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BT E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1881. YOLUME XVI.?NO. 29. THE LAWS OP THE STATE. Important Acts of the Last General^As semhlT. ? -T ?. . - .__:.- ? ? ??- ' An Act to amend Section 113 of the -Code pf Procedure relating to the time Vof commencing Actions other than for the Recovery of Eeal Property. . Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, how met and sitting iu General Assembly; and by the authority of the same: Section!; That Section 113, Chapter HI, Title H, of the' Code of Procedure be, and the same is hereby amended by adding to subdivision 2 of said Section the following: "An action upon a bond or other'contract in writing secured by a mortgage-of real property, bo that said suo-divisiou with the amendment thereto, . approved 25th November 1873, shall read as follows: "Sub-division 2, an action upon a bond or other contract-in: writing secured by a mortgage of real property ; an action upon a sealed instrument, other than a sealed note and a personal bond: for the payment of money only, whereof tho period of limitation snail be the sa'me as prescribed in the following section. -. Approved December 24, 1880. Art Act to.providelor the Approval of | Bopdsof PpMiC Officers, iu tfaejnatter of T?fgf?lL&wtffi-** * J -L B& itiaiacUd by jkhe;i of Sepre6entaiives..'o|s Carolina/ nowflfcetf an. Assembly, 'aad by the same?- ? That.every boud to be hereafter given, by any public officer, for the faithful per? formance of .has duties, shall previously to ivS being accepted or recorded, be ex am bed by the Attorney-General, or by on,e, of the Solicitors, who shall, if he ap? prove thereof, certify in writing thereon that he approves of the form and execu? tion of tho said boud, without which certificate no such bond shall hereafter be accepted. 'J. Approved December 24, 1880. An Act to extend the operation of an Act entitled "An Act respecting the Filling of Vacancies in County Offi? ces," approved December 20, 1878. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That the operation of the Act entitled "An A"fc respecting the filling of vacan? cies in i unty offices," approved Decem? ber 20,1878, be extended by striking out the last clause of Section 1 thereof, to wit, "And in cases of persons appointed, until the adjournment of the General ^Assembly at the regular session in 1880," and by inserting in 1: eu thereof the words "And in cases of peisons appointed, until the adjournment of the General Assem? bly at the regular session next after the date of such appointment." Approved December 24,1880. An Act to regulate the penalty of Bonds ; given by County Commissioners in the various counties in the State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives f the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: ' Section 1. 'That the penalty of all bonds hereafter given by County Com? missioners, heretofore or hereafter elect? ed, shall be ten thousand ($10,000) dol? lars, by each Commissioner of Charleston County, and two thousand (?2,000) dol? lars by each Commissioner of every other Connty, except in the County of Horry, in which the bonds of the County Com? missioners shall be one thousand ($1,000) dollars each, and in the County of Colle ton, in which the bonds of the County Commissioners shall be two thousand dollars each. Sec 2. That all Acts and parte of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved December 11,1880. An Act to repeal Section 6 of Chapter LXII, Title XIII, of the General Statutes and the Acts amendatory thereof, relating to the Licensing of Insurance Companies, and to insert in lieu thereof a new section relating to the same matter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting iu General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: Section 1. That Section 6 of Chapter LXII, Title XIII, of the General Stat? utes and the several Acts amendatory thereof be, and the same are hereby, re? pealed, and the following clause inserted in lieu of said Section 6 of Chapter LXn, Title XIII, of tue General Stat? utes: "That it shall not be lawful for any insurance company, not incorporated un? der the laws of this State, or any agent of such company, to take risks or trans? act any business of insurance of this State, without first obtaining a license from the Comptroller-General for each county of this State in which such risks are taken or such insurance business is transacted, which license shall expire on the 31st day of March in each year; and for every such license the said company or agent taking out the same shall pay or cause to be paid into the treasury of the State the sum of five dollars, the same to be appropriated for the use and benefit of the State. Approved December 24,1880. An Act to aid and encourage Immi? gration into this State, by returning the amount of Taxes paid* by Iinmi grauts upon all Real Estate purchased by them, and upon the Capital used in improvements thereon, except the two mill School Tax, for a period of five years, and by authorizing the Depart? ment of Agriculture to use the Funds under its control, in its discretion, for that purpose. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen? eral Assembly, and by tho authority ofj the same: Section 1. That on and after the pas? sage of this Act, for the purpose of in? ducing immigration to this btate, any and all persons who may hereafter remove into this State for the purpose of becoming residente thereof and citizens of the same, and upou satisfactory proof furnished to the Comptroller-General of this State of his or their purpose to so make this State bis or their home, shall be entitled to receive from the treasury of the State, annually, a sum equal to the aggregate amount of State taxes,-less two mills to be used for school purposes, which shall be exclusively so applied, which shall be levied and collected upon anv and all real estate purchased by said immigrant of person moving into this State, in any city, town or county with? in this State, and used as a residence or in connection therewith, and upon the capi? tal which may be invested in the im? provement and development of said real estate, not to exceed in value the sum of $1,500, by the said immigrant or fixed said person moving into this State, the said sum of money to be and determined by the comptroller general of the State, in accordance with j the tax returns, and to be paid by the State treasurer on the warrant of the said comptroller-general. Sec.' 2. That it shall be the duty of all county treasurers and of the treasurers of all municipal corporations which are by law authorized to levy and collect taxes, to pay to the individual or individuals described in the first section of this Act a sum of money, annually, equal to the aggregate amount of county or munici? pal taxes levied and collected daring any year upon tbe property or capital described in the first Section of this Act. Sec. 3. That the benefits of this Act shall extend to the real estate purchased and the capital invested in the improve i ment and development of the same des? ignated in the first Section of this Act for a period of five years after the purchase and improvement of said real estate, and no longer. ? Sec: 4. That the Department of Ag rfciutfure be, and is hereby, authorized to use1 so much of the fund now by law i under the control of that department as may, in its discretion, be deemed proper to encourage and aid in the introduction of intelligent and thrifty immigrants into this State. Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on and after its passage. An Act to amend Section of 3 Chap "; ter LXXXIII of the General Statutes, relating to Estates in Duwcr and of Inheritance. Be it enacied by the Senate aud House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: Section 1. That Section 3, Chapter LXXXIII of tha General Statutes of the State of South Carolina, be amended by inserting between the word "be" and the word "and" on the fifth line of said sec? tion the words: "And in case such wife shall reside beyond the limits of this State, by going before any notary public of said State in which she shall reside," and by adding at the end of said section the words: "Provided, That such notary shall affix to the certificate required in Section 4 of said chapter his official seal. And pro? vided, further, That tbe official capacity of tbe notary public shall be certified to by tbe clerk of tbe court of record of the county in which such wife may reside at the time such renunciation was made." Sec. 2. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved December 24 1880. An Act to bar the right and claim of Dower of a Widow who accepts a dis? tributive share of tbe Personal Estate of the deceased Husband. Be it enacted by the Senate and nouse of Representatives of tbe State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by tbe authority of the same: Section 1. That When a husband dies intestate and its widow accepts her dis? tributive share in his estate she shall be barred of her dower in the lands of which her husband died seized and of all such as he had aliened. Sec. 2. That so much of all Acts and parts of Act as is inconsistent with this Act be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved December 24,1880. An Act to change the time of holding the Courts of General Sessions and Common Pleas in the Eighth Judicial Circuit of the State of South Carolina, and to further regulate the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gener? al Assembly, and by the authority of the same: Section 1. That the Circuit Courts of the Eighth Jndicial Circuit in the said State shall, from and aller the passage of this Act, be held in each and every year as follows: The Court of General Sessions at Pick ens for the County of Pickens on the second Monday in January, tbe first Monday in June, and the third Monday in September; and the Court of Common Pleas for the said county, at the same place, on the Wednesdays next following the second Monday in January the first Monday in June and the third Mon? day in September. The Court of General Sessions for the county of Abbeville, at Abbeville, on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in January, the second Monday in June and the third Monday in October; and the Court of Common Pleas for said county at the same place, on the Wednesdays following the first Monday after the fourth Monday in January, second Monday in June, aud the third Monday in October. The Court of General Sessions at Anderson, for the county of Anderson, on the fourth Monday in February, the third Monday in June, and the first Monday in October; and the Court of Common Pleas for said county at the same place, on the Wednesdays next following the fourth Monday in February, the third Monday in June, and the first Monday iu October. The Court of General Sessions at Walhalla, for the County of Ocouee, on the second Monday in March, the fourth Monday in June, and the first Monday after the fourth Monday in October; and the Court of Common Pleas for the said County at the same place, on the Wed? nesdays next following the seiond Mon? day in March, the fourth Monday in June, and tho first Monday after the fourth Monday in October. The Court of General Sessions at Greenville, for the County of Greenville, on the fourth Monday in March, the first Monday in July, and she third Monday after the fourth Monday in October; and the Court of Common Pleas for the said County at the same place, on the Wednesdays next followiug the fourth Monday in March, the first Monday in July and the third Monday after the fourth Monday in October. Sec. 2. Should tho business before the Court of General Sessions at any term be completed before the arrival of the day "fixed by law for the holding of the Court of Common Pleas for any county in said Circuit, the presiding Judge may in hii discretion, immediately upon the ad? journment of the Court of General Ses? sions open the Court of Common Pleas for said county for the trial of all causes and the dispatch of all business that may be pending in said Court; Provided, however, That no peremptory call of Docket No. 1 shall be made "until the arrival of the regular day fixed by law for the Court of Common Pleas in said county. Sec. 3. Jfo civil business requiring a jury shall be heard at the summer term of the Court of Commor. Pleas for any county in said Circuit except in the County of Greenville. Sec. 4. That all Acts inconsistent with this Act be and the same arj he-eb, re? pealed. Approved December 24,1830. A MURDER MOST FOUL. The Diabolical Crime of two Negroes. Special Dispatch to the News and Courier. Prosperity, S. C, January 39. This whole neighborhood is aroused and horrified by the murder of Miss Bessie Werts, on Monday night, near this place. The crime is without parallel in its details, and the people here have been almost wild in their determination to visit swift punishment on the perpe? trators. The victim was the daughter of Mr. William Werts, living two mile3 from this place. Miss Bessie left her father's house on the afternoon of the 17th instant to visit her brother who lives a mile distant. Two colored men, named David Spearman and Sam Fair, who were work? ing on Mr. Werts's place, saw her leave. Sam says that Dave told him that he in? tended to meet her as she returned home thnt evening and assault her. He said he told Dave not to doit. They were ploughing together when this colloquy took place. Shortly after Mr. Werts stopped Dave from ploughing and put him at other work, which was unfortu? nately, near the path that Miss Bessie would have to return on. He said Dave went to the spring which she would have to rep ass. While there he sang as a signal for Sam to come to his assistance, but Sam says he would not go. After supper he and Dave left Mr. Werts to go to a neighbor's house. When they reached the spring he wanted to go tbe path on which the dead body was afterwards found. Dave told him not to go that way as somebody was up there. They went a short distance and separated. I understand that Dave confesses to being behind a pine near the path that Miss'Werts would return. As she passed he caught and choked her, and accomplish? ed his purpose. He 'hen tied her to a bush and went to Mr. Werts's and attended to his duties and ate his supper, and then he and Sam returned together, and after they had both abused the poor girl, they killed her. Last night about 1 o'clock the coroner's court adjourned without a verdict. Trial Justice A. H. Wheeler had the prisoners safely placed in the guardhouse. He and others remaiued near some time until the crowd partially dispersed and tho excitement baa abated. Then feeling they were secure he went home and left the key with a constable. Some time after 2 o'clock this morning the guardhouse was broken open and the prisoners taken out. Dave was found dead this morning tied to the pine tree he had concealed himself behind. Sam was found at home, with the marks of four balls, all slight. An immense crowd of infuriated citizens weut to his house and brought him back to Prosperity. Mr. Wheeler, the trial justice, and the jurors demanded the prisioner, but the crowd refused to give him up. As the news spread the crowd increased aud be? came moro infurated, and rushed over Justice Wheeler and took Sam to the suburbs of the town and hanged him. Both colored and white people participa? ted in the lynching. Miss Werts was an amiable and pretty young lady, about 20 years old. Farther Details of the Dreadful Crime aad its Punishment. Correspondence of Columbia Register. Prosperity, S. 0., January 19.?As Miss Bettie Wertz was returning home on the evening of the 17th from her brother's she was attacked by Dave Spearman and Sam Fair, colored em? ployees of Miss Wertz's father, and out? raged. She was then tied and gagged. Dave and Sam then went to Mr. Wertz's and eat supper, afterwards returning to their victim, again outraging her, and then choked her to death. Tho body was then carried about twenty yards and laid dowu where the fence crossed the foot path, and left were she was found. Yesterday morning Trial J us Lice Wneeler held a Coroner's inquest, at which suspi? cion rested on the above mentioned par? ties. Sam confessed that he knew that the deed was to be done, but claimed that he was not a participant in the act. The guilty parties were put in the fuard house, to be carried to jail to-day. )uring last night the guard house doors were forced open and Dave was taken to the spot where the deed was committed, and I understand he made a full confes? sion that he and Sam committed the act. Dave was then tied to a pine tree and shot. The infuriated party returned to the guard house and took Sam out and shot him ou tbe spot, and left him for dead. After daylight the incensed people searched for the bodies, and found Sam at his mother's in bed with several bullet holes in him. He was brought to Pros? perity and taken about one mile from town and hung at 1 p. m. The hanging was participated in by both whites aud blacks, and about 250 or 300 men were witnesses. Everything quiet to-night. The deed was nearly a year in being planned, ac> cording to their confessions. Miss Wertz was highly respected. L. ? The cotton crop in Caldwell County, N. C, has paid from $25 to $30 per acre. ? The experiment has been success fully made of growing cork trees in Georgia. ? A Laporte City, Iowa, man recently found a good-sized lizard io a plug of tobacco. The animal was all there ex? cept the head, which had been bitten off by the discoverer. ? Rev. J. O. Westrup, missionary of the Southern Baptist Convention to Mexico, was recently murderod by the Indians and Mexicans, somewhere be? tween Santa Rosa and Monterey. ? A figbt is reported to have occurred in the Bethany Baptist Church, Pulaski County, Ky., last Sunday, in which knives are reported to have beeu used. One man was fatally cut. The row was started by the deacons attempting to sit in the same pews with the ladies whom they had brought there, which it con? trary to rule. ? Mr. Cox, of New York, has intro? duced in the House of Representatives an apportionment bill, which fixes the number of Representatives at 201, and which was referred to the Committee on the Census. It apportions the Represen? tatives among the Slates as follows: Alabama 8, Arkansas 5, California 5, Colorado 1, Florida 1, Georgia 9, Illinois 10, Indiana 12, Iowa 10, Kansas G, Ken? tucky 10, Louisiana 6, Maine 4, Mary? land 0, Massachusetts 11, Michigan 10, Minnesota 5, Mississippi 7, Missouri 13, Nebraska 8, Nevada 1, New Hampshire 2, New Jersey 7, New York 31, North Carolina 8, Ohio 19, Oregon 1, Pennsyl? vania 26, Rhode Ii' .nd 2, South Curolina 6, Tennesseo 9, Texas 10, Vermont 2, Virginia 9, West Virginia 4, Wiscon? sin 8. As comparod with the present number of members, this bill of Mr. Cox makes the following losses and gains: Arkansas, California, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, South Carolina and West Virginia gain 1 each. Kansas gains 3, Texas 4, Minnesota and Nebraska gain 2 each, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hamp? shire, Maine, Indiana, Tennessee, Florida and Vermont lose 1 each, and New York loses 2. Import And Export Statistics. The summary statement of tho im? ports and exports of the United States, for the ten raonlhs ending October 31, is just out, and is as full of interesting and significant figures, as has bosn character? istic of similar statements for the past year. Nothing published in the course of the year throws more light on the tariff question than this summary of sta? tistics. It is a striking and startling commentary on the results of our pro? tective system. Take for example our cotton manufactures. According to this summary, wo imported during the ten months as fellows: Quautitlcd. Values. Bleached and unbleached, square yards. 435,505 3052,269 Printed, painted or oolored. 210,020 944.651 During the same period, we exported as follows: Quantifies. Values. Uucolored cottons, yards. 0,391,278 85,237,527 Colored, yards. 4,483,140 2,314,243 Apparently this is a good showing, but the fact is, that in this very article of cottons, in which we ought to lead the world, we import more than we export, and during tue ten months in question our imports of the two manufactures mentioned above, of which alone we supply more than we receive, grew while our exports of prints diminished. The following comparative table of values will show the precise figures: ,-Imports.-. ,-Exports.-, 1873. 1880. 1879. 1880. Uncolored.3763,159 2962,206 ?5,069,254 85,227,527 Colored. 70fl,GC4 944,651 2,885,367 2,tl4,243 Altogether, there is a falliDg off in the aggregate of the exports, and a material increase in the aggregate of imports. The duty on uncolored cottons ranges from 85 to 48.89 per cent, ad valorem. The duty on prints is from 35 to 58.09 per cent. The duties probably make the home market a very profitable one for the manufacturer. The duty on other manufactured cottons runs from 20 per per cent, ad valorem for waste or flocks to 53.95, 59.36 and 62.88 for threads, yarns, etc.; 73.34 to 76.08 for thread on spools, and 35 to 63.17 for jeans, denims, etc. And yet we exported of all these for the ten months as follows: 1879. 1830. Exports of above.81071,214 Si,384,028 And on imported.13,010,689 26,413,100 Here is a balance against us, and one growing enormously, in cottons, of $19, 384,219. There is no duty on raw cotton, and we imported only $555,942 worth in the ten months covered by the summary. Even this was an increase of our imports over the corresponding ten months of the Erevioua year. Our exports of cotton, owever, greatly increased, and, as usual, as will be shown further on, that increase was absolutely necessary for the preserva? tion of the balance of trade in our favor. The exports of cotton for the ton months of tho two years were as follows: 1879. 1830. 8ca Island. 8658,074 S945.087 Others.124,C40,C22 106,303,773 We send our unprotected cotton abroad to be made up into manufactured articles, which are brought back and sold to our people in competition with our protected manufactures. Iron Is protected from 20 to 105 per cent., and what has that protection done for us? We have, in the ten months of 1880, imported iron aud manufactures of iron.and steel to the rulue of ?58,483,320, as against $12,485,694 for the correspond? ing ten months of 1879. During these two periods our exports have been, re? spectively, as follows: 1879, $10,535,801; 18S0, $10,415,078. A comparison of some of the items which go to make up these totals will bo interesting. During tho ten mouths of 1879, our export* of fire-arms amounted to $1,957,022; in 18S0 they fell off to $1,010,871. Yet, our fire-anns are noted the world over. In the same periods our imports of fire-arms increased from $541, 829 to $903,686. Our imports also great? ly increased in respect to other article* of iron and steal, as will be seen from the following table: 1S79. 1S80. Pig-iron.S3,783,6?6 814^26,033 Bar-iron.- 821.8G0 5,340,724 Itailr'd baiB or rails of Irou 286,882 3,923,044 Eailr'd bars or rails of steel ?8,978 4,285,2.*! Old and scrap iron. 1,077,314 13,983,333 Other manufactures of Iron and steel. 2,059,999 5,786,3*5 In 1879 we expo" d of steel rails, which are protected by a duty of 104.90 per cent., $59,455 worth; in 1880 our ex? ports fell to $6,118. Our large imports of these rails are given iu the above table. Is there any better comment to be made on the benefits of protection ? During the two periods under exami? nation, the ten months ending, respect? ively, October 31,1879 and 1880, our im? ports of fi?h inci jaied from $972,743 to $1,063,777; of manu Pictures of flax from $14,499.240 to $18,680,558; human hair from $892,000 to $SU0,000; raw hemp from $1,950,642 to $3,157,066; raw jute from $3,324,233 to $4,196,301; paper from $108,256 to $270,739; silks from $23,849,073 to $32,340,211; sugar from $60,484,702 to $81,978,600; wool and manufactures of wool from ?31,169,372 to $52,290.215. Our total imoorta iucreased from $403,532,564 to $602,318,605. Ou the other hand, our exports of ricultural implements, fell from $2,244/ 852 to $2,365,520, and of wool and man? ufactures of wool from $300,790 to $231, 691. Our exports of bacon and hams in? creased from $40,312,337 to $47,803,091; of fresh beef, from $4,703,997 to $7.093, 417; of cheese, from $9,437,631 to $13, 478,575; wheat, from $144,182,916 to $147,007,011; Indian corn, from $35,970, 564 to $55,167,040. Our total exports for these two periods was for 1879, $596,544, 931; and for 1880, $696,846,938. This is > gain ol $10,302,002 against an iucrease in imports of $118,7S?,041. This is certainly not a comfortable show? ing, aud indicates that the baLance of j trade is not to be in our favor long, at' least unless somothing shall be doue to decrease our imports and moroaae our eiports. As it is, the balance in our favor for the ten months of 1880 is $94, 528,328, and this is made up by the gains In our exportation* of wheat, corn, cot? ton aud provisions. On our manufac? tured products we maJce a loss. ? Senator Blake is about to build a $50,000 residence in Washington. ? One of the most interesting objects offersd to public inspection at the Sydney Interuational Exhibition was a dwelling house exclusively made of paper, and furnished throughout with articles man? ufactured from the same material. Walls roofs, floorings and staircases alike con sisted of cartonpierre; the carpets and j curtains, bedsteads, lamps, shcct3 and counterpane?, towels, bootjacks, bath3, kitchen utensils, etc., were one and all preparations of papier-mache, as was tho very stoves used for heating the rooms, in which large fires were kept burning daily, throughout the duration of the ex? hibition. Several banquets wero given in the paper house by its owners to tho commissioners, members of the press, aud foreigners of distinction. All the plates and dishes, knives and forks, bot? tles aud drinking vessels used at tho en? tertainments were fabricated entirely and solely of paper. Should these paper buildings come into vogue they may be expected to superinduce some striking changes in the rates of the insurance, a' present calculated upon a basis of br.ck, and mortar.?New York Sun. Whiskey in Congress. A Washington telegram to the Phila? delphia Times, describing a disgraceful scene in House of Representatives on the 11th instant, says: The simple war of words is nothing in the lower house of Congress. Billings? gate is tbe common dialect of bullies and excited, ill-tempered men in Congress as well as in the corner groggeries. Men call each other liars and scoundrels with more impunity on tb6 floor of the House because they cannot be hold personally accountable there or elsewhere. There was nothing of tho charactor of the Weaver-Sparks affair to-day. Mr. Scales simply said that Mr. Blount said so and so. Mr. Blount said he did not. Mr. Scales vociferated that ho did, whereat Blount brought his fist down upon a desk with a force that made things ring again and substantially called Mr. Scales a falsifier. A witty remark from a mem? ber brought both men to their senses and broke the impending quarrel in a ripple of laughter. Thi3 was nothing. It was the appearance of Mr. Hooker upon the floor in an exhilarating frame of mind that carried the day for disgrace. Mr. Hooker is a flu? ent and graceful speaker, drunk or sober. To-day Mr. Hooker was drunk. The right to get drunk is an inalienable right guaranteed by the Constitution to every American citizens, and not for feited because of being elected to Con? gress. When a member gets intoxicated and interferes with tho dispatch of public business it is another thing. This was the condition and attitude of Mr. Hooker, of Mississippi, to-day, during the debate on the Indian bill. He felt well enough at 1 o'clock to manage the bill himself. At 2 he was flowery and persistent. At 8 he occupied the floor most all the time between drinks, surpassing himself in rhetoric and confounding the house. At 4 he was maudlin. He offered amend? ments, made speeches, made points of order, withdrew amendments, made speeches, called for divisions and was wholly beyond expostulation and ridicule. He moved down to the foot of the maiu aisle and divided the time between step? ping on Mr. Chittenden's toes and giving elaborate instructions to the Chair. Iu vain tho Chair gently evaded him. In vain his humiliaUd friends went to him, one after another, and persuaded him to with? draw. Hooker was unconscious of the diegustiug spectacle he was making. He insisted on being heard on every point and was wholly unmanageable. For awhile members were amused. Then, they gathered around him, like heedless boys about a drunken man in the streets, and laughed. Such a sight in the streets is sickening to most people. On the floor of Congress, as in this instance, it was doubly disgusting. This was soon evident on the faces of members and in a scarcely suppressed hiss from tbe galleries. The hilarity on the floor soon gave way to a painful silence, and various ruses were adopted to choke Hooker off. It was not until the committee rose, as it did while the member from Mississippi was iu the midst of a maudlin speech, that he was finally squelched. Thr- he staggered back to his placo and from tbeuce entertained his audience with o<:ca yional whoops and attempts to assist the Reading Clerk in calling the roll. The stern frown of Speaker Randall had no effect upon him. It was the more humil? iating and disgraceful because the sub? ject of all this is one of the most courte? ous and accomplished gentlemen on the floor. Even while making this painful exhibition of himself his language was chaste, his manner graceful and his bear iug ludicrously courtoous. The House bore with him patiently, although be was the cause of extending tho proceedings over the entire day. Owing to this ob? struction they failed to reach the funding bill, as was expected to be done. Mr. Cannon, of Utah. Washington, Jan. 11. I hunted up our much-married Demo? cratic friend, Hon. Geo. Q. Cannon, Del? egate from Utah, this evening, to see him iu regard to tho recent action of Gov. Eli H. Murray, Governor of that Territory, in giviug the certificate of election to the Forty-seventh Congress to Caaipbeii instead of Cannon. "What were your respective votes V I asked. "He received about 1,300," returned Mr. C? "while i got over 18,000." "What was the mats issue. Mr. Cau non, between you and Campbell during the canvass 1" "It was Gentile agahst Mormon all the time." "1 see thai Gov. Murray's only point against giviag you the certificate of elec? tion was that you are not a naturalized citizen ; how is that?" "I came to this country," replied the gentleman from Utah, "when quite a boy. I was legally naturalized in open court, a fact which "I can and have here? tofore established by secondary evidence, but the minntes of the court were lost, but this does not matter," "In the Forty-fourth Congress, my op? ponent, Mr. Baskin, contested my seat, making the same charge?that I was not naturalized?likewise that I was too much married, but, aftor a thorough hearing, the Committee on Elections made a '.unanimous report in my favor. I will have no trouble in laying out Mr. Campbell in a like style." "Do you have your four wives in Washington with you, Mr. Cannon ?" I asked, and involuntarily ducked my head for fear of a too emphatic reply, "or do you leave them at home to take care of the babies V "I have generally kept one of them here during the session," replied the polygamous statesmau, "but I found it interfered with the education of my chil? dren, so I leave them all at home bow." "What retort was it you made to a certain loose-jointed Congressman once, who asked you how many wives you had r "I told him," said Mr. Caunon, "that, unlike many of my brother Congressmen, I had just exactly enough wives of my own to keep me from interfering with the wives of other men," and our Cannon, who had been held impatiently for sev? eral minutes, thereupon went off. Mr. Caunon was born in Liverpool, and is an editor by profession.?Correspondence Courier Journal. ? William H. Vandcrbilt'e wealth is estimated at $120,000,000. ? Ham Dewhara, mulatto boy, living near Sedalia, Tenu., was recently mur? dered by his sister, because she didn't waut him to get married. ? There is nothing mean about Ken? tucky. She freely gives her great men to her neighbors. Last Monday Cnllum, Kentuckian, was iuaugurated for a sec? ond time aa Governor of Illinois; Tues? day, Orittenden, Kentuckian, was inau? gurated Governor of Missouri; Wednes? day, Churchill, Kentuckiau, was inaugu? rated Governor of Arkansas ; Hawkins, Kentuckian, is soon to bo inaugurated Governor of Tennessee, and Murray Kentuckian, and Saunders, Kentuckian. are in the Gubernatorial chairs of Utah gad Nevada. A mT,OJ? WAE HISTORY. Some' Interesting >"otea] of the Operations Do for* Charleston in May. and July, 18G2, Diary of Col. Carlos Tracy, of Um. Gist's Staff. May 17.?Enemy sounding Stono channel in barges; one fired on from Goat Island by riflemen and driven off May 19.?Several of the enemy's gun? boats attempted to enter Stono Inlet; one ran around and all put back. May 20.?Throe gunboats crossed the bar and entered the Stono River about 10 o'clock a. m. One ran up and anch? ored a little below "Battery Island/' commanding the old (river) route from "Cole's "Island," the 2'enemy thinking probably to cut off our troops ou Cole's Island. Lieut.-Colonel Ellison Capers, Twenty-fourth Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, commanding on Cole's Is? land, withdrew his force, (two compa? nies,) under standing orders, to James Island by the new (back) and scarcely completed rottte over. Dixon's Island. Capt. L. Buist, Palmetto Guard, com? manding ou Battery Island, withdrew h:j force, (two companies,) under similar orders, ^also to James Island. By like orders the buildings on Colo's and on Battery Island were fired by our men be? fore retiring. On appearance of a gun? boat off mouth of Folly River carronade on marsh battery, near Folly River, thrown overboard by those in charge. Cole's and Battery Island shelled by the anomy. May 21.?Six of our 'pickets, of Capt. Jones' company, Twenty-fourth Regi? ment South Carolina Volunteers, made prisoners on Battery Island; expecting, apparently, the enemy to pass by without discovering them, they, instead of with? drawing, hid themselves in the magazine on the approach of a gunboat up the Stono. Enemy saw them and landed. "Legare's," on James Island, shelled this day by a gunboat slowly going up the I Stono. May 25?Gunboats to this time had been running up the Stono for several miles every day, shelling both sides of the river, aud returning in the evening to Battery Island. Effort to-day of Gen. Ripley to draw them within effective reach of guns of "Fort Pemberton" failed. Gallantry of Capt. Frank Bon neau and the men of our little floating battery, stationed for the day in the creek near Dixon's Island, remarked. A gunboat which engaged the battery was driven off in a few miuutes. The battery was moored to the land. Three gunboats had been drawn up the river a short dis? tance by Gen. Ripley'B movements. On their return, they had passed by alto? gether, when one came back, apparently to learn what was the little dark object across the marshes and the small islands. Capt. B., who was aboard, had just re? ceived orders not to fire unless attacked. Ho had his men ashore under cover. The gunboat opened on him. Capt. B. promptly fired his battery (two or three guns) himself. His men, at the first sound of the enemy's gun, came bound? ing to their little float, and soon man? ning their guns, drove the gunboat away. May 31.?Gunboats, to this time, run? ning up the Stono every morning as be? fore, shelling every one who come in "Newton Cut" bridge in a buggy, during this period, were very much startled by a shell, and tool: to fiight on foot across the field*. Te-day a few shells thrown from the Stono towards Secessionville, fell near the camp of the Twenty-fourth reg? iment South Carolina Volunteers, aud to Biig.-Gen. Gist, Capt. James Gist and Capt. Joseph Glover, of hi? staff, who were riding out. June 1 (Sunday.)?A gunboat came some distance up Folly river, but soon returning. Reconnoitering, probably. June 2.?A gunboat came up Folly river this morning on the flood about 9 a. m., ehelled the battery of Capt. Chi cbester at Legare's Point, that of Capt. Warley, close to Secessionville, aud Se? cessionville itself. This place being then occupied by the Eutaw battalion, Col. Charles H. Simonton commanding; the Charleston battaliou, Col. P. C. Gaillard commanding; the cavalry companies ot Capt. W. L. Dish er, and of Captain McKeiver, and beiug the headquarters of Gen. R. Gist, commanding on the island. Our batteries responded vigorously. No damage was done by the enemy, except to a horse, which had his leg broken by a shell that passed through au outhouse just behind the Gonerars headquarters and exploded. After firing for about an hour the enemy withdrew. No damage up to this time done by the enemy's fir? ing, except to horses. Evening.?More than twenty vessels in sight off. Charleston bar and Stono Iulet and in Stono River. Enemy re? ported as beiug on James Island, at the point nearest Battery Island, and as having driven in our pickets. Captain Carlos Tracy, volunteer aid to Geu. Gist, and Lieut. Winter, Wassamassaw Caval? ry, fired on while reconnoitering their position. Geu. Gist and Capt. Tracy repeatedly fired on same oveuing by ene? my's advance guard. This firing the first news in camp of enemy's landing. June 3.?Last night the enemy and a small party of our meu lay near each other all night, at Legare's. Captain Chichester's guns, ia being withdrawn from Legare's poijQt during the night, stuck in the mud. Men engaged in en? deavoring to extricate them driven off by the enemy near morning. Col. Ellison Capers, Twenty-fourth Regimeut South Carolina Volunteers, with several com? panies, sent just after daylight to bring off the guns and to ascertain euetny's position. Sharp skirmish with the ene? my at Legare's, in which Col. Capers drove back for a half mile or more the enemy's troops in his front, though very much outnumbering him; took twenty three prisoners, and retired only ou the appearance of the enemy in heavy force on the field, supported by a cross fire from gunboats in the Stono and in Folly river. Enemy engaged said to have been Twenty-eighth Massachusetts and One hundredth Pennsylvania volunteers. Our loss, several wounded, and one taken pris? oner. Lieut. Walker, adjutant Charleston battalion, wounded in the leg iu an en? deavor to bring off whom, it was said, private Bresuihan, Irish Volunteers, was mortally wounded. Gallantry aud dis? cretion of Col. Capers marked. Captaiu Ryan, Irish Volunteers, Charleston Bat? talion, distinguished himself by his dash? ing courage. Lieut. J. Ward Hopkins, Sumter Guards, Charleston battalion, wounded iu shoulder. Our companies first engaged were reinforced during the action by several others. All fell back across the causeway to rivers merely, and joined the maiu body of our troops. Enemy ascertained from prisoners to be in strong force at Legare's under com? mand of Gen. Stevens. Heavy bombard? ment all day by gunboats of our troops in line of battle to resist enemy's advance from Legare's?our troops necessarily much exposed. A section of Capt. Wm. C. Preston's battery, light artillery, under Capt. Preston and Lieut. Julius Rhett, was carried with great promptness and dash into position, and worked with fierce energy, under a heavy cross-fire from the gunboats in the two rivers, and under a direct fire from a piece of the enemy's at the woods on Legare's, in front. The fire from these guns, and from the stationary and more distant batteries of Col. T. G. Lamar and of Capt. Warley, in the di? rection of Secessionville, rendered the enemy's advauce across the causeway, though repeatedly threatened, too peril? ous for him to attempt. Gen. H. W. Mercer arrived from Charleston in the afternoon. Col. Johnson Hagood, First Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, previously detained in the city by his duties aR provost marshal, joined his reg? iment during the day, with Capt. B. G. Hay, Lieut. Ben. Martin und others of his staff. Casualties light. Gen. Gist and aides covered with sand, from explo? sion of shells. Tbe screeching of the rifle-shells and the heavy explosions of the 11 and 13-inch subsided a little after dark into a discharge of a shell from a gunboat, at regular intervals of half an hour, during the night. Our men, wot, weary and hungry, slept on their arms. The night was tempestuous. June 4.?Main body of our troops drawn within the lines. Gunboats from creek in front shelled Secessionville. Design of the enemy to occupy apparent. Enemy said to be advancing this evening. Untrue. June 5.?Enemy said to be advancing this evening. Our troops marched to the front. Everything quiet by sundown. No fight. June G.?Erig.-Gcn. \V. D. Smith ar? rived on the island and assumed com? mand, Gen. Mercer having been ordered to take command at Savannah. Picket guard this evening, under Colonel C. H. Stevens, skirmished with the enemy at the Presbyterian church ; enemy left one dead on the ground?indications that he suffered further. A section of Preston's battery did some firing. No loss on our side. A prisoner brought into camp. June?.?Alarm in the evening, troops to the front. Everything soon quiet. Enemy moving about Grimball's on the Stono." June 8.?Enemy evidently in force at Grimball's. A prisoner brought in this evening. June 10.?During a reconnoisance in some force this afternoon, under Gen. Smith, a part of the troops?the Forty seventh Georgia volunteers, Col. Wil? liams commanding?were repulsed in the woods at Grimball's, after a gallant on? set upon tbe enemy, advantageously posted, supported by artillery and aided by his gunboats in the Stono. Our loss serious; Capt. Williams killed. The wood through which the Forty-seventh advanced so dense that order, it is said, could not be preserved, nor could com? mands be properly extended. Great regret for the loss of the brave Georgians. Heavy firing nearly all night from gun? boats in the Stono. June 14.?Brig. Gen. N. G. Evans ar? rived on the island to assume command. Heavy firing of shot and shell upon Se? cessionville from the enemy's gunboats and from a battery erected at Legare's Point. Vigorous replies of Col. Lamar's guns. Firing nearly all day. One man ! killed in his tent, at Secessionville, by a shell. June 15.?Similar firing upon Seces? sionville. Col. Lamar replies more de? liberately. Firing very slow towards night. Two meu wounded on our side. June. 16.?Attack of the enemy at daylight on the earthwork at Secession? ville; Brig. Gen. Stevens in command of assaulting column of six regiments Eighth Michigan, Seventh Connecticut, Twenty-eighth Massachusetts, Seventy ninth " Highlanders, Forty-Sixth New York and One Hundreth Pennsylvania. Brig. Gen. Williams in command of brigade operating to flar.k tbe work on its right by an advance on Hill's place; Brig. Gen. Benham in commaud of whole. Our work a simple "priest cap," covering a neck of land about fifty yards wide, flanked right and left by a creek, and defended by four guas and about six hundred men. Enemy repulsed with fearful loss. Col. T. G. Lamar in imme? diate command of four batteries, assisted by the bo less bravo Lieut. Col. Thomas M. Wagner, Capt. Reid, Lieut. Hum? bert and others, aud supported by the brave Cr 1. Gaillard and the infantry. Col. C. ?1. Stevens and Co!. Simouton showed promptitude and skill, repulsing the flank movement on our right. Enemy's fire from gunboats in Stono and Folly Rivers, from his stationary battery at Legare's Point, from his light artil? lery, and from hie small arms, terribly severe; particularly so his fire on our right flank from across the creek at Hill's. Our battery at one time was almost sileoced by this latter fire. A gun, worked by Lieut. Col. Ellison Ca? pers, in a little battery across the crock at Clarke's, somewhat flanking the enemy's advance, did effective service. By order of Col. Johnson Hagood, in command of advanced troops, the Louisiana battalion, Lieut. Col. McEuery, reioforced the gar? rison at Secessionville during the fight, and rushing gallautly into the fire, with the cry of "Remember Butler," soon drove the enemy from his flanking position at Hill's. The Eutaw Battalion, on the right, engaged the enemy for a short time iu tbe woods, to the rear of Hill's house, when he fell back, together with tho troops engaged by the Louisiana battulion and our other troops from across the creek. Then the entire force of the enemy, betweeu five and six thou? sand stroug, slowly and sullenly retired from the attack to their positions on the Stono, aud within their late line of pick? ets, burning River's house on their retreat. Enemy's loss probably eight hundred men; ours under one hundred. The brave Capts. Reid, of Col. Lamar's regiment of artillery, and King, of Suni ter Guards, Charleston Battalion; Lieut. Edwards and many other gallant men of ours killed. Col. Hagood, while leading his horse by the reins had them severed by a piece of shell. Several of the enemy bravely mounted our ramparts. Several got to the rear of it by flanking it on the left. June 17.?Gen. S. Cooper, senior Gen? eral Confederate States Army, visited the island to-day. June 18.?Flag of truce from the enemy to inquire after wounded and prisoners, j aud asking leave to send comforts to j them, and offering similar privileges to I us as to our men. j June 20.?A few shell thrown by a guuboat to-day at men at work on our went line. j July 1.?Total inactivity of the enemy, j offensively, since repulse of 16th ult., ex I cept the tiring of the few shell on 20th. Grand salute to-day at suuriso along our I entire line, aud at Forts Johnson, Sum ter and Moultric, in honor of our success ess before Richmond. Enemy reported to be advaucing. Troops under arms and to the front. False alarm. Enemy suspected to be about to retire from the island. July 5.?Enemy's land force, known to have been retiring for several days from Grimball's, now ascertained to be all withdrawn from that place. Traus? ports for several days past seen going out of Stono. Gunboat? in the river off' Grim ball's. | July 7.?Maj. William Duncan, First regiment South Carolina Volunteers, narrowly escaped being made prisonec by a party of the enemy at the large work, thrown up between River's burnt? house and the Stono; party probabh from gunboats. Enemy withdrawn from Legare's. July 8.?Enemy known to have alto gether abandoned James Island, and our city to bo safe for the present. General News^Sunimary. ? In Arkansas the influx of immi? grants from all parts continues. ? Ou one ranch in Texas a thousand lambs were killed by cold weather. ? The Osago Indians own about 5, 700 head of cattle and 6,000 ponies. ? Ia Columbus county, N. O, it ii proposed to cultivate jute for market. ? It is said that castor beans can be raised to perfection in Western Texas. ? At Columbus, Miss., fire-proof vaults have been built for the county records. ? Gen. Walker estimates that in 1890 the population of the United States will be 63,467,000. ? Last year the losses by fire in the United States, as far as reported, footed up ?76,513.100. ? W. H. Vanderbilt draws $510,000 interest every ninety days from the United States Treasury, ? In Alabama a law has been passed giving blacksmiths and vtookworkers a lien on vehicles repaired by them until the price is paid. ? From Jacksonville, Fla., the ship? ments of lumber last year aggregated 41,719,225 feet, an increase of 7,740, 317 over the year previous. ? It has been developed that 35,613 000,000 friction matches arc consumed every year in the United States, or 700 for every man, woman, child and baby. ? Twenty-seven families of immigrants from Tennessee arrived in Bonham, Tex? as. Among them was a man named Jones, who has nine boys under fifteen years of age. ? One of the most serious drawbacks to the prosperity of South Florida, issaid to be the fact that so large a portion of the supplies is imported from the North. The remark might be extended to other parts of the South. ? Natchez Democrat: A young gen? tleman of this city having offered his lady love his heart and hand as a Christ? mas gift, was very much astonished when she told him that she would a great deal rather have a pound of mixed candy. ? Bishop Elder, of Cincinnati, said in his recent episcopal letter to the clergy of his diocese: "In entertainments given for church purposes, or in any way sanc? tioned by the priest, there must be no dancing after dark and no round dancing at any time." ? Little Kock Gazette: Arkansas can afford to snap her fingers at politics. With plenty of biead and meat to feed her people, and "as many more as may choose to cast their lot with us, nothing is wanted to keep on the high road to prosperity and progress but wise, equi? table aud common-sense legislation. ? A man who went to Arkansas from McNairy county, Tennessee, thirty-two years ago, on a recent visit to his old home, hunted up the heirs of a man to whom he owed sixty-five cents at the time of his departure, and paid the principal and interest, amounting to two collars. ? During the recent cold term ice was seen at Waldo, Fia., fully an inch thick. At Cedar Keys ice was found three-fourths of an inch thick. At Mandarin, on the St. Johns river, all the oranges were fro? zen, the loss being estimated at $15,000. The thermometer at Fernandina went down to seveuteen degrees above zero. ? During the remainder of the winter the Signal Service will notify the Super? intendent of the Texas divisiou of the United States military telegraph lines when "northers" may be anticipated. These predictions will be conspicuously posted in the telegraph offices along the line, for the benefit of sheep and cattle? men. ? In the eastern portion of Terrell county, G.i., Elder Mathias F. Cowley and John W. Taylor, two Mormon preachers from Salt Lake City, Utah, have been for several weeks past holding frequent services and proclaiming the tenets of their faith. They have been zealously working in behalf of their cause, distributing tracts containing their creed, and preaching on Sunday and during the week. ? Eugene Hale, of Maine, will bo one of the youngest members of United States Senate. He Is 44 years of age, having been born in 1836. Butler, of South Car? olina, was born in thesameyear; Plumb, ofKansas,in JS37; Groome, ofMarylatid, in 1838; and Bruce, of Mississippi, in 1841. These are the ouly Senators under 45. ? The few inhabitants upon the Red River, Texas, are much excited 07er a strange rumbling noise that is heard both night and day It resembles the sound of a railroad train, but as there are no railroads within fifty miles of the locality the people believe it is a passage of vol? canic action. Its range is from north to northwest, and it recalls the ominous sounds described by Humboldt as pre? ceding the great earthquake of 1759 in Mexico, when the volcanic mountain of Jorulia was upheaved. ? Sarah Bernhardt is investing the profits of her American tour iu a necklace that is being made in Paris, and which will be the finest specimen of the jewel? er's art of this century. It is composed of two rows of magnificent brilliants, about an inch and a quarter apart, be? tween which a wreath of field-fl crs in precious stones, representing the natural colors of the rustic blossoms, seems to flow with the greatest ease and grace imagina? ble. The minute poppies are composed of rubies, the cornflowers of saphires, the mangolds of topaz and so on, while the leaves are of emeralds. No two flowers are alike, and, altogether, the necklace is pronounced the finest composed during this generation. ? The Philadelphia American maps out a very correct course for Garfield to take, for the purpose of strenthening his party, when it says: "Our belief is that Mr. Garfield will pursue neither Mr. Grant's policy nor that of Mr. Hayes in this matter. We look to see him ignoro all lines within the party, as neither of these two gentlemen has done. It is indif? ference, nor hostility, that will give fac? tions the coup de grace. We have had twelve years of factional distribution of patronage under the Republican party, and they have been years of growing dis sensiou. Let us have four years of a rule which shall know a candidate only as a Republican, and after that ask only as to his integrity and capacity?which shall receive frankly recommendations from Senators and Representative as from any one else?and which shall ac? cept dictation from no one in making the final selection. Let us have these^ from a man who can make his subordinates feel that they enter the public service, not to represent any leader or to serve any faction, but to attend to their duties and restore the credit of the party as a whole by the excellence of their admin j istration. That, and that alone, is the ; policy which will dissolve the riugs in ' side the party, and make their factional I allegiance to a Senator or a Represents j tivo as barren as it is servile."