal must take care of itself, with ut depending upon the (Jreat Western 'anal, or upon the Chicago and Augusta toad to build it up. It is not to the itercsl of l'ort lioya! that their lload to lie great West should come down the reorgia side and touch at Augusta, as at liat point bulk wou d uuboubtedly be roken, and much valuable produce n liar bed, which would, oiu the A?r1cim>ii. Mgclield and Port lloyal lload, go traight to Port lloyal. All this Port lloyal seems to see. A d rcil would it be for Edgefield if she mild as clearly sec her interest. But we Kink she will. We think she does. md wo loci sure that when her !?IO(>,<K)U or more) is called for, she will too the lark promptly and chccrlully. Willi onfideuce, wo pledge hor to this! In the meantime we would n.?k the uostion: What are the Corporators ol lie Anderson, Aiken and Port lhiyal lailroad doing??hMf/rficld Ailtrrlisa'. ?In one of the towns of Mis-s&sippi wo colored men were arrested on the liarge ol' burglary. The jury before rlioin they were tried were all colond. liter the case was tried they retired and iadc up a verdict, which was announced j the Court. On being called the Judge skee for the verdict, which the foreman clivercd as follows * "Pis jury find dat nc of the 'cuso busted in do sto' and at do odor didn't do noffin." "Which no do you find guilty?" asked the Judge Pat's de question, boss," returned the reman; "dat'sjes what we can't find ut, and we rcconimend dat dj honorable aat jes have anoder trial, and find out hich ou dem two niggars stole dab bacon ?fellow fever prevails with great nirouie at I\io. A satirist says tint modern society ?is>cs two "lost arts"?conversation and lushing. ill oiu Heroic (lays ui pum, lire swords had gathered rust; The music will not break their rest, Whose ordered columns lie, (irim folded hands on silent breast, t lk'iieath the sunlit sky. Give pause to eager life of trade, Au boui let bargains cease; From Valor's fcrront pulso was made The golden tide of Peace; Let manhood's heart and childhoods band, And woman'stovliest bloom, Through all the wide untroubled land Adorn tho soldier's tomh. All! North and South, n richer art Halhsowr their graves with flowers, For Nature's thruhhing inothcr-hcart llntli quicker Itent than ours; Jlcr lilades of grass, her cloth of gold, Her starry wreaths of spray, With tender grace tho slumbering fold, This Decoration Day. She spreads as soft her daisied turf On mounds wi)hou< a name, Ily mountain' side, near ocean surf, As o'er tho envch of fanio; lloe linoAettiM </.nr4t lit lilAMfiin fall* ' AIkjVp the bmvo "unknown," 1 Who aimwi r not when glory calls, And yet iiruTrwdom'a own. fro where to-day they sleep in death, Who once were hrare in fight, We bring the roses' fragrant breath, The lilies stainless white, Nor ask our hearts who wore the blue, Nor who the laded gray, Since battle's sweat of crimson dew Hath washed all hate away. Aii Other Murder in New York. Tracy Walworth, a rich New Yorker, was tihot by his hon Frank on the 3rd i inst. The son allegos as a cause that his father repeatedly threatened to shoot him and his mother. lienors to Orr. New Yohk, June 3. i The remains of Minister Orr will pro! , ably arrive on Monday. Eight coinmand cries of Knight Templars met to-day to arrange for the reception of the holy, Other organizations will joiu in the ccruuiouics. Barnwell Items. ?The "tigerwhile trying to cat up :i dog, was shot nt by bis owners i'ouipcy Hightowcr. Pomp says he woundid the dog-eatcr. Wc arc sorry for it. Wo hope lie will oat every dog from Augusta to Port Hoyal. Merchants expect a fine I fall busiucss, and are therefore satisfied to have it a little dull this hot weather I The farmers are in good spit its. as coin , and cotton look well. The village of Barnwell is spruced up some lince the c unty officers have returned. A little 1 t>o much rain has fallen Iaiely. w* - J - - l/Ml rum a i hi*r. Tlieve cin lie no necessity at tliis lute I (1 iy, for (lie press to speak in cotntncn 1. tory terms of' this remarkable medicine, in order lo poromotc its sale; lor it is a medicine tliat is known nnd appreciated , the wide world through. Whou ever we , speak oftjic Pain Killer^, as iu the ores* ent instance, wo do so in behalf of the 1 afflicted, rather than with the view of advancing the interest of its proprietors. For various diseases, such as rheumatism, cholera, cholera-morbus, burns sprains, I bruises, and so on to the end of the cata, Ioguc, we arc convinced that there is no ' remedy be fire the people equal to Davis' Vegetable "Pain-Killer," nnd we know that thousands ttjioii thousands entertain the same "belief. Certainly, we cannot lifer to tJie history ofuny medicine which equals iJiiit of the Pain Killer. It was introduced ill iSjO, iindfroui that time to this its sale, both at ij0.uic tod abroad, has constantly and rapidly fne?t'ascd. and we rejoice at tltc high reputation it achieved, because this reputation shows that is lias been the means of relieving a vast amount of human suffering. We hope the present proprietors of Davis Vegetable 'Tain Killer" will long live to enjoy the prosperity which they have so fairly won. The balloon trip to Europe is at last to be attempted. Professor John Wise and W. II. Eoualdson, two experienced and well known aeronauts, nropose to take the balloon voyage of which so much has been an^ 80 bttlo done. Tin? Poston b 'ar.l of .-^Mermen have responded to a petition fiorn tn?i?> ""J "'?d? an appro print ion oM|irce mow-ano onuu-s iu aiu th;iu in fitting out their aerial ship, in which thry will start from tho Common iu that ci'y ou tho Fourth of July. The gentlemen iuteud taking two other persons with (hem, and through the cooperation of the Franklin Institute in Ph i idelphie, expect to secure the services of two scientific men. Professor Wise bases his reason for undertaking this pcriiious voyage on the following theories : At a certain height above the earth there is a continuous air current or tide sotting from west to cast, caused mainly by the centrifugal force generated by the revolution of the earth on* its axis, and that this current moves at the rate of IVom sixty to one hundred miles per hour. Tims he expects to reach England in r wo (lays, at the must, from the time of starting. - m Great is King Cotton. A correspondent of the Columbia Union ILraLl liviug iu Greenville, writes: The Air Line Railroad is doing much fortius place already, ami property is rising and new buildings are in progress in every part of tbo eify. The winter hero was in some respects the coldest and dampest ami cloudiest we ever had. It killed the fig trees, which'it has uever done before, and nothing but their roots arc alive. The frnit is all gone; straw-i lwimiti-' uf.n'ii miriiiiultf il'imotroil tuu! ilii? I yield n<?t one-third. Tlic wlic.it crop has since llic rains and warm weather, co no out and promises well. The area in wheat is nut half what it was, as every otic is anxious to put as much laud in cotton as they can. "li: long mi l short, iu round and .nju.ire. It is cotton, cot tut), colt in, everywhere." It was unco corn fields and cotton patches everywhere. It is now cotton fields and corn patches everywhere. An acre of cotton with commercial fertilizers wdl vitJtd three times as much money as in corn or wheat. Labor of ail kinds is iu great demand and wages have risen twenty five per cent and are still rising. Tho colored people are very nros|Kirous here and well behaved, hove good churches and schools aud are evidently greaiiy improving. ?Ex (iov. Jewell, of Connecticut, ha? got the Iliffiiau mission, . ANOTHER GREAT BOSTON FfRE, n ' Ol toss $3,000,000. S h On Ttfcsday last Bos/on was visited " with a very severe less by fire, which ap- n pearod at one time likely to be a reiRiti- o tion of the "Great Fire.1' * * The following dispatch gives some particulars. / Boston, May , M. ? When discovered the fire was in the [! up|?er floor of Haley, Morse & Go's warehouse, among the workshops, and t'( the flames were issuing from the roof. I'iles oflight material packed away, were like so much tinder, and l>cforc an alarm could be given great volumes of flames " were rolling up fifty feet into the air, and d clouds of smoKo rising. The heat genera- * te 1 was ioteuse; nod in twenty minutes ^ the upper stones of the building from * front to rear, a distance of two hundred feet were a mass of glowing flame. Hie # fire worked back into the stables of Geo. ,( F. Bonney, on Bomstcnd place, which n runs out of Boylston street, near Wash- u ington street, and destroyed then. Eventually the walls of the building fell and crushed to atoms the extentivc Gallery of Jaudain, with all the stores beneath it. On the opposite corner of Fayette court the flames soon spread to another great building adjacent, and that was also destroyed entirely, including Znos- 40.i, 405, and 4l>y Washington street. the premises of Miotic, Kiplcy & 1 Co. clothing; J. W. Brackctt, pianos ; 1 Geo. Lcstor, lints; F, F. Libby, dry ,] goods, and Geo. F. White, milliner. t The flames crossed Washington street. , Cjiickoring's sp'cndid granite building, with its immense front, and the Globe * Theatre, arc in ruins. 1 The fire also caught the steeple of the | I'reshytcrian Church, corner of Beach street, and Ilarrisson avenue, and the ' Rpire was soon-a mass of Santos. Continuing its course southerly from its i place of origin, the fire soon attacked the ( international Hotel. G. It. ilichardt, , proprietor, No. 415 Washington street, and it fell an easy prey to the devouring > element. The sway of the monster was j irresistible, and the next to fall its victim ( was the large four-story stone front building occupied by Kelly's billiard rooms, No. 410; George Thomson & Co., tailors, J No. 221 ;and Montgomery & Co., conl'cc- I tioncry store, No. 423. It is impossible to give at once all.the ( losses, or even the names of the losers by the fire to-day, but it can be said that 1 everything from Avery street to B iylston i street, on the west side of Washington street, is nearly or quite destroyed. On the other sidft from ITayward Place to ( Essex street, little is left to show what ' existed there at eight o'clock (his morn- 1 ing. The Globe Theatre saved nearly all , its w.irdrobes. Two persons wore killed by falling walls. Since the Modoc chief, Captain Jael, I bccuue so famous, various claiiils as to : his paternity have been put forward, as if it were a high honor to he connected with him. Tim la.-t i< made l<y the 1 Frankfurt (Kv.) Vcomtrn, which rcpfc- I sent# liim to uo the son of C'apt. Jack Chambers, a native ami formerly a resident of Kentucky, who went to California years ago, foil in with the Modocs and married the daughter of their head chief. ?There is a canine Hohiuson Crusoe east aslmro on Taylor's Hock in the Niagara Falls. His man Friday is a goose which got beyond her Miiiiidiiig.s ami brought up on the same shore. The. goose cannot get away from her isle alive: no more cuu the dog: and thu.v live in, unity and peace on the bones a id fragmcuts that are thrown to them from the shore. Should the contributions got short, the dog and the goose will probably lie down together,? with the goose inside the dog, ?A teetotal orator recently delivered himself as follows: "Now hoys, if you want to be generous and treat each other, why not seleet sonic other place beside the liunor shop? Suppose, as you go past the iractolhce, you say: 'I say, my dear fellow, couio in and take some stamps.' These stamps will cost you no more than drinks ail round. Or go t?? I the liabordasher'b and say: 'Mines, eoiue iu aud take a box of collars." Walk up to a grocerV, <Toc and generous, and say: "What kind or QOhC* will you have?' Why not treat to grOc?ricv by lhe pound, as well as by the glass? Or taie your comrades to a cutler's, and pay: X 11 stand a good pocket knife all round The military preparations now going on at the scat of the oational government indicate an active campaign during the coining summer. The surplus troops are all being prepared ibi active service, hut what that servire is, cannot yet he told. In view of the recent Modoc. .ilfair, it is probable that those intended for the Yellowstone am! North I'acific survey, will ho sunt at uuct to lhe Modoc country. It lias already bcerr intimated that such had been the design of the department ever shico this txjsfrditiou has l>cen organised. A Lesson fur .ticuopuli.Ms* 7 Turkish justice seems to prevail in , Persia. Miza, Governor of llamadun, 1 finding his .people starving in the midst J of plenty, invited the Chief 'Midge to | visit him. and inquired v.lrit was the punish meat lor those who hoarded 7rain 1 while the people pcrinht ! ? 4 Death,'' siid ihe interpreter of the law. The i Guvenor answered, 4'Thou hast said,'1 ! and in tun minimis the du lse's load went off, and /tain went down three quartern of its price, and kept down. ?A negro wan put upon the stands as a witness, and the Judge inquired if ho ( understood the nature of an oath. "For certain lions." raid tlici itizcii,"]!'I swear 1 to a lie 1 must stick to hiia _ ? recent inedieal miter says: 4\Sicep whenever you can ; in the ?.us?any- , where when you get a chance tiic great want of (ho ago is sleep." TI.U ia no always safe ad vice to follow, as a Liurence gentleman knowa to !ii> sorrow. Ho was recently sliHicted with a hail cold, ami, to euro liim.-elt of it, resorted to the method of bathing his loot in warm water and drinking a tumblerful of gin and molasses, lirescribed by an aged and icspccted friend of the family. Having got everything in order fur carrying out tlie prescription, lie sat down bv (lie stove, his pedal extremities immersed in hot water, a tumbler of smoking gin and molasses by his side. In this rendition a sense of enjoyment stole over him as i ho sin|ted the exhilarating liquid, and, ' he fell asleep. His wife had go:ie%to bed , TO THE WENT! TO T1IE WENT! 11 f ire inaktu^ arrangciue-iU to fot-ow the ailvicu ofthe "thonshiiiU who hiivc nlrcady /uiu-," it would 1 be wot! to consider what his !><,? n don.'In ti...kn the' 1 Journey to your "llonw in So it.< |>!c,uoirit , Mid as frc* Irom d*n rr a*' m.; i !; ;!. ad !'>.\s.0ut J can accomplish. 1 By consolidation and coii.-tmcUtu a road bar been put in operation en tht sfeortctf Jpojcitic line frcta 5 . . ??***BkUaSmgm*a>m ashville.Tenn., to8t. Louis, "the future groat City rtbe(worH." This line, tbe T. LOUS * SOITIELSTESS MILW1Y at during the poet year, earned an enVtAft repute en by its smooth track, prompt time, eon codneeons, and the magnificence of its passenger equip strut. Its trains arc marie up of new and coiumodiils day cars, provided with the celebrated Miller Mipler and platform, and tbe WestinghouA alrrake. It is positively the only line running Pullman Palace hrmriiig-Poom Sleeping Otrt thrmigh without any 'mnge from SathniUc to St. I/mi*. No other line premids to oiler such advantages, either in distance Imc or equipment. Why, then journey by circuitu> routes? l?o not l>o induced to purchase tickets ?St. Louis or the West by any other line, remcrn, ering that Tlie "St. Louis A Southeastern" \W\c shnrttsl, cheapest, ipiichctt, best and only line oner one management from Nashville to St. Louis, nd is from CO to 200 utllles the shortest to St. Louis, tansa-i City, Omaha, Denver, California, Texas, and II western points. It is also the "Chicago Shortest ,lno," via EvanevUle. You can secure the cheapest rates for yourselves nd your movables on application, in person or by ctter, to CiiAft. McCabk, Southern Passenger Agent ear College street depot, Nashville, Tenn., or to the indcrslgncd. W. B. DAVENPORT, (ten. Ticket Ag't. St. I/juis. No trouble to answer questions. Jan.1-71. STRONG SOUTHERN COMPANY. The only southern life insurance cotn>any doing business in New York is the ledmont and Arlington, of Virginia, UnIprtltc management ofCol. W. C. Carriug4>n, it is having a most successful career. ?ew com panics north or south cau show io good a business, relative, of last year, rhe increase of new business in 1K72 over ;S71 was 412 policies, $124,824 amount it risk, and $40,907, premiums. Its to.-il income receipts were $1,250,904, aud t distributed among the widows and thildren of policyholders the large sum of |I336,02G. Since the beginning of the tew year the rush of business has been jreater than over, the uuuiber of policies taken out in February alone being 435 tnd the risks on them bciug $1,000,000. All this is evidence of the high estimation in which this company is held in the with, and that indorsement is sufficient to (satisfactorily commend it to the patronage of the people of other sections of the Union. Whose Handsome House is that Such was the inquiry of the traveller, as lie passed an unusually well-finished rcudenec not many miles from here. The ttylo of t he sashes, the clearness of the dass, thc-hcauty of the blinds and doors, the neatness of the columns and baluster tround the piazza, the perfect proportion d'thu brackets and mouldings, all struck the traveller wiih pleasure and admiration. All the alsjve were furnished by Mr. ]\ 1'. Tonic, of Charleston, S. 1'riec list sent free on a p| ileal ion. ~m SALE." two i1u1me4, OK K MULE, o \ t: cow. Apply io tj. C. MIl.I.lfTT, Purl ltuyol, S. P., juni'5-tf. \ REASOXH WHY THE PAIH-KILLEE, maxpo et PERRY, DAVIS A SON, IS THK Best Family Mrdiriue of the Ago! .1,.,/ M'luj it should be krj>l itlunji netir ill lulii-l. 1st. I'm In Killer Is the must certain Cholera cure lliut inulii al science hit, produced. Hud P?l?? Killer,a*? Dlarrluea awl Dyaontty rj remedy, seldom if ever falls. 3rd. Pain Killer will cure cramps or pains In any pfirl of the system. A single duco usually affects a euro. x 4th I'm In Killer wfU rare dyspepsia and Indigestion, if used areonling to directions. Cth i'aln Killer h an almost never falling cure lor auuueri com*, c<nigin,.?c. Cih Killer hw proved a Sovereign rern edy* fur Fever aud Ague, aud Chill Fever, it h.1? tUi*^d the most obstinate cases, 7th Piain JCJU?r as 'a liniment is uBoqnnlod for Frost ti.'t"*, Chilblains, Burns, Bruises Cufi, Sprains, Ac, nth Pain Killer has cured cases of Rlu'muatism and Neuralgia ufler year* standing, ptil Pain Killer will destroy IJoils, Felons Whitlows. Old Sores. giving reiki /roni J'aln lifter the tirot applh -at ion. IDth Prtln Killer cures" Head ache, and Toothache. Ilth Puln Killer will save you days of slckii'iii and man) a dollar in time and doctor1.bills. tlili Pain Killer Ua purely Vagetablo prepiruk-oi, -<af. io keep and t<> use m every family. The iinplicil) al'-'ltiling lla use, lo^etb'-r with (he great -aii-.-l) of Ji vAm . that may bo entirely eradieuttd >y it, and the gieat uuwuut of pain and Milh-iiiig liat ran Iks itllevinii-d thnrimh its use, make II lin" rHlive ii|-?'i e\ery |"r-w, l<> supply tlieilUM'Irrs villi iliis valuable fciuudy, aud to keep is always near at band. The Puln Killer is now known and a|e m-eiatnl in every >piarter of the ill?>lie. l'hysii i.ios recuiiitiMiid it iu their pi art lee, wh'leall cb?se.< of loch-ly have found iu it relit-!*and comfoit ttite it v trial. ISn sure you Iny ihe genuine. Kvery ilnigri..lt and nearly i vory conuiry grocer Uirutighout Ihe land Keep it for sal". N ORRIS vs. I.YNA IT.?CNTTI-T) ST \TKS M.l III l AlidUNA DISIRICT, ( llikl IT I 'OUItT, Ktjl'l I'Y.?I'linuianl h> Ihe d<**retal onler In't'ds cause, lilivt -.( ! April. leTA, all ami :singular llicendilor- )H* l/lwanl I.yn.ih, decent--d, lau; ??f IItaotort l o'ioiy.ln Stale of Stulh Carolina, are liere-.y railed on It prove Ihtir claim* before tbn unilcr-dgncd at his ttrtittl, No. .'M. ISroad street, Charleslo'i on i.r lie lore the .'list day May next eusniiig, or In* ?l?*!mrr?>f iroin an i*:in im? lilt-to Ill litis cause. All an*] sinjM/lar .-aiil < nalilors are ntjitinttl from beginning or pcoMMliiiJ* anvsuii ?r toilsuptinal <>r in any w?y iin|tliiiiliiiK tin-Kxis.-ulor ir I. vi-irlri-V of lli? a ill ol llto aai'l deoc'lcnt urciiliit of litem, for any dcM, Itinaiiil or claim .against I Ik ai<l Jci ctl' nl. JAJILS U>WNDf>, ajnil.iiiayia;!!; S|itxinl llefcree. ARTIFICIAL STOVE DRAIN TIDE Flow tlic iiiuuufuctory of P. W. LEWIS & Co., IJo.iton Highlands. Tins I'JI'K IS MADK FKOM 1'1'KK IVl>K.U'I?Ic i Vmeiit ami linvcl, byiw* and Improved nm. lihiery. It harJ'iis ami iin|mivc iiy a^.>, either ?lifii t.> ilm itir, wli-n tinder giimnd or mil merged In water. It lus stoed the test of ti.ae iu all lie uses. UL'ILDEKS TAKE NOTICE. Thin pijie Is being used extensively for chimneys, uintting tlu.Mii safe, durable and eailly put up.' It root much less than a brick chimney, and In many rcr,wets better, i-er.i y eluuincy tops come with tila fi' '0. fioifi i to 2Ajockti>, for sale nf lit ten )i*4 price, by WAT2RH0U8E & RICESB.' JTtrri 1 ?Jh?^is* I WAGES | fTfoR AIX WHO ARE WILLINO TO WORE. r Abjt person, ol4 or young, of either mx, can nuke fwn lib to toQ per week, at borne or la connection with ether business. Wanted by ell. 8efcable to either city or country, and any season of the year. This is a rare opportunity for those who are out of work, and ojit of money, to make an independent living. No capital required. Our pamphlet "HOW TO MAKE A LIVING," giving full instructions, sent on nviept of 10 cents. Address.'A BURTON, A CO., Mbrristania, Westchester Co., N. Y. A ranwin everywhere to sell 'our new andAAg BHUS novel Embroidering Machine sand TfT . _ 1 . J hr Illustrated Circular,. to the VY all ICQ. McKeo Manufacturing Company, 300 Broadway, New York, TIIK PARLOR COMPANION. Ever)- Lady wants one! I Every Man ought to have one! I Sent on receipt of Ten Cents. Address, L. I*. HYDE A CO., 105 Seventh Avenue, New York.' BOX.TON FLIRTATION 81QNAU. Sent on receipt of if con's. UnlqoelPrintlng and Publishing House, 36 Veeey Street, New York. The Beckwlth $?0 Portable Paaallr Rcwlag Machlee, en SO Batjre Trtah: ^ many advantages over all. Satisfaction guaranteed or 120 refunded. 8ent complete with fall direction*. Beckwlth 8ewlng Machine Co., 863 Broadway, N. Y,' THE MKW RLAITIC TRUSS. An Mjmrimil fmmtioti. It retains the Rupture at all time*, and under the hardest exercise or severest strain. It is wont with comfort, aud If kept on uight and day, effects a permanent cure in a few wcoks. Sold choap, nndsont hv mail when roquosted, circuUra free,' when ordered by letter sent to the Elastic Truss Co., No. 683 Krotidwav, N. Y. City. Nobody uses Metsl Spring Trusses; too laiufui; tiny slip off loo frequently. may.My, mvu. ivcl IR k EHHOKS, arc now prepared to furnish ice in quantities to suit customers?At the old ICE HOUSE, Tth st. \ 1 John Conant. J. A. Emmons. i Geo. Watcrhouso I HAS JUST ItECIKVED A CARGO consist]no in taut op Ames l'lows, Nails, Plantation Iloes, Axes, Manure Porks, Cat den Kakcs, Hush {Scythes, Grass J looks, Round Point Shovels JMtOVlSlONS. Flour, Sugar, ? ? Molasses. Soap, v1 Butter, Potatoes. FURNITURE* 100 Bedsteads, 20 doz. Chairs, 40 liockers, Washstands, Bureaus, Excelsior Mattress Stuffing, Looking ' Glasses, etc. MEATS. , Salt Beefc Pork, Codfish, Hams, Lard, Mackerel, etcGLASSWARE AXI) CROCKERY. GEN lilt AL MERCHANDISE. CARPETS, MATTING, OIL CLOTIL Extra Refined non-explosive KEROSENE OIL Macaroni. I 50 boxes Herrings, I 5 bbls. No. I Mackerel, I 5 halfbarreln Mackerel, 20 kite Mackerel. Cheese, Pickles, Chow Chow, Spices, etc. w 75 hales Iliiv. 200 bags Oats. U. S. COMMISSIONER VOB BE A II FORT COUNTY, J. G. TIIOMI'SON, 33oaufort, 0. C. For Sale Kiral-i'Hle building'!? ( for rcrldencci. Kin * i* ' <>f ? ! river: Tl.irly lot- In block M7. 'it.illy 1'ito in block I'JJ. Thirty-live low in block 177. Forty low iu Mock 462. Forty lot* in block 147. Awdy to J. C,. TIIOMIHON. G ood Water Lots. The following line wrier lots ran be jmii Imv.I i'lic.ip for i.tili. Tlu-y lire hitiuUfi oil a iii,:li lilntf, wi'.li very III tie uutn-h in front of tin in Ki;-lit br- ti? VWk <>7I. t.Wlltlol I. bU?t W *?.?.' Fiji I I-He 'It blink IIV.. I'.iiClit l"b-. In block IWI. Fijilit loir ill Murk IUV. I'.ll. lot v ill block liTII Forty !.n> in i.ba k i'. ll I orl\ I..'? i i lilo.-k Foiiy loi> in block r.-H 1 oily loir in blm k O'm. Aju.iy i? J-. 0. THOMPSON. For Sale in Port Royal1 Forty !"ls in Morlr hw. Ten (<>U ill Mo k a-l'J. Ten low in liloek S'iX Five IoL? in block Xntk Twenty loin in lilok Sflii. Futty I "to in iiluck saa. Tlow. loin iuu ueai lliesitc recently I Hire ha vst for"' t'liuspiialj mining ami luamifacturin^. Apply tu J. W. COLLIN* Lots in Port Royal FOR SALE. The following very well located loll' an- otfeH'! at private sale, nil reawiiiftble lerma: Tlilrty-fls lots in block 511. ? lliirle-st* tots in Mock XiO. I ' n? lots in i tyrk >!">. ]' l?tf JOia III DMHH ?WI. Forty lots iu block Bl. Forty lots In block riol. Five lots lu block SX'J." Five lots In block M. Forty lots in Mock 1H7, Thirty-time lots in idock 190. Twenty-lour lots in block toti. Twelve io>* to Mock 101. Twelve i its In block IU5. -n, Twenty-live lots iu 119. Apply to J. n. THOMPSON. Lots in Port Royal ! 'will sell at private sale Twenty lots In b'ock M3. Twenty lotj In b!<?k 509. j Twenty lots In block 522. I Twenty ion. in bkv-k ii0e. ' * Trice per lot, 593100. Applr to ji o. ao uoai