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E X.?NO. u.i ... Ort Washington Correspondence. Washington, D. O., Dec. 26. Yesterday the whole city was alive with the joys which the Christmas festivals bring. In almost every_ household" there were happy greetings for those who had been absent1 Every family had the home-circle complete? the day being so- marked in .the calendar of events thatr it ? is always remembered either in joy and gladness, or sorrow that seems deeper from the contrast with all around. Among the many favored and happy households is that of the President and family. It is true that the .only; daughteris anseht,-but she is ex y>ctoiMm; J.o.lQi^^e .jjQm^c^l&.^Xk place, however^ is fijtlecl hjy.the sweet presence of- the eldest son's young-bride, who receives a daughter's, affection. The President has all three of his sons with, him, .and callers pass as much happiness within that circle as though the cares and'responsibilities of official life were never known., Another united and happy family is that of Secretary and Mrs. Fish. All ?rie'Tl?ugnTersY 'willitEelr children/ and* TffF. Hamilton Fish, jr.ysre here spending the holi? days with the?r parents. Since the adjournment of Congress the city as almost barren-of public men, a majority of both Houses having - left the city to spend the holidays with their families, and a number ap? pointed on committees to investigate Southern affairs, have left for the several fields assigned to them in .the discharge of their duties. In? deed, four sub-committees have left the city since the adjournment of Congress on Wednes? day last;-<rae for New Orleans, one for Yicks burg, and ene"? for ? Montgomery, to examine JntaT ^tiBcaraffairs, and" a "sub^ommTttee of 5$ay$ .and ?eans for New York, to examine into the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's affairs; and Still another committee authorized Jost , before the adjournment, consisting of Messrs. Coburn, of Indiana; Albright, of Pa.; Cannon, of 111. ; Buckner, of Mo., and Lutt trell, of Cal., have gone to Alabama to look into political matters in that State;. snowing the spirit of investigation to be alive, and that Congress Is determined to set things right.. Secretary Bristow i also has shaken the dust of the Treasury Department from his feet,-and gone to his home'in Kentucky, where he ;prO " poses to spend a few days during the holiday Recess-.' ' The argument before the Arkansas investi? gation committee, which has been going on since the opening of Congress, was concluded just before the adjournment, and the indica? tions are, that Representatives Poland, of Vt., and Ward, of HI., will report in favor of Brooks as Governor, while the other members ef the committee, will-support the validity of the present State Government. In the Senate on last Tuesday, Senator Sher? man introduced the bill for the resumption of specie payment, previously agreed upon in a ?caucus of Republican Senators, ? and although ^^irang. effort was made on the Democratic aide to postpone its. consideration, the bill was taken ap and passed by a'strict party vote. The-bill was immediately .reported.to the -House, and on the day of adjournment, imme? diately at the close of the morning hour, Mr. Maynard moved to go to business on the Speaker's table, which came near causing an all night session. -Mr. Maynard, who is chair? man of the committee on ^hanking and curren? cy, said that his sole motive was to get up the ?b?l of the Senate for the resumption of specie ?payment. The Democrats, however, under the lead of Mr. Beck and Mr. Randall, immediate-; ly appreciated-the fact that the second bill on the table was the civil rights bill, and that trader (therutes-of. the House .it wpul.d have to Tje oTs'pose'd of In Vonte 'way" orother. Conse -qnentiy, they made the issue on this question. The colored members came to the front at once> but as a test' on the currency bill Mr. Beck moved to adjourn. The sotestood a solid par? ty division, excepting Messrs. Dunnell, of Mlnnesotay and Merriam, of New York, who -are in favor of inflation. Neither Gen. Butler nor Mr. Kelley^ who=are the recogn/zed/teaders . of fehe inflation - party, were present. If they had been they would no doubt have rallied the inflation forces for a larger vote for adjourn? ment. There is no real sympathy between the Democrats in the House and the inflationists on the Republican side ; both, however, were opposed to taking up the bill at this time. Senators Sherman and Boutwell were both on -the floor ef the House, urging the Republicans to take action on it. All the votes in the House indicate that, a majority of. the. Repub? licans were willing to commit tben>elves on the bill, and had not the civil rights bill blocked the way, they would have had an op? portunity to do so. The bill eventually was made the special order for January 7th, when it will be taken ? up exclusive of all other busi? ness. * Notwithstanding the persistent efforts of some of the newspaper men to. injure the standing of Senator Carpenter, with a view to defeat his re-election to the Senate, by repre? senting him as having lost caste among the public men .of the country, he has been so completely vindicated by his election as Presi? dent pro. iem. of the Senate, and his great usefulness and talents so openly recognized, 'that'the slanders of his enemies must, as they will, fall to the ground. His vindication is as complete as . his most'.intimate friends could desire, and the country, will rejoice that a. good mau-in the right .place has been properly ap? preciated by those to whom his talents are best known. Postmaster General 'Jewell has commenced the work of retrenchment by reducing the number of employees in the railway mail ser? vice, including ten in the Chicago division, which reform he will carry into all the divis? ions, whieh he will do in the interest of econo? my. The Postmaster General shows every dis? position to work his department on business priuciples, and to reduce expenditures. This may do well, and gain him some notoriety, if he will not be obliged to ask for large deficien j cies in the future. Before the adjournment of Congress on Wednesday, the House * committee on appro? priations, called upon the Secretary of the jfavy for a detailed statement of the expendi? tures of the contingent fund of his department If Mr. .Eobes'ou will make a true, and Jaithful statement, he will exhibit some strange and funny items of expenditures* OBSERVER. An Interesting History of King Kalakaua. [In the year 1821 the whale-ship Indepen? dence, from New1'Bedford, Mass., foundered in the Pacific ocean; and all on board perished, With the exception of four sailors, who made their escape in a boat, which, after tossing many days.on the boundless deep, at last reached the Sandwich Islands, then in a state of semi-barbarism, that being about the time 1 of the first appearance of Christian missiona? ries there. One of these" seamen was a fine looking, stalwart young man from Barnstable, and in the strange land upon which he Was cast up from the waste of waters, at once en? gaged; in such pursuits as a vivacious disposi-I tion and true Yankee genius discovered, both for employment and livelihood. He soon,suc? ceeded, and in a year or two after making his involuntary settlement among the Kanakas, had the extraordinary fortune of marrying the daughter and sole pri ncess Of the monarch then on the throne of the Islands. The royal dam set had fallen in love with the wrecked seaman, proposed wedlock, in. right queenly style, which the young New Engl?nder accepted for the reason that the King ordered him to do so, cr have his head chopped off. . .. Being son-in-law, and recognized as a mem? ber of. the dynasty, our hero adapted'himself to the dignity of'prince consort, and from this remarkable union issued the present King of the Sandwich Islands, the only surviving son of the Massachusetts man, out of a large fam? ily. The name Kalakaua denotes the origin of the sovereign, and, translated, means "safe journey" or "God-speed," referring to the es? cape of his immediate ancestor, from the peril of the waves as related above. Digressing from the general narrative here, we will men? tion that the father of pur august visitor, not? withstanding his illustrious alliance, had never forgotten his home in the distant Republic, but day after day and month after month, looked out from the portico of his palace, for the friendly canvas and dag of his native land, but five and twenty years of weary watching were endured before the keel of an American ship glided into the island harbors. When this did take place the Yankee prince, yearning for the scenes and associations ol youth, one night deserted rank, wife and chil? dren/jumped into the sea which a quarter of a century before had cast him up naked, to be? come the progenitor of a kingly line, and sailed away for the shores of Massachusetts. After a loug voyage Barnstable was again visi? ted. But all had changed. Leaving there in sunny youth, the traveler now found that the few remaining acquaintances of the past had died, departed to,other places, or had grown fray ana forgetful of the times when all were oys at school together. It was a mistaken re? turn, for the heart could not give up its love for the wife and children of more than a score of years in the far-off islands of the Pacific. The longipgs of the wanderer and the loneli? ness were intolerable. He tbeu once'more looked for the speedy bark to carry him back to his only home, and waited three years be? fore an opportunity came. Then he sailed away, forever. Iu 1847, the whaler, Thomas Jefferson, from New London, Conn., was fish? ing in the Pacific. Meeting a school of whales, the crew prepared for action, and among the parties sent out from the ship to operate against the monsters of the deep, the prince was one of the first to volunteer in the hazardous duty. As has often happened, the boat of the har pooners was demolished by a wounded and infuriated whale, several of the men, including the father of Kalakaua, perishing in the dis? aster. That was the end of our hero's roman? tic career. - lVA v The.balance of this interesting story may. be stated briefly. When the New Engl?nder fled from the Sandwich Islands his spouse mourned for a customary period, .but grief did not cause her to neglect the' grave responsibilities of widowhood. She gave her children the best education the island afforded, and David being the favorite, though not the oldest son, was sent to San Francisco to study politics and finances. His mother also directed bim to visit the home of his father and kindred, but the young man, for some reason satisfactory to himself, did not then go to Barnstable. He Wfll do so now, however, after first concluding bis official interview with the President of the Unitea States. Thus w^e have an easy solution of the friendship of this monarch for our coun? try and institutions. For.this interesting narrative.we are indebt? ed to a cousin of his majesty, residing In this city, well known in mining circles, who, with the exception of being a few years older, is said to resemble the king in a remarkable degree. Their fathers were brothers, born arid reared in the State of Massachusetts.?Salt Lake Tri? bune. An Important Decree.?In the case of A. T. Stuart & Co. vs. Charles Kerrison, assignee, Judge Bond, in the United States Circuit Court, decided that the judgment of A. T. Stewart & Co. vs. Kerrison & Leiding is a valid and subsisting one, and that they are entitled to be paid out of the proceeds of such of the real estate of the bankrupts as it was a lien upon, according to its priority. The Court further said: ,rWhile the Court refuses to set aside this judgment on account of the irregu? larities complained of, it cauuot refrain from saying, for the beuefit of the profession, that in its judgment a plea to the jurisdiction of the District Court at Greenville would have been well taken. That Court is not a Circuit Court. Neither the Chief Justice of the Unit? ed States nor the circuit judge, who are re? quired by law to hold Circuit Courts, can hold or assist in holding the District Court for the Western District of South Carolina. That court held by the district court judge has cir? cuit court powers within the ^.rritory pre? scribed by law for its jurisdiction, which auy Serson legally entitled may invoke at pleasure; ut there is no authority at all for removing causes originally brought in the Circuit Court of the United States to that court, agaiust the consent of parties, except in certain criminal cases at the instance 01 the district attorney. I am aware that the pra' iice to do so has pre? vailed for some time, but it has produced groat confusion and has no warrant in law." ? Jt is said that at three years old we love our mothers ; at six, our fathers ; at ten, holi? days ; at sixteen, dress ; at twenty, our sweet? hearts; at twenty-five, our wixes; at forty, our children ; and at sixty, ourselves. Demoralization of the Republican Leaders in Congress. "Mac," the Washington correspondent of the Boston Globe, a Republican newspaper, draws, a dismal picture of the demoralization existing among the leaden in Congress: Washington, D. C, Dec 20. A leading Republican Congressman, speak? ing of his- colleagues, said, "there is nothing on our side of the House but the dead and the dying." This was the finishing touch to a pic? ture in which he tried to portray the utter de? moralization of trie dominant party. In the entire history of politics there is probably nothing to equal the present condition of the Republican party in Congress. Here is a great organization, with the National Government in its hands, with two-thirds majority in each House, and with the prestige of almost uninter? rupted success for fourteen years, actually cowr ermg before a handful of men representing a party with a record embracing all the crimes denounced in the decalogue. There never was such a-spectacle. The Democrats are really running the House and the standing commit? tees. Mr. Dawes' position as chairman of the committee of ways and means gives him by courtesy the right to the title of "leader of the House,'' but the most casual observer can ' see that the real "leader" is Mr. Beck, of Kenr i tucky. Mr. Garfield, as chairman of the com? mittee on appropriations, should rank next to Dawes in the leadership, but everybody knows that Sam Randall,.of Pennsylvania, holds this place. "That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold" exclaimed Lady Macbeth, when she had taken the first steps towards the murder of Duncan by throwing the King's at? tendants off their guard. .And go it would seem as if the result of the November elections had infused.all the life into the Democrats that it took out of the Republicans. Dawes and Garfield never were plucky men, but they tare unquestionably lost whatever little cour? age they had. The most insignificant Demo? crat is as . capable of frightening them from their propriety as if he held their lives and their fates in his hand. But they are not alone. The demoralization extends to the rank and file: Not even the testy and bellige? rent Butler shows his wonted stomach for the fight. There is a very general feeling that "the party," to quote the exact words of a Congressman, "is going to the devil, and there is no use in trying to save it." If its salvation depends on the members of the Forty-third Congress, its chances are far from flattering. "The dead and the dying" think the best thing for them to do is to take care of themselves, and they are using their best endeavors in that direction. The majority of them appear to be convinced that there is to be a new party, and they are anxions to -be in at the beginning so as to secure the best seats. "I see they are going to read you out of the party," said a Congressman to Kelley, of Pennsylvania, who has incurred the hostility of a number of party papers on account of his letter to the secretary of the Indiana new party convention. "Yes," was the reply. "Well," said the other, "just let 'me know when you are going, and I will keep you company." Kelley says this has, in substance, been repeated to him by more than twenty of his colleagues on the floor. Among a disorganized set of men, entertaining senti? ments about party allegiance like these, it is uqt so difficult, after all, to create demoraliza? tion. Perhaps the most anxious man in the House is Speaker Blaine. I mean anxious about the future of the Republican party. As matters stand now, he has the best right to expect the nomination for the Presidency in 1876. No other candidate whose name has been mention? ed can begin to compete with him. But the prospect, just now, indicates that it will be "a barren sceptre in his hand." Nobody, not even the members themselves, expects this Congress to do anything toward setting the party on its feet. Everybody admits that to go into the canvass of 76 with the country in its present condition and upon the issues of last November will result in certain defeat to the Republican candidate. Nothing short of a miracle could save him. There are a few counting upon what they call the "sober second thought of the peo? ple." and conspicuous among them is Henry Wilson, the vice-president. He cannot bring himself to believe that the country is ready to entrust its interests to the hands of the Democ? racy. But Henry forgets that the ranks of De? mocracy have been greatly streugthened of late, by large accessions of recruits from the Repub? lican party. Blaine is still hopeful, but not as bouyant as the vice-president. He is too shrewd a politician to close his eyes upon the existence of stubborn facts. Wilson remarked, the other day that if he could be placed at the head of affairs for one year, he would set the .old party on its pins and make it as powerful as ever. "But," 'said he, with a significant shrug of the shoulders, "you see I am powerless as vice-president. I cannot do anything, and everybody accuses me of prophesying evil things of the party because I tell the truth, and take things as I find them." Blaine realizes the sit? uation as keenly as Wilson, but he keeps his mouth shut. His position as Speaker is more favorable for the exercise of that peculiar pow? er which the Vice-President terms "setting the party on its pins." The trouble is, however, there is no material with which to work, and not even the ingenuity of Blaine has been able to arrest the demoralization which set in with November long enough to attempt reorganiza? tion for the purpose of making a start for the fight of 1876. There is not sufficient harmony of purpose among "the dead and dying" to jus? tify the holding of an ordinary caucus for con? sultation. Blaine has been repeatedly impor? tuned to have a caucus, and it is quite probable he would like to be able to give the country even so faint a proof of the vigor of the party, but he knows very well that, in the present condition of affairs, it would be likely to break up in a row. He doubtless prefers to wait, like Micawber, for something to turn up of a more fa? vorable character. The Administration "organ" here has ad? vised Blaine to move down from the chair and take hold of the reins of leadership, but such folly as this can hardly owe its inspiration even to the White House, though people are no lon? ger astonished at anything from that quarter. Indeed, from all accounts, the "Administration" is not at all .troubled about the condition of the party. The "man on horseback" does not re? gard it as his funeral, and having "saved the party" twice he is probably willing to do it again, if proper inducements are held out. In the meantime, the Democrats are notdisposed to wait for their turn to run the House, but have con? cluded to take a hand at once. Mr. Beck has taken charge of the ways and means committee, brushed Mr. Dawes asido like a cobweb, and throwing the President's message, with its im? portant recommendations, under the table, has launched out upon the boundless sea of inves? tigation, mainly to make capital for Jay Gould and the Democratic party. Mr. Speer and Mr. Randall come into the House and chastise General Garfield at pleasure, and Mr. Cox loses no opportunity to taunt the big, unwieldy, ! and apparently helpless majority with their misfortunes, and not even Ben Butler cries "shoo fly." Appointments of the S. C. Conference. CHARLESTON DISTRICT?W. P. MOUZON, P. E. Charleston?Trinity, G. H. Wells; R. D. Smart, sup.; Bethel, J. T, Wightman ; Spring Street, W. T. Capers. Suraraerville Circuit?D. J. Simmons. Berkley Circuit?S. D. Vaughn; Santee Mis | sion, A. G. Gantt: Cooper River Mission, U. S. Bird. Cyprus Circuit?J. H. Zimmerman; Saint Paul's Mission, A. Nettles. St. George's Circuit?W. A. Clark. Bamberg Circuit?P. F. Kistler. Colleton Circuit?T. Raysor, 0. Rouutree. Walterboro' Circuit?J. L. Sifley. , Yemassee Circuit?G. H. Pooser. Allendale Circuit?T. E. Wannamaker. Black Swamp Circuit?J. W. Humbert. J Hardeeville Mission?J. R. Coburn. ORANGEB?RG DISTRICT?WM. MARTIN, P. E. Orangeburg Station?J. B. Campbell. Orangeburg Circuit?D. D. Dantzler. Branchville Circuit?J. W. McRoy. Providence Circuit?Wm. Hutto. St. Matthew's Circuit?T. J. Clyde. Upper St. Matthew's Circuit?B. G. Jones. Upper Orange'Circuit?A. R. Dauuer. Edisto Circuit?M. L. Banks ; Upper Edisto Mission to be supplied by E. A. Price. Graham Circuit?A. J. Cauthen. Williston Circuit?J. B. Massabeau. Ellenton Circuit?J. C. Bissell. Aikeu Missiou? S. K. Browne. Graniteville and Langley Mission?L. C. Loyal COLUMBIA DISTRICT?W. H. FLEMING, P. E. Columbia?Washington St., A. Coke Smith ; Marion Street, W. D. Kirkland; City Mission. A. W. Walker. Columbia Circuit?E. L. King. Richland Fork?C. D. Rowel. Winusboro and.Ridgeway?A. J. Stafford. Blackstock Circuit & Mission?J. J. Neville. Fairfield Circuit?J. Marion Boyd. East Chester?J. W. Kelly. Chester Circuit?T. Mitchell, G. W. Walker. Rock Hill Circuit?T. W.Muunerlyn. Yorkville Station?J. W. Dixon. Yorkville Circuit?L. A. Johnson. Lexington Circuit?G. W. Gatlin. Leesville Circuit?J. A. Clifton. Edgefield Circuit?George F. Round. Columbia Female College?S. B. Jones, Pres? ident. SUMTER DISTRICT?A. M. CHRIETZBERG, P. Sumter Station?F. Auld. Sumter Circuit?L M. Little, W. A. Rogers. Bishopville Circuit?S. J. Hill. Caraden?H. F. Chrietzberg. Kershaw Mission?E. M. Merritt. Santee Circuit and Mission?J. L. Shuford, M. M. Ferguson. Manning Circuit?J. B. Platt. Lynchburg Circuit?W. J. Whitman. Timraonsville?W. L. Pegues. Darlington Station?J. 0. Wilson. Darlington Circuit?L. M. Hamer, W. W. Williams. Cheraw Station?J. E. Carlisle. Chesterfield Circuit?J. C. Russell. Zoar Circuit and Mission?A. Ervine. Hanging Rock Circuit?D. J. McMillan. Lancaster Station?R. L. Harper. Belair Circuit?J. F. England. MARION DISTRICT?W. C. POWERS, P. E. Marion Station?A. J. Stokes. Marion Circuit?R. N. Wells. Rock Swamp Circuit?W. W. Jones, one to be supplied. Litt.e Rock Circuit?J. C. Stoll, J. W. W?l? ling, J. R. Little, supernumerary. South Marlboro' Circuit?J. T. Kilgo. Behnettsville Circuit?J. M. Carlisle, J. L. Stokes. North Marlboro' Circuit?E. T. Hodges. Florcuce & Liberty Chapel?G. T. Harmon. Lynch's Creek Circuit and Mission?R. L. Duffie; Lynclrs Lake Circuit, J. S. Beasley. Kingstree Circuit?J. J. Workman. Johnsonville Circuit?C. C. Fishburn. Gourdin and Sampit Circuit and Mission? H. J. Morgan. Georgetown Station?L. Wood. Waccamaw Circuit & Mission?W. H. Kirton. Bucksville Circuit?W. Thomas; Conway boro', D. Tiller. Conwayboro' Circuit and Mission?W. Car? son, one to be supplied. SPARTANBTJRG DI8TRICT?H. M. MOOD, P. E. Spartanburg Station?J. A. Porter. Spartanburg Circuit?Felix Hartin. Cherokee Circuit?J. F. Smith. Rich Hill?A. P. Avant. Pacolet Circuit?I. J. Newberry. Fair Forest?J. B. Wilson. Unionville Station?A. H. Lester. Goshen Hill Circuit?J. E. Watson. Belraont Circuit?M. A. McKibben. Cane Creek Circuit?J. C. Miller. Clinton Circuit?George M. Boyd. Laurens Circuit?J. B. Tray wick, W. H. Ariall. WofTord College?A. M. Shipp, President; W. Smith, Professor; H. A. C. Walker, Financial Secretary. Editor Southern Christian Advocate?F. M. Kennedy. Superintendent Carolina Orphans' House? R. 0. Oliver. COKESBURY DISTRICT?MANNING BROWN, P.E. Cokcsbury Station?R. W. Barber. Cokesbury Circuit?S. P. H. El well. Abbeville Station?J. A. Mood. Abbeville Circuit?T. S. Daniel, C. D. Mann. South Abbeville Circuit-J. C. Counts. North Edgefield?G. W. M. Creighton. Lowndesville Station?C. H. Pritchard. Tumbliug Shoals Circuit?N. K. Melton. Greenwood Circuit?J. W. Murray, W.S. F. Wightman ; W. H. Lawtou, supernumerary. Newberry Station?R. P. Franks. Newberry Circuit?T. G. Herbert, L. F. Beatty. Little Saluda Circuit?M. H. Pooscr. GREEN VI LLE DISTRICT?O.A. DARBY, P. E. Greenville Station?E. J. Mcynardie. Greenville City and Marietta Mission?J. C. Davis. Greenville Circuit?R. R. Dagnall. Reidvillo?J. K. McCain. Welford Circuit?J. A. Wood, sup. Fork Shoal Circuit?J. Attaway. Williainston Station?S. A. Weber. Brushy Creek Circuit?W. Bowman. Anderson Station?W. W. Mood. Anderson Circuit?W. A. Hodges. Pendleton Circuit?J. Finger. Pickensville Circuit?J. Q. Stockman. Pickens Mission?To bo supplied by T. P. Phillips. Walhalla Circuit?E. L. Archer; F. M. Morgan, Sup. Chcohec Mjfsion?A. W. Jackson. Seneca Circuit and Mission?To be supplied by F. Smith. Williainston Female College?S. Lander, President. ? Tom Hood, at a lord mayor's dinner, once leaned back at about the middle of the feast and requested the waiter to bring him the rest in money. An Appeal to Congress. In the State Senate, just before adjournment for the holidays, Senator John R. Cochran, of Anderson, who is Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, introduced the following pream? ble and resolutions, which were immediately adopted and sent to the House of Representa? tives, where they were at once co ncurred in: "Whereas, the interests of the people of South Carolina are identified with the commercial im? portance of the City of Charleston, as the chief city on the South Atlantic coast; and, whereas, the commercial statistics of the past few years conclusively show a constant and rapid increase in every element of commercial prosperity - and, whereas, her situation on the highway of nations, as the nearest and most available out? let to the growing wealth of the West, her roximity to the trade of the West Indies and outh America, make her the natural empo? rium of this vast commerce; and, whereas, the increasing value of her market stands approved in the fact that in 1867 her receipts of cotton? the great Southern staple?were 165,000 bales, while in 1874 they had increased to 437,000 bales; her receipts in rice in 1867 were 15,000 tierces, while in 1874 they had increased to 43, 000 tierces ; her receipts in naval stores had in? creased in the same time from 54,000 barrels to 221,000 barrels, and her lumber trade from 8,000,000 feet to 20,000,000 feet, showing con? clusively that the trade of the City of Charles? ton in the past eight years has beeu nearly trebled in all the important elements of South? ern prosperity. "And, whereas, notwithstanding these facts, and that Charleston, as the commercial centre of the South Atlantic coast, throbs with the life and energies of the entire South, and is pecu? liarly blessed with a most genial climate and a safe aud unequalled harbor, yet the National Congress has almost ignored our State in its appropriations to develop the material interests of the South, giving to Georgia over ?321,000, to North Carolina over $740,000, aud to South Carolina about $88,000, a disparity for which there is apparently no just reason. "And, whereas, with all her great natural ad? vantages, there is but a single disadvantage? the depth of water on her bar?that keeps the City of Charleston from moviug vigorously for? ward to her proper position of commercial greatness; and her citizens, recognizing this fact, through her municipality, through her Chamber of Commerce, and through every oth? er avenue of public influence, are bending their every energy to the deepening and widening of her splendid harbor. "And whereas the City Council of Charleston, by the expenditure of nearly fifty thousand dol? lars, in which, notwithstanding the hardships of the time, the people of Charleston of all classes have eagerly concurred, have ascertained that the work can be easily and permanently accomplished at an expense comparatively tri? fling as compared with the paramount results it must achieve. "And whereas the history of the City of Charleston and the growing trade of this section of our common country prove the enterprise to be of the last importance to the people of South Carolina aud to the development of the entire South. Therefore be it "Resolved by the Senate, the House of Repre? sentatives concurring, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be, aud are hereby, requested to use their utmost influence to secure for the City of Charleston an appropriation of ($100,000) one hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of deepening and widening its har? bor, aud to advance the material interests of the people of this State." The Duty of the Next Congress. The following views in regard to the duty of the next Congress to expose thoroughly the corruptions of the Federal"Government are so sensible that we transfer them to our columns with cordial endorsement. They are taken from that sterling sheet, the New York Jour? nal of Commerce. It says: Upon the next Congress will devolve the high moral duty of making a thorough inves? tigation of public affairs. It is the duty of every man entering upon a public trust to ex? amine searchiugty into the conduct of his predecessors in office, in order to avoid their errors and profit by their mistakes. This he owes to himself and to the people who have clothed him with authority. In cases where frauds have been committed, it is obligatory upon those who come after the thieves or swin? dlers to expose their wroug doings and, if pos? sible, bring them to justice. Investigation is one of the incidental objects of political rev? olution; and if it is neglected by the party about to come into power, an important lesson of the late elections will be lost to the people. The Reprblican party have held the national offices now for fourteen years, and their arrears of misdeeds must, in the nature of thiucrs. be very large. No party having such an uncheck? ed license can keep possession for that length of time without making up for itself a loug record of extravagance and fraud, to be dis? closed upon due examination of its affairs. The Congresses for years past being in sympa? thy with the administration and its appointees have, with few exceptions, satisfied inquiries into the transaction of public business; or if those inquiries have been ordered, have adopt? ed white-washing reports. A majority of the recent Congresses have constituted a ring for mutual concealment and protection, and it has been impossible for the opposition to fathom the secrets of their waves. It remained for the last and present Con? gresses to take the alarm from the public dis? quiet, and to investigate two of the most noto? rious abuses of the times?the Credit Mobilier operations and the moiety swindles. The re? ports rendered upon these subjects were far from satisfactory, but they did have the effect of bringing political railroad rings into disre? pute, and of causing the passage of a law less outrageous and oppressive upon importers. These arc good deeds, the credit of which Bhould not be denied to a Republican Congress. But while they were so bold and open in search? ing out two classes of frauds, they allowed plenty of others to pass unnoticed. There arc frauds connected with land sales, with army contracts, with subsidies, from the taint of which it is believed that no department is free. Some of these are notorious; others are but imperfectly understood ; with regard to others, suspicions may be wholly unfounded ; but there is unquestionably material enough among them all to keep a number of investigating commit? tees busy for two or three years. We hope that the popular branch of the next Congress will address itself to this work without fear or favor. If it shrinks from the task, it will belie one of the most solemu pledges upon which the political majority was chosen. There can ! be no thoroughgoing economy and reform in the administration of affairs unless there is also the disposition to bring to light and pun ish those who have beeu guilty of official wrong. ? "Mamma," cried a little girl, rushing in? to the room, "why am I like a tree?" Mamma could not guess, when the little one exclaimed, "Because I have got limbs !'' A Pungent Message of the Governor. Executive Chamber, Columbia, December 22,1874. Gentlemen of the Senate and Bouse of Repre? sentative!?I have thin day approved the follow ing act: "An act to make appropriation for the pay? ment of the salary and mileage of the members of the general assembly and the salaries of the subordinate, officers and employees, and other expenses incidental thereto." In affixing my official approval to this act, I feel compelled to state to your honorable bod? ies that I have had grave doubts respecting my duty in the premises. The mode in which the act was finally passed, under the operation of the joint rules of the two houses, is suggestive of more than one difficulty of a legal and con? stitutional nature. The act in its present form has been distinctly and decisively disapproved by one house. Its final passage is due wholly to a joint rule of the general assembly. I can? not at the present time enter upon a discussion of the legal effect of this fact, but it is easy to see how grave are the questions involved and with what facility Buch a rule may be used to defeat the will of one or the other house of the general assembly. Again, whoever will inform himself upon the subject will be satisfied that the tax of one mill oa the dollar, levied to meet appropriations for legislative expenses for the present fiscal year cannot produce more than $110,000 or $115,000. The amount appropriated by the act is, there? fore, in excess of the means provided to meet the appropriation, and one of the prime requi? sites of good administration is thus early set aside. Again, the old evil of appropriating a gross amount to meet contingent or incidental ex? penses re-appears. There are, so far as 1 am able to judge, no expenses of the general assem? bly which are properly contingent. Every item of legitimate expenditure is capable of being ascertained in dollars and cents, and no occa? sion exists for making an appropriation ju ad? vance of a knowledge of the exact amount needed to meet such expenses. Lastly, in the mode of payment provided in sections 2 and 3 of the act, the proper safe? guards, in my judgment, are omitted. What I deem these to be, I have indicated in my in? augural address before your honorable bodies. I greatly regret, in the interest of good admin? istration, that your honorable bodies have not provided a mode of payment which is, in my judgment, conformable to a sound and safe practice. Having thus briefly pointed out the features of this act, which seem tome objectionable, I acknowledge with gratitude the many features of the act which stamp it with an honorable superiority over our recent appropriation acts. Called upon, as I am, to act in view of what is practicable and attainable, with only a brief time in which to reflect upon my duty, unless I subject the members of your honorable bodies to serious personal inconvenience, and especial? ly in view of the very great improvement in this act upon former similar acts, I have reluct? antly decided to give the act my official sanc? tion. D. H. Chamberlain, Governor. Important Rulings on the lien Law. Upon a motion to dissolve an attachment under an agricultural lien, which came before Judge Mackey at the recent Lancaster Court, the annexed rulings were made by his Houor: "That it is essential' to the validity of an agricultural lien that the advances made should consi.it solely of such supplies as jure essential to the production of the crop. The advances of such supplies, however, do not operate with? in themselves as a lien, they most be made pur? suant to an agreement fixiug their value in mon? ey and such agreement must be entered into and recorded before any of Hie supplies are fur? nished. The reason of the law in this respect is, that the lienee should be guarded against his own improvidence by a fixed limit to his credit and the record will protect others against being imposed upon by a secondary agreement. "A warrant to seize a crop cannot be legally issued until the account for supplies furnished is presented to the person who receives the ad? vances and payment refused. Such account must be sworn to aud attached to the affidavit upon which the warrant to seize the crop is issued. ' ; "All costs incident to the seizure and sale of the crop must be paid by the leinor, for the crop under the Statute is bound only for the amount advanced, and not for the dfsburs^ merits ra enforcing the lien. "The claim of laborers for services rendered in the production of the crop is a preferred lien and must be paid before the lien for ad? vances is satisfied. The rent is next to the la? borers lien a preferred lien upon the crop. "The advances for supplies can only bind the crops for the agricultural year in which they were made. They cannot operate as alien up? on future crops. The lien must rest solely up? on the crop and cannot bind work animals and other property. A horse or mule sold for the purpose of producing a crop will operate as ,a lien upon the crop, it being a supply within the meaning of the Statute. "Contracts for the renting of land for the coming year will carry with them a statutory lien ou one-fourth of the crop, but if the con? tract to rent expressly so provides, the rental will be a lien upon one-third of the crop, pro? vided, that the contract be duly recorded as in the case of advances made. "The homestead exemption cannot be plead to protect a crop against the enforcement of a lien for advances made to enable a party to produce the crop, but no mortgage or lien can be enforced against a crop raised on the home? stead, except in the case above stated. "If a crop produced on a tract of land, which, together with the buildings thereon, does not exceed one thousand dollars in value, no part of the crop, however great its value, is subject to execution for debt." True Greatness.?Mere decision of char? acter, taken in a.worldly sense, is insufficieLt to produce true greatness of character. What is further needed is a clear, commanding view of duty as one aud unalterable, to be the pole star in the heavens. It is, therefore, hard to overrate the importance of cultivating this dis? tinct and uuclouded apprehension of right aud wrong as a permanent mental habit. In order to attain this, we must be often thinking of moral questions, and settling principles before the hour of trial. In this, likewise, men wide? ly differ. Happy is the youth that begins ear? ly to meditate on such subjects, and to clear his notions as to what he ought to do in giv? en emergencies. He will find the bracing influence of such views in moments when all are shaking around him. Looking only at j principles of eternal right, he will go serenely forward, even in the face of adverse popular opinion. While weaker minds are halting to colleet the votes of the masses, he will bare his i bosom to the shower of darts aud march up to the requisitions of conscience, in spite of the instant tyrant, or, what is often more formida 1 blc, of the turbulent populace.