Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, January 16, 1879, Image 1

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?- ^ ' ^?11^ ?yUiy P E Jil a ? ----.-- M^^^^^^M?= -. i Td THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, ANO IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAV, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANV MAN. r"'tj"' ?. .. ? .i ? BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, TiPJKSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1879. VOLUME XIV._KO. 9. VEGETINE yaiil CURE RHEUMATISM. Mr. Albort Orookor, tho well-known drug .gist mid apothecary, of Springvale, Me., nlwnys advises ovorv ono troubled with lihou matisni tb try VEG?TINE. Bead His Statement: SPRINGVALE, ME., Oe?. 12, 1876. Mr. II. JR. 3tovouB: DD?,R SIR-Fifteen years ago last fall I was takoq sick with rheumatism, was unable to move until tho next April. From that timo until threo years ago this fall I mi tiered everything with rheumatism. Somotimoa thero would be weeks at a time that I could not step one stop; those attacks wore quito often. I suffered everything that u man could. Over threo years ago last spring I commenced taking Vcgctino and fellowed it up Until I had taken seven bottles; have had no rhomatism to try Vogctino, and not sutler for years ns I have done. This statement is gratuitous os far as Mr. Stovons is conccrnod. Yours, otc, ALBERT 0HOOKER. Firm of Orookor & Co., Druggists and Apoth ecaries. ,1 VEGETINE lifts entirely Cured ?He. BOSTON, Oct., 1870. Mr. Hi*B; StevonB: DBAR SIR-My da ugh tor, after having . a ?Oyere attack of Whooping Cough, was left in a fooblo stnto of health. Being advised by by a friend BIIO triod tho Vogctinc, and aftor using, a few bottles was fully restored to health 1 have been a great sufferer from ittiomuj tiara, I have talton several bottles of tho Vogetine for this complaint, and run happy to ?ny it hos ontiroly cured mc. I have rccom monded tho Vogctino to others with ?ho sanio good rosults. It is n great cleanser and puri fier of the blood; it is pleasant to take and I ?can cheerfully recommend it. I n JAMES MOUSE, 361 Athens Strcot. Rheumatism is a Disease pf the Blood Tho blood in this disease is found to contain nn excess of fibrin. VEGETINE nets hy converting tho blood from its diseased condi tion to a heultliy circulation. Vogetine tegulatos tho bowels which is very important in this complaint. Ono hottlo of Vcgotine will givoirojiof; but to effect a permanent ouro, it-iriuAt' be taken regularly, and "niav toko several bottles, especially in cases of longstanding. Vogetine is sold by nil drug gists. Try it and. your verdict will he tho same as thqfof thousands before you who say V*I never found so much relief as from tho V? of VEG ETI NE," which is cnn posed of \Vs, Roots ?nd Herbs. WE?ETINE," J a Boston physician, "has no equal ns Rood purifier. Hearing of its many j^derful/curcs-'after all other remedies had ' railed, I visited tho Laboratory, mid con vinced myself of its gonuino. merit. It If propnred from barks, roots, ?nd herbs, caoh cf which ls highly effective, and they aro compounded in such a manner as to produce astonishing results." Nothing Equal to It, SOOTH SAUJ?, MASS., NOV. 14, 1870. Mr. II. II. S.teyoqs. . PEAR SIR-I have been troubled with Scrofula, Canker and Liver Complaint for three years. Nothing ?vor did me noy good until I commended ' nsing tho! Vogetine. I um now getting along first rate, and ?til! using the Vegotioe. I consider . thor? is nothing equal to it for such complaints. Oan froarttly recommend it to everybody. Yours (truly, Mrs. LIZZIE M. PACKARD. $0. 16 Lagrange Strcot, South Salem, Mass, "VEGETINE * / Proparod by jH. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegetine is Sold by all Diarists. State of $outh Carolina, OOUNTJH OF OtOrVEE. IN X?IK COURT OP COMMON PLKAS. Leander. B. Johnson, Plaintiff*, against Wm. r II. Toy, Defendant-SUMMONS, ffo the D?fendant Wm, II. Toy yO? are beroby summoned and required to J. answer the complaint in this action, which ls filed in tho ofilce of tho dork.of tho Court of, Common Picas for said county, and to serve a :00py of your answer to tho said complaint on the subscribers at their omeo on tho publia ^quaro in Walhalla, S. C., within twenty days ofter tho sorvioo hereof, exclusive of tho day of jsorvioe. If you fall lo answer tho complaint within tho time aforesaid, the Plaint ill' herein will apply to tho Court for judgment against you for .the sum of forty-fobr dollars atid forty-six ponts, with Interest on sixteen dollars and forty six cents from the 1st day of July, 1872, and on jtwonty-olgbt dollars from tho ?lst day of De cember, 1878, and costs of this action. NORTON h STRII'LINO, . Plaintiff's Attornoys. Walhalla, S. C., Dooombcr 34th, 1878. j LJ? J J. Wi STRltfMNO, C 0 P JTo Wm. H. Toy, Defendant horoin al AK H NOTICE, that tho complaint and tho , summons (of whioh tho above ls a oopyX du this action, woro fi|eu*kr IhVoffW ?t tho Ue?k of thc Court of Common Phyis. for Ooonoo j county ori tho 24th day^of Do?Mbor.'1878.' ( NORTON & 8TRIBLINO, Plaintiff's Attornoys. , Deo 26, 1878 * 6-6t [From tho Now York Times.") THE ROBBER MOSES. ll O M ANCE OF A SPENDTHRIFT. How Ile Passed Through the Successive Stages oj Rebel, Radical, Governor, Robber, Alillionaire and Beggar-Aoio a Homeless Wanderer. Twonty years ago, whoa ho had married nt tho ago ot 18 Frank J. Moses, Jr., had ox lia usted about nil thc m cann of pleasure or excitement that present themselves to a youth of good health, ogrccablo address, quiok wit, and an abundance of money His father, for whom ho wah uatned, was a Flantcr lawyer in Sumter, South Caroliua. Io held bis hoad high ntnoug thc planter uristocraoy. He was very proud of hid boy, Frank. About this time tho youth worried. Every houso in tho country was open to him, and ho had tho good senso to ohooso for u wife ono of tho fairest, and as thc ovout proved, one of thc best of wo men. Soarohing for somo exciting novelty, tho young man became impressed with a desire to get into politics, and ho found the way opon before him. His father was one Ol' tho loading Stuto Senators, und wheu Mi. Piokens W<IB elected Governor, ofter u ?pir itcd contest, in which Moses hud greatly aided him, thc Governor begged him to naroo a candidato for auy place within his gift. Senator Moses suggested his sou as tho Governor's private sccrctaiy. Air. Pickcns demurred, bul eventually ho con sooted and thc young tuan was duly installed in his new position. Fasy to adapt himself to any and all circumstances, lin speedily became nil powerful iii thc executive chain ber. Ho held this position when Fort, Sumter fell, and was muong those who re joiced tho loudest, lt is said that he asked the Governor us a personal favor that he might lower thc American llig that had been left flying over thc fort; but this is pronounced a fabrication. It is true, how ever, that Moses boasted of somo such ex ploit, and that he became known through out thc ?South as ono of tho young heroes to bc praised and petted. His nanto and fame were also inlcusilied by the success that at tended his father, who had been appointed as commissioner to thc North Carolina Lo gishituro to persuade that Stuto to pass an ordinance of seccssiou. Hut youug Moses did not go to thc front. He might have found hundreds of men ready to follow his banner into thc field; but ho made no effor to get a commission. When the draft. Was ordered, he became a conscript olliaer, hunting duwn those who refused to serve, and forcing them into the rebel ranks He lost his popularity entirely among the fiery South Carolinians This was made abundantly manifest when tho war being ouded, ho, like very many others, found himself a beggar. His former associates did everything possible to odd to the distress of his situation. His creditors harrasscd him, and tho public had no longer a mantle of charity for his follies. Hut F ra uk Moses was not thc man to give way to dillicultics. He began to ingratiate himself with the Union officers stationed in Sumter, and it was not long btforc thc whole Moses family were living moro th in comfortable ou Go' eminent rations. Thoro is a story, too, in South Carolina, that he supplied himself with pocket money by drawing more than his lautily needed from thc Federal coin miss a ry, and sold the Burp'us So thoroughly did Moses win tho good will of thc Union officors that when tho provost courts wcro established he was ap pointed thc associate judge of tho Sumter district, lie made good uso of this oppor tunity. His father wasoolicdin to practice before him; ho had groat iuflucnoo io do oiding civil cases of considerable-maguitudo and between thom they built up a moat lu crative praotico. MOSCB was thc first man to declaro that tho negroes of tho Stutc were destined to influence tho politics, if not control thc government. Although ho was laughed at by his old associates and called flighty, he made up his mind to base his fortuno on tho ?doa. His position as associate judge gave him an opportunity to befriend and flatter thc freedmen, and it was only u short timo before he gained groat influence among them. Farly in 1807 the block tuen were enfranchised, aud in Juno of that year tho Kopublioan purty of South Carolina was formed by a Convention held in Columbia. Tho former slave owoors oould havo oon trollo 1 this meeting if they had chosen, but they stayed ot home sulking over their defeat. FiX-Assooiato Judge Moses, having hoon elected a delegate, did much to oontrol tho action of tho convention. In thc fall of tho saino year ho was also ohoson dolegnto to tho Stato Constitutional Convention, aud in this body, by his adroit noss, flattery,-and appeals to tho cupidity of tho negroes, ho boca mc on acknowledged leader, of thc new party. Ho was oleoted Adjutant und Inspector Gcnoral and also a member of tho Legislature, a provision in tho new constitution, suggested by himself, permitting him to hold all these ofllocs ot oneo . From this timo tho ad vaneo of ox Assu oiato : Judge- Mosos WAS very tapid. As speaker of tho Assembly his behavior at first oan not bo called into question, but ot tho Ond of tho two years for whioh Ko was olootod, ho gave np all claim upon tho In epcotor Gonoral's offloo and devoted his at tention to tho Speakership, to whioh ho had boon ro-olootcd. Then lie bogan in earnest afoareer of corrodion/ V/oo-Ukiog," bri bery end robbery, which, for extent nnd ouducity, is without n pareilol in the history of English spcukiug pooplo. As hobcoatno moro secure, ho bcoatno bolder. Ho was reckless, buro faced to a degroo which ex cited tho admiration of tito peoplo he robbed. And, in spite of his terrible rooord, ho was every day making new friends. An incident will illustrate tho boldness with whioh he oporatcd. A bill was pro duced into the Legislature for the relief of ono of tho Stato bunks, but it did not intro gress. It grow dust 6tuincd and yellow in tho olork's desk. Those interested grew desperate. Then somebody who kuew tho ways of tho capitol asked, "why don't you seo Frank Moses?" They took thc hint. A gentleman supposed to have some influ ence waited on tho Speaker and laid tho mutter before him. "While ho was explain ing tho object of his visit Moses exclaimed, "O, what's tho uso of so much talk; do you want your bill passed or not?" "Ot course wo want it passed," was tho reply. "Very well, then," Moses continued coolly, "wo will como to business I am dreadfully short to-day; ono fellow or another hap borrowed ull my money, left mo high and dry, in fact, and I must havo a few hundreds by this evening. Givo mo 81,000 to-duy ?nd I'll pass the bill." Tho moucy waa paid and tho bill was ot once jumped to a third reading. But herc it stopped. Tho gentleman most interested in its passago waited from duj to day but waited iu vain. At last ho went to Moses and asked him what had occasioned thc delay. Tho answer he got was: "Just ugree to give mo 810,000 worth of the bonds after thc bill becomes n law, und L will put it through ut once." The bill went through. This was only one of thc fifty similar transactions. Mr. Speaker Moses, before his tenn had closed, threw oil* ult reserve, and it bcoainO notorious that "the machine had to bo oiled" every time un important bill nos passed. His theory, openly ex pressed was that if u bill deserved to become a law it was worth paying for, and tint if it was uot worth paying for it was not worth passing. As time wont by, however, thc wants of Mr. Speaker Moses increased, and he deter mined to lind some new sources of revenue. To this cod he secured thc passage of ii luw that givo hioi power to issue what were called pay certificates, or Speaker's warrants, drafts upon tho treasury whioh were made hy him at will, almost without question or supervision, and which thc Treasurer of '"no State was obliged to pay oven to tho . iclu eion of other claims. So, nt last, Mr. Moses was thc director of a money mill, mid could spend at his pleasure. As long us there was money in thc treasury to meet thc demand so made, tho pay certificates were aa good us United States notes. There was no limit to his generosity. His warrants could bc had for thc asking. They wera issued to buy horses und mulos for colored men who had served thc Speaker, to stock the farms of men living in remote parts of thc Stato, who had not only had no connection with the Legislature, but who had never seen the State IIou30. At this timo tho capital was literally flooded with money, nnd prosperity seemed to be unbounded. But tho tre isnry could not hold out forever, and there caine a timo when tho Treasurer had to deolurc that he had no money to make good the drafts of Mr. Moses. Then thc pay certificates de preciated. To make ur the dilTeroncc, the Speaker, without regard to law or conse quences, mode fresh issues. But they lost value and at last depreciated to less than ten cents on thc dollur. lt ia estimated that of these warrants from 81,500,000 to $2,000,000 wcro issued by Moses, thc greater part of this amount being ?quand escd upon proflguto and worthless favorites. Ncvcrthlc88, by theso expenditures, and hy that power over thc simple minds of thc masses of his party which had over been characteristic of him the Speaker becamo beyond comparison, tho most popular mun in South Carolina, and toward tho end of his second tenn os Speaker, his friends prc vailed upon him to bo a oindidato for tho Governorship. To tho Governorship ho was elected in Dcocmber, 1872, ond after he entered upon tho duties of tho office, it was soon evident that his gubernatorial oarccr would bo oven more profligate than had boon his courso as Spoukor. Fiom tho time of his olootion, and during his whole torin of office, his every official aot was for sale. His sigua turo to ordinary sots of legislation had to bc poid for. lt is on record, testified to by tho President of tho South Carolina Hank and Trust Company, that a valid claim of 8100,000, held by that institution against tho Stato could not bc oollootod until 825, 000 of tho amount had been handed to Gov ernor Moses. Govoroor Moses took tho notion into his hoao that ho wus not lodged magnificently ooough. Uenoo ho bought tho Preston mansion, oonsidorcd to bo tho Guest in tho South, and with tho improvements put upon it, it is estimated to havo cost him between 8100,000 and 8150*000. For this ho was obliged to inorooso tho tariff of his oharges. llokopt on army of sorvants, a str.bleful of horses, and the finest equip ages in tho South. Yot surrounded by all theso attraotions, ho is known to hovo spoof tho night in tho squalor of tho lowost haunt of Columbia, dancing with half drunken negro womon. His-passion for now faoos bordered upon insanity. , In ono day ho Was known to spend 82,000 upon a low 1 oreature wham ho had then met for the Ural Hut Governor Moses continued to look ofter his political interests, nod to proclaim himself tho particular friend of thc bluck mau. lio testified his regard for tho colored race hy pardoning almost every negro con vict, iu tho State. During his administro" tion 1J\V was a mookery. Volons knew that infiuonoo or money would by their purdon from Meses. In Charlcslou Cirouit alone, in one your ibero wcro two hundred and twenty seven convictions und eighty seven pardons. Of these, twenty-three were par doned by lelcgrnph I' j day utter the con viction. Governor Moses desired to control u poli ticul newspaper, and made arrangements to buy the Gol ti th bia Union Herald Ile was to puy 312,000 for nu interest, and in order to misc the moiioy, appointed n negro Iud named Humbert, Treasurer of Orangoburg County. Ile mudo u draft of $0,000 on tho contingent fund of thc State und sent it to Humbert und directed him to tako foxes to that amount and pay thom over to tho pro prietor of thc uewspaper. Humbert did PO, but when he presented the Governor's druft to the State Treasurer thero was no money to pay it; ns tho Governor hod already taken up tho whole of the contingent fund. Hum bert was subsequently arrested on tho chnrgo of being u defaulter to thc Stutc, and lhe Governor tried to persuade bim to plead guilty, pledging himself lo purdon liim immediately. Solicitor Hutt/,, of tho Charleston Circuit, on enemy of the Gover nor, heard of this scheine, und caused nu indictment to be found ngiinst Moses fi ' uidiug, abetting, und advising in thu com mission of fraud and attempted grand laroo ny against the State. A warrant was issued und thc sheriff was sent lo urrest the Governor, but Moses called out u battalion of thc Stutc militia and so overawed thc sheriff that he quitted Columbia without trying to execute ibo wurrunt. Tho wur* rant was subsequently quashed. Thc term nf office of Governor Moses expired in 187-1- Weeks before, when his money begau to flow less freely und his means of obtaining it vanished, those who bad culled themselves his friends began to fall uwuy from him. Eveu his faithful black followers began to doubt him, uud he begun to be culled n bad nnd wicked man. To stem thc feeling that was rising he caused it to bc announced that he would deliver a discourse in ono of tho colored churches, in which ho would show his fidelity to tho church and tho laws of God. Ile had on immense audience, and his per form unco was greatly lauded. Hut some well read gentlemen muong his hearers pronounced it w rd for word Robert Hall's famous odd ross of-'Modern Infidelity." Moses sought the renomination for thc Governorship, but failed, nnd retired from tho office worth less than $100. To support himself and family he sold riece hy piece his furniture nnd nt lust his heavily mort giged house, und wus thrown out into the streets of tho town which only u few years before hud been brilliant with the jewels, equipages, luces and velvets thut his money hud bought. In a year's time his only income was derived from u small interest he had in ii gambling place in Columbia. When thc Legislature met he hied lobby ing, but with no profit. Sonic time nftcr wards, tho faithful hincks elected him tn Ibo judgship of Sumter disttict, but Gover nor Chainbei lain refused to PI ur ii his coin mission, und ho never enjoyed tho office. Moses thou disappeared until thc canvass of eighteen hundred und seventy six, when he tried to run nguiu for thc Legislature in Ohorlcstup, but could get no one to support him, For a time ho wus employed on a Republic in campaign newspaper in Charles ton, displaying much brilliancy in his writings, but ho was too restless to continue ot that work. Then he obtained u little prominence us ti sort of middleman between his father, who hud been made Chief Jus tice of State, find tho agents of Samuel J. Tilden. Ile turned state's evidence when a number of Republican ok .officeholders of South Carolina when indicted, und so escaped punishment. Then he quitted South Ga roi i nu und wcut to New York, living us best he could. Moses returned to South Cnrolina nftcr his father died, begging of his family nnd friends to give him ono moro chance Mis mother sold for a few hundred dollars n small piece of properly, giving him thc proceeds, with which ho promised to go to Texas and stot t again. But ho had hardly quitted their sight when they discovered that ho had token tho few trinkets and nrtioles of value.thut his wife nnd mother lind preserved from tho wreck of their fort unes. They Irjced him to New York, procured an indictment against him, nnd sont on nn officer to arrest him. Ile mado somo restitution, nnd thc officer did not take him into custody. His wife hns lately procured a divoroo, and ho, whon last henrd fro tu j was still living on his wits in Now York. Ho has been frequently known to beg so small a lom ns half a dollar to buy the food to save himself from absoluto starvation GliKBNVHil.E, January 8.-A fire broko out in this city this morning nbout 8 o'olook on Pendlolon street, destroying buildings nnd coods estimated in value os follows: L. ]! Cline, storo, 81,800; J. A. David, worehouso. 81.200; J h. McCullough, goods 89,000; Garrison & Co , gooda, 81,000. Mr, MoOuUough wus insured for 80,000. Tho ot hers were uninsured. Thoflro origi nated in. McCullough's store nnd is supposed to bo accidental. T_hc AfghanistanI? OV01\ From Washington. WASHINGTON, January 0.-Tho caso of George lloyuoids, plaintiff iu error, vs. tho United States in orror, to the Supremo Court of tho Territory of Utah, brought Up by appeal from thc Supremo Court of j tho Territory of Ulah, to test tho const i tu- | tumidity of tho acts of Congress prohibit- j iog polygamy, was decided to doy. Rey- ' uolds, tho plaintiff in error, was tried in , i tho third Judicial Court of Utah for ? beg J toy and found guilty, trna tho Supreme Court of tho Territory 1 ufliruied thc judgment. Tho coso comes ' herc ou a writ of error, thc plaintiff pleadod I unconstitutionality ol tho law prohibiting < bigamous marriages, thc justification of j religious belief und various unimportant technicalities. This court, in a long and carefully preparod opinion, delivered by | thc Chief Justice, holds that polygamy is not under tho protection of thc clause of tho Federal constitution which prohibits interference with religious belief; that tho plea of religious conviction is not a valid defense; that Cougrcss did not stop outside of thc limits of its constitutional powers in passing laws for thc suppression of poly gamy in Utah, and that thc judgment of tho Supremo Court of that Territory must bo affirmed. Justice Fields dissented as far as telated to thc admissibility ot certain ovidenoo introduced iu the lower court, but upon the main question, the constitutional ity of thc act of Cougress prohibiting poly gutuous marriages, there was perfect una nimity. Justice llutit, of thc United States Su premo Court, hos boon stricken with paral ysis ut his residence in this city, and his taiends despair of his recovery. One side is entirely paralyzed, und ho is to-night unable to talk. Lt is attributed to long continued enfeeblement of system in assims ilatory nutrition, from which he has suffered more or less during tho past year or two. WASHINGTON, January 7.-Ju tho Sen ate, a large number of petitions were pre sented during thc morning hour, muong them many from women in various parts of thc cou ul ry uskiog Congress to enact such legislation as will make effective thc anti-polygamy law of 1862; also, from va rious citizens protesting against thc passage of tho pending bill to revive, amend and consolidate tho law relating to patents and against tho transfor of the Indian Bureau to thc War Dopartmcnl; all referred lo appropriate committees. Edmonds, of Vermont, said: "In this glad morning of the new year, when there was peace, and joy, and hopo overywhero, he thought il best to offer a rosolntiou tend iog to cement more perfectly thc good will und harmony now existing all over tho country. Ho, therefore, submitted a reso lution declaring that io thc judgment of the Senate, thc thirteenth, fourteenth, und fifteenth amendments to tho constitution of thc United States havo been legally ratified, and arc as valid as tho other parts of tho constitution; that it is thc right and duty of Congress to enforce such amendments by appropriate legislation, and tho duty ol tho Mxecutivo Department of tho Govern ment faithful'y and with diligoncc to impar tially execute such laws; that it is thc duty ot" Congress to appropriate money to that ond, and instructing thc Judiciary Com mittee to report a bill for thc protection ?1 thc rights of citizens ond thc punishment of infractions thereof. Laid on thc table, ut tho request of FJmonds, to bc called up hereafter. Voorhccs, of Indiana, during thc morn ing hour, called up thc resolution submitted by him early in thc session instructing tho Judiciary Committee to inquire into thc expediency of making ibo trade dollar n legal (ender, and providing for its coinage into tho standard silver dollar. Ile ad dressed thc Senate at Icugth in favor of thc resolution, denouncing thc trade dollar as fraudulent money, which having failed in ils mission abroad, had returned homo tc cheat thc houcst people of this country. Tho amount of such dollars coined wai ($30,000,000) larger than tho people had auy idoa of. Ile roviowed thc oourso ol Secretary Sherman, and Said there wai dcep-scutcd hostility to silver money ot every kind on ids part. Silver as nionej was not receiving fair piny ot tho hand; of (lie present administration, and (hos* who draw their inspirations from it. Hi referred to thc silver bill passel at thc las session, and said thu execution of this pop ular law was in tho hands of its most con spicuous and pronounced onemy. flo re ferred to thc notion of tho New York am Boston bunkd in November last in rosan to tho specie resumption nnd thc sil rc dollar, and denounced it as rebellion agilinst tho lawfully constituted anthoritie of tho government. He prcdiotcd thc finn triumph of tho silver dollar, and said th pcoplo insisted that specie rcsumplio should not rest on gold alono, but it shoul bc os strong os tho unlimited coinage t silver as well os gold could make it. A thc conclusion of Mr. Voorhecs' romarki tho resolution was laid over without actio being taken thorco-j. Reek, of Kentucky, submitted tho fo lowing: JicxAved, That tho communication froi tho Scorctnry of tho Treasury tn answer t tho resolution of tho Senate, passed 1) comber 8, 1878, relativo to tho amount silver coin reocivod.in payment of custon dues during tho ourront fiscal your ond tl disposition which has bcon mado of it, I referred to tho Committee on Financo, ai that said oommjttoo is authorized and d rooted to moko suoh investigation as it mi doom noocBsarj to uncertain whether tl ? tVr.< ?. ?? laws rolutivo tu tho payment of customs duo und tho payment ot iutcrost on tho public debt with coin received therefrom liuvc been nod are hoing complied with, uud report by bill or otherwise. Laid over upon thu objection of Edmonds, Poisoned Waters in tho Gulf. Tho Key West Key makes the following singular statement: '?Our smack lisle unen arc nearly discour aged with their ill luck. For over two mouths they have boen unable to get livo tish to Navona; they all die on roaching tho pun id waters of thc bay, willoh hus now extended over 150 miles into tho (juif of Mexico. Thc smack George Storr?, Capt. Leb Allen, attempted to run to tho west wurd in hopes of esoaping the deadly wutors and when iifty miles west of Tortugas, in twenty-live fathoms water, lost his wholo faro of fish in u very short time. Ho de scribes the poisoned water to thc South and West of him us far os bc could sec. Tho largest fish, such 09 shark, jew fish, nod turtle, were flouting around his vessel. Ho pointed his vessel eastward and entered our port on 'tuesday last olmost disgusted. On Saturduy last the water had upp:urcd near the northwest lighthouse with its thousands of dead fish flouting like tufts of cotton over the sen. On Monday und Tuesday tho wator was dotted with dead Portugese men of war, but until Wednesday did the dead fish appear iu sight. Thc stratas of dark red dish water passed through our island channels, curry i"g on its surfaco fish of all kinda many of them of thc largest specimens of sharks, jew Gsh, barracouta, grougcr, gruuts interspersed with a few kinds of thc fresh water varieties, such os mud eels, bullhead eat fish, bream, pcroh, ?fcc. The/ fresh water fish, cols, etc., aro found in Lake Okeechobee, Kissiuime River und Fish Eat ing Creek. As these dead fish approached our wharves thc stench became almost i n toi - ?rable, und many plans wore attempted and suggested to keep them in tide water. Had thiB occurred in tho heat of summer a pluguc must huvc followed. It is oven feared. The fish uro dying in our harbor, and no one knows whero this grout evil will stop. Our people arc large fish eaters, nod if deprived of this cheap class of food, there must necessarily be much suffering." State Laws. An Act to nmend and coutinue of forcean act entitled "An act to Bccure landlords and persons making advances." SECTION I. Be il enacted by the Sen ute nnd House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met nnd sit ting in General Assembly, and hy the authority of thc same, that nil of the said jot bc ro enacted nod contiuuod of foroo, except the seventh section, which is hereby stricken out. SEO. 2 That, with this amendment, tho said uct remain in full force without limita tion. Approved 20th day of Dcoomber, 1878. An Act to prohibit persons living; together in adultery. Bi; il enacted by tho Senate and House nf Repr?sentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met uni sitting in General Assembly, und by the authority of tue unie, that any man und woman, or nny ivhito woman, who shall live together in a dato of adultery and fornication, or ndul cry nnd fornication, shall be indicted, und in conviction, such offenders fdiull bo severally punished by n fine of not less han one hundred dollars nor moro than Ivo hundred dollars, or imprisonment not ess than six mont hs nor more than twelve nooths, or hy both line and imprisonment, it thc discretion of thc court. Mns. SENATOR GORDON.-The Wc sh i rig? on correspondent of the Chicago Times chiles the following: Soruo pcoplo were speaking the other lay of tho regularity with which Mrs. Senator Gordon attends tho sessions of tho Renate, and thc keon interest with which ibo watches the debites. One of the party mid that she is so devoted to her husbnnd hot she goos with him everywhere. During ,he war sho look her two littlo boys, one ilmost n baby, und lived with her hu?* sand in camp, following him into battle, in 'act, shaving all thc danger with him. Sho ind nn ambulance nt her service, nnd it .vas in (his thut she used to follow him. When he wos so seriously wounded, she had lier nmbulanoc driven right into tho battle icld, and had him pulled out from among ,ho doad and wounded and placed in tho imbulunce nnd she drove off with him. All )f this was dono under the heaviest fire, and ,ho oovor of tho ombulnnco wns pierced ivith bullet holes. Sumo ono said to hor: .How could you have tho nervo to do it?" "Why," replied Mrs. Gordon, ''I did not think any more of it than I should of pulling ono of my boys out of tho liro if ho had fallon in." Aoting Governor Simpson has mode the following appointments: W W. Humphreys, Master in Equity for Anderson County; L. H. Watts, Master in Equity for Laurens County; Silas John Btono, Master in Equity for Nowborry Uounty; James Chcsnut, Master in Equity for Kershaw County; A. Q. MoDuffie, Mastor in Equity for Marloo County. The Greenville News soys tho present "cold spoil," is tho coldoUt since tho cold Saturday in 1885.