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ANDERSON C. H- S. C. THURSDAY MORNING MARCH 7, 1872. ?^Tbe Governor has approved the Act to charter "the State Savings and Insurance Bank of Anderson, S. C. We are requested to state that the Min- ., isters' and Deacons' Meeting, of the Third {fuion District, Saluda Association, will be heldr-with. Mountain Creek Church on Friday before the1 (Kird Sabbath in this month, instead t?Vfti3ay before the fifth Sabbath, as hereto-' lore advertised. ; 88* The Columbia-papers announce the death of Mr. John Brinsdos, which occurred In that city on the 28th alt. Mr. Brinsdon was native of England, and was educated for a ?vil engineer, which profession he followed in Cuba'until a few years ago, when he removed tp the vicinity of Pendletoa. A short time ago Mr.. B.. went to Columbia^, where it was his in? tention to reside permanently. *o t& The roof of Mr. John Catlettfs livery Stable gave way beneath the weight of snow upon it, on Saturday morning last,, and al jbougb there were eleven horses in the stable, none-of them -were seriously injured by the jailing-timber^.Dor were the vehicles in an ad? joining shed damaged to any extent. Mr. Cat ?Je'tt will reconstruct the building without delay. Jiis loss is estimated at several hundred dol? lars.: -BSii _ m , r- ' We direct attention to the card of Mr. T. J. Leak, who deals largely in the various brands of Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, and 'vho has located.in business at the west end of jhe Benson House, on Hayne street We are indebted to Mr. Leak for acceptable favors in Iiis -line, and take pleas are in recommending the -"Southern Belle," a superior quality.'of smo'king tobacco. Mr. Leak has also in store it full stock of liquors and Confectionarie& .. The Charleston News, in response to inquiries as to the management of the recent ilrawing of the South Carolina Land and Im? migrant Association, has published an exhibit i?f the receipts and expenditures of the Asso* ife&bny. together with the number of ticket? jjotd and the profits from which prizes were Vlrawn, all of which demonstrates that the As? sociation made no money out of the* drawing, uill publish the article in fbJl next week. ^'J??* The Town Council is now engaged'in a most commendable work, that of trimming old shade trees and planting new ones upon the ftbbtfc square. As the spring advances, we hope to see the unsightly -piles of rock, now scattered near sidewalks in various parts of lawn, put to thense for which, they were in? tended. The Conrcil will disappoint the tax-1 gayers unless there is considerable improve? ment made during the present year, at least in thfi general appearance of the streets and side? walks. jc:i . ? ? ? iavo- United States Marshal. R. M. Wallace, Esq., has been nominated by &e/-President as United States Marshal for South Carciina, in place of Maj. L. E. John sonj removed. Up to our latest advices from Washington, the Senate has not confirmed the appointment ;* Beautiful Snow. i>.-> .. ., . . Tbia winter , has been remarkable for the ?amber of snows in this region, and on last Friday night the season was appropriately end? ed by the heaviest fall of snow which has been feeu. here for the last twenty years or more.? The average depth on Saturday morning was about eight inches. As the inaugural of Spring, this beautiful visitor was quite a novelty, and tite "eldest inhabitant" predicted bountiful harvests for the incoming season. Dwelling Burnt. We regret to learn that the dwelling of Mr. Wm. A. Brownlee, just across the Seneca River, was entirely destroyed by fire on Wednesday night, 28th ult. The flames were discovered about 11 o'clock, and had made such progress that oniy a portion of the wearing apparel of the iamate3 was saved from destruction, while the fhr niture and contents of the house were totally lost. The fire originated in the kitchen part of the dwelling', and was doubtless caused from embers which had been placed in a box and allowed to remain in the room. There was no insurance upon the building or its conteuts. Evidently a Mistake. . The Abbeville M&iium, of the 21st of Feb? ruary, . in reporting the substance of Judge Orr's charge to the grand jury, has uninten? tionally done an injustice to his Honor and to the authorities of Anderson County, which we beg leave to correct In reporting the remarks of his Honor upon the management of Poor Farms, and the results in adjacent counties, the M?km attributes the following declaration to Judge Orr, to which we take exception: "In Anderson County, the poor had lived sumptu eosly at $8.00 per day, which wag enough to have boarded them at the best hotel in the county.'' We were so confident that this erro? neous statement would be promptly corrected by our cotemporary, that we purposely avoided a*-? reference to the subject last week, but it appeals that the Medium has not been better informed up to tins time, and it becomes our duty to direct attention to the glaring misstate ment. The truth is, as has been often attested by Judge Orr in thia and other places, that the management of tho Poor Farm has been con? sidered a model for economy to the County and comfort to the inmates of the Poor House, and that for a number of years the expenditures have been so small as to excite the highest ad? miration for the systematic management of the authorities. Instead of the poor faring sump? tuously at $3.00 per day, the report of the County Commissioners for I860 demonstrated that the actual expenses of the paupers to the County was less than three dollars per month, and it must have been to this fact that the Judge was directing attention, and which our cotemporary misconceived. We know that ft is only necessary to point out this evident mis? take for the Medium to promptly rectify the error and place our authorities in a proper light before its readers. i The General Assembly. This body has adopted a concurrent resolu? tion to adjourn sine die this day, and unless the Treasurer fails to cash their pay certificates, the members will return to the bosom of their beloved constituents without delay. Un Saturday, the Governor sent in a veto of the Blue Ridge swindle, but the bill of abomi? nations was.promptly passed over this veto by the requisite vote in both Houses. The Gov? ernor has attempted to make a little political capital for his waning political fortunes by vetoing this infamous measure, when it was well understood that the necessary nnmber of votes were in hand to over-ride his veto. His message on the subject is too transparent to deceive any one, and as usual the Governor re? sorts to'faslehood when he declares that "the entire press of the State has been silent on its merits," leading him "to infer that it meets the approval of all parties interested in the financial welfare of the State.'* We note with regret that the bill to appor? tion* the members of the House of Represen? tatives among the various counties, according to population, has been defeated. In the House, on Monday last, the enacting clause was stricken out, aud thus has justice and fair dealing again been made subservient to party ends. The bill, providing for the election of Justices of the Peace,, in accordance with the requirements of the Constitution, shared a similar fate. The tax question remains unsettled, accord? ing to our latest advices from Columbia, but it is-most probable that the State levy?inclu? ding three mills to extinguish indebtedness of the Blue Ridge Railroad?will be fifteen mills on the dollar, which is some improvement up? on the prospect commented upon last week. In addition, the County Commissioners will be authorized to levy a tax not exceeding three mills, which will make the aggregate sum eighteen mills on the dollar, or $1.80 on every hundred dollar's worth of property. In ma? king thi: calculation, we are assuming that the Legislature will finally agree to provide for the interest on the public debt. The Late Isaac T. Martin, of Ky. The Masonic brotherhood throughout this Stats are familiar, with the name of Isaac T. Martin,- of Kentucky. His generosity and kindness to destitute Masons and their families found..expression among the craft of South Carolina in 1S67, when he donated several thousand dollars for the relief of sufferers in that period of distress and general destitution. : This fund was carefully expended, as the records of th> Grani Lodge: of South Carolina will at? test, under tbe auspices of Messt . R; S. Bruns, Wmi GHmore Simms and James Conner, who were designated as the almoners of this liberal donation. The death of this estimable gentleman has called forth the tenderest remembrances from the. craft, and at the recent meeting of the Grand Chapter of South Carolina, in accord? ance with the suggestion of the Grand High Priest, a committee was appointed to draft a suitable tribute to the memory of our deceased friend and brother. That committee has dis? charged tbe duty assigned them in a most ap? propriate manner, and we are permitted to ap? pend tbe preamble and resolutions reported, which are as follows: IN MEMORIAM. . It is with hearts touched with the deepest sorrow that your Committee refer to the death of Most Excellent Isaac T. Martin, Past Grand High Priest of Kentucky, and our representa? tive near that jurisdiction. While we tender our sympathies to the Most Excellent Grand Royal Arch Chapter of which he was so emi? nent an officer and companion, we congratu? late her that she held within tier veils so de? vout a worshipper, so noble and pure a gentle? man. But in her grief, we of this Grand Body feel that we have a personal share. "He loveth our nation" has been ever one of tbe strongest of ties; and because of the love he showed us when famine and desolation and persecution made their home in our borders, he "grappled our hearts" to bis ''with hooks of steel," which even death cannot break. Not standing afar off and coldly throwing alms amongt us, but bringing with his generous gifts the meed of his own personal and gracious presence, the cordial of cheering and loving words, he lifted up . those who were fainting by the roadside, and pouring into their wounds the oil and wine of the sweetest charity. He answered to his Divine' Master the question put so long ago, and repeated through every age, "who is my; neighbor?" And that the sense of our great loss be put on record, be it Betolved, That fn the death of Most Excel? lent Isaac T. Martin, the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of South Carolina has sustained a personal and., irreparable loss, and that she mourns not only the zealous and eminent offi? cer who wore his Jewels untarnished, but she weeps the pure and generous friend, the spot? less gentleman. Jietolved, That we tender to the Grand Chap? ter of Kentucky, and to the bereaved family of our beloved companion, the expressions of an unfeigned sympathy with a loss so great, and assure them that no monument could be raised to his memory so noble and enduring as the name he has left behind. Itcwlvcd, That a page bo inscribed to his memory in our published proceedings, bearing the following: "To the memory of Past Grand High Priest Isaac T. Martin, of the Most Excellent Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Kentucky, who died June 27, 1870." "He being dead, vet apeaketb," R. S. BR?NS, ) A HENRY BUI8T, \ ? WILMOT G. DbSAUSSURE,) ? University of Maryland. We are indebted to the polite attention of Mr. M. C. Parker, one of the Committee of Arrangements, for an invitation to attend the sixty-fifth annual commencement of the Uni? versity of Maryland, School of Medicine, which took place in Baltimore, at Ford's Grand Opera House, on Monday last, 4th of March. Anniversary Celebrations. We are under obligations to the committees for invitations to attend the anniversary cele? brations of the literary societies of Newberry College, located at Walhalla. The Phrenakos mian Society celebrates March 15th, and E. A. Wingard is the orator of the occasion. The Excelsior Society observes the 29th of March, with S. P. Hughes as orator. Sa?" It is not surprising, says the Charleston Newt, that the State Senate should reject the joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment providing for cuinulathe voting. A body which passed the Blue Ridge bill by a nearly unanimous vote could not be expected to look favorably upon a measure which lias no other recommendation than its propriety and intrinsic justice. ' For the Anderson Intelligencer. A Voice from "Sewanee." Morgan'8 Sleep?Proctor's Hall?University View. Of all the points of interest to the visitors of Sewanee, mobgan's steep is justly held the most sacred. It is alike the rendezvous of tourists, the oft frequente<ir%pot of the residents, and the trysting-tree of lovers. Its location is on the south side of the domain, and is an elevated point of a cliff that forms the northern boundary of a picturesque gorge. This cliff is not less than fifty feet nigh', and extends along the mountain verge .nearly a mile, presenting throughout varied and ro? mantic views of mountainous scenery. The rugged spurs which enclose the gorge at length terminate into a valley that lies in the dreamy distance at the base of the lofty Cumberland, and a telescopic view of which is grandly beau? tiful. A gentle declivity, covered with a vari? ety of evergreens, leads to the steep, and the tops of the moss-gray oaks from the gorge be? low gracefully tower about the verge. A short distance down the pass two purling streamlets meet, and send upward, with the delicate moun? tain airs, a continuous plaintive muriner.? Adown this otherwise quiet pass the earth is strewed with fragments of rocks from the cliff and the debris of decayed oaks. Only the grim walls, keeping watch and ward over all around, have witnessed the growth and decay of these forest monarchs, and still they stand immutable and silent. Under the steep there is a.projcct ing rock facetiously called "Lover's Leap," and although, in the annals of the University, no disappointed lover has yet made his exit there? from, it nevertheless affords every advantage for one so to do. Within view of the Steep is proctor's hall, another frequented point, and than which a more novel freak of nature can scarcely be imagined. It consists of several large rocks that seem to have suddenly sprung from the main cliff during some great upheaval of na? ture, and after leaving their original base a few yards formed into their present position; or, for aught we know, they now appear as when by the breath of Omnipotence they were called into substance. The principal rocks are four in number and are so resting upon each other that they form a complete hall, twenty feet in length and five high, and from its dusky aspect somewhat resembles the oft described sepul? chres of the ancients. The rock .forming the base appears loosely implanted in the mountain side,, and held there more by some invisible magnet than by its own foundation.. The sur? face of the rock forming the roof T? covered with a downy green, and aside from the danger which the visitor is wont to ascribe to the mo? mentary toppling of the structure, the spot is one of romantic loveliness. The view is nomi? nally the same as that espied from the Steep, and it is to the Botanist and Geologist that the place is especially interesting. To the former, the seeming' countless varieties of mosses, liebem,, ferns and other petrean plants would demand a careful and interesting classification; while the latter would have presented a subject replete with entertaining and scientific investi? gation in the diversified strata of the bold cliffs around him. "j ', ; . ? The Hall seems to have derived its name from the students, but as Proctors are in no? wise congenial to the minds of the boys here, I am at a loss to state why it received this ap? pellation. Leaving the Hall and passing along the brow a half-mile?every stepof progress being fraught with curious and entertaining knowledge?we arrive at university view, f . and now command a prospect equally as grand and enhancing as any yet mentioned and of much more interest. Before us lies a beautiful valley?the one seen in part from the Steep? bounded on the south by the Cumberland, and on all other sides by spurs of the Sewanee. On the left is seen the Sewanee Railroad, situate midway up the mountain and wending its spiral course through the rugged scenery, and whose terminus is at the famous tunnel of the Nash? ville & Chattanooga Railroad. On the right, Winchester, the county seat, with its spires and well known Female College, looms up, and, as half hid in the large groves around it, forms a a pleasing object in the outlines of the land? scape. Perhaps Winchester is better known as having formerly been the residence of Mrs. L. Virginia French, the talented Sou them/author? ess, and who now resides at McMinnville, Tenn. In the centre, Cowan Station, an important railroad junction, presents a conspicuous aspect, and it is interesting to gaze at the trains almost hourly arriving and departing, and whose rapid flights through the valley are indicated only by white, curling lines of smoke. In the back? ground, the lofty peaks of the Cumberland tower in cublime majesty above all around, and thus in this view alone are presented all the ideal desires of the painter. Now, Mr. Editor, in this and my last article I have faintly given you a sketch of the most important views of Sewannee. Time and space fail me to describe all the objects of interest here; for there are "Silvery Cascades," "Fairy Glens," "Chalybeate Springs,'^ a "Natural Bridge," and scores of other objects, interest? ing alike to resident?! and visitors, that I cannot now more than cursorily mention. I trust that I have said enough already to prove to the stranger that Sewanee is interesting, if for nothing more than the enjoyment of its scenery, and this, forsooth, is but a meagre portion of its interest. On account of its social and moral advantages, pleasant location and salubrious climate it is destined to become a favorite sum? mer resort to many citizens of the South, and especially to those who have an interest in their sons' welfare here. It will ere long doubtless afford as a watering-place all the attractions that Newport, Saratoga and Long Branch now so lavishly impart, and Southerners from the Gulf States can thus enjoy their summer recre? ation much nearer their homes. If I may be permitted to speak again, It shall be of Sewanee locally. JAPHET. JJfiy* The Spartanburg Spartan says: "It is with the deepest sorrow that we learn from the Anderson Intelligencer of the death of our true and tried friend, Mnj. Wm. Henry Whib ner. He died at Madison, Florida, on the 16th instant. Maj. Whitner was well and favorably known in this community as the former law partner of Col. Jas. Farrow, now of Kansas City, Missouri, lie was a gallant soldier in the late war, and a warm-hearted, high-toned gentle? man, who made troups of friends wherever he I went We tender to the bereaved family our I heartfelt sympathies." I ? Hon, James L. Orr has been appointed, and received his commission, to attend the centennial celebration of American Indepen? dence, at Philadelphia, in 1876. He was com? missioned by President Grant. Our Washington Correspondence. Washington, March 2, 1872. choking off witnesses. In order to close the mouths of the New York merchants from again complaining of tbe robbery which they are subjected to by the Custom House officials, and also to punish them for testifying against "the mess" in the recent investigation, the President has issued instructions to have such of them as gave gra? tuities to Custom House officers prosecuted. Senator Bayard brought this matter to the at? tention of the Senate, and desired to know from the President whether it had been deter? mined to cover up the corruption which per? vades every nook and corner of the New York Custom House?this being the most effectual manner of doing it. Senator Buckingham, true to his master, defended his action in thus trying to aid his rascally officials in their 'little game" of extortion and fraud in the New York Custom House. The matter went over. When it comes up the administration will come in for another raking, this time from Bayard and Casserly who were on the commit? tee which investigated the New York Custom House. a tacked committee. Morton, the President's right bower, declared a few days ago that there was nothing in the fuss about the sale of arms to France. If there is nothing in it to injure the President or "the mess," why was it so necessary for the clique to meet in council and select five of the most servile creatures of the administration for the investigating committee? A transparent piece of seeming fairness was enacted by placing Senator Sumner on the committee after he had openly declared that he would not serve. Mr. Trumbull suggested that Mr. Schurz be placed on the committee, but that would not suit. The names of those whom the clique selected to investigate the charges against the administration will suffice to show whether Morton, thinks as he said, "that there is nothing in it." They are Hamlin, Harlan, Carpenter,. Sherman, Sawyer and Logan, radi? cals, and Stevenson, democrat. Nu/ ccd. The clique seeing a storm brewing over this "put up job," laid the resolution aside for the pres? ent. things are lively in the senate. Even a motion to adjourn from Friday till : Monday is construed by Grant's friends as a covert assault oo the administration. Trum bull and Edmunds had a tilt yesterday over inch a motion, arid the quiet sarcasm of the former almost drove the drawling Maineite into a conniption fit. These long political debates delay the necessary legislation, and are most damaging to Gen. Grant. This is what so en? rages his friends, as they desire to adjourn early. At this rate of doing business, Con? gress will be in session till August considerably mixed. The other day, in the Senate, Zach Chandler most violently denounced the Democrats for using his frank in circulating the speeches of Schurz and others not in harmony with the ad? ministration. It is now found out that several thousand speeches of different Senators were sent to a lady to be folded and put into envel? opes. She innocently mixed them, and the result is that the fiery Chandler endorses Blair's anti-Ku-Klux speech and Carl Schurz's attack on the administration by his frank, which stands out boldly on the envelopes. Blairsends off cart-loads of Morton's speech to his Demo? cratic friends, while Schurz is spreading broad? cast Conkling's attack on himself. The effect of these documents on the recipients can well be imagined. Only think of a Massachusetts Yankee receiving Frank Blair's red-hot speech on the Ku Klux, under Zach Chandler's frank I the cotton tax refunding bill. The bill to refund the cotton tax, which is now before the Ways and Means Committee, will be reported upon nod passed. This tax was collected from 1865 to 1868 inclusive, and is universally conceded to have been unequal and unjust, the law not having operated as in? tended?Congress supposing that the burden would fall on the consumers, but it has been demonstrated most plainly that it fell exclu? sively on the producers. In 18C8, when the tax was repealed, this was very evident, as there was not the least perceptible change in the market at home or abroad. Members of Congress who voted for the imposition of this tax also voted for its repeal, and the general feeling in Congress now is that full justice should be done, by refunding the money which was collected under a law of more thau doubt? ful validity?the United States Supreme Court being, equally divided as to its constitutionality ?and which worked great injury to the cotton growing interest. The refunding of this tax will enable many planters to pay off their in? debtedness to Northern merchants, incurred in raising cotton during the four years succeeding the war, when it was a losing business?made so in a great measure by the oppressive tax, which amounted to ten per cent, of its actual market value. The Governor of Mississippi, J. S. Al corn, now U. S. Senator, speaking "of the money which the people of certain Southern States were forced to contribute from their poverty," urged the refunding of the tax as a matter of policy as well as justice, and said: "The reparation may be taken wisely from the attitude of a surrender to right to that of a concession to fraternal feeling, and will pro? mote the nntional harmony by refunding to the struggiing cotton industry of the South every dollar taken from its sore need under the great mistake?the cotton tax of 1865-68." Congress is now well aware of the mistake, which so crushed the cotton interest, and will refund the money so injudiciously taken from it. The bill provides for the refunding of the tax in "Cotton Tax Bonds," which are to run forty years, bearing four and a half per cent, inter? est. It also provides for the appointment by the President of three Commissioners, who are empowered to carry the provisions of the bill into effect. It is expected that the bill will be? come a law at an early day. the new hampshire election. The result of this election is looked forward to with considerable anxiety by the politicians, especially the Grant Radicals, who are fearful of a defeat, thereby injuring his chances for a re-nomination, as there are quite a number of Radicals who would make a Jonah of him very quickly. PALMETTO. ? An attempt was made to assassinate Queen Victoria last Thursday evening, which has caused intense excitement in England. The Queen was returning from a drive in Hyde Park, and when the carriage reached the gates of Ruckinghara Palace, a young man ran up and presented a pistol at the Queen's head. Her Majesty bent foward to avoid the shot, but the pistol did not explode. The man was at onco seized, when it was ascertained that his ! name is Alfred O'Connor, a Fenian, and most probably crazy. This is the third attempt up? on Victoria's life, and it is said that she was perfectly calm under the exciting circumstan? ces of this last effort. PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE. Columbia, S. C, February 27. The Blue Ridge bill was put through the for? mality of a third reading in the Senate to-day, and finally passed, so that the swindle may now be looked upon as an accomplished fact. It will doubtless be vetoed, but it will doubtless be put through again, "notwithstanding the objections of his Excellency the Governor," as well as a half dozen other bills that are now pending. The passage so far of this notable scheme of plunder may be looked upon as an eminent success. There was only one mistake made in the lobby, and that was promptly re? trieved. When the first bill was pending, its friends thought they had a good hand, and "called," but their opponents had a straight flush, and coppered the pile. Then the bill started again, but this time it was handicapped heavily, and to-day there are no less than four or five schemes riding behind it which it is ex? pected to carry to the winning post. This be? ing the case, it has made a good run, and will doubtless get away with the stakes. The only thing that could defeat the Blue Ridge bill, or its subsidiary swindles, now, would be the de? sertion of some member of the inner circle of all the convoluted rings that are keeping it along, and of this there is little hope. The thing is going through on the mutual benefit plan, and not on the mutual admiration system. The co-conspirators are cordially hating each other, and on most subjects have agreed to dis? agree, but in this oase they are bound together by that first law of nature and strongest of all obi igati ons?sei f-in terest. The Senate, this morning, in addition to the Blue Ridge swindle, passed a number of small bills, of which the only one possessing any in? terest was a bill to incorporate the Provident Land and Real Estate Company, of Charleston, and made a wholesale clearance of its calen I dar. The House amused itself all day with the discussion of its endless string of private bills, and neither at the morning or evening session transacted any business that is worthy of men? tion. Columbia, S. C. February 28. In the House to-day, the main fight was upon Hedges's Metropolitan police bill, which bad been placed upon the calendar. The bill was again ignominiously defeated, the enacting clause being stricken out, on motion of Bose mon, by a vote of seventy-six to sixteen. Du? ring the debate, which lasted three hours, Jer vey, Bosemon, Hurlev, Hunterand others sr. ,ke against the bill. \V"hipper, Jones, Jamison, Byas and a few others of the rural representa? tives, spoke in its favor. The only argument advanced by Whipper and the other supporters of the bill was that it was. a party measure, that the spoils belong to the victors, and that might makes right. Circuit Judge T. J. Mackey was on the floor of the House during the debate industriously lobbying in favor of the measure. Hendricks lobbied differently. While the bill was under discussion, Hunter rose to a question of privi? lege, and declared that Hendricks had threat? ened to have him shot as soon as he should leave the House after the adjournment. Nash issued a warrant for the arrest of Hendricks, who was bound over to keep the peace. The committee of ways and means reported in favor of the original appropriation bill, and against the substitute or seventeen and a half mills tax bill. They recommended an appro? priation of ten thousand dollars for the organ? ization of the militia, and twelve thousand dollars for the support of the Lunatic Asylum. They also introduced a bill to levy a tax of eight mills for the State and three mi lb for the counties. In the Senate the proceedings were unimpor? tant. Columbia, S. C, February 29. In the House the following Joint Resolution ?las introduced, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State, prohibiting an increase of the public debt without a vote of the people, to be submitted to them at the next general election : "To the end that the public debt may not hereafter be increased, without the due consid? eration and free consent of the people of the State, the General Assembly is hereby forbid? den to create any further debt or obligation, either by the loan of the credit of the State, by guarantee, endorsement or otherwise, except for the purpose of meeting its existing obliga? tions, or in and for the ordinary and current business of the State, without first submitting the creation of any such new debt, guarantee, endorsement or loan of its credit to the people of the State at a general State election ; and unless two-thirds of the qualified voters of the State who vote on the question shall be in fa? vor of a further debt, guarantee, endorsement or loan of its credit, none such shall be created or made." The debate on the Bill requiring Railroads to have second-class cars, in which no smoking will be allowed, resulted in the enacting clause being stricken out. The Bill authorizing the Governor to appoint a Phosphate Inspector was passed to its third reading. The friends of the Blue Ridge Railroad Bill made a strong effort to get the Governor to send in a veto to-day, so that they would have time to pass it before adjournment, but the Governor, however, failed to do so. Columbia, S. C, March 1. After two days' debate the Hooac managed this morning to dispose, for the time, of the general appropriation question by passing the original appropriation bill, as it is called, to its third reading. This action, in legislative usage, is generally equivalent to the final pas? sage of the bilfcupon which it is taken, but in this case it is not so certain that the final ac? tion will be favorable. This bill makes no provision for paying the interest on the public debt, and for this and other reasons it has its strong opponents. The substitute which has been proposed does provide for the payment of interest, and also for the levy of a fifteen mills tax, both of which schemes are dear to the hearts of a certain combination here who claim to have some power in the Assembly, and for all these reasons it would not be surprising if at any moment the present action of the House should be reconsidered and the other appropri? ation bill brought in and hurried through tri? umphantly. The judiciary committee reported favorably this morning upon the resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit any further issue of State securities without a pop? ular vote. At its session this evening the House passed a number of bills of some importance, and then indulged in a debate which lasted until mid? night, upon the resolution to levy a State tax of eight mills and county tax of three mills on the dollar. A determined effort was made to get the rate of State tax increased to nine or or ten mills-on the dollar, but the effort failed, and the resolution was finally passed to its third reading. The resolution is as follows : Besotted, &e. That the State auditor be and he is hereby authorized and directed to levy and cause to be collected a tax of eight (S) mills on a dollar of all taxable property in the State, to meet appropriations for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1871; and the county commissioners of each of the counties arc hereby authorized to levy and cause to be collected, a tax not exceeding three mills on a dollar of all taxable property in their respec? tive counties for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1S71. This action of the House would seem to in? dicate the probability of the rate of taxation being fixed at some amount within reason, and the defeat of the fifteen mills scheme ; hut it may not be well to be too sanguine about this prospect. Exactly the same considerations are working against this measure as are mentioned j above in connection wirti the general appropri? ation bill, and it is extremely probable that they may, after all, prevail. The bill to compel representatives to reside in the counties from which they are elected was taken up, and provoked a spirited debate as, in such a Legislature, might naturally be expected. June Mobley appeared to be espe? cially violent in his opposition to the bill, and it was no sooner taken up than he moved to indefinitely postpone the whole matter. This was lost by a vote of ten to sixty-seven. On the question of passing the bill to a third read? ing Mobley called for the yeas and nays, and the bill was passed by sixty-two to six. Then Mobley moved to reconsider the vote just ta? ken, which was agreed to, and then the bill was laid upon the table, which at this late day in the session, is equivalent to its final defeat. ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE. ? Texas has a law compelling attendance at the public schools. ? John H. Surratt is teaching school at Brookville, Montgomery county, Md. ? The Town Council of Newberry are about to prohibit the storage of guano in that town1. ? Haight & Co.'s Circus has been shipped to Cincinnati to reorganize for the coming sea? son. ? The Kansas Legislature has passed a bill which virtually abolishes capital punishment in that State. ? Norwalk, Conn., credits a rumor that Lords Napoleon has hired one of its villas for a summer residence. ? Two destructive fires broke out in Savan? nah within the last week, consuming about $40,000 worth of property. ? Judge Montgomery Moses has decided to make his residence in Newberry, and will shortly remove to that place. ? The children of John Slidell have brought suit at New Orleans to recover their father's estate confiscated dnring the war. ? Mr. Louis A. Godey, the editor of the pop? ular "Lady's Book," is on a tour through the Southern States, accompanied by his wife. ? Col. John Cunningham, formerly of Lau rens, has recently become connected as asshv tant editor with The South, published in New1 York. ? A reward of ?45,000 has been offered by the authorities of North Carolina for the arrest of Henry Berry Lowry and his gang of oui? laws. ? The colored people of Boston have had a meeting and adopted resolutions thanking Sen I ator Sumner for his efforts in behalf of equal rights. ? Maj. A. L. Price, one of the founders' of the Wilmington (N. C.) Journal, and until re? cently one of its editors, died in that city last week, aged 57 years. ? The Newberry Herald learns that Mr. Wash. Calmes, of that county, recently died* from the result of a cut in the hand while opening a sardine box. ? It is announced that the Convention of Liberal Republicans, that was called to meet at Cincinnati on the 6th of May, is postponed, until a late day in June. ? Hon. Francis L. Cardoza, the colored Secretary of State for South Carolina, has been elected Professor of Latin in the Howard Uni-' versitv, Washington, D. C. ? Gen. W. K. Easley delivered an able and eloquent Eulogy upon the life and character of Gen. R. E. Lee, in the Court House of Green-r' ville, on the 22nd of February.' . ? Both parties are confident of victory in; the New Hampshire election, which takes place on the 16th inst. An army of speakers is now* in the field, and more expected. ? The Walhalla Courier chronicles the fact that work has been commenced in earnest on the Air Line Railroad within the bounds of Oconee County, cast of Tugalo river. ? The villages of Wisconsin are being^re-' built with an energy which is characteristic of the people of the West, and which exceeds even the marvellous enterprise by which Chi? cago is rising from its ashes. ? The New York Sun, edited by Lincoln's Assistant Secretary of War, says: "The Tan - many frauds and robberies in New York are a" trifle compared to the frauds and robberies perpetrated through Grant's Administration.'*' ? Laurens is to have a National Bank, and^ is also to be put in railroad communication' again with the balance of the world,' by ti e South Carolina Railroad repairing and putting' in running order the branch from Newberry to that town. ? A great astronomer in Switzerland, 5f.' Plantamour by name, predicts a comet more; gigantic than any heretofore observed, which,' with indiscribable velocity, is heading for this unfortunate world, and will arrive on the 12th: day of next August. ? Capt. J. G. Rabb, a native and former res-f ident of Fairfield, died recently of heart di.'*, ease at Due West, to which place he had lately removed with his family. Mr. Rabb was a practical and thorough agriculturist, and for i number of years was a successful exhibitor at the State Fairs. ? B. B. Wallace, Esq., of Bryan, Texas, h?.' been removed from the office of Deputy Uhr-: ted States Marshal because, in summoning the jury for the United States District Court he called several Democrats into service as jurors.^ It was this jury that preferred a special pre? sentment against the Radical Governor, Davis,; for violations of the Civil Rights bill. ? The ceremonies of laying the corner-stone \ of tie new Town Hall and Market House in Sumter took place on the 22nd of February. Col. T. V. Walsh, District Deputy Grand Mas? ter, conducted the ceremonies, and E. W.' Moise, Esq., delivered an address, before the" large assemblage, which was worthy of the occasion and of his reputation as a public speaker. ? "A Colored Citizen," who appears to be traveling in the upper counties of this State, writes a letter to tho Columbia Union, dated at Anderson, from which we make the following" extract: "I find the condition of the colored ' people in this city, in the main, better than ifi.' any town in the State. They have a large col? lege building, and have had as high as three hundred scholars. They have bought and im? proved about seventy lots, and many of them are quite respectable." Mopes' rhosjihate the best Fertilizer I have ever used for Dry Weather. Anderson, S. C Nov. 1871. " Mr. C. A. Reed? Dear Sir: The half ton of Mapes' Nitrogcnized Superphosphate that I . bought of you last spring, I used raido by sido ? with tho Etiwan Guano, No. 2, and stable ma? nure. I used about 200 pounds of Mapes' Phosphate, and Etiwan, to the acre, under cotton, applied in furrows three foct and a half apart, and bed- ' ding on it, a short while before planting. Tho cotton, where I applied the Etiwan, grew off moro rapidly, but where I applied Mapes' Phosphate, fruited heavier, and did not drop tho young bolls as much as tho Etiwan, during tho drought. I think Mapes' Fhosphato preferable to any that I have ever used, for dry seasons. Where I used the stable manure, the weed of tho cotton was larger than where I used the fertilizers. It also fruited heavier; but, In con? sequence of tho dry season, dropped moro , young bolls, and consequently did not yield moro than Mapes' Phosphate. Very respectfully, J. E. BREAZEALE. THE MARKETS. Anderson, March 7 1872. Sales of cotton for the week onding to-day 91 bales. Prices this afternoon range from 201 to 21. Bacon, 10 to I2i; Corn, 1.00 ; Peas, 1.00 io 1.10; Flour, $10 to ?Li.