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Virginia And Ha?saohusetU. A CHALLENGE DKOLAR?D OUT HOC ACCEPT Kl) - TUK QALDED JADE WINCE*. During tho ?fehato in the Lower !Iouio nf Congress On Friday h.?t, on thu ..Kduuatiotial Fund," Mfr. Hoar, or Massachusetts, wont, oui of his wi.y to Tf'fl?.ct illili tho intelligence ? lld virtue of th?i Southern .pimple, VVo copy frfriu the Viinyresithn'd OthfJc tho remarks of1 Mr. ditcher, of Virginia, in reply : Mr. Ci Udier-Mr Speaker. I desire to refer to some remarks whiuh fell fron the honorable gentleman from Massachusetts. [Mr. limn-]. reflecting upon tho section of cou i try to which li bulong* ? regret, sir, that gentleman has given oucision, by ?lop irt iug from, the legitimate lino of argument, for criticism from all quarters up.ui u cou.sn wliieh I must say, with ill duo respect, was neither worthy of his intelligence qrf his character. Hu had gone out of tho lino of l\is argument to say that tho "educated tyrants iii tho South had bcun moro degraded lhaii their own ?lavea by thu former relations that subsisted between the races." \Vell, now, I ask tho. honorable gentleman if. nv his former exp?rience in Congress, Itu ever found a true representative mau. fruin, tine South in this or tjio-other branch nf Congress, leas educated and lesa intelligent than himself and his us sq^jufc??', from Massachusetts t I nsk him whether from tho foundation of the Covern? incut to tho pr?sent moment, tho ropresonta tion from thu Statu of Virginia Ima been lens intellectual and less honorable than 41I1U ro presentation fro ii tho State of Massachusetts K Stir. I will venturo tn uiaku a bold assertion ; I will venture to offer u uhaltengc to the gun tlouian from Massachusetts, and I will give way to him in my time 'o let him answer mo. I. venturo to say that l oan produce from my own little county, the parish nf my residence, an i i i u.si r> i UK- ut intellectual superiority und moral excellence which he cannot parallel ?11 the history of M ?ssuch ?sate. Mr, Hoar rose. Mr. Cri te her.-T will nnmo them and you muy then rise. Sir, if you will go with mo to tn*) estate you will find that the adjoining eula to is Wukefj. ld, the birth place of Wash ington ; on the other side you will find Strat ford, tho, resilience of "Light Horso Harry" Ol g>oriouS Revolutionary memory. Chaniil ly, which adjoins ir, was thu residonuo uf Hichard Henty Lee, thu mover of tho Deda ration of Independence and thu Ciooro of thu American revolution. You will Gnd in that same parish the home ot Charles Lee, Wash iiigtou's Attorney General, and of Francis Lightfoot Lee, the tugue.r of thu Declaration of American Independence. There, too, you wi4l find the ho ne of Arthur Leo, thu bottom pl ?shed negotiator of thu treaty of commerce and alliance between this country and Franco in 1778 Hiding in the Opposite direction, you come first, as 1 add. to the birth place of Washington. Another hour's ride will bring you to the birth pince of Monroe ; another hour's ride to tho birth place of Madison Now, air. if you suppose thc present genera tion in Virginia unworthy of their illustrious ancestors, if you will visit that estate, and look through tho lofty forests, you will descry the massive chimneys of the baronial mansion that witnessed the birth nf Robert 13. Lee Now, air, I MHk you ,tn\ find in tho whole rtr.nnw.uf \tB"4>?'chuscltfl^8lltili illustrious irtimrjs us [ have given you, of thoso who lived io my little county. Mr. Hoir-As tho gentleman from Vir giuia has invited mu to rise. I will say in a sentence that I did nut criticise either thu in tUlligeiice ortho elegance of tho educated tyrants of whom I spoke. I alluded toa gen oration of men who whipped Women, ?nd sold them into slavery, und who rebelled against the intentions that those great men created Mr. Critclier. - I challenge the'gentleman to parallel the.names I have mentioned; he cannot do it from tho whoo history of Man skehusetts. A REMARKABLE HILL-One of tho most remarkable bills ever submitted to Congress wis presented last Monday by Mr. Pi.-rue, of Mississippi, und laid on tho desks of member* tp day. lt has uxeit'd a vast amount of ridi eulo, and provides that thu Government shah appropriate $2?0 UU?,U0? for the settlement of the publie lands and the education of the people ; in fact gi.iug them everything need ed to keep Imuse and go to farming, except tho,proverbial mule, which might to bc in eluded with thc forty acres. Out of the pro posed fund any landless citizen who dosiros to .settle on the purdie linds is to bo furnish ed transportation thereto und tho folllowiiig anieles : Fifty dollars' worth of building m i turi iii, one ploy?, ouu pick axe. one hoe, nun ?hovel, one axe. one hatchet. IOU pounds of assorted cut naifs, 4?? pounds of nour, fifty pounds of bacon, ton pounds of coffee, five pounds of tea, 100 pounds of corri moa I, Hume qf Salt, fifteen bushels of seed wheat mid five of corn, four of seed potatoes, nod one dol lur's worth of assorted uarden seeds. Thu (un I for this appropriation, whiuh is intended, nf collive, for tho colored people of ti ?? South, is to be derived from au equitable assessment of ?ll the properly of tho people in thu United Stut?s ; but after a period of five years thu land owners are to oomiiioiioo to pay hiuk ten ?er oct ? year oh the am.amt thus I wu iud. 'hey are prohibited from using intoxicating liquors while accepting these lauds. WilAT T?B TREATY SAYS.-Tho follow .hg ure thu portions of the treaty ?hicli re? Inte: to points in dispute: ..Wilt rous differences havo arisen between t{ie Government. >f the United States and tho Government of her Hritanriiu Majesty, mid still existing, growing out of tho acts commit ted by the several vessels whiuh have givon rise to the claims goner illy known us the 'Alabama claims )' Hird , reiteres?-lier Britannic Majesty Ima nu thorned bor high commissioners and pleuipo teutiuries to express, in friendly spirit, tho regret felt by bur Majesty's Government fur the 680 I pe, Wider whatever circumstances, of tho Alabama mid other vessels from British porta, aol tho .depredations committed by tlmw'violai-7 "No*?, in order to remove and adjtisc nil complaints and (daims on the part of tim Un ited Sut?*, ?nd to provid? for thu speedy set 1 lenient of sneh claims which are not admit ted hy her Britannic Majesty's Government, tho high cont neting parties agree thu hil tho i?id claims growing ont of ?eta committed by tho aforesaid vessels. Hud generally known ?? the fi?labanni olaimH,'?hall hq retorced' td a tfibt?nal of arbitrator*, * * /who ?h .ll proceed impartially ?nd carefully to examino arid dibido ?ill question? th it shall bo Md bo fftfcl-th?hi bu tho pHtt of tho respective Gov BY KICITIl, HOYT &, CO. 71/? ? y&^lW4 Sttktcnpti?a. 2WO i)OL Li lis n?r ann?.'H *t rielly in ' advance I jot nix month*. One Dollar. )j&gm,.Alo*rliicmen!s at $?1 per square for ten inairp'r tem for the first iniertion, and 60 cents f?r r.ach sobseqjtfint insertion., Siijt*Obituary Nolicexexccctlingfivelines^Trib ules af Itcspect, Communications of a personal ch-iracler when admissable,and Announcements of Candidates, will be charged for as advertise ments. t??^* Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed &<S* Necessity compels us to adhere strictly to he requirement of cash payment. WALHALLA, S. fl. : Friday Morning, Fei*. 16, 1ST?. BQu Tho Now York pupers stuto that for eign und domestic dry nooda uro advauoing in prioo. jCST Wo nro indebted tn Representativo Su A N KM N for Legislativo favors. KW Messrs. HA YU KN & BRO., havo lons od tho Mountaineer and promise at un early day to enlarge its columns. Lewis F. POST has hoon npp?intcd Commis-doner of deeds fur Smith Carolina, to rosido in tho city of New York. ttegU, The Columbia pipers of tho 12th ro port tho Congareo river very high with no iuimediato prospeot of its subsiding. $&- Wo publish clsewhoro. that Jndgo C lu;KN hus decided that County Commission era have no authority under thc law to grant license. jjrgk, Tho ("alendar of tho House on thu I2th covered 12 pages of printed matter, numbering 186 Bilis and resolutions nut dis posed of. jC3T Hr li W, BEM.&CO, havo just received a fresh supply of ahuioe Drugs and l'a m ? ly Oroeerios. Call mid seo them, and satisfy yourselves. ?tar Mr. J W. S TU I Bra MO requests al persons who have subscribed to building tho Bipti*t Church at Walhalla, to conn: forwaid and pay up See notice elsewhere BQt. Cul. G F TOWNES has retired from thu I'M i ti nial department of tho G reen ville Enterprise.. Mr. HAU.KY, tho pr.iprietur will assume full editorial control over thc pi per. St3T Tho Board.of County Commissioners for Greenville County have niven notice that after the 1st of May next, the cud nf thu U S. Revenue year, no liquor license will be granted by then. Mr VCIOHIIKKS, nf Indiana, introdu ced into tho United States lliniso of Re prc tentatives resulutious to recognize tho bullig orelie y of Cuba. Under a vote to suspend tlie rules fur the immediate consideration ut thc resolutions, they wens laid over. A meeting of thu Republican State Convention will hu hold in Columbia on next Monday, tho 10th inst , tn elect delegates lo thu National Republican Coiiventio ? to he held in Phih.delphia in June Thc number i if delegates from the various counties of the State is the same us tho representation in thc lower House. New Qjods Mrs. II KNKK, a lady of taste and experi euee in tho selection of goods, advertises a now stuck of general iiicruhandizft, at tho stand formerly occupied by J. H. OLDHAM lier old custom cr* and the public tronera ll y are requested to call and examine her stock and prices; The Weather There h is not huon a severer January in this section, in tho recollection of thu oldest inhabitant, thin tho past one. Wc have had ov.ery variety of had weather?-snow, sleet, rain and freezes following and intermingling with each lither. The iuiuiodiatu consequence is mqd, and in this ?tom Walli illa is ubini dant. The streets, side walks, mid gardens ?re perfect murta.* buds Tho "old saw" is, that ? cold, snowy winter is indioitivc of a go id crop year, and in th ii only is there any consolation. Ordinance Wo publish in this issue the Ordinance of the Town C'iunoil for 1872, adopted ut tho last meeting. Mr. R S RUTLEDGE has been appointed Town Marshal. Tavern lioenso ll IS been '/ranted to II W. PIEPER, I). BlB MANN, ll. W. SoilllODEtt and C. V. SBBBA; and lioenso to sell by thc bottle arid in quan tities over ono quart to Dr. B. W. BELL. A resolution was adopted requiring the Treasurer to report monthly, to tho Council, tho receipts and expenditures of tho pieced ing month mid the amount of money on hand Also, a resolution prohibiting tiny member of tho Council from bidding or being interested in any contract for public work of tho town. jCar For tho yoar ending October 15, 1871,?Governor Sont pardoned out of thu penitentiary 153 convicts. Of those purdon )d, tho following were tho character nf the iffonoes : Aram ft ; H*M?UU and battery 8; ns mit with intent to kill. 15 ; burglary. 10 ; 'irg.'i-y. 1 ; larceny. 02 ; m ilici?n* tuinohicf, I ; ma usia ugh ter, ft; murder, 5 ; rape, 1 ; eueivrng.stylen gv>d*. 1 . riot. 8; robbery 2, i'hero are now in the Penitentiary three hun* Ired and nine convicts for every conceivable irime, from tho ugo* of ten to HO VU II ty two rear?. Of these 270 are colored and tfij aro wiitin, te ? ?., ""' ' ?gal m h. 11 1 i I The Legislature. There ?8 now no probability that the Legis? lutine will adjourn on tho Ititi). The onion* d ir, wo ure informed, contains upwards of one hundred bills and resolution* not yet Hoted on, ninny of which must pass before tho ml jour n mont While this is true, both Houses continue to adjourn over from Friday to Mon? day. The appropriation bill for tho present year which is still uupuosed, will doubtless require some timo for its adoption The Mi) reported makes the aggrog.uo appropriation' about eight hundred thous nd dod irs, throe1 hundred thousand of whiuh are for oduoitiou. ul purposes. Tho bill contains un provision for thu interest on tho State debt. I miter's rosulutiou proposing u levy of sixteen milla on tho dollar for Stuto tuxes has not yet buen reported buok from ibo Committoof Wuyn mid Moans. Wh it tho luvy will bo for tho present year depends m ii uly on tho appropria timi bill. If it bo proposed to pty tho inter est on the State debt, tho levy will and must bu heavy, perhaps tho sixteen mills. Thu only hopo for a reason ? I? 1 y moderate tax rose, lution lies in the Senate. Tho House, MS shown heretofore, is enlisted on tho side of the Governor, und he is out in a special,mos sago Calling for money to meet past deliui?i oies. Tho [louee consumed three days of thc pa si weok in tho dismission of the metr?poli tau police bill, a bill designed to take tho pow cr of appointing the polieo of thu city of Charleston from the conservative oily government, and put it in tho hand') of a committee of mon named in tho bill Hight fdr once prevailed and the bil! vfua defeated. A joint resolution to pay C. Wi;u ?Ku two thousand dollars for the iron Pul met to tree in thu Statu House yard was pissed Hoy tho House A resolution was pissed author iiing tho Governor to send an agent to the attic of thu Spartatiburg mid Union li olio ol to protect tho interests of thu State. The State Auditor was sent and bid in tho'road for' tho St tte ut $610,000, thu liabilities of the St tte on behalf of the road being $0)0.800. Thc terms of tho sale requiring $25,000 to bo-pud in cash, tho State could nut comply, the rc force refusing to accept us cash n check on thc State treasurer. Tho ru ul wns re-?old mid findly bid tn by H. G. WuimilNUroN fm 8150.000. Parties in Union offered to loan tho Stute Auditor tim 8-5.00d required ill cudi, provi dod hu would pay for thu tomi ti bonus of 810, UUU for twenty four hours. Thy Stutu uledit is good(.) in thu Setiatr Mr. CoitUfN introduced tilt following concurrent resolution, which wa: pa?si'd : Whereas, the Courts of the United States ns at present constituted in this State, arc in nd equate to the business bef?le them Jlcxtitwtl, That thu CuUHM of justinn ?iu impoli.lily demands un increase of UtAu States Coll fifi in this Sfato'* T That a new United States District Judg is imperatively demanded in tho Wu?ten District of this Stat,* That i here .-durn id he anew Judicial (Iii o-i i t (treated out of rho Slates of Saith I hi roll m, G corgi i and Florid ?, anda Circuit Judg appo rited thereto That tho Congress '?f the United Shite he respectfully requested to take i nim di if Steps to eal ry "Ut thu foreguing r-'S-dlltion.? That thc Governor do forward ii cop lien-of to the Fremdent of the Senate, ali also H copy to thu Speaker of thu llousu < Repr?sentatives of thu United States. Thu House on ibo 12th. passed a comm rent resolution requesting Sun a tor SA wv KU an IliinRUTBUN.tu resign their se. its in th : Unite Stiles Congress forthwith. Thc "whereases of the resolution set forth that Raid Senator though instructed to vote for S U MN Kit'ti an j phillie tl tu ry Civil Mights Hill, had vote a irai nst it. In, discussing the resolution'j the Senate, Johnson colored told LKSMI tho d iy would come, when he. LKSMK,, wmil kiss tho fout of a colored m ni to obtiiu hi vote The House pom mi tteo nh Public Printli have reported a Hill, which, if p issed, w make a very wholesome change io thu preso ?aw regarding the po Mic it lon of legal nntici At present there arc many instances in whit a paper (Republic oi) is made the official c gan of a half do/en counties, all of whi? hive county pipers Tho !*ill in questii provides thai-, all legal notices and ollie! il II VeriiseniMiits of tho respectivo counties, t publication of whiuh is r- quired hy law, HIII he published in II newspaper, published tho county to which SUell notices and adv? tisomeiits relate : l*roouh'l, That if, in ai county, there should bo no newspaper pu lished, then suoh publication shall bc mudo thu nearest newspaper thereto. The House Committoe of Ways and Me i have reported Mr. Nehemiah Hill to rcgub the pay of inomburs of the General As-omi with un amendment which fixes thc anni: salary nt $600 inst end of $1,000. Ill ad timi to this they uro to re?oive 20 coi miloago. The Hill to raise supplies and inako app priaMon for tho year 1872 provides for a I of 15 mills for State, und 2 J mills for Coui purposes. TNDPOKNT SRAUOIIINO --Tho Luurensvi Ilrnt/il gives an necuuiit of u sourcil mad? that town, during the night. , by ? Unit Status Marshal and a Hp; id of soldiers, at t house of S. D. Carlington, which, for in oeiioy and brutality, ls wm sn. if possible, tl anything Wo havo heard of since the War persecution first opened. They not only n Hacked tho house from cell ir to roof to fi Mr. G . but they actually scrolled tho hod which Mi? G. was lying very sick, with infant only jj fow days old. by her sido. M G. Hud the widowed mother of Mr G. w :!.. only pcrxiuiH.tfi tho liou*? nt the til Th . b rd ha I flo .vu. Sino? th t t' o s- mo pa visited tho town of Clinton ill so ireh nf ? Jmn?s^Copidand, with tho.same SUO???J. Union Tim?*. ' '. . W iii* . . y, Judge Orr for Vice-Preside?t I The i'himix of tho I Ith instant, comment I lng on u communication in the Union of (he 9th, recommending tho nomiiiutlon of Judge Oaa for Vice President of tho United Stitea, by the Statu Republican Convention, Buy? : Judg? Qrr would doubtless fill the Vice President's ohuir with honor M himself mid fidelity to the country, but there is. in our mind, a moro needful and useful fi.dd for his services within thu bounds of his own State. We have entertained u lutont hope-eugen- j dured by observing hi" great und increasing popularity with the Hew pi rr. y to whioh he j lias seen Ut to ut ve his ullcgi ut .m-that Judge Orr might again be pluoed in tho gubernatorial chair of thu St ito. This admiration * furl JUdgC k)rr by tho ll idle il rascals of Sco t's ! dynasty? if sincerely felt, ns it ?com3 to be, is hard to oe understood, unless we attribute it to the fact that, being about thc only honest mid able mau in tho ptrtj. they experience ttl the contemplation of his hotter character thc nearest approach lo u virtuous emotion of whioh tlnur grovelling souls arc capiblo. J ud<jo Orr is. io fact, the best able i f any mau wu know to restore penco und tpiict to our disturbed community, stem tho l ide of eon up timi that, is permeating every nook and corner of our State Government, mid save th? State, if even hu om do, from the ruin in which she has been involved by the reckless extrava gance mid shameless, vonafty of hor present rulers. * %*!;<** It makes but very little difference, M far as the substantial interests of the State ure concerned, what political party controls the State Qb ve ru ino dt * ix * * * * What we most need to relieve South Caro lina of hm crippled condition is un honest Legislature urn! wise lu wa economically admin {stored. Ju-.'go Orr, however'much his political tot ed versa thins may h'iVe lowered in the esteem of a large ohiss of mir people, \^ admitted to be an limiest mau. He is constitutionally honest -honest froiii natur?, ?ducation und iiii.ril conviction. There ure-men, vre believe, of hittite? moral perception than he. but none ot' more stooling integrity in thu practical busi ness of lite We will say that much for bim, though he has proved recreant to the politi eal failli nf his younger and may hum better years, and though he did more than ul! Scott's orew to defeat tho patriotic efforts of the lt" form party in thu l ist St ile election. Nu ono mau., nor even >i dozen mun. c mid correct ut one? thu evil practice* which thu present irgimf. hus iioiiitutCit ; hut we know nf linne other who u available, except Judge Orr, that Ci mid exercise, if they willed it. any SUV tug influence whatever. Judo? Orr h I nisei* might f di. and the darkening pr ?peet in- y * tduoliiiohi u to shoulder such heavy resputi sibility We have no idea that he desires tu be Governor, for it must prove a disagreeable and extremely difficult tunk to properly cou duct our Stale II (Ta i rs with such legislators us now compose the (jetterai Assembly. Hut ii there is ll mun in the State nf South Oil roi i Ila that owes ber special service, more thin an other, thut UPMi, in our mind, is James li (.'rr She h -s delighted to honor him, and willi a lavish hand, in days p ist ; mid if lu bas a rei.l regard for ber Welfare, he will nut desert her bel ti ut ab hour "When, with out egotism, he muy feel that his hand null eau he depended upon tn ?teot her llirnngl the br-akers into which Itidieal misrule liai thrown ber. WASH I Nd TON, February 9 - livening lu the S?llalo, a resolution calling for i ll for million regarding treaty u Ifni rs was discussei nil the morning, and went over nu II iimttoi to tilde. Amnesty was resumed. Tb clauses: affecting IM t ur i liz it ton in Sumner' amendment were discussed. The treaty will China forbidding the naturalization of Oil' uese is a stumbling block in Sumner's path Finally Sumner's amendment was adopted b the cati ting vote of Vioo President (Jul fax and thc amnesty bill thus amended failed i the necessary two-thirds Nays-Blair, Hore man, Davis, Gnldthwiiite, Hill, Jultnsoi Kelly. Logan, Mm nil. nf Maine, Nurwom; Salisbury. Ste wait. Stockton, Thurman, Ti| lon. Trumbull. Vickers and Wright -ll Tlienyia were 33. Adjourned till Monda; The House pissed a bill authorizing a abatement of thu tux on certain tub moo bun ed in Louisiana lind Missouri. The Klectiu tl'jtu mil lee's report misting Edwards an ?eating Bowles, from Arkansas, was adopte Bowles, was seated-exit, Kl M ards A bi appropriating $f)5,Odd to William and Mar Colleges, of Virgina, was discussed. G irret Davis has relapsed and is in a crit t?tinI condition. Judge .McKean hus permission to como I Washington und explain M or limn nfT.il rs The treaty imbroglio Ins checked the e forts to place tile bal ince nf tho new loan ? Klimpe, ll lutwoll says it will soon blow ove and he can alford to w .it. (!.d mel llobh. collecter of customs ut S IVU nah, upon the invitation of I).wes, Chulriir nf tho Committee cf Ways and Moans, is hu to explain why thu turi If should not bo laki off from rice, and incidentally to urgo au ? propriatlcu for river improvements in his ac lion. SESATB -Chandler presented a petition favor of, but opposed the ubolition of thu Mini ty system in customs seizures. Sunni moved f r n com mit tee to investigate thu co duet of v.nverument oltloials in the salo arms to France during the war with Priissi with powers lo send for persons mid pa pei and sit with opon doors, lt went over und tho rule. Tho Committee on Foreign Ilelations w directed tn consider a joint resolution dire? iug tho President to protest to Spain ugait thu treatment of coolies in Cuba. HofKK.- Bills wnro introduced erocti public buildings at Homo. Ga. ; i m prov i swamp fuels at Norfolk navy ; i ni tro vi Cape Four Uiver; for public buildings at / I ultu. G i ; ro opening certain southern pi roads ; removing obstructions tu eoaiuierco Louisville ; repealing the duty un pnnti material, and improving Roanoke River. Thc hill allowing criminal defendants testify in their own behalf at their own quest, with a provino thut a failure shall t be construed aa evidence of guilt, passed au hundred und forty-three to forty three. The resolution giving certain women hearing ut thc bar of tho House, wus rojeen ?6 m 05. Young, of Georgia, offered a resolution struming the .Judiciary Committee to rep a bill removing pniitieiil disabilities from who had applied ; adopted. A resolution instructing the Committee Way? Sn<l Munns, lo rep ire a bill repoa i i tho 'tariff on tea and coffee, adopted, HO to f BBB_BappgjB_L-l?Llll!-JJ-JJ 1, B ECg -'.'Ji?? ! Gram's New Dilemma Nsw YORK, February 4.-Tho temper ute. evuu i II di li?rent, tune of the A meneau press relativo to the difficulty which has arisen ubout the nd just .mom of tho Atibuna claims, is iu curious conti-?st with tito fury of thc Loudon press ou tho santo subject It was . sn'posed here, at first, that thu angry feeling in England wits but the natural expiessi><n ot' thc surprise with which tho announcement of tho enormous damages claimed by Animus j was received, and that it would soon blow j over, but a special uiblo dispatch, puhlisho I ill one of the morning papers, gives n moro seri ous aspect to the usu If Chief Justice Cock burn has redly counselled thu British Cabi net to recede immediately from tho Treaty of Washington, leaving to tho United States to decide between a new treaty or war. our gov ?Turnout is placed in un embarrassing dilem ma. To consent to annul n contract in which we have secured most of thu advantages, upon thu dictation of the party, who finds it incon venient to carry out its provisions, is a hu miliation sem-enty to be borne, lt would o ?vcr tho p ?li'io il party nnd tho administra tiou sub'mt ti *<g to it with ridicule, and insure their defeat in tho Prosideuti il campaign. Gu thu other hand, can the government ac cept tho alternativo of war '{ After tho revo lat iou of the rottenness and inefficiency of our navy, what hopo oat) we have of successfully coping with England for fivo years to cmior1 If we cannot, alford to go to war with Spain bouause we would bu blown ont of the witer if wo did, how much piospeot would there hu of our thrashing the biggest naval power of the world ? And if wu attempt tho conquest m Jau.ada, when w ll the national debt be piid ?fr? This ia General Grant's new difficulty. If England repudiates tho treaty, his udmiuia trat int), supported by Congress, must submit to the indignity, und bu repu liated in turn hy li disgusted people, or he must plunge the Country into a wir, in which nil tho first bit ties are likely to ho won by tho en .?my. Eith er horn of the dilemma destroys Mr. Grant's ohances of re-election. It is prohibi? that tho nd ministration newspapers, which have tieen do??ng over thc lat(* nows fl om London, will shortly awake to ti realizing sense of thc perplexity of the hil nat ion lt Used to bea favorite stying of Pierre SuUle, in Confederate limes, that England would come to rue the day when she refused to j nu N ipulean in giving material assistance to.the Soi?tl) Ir. is an odd verification nf this prophesy that the London journals aro now e 'gaged in showing how mindi cheaper it would have been to Emjl-iiid if she had inti r vened then th ni it will be if she has to pay ihe enormousclaims now made hythe Amcr i' Ui Government A War waged in cdojun ihm with Franco, in 18(5-1. would have erip pied a rival uta third of ihn expense now ? trending a settlement nf its inihinnitio li ni demands, or of -i war resisting. The United States, lis ?i consolidated o itiiin, hus had lim good luck to reap the benefits of England's blunder s but what will history say nf the English statesmanship of the last decide '( - (Joi'respohifence Charleston Netos, 'TAXKP TO DKATII'' COM ULA I NT m OM A HADIOAb Still llb ti.-The Or oigobury ?rcics Says on the subject of tax ntl o tl : u Lhie, prone io lon, embr.oel in a bill now hefoe tho Leg Uh. turc to levy ? I"* nf niuo leen u ills ott thc dollar, fur the ensuing year, is simply infamous The Legislature itself, in ?is p-gnl .r appropriation Bill, estimates the ?i UK >u o I. requited to eon on the govern .uent. of Ihe State, including I O'-dative ex penses, nt the Milli deutiy hig I figure of SiJOd.UUU At the proposed rate of taxation there would he gr nod out ol' the flesh and binni, lauds and pcisonnl property of ibis Stat.?, the. enormous amount of Three .Million lu d Forty Thousand Dollars!-more than three limes ll o whole, sum required f<>r governmental pur poses by the well con.sidered ostini (te nf ||p< very Legislature whi-h has the bol I ness to entertain this proposition for the legalization of highway robbery ! . In thu name of all t/mt. is hone-t. in tito name nf honesty it Pel t*. in tho none of Repul? llotioMtii which is inure lumert .than mere h'gal honesty, (for it secures malt's right not merely fo property but to himself,) let the vote upon this infernal bill show to the world at large that Republican legislation is not subsersivo of every light nf human nosh, blond and siu'iw, nf every rule nf property and of every consideration of decency !" DKATII'UDOINOS-SpitiNOFiKi.o, O Fi'b 5 -Five powder mills belonging tu the ?Mia mi Powder Company, nnd Incited between Xenia and Yellow Springs, on the Little Miami railroad, exploited at ton o'clock this morning. Seven! men were killen, mid mi other is missing. The ground is strewn with timbers and'debris for haifa mile. At Vel low Springs hundreds nf windows were de molished. This city was considerably sha ken, mid the. inhabitants ran into the streets in great alarm Tho na mes of tito persons killed bv the ex; lush ni uni : Norn Ballard, Robinson Whito und n oolored man named Conley. The hitter was blown into fragments. Nothing eould he found of him but >< portion of his hu id and trunk. Thu shock wis dis t incl ly felt ut Dayton,' Urbana ami Xenia The mnoiiut of loss hus not been ascertained. Hundreds of citizens ure hurrying to the Mimic ot thc disaster and rendering all posai . hie assistance Dunc any, H colored mau, is so terribly lacerated that his death is um mentarily expected Search is being made muong tho ruins for more workmen, sumo ot whom ure missing. The bodies of tho dead uro shockingly mutilated and burned. A brick house, standing more than a mile dis taut, had the windows completely blown nul, and was otherwise tlipuuged. Great excite munt prevailed SiiKbTKitiNO STOOK - An experiment made in Eu? laud shows that one hundred sheep fed under sheller nu twenty pounds nf Swedish turnips each per dav, at the cod of a few weeks li ul gained three p muds ouch more than ui'uthur hun Ired which Were fed twenty pounds of ihe Hone kin I nf turnips eai-h, butin the open airer field Five sheep wero fed in the open air in November, the te m pom i ure boin? nt forty-four dogrms They consumed ninety pounds <?f foo l per day. At the end nf ten days they weighed two pounds letatll?rt whoo o fir*t exposed. Fivo other sheep were then placed in a shed, tho temp?rature being forty nine degrees j ut first they consumed eighty two pounds por diy, thou seventy pounds, anil at the end of tho time thoy had gained twenty three pounds. This is proof suitieientof the advantage of oho! teri og of stock of winter, Tho Muttaringo of War WASHINGTON, February ll.-Tho nd uin istrition do lint iipproboiul trouble willi l?ng land. It ia intimited that, should tho Geno VI Arbitrntion fail, tho Alabama el ?lins Will ho allowed to lapse to tile ?tutu quo be foi o the mooting bf the tiigh joint boininHas?pn, remaining subject to ti renew il ol' negotiations. LONDON. February 10-Groat eagerness ia m i ni fest ed for tho Litest nows from Amor?o?. Everybody in noxious to.learn how tho notion of England with rogan! to the Alabama claims is received Special dispatches from Now York and Washington to thu press here, and private tclourutiis to business houses, sro post-' ted on 'Chai.go as soon as received, and bulle tins are surrounded by largo crowds. Yes terday's dcb itu in the Se?alo on Edmund's resolution is fully reported hy cable, together with extracts from editorials of tho loading Now York j?urual.s of yesterday; ' " ' Tho Tima says it is morally certain that un attempt lo settle tho Alabama claims bo fore tho Geneva board of arbitration will be a failure. Wo must, thorefgro, muko efforts fo preventohgry recrimination. Moro dexterous negotiations may settle all differences. Tho Post regrets tho vehemence' of tho En dish press in itsuttnek of AmflricnnSjbecWse it may stand in tho way of au umicub'o settle ment.' Tho Stand*rd sees in tho difficulty which hus HO suddenly risen H amirco of gravo anx iety und great possit da danger, us an unfortu nate accident iniglll at any moment precipitate a quarrel. Tho Standard feels sure that tho United States will md withdraw their claims, and it advises nil parties to support the gov ernment iii maintaining to? position which Groat Bri tia ri has assumed. War risks aro taken on American vossola in tho Manilla trade, in consequence of appre hensions raised by tho Alabama claims dis pute. Fit A NK FORT, February 10 -Th? difficulty about the Alabama claims has a depressing influence on American securities in Contin ental1 markets Ki vc twenty bonds of 180? h -To ce i ?ed ir(3)t here since VVedn sdiy, und the tu irfeot is heavy. NEW YoitK, Febril iry 10.-A Il-rnld special from Quebec siys the report of u troi ty l)f separation between the Dominion of Cau ada mid Groat Brittan is unfounded. How TO MAKE A Gt.ontous NATION. Herc is What th?v sing at public school ex aminations in a Vermont village, to the tune of .. Yankee Doodle" visitors and nil joining in thc chorus : If anything oh carib cnn make A great and irlnriniH nation, It ta to give tho little Ohf'B A thorough odiiciitlou. Chorus - Five times five, are twenty five, Five times six are thirty. Five limes seven are. thirty five, And five timos cightare forty. A no OT WAU.-Could we cope with Spiin it sea ? >'.sks u New York papT. This s a l'air question, and ooo which implies no diu?, pent on our naval administration. It is, howover, well to consider snob a question. The Sp mi di N ivy. ready for notion, onn*ist* of seventy three screw steamers, currying 734 guns ; twenty four paddle steamers, .currying lli7 glin*, and thirteen Hailing vossels, carry lng 2>)2 : while our navy consista nf 4l> imn (ded . 97 steamers, and 82 S'll'log vi??mo|?,. in all mounting 1.806 cuns. It w'H thus be seen tint tho forces of the Spaniards are quite ns formidable ns ours. SYMPTOMS OF (!AT VIIKU.-Indisposition to exer cise, dillicolfy of thinking or reasoning, or eon ecnlraling ibu mind upon any snbjoct. lassitude, lack ol U'll bi (inn ur energy, discharge falling into (limul samel ?mes profuse, wat dry, iiorhi. uncle -uni tenacious mucous, purulent, offensive, &c. lu others u dryness, dry, watery, weak or ind ?tri ed eyes, ringing in nara. deafness. li uv ki na aa I coughing lo clo ir tln'o-K. ulcerations, death and decay of hones, scabs fruin ulcers, constant, desire io ?dear nose, throat, voice al oreel, nasal (wan/, offensive breath, impaired or total deprivation of sense nf smell and taste, dizziness, mental depres sion, liss of appetite, in digestion, dvsnepsin, en hnyod tonsils, tickling cough; iii Hie oliy in speik ii.fi p'a'mlv. general debility, idiocy and insanity. All the above symptoms uro common to tim dis ease in some of ils stages or complication-!, yet thousands of eases annually terminate in consump tion or insanity, and end in tlie grave without ever having manifested one-third of tho symp toms above, ennuierai cd. No disease is moro common or lc?s understood by physicians. Tho Proprietor of Dr. ?Aige*. 6'uiiurh Hemedy will pay $.M)() reward forwoase of catarrh which lie oannot cure. Sold by drug gists; or send sixty cenls lo ll. V. Piero?, M. l>., \m Soneou street, Buffalo, N. Y -, for it. Tho world does not contain a medical prepard? (ioa which has obtained a moro wide spread and deserved popularity than (lie MKXICA* MUSTANO la N I M KN r Since its introdnctioa to publio nuilee more ihan twenty years ago. it has been constant ly mc I for every liseuse or injury lo man or neust willoh can bo affected by a looul application, and HO f??r as its proprietors are awure. lt has not tailed in a tongio iusianoe. After so long and successful a term ol' probation* who will have the hardihood to deny its pro eminent claims to popu lar esteem (hi VIIM?STON. February 12.- Cotton dull .nhl liing "ilJ'SyiJ; receipts l'.?OJ ?ales 5 sales 1>)0 ; stock 21MW2 AuousTA, February 12.- Ootlon dull and nominal-middling 21 ; receipts 450 bales; odes ann. N KW. Y on IC, February 12-7 P. M.-Cotton dull 5 salis ft8:J bales-uplands 28) ; Orleans 23J.' Flour steady and In fair irado dom in i. Wheat steady-winter red Western 1 litt (n) 1.07. Corn closed dull and heavy Gold I0j@10|, 8outh Carolinas H<5|, but dosed dull and ensior ; closing quotation 8f>|. LivKurooi.. February 12-Evening -(Tottan closed dull-uplands 11 J? I If; Orleans 1|A<?> ll J; duo from Savannnh or Charleston lill shipping at New Orloans ll l l?: sales 12,000 bales; sp?culation and export 4.OOO. >, MAST or tzO.\^i<w.^Eij?,s. ?-'-j-.-i--,-!-Ui-p^---- M if The following named persons have freight in Depot nt .Walhalla ; .. i i'-i Haddock & Simmons, W. jj rumsey, O. M. Doylo. B Clinton. S. . Maxwell, W. ?. Illgdon, M. Fmonnnun. Vernor A Dorsey. O'. L. Williams, rims 8lcor?, i). I, U.dd. J Hold. J N. ?ryson, J. Redfern & Oo . IL Uallman & Son. D. O. Da vine. J. P Mlckler, J. ?. Cash, Jno. W. Sholor, iV. Symmos. W. Moss. ?, ll. L?ngsten, P. h, Mooro, lt I. Croa?, A. ?. Osborne. A. Woods, ?. Diemann Mrs. Dunwoody, T. A ?. Bdwards, ?yan & Co., O. Oonnerly. ?. SXrSKBS XBSIQIIT.- j Q ' ? A I. (.'opening P Oliatnbors J Herd, I, Wernecke, WO I eiiihors, NiatiheiMon & Hell. J A McKinney, J F Sullivan, .1 ?ale, J Ammans. T Kunntoutt, P ? ?yali. ? O Hoosier. Ilmhlook A Simmons. W J Ramsey. M F Mitchell, lat ?ray, 0 U Srollh J Ingraha o, Mrs S B Hodges. Kaufman Adi,' Mrs? S L Lyle?, S ?I Johns, Mrs B Dil*. ??gr Ko goods delivered till freight ls paid. v,J, C> WiHUL.VW*A?eut, February 18,1 ?73. . ' ' " ' '~