Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Vol, XEve WED-NESDAY MO N NG-AY1110.1EM 1 1 Esat Lynne. b- Mrs. Henry Wood. 10c 1 2 John Halifx, GuT., Miss Mulock. 10C 3 Jane Eyre, by C.arttu, Bro:te. 10c 4 A Womiaj-Hater,C.1i%ed's nw nov. 10c 5 3ae Black Iadies, Juics Verne s latest.10C p 6 La:1 Days of Pompeii, by Buwer. 10c 1 7 Adem Bede, by George E'iot. 20c 1 8 The Arui-dei Moto. Mary Cecil Hay. Jc 10 9 Oid Mvddeiton's Money. M C. Hay. 10c i 10 The Woman in Whitc. W. Collins. 20e 11 The Mill on the Floss. George Eliot. 20c 12 The American Senator, by Troll,pe. 20c i, 13 A Princess of Thule, ty Win. Black. 20c 1: 14 The Dead Secret, by Wilkie Collins. 10c 1 15 Romola, by George E.lot. 20c 16 The English at the North Pole, and The Field of Ice, by Julcs Verne. 10c 1' 17 Hidden Perils, by Mary Cecil Hay. 10c 1' 18 Barbara's History. Am. B. Edwards. 20c i! 19 A Terrible Temptation, by C. Reade. 1Cc 1E 20 Old Curiosity Shop. Chas. Dickens. 20 21 Foul Play, by Charles Reade. 10c 2L 22 Man and Wife, by Wilkie Collins. 20c 23 The Sqnire's Legu.cy, by M. C. Hay. 20c e 24 Never roo Late to Mend. C. Reade. 20c 2( 2S Lady Adelaide's Oath. Mrs. H. Wood.10c 2C 26 Aurora Floyd. Miss M. E. Braddon. 20c 27 Vietor and Vanquished. M. C. Hay. 10c 2C 28 A Daughter of Heth. Win. Black. 10c 29 Nora's Love Test, by Mary C. Hay. 10c 30 Her D-arest Foe. Mrs. Alexander. 20c 31 LoveMaLittle,LoveMeLong. C.Reade.10c 2 32 The Queen of Hearts. Wilkie Collins.10C 2. 33 Handv Andy, by Samuel Lover. 20c 21 34 A Sin pleton, by Charles Readc. 10c 2i 35 Felix [olt, The Radical. Geo. Eliot. 20c 36 The Wooing O't, by Mrs. Alexandur 20e .1 37 The Mystery, by Mrs. Henry Wood. 10c 2 38 Antonina, by Wilkie Collins. 20c 21 39 Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott. 20c 21 40 The Heir to Ashley. Mrs. H. Wood. 10c 2 41 White Lies, by Charles Reade. 20c 42 Hide-and-Seek, by Wilkie Collins. 20c 21 43 Hector Servadac, by Jules Verne. 10c 22 44 The Tower of London. Ainsworth. 20c A Life's Secret. Mrs. Henry Wood. 10c 22 tage of Langdale. Mrs.Alexander20e 22 In Silk Attire, by William Black. 10c ;; The Strange Adventures of a Phae- -2 toR, by William Black. 10c 2 Granville de Vigne; or, Held in 2 Bondage, by "Ouida." 20c 2, Under the Greenwood Tree. T. HardylOc 22 Kilmeny, by W;lliam Black. 10c 23 The Lost Bank Note. Mrs. H. Wood.10c he Monarch of Mincing Lane. Black.10c . uder Two Flags, by "Onida." 20c 23 Winter City, by "Ouida." 10c 23 trat'hmore, by "Ouida." 20c VoyVag,Kound the World-South 23 Awrica, by Jules Verne. 10c 23 as Marner, by George Eliot. 10- 23 handos, by "Oaida." 20C 23 Voyage Round the World-Aus- 23 lia, by Jules Verne. 10c ; Or, Two Little Wooden -24 es, by "Ouida." 10c 24 arine, by "Ouida." 20c 4 oloX, by Mrs. Henry Wood. 20c 24 -e Round the World-New 21 d, by Jules Verne. 10c 4 leman's Wife. Mrs.H.Wood.10c 24 ore, by Samuel Lover. 20c 24 fer, and Henry Arkell, by ry Wood. 10c Balloon. J. Verne. 10c Miss Braddon, 20c orge Eliot. 20c "1 10c if Adventures of en ard~TERi. Rus ib Africa, and ,l'he runners. Jules Verne. 10c ane, by Mrs. Henry Wood. . RunrtHal,byMrs. Henry Wood. 10< 75 The Funr Country, by Jules Verne. 1Cc f' 76 The New Magdalen. W ilkie Collins. 1Cc 77 Mistress and Maid, by Miss Mulock. 10c 78 Griffith Gaunt, by Charles Reade. 10c S79 Madcap V.iolet, by William Black. 2Cc 80 Paniel Deronda, by George Eliot. 2Cc ~(hristian's Mistake. Miss Mulock. 1Cc T My Mother and I, by Miss MIulock. 1Cc 1 82 Vernier's Pride, by Mrs. H. Wood. 2Cc 54 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas, by Jules Verne. 10c 95 Marjorie Bruce's Lovers. M. Patrick. 10c 86 Put Yourself In Hi' Piace. C. Reade. 20c L 87 A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, by Jules Verne. 10c 88 Two Marriages, by Miss Mulock. 10c 89 The Lovels of Arden. M.E.Braddonl. 20c 90 Mysterious Island-Dropped from A Clouds, by Jules Verne. 10c 31 The Woman's Kingdom. Mulock. 10c 92 grs. Halliburton's Troubles. Wood. 20e 93 Mysterious Island-The Abandoned, by Jules Verne. 10c p 94 The Law and the Lady. W. Collins. 1Cc 95 Dead Men's Shoes. Miss Braddon. 2Cc 96 Love's Victory, by B. L. Farjeon. 1Cc 97 Mysterious Island-The Secret of the R Island, by Jules Verne. 10cT 98 Harry Lorrequer, by Charles Lever. 20cT 99 From the Earth to the Moon, and Around the Moon, by Jules Verne. 1Cc g 100 A Tale of Two Cities. Chas. Dickens.10c mr 10101AANNole Life, by Miss Mulock. 10c p, 102 Hard Times, by Charles IPickens. 1Cc og 3 A BraveT.Lady, by Miss Mulock. 2Cc ,-by-John-aUem. 10cT 105 A t the Sign of the Silver Flagon, by B. L. Farjeon. 10c 106 The Master of Greylands. Mrs.Wood.2c 107 Blade-o'-Grass, by B. L. Farjeon. 1C0e 108 The Sea-King, by Captain Marryat. 1Cc 109 Eleanor's Victory. Miss Braddon. 20c 110 The Girls of Feversham. F. Marryat. 10c 111 A Tour of the World in Eighty Days, by Jales Verne. 1Cc 112 Hard Cash, by Charles Reade. 20c D 113 Gelden Grain, by B. L .Fajeon. 1Cc 114 Darrell Markham. Miss Braddon. 10c 115 Within the Maze. Mrs. H. Wood. 20c 116 Pauline, by L. B. Walford. 10c 117 The Female Minister. Eugene Lies. 1Cc 118 Great Expectations. Chas. Dickens. 2Cc 119 Potronel, by Florence Marryat. 10c TI 120 Romance of a Poor Young Man, by 1c' 0. Fonillet.10 T 1.21 A Life for a Life, by Miss Mulock. 20c 122 The Privateersman. Capt. Marryat. 10Ccr 123 Irish Legends, by Samuel Lover. 10 r 12 qieTrevylyn's Heir. Mrs. Wood. 20c U 12 Mary Barton, by Mrs. Gaskell. 10c a 1.28 Eremsa; or, My Father's Sin, by R. D. Blackmore. 1Cc 19 12'7 My Lady Ludlow, by Mrs. Gaskell. 10c a 128 Cousin Phillis, by Mrs. Gaskell. 10c L 129 The Wandering Jew (First Halt;) by , Eugene Sue. 20Cc 129 The Wandering Jew (Second Half,) by Eugene Sue. 20c 130 Sermons Out of Church. Mulock. 1Cc * 131 Michael StrogofT, by Jules Verne. 10c 132 Jack Hintoni, by Charles Lever. 20c ~The.Dnehess ofT Rosemary Lane, by - B. L. Pan eon. 1Cc -34 My Brother's Wife. A. B. Edwards. 1Cc 135 Agatha's Husband, by Miss MNulock, 10c 136 3(atie Stewart, by Mrs. Olipharit. 10c 137 A Rent in a Cloud, oy Chas. Lever. 10c 138 What He Cost Her, by James Payn. 1Cc -f 139 London's Heart, by B. L. Farjeon. 20c ~'140 The Lady Lisle, byMiss Braddon. 1c fi -141 Masterman Ready. Capt. Marryatt. 1c 142 The Head of the Fmily. Miss Muilock.20c 143 The Haunted Tower. Mrs. H. Wood. 1c 144 The Twin Lieutenants. Alex.Dumais. 10c 145 Half A Million of Money, by Amelia _ B. Edwards. 20c 146 Charles O'Ma.lley, The Irish Dragoon. Charles Lever. (Triple Number.) 3Cc 147 Rattlin, The Reefer. Capt. Marryat. 10c 143 A Blue Stocking. Mrs. A. Edward.s. 10c 149 Joshua Marvel, by B. L. Farjeon. ..0c 150 Mr. Midshipman Easy. Capt. Marryat.10c 15! The Russian Gipsy, by Alex. Dumas. 10c 152 Arthur O'Leary, by CharlesLever. -2c 14APoint of Honor. Mrs. A. Edwards. 1Cc i55 The Count of Monte:Cisto. A. Dumas.40e 17Hnnd Glove. A.-B Fdwars 10c i.5 Teasure Trve, by Samue Lor a. 0C - Tnk-ixp,,by Alex. Dumas, 1C e rld Weil Lost. Mrs. Linton. 20c 16 breyo C. Bell (Charlotte Bronte.) 249 162 Shrley -Iidmay. Captain Mrryat. 100 14 AAe Minister, (Vol. 1.) Chove ley Nove. diiy George S and. 1Oc 165 The Last sNelace. Alex. Duns. 1ic 167 The Queen' byechle Lee. 0 es Con C regan, b ~re ev 39 St. Iatrick's Eve, by Charles Lever. lc 70 Newton Forster, by Capt. Marryat. 10c '1 Hostages 1o Fortut-. Miss Braddon. 20c T2 Chevalier de M:ison :ouge. )unia;. 10c T3 Japhet in Searcb of a Father, by Cap tain Marrvat. 200 4 Kate 1)onoghue. by Charles Lever. 20c 5 The Pacha of 3iany Tales. Marryat. 10c '6 Percival Keene. by Capt. Marryat. 10c '7 "Cherry Ripe," by Helen B. Mathers. 20c S Rare Good Luck. R. E. Franeillon. Ic 9 The History of a Crime, (Vol. 1.) by Victor lngo. loc 0 Armadale, by Wilkie Collins. 20c ,I Beaitrice Boville, bz -"Olitda."1 10C ,2 Juliet's Guarlian. .y Mr.. Cameron. 10c ;3 Kenilworth. by Sir Walter Scott, 200 4 The Countess le Charny. A. Dumas. 20a 5 The Little Savage. Capt. 3arryat. 10c 6 "Good-Bye, SweethCart," by Rhoda Broughton. 10c 7 David Copperfield. Charles Dickens.,20c S Nanon, by Alexander Dumas. 10c 9 The Swiss Family Robinson. 10c 0 henry Dunbar. Miss M. E. Braddon. 2Oc 1 My Lady's Money. Wilkic Collins. 10c 2 The Three Cutters. Capt. Marryat. 100 3 Memoirs of a Physician. A. Dunias. 30c 4 The Conspirators. Alex. Dumas. 100 5 Madame Fontenoy. 10c 6 Heart of Mid-Lothian. Sir W. Scott. 20c 7 "No Intentions." Florence Marryat. 200 6 Isabel of Bavaria. Alex. Dunias. loc 9 Settlers in Canada. Capt. Marryat. 10c 0 Nicholas Nickleby. Charles Dickens. 20c I Catherine Bluin, by Alex. Dumas. 10c 2 Mr. Gilfil's Love Story. Gco. Eliot. 10c 3 Cloister and the Ifearth. C. Reade. 20C 4 The Young Llanero. W. H.G.Kingston 10c 5 The Mysteries of Paris (First Half,) by Eugene Sue. 20c 5 The Mysteries of Paris, (Second Half.)'by Eugene Sue. 20c G The Poison of Asps. Flor. Marryat. 10c 7 The Children of the New Forest, by Captain Marryat. 10c . North and South. by Mrs. Gaskell. 20c 9 A Jewel of a Girl. (A Novel.) 10c 0 Young Musgrave, by Mrs. Oliphant. 10c I Randolph Gordon, by "Ouida." 10c 2 Brigadier Frederick, by Erckimann Chatrian. 1N 3 Barnaby Rudge. by Chas. Dickens. 200 .1 Winstowe, by Mrs. Leith-Adams. 10c 5 Birds of Prey. Miss M. E. Braddon. 20c 6 Legends of the Black Watch. J.Grant.10c 7 The Sad Fortunes of Rev. Amos Bar ton, by George Eliot. loc S Dombey and Son. Charles Dickens. 20c 9 "My Own Child." Florence Marryat. 10c 0 Geor-e Canterbury's Will, by Mrs. H. Wood. 20c 1 Poor Zeph, by F. W. Robinson. 10c 2 Last of the Mohicans. J. F. Cooper. 10c 3 The Marriage Verdict. Alex. Dumas. 10c 4 The Deer-slayer. J. Feni. Cooper. 10c 5 The Two Destinies. Wilkie Collins. 10c G The Path-finder. J.FenimoreCooper. 10c 7 Hannah, by Miss Mulock. 10c S The Regent's Daughter. A. Dum,as. 10c 9 The Pioneers. J. Fenimore Cooper. 10c 0 Little Grand and the Marchioness, by "Ouida." 10c 1 The Prairie, by J. Fenimore Cooper. 10C s A Dark Ni-ht's Work. Mrs. Gaskell. 10c 3 The Pilot,%y J. Fenimore Cooper. 1c i The Tender Recollections of Irene Macgillicuddy. 10c 5 An Open Verdict. Miss Braddon. 20c Shepherds All and Maidens Fair, by Waiter Besant and Jas. Rice, 10C 7 The Wandering Heir. Chas. Reade. 10c S Beatrice, by Julia Kavanagh. 20c 9 No Thoroughfare, by Charles Dick ens and Wilkie Collins. 10c 0 The Laurel Bush, by Miss Mulock. 10c Tricotrin, by "Ouida." 20c 2 The Three feathers, by Wm. Black. 10c 3 Daisy Nichol, by Lady Hardy. 10c i The Three Guardsmen, by A. Dumas.20c 5 Jack Maffly, by James Grant. 10c Peg Wofnigton, by Charles Reade. 10c 7 Martin Chuzzlewit. Chas. Dickens. 20c S "Bread, and Cheesc, and Kisses," Farjeon. 10c 9 Cecil Castlemaine's Gage. "Ouida." 10c 0 No Name, by Wilkie Collins. 20c Any of te above books will be ordered 'e cash accompanies the order. NEWBERRY HERALD BOOK STORE. Mar. 20, 12-tf. 'OR THE CAMPAIGN! Hampton and Home Rule ! H NEWS AND COURIER. A Live and Fearless Demiocratie Nkwspaper. argest Circulation in the City. Largest Cireulation in the State. Largest Circulation in the Cotton States. 1 the News about South Carolina. All the News about the South. All the News from Everywhere. URE AND UNDEFILED DEMOCRACY ION! JUSTICE!! EQUAL RIGHTS!! ecognizing the Paramount In.terest felt in EE APPROACHING POLITICAL CANVASS y every Democrat who hopes to see the et work of the Redemption of the State ade com'iete and permanent so that the ople me' reap and fully er.joy the fruit their sacritees, he NEWS Su COURIER will Direct all its Energies~ and Resources to Presenting from Day to Day, and from Week to Week, Full and Interesting Accounts of the Progress of the Campaign. To place the paper WITHIN THE REACH OF EVERYBODY uring this-exciting contest, we have deter mined to offer to mail subscribers the following REDUCED RATES FO.R THE CAMPAIGN he News and Courier, Daily 'Edito, 6 months, - - - - $4 00 he News and Courier, Tri-Weekly Edi tion, 6 months, . - - . 2 00 he Weekly News, 6 months, - '75 Subscriptions will be received at these ttes, FOR MAIL JSUBSCRIBERS ONLY, uitil May 15. In all cases the cash must company the order. Friends' of the Cause of Honest Home uie in all the counties are invited to aid s in swelling our Gampaign Subscription ists, which ought to include every intelli ent voter in the State. EIORDAN & DAWSON, Proprietors, mar 27 13 6t Charleston. DES AND BARK WANTED. The undersigned wishes to, purchase at is Tannery 5,000 DRY OR GREEN HIDES, 300 CORDS TAN BARK, And has all kinds of LEATHER, extra .nish, for sale. Grist Mill in c'onnection pih Tannery. Best quality of Meal made. L. J. JONES. Mar. 13, 11-3m. W. H. WALLACE, .torne y -at-Law, NEWBERRY, S. C. Oct. 25, 43-tf. TOBIAS DAWKINS, FASIONBLE BARBER, NE WBERR Y, S. C. ;HOP NEXT DOOR NORTH of POST OFFICE A clean shave, a neat cut, and polite at, -no guaranteed May 3. 18-Tf. outtr. I t_3_____I____E_ - A-- _______JU L-r---178_ I UOYIE( .1NLD JULIEr-T-1878. Romeo-See bow she leans her cheek upon her hand; 0, that I had that diamond on her hand, That I might raise the fair and gen tle wind. Juliet-Ah, goodness gracious me. Romeo- She speaks; 0, go on with the chin musia for thou art - As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a-er um-er ah-as Is a Kind of a sort of a-kind of a ur ahe. A kind of a-haw-sort of a bird like. Juliet-Oh, Romeo, Romeo! What is thy last name? 'Tis but thy name that is my eue my. What's .4ontague? Oh, my, what a horrid name! Oh, goodnessgracious me, I'd rather: die Than marry a man named Monta Couldn't you yet the Legislature to change your last uname, And for that name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself? Romeo-I'll take thee at thy word; Call me Robinson, and I'll take you And all your goods, chattels,manors, rents, Revenues, real and personal prop erty, insurance, Expectations, bank account, bonds, coupons, stamps, Even nickles. Juliet-Oh! Man in the garden! Go way, you naughty man. Who are you? How did you get in here? Romeo-Come up the alley, poisoned the dog, And climbed over the back fence. Behold the ashes on my boots, there is coffee grounds And eggshells on my trousers. Is Your big brother and your father home? Juliot-If they do see thee, trust me, They will put an ear on thee. Romeo-Not much, Mary Ann; say thou the word, And I will smear your father's paste-horn one; One that he will remember, aye, ha, ha! And weep when he remembers it. Look at this biceps muscle. There is A goose egg for you. Juliet-0, gentle Romeo, If you love mue say so, bat don't step on my banion. lomeo-Lady, by yonder blessed moon I swear, That tips with silver all these fruit tree tops Juliet-O, swear not by the moon, the incon stant moon, That monthly changes in her circled orb,. Lest thy love prove likewise vari able. Romeo-Well then, by Jimminy Pelt, by dad, By hokey, by the long-armed spoon, by jocks, By thunder, Juliet; oh, by gosh What shall I swear by ? Juliet-Do not swear at all; Or if thou wilt, swear by thy gra gious self Romeo-Well, then, may I be did, dad, dud, dog goned, Dad binged to jude; oh, maylIbe Teetotally cow kicked over by a bull rush. Dad slam the gaul dinged dad fisted Thing to thunder. (Goes off after some new swears.) -Burlington Hawkeye. A MIAGNIFICENT M~ANSION. The Handsomest Private Residence in the' South EMantely Described--Er. G. W. Wilms'e Newly Erected Establish ment in Charleston. Probably the handsomest and most complete private residence in the South, and one of the hand somest in this country, is now nearly completed. Reference is had to the magnificent building on the east Bide of Mteeting streot, near tbe Battery, designed mainly by Mr. W. P. Russell for .Mr. G. W. Williams. By the hard times since the war our people have been debarred from exercieing their taste in the..building of pala tial dwellings, and have had little opportunity of seeing modern displays oftmagnificence. Qn this account, and becau~se the structure is an ornament to the city, it has been thought that a somewhat full description of it will prove of interest. The building faces west, and stands in a lot which fronts on. Meeting street one hundred and thirty-six feet, running back two hundred and forty feet east to Chunrh street The house itself fronts seventy feet, is one bun- bu dred and twenty-six feet deep, and ei fifty-five feet in height from the be ground to the caves, comprising three stories, a basement, and an th attic fourteen feet high. If the hb reader will imagine himself (or fo herself') standing directly opposite fe< for a moment, he will be soon ha taken inside. First, however, he sti will tako a look at the exterior of ne the building whose proportions of havc just been given. It is con- po structed of pressed brick. From su the centre there is a projection, tr4 built of the same material, sixteen feet wide, and four feet in depth sit from the main wall. The corners a I of this projection, and of the house fe( itself, arc ornamented by slate ini quoins, (the square pieces used to I sir protect and snppoi-t the exterdal m< angles of buildings.) This is the ar only house in the world in which fol slate is used for this purpose. th Against this projection is built a ro portico having three floors, each ffc floor being proteciLed by a broad. de low balustrade, and supported by sit Corinthian pillars. The house is ph surmounted by a Corinthian cor- sic nice in the full details of that or- sic der of architecture, the roof being tb plain and slated, which meets in asi the centre on a tympanum or tri- he angular space, elegantly enriched ac: with elaborate ornamentation in to carved wood. Upon each floor of th the portico just mentioned is a TI large folding door, each door be- in< ing flanked on each side by classi- th cal twin windows, composed of pil four lights of plate glass one- Al quarter of an inch thick, and.hav- po ing walnut Venetian blinds inside, an the dimensions being on the first m floor thirty-nine by forty-seven, bu on the second thirty-nine by forty- or three, and on the third thirty-nine by thirty-five. The angles of these ne windows are ornamented with th quoins of black brick, connected fc( with these at the angles of the in house and projection by belting w, courses, or rows. of black brick. w: The tops, or mullions, of the win- is dows supply their keystones, and ha~ their heads being covered by scroll va and ornamental carving in wood. th On the south side of the house is co a three-story piazza, twelve feet wide by fifty feet deep, with low th balustrades and supported by , Corinthian columns. . in Having inspected the front, the re reader will now walk across the by street. Crossing a broad pave- ea mnt composed of white and blue tw marble squares, he reaches an iron sq gate forming, by a quarter turn, of in the iron fence, an alcove. In to: one of the granite pillars (the of stone being from Winnsboro) is a eh little copper kniob. A touch upon do this starts electric bells ring- ro ing, the workings of which will sa be described hereafter. While co waiting for an answer to his ring m the visitor will have time to notice so and admire the four foot pave- or ments of the alcove, which is ei formed of encaustic tiles, beau- he tifully made and laid; also the fra fower gvarden, which has sprung co forth as if by magic. The gate wi being open, he steps upon a simi lar tile pavement eight feet wide, ha and branching off to the right and p left platforms of the portico. Uip g, each side of this portico is a short w flight of solid slate stops, eight lam feet long, laid in common with ths -ar, platform and floor of the por- in tico in marble and variegated hi slate tiling. The front door is O folding, and made of solid black ag wanut, eleven feet high and six feet wide. lIt is surmouted by a w] large plate glass transom, and en- an riched with rope moulding, the n panel jams being also decorated le, with carved mouldings. e THE RECEPTION RooM.--The a ceiling of this is panelled and an beautifully frescoed in modern Ui Italian. and is further ornamented th by egg and dot reouldings, tipped sa with gift, and an artistic Egyptian th centre-piece from which depends ha a glass and silver chandelier. The us cornice from walls to ceiling is li~ deep, and in the full details of the 01 Corinthian architecture. At the so south end of~ this room a large lai plate glass window slides up al- he most at a touch, giving an exit sii six and a half feet high upon the lo piazza. This sash weighs one or hunredm an sity--io pounds., or t is so delicately balanced on ;her side by lead weights as to lifted with ease. From the reception room ano er door opens into the main 11, which is fourteen feet wide, irteen feet- high and sixty-five t in length. The coiling of this 11 is alono.a subject for a day's idy. At each of its four cor rs -is a fresco representing one the four Seasons, and the main rtion is frescoed in panels which rround an eliptical Roman con -piece. From the hall on the north le, the visitor next goes through )air of walnut-sliding doors, ten t in width by eleven in height, o the drawing room. By a iple and ingenious arrange-, mt within tho wall those dnors a so made as to rebound when -cibly pushed back, and close ,inselves again. The drawing >m is twenty by thirty-eight' it, and on its northern side is a p bay window, directly oppo a the door, lighted by a large tte glass twin window, with le lights flanking it. On either te of the door and the recess of is window is a Corinthian pil eor of solid cherry, supporting a avy cherry beam running ross the apartment from north south. Thecornices are Corin ian, and carved in solid cherry. ie wainscoting is two feet six :hes high, and runs all around ' room, connecting with the asters by supporting pedestals. I the wood work is in cherry lished and elaborately carved d ornamented, as is also the tntel. Over the mantel, and ilt into the wall, is a beautifully namented cherry frame. On south side of the ball and xt east of the reception room is D library, sixteen by twenty t, with walnut bookcases built o the walls, a richly carved solid tlnut mantel, and plain marble insMoting. The fireplace hero open and ornamented with nd-painted art tiles, containing rious Shakespearian scenes, and e ceiling is appropriately fres The dining room is twenty by irty-eight feet, having a bay ndow on the south. The ceil s of this room are crossed and rossed by solid oak beams, six twelve inches, which intersect ch other so as to form thirty o divisions, each four feet are. In the centre of each these divisions there is a plas ornament representing plates various frtits, siurrounded by borate fresooes. The bay wia w is separated from the main om by a segmented arch in oak pported by Gothic solid oak mns and carved capitals. The intel consists of one piece of id oak elaborately carved and namented with ebony. 1t is ht feet long, and its total gbt is ten feet six inches, a me being-above the cross piece ntaining a mirror seven feet' d and five feet high. Hero the visitor crosses the 11 and comes to the two walnut destals against which rests the >t of the staircase. On these 11 stand life-size statuary and a~ ge lantern. The staircase steps five feet long being twelve hes in width and seven inches h. They are of black walnut. the right side of the stairway, anst the wall, a wainscoting nilar to that of the hall rune up, uile the outside rail is massive d supported by heavy black wal t'. open work. Fifteen steps Ld to the first landing, which is ht by fourteen feet, lighted by large twin plate glass window, d with parquettry flooring. der this landing is a room of same size, with a broad pas we between tbe west pedestal of staircase and the corner of the 11 leading to it, which will be ed as a cloamn room, and is :hted by plate glass windows i this first landing there wvill al be a large lantern. From this iding more steps lead into the ,11 of the second story, whbich is nilarly fitted up to the one be w, having, however, a pitch of ly twelve feet. It te in ates th etin a wit hdr.1 wing room, fourteen feet square, c closed by the folding front doorf and doors corresponding with tb doors of the vestibule below. On the south side of this hall i is a suite of three appartment connecting with each other, tL ceilings of which are differentd: frescoed, all being fitted up in tL same general style as the room belov. Each is provided with large closet. Over the dining-room is th4 picture gallery, which can als4 be used for musical and other en tertainments. It is twenty bi thirty-five feet, and opens upoi an octagonal portico. The roon is lighted by a skylight in thi twenty-seven foob high ceiling On th c north side of this hall i; another suite . of rooms nearl3 similar to the others. At thi cast end is the children's study appropriat.ely fitted* up, beyon< which is a lined room. The -reai ball forms an L, the horizonta line of which leads to the privati stairway. In recesses in this ar4 hot and cold water, 'and furthei back splendidly arranged batl toons. A sliding panel in one o the walls also reveals a schuti leading into the laundry, dowx which linen can be dropped frou each floor. Returning to the staircase, an( ascending twelve more of it steps, another broad, well lighte landing is reached. Overbead i a beautiful vaulted canopy, form od of alternate pieces of blacl walnut and Hungarian asb, hav ing pendents from each angle. Ij the centre is a main pendent fron which hangs a chanielier. Twelv more steps lead to the third floo ball, which is similarly fitted u] to the others, and flanked b, similar suites of apartments. In the rear of the ball is th housekeeper's room, the wate arrangements and the tank room the latter containing four wrough iron tanks, holding 2,500 gallon of water each and are supporte< by heavy wood trusses and iro: beams let into the walls, whici in this portion of the building ar eighteen inches thick. The atti is fourteen feet high, weli lighte< and extends nearly the whol length of the main building. Thi large room is to be converted int a gymnasium. By the private stairway the ol> servatory is reached. This i situated on the house top, and i lighted by windows all around and thoroughly 'ientilated. 11 the observatory is to be placed a: astronomer's telescope. From thi dizzy height you have a magnif cen t vie w of Charleston, its beauti fl harbor,-Forts Sumter and Moul trie. Charleston is the only cit; from which can be seen the Al Ian tie Ocean. Descending the private stair ase the servants' hall on the fire floor is again reached. This i eighteen feet square, and oni opens one side of a recess con taning a dumb waiter connectin with the kitchen below. Her the electric bells and speakin1 tubes terminate, which indicat when sounded exactly where th person desiring the servant o wishing to communicate with hin is. A touch to a button in thi hal summons the bostler fron the stable. The rear hall is oc cupied by a private dressing room a store room;' apantry,and.hot an< cold water arrangements, all being within twenty feet of the dininj room, but so arranged as to be shu off from sight and sound of tha apartment. Another recess in th4 L or rear hall also communicatei with the dumb waiter. Thei comes the basement, high pitche< and well ventilated and lighted containing a kitchen, larder, con serve rooms, and an ice larder On the same floor is the laundr3 excellently and completely ar ranged with hot and cold waLe: and soapstone tubs built againsi the walls, coal and wood cellars and two cistern rooms, each con taiing a cistern holding five thou sand gallons of water, cut off fron all surrounding walls by a space of two feet. The inspection is now finishe< of a most magnificent specimen o modern art in architecture an< ue buing.-NeWs and Courier FOR THE HEJMALD. Our Washington Letter. e: WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17, 1878. s The regular appropriation bills are now in tho positions given below: Pension bill has passed the House and is in Senate Committee; it will be re a ported without important amendmeut. Three bills, Post Officeo, River and i Harbor, and * Executive, Legislative and Judicial, have been reported by House Committees, but not flnally y acted on by the House. Two bills, the Consular and Diploma.ic, and the r West Point, are in conference between the two Houses, as is the "little defi ciency" bili. All these conferences are caused by large amounts added by the Senate to the House bills. The Naval bill, after passing the House, was increased enormously by the Sen ate, and the House Committee is now considering the subject. There will be a Conference Committee on that subject, too. The Army, the Indian, and the Sundry Civil Bill, and two or more deficiency bills have not been re ported in the House yet. There will be delays whenever the Senate has in creased the amounts appropriated, as the House is lately showing a disposi tion to stand by its Committees. Hon. Montgomery Blair's Maryland resolutions are now before the Judicia ry Committees of the two Houses, and the bill regulating the manner of pro ceeding in the Supreme Court on the trial of the title of Mr. Hayes, as con templated in the resolutions, is before the same Committee of the House. While it is impossible to see any pros pect of the passage of the bill in the present House and Senate, it is a sig nificant fact that Mr. Garfield had few a supporters yesterday in his efforts to r prevent the reception and reading of , the resolutions. It was plain that all the members thought the policy of suppressing evidence and avoiding a discussion on the subject had been r pursued long enough. The Administration Na t i o n a I t Union disappeared on Saturday last. B It had no right to exist. Its owners thought, when they commenced its a publication, that decayed politicians, a like Fenton, of New York, and honest Sand impracticable politicians like e Chamberlain, of Maine, to use as ex j amples the two names which first oc a cur to me, would hereafter control the a Republhcan party. They believed , that, because the Fentons and Schurzs happened to be in bad standing with . the parties who supported Grant in s his iniquities, therefore Fenton and SSchurz would be able to rally the hon est majority of the people around 2 them, and that, because scholars here a and there showed an interest in poli a tics, the scholars and thinking men of the country would come to the front en masse. They forgot two things. First, that the Democratic party, prac Stically a unit, held a majority of the people. Second, that the machine politician, like Blaine, Conkling, Chandler and Cameron, would rule t the party or ruin it. From the first, Swith ordinary prudence on the part of 1the Democrats, the only question has been as to the time in which the Hayes faction should be driven into Dthe Democratic ranks. The National Union, anticipating the fate of those Sfor whom it labored, is now a -portion Sof Th~e Post, a paper which denies the r the title of Mr. Hayes to the Presi. 1dency. In a business point of view Sthe Union goes out with clean hands, 1Mr. Lynch insisting that all its debts . be paid. Mr. Hayes believes that the next House will be Republican. He says he will do all that he properly can to secure that result. He realizes the importance of it, especially as the Sen ,ate will certainly be Democratic after March 4th. In a certain sense the title of Mr. Hayes will be on trial be fore the next Congress, if not passed upon by the present one, and the in terest 6xpressed by him is not unnatu .ral. But will the people of the coun .try assist him in selecting members of ,the tribunal by which his case is to .be tried ? Will the Republican lead .ers heartily second this, his first inter ference in behalf of the party in gene ral, knowing that his fears rather than -his care for them or the party dictates his course ? SOLON. The character of a wise man consists in three things, to do himself what he tells others to do, to act on no occasion contrary to justice, and to bear with the wekneses of those about him. PROTECTION OF THE CROPS. The Bill to Prevent the Destruction of Birds.* The following act was approved by Uovernor Hampton on March 25 and is now a law: AN ACT for the Preservation of Cer tain Iusectivurous and other Birds therein uimed. SECTIoN 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 1>f the State of South Carolina, now wet and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That no person or persons shall at any time or place within this State take, kill,"sell, expose for sale, export beyond the limits of the State or cause to be taken, killed, sold, ex posed for sale or exported beyond the limits of the State any mockingbird, aonpareil, swallow, beebird, wood pecker, thrush or wren under a pen alty of -.5 for each bird so taken, killed, sold, exposed for sale or ev ported the limits of the State; and it shall be lawful for any person to take )r destroy any net, traps or snares used For taking such birds wheresoever Found set for such purpose. SEC. 2. No person or persons shall destroy or rob the nests of any of the said birds under a penalty of ten dol lars for each offence. SEC. 3. The penalties incurred for violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be recovered before any trial justice in the county where such offence shall be committed, and shall be paid one-half to the informer and the other half to the county com missioners to and for the use of the poor of the county. SEC. 4. In case of failure by any person or persons to pay any sum re covered under the nrovisions of this act, the said person or persons shall be committed to the jail of the coun ty for a period of I'ot less than five days, and at the rate of one day for every dollar of t'e sum recovered and not paid when the amount recovered exceeds five dollars. SEC. 5. Nothing in this act shall apply to any person who shall kill or take any of the said birds for the pur pose of studying its habits or history, - or having the same stuffed and set u.p as a specimen, or to any who shall kill _on his premises any of the said birds in the act of destroying fruit or grain crops. Approved March 25, 1878. A PERPETUAL MoTION.-A mag netic clock, invented by Daniel Draw bau gh, of Atilltown, Cumber land county, Pa., is sufficently re markable to be worth description. The magnetism of the earth, an inexhaustible source of power, is made to oscillate the pendulum; anid the simplicity of all the works gives an assurance of the least possible friction. At a certain point the movements of the pen. dulum itself shut off magnetic connection with the earth, and at another point restore the connec tion thus securing the conditions necessary to produce its oscillar tions. The works are so ingen' ious and simple that it is no wild assertion to make, that, were it not for the unavoidable wearing out caused by even the smallest amoun t of friction, the clock would run as long as the solid earth en dures. This clock is hung against a board partition, with all the works exposed, subject to the jar rings of machinery and obstruc tions tronm dust setting upon it,* vet since March 1, 1877, it has been running continuously, with only slight reported variations, as tested by transit observations at noon. Mr. Pilgilder went home the other night considerably intoxn. eated and afflicted with double vision. He sat for some time with his sleepy gaze riveted an Mrs. Pilgilder, and then quietly remarked : "Well, (hic,) I hope L'holler 'f you two old gals don't look enuff alike to be (hic) twins!" "Have you a Chaucer ?" asked a young lady, looking in at a book store. The polite young cle* replied, no he never used it, bel there was a tobacconist's ju.st twoA doors above.- Comnmercial AiiAr iser. Misery requires actin ness repose.