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:-. ' . . .. .. ' | ' ' ' ' ''''''' '"'^ '''' "'''r' ' ''' ~~*-~r^--*~r-; - rj*j ry - NIGHT THE DAY, frlfiU ??N0T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN ? v M BV KEITH, SMITH & CO. AV A LH ALL A, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1877. .'i }.i i . . frit">i >r .Mitf-i " ,?w.'.M ! S):!. VOLUME XII-NO. 29. LIM ? H?H*imd?Ji?i ^Professional O ards. Jj1, KEITH. JOHN S. VERN EU. J KEITH & VERNER, :/1 ^JF ORNE Y S AT LA W A ND ?// Solicitors in Equity, practico in (ho Stato Courts on thc Eighth Judicial Circuit und in tho United ?States Court Ojicc on Public Si/itarc, Walhalla, S O . Jo? G, lS7o 8 tf S. P. DENDY, ATTORNEY and COUNSELOR ul LAW anil Solicitor in Equity, \f'\]\ practice in tho Courts of Law and Equity, in tho Eighth Judicial Circuit. Ofiico in thc Court Houso, Walhalla, S C Nov 1, 1870 3 ly s. MCGOWAN, II. A. THOMPSON Abbovillo, S C Walhalla, S C MCGOWAN & THOMPSON, ATTORN E YS AT LA IK, 'Will givo prompt attention to all business confided to them in tho Stato, County, and United States Courts. Office on Court House Sonare, Walhalla, S c\ Tho junior partner, MR. THOMPSON, will nlso practice in thc Courts of Ptokcns, Green ville and Anderson. January, 1870 tf A? |*"| n n '8 no^ Cll*i'y earned ?II these vi B / I / I / Hnies* but it cnn ho mndo in ? fl ii fl ''u'uc moiiiiis by any one of la ff ff ff c'tner sex, in any part of tlie ftJU* fl H I ooun,,y w 1,0 willing to work *'.'?:'-."ff BtoaJlly at tho employ mont that we furnisli. $(>0l_r><>t- week in y.<yv ?>in\ iSm-ix. You need not bc away from linnie over night. You cnn ?ivo your whole limo lo thc work, or z^mji?fy your spare in om on 18. Welinvc agents who ^8fi*""*^?*making over $'20 por day. All who engage _Jo?'*''ll| once can make money fast. Al tito present time money cannot bc made 80easily and rapidly at any other business. It costs nothing to try the business. Term? ami $5 Out (il free, /td dre88 nt once II. IIAI.I.KT & Co., Portland, Maine, /lug 0, 1877 38-ly SINGER SEWING MACHINES. I HAVE PUUOIIASED Twenty 3S?E achines WITH Hie good will of tho company for Ooonee Cornily. I hopo former customers will recommend mc and the Si Nm:ti to (hose wishing to buy. Prices Reduced to $35 to $50, According to terms and styles. Orders left at Mrs. James George's, Walhalla, will reach me. Noodles mid oil can bo bought there also. WM. ll. TODD. Aug 9, 1877 88-Sin FI..OUK, FLitttUBg ? Fl.OHilft'. . SITTOB'S mhW ARR *0\V IN THOROUGH REPAIR, AND wc arc prepared lo wait on customers. The Mills arc in charge of G. N AND J. H. GOTH RAN, and t li cy will bc glad to sec any and all of our forn:cr customers. Th? mills mako tho v^rv best ol' Klein-, and targe linn outs from (In grain. Persons having wheal lo grind will do woll lo give tua nial. Satisfaction guaranteed, The reputation of (hese mills are well known in tho market. Any one having wheal i? grind for tho market will lind sacks for sale nt (he mills at cost. Thc mills are about five miles from Seneca City and about fifteen miles from Walhalla, on Conneross ''reek. Moy 31, 1877 28 Cmos NOTICE. rrMIE undorMgncd after Ibirtv-throe venr. X experience in TANNING LEA Ti I ICR mostly in Anderson County, has con cluded to receive and tan all sound hoc' hides delivered him, for halt nf tho leather, .when ready to deliver, and all sound kip and lighter fkin? for half their vnlno in ninney when delivered, resolving the right tn divide if ho profers it. No damaged hides will lu? tanned. Directions to avoid any mistake Mark each hide plainly on each side nf the neck with initiais of owner's naine. Hides may he, if preferred, shipped to mo nt Percy ville Depot or Seneca Oity.Oconeo Cmnly. S. C., with information as tu number and pounds of ouch hide. Leather will bo exchanged for hides, hark. corn, cotton, Azo., when delivered Persons owing will oblige greatly by paving, that I may pav, too. T. IlAllPtill, Oct. 18, 187*7 '18-? I* mal Seulement. NOTICE is hereby givon that appjioatim< will ho mudo to Richard Lewis, Judge of Pr>)bato, for Ocmico County, 8, C., nt hi.? ollico, in tho Court House, on Saturday, lOlh day nf November, fur loavo to make a li mt I fiottlomotit of the Estato of Thomas Sunders, minor, and to ho discharged from my guar dianship of said minor. THOMAS A. PATTERSON, Guardian. Oct. 18, 1877 4*~4 Administrator's Sale. BY permission of tho Probato Court, I will sell, on ?ATUKD.YY. tho (7th of No tomber, tn tho highett bidder, at tho residence nf Sydney Davis, oil tho Personal Property belonging to' tho Estillo of John Davis, deceased, consisting of Household and Kitchen Furniture eta., &c. THUMS OE SALE-CASH. ED W A RD. HON BA, Administrator. Nov. 1,1*77*' ?0-2 TlicStnfc od'SoulBa 4)? roi ?II nt OOO NEK COUNTY, Jiu Richard Lewis, Jitq., Judye of J*r?bate. Angeline Stubblefield, Thomas E. Davis, ct nt,. 1 aintifl's, against James 0. Davis, as Administrator and Heir, Mary Todd, et nh, DolbnduuU-PETITION AND SUMMONS IN PARTITION ANO rou REMEP. To .James C. Davis, as Administrator and Hoir, Mary Tomi, Nancy Stubblefield, .Jane Adams, Kilon Duvall, Isabella Pills, Margaret J. Waters, Henry Morris, Bl hui - beth-, formerly Morris. Cat hail nc Holt, Edward Morris, James Morris, tho widow ned two infant children of Dcvo Moni?, deceased, late of Chattanooga, Tennessee, whoso names are unknown; the child of Emily-, formerly Mon is, deceased, late of Pine Log, Darlow County, 0corgiu, whoso mime is unknown: 'A. 1!. Ward, Thomas W. Jenkins. Benjamin V. Jenkins Lucy J. Blackwell, Martha E. Blackwell and Harriot A. Davis, legal heirs and representatives of Thomas Davis, who ?lied intestate- Creeling; YOU aro hereby required to appear at tho Court of Probate, to be holden ut Wal halla Court Mouse, for Ououoo County, on tho 3d Monday in Docombor, A. D. 1877, to shew cause, if any you can, why tho Kcal Estate of Thomas Davis, deceased, situate in said County and State, on Chauga Creek, ad joining lands of James Powers, C. P. Pool, and others, containing 'IOU acres, should not bo divided or sold, allotting to tho said Ango linc Stubblefield mid Catharine Stubblefield, Plain tiffs, and Mary Todd, Nancy Stubble field, Juno Adams, Ellen Duvul), Dabei la Pitts and Janies C. Davis, Defendants, each one-twclfili ihorool; and tho remaining four? twelfths as foll av?, to wit: To Thomas E. Davis. Galloway lt- Davis, Janies II, Davis and Margaret ?J. Waters, each onn,sixteonth thereof; tu IleWy Morris, Elisabeth-, formerly Morns, Catharine Holt, Edward Morris. Jsiucs * li lorri's, ?'.\v> ::.\i,.",v nod ts\*o nitant children of Dcvo Morris, deceased, collectively, if living, tho child of tinily -, formerly Morris, deceased, each o\uo twentyciglitli thereof; to '/. E. Ward, Thoma.? W. Jenkins, Benjamin V. Jenkins. Lucy J. Blackwell, Martha E. Blackwell and Harriet A. Davis, each ono twelfth thereof, and why such other relief as is demanded in thc Petition and Complaint, should nut be granted by this Court. Given under my band and seal, thin [L. S ] tho fourth day of October, A. D. I.S77. RICHARD LEWIS. Judge of Probato, Oconeo County, S. C. To (he. absent Defendants : Nancy Stubblefield, Ellon Duvall, Henry Morris, Klixnhoth -, formerly Morris, Catharine Holt. Edward Morris, James Mor ris, widow and two infant children of Dove Morris, deceased, child of Kmily --, formerly Morris, deceased, 'A. E. Ward, Tilomas W. Jenkins, Benjamin I?, Jenkins and Harriot A. Davis: Tako notico that tho petition and summons herein, hus been filed in tho olfioo of tho Probate Judge, at thc Court House, in Walhalla, South Carolina,' for the purposes set forth in tho abovo sum mons ami for relief. J. J,NORTON, Plaintiff's Altorney, Walhalla, Oconeo County, S. C. Oct. ll, 1S77 47-Gt Ayer's Sarsaparilla For Scrofula, and all scrofulous diseases, Erysi pelas, Rose, or St. Antho ny's Fire, Eruptions and Eruptivo diseases of tho akin, Ulcerations of tho Liver, Stomach, Kidneys, Lungs, Pimples, Pustules, Roils, Blotches, Tumors, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Ringworm, Ulcers, Sores, Hheumntism, Neuralgia, Pain in tho Bones, Sido and Head, Female Weakness, Sterility, Leucorrhcea, ?irising I from internal ulceration, and Uterino I disease, Syphilitic and Mercurial dis i cases, Dropsy, Dyspepsia, Emaciation, General Debility, and for Purifying tho ! Blood. I This Sarsaparillais a combination of I vegetablo alteratives - Stillingia, Man drake, Yellow Dock - with tho Iodides of Potassium and Iron, and is the most efficacious medicino yet known for tito diseases it is intended to euro. Its ingredients aro so skilfully com bined, that the full alterativo effect of euell is assured, and while it is so mild ns to bo harmless oven to children, it is still so effectual ns to purge out from the system those impurities and corruptions which develop into loathsome disease Tho reputation it enjoys is derived from its cures, and the confidenco which prominent physicians all over tho coun try reposo in it, provo their oxperienco of its usefulness. I Certificates attesting its virtues havo accumulated, and are constantly being received, and ns many of these cases aro publicly known, they furnish convincing evidence of tho superiority of this Sar saparilla over every other alterativo medicine. So generally is its superi ority to any other medicine known, that WO need do no moro than to assure tho public that tho best qualities it has eyer possessed aro strictly maintained. TRKPAnR? ny Dr. J, C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass., VratUcal and Analf/ttcal Chemists. SOLD ?If ALL OK OOO IST? UV?HY W1IKRB. Por Balo by DR. II. E. NORMAN. July 5,1877 88-ly Final Settlement I 'IMIM undersigned will apply lo I ho Probate i 1 Court ut Walhalla Court House nt ll o'clock I A. M. on the'.Kith day of November for his final discharge os administrator of ibo estate of Evilly Bruco, deceased, and nil creditors must como for ward on that day mid have the legality of their claims passed on mid determined bv lliCCourt, / J. II. SAN DEUS, Adm'r. pct 25, H>77 40-I I Till] Dil UNK Alt?. DY EMMA J. M CO I VERN. Thy voico I:?is lost, its gent?o tone, Thy foot ?ls gladsome tread, And theil art now to me as one, Long numbered with thc dead. For memory only brings thy smile, Thy high and noble brow, Tho look of worth that won my heart, And well nigh breaks it now. Thou'rt changed, nias! how sadly changed! Thy pressure yields no joy; Thu baneful cup id daily quaffed, That all my hopes destroy. Au oath is ever on thy lip, A frown upon thy bro?; Thy step once did thrill my heart, Illings naught but terror uow. Lona years have passed since first we met, Through every changing scene My heart has been as much as thine own As though no change had been. ' Now, llopo hath fled; the lust faint ray liy dark despair is crossed. How can I choose but weep for thee, My loved one and my lost. IltlillKfatATDOiV. A anon SUOOSTION FROM A PRACTICAL nUSINBSS MAN-HOW TO 111? I LI) Ul? 1'ttOS 1'ERITV IN Tin; PALMETTO STATE. CHARLESTON, October 30. To thc Editor of thc Journal oj Commerce: The awake is meant for every South \fWolion mau, woman und child to help to regenerate, by ih'txt monetary, moral mid persevering influence, tl'ic rrvmvil condition of thc State they love, and which is notr going to deoay by self neglect and the abnormul condition and feelings of its citi zens to look out for their especial own inter est and the especial section to which they belong. Thc great hero, Hampton, and his ndvisers, who have fought tho cnemica of tho State und won, have dono wonders; but they can't do ult, u?hss they have tho sub stantial and united support of its people iu its fullest measure. Tho people of South Carolina should, under no circumstances, allow themselves to ho lulled ?uto security by thc Ilcrculcnn efforts of tho Investiga ting Committee, and tho strenuous efforts of Governor Hampton's nduiiuistration to bring tho thieves and plunderers to justice. No, to give them full moral support they should organize, nod that at once; spend their timo, money and talent to bring thc State to a higher state of prosperity than it ever en joyed before; and it only rests with its own citizen1-, identified with its history, interest aud substantial welfare to do so. Travol over your own State, from tho seaboard to thc mountains, and look at the thousands of acres of land uncultivated, unemployed, which could bo mado to yield, under the hands of proper husbandmen, a blessing instead of a blythe, and where prospcrit) for all could reign, in place of now chronic despondency. I say, awake! nod in my humble opinion, it con be done in a very easy way. effectual both to remedy thc evil of retrogression, as well as to a lasting beneficial benefit to tho State. First, wo must all acknowledge that thc Stale itself is not able, with its depressed financial con ditton, to make any appropriation cither for immigration, agricultural bureaus, Paris exposition, Ac , unless tho members o? thc Legislature would reduce their pay, mileage and other expenses, which, if lhere is patriotism in them, they should now prove it by voting themselves only enough to pay their necessary cxpcnpcs whilo in session. Still, it is not my province to dictate to law makers, but W> givo my views for a perma nent development of thc Stale. As I said that thc State is too poor to tako up tins issue, let it ho done by its peoplo ot large, white and colored. Gcntlemcti who thavc paper, planters,incroants, laborers, and every one, to form themselves under tho auspices of Govcrucr Hampton as ex officio Presi dent, with n board of trustees to bo named by him, with only a paid Secretary nnd Treasurer, and an Internal Immigration and Improvement Company, to bo chartered hy tho Legislature,with a capital of say $>,.?00, 000, and to ho extended for the following purposes, with exemption of taxation for twenty years: Fiist Tho shares of tho company shall only bo So n share, so that every true citizen of tho State, no mutter in what limited means, can take a share; and also invite thc well wishers of tho State outside its limits in sister States, to come forward and join in the solid building up of ?ts permanent prosperity, of which sho has been denied, and an account of tho long time of persecuted suffering sho had to endure by persistent efforts of her influen tial enemies trying to moko her tho scapo grace of tho last war, it will bo not more than just, for every well wisher of perma nent republican institutions, under the present stable, consistent, mid firm State government, to como forward and subscribe a share of tho capitol stock in this illustri ous enterprise, for if this Stuto every pros pers, thousands of peoplo in other Stales will ronp tho benefit. Therefore, Immigra tion nnd Improvement Company of South Carolina, Govert' >r Wade Hampton ox officio President; capital, 8500,000; ex empted from taxation for twenty years; shnrcs, $5; shares to be solicited by treasu rers of each county in thc State, and proper agents to bo appointed in all other States in | thu Union, and in Europe. Capital to lc used us follow*: Through tho Secretary and Treasurer to seloot suitablo tracts of from 20 to 30,000 acres of land in ono body if possible, iii os many counties of tho Stutc ns practicable, aud iu healthy locations for immigrants; to havo them bought, surveyed, p'ated and then through ugeots, who uro thoroughly identified with tho iutcrosla of thc Slate, to induce a colony of from forty lo fifty families to settle tho tract of land. .' t>,)Oak now of denoan families from ono locality lo settle iu one locality, so if they can't speak a word of English, they will, ii they sollie in one community to themselves, feel themselves at home, assist each other in agriculture, bc independent of outside society ut first, until they learn thc language, become acquainted wiih their neighbors, then they will spread out, will biro ont; both men and women in thu sumo county, close to their homestead, und in that way form a nucleus in thc county in which they livo cf u very important clement, which will make itself fell as a moral lever to compel u uni form and reliable labor system compared to tho present unreliable, and irresponsible clement, on which thc people, especially thc planters aud farmers, have to depend, lt will especially bo a very great boon for tho colored people, for they will learn to be industrious, and to husband their resources, and learn from emigrants how to bc so. Tlio company chartered, should sell their lauds at cost price, with only adding neces sary working expenses on to it, and sell, if necessary, ou time to colonies. Even if tho stockholders of tito company would not realize and benefit direct from their invest ments of five dollars a shore, they would bc mme than amply benefited, and their children more so, by seeing tho waste lands of their State rcoluiuiod, nn industrious and thriving population springing up all around them, ond by tho improvements of the lands, taxation to be more equally divided, w'.v.'. ?> .stronger support politically, and a general improvement ti'n'wydiout. Still this should be dunc much moro by iaiV.t.-"i: who control tho capital in tho Stute; then towards this enterprise, especially in Charles ton, where thcro is plenty of capital in private hands to bo employed to grout advantage, and for thc benefit, to capital ns well us to those who hnve to livo herc nil thc year nround. Take for iustuuco this cotton aeaaon, with a rather forced employ of capital at present to move thc crop, and with 30,000 bales behind, compared to thc receipts of last year up to date, before Christmas it moy bc moro than now, but virtually thc season will close by February 1st; then tho little money which has been made by those who havo to romain here, will hove to bo expended very economically to subsist families during the Rummer. A city like Charleston, wi'.h extraordinary advantages, commercially, ns n distributing point for manufactured cotton fabrics, good locations, direct on railroads, for steam cotton milla, raw material at tho door, and favorable precedents to capital from cottou factories in successful operation closo at hand in Augusta, Ga , Grauitcville, and other points, thcro should bo certainly enterprise enough amongst those who control thc capital in thc city to invest in factories that will not ooly pay lurpor and moro per marient profits than any other transient investment, but, bcside.i, enhance very materially the price of real cstntc, which ?3 held by tho samo capital, and mukc the same nnd surer source of inconio, cneourago more building, ondtgivc permanent employ ment throughout tho year to thousands of anxious, good men and women, who will work to support their families. Capital hero should invest in mica and Asbeslus Mines in Western, South ond North Caro lina, and druw freight through Charleston, as tho railroad authorities will do anything reasonable lo cneourago tho developments of tho mineral interests in tho Western portion of Ibis und other States, which can bo drawn hero and not allow Northern cnpitul to take up thc most remunerative mines, and realize large profits by them, an 1 ship all thc minerals by tho Atlanta Air Line, which is now thc ease. I say awake to thorough organization of such a company as 1 have spoken of, with thc right men ut tho helm, will brine South Carolina uot only back to her former prosper ity, but will far advance it; but procrastina tion is tho thief of time, and thc people should act at once. Yt, ___ -.. .*> . ?. --? [From tho New York Sun, October 30th.] A Sii'idly Tcclmtaitl Iluta. AN EXTRAORDINARY LETTER PROM MR. JU STICK STRONG. lion. William Strong, of Pennsylvania, is ono of tho Assooiato Justices of tve Su premo Court of thc United States, lie was ono of the fifteen members who con stituted thc cloototal commission through whose action Rutherford IL Hayes was declared to bo elected 1'rcsidcnt of tho United States. Had Judgo Strong, os a member of that commission, voted tho other way, Mr Hayes would have been ex cluded from the oflico of President. It is therefore to ?he vote of Judge Strong that Mr. Hayes owes his niheo. Thu commission consisted of fifteen< of whom, leaving dodge Strong in doubt, seven were for Mr. Hayes and seven were against Ililli, Thc gi und result depended upon the wnV .Judge Strong should vote. Under these Icircunistances, and with such consequence* banging upon his vote. Judge Strong made up his mind to vote for Mr. Hayes. t , I*, cow appears, however?-and it appears \ by ii letter under bia own hand-that in . arriving at t li is conclusion, Judge Strong waa governed by a strictly technical rule, : and that although lie cast tho determining ' vote in fiver of Mr. Hayes fur President, ho does not believe, and nuvor did believe, that Mr. Hayes wis lawfully elected to that oftice! Tho view taken hy Judgo Strong was (lint Congress has no right to inquire into State elections for State electors; that tho electoral commission had no more power than Congress had; an J so he voted for Hayes, although ho feared a gi eat wrong had beeu perpetrated by tho Louisiana re turning board. All tliis tully appears in a loller addressed by Mr. Justice Stung to au old pcrsunal friend of his, tho Hon. Gcot;. W. Jone?, of Tcnucssoe. Thia lottor, being entirely upon a public question of overshadowing importance, has beeu forwarded to us by Mr. Jones fur publication, and wo print tbe two iettcrs, which arc us follows, in full: "FAYKTTBVII.M?, TFNN.. Get. 10, 1877. ?Hon. Charle? A. /M ni-- DB Aft Sm: During thc silting of the electorul commis sion in Washington last winter, I wrolo to Mr. Justice Strong, of United States Su preme Court, und u member of thc com mifsion, with whom I had been associated formerly in Congress. 1 did not keep n copy of my letter, but addressing him, 1 wroto in .substance ns follows: u 'When you and I were in Congress together you were a Democrat, and regarded usan honest man. Do you believe that tho people of Louisiana elected or voted fur thc Hayes electors? ' I enclose herewith a copy of Justice Strong's letter in response to mine. If you think this letter worth publishing, you ure ut liberty to give it to thc public. .'In my reply to Justice Strong's letter I wrote: 'Hy tho Constitution of the United States it is provided that Presidential electors shall be appointed in such manner us shall be prescribed by thc State Legisla ture; but the returns of the electoral vote:? uro to bo returned to thc President of the 7 SsO^?SLJ^? shall he opcncdjti tho presence of tho twol?iWS?S^ bo then counted. Congress clearly i.-.f tjjo right to inquire and detcrmiuc whether or iftst-4kSl. electora of the several States had been ap pointed io thc manner prescribed by their respective Stales.' 'I never write secrets nor keep copies of letters I write. And 1 do not believe that ' tho official acts of public servants und thc reasons for their ucts should bc regarded as privato and secret. Very respectfully, yours, G. W. JONES." "WASHINGTON, February 23, 1877. li'Jhc lion. (Jcorye IV. Jones-MY DEAR Slit.* I waa a Democrat when you und 1 were together in Congress. I am a Demo erat now. I Hold to uti tho opinions thc State rights Democrats huve always held, and which thc acknowledged leaders of thc party have nvowed up to thu present winter -never more dourly thou in 1873 lo 1375. "I do not believe that Congress hus any constiiutional right to inquire into State elections for State electors. ' Congress has of lalo yenrs interfered quito too much with tho Stales. Tho electoral commission has no more power than Congress lins, and I think it would bc a most dangerous usurpation, were it to do what tho States atone have a right to do, even to ourc what I fear was a great ?vrong of tho Louisiana returning board. "1 cannot doubt that such will bo your opinion when you reilect to what tho asser tion of such u power would lend. It would place tho right of thc States, respecting tho choice of electors, nt tho mercy of thc Federal government, and bc the greatest strido ever made toward centralization. "Uctter suffer a present evil lhau open such a door, better than obandou oil tho time-honored principles of tho Democratic party. "1 om yours, very respectfully, "W. ST1KLNG." From Wallington. WASHINGTON, November 0.-In thc Senate, during lite morning hour, a number of bills were introduced and referred; also a largo number of petitions from females throughout tho country, setting forth that they arc tax payers, and asking their politi cal disabilities be i, moved, and that they bc allowed to exercise ihe rights of oitizoiis I nt thc ballot box. lu thc House, General Gibbon's lev^o bill provides for tho < .ution of a com1 .csion tu continue thc survey of lite Missh-sipi.i ond ils tributaries and to decide upon the proper method for reclaiming tho overflowed lands. Ponds ure to be issued fur 945,000,000, to run thirty years, and to bear 4 per cent, interest. A tax is to bo laid on all lands reclaimed und upon tho tonnage of ?ill | vessels navigating tho stream, to constitute j j a sinking fund to redeem tho principal and interest of tho loan. A resolution offered hy Chalmers, of Mississippi, to croate un odditionol standing committee on the improvement of tho Mis- i sissippi Uiver and its tributaries waa referred (0 Ibo eommittro on Huies. A bill was introduced by Giddings, of i ? Texas, nnd referred, for tho establishment | ! of mail steamship service with Hrnzil--the i ! cost to thc United Stales not to exceed j 6160,000 n year. Mr. lillis hud an interview this morning ! with Secretary MoCrury and General Parke, acting chief of ongineers, in regsrd to tho raft in Hod Uiver above Shreveport. Mott- | sin-en will bo taken today to ascertain tho extent of tho obstruction, and relief from thc government was promised Mr. lillis. lu tin! Senate, Mr. Bruce, of Mississippi, presented tho memorial of thc Couoty Com* missioners of Bolivia and other counties iu Mississippi, adkiug un appropriation for tho improvement of tlio Mississippi levees; referred to tho select committee on tho Mississippi lcvi.es, of which Senator Bruce is cliuitmun. Mr. Gurdon, of Georgia, introduced a hill to authorize thc issue of urilla to thc Wash, iogton Light Infantry, of Charleston, South Cu toll no, refelled to tho Committee on Military Affairs. Cue of the most important measures of this Congress was introduced to day by Geo. Chalmers, of Mississippi, in o resolution to create u .sep?rale committee to consider the co in m cree und I m pl o vernen ts of thc Missis sippi River and its tributaries. If this resolution is adopted sud tho West fairly ' . repi0800tod on thc committee, it is claimed it will emancipate thc commerce of thc West from the shackles of thc 10ist, and the growing trade of the Mississippi Valley will bc greatly indebted to its new member, ^ Gen. Chalmers, who has already impressed J9 himself favorably upon thc House, both as ^ a speaker und a thinker. Thc Mississippi Uiver levee bill, iuho^ ; duccd into the House of Representatives by Mr. Young, of Tennessee, provides: ]irt?V that ?0 much of tho Stuns of Mis.soWf Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mi.^i^ipP' und Louisiana as ure subject to ovN?J fi pw 3 ^'..^^sA constitute a district to bc known*?Who Levee District of thc Mississippi Valley. Second, for thc creation of a board o? levi o commissioners to bo constituted of three officers of thc army engineer corps, detailed by thc General of thc army, one of tho rank of Lieutenant-Colonel aud two of tho rank of captain, aud two civilians nppoiutcd by thc President and conGrmed ? ^-Jj^^^ Senute; tho ormy officers to r?<?civ0 0nly tho pay allowed them by./'luw, and tho civilians a salary of S3,00,'0' per aunum, tho said bourd to take charge ol' nnd continuo thc survey now being mude of thc Missis sippi River und tributary streams, for tho purpose of determining ibo proper method of reclaiming thc alluvial lands of the Mis sissippi delta, and thc cost of tho samo. Third, th<i Secretory of tho Treasury shall 4$$iiQ -l-? houda of tho government, running thirTyv$?arst arj(i hearing interest of four per cent. p?t-'-uL"'^?'? to tho amount of $15, 000,000, thc procTcmVwhich when sold shall bo applied to tho corn*Ruction of such works for the protection of tho*V^crflowcd districts as may bo recommended hy^v*4rArf board of levee commissioners; a tax to "fea, . ^ levied upon oil thc lands reclaimed froni** thc overflow and upon tho tonnage of all vessels navigating thc streams in thc levco district, this tux to constitute a sinking fund for the payment aud interest of tho bonds aud the cost and expense of keeping ibo levees in repair; thc bill not to take effect until thc States in thc levee district shall cedo to thc Federal Government tho power and jurisdiction to curry iuto effect the pro visions of thc bill. AUGUSTA AND KNXVJU.K HATTJUOAD -> Augusta is still ulive to tho importance of thc Augusta and Knoxville Railroad, as will bo seen by thc following from tho Chronicle and Constitutionalist, ot Thurs day: A meeting of thc committee appointed ?t tho mass meeting last Tuesday night, was held at thc parlor of thc Commercial Hank, yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock. Tho discussiou which took placo showed thal tho members of thc committees arc thoroughly in earnest, and do not intend to rest until they obtain thc requisite subscription. It was resolved to commence a thorough can vass of thc city. The amount which tho directors of thc road desire to raise is $160,. 000. and as soon ?.s 510,000 of this is sui? scribed, work will bc commenced. '.I ? ) road will be built first to Walton's Is'.r. thirteen milts from Augusta, and a brit;., built at that point across thc Silvain ih River, so us to connect with thc Augu t . one! Greenwood Railroad, thus scouting a linc of railway through ono of tho most productive portions of South Carolin?. This done, it is desired to connect ibo trunk linc with thc Elberton Air Line at. Elba ion, so os to make a step towards tho grand consummation, thc connection with Knoxville, and thus, UIJD, with tho great) trade coull cs u? ihc West. Thc committees nod the directors of thc Augusta and Knox ville Railroad ure thoroughly in earnest. They lucau business and not play, and wo shall be very much mistaken if they do nob aohicve thu debited cud. -- -? ? ??. COULDN'T MANAOR THE PANTALOONS. -A woman out in Polk County becoming converted to tho doctrines of Dr. Mary Walker, took odvantagc of her I usband'y absence to or ra y herself in hid clot Lon. Sic put on the cont first, and ignoring tho billions, pinned it up from chin down. She then put on thc Ve?I, hack in front, and toilsomely buttoned il up behind, Thai, was about three o'clock io tho afternoon. At about hulf-pn.st six her husband lound her seated on the sido of tho bed in a dis - ordered room, weeping, her hair down, taco red, eyes inllimed, and lier whole mental being convulsed with fretful OXuitOmcnt, impatienco aud anger. She held his Sunday pantaloons in her hands, und all thuvn ?U?UL mortal hours sho had lii Liijjpr lfB| them on over her head. ^????g to fM ! A business that couldn't ?o.o0o u striker-tho match trade. ' 0J witty,' ?V Tho foromnn of a jury io T$?^j latoly granted n divorce to a woinon, nj Nw : her tho eatnc day. ' J^k