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HE HERALD Ait "1 ,T cornmn idvertiements ten per cent on ahBoSe. - -distcsof meetig,eituaiesfand tributes EVERY WEDNESDAY MORlNING, rU- or respect, same rates per square as ordiizai At Newberry C. H., peciaes n 20 ceits B-Thos. F. & R. H. Greneker, d,cs nt t ~her of insertions will be kept in till, forik 6 Edtorsand ropretor. ..nd aharged accordingly. -~-Editors snd Proprivors. ,,,Special contracts madce with large adver rzw.vs 5.? ?~t ~YW(VA, - -- - - ----.------ -ers;with liberal! deductions on above rates. Invariably in Advance. ___________________ a SVr' ates"' e"''* y VsyIb WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1871. No. 11. n Ness n - te The X nak deuotes expirtion of sub 1Ats and Joint Resolutions - ssd by the Lgiature-Sesin 1870 a Wsn. [OFFICIAL.] A_3A ACT CEDING THE JURISDICT102 OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLI NA TO THE UNITED STATES 0 AMERICA, OVER SUCH LANDS A MAY BE ACQUIRED FOR PUBLI4 PURPOSES BY THE SAID UNITE] tAiES OF AMERICA. -.SECTION 1. Be it enacted by th, &nate and House of Representative of the State of South Carolina, nov met and sitting in General Assembly :-nd by the authority of the same That the jurisdiction of the Stat< of South Carolina is hereby cede( - to the United States of America -ver so much land as shall be no ,.eessarv for the public purposes o the United States: Provided, Tha the jurisdiction hereby ceded shal not vest until the United State! 9( America shall have acquired th4 etle to the lands by grant or deet from the owner or owners thereof and the evidences thereof shal have been recorded in the offic< where, by la v, the title to suel land is recorded, and the Unite( States of America are to retair 4ach jurisdiction so long as sue lands shall be used for the pur poses in this Act mentioned, an< no longer; and such jurisdictiot is granted upon the express condi tion that the State of South Caro li2a shall retain a concurrent ju risdiction w: the United State in and aver the said lands, so fa s that civil process, in all case not affecting the real or persona property of the United States, an< :ach criminal or other process a shall issue under the authority o the Stateof South Carolina agains any person or persons charge< with crimes or misdemeanors com tnitted within or without the lim its of the said lands, may be exe vated therein, in the same wai and manner as if no jurisdictioi Lad been hereby ceded. SEC. 2. That all lands and tone ments which may be granted. a aforesaid, to the United State shall be and continued, so long a the same shall be used for the pur poses in this Act mentioned, ex onerated and discharged from al -taxe-, assessments and o t h e charges which may be impose( under the authority of the Stat< of South Carolina. Approved February 11, 1S71. AN ACt TO RE-CHARTE' MOORE' FERRY. UNDER THE NAME OF DIN KINS' FERRY, OVER THE CATAN BA RIVER. SEcTION 1. Be ;t enacted by th &ate and Iffo.'se of R,presentative of the State of S>uth Carolina, not met and sitfin-j in G.-terd Assembh and by thez auhority of tre samt That the ferry over the Catawb: IRiver, knowni as Moore's Ferry be, and the sam is hereby re chartered un1.r the name of' Din kins' Ferry and: vestedI in L. IM Dinkins, and his legal reprcsenta riyes, for the term of' fourtee: years from from the passage o this Act, with the s-ime prmvleges rights, franchises and emolumnent as are at present secured by law Provided, however, That childrei going to and returning f'rom school and others going to and returnin; from church or from e!eetions shall be passed free over said fer ry. Approved February 11, 1871. AW ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENT] TLED "AN ACT TO EsTABLISH STATE ORPHAN AsYLUM." SeCT ON 1. Be it enacted by t &enate and House of Representative ,of the State of South Carolina, not ienet and sitting in General Assembly .and by the autho)rity of the samu 'That Section 6 of the Act to es tablish a State Orphan Asylumi -passed January 19, 1860, be s4 smnended as to give to the Trus teea thereof' the power to bind ou d .orphan children resident therein .Pro&'ided, That the said Trustee shall make it, in all cases, a condi tion that said children shall reeeiv a good common school education and that said I'rustees shall exer .oise a supervisory control ove .sach children, during the contin uance of' their apprenticeship. Approved February 11, 1871. .JOIT RESOLUTION AUTtoRIZING TWI EXECUTIVE TO COMMIssION RID LEY K. CARLTON AS CORONER 0, BEAUFORT COUNTY. Whereas, Elisha P. Hutchinson elected Coroner of' Beaufort Coun ty for four years, endi'ng October 1872, has removed his residenc< to a foreign country, to wit, Gem many, without duly filing his let ler of resignation of' his office, anc the said office has remained vacant from and after March, 1870 ; anc whereas, notwithstanding due pro clamation was not made previouw to the late general election that vacancy existed in the said offic4 of Coroner, in said County, th< people did proceed1 to vote foi Coroner, and Ridley K. Carltat was afte'rward declared by the have received the highcst numbei :>f votes for Coroner of said Coun. ty: Be it Resolved by the Senate ant House of Representatives of tho State of South Carolina, now mci and sitting in General Assembly ani by the authority of the same That Ridley K. Carlton, electec Coroner of Beaufort County al the general election of October 19 1870, be commissioned by th< Executive of South Carolina a4 Coroner, to fill the unexpired terrr of Elisha P. Hutchinson. Approved February 11, 1871. The Governor's Reasons foi Signing the Consolidatior Bill. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, CoLu uBIA, March 7, 1871. To the Honorable, the House o) Representatires: GENTLEMEN : l1aving at all time4 persistently and earnestly oppose( any measures tending to increas( the debts and liabilities of th< State, I deem it not inappropriat< to communicate my reasons to th( General Assembly ,for approvinE an "Act to promote the consolida tion of the Greenville, Columbit and Blue Ridge Railroad Conpa ny," as the criticisms on that bil' tend to mislead the public in re gard to it, which in my opinior will complete, without the addi tion of a single dollar to the pub lie debt, an enterprise so impor tant to the interest of the whol State, as the perfection of oui railroad connection with the West It has been long evident to a! thoughtful and practical men, tha the Greenville and Columbia Rail road, and the Blue Ridge Railroad being identical in interest, shoult be under one efficient and econom ical administration. Whilo thei are both in their present conditior embarrassed in finding the mean! to prosecute vigorously the wor necessary to their success, it is, think, equally clear that theil combined means can achieve th< completion of thear comm1o- pur poses. The act befor,- me proposes sim ply to allow them, upon fiir an( equal terms, to combine their re sources. In postponing the statutory lier of the State., for the endorse( Ibonds of the Greenville R-.ilroad I cannot feel that I am consent ing to abandon any real securit3 on the part of the State, .as thi: road has not only paid the inter est on a debt, almost equal to th< combined liability of the State'i endorsement and the second mort gage bonds. At the samne time i has been compelled to expend at extraordinary amount of its in coen for repairs, which for th want of iron, had to be almos daily renewed, coupled with the destruction of rolling stock, ant damages for the loss of life ant property. It is rendered abso lutely certain that whcn the roai is put in proper condition, witl the necessary means to do the business of the country throng! which it passes, it will not onl' be able to pa~y the interest on boti classes of bonds, the aggregate o which is less than $20,000 to th< mile, but will have a surplus, tha may be applied to the p)ayment o the interest on the Blue .Ridg bonds, while the road is in proces of construction. In reference to the Blue Ridg Railroad, by an examination the several acts, it will be sees that the only change which ha been made is to give the bond holder the first lien, and the statu tory lien of the State the second by "which it is seured as effectuzal lj as it was in its original status The necessity for this legislatio: will be recognized when it is know:s that one of the principal difficul )ties in the way of~ the negotiatini for the sale of these bonds, th< .mortgage executed and placed 0r record in the States through whic] the road passes, viz: South Caro -lina, North Carolina, Georgia an< Tennessee, to Messrs. Gourdin ameron & Clews, as trustees, b' its priority of date, was made t< be a first mortgage on the proper -ty of the road, while the act au thorizing. the endorsement gav< the State a first lien. This wa: made a cause of objection by thosi who were disp'sed to accept th< negotiation of the bonds; the pu chaser was desirous that his se cuity should be a first lien on th< property, so that, on failure of the company to meet their obhigation the holder of the bonds couh make a claim against the road and not against the State, a: they could do nothing in th< Hcourts as against the State, whih' they could enforce their clain aainst the incorporation. Thus it will be seen that it became ab solutely necessary that this ditli enity should be corrected. As t< the other change of the law o K1868, whereby it gives the privi lege of negotiating the- bon.ds a the market value, instead of be.ins Krestricted to selling at par, ever2 o- must.sen that it was almost i permanent bar against the nog tiation of' the bouds upon the merits. To have done so, the cot pany would have been forced adopt a species of sharp practic by eel!ing tbe bonds at par, W compensating the purchaser by commission, for the differcnce b tween their market and par vali which inevitably placed the cot pany at a disadvantage in any n gotiation they might attempt make with correct business men When these roads have be< consolidated, there will be oi great road running from the cal tal of the State, completing tl western connection and promisir a certainty of revenue which e hardly be exaggerated. At.,pre ent, both ,'* these roads are o structed in their eiffrts by tl fact that the one is incomplet and the other not in condition transaet its hwge and increasih business with vi.or a.nd dispate Consolidated. i hey will go in the credit markct of the wor with a comn!ete I roa,l of mo than two hu.drId miles, and wi a line of about one hundred ai forty additional miles to be co structed, passing through a cou try unsurpassed in all that mak material prosperity, and by friendly combination with t! South Carolina Railroad Compan by which its moral support w be secured, completing connecti< between the Atlantic and gre West at a cost contrasting mc favorably with1 other lines leadit from the interior to the seaboar thus fulfilling the hope and efto of the State for more than on third of a century. I would ft niyslf criminally indifferent the mnterest of both the Blue Rid, Railroad and the people of t State, were I to fail in supportit any measure that would comple this great enterprise, and th leave the public without the a vantage of this important roa and to entail upon -them the c tainty of having to meet event: ly the interest and principal of least a portion of the bonds c - dorsed for that purpose. Wh: ever the opinion of individu. may be as to the policy of conso dation, or the advantage to be c rived from giving to the 131 Ridge ro:,d a hundred and sixt four miles (.f* completed road, I a satisfied that all practical busine men will concede the fact, th this acquisition will give mIo strength and value to the bon( io be used for the purpose of ra ing the necessary funds, than ev the endorsement of the State self. I would even were it pos ble at this time, be willing to s the bonds endorsed by the St:i cancelled and withdrawn from t! market, and have them replac ty a first mortgage bond on t! Blue Rid.re and Greenville ro; combined.~ Circumstanced as are, by the road being encumbi ed by a first mortgage, securn this endorsed bond by the Stai and vested rights in the bonds, would be almost impossible make the exchange, hence it I comes our duty to adopt any a every means to realize the gre est sum of money possible for t - security we have and apply strictly and honestly to the ec sruction of' the road. I am sat - fied that the four millions of bon will plaice the road in such a sta of for'waridness, by a change route and graide, as to require b little, after they are exhausted, - additional outlay to open commr nication to Knoxville, and wh: ever f'urther mn aans may be requir will be readily secured by a sm ond mnortgi'ge on the whole ro: In conclusion, I would snv th if the present bill did not prese a certainty ot saving the Sta from~ 'ecoming eventually lial upon its endorsement of' the BI Ridge bonds by' a failur'e to app them in such a way as to ma the road itself' a sufficient guara tee for their p)ayment, I wou: now with hold my official appros of the bill. ROBERT K. SCOTT, Govern or. THE SUBsISTENCE OF ARMIEs. -It is stated that during eve t wnty-f'our hours each army cor of the German forces consumi 5 4000 pounds of bread, 13,4 p)oundIs of rice or barley', 70 oxe >r' 1:3440 p)ounds of bacon, 2,0 pound of salt, 3,300 pounds of' c tee, 1,344 pounds of Oats, 336 poun of' hay, 3,300 quarts of ardent sp -its, and 3,300 fluid ounces of oran bitters, or some similar tinctui to be taken 'with the spiiis. addition, there are suppliedf every day's consumption, C pounds of tobacco, 110,000 col mon segars, ant' 5.000 offcers' gars. The total daily consumr tion of' the German troops int -tield, it is computed, is twenty fi times as great as the figures giv above. The Sth regiment of Infanti which has been recruited to 1.0 strong, report. says has been< dered to th.is State. and to ha th he, dumrters at Col.umbia. - A Blast From John Bull. irl - Mr. Disraeli, the English Con servative leader, made a speech in e, the House of CommonF on the d 9th, in which, the 'ondon Tele a graph says, "he sinned most deep c- iv when he came to the subject of em American diplomacy. Mr. Disraeli - calls upon us to makeknown, once e. for all, that we will not endure o such treatment. But again we lmust point out that if his words inean unything they mean war." Mr. Disraeli, in the course of c his remarks on the address in re e ply to the speech from the throne, said: There is onepointeonnected with America which I cannot re Sfiain from bringing before the consideration of this House, and e that is, it seems to me the time C, has come when some notice should be taken by this country of the extraordinary manner in which h. the authorities of America com to municate with our government d and with the people of this coun trv, or with per6ons of influence with whom they are placed in od communication. The tone of the n- American government towards the; n-overnment of England is differ es cnt from that used towards the a government of any other country. e [Hear, hear.] It is not as I once thought it was, the rude simplicity of republican manners. [Laughter.] Nothing can be at more courteous than the govern St 1 s ment of the United States to the 1g Russian governmont, arid, I have d, no doubt, to the German govern rt ment; but if they have any com e- munication to make to the gov el ernment of this country, or any cause to give their opinion as to e the conduct of the English people, e a tone is adopted and languare g used which it may be forbearing t not to notice for a tinm, but which, 1 if continued, may lead to conse d- quences not intended, and which d> all will deplore. Now, I am not going to dwell upon the wild w- words of demagogues, who, I sup at pose, in the United States, as in L all other countries, are reckless of their expressions. I am talking Is of persons of authority-of the h- House of the Representatives of C- the nation. I will take, for in I stance, the chief senator-I think Y the chairman of the committee for M foreign atrairs is the chief man in s the Senate, and only second tothe at President, for he exercises the re functions of royalty to a certain s' degree. No treaty with the U,ii ted States can, I believe, be con eluded without his concurrence. t Well, having to deal with us in this %crv matter of the fisheries 0e treaty, he commenced his parlia mentary career last year by a vio I lent invective against the English Government and the English na tion, calculated to excite the pas idsions of the people of' America. eThen the President of' the United T- States, the sovereign of' America, 'g hmas recently produced one of' the '% gravest state pap)ers which a per itson of his exalted p)osition could to have produced. [Hear, hear.] - When the English Government or Rpeople are refeirred to, instead of t-bcingr spoken of' with kindness and erespect, I might use much harsh t, er expressions to describe the -manner in wvhich our conduct and Sinterests are treated. What is the Scause ? It is, I think, very fortu te. nate that only recently the Fen ot ian priisonlers were sent to Amer utica, It is a questionable thingr to (d ime whether they ough. to have u- been amnestied. [Cheers.] But as. I have said on a former occa esion, an amnesty should always e- be complete ; and if' they were to .d hae ee,I think they ought to at hve eenallwedto go to Ireo it land, instead of' being put on a te boat with ?5 in their pocket. [A le laugh, and "hear, hear."] The neC ieop)le of America received them, y in pursuance of' the system of' al keways insulting this country, with all honor, and by a large majority Id in the HIouse of Representatives al decided to treat them with every possible respect. I want to know what is the reason why the gov ernmnent and people of' England are treated by the Government of - the United States in a diffeirent ry manner from that in which other pcountries are treated. The tinw eshas come wvhen we ought to know 10 that. At the first blush one would nthink it would be impossible for 16 two nations to bie on terms of I-more thorough and complete un ds derstaniding. Notwithstanlding lihe remigration which the 'honorable g entlemen who seconded the ad de ress has noticed, the Enlish n character and origin of' the set or ters in these colonies are always 2and constantly predominant. 1- They have perhaps improved our C- language - [laugh ter]-but they P-have to a certain extent the same olaws and the same religion. Our: e; commercial relations are on an nimmense scale, arid mutually ben eficial. There is every circum stance which ought to unite two v.nations in the bonds of' real friend 00 ship, and yet it is impossible that ir- the government or the people of this scountry cani be Or.ought in any publicn wy before the au thorit es )f that country without some ex ?ression being used orsome course :aken which is offensive to our hon )r. It cannot arise from the origi ial quarrelh The result of the orig nal quarrel was certainly calcula -ed to leave feelings of vindictive iess, but not on the part of Amer -ans. Nor does it arise from the -ourse taken during the civil war. Sothing is more unjust on untrue han the statement that the cause )f the Southern States was taken ip by either party in this conn ;ry ; and with regard to the !harges so constantly made that he party represented on thie side )f the House acted in a party ;ense with regard to the Southern ,onfederation, it is utterly un rue, [Cheers.] There weregen. Jlemen, no doubt, on both sides of he House who expressed their )pinions and brought forward motions, but nothing like a party motion was made. Lord Derby, who was well acquainted with America,from the first believedthat the Northern Confederatio: would be successful, and as regards the )ne House of Parliament where he was prominent he may be fair-! ly assumed to represent the party itting on his side. As regards his House, I may, perhaps, claim to be regarded as the representa Live, and under no circumstances whatever did I sanction any such motion, and for this reason-I felt it was impossible to limit your in erference to the recognition of I the Southern States. It would have involved vou in a war with he Northern States, and of such i result I would not take the responsibility. [Cheers.] The rea on is this: There is a party in America who certainly do not monopolize the intelligence, the education, and the property of the ountry, and who, I believe, are ot even numerical;y strong, who attempt to obtain political power and to excite political passion by abusing England and its govern ment because they believe they an do it with impunity. [Cheers.] The very men who do this would be the last men to take thiaprn if they thought that England would resent these insults. You may say, if they have no really hostile intent, and it is a mere electioneering game, is it not bet ter for us to be forbearing and contemptuous? Well it is not ex actly that. The danger is this: They excite the passions of mil lions, and some unfortunate thing happens, or something unfortu nate is said in either country ; the fire lights up ; it is beyond their control, an<l the two nationi are landed in a war or a eon test. which they can no longcr control or pre vent. And, therefore, in my mind, if we are to have a commission it will be a good opportunity for us to come to a clear understanding on that point-that England can not be insulted or injured with im punity, [cheers] and although I should look upon it as the darkest hour in my life to su pport or even to counsel in this Heuse a war with the United States. the United States must understand that we will not permit ourselves to be treated differently from other countries. [Cheer-s.] if once our naval and military institutions wer in that condition which I hope on Thursday, or some early day, we shall find they are-[a laugh-if once it is known that her Majesty's domi nions can not be assailed without being defend ed-all this rowdy rhe'c:c which is addrecssed to irresponsible mil lons, anid, as it is supposed, with impunity to ourselves, will, I be ive, case. [Cheers.) That is the state of;affairs we have to on conu.1ter. Ax I>MMoRA COMIPLIENT. The New York World has this happily-conceived and admirable paagraph : "If the wandering death.ded ut terances of' the two great Con fede rate chieftains, 'Stonewall' JacksonI and Robert E. Lee, may be consid ered as final upon the matter, then the late Confederate General, A. P. Hill. who lost his life at the clos ing battle of the war, must be ac eepted by histor-y as the most trusted coadjutnr of these eminent commanders. In his dying mo ments, Jackson exclaimed, "Send A. P. Hill to the front !" * * Upon his death-bed, at Lexington, General Lee, as the telegraph states, his mind reverting to the bloody events of the w ar, 'on-e ordered his tent to be struck, and at another timc desired Hill to be sent for.' Thus does it appear that, in the supreme moments of the closing hours ot those men upon whose shoulders rested the heaviest burdens of the war upon te side of the Confederacy, came the utterance, born of delirium, but mor-e solumn for that reason: that stamps General A. P. Hill as a man whose presence was to be desired, and whose fidelity was assured. No higher compliment could be paid to' his memory than those parting words of Lee and Message of the Governor Ve- 1 toing the Per Diem and Mile-I age Resolution. STATE OF SoUTr CAROLINA, ) EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, COLUMIMA, March 7, 171.) To the Honorable, the Senate of South Carolina: GENTLE3EN: I return, to your honorable body, without my ap proval, an Act, appropriai in,8265. 000 for Legislative expenses, or: the following reasons. to-wit : First-I regard the expenditure of the money already appropriated during this desion, and the sum; included in this bill-amounting t in the aggregate to four hundred thousand (8400,000.) doilars, as' simply enormous for one session of the Legislature. It is beyond the comprehension of any one, how the General Assembly could legitimately expend one-half that amount of money. I cannot re frain from expressing the opinion that there must have been some se cret agency in flxing the sum at that amount, as a number of the mem bers both of the IIouse and Sen ate, have expre4sed their surpris at finding the a~ppropriation changed from one hundred and twenty-five thousand, (8125,000) dollars; as it was believed to have passed, to that of two hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars ($265, 000) dollars. I regret the necessity of returning the act without my approval, on the last d-iv of the session, but to do otherwise, I feel that I would be recreant to the duties imposed upon me, by be coming a party to a wrong by which the whole people would be made to suff,r. I might give may other cogent reasons why this bill should not become a law, but time prevents my doing other than giving it my unqualified disapproval, believing that the members of the General Assembly will, themselves, correct an error that must have crept into the bill clandestinely in its en rollment. Yeiy respeefully, RUBERT K. SCOTT, Governor. New Enforcement Bill. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette sayi: Those who have watched closely the stealthy movements of the Radicals, need not be told that a civil war will beirisked rather than power surrendered at the behest of: .he ballot-box, The; encroach ments of Congress and the Execu tive more stendily along. The I new tnforc ment bill, which has just passed thbe 11ouse, is but ano ther of a series of measuses de signed to drive the people to ex tremes. With a fourth of the le gal voters of the country, the r volutionory leaders think they can perpetuate their rule ; and un less the people display more con cern and earnestness than they have for the past six years, the programme mulst iiudoubtedly suc ceed, for a time at least-perhape for the next decade. Whatever may be thought or said to the contrary, it will appear plain enough when an impartial. historian shall have written of' the origin of' the war of 1861-'65, that hostilities were piemeditated and and forced by the Radical leaders. it is notorious that, for this ex press purpose, M.r. Seward was thrown overboard at tihe Chicago Convention in 1860, and a man of "more nerre" selected in his stead. Then, as now, Northiern hate was appealed to-then, as now, the principle of force wvas insisted upon, in the outset, as the only panacea for differences of opinion in a Gov ernment founded expressly upon the consent of the governed. Vii ginia (the "border States" agree ing with her) had just decided against secession by 60,000 ma jority, when "the man of nerve" called for 75,000 troops, with which to invadle her soil. The Radical leaders now intend to exclude the Southern vote, en mrasso, if need be, under the cry of Ku-Klux. and as many Norther-n electoraul votes shlall suffice their purposes, on lhe plea of frauds in the elections especially in lar-ge Demoe-ratic cities. The plot is perfect. Such des-! perate Ro)beslierres, Dantons anid Marats as Morton, Chandler and Butler have been given the reins u ndisizmsedly, and with appar-en tly almost the universal consent of the Radical party in Congress.< Senator Blair touched indirectly' these points, in his great speceb, with a sign ificant-e that the con try had better pay some little at tention to. The short turn of the I Administration on the Alabama : question, may hei-e find a solution.] It is utterly impossible that aGov enent can be permanent, found e, as it will probably be, in a few years, upon01 the prinicip)le of mili tary force, and yet remain undler the forms of Fe .ublicanism. Leti the people stand ready to meet the crisis when the mask is thrown1 aside. 3ourbakis Defeat-Horrible t suffering of French Soldiers. -I 2 The following are extracts from t private letter received from S dontreizut. Ihd published in the t ondon Standard: We are all greatly interested L Lbout the poor French soldiers t rho fled for refuge across the 1 ;wiss frontier when surrounded by i he Prussians. They are the re:. o nains of Bourbaki's army, and are < >ouring by thousands along the t iiferent routes through the Jura f nto Switzerland. We are told v Lore are about 8,000 here, all in I he most abject, miserable condi ion imazinable. The bwiss have, t >f course, disarmed them, and, in v sort of way, made them prison- c rs, and they are being portioned I >it to every canton. Those who 0 vere to be pla.ced in Chillon did t iot arrive until Saturday evening. A Cher were obliged to walk all the I vay from Lauanne, as the railway omnpanies would not allow them u o go in the trains because they t vere so dirty. We heard the i nost heart rending accouins of hem from all qunrters. They Ind to march shoeless and stock igles through the snow (which ,as been very deep all about here) vith hardly any clothing to pro- I ect them against the biting cold. Iany of them fell down dead in' he stree,s of Pontarlier from ex austion and want of fond. Late t )n Saturday ev -ning, February 4, 4 ve became aware of a great com- 1 notion. and on looking out we saw i black mass of human beings :narching past on the lower road. Fhire were a few carts and car -in'es for those who were not able 'o walk, and through the stillness f the night we -heard a hollow :ough, which is what so many.had to badly in Lausanne. Nurse and he servants ran down to meet .hem, and walked with then to ,hillon. There were a great many of the Swiss with them too. rhey got into talk with s6verai )f the poor soldiers, who told them lhat for three weeks. ther. had )en obliged to sleep, if sleep-were possible under such circumtaences, -n snow, with nothing -to eQver them, and a fire only as a-great luxury, when they could find -a ittle stray wood. For three sue ,-essive daiys they were fighting ini inow up to their wai.-ts-they in the lain and the Prussians on the iurrounding hills-without any munition whatever, and no arms ave their bayonets ; and, to !rown them all, to striegtben them for their hard work, they ad the bountifulsuprly of two-bis -uits for their subsistenco for two days. With n generals, all disor gn ized and in confusion, they nat turally asked what could they-do jbev the orders they received,-and rush headlong on to the stvrds of their enemies? it was desperate work ;they tried it for ashort time in rain. arnd then preferred crossing the frontier and leaving the.Prus sians in undisputed posisessi-on of the field. They will be well cared fr here; everyone has. stores of warm clothing anid food for them, :nly waiting to be distrib.u;ted. The Swiss are coming oute well, especially one old woman. wvho the ather night sent upa box full otstock ings, all new and made of bea!uti filly warm wool, with various ather articles; which papa values' it over fifty francs. On.. Sunday morning she went down to.Chillon mnd gave every soldier a barid.ker 'hief and sonme sugar candy: forli is cough. Papa and som,e oither ~entlemen got up a subscription fr them, and went round. to every ane in the place. lIk has been wonderfully successful. In t hree days they collected nearly 1L900 Pranes. I think it shows hiow. kindhearted and generous people are. Important. E'ORTY THOUSAND DOLLARs SIXTY YEARS AT INTERtEST IN A NEW YORK BANK wITHOUT A cLA1IANT --MAssACnh'sETTs H1EIRsCLAIMINo A SLAVE TaADER' F oRTUNE. Sonic fifty year~s ago. a man ruined Isnae Phillps went from North Br idgewater to the South - rn Stte:sand ngagd in the1 isiniess of buin; in and selling< laves. Hie :muassed a fortune ini hlis niefario)us business. It is said< hat. he deposited some $40,000 in omne biank in New York eity. xhere it has been on interest ever inee, and for which the bank >fficers are now trying to find anC >wner. There is of course con ~iderable scrambling for that large imount of property. it is pre- I ume<i that lie left no children. i'here are a great many nephews md nieces of tha above named [sac Ph illi ps in East on, Stough ton. K he Bridgewaters, and in the re tion round about thiese towns. f he point nlow to be proved is shether the Isaac Phillips afore ~aid is the one who denosited that noney in New Yorik. If these irs can prove that he really was he man, then the money is theirs. There once ive in a small cot age on a crossroad leading from )iwkerman's corner in this town to orth Bridgewater an old lady, iV the name of Susie. Phillips. he obtained her livelihood by raiding straw and fitting boots. ;he guarded her huckleberry pas ure with vigilance, and woe betide he bildren that dared to fill their >askets from its bushes. Tte-old ady died five or six years *go, at i advanced age, and at her re [uest the large family Bible, con aining the record of the Pblips amily, was placed under her head nd buried with her in her grave. t was tnou(ht that this-Bible vould be of service in looking up he pedigree of the Phillips family. Md last week the grave was pened and the Bible taken from encath the head of the deceased. t has not yet been opened, for at er lying so long under ground it, vas in a very bad condition. Vicn they shall be enabled to ex ,mine it, some light may be thrown ion the subject of the early his ory of t he family.-North Bridge rater (Mass.) Gazette. Che Staley-Hungerford Af fair. The Savannah Keirs, has the 61lowing concerning the Staley, Iun,gerfrd affair, which has been Weviously noticed in The. Courier: Monday evening Mis.'Tgarty, he keeper of the house in which ue Iungerford bad been well igh ent to pieces, appeared at he Police Barracks in gre.t tre >idation, dressed in male costume, md demanded protection for her iousch.r'. She was evidently ,ery much excited. and very en ;er that a poice guard should be letailed for her relief. She told ,he officer in command that Mr. Fohn A. Staley bad called at her )ouse that evening and demanded -ertain papers whiei lie allege(l iad been left in Sue itangerford's :harge. Mrs. Fogarty said she cnew nothing of them, but would o.in and require, and if the pa edrs wero there be should have hem. Ide then demanded admi6 ion to Sue Itungerford's room, tating "it was all right, and ho nust see her anrhow." Mrs. F. arty demurred, stating that in ier jresent weakened condition Nue 6nght not to see anybody, mid least of all him. At this )oint Mrs. Fogarty noticed -tho fleam of a knife,. and said. -"God 4ess me ! What is that 7" It's he knife my wife eut her wi.h, eplied Staley; "but never yoIL nind-that's all right. I want tl --e you privately. Step back-here or a momeut." Perfety terri ied, Mrs. Fogarty compiled Vrith is request, and asked him what te wanted- "In the first place," qid Staley, "I want you to pront so me solemnly that you won t wear again st me, whatever you lo, or if you do it will be the worse for you." Mrs. Fogarty as sred him that "whatever she might have to stay when called ipon for her evidence it should be the truth." Staley again cautions d her to "mind what she was ibout," and a visitor knocking for' admissioni gave Mrs. Fogarty 'the :amnce to escape to her room, asz sume male attire, and hasten with il speed to the Police Barracks, where her story was so< n told. In compliance with her r-equest, he officer in charge detailed a po iceman to remain upon her.premv ses until he was i'elieved, ihas ice ecving for the time be'ng her fear f assassinat ion. Where Mr. Sta ey went after his interview eith Mrs. Fogarty, or what his inteni tions may have bcen, passes our :onjeture. Sue IIunngerford yet remains in . very precarious state. In her leep distress she has found nhma - prsonal fri ends eager to admninis= ter to her relief and asis.tance.-~ [ir recovery may be regarded as 3xtremely problemiatical. Her strong constitution, however, will anable her to recover from the se ereo injaries she has sustained. An ordlinance was recendy pass ad in San Fracisco prohibitinlg the carrying of baskets rjpon any street or alley suspended from a yo)le." Ah Wongr was afrested for nolatinug this ordinance, but cs aped punish ment by pleadinsg that .here was no street in San Fran :ico --uspenided from a pole." The Germans at Indianapolis ejoicedl over the fall oi' Paris by naking a pretzel that is large mouge to teed one hundred men. t took a barrel of flour and over me hundred pounds or salt to nake that pretzel. The Charleston "Vigilants" are ffering their har.d engine for sale, :ireis a chance for some country, :omany to get a good mTachine. Judge R. B. Carpenter has com nenced the practice of law in harleston, How to spoil a child-~send himt .o fdll a lighted kerosene lamp. Lent ends on the 9.th of Al'rin