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AMDERSON C. H., S, C. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 21,1872. 'SSSSS^SSSSSSSSSSS EEBE^BEB??? We are compelled" to deeline the com? munication sent us last week from Williamston, on. the ground of its personal nature. It would take nine dollars a line to recompense us for the expense of libel suits. We are- informed by Sheriff McGukin that there-has not been a prisoner in the Coun? ty Jail for several weeks. This speaks volumes for the good order and healthy condition of so ciety in Anderson. ! m $ m - . t&* In a graceful and appropriate valedic? tory, Mr, N. A. Stedman, jr., retires from his editorial connection with the Marion Star.? Capt. W. J. McKerrall is again sole editor and proprietor, and we wish him every success. .-? ? ?1 J@* The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives, on the last day of the ses? sion, adopted a scries ox' resolutions expressive of their sentiments at parting with each other, including a complimentary resolution to their Chairman, Hon. Warren D. Wilkes, for the ability, kindness and impartiality with which he.had presided over their deliberations. '? Postponed. : The advertisement cf the Trenholm property has been withdrawn from onr columns. In the United States Court, on Saturday last, the or? der for the sale of this property was modified, and.the sale suspended until the further order of the Court. We hope that our suggestion about the Anderson property will be considered by the authorities, and that the next order will direct the sale to take place here, instead of in Charleston. .Stats Savings, and Insurance Bank. 1 The corporators of the above institution will meet at this place to-morrow (Friday) morning, to take the initiatory steps towards organiza? tion under the very liberal charter recently granted by the Legislature. The corporators embrace many of our leading and influential citizens,,whose applied, energy and capital will insure success. We learn that it is probable branches will be established irf other localities, iucluolng Columbia and Charleston, where cap? italists are ready to embark in this lucrative business under the charter granted to our citi? zens, ; j Judge Orr. The Abbeville Frets and Banner, in record? ing the closing business of the late term of Court at that place, usss the following compli? mentary language concerning the presiding Judge, Hon. James L. Orr, which we take pleasure in endorsing as well deserved. The patience and assiduity of Judge Orr seem to know no bounds, and the people appreciate his untiring aud faithful labors in the administra? tion of justice: ? For his patient and laborious discharge of duty, Judge Orr deserves the thanks of this, as well as other counties of bis Circuit. From the first of January, with the exception of four days, he has been constantly upon the bench, and oinr readers, may hence form some idea of the character and extent of his labors. Abbeville has good reaseo to congratulate her? self upon having so able and efficient a judi? cial Magistrate. Death of Aged Citizens. It is with sincere regret that we announce the death of Capt. Wm. Sannders, one of our oldest and most esteemed citizens.' He died at the residence of his son-in-law, Capt. P. K. Norris, aud was buried on last Sabbath at Be theada Church. ''Capt. Saunders was a patriotic and ; honorable* citizen, and served his country in the war of 1812 as a Captain of volunteers. He was born near Charleston, we believe, and had* been living in Anderson for nearly forty five years. As a peaceful, quiet aud exemplary niaii, he was most highly esteemed by all who.) knew him. We are informed that he was in the 87th year of his ags. We regret to learn, a1.so, that Andrew Todd, Esq., died at his residence in this County on last Monday morning. Mr. Todd had been a sufferer from dropsy for the past year, and his death was not unexpected. He was sixty-eight years of age, and had been a Magistrate in his neighborhood for the last thirty-seven years. . < ? 1 Destructive Fires. . Thij'alarm of fire awoke our citizens between one-and two o'clock, on Mondry night last, when. it was discovered that the Blacksmith Shop on McDuffie Street, at the bridge over the railroad, was in flames. The fire had made such progress when discovered that it was im? possible A save the building, and efforts were directed to prevent any further destruction of property. The adjacent residence of Mr. James Wilson was in the greatest danger,"but the air was so calm and still that ordinary exertions soon allayed all fears in regard to the spread of the flames. The building destroyed was a part of the Trenholm property, and had been occu? pied for many years by Mr. David White, the well known blacksmith, whose loss in tools and materials will exceed the value of the building. The origin of the fire was purely accidental. A more serious calamity occurred on Tuesday, resulting in the total destruction of the commo? dious residence of Mr. Xenon Breazeale, four miles west of this place. We learn that the fire originated in the kitchen part of the dwell? ing, about dinner time, and that when discov? ered the flames were rapidly enveloping the room, so that Mr. Breazeale at once sought to stop its progress by getting upon the roof of the building. Unfortunately, not much assist? ance was at hand, and his efforts to extinguish the fire proved unavailing. The neighbors came to his relief as rapidly as possible, and in goodly numbers, but it was too late to save the building or its contents. Only a portion of the bed-clothes and the feather beds were rescued, while the furniture and wearing apparel of the family were entirely destroyed. Mr. Breazeale was severely injured by a fall from the dwell? ing, during the progress of the fire, while Mr. John Brown, one of the neighbors who came to his assistance, was more seriously injured by falling from the roof of an outbuilding. At lost accounts, both of these gentlemen were improving under medical attention, which was promptly rendered. Mr. Brown is suffering intensely, however, from a broken arm and' other injuries. An Earnest Farewell. The Columbia Union seems to be thoroughly disgusted with the Legislature, or at least many of the members. In noticing the adjournment, that paper uses the following pointed language: "The members now go home to their constitu? ents, where we trust, for the jgood of the State and the party, many of them will be allowed to remain." And again : "We have this to say to the Republican party of this State. If there is not a change for the better in the next Legislature, then God help the State. We in? tend that, so far as we are concerned, no effort will be spared on our part to secure this change. Let the people look to the matter at once." ThiS'is strong language, but eminently de? served and very creditable to our Radical co temporary. But we would go a little further, and ask for a change in the entire administra? tion of our public affairs. The ignorant and uneducated members of the Legislature have been the dupes and tools of higher officials, who made use of the stupidity and want of foresight among the members to accomplish their own base designs, by which the State has lost millions upon millions of money, ar/9 there is absolutely nothing to show for it. Unless there is a general change in the State govern? ment, there is no succor for decent, honest people, of whatever* party or race, from the rapacious demands of these greedy cormorants, and all of us may well exclaim, "God help the ' poor, suffering people of down-trodden South Carolina." The grinding taxation is none the less oppressive when our cotemporary bids a final farewell in bitter words to the General Assembly, for it is remembered that the Exec? utive Department concocted these measures of infamy and procured the necessary legislation to cover up the defects of mal-administration. We would not ntter one word to lessen the re? sponsibility of the General Assembly, but we would have it borne in mind that this responsi? bility must be fully shared by Gov. Scott, Treas? urer Parker and Attorney-General Chamber Iain, for upon these worthies rest the burden of nearly all the legislation concerning our finan? ces. Then, let us have a clean sweep of the Augean stable, and if the Republican party desires to improve the condition of our public affairs, we hope they will manifest it by nomi? nating honest men for every position, from Governor down. Until this is done, all loud professions of reform within that party are as sounding brass. We unite most heartily in the earnest farewell of the Union to the Legislature, hoping ne'er to see its like again, but we would likewise hope to bid an everlasting adieu to Gov. Scott and that ilk after the next election. Arrests in Union. For the last two or three weeks, the citizens of Union County have been undergoing anoth? er fearful ordeal of indiscriminate arrest and imprisonment, and the usual reign of terror has been inaugurated where peace and harmo? ny prevailed for months. Business has been nearly suspended, and many of the farmers are unwilling to risk their means in farming ope? rations, when they are liable to be arrested at any moment. The negroes are thus thrown out of employment, and general dissal isfaction ; ensues. It has been stated that warrr nts were now in the hands of the officers, charging near? ly foar hundred citizens of Union with partic? ipation in Ku Klux outrages. Tbi Union Times of last week reports a number cf arrests since its previous issue, among them Gen. Joseph F. Gist. Doubtless this condition of things will extend to other counties where the 'writ of habeas corpus has been suspended, and there will be no permanent safety and security I until after the Presidential election. It is only necessary, to pet the liberty of any man in jeopardy, that he has given offence to an influential Radical, who can speedily obtain the reo,ui?>te affidavits to deprive the unlucky wight of freedom. State Sunday School Convention. The superintendents, teachers and friends of Sunday Schools in this State are cordially in? vited to appoint delegates to the State Sunday School Convention, which will begin in Charles? ton on Wednesday, 15th day of May next. The ratio of representation is one delegate for every Sunday School of fifty scholars or leas; over fifty and under one hundred scholars, two del? egates, and one for every additional fifty schol? ars. Arrangements will be made with railroad companies to pass delegates to and fro for one fore, and efforts will be made to secure homes for all delegates who propose to attend the Convention, provided notice of such intention be given before the 1st of May. It is expected that delegates will be prepared to report statis? tics of the schools represented. In order to secure homes, address a letter to C. N. Averill, Esq., chairman of the committee on correspon? dence. The Sterling Bonds. It will be remembered that the Legislature passed an Act, at the regular session of 1870-71, authorizing the issue of bonds to the amount of $6,000,000, known as the sterling fund bonds, to be used in exchange for, or iu payment of, the existing public debt of the State. At the recent session, the Legislature repealed this Act, and ap'pointcd a committee from both Houses to destroy the bonds, which had been printed under its authority of the previous session. Accordingly, the joint committee has been engaged in this duty since the adjourn? ment, and we find in the Columbia Union a certificate over their signatures to the effect that an amount of bonds equal to the number authorized has been cancelled, and are now de? posited in the vaults of the State Treasury as a m atter of record. Southern Baptist Convention. The annual session of the Southern Baptist Convention will be held in Raleigh, N. C, be? ginning on the 9th of May. It in the first ses? sion of this body ever held in the old North State. Rev. P. H. Meli, of Georgia, one of the most learned and accomplished presiding offi? cers in the South, has been President of the Convention for a number of years. He is the author of an excellent work on parliamentary practice, and it is related that the press of Memphis, when the Convention met in that city several years ago. called upon the lawyers to attend its sessions and see the ablest presiding officer in this country. ? The Greenville Mountaineer is to be pub? lished twice a week?Wednesdays and Satur? days. Our New York Correspondence. New York, March 16,1872. I suppose there is no metropolis in the world which so thoroughly represents the heterogen erous character of a nation, and absorbs the products of its genius and industry, as does this self-same city of New York. It is impos? sible for any observant man to walk down Broadway and not be interested first, in the number of "notorieties" who will be pointed out as "lions" of the town; and secondly, in the curious obstinacy with which nature ap? pears to preserve the peculiarities of people from different portions of the world. It is equally impossible for a stranger not to feel vhat while in New York he is a mere nonenti? ty ; that whatever m?y be the pomp and cir? cumstance of his surroundings at home, he is here only a mite in a mighty cheese; yet with? al so independent that he can explore where he may please, and no man, woman or child will be the wiser. "He pays his money and he takes his choice." If religiously inclined, he may enjoy a Meth? odist brother of the good old school; or, on the other hand, may see tfie Almighty worshiped dramatically with all the adjuncts except the foot-lights, and preached at by fashionable parsons who part their hair in the middle, wear the latest sacerdotal uniform, and look as well satisfied as if that had a fat contract with their aristocratic parishoners to drive them to Heaven at the last convenient moment in a coach and four. If a lawyer, he can step into court and observe John Graham perform legal gymnastics before the bar, and now and then bushwhack the judge on the bench. If an ar? tist, he may visit the Studio on Tenth street, where fifty of his fellows are working for dear life on every sort of picture, from a small-sized bumble-bee to Gignoux's last sketch of the Rocky Mountains. If he would like to gamble a little, why he has only to step around the cor? ner in Wall street, and be accomodated by any number of spruce young gentlemen, fresh from the Fulton-street prayer-meeting, and first-class members of the Christian Association, who in fifteen minutes will take Mm in and bring him out of a stock speculation that will leave him as cleanly picked as a canvass-back duck ready for the spit. As an idler, he can lounge on Broadway, where fashion and frailty are the Siamese- twins of the sidewalk; and, if his tastes are not too refined, a policeman will show him wretchedness enough in five minutes1 walk from his hotel to make a series of unad? ulterated nightmares that will last for a life? time. The practical man will be attracted by other things. He will see in New York the genius of his country in a nut-shell; and how, in ev? ery department, machinery is taking the place of muscle. He will go to bed in a machine which five minutes before looked like a mag? nificent book-case; he will be gently turned out in the morning?by machinery; he goes down stairs?by machinery; his head will be brushed in the barber-shop?by machinery; his clothes are made by machineiy, that gives employment to a hundred thousand working women ; and he may cook a bachelor breakfast on a stove that is its own servant, and times the condition of the hot rolls by clock-work. Ho, may even make books by machinery, for the Journeymen Printers of New York have formed a Co-operative Association at No. 30 Beekman street, in which every member is a cog-wheel in a system that hast reduced the price of every kind of printing at the same time that it turns out with rapidity the most superb styles of work. Go when?, you please, in fact, and you will find every species of device conceivable that can serve a useful purpose as an auxiliary to human comfort, from a pocket twine cutter to a cotton gin or steam engine. They are even building railroads by machin? ery, and under its magic villages are springing up with a speed that recalls the fairy work of Aladdin's lamp. It is only the other day that A. T. Stewart purchased eight thousand acres of land on Long Island, and already twenty-five or thirty miles of streets are graded ; shade trees are planted, blocks are fenced in, and a large hotel six hundred feet long and six sto? ries high, is in process of construction, besides many fine brick edifices. Five months ago there was no communica? tion between the north and south side of Long Island save by the old-fashioned dirt road.? Yet before the flowers bud in May, twenty-two milee of rail will be laid and no less than twelve beautiful villages will be brought within an hour's ride of New York city. By machin? ery, the work of three years will be compressed into about seven months. A portion of the way lies through a rocky spine or ridge, which at first seemed a barrier almost insurmountable. But at this juncture a well-known railroad con? tractor, Mr. James N. Smith, of Brooklyn, stepped forward and said, "Gentlemen that hill is only a mile and a half across; I'll guarantee to go through it in ninety days." It was thought to be an impossibility, but they let him try. He at once put a steam excavator at work on either side and commenced operations.? With a ton of coal a day, they have performed the work of three hundred men and are now within a few rods of each other, puffing and blowing while they burrow deep into the heart of the mountain. I drove out the other day to see these mon? sters at work, and the first object that attracted my attention was the six-foot millionaire con? tractor, Mr. Smith, with his broadcloth coat thrown aside, driving a drill with a twenty pound sledge. I asked him if he was "taking his constitutional ?" "Not in than style," was the reply; "I'm only teaching this man how to economize his muscles and work to advan? tage." The answer seemed to illustrate the genius of the place. I looked down the deep cut at the machine. It was not much larger than a small cabin?a sort of young house on wheels, but those wheels with the motive power in the heart of the engine could give it a speed of six or eight miles an hour. A gigantic arm protruded from the front, at the end of which was a great iron hand with sharp claws, and these were made to ascend and decend at the will of one man. The operator occupied a platform near the engine, and with but a simple contrivance ?a stirrup for his foot and a lever for his hands ?he moved tons. I remember that a great rock was bulging from the hard knotted face of the bank, which it seemed as if nothing but a blast of powder could stir ; and it was curious to observe how J deftly those large iron fingers cleaned out, first, the dirt beueath; then removed the dirt from the sides; then gently scraped the top; and finally, taking a firm grip, shook the rock with a giant's strength, until nature at last gave way to the art of man, and the immense boulder weighing ten or twelve tons was lifted from its bed with as little power apparently as a boy would lift a marble, swung around and deposi? ted in the dump-car by its side. At each ope? ration of the shovel on the pure earth, a ton and a half is swept forever from its bed. A train of forty or fifty cars wait on the ma? chine, and it was curious to observe the almost human intelligence with which the horses, trained to their work, dashed up on a run, each with an empty car to give it impetus, and of their own accord went back, turned and pre? sented the traces to be hooked on to the next. Let the last word be of woman 1 Mothers and teachers will be glad to learn that a book has just been published by E. J. Hale & Co., which fills a groove in the nursery and school? room never before occupied. Children ask ten thousand questions, and the new work is inten? ded to answer some of them. It is aptly called, "Wisdom Teeth for Little People," arranged by Mrs. F. 6. de Fontaine. Sixty cents remit? ted to the publishers will secure it, or it may be had at the bookstores. FELIX. Our Washington Correspondence. Washington, March 16, 1872. Some weeks ago when the "clique" was be? ing roasted by the reform Republicans, Zacha riah Chandler, known as the Duke of Michigan, in his zeal as one of the aforesaid "clique" to do something particularly nasty, that being in his line, to retaliate on Trumbull, Schurz & Co. for their lifting the lid off of the Adminis? tration corruption stew-pan, offered a resolution to inquire whether any Senator, meaning Trumbull, had received illegal fees. Yester? day in the Senate Mr. Trumbull rose to a personal explanation, and read from a Michi? gan paper a statement as to his receiving a fee of ?10,000, which influenced his vote on the impeachment trial of President Johnson. Mr. Trumbull cornered the splay-footed Mich igander sufficiently to make it plain that he had offered the resolution as hitting him, (Trumbull,) and also that the article in ques? tion was instigated, at least, by the "Duke." Senator Trumbull settled the matter in short order by stating that he was engaged as attor? ney in the McArdle case by Gen. Grant, then Secretary of War, ad interim, and E. M. Stan ton ; and if the gentlemen wished to investi? gate Gen. Grant, they were welcome to do bo, and he concluded his remarks in a characteris? tic manner. He was justly indignant, and nervously, but self-possessed, riveted his keen glance on the Michigander, and curling his thin lips, while his nose seemed to be offended by carrion smell, he pointed his finger in Chandler's face, stamped his foot, and hissed out that "the slimy snake would now creep to his hole;" and while uttering these words his figure, lithe, wiry and active, seemed to expand to twice its size. The effect was electrical, and the shaft struck the bosom of every member of the Grant clique, for they displayed it in their looks. Chandler, huge brute as he is, leaped up like a wounded buffalo, and fairly yelled with pain and rage; and while his huge car? cass was oscillating backwards and forwards, and his long, ungainly arms were beating the air, he was hurling back invectives against his squelcher, for a more complete defence, and at the same time castigation, never was adminis? tered, and no one not conversant with the con? temptuous manner of Senator Trumbull can fully realize the terrible rebuke received by the bloated bully, Chandler, and through him the Grant clique in the Senate. It is danger? ous playing with edge tools, and one of the keenest and sharpest is Trumbull, and if he is not razors and scissors to this Administration, there is no poison " . snakes, and that compari? son is essentially Hibernian. land ok a NTS ended. In the House yesterday there was a lively continuation of the debate on the question of reviving an expired land grant to the Bay Field and Lake Superior Company of Wis? consin. The sense of the House was declared against further land grants by a majority of ten, this bill being the test; and to prevent the Northern Pacific Railroad from absorbing the lands, in case they were not given to the above named railroad company, the bill was so word? ed that the lands revert to the United States. This throws the land open to actual settlers, and pretty effectually settles the fate of about forty land grant bills now before the House, out of which there are but few which really deserve the aid asked from the Government, the most of them being mere jobs. more fraud. The House Committee on Banking and Cur? rency will conclude the investigation of the management of the Bureau of National Cur? rency by April 1st. There has been decided evidence of fraud, and those implicated are allowed to appear before the Committee and explain away the discrepancies. Thus far the proceedings are kept secret, but when the re? port ia made public, we may look for another Radical robbery. ku klux. On *.he 18th of April Messrs. Stanbery and Johnson will argue in the United States Su? preme Court the constitutionality of the Ku Xlux or Enforcement Act. David Dudley Field, of New York, has offered to unite with the above named legal gentlemen in this very important constitutional question. the trumpet-tongued orator. The Connecticut campaign is to bo prosecu? ted with vigor, aud among other speakers se? lected to stump that State, is that bold, un? flinching representative of the Western De? mocracy, Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees, whose clear, legal and logical mind and powers of argument, aside from his remarkable oratorical ornamentation, will go far to secure a Demo? cratic triumph in that State. Mr. Voorhees is probably the most effectual political speaker in the country, combining the most finished oratorical powers with rare magnetism of per? son, and a clearness of expression which makes him so powerful and effectual. tariff. The tariff on sugar and coffee will probably be reduced, but not repealed altogether, for if so, according to John Sherman, no other taxes can be reduced. I don't think the House will very kindly bear the attempt of the Scnato to originate revenue bills as attempted. PALMETTO. Another Protest against the Validating Act. Upon the third reading of the bill to make lawful the fraudulent issues of South Carolina bonds, the Senators whose names are appended entered the following protest against its passage upon the journal of the Senate: Senate Chamber, March 12,1872. We protest against the passage of "A bill relating to the bonds of the State of South Carolina," for the following reasons: First. If there has been "no bonds of the State of South Carolina issued without author? ity of law," then the requirements of this bill are presumptuous and unnecessary. Second. If the several acts cited in the pre? amble of the bill justified the financial mana? gers of our State Government in the issne of a larger amount of bonds than the public or the General Assembly supposed had been issued, and "the true intent ana meaning of the several acts" was the warrant and authority of such an issue, then no greater forco or legal strength can be legislated into "the acts of the officers of the State" by the specious declaration of the bill, viz: That the said bonds and obligations issued on behalf of the St3te as set forth in the report of the Treasurer of this State to the General Assembly, dated October 31st, 1871, were duly and lawfully issued in conformity with the true intent and meaning of the sever? al acts of the General Assembly. Third. That which is already valid and can? not be overthrown or set aside by virtue of its legality or equity, needs no additional act of legislation to convince or confirm the public mind of its soundness. Fourth. Because such has been the character of the statements made by the officers of this State as to the public debt, and the prodigal is? sue of bonds to increase thesnme, which would not have been dosed, even at the present mo? ment, had not the fact been unwillingly wrung from them, that "doubts have arien,r in the public mind, not only with regard ?o the integ? rity of the said officers, but the legality of their action; and from such a combination has "the credit of this State been affected," which can? not be repaired by the questionable passage of a bill ratifying and confirming in all things their acts and assertions. Fifth. The bill gives these officers a renewal of authority to continue the issue and conver? sion of bonds without limit, and makes no pro? vision for the cancellation of such bonds as have already been converted, and are, accord? ing to the language of the Governor, "if on the market, fraudulent." Such powers redele gated in the face of knowledge of the great ex? cess of issue of the bonds of the State to the very officers who have abused the confidence, and betrayed the trusts reposed in them, is as unwise as it is dangerous. Sixth. Because the bill itself is the strong? est evideflge of the invalidity of the acts of those who ask us to reinstate them in popular favor by validating their confessedly doubtful transactions. Signed: B. F. Whittemore, John Wilson, G. W. Duvall, D. Bieman, W. E. Holcombe, C. W. Montgomery, E. E. Dickson, H. Cardozo, W. E. Johnson, Frank Arnim. J@* We direct attention to the correspon? dence of the New York Tribune upon the con? dition of affairs in South Carolina. It is a graphic and forcible picture, and will be recog? nized by our readers as lamentably true. The writer is James S. Pike, formerly an editor of the Tribune, and we have the authority of the Columbia Union that Mr. Pike "is a gentleman who never writes without first putting himself in possession of all the information within his reach." He is certainly posted on South Car? olina affairs. Disastrous Fire in Union.?The town of Union was visited with a terribly destructive fire on Friday morning last, which swept away both hotels, and seven or eight other buildings, including the Times office. The loss is estima? ted at $75,000, and only a portion of this amount was insured. It is generally conceded that it was the work of an incendiary. Mr. R. M. Stokes, editor of the Union Times, in a letter to the Columbia Phccniz, sums up the losses as follows?in addition to which, we learn that the grocery and dry goods store of Mr. Malloy, and the saddlery shops of Messrs. Robinson and Harlan, were totally destroyed. Mr. Stokes is already making arrangements to resume the publication of the Times. We append his summary: The buildings destroyed were the brick block, belonging to Mr. H. L. Goss, Mrs. Lamb, Capt. A. H. Foster, the National Hotel and the Central Hotel. In Mr. Goss' building was Mr. Eller's store, containing a large stock of dry goods, groceries, hardware, &c.; Reuben Sims stock of groceries; the second story was occupied by Dr. Bennett, dentist, and the room lately occupied by Gen. Jos. Gist. I don't think anything was saved by these gentlemen. In Mrs. Lamb s building, Dr. Gibbs occupied the lower story as a drug store. He lost every? thing. The Times office was in the upper story, and not a type, or anything in the way of ma? terial was saved?a total loss; my son saved my books. Capt. Foster, fortunately, saved nearly all his heavy stock of goods?of course, in a very mixed up condition. A portion of the furniture in the hotels was saved. The wooden store belonging to Col. J. L. Young, next to Mr. Eller's store, was also destroyed, (fortunately no one occupied it,) with some tenements in the rear of the store. A number of out-buildings were destroyed. Mr. Tinsley and Dr. J. A. Moore occupied a building be? tween the two stores?the first as a jeweler's store, and the latter as a doctor's shop. Mr. Tinsley'sjewelry, tools, Ac., were saved; but Dr. Moore lost all his surgical instruments and medicines. A. W". Thompson & Co. occupied the building adjoining the National Hotel.? Fortunately their stock was very low, and they saved most of it. Two rooms adjoining were occupied by colored people?one a shoemaker and the other a little fruit and variety store. They saved most of their property. An election will be held in Columbia on the 2nd day of April next for a Mayor and twelve Aldermen of that city. The Radicals are in the field with a full ticket, the present incum? bent, Mr. John Alexander, being a candidate for re-election. A movement is on foot to or? ganize a citizens' party, irrespective of politics, with a view to securing a City Council more in accordance with the wishes and interests of the tax-payers. ? At a meeting of the stockholders of the Spartanburg aud Union Railroad Company, held at their office, at Columbia, S. C, on the 12th inst., the following Directors were elected : H. G. Worthington, N. G. Parker, Hardy Sol? omon, J. J. Patterson, C. D. Melton, F. S. Jacobs, Thomas Steers. The Directors organ? ized by electing John J. Patterson President, and F. S. Jacobs Secretary and Treasurer. ? The Chicago Times, in commenting on the Democratic defeat iu New Hampshire, says: The defeat is abundantly compensated by the moral which it affords. Thi6 moral is embodied in the obvious deduction that the Democratic party alone stands no shadow of a chance to prevent the re-election of Grant. The most hopelessly pig-headed Bourbon in the party must now recognize the fact that the Demo? cratic candidate for President could not carry more than one-third of the electoral vote. It follows that the hope of rescuing the country from imperialism and corruption depends solely on the union of all the elements of opposition to secure this union and to achieve a victory which it almost assures. It is necessary that the convention at Cincinnati shall recognize the wide and spontaneous expressions of popu? lar approval that have been elicited by the se? lection of the caudidate which was made at Columbus. A Task for the Whole People. There is little doubt, says the Charleston Newt, that the Democracy of this State will de? cide to abstain from nominating party candi? dates at the general elections which are held in October. It seems to be the popular desire that the Democrats should, in districts where they are largely in the minority, throw their influence upon the side of the least objectiona? ble of the Republicans who may seek the suf? frages of the people; and this policy, while en? couraging the more respectable members of the opposition to work vigorously against corrupt and incompetent Radical candidates, woald leave the Democrats at liberty to exert with advantage all their strength in counties which they may reasonably hepe to eontrol. There is abundant time, however, for an ample discus? sion of the difficulties and necessities of the political situation. At the polls there is no remedy to be had for six months to come, aad should the conservatism of the State then be potent enough to secure an honorable change in the character of the government, that happy result may not lead to the punishment of the public criminals for whom the portals of the penitentiary yawns, and will not prevent the successful completion of the bold frauds now in process of execution. An election, at best, is an uncertain means of redress. The bargain? ing of parties; the considerations of expedien? cy ; the terrible readiness of the masses to con? done offences against the Commonwealth; the natural willingness of a people circumstanced like this to let bye-gones be byc-gones, if any amelioration of their sad condition can be ob? tained?these render it unlikely that a conser? vative victory next Fall would do more than drive from office the blackest of the swindlers who now rule the State. And this is not enough I It is not sufficient that the plunderers of the people should run their course until the winter, and then be permitted to enjoy, inquiet, the rich fruits of their rascality. We owe it to the memory of the days when public life in South Carolina was lofty in purpose and pure in action; we owe it to the common sense which warns us that every day of indifference makes more grievous the burden we have to bear \ we owe it to the past and the future, to every material interest, and to our own good name?that we should make an effort, and make it at once, to check the mad career of those whom our inertness has emboldened to the commission of misdeeds without number, and whom the public pusillanimity has led to believe that no tyranny of theirs will be resen? ted, and no crime either resisted or avenged.? As long as we remain idle; as long as each man leaves to his neighbor the work which should be shared by all honest citizens; as long; as we content ourselves with lachrymose ap? peals to an honesty and intelligence which our . rulers do not possess; so long may we expect to be the laughing-stocks of the nation, fit sub? jects for oppression/and a pity akin to contempt. Cries for mercy are of no avail. Action I ac? tion ! action ! is the only thing to save the State, Well do we know that a few generous, large brained citizens have striven, and still strive, to find a means of compassing the redemption, of their people. These have not had the co? operation which they had a right to look for. They have not bad the united moral support which enabled a handful of tax-payers to over? throw the Tammany Ring. The people did not stand shoulder to shoulder, ready to cheer, encourage and sustain them. No wonder that nothing is done. This one is busy with his merchandise; this one is engrossed in the cal? culation of discounts and commissions ; this one is numbering cotton bales, or will not take his hand from the laboring plow. Timidity and sloth rule the councils of the time. It is not pleasant to say these things, or to hear them; but there are moments when silence is a moral delinquency, and this is such a mo? ment. The State officials, lulled to false secu? rity, have, as we believe, laid themselves open o a damaging assault. Among the white cit? izens of South Carolina there is abundant tact, experience and technical skill. If we can con? vince our people that our misfortunes are not irreparable, that this is the occasion when a moral blow may be struck at the very centre of the enemy's line, there is latent force enough in the State to make the onslaught with a dash and discipline which should be irresistible. ? It is reported that Ex-Gov. Bonham in? tends moving to Atlanta, Ga. ? About ninety students are in attendance at the University of South Carolina. ? Peter Culp was hanged at Yorkville on the 8th inst. for the murder of his wife. ? Gen. Joseph ?. Johnson is to be made President of the Georgia Military Institute. ? Dr. E. E. Whitner has located at Green? ville, and will practice his profession in that city. ? Capt. James Johnston, for a number of years Ordinary of Fairfield District, died re? cently. ?; The National Bank of Greenville has commenced operations, with Mr. Blackwood as cashier. ? Prof. J. Julian Chisolm, University of Maryland, has arrived in Charleston on a visit ? to his family. ? Prince Frederick Charles, of Prussia, after returning from his present voyage to Egypt and Nubia, will visit the United States. ? Mr. Duncan Brooks, son of Capt. J. W. Brooks, of Greenville, committed suicide on the 9th inst by taking an overdose of laudanum. ? The City Council of Greenville offer a re? ward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of any of the parties guilty of incendiarism, du? ring the recent fires in that city. ? The Sumte.- News states that a case of small pox has occurred at the barracks in that town, but the patient has been removed, and there is no cause for apprehending any spread of the disease. ? Col. Wm. Nicol Burns, the last surviving son of Robert Burns, died recently, aged eighty two years. He was buried in the Bums mau? soleum at Dumfries, where his father and moth? er are entombed. ? The Marion Crescent announces the death of Miss Evie Kelly, an estimable young lady, which took place at Marion on the Sth instant. She was the daughter of Rev. John W. Kelly, of the Methodist Church. ? At a public sale in Lynchburg, Va., a lot of Confederate bonds and notes, aggregating several hundred thousand dollars, was sold for fourteen dollars. This shows that "Confedric money will be good agin." ? The Augusta and Savannah papers last week alluded to a probable duel between two citizens of Charleston, Messrs. W. L. Trenholm and Ed. Willis, but the affair was amicably adjusted. The difficulty originated from a re? mark made by Maj. Willis in regard to Mr. Trenholm. ? Gov. Davis, of Texas, who was recently indicted for being concerned in election frauds in that State, has become a fugitive from jus? tice. It is thought he has gone to see Grant in order to secure the removal of the United States Marshal who had the audacity to serve a writ upon him. ? The Derby mansion and farm will shortly go into possession of Harry Watkius, the for? tunate holder of the ticket which drew the cap? ital prize in the Aiken Land Lottery. Mr. Watkins, who is a prominent actor and'a great favorite with the Southern people, will make Aiken his future home. ? The Crown Prince of Germany is by trade a compositor, and his son. Prince Henry, has just been apprenticed to a book-binder in Ber? lin. This instruction, in a practical avocation, is due to an old custom, religiously followed by the Prussian family royal, which compels every member thereof to learn a trade. ? Richard H. Garrett, of Virginia, the own? er of the barn in which J. Wilkcs Booth took refuge from his pursuers, some time since pre? ferred a claim to Congress for compensation for the destruction of his barn. The Senate Com? mittee on claims, which had his petition under consideration, has decided adversely to it, on the ground that Garrett's loyalty was not above suspicion.