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VOL. XVII. YICKENS, S. C., ThUR D.AY, DECEMBER2,I87NO13 TIlE STATE LEGISLATURE. TUE FOURTH WeEK OF TlE SESSION SOWS CONSII)EIiA IILE WORK Many Measuref of Public ItereKt Adopted or ReJected--A Jood Showing, in Work, for a Very Working Ilody. CoLUuiA, December 17. -The record of the fourth week of the present session shows up well in the matter of work hard work-on the part of both Senate and House. While the output of bills may not be very large, yet the number of important matters settled speaks well ' for the industry of both branches of the General Assembly. Below wilt be found a synopsis of the proceedings. TnIE UN IVElRs1TY. The bill conoernivg the University, which has been fully outlined in this correspondence, came up as a special order in the Senate. With it were ap pointed for considceration tho two bills providing for a separate agricultural col lege. After the adoption of some formal amendments proposed to the University bill Senator Youmans, one of which provided for the formation of "a post graduate department or University de partment proper." Senator Sligh moved to indefinitely postpone the three b:lls, saying that he thought the best thing the State could do was to send all these schemes, for which she was unprepared, to the rear. His motion proving im practicable, he confincd it to the Uni verjity bill. Senator Izlar moved to table it, and it was tabled by the following vote: Yeas-Bell, Byrd, lowell, IiJar, Mur ray, Moore, Munro, Moise, MoMaster, Patterson, Rhame, Reynolds, Smith, Smythe, Woil'ord, Williams, Wingard, Woodward and Youmans-19. Nays-Austin, Alexander, I3iemanu, Black, Crews, Edwards, Field, Kennedy, Moody, Sligh and Talbert-11. Senator Buist, pro, was paired with Senator McCall, eon. Senator Edwards moved to discharge the University bill and take up his own bill providing for a separate agricultural college. Upon this motion he delivered an exhaustive argument in favor of the separate college. ,f .e motion to take up Senator Ed war' 's separate college bill was defeated w ' .>ut a division. .'ie question was then put as to the pa'.. e of the University bil, and on a viva vuCO vote the bill was passeAl, but before the vote was announced Senator Edwards remarked that he did not pro pose to have the separate college schemo ignored in this way, and if it was not given a showing he would be compelled reluctantly to vote against the University' bill. Senator McMaster remarked that the friends of the University agreed with the 3nnator as to the importance of agricul tural education and1 had made full pro vision therefor in this University bill. Senator Sligh raid that it appeared to r the policy of the Senator from Btara '1 to rely on the votes he secured and 'uchsafe no argument in vindication of is bill. He -proposed to delay this vote .mowhat, and to make some remarko to oring out debate. The Senator then made a speech in favor of the general proposition that separate agriciltural colleges were the right kind of institu tions. Senator Youmans replied to Senutor Sligh. Senator Crows thought this plan meaiit a renewal of free tuition in the college. He moved to adjourn the debate until 12 o'clock next day. Senator Smy the moved1 to table. Car ried. Senator Edwards moved to adjourn the debate until Thursday. Senator Howell moved to table, but * gave way to Senator Moody, who accused the friends of the University of trying to g ag the Senate and force this measure down its throat, lie asked a postpone ment. * Senator Smythe said that the ieport, presented with the bill gave arguments in its f avor. It had been on .the desks of Senators for many days, and lie sup posed that every Senator had made up his mind on the subject. He, therefore, renewed the motion to table. it was put and carrida. Senator Sligh entered a solemn pro test against the action of the majority in refusing to postpone the vote on the bill. Nobody answered. ~'The bJill was >sed to its third read Ing, 19 to 11. 'lhire was not the charge of a single vote. THLE BILL IN TrH E nOUsE. When the biill was announeced M r. K eit h, of Ne-wherry nloved to strike out of the - ist section the wordls "the college of agri ,,culture arnd mechanical art8." iIe d11( not believe that the bill made adequte, pro vision for the education of the y'outh of the Sate In the principles and praticLe of- aigi i culture, 1lls principal objection to cou-. necting the agricultural and literary insti tutions was that such an union of these two Sdepartments cold not give the pra'lctical - educaiti which the farmners dlemandled d needed, and which had beeni shown to practicable in several of the other States, Alsissppi and Michigan. r. Ilutson sp)oke next. As the intro cer of the bill, he outlined its p)racticali poses andi Edd the readllestionl is her we shall have an agricultural col. S part of the Universitt-'r shall it be te-one. Hie argued mat if the pro niversity a'cheme failed, it would vise w -hiarmi to the State, and op icents wouldI have the very nt for tile establlishmenOt of a gricultural colldge. On the otheri lie separate plan wvas triedi atto wettl be no end to the disas itencea. if the bill prevali ure suIceded, it would ob)llt usles in the State. Hie then t economy) of the measure. kdot been a single. argument that $icess6ity of a separate college. sajd that he had -hoped that uzesti6n of freeibition was set * sestoritthat there was "an ?he pretent bill was intro I tht furmiers in their de * aufkrate college, aa~d "to S a jropriated b,g the - "annexwas colkg~e." Spf (frenavili'I1ci o tain to seaboard. The farmers are a bad crowd when they get started, and I tell ou to ponder well before you pass this Mr. Ihaskell replied. Lie said that the Mississippi Agricultural College had cost $80,000 a year to maintain it. No county in this State can afford to donate anything but the baldest nucleus for a selirate (:ol lege, while for the one lropos(d we have the necessary buildings, in reply to )r. Pope's question, "is it wise in the face of the clamor of the people?" he would ask, [s it wise, in the face of the clamor for conomy and relief from taxation, to saddlc uilo the people the untold Cxpense of an :aperinent which has been tried elsewhere aid proved to to be a failure? This farm rs of this State were 55 per cent. of the population, and if they wanted ii agricul :ural college they could easily get it. lie thowed from the catalogue of the .lissis ,ippi College Ihat agriculture was taught )nly nine months in the whole course of bliree years, horticulture three months, and ,h mistry live months. ''he measure was to honest efort to give the farmers what a theirs. If there was no other reason gainst the separate agricultural college, it vas suiliciut Ihat it would raise a wall of epatration' between the i ilferent proes ions and eallings and create artificial di. inetions between the sonu of a common nother, which could but work injury to he best intcrests of all the people. Mr. II. F. Wilson supported the bill in a clUing speech. lie thought the priepcial rgument against the separate Agricultural Jo lege had been prccated by the gentle nan from Itiehlant when he so graihically bowed the effects of such a system in sepa ating the people of the State into ranks 1(1 colleges. 'rThe cry fc r a separate col ege had not COme up from the farmers of he State. W heni it did, lie would i pre )ared to give heed to it; until then, he vould opp.se it. lie could not exactly see ,he success of a syslciu which taught youtug nen to raise cotton at a loss of $ lOt per rile as he showed had been (lone in tii liississippi College. Mr. )avenport said tlit lie was contpira ,ively an uneducated irut. lie was glad ie had no more of it as it w ouhI make him t big.:er fool than lie was. Of ali fools, aid ie, the cduceated fool is the biggest. Scientific farming! ( acious alive' Show ne a iman who has ever niade a farier by eading books and I'll give $..' (This tatecment was greeted by U hurrkuaic of anghter.) 'Ihe prolpr wa cy to meie a armer was to put him in the iehld. To the ntense atiusemcnt of his learers he re )cated his e.\perience in scientilic fariniug s doerivecd from following the instructions oun in ii newrspaper. Mr. Thomas, of It cihl.d, s-oid tha in is opiniin, a hi:rher s(emitne of eu(itcat.mu a,d neVer b)een proj ctedl in South C;arolino. tS Co(caCepti,)n iinVomlved the highest s:ites niicship as veil us the schio la stb" genitis. '. the South (a rolii:at Military Ac(a(einy Ve have a iqui ibe sacl of iilitary :,n, )r: iet:l (isciphie; in (l:ilin ('ollege ve i.e tit adm:tirahL( instirutioi foi time col >r: d mi,e :mt:ai o',ie. of Siu:h r(elina; to 'he .nib Carolimi t iversit we wouil ive tie dis' n(: s'(hn,la prm+vidiog for :Ver y el eS in tic Sttt. 1I bcli".ve. tihat hc -:il l for ati 'l'crate ccolh"e e ctu e f 'iii ai ninori,y, repi .a)cti og ''ot ae t nth of aiw: a trlers of the Ste. ' hat iinc,oity l.id is rights ''liey were good a triue -n, ut lie did not tliink it was wise It, etil h lie septiae eullege. 1' was toa cxivC ii view of the conditioi cf he Stiat. amji it Ve hadu iiilholts to 5pec 1(1 it would iat ,e ivise. Its tetdency wa is to platce the fanner i m a lower plauie mth Iir thin to elevate hii i -to lwarf his intelleet and n-prne=s ii as piralio)ns uii'der a parti:d cauure. Theyu thoul,I have the broad bisis of a ;en(.ral sducation. ini the preseit sciette there was all the ugricultur! iiterests could de Iinnd and it was freighted witli solid and lasting good to the State. Ile believed tlhat the new University was the system die incled by the people of the State, cinid lie coped that tue tributiles of t l:{)ectlle wouli rise to the height of the grand conception of the bill bet ore them, and by passing it raise a monu mcnt to the wisdom of the Trustees acid the statesmianship oif this body, which shall endure to the blessinig cf the future generations of our p)eopile, andl in thce promotion of their' uniity acid pros peCrity. MIr. Paidget , of' Colleton, mioved to table Mr. Keitt,s mcotion. D)r. Pope culled fcir the yeas and1( nays. 'The result was--yecis, 09; nays, 34. Mr. Blcackwell moved thce previous q1ues tioni, which was ordered, and( I lie bill patissed Its seecond rea<inig icy 69 toi f4. Whenc the Senate bill to amend Chap ter XP. of the General Statutes entitled "Of the Uni'7ersity of South Carolina4" (which wae, in effect4 to conform the Statutes to the provisions of tho bill to reorganize the University, which passed the Houso on Tuesday night) came tup for a second reading. Dr. Pop moved to reconimit, which failed. Mr. Ansel enideavored to get in his amendment req(uiring the tuition foes to ., treasurer of the University, which was rejected ocn Tuesday, bitt the amuendl mont was defeated by a vote of 65 to 39. An amcndiment p)roposod by the com mittee was adopted, providing for the control of the fund p)rovided biy the grant of Conigress for Agricultural cand M~echanical College'i, by the 'I'cstees of the University. Other verbal amendmentso were madccie, and the bill was ordered to ai third road ing. 'rE A(ioi TLTU.'A unsPARTMENT . The11 bill to reorgaiiizo the D epartmnent of Agriculture camoe back to the IIouse, with the Senate amenidmente as ema bodied in Senator YoumanIkts's subsiitituteo. Tihe usual process is either to conicur. or to refutse to concur ini amneinments, but in this case, at the suggestion (of Mr. Tindal, of Clarendon, who 1had tho b)ill in charge, ico deibate wia adjoturned and tihe Senate amendments were ordered to ho0 printed. As the bill now stands (passod by the Senate) provision is miade for the organizattionc of the biureaui tunder the following system:i '"That a depairtmuenct (If agriculture is hereby created andi established, wvhich aball be tinder the control anid stuper vision of a board consisting of toci meam bers, who shall be agricutlturalists, twc. of whom shall bj selected from the State at large, and Ode from each judica cir cuit. They shall be elected by a joicnt vote of the G1 neral Assembly, as fol lows, to wit: Five for a short termi of one year, to be olected, one from the Stato at large, and one each fr-om the First, Third, Fifth and Sevenith cir cults, and five for a long term of tw o years, one from the State at larg e, acid one each from the Second, i"ourth, Sixth and Eighth circuits." ree to tis. liea inc thei oat to. piurvisin -ionor oh board or elre to the people. The Senate amendment provi(les for the election of the commission by the Logislatnre. TIIE AOnICULTURAL EXEMP'rION l1LL gave rise to a spirited discussion. The bill came up for its final reading, having passed a second reading by a vote of 92 to 9. The discussion was opened by )r. Pope, of Newberry, who moved to recommit the bill, that being the par liamentary process of squelehing a bill that has already been passed. Dr. Pope explained that he made the motion be cause the bill is unconstitutional, it be ing in direct conflict with Sectica 1, Article 9, of the Constitution. The bill fixes one tine for the farmers' products to be valued (August 1st) preceding January 1st of the return and leaves other property to be valued as of Janua ry 1st. The bill then passed its third reading, without a division. NO CONSTITUrIONAL CONVENT ION. The joint resolution to call a Consti tutional Convention was fully discus:ed in the House, but was killed by a vote of (6 to 44. The matter may now be considered settled for the present session. ELECTION PRLCIN('T5. The House has passed the voting pre cinct bill to a third reading. This is in the nature of an amendment to the elec tion laws and is passed at almost every session, the object being to change or add to the precincts. The counties atleete(1 by the present bill are Chester field, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Spartanburg, Chester, horry, Beaufort, Laurens, Berkeley, Anderson, Oconce, Pickens, York and Greenville. 'lO NEw API'ORTIONM ENT. The apportionluont bill caused quite a discussion in the Senate. The oppon onts chirfly took the ground that it was unconstitutional. It was finally killed by a vote of 19 to 15. TJIE COLUMiIA CANAL. The Columbia Canal bill was on the Senato Calendar for a second reading. Senator Hemphill moved its indefinite postponement. Tabled by a vote 13 to 9. Senator Talbert moved to amend by requiriEg the convict8 to be clothed, fed and gaarded by the trustees of the Canal and live dollars a month be paid for their hire. Senator Murray moved to table the motion. Carried-IS to 13. Senator Tailbert off'red another amendment, re quiring the Canal trustees to feed and clothe the c'ovicts. This was decated by a vote of 16 to 11. On the passage of the bill Senator Talbert demanded tle yeas and nays, slayifg that he wished lus vote rec(rded against this infamous scliene. The bill passed by a veto of 18 to 11. T!E 5'IT'OC LAw IN COLLToN. 'I'lie bill to .met pottions -of Colle ton from the (meral Stock Law pauied the ieuse after a Jens;thy debate, par ticipated in by 'Mer'srs. lantzler, of (O)rangeburg; ['adgett, Hill and Wim boriy, of Colleton: Lesesnc, of Charles ton; ieitt, of Newberry: 'tindall, of Clareudon; Stanlind, of Berkeley ; 11am iiton. of CleLter, and sione others. T iE PnIoPo.Do COUN TV oI I'LoitEN(1:. When the bill to create a new county, to l,o known as the County of Florence, was taken uip in the Senate, Mr. Moody, of Marion, moved to indefinitely post pone the unfavorable report of the Judiciary Committee. In support of this motion Senator Moody de ivered an carliest speeeh, strongly s( Iting forth the needs of the peopleo east. Marion, and appealing to the Senate to recognize those needs by paiig the bill. Senator E1w aIds, of l )arlington, argued strongly against the bill on the ground that it would take vialabe terri tory awa;' from bojth DaLrilington and Williamsburg, against the wil. of the peole of thiose counties. Senator Byrd, of Williamslburg, ob jected to the bill, also on the gr ound that it would take territory and poapula tion from his county, against tho wi!l of then people. After some farther debate Senator IEdwards moved to table the motion of Senator Moody to indlefliitely p)ostponei the un favorab!e report of the coinmnittee. U Pen the call of. thle yeas and nays, the vote was as followve: Yeas---Messrs. !ll, Bioman, Black, Buist, Byrd, Crows, iwards, Howell, IHemnphill, izlar, Kennedy, Murray, Moore, Munro, McCall, Moise, l iame, Sinkler, Taliber.t, Woflurd, Williams, Wingard, Wood wardL Youmitans 2 . NaysM*essrs. Au'ti,,Alexaudler, Field, Moody, P'at.terson, lecynolds, Smnith--7. Se'nator Ildwards thleni moved to adopt the unfavorable report of the commiiittee, and reject thle b)11. This motion was adlopted 1without aL division, and the fate of the bill was sealed. A lOlT (InANTiXIN A AII. Th'le i ll to regulate the granti og of bail after conviction caused seome (lebato in the Senate. It was tinally p)assod in the following shape: '"That from and after the passago of this Act it shall iiot he lawful for any J1ustice or any Circuit Judge of the State, p)ending an1 appeal to the Supreme Court, to grant bail to any plersoni who shall have beeni convicted of any) offense the punishment whereof is death o;r iirnprisonu mnuent for life or impllrisonmrenut for ten years."~ Th'le Ilouse haud a a lengthy debate on the bill reported by the pihosp)hate con. mission-which has already beuen out lined ini this correspond(enee. Col. lIaskeil arglied in favor of th<. bill, and D)r P opa spoke againost it- -hi views being, ini general, those oif the op ponents of thme measure. D)r. Pope said1 that thus bill meant thai there would be~ an agreement b)etweei the land andl( waIter companies to restric thle productioni of phosphate. TIhe comi nitten asked thuis Legislature deliber ately to create a mnonopoly To drivn poor men omit of the bu'sinioss, and t: give the business to those live fat coin p)anies. 1t was a mnonstrous p)roposition Alluding to Col. Itaskell's description o the comlicatedl rmachinery usedl in dredIR iing rock, D r. Pope intimated that thi phoesphate companion had introdune< phosphate3 tongues into the eyes of thn commiittee. IIa didn't understand hov~ those companies conld be languishing when they offered to pay *175, 000 jeu annumix for tis monopoly. In the oonrca of his remiarke Dr. Pope made the stato jmnt that the general righEs poople hadl paid $90,000 of the $208,000 paid to th State. Mr. laskell produced the report o the Comptroller General, showing tha the five companies named had paid $195, 000, leaving $13,000 to be accounted fo; otherwise. )r. Pope said he had been misin formed, but it made no difforonce in the argument. ie .posed this monopoly and oppose 1 it in the interest of the farmers of the State. The bill was further discussed by Messrs. Miller of .Beaufort, Maher of 3arnwoll and Wilson of York, in favor, and by Mr. Ansel of Greenville in oppo sition. Dr. Pope then moved to indetinitely postpone the whole matter. This mo tion was adopted by a vote of 72 to 34, A motion to reconsider was tabled by a voto of 5( to 46---thus burying the bill (uito out of sight. THE RA1ILitOA) SwIeiii IA., as it is called, passed the house after some little straggle. This measure, in substance, requires every railroad com pany to "switch off and deliver" to con necting roads cars consigned to parties beyond such lines. The object of the bill is to give shippers or consignees the choice between different lines, and to compel the railroads to recognize this choice. LtA )'A TAxEs FOR SCIooLS. 'T'lho House has passed the bill to fa cilitate the formation of new school dis tricts. It provides us follows: 1. Each city, town or incorporated village in the state desiring to obtain the benefits of the Act is hereby declared to be a school district, with the power to levy and collect a special tax not exceed ing two mills, subject to the following provisions: '2. The school trustees shall at any time previ'.us to the 30th of .une of each year, upon the written re<iuest of a majority of the real estate owners, issue a call for a meeting, afh-r one week's no tice, of all those citizens who return real or personal proper;y in said district. The persons euutled to vote in said meet ing shall have the power, among other things, to decide whether, in addition to the amount of the constitutional tax up portioned to the use of the schools, it is deemed expe(lient t. levy an additional tax, not exceeding two mills, for the pay of teachers' salaries, or the building and improvement of schoolhouses, or for in cidental cxpenhses. 3. Specific instructions are given to auditors and treasurers as to the method of levying and collecting the tax thus voted. The Act, of course, does not affect school districts heretofore created by s1)ecial enactment. FUNDINe TiLE )I.1)13 The bill to fund the State bonds and stocks maturing next July caused some lebato in the lousu-chiefly upon the matter of the rate of interest. Some members favored 5 per cent., some 4 and rone 1. 'lhe -i per '!ent. rate was tinall; adopted by a heavy vot.. 'I'h bends tire tJ run forty years. H'IE) AIuoP1A'rIoNs. 'hec general approlriation bill, as re ported by the Ways and Means Commit t'e, appropriates as folio ws: Executive )epartment......... 58,97(1 .udieial ).. part"ment .-. . . ,75 Scalth I)epartment..... .......,050 'lax Uep hrtment . . . .... University )epartment.......53,700 'cnnl and Charitable Institu tons ...................... 109,935 lisucelhieou ....... I00,20t) Interest on Public 1)ebt....... 390,000 TIotlI. .. .... . . .. $S07,205: The legislative appropriation bill, which )rovides for the payment of the pier diemo, mtileage and stationeCry certiti entes of the iuembiers and (Jlicers of th( Generalh Assembly. the expenses of tht e-ngruossing department, etc., passed itt accond readinag without debate or comn mient. Tl.his is one measure that is novo: obstructed b~y anybody in either brancl of the Assembly. 1t appropriates tin total sum of $12,989. OTliER MATrEitH. Quite at dto(htt arose in the IiIOuse or he bill to give the trial justices jurisdic tion over cases of petit larceny. An hu: wast sp)ent in the discussion and the bil was passed with but one dissenting voice Mr. WLysor thca4got up another bill giv ing trial justices jurisdiction in cases o receiving stolen goods of the valueo twety ollrsor under. This was passe( The bill making Sumder at city ww' p)assed to a third reading. The bill by Mr. P ope. to carry int< "lfect Article 10, Section 3, of the Coni stitution, in re'gardl to free schools, wat indefinitely postponedl. Several b)ills Were passed1 without dis cussion : 'To reduce the number of tria justices in K(ershatw county; to author ize thte county commissioners of Ker shaw to borrow money for school pur poses; to provide a sitlary of 86300 for th<( probato joalge of Fairfield. The bil! to) ab)olish the office (of bi. puerint end(ent of highways, and to (10 volve the duties thereof on the counit3 comm isioners, was i detinitely post poined. A bill to emipower the Charleston, Cini cinflnati and1( C Lica[go Rail way Coampaniy to mortgage its p)roperty was passed. Thle bill to allow sheriffs $3 per da, for actual attendance upon the sessioni of the Circuit Courts in their respootivi counties wa passed after a hot dlebate. A joint resolution proposing an amtendl meat to Article 4I of the Constitutiou passed. '['le resoltition gives probata judIges jturisdhiction in all matters testi meutary, Ac., and also in business ap p)ertaiing to unnnors, and the alhlotmetn ouf dower, and in cases idiocy andI lunut cy, andI personts nion comipos menti.-i. Thi tenure of olliec is miade tour years. The Sinikler forfeitetd land bill wa p e-sed to a third rca<htng. This is th bil I ->. restore to the tax lists nimprove lands which have noot been upon the ta duplicates since 1875. Tlhe joint resolution requiring the D) rectors of the Poenite3ntiavy to leaso 15 convicts, at $5 a month, to the Carolinn Knoxvillo and Western Railway (lom - panty, to be employed in building twelv miles of the road aomes the mountainou section of Cre.nilleo oountty, was killeo in the tSenate. Senatorlzlar's bill extending the limii af the poll tax paying age.from Nity $' sixty years caused some debate, $ -I('ijt The following bi)1,e- ~ secna mcanv 3 ing and requiring the town council c Rock Hill to issue bonds for educationc f purposes; (House) authorizing the treai urer of Berkeley county to transfer t the credit of the school litricts of sai cou'.ty certain funds; chartering th tc ,vn of Clover; (House) authorizing th I treaiurer of Berkeley county to place th balnc of the trial justice tax in St. An drew's parirh, levie(t in 1881 and 1885, t the -edit of past indebtedness of 1885 (H' ) amending the churter of tl tow: o[ Florence. Senator I- ttterson's bill "in rel'itioi to forfeiud lands, delinquent lands an( the colleet ion of taxes," passed--2() to 10 The Columbia Canal bill has passet its three readings in the Senate, and nov awaits the action of the house. The bill to estaulish scholarship in tlh Winthrop Training School at Columbit is also pending in the House. The bill to abolish the ollico of 1ltske in Laurens county was killed in the Sen ate by a vote of 16 to 15. Among the bills passed by the Senat< are the following: Bill to amend an Aci for the prevention of cruelty to animals Hill to charter the 13ennettsvillo anu Uhoraw Railroad Company. Bill to amend an Act to provide foi and regulate the incorportion of hanke in this State. Bill to repeal Section 2 of an Act ic regulate appeals in criminal cases. The bill (by Mr. Keitt, of Newlerry, i to establish a separate Agricultural Cul lege and to devolve the duties ot tlhe )epartm'nt of Aericulturo upon the Directors of such College, was laid on the tabla upon the motion of that gen tleman. Ie stated that he considered the que.tion of establishing a separak Agricultural College settled by the action on the Univcrsity bill, and that lie had no desire to consume time uselessly. His motion was adopted. The bill to incorporato the Columnbiu Club caused some little debate in the 11ouse, Ibtut was finally passed, aftet changing the name of the organization to the "Columbia Social and Literar Club." On motion of Dr. IPope, the enacting words wore stricken out of a bill tc amend Section 1452 of the General Statutes, so as to give the Railroad Con missioners $10() for oflico rent instead of $200, as now allowed. The Senate bill to pension Coufeder. ate soldiers and sailors has paused ti House a d will of course became a law. The Columbia C. n-.l bill was read and ordertd for consideration. The follow ing hills were rcad tle th ird time: To fund the deficiency bonds at " pei ccrt. In the hcnate yesterday the bill pro viltmtg for ia separate Agri ulturial C'lleg< was killed by a vote of 24; to "l---Senltor: Crews, Biemann, Ed ward and tl ian) convtit uting the adh erents. The hill imposing the puinislhnru-nt 'imrd labor upon ptrsns co rnvi teI h m 'it or municipal authuorittes was inudtimit cl postponed on its .scond reading toy a vOtt of 15 In 16. A bill nakinig li a misdlenc,.mor for an person to obtain board ir lolgin g at a pu' lie or private In and dep:rt Iterofrton without the knowledge of lie propritor leaving hIs Ibill unild was killed. The bill authorizing the city of Columhi to guarantee and pay the coupo(ns on bond.i to 1be issued by the Ikard of Trustet s o the Columbit Canal passed its secon reading. The" Pint I . nemivi. A ,' celoc yesterday tfterntoutn Ie I w ht r 1, t't in jointt assemly3 in thie liall o the lliuse of Reprt entatives for thn pu t pose of electing a ('omnissioner ut A r culture and two I)irectors of the 1aUt I'-ni}"'iiary. A i Ilation hmd bteen adot'td resolvin, fo t. ot- of h'be no sir :ihe,t a th nominaoie.s -nepnty -rcoin shor. 'Va lionianouncement -io ilu- mune 1 ofr thAcmides. tioii:t, l ".ieut.-comne vnor. Main enledth.t Dohou toodr n ale ornmna.o forte folloi r o omssonerIl ol Air Mr.liaitilie ominatediz o.ir . P. Jirutr ?ler~.he nomirato w. Ili as Ico.ded by i Mr)11 . Anson 'S nomlmted .\ir .\a. E Donlson, ofGenillyi nmnto -l The vote rsultedli as flmIvs:'of~ 'httlr -MSars. A. A1 Sarolrat. Toa )adr Johivni Soo, E l. lleiibe t: ----'her haive beten docoketed for trial at next term iiig suits ag1inlst the -('hicngo and Athianti Riailroad, growing oit of the K outs disaste An adimiistrator's suiit to reciover $i110,411 for thle dealths' of several tiembe irs of th Millecr family; a guardlin suiit to rocove $1I0,000 for Hlermiani Miller, thle in ujure boy w.hio was the only5 mmiinher o'1 thI Miller fiaily' samved froiin'thu wreek:~ a of thle Kouitts Ihotel pritori lro toi1 re'oiv( comt)pensantion for Ith e re of thle MuhIle ho an indicetment for involuntarmy inuislaughI againost John it . P ark anid d10ohni )lorse3 whi Io are biell resonsile for(0 the Ko(lits db i aster, will come up; aliso a suit brought b Ann01' ii rk hart aigain.t I ho New Albhai aind C hicaigo Itail road to' recover $ 1(,100 fior the dleathi of Anadrewi liurk(hart , hr hiusbandti, whoil was. killedl on the ri o halit company. o 0.er- 'orkedii' W..omen.gf ltor " ( ionut,"' "nutn diwii,' dilitate a nd ove:rwo rked womenn generally, 1 I Pieree's 1Favorit e IPrescription1 is tIe b t 'i all restor.itive tonIcs. ii is not a "Curle ill, _ h tP ' ad m irab ly' SVu t (tis a .i u an l e I f p p xeculbar to0 wonwni. lI is a pIwirful it I eral its well is uitorimne, tin;11and ni v'in e anLtd im parts vigor ando string hi~ Ii t) lie 'a In d Isystemi. It prompbtly cures) we'ake rih X stomatch, indligZesutIin,)11 blong, weak l~e nerFvous p)rostraition, debi)1lIly anid solee I- ness, in either sex. Faovorite Prescripr ) Is sold boy dIruggIets uinder our posit1 ,guarfantee. See wrapper around bot . Price $1.00 a bottle, or sIx bottIem for $. a A large treatise on Iseases of Woqm profusely illustrated with eni.)4 - aind numerous wood-c.;" bloV' .~aI in stamips. ni Cla'r - A ddreu. '(. Rv , l'1.1 1*97 lt - . C At8:DW tu I ,1I) 1bN .\L [S IY l]O.). At . il:lti ;v ' ',9)i I.I :I i 1-tl t 1i 1:1\ <! Ti10 N1\\ -P'\ l'It{ IL0)41 ., 3 l e ir, ,f 1'ir u't : ilI the IIlcke"n,v,t .'chool of .J~ttrnu alh n. \vhItr , 'I':f'I i'r e . " I :l tl 13 'I'rt" iii it tt! e"t xlrtlr"ci 1 a . tn, Ia ughl t iy ai .\dtit ). ' un' iiI)dersignot Iii 1Vig Opr't td Ichol('lot of dotur:li!liSmt), Is1'tecfuliy rr l yust It fatir i hatre of th he ilc ptrti ilge. T[ ie a l i)1i ; iii.itil J lt.'1y hit ttt.it Onl ti e i lkk('itSI'sa i n)eie(dows';;. Th)e luc!l t70I 1 I .catt hil. Id 'r<t t h e1 cn)tu th: 1I)luo Orangt :io u Lti ai vi l,) It. a 'ew1 mihe awl'y. I 1 the rIlt,h' di yection may Ne Sen the buhy ltulnuta lt uring toWnl of N'wark. Th1e t", g.t', o uteulheor of eurl:listu is confet'rt ti ( 'all htudei w IL .r'i the fuil conr Sandlt )aSS I +ltiL o r tc r amtl . 'I h dlegre "; of :tbisr 1 i t .11 u u d rna liu is bm steo\V'c(d O all idttu tl' Whit Co .)!. 4t post-g;ra uate c'O ise of six iutoit b. Lcctlur(s wviIl b'. givi 'during th yet (a; by mny Newl Je(rsey ediiturs. \I i P1'oa i'wil hav( tih Siiety repor-)t uelil(ir her u ers ,IutI inii truction. 1' lessor P'otip wl'ill Ieture idurir. 11-i't wvinter sCinestel1r onL "1' ersOIII J(Io'r!ta ilm" iii tho oit. 'Tet rms: u 1lIil courset . . )ip)loma. 1hle W' igg;ius 10(daL, fo tunddi ltl by l(I dohn W1'ig;. ns, of Tt'llt y, will hi yit enlted'( at the antinual (tonnuiienee1)n oh I. tho htudecnt Writi'g the be t rei)p)rt of iire 11inl llaclieck. TIho following works are conith: 'tt reCOmllt Ill aIS text l)okS: W.1 14r Spelling ' o,k, G ir,t'it' -:rI glish r'aml mar, M1.t0h '11' 1;"),lm hnt,lry (lo : . 4 ) .h and Swinton's 11ist' i Ilfth Ar < the P'otomn. 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"hs i n ' haan w hoe l Id :tr o .i o '.u: r"er i Naro 1111p 03111 fi!Uny eim . oldnet,n en I.\ , tlu ed Ir-h a, Tni . 81011 1(>11 twe lt.h i 70aell t S e a4 . l t >Ad me that he was sure that the Demo. crats would carry the State next year. "Sauntering into the barroom whom ishould I see but Seth Stiggins, of Jones bxro, one of the leading Prohibitioniets >f thu State. Ho was drinking applejack through a straw. He asked me what I Would have, and I told him a 'stone Sfence,' as something mild would suit me. I prt dicted that St. John would get 4'!0,) votes in New Jersey next year, i and asked mo whether I thought peach lranly was better than Jersey apple jack. "Old Caleb Wiggins, of Hickory Poiut was sitting by the stove in the Simpkins house hat night. He said that he he had lost a collar button re eently, and that he thought the tariff l ought to be redued. lie is a probable I enditidate for pathmaster at Oheesequake SCreek." So the rocitations went on. The amateur reporter, who went out to re port the ialaginary triple murder, killed about seven people and bathed New Jer sey in blood. The imaginary suicide itarged himself twice cut his throat with a scythe three times, took a pound of S1'ris green, washed it down with a quart - of prussc acid and finally jump d into the Ilackensack liver, and was rescued. I'resitient Podsnap, who had been titor of a Now dersey weekly newspaper ir one month, expressed himself highly pltesed with the progress of the schoo, un thought it one of the greatest insti tttioins of the United States. 1'li CAIZOLINA IIU1)5. n.;a"nrit ut r'i 1)ughiter,t wio will be in Waishington Society thlw Winter. A Washington correspondent of the Now York World gives a long list, illus - trated with portraits, of the ''buds" who w ill enter Washington society this win !tr. lie says: -enator Butler, of South Carolina, is -ne of the most courtly and handsome ten in the United States Senate, and his daughters will be among the brightest of the rosebuds of the capital this winter. t'l iso Mario Butler had just a taste of Washington ociety last season, and Miss 'liso will make her first appearance on e t r's. They both seem very pretty. Miss Marie is very stylish and highly accomplished. She speaks French thutittly, and, like her sister Elise, is Ver. fond of horseback riding. The )picture I give you of her is an equestrian one and it is taken from an instantage oUltt photograi,h of h r seottf] V34o fu vorite iorse, Frisette, w. in one of the roads of the family ctkiiain, att Hill, near Edge lictd, S. C. My picture of Elise, who is a little bit mtoc of a rosebud than Marie, was taken at tho same tie, and it reiresonts her in rig costume, but does not show rtib the full beauty of her features. Mliss Etise Butler is a beautiful girl. She is of mdiuiu height, well iormed, and lier bI Iro blue eyes look out over fair echks, rooy with color. like her sister M1arie, she is a gooil French scholar, and heu \ i'1 bP, a; Marie was last winter, very poii a with the dilloimats. She is fuud of re:adiig, mt is an accomplish t1 tah r. Th \Wasliigton home of ?ui 1hillIs is in the must fashionable <'jiuter the city. It is within a stone's tiow ow i the British legation, not far frm: o.Idi, :" house facing 1)upont Cir el', t t' jist, arntaitl the corner from vher S, cretary \ltaning live,l hst win r atnd wltere the Count Mitkicwiez e 't now. It is a red pressed brick, tt ariing the num oer 1,751 1' street, and is vtery comfortoahl y fernished. Mrs. Juittler tomes of onto of the best families of the Pahiuttt, State, atid as for the S!e:Il."r, his ancestors were the Dukes of ( il, t1e1 o whont wa1s lieutenant ton iII of the Ioytil troops dutring the Iib isurrectioni of 1611, and who was I int L ieut etno t of I rehutel in 16141. lie tuck to the Crowni when Cromwell t,zId the(Govertnmenat. lIo proclaimed Ito len ii itn Ireltand aind made~ an un ilece1ssfl ttatimt Ia capture D)ublin in I:19 C romwetJ, however, drove him 011 0ut I (Itt t 1lan during the fo llowing year, antd Charle1,s II noide himii a duke when he cltme inito power. Th mt nan's name was dJames Butler i ur' o Btler, whto wals ai third son of i Richa~rdl hutlecr, otf Irtlaind, came to Iis coutrty as a maojor in the .Iritish ar my. lie resigntatl, hotwever, btefoire the Im>Itttin and rettledl itt Charleston, matlt it is fromul hmt, I think, that the proesent I utlecr fttitilIy or iginates. lie A wItas a imembh er of the firist United States St-st e, andi onie ttf his was1 married Miss F:umy obh, thle atr ess. 'The p)atern ail trandfaithier of thie Mjises Butler was / ini Conagress, ont of tltcir gran<.uncles wtas an odlieer ini tae Ametrican army and wa s killed ini the Mlexican wvar, and - anotheitr grantdu:cle was the UJnited. Stat-s Senaitor ini defence of whom IP'restonm '. Brooks, a relattive, assaulted Carles Sumter, inatsmuch as Senator f Btlekr wias not at Waushin gton at the tirao Sumner's attack upon h ini in the Senattl wxas madtti. Senator Butler's tot thier wias at Ierry, and she wvas the yountige st sister of Commodore Oliver H. Irry, the hero of theo battle of Lake ' r ie. *iE tn\ li.IL, lr.A., .Dec. 15..At 2 6 a ek*i~ this aiitteoon t biroke out In ltom ani exp losion ini the oil rooti. Thec1 thnres spr-ead raptidly- to the butildintgs cas8 it l ieaist, titiined by ai strotng wi. - I towards' tie baty. 'IThe losses are: lia lOlil100,000 it. II. (odnon 's blot I II:(. patly insuret: Estes &i Brown,4 diry 'ootds, $1 S,000, insurnfec $5, 000; antt Se 0 00: A sp'iniw ll louse $10 000, parialIly inIsured!. IThe city tmarket, jail and toil neltl chambIitilI er, 11th eiine hiouse, the tnthitz block ad sevral other buildIngs Iwe-re dlamtagte. Tlotal loss $200,000;'I~n d- srance itboutlt $ii0,000. Ir T butrnt portion south of the pl1 a neari lie sea wall wvIll be rebulU a ro.. Sptnisht and Moorish sty1l% * Q~h ~*ide of itthte ph1iza, Inchi 4 te, dratl antd St. Au ~ burned last sprin.3rln e - A Columbia mot oettil bedBandtk' m, 're doldtorm lie - :#