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TILDEN?? LIEUTENANT. AK liiTEEEST?N" HKETT** OP AuUAM 8. HKwm. WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. Thc- political whirligig often throw* the calcium glare of public attention upon unexpected and unezpectant men. So it has happened to Abram 8. Hewitt, who, next to Governor Tilden, is perhaps thc most, prominent Democrat to-day. I am unt likely soon to forget my first meet ing with him. It was in the ra riv days of tlie last session. The New York World wanted a hit of news. Mr. Hew itt could give it. I was delegated to get it. An evening trip to his abiding place in a comfortable house on K street, the Fifth avenue of tho city, was necessary. A pretty house it is, thc end house of a fi je but mode*?.looking block, well back from the strct-t and healthfully located on the top of a low terrace. A wide, hn.ipituble-loukiiig door opens into a wide, hospitable-looking hal!, whose furnishing bespeaks quiet comfort and au abhorrence of display. A door to the right, the first one, opens into the study. Thc room bespenka the scholar and thy literary worker at a glance. Au ample table in the centre of the room is always buried beneath a jumbled mass of news papers, books, manuscripts and maga zines. On a working table, between thc two front windows, another jumble of manuscripts, blank paper, two or three books of reference and a small cleared nonce, where a man might possibly lay a ?licet of paper and write. Close to the working table, a movable book-rack, groaning under its weight of law books, ipposite to tiie hail door, au open fire place, in which a few faggots aie always flickering. On the walls, a few ancient portraits of ancient people. It is a speci men literary workshop, and tts owner looks most nt home wiien in it. In his study, surrounded by a group of political friends and co-workers, Mr. Howitt ap pears to the best advantage. A thin, spare man, rather under the medium height, with a prooounoed scholarly ?toop at the base of the neck, the beau always bowed aa if ia deep meditation, a shaggy full beard and moustache, less yellow and ino*.,, gray than the hair, light eyes, deep sunken and usually half bid by donning eyelids, a sallowness of skin, bespeaking the confirmed dyspeptic. Disorderly, but never slovenly ordres*. This is the outward picture ; certainly it in not the model for an Apollo Belvidere, but the outward picture does not paint the inner mau. But I am wandering from that first meeting, which gave me a very orroneous impression of Mr. Hewitt. A stiff "We'd, sir I" was the first greeting, tnd, my errand stated, a petulont tirade against newspapers in genera], and the World ia particular, followed. Toward the World, then controlled by Malton Marble, bis feeling seemed au exceeding bitter that I could not believe ita alleged injustice to ward himself waa the ouly or the chief cause. Tho real reason I never kuew until this winter. HIS PAOT RELATIONS WITH HIS PABTY. Thc story ia a short oac, and as it thrown light on the predominant trait of Mr. Hewitt's character, it may as well be told. His ability and tho sjundncss of his political advice hos long been known to his Democratic colleagues in New York State. But it ia only very lately that his counsels have been much heed ed. The reason is simply that he bas quarrelled politically with nearly every prominent Democrat in his own State, or rather they have nearly all quarrelled with him. It is said by New Yorker* that the only prominent Democrat io New York State with whom be baa not quarrelled is Governor Tilden, who baa probably declined to fall out .because be has ton much political wisdom sod diplo macy and appreciates the man at his full value. For these political incompatibili ties there is one (self-evident, reason. Dyspeptic petulance may be th? excuse, hut an inconvenient amount of honor for Sirty purposes ia the primal cause. Ur. ewitt is the soul of honor. A dishon orable action is abhorrent to his whole nature, and not all the exigencies of bis. party for tho last balf century combined m one could induce him for a moment to even condone a measure which his own delicate sense cf honor condemned. This Eredominant trait of his character holds is personal friends to bim by golden cords, and makes bis enemies respect bim, but it makes him many enemies. Among his political enemies may . bo counted Manton Marble, who quarrelled with him on the question of free trade. On tbut quarrel bangs the tale of my first meet ing. Speaker Kerr bad a very high re gard for Mr. Hewitt's ability and integri ty, and had decided, it ia said, to give bira a prominent place on one of tho leading committees. In looking after the make-up of tho New York slate Man ton Marble learned of the intention, and immediately set to work to change, it. So earnest was ho that, he cama, op lo Wa5hiagton; labored r?fiH&aU? ?pfh^r. ' Kerr, after much persuasion rcompliah ed his object, and the result waa that Mr. Hewitt's only committee . appointaient was on tho committee on public buildings and grounds, a place for abundant leisure and unncfticea Vegetation. On hearing the story I understood Mr. Hewitt'santi pathy to tho World of last M?i??: BOW BB CAMS TO THE TOBE. Events, however, disconcerted many intrigues, and among other unlooked for men brought Me. Hewitt to, tb? vfbre. During the early weeks of the session be sat an observing but unobserved spectator of the House, and msde bot a very fear speeches,. an?* these mainly on his pet theory of fii.-dce. These, lfto ali his effGits, lesmsd. Sst itt -J- of both sides of the Hon to prior to the elec tion was to avoid ell financial debata, and Mr, Hewitt's efforts Were oold-sbauldered; as were the efforts of allthe talkers dh the same subject. Tho last night of the session brought Mr. Hewitt his opportu nity, and ho made the most of it, albeit unconsciously and as much-to his own surprise as to the surprise bf his friendo, the House and tho country at large. Oh that last night Mr. Kasson made a mott virulent, unprovoked and baseless attack upon the persona! character and personal record of Mr. Tilden. Oo? had lost hts temper and incurred the deserved censure of the House by calling Mr. Kasson a liar. Blaine, who was leading the Re publicans, ssw the opportunity and was determined in al Cu* n?wld set got chance to take back the error which ba had made. The Daraocrat* bad been aggravated into committing a series of blupderk, And tho record of the night as i*. stood waa ruinous lor them. Tho night' had been spent in wrangling. The House was demoralised. The dead-lock seemed insurmountable. At thia junc ture Mr. Hewitt obtained leave to speak, which I?ave waa granted almost entirely because of the personal' etfirnation iv which he wes held. The Re^ablU^-1* suppoaed that ho had arisen merely tu ofter some compromise, but having ot taincd tho floor tho indignation which had been bolling within him all night al the dastardly attack-upen hts intimste friend found vent in whet may justly he tarmod the most eloquent and masterly speech of the session. Arising in bis deavored to begin calmly arid slowly, hui indignation soon mastered his intention, and in lesa than a minute bowssnouring forth, nu eloquent torrent cf refutation, fact "find logic which surprised the House, his friends and hhuself. A TBXT/MP8 OST THE PLOOSU As he warmed np to his theme his slight form straightened, tho stoop at the bane of tho r?OtA oj?t^?to^^lB ?odaoty ima uB|kutfa>ii?jri^^ trntrnmsmxymm .H-HWMIUWI.<? 'i-.wur.i-nj sat with a anecr upon bia face, watching tb? speaker? bc tock up charge. after charge'and completely annihilated it by hie owu pt'iatjnal tesumosy sud by the testimony of Republican journal?, whoo? reputa, made yearn ago, piO?cd thc utter fslfity of Kassoo's statements. At he. Emceed ed the Dcoodrat* gathered ?Lou? im, and even the Republicana came over to bia aide of the House. His friends were lost in admiration and won? der; bis enemies were demoralized. The sneer fled Hom Keaton's Up 1 bis cheek blanched, and finally he wss forced to retire to tbe cloak room to conceal hit agitation. Mr. Hewitt's voice, usually weak aud querulous, became resonant and full and tilled the House completely. There wu no argument ; bis tact? were at ready command ; his rhetoric was per fect, his gestures vehement, but graceful. When be bad finished, the whole House sat for a tnoWiil ?tleut. Then some member upon the Democratic side ?tart ed to applaud, sud, in an instant the whole House was in commotion. Round after rouud of applause waa given. The galirik-s joined lu sad the Speaker was powerless io cali ?ither House orgallcf ics to order. It wast a masterly effort, and proved that Mr. Hewitt, when fully roused, waa not excelled cither io elo quence or iu logic by any man upou either side of the House. That speech accomplished two thiogs. It made the Democrats the victors of the night, and it made Mr. Hewitt a National reputa tion. It would bave made him Governor of New York bad be boen eligible to the office. His forte, however, is not public speaking. His strength lies in bia politi cal foresight and in hts ability UH a lite rary man. He will tell you that bc abhors' work, but you will never find him idle.. In his study you aro almost certain to meet oue ur more of the leading Dem ocrats, B Tuc4(i4ast months he hue seemed to be the contre of a perp?tu?t council. Allfthe addresses which th? Democratic Notional Committee have issued huvu been the work of his brain, and if hi? counsels had heeu heeded the tutest ad dress of the Democratic National Com mittee, instead of bei ug a mere pronuu c?smenlo, would have Leen au elab?rate address which would have set forth a definite and positive line of policy forth? Democrats of tho country to pursue, Wheo in council with his friends be sits with bis head bowed down and with drooping ?yelidi, bnt whenever addressed the eyelids lift, intelligence flashes from his eyes, and tue ready tongue is sure tc drop a keruel of wisdom. As a private man be is the embodiment of integrity and honor. As a public speaker be ii great upou occasion. As a politician he is wise and far-seeing. Bepnbllean Sentiment ia Florida. The dael;: on ville Union, ouo of the or gans of th? Republican party io Florida, sud largely owned by Governor Stearns, recently continued au editorial sharply condemning tho action of the Hoard ol State Csu vaster?, io which it says: "The Board of Canvassers is compos?e of, we may coy, three Iswycis, well com petent it imvy be presumed to perfora the duties devollng upon them. At tb< first canvass they deliberated careful!) sod with moderation, and the difference! betwreeo them seemed to have been mere ly legal differences, devoid of say purelj 8artisan coloring. They decided thal lovurnur Stearns sud tbs balance of thc Republicsu tickt had received a major ity of all the votes legally cast. Bo I; parties were represented by emioenl countrt, and cousiderable latitude fur ar gumeut was allowed. We believe thai their action then was sound and logical if they bad possessed tho judicial powert assumed by them, sud that, though tech' mcally illegal, it waa in conformity with the evidence aud tbe right. But tue ac tiou of the Board in this se< uud canvas H ec um to us to be untenable, and smack) too much of a political purpose-a pur I ?ose bulb improper and uuiuat, aud en? which the Union cannot iuaorwr. "Governor Haye? cuuMot afford to, HOI eau the country afford to, have bim gt luto'the Wbitf Ho: ?o by tbe electora vote of Florida, unless it be conclusively proved that be is honestly and fairly cn titled to tbat vote; aud we du not be lieve thal Governor Hayes, who is at honest sud upright niau, would leud him self to shy suet) proceeding. We wadi tho readers of the Union to distinctly un derstsnd that we do not acknowledgi that Governor Stearns bas been defeated We only fraukly and openly say thai ib? State sud national tickets cannot be sop srated io the manner attempted ' witt such a flimsy lever as the Baker count] return, reversed. That the defeat of om means, morally, the defeat of the othei In this State. We do not see'how i'm other result can be arrived at, aud nt tucb result sa the present will prove eat iafoctory lo tba people at large. The* will not be satisfied until the Supreru? Court, which is non-partisan in it? char scter, adjudicates upon the matter in al its bearing*. The returns, wUh all am davits, uEjWti?iw, evldsncs asd al! ???at tera pertstbing toi them, ntosatt wMaghi before the Supreme Court, and they mus sift the matter to the bottom. "Thia ls :~>metbing that hes reach.* mo??fiig4niiB pi??ort?G?a.tb?u a sar; 8-*$fH$?l.r?conpepto the alton Hon ortho whole United Staten and n, might say, in scoe^dtgreevi of the. civil ind world. It hty 0aaae& out of ou hands into theirs.- I Itu couimon proper 'ty now, and they have an etmal rigb with us lu demanding that ita tcttlemen shall nut be teint?^.?Ith fraud; tho both partioo shall now stand aloof an '* that, august tJriKnal, which is ? th final tribuns, in ?hts State, thatSao* no politics or party, pasa opon the equit of alt proceedings connected with th election, and render iu d?cision witboi; fear or favor. Whatever that. deejjdo may be, whether favorable or nnfavori -"hie, ~c pr?pose io yield a?s.uLuobedlonc to it. we shall counsel no ?nreaa?nin resistance, connive atno.attetnpted fraut ind frive to the incoming admtaiatretioi whether lt be Governor Stearns or Goi ernor Draw, tbs*- hearty support whlc its actione may seem to merit. True I ita pojitjoel ?principie? the Union wag?, a boM,^t*bnsnd manly warlkrb upc the opposition dering the last campaigi The contest ended we can tee no cern in continuing any warfare against i save where tbe interests of thsStato a concerned.. Stat?) is higher theo part the interests of. the people higher tin "that of politicians? andi the Cfcso do not propose to throw any obstacle in tl way of anything that may benefit tl people or the State." r > ? a . . . ?&?, ?M^lte Wh?9^&* $J?n? Slate Canvasi<eris>ha^e.||?rforiurd thc work la this acouud ' canvas* of the vc of the State bf Florida will prove ve unsatisfactory to a majority of the thiu lng people of this State and to the con try at largs. ' It ia in some'degree'a' se otu!'i?catlon and an implied confessii of previous ignorance or wrang. In' tl ?original canvass two returns from Bak 'county were proseo ted to the Board, o of them giving a Democratic majori and tbs other a Republican majoril The one showing a majority for th? Dei oesatic ticket, with ecsreoly any disci Ohm, waa admitted to bo legal 4n all : rupee**, and tba votes hort? upon it w? canvassed and allowed, Now, In t seeond canvass, the voie of Baker co un rejected et the fleet qe*u* aanot belogt true retu-s, is accepted, ead the face all the rata rna ts saide to show ? mojo t7 for the Heyes electo/a. As waa bofe ?aid, this witt satisfy nobody worth sat lying. If Marcellus L. Stearns was foil anti nenettiy defeated in tb? recent eh tloo, theo so feras the electoral vote Flori; is concerned, it beiongs to -.Mm uel J. Tilden. There Cv. no getting oi or around this fact." ^-:-? iaaaii, ?-~ Death of Commodore Vanderbilt. New YORK. Jan. 4. Commodore Vandrrbuilt died at ll ociock thia morning. For the last few days Commodore Viui dcrbjila physician* ?utTU Leva hour!/ exoocting hit death. He died lal moat without a struggle. The change for the worse in his condition took place about 4 o'clock this morning, and he expressed a desire to sec Rev. Dr. Deem*, his spiri tual adviser. The la'tcr was soon pres ent, and thc Commodore said to him, "1 think I stn nearly gone, Doctor." Dr. Deems prayed, and th.* members of tho family who were present, sang a hymn. His physicians were at thc dying man's bedside, and did all that medical aid could suggest to make his Inst moments peaceful. Thc funeral takes place Sun day morning. Vsube rbi lt's securities have a present market value of *8o,0<><HKK), and ol' this total fullv f?o.OOO.iMW consisted of ?tocks and bonds of the New York ('entrai and Hudson. It ia understood thal the bulk of this vast property ia to be kepi togeth er, and that provision has been made for reiuvesiiug the accruing interest on it in bis favorite securities. HE ETCH OK HIM MFR. Cornelius Vanderbilt, or Commodore Vanderbilt, as he was known throughout the United Slates, was born May "27, 17U4, in a substantial frame dwelling house which is still standing ut Stapleton, Staten Island. His father, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sr., was a well-to-do farmer, aud died in lo32, leaving two sous, Cor nelius and Jacob H., ami four daughters. Cornelius Vanderbilt tu tun showed the spirit of enterprise which hus ever jhuraterized him, and engaged on his own account while a boy in thc business of ferrying thc people and produce of Staten lo lam! to mid from lue City of New York, distant eight miles. His apprenticeship in this occupation lind been served by him as a deck baud on a boat owned and commanded by Iiis father, but at the age of sixteen lin was in com mand of a boat himself, and drove a brisk business in carrying passengers across tho bay ut eighteen cents apiece, lie fol low eil tliis business until he arrived at the age of twenty-one, when he entered into a partnership witli Captain Deforest, who had married bis sister Chu ri ot te, and bought the fast sailing schooner Charlotte, willi which the brothers-i' daw ?ursued the coasting trade between New ork and thc South Atlantic ports as far as Charleston and Savannah. About this time he was married at Elizabeth port, N. J., to Miss Sophia Johnson, his cousin, and some opponents of consan quineous marriage find in this fact the explanation of certain epileth and erratic traits which have appeared among his children, of whom he has lind thirteen, ten being now living. The first good atart that Commodore Vanderbilt had in life was given him by Thoma*: Gibbons, who in 1817 was run ning au opposition line of steamboats from New York to Brunswick on the Philadelphia linc. Gibbons made young Vanderbilt the captain- of ono of his steamboats, and Vanderbilt combined with tbis the business of a landlord, establishing a hotel at New Brunswick, which was principally muuagcd by his wife, und which did a profitable business in entertaining thc passengers from Van derbilt's boat. He led this life for twelve years, and irr 1829 he had made and saved enough to build the steamer Caro line, which was afterward lost by being carried over Niagara Falls. This was the first of au immense fleet of steam vecsels in which he engaged in the business of coast and inland trans portation, and which gave him the title of Commodore half in canter and half in courtesy. The gold fever ol 184?I and the lew subsequent years gave a wondrrful impetus to bis fortunes through the pat ronage it brought to his Nicaragua line .?f steamship and ruil communication witli California, which WAS established in 1H?1, and oceanic the forerunner of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Soon after this he turned his attention almost ex clusively to railroad transportation, mid became successively the leading owner and tbe controlling spirit in the Harlem, the Hudson River, the New York Central, end the L?h*e Shore and Michigan South ern Railroads. The stock of the first named road was quoted at 6} cents when { he first took hold of it, and now it has a I permanent place in tho quotations at about 130. Almost as wonderful a change hts takes place in the stocka of the other roads mentioned, which, with 'Western Union, form tho group known in Wall ?trent as the Vanderbilt stocks. In his stock operations Commodore Van derbilt was never exactly a speculator, although he w ? always a bull operator, and frequently ought largo blocks of his specialties on a fulling market, in appa rent defiance of the laws of trade, and by tbis meant; he was generally enabled to keep hts own stocks up to their normal price, quietly unloading in small lots after bia object was accomplished. Dur ing thw~ps?t tsn years the active business of his position has been performed by bis con, William H. Vanderbilt, who is abo a millionaire, and who has tho ropu tstion of hoing ons sf the ablest railroad men of thc day. His other eons were George and Cornelius, Jr., of whom only the latter ia now living, the former hav ing died an officer cf the Northern. army during the late war. His living daugh ters, are eight in number-Miss Eliza Vanderbilt, Mrs. Horace Clarke, Mrs. ?Oiigood, Mrs. Walter K. Thorne, Mra. 'Alien.. Mrs. Jamtr 4. Cross ana. Miss Phoebe Vanderbilt. r During the war Commodore Vander bilt presented- tho Government with a steamer of five 'thousand tons and valued at $800,000, which was named After him-the Vanderbilt-and this gift has been gracefully balanced, since the war, ? by the foundation, two years ago. of the j Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Ten-1 neasee. Commodore Vanderbilt's first wife died several years ago, and in 1870 he was married again to a young lady from the South. lu person. Commodore .Vanderbilt .woe' a tall/well-formed and sturdy specimen of manhood, with aro?y face framed in silvery white hair and side whiskers. His dress was invariably of black bro-*1 ' otb, neatly, but loosely worn, and completed by a soft white necktie, which was always mussed. His face was a genial ons, and generally wore a emile on the Hps, while tue upper part of the face had a look of shrewed intent ness, attributable to the eyes, which were singularly bright, penetrating end alert. His figure wee a familiar one to moat New Yorkers, for he was easily accessi hla in his modest little office. Ht No. 25 ^Vest Fourth ?trevt. and he wus lo he reen aluio?t every afternoon, during tin hut year?of his life, driving through the Park, tho Boulevard or Harbin. Laue, behlutj hi fib/ tthftig bay howe* yore re markable for their spirit and fine action than for wonderful speed. His residence was just beck of his' office, on Washington Place, between Broadway and Mercer street, a place which has been for years deserted by most of the rich people who once lived there, and devoted to boarding and apart ment houses. The family has a massive Monument in the cemetery at Nowdorp, Staten Island, erected a few years ago at a cost of $40,000. It is s obelisk of large granite blocke, with uoinscribed marble tablets on the sides, and over the great door the single word "Vanderbilt," above which is a ll fi site female figure with bandaged eyes, representing Fate. - Never let anybody drive you to dis traction. You may not be able to get back. - They had hean engaged a lohg tinto, and one evening were reading the paper together, "hook, love," he exclaimed, "only fifteen do'dftn tova suit of clothes I" "Is it a wedding sultf" she asked, look ing naively ather lover, ''Oh, no!" be !?ak-?? "** Washington News aud Gossip. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. In an interview to-day. the President expressed hlniss?f st length span sanie of tbe aspects uf the Presidential complica tion*. Ile thought tho settlement cf the question might be postponed till the 4th of March, when his power and authority -"dd cease. Ile said that the law sud li.e precedents gave thc President of thc .Senate the right to open the certificates and count thc electoral votes, but they ?Iso established the power of either house to ooject to the vote of a State. One or thc other of the two houses, be thought, would early fall into making objections to the count of some one ot the Stales, and when this was once begun, it would bc difficult to say where it would end. Three weeks might thus be consumed before a decision would be rear Iud. Ac centing to the constitution and the art of 17U1, bc held that the President of the Senate would then become the acting President of the United Stutes, aud bf would be sworn in as sueb. His own powers would then cease. The ?lowers nf the mem hers of the Cabinet would con tinue uninterrupted. Tho subject bud been examined by his judicial advisers, and he was of the opinion that the Cabi net all held over until the appointment of their successors, except thc Postmastcr General, whose functions were limited to thirty ?lays after the outgoing of a Presi dent. Thus, the President of the Senate would have every facility for carrying on the government. In regard to the culling au extra ces sion, so far as the Senate was concerned, it was customary for an outgoing Presi dent to ?all the Senate together, that be ing a continuous body, but he was in doubt as to his power to call the noxt House of Representatives for an extra session. This, however, hu said, need occasion uo embarrassment. The acting President could convent' the Forty-fifth Congress. The question of the Presiden tial election might come up, and it might he decided to hold the election ef.rlter than November next, as provided by the act of 1792. He suggested that the elec tion might he fixed for June, mid the 4th of July the day of inauguration of the President who should be chosen. In these remarks it will be observed that the President only discusses possibil ities, based upon thc election being un decided by the 4th of March next. L. Q. W. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. A thorough inquiry by the agent of the Associated Press to-night confirms the stHteinc.it that the action of the Cab inet to-day was negative und conservative. No action will bc taken regarding South Carolina. Florida or Louisiana, unless some overt act of disorder makes Federal interference imperative. The recognition of Hampton or Chamberlain in South Carolina, Nichols or Packard in Louisi ana, Stearns or Drew in Florida will be avoided if possible. The tax-payers have the issue in their own hands. This is positive. The Cabinet meeting was the first that has been held for two weeks. Its action throughout was mainly of a negative character. The application of tho Re publican portion of the Louisiana Legis lature was brought up, but it was the de cided opinion of. the Cabinet that the troops already in Louisiana are sufficient to cope with any difficulties that may arise which would probably demand mil itpry interference. The situation in South Carolina and Florida was discussed, but no action in tho case of either was deemed necessary. Secretary Fish pre sented some appeals from tho Rio Grande, but it was agreed that the existing orders covered the cases. Thc State, War and Navy Departments are expected and instructed to act prompt ly .-11011111 new exigencies arise. WASHINGTON, January 3. Mr. Lamar is quoted as follows: The safety of this country, and especially the happiness and prosperity of thc South, depend on the strictest and most loyal devotion to the Constitution. All the disorder* tb-it uti'ect the country st this timo are the result of departures from the fundamental law. All the dangers now apprehended are the dangers which will spring alone from the violation of consti tutional methods. There is no necessity fin- any violation or for violence in order to bring the government back to constitu tional procedure. It ia only necessary to concentrate the attention of the people upon tho violations already committed, and those threatened, in omer to exorcise the danger and difficulty. Indeed the result of secession bas eliminated from our system all resorts to extra constitu tional remedies, and happily in this emergency, none arc needed. Whether tho joint committee of the two Housoi agree or not, the provisions of the consti tution aro adequate to a safe, satisfactory and final solution of every question in volved in the prascut emergency. On tho 14th of February next the houses will be bound, under the constitution, to meet in the same chamber sud perform the dutieo and exercise the powers which the constitution devolves upon them : to ex amine and ascertain the result of the election of Presiden? und vice-President. Neither house can refu.-. : to perform these duties without abnegating" Its constitu tional power and violating its constitu tional outy. In this august assemblage, it is the condition of our national life that the duties imposed shall be dis charged in the spirit of truth and patriot ism, regardless of the consequences to party, but profoundly anxious for those that concern ... the whole country. If, however, aa the constitution contemplates in thia, as well as in other cases, requiring the co-operative action of the two nouses, they are unable to egree upon a decision whether either candidate has been elected, if moat fallow there can be no constitu ..onal ascertainment and judgment put upon record, that any one hos. roceived the votes of a majority of the Electors appointed. The effect i" ? failure ?o '< elect. In such case the constitution ia clear. It devolves upon each of the houses immediately their respective du ties; one to clent thc President and the other tho vice-President. Let the. con* stitution be mai^n^-lnviohUo, and there uee?j.taO ?c/4jwjgajjiWs)g collisions and xio^f^j^^^Z^ti^?ff to force. JOUTALrr^Dr THE SODL. In '^^t?ytre on "Does Death End Al; V in Bo^a?jbrcently, Rev. Joseph <!'.ok used this illustration of the immortality of the soul : As, therefore, from the structure of the eye we may infer the existence of a wholly external agent, i light ; or from that of 'the ear. the exis tence of u wholly external agent, ?on nd : rx i muli ihr HUXMUIV- in..;..<.-? ?if ??.C cerebral.structure in itself, we? must at tribute il? activities lo au auent n-exter ! nal lo it as sound is to the ear or light. i to the eye. That agent ls invisible to the external vinioii, aud intangible to the external touch. ' Ii is positively known to consciousness, or the intentai vision and touch. Thai agent is the soul. Aa the dissolution of the eye does not de stroy the light, the'external agent which acts upon it, and as the dissolution of the ear d es not destroy the pulsation of the air, thu external agent which acts apon it, so tho dissolution of the brain does not destroy the soul, th? ?starnal egeut which sets it in motion. - Ex-Governor Letcher, of Virginia, who su Sered a dangerous stroke of paral ysis lost spring, hos almost recovered, and has taken his seat in the Virginia Legislature. - "Maria, what's thst strange noise at the front gate?" "Cals,sir." "Oatof Weill when I was young, cats didn't wear s'ove-pipe hats and smoke cigars I" 'Times have ch-r-ed, sir?" - Judge: ''Prisoner, I find yoa guilty of intoxication in :*,e public streets. The. punishment ii ten dollars or t<& d-yv Which will yon lake?" Prison-., en "I wm ?ttkn tba ten dollars, yocjf AH AWFUL YT BECK. PARTICULAR? OK THE Lotw orTntcSnir ClRCAH-'lIAN OK THE lX>?Q ISLAND CO A HT. WKW VOSS. T)H. 51. The second wreck of the ?hip Circai aian is tl:e mont dissatrous which hst oc curred on the Lone Island cosst since the wreck of the John Hilton, fifteen year? ago. She ran ashore in a blinding snow storm, and ali on boord, thirty per sons, were lost. The crew of the Milton were frozen stiff in the rigging, their arms standing r.traight out io front of them. The men on board the Circassian had finished on Fridsy night sll the necessary preliminaries for attaching a, hawser, with which she was to be drawn off. During the early boura of the night the wind freshened a little, and the sea began to ruo very high, until at about "ix o'clock it began to break clear over her. The men, apprehending danger, went into the fore-rigging, where they were ordered for greater aafetv. All on board, thirty-two anula all tobi, remained thus exposed until early j? the morning, winn it f?As deemed advisable to shift tho quarters, as the falling of the top hamper, caused by the rolling of the vessel, made, it difficult to hold en. The crew was safely transferred to the mitten rigging, where signals of distress were shown. All this time the shore was plain in sight. The moon was shining brightly, and the fires built by the crew of the life saving station showed plainly the fig ures of the crowd on the beach hurrying to and fro :n the rain endeavor to aid the men in the rigging. It was sn p?vful suspense for the poor fellows lashed to th" must and yards of the ship. They saw attempt after attempt made to estab lish communication witn them fail, and each failure seemed to measure their pur chase upon life. Every effort to get a boat off shore proved futile. As often as it was at tempted the sea drove it high and dry on the beach. Captain Henry Hunting, of the life-saving station No. IO, now brought a mortar into service, and several" balla with a rope attached were thrown out to thc ship. But one of the cords reached the ship. Its hold was not very secure, and it presently fell off, and the slender thread upou which thirty-two human lives depended was snapped for ever. The station-men, all the while these endeavors were beisg made, could see thc men in the rigging quite plainly, and hear their cries for help. Many of the weather-beaten heroes on shore, who have been wrecking vessels and saving j lives since beyhoodTwcre moved to tears by the piteous importunities of the wretched men ofT shore. The violence of their efforts to save mitigated the sus pense they would otherwise have felt du ring the early hours, but when the last charge was shot off, and nothing else pos aiblc to human effort or bravery remained to be done, they became unmanned, and many of them wept. The nervous excitement and sudden inactivity utterly incapacitated them for any duty. They could not leave the spot, and it only remained for them to remain inactive and Bee their fellows perish be fore their eyes. To leave tue beach would only add to the terrors of the death that stared its victims in the face, and to remain inactive, would probably give cause for unjust reproach from the poor, helpless waiters on tbe wreck. Superin tendent Hunting and his men remained, and tried to answer the calls from the wreck, but nothing that was said on shore was heard on tho ship, on account of the direction of the wind. In terror and suspense the morning wore on, the wind having veered around in the meantime to west southwest. Du ring the early part or the night, before the men went into the rigging, the cables were slacked, but the ship moved only a short distance, and continued through h.- night Ki strike the bottom. Every ! time ?bc -truck the men thought she would lose her mast, to which they had lashed themselves while conscious of the j great danger, and the utter impossibility of Having themselves if the mast should go hy the board, it neing of iron, they were unable to slacken the lashing. Some sf them, with more self-possessioo than others, had taken this contingency into their calculations and had not se curely lashed themselves, and among ? these were the only four saved from the : wreck. - At 4.S0 a. m., the long-dreaded ! crisis esme, ?nd tho mitsecrcr.;! weat by ?the board with a crash, carrying - the I mainmast with it. A tremendous swell had struck the Circassian aft and raised her very high. When it receded, she thumped hear Hy, and the terrific jar threw the mast over the side. The mosts, being iron, went to the bottom immediately, carrying with them twenty-eight coils. STATEMENT OF THE CUSTOMHOUSE OF ; Fl CCU. The customhouse officer detailed to uuperintend the landing of the cargo, in bis description of the terrible scene, says: This ship waa lying about six hundred feet off shore. Amid the howling of the tempest and the roar of the wares, there was borne to our OH. 4 the voices of our poor fellows in the rigging, singing hymns sod praying in chorus to God. There was hardly a dry eye on shore among as, as we beard these thrilling and supreme appeals made to God. Among those on the wreck were ten Sbennec Indians, who, as a rule, are very good men. During this agonising scene, which lasted for noun, we heard these men praying. The beach was lined with hundreds of people, many of them wo men, sobbing piteously. Some of them 'were wives of the doomed men. The wind on shore raged with terrible vio lence, d ri vin ar the people hither and thither. The life-saving crews of Southampton, j distant five and ? half miles, and East* j hampton, about the aame distance, ar riv?e!, bringing their mortars with them, but did not attempt to use their life Hoe when firing, for nothing could be done. They, however, fired a number ef blank shots to try and reanimate the courage of thone on board. How COFFER CAME TO RB UBEO.-It is somewhat singular to trace tbe manner in which arose the use of the common beverage of coffee, without which few persons in any half or wholly civilised country in the world now make break fast. At the time Columbus discover*! America it hod never been known or u-cd. It only grew in Arabia or Upper Utopie, The discovery uf ie* u?r> ?< a beverage is ascribed to tho superior ufa monastery in Arabia, who, desirous nf preventing the monks from sleeping at their noctur nal service*, made them drink the luf?-' sion of coffre, on the reports of shepherds, who observed that their flocks were more lively after browsing on the fruit of that plant. Its reputation spread through the I adjacent countries, and in about two hundred years it bad reached Paris. A single plant, brought there in 1714, be came the parent stock of all the French coffee plantations in the West Indies, and the French and Spanish all over South America and the Weat Indies. The ex tent of the consumption now can hardly be realized. The United States alone annually consumes it at a cost, on lu landing, of from fl5,000,000 to $16,000, ooo. - How a woman can keep on talking while she twists up her back bair and has ber mouth full of hair-pins is a mystery not yet solved. - The sse*?-25??tikH? of wealth is fol lowed by sn increase of care, and by an appetite for owe. He who seeks tar much will ever be In want of much. Ts I? beet with bim to whom Cod haegtvm Fay for Toar Paper. A man writes: "I want your paper, but ara not willing to pay in advance for it. If you are afraid te trout me ter a yeur, ? sa*, afraid to tri?! you. How do I know that you will s?nd mc tbe paper for a year t Such ?isssdrfjtu mark tlie conservatism of at least one careful man. There is no reason shy bc should trust us with two dollsr* ; perbsn? it it best that he should not. There is no reason why a druggist should ask pay for the mediciue he eelja before it ??He rstes, or that a railroad company should ask pay for a ticket before the ride is finished, or that a carpenter ahould ask pay for building a house till it is worn out and the owner moved away. It coats many thousands ol dollars to buy a good printing office, and make ready for printing a newspaper. Paper, ink, labor, and all these little accessorier to n paper cost thc money in advance. We have nut the means necessary to furnish len thousand persons earh with a newspaper for a year, then to employ a score of men to culled bills all over the country, unless we charge at least Un dollar* a year for the paper, ll is better for ten thousand uieu to pay each two dollars a year in advance, than for us to have ten thousand dollars scattered all over the country, two-thirds of which we cannot collect. A mau can easily forget to pay what he owes for the paper, lie cutt move away and never be found, no matter how much that publisher may be iu need of the dollar or two the sub scriber may owe. lt is not easy for a newspaper to disappear. The edito- who has the earnings and reputation of a life-time invested in a business, and who has built up a newspaper to a large cir culation, is not apt to cheat a mau out of two dollars, more or less, foran unex pired newspaper subscription. Another thing. We should never take c. paper edited by a man we could not trust with the price of tbe paper. If you have uo more confidence in us and our business honesty than lo be afraid to trust us, keep your ninney. We cannot afford to give credit to everybody, and it would be unfair to discriminate. For a number of years we have been printing a newspaper, and never yet have failed to send the paper each week to the per sons s...?? have paid for iL It is not likely that we shall commence being dis honest now. We cannot, without ran king a great change in our manner of conducting business, give a dribbling credit all over the country. We are not afraid to trust our correspondent wilb a couple of dellars, but prefer to hare him rdaa his own papar than one he has not paid fur. He buys a pound of tea, and partakes thereof day after dsy till il is used up. He purchases a pair of boots, and for a year baa the nearing of them. He pays the minister five dollars for performing the marriage ceremony that unites him to his wife, but, according to bis own rule, he should not pay the mar riage fee till bis wife expires, so he could have the use of both wife and money. Will the man sell us a barrel of pork and wait for his pay till the last piece is conked and eaten7 If so, we can tell him where be can find jual such custo mers fur all the pork he can raise.-Ex change. Terrible Railroad Disaster. CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 30. The unfortunate train i? known as tho Pacific Express. It consisted of six coaches, two drawing roora cars, with the usual express and baggage cars, and two engines. Thu relief train hence was two hours reaching the scene, though drawn by two en^'nes and the distance only thirty miles. Daniel McGuire, engineer of the forward engine, relates that the train waa rni.ning at slow rate, and jost as they bad fairly crossed the high bridge, which is not more thsn forty rod . distant from the depot, he felt a violent jar, and in an instant tbe coupling be tween the two engines had broken, and the whole train wa** precipitated with th** bridge into the river below. McGuire says that his engine was pulled back nearly to the edge of the broken span before the coupling severed, and it re gained its forward motion barely in time to save itself. The bridge over Ashtabu la River was an iron truss bridge, and had been in use about eleven years. The span is about one hundred feet wide, and through the space between flows the river, about foar or five feet deep, at this time thickly covered with ice. Inte this space ?rcro thc eleven cars and oue engine and tender precipitated. The fall of sixty feet, of course breaking the icy covering, anivered the ears as if a magasine of nitro-glycerine had exploded beneath them. Toe seven passenger coaches altogether contained about 165 adults, besides n number of children. In the drawing room car, which was bound for Cleveland, were nine persons,.all of whom are supposed to have perished by drowning or fire. In the two sleepers, bound for Chicago, .'here were thirty-five, passengers. MoaC tf these in the forward car are saved, with Injuries more or less severe. Within a very few moments after the crash the flames burst out simultane ously from nearly every car.* Tire'latest statement elves sixtv wounded And one hundred killed. There are 120 missing. The dead are disfigured beyond re ujznition. All the cars were burned to cinders. AU Sorta of Paragraphs. - C grossman Lamar, whose-health some months ego was very precarious, now considers himself one of tho strong est and healthiest men in Washington. - Evening Telegram: "A Newark woman, who certainly has no apprecia tion of the powers snd possibilities of ber sex, bsa tried to mutilate her, tpngne. The ease is a very rare one.'' - Some men are like cats. You niav stroke tbe fur the right way fo*years and hear Rahing *M? t purring : but acciden tally tread on the tail, and ell memory of former kindness is obliterated. - "Cut your bair pretty abort, didn't 6e?" said A. to B. . Why, 1 only told him to cot ojf the ends," said B. "Well, i he cut off tho wrong end. then,", was the answer. This sad event hos cast a gloom ? over the entire community. - A kind Providence has wisely or dained that the wife should go to bed first this bitter, cold weather. Man wa? Made to sit alone by the fire for half an hour and meditate upon matters too weighty ft* ber consideration. - Ab editor offered to make bis "devil" a Christmas present of bis print ing office ; hut the boy declined it. with the remark that he had rather work for titiii.irt ? ....ui?.^i. t"> rur. ;n rlsbi. nine hundred dollars u year. - A lady who bad, married au invet erate smoker was asked if she had no prejudice against tobacco, to which ?he replied that she had undergone'-the! smoking preces* so long that her preju dice had been perfectly "cared." \ .- A vill%r> doctor Went to visit a pa tient in a neighboring hamlet, and took with him ld* gnu, that lie might wing anv game he encounter! in crossing the fields- A peasant ineetiug him on the way, asked whither he *os going 7 "To se? a patient," was the answer. "What theo,'1 said the peasant, "do you really fear to mia* bim In the ordinary way, that you Uko your gun with you ?" - "A widow" having requested tho editor of the Austin (Texas) Oaxette to say something shoot widows, the poor fellow thoa recklessly obeys ? A young widow ts perhaps the most interesting thing in nature-or io art. She repre sents experience . tout iu wrinkle? and gray halts. Sh?, nae matronly beauty and maidenly freedom combined. 8he is grief with a langhing eye-sorrow in a bouse of festival-A silver moon in a sable cloud. Like ell good things, she can .only b* created at a great sacrifice. ?Tba blachswaa^tfaia mosralcg phentx Purifie? the Blood* Renov?te? and Invtfjvratco tho Whole fi y stem. ITS MEDICINAL VftOPEBTIKS A1?5 Alterative, Tonie, 8oi?iit and ?iurtuc ?'EOETINB ?i sade ?*?-luol?ely from tin? ?,.!-,_ af carefully selected ter!?, rc.va -s=5 lii'tbT, and po s?rouK'y concentrated, that it ?rill errVitially eradicate from lae ?y?teui every tain? ot screAala,. Sterofulflas aaoaaajr, Ta?. mora. Oa^cr, CMMMM Bjoor, Krraipela?, Sal* Bferarn, Syphilitic DiirMfi, ia*k.r, Palataes? jot afc? HieasBcis, and all disease* that arise tro rn Im* puro blood- acl?nica, BnOaBimour? and ?'branle BbeMsautisai, . ffraralgta, ?Meal avavd Spinal t-arapUlnia, caa only bo cffectuaUy cured through tao bICK>d. ? For Ulcer? ?nd Erapiive O lar Me? oj tte able, P?ctale*. Pl ea pie?, Blofcbrs* Heil?, Teller, AeaW-fceajeJ/aa?' Pi?** ?rerm. VEOBTUIB Las oOTor failed to effect a pcriuaiimit cure. For Ha i aa la ike Back, Kidney ?'.?* plnim.. Brapay. P?nale IVcakn*??, I.eacorrbera, arising from Internal ulcera tion, and uterine diseases and ?carral Ba* unity, VKUKTIXK mts directly upon tho cauros ot Uiese eoinpuom*. U.lur|gorates and, strengthens Hie anule rvttem, a< ts upon these crelive organs,allaya iuilammallou,cure? ulcer ation sud regulates tho bowel?. For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Unblfaal peattveaesa, Pnlpiiaileaar ike Heart. IlrndecFir, Plf?s, rierr^asa^esw aa? .leneral Preairaiiea af ?be Netrreae Braira?, no medicine bas giren ?neb per fect satisfaction a* ibo VKOETIWE. It purlUee th? blood, cleanses all ol the organ?, and pos sesses a controlling power orer the nervous sys "'Tho renuukablo cure? effected by YCQKTIRR .?are Induced many physician? and apothecaries nimm we kuow to prescribe and ase H in their own famlllo?. . . . lu tact, VKOKTIHE U the bast remedy yet discovered tor the abovedlieasevand ls the only reliable BLOOD PDSRPajBfta yet placed before tbe public. rUEF-ABED RT H. R. STEVENS. Boston, Mass. What is Vegetinef It ls a e>>.apouud extracted from barks, roots and li or ba. ft ls Nature'? Hetuedy. ll is per lectly harmless from any bad effect uiton the sys tem. lt ls nourishing and sirtugtbcuIiiB. lt acts directly upon the blood, lt quiet? tho nervous a> ?tem. lt elves you good, ?weet sleep at night. It ls ? great panacea for our aged fathers sud . mother?, for lt give? them strength, quiet? their nerve? sud gives them Nature's ?weet sleep, as ha? been proved by many an aged person. It ls the great blood Purpler, ll ls s soothing broody for our children. It ha? relieved aud cured thousands. It ls rory pleasant to tabs : every child lake? ll. lt relieve? and cures all direasca originating from Impure blood. Try the V K?E TiXE. ?Jive lt a fair trial for your complaints : then you wlU ?*y to your friend, neighbor sud acquaintance, " Try lt ; lt has cured mc." VEOETIXE for the complaints for which lt la recommended, ls having a larger sale throughout the United Stains than any other ono medicino, Why? f/cgetlao will Cara ctocse COBB? plaints. _ Cannot be Excelled. CHARLSSTOWR, MASS., March io. IMS. Mr. H. lt- 8TAVKH8 : Dear Slr-This I? to cer tify that I have usod your ", Blood Preparation " In my family for severn! years, and think that, for Scrofula or Cankcrou? Humors, or lihcuo atlc Affections, lt cannot be excelled -, and, a? a blood purlQeraud spring medicine, lt I? the best tuina I have over ussd ; and 1 have used almost everything. I can ehcorfolly recommend U to any one in need ot auch a medicino. Tours respectfully, WM. A. A. DINSMOnE, __________ io Bussell Street. Gives Health, Strength and Appetite, My daughter bas received great benefit from tbs use of tho VEOBTINE. Uer declining boaltb was n so ii reo of great anxiety to all of ber friends. A few bottles ot tho VEOETINE res tored her health, otrongth and appetite. N. H. TILDEN, Insurance and Real Estate Agent, No. 49 Seara Building, Boston, Mass. Prepared by H. B, STEVENS, Boston, Mast, itfitTIIIE 18 8010 BY AU 0BUfi?l8T8, LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY OK THE United States of America. Authorized Capit?LT : $4,000.000. Of winch $100.000 ia'to bc Owned In each Department. PART NT OFFICE, MOBILE, ALA F. E. DAVIDSON. President. M. G. HUDSON, Vico President. R. \V. FORT, Secretary. South Carolina Department,/?olunv ' bia, 8. C., Capital Stock. - - SIOO.OOQ, Tno9. B. JE7EU, President. , Tnos. A. MCCBEEBY, Vice President. H. P. GBEES, Secretary. ? MCMABTKB & LEGONTE, Attorneys, Columbia, S. C. J. H. EVINS.' ' attorney, spartant?tirg, S. C. DB. B. AV. TATLOR, ? 1 Medical Director, i Security I Economy I Liberality Arc tho leading principles of this ?oniua ny. AP approved fon ns of Life and En dowment Policies issued. Also. Term Poll des of one, three, five ol'seven years. All Life -lPolicies hon-forfeitmg'-??t?r an nual payments, when thc insured will ut entitled to a Paid-up Policy, or cash surren- ' der thereof. . - . . ... ? Dividends may bo used to protect Policier against lapsing In case ct failure to rm* pre miums. This, with ,thts hon-fo>fvlUng and cash surrender features, aro sufficient to make this Company popular among think ing men. Good Agents wonted. B.F. MAULD1K, Jr.,Agent, Anderson, S. 0. April 13,1870_39 LAST NOTICE. The Notes, '.and Accounts Due th? lirm of SIMPSON, HI Lil. & CO.? wm he placed In thehumls o?" an OFFICER for collection by tho ., ??a-* --o a3r-.-?-.?~.i.?m._. ? rust wi nuTuuiuui u?jji.iv? A year has transpired since its dissolu tion, and you havo had timo to make anoth er, ump. J No excuse can be given for not settling immediately. The old firm business ?HJr^T j>o wound np. SIMP30N, III LL ?V CO. 8cpt 14. 1876 ... 9 . , ;, SMITH ?t Wttasowa UlrMT .iTrr? burl . Wet? n.aa*|. cjfji'.r.- W4? Aatecaati. 88 -. abbra. ^^Mfc .f ; .?M'r|dfil,,, _ c>n-, riiw^s"!^ Foreaarrftileac??. pftvrrjr-?^aW?|er>-,1I urv,ltt??l*???/'tr/e.r. If your rn.-rcliSn? I itrrAnritkseptaem, erderdlr??rt frrm tho 1 ?BoarrVir'* Cbrttnbrr* ?V.? Niiw Tf1Ik<?., .,Jsj.^.Bafcisiaerfj^n'l Agnat.,, . ii, _ OctaO. 1870 Amit 15 i' r|nlsM (?'.i ILK \\ i s t. v,., vi y. i's wuy. K.I. .<.-.'.;... . , - ? ? ? it AI tM'?TiK'MD' Sib sio I WILL INSERT. F?LL UPPER SETS OF TEETH Foa TER D?JXAES, Ua?l tho finrt day of January next. . . W? fit BBOWKE, ?Intis*?' ?* - -... .. tas IN THE COURT OP PROBATE. E. M. Bf?4A?M?fct.i^ Wuikcr, Columbus C. Walker, Bet.jaruhi To the Defendant, Mary Andrews ? XrX)W ure hereby summoned mid rvrmirM Jl, to answer the complaint in, tula m> tl?m, which is filed'Ir. the Probate JudeW . ?\\as December 21, 1876, and to serrrcaoopv - d your answer to the taid complaint rm tho mibyrfber at lita office, at Anderson Court Bwuso, South Carolina, within twenty day?w: .after tho service hereof, exclusive pf tho <i?y il'such Kcrvice; ami if you fal! fo onxtver' .he, vrwpj?in^ ?j^ldi? .Ww -I?U45 jakimalfl v be pinnum in tins action will apply to thu 'uart j?r the relief demanded In the com-' plaint. ,. . Dilled-21s! December. A. D 1870. JOHN D; MDOUW, .-ul ti .I'biiutifTs Attorue/. ,. .n ibu Deieudaut; Mary Andrews : . NO TICK ?3 hereby alvcii that an actinia i is ber-n commenced in 'this Court upon a oiupluint nf the ?.hove J?ituixt:Plaintiff ?r the [Milpose <tf obtaining u sale to pay lents and linbiiitte* ni*'deceased, cr tbe ' iretpises ??.?.-rein dtj^ribed, undo? the ??ree? ?on Of (his Court, and lor a division of tbe irooQeda of such salo among ?aid creditors teeording to their,, respective? rights, which .remises were itt the time of tlie conimence m-iit of Jthis action , and the fil(n?t of this .lotice, situate in the State of South Caroli ia. County of Anderson, iih'd ar?Nlescribcd in the ?-aiil cou:?ilai?it-Tsr the real estate of l?eter?Li r\Y.steno'tar*NL; of which ?du have an interest. JOHN B. MOOltK, . PlaintifTs Attorney. Die 2$, 1S76 - 24 ? ,i. If ft D^solutioii. I rTHIIi firm of J. N. -.Sutherland <fe Co. is ! a.. thia day dissolved by mutual confient. All indebted to thc firm will inakcpayment to J. N. Sutherland, who ls authorized to -etth* np thc business of the firm; " J. K. SUTHERLAND. H. J. ARMSTRONG. W. V. SUTHERLAND. Belton: S. CV. Nov. 20, 1870> Thc undersigned, having -purehosed th? entire stock. ol' General. Afcjchaudize ot i. N. Sutherland ?fc Co. hive formed n, eo urtnership, and will continue td sell Goods lo\y foe cash ot the old stand, .under she-.' linn name and .style of Sutherland & Arm strong. J. N. SUTHERLAND^ W. G.<-ARMSTRONG.- ' Belton, Nov. 20, 1876. 10 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. . AITDERBOS'COWTY. fly llr. W. Humphreys, Esa., Probate judye. WHEREAS, Dr. E. M. Brown ha? mado -uirtorheto grant him letters ol Adminis tration, on tho Bstute and effccla of John Recd, deceased. . ... u These ure therefore to cito und admonish, all kindred and creditors of the said John Recd, deceased, to bc rind appear before me In Cohrt of Probate, to beheld nt An derson .Court .HoUSC, on Friday, Janna-?" ry 12th, 1877. after, publication hereof, . to shew COpse, if any they have, why thc said administration should not'be grunted. Given under mv bund, this 22nd 'div ut December, A. D. 1876. ?.i W. W. HUMPHREYS, Judge-ofTrobate. ' ; Dec 26V-187? ' ? 34 ? 2* 1 IV??NSION HOUSE, Main rj?t'co?, COLUMBIA- S. C. /IMUS House is now open for the rccep JL tion of visimrs, and every, means will be employed to render guests comfortable, - It is newly furnished throughout, and tho,.' tabie is supplied- with the nest thc market L nil ords. Tho Mansion House is located in the centre of thc city, convenient io .buai ness and all principal points, Traiihicj^au/l permanent tizard at reas?habT? rdfes". Car riages in'connection with the House: ' - R. ,K" tOWRANCEs . Oct 10, LB70 .......l.t,-..; ?j " A Cbmpfrte Pictorial History of "Cha' Times"-The best, cheapest, and mott sucpettful Family Taper tri .-. the Union." IA Harper s Weekly. ILLUSTRATED^ . NOTICES OK TUB PBRSS. 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