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VOL. XVI - PICK ENS, S. C., T1H U RSI)AY, I)ECEMBER 9, 1886. NO.1 ': Till GENE1tAL ASSE1lIBL. TIRE WOli l)ONl IN TIlE si:CONn WEEK of TIIE SLSSION. e'io i.awmtakeir Sett lo Down to Iard Vork---Many Me,auire, lntrodLuced antd Conslidoredl. The second week of the session of 1880 was marked by the introduction of the usual number of bills, some impor tant, some needless--some that will pass, many that will suiTer the defeat they de servo. 'rho General Assembly has settled down to actual work, and the fruit of its labors will ere long bo visible to the poo plo. We give below a synopsis of the proceedings, condensed from the daily papers. Senate. The Senate's short session was a 'ery busy one. Many bills were introduced, a large number of reports were made and the Calendar was cleared of all measures except those provocative of speech making. There was objectiou to the consideration of the Charleston and Sumnmerville reassessment bill, and it went over until to-morrow. When the came up for its second reading Senator Hemphill made the objection that the printed bill had not been on the lesks of members for twenty-four hours as re quired by the rules. Senator McMaster had it made the special order for Friday at l p. m. Senator Edward's South Carolina Col lege tuition bill, with its unfavorable re port, was made the special order for Thursday at 1 o'clock. 1Ieo bll in relation to burning or cut ting untenanted houses having been re ported upon unfavorably, waS recoin mitted. Several minor bills were pa";sed and sent to the House. The following bills received their see ond reading: Amending the General Staates in relation to quarantine; limit ing the number of trial justices in York county; amending the law in regard to the wooden buildings in the city of Charleston; amending the charter of the Eutawvillo Railroad Company. Senator Smythe introduced the follow. ing coi cu rrent resolution: ''That the committee on printing of the two houses be instructed to inquire and report at as early a day as possible whether the mnethod of printing the oflicial reports of the State officers and of the Acts of the General Assembly can not be so altered that much of the blank space now appearing therein shall he hereafter saved. Also, whether the printing of so much duplicute matter cannot. be avoided. Also, as to the pro priety of requiring each sevrt! depart ment of the 4 ate Government to report annually the expense (of prin tiin ; incurred by such department.. Also, as to the propriety of omitting any part of the matter now annually printed at ao great expense to the State G;overnin nt." 1'he following new Imeasures were in troduced: Bill to regulate the public printing. This bill is designil to pre vent the allowance of unnoece .:ury ''fat" in publishing the annual repo Is of State officers, and is of a general re;ormatory nature. Bill to auend Section .1,O28 of the General Statutes, fixiug the trustees of the University. The bill provides that the trustees shall consht of the Governor, ex-otlicio, and two mnembers from each Congressional district, to be elected by the General Assemblly, one from each district for a term o f two years, and one for a term of four years. After the first election tile term: oif oclice shall be four years. No professor or judicial 0111eer' of the State shall1 be eligible to election. .Bill to regulate the sentence of pris onters to the penitentiary. This bill pro vides that all p)orsons sentence!d to im p)risonment for a term not longer than oneC year shall lie conflined ill the county jails and reqluired to do such vo rk in the counties as miay lie required by law; bill requiring certain personls sentenced t.o imp)risonment in county jails to work oin road1s, streets or other public works, anld punishing the escapes of pirisoners seni tenced to impriisonmenlt inl county jails bill amending the charter oif KRingstree; piroposmig all ameiidmiint to Article I V of the Constituitionl. 'This provides for a Court of Probate in eachl county, with jurisdiction in all mat ters testamentary and of administration ini biusiness apper taining to miinors; and1 the iallotmnent (if dower in cases of idiocy anId inisaniity; abolishuing theO (ilice of julry 'oniissionk er; amiendig tile cbarter of the town of Hampton; providling for the ltaxat.ion of dogs and b)itches'. 'Thle 'ax is one dollar a head and the money is to' go to tie count,y treasury; to strike (out SC et iins 595 and 5%4 of the Uunerad Statutes, re lating to the privilege tax oni lertilizers, and1( suIbstituite others ini lien thtereof. TIhis b)ill is designied to prevent frauds in fertilizers; joiiint resolution to ratify the census amiendmient to the Constiti hiou; to providle fo: transiportinig coniu victs to thle penitentiary by) thle penliten. tiary guards. At .1 o'clock on Tuesday, :Mhtl alt., the Senate, accepting the inlvitationl of thec Hfouse, proceeded to the I fall of Repire. tientatives and' joined in the L egislatmi y rocession to th1e Opera H ou: e to pair ticipate in the inaugurationt ceeioniiit. A t 2 o'clock, tile inaugura ion bein 2 over, the Senate clahamer was atgai 11illed. aieuitenanit G overnor Mauldi a and President pro temnpore izlar occi ne sat t the P r(iesilns (091 JoerorRichrdsonl and ta-( (yermI I Sheppard sat somewhat behind thle' e At 2i.03 Presidont Iziar called the Si natb to ordler andl said: "'Gentlemen oif thle Senate, I .al..' piaesure mi iftro(duceing to yell ieAute,, alnt Governor Mauildmn, who loas quai- i fled by taking the oath of oflice, and i: now ready to assume the duties of Presi dent of the Senate." Lieutenant Governor Mauldin -ni. vaneimg to tie desk, readl el followint, bre Cdress in a clear voicee andl wit I deliberate enunciationi: "GCentlemen of the Senate: The aclLtioni of the people of South Carolina calls for my presence hero to-day to aM, nilicial duties as you1r presiding ollei', perienco in this now and responsible po- t sition, I bespeak your kindest considera- 1 tion in my earnest efforts to servo you and facilitate the business of your hon orable body. Actuated, as I know you t one and all are, by a patriotic intention v to advance the best interests of the peo- a plo, I am confident that whatever differ ences in discussion may arise between t you will be controlled within proper and 'j courteous bounds, and promoted alone by a purpose to seek and (10 the right. t The holdin? of public oflice brings with b it, at all times, grave responsibilities. i Moro especially is this true in the pres- - ent condition of our State. We are just passing through a year of serious and material disasters. 'rlo honest and laborious efrorts of our peo)lc havo been d but poorly rewarded. In addition to the failure of our crops, caused by un- o propitious seasons, we have incurred the sad dea ruction of life and property in G the chief city of our State. In view of st those unexam pled misfortunes it be- b hooves us, as the servants of the people, ti to act with the greatest caution, to the at end that we may justify the confidence ri of the people and give them wise, pr- tt dgnt and economical laws. I am sure t that every Senator upon this floor ap- t )reciatea the intelligent needs of the iState, and that such measures will re- d ceive your approval and support as will tend to promote the public good and b) advance the moral and material welfare c of the people. Trusting that a kind A Providenco will direct your every effort, I now announce that the Senate is ready to proceed with business." Resolutions complimentary to General Izlar, President pro ten., were unani mously adopted. The first real debate of the session ti occurred in the Senate Wcdnesday, the In occasion being the bill providing for a li reassessment of property in po tions of b Charleston, Berkeley and Colleton cou1 ties. Some of the most important pro- i visions of the bill would have failed but for the support of the Senators from RiChland, Anderson and Spartanburg. i Senator Woftord moved that on Wed nesday, December 8, the Senate consid or, as a snecial order, resolutions on the death of Senators E. H. Bobo, of Spar- n tanburg, and I. 1'. 1')kI, of L aurens. Adopted. Senator Patterson renewed his con current resolution on the Columbia 'h Canal, that the legality of a transfer of the State's interest to the city of Colun- f bia be inquired into, leaving the investi- 1n gation, however, to the select committee .p already provided for by Senator Sligh's I motion, instead of to the finuce and wiays a11d llenLls contittees as originally ' proloIsed. 'i'here V.115 no objection, and i the 'eSSOlUtin Wis nl(aniUiLoudly ad opted. Tue judiciary communittee reported a t bill carrying out the suggestions of lovernor Sheppard as to the swearing xl of witnesses by the foreman of t he grandt jury. h'11o same committee reported j favorably on bills ratifying the amend ments to the Constitution relating to the eensus 11 and to State bonds. 'The commnlittee 'ni educatiot reported a 'Unfavorably ion Senator Murray's bill etlngigg the nethod of electing trustees . "f the UIniverity. [he colmuittee (on countV otlices and t ollicers rep)ortc-d lunfavorabIvy 0n the bill 1 aboilirhinlg ther oflice of jur y CeommiSSIon1 U: (r. T hI1e algricultural committce reported favorably on Senator Youmans'; bill to j prevent certain frauds in fertilizers, and submlitted a favorable repolt wit l aincIud lielts on the bill excem11ptilg a certain portion of Marion county from the operaIttins of the stock law. lhe committee on printing recon Iuended the passage of Senator Murray's bill to regulate the public printing. .The judiciary committee reported a joint resolution carrying out (overnor Sheppard's suggestion as to extrii coin p)ensationl for the attorney general for extra services iln the Blue Ridge Scrip eases. The amounit proposed to be ap- is propriatedl is $1,001). The following were introduced: Pro viding for the transportation of cnvicts to the State penitentiary; providing for the collection of taxes due1 upon01 forfeitedA lande, and to restore such lam1141 t.o the tax books; p)rohiibiting thme sale of cigar- a et tes to p)ersonls uinder the aige of fifteena yeaLrs; amienidinig the law in relation to highways and bridges. This bill abol ishies the ollico of superintenident of highways, anid devolves its duities upon1 t the counmty commnissioniers; authorizing I county audoitois to destroy t.ax returns after two yearm. T1hie bill to reduce the assessument of real estate in Charlestont, in consequence of the eaithiquake, wals palssed to its third reading, and af terwardls read a third time anmd sent to thme House. A concurrent resolution was adopted, (a to direct the Attorney General to enforce til the State's claim aigamsnt Corbini & Stone. v The bill to authorize county vcommiis sioners and county school coinissioners ri to borrow monecy was killed. The resolution to authorize theo State ti .1 oard of Agriculture to creet buildings V. and1( niake and exhIibit of the resources of i the State at the proposed I nter-State 11 summter agricutlturail encampmenit(ttt at ii Sparitainburg was1 opplosed by Seinator Moody, whoI( mioved to strike out the re- 0 sol vimg clause54. A fter some~ d1ebate Sena- C tor M urray offered an~ amflenidment pro0- ( viditng thlat 110 buildings 1)0 ercetedl unless tI the site wats dcded to the State, and t< inuiting the expenditure to $1 ,I00. This ti was adop4tetd atnd the resolution passed. Setnator Edwards (called( for the special bu ordecr, htis bill providhing that a tuIition fee I. of .)) lhe c4hairged studtents in [the South a (Carolina C'ollege. This bill had beent n unfailvorabl4y reporitedl by the judiciary i~ 44n14utt it 1 .4 \ nunontt 1ty, otne-t hiird of thea tiin f411 ofI .4) 4. SenaItori Edwl~ards moi(4 ed.1 tt indtiiietly jtostp0o thte reporI Ib it the connulitte and41 take upi the htill. the cloe of Itis remaurks the futrther coin thsiltratin ofth hilltwa 4 potonedt till inte 0t nt Mr.. .e(~\ t ie hlt.i I 44 jo t o4144luItin 5 tiecos of the penIii ittr on the9t psnti o say th en(ht., at i tueu3i1. eh iillh tamtn the Alnh li I eth TI, maetithe11I 1( speiul odf forIll 5141 Tusy shI their o'wn priniting; aill deparn) tments to r4 " j oKrt thle cot. of Ihleir nrlatug t) the Co.... ! t roller Ocueral, to be embraced in hiy re ort.. IIouse of ltire aentativeu. Among the new bills introduced are ho following: Bill to amend the Act di iding the State into seven Congression 1 districts. The plan proposed is to ike 3eaufort county from the 7th and ick it on to the 3rd (Uncle George 'illman's) district. That poition of trangeburg county now in the 7th dis uct is to be tacked on to the 1st (1)ib lo's) district, and that portion of 1{ich nd now in the 7th district on to the 4th orry's) district. Bill to create two now voting precilcts Kershaw county; bill to provide for xation of dogs in this State and to rect the application of said tax; bill in tlation to the bond of Probate Judge Williamsburg county; joint resolution ithorizing the county commissioners of reenville county to borrow a sufficient im to pay oft' the jurors and witnesses; il to abolish the lien law; a Constitu onal amendmenlt abolishing the home cad exemption; bill to reduce the sah es of school commissioner to $100; bill > abolish auditor and require the treas ror to perform the duties; bill to repeal to oflice of register of mesne convey ice for Greenville, and devolve the Lties thereof on the clerk; bill to make umicipal corporations liable for torts; ill to change the mue antd amend the urteof the Chester, Greenwood and bbeville lailroad Cnmpany; Mr. liar r, bill to regulate the costs of dieting risoners in county jails; bill to regulate id fix the salaries of school comnis oners. Among the bills reported by the jtudi ary committee was one to amend bec on 1,731 of the General Statutes, rc ting to the selling of intoxicating Juors, &c. The report was unfavora e, and in the general rush of routine ark the bill was rejected. Mr. ])antz r, of Orangeburg, the author of the l, moved a reconsideration of the bill, ith permission to take the floor and ake a few remarks. Mr. )antzler ited that. under the law as it is now ritten an insignificantly small commu ty could organize, get. a charter and 11 spirits under the local option law. ie amendment proposed to limit the lo of liquors to towns of not less than t) inhabitants. The bill was placed on .e Calendar. The last bill passed before adjouriing r the inauguration was one to limit the imber of trial justices in York count -. uring the passage of the bill 3Mr. eady, of Idgefield, ofi-ered an amend ent rctuiring ollicial bonds of 850t em the justices and coistaldes. i a tphort of his anendment Mr. Ready ok occasion to say that it wis a notori Is fact that many trial justices in the late had collected public funds and had ver accounted for them. lie thought (at bly b)ondinmg these etlicials the State ould be pr.i.ected and a better class of ten secured for the service. Mr. Wilson, the author, eplained that ie bill threw sullicient safeguards round the oflicials, and besidest it was a urely local measure. The antcltdmtent was voted down and u; bill orderel for a final reading. ''he only measure that has( coimte diect 'om the Farmers' Con'vention is a bill f vhich Mr. ''indal, of Clarn udon, gave otice Some dys ago. It. was prepared y the conmittee of tl'e Famuers' Asso ation appoil ted for the purpo:e, and is ttended to give to the Farmers' Asfu ation the control and management of to bureau of agriculture. The bill is ry long and its details elaborate. 'lie following is a brief outline of its eneral features: Section 1. A board of agriculture is 'eated to lie known as ''the South Caro ia Board of Agriculture" to consist of 'inimembers, live of whom are to be ected annually. Term of oflice two mars. Vacancmies to be filled by the >ard itself. The president of the board to serve for one year. Section i names as the first board the 'ntlemeni selected by the recent Farmn 5' Convention, viz: Dt. K. NorriM, >hinson flagood, E.X '.1'. Stackhouse, R. Love, E. L. ltivers, Allan .Johnston, dson and D). I'. Duncan. These are to cet and select live of their numuber to rye for one year the renmainhig five two ears. Section 3. A meeting of the board is be held every year in the city of Co. mbia, (in the secondl Tuiesday of No amber; together with1 thle boiardl flare iall be a Convention of five dlelegates om each County Farmers' Associaf ion1, ho are made, for the time' beingr, ex Ilicio members of the board, "ftor the iirpose of deliberationi and1 consuiltat oin as to the wanits, p)rosp)ects and con ition of the agricultural interests iroughxout the State, and to fillI all icancies ini the beard." Section 4. grants the usual corporate ghts to the board. Siectioni 5i ixes the compihenisationo ie members1 at three do(llar's pier die hile enigaged in the pierfornmance of lcir duties (uot exceeding fifteen dlays a year) and~ five cents p'er il e travel ig expensesS. Section 6 p)rovid1es that thle m iemabers the board eleted'( at th ese annual onventionsi shall be~ subminittedl to the ener'al Assembly forconifirmation, withi e riht on the plart of the Legislature reject any of them and( elect others in eir' places. Scectioni 7 pr'escibes the (duties of the iard to make annumal reports to the egislatuire, a genieral review of' the conh tioii of agriculhtuire, Ac., estiniates oif oney requmiredi, no mioney to lbe drawn om the tireaury except iunder spiecifi' >piroprliat ion b y thle (leuieral Assemibly Swarrants drawnu biy the s(ecretar'y an'dit Section 8 pm evides; for the elect ion 1by te h)oard of ''a se'cretai'y'' (or "(eecuti'e licer"' oif thle hoard, comipenisationi . le board may also 'leet a clerk oi' erks to assist himn, sal aries do(lhirs'. Deretary's bend, .5,0. Section 9 prescribes the general duties the secretary, which are atbout the mie asi those pierformned b)y the pre'senit Sect .on1 I pr'ovides for the distiji ii. on. b y the secretary, of all seeds, lants, trees and shrubbery received b y un, Ace. Section 11i relates to the eollect,in uif :atistic's, &c., and provides that the Mel' alary shall " assist and co-operate with instate Agricultural Boeiety toi niaute iw State Fair a success, and( mobui all the encouragement in his power to the I county fair associations." Section 12 gives the secretary, under instructions of the hoard, the power to 1 iluarantine in cases of contagious dis eases among stock, animals, &c. t Section 13 directs the secretary to col- I Lect 25 cents per ton on commercial fer- I tilizers sold or offered for sale in the t State, the money to be paid into the 1 State treasury to the credit of the board. 1 ltiailroal conpanics and other common i carriers are prohibited from delivering I my fertilizer that does not bear the pre- ( scribed tag. Railroads and other coin- t 11011 carriers are reiuired to keep a I record of all fertilizers transported by f them, and report to the secretary the C amaes of shippers, consignees and dates a f delivery. eid report to lbe itade on 1 the 15th of . uly annually, under a pen. 1 ity of not less than $l 00 nor more than C 500, or imlprisonluent. a Section 14 re<iuires tags to be alfixed f to each package of fertilizer showing the f uet pouitis, laite of manufacturer, and c 1 chentical analysis showing ''the per 1 3entage of nitrogen or its equivalent in immonin ill any available form of potash i: olulle in water, and of hosphorlic acid d1 n an available form soluble or reverted, is well as the total phosphoric acid." c Section 15 requires manufacturers and a ellers of[ fertilizers to deposit Famples f their goods with the secretary. t hecti.i I;. The secretary is consti- v tuted tih State inspector of fertilizers, tnd he or his deputy are authorized to b >petn ad analyze samples of all fertiliz- ci frs exposed for sale. t, Section 1.7 provides for the apl)oint- t' uent by the hoard of a Stite chemist, 1' nd p ril,es his duties. Section 1M provides that no person ;hall oflfer for sale "'any pulverize(l leath r, raw, steamed, roasted, or in any form is a fertilizer or as an ingredient'' with- .1 ut attaching to every package of it a 'ertificate of that fact. t1 Section 19 provides the penalties for 11 'iolating these provisions; tine from v l 0) to .500, or imprisonnieint fromt hirty (lays to sixs months. Section 20. The powers and duties ieretofore exercised by the State hoard s I' agriculture in con::cet,ion with the ollection of p)hosphate royalty are, by his section, transferred to the coimptrol- t er general. 1 Section 21. Sixty days after the pass- t lge of this Act the conmissioner of agri- c 'tlture be directed to turn over to the lew board all the plioerty, c. c beet 2 appropriates the sum of I5,Uau to defray the (xpaenses of the f iew board for ti current fiscal year. S(ctiol 2: gives the board sull-rvisiont' ,f the tish interests of the State. Seetioi) 21 contains the usual repeal- t ng clause of all A(ts inc onsintelt, (e. The following are among the new bull; ntroduced: Bill to regilte the sale of 1 iuor by prescription in towns where I tho l(t at option1 law pievails; baill to rc tuire persons lishing with seines to regis ter their names in the clerk's o;lice, and to 'ive bond not tai violate the Iisli laws; 1bll to devolve the duties of supervisor ot regi,tratio po111 "jury commlni.<-ioners; lill to unaend Section 1 ;, ('lapter 2, ofi the (rtieral Statutc, relating to tl 1 compl,enusattiuonIt lel ter5 of th t ien ral 1 :AsseblV lill to make shmder a crimi ilul th i; b,ill to cin rter the (;hester n01(1 New terry I ai1road; Itill t punish the stealing of melons, fruits, ;otatoes or taurnips, whether severed roim the l freehold or not; till to relttce the salary l of the trial justice at the town of Man- i iling; bill to limit the nmalbter of trial justices ill Edgefield county; I hil to au -) tlorize the county comllissiouer.s of Clarendrn to borrow oney. . The bill to atolish the salary of the t aflice of Lieutenalt (iovernor was passed to its third reading. The 1 ill Irovides t thalt that officer shalh receive ouly $1o t ier diem and mtilcage dur iig the session >f the (ieeral Assemibly. A motion was nade to rethuce tile per dliemi to 85, ltt his wa votedl down. Under the pres mnt law t he Liutenianit Goivernor)l gets t 31 ,000 per annm iin additiona to his peri hem durimg the session oif the Legisha- ~ ture. Futur ie Lieultenant ( loven ors will 'eceive only abotut $3t00 per annium all old. The 1hill to amendt Section 2,;29 of the deneral Statuites, reltinig to driiwing I ad terms.of service of granmid jurors was f uassed tto its third readinig. In effect it maiukes a thlorolughI cl inge in the jury systemn so far as it relates to graind lilies. As exptlaiine bty its aiuthior it tiropot ses to ititike the grand jury a per- i tettual botdy, constittetd on th e same I dlan as the State Senaite is constituted. 'hue othicers oif Court to draw vetnires on It D)eceimber, 18t88, twvo revives of' 9 uiena a~chu, tlitis inauking 18 grand jiiiors. 1 Ninie of these are to ser've fotr one year t nad 9 for two . crs. After the expira ion of one year 0only 9 jurors are drawn r ver'y year, so that, there will Im 9 (ild uriors iiid tt new jturor's oni every grandtt t ury. he puemrycoiniittee had re lie Case"' as it were. Mr'. 11tamilton,i hleretoire, mto veil to stik e out th e tinnet oug clauls(e. Theii 1 otitn tiwas ltost, and lie bill patssed, itsIsbefoie sat ed. 'The b ill atuthortizinig the ftoremein of! g riand juitesii toi ai ist er (i oathIs to wit less stuuuntonied by) the solicitttr was paissedi to a thil readIing. Thie conntiuittees, int their reportits, sat j1 1mnong them the followitig: lsill to limtit the ra'tte of interest to 7 per cenit.; bilIl j ui'ovidling for' a "h'lorizonttd"' red(uictiont a mi tie sailarlies of tall I lie State etlicers; t bil to ab ol ish the toli'e of r'egistrtar oif1 tesine (coinviyanie im Greetnvillec coutytt' thtis bill was rejt'cted andI killed '"ittt of tattdl;"' bill t regtulaite the sale oif li<pi''r; bty dl'c~rugists; ill to itmake shm. itr it erimbudei ttifenii, <this bill wams alsio I lilled;> hil ii retite the1 salarit's otf Sit witht tIe ixception iif thte Lto speiuie, 1 I'tvoi'ablt r'e >orts wiere 8subiittled tnit thle Farmertis' 'tgrbiitutrail Jireat till, the text of' whielha It already 1been tilt.t lishied. Lthe imitouctio'n of bills in the I louiie ifter the 1'5th inistanit.' ItillI t egulaite the be('ite for ciit.ts (iivermity ; ini relation to triail jusi$ti'es ii I'iriifield cotunty ; to redutco the stila r'iets (if stund'ry oifl'i's ;ni Pickeins c'ounty:1 (I regulate, the weighinig ttf bided cottotn; y' to repeal Sectiona 2 ofI the Act to es~tabh lish thes forit of ,...titi .tainim.u' ions; to amend Section 2,398, General itatutes, in relation to the enforcement >f agricultural liens; to exelpt certain ortions of Colleton county from the peration of the stock law; to amond ;ection 2,G18, Gencral Statutes, in reia ion to the trade in cotton sced; to re eal the law requiring the publication of ho annual reports of the county coi Iissioners and school conluissioners; >ill to ratify the constitutioinm amend nont relative to the census; bill to pro ibhit the mortgaging of crops in South 'aroliua; bill to have a reassessment of ho realty of the State male; hilt to pro ihit corporations from clarginlg more r weighing cotton than is actually nec ssary to ay the weigher: bill to allow 11 Confederate soldiers who have lost a iab or are otherwise unable to earn a ving in Consciuetcl1Ce of wounds re cived in the service of their country, nd who have resided within th1e State r ten years and have received no pay L'Oi any other StaLt, to have and re cive the sint asistlnce as South ('aro na soldiers art alilowed. 'The bill to repeal the Prohibitory Law i Barnwell colity Wits )assectd without ch,ate. The hill to allow witnesscs in criminal uses to he ezauined by commission Wi-as mended an(d pass d to a third lending. Several hills of local interest were in 'oduced, and a fev of like cliaracter crc plascd to a third reading. When the hill prohib0itinig licenses to (" issuctd iin a town of les thou tive int red1. inliitbitan)ts w\ Is r'itlttl. the de tIes bceune liv i\-. Jlessrs. .John ('. l t.s ell nitl .Jolhin (. -egers tking an active art. A Inotionl to ;trke out thet eleletinigel:hisle as lost, by ". i 5:: ;thsent 16. An ailentldIn'nt to strike out 5iIi) adil in ir1 200( was lost. A niotion to post 1)t)I wa, lust. by I2 to 44S,,l.II)141, ie tenlmel of t he Ioaui ,\e as to lini ti ii' :;econd re'adling; andl s. s lth bill to :a fird reading, itwhi s :il W r:will e by the t I ae to strin 'ot the onauetinL 'lan. ,lldodii's neOvilo('illl cit.1 v,. nute Intere theing 101ts Ait t h vany i t " h o hellt-i (te i. 1 have to-day, sa;ys a corresponuden1t ofI iie Philadelphia lle'tin, Writing from tome, Italy, seen at \1r. E:ekie's stud io ie cla model of ( ieneral Lee its a 11iv f 14, which, it is 111ed, Will be :recte I in herble in front of the ho.ue of Iee's hildhood ing Wstamort lae, :ouity, \u, V.,i ni the site of the tom bl, of u nty of hi >lloers who fell in the' Wr'. T1'he it gure is exceedingly charact fritie and ni; lll of lie, antd the fae risejivet nated y , ir. Ezekiel frot his ow brouze put'--; i lait ol111 of the (lentral in later life iles loluently the p)ru>,Tie of\1 hiat was l) Come. "thlie 1hoy is fathei' ito the iialn' he're ini very itrth. 'T right mand, holding a little, :;iml* cap, rests >lte smiall btum1p of ia oaL: ire1 , while he left, b(rough t up to alout the level >f the waist, clasps a Biblet, wi thI one 1inger betweenl the Ileaves. Theii youth - ul ligure is slightly tured tf om right o left, Iand the head is elect and t"hrowii >eL a little, as i to catcl the light >reeze whtch to los itapar(t tht f f(1111v tIl >oy's si)lIe bilose and it vealsi parl hie promuiso of strength :mi1 compaict-i 1ess in thme ligure. Th le snaltl feet for1 vich the n latusily are amon1 , are iely modeled, as s tls ihe iitm, hoyih eg, in its neat stocking aindl1 f brc ahs I >tttoning below the knee. 1 utl, by a o) CanC, in itere sting Ippor tlunity t , fijidgig the fatihlifuieis of the like eMs as a mere likeness, if hereditatry reo emlhne:s are to count for alything. V.hile 1 was exitining the ligure in de 'l there camle into the studio a h ly ithli three lt rtty dlatughlters, tho 11aLS itn rotuce to me as Mrs. Coope( r, daughi herpoGr fLee's fis(I couin. One 'oiing a11Wtit resembhuce to- te'j hoiii ICitrait o e- ilusf,1i111usO lily as to lirsU ar e itsain eve to ast atnge's ive rat thley wreofithe sine tstock an'd, irined,l Mrst tCoor the wes u1ually lieg laetalthe cousin1 once' removted,ll udawas '1n1 trat tof tie gretes lalee ton and OX con1idence tith h411 im)st declare 10hat ny mtmbe ofi a~ theifuly 1:14 ty.s heI apisfre with13 ttI l the srkn likeel,apat arom the atities meri of I a thewok Th 'lorida ag crop is rcitl41Ithe i eliest.I 1hittlelt.sar made1 ite the rece. olipts OpC to lte priet tie, a-tethe wahIll 'lidaS, 1show1 tlmtcthis year'd erlloill urs all frg oe sli of lst'iear.l The (((lt Iranges recitved in1 Bostn wer an.t ipt. and. so but11 ithey haver improved0 ting theres 1IXlto o threell week11 and iht telf conigfrilntitsI art liet a[Ill f sciy. Thefac tlat thieti prise riig romlthe olhtralli to thret and a 12 iuar11 iler at ox authe fame a)lasItin a iclatis it the(1 prlinipI, 1h-r 14 Llorida Iranges, whea tim h ers boft are peior tow anyl other An thll inarket, r t a lle ilat, andSIlstI 3t1 te grtgolde oesfilycledwth weeto ri .W1I.At I i(t1IlT IIAVII UEEN. 'tIu I'rup-,tiltion t f tlat F reneh overn tur"n to Kt"egrtizo thIte Soutlturn Con (1'. W. 1. in th' Suliai:ty News.) I return now to the proposition in re latioin to the recoguition of the Confed eracy whilt was iade on behalf of tho linperor Napoleon. ''he date was not given me, but 1 iiagine that it must have beei at about the Iimte that the Ieleral (iovernmient Was in the straits which ML. Swint ton ha describod. It Was )robal us in \lay or June, 1861. Tho "torv, us it wa"1I given to nit', is as fol Mt. tliidellt had had a p)leasatnt tc tuaintauce with M. Moc(uard, the pri vate seeretary of the Emperor Napoleon, Who cine to himi at last with a mos sage from his imperial master. N. Mloeuuard told Mr. Slidell that the Em peror conhsidered it for the interest of Franec to a' sist the Confederate States to obtain their indep endence, and that he was anxious to give his assistanco to that end. ''But,'' said M. Moe<luard, ''Enghtitd is unwilling to act with "us, lid the OppOsition to slavery, wlother the op1 osition1 l.' senttimuental or 1no t, is so st rong that the Emperor feels that ho tnatulot, ('sp('ecillly wlein acting alone, take a step that would have the oil' ct of rstablisling a government which has slavery as a basis. It, huwever," con tinuecd \l. M t'<purdi, "the Confederate (Governienit will, b y treaty with France, ()nmsent t the gradual en aneipittion of the slave's, no matter what length of tiu 1e he taken to eomp} lete the operation, the Epl,eror will olieially recognize the (Conifedlrate States as an independent unttittn, and onder the inumediat release f)1 the iron(lads wiih have been built fo1' the Co' 1n federitto (overnment." Mr. ;lidt'll was astounded at this p ropos=ition, lut proc'eed(led to explair- to .. ttcltard that. shivery was a mattt'r >ver which t he Coifedern(ey had no cont rol, as t he Stattes alone lidt authority to leal witlh heir d tuestic institutiois, and lit t atIi State would have to decide for Iso'lI wIi -th'r to agree to What hadl been 414 r s,d. : ii'. Slitell, at the sarme time, 'p} ressed l ih' tpinion that. the States n(11111n n the Southern (oinfeteraey w+tultl I:,>t cousent to ablish slavery. \1. letiard m tturmuried his regiets and earted. A few lays later the lt'mperor's private S'retary mec Iik at)t'anie'r' agai Ii, md tolk \lhr. Slidell that, he buid a new tlgge stion. ''he Emet'tror,' hue said, ''will (n44t <lll''tion whatt you say about he pwe is of the Confederate (;ovle rn uent, hut will 1e fully satislied if yout, mo hil f your (;overnmcit, will signt ,itch 't I ratty as; was outlined in tihle lirst interview.'~ ''I ut,"' said Mr. Slidetll, "1 huave i, t lie p owe'; 1 have not. the n thorily to inal 1i1y :cuch treaty. .It wttuld It me.thing b Iut wvaste paptler."' \Netr tuit(d tiut," said l. 3loetuird, 'Ibecau1se', bitfire lly disavowul ciia takt pti-t, thte (C'o'federaey will hive blceen ret''itze byt Fv.Irancee, thin Conitelrate ini ncli.s wdtvil have raised the blockade oft hie t' lt hern p irts, ani thost" whn Ilen qluestion France's act"ion nuet be ptrteparctd for war.'' Mr. Slidell iinsisted that I ctttuld niot. tdrent of taking 'o unt ltre''cliett a stept, aul, after St11110 CX' P t sti lat ion, ,\1. Vtlut<pard Iook his leav'. Wit hlim the last hope tf the (CA1ttiiteleraey had vantished. It sil ihe>. rII udinary (.oif Iratr, whllo uns: nit at dil,lolttitiSt, tiwt llr. Slidell (5,1111 u 't ry iel hav a c ace td the IlTer u bih was i4lh' to him wlue, he knew that byv doin;g st lhe wsoubt have t rired th l flreetlttni t' his peole. Whaut if lie 1114l he'n ireprinmttuld'd? WVhtt if hit had 1bee' acu'ist dl of ti.n ason? W1'iiitt if Le lhatI been taken tuit by a Rtieliuioin ino 111414141I 4unng to a hunp bl;lt (ltl ie 1lfl , ev l Mr. Slidell life, ..ud h b1 n an1 insigi h-an__t prieu o p4ay) tir the fruiition of al:tl 44(r hope44s, ind line, mi.i, boIli he4b4e ini themy1, wa444b4 live,' 1refuise, ni' doub(t), 144 hav'4e 14'1.e;t4'l the enemyii\ alI all, unless he '(4ub14 havt ' d''f4( ated40 th n 1 il11 t( st rict 11e 41 ay J44'n4ini n loth'er 'il 4 water ' on' nilir I V'isin eitti410 uowiIgy.,>101i prolarat4'ioni 14 w 1 44:4l4? '41 r. Slid1el1 re 444114d it to4 hii, ;4h'4lr1unint. l.t wa .ial;4 to. scan(1 all dapab-hes1i4' ill dupllicaLte., 14u. of444, the4. li.ak 4f lo)'> ini runinilg Ihe bh>e44kolel. (>n oft'4 the d1ispa1tches 1(a4 94ent alwas i. o the~11 Con(fler'ate agent it Namin. Ii lii inporar1'11y absence41(, he' dIu,i 4eb1 4f Air. "'lI wtere dle iver4 to4 the 1 frie111 4141 ''la 414 beenl .1h< 4 n a0 his repr('j4'ntative11. .1t was&1 ex >444wd ainl read, in '4141er, perhaps, thalt 14in ,alition:4i 4opy iiight, h41 re(tainied. Xii ongf the 154 1 diptce wichl (calo inito h14 l111141' 441 thei t4i>raryi'4 algenit of the 14'''lovenunent a1t Na san was4 thet dlispaItch'l 11onn-4 inouIt hiS a(gt I 11nenitionl tis to \lr. J141lm i.h4'h>w, who44 wa's' consu5l gin.. r1ej44.i'tionI is thlat w11414h i ttribu4(ted to so41 hi have~ bI 4441ure(4 to hiave hiear'l of t. 1 can44 fanc4y tha(lt there0 wer(4 nu,niy hin(gs 1(n Fr41101 diplomac141y duinlg the~ 4ar4 t1 hit were nlot dreamedi404 of by ei ther \lnstrl>yo o baiig'.. ie I i' ''' nr''(1444 h thle rapIs S'1feI4 ll (h4 , andi(4 bie' for i4,tori'ety'. bl44 49 41] ('4n4'' littl lady1 of41' 4 ' - ' - 44(and 4. j '4pardized lif and(1 nr14t1 Il il 4S(d44 1\\ 14 1h5 144 'ie.' ir ('' For(. t91rn( 1o:1 , :n444 the1 lull e'xtent1 44f the I 41( 4 not 4 lo[4114n(. The4. 'tIillage4 (of neopoli4(4 in IB'rkeley' c'onlary, narrwly4V4 411 wllin;: ' how: and4 all numbelIlKr (41 harns 1:141 farmllI h4. werel'i barnedi4. he. lire; are said 14 44 4to be 141 ieerlly(under con1trol1, hainlg bu(1ned4 4411 thele' fuel. L.arge' bodie s of1 the4 low' w.,Ill nIe(eisarily be hieavy, NIIVIDY MIISE O WOODO AFlRL -' The Forest. In a Blasa-Fear4s1 Seesa AIe . the Central *nd Northeaatera RaIlroadO. The passengers on the Columbia special train of the Atlantic Coast I,ine, wnch reached Charleston at 9.10 last nigt, had an opportunity of witnessing forest 8res.of rare extent and brilliancy. The woo4t were on fire almost continuouslT fromSuw. ter to within flve miles of ?harloeston,:A distance of ninety miles. The grandest display of the accidentI. fireworks was in the section of counfry lying along the Northeastern Iailo be' tweon St. Stephen's depot and the te. mile curve ne. r Charleston. In many places on both sides of the track the line of . tire was unbroken for miles, and in othet places the fire approached so near the track t.?s on either side that the train literally ran between wall: of flame and through clouds . of blinding aLd asphyxiating smoke. At such places the effect of thQ super heated and fire-laden atmosphere was sensi bly felt by the passengers through the thick plate-glass of the car windows. The flit was fiercely swept on by a stiff brceze from the northwest, and at some points leaped across the roadway and caught the cross tics. The whole heavens were lighted up with the reflection from the lurid blaze from the dry, combustible foliage and from the trunks of the forest giants that had been 'boxed" for turpentine. Some of t these trees resenbled pillars of flame in motion as the train rushed by with the speed of a lightning express. The woods on fire in South Carolina is a serious occurrence. At Monek's Corner it was reportel that several plantation houses had becn burned down with all their farm attachments. At Stoney Landing it was only by the utmost exertion that the works . ere snved, the loss at that place having been contined to the destruction of about one hunlred cords of wood. Several wood piles and wood racks along the tra' k were mu a blaze last night, and the loss in this respect maay be still more serious. The people all along the line of road were out endeavoring to check the hurri cane of flame and protect their fences and d welling-houses. The accidental landscape was ,)antesquc to a realistic degree, and furished the passengers with sights and seenes equally diflicult to describe or for get.-Netrs amd Courier. i.11.E hunt Ncu, Icuemtber 1.-A severe forest. fire started yesterday morning in this neighborhood and, but for Providential in terference,the whole village would have been consumed. The fire was fought by men, wiiinen and children, foot for foot, but the st rong. southwesterly winds drove the fire through the village, burning fencing and threatemimg houses which were saved by aliost superhuman efforts on the part of the workers. At last the fire got into 100 t urds of 'csl corded 200 feet north of the depot, atnl in a moment the flames were etinnuunicated to two flat cars on the side track, partly loaded with wood, and over the railroad to an old large mill shed, which was uickly contsumed. At this juncture every hope of saving the village was given up, :s the depot, Iwu stores, a ginhouse, a dwelling-house and a large stable were in cliotse proximity to each other and to the fire. 'te icpeple Ihccaine panic-stricken, l only thought tof saving as much out of their houses as possible. At last a (lesper ate stand was taken opposite the depot and the fury of tie flames stopped. Gen. W. Stoles is the severest sufferer by the fire, having lost from 700 to $1,000 by wood, fencing andt houses. { Itog 'I ist" iu Iliti (~a'ct+ttiur. Evcr hi-iir of a dog t,hiat would swal ltw mloney?" usked a man with thin lips who stood on a street corner yosterday. "They've got at bcast up at Bily I Wright's that is ahead of auythuig of hui: kiiffi I ever saw. His name is atn ger, auid an uglier looking brute I never saw. Whin he was a pup a grip car run over him anid nearly ended his lareer. lie had just begun to convalesce, and was sunning himself on the pavement onie day, when aL hansom cabi swung iaround1( the corner, and, running over him, broke his back. But, despite his deformities, Danger is a great dog. IDrop at small coin oin the floor and ho will swallow itqice than lightning. Why, it is only a few days ago that he 5wall owed $1.70 in peruimos, and yestor day he gulped downi a half dollar picce. A diuinken man eniteredl Wright's place last week andlt tossed ai qjuarter on the (5oult ter in payment for a gla.ss of boor. Rieceivniig two) ten-conit pieces in change, lie itttempilted to thrust the coins into his pociket, but his had being unsteady, one1( of' thet little silver pieces fell to the flo(or. Danger wits upon it in an in stanit, anid a secondl liater it slipped down his gullet. "Where did thit (limo go?" akod the toipeir in surprise. "DIog swall owedl it," replied the bar keeper. '"That dog swallow it?'" "'Yes.'' "Oh, I guess inot.'' "WXell, if yout don't b)elievo it, drop the othetr (ime." '"T'he customer looked at the barkeep er a1114 then at the( dog. ''Well, we'll see if ho did," ho said at length, as he dropped the other coin on the floor. There wits ia rush, a clashing of chops, and then D)anger wiped his wVhisk(ers with his tongue and looked for inore. "W\ell, I 'm----," satid the man, in a daiZedl fliintier, ''(ive him it dollatr," gurgled tho fel bow back (of the bar. ''Give him ai dollar?" iterated the eus tomner. '"Nixy; not in a thousatnd years." --Chicago Herald. A ( olil' M 4 ~all hacred. (m.i:viRtANJ, Oh)lio, November :30.-A letter add(ressedl t(o a prisoner in thme Cle.c htaid wvorkhiouse was openedc~ by an oflicer of thle in:st itutionii, fouhndt to conituain money, and laid itway in the safe until the prison er's termi should expire. Whleu heo was released the iianagemuent foigot to give hiim the letter with the money(3, and It re ntuiiied ini tihe safe uii traced through the piostofll(e, when the above state of facts .i- wasisclosed. Th'Ie aittenltion of the United States authlorities here having becen called to this case, the qu1estion) has beeni freely discussecd whether thle priactice of opetning letters auddressed to prisoners, which is~ commiloni to mosOt i f not all penal instltm iozn, is not it violation of the Un ited States law ,' conceringif the sancitity of the mails. At the request of the Postmaster, Assistant Uniitedl StattS A ttorney S. I). D)odge has given hinm a written opinion on theosubject, I t is a long revicew of the laws on this and k ind(redf poJints, iand concludesi with the staitemient t hat no l)risonm olcial hits the right ~~ to open'1 a prisoner's mll. "How many women marry a good, senui bIle man'?" asks I(ate Field. Only enn'It ' hie eni help it