Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Storm King. UisciNNATr, Juho.?The storm* of the past three days have seldom; it ever been equalled in severity in' Ohio and Indiana. Hurricanes I and tornadoes, with floods of rain, i have followed each other in rapid | succession. .This city and its' im- I mediate vicihity escaped the fur}- j of the storms. The country north! of this and parallel, in Indiana, f suffered severely by the furious] storms which passed over it on the ibid, 3d and 4th instant The telegraph wires have been gener_ ally prostrated. At- Springfield, ' Ohio, it is reported that the telegraph poles were blown down across the turnpike so thickly. in (iomc places as to entirely obstruct the .travel cast of Springfield. On the Pacific and" Atlantic telegraph line there vrero more than a hn.</ttwr) nnlea down. Some of % rbem were struck by lightning and others prostrated by the wind. Passengers from Logansport say the storra yesterday levelled trees nearly all the way from Logan s[KKt.to Richmond, Ind. In Richmond trees were blown down, in *he streets. At Washington, Indiana, the storm was excedingly fierce. Spears, of wheat were scattered about wildly and -carried many feet in the air. At Colnmbtw the storm-was very severe and -destructive. The general prostrar| tion of telegrapli pohs is without parallel in the history of the tele.grapb. An alarmingly large number were shivered to pieces.by the lightening and totally destroyed, while others were partially destroyed and many prostrated by the wind. To-day will be a busy day in repairing these lines. By to-night they will be ready to tell their history of the storm. Dattox, 0.,- July 5.?A terrific storm of wind and rain passed over this citv to-night, blowing uown trees anu cuimuevs. iu wt country damage ^to grain, fencing and sheds is said to be extensive. Hie. Miami river is full and still rising. Mtewackie, July 5.?A terrific storm passed through Wisconsin on yesterday which proved very disastrous to pleasure parties at Green Lake, .Wisconsin. A .cuin- ] ber of pleasure seekers pn the lake; were struck by the stbrm, their boats were capsized ..and twenty persons drowned. The following are the only names that could be obtained: M. C. Russel and daughter, of Berlin, "Wis.; Jennie Olin, a child of Mr. Allen;. Mrs. A. P. Corwin, Mrs. Geo. Harding, Wm. Bearbam. wife and child, and Mr John Bain, all fionl Dartfori;. Chicago, July 5.?The weather to-day is clear and beautiful. Meagre r*>y>rt.g received trove, ike. pomt* in the country show lb at the storm of the last two days "has been one of the most- severe kirid ever> experienced here. .An, immcuce cmantity of water fell, and there has been a good deal of damage done to telegraph pole3 by lightning and wind. New York, July 5.?During a heavy shower at Andover yesterGay aficrnooD the lightning struck, old South Church, and skinned '?? ?n i . i ttev. jut. aoooi^wjlp^wao ucuvciing the oration/and also Mr. Carter, the tenor of the-^cboir. Both recovered in a few minutes. The I church was act materially dams aged. Several other buildings were rJso struck. It was the most vio Jiail storm experienced here for fifty year*. Portsmouth, N. H., July 5.?Several houses here and in the vicinky^erc struck by lightning yesterday. " Qekclevuxe, 0., July 5.?-The Sciota river has overflowed extensively the broom corn fields in this vicinity, probably ruining some five hundred to a thousand acrea Broom corn if flattened down and washed on, so that much of it cannot rise. The stream is so high m that the roads are impassable between here and Columbus. No , trains have arrived from the East since Thursday. The Cholera. CsumyooGA, July 5.?The total j death? here during the past forty-! eight hours number 27?fifteen on the 4th and twelve on the 5th; cholera killed 7 and other causes 20. Of these, 3 were white and twenty-four colored. All the cholera cases were colored. This in.. dudes the forty-eight hours ending at 8, p. m., to-day. ? DiLTOK, July 4.?A case of cholera here to-day. Mr. Robert | Lindsay, formerly an employee of j the Western and Atlantic Railroad j Company, left Chattanooga jester- j day morning, was taken at 4 p. m. j and died at 10 o'clock last evening. | . His brother is now sick with the j disease. Several bad cases of chol- i uiuiuuu in uut u<jue ua*u 80 far proved fatal. Twenty-one deaths occurred ia Jnashvillo on Wednesday?eleven cholera and ten other diseases;! eight cholera-deaths aud five from ! other causes on Thursday. The i Robertson Association has been ; disbanded, and the physicians em-j ployed by the city and county die- i charged. Business is reviving, j U>VU but) lUtllg??? ouu t/juiibii v jw* pie are coming in. The epidemic :s considered o7er in the city of Rocks. But it is woi? in the but- : rounding towns. Kiae deaths ha Mnrfre^sbor^- xm Monday. Foar j ds trhr. in Greenville. Among the I recent deothe was that of the wife of Dorsey, the tayior who occupies old Only six or seven white families are left in the town. Ex-President Johnson has so far recovered as tcj be able to flee with his family. Twentv-fonr cholera deaths up to the 1st in Lebanon, and ten (ft9es under treatment Twentytwo deaths in Groodlettsville up to the 3d?eight white and fourteen colored; two deaths in Belevue on the 1st, and five in Nashville. The disease rages fearfully at Shelbyville; not less than two hundred cases and forty-six deaths had occurred up to Thursday. At that time nine colored persons awaited burial. In short, the epidemic is abating in Memphis and Nashville and extending with unabated violence, to the lesser towns of the State. The Louisville papers squarely acknowledge that the man with the black "valise has arrived. The disease prevails at Franklin, Frankfort, Bowling Green and 'all along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The cholera rages fearfully in Huntsrille. A great many people have left?the rich ones for the springs, and the poor ones for the mountains. Four deaths have occured in Birmingham. The alarm was subsiding at thedatest account$hc sSexington ?isjjattls. WEDNESDAY, <JULY 16, 1873. \ W. D. M. HARMAN, Editor. Notice to Subscribers. SUBSCRIBERS receiving their paper Kith a RED CROSS mark upon it, art thereby ndijlcd that with the next number their Subscription expire.*, and taileas re tteioed, their names ie$ bexrasedfronn our subscription list. AH finding their papers thus marked wifl do vxtt to renew forthicitk in order that (key may get every number. Necessity compels us to adka c strictly to the CASH system. | MVINB. SERVICE. " * .ST. ST2PH?S CHT1CH. Rev. }. H. Baxlet Vill hold Divine Service in the Lutheran Ohurch, at this place, on the"ksecond Sunday in eoeb month, at 10 o'clock a. m. . # xxxhoiebx csracir. ' Rev. C. Sxsw will preach in the Methodist Church, at this place, on the first Sunday in each month, at 11 o'clock a. m. Rev. j. C. Miller vriil preach in the Methodist Church, at this place, on the second Sunday in each month, at 4 o'clock p. m. rkovir>r.xct chcrch. ! Rev. J. H. JUtLiy wJl hold divin' ! .-^rvicc fit ;he shove Church, on Sunday' hpf each month op fojlous?Hisd Sundc.} , si 3 r? m * a?vi the 4th Sunday a 30 o'clock a. m. ST. JOSH'S CKCtCI*. Rev. J. H. Baxlet vrill hcSd divin* service-at the above named Chirch, or Sundays, of each month^as/ollows: is. Sunday at 3 o'clock p. aw the 3c -Sunday at 10 o'clock a. m. ' / , The weather is hot ant? dry paper collars in good demand. . ?: . A movement in on foot to repeal the bankmpt act at the next session of .Congees. >* 1 l+m . . ' We bad the pleaanre of a visit, o? Thursday last, from Mr. Akdebsos, who is travelling in the interest o? the Columbia Phcenis. It is said that he who waits to do a greatjjeal of pood at once, will never do any. Who will send the first watermelon to the Dispatch office ? ? ? There will be a called meeting of the Sonth Carolina Syno.d 'of the Evangelical Lutheran Chnreh, at the town of Prosperity, Newberry County, on the 23d instant ? > ? Corn was sold a few days ;go, in Chicago, at twenty-seven csnts a bushel, cash, which is said to be the lowest quotation in that market for" twelve years. . ~ . ? > . We areennder the impression that every farmer should connect himself with the Pairons of Kus4Va? o?n rftcpivfl miDV UrtUUl y f MICIt UV VM?* ww* - ? advantages from this powerful combination. A lively and reliable man, in Lexington County, that, can furnish a horse, is guaranteed a good salary or commission. Address " The Singer Manufacturing Company, Columbia, S. C." > * The complaint of the tax-payers against the fraudulent conversion bonds was filed before Judge Cabpekter, on the 9th instant, upon hearing which and on motion, he passed the order for temporary in junction. "Whether or not these bondg will be paid, is a question that iB now attracting much attention. "We are inclined to the opinion that the greater portion of ttoete bonds will be, in the end, repudiated by the people, which should be the fate of all bogus bonds that nave been issued by a of - r.ud Tslimdorcrs We have heard of rain in some j i sections of the County during the C l^past week, but crops are suffering, j 1 j 2 The first bale of new cotton! raised this year on the Rio Grande,; was carried to Brownsville, Texas, 1 ! on July 4th. 11 j ?^ ! ] It has been aunounced that Gov. j Moses purposes to put none but j Republicans on guard, (in office,) j and to make a fair division of all j the offices in his gift. r Frank Walworth, the New York j -- **'?j ? ft/irtlnnrtA/l frv parriuiue, un;> ukcu ecu icmcu w imprisonment, in the State prison, at Sing Sing, at hard labor, for the full tenn of his natural life. The first load of watermelons, j this season, appeared in onr streets one day last week, and were sold J at 18 cents each. They were < raised by Mr. Jmo. Gregory, a few j miles from our village. Mr. Jesse R. Gra>*t, father of c President Grant, died at Coving > ton, Ky.. on the 30th ultimo. Me ^ bequeathed bis entire estate, about $75,000, ?o his three daughters. HeTeft nothing to the President. ^ The first cotton bolls of the sea- \ ivaki oiinf nj Kv VTr. W\i.tek V -OV/lA n Vi V uvuv uw -* j e- -- Meetze, taken from the plantation ? of his father, on Saturday the 12th 1< instant They are large and far f advanced, and from the size we think it indicates a thriving crop. ^ Tfie reports f - ' or Southern State* condition of th< cor crops, with a j f a 1 v.some yield. T - . *\mfor planters ar : - ;n cheering. Mr. A Glow ' I ; carried before ' Barnwell, on tl writof kabeaxc ihg arguments iu the Judge granted. : -at; a. Bail in the-son < ' $ 000 > v raanded and ft u ?. , C ? i The acreage ' *r.n : ^ ' Carolina this y- is 0 ' gainst 601 .#>74 !::r-t vear, , -i ?increase of 24.0C7 a-. res. ; Department of A ^ '* r- m the cotton crop hack v sir. . on; i: 'hr.rt's ii'f-. |4k-: y v. t-o-' :.?v -4 t j ve?r irur gfiwXJ h o'jttei . "j to the last. >&'' . ji * *> : - -?- ^ J i ' , . The track of;! Li... i road is now con d fro. I rille to the rnt -- ^Slne Ridge R: ?; a .. City, just, where -.hi locate, it js uic i . tire line will be ? 'ingpabEc; witbir. The destructive - in the Northern ~ year, arid capsed sucff : of property, s^eu,.- '?_ again this snfrimer TIm.h summer has bee^ [ section^ and est take fire and bi fen rapidity. We sec it stated . : car i of corn was sold a1 t.-. , week, for $7^71, ine railroad \ charges on which were ?90, involv- ^ ing a net loss to the shipper of \ $11.29, in addition to commission e charges and original cost of the y corn. A few Patrons of Husbanry j are needed at that place to regu- jj late freights. \ p ??V The people seem anxiwis to know what has become of the s< several thousand dollars paid into d the State Treasury during iht> I month of June, as small accounts k cannot be paid because "there is c no money in the Treasury." C* i rsr\ATA lie a trnnfl f A llcaouivi MW.J gWMV KV I New York. " Weli.done, good and ; faithful servant" |,, ++* !11 We understand that our friend, jft ; Mr. D. T. Barr, has plenty of fine Cl fruit in bis '"never failing" orchard, P but, as yet, we have been unable fl ; to test the delicir.usness of the ? ! diferent varieties. We will bet a * ! gunger that we vill receive a basket j ^ i of fine p&ackes ki a few days, as 9 friend Tom understands how to s 1* . work by the "stjiare." 111 *+* j S | We are informed that on the 8th (I i instant, Maj. J. H. Koos had bis v ! dwelling destryed by fire. We ? have not learned the particulars,. C I but from what we understand it h ! was caused, no doubt, from care- I : lessnesB, as a member of the fam-1A ily went up stairs with a lighted I candle, and applied- it to a wasp c [nest in the corner of the buildiDg.' ti from which it is supposed the li ? i5ro ? * ? There will b< a < the J 3rand Divisit . N* 3 of | Temperance, a 0-. . "* .?. the i 53d instant | Gen. Wade I e to Yarrenton, Ya > de-;; iver an oration i of aying the corn on-j1 uneut to be ei'< l-. . am- ' >fy of the Soui: do-:. ji We have report? vn -ter-j nelon nop, wi;;.; iJ - be I he best had fo- si As i o the kind am -j V3 -"and: eady to test tl -:n. vi ' tfedj'; o fotr 11.. ti**-vl * rrnp 1 au n ii T ?/ ( *? ? - ? ? ? leeision. , "We hear <-n iaa- Thnv '-.v a leavy storm \:fi hail >assed through t :, >* =? i>? our sonnty betwee Tioiio^ <rc*-k and Saluda River. The bail v. s verv arge, and ser ins d:i;r*;.t.;e re>orted to the r ?r a 1 n.tton :rops. - - I ^ We call atte - th*> river- i isement of I Jr. "V \V\si\ inn mother colur,::.. The Oc -torm vishes to redr: b." ?.'-<<. h Dry i jioods, and vi": t T r ire.a at 1 >rice>8 that X) ; . j .ease 1 myers. Cnst":;,#-: -: v i fh,.? bar- f fains in choir ? < 1 > 7 at I ess than cost Call Wid es- nine i or yourselves < .? - ~ } Rev. J.vs. R. I'W'.rrv 1.1 a >om- j nnnion meeting 1- ----- ? ki ' '. \' T 1:1: 4. . ] ' r .' * . <?;* ;,.i ;;,f crorgreg rerv ia: f '* i o,?, !>. r;. tfCU ft M-Osi Ronton. I -V- 7> -? X i- 1 1 Mr. l>tiLr? v..5- i a . r. raver j C h 37 sa y iifxt at ^ : )'('! ' I". _ .. Mr J j. r?r:;. ; V.:.- r.ft ' 'V-'r* -;'V Y' sJ? ' -' ' ' v.- . ? ks, CairuK . " for Lex >. . t?j?Tys^ . s->. I' T'-. .!> > * J\< "r\ _ . i y: . . ..rrrr^Vl...{ .?- > ... ? ? . :x. it- * '.' : ! -vuttj Set Lk. card -a j 111*.r: ?)' -ii ^ IVj&? JustireK- vhs. ; MlUt i ' '.nii'f. . :-r;. -*& : : '-t,. ' > ;it >lyapethi 1 IT,:' tiTOiibor }y V , ; bstated S roam. X\i- ir.-^ : a: n - " hoD# ... : . . "y?.: !J<>ia8, '. ; " i' * . ?. Ji'cf '. . at thiv >>:: ^-r' CKTlb SquiI^V, i-L- '.'.ii ?* <uaifc fmr>lou* t y-f XtV) *" ?;> N ' T ti .- i.i - ? : -V ". iilB'mv, nm vr* y -'1-'.': x ;i Hi 1 tS&gir-' 3. of ".1 rgy and ?.vrs<au?i mow v.i.< trod*rr&kes any" " ' * - " "n4") Ve learn-that !< -v lis, thus far,',0 uive been ci- nth success. Ve trust tha' < vr clt-z\ >., gen- s rally, will attend an<? err-oarage f Ir. Caugidiaj r,. ; laudable nn- ? ertaking, an?'i let him inc< ' with. 1 bat support "vl 1:cl; ii* ofib:f ? and ! ibors deman 1. a - . v It is said b; - gr-nl man*, perdus that mod? v . Y*V-won 1 er where it ::s :u ngle-oot? r tunmst. cerii . :.y 7 *</> .' far it t eeps n*. elosM \ c?.::$o?.*d *b.t we t an't get holdv The Strong-r-. and Best 1 "in the Wo'id. t Ask your I '>r .or for * le famous R -,(o. M\> .h;> This i rticle has an nunse- > ' on ac- j * ount of its posseting iT'.Vi.;- and ;6 lqnancv pcci'.i .i ? .;*** * > trength i; ore thf.n M'x mes j * reater than any < :). *. > ?i;::-rard. 11 t iR perfectly 1 r i<*ly j holeRome, a^ ' > can viv re-; 3 ammend the... til-. :c> r . . ;ers. i1 s it is indorse i '. ? ' >f. - Sil- j * man of Yale ' i\ . K>1 De j1 chweinitzof."'!-. Ch rch, 1 'resident Coj < . ; - Jni-Jl ersitv, Coloif\ ' r. r< e of :1 few York, ai : Ot' s of O lalifornift. I: y-.ri *" >. :r:..i ; 17 it ; * ere, by inclo i: ohits W. lerman "T. " 'te.-iui!', ' sole e ipent for Ar -ruvt. Co: ..nbia,: < V, you will v tperimenit an, postpaic ? 1 re-; i ail dealers, s , rice- 1 ists and p< crs On*- rr.llion:' >c?r>d8 are so' ! i ioF the Lexington Dispatch. "Mudsills of Society." Sotne years ago, before the war, there was an excellent party given by one of Carolina's most brilliant sons,?a prominent member at the bar of the now Second Congressional District. As was then the cristom, only the 'lite of the neigh- I La.wL^ f a/1 nn.l /\f ! UUIUUV-MJ. YYUIC 1UVIICU) (I'li'.ij XJA. course, all the beauty, f;ishion and " blood," who were so honored.! were present; especially the " belles," as it was understood that; a certain Mr. would be there. j a .young gentleman of wealth and ; prominence in South Carolina?an j excellent " catchfor any girl. The hour of 11 p m. had arrived; and as the pretty little French clock, on the white marble mantle struck the hour, the bold and beautiful song, " Home Sweet Home," was being played by one of the fairest of the fair, while the young and handsome Mi*. was very gallantly turning the pages of the music, standing a little to the right ;>f the piano stool, and almost immediately in front of th3 drawingroom door; in a position to observe jut not to be observed. As the ,ast accent of the beautiful Miss T's iilvery voice was dying away, f?*om . :he neighboring, village, of , 5. C., could have been seen a young girl of about sixteen Summers, tall ind beautiful, with long flowing lair as black as the raven's L wilh ll.o ?> ':: of ail '. , i ? i. ? Rir.fte uWc in the. distance, .? ?i?r 1 ' ;!? i"); ?Ut ?.t to ;i; . - yi-.r -.-risT evatiC a.- ; Id 5? 1? 10'.;t *H . ?* s ' : &I It ' " rawptnl with si', .-ii'-er . .? ttiteil Stfrv;i?.; ippearo : . . ' . tteai i-.* iwk : >?* trie ' soru ' ': ? Jii-i.f... , Vh .. t. Ui?V to h. 0 " . ; it," f tJ'* TiiyssVl^X"' wad nevri* kiiown f oy out of v ' fit oily; no . *n? r ;as i I .>' '<, :, c. . r j Jo > . . ^ :t.;' : . ? . | , .... it t. .. # ^ i . < -V ' : :V ; * -v.. in* v.4, Uiee i !: - W ?r t, h.vi '.) ' i * ? ?f i - * ' t - ? ?! If JO "7U >! /.: 1 v . s ? i' i Ui*< - ! - a**'"--. Iti tut; i'tli: V irtitf i, i- *r . OUl ' IlfVfc oUV ' * : I * T ? rte>.?.t, die ' ! * :.' . :' It*.. 11 ij of-Wtt-Utll l J>1 *.:: <. .?! .;>... . >. i'i-.cits, i v.. ?. ..f court*. 1 iT.-u-ic-t. -hut more parti< alariv A * S onceruiug the re mark of Mrs. ulling the working-man the "mad- 1 all of society," and the beautiful ( * ^ iaugkter, (whom he bad caught a j glimpse of,; and an figreemeut was ^ nade that the following afternoou ( bey would ride over to the vilhige; 1 ,nd by feiguiug an excuse, would ' isit the poor man's house. j ( Accordingly five o'clock next af- j | ernoou found ihein at the dying ' I tail's house, an I there they met a firl of surpassing beauty, and also !: heir friend,, the Hon. Mr. , j, vho had not-yet left the house; i] md who, of course, introduced s hem to Miss L*? his friend's daugher. The day after the sick man j ftc'athed his last, and his family 1 vere left fatherless and in very: itraighteued circumstances, having! i ittle or no property, but by honest j' abor succeeded in making a sup>ort. | Six months had passed and the roung and handsom.e Mr. ?? had 1 eturned home, and was now on a: second visit to his lawyer friend;1 md the " mamas," of ban ton circles, | vere endeavoring, bv all means i possible, to have their daughters, 1 espectively, appear the most fas-:; :inating in order to captivate our j. lero; but all to no avail. [ The Summer had well nigh pas-;1 led, and our village was indeed juiet, but, lo! what was their ut- , ;er astonishment., amazement, when < t was chronicled over the little vrl- 1 our champion and the 'mudsill's" daughter wero to be ] n^rricd' Had the grave given np j its dead, or the angel Gabriel vis-; ited the little village, the inhabitants could not have been more j surprised. " The dashing and ac-' complished Mr. , the greatest1 ' catch' in the State, going to marry Miss L., a working-man's daughter ? Absurd, nonsense!" was heard in almost every Louse. But such teas the fact, and on the loth j of November, 18?, at the little vil- j lage, the matrimonial rites were j performed in the Baptist church;' two hearts were made one, and the j "mudsill's" daughter became the: wife of one of Carolina's noblest i sons: and. at oresent.is considered.; as in the past, the tinest and most beautiful woman in the country,; and is of the km' Urn circles the queen, though it makes not the least change with her, and never does she call the working-man the " mudsill " of society, but the bone and sinew of our country. Let mothers of aristocratic circles draw a moral from this story of real life, for had it not been for the one thoughtless remark of the over fond mother, at whose house our hero was visiting, her daughter would, to-day, have been the Hon. Mrs. ; but, instead, she is now compiled to play the role, of ' mudsill," by working daily with her needle for a support. PLOUGHMAN. Frog Level in Ashes. '' <t., aden,resal .. -rudbiou fire tO : . U'JiiU'y. Fh?* t;>r ''*y\uing |. c in- 1st-.- vv.- :: ?. iew f, iasd c lusoaied the { hi. j?tof S?e j /i) *V 1; . ! i* \ '-lv, * 1 * ^iGSlrtV < ' ! -if l'ol-rj > live ;?.s t u .. wt the . : ? * . . t&ined?> . : . n- >300;:;: j A'. .A. >. HOOO, : lite & j v, .?,uo- >2000; i Duvid j Shirk i 1 - iuick, ,t . '* ' ier ( SolJ8, t - . r; -. . loss, \ loss, t 1 -1500; ate* : - I. v.:. mkr^ : Jsfcfjjj! dp i? SStis I >i> ji . ; loss,; r; jUtbja tight p ?ros: t . r iber. t ! ? ; r- idflll t ' the r i . \\?:;> Mfei - . .. . ? :' I-.- ' hing . I )8 ' " t- I: A' - rP.-I . r 3i -V-. i . ,ci a v ?; --ci-l. ;?1 under . Wfc : s ... : I ' v? on ii titsts.f. ffc? ;u I . 1 *. : " ;c Ui, i * ll't O!" ' "; . : :;n ' \ . . . edi- \ HI"- ( - : , ! ft - HU ?p- \ ? r i. . rcs i \g: * left . 1 I | 1 - ! - . -eeii. ^ sores. { The worst fears were soon rca- j ized, for in a space of two hv>urs . >r less,- notwithstanding a rain f (vbicb. was- falling at the time,* lothiug remaiued of the l>usiiK?8e!, portion of Prosperity t ut the store J J >f Boozer & Co., which fortnnately !, iva? not connected with the main |' Tt >* thouirht that if tbej, file had occurred two hours later ; E?ve*rv bniklmg within reach of the ( Uames and fulling embers would liave been consume*.!. The loss is estflhated at about $60,000, but we are satisfied when ( '.very particular is brought to light, | that this amount will be .found be- j low the actual loss. The whole in j nu ance is only about $5,000. j This is one of the most distressing conflagrations which has ever t( been experienced in this State, for the entire business portion of a flourishing town is swept away, and in a few moments a whole community brought to realize the dreadful effects of the tire-fiend, [t is a calamity which calls for the largest sympathy, a sympathy too, not only of. words and kindly con flolence, but one which appeals to the generosity of our people, who, we feel assured, will to the best of their ability come to the relief ol the inhabitants of Prosperity in a substantial manner. We can I scarcely realize that the acuve business scene we witnessed only two weeks ago, is now all blotted out, and that nothing remains of the wbole'but a heap of smouldering ashes. How the fire occured is not known. There had been no fire about the premises of Wise, Whites & Co., and the Masons had left their hall several hours before. The Buffalo Express wants to know what Ben. Butler and the DOtato bug Trerc for. V\ T ax-Payers Read these Rules for Valuing Personal and Real Property. I. Tlie law requires that " Personal property of every description shall be valued at the usual selling piuce of similar property at the tame of listing, and at the place wherq^f the same may then be, and if there be no usual selling price known to . ^ the person whose duty it shall bo to fix a value t'nereou, then at sucli price as it is believed could be obtained therefor in money, at such time and place. Investments in bonds, stocks, joint stock companies, or otherwise, shall be valued at the true value thereof; in money." Money, whether in pos- . session or on deposit in banks, or with persons subject to draft on demand, shall be entered in the true value thereof. The balance of . the credits, after deducting the legal bona fide indebtedness of tb* person listing, payable either in money, property of any kind, labor or service, shall be estimated, in makiug up the statement, at it% true value, which is the amount that can be collected. Annuities^ or moneys receivable at stated periodv shall 1db valued at tho price which*the person listing jthe same believes them to be worth/ II. The necessary wearing apparel, and all articles of food pro vided for the pbesest use and sup- * -" port of an individual or family, are not to be regarded as. objects of..' taxation. (This limited to' provisions for the iudividnal orfany*J, and does not include food for-^cattle or stock.) / m. Merchants toust ipdude in their statements the average value of their goods ana o^rcbandisc, and manufaeturera/the average" value of the raw p^^nal used and on hand in the /manufactured and unman uiactur>d articies. It is the t ?rago of tfe pK0PEE'ri[' on hand h.nrg the past year, and not the value .' the capital- employed, that mns: x ^turned. And the valoe f mm: factored "articles ori .tor] -.?;ie \ ear or more, mtb tb? - ulinj i<y aosebiueiy, ete^ nitst be ret arced by manufacturers is a..separate item. IV. All personal prop ?rtj upon 'arr.it, arid merchant.*' and mano* "ac^ure.i; steel:, mrwt vt Tned or taxation, nod izzed Ti: *to * * .ownsbip and town in which theytre situate-b But m^nhys and rRzbrrs roost be entered fir my.. ion in the township am; own in vljicb the person cb-rgtd wit It as thereon resided at Vj tkisc he ap?*wsuiM>t. 'isted is sworn to, the An rish ikm rebracd. hut shall ii.i be statemer oy ptieiw^ opjKish**a eh Jon i * 0/ property sue): ?: mount' as 'he" believes to, I'll yAlcjc. Neither sfc?5Ttli? Atrlitor return. any property :ut lew hau the true valuff hi ^eonsfderaion of the fact that tbe penalty is o be added. because the uwmr efused to swear." ' lniunotfor* Granted. Judge Corpenter has grant-J he blowing injunction, bv which c a;LI oe seen that certain holders . t State Bonds in the city of '' Ve.stou a;d the tax-payers of. he ate arc te be represented iu . ne?rm,t agm:;nt the bond hold u, ' .M>rto;x Bhss k Co., and >!iiui's. .;d tear their :iltoin?TB are o be : ..vsociated with the Attorney3enea;il i'i : 1.- coednct of the suitf - ? ..a. Tl I f: fl I_ >. X I> X.l VVA31 J. v.^ JOUNTY.?TucArr >-ljev-'vroUcrt1 .-r eiatione 0. T. i ~ >*:?} *n'i said J. T. Lovndes an.. <. plainiffs, v Morton, Blis<. A' Co the Pe-ple's National Ban 0. 0. White, F. L. Cardozo, State^Tnas-. irer, S. L. Hoge, Comptroller^ n3ial of South Carolina, and f several County Auditors acd County Treasurers of the State South Carolina, defendants. Upon hearing the complaint * iiied iu the above entitled cause nid the jurat thereto, upon motion A Messrs. Memminger and Porter, A Burt and Butler it Desaup&ure, plaintiff*8 attorneys, it is ordered, that S.'Ii Hoge, Comptroller-Gen- , jral of the State of South Carolina, oe enjoined and restrained, and he is hereby enjoined and restrained, from taking auy measures for collecting any tax for the purpose of evince fh? nriiiMtial or interest rv,Mb ~ xr" 1? ;>u the bonds referred to in the same complaint, until the further order of this Court It is further ordered, that F. L. Cardozo, Treasurer of the State of South Carolina, be enjoined, and is hereby enjoined and restrained, from paying any part of the principal'or interest due, or to become due, on the bond? of the State of South Catolinareferred to in the said complaint, until the furtherorder of this Court. - R. B. CARPENTER July 9,1873. * The wheat harvest is very nearly completed in the country contiguous to Fredericksburg, Va. Two bundled thousand dollars wort of Bank of Fulton bills have been destoyed in Atlanta. ?* * A sturgeon was caught recently in a trap in the French Broad river, near Asheville. The women of St Joseplf paraded the streets the other day, carrying the motto, "We'll vote or fight" \ '< +-J ? V