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ANDERSON C. H.? S. *C. THURSDAY MORNING FEB. 2*? 1872. 3?- The weather for the past week has been mild and spring-like. Farmers and gardeners have made good nee of the favorable season. The-usual signs-of approaching March are not wanting, however, and yesterday morning the wind blew, cold and piercing. J^eJPeakJrfamily, or original 'Swiss Bell Ringers, according to previous axnounce ment, made their first appearance at Masonic Hall! onTuesday eveniagvanjlwese greeted by -a full audience of, ladies- and gentlemen. .The versatile and entertaining performance delight? ed-the-crowd?, while the far-lamed bells rang out silvery peals and held enchanted the entire audience. The entertainment was repeated last evening. ? Williamston Female College. Our readers are aware that Rev. Samuel Lander, formerly Professorin the Female;Coir lege at Spartanburg, has removed to' William? ston, and rented the Hotel at that pla? for the purpose of establishing a Female College. I He has a full and competent corps of teachers, and with several years experience in teaching him? self, there-13 no doubt that he will succeed.? Wd axe- reformed that , he has already fifty scholars, of whom twenty are boarders. Stu? dents from abroad are required to board with the Principal, and are thus constantly under hi&; care and training. Williamston is an ex? cellent place for such a School, and we will re mice to hear cf its permanent and successful f^tahlishment the State RepublicaaConvention. "After ssessicnjcf ffwod?iys,in which there was much-inliarmonions cont act among the mem* hers- the State Republican Convention ad* jburned at a late hour on Tuesday night of last | week. The choice of delegates to the Phils-1 delphia -Convention, as was intimated, in onr list issue, was not calculated to produce, har? mony or concordant feelings among the faithful adherents of the great party of moral ideas and immoral actions, and we are not surprised to find that the result is disi-asteful to a portion of the Radical brethren. Even ..the Columbia] Union expresses its condemnation of the selec? tion of delegates, and asserts that the Republi? can, party will regret their choice in leas than six months. As we understand the result, the Mackey and Scott interest carried the day, and they are determined to make good use of their advantage by making it a condition precedent j to voting for Grant in the Philadelphia Con? vention, that the Federal office-holders in South Carolina shall give way to the favorites of their own faction.. By this means, they hope to tri? umph OTor Senator Sawyer,,whose appoint? ments- 'yO> Federal office in this State have been marked by good sense and fitness for the re? spective positions. We append a list of the delegates, together with the platform adopted first Congressional District.?H~ J. Maxwell, S. A. Swails and W. H. Jones. Alternates? Jpg. Frost, J. P. Greene andB-F. Whitte more. . Second Congressional District?E. W. M. Macfiev, GecvF. Mclntvre, and Robert Smalls. Alternates?P. P. Hedges,. G. D. Hayne and J.N. Hayne* , Third Congressional district?EL B? Elliott, 'iiT^Bi-Nash and James L. Orr. Alternates? 8. jF?Lee, C. M. Wilder and X. Cain. I Fourth Congressional District.?T. J. Mackey, J. J. Patterson and James M. Allen. Alter: nates?Joseph Crews, P. J. O'Conneli and J, &Mebiey; State at Large.?k. J. ?fcanaier and F. J. Mo? res, jr. Alternates?R. H. Gl eaves and R. H. CaW. Sixteen of the- delegates are negroes and ] mnlattoes,. while the remaining twelve are bite meDv Twetjty-five of the number are office-holders,, and twenty^one of them are mem? bers Of the Legislature, which is a sufficient analysis of the delegation to give the reader an idea of its general character. ' piiatform. . " JRcsoIbgI, By the Union Republican party of the State of South Carolina, in convention as? sembled, that we endorse the administration of President U. S. Grant in its wise and successful policy which has reduced the national debt while lessening the public taxes, and at the i some tire? preserved, full faith with the public ' creditors. ^ , .Resolved, That the profound gratitude of the Republicans of. South Carolina is due to the Republican majority in the Forty-second Con-, gress, for the enactment of the act to enforce the ' fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States, and.to President U. S. Urant ? for his prompt and timely enforcement of the act, whereby the armed bands organized and operated by the Democratic party for flhe suppression of free speech and a free bal? lst n? South Carolina have been themselves vedy That while we thus accord a meri? ted endorsement to the man who, in peace as in war, has deserved the well done of the whole country, we respectfully, but earnestly remon? strate against the great majority of the Federal appointments that have been made iu this State during the past .three years. Whereby the Republican party of South Carolina has been wounded i& the house of its friends; and we do here express our belief that such appoint? ment of persons not in sympathy with the Re? publican party of the State, or nation, is due largely to the misrepresentations made to the President by United States Senator F. A. Saw? yer. \ Resotoe?T That the National Republican par ty having declared in its platform of 18G8 in favor of amnesty, we do hereby instruct our delegates to the National Republican Conven? tion to move and advocate the adoption of a clause in the national platform in favor of the rigid enforcement of universal civil rights for every American citizen on every inch of Amer? ican soil, and their full and equal enjoyment of all public privileges. .| . Gov. R. K. Scott was proposed as a delegate from the State at large, but his name was with? drawn and a letter from him was read to the Convention, in which it is gently intimated that he is willing for his particular friends to receive this honorable recognition from the party, whereas his acceptance would necessari? ly exclude such as have proved at all times true and unshrinking Republicans. But, as a salvo for this patient, self-sacrificing spirit upon the part of the Governor, the Convention just prior to adjournment adopted the annexed remarka? ble resolution, which deserves to be recorded as an - appropriate ending to their valuable la? bors in behalf of the corrupt "Ring" now con? trolling the Bepublican party and the State: Resohed.By the Republicans of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, that we do hereby endorse Governor Robert K. Scott, as a true Republican and faithful public officer. 1 Taxation amounting ta Confiscation. It appears to be the intention, from present ?indications, to levy a tax of fifteen mills upon the dollar for the purpose of defraying expen ae%of the State and to cover up past deficien? cies. Besides,, there is to be a levy of four -mills to pay the interest on the public debt, whatever that isy and likewise a tax of three mills to meet the necessities of the Bine Ridge swindle. Altogether, a State tax for the coming year of twenty-two mills upon the dollar, and the County tax of two and a half mills, making a grand total of twenty-four and one-half mills, or at the rate of $2.45 on every,hundred dollars' worth of property. This is practical confisca? tion, and will certainly raise a howl about the ears of these model Legislators such as has never been known in the history of our State. With-a large proportion of the actual wealth of the State lying unproductive, this, burden of taxation is equal to a four-fold amount in dense? ly populated countries, where every foot of land is brought into requisition as a wealth producing power. Hence, it is not fair to ar? gue that other States and communities are as? sessed to a like extent But wherefore the necessity for this onerous levy ? The answer is given that the delinquent taxes of the last *hree years were so great as to cause an immense deficiency in the reveuue of the State, and forced the astute financiers in control of the State government to borrow money at high rates of interest to meet the deficit This is literally untrue, as the record shows. The taxes collected exceeded the ap? propriations for 1868) 1869 and 1870 by a large amount, while the delinquent taxes were so much added to the excess of collection over appropriations. There mast be some other reason, when we come to.look at the magnifi? cent failure in the management of oar financial interests. The Columbia South Carolinian thinks that the explanation is easy, and that the public have come to the correct conclu? sion?the money of. the people has been stolen and squandered! With the revelations of the past few months, there can be no doubt that this is a genuine solution of the trouble, and that the attempt is new being made to conceal the tracks of the plunderers- and thieves by extorting money, through exorbitant taxation, from the pockets of honest people. Will the white and colored masses?rand especially the latter, who assisted to place these men in pow? er?longer submit to have their hard earnings filched for the benefit of a few adventurers, white and black, who compose the "Ring" of swindlers and knaves at Columbia? We hope and believe-not It is time that legislators should pause in their maddened career. Obey? ing the behests of their, masters, they are bringing ruin and stagnation upon the indus? tries of the country. The-result will inevitably recoil upon their own heads, when the righte? ous indignation of the people asserts itself, and they will be-compelled to face a just condem? nation from their constituents or seek immu? nity in other climes. 1S&*. We direct attention to the card of Hen? ry Bischoff & Co., of Charleston, which ranks I among the best wholesale establishments in i that city. The large and constantly increasing business of this firm enables them to sell goods at the lowest figures, and merchants of the in? terior cannot obtain more favorable terms in any market Our excellent friend, Mr. Wm. H. Quincy, is still connected with this popular establishment, and will be glad to give prompt attention to the wants of his numerous custo? mers or extend a o-ovdial welcome to merchants visiting the city. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, Reidville Female College, Spartan burg District, S. C, opened on the 5th of Feb? ruary with seventy pupils, and it is confidently iexpected that the number will reach one hun? dred by the 1st of March. We are glad to re? port the flourishing condition of this excellent institution. n -.->??? ; Our Washington Correspondence. . Washington, Feb. 24,1872. The Reform Radical bomb-shell, manufac? tured by Senators Schurz, Trumbull and others of that ilk, which was exploded by Sumner with his sale of arms resolution fuse, has torn the Radical party in two beyond the "cohesive. power of public plunder," or mucilage to make them again stick together as one. The work began by Schurz and Tipton was consummated, by Senator Trumbull yesterday. The wedge was already well driven in, but last evening's sun went down on the Republican party split in twain. Mr. Trumbull proved from the Con? gressional Globe that Morton, the President's mouth-piece, was the especial opponent of eve? ry investigation that looked to the unearthing and exposing of fraud and corruption. He created no little sensation when he said he rejoiced that the Democracy of Connecticut had adopted substantially the platform of the Missouri Liberals, and hoped to God that the j party would do the same throughout the coun? try. He was argumentative, sarcastical and severe, cutting to the bone at every sweep. Many regarded this effort as the best of his life. Mr. Morton responded and threatened and coaxed by turns, but could not affect the impression made upon the immense gathering, Republicans as well as Conservatives, who lis? tened to the closely argumentative and forcible speech of the Illinois Senator. Nye, who wears the "caps and bells," will cut his capers and play the buffoon on Monday next, and probably will quote the Bible, Hudibras and Mark Twain to prove that Ulysses can do no wrong, and that jobs are not such bad things after all, and that the people, through their servants?i. c, Senators and members?have no right to go about noseing them out. This debate, though fearfully damaging to Grant, has one advantage to him, at least: it will help to stave off amnesty, civil service reform, and other necessary legislation which the adminis? tration have determined shall be passed over. ransom vs. abbot. Senator Logan is preparing the majority re? port on the contested election case for Senator from North Carolina. Senator Carpenter, the facile tool of the clique, will expend his inge? nuity in sugar-coating a pill for his Radical friends to swallow, and will present a minority report, asking to have the carpet-bagger Abbott retain his seat. When Senator Morton, who u a member of the Committee, voted against Abbott's right to the seat, his case must be worse than bad. The debate over this contest 1 in the Senate will continue the political Strug gle between the Grant and the anti-adminis? tration Republicans. \ the income tax. This tax for the last year is to be collected, j Blanks for this purpose are now being sent out. a cabinet meeting was held yesterday, and the "friendly note" of Earl Granville to Secretary Fish was read. A request for a copy of the note was refused, not even the substance of it could be communica? ted. Hon. Charles Francis Adams, one of the arbitrators, came to Washington simply to pay his respects to the Secretary of State. He did not believe that the Washington treaty would be a failure, and saw no reason why this coun? try should not present a claim for consequen? tial .damages. This Government takes the ground that the arbitrators have the power to exclude the American case if, in their judgment, the protocol and treaty show that indirect dam? ages was not a question to be submitted for their action. Thereseems to be but little doubt of the pacific intentions of the British ministry, notwiths tanding the vaporings of the English press. Grant & Co. would be delight? ed at the blowing of a war cloud, as it would be an opportunity to make political capital, and his friends are sadly out of stock, having on hand nothing but Ku Klux stuff of an old pattern, which don't take near as well as it did when it was the fashion. all tn the family. Report hath it that in order to break the force of the Congressional Investigation Com? mittee's report as to the New Orleans muddle with regard to the doings of Collector Casey, Grant's brother-in-law, the President has nom? inated W. B. W. Bernard, of St. Louis, in his place. Mr. Bernard's wife is Mr. John Dent's sister-in-law. Nepotism is a sufficiently strong word to express the filling of offices with rela? tives, but a new word must be coined to give any definite idea of the way in which Grant takes care of his relations. fire proof material for safes, vaults, &c., &c, a new invention, was tested at the Navy Yard, under the supervision of the TreasuryandotherDepartments,andwas conducted by Edwin Fittrian, Chief Engineer TJ. S. Navy. This invention is of the utmost importance to the entire community, private as well as public. In this trial two iron boxes, each one foot in diameter, with a lining of four inches of the material, inside of which was a wooden box four inches in diameter, were placed in an air furnace and subjected to an intense heat for three hours, when they were taken from the furnace. Another box 16 inch? es in diameter, with a filling of six inches of the material, was placed in a blast furnace and. subjected to an almost continuous blast for three hours, and was then left in the furnace till the next day, thus subjecting it to a much greater heat.' The boxes were all opened about one o'clock the next day, and the contents, consisting of bank bills, lucifer matches, &c., were found to be in a most perfect state of preservation. down hearted. The Radical State Committee of New Hamp? shire have determined, as the Republican of this city, Grant's organ, says, "to revive the flagging interest of the laboring classes in the importance of protecting industry," and to ac? complish this stimulation they are circulating "Pig Iron" Kelley's protective speeches in that State. In common with all who read the signs of the times, I knew that New Hampshire was lost to Radicalism ; but with the load of Kel? ly's speeches to bear, the Radicals have no chance left to win. PALMETTO. The State Savings and Insurance Bank of Anderson. The annexed bill to incorporate the State Savings and Insurance Bank of Anderson has passed both Houses of the General Assembly, and was duly ratified on Monday last : A Bill to charter the state savings and insurance bank of anderson, south car? olina. m Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, ana by the authority of the same r Section 1. That James L. Orr, Jesse W. Norrfs, O. H. P. Fant, D. M. Watson^ Wm. Perry Jacob Burriss, W. S. Sharpe, B. F. Cray ton, John Martin, John R. Cochran, John B. Sitton, F. E. Harrison, W. B. Watson, B. D. Dean, John Wilson and J. W. Harrison, to? gether with such persons as arc now or may hereafter be associated with them, shall be, and they are hereby, constituted and made a body politic and corporate by the name and style of "The State Savings and Insurance Bank of Anderson, South Carolina " and by that name and style shall be, ana is hereby made capable, in law, to have, purchase, enjoy and retain to it and its successors, lands, rents, tenements, goods, chattels and effects, of what? ever kind or quality soever, and the same to sell, alien or dispose of, to sue and be sued, plead and bo impleaded, answer and be an? swered, defend and be defended, in Courts of Record or any other place whatsoever, and have perpetual succession, to have and exercise the rights and privileges of other corporations now existing, or that may hereafter be enacted, and also to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure, and also to ordain and put in execu? tion such by-laws and regulations as may seem necessary and convenient for the government of the said corporation. Sec. 2. That the capital stock of said corpo? ration shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and may be increased, from time to time, to a sum not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, as may be deemed necessary by the Board of Directors. Sec. 3. The persons named in the first Sec? tion of this Act shall be the Directors of this Company uutil others are appointed by the stockholders, and they may, as soon as proper, appoint a President from among their number, or from among others who may hereafter b,e associated with them, and the said President shall continue in office for the period of one year, from the day of his election, or until his successor is appointed; in case of a vacancy in the office of President or Director, from any cause, the remaining Directors may elect others to supply their places until a meeting of the stockholders shall be held. There shall be five or more Directors, who, with tl"> President, shall manage the affairs of the Cor. any. Three of taid Directors shall constitute i moruni for any and all business purposes of said Company. The meetings of the stockholders shall be held in the principal office of the corporation, which shall be designated by the Board of Directors. Sec. 4. Tho President a.tid Directors shall appoint such clerks and other officers as they may find necessary, properly to conduct tho business of said Company, and allow thorn suitable compensation, all of which clerks and oflicers shall bold their places during the pleas? ure of said President and Directors. Sec. 5. The President and Directors shall have power to appoint agents in any part of the State or elsewhere, and at their discretion may take from them bonds, with security, con? ditioned for the faithful performance oi their duties; such agents being removable at the pleasure of the President, subject to the ap? proval of the Board of Directors, or by the Board of Directors. . Skc. 6. The mode of voting at the meetings of said Company, shall be one vote for each share of stock, and every stockholder may, at pleasure, by power of attorney, or in person, assign or transfer his stock in the Company, on the books of the same, or any part thereof, not" being less than a whole share. Sec. 7. The first annual meeting of the stock? holders of said Company, shall be on the first Tuesday of June, 1872, and thereafter on the same day of each year: Provided, The said stockholders, at any regular meeting, or a Board of Directors, may, at any time, change the day of said annual meeting; and the Pres? ident and Directors may, at any time, call a general meeting of the stockholders, and any number of stockholders, owning not less than one-third of the whole number of shares, may require the President to call such meeting, and on his refusal to do so, may themselves call such meeting, in such case, giving at least ten days' notice, by publication in one or more newspapers published iu the city of Columbia. Sec. 8. The members of the Company shall not be liable for any loss, damage or responsi? bility, other than the property they have in the capital and funds of the Company, to the amount of shares held by them, respectively, and any profits arising therefrom not divided. Sec. 9. That said corporation shall have power and authority to invest its capital stock or other funds, in bank or other stocks, in the purchase of bonds of the United States, bonds issued by this or any olher State of the United States, and in bonds of any incorporated com? pany, to lend money, upon personal or real se? curity, to discount bonos, notes and bills of ex? change, 'and to guarantee the payment of notes, bonds, bills of exchange, or other evidences of debt, and use their property in any manner in? cidental to a banking, insurance and trust business, or the general business of the Com? pany. Sec. 10. All policies of insurance, and other contracts made by said Company, signed by the President and countersigned by the Secretary, shall be obligatory on said Company, and have the same effect as if attested by a corporate seal. Sec. 11. This Act shall be in full force after its passage. . PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE. . Correspondence of i}ie Charleston News, Columbia, S. C, February 21/ With the exception of the introduction in each branch of the General Assembly of one or two bills of some importance the legislative proceedings to-day have been devoid of inter? est. In the Senate Mr. Smalls introduced an? other bill "to provide for the appointment of an inspector ot phosphates, and to declare his duties." Mr. Smalls was the chairman of the committee lately engaged in Charleston in look? ing into the charges of fraud against the phos? phate companies, and ever since this odorifer? ous investigation he has been proposing legis? lative action looking to the supervision of these companies and bringing them to book general? ly. Some weeks ago he offered a bill which provided for an inspector of phosphates, who was to visit all the works at stated intervals, keep a record .of the quantity of phosphates mined, look after the State royalty of one dol? lar per ton and to receive ten per cent, of this amount for his services. That bill is still on the Seuate calendar, but now its author brings forward another bill, which extends the super? visory powers of the prospective inspector to guanos and all other commercial fertilizers, up? on which he is to receive fifty cents per ton in addition to the ten per cent, of the royalty on pbophates as provided in the other bill. In the House, almost the entire session was occupied with a discussion of Lee's substitute for the general appropriation bill, which dis? cussion was finally cut short by the adjourn? ment. The committee on privileges and elec? tions fulfilled one of the predictions made in this correspondence a few days ago, by report? ing favorably upon Jervey's new election law, a short synopsis of which was given at the time of its introduction. As it is not improb? able that this bill may pass the House, and per? haps meet also the approval of the Senate, the following additional details of its coutents may be of interest: The. bill requires the general elections to be held on third Wednesday of Oc? tober, in every second year. Three commis? sioners of election for each county are to be elected by the General Assembly and to receive three dollars per day while actually employed, and ten cents per mile for necessary travel.? These commissioners arc to appoint three man? agers of election for each election precinct,- at two dollars per day and mileage, and each board is allowed to appoint one clerk, at the same pay as the managers. Polls are to be kepi open from G a. m. to 6 p. m., and all bar? rooms are to be closed, and all sale of liquor prohibited from six o'clock of the evening pre? ceding the election to six o'clock of the morn? ing following the same. The eleventh and thirteenth sections are important, aud are as follows: Sec. 11. The commissioners of elections shall provide one box for each election precinct. An opening shall be made in the lid of the box, not larger than shall be sufficient for a single ballot to be inserted therein at one time, through which each ballot received, proper to be placed in such box, shall be inserted By the person voting, and by no other. Each box shall be provided with a sufficient lock, and said box shall be publicly opened and inspect? ed," to sec that it is empty and secure, and then locked just before the opening of the poll, and the keys retained by the managers, and shall not be opened during the election. Such boxes shall be labelled as follows: "Congress," "State," "circuit" and "county officers." Sec. 13. At the close of the election the managers and clerk shall immediately proceed, publicly, to open the ballot-box, and count the ballots therein, and make such statement of the result thereof, and sign the same, as the nature of the election shall require. If, in counting, two or more ballots shall be fouiid. folded to? gether compactly, the same shall be destroyed, and not counted. If more ballots shall be found, on opening the box, than there are names on the poll list, all the ballots shall be returned to the box and thoroughly mixed to? gether, and one of the managers or the clerk shall, without seeing the ballots, draw there? from and immediately destroy as many as there are in excess of the number of names on the poll list. Within three days thereafter the chairman of the board of managers, or one of them, to be designated in writing by the board, shall deliver to the commissioners of elections the poll list and a written statement of the re? sult of the election in his precinct. Columbia, S. C, February 22. There seems at least to be some prospect of the General Assembly taking some action look? ing toward the adoption of the cumulative plan of voting at general elections. A resolution which sought to accomplish this important re? form, by proposing a constitutional amendment to that effect, to be submitted to the people next October, was introduced in the Senate many weeks ago by Mr. Cardoza, but it was at once referred to the judiciary committee, and it has ever since slumbered in that tomb of the Capulets. To-day, however, it was reported back with a favorable recommendation, and ac? companied by a resolution intended to define the manner of submitting the question of its adoption to the people. The report of the committee, after alluding to the importance of the proposed reform, and quoting the sugges i tion in the lust annual message ot tho Governor, ? recommends the adoption of the following res J o Ulli on : Resolved, (Cr., That the following articlo be ; submitted to the qualified electors of the State at the next general election as an amendment ! to the constitutoin of the State, which, if a 1 majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting there-! on shall vote in favor of .such an amendment, j and two-thirds of each branch of the General Assembly shall al ter such an election and before another ratify the same, shall become a part of the consti tution. Section 2. That at the next general election in this State those who desire to vote in favor of the said proposed amendment shall deposit in the ballot-box a ticket on which shall be written ot printed "Constitutional amendment ?cumulative voting?yes f and those who de? sire to vote in opposition to the said amend? ment Bhall deposit in the ballot-box a ticket on which shall be written or printed "Constitution? al amendment?cumulative voting?no." The proposed article to the constitution is as follows : Aetici-e XVI. To the end that the electors of South Carolina may exercise the rights of suffrage freely and without undue constraint, and may obtain from themselves complete rep? resentation in the government of their affairs, the plan of free or cumulative voting shall be lawful, and is hereby authorized in all cases where more persons than one are to be chosen or elected to the same office for the same time or terra of service, each voter duly qualified shall be entitled to as many votes as the num? ber of persons to be chosen, and may poll them for One or more of said persons in such ratio as he may deem proper. This was the only business of any general interest transacted by the Senate, the rest of the brief session being occupied by the consid? eration of the few and unimportant matters of the calendar. In the House this morning the committee on ways and means reported favorably upon the bill to provide for a general license law, lately introduced by Hunter, and fully synopsized at the time in this correspondence, but recom? mended a number of important amendments. The principal amendment recommended seeks to make the license fees payable in quarterly instalments on the first day of April, July and October, 1872, and January, 1873, instead of being paid in one payment on the first of March, 1872, as proposed by the original bill. The other amendments are as follows: The license fees for billiard tables and bowling al? leys are reduced from $50 to $25, and for baga? telle tables from $50 to ?10. The license fees for banks, railroad companies, merchants, &c, are not amended, except in the case of mer? chants whose annual sales are less than $7,500, their fees. being reduced from $10 to $5. A uniform fee of ?500 is prescribed for phosphate companies instead of the sliding scale, with $300 as the minimum, before proposed. A li? cense fee of $25 is prescribed for all persons engaged in the business of selling by sample or sohcting orders for goods. The Governor, this morning, sent to the two branches of the General Assembly another special message, transmitting an interesting re? port, by Dr. Otto A. Moses, on the phosphates of the seaboard, and indulging thereupon in rose-colored speculation that these deposits, if properly worked and protected, would yield the State a revenue almost sufficient to supercede the levying of any other taxes whatever.? These documents were received as information, and may have an important influence upon the fate of Smalls' bill, "now pending in the Senate, to provide for an inspector of phos? phates. Columbia, S. C, February 23. The main event of to-day's legislation has been the passage through the Senate (on f the cash principle) of the Blue Ridge Swindle. The credit system, or C. O. D. principle, was tried in the Senate when the former bill was pending, but didn't work. Senators were averse to bribery, of course, on general princi? ples, but they were particularly and emphati? cally averse to contingent subornation, and so when they were told that if the Blue Ridge bill should become a law they would each .re? ceive $1,000 cash, they persistently refused to see it. In fact, they disrespectfully attached their thumbslo their noses and playfully wag? gled their fingers, and in divers ingenious ways disclosed to the 13. R. Ring that the scheme was "too thin" and wouldn't work. The Ring then refused to offer any better terms, and the con? sequence was they were beaten, as of course they deserve to be. But though routed they were not conquered. The Ring have shrew j and able lobbyists in their number, and one of these is the president of the road?"honest John" Patterson. At this crisis a shrewd and able lobbyist suggested a new device, and one which, in Assserubly slang, would be called a "good scheme,'' and as such deserves description. The original proposition was to pay each member of the Assembly who should vote for the swin? dle $1,000 cash as soon as the bill became a law. This is known as the C. O. D. principle, and this is the scheme that did not work. The new and ingenious proposition was that as many thousand dollars as there were members of both houses?viz^ 154?should be set aside to secure the passage of the bill, that every member who voted for the swindle should re? ceive his thousand dollars as originally pro? posed, and that the remainder of the $124,000 to be spent in the House and the $30,000 to be spent in the Senate should be divided pro rata among the members of each house respectively who should so vote for the swindle. These sums moreover were to be paid as soon as the vote was taken in each house, and without wait? ing, as was before proposed, for the concurrence of the other house or the approval of the Gov? ernor. This was at once recognized by the in? telligence and virtue of both houses as a "good scheme," and the digital gyrations were prompt- . ly suspended, the sarcastic thumbs were re? moved from the senatorial noses, and the little device went through the Assembly like a par? ticularly lively streak of well-greased lightning. The votes upon the swindle were as follows: In the House, 80 to 19 ; in the Senate, 22 to 6. A very simple calculation will show that every member of the.House who voted for the swin? dle should have got $1,550, and every complai? sant member of the Senate $1,363. This is, doubtless, iust what they maple. Not that your correspondent means to accuse any individual member of the Assembly of accepting a bribe ?far from it. As individuals they are doubt? less men ot honor, and incapable of any such transactions, but as a lot they are a curious study for ethuologist or naturalist. Now, hav ing explained the secret springs of the show, it is time to raise the curtain aud relate how the puppets performed their parts. The Senate this morning after a considerable amount of local legislation, for the benefit of Frog Level, Salkeuatchie, Little Misery and other euphonious and important places, pro? ceeded to the consideration of the favorable re? port of the committee on finance on "Bill to relieve the State of South Carolina of all lia? bility for its guarantee of the bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, by providing for the securing and destruction of the same. Mr. Corbin protested against the passage?of the bill, and read a carefully prepared speech, setting forth the objections against it, stating that by the passage of the bill the State would not only release the road from the $220,000 borrowed from the State, but would pay the Blue Ridge Railroad Company as it now is? the sum of $1,800,000 besides to get out of the arrangement. Mr. Leslie followed, and made the points in favoring the passage of the bill, that the State was liable for its endorsement, and the quicker it got cut of it the better, because next year the debt would be larger from the accumulation of the interest; that other managers before the present ones of the Blue Ridge Railroad-Com? pany had been guilty of short-comings in of? fice, ami as a matter of course such things were not unu sual; that other States do just the same thing; and that by failing to give this project what it asks for, viz, according to Mr. Corbin's ? showing, $1,800,000?besides the $220,000 bor? rowed?the State would be the loser on account of its guarantee of bonds. The debate was continued ad nauseatim, and , almost ad infinitum, by Arnim, Whittemore and others, who certainly showed a praisewor-1 thy determination, if they received any pecu? niary reward for their advocacy of the meas? ure, to faithfully earn their money, and the bill was finally carried by the decisive vote of twenty-two to six. The yeas and nays were taken, and resulted as follows: Yeas?Messrs. Allen, Arnim, Barber, Bie man, Beckman, Clinton, Duncan, Gaillard, Hayes, Hayne, Hollinshead, Johnston, Leslie, Maxwell, Montgomery, McIntyre,Nash, Owens, Rose, Smalls, Swails, Whittemore, Wimbush ?22. Nays?Messrs. Cardozo, Corbin, Holcombe, Montgomery, Wilson, Young?6. So the bill was agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. The House at its session to-day transacted no business of any special interest except the pass? age of Jervey's new election law, which, as has already been stated; provides for an immediate count of the vote, but makes no provision for mixed boards of managers and commissioners of elections. The House, however, held a night session to deliberate upon the general appropriation bill," and had the pleasure of listening to a long speech by Comptroller General Neagle, the salient points of which have already been fully reported by telegraph. They were, that the Legislature had started wrong in not levying larger taxes in former years, so as to pay up the accounts of each year during the year; that he had advised them to do this, but they had heeded the voice of the tax-payers, and thus got themselves into a tight place at last, which serv ed them right for not listening to him; that the State officials not- having enough money from taxation to pay the demands authorized by the Legislature, had been compelled to issue twenty-year bonds and nut them on the market at ruinous discounts; that the debt of.the State had thereby been run up to an amount that no? body exactly knew, but which was certainly not less than $12,000,000, and might be far above that figure; that to pay the interest On this the extravagant but authorized expenses of the current year, and the.deficiencies of for? mer years, a State tax of fifteen .mills on. the dollar was an absolute necessity; that the easi? est way was the best, and that nobody had-any1 right to complain anyway. He then went into a calculation of the probable expenses of the State government for the current year, as fol? lows: Ordinary civil expenses..... $650,000 Interest for the current year. 718,000, Legislative expenses........... 400,000 Public and permanent printing. 300,0C(f Deficiency from last year.:. 400,0C0 Total...:.$2,468,000 This was on the basis of the treasurer's .re-:. port estimating the debt at about $12,000,000, and was outside of the $900,000 of floating , debt in New York, for which $5,773,000-of bonds were hypothecated, and which with acy crued interest bad doubtless amounted to $1, 000,000 by this time. If this were to be paid, it would make $3,468,000 to be raised by taxes this year; but leaving this out of sight, and taking the above statement as the probable ex? penses for the year, a State tax of fifteen mills on the dollar would be necessary to pay thenu Then he said he did not propose to advise the General Assembly as to their duty. He had' simply come before them to give them such facts and figures as were in his possession, and thanking them for the attention they had paid .to his remarks, he withdrew. Dr. Neagle was followed by Mr. Bowen, who. made a pungent and pointed speech against the proposed tax levy, after which the House! adjourned. The business in the General Assembly otl Saturday was unimportant In the Senate a! long debate was had over Cardozo's proposal of a constitutional amendment to allow Of cu'-* raulative voting, which was finally lost by the' decisive vote of two to eighteen, Messrs. Car^, doza and Hayes being the only Senators wlioj voted in favor of it Mopes' Phosphate on Corn and Cotton! No-, other Manure suits our Country and Soils so well. . . Pickens County, S. O., Nov. 25,1S72. '-. C. A. Reed?Bear Sir: Your letter has been: j received, asking me to give you my experience ? with the use of your Phosphate, which [I .take! pleasure in doing. I applied one hundred pounds to the acre in the drill on cotton, and fifty pounds to the aero.' in the hill to corn. What kind of land? It\ may be termed loose gray land, With a hard clay subsoil. The cotton was planted from th? 10th to the 15th of April; came up well, andr crew off rapidly, making a very good crop bo~ fore the brought set in. . I obtained a very bad; stand, where there was no Phosphate, and the' yield very poor. . ? ? ?}.? I am satisfied that the. increase of yield waa double. I used no other manure except yours:, but I tried it With stable manure, and the yield1 of the Phosphate was one-ftmrth more than the' stable manure. ?? ' ? r.i The corn was planted about the 5th of April; came up well, and grew off very rapidly, ma- , turing before the drought set in. The increase, of yield was double to where there was none, applied. 1 am satisfied that there is no manure brought here that suits our country and soil as well ; therefore I shall use no other. n-m Every one in my section is delighted with it; think there will be a great deal used hero next, vear; think where the Brinly Plow and your. Phosphate is used, there is no danger of star? vation. Yours truly, M. R;; BOGGS. THE MARKETS. Andebson, February 21,1872.. ; Sales of cotton for the week ending to-day 200 bales. Prices this afternoon range from 20 to 20*. Bacon, 10 to 12J; Corn, 1.00 to 1.10; Peas, 1.00 to 1.10; Flour, $10 to |12. OBITUARY. DIED, at. the residence of Dr. G. H. Symmes, I (near Symmes' Mills, in Pickens County,) of, CynancJic Trachealis, JOHN HAMILTON, in-. fant son and only child of Dr. and Mrs. John H. Dean, of Greenville, aged nine months. :! Dear little Hamilton. He was the pet of all who knew him. His sprightliness, nis dear, beaming little countenance, full of intelligence and affection, so endeared him to us. that 'twas hard to resign him, who was tho light and joy of his parents, to tho cold clay; but God called him, and we bow in humblo submission to tho' mysterious dispensation of His providoncc. knowing that Ho who so heavily afflicts will give sustaining grace to those who trust in Him. "Our darling! thou hast left us? We thy loss do deeply feel; But 'tis God who has bereft as, Ho can all our sorrows heal." h. niscnoFF. c. wulbern. j. h. Fixr-En. HENRY BISCHOFF & CO., Wholesale Grocers, and dealers in Wines, Liquors, Segars, Tobacco, &a, 197 EAST BAT, Charleston, S. O. Fob 21), 1872 84 flm Notice of Final Settlement THE undersigned gives notice that he will make application to A. O. Norris, Judge of Pro? bate for Anderson County, on Tuesday, the 2nd day of April next, for a Final Settlement of tho Estate of Anna Williams, deceased, and a final discharge thorofrom. JAMES McDAVID, Ex'r. i'ob 29, 1872 34 5