The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, April 30, 1873, Image 2
THE FAIRFIELD HERALD
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New York ('orfespondenitn.
N.w YonK. .prl 22, 1873.
Mr. dilor:
There is, in the public mind, ht all
times a material desire to read, digest
and ponder upon tvorything sensa
tional, and I flhtter myself that a few
"'pencillings by the waybide," from
modern Sodom, would intorest your
readers. I therefore, as the school
)o.y said, when he wrote his first let
ter, "I take my pen in liand," Ao.
To do what ? To give you the news
of the day, but nothing more.. Suf
fieo it to say, I left home with the
thermometer at 90 deg., I landed
hore with a heavy whito frost, and
have experienced some eight or ten
days, with the thermometer ranging
from 32 to 40 deg. Rain, s'oe, and
snow for the last five (lays without
intermission. Green peas $10 per
bushol, and strawberries $1 per doz.
en, aparrague $1 per bunch and rad
iihes five cents each, and strange to
say, fools enough to buy them as fast
as they arc received from the South.
Would to Iloaven, that every cotton
pluntition were planted in vegetables
at ,these figures, it would supersede
the necessity of investing everything
in cotton.
At this season of the year the city
of New York, as might be naturally
expected, is crowded to its full ex.
tout, too soon to leave for summer
excursions, too late to %eek a South
ern climate, everybody at home and
it really seems to the writer, "every
one seeking whom he may devour."
.Money is, and ever has bevny the God
of the Yankee. An, hour spent in the
"cotton exchange," or in the "atock
board," would soon convince a green.
horn that your entire salvation de
pended upon the amount of money
you could raise before 3 P. M., with
out the slightost regard to faith or
repentance ; and if one half of the
Now York biokers ever expect to re.
alize a better situation after death
in any other clime than New York,
they hope to do to by oi extinguish-3r
of ' margin upon "call." Vall
ntreet has been a scene of extraor
dinary excitement the past week.
bloney commands three-quarters to
one per cent per diem ; cotton flat and
dull; trade moderate ; failures in
every speculative line, frequent ; not
loss than fifty millions lost and won
im the part week. Buit what of it ?
They have the money to loose, and I
only regret td say a great portion of
it comes from the hard earnings of
the South. At present a few million
1ires look up all the available capi.
tal, aind consequently restrict bank
accomodations, and moderate men
who speciltte, (and who does not in
New York ?) "go by the board.'' So
much fir tinant i-m ing.
Anmong the mhany sensational items
of thc (lay are licst, the Modoo war,
every body wishes the Indian, Capt.
J1ack, capt uredl an d brought to New
York. }brnumiii would give ten thou
sand (loll ara for h hisiie for just one
mont h, anid then t urn him over to
G en. Sheran. lluit from last ad
vices, he will prove ton mnu.h for the
War Depart lmen t. M uch hypocriti.
cal sympathy was expected for the
death of (Gen. C'anby. I am inolined
to the opinion that the South will
shed but few tears for his death, ro
lt-ect inig upon his rule in South Caro..
hua. TPo which I say "so be it.."'
Anuother- sensat ionalI is that ef the
Stoigtonm Rail road, which managed
to kill and cripple seime sixty-fouir
passenge'(rs out (~oe hunmdred and~ six,
but it is pard~ y bilown over. Nabody
to bhLu nc. l'rovidene caiused it by
sweeping away the bridge by a fresh.
et whilkt the stat ion man was asleep,
and on the last Sabibath seine fifty
Suiierau sermons 1verie preachledl in
.'rovidlence, New York an-l Boston,
in miemoiry of the dead. Sundlry law
* ut hiowever, are Mire to follow, and
mian or ni ife will be fully' compensated
by dai mmages. Another strong illus.
I ration of the Yankee, love of mon
0*-.
It is said that crime in all its forms
was never miore rampant in New York
than at the p-resent time, notwith
staindling there are not less than thirty
cases on trial for murder, and some
eight or ten convictions and two
proineint men senteniced to bo hung,
among thiem E-d ward Stokes who abet
the notoriou~ .Jimn Fisk, and for whose
lpardon One hiuindrcd thousand dollars
hais becen uflered . Mark thism prod ie.
t io, muoney will tell, Stokes will not
hang ! TPhe better classes of this
great city truly need some legislation
to protect their lives and property
ngninst thme outrages daily anid nightly
pe pertd even under tihe very
noses of the polic.
Quite a comnmotion is created by
the Co tho lies to-day on a telegram
ainnucing the deathI of the Pope of
Rome, although denied in some of'
the papers, it is said to be true and
kecpt stecret to avoid 1.utblic agitation
in regard to hi~s successor.
It also rumored that thme great mer
chant, A. T. S'ewart, is dying. He
bas not less thuin twelve doctors now in
consultation. If so-lie must surely
(lie, without the benefit of clergy, but
certainly for thme welfare of this great
city, for it is said he leaves aboum
forty miillions of dollars for oharita
ble j~urposes.
As an illustration of the moral cor.
ruption of the people here, as well
at Uf a eel tain party in the South,
the Legislature of New York, now in
session at Albany, h',ve discoVered in
their investigation of the affairs of
the Erie Railroad, that a oettain Jim
Fisk, Pre.,ideut and of Jay Gould,
Vice President, whde utillions out of
their admiiaitration by buying and
selling spurious stodk declaring divi.
dends without tb funds tn iand to
pay the satue legitimeely, and then
selling out at a high igttre, That one
lawyer for the party received a fte of
fl11000, another on the other side,
$35,000 to refuse to prosecute and
moveral other pilinpa and setikore some
$10,000, each to further their Cause
all at the expense of the stookholders.
Real estate continuos to advan V
and improvements In the style of
building continue to increase with the
progress of the age. A vacant lot
105 feet front, on Broadway, sold yes
terday at $3,000 per foot, ($315,000.)
Some thirty vacant lots 105x25, five
niles from the battery sold for $20,
P!00 each. A single building in Wall
street, that cost $300,000 to build,
(the lot coot $1,00,000 alone,) rents
for $80,000, yet this is but 6 per
cent on the inventtuent.
a southern visitor at this season of the
year is favorably impressed with the
stylo of dress which characterikes the
people of a northern clime. The
gentleinen ar Unifoimly attired in
heavy overcoats of every variety and
shade of coloring, thick heavy snow
boots in many ensos worn on the out
side of the pants. The ladies, or at
least those who can affard it, are
rigged out at a figure that would buy
a good farm at the South, Shawls,
furs and overcoata, costing as high as
$300 to *1,500. The latter in despite
of the weather, can be found promo
na.ding Broadway froth l0a. in. until
midnight, many of them popping in
front of the hotels where the nen are
to be found, gazing no doubt with
delight, as they trip along, signifying
by looks and similes to strangers, that
an acquaintance can be found if do.
sired. The equipage of the wealthy
classes would equal if not surpass any.
thing in Europe. $2,500 for a car
riage, and double this amount in some
instances for a span horses, all of
which forebodes in my opinion a crisis
in duo time, and certainly before a
national debt of two thousand millions
of dollars can probably be paid.
The daily arrivals from all parts of
the world are now estimated at not
less than twenty.six thousand souls.
I Lavo obly in met tho past week, but
four from South Carolina, notwitstand.
ing, so fur as regards social inter
courso and high-toned honor, I would
not hazard a dimo to exchange them
for the one half of Manhattan Island.
I hope "to live and die in Dixie," as
Rgainst the people north of the I oto.
nine, my motto is "Millions for de
fence, not a cent for tribute."
LOCOMOTIVE.
WIN-SBom
Wednesday Morning, April 30, 1873.
R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor.
g Correspondence, sollelted frota svery
section Of the country.
Our cohimns are open Wo all for a free
dliscusslon of any prlnciple, theory or Ides,
butt we are in ho way responsible for the views
or opinions of correspondents.
The Mod.os.
Despatehes fromn the seat of war re
port that.Captain Jack still continues
to resist the powers of Uncle Sam.
A few days ago we heard that he had
been driven from the Lava Bed, and
most aoon be captured. But it now
appears that Captain Jack was only
making a strategie move, and he has
changed his base to another cover,
fully as impregnable as his former
lair. Although two generals, half a
dozen colonela and majors, and a
thousand subalterns and privates,
with artillery, cavalry, and small
arms in abundance, are pitted against
seventy half starved savages all told,
braves, squaws and pappooses includ
ed, they have as yet effected nothing.
Geon. Sherman thinks there will be
some trouble yet, and declares him.
self disgusted with the peace polioy.
We arc disgusted not only with the
peace policy, but the war policy too.
Several years ago, it was stated, that
every Indian killed coat the govern
mont a million of dollars. The price
has risen since then. A thousand boys
in blat, after three months' campaign,
hav, killed four Modocs; and a band
of friendly Indians who are paid noth
ing, haavo sicalped five mere. At this
rate, in twenty-four month, more, the
tribe will be exterminated, and Caop
tain Jack, accompanid by Bogus
Chauley, Shocknasty Jim, and El
len's man will be sent to the happy
hunting grounds, whore Agenats case
from stealing and Modoes are at rest.
The Ku Klux Tax.
As is well known to all our taxpay
era, the Comptroller.General levied a
half mill tax on the property of the
County for the support of the widows
and orphans of the victims of' the
bloody Ku Klux. But as yet we do
not know who were victims. We
have searched diligently for them,
but in vain. The energetio Judge of I
this Circuit aided us with every mean.
in his power, and charged the Grand 1
Jury at last Cout to lnatho.. vie.
time. The Grand Jury pesoed in
all the dark omers of the Count
examined wittesses, held constalt
tion, and mad an elaborate repoi
They could ohly discovr two tau
der@ and neither of these could I
oharged upon that terrible secret a
ganization. As yet, no b&tnafide vi
tims have been fotund, They eki
only in the fettile imagination
lawmakers and tax gatherers, and b
Ing but baseless fabrics they can su
sist on:more otherial diet than a ha
mill tax. To what use) then, will tih
mobey be applied 7 I)uriug the )a
session of the Legislature, Mr, Mill
introduced a resolutioni to refurd t1
tx I but no Attion was taken in ti
ratter. The n hoy I- now in ti
Treasury. one things we kno
and some we don't know.
We know we have paid over two tho
sand dollars into the Truasut-y, at
we dioIt know what has become of i
It must go some whore, It wou
aid considerably in paying the on
standing school certilloatt,, that a
so plentiful now. It might go
great way in relieving the Cuun
Comminsioners frot eubarramnci
occasioned by levying an insufioie
County tax. And it would also en
ble the Comptroller-Oeneral to pu
obase a One span of horses, or a su
arban villa. It might-but we wi
not enumerate the miany charitab
purposes to which It tnight be devo
Dd.
The Taxpayers of Fairield a
generous and kindhearted. The
consider eharity one of tho cardin
virtues. They only desire to kno
whither their benifloence is directe
Satified on this point, they ask n
more.
Mr. Comiptroller-Genreral, we ni
Fou as a special favor to tull us if ye
hare found shy victims, and if no
where In that nmoncy i If there at
ao viotimited widows and orphans
Pairileld) give it to the sohool
rhey are tieding funds badly. Or
you do not believe ib ethools, apply
to some other purpose. At any ra
tend It somewhere, Don't keep
yourself.
Carryingoal to NeWoastle.
An exchange states that the steat
ship Great laitern lins been charte
ed by a Cnpainy who conternpla
literally "carrying coal to Newon
ble."
The first impulse of every ono r
seivi ng this item of news is to Vic
the speculation as excessively lI
3rous. The proverb "carrying coa
to Newcastle," has for oenturics hee
surrent, as expresling better th:
anyth'ng else, the ide.t of add ing
perfluity to excesi. And now we i.
a company, in the very teeth of tl
proverb, engaginig in tn oter prise a
ways considered thre height of tol
A company too, comiposed of shres
yankees, men of husiness, nho nrev
venture without a certainty of Mu
oes. This specutlatlo. has in it
hidden meaning of grave im port.
tells of the decline <>f British weal
and power, by proving the decline
the sonrce of that wealth and powe
The English have long been a ntie
of shop keeper.. Their manufactur
are the most important in the world
and through these, Enigland has b
come groat. Her chief resource, a
her mines of tin, coal and iron ; wit
cut these she would sink into insi
nileoance. For years, dier sujpp'y
coal has been failing, and now t|
mines are nearly exhmausted. Ueone
forth she muust obtain her fuel fre
other countries. This will Iro a fat
blow to her prosperity. The inreo
ed price of coal will decrease the pt
fits on manufactures ; andl the timie
not far distant when Birmningba
and Manchester will no longer be t
great manufacturing centres, Liv<
pool no longer the leading nmarkeit
the world. Trade will mnove we,
ward ; and when England shall ha
become a second rate poer t
United States will take her pla,
Within our borders are found mnn
ala of every description in the grei
eat abundance ; lhere we have et
sufficient to supply the world
thousands of years ; and here we e
raise every material necessary for t
wants of man.
The Atlantie'shore of the Unit
States will be the future muanufce
ing region of the world. In this (a
lies the future prosperity of sou
Darolins. Our lands are too steri
to compete withm Mi'sissipypi hotter
and Western prairies ; and the coo
er we recognize this fact, thre bott
for us. Millions of dollars run a
nually into the Ocean, in our neglec
ad water po.wer ; while wo imiport
most every article of necessity1
(u ury.
When European factories fail, our r
ources *,ill be developed. Intmmigern
ion will pour in, because there wi
>O something to attract it. Om
Realth and popul ation will1 ino.. .
-- =- A AIL A
o and we will be freed from this politi.
* cal thralldom under which we are now
groataing.
r' The PulO sohools,
e As the publie have been stirptlatud
r- t the action of t oie schoo. Superin
t0ndent 'a closing the Suhoolasin sev.
oral townships, we will give some of
the reasons *bich impelled hibi to
take this course. In the first place,
all the money due this County has not
if been roe -ied. The appropriation
i for Fairfield for 1878 is Avithin a
fiaetion of savort thousand dollars,
Srine time Pince Treasurer Cardosa
sent up three thousand, to satisfy out.
statiding certificates for 1872, as not
a cent of the $6,000 due the County
under Parkers matanagenent W is eVer
received. The o certifleates woo
paid at the rate of twenty-three cents
d on the dollar. Last- week, Mr.
Smith octived three thoubandt more
dfur this year's certificates% Unrdona
wishes the frAt installm.-ut to be
credited on this years apportionment
a but the ooicials here, huld that as
y this was to extinguish claitus of last
year, it must be ereditod on last
t year's accouit. Unless this lattek'
view o adopted, there will bn a defi
it of about fout thousand dollar ;
and the Schools inust be closed in con.
scquence. I3ut the ohief blame for
this state of affairs attaches to the
Trustcba of the various townships.
Many cf them neglected to proVide a
local fund by submitting the question
of a local tax. and f-irthernore tquan
dered what money was duo from the
State) by haVing entirely tbo Many
schools. In one township last year
there were three schools in about as
many miles. Three good nchools are
as many as each township can unin.
tain.
t, In s.Veral townships, the trUstees
have dune their duty) and hchools will
be continued the whole term. The
B. trustees of this township especially
if descire credit. Their State app.r.
it tionment utnd locil asses.4nent amount
e to two thousanol dollars. They have
it three 1:hools inl fuccebftl operation,
uo.dor counletent instructors, and are
demonstrating what, can be done for
eduoation with propor management.
In other tounships, aff:A'rs have
:e been badly managed. Teachers in
One precinet are paid from the funds
of another ; and no account ha. been
taken of children attonding other
sobools thatn their own. Each towni.
iship must, pay for it. child en, " IeI
ever they alttend. No wonder that
dissa-t:sfaction exi.ts under this mis
n manaoem(nt. Wo d rot lock fur
I ert lion at fli at ; but we intsist that
e ficials tnust profit by experience.
e Supt. Crawford mUst. remove in
competent trustces and appoint good
onoes ; and we trust thot genat'lemmen
d thus api.oin-ed will not refuse to ac
rcept. The position involvo s resgomsi
b ility, btno good citizen should
s hiok hlis duty. The free school sye
tem is one of the few wise and bcue
h fl. nt pieces of legislation enacted by
our lawgivers. Let the conservative
r. eloment do all in their power to ren.
der it a blessing. Education is an
i mperative necessit y to every citizen
of Southa Carolina, "irrespective of
-race, color, or previnns condition."
re The Ku Klux Tax.
h. Treasurer Smith furnishes tis with
g- the information we desired in a form
of er article on the Kut Klux Tax, ie in
te formis us that thme money thus raised
e- Is nowv lying in~ the Counmty Treasury
m, waiting for instructions as to what
al musnt be done with it. Mr. Smith also
.s- states that he received orders to remit
o, the tax but not until most of jt lhad
is been paid in. le collected none af
m ter receiving instruoctions to that of.
ic feet ; nor has it been charged on the
r- delinquent tax executions. We are
of pleased to hear that this money har
~t- not as yet been devoted to itmproper
epurposes, and that the Comptroller.
lGnrlhas acted honestly in the
e. matter ; and we are now anxious that
rin the present embarrassed condition
t- of the County Treasury it shall no
al 'longer lie idle. The act nuthorizin~
or the levy of this tax, provides that in
in case there are no Ku Klux victims in
me the County, it shall go to the school
fund. An order should therefore be
ed immediately Issued to that effect, be.
r- fore any more schools are closed.
et The (deliciency in this sear's appo..
h tionment, arising fromo paying ast
he year's certificates, could thus be sup.
'1s plied.
)One thing is certain ; the money
~r must go somewhere. It must either
be returned to the taxpayers, or de
t- voted to educational purposes. The
-. first alternative is scareely practica.
>blo. Thel amount levied is compara.
tively small, only half a dollar on
8- every thousand~ ; and it would hardly
I be worth the trouble and expense
1l necesary to refund it to each person
ir who has paid it. It abould be given
.to free schools;. not nlyeause this
IL A AmAM A N Al EI A
method of disposing of it would be
most cont*nient, but because these
schools 'should be supported. Our
Citidens, we believe, would be satibfied
with this disposition, As the not do.
olares that the proceeds of the Tait
shall go to the schools, we do hot be
lieve any further legislation is neces- I
sary I and we -trust that Superinten. t
dent Crawford will make a demand
for this money, on the proper au
thorities, without dblay. We will al
so protiise to say nothing more on the
subject to Comptroller General Hoge
and Treasurer Cardoza, if they will
apply this fund as the law pt-ovides, I
The people do not object to paying
just toes, but they do enriously oba
jeot to paying taxes on any such pre.
text as Ku Klux victims. They are
willing to support institutions benefi.
cial to the country. They will even r.
pay a heavy tax without grumbling 1
when they see every dollar, paid initho
trensury, promptly paid out again to a
ho08t creditors. But they will not e
suffer their money to be recklessly
squandered, or looked up forever in
the public coffers,
Temperandok
t
In the brave days of old, when 11. a
quors were unadulterated and men d
drank in moderatiot, it was consider
ed an offenso against the laws of hos "
pitality not to have three or four de. t
oantet-s of wines and brandies on
every side board, One of the regu. t
lar duties of the butler on festive occ P
easions) was to go around and loose
the neck cloths of guests as each roll.
ad under the table. But thcsb orgies
lasted fur only a night t and the next 0
day, every mai wer,t to work lt '
s.) soon as the art of ianufact uring
liquors frum leather, fusil oil, aqua n
fortis, and strychnine) was discovered, d
this time-honored custom had to n
cease. Liquor no longer preserved
life, but destroyed it. The viler the y
whiskey, the more depraved beosme
the toper's appetite, the more inast
ijible bi! craving. Then the evil of. f
fects of intemperance were felt, and a
decided stand was taken against it- b
Over the whole cetintry were or.
ganized temperance societies. There e
met with great opposition at first ; 9
but they had able champions who bat.
tIed manfully in thuir behalf ; and
how they number their adherents ly I
thousands. The move is a good one. '
Some persons can drink in modera.
tion, but the majority of mankind
cannot. Whiskey is a wily and in
sidiuus enemy, and though the old to- t
per may light It for a long time, it
generally brings him down in the end.
Legislation is powerless against in
temperance, and generally has the
effect of strengthening opposition. t,
Public sentiment alone can regulau U
this matter. Thie question "to drink,,
or not to drink," must he deelded at
the tribunal of each man's conscience.
Temperance organisations are more k
potent than prohibitory statutes, and ~
only through them can a successful
stand be made againatthei aggressors f
of old John Barleycorn- a
The temperance mociety of this a
town bus beenu productive of much f
good, and we wish it a long and pros'
perous career.e
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Miethodist Ahead.
The latest sta tisticks ashow that in C
the matter of churches and the value i
of church property, Mlethodism loadsd
anl other denominations ini this coun. 1
try. Our' churches number 21,000 C
andl the property Is valued at $69,. *
844,131. i'he Baptists como next on C
the roll with 13,000, and a church '
property valuation of $39,000,000. t
The Roman Catholics have 3,800
churches valued at $61,000,000; ~
the Presbyterians 6,000 churches t
valued at $48,000,000. Episcopalians (
2,600 churcbes and $36,000 proper '
ty. The Congregationalist have 2,800 ~
churches valued at $25,000,000, and 8
the other denominations range he- I
tween $5,000,000 and $14,00'0,000. .
Thus Methodist provides her places
of worship at an average cost of aboutt
$16,000-which exbibits the two ex. '
tremies.p
Two young ladies, one of whom is a
named Annie, entered the store of an (
acquaintance the other day, and ob-:
serving a kitten playing about thet
roomi, Mliss Annie takes it up to fon. t
die. "0, what a sweet, darling lit. e
the kit ten,'' says sheo. "WVhat's its a
Iname ?" "It I as not been obristene1
yet," remarked :he gentleman. '70, a
the dear timg ! Do call it Annie, (
won't on "' ''Should be very ap
.py to do so,'' said the gentleman, but t
it is't that kind of a eat." Anniei
dropped it instanter.a
An old bachelor says, if a girl c
wants to kntow when she looks most a
charming in the men's nyes, it is when ,
she wecars a simple muslin dress, with
a frill of lace round the neck and at ifi
the wrists,and no ornaments but youth- d
fulness. There are more people than I
old bachelors that believe that. e
Th~e Blrownvillo States is of opinion fi
that the sale of kisses at fifty cents al
apiece, to raise funds for gospel pur
poses, should be sternly discounten- o:
aneed. The States is right. They el
are worth a dar piec- a bat
Npw OI1LKANS, \ pril 26.-20,000
perans visited the seventh annual
Sturo Fair.
Jil Ns..i.:, A pril 20 -Belknap,
Seridan n d ot::l -ire here. They
leavo ),or ew Oreans (n.u1 ay
toneingl ait G dvveston.
Tori:44, A pril 2.Taeosfo
n1anoho contradict lie reports of
fodian trouibles.
k.AX FrnacIvco, April 26.-Mra
phy, who killed Murray five yeaf
ago, was hasiged at.Stockton yestera
day.
"Where are the Modocs I" i still
the conundrum. No fighting siftit
last Wednesday.
.JAL 'lonic, Apt il 26.-Ju the Ch'
cult Court of Anne Arundell Couthty,
at Anapolis, this mOrning, the Ease
of the State against M' Isabeth f,
Wharton, for attempt. to murder ME.
gene Van Ness, was betriud by prose.
outing Attorney Redell, with conselnt
4f Attorney General Syegter.
This ends the fanotus Wharton trials.
M1reis, April 26.-The Aemphis
Life and General Insurance Bank, D.
P. Molloy, President, has failed.
Mtaritna, Ark., has been burned
loss $50 000.
From Washington,
WA811NOToN, D. C., April 2.
Owing to the Indian excitement
the Government has withdrawn the
appeal for the release of Santana and
Big Tree, notwithstanding the Kiowas
have complied with the conditions.
Gueral Scofield, in a private tele.
grain to-day, expresses great confi -
donce In his troops. le is making
every possible arrangement to render
successful the movements against the
the Modoos, who he believes are still
itt the lava beds.
A telegram from Governor Kellogg
to the Attorney General, received to.
day Is as follows : "iatters are quiet
In Louisinna, with the exception of
four or five parishes. My communi.
cation to General Emery, requesting
that troops be sent to these remote
parishei, was with a view to prevent
any possible outbreak. The state
nent that isued commissions to
fusion offiers in Grant Parish, or to
any other tian those first commission
ad, is untrue. The State taxes are
being cAlected rapidly. Tax resist
ing is breaking down. The colleo
tions during the past thirty days ex
ceed collections for same tim6 in any
previous year.
The amount of taxes and licenses eol
lected in New Olearns during the
first qtzarter of 1872, was one hundred
and thirty-three thousand dollars.
The amount collected first quarter of
1873, is two hundred and Ofty-four
thousand dollars. We collected but
little during January and February,
owing to political difficulties."
The Self-Constitted Look-Ont.
There is a story of a passenger
crossing on one of the steamers of a
well-known line, whose' distmist was
'o grent that lie spent every night on
deck, keeping watch forward. Dur
ing the days he slept. One night
thern enme a shout from the bows,
where thin amateur stood, "Roek
aheadl !" The) ship's look out had
gone tosleep. The~ woch on deck
were nalcep. The1I oflicer on the
hi idge was asleep. Thel~y woke up
with the ishout, anid whe~n ibey hadJ got
thue helm bardi up, and the huge ship
swunng Fullenily off' her Course, the
startled passengers who thronged
upon deck, saw the blac liffs of Cape
Race glooming down on them within
a biscuit's tots. My authority for
that story, is one of the engineers of
the ship in which the inoident oo.
curred, -
Treatlc Blurned.'
A smiall trestle, abrut forty feat in
length, on the Greenville and Colum
bia Railroad, nine miles from Colum.
bia, was destroyed, Monday, by aun
accidental fire. Passengers were de
tained about three--quarters of an
hour, while baggage was being trans
ferred over the break. The fire wasn
caused by the burning of the grass in
a neighboring field.--Ph eax.
.FR AN NFOnT, April 22,-.The rjoting
in this city .veiterday was caused by
an advance in the price of beer. The
disorderly doemonstrations lasted until
midnight, and the troops were pelted
with atones several times during the
evening. Sixteen breweries were
wrecked by the rioters, and there was
much plundering. During the oonfiiot
whiolh took place twelve persons were
killed and forty wounded. One hun.
dIred sand twenty of the rioters were ar.
rested.
One fact stands out prominent in
connection with the great Atlantic ca
lamity--that not a single woman or
child was saved . We don't remem
ber ever to have read of an instance
of the kind. Weightead down by the
terrible responsibility resting upon
him, theo captain of the ill-fated vessel
is said to have been tior. distressed
at not saving a life of a single female
than at anything else connected with
the catastrophe.
A carpenter in Seluma, Alabama,
was ordered by lome rough. to leavethe
city under penalty of being ahet, and
on the third day after the warning
they rode up and fired into the house.
lie sent his family down in the cellar,
took down his shot gun and began a
battle that lasted fifteen minute., at
the end of whioh one man was fatally
and another severely wounded. The
coroner's jury exonerated the carpen.
The Vienna Exposition will cost
nearly eight million five hundi-ed
thousand .dollar.. It will require the
contributions of twenty millions of
looer-on in Vienn a o ae ay._
M -X
Forrlipn Nrws.
LONDoN, April 21 -A critical itt
section plhnws the F'kt cable to
43 broken 2-0 miles froin the French
oant.
PAnis, April 26.-A dcpat-b frin
Jadrid denies the proclamatiun of
lie Cominure in that city.
BxalJN, April 26.-Bisimarck's
ill regislating the clergy passed the
Ipper House.
News lItinm.
SAN FANtcisco, April 2.
iround was oroken for the Texas and
'aoitlo itailroad yesterday at Ban
)iego. There was a large assem
Pluge. The Directors say the road
rill be completed by 1876.
The women and children of the
fodoca were removed before the
iasacre of the peaoe coin missionere.
lodoce appear to be entrenched in a
eighboring cave. Eleven dead and
no live Modoo were found in the
iva beds to-day, making sixteen
lodoo warriors dead. Six soldiers
ud one civilian were killed and
leven soldiers wounded.
When the cavalry returns the
bdoes will be attacked where it is
upposed they are, '
A dispatch dated the twentieth
ays that nothing has traspired. The
roups are waiting the return of the
avalry and the Warm Spring In
ians.
LATa.-'The firing Is heavy and
teady at the head of Long Cave,
here the troops were attacked by
he Indians coming down for water.
NEw Yonit, April 22,-Twelve
boneand emigrants arrived at thins
--rt last weekt
Chas. G. Ilamtpton was arrested
rhile disposing of $50,000 in bonds,
tolen from a Pitteburg merob ant.
CINCMNNATI.April 22.-Thirtyanine
f the forty-three s'okers at the gas
rorks struck for more wages and few.
r hours. Now hands are engaged.
VASHINGTON, April 22.-There is
othing late at the War or Interior
epartuments from the Modoo war up
oon to-day.
11oST4, April 22.-John A nderson,
f New York, has deeded to Professor
LgasaiZ the Penkise Island for the
reposed national history school.
LINco.x, April 22.-The first grain
ir a week on the Burlington and
lilsouri Road arrived to-day.
ALBANY, April 26.-The canal will
e opened on the lth of May.
New Yonx, April 26.- 127 keep
rs of sailor boarding- houses were in
icted for violation of the new sbipp
ig Act. Fifty-two were locked up
or examinAtion.
The Purchasing Committee of the
;oard of Indian Commissioners have
ontracted for 1,508 dozen butoher
nives and 120 skinning knives,
mong other articles to be furnished
ie Indians.
Twenty delegates from. various
rades unions in the United States
et in seret isession .st evening, and
Iter disouss'on, resolved to postpone
ny attempt to cuforce the cigh i.hotir
do till 1874.
[he banik ntatement shiowa a pr.iin in
.a reserve of over $50;0,0i0 ;loans
crea-od $875,000o ; specie decreased
1 :5.000 ; legal ic i.drs incereased
l ,000 00)0 ; dJga.ults in cre ased $l,.
W0,000.
Most of' theo sailor boarding..house
eepce were retleased oni $5,00
Recorder Unckett has received
more threatening letters. Hie has been
>llowed by suspicious looking char
etern. Stones and filth were thrown
gainst the front of his house. The
olice are on the alert.
GI~IMArrowvn, On~o, April 2.-A
stther, son and daughter were poison
d ; it is supposed by arsenie in their
affee.
W AshttroN, A pril 26.-The ease
f Mrs. Hlambleton, daughter of Mr.
asley, of Georgia, was argued before
ie Solicitor of the Treasury, E. C.
anfiold. It involves 2,133 bales of
otton, seized in the South west,
bhioh were purchased withm the pro.
seds of her fathmer's estate, which
rain valued at $300,000. Mrs. 11am.
leton was represented by Judge
'errepont, of New York, Judge
~ochrane, of Georgia,and Judge Nor.
on, of this city. Gov. Bartley, of
)hio, and Mr. Janin of Louisiana,
epresentod other parties, who claim
part of the proceeds, upon the
round that some of the cotton was
urchasod from them with CJonfeder
to money. The Government was
Lot "epresented by counsel, though
lie law under which tshe proceedings
rc had appropriates $20,000 for that
urpose. Thte report of the Solicitor
Annifeld is looked for with great
nxiety, as the case will solve nearly
very question involved. There arc
424,000,000 in the Treasury, subject
o 1,243 claims legitimately before
he Treasury D~epartment. The law
arefully guards the Government
gainst false claims, and the difficulty
a increnased by carelessness, and in
ome instances ritineaity on the part
f cotton agents. Judge Loohrano
aea close and logical annlysis of
lie law and facts in the pending caso,
n which he denounced the cotton
gonts at the South as a gang of plun
erers, and demanded, under the Act
f May, 1872, that their plunder
bould be restored to the lawful own
rs.
GorLassOno, N. 0., A pril 26.--The
rost '%st night throughout the State
sanaged crops and fruit generally.
L is feared that the cotton planted is
ntirely ruined.
KNOXVILLEC, April 2.-A heay
'ost fell hero, reaches are killed
Lid wheat injured.
CINCIN NA TI. A pril 26...The strike
fthe Crispina and gas men has
aded.
Snow in vaim,. pa.. ofe State.