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S??PPLEIENT TO THE AJTOERSO? IITELLI&EICEfe I _ _ _ Jj[ -?./ ? -__!?_.?M;Ons Uij 'l,.j . 1 . 1 ' -i- M-MMMK?-KM?-r-MMM-MaawMMMBMnaaHMB _____-_-?--.-".???I^. ,.J-f..> ' ?!! ?V? ; l'M.Vl; ANDERSON c. II., s. <\, TH UK S DAY, DKOEM'BKK 1, 1881. _________ ' H _ _ _ _ -^-'-thu i'I t TIII3 dOVKHNOirS MKSSA?IB. AK BJfCOVR Alli XII ll Kt'I KW OF TUB vONomos OF nu: si in:. No rion tint; Debt-rcrinmicnl Debt Well In llnnil-9t "enteil Improvement In Man? ncr of Vavlng Interest-Mnrkeil Miicevm In Ute Comimi ?if III?) IVniU-iilliiry-In crease of Income from I'liosphitlo Itoyrd ty-Mr. ttoclio's Itcp??rt-Iminlgrutlon i: Incut:..1 -Hiiiln.iiil*-County Support o? Lun?tica Itu? o III II H ml? il-'i Im Lieu Law wui? Millier?1. [FROM OCH I WilHI.Vl I VII III 1*0111 Kit.] Coi.ti.MniA, November 3.1 -Tho annual Mi usage of ?overnor if agi-od, rend lieforo ID?II h-.u r- <-i tito l.i v' ure to-day, i?as follows: Si A n: OK .SOUTH CAROMWA, ? K'x WI;TI Vi! Gil A MIIRK, (.'ol.U.MItIA, Suv. mb? r 33, I--I. ) Kennion and Ih-prcst-nlntivc-a : ll I? by tho futidaiiio.iital law made Ibo ?Inly of the Governor t * give lo the General Assembly information of th? condition of tho State, und t ceo tn merni t-> their consideration Bindi I measurer ai ho shall ju.lgo luccMinry or ex* I p. .lieut. y Tin: I I i i.n OKIIT. Tin re is no ll..,ting tlobl. Tho debt I fuiideil nuil being funded is !.>..:I.\::\M. This I i 4 .tu increase of ii IttClo over ?1.000 u won thu I numiiiit reportedbi t jiur, liiitl i.riaca from I tho tiran having bein extended by li Klein* tivo action foi lim rcfuudiitgof certain ?mall [l pareils of bill? ol' Hu: ll mk of Ibo Stat??, J which ba:! not reached thc Treasury within l th? time prescribed fur funding the same. J, Of th? |iiil?lieili'lit, tliu scrip of lin \gti ? ?ultur.il ? : il I? am.moling to $H)l,bOti, is u ifi I io i ilium m hi vt stimul; tim Deficiency boinia J ?uni stocks, .iii.ti.i.' lo $*??2,.j7?, mature in v 1833; nuil Consols amounting to |.".,--7,'.'11 1 matu rt in IS1I3, 'lin. irliolu debt bean iii? W ter? st at H per cent. Tim bu.nil of i:i?iiiini?K?oiicrs of thu Sink* I r i nc J'u'ni li.ive bail during tho (Mist year in I \ their hands applicahl? to thu rclircmeut ol . S ' thu debt i?7,01W. Of this nniouut, tiny ? '? have only been able lo invent lu Slate so J J- eu ri tics ?it par, exclusive of accrued intercut, $::,u7o. There i.-, therefore, remaining in ?j their b,in.ls of this dal? $3.'.,13tS; ami Icgfslv I livo instruction in needed as to tho dispos; .: lion <.! this butane i, us well as to the dlspo I sitioii of t bc sum i lieu .ifti r to iiocruo for tlie j satnu purpose, li sectus probable that tim ! market vah?o of th? Slatu securities will r; cotitiuuo above par, which, iiinlei thu pres* i cut regulations, th? board have regarded na i th? luaxiinuiii juice they were warranted in ; paying. I nt?.- ri i.t upon thc il? bt i? payable before K (ho laxes levied to meet il are fully ?ol H lcd? il. To avoid subjecting any of lim P- pnbli' rinhlori to lb-lay in rccciviiiK their f.? i!t:i s, the lust (Icneral Assembly authorized Ifc tho Governor ami Treasurer to anticipate tho collection of laxos, ns fur as necessaiy 5* f..r Ibis pu i poso, by a temporary loan. Tho lair libers! action of thc different banks of deposit je? in (.ermit tin): over d ral ts..nd rii|iiiriug ?ti ter ip , i>. tip.m i a"l. only from ihilc, prevented tho .jr* necessity of these officers borrowing the full Ijlh amount ncftssuiy at ono time' and keeping w it on Imml until lolly paid out. Tho in Sp. ti'nut pu iii by the Sl.it.- upon this hum i.f \ .".Mounted to ?712lil. Authority lo contract j ?i" a loan fora similar purpose will ho necessary fur the entmin**, year, or provision should be I'd ?I made for un earlier collection of tuxes. Tho Interest is now payable io New York and i < Columbia. It should nlao be payable in a g Charleston; and it is further destraillo to ?adopt, UH to both Consol ami Deficiency ; stocks, tho plan of tho Unite?] States Gov* cm mont with regard to its registered bonds :. ami stocks-upon the holder furnishing tho g Treasury willi hin postolllce address, tho [t interest .lac is forwarded lo bini upon etch January and .Inly. There are also I? cctltiin minor' regulations of tim Treasury |tw which impede rather than advance the pilli |H Hu business. Til? sn uro tho requirements I not only of receipts, but duplicata receipts, g'lffl upon payment of coupons, interest orders fr.flj ami warir.nts, notwithstanding th?se vouch _U crs are given up and caiicellrd :>.t tho sam? rTBS time: and Ute making of Ibo (ioveruor'H in ? tlonioinciit of tito Treasurer's check upon thu I bunk of tit posit necessary boforo tho publie SjH ciiditor can rn ri VJ the money due bim. z?? 'iluso icmiiutioiif. aro tim result of law; WfBk th< ir abolition or nun nilmrnt ls respectfully ?.imcmh'd to your attention. lu my ob ?Ira scrvalion it is also desirable that the HS liiasiin r's coiithigeut fund should lie in flfln cit'iised by a small amount, to citable bim to ?I?S riuploy, Icmporaiily, extra clerical forcent I tho periods of payment of interest. Tho jimi promptings of tho payment of iutercrt, as nSH well ie. every facility given to its collection, LjEj eiiliuuccs the value of ;i stic.tiril v; ami it is thc |?? obvious inteicst of the State to place and BS bei ?i its securities upon the highest plane. Sj When our debt iiiatureH, as it speedily will HH du, the wi-ih.ui of this iv,ir.ic will, I am pcr '?Sra snailed, bc r?ali/.cd in tho refunding of tho lieht upon tho most favorable terms. EES Tim I'onso! bouda bear upon their face tho HI contract ol' the Stale to reeeivo Ibo coupon ? Bm| of tho same in payment of taxes, and thia |3y iiiiiltiubtedly adds to their value. The WS ltrown Consols have li: on '-sued in lieu of IfiB such Green Consols as have boon presented BK for tunvcraion, ?iud are in ?'.J cases worth ffH their fuco value. Tim fey ns from theso \tgr eau lie, and arc, received ai tho tax table. UK' The tireen Consols tints.xtiding aro tainted S^K' moro or less with au invalidity which han MK. been established by tho Courts, ami ia ac Iw^.i|iiii8c?d ?ti by tho holder. Tho coupons ISf?- from tilt so cannot Ihereforo bo received by ''"Hector,but nrn presented anti paid ISS& "lu ,t'tal'! Tica.Mtry where accuss to the BWfi rog int i y permits tho aiuouut of invalidity BuBin each coupon to bo "Hcoitained. This ?noutnih a sci iuiis inimiiiit of labor upon tito ??HTrcasiuy, iud il is desirable in tho interest BsgKof the State and of the creditor that tho ???(?roen t'oiibols should, nt as cally a dato as IffiSjiraetlcable, bo nil converted into Hrown ?K^R'on8olK. Thia process is going ou Btecdily, K ~Bmt- ,u,t !lH rapidly as tho mutual interest ol .iiiffStlie parties would sci ni to warrnnt. lt is ;' wm t li y ot' y. in- eonsidcratioii whether this fi 'slioiilil not b.' hastened by soaie aetioti tm ^Ellio part of Ibo General Assoinbly, giving fiftMPnotico that interest, after a date to bo fixed, j 'will lu: paid mil;, upon Ilrown ('misal:'. RP.VK?UK8 ASU RXi'KN 1>ITI'BES. Hjmd Thoroventtrs of the State for current oz Bj|BAKiidhtirf s ure tlerivi-i! from phosphate r?iy ?HHslty ntul tlie gem ral tax. In tho last year ?tho royalty paid into tho Stuto Treasury hus if exci-eili l any previous year, atiioiinting to ^Ul-lir>1l. and it is prol-n'-lo that the hu I^Birove?! nmdition of that otere.st will con? f^?fc liiiuo. I beg to call your attention to the ?well considered and valuable report upon BHBBhis stiLjoct of thc special assistant, Mr. K. K^HKJ. Kocho, forwarded with tho so-.nial report BSif tho Commissioner of Agriculture. Tho Beport of thc C'omptroller-Ucneral.to mib m^SBiittcd to you, will show that tho nsual nud $||*'Brdiiiftry extu nsis of tho State government, Spot defrayed by tho pliosphato royalty, can KBHFo met by a tax levy of but 1 410 mills on HUie dolbr. The levy for interest on tho pub IBO debt, 'J?-10 mills, is to bo added, thus mak TOl?ign general lax levy of 3 11-10 mills. When iBffyeso revenues reach tho Treasury, they nre ?MBisburectl in every case under the sanction H? your appropriation, by heavily bonded BJpBeera with elaborately provided checks, SSpe upon tho other, and a monthly exhibit H made lu tho public prc-s of their transar ??bus. IPS Yon ?Ul pe rmit mo to ngaln call BBnnr htt.'~'ion to tho singular contrast W? tho K.an*igement of tho county jEfiftianO( H. Tho taxes collected and disbursed ?Mtho'corfwfe? aro tho constitutional school BHi of twi) mills, (ho ordinary ceunty tax of ?HBBrco rn??lr, ?w? in many cases extraordinary t^mxes fer rnilroads or. other comity improve :".'--)tsi tho total belar* considerably in cx KSof tho tunonnt that reaches the Stato ?HJfhsory. Thc county treasurer collects Mn rotainsiu his hands theso county funda, HVajn "is in regard to their disbursement ?fMHrely tho cashier of tho county commission In his annual nccoiintiug before tho lg||MEunly auditor, the ordor of tho ninty Hnmissionnrs drawn in ace?, ~"o with ??apr ?orma of law is - his BP*' toucher. SHBVon tho county coninrfssHmn ,-.o_.3 the re KzBuilbllityof thc faithful and judicloui ex* HKdituro o?the fund; and they aro practi M*S?'y ?aliject<d lo little or no supcrvlsiou. W??MU imo they aro required hy law to i .-port vSS? the C'oiuptroIler-i.Jeucral a detailed ac B^HBint'of their tr?tiK.ict?onf. io ho laid before ?H General Assembly, and lt ie ihr* theory ^^Hnfiriu't?hic to hs printed with Ibo Oomp HBTmniiii' i repcrf. .Otbot* wJU perhaps bo laid , BnLworo yon in maun ctipt during y oil r ses Rsvn, and ethers will hot reach you at ali. BBMo Ot?x?Kid Atseiabiy doha not ami necea* BjKn^^^vi td i ti iv cau^any cc:itml State ??Siting officer, should tho duty bo tra?s ?Bwod to him.' Your oxpcrlnnco ?nd Judg HBnit wi'l find' tho proper, remedy. ? There.-: Hftmrio moro cfiMet-t supervision of tho j IHkatoemcnt of public funds than that by ^Bse of l^o locality in which they are con* I tributed HIK) iii which they are expended. I renew the suggestion that the grand juries j of tho respectivo counties be. charged with the duty of examining and auditing thc ne- , : couoto of thu county commissioners, and , that these ne-..uni- he published iii detail lu the county prcsi for a s?lflcicnt lime before ; ' the session of th" i '?int t<> Li in? them fully tn the atti uri..n of the luxj?:.}< rs. Thc eoin I misiriouors should afterwards f?rwaid these account's to <'omptrollwr-tt. m-ral, lo he i hy hiui uiil'"*S< d in Iiis ntiiiual r. ?.ort asl statistical information, ?nut iii y bliould still , , ho required, ttl now, tosiihmit to Kio Gene . ral Assembly estimates of supplies upon ; which to base the annual county levy. TIIK I'KNITKNTI ?HY. There ran bo little doul.t that the most ile? ; sinililu managcim ut ?I II penitentiary is that in wldcli thu illimit?s uro ki ?>t within its walls, and em ploy id in industries which wonjil nt least make them - :i lustuining. The penal and refoimatory discipline which . si.i,ill-1 m.hilo the institution, IIS Well HS eniiHi'lirath n i ol' In a': h und humane treat- I nu-ut, won'.d be lliii-i le t subserved. Tho .?resent Imnrd of directors have kept this, lead in? bien steadily in view, n nd have made I considerable prognss in that direction. For Ibo pre?en t, however, HIIII fur homo tim?lo, come, utile-.-, th<- itiahiteiiaiieeof thu convicts is t i he a charge np"n tho public trciMuryi the employ men t .?> a portion of Hum bcyoml thu walli it a necessity. In I this . vent they iiui-l he utilized hy t.'lO State engaging ii, i VI? r pi i i - ?hieb wool.1 iirof?t ubi y employ them, oi they must bu ; based to private contractors lol private or' publie works The tirs! does mit coiium-inl itself to me. and wi.? n Ii i' .I h r tin last two years upon the largo Penitentiary planta tion le low IVrliimbiti has rn! proved a marked success. Tho phill ?.? leasing tin-' convicts has utan been tiled. Tin re have' been nu.h.ul.ti <l evils connected with it, I most "I' which ex|K*riein;u has eliminated. I nuil t Ii is system, in my judgment, is Hm I? -t ' timi ollera Itself. My attention has been I closely given to its work in ir, ami my eon* elusions upon th'- subject ha vis tho strength ! of noiivlctioiis. You will permit mo brietly lo l?tate Un M - 'I ho convicts shoe'1 not be leaved in small iitiuiliorH tn any om- contractor, or fur work thal necessarily shills from locality to locality; ami th" overseers and guard* in ! charge ol them should buappointetl and paid hy tho Penitentiary authorities. These provisions, together with the frequent In spections now directed to he m.nh-, noil the ? summary power nf recall uow \>? ted in tin PO authorities by law, will m ik'; th.: leasing ' of tito convicts liablu to hut few objections, j When lin: Murk sh i flu from locality lo , locality, bntrai ks mid stoekadts, in which ? socio ?ty, lirai th, liiuuaiiity .-iud discipline, may he al oni e consulted, are not, ami fruin considerations of economy, cannot he crue li d for HID temporary use which ls alune re quired. When the work is stationary, tho humber ol' convicts sufficiently large, and I he ti nu: of tile lt ase lunn enough to w.u runt it, there is no reason why bimotores to he approved hythe bonn! of directors, should not he erected hy tho contractor, in which the requirements of health, security, ami humana discipline should he as fully con sulted as in lin- Penitentiary itself. Tho annual icpotl of tim I.nani ol" d I rec tors and superintendent ol' this institution, to hu su bm itt ts] in you, m.ikes i must grail fy i II L' liiiunciul exhibit. The entire appro priation of the I i-l session for thc main tenance of tho IV oin ntiary, for continuance of work on prison wall, ami Cur protection against lire, $??1,0(10 in all. remains undrawn Ii: tho Statu treasury, and is nppllcahlo to snell other purpose, as you shall direct. The institution lias for the lir.it tiiue in its history from ?ta earnings sustained it self and made necessary peimnnonl itu prOVOHICIlts; is free limn debt, Ililli has to Its credit a cash bp.?.iiico lo bo cai ried for ward to next year. This amounts in the sum of $15,001), anil, 1 am convinced, eau ho lu re after quadrupled each year, if tho institu tion continuel to ho managed upon tim busi ness principles upon which it is now con ducted. This cannot bo doun, however, un ion the 'Hrectors are permitted lo obtain tho market value of (lui convict labor, and it' they are hampered hy sp?cial legislation, donating any portion of this labor to enter prises which, however cominendahlo, are inure or leas local in their characti r. Win n finch enterprises aie deemed ol' sn Dicion t general importance to warrant public sub sidy, let it ho dune directly and co Hamitic. mid the net stand upon its merits, lt seems to mo that sm-h prolitH as tn .y ba had from the labor of our criminal population should either gu into the treasury to lighten the tm rd eu of the general laxes, or, if it find special appropriation, that it should supple ment the lund for education, whose benefits arc ruo to all, and whose ri suit.-, decrease et ?ino itself. It Rives me pleasure tn lui able i" hear testimony to the efficient discharge of duly hythe Kuporiutcndent of thc Penitentiary ned his subordinate officers. TIIK LUNATIC ASYLUM. Tho nggreghtu current expeuscs of the Siutn last year for all purposes, except in terest, was $35t,?:tii; ami of this $1117,101 was expended upon the Lunatic Asylum, being a littlo moro than ouo-thltd of the whole imotint. The ullin ber nf inmates during tho llscal year was l!?i>; and in the fat t that hut .'(I of this number were supported by friends, md that tim roinaiudor were charged tn tho state as indigent poor, is found .lie explana tion of this heavy expenditure. There cannot io on tho part of auy ono u desiro tu limit lu: hcucnts of this noble charity; but it iliutibl ho limited to its purpose and romain i charity. The pauper alono .should receive .bo bounty of tho State; those who are able tn pay in whole bi in part fur tho benefits ol' .ho institution Buttah) ho required to do so; md ils proper share nf usefulness should not i?0 limited hy cut-umbering it with inmates mt properly within tho pin view of its es tablishment. In this connection I command to your earnest consideration tho Report of tho Superintendent of the Asylum. Tho remedy he suggests will undoubtedly cor roct the ovil. It is to return to the mode pro railing hefnro tho war, ami to require each -minty to support those whom Its officials ?nuil ns paupers tn the Institution. This is Mitlrely consistent with the scheme of our mor laws. Tho county levies tho fund for hu maintenance nf its sane paupers, mid it 8 expended under local supervision, lt ihould also levy tho tax mid retain super vision of tho fund applicable to tho support ?{these moro unfortunate persons nmong Its udigciit population. The part of tho S'ato ihould bo limited tn appropriations fer the alarie.; of o 111 co rs and tho general pm pose? if building.- ami repairs. The report of tho Superintendant also with much force dwells j pan tho existing modes of commitment of patients and the necessity of n rev! ion of tho lunacy law. lils suggestions aro o.ititlod :o tho weight of coming from one who has nado tho subject a study, ami lins exhibited m eh ability in thc disobsrgo of his special tatted. Tho Asylum under its presont manage ment. in securing nil that pertains to it3 beneficent objects, I mn happy to behove, soroparcs favorably with similar institutions ?lsewhero. HT.PARTMF.NT OK Af IRK'ULTU RU. The lately instituted department of agri culture bas during the past year undertaken very fully tho duties intrusted to ir, nud gives promise of taking a placo in tho devel opment of thc State beyond what was antic!- ! pated whoa it was established. The report of tho commissioner, to be submitted to you, exhibits tho extent of tho duties imposed upon him, and tho neal with which they have been discharged. I have myself had occasion to obsorvo tho intelligent and enr nest effort given by tho board to their work. No part of tho work of this deportment is moro worthy of r.btioe than that devoted to tho promotion of immigration. In tho short time since thia el)V..t was inaugurated 831 Immigrants have been introduced Into and settled tn tho State; but moro than this, tho Tact has been tat aid ?.shed thal with a continu ance Of tho samo effort the amount of this lesi rabio addition toourpopnlation islimited :>nly by tho capacity of tho State to absorb it. 3o far the immigrants have been chiefly of tho peasant class-hardy, intelligent and thrifty laborers; but tho class with moro or less capital may soon bo expected to follow; ?nd, if our pi opio desire it, wo cnn soon wit ness tho diversion into our midst of a part of that stream of Immigration which bas so rapidly atti wonderfully enriched other por tions of tho Union. 1 most cordially com mend this department to your fostering care. BAII.ROADR. Tho railroad commissioner reports au in ircosoof tho net Income of the railroads of Jho Stato during tho past year, and nu im rfovement of their general condition. All ?ftboso which ?ero in tho bauds of rccclv Muexcopt tho South Carolina Road, have .ten sold, and the purchasing companies lOrniitncntly organized. There ia complaint f ?fc>>tsrivo freight charges on nomo of tho jading roads. Tho Attorney General hold bo ls not as surh counsel for tho lomisaioncr, and there bel?g no ind pr?vl ' ! in: tin -employment of counsel, sloucr bas beet; unahlo to test by .its alleged violations of tho w and cf their? charters by tho road.?. To socuro rciiaounbic charges hu recommends a board of laico rommlwioticrs with |>owcr t" regulate freight and passenger tarllfi; and that it either l>c made tho .buy ul tie; At torney (Seueral and solicit?la t<> ri present tho h*..,ril. or that an ade j-iali iundbtt j.ro viiicil for t).< employmint ol coull?? ), Thu commis-douer hi? divdinrged th? ditties of llis|)t.etlon rn|'iired of him. Hr also ?dates the gratifying f.o| tin! in the last three yi ai * no |.\--'n .-. r has lest Iii? life thro-igh the fault ol any taili id hi the State. Tin ie i?, lu think*, ? ni' !. room for iiiiiirov' ment ol' d?p?ts at H e imp?t tant htatlmii along lin; roads, and al Ibu City ol ( loni!'.a. whole it ix leeoiiiiiietideii li a: thu legisla ture require ii linien [ : . . ?v ' depot to bu roust i net ul, Many ? f tin in .ada of lim tho Stale have p.-->l under control of Cic Itiel.moud abd I ).m vii).) d mb::.atino. 'i?.. ? iinuni.viiom i think? ll .il ?ii .'.ones i?.i?pn;ls sueli < onsolida| ions el ?ute)est are lnii'.tiria!; but in thu casi tlitii .i.troli'ii.j power le itig in another Hinte, lt ?ri highly inijioi ant thal ihr l.-gi l.i?:i. s'i l: pi ..-le through a Loan) or othes wi- Ci a regulation of freight ??l-l pa inger i .it iff which iv ill j pruti rt tin local i itror.H ot the rb ids in t bili State. r.i.i i vi i<>\. Tin- ri pm t <.i the Hu|?i iliiteinlent ol l-Mtf . atiou show,! til - roiidition ol the publie -ein. d system, ai.d Use prog rr-.s made dining \ [' i i l v. ar in pm, ?din;! . dsn atioiial fie iii- I ii. . for "the m ivs i -. Ti i re vM-r..- in alten- I laure on lin publie M i ??I,'''.'.i white, iud 7;),l lt'colon .! pup!! ; luaking a total of Ile) I".- 'fn-ri were rt.li.j7 fcclioiils in opera- ' ?iou aid .?..'I.' I?.H inls iiiiphtyid. The ivcrago length of the session was three und j Lvio-thin!-. uio?illis. Full it-ports of tho | . hool fund iiave not yi t been received; hut il ii thought, from rail-ful estimates, that it ..iii he abolit IIJU.lM?. The ine.ra.'i d flteill iii s lor edin.l'ion uti' BIIOWU in thc- fact that itu- number ol' si hool, established during ile yeal was greatei hy < ighty-four than at Lite tim? of the last report, and tho number il teachers was greater by sevcnty-eigbl. Che av.l?ge Lng.!; ot lin. session shows a dight ?linease over thal of I'orme'r years. Hm educational facilities ol this State am not yet complete; hut a comparison with ?Iber States shows Unit, in this respect, south Carolina is not ladt i nd most of her lister States of thc Smth. Thc report of tin Sute Su peri li tendent ont,uns full stau im nts ?.) the management . I the two large and successful institutes ie ld in this Suite .'.tiling the last summer, me for white and one tor colored teachers. l'hi- edi cl of these institutes Upon plihlic cd" H .lin.II ?II Sou. ii I'.iiolilia has In eli most 'I at i lying. Thu report ol' this ollico further shows a nar).eil iiuptovemeul in the i.iatiagcuu nt ol' ho piihlic. school i.1. lu October, 1^77, lu-, amount ol claims outstanding attains, lie school lund of the several eon utica was s'.'U'.l.Ulii lin. At iiiat time orders nu the chool fund rarely brought in the market note than t wi ni y-li ; o cents oil the dollar, iud often could not he sold nt any price. S'ow tin y aro paid in lull each year hy tho 'minty treasurers, while tho past indebted less ol' many ol' Hie counties has been ru in ly liquidated. U.-ports from soma of the oun ties lui ve not yet been received, bul a tntcmcut showing th.-, exact condition ol' ho indebtedness will he submitted lo you luring the si-sion. Hy tho end of an..Iber rear tho suliool fund of till ol' tho counties, ixccpt Huco or four, will he free nf debt. Tho Superintendent makes the following ecumuieudatiotiH for the consideration of he ( leitend Assembly : 1. That an Ai t he ptiRscd prescribing, tho nanner in which average uttciidiiuce ?hall ie cut ?ni a ted, ami regulating thc mode of np lorliunlng the school fund. 'J. Thal an appropriation he made in aid T normal hist ?lutes from Ib.- same fund ruin which the expenses were defrayed last .ear. ?I. That authority he granted lo the facul ies of .-'late Normal Institutes lo iss:to cer if?cales of ipiiilillcatioii and diplouihS to ruchers in public schon'?. Tarso retuinimcmlutiuns, coming from thu omeo tiley do, aro untitled to, ami no doubt l ill receive, your careful consiib ration. Tho fund donated hy tho United States ?ovcriimont for the establishment in the Ilutes of agricultural and mechanical sein mis s in this State appropriatest under lb? ?redim? ni tho t rm tees of tim South Cam ina University to tim inuinleiiauceof two rho..ls. The om: at Oruugohtirg, in con leetion with the Clallin College, has laen stahl I shed for .some years, and is ai.in itialling a v. ihiahie work, lt is COU ti lied to ku colored youth of Hu- State, und during he p ist year ;?'.? i pupils neel veil not only lie bom.lil of '.he technical instruction illi li, d III Ibu name of the .-school, bul also Hie dvantagi - ol a , nurse in some ol' the higher randies of education. The school irr tho ? bite youth al Columbia has been more re cntly i-tahli ii.-.1. ami has yet not reached lie full measure of ?is usefulness. It bxs peiieil Hie scholastic year with fill students i attendance, ami, 1 ti list, will soon ob tin a lending position among the eda itional institutions of tim State, 'he Slate Military Academy nt Charles m has '..cen suspendes] in its op?rations limo the late civil war. This luis been due i the fact thal tho building known as tho itadul, in which it had ?ts seat, has heirn, nee tho i IOHO of thc war, in possession of ie United Statis authorities, and bas been seil hy them until recently as a military mt. lt is understood that tho General 0 vom mont is now prepared to restore it to m custody of Hm State, lt is desirable .hat lis proporty be recovered and again devo id to Hie purposes of higher education, in io facilities for which nur needs uro greater um the sources of supply. A measure will i.'baldy bo submitted to you at this session ? accomplish this purpose; und you will inuit mc to say that, iii my judgment, it is aw practicable to reopen this school, ami it muid ho done. tl KS' RDA I. I.KOIKI.ATIOK. At your last session commissions wc ie -lated to impure ami report to you ut this asioli upon such amend incuts ns wero ad ?sable tn the railroad laws of the State, thc ci tion laws, tho militia laws, tho tax laws, ul also upon amendments to tho Constitu on. Tlieso commlsaioi'fl have hud Ibo sub els committed to them under considera un, and will no doubl report exhaustively pun them. There is one other law, bow ker, tho continuance of which bas al iel ted nell discussion, ami will no doubt receive mir attention. I allude to what ls known 1 tho lien law. It had its origin immcdl ;cly after tho late civil war, when the hir ers of tho Statu wore bereft of live stock, nplements and supplies willi which tn re? OW their planton: operations, lu addition . 'bis they wi re generally encumbered with Bbl, :!io lien of which would attach to any -ops they might produce, with such credit i they collin obtain for tho ni cess n y menus f doing so. It waB proposed by ibo law ten enacted, and now under consideration, i providu that a prior lien might bo created ? protect bini who advanced supplies for ie making of tho crop. Ita object as to pr?vido against debts existing t tho Hmo of Its passage, the enforcement f which upon tho products of the farm oubl bavo destroyed tho credit without h i rh the plough would have been idle In ie furrow, lt was to enable a community T practical bankrupts (fur tho land, their sly property, bad then I.J salnblo value,) i commence the struggle ;:f Ufo anew. This iject was long since accomplished. Thooo re-existing debts, tho pressure of which as the result of tho devastation of war, sve either been paid or adjusted, ortho un uttinato debtor, succumbing to tho ?nevi tble, has fallen from thc ranks of business fe. Hut ibo law has been continued, and DW operates r.hiully as an Increased facility i obtaining credit for farm i ug operations, ie security it alfords tho lender ?nd tho unmary methods it employa for tho coller ?n of b?8 debt being tho prominent feature rodil has been called tho poor iran's capi il. YV'.hout credit u?l tho operations of nnmercli 1 life, except thoso of tho simplest nm, must censo. Hut unlimited credit, or adit too readily ohniiucd, is liko wealth nrlvcd from others, not always un nu ilxcd blessing. It is claimed that tho edit v, hirh tho lion procures is no excop on to tho rule; that it results in dlsadvau igo to tho iudlvidual aud serious damage ?. the beat interests of tho State. The lato Agricultural Society bas resolved lo .emotalli/o your houorablo body npon tho ibjcct. Tho Commissioner of Agriculture, | i ia his duty, will brina tho matter fully to mr attention. Tho Hoard of Agricultura w formally declined to express an opinion i tho subject, and public opinion, os indl it<d in tho utterances of tho press, is di? ?dod upon tho merit? of tho question. I do st proposo to BCggcst a decision. Coming rei ?ly frota tho people, and instructed <c u ir wishes and their uueda, you are bettor raliflcd than I am to reach a satisfactory inclusion. Bot tboro ls ono phase of io qncstlon apon which I deem ll my atv to express tho convictions I entertain. ..hos boen in somo quarters suggested to met a repeal of tho law to take effect SR? .her year. It seems to me that thia will bo icnrringall tho evils of repealing the law, ithout securing any of its benefits, Suda :tion by this Legislature will tako effect hen a newly elected Leglslstnro Is lo ex Iitii.'?-. und can only lu- operative by tho | Eauctioti ?ii tim la-t. wliilt- such I i-i; isl at iou on your part will bu provocative of mon- in jurious agitation than a il i net and unqnjli li.<i repeal. J, therefore, ?aiiliot hut think thia prospectivo legislation unwin-. IM HUONS A NI> <:f >M M I'TATIONS. I have deemed it proper to exercise I.xe . Hive ir?eineney in twenty-seven cases dur? ?Hg t!ie past year. <'f these, sixteen were lull pardon , and eleven were iioumitiUtions ol tenteiiei-. In accordance with the pro vidion of tin - ('.oihtiliitii.il, I will, at au i arly ilay, traiismll to yon a full ?t?tenlo?*t of each irnje. JOHNSON IIAOOOII, (Jovernor. -?? AH i:K ri.rt in i. itj.i'.tit i II /;.v/. Animal Iteport ut Couiutl.isloocr Huller 1 lr.li-Immigration-1'liospliales-Shu? p i.nil I?..g? - Mun* of thu Si.?le-Lil. li I.av?. < m.i ?IMA. Novt-iuiier lil.-The rcp??rl ofilia ('ooioii-.-w.in r . I A gr!? olture coit'lllitH ll fall Ile count of Hie ii.n-ii''iioiii H the liepartmi-iit for ll.e second year of iii operation, ?iel . uibritcca ti..- ie|Ho i ol tin- Mijierhilciidciil of immigration, .-in el.il iir-1-liiutn III the phosphate depart mi lita. ti..- t'ln ini.-.' mu? tin superintendent ol ll.-li ut.il Huileries, information ii furn -'?.1 ?ii to the inctho'ts II<JO|>II-II l?y tho hoard for drawing miiipli n < t fertilizers mid lit? ir anulyi-i -. Tilt . lieu.l-l. Prof. C. t'.sh.pi.rd. .lr . SM>'A "thu law coull ell Hie in.innfai lurer lo-I.ile wiall lia lie M ll? ntul .-ell wli.it I.- nt.it. H " Kevciily brandi i. ffi-rtill/ rs were analyzed during thc year und .o i xi i jit i.i.e ?ere saltufuctory. 1 lie examina lion ol oilier Mjiii.?.Ii -i of tlint brand ure now- being uiinle. Ten iii n< ral Bight* l.licnsts lo mine plies pli lien ll i re I-- Ul 'I I.y tin- ( '..lo :n)-.-lol II r .lu MUK il..- >e..r. mid one Kxeliinivc KiglilM charier, ania a part of in?- terriiorv granted under exclusive rights t>> ai.<>tl.er eouipniiy were deelured (or en, .i i. i miKe Un- territory ?VHS nt t being devel o|ied lo lllU treal interests Of Hie .Slate. UuriiiB 11..- j e ir the ph.i-phate mine, were inspected by Ibo nomi I, and Ile ir report ?e. on ipi-n ICM the ( ioill uiisMoiier'?. ft stutes the present condition of Hid various eon.panic., hot cont.din uospclnl rccniiimciidull'ius. Tbc Coiuu. issioncr repolla Ibu) i..ni|? lent eouiiHcl II.IH been relnitic I to ns* fit lulu therights of the Slate in tllO phoiohatcs ii. Kixheruimi or I'nlim-r Creeks, South \Vimi..-c lill?! Moreno l-l ind and the mar-dies thereof. Thu report of ti e apt-cial lursblanl sbows thal tin-loyalty received ny the Ht ile from I he Ma rine compati len for th? lineal year uinoiiiitn to iSl'JI.oll 1 I, us ngnlnst 906,001 05 for Ibu Inst year. Thu AMOIJ NT or ROYALTY paid hus heen grenier than ever before paid in noy u?? ye.ir. mill nearly double thal of the iirint ll-eil j e.ir. Of the amount of royally recoil ed the exclusive rights' ceuinonli s have paid $1 IO, OOO 50. Tbe report nf the superintendent of Immigra lion '.houx that* ntl! immigrants have been lirought into the State unit located in the various . ouiltlCM. Where they eulin- in I milln-. they ure willi few exceptions re|irescnleil us doing* well. Thc siipcrlnteiidcut menti.ms that a movcuieiit hm beeil rommel.red lo introduce them into thc i. i ialttiul*, mid it ii hoped t ll ixl Hie venture will provea buecciw. The iiumigrntloii scheme, lt i.i thought, hilf? I n en HIll'l-CHifutly inaugurated Illili the State will leap milch lieuellt from an influx of IlliHilgniUlN, lind lt In staled that every i flori In being ina.le. with strong probabilities of nue ? o-s, to todiie . capitalist* und ?mall fanni ri to make investments in thu S?lle. The report of Ilia superintendent of the I--IHII COMMISSION .bows Ililli dorine; the pant -c.moo 157,000 Cali* foi ubi Slllllioil lllld H-20.00D slllld have Leen rc hn-cd la our principal streams', ami ??,'260 Uer imili earp buvo been illiitributed. Two tish hatch eries have been orocteil, one in Cid lc ton County l..r the propilgatioti of simd, ami the other in Oeilliee Conni y fur thc | . r ? ? j .ai-.il ion of salmon, Iront, lind other Dili adapted to the. mount Un Mp.mm. The commissioner recommends tbat the law In regnrtl to ibnus ami other obstructions in the various streams be no iiuicndcd a-to allow -nit lo i c brought against dum owners hy annie Ollleiill or appointee of tbc depution nt. That iiuthori'.y is now vented in the county commis sioner... Tlie commissioner devote, u chapter eseli to thc lllsniliuiloil of the "{Tull i Viii iou of small gr-.-ln," grassesami forage crops, sheep husbandry ngri eiillural societies mid farmer's crohn, ravages of bisects und viticultura. Ile recoma ends the cn net melli of a law for '.he protection ol sheep misers ngiiliisl Ibu DKl'BEDATIONH ii-' notts. He al-io HUggcsts linn tho law requiring ii license oa domestic wines l.e repealed, and says that our people HIIOIILI he cticountgcd In the elli liv iii..II nf thc grtl|M>, Winier the head of pilbil callous of Ibr ilcp.ir(tuc:.t it iintate.lth.it during the year till.(Hld e..pies of molli Illy repolin and ... oin? c.. 11 kn nf the tirsi annual repart hilve buen published. To promoti; ii helter undersUuidlng nf the rlMonree.s of thu Slate thc department Inn prcparid a M AI- Oh' 'MIK STATE. I: I. c .lured to represent Hie soils and gcologi e .1 feu) lires of each ti.wo nhl p. allowing. III minute ?h i.iii. the results of Katlin'.-. Turner's tittil l.cihcr'-Hiirvuys, liieludiiig ulm. l'r. f. shepard's map. of thc phosphate region nml oilier data. The I.il.ors ol niue yearn of the gentlemen above melli ?..ned. performed nt ii co?t to the State of over ?S'i?.iMlO, have llius been preserve?! and present eil ut one view. The department has aim imderUiken the preparation ot ti hand hook nf thc. state, treal I ng of in physical fcuturcH, it.s ge ology, ch?nale, agriculture. protlucttonH, .Vc. M .(.nal han heen collected ami the work ls In n forward stale of preparation. Material has niuo heen collected fer ii ell? pt croll thc wnter-|>owcr-s of the. State. The commissioner alludes to Till', t.l KN LAW, giving Ibo estimated number of liens recorded in I ssl, and Muling the arguments used hy both thone who favor and thone whooppone n repeal of Hie law. Hill! staten that bu or.! y refers to Ibo law lu-cannu be considers Hint it conies within thu .-. ..pc of his duties us cotutuliisioiier, lind hi cannu hu bus tvee ll earnestly requested to do HO hy many fanners. Hu says, "Whethera repeal of thu law or iii continuance will aid us in our ?llor?n to improve our condition is a maller for Hie consideration of ?mr reurcacnlntiveain tliu Legislature. They ure fresh from Hie people ami now understand m.il appreciate their wants and neec.n.nillc.i." lunn appendix to Ibo report valuable slutls tic.il Information in furni.-dicd, und mi interesting letter from l'rof. Hood, relative lo tho Atlanta Kxpi.Jltlon, with n catalogue of the minerals from thu Minte on exhibition t?tere, ia published. No miproprlntloii is in-kcd for Ibo support of tho department. Ibu fund derived from the tnx on rom merdai fertilizers being regarded sufll clent for ilH muintenance. TUB FARM BKS AX It TUE CHOI'S. -, . Several of tho cotton llelils around Camden, where Ibo caterpillars buvo not tnvuded them, are ns green mid fr e.-h looking now us they ?vero lust .lime, nml Hie planta are covered with new Mow ern. This ls at? unusual Hiing lt? this Motion nt this Hmo of tho yeer. Hut few person? nro sowing wheat. Tho com partit i vc failure of this groin for several years past bus discouraged Ibo plantera. .Many acres of oula aro up nnd doing finely around Barnwell. A correspondent of tbe Wlniisboro' Xctrs urn" llrrtilit, writing from Newberry, ssy-j: "I found nearly all thu cotton nat hm ed und tarin-, r . more cheerful than two months sine I conversed with several practical farmers who think with economy next yenr, and plenty of grain sowed this full, they "-ill be enabled to run their flinns without giving Hann to mor?banla at exorbitant rules, provided Ibcy can borrow tome money, which they can nt nine or ten per cent, per nil li tin?.11 IjiuenMer Rtvltte: "Iteports from the ont crop In thin county ure very cncottnigfng. Some fumi ers nay t but tbe Heids present a most remarkable appearance. Kipcclally is this true In tho east er n section of the county. Hut thc moat remark nblc lu.nts.neu of which wo buvo been informed is Hint In tho cuse of Mr. W. J. Cunulngbsm, Hirco lullen west of town. Ho linn outs which aro now twelve inclirn in bright mid they aro beginning to joint. Incredible ns this may neem,il ls told lo us for tho truth." Tho top crop in ibo Allendale neighborhood of Barnwell County ls opening well. Tho nvcrugo Increase given ry it per acto la one hundred and flay pianola, fi'.erchiinta have made satisfactory coliecUnns. The Kdgeflelii Monitor la glad to bear that farmers ore sowing n large uren In oats, and lt seems that Providence ls favoring the good work, for never In Ibo recollection of thc oluc&t Inhab itant hus ibero been n moro favorable "seed lime" than tho present. I'nlou Time?.' "Tho ruins lu?t week did much ilnmngc to the colton remaining in the Holds. In : -mue parin of the county Ibero ls much cotton unpicked. The want of Inhor, tho anxiety to sow catH, wheat, burl' y, &c, nil combined to In terfere with mid prevent coll?n picking." ot isunuEzaiEit m TU XI ISFOUTUNE How Horrors Accumulated cn lite Henil of Mrs. rrlscllta Miller. fi-Vom the Arte Teri Ttltgrnm, ./ J/onrtoj/.) Mrs. Priscilla Miller, who wi S burned ont in tho Michigan lite und carno h ie in search of ber sister, who was killed bj tho falling of tho buildings in Grand street, is sufll ciontly rocovorc? to lcavo tho Now York Hospital, and will probably return to tho homo of hor son, Samuel Miller, in Ottawa, III., to-night or to-morrow. She arrived hero on tho morning of the fall of tho Grand stretit buildings, and hastening to tho scene, learned, after a wearisome ncarch, that her sister had perished in tho ruins, 8ho says ber sister married a eocoud time, and is In doubt as to her naroo, which was a German ono, but a storekeeper in Grand street, who know her, assures Mrs. Miller that abo waa killed. While standing in the crowd on tho day of the dis aster ber pocket wea picked of all the money she had, and ibe has been compelled to re reivo aid from tho ejommlssioncrs of charl* ties and correction and from tho rector of tboChnrch of tho Holy Ooromunion: Slio waa fousd cs i-v.?nday night on Twenty seventh street, near Fourth avenue, pros tr..;MI by fatigue, and waa taken by n police man to the hospital. Bho is tho widow of tho lite O?l. Samuel Miller, of Charleston, who commanded tbe First Sonth Carolina Vs?ua?e?rs of tho Confederate army in tho civil war. Shela a daughter of the'late Hugh Hunter, n retired sea captain who lived some years ago at Fishkill, on tho Hodson, and eho resided for a time in Etovcntn street, in tola olly, ano was a mem ber of tho Hov. Dr. Red cl l's church on Fifth avenue, lira. Miller's son Frank, with whom abo waa living, near Ann Harbor, Michigan, who lost his wife and two child* ron in the Uro and was himself dangerously bornod.ile in the hospital at Ann Harbor and will probably recover from bia injuries. ? i timi" ? * ^ "r^**j ~'i \ THE NEW ELECTION I'I-AN. .-". - ? am i sa EXT it i:a in TH ? TI OS ASI* Kia MIT un vi .. rho Moilo In o Illi li the i " I'1 Pro posed lo hu liitolil|?oiil'j I. ?Vi ti-oil un?! I?r.uni at Ith? lions ii,..ii.- Impractica ble in Sum li Cur. lina. Ono of tho molt important reports tobe considered hy tin Cent r..l A Sic til bl y ol Hie present session i- the report bf the Joint committee lo wir.ta were referred, at tho last Bess i ott, vari? us measures looking lo the nmcmlment i.iul alteration of the Klcction laws of the Stall. ami to a provision for the registration of electors as required by the Constitution, Thc j i nt committee who signet] thc report, which was submitted on Tuesday, it as follows: W. li. Perry, J.C. .Maxwi i>, on part uf the Senate; 1?. ll. Muiray, Edward McCrady, Jr., c. J. C. Hut Kuli, .1. W. Cr:.y, oil part of tho If ?risc of Representatives. itv UH: terms of ll.cir appointment the committee wi rc ''pledged not only to provide for the registration of electors as ?3 provided by the Constitution, hut lo amend our gen* oral election law so ns to scYuru, ns far ns possible, the iiitciligcutcxerciso of the elec tive franchise, fairness in thc conduct of our elections and lo take away the opportunity for fraud." Several plans in regard to regis tration wi re submitted und discussed aud tho committee decidid thal: "The most im portant result of a registration must bu that ? ach ami every elector woubl bo required to have a local habitation and a name. Thc committee say : Ono of the greatest difficulties with which the State has to contend has been the great number of persons upon whom tho right to %-oto was licstowcd, who bad no certain nauio by which they could he known, and no abid ing place in which they could ho found and identified. Few of tho former slaves claim ing surnames, und few having any by which they were known, and none by which they wen- bound, upon their emancipation, they took for tho time such as for the moment occurred to them, which they changed at pleasure; and many, if not most, adopting tho family names of their former musters, it re sulted that there were often hundreds using the samo name as long as the fancy held them to it. This want of certainty, and this rou fusion in the mimes of these people, added to the great similarity in their facial appearance, rendered very great tho practi cal difficulty of identification, and allowed tho baum person to vote again 111.1' again under diffcreut naines, assumed for each oc casion, without danger of conviction. To these difficulties aro added thc extreme restlessness of thc negroes and their unwil lingness to remain for any length ol" time in tine place. Their constant shitting from ono bulging to another, and never continuing in any one place, has also secured to them im munity from identification. We assume, that it will bo admitted as but right and proper that one who is to be al lowed to exercise the privilege of au elector should have 11 name hy which, and by which jame alone, he shall ho allowed to exorcise tho right, and that it should ho known cer tainly where he reside , and who ho is, in irder that the public may be suro that ho lias tho right to vote as required hy tho Con ititution. To remedy tho evils just mentioned, tho :ommitteo havo decided to recommend a scheine of permanent registration, that is to my: 11 registration by which, when a uiuno is once entered anon tho register, it will remain then until the ?bat . or removal of tho elector: in which hiller event tho elector to bo required to have his mime transferred to the register of the county or precinct to which ho n moves, and in tho case of any removal, even within the ramo precinct, that he bo required to inform tho proper itliecr and to have his rei-' r and cert!ti llite altered nccocd bigly. To carry nut these vie. i lie committee recommend : First. Tba! all electors shall bo reg-stercd, md that no prison sholl ho allowed to voto it any ein tim:, hereafter to bo hold, unices -egistcrcd as- required. Second. That :i supervisor shall bo ap loiutcd for each county by Ibo Governor for wo years who shall bo ineligible to any Uber office during his term. Third. That in .tf-.-.y and June next a full md complete registration of electors shall 10 bad, ami Ibo books subsequently reopened br tho correction of errors. Fourth. That tho registration books shall lot bo thereafter reopened for registration, ixcopt on tho first Monday in ca?:h month, mr opened at all from .Inly to tho day of tho ;cneral election in tho samo year. Fifth. That each "lector shall go before ho supervisor at tho timo appointed and irovo bis qualifications, aud thereupon thc aid sup?rvisor.'upon the payment of a fco ol if ty cents by tuc said elector to defray thc ixpcnscs of registration, shall enter thc tame, place of residence, nm! ago of tho dec or In tho appropriate columns of tho regis ration book. Tho supervisor determine: bo qualification of applicants, but there b in appeal from lils decision to the Circuil 'uni t on tho deposit of Ovo dollars for costs Sixth. That any person who shall como o: igo by tho timo of the next general elcctiot ? 'nail bo entitled to register. Sovonth. That each elector so rc^istercc ball rcccivo a certificate signed by tho BU lorvisor, iv el no person shall bo nliowcd tc roto at any other precinct than whon ?egistcrcd nor unless bo produces and ox ilbits his certificate. Eighth. That a lost certificate may bo rc ?cwed upon tho payment of or witbou barge, if tho certificate was defaced by timi ir accident, upon its surrender. Ninth. An elector on cbangiug bia rcsi lonco from ono precinct to auothor mus lotify tito supervisor and obtain a trannfe ertUicato on 'ho payment of a fcc of 2. cuts. Tenth. That Ibero shall bo a revision o .cgistration next preceding each election. Thc committee then say: Hut tho tank of tho committee is but hal iccomplished chen they havo suggested 1 dan of registrati m. It is useless to expec my fairnes? in elections to bo secured siro pl; >y a registration law. Tho registration o rotors can only prevent ono voter from cost ng bis vote moro than one time or votin n moro than ono place. This would bo rcry considerable check upon fraud, but i ran only guard against errors, as it were mi : 'nie. of tho ballot box. Too stuffing 0 iho ballot box and tho improper oxtrsctioi if ballot.-; of om- kind to TcdtlCO tho execs lave been complained of ever cinco th idoption of tho election laws of 1868, wilie! nrcre BO palpably intended to foster r.n?l fa -iiitate frauds in elections that tho Roptrt ie.ms themselves wcro compelled to substi luto the cresent regulations for tho conduc: >f elections. Thcso regulations aro mor subtle, but tho opportunities for fraud ar minorons nnd inexcusable. Thero is not bin io prevent tho use of a class of paper for th rotes of a political party which aro casil listinguiabablo from nny others, and whic ran bo voted more than ono ot a time. Thcs Ickota aro said to have been more or less os teusively voted ever since tho adoption c Iho pre. ent laws. It is tho ditty, as it wi! 10 doubt bo tho pleasure, of tho prcsou General Assembly to enact such provisiou vs will not only remove the npi>earanco < thlsi.il, bat t-bsolutoly ill St roy tho oppoi .unity for its perpetration by any politic] ,vaiiy in fu'ui e. Your committee bava tongi to accomplish this ohjcet, first by prescr'" lng the form of ballot with such exacta snd requiring such dimensions os to rend* ?ny partiality on tho part of manage: impossible, and to greatly lessen tho posss. bility for an elector to deposit moro tba ono vote at a time; nnd -Jd, by provldlti several boxoa, as wt? formerly tho law an snstom ta this State, by which tho poss bility for stuning n box without detection itill fnrtbor diminished, for with tho nun ber of ballots necessary to bo depositad I Ibo voter and tho requirements as to each, would scarcely bo possible- for tho voter t conceal a fraud, should ho attempt one. 1 a protection against undno interf?rent with voters at elections, your committee r port a section which provides for an amp inace aronnd each polling place and tho ai mission of a dnglo voter at ? timo. With these ends in view tho eommitb recommend that ballots -hal! he of plain ; white paper of fixed dimensions without j m.irk, oruaiucut 01 d?signation, and that tiaro hindi i ?J separate ballots for State, Legislativo stol Couuty uffi'-es, members ot Coiigie-s ami ;. .. M. ..tial electors, being eight in all, wit., am i ral number of ballot bixes. Thc several Lallotsfor tho respective officers must bc deposited the designated lox by tho person yoting, each; box; being iainl!id to as to show plainly what bal lot i .-hal! be deposited therein. No vote for any ot!., r officer than that for whi.!i Euell bax -ball be desig nan .I and lain Uni shall be counted. The committee propose that at tu. h precinct, "spate, enclosure, or room, such as the man* agers shall deem fit ami M ieteiit, sljall be raih d oil or otherwise provided with a door or opi ning at one nul or side for.th? cu? trance of the voter, and a door ??r opening at thu other for tho exit, as a polliiig-placo iu which to bold the election for State, Cir cuit and County offices. A similar, but separ.ite and dist incl. Space pr enclosure shall he railed ?iror otherwise provided a-s a polling-place for thc election of Congress men and Presidential Electors. Hut ouu voter shall be allowed to enter thc polling place at a time, and no one except tho man* ag? rs shall he allowed to speak to tho voter while in the polling-place casting his vote." Tho committee also suggest some changes of detail as to the organization and mode of procedure of tho Electoral College and thc casting of the vole for President and Vice President, and to carry out all thc sugges tions of their report submit a bill to givo effect in detail to their recotaruendationr. It is safe to say that there will be a serious discussion of the bill, and that it will uot be passed as it stands, although the principles of tho bill aro heartily approved of. The changes will bo in tho details and in tho direction of liberalization. TUB VEI.VEBTOS ROMANCE. neat li o? Ono ortho principals. Tho Yelverton romance was brought freshly to mind hy tho recent intelligence that Teresa Longworth, one of tim principals iu it, bad died ut thc Cape of Good Hope last month. It lins been about thirteen years since tho cause celebre which 6o agi tated the fashionable world of Europe was decided in tho Common Pleas of Dublin. Major Charles Yelverton, now Viscount Avonmore, of tho Poyal Artillery, was a distinguished Crimean soldier, a wenrer o?" tho Victoria Cross, "an officer and gentle man," und defendant in tho caso of "Thel wall vs. Yelverton." On the record tho plaintilT was a Yorkshire trader, aud thc plaint that Major Yelverton refused to pay for necessaries supplied to his wifo to tho extent of X1S7. Tho answer was asimplo denial of tho alleged relationship between himself and Miss Longworth. They had met in tho Crimea, where Miss Longworth had neted as a volunteer nurse. The per sonal charms and accomplishments of the lady conquered tho Crimean hero. As bo confessed he, on two occasions, went through a form of marriage -once in Scot land, ?>cr verla ile present?, and once in the village of Rostrevor, in Ireland, By a sub terfuge he satisfied tho clergyman, for it is still a felony in Ireland for a Catholic pries' tu bless the marriage of a Protestant ami a Papist. They travelled together as man and wife, bat after :i timo events took the old course; tho Major deserted Miss Longworth and married Mrs. Forbes, tho widow of tho distinguished lJrof. Edward Forbes. Thcl wall vs. Yelverton was tried to decido whether in fact Teresa Longworth was wife or mistress. The jury found foi Ibo plain tiff that thors was a Scotch marriage and that there was au Irish marriage. Major Yelverton escaped through a sido door, and his wifo was drawn in her carriage by relays of Irishmen, after the man ner in which Dublin docs honer to its favorites. This was tho hour of triumph of Teresa Yelverton, n?e Loup worth. Thenceforward her life was a Series of lawsuits. In Scotland and iu the House of Lords her title to tho name of wife was contested step by ste]), and fought as bravely by lier. Hut though her touching letters brought tears of admiration to the eyes of ] chancellors and ex-chancellors her motion as "pursuer" was denied. To commence tho light over again was indeed possible, but pecuniarily and physically it was wiser for her to yield, for a legal triumph would ha. o added nothing to the sympathy extended to her, no moro than the victory of Major Ycl verton's lawyer relieved lum from tho uni versal odium which bis course brought down on him. Mrs. Yelverton gained Homo posi tion as a pubPc reader and elocutionist, and made n living in that way at homo and abroad. Sho also .. .olished a novel, of which abo was hor own joroino. Its tltlo was "Mar tyr to Circumstances," but its success was only temporary. A XOJVG SILENCE BROKEN. A Brooklyn Mllllonalro Cots Married nnd Kef alus a Friend. Henry P. Jourucay, tho sonior member of tho firm of Jonrncny & Burnham, of Brook lyn, was a confirmed bachelor until about a month sig J, when ho married, though his ago is between sixty and soventy. Ile is n mil lionaire, and ho has always been termed the A. T. Stewart of Brooklyn, from his habits of rigid ccouomy, and from having built up an immonso dry goods business. Iiis partner, Mr. Burnham, lived in good stylo, and enjoyed lifo without neglecting busi ness. Ten or fifteen years ago Mr. Jour ncay had a serious quarrel with Mr. Burn ham on this account, and though their busi ness relations continued, ho never spoke to him. Tho .senior always gavo his direc tions to a junior partnor, who, in turn, gavo thom to Mr. Burnham. This sceno was enacted with great seriousness da - after day for years, until tho fact that tho two part ners of tho great house of Journeay & Bum bora were known never to speak of each other was often commonted upon. Mr. Burnham, however, never said anything to indicate that bis feelings were not as amiable toward bia partner as they seemed to be to tho rest of tho world. Thia long alienee, at times so awkward was broken upon the return of Mr. Journeay from his bridal tour. Mr. Burnham was quick to scizo tho favorablo opportnnity, and, grasping his partner's band to con gratnlato him, roccived back a friendly pressure, which, with a kindlier look of tho eye, indicated that the past had bcou forgiven, nnd that they could onco more bo friends. Mr. Journeay selected ids brido from among tho young women in tho h'.die,' underwear department of his atoro. Her name was Miss Kato S. Sepbton, mid although sho bad been in his employ only a Tow years, aho had, unconsciously to herself, been the object of Mr. Journcay'a nttention fo- a much longer period, as she was en ?" cd in an establishment in Court street v hieb ho occasionally visited. Sho was nn crpbnn, modest and gentle in demeanor, mid simplo in her dress. Tho clerks in Mr Journcay's employ say that bo Is a changed man, and tho saleswomen have forgivon his brido ber good fortune, ainco aho seems to havo made tho millionaire happy. Mr. Jonrnray conies to his atoro now lato and leaves nany, and his amiability ahnest rivals that of his partuer. Mr. Burnham. THE NEW HORSE DISEASE-A New York TYiiiin* reporter pots theso hints from Dr. Samuel Whelplcy, who bas charge of tho sick horses at the Fourth avenuo stables : "When a horse bad what was then called tho oplrooty," said he, "ho ctuld with proper caro do some woik, and horses wero seldom obliged to stop work altogether; bot this now disease- admits of no auch treat ment. When n norse is taken sick ho must stop work and bo put nndor tho -.urgcon's moat careful treatment in order to recover quickly." Somo surgeons regard tho discaso ss a species of c*tarrhal iufluenza, which requires hygienic treatment moro than say Uti ng ohm, ?, mild form o? quinine being often found efficacious. In some stables alo and milk ponchos havo been found to hroduco good result*, u la believed by somo sur geon:) ?bat tb?distemper la npcxtadaeed b* mUaasy, icric changes, particularly in damn1 weather, and that it is not contagions, nor Is a horas likoly to h*vo the disease twice. C^-.oaRDFACTMVbcnitcomestopatb?>r. Ia? lo chickens tho darkey's hour is .oat before tho dawn.-A'ew Orleans Kcmyunt. .lotti ? m ?IHS?, UKVEXUK FKUM TUE KliJSU?. U/; /.. /.. HOC ll H'S ASS VA Ts UEPOBT U Y .If 1 " / SH VliOHVJiATES. The Stat<.'-. Income fruin Ute l'hoiphato Ki?} ul ty Double?!-A Prosperous Year anti llljili I*rife?-A Like Iuereane Lx pecteil I" Ibo lucoine rroin Taxen on the Luuil Companies. Mr. E !.. Koclie, the efflcicut and Inde fatigable sp?cial assiitaut of the State De partment ol Agriculture, whoso duty it is to look after the collection of the royalty on marine phosphate s aud tho observance of the laws regulating the uiiuing of thc Hame, has submitted Ibo following encouraging and suggestive report to the department : CTiAiti.iarro.v,S. C.,November I, Issi. lion \ I* nt Ti.KU,Commissioner of Agricul ture sir 1 have Ihe honor to submit the ml lowlnir m Ihc rciiorl of the dullen performed by mc IL- special assistant of the deparlimait during Hie year ending ?lint October, 1881 : In the di-< barge of llieso duties, 1 liave made freuuent visits lotho large pbosuliale terrilorar belonging to ibo Hinte, much ot which ia now being worked under lin authority. 1 ba ve also made prolonged extmiilintiollS of the several marine companies occupying the same, looking closely Into ?ll the details connected with their open.lii ns Front the extent of the territory m volved and the scattered po-ilion of the several coiiipaniis, this has heen accompanied with no | little laln.r and expense. 1 have endeavored, j however to look alter the interests of the State willi all diligence and willi all the ability I possess^ |ue pjeasuro lo report that the in crenbed prosperity in all braueliea of trade baa also reached the phosphate business. In con Metiueiice prices have advanced, nod the piisl year has been more profitable to those engaged In mining the rock. In this increase thc Slate hus been vt rv largely benefited. The nmoiint of royulty paid bas IM.CH greater limn that ever before paid in any one year, and nearly double tbatofibc past tl seal year, lu my last annual reisirt 1 ventured the pr?diction Unit such would lie tho result of the year's business. I am glad to lind that my anticipations are more than re alized. . , , .i The actual amount of royalty received by the State from marine companies for the Qseal year ending :11M August. ISSI. 91*24.641 Mus against 9UC.001 !?."? reported hy the eomptroller ger.cral for the lust li.-ca I year: of thin amount companies working under exclusive-rights have paid Slltl.tiUll fill and those working under general rights have paid 97,1110 04, nod of tilla hitler amount 94,013, or nearly tbrce-tiltbs, liss been paid hy one man. Mr. David Roberts. The detailed amounts ute us follows, vir : EXCLUSIVE RltillT COMPANIES. lins paid. The CooeawCompnny.9n9.I35 50 Tho South Carolina Phosphate Cumpa ny. Limited. 6,038 50 The Farmer's Phos phate Company. 4,805 00 The Oak l'oint Mines Company. 3,861 50 The Palmetto Phos phide Comp.nv. :i,5!)5 00 Thc Beaufort and Pott Hoyul Companv. 82 CO -l?l ltl.tilio 60 OENERAI. HIGHT COMPANIES. Has paid. David Robctts. 91.843 00 Jon.O.Taylor. Lill OH Jos. W. Seabrook. 7(iS 00 Thos. W. Cnrwiie. 022 UO C. O. Campbell. 452 00 Geo. A. Trcnliulm A: Hon. 101 85 AV. H. Rent*. 77 OO .lames G. Crofut. ?17 50 J. F. Lllicntlud. s 21 7,010 04 Making the u.t.d.$121,511 M Of thc rock thus mined there has been shipped to Foreign ports.71.310.00 Domestic port..63,226.14 Total shipped.124,641.l l -2210 Thc above stiiicmcnl speaks for Itself, It shows us u mere matter of business, aside from any I? .polar iilieslion, bow much more to Hie advan tage nf tho Htntc to encourage Hie large invest men! of capital in this Industry, and it proves Hie wi dom of the Legislature in founding and fns lei lug such companies. There . still ii very large teri ?lory owned by Hie State outside of thal thin ?rsiitcd lo ICxelusive Hight Coi np., ni es. The de posit in this territory is rich mid available, lt ls now tiering very Imperfectly winked-If, indeed, il ls being worked ni all. It is manifestly for the true interests of thu State that this territory ahntild be fully developed. Hut without thc use of capital-and considerable capital -no very large development of any locality can be looked for. lt is iirule-is to ex|H'ct Unit capitalists will l>c found ready lo advance their money Unless they aro secured in the uutli-tuihcd possession lor n sufficient period. Of territory enough lo warrant ibo juircha.su of the necessary plant, and yet in this milliner only will this lurge deposit lie fully and properly developed, for no thinking nmii will advocate Hie Suite entering into the busi ness on its own account. Ky the granting lo companies or individuals sillllcient territory for n sufficient period lojoslify tho outlay of money, thc State der! voa thc benefit arising from the increased prodtiellon. I tnt more than this, it has it.s phosphate depr.sil properly and carefully worked, instead of being merely gleaned over where it is richest, or happens lo be most accessible, for it will la- manifestly to Hie interest of every such company or individual liol only to mine as mueh of the rock as il profit ably cnn. hut also lo do so systematically und thoroughly, with regard to nil the rock it con tains, and this is proved by the practice of Ha wed! immune.! exclusive com panics now in ope ration; experience has shown, however, that ex clusive rights have in some instances been given tn companies who have not utilized tho privi lege themselves, while the grunt lo them has prevented thc territory being used by others. 1 would therefore suggest that If any such grunt be made in future, it should be upon the condi tion tin.t tho company or individual receiving such privilege should within a given period in veh? a cerium iimount in machinery und other nppllunccBncecssnry for iL? full development, or that the privilege bu revoked. It ls also a matter of considerable Importance that the right? of the Shite, in n largo number of creeks, rivers and mnralica containing phos phates, should bo definitely established. Many of these uro now occupied by private Individuals r.uimingtlietn na their own; and in this same connection. Hie question ns to tho right of Hie Slate, as aguinst the claims of thc owners of tho adjacent land to tho territory embraced between high and low water mark should also be estab lished. These mutters, as I am aware, have on gaged alrendy the attention of tho board. In con sequence ofinforuinl reporta made by me to tho board from lime to time. Tho commissioner, under thc direction of the board, has retained the Hon. Augustine T. Smytho to prosecute such lomlry. and take such action na muy be judged advisable to protect and estnblli.ii tho Interests of tho Slato. This ls a matter of so much impor tance that I deem lt proper In thia formal report to refer to thc maller. 1 would rurtber call nttcnllon to the practice, too fre quently prevailing among the land companies, of emptying their debris Into thc navigable stream? nnd rivers of the Slate. These corn panie* usually erect their machinery, Washers Ac , on thc shores of such streams, not only for thc purpose of obtaining a full supply of water for ?eb washers, bul also for more ready means of shipping their ruck. The deposit os dug from the soil ls brough! from tho mines on tramways to tho rivers or streams, where lt ls washed or crushed. Tho rock ia ?hipped. wldlo the Band and mud constituting fully one-half of Ibo stulT remoyed from tho minen ls emptied from a shoot Into Hie river. This deposit is very i vrge. The effect ls not only very seriously totmpalr naviga tion by causing the formation of large Bind Imrs in the streams but also to hury under deep water ** phosphates lying under the Tho oylls refilling to tho interest of thc State l?KUation Ca"ior pTomV* M>d efficient I would also call nttention. In this connection to the extreme importance of keeping o non the! navigation through YVnppoo Cut between fl? This forms the great highway for transportation of phosphate rook: from the place, whee rnVned mibe portof Hhinmiui And this. In'.dil o lo toe necessity of keeping open this cut. aa u means of communication for tho ordinary need, of commerce Whether this should be done bi nn appropriation made by tbe State, or by the Gencin Government, ia for the dec Mon of the Genera! Assembly. There Is pressing need however, for ibo means to dredge out this cut in certain parts, and keep lt "pen for general use! n???^eE,rP??cn.lyc?rl0?,cn!, w*h '-"?rabie poets for continued pro?i?rity In the business of mining and felling phosphate* From present Siu^/T^ n" lB frt,r '? "re,lict 1,1,11 "W Shao w i derive equally an grevt, if "ot grenier ?nco rna than during Hie year psst. ?".?.?. ineonio It must bo horne In mind, however that Ibo increase of price is nm Indefinite, Tho ?lei ".i t' cf and phosphate lu the ?ow country Vfthl State is practically Inexhaustible. The . recent prices render the mining of ""el, rook proEle iw'of co,r,l,"er-"31. '"go tracts of hmduro now being mined, and tho supply of ?Sf?L?2 market ?err largely Incsfeaaed. T*he Shrmlv bring abundant, it will, if tho prk^c^ntun^ . qua Ibo demand, and prevent ? 71? ^ ; advance. While therercue H ? ptMc m?v^nn. will, reap the l>enellt of Im-TcascdnetMtv the mined from the lano^dl^?^ method of I?-CKSIDC land Vd? \X , . rcccnl assessment ls Ced nit lW^%S??!t?i 1 10 land, bul upon thc value of ^ , ,?J^ r of l,,e dael derived therefrom. Iii vii?0^,1,- or pt? stimulus given to lanTminu.g Se m, !,? iKrejU ciun-alty of rock dT andiM this should he a source of con?! ul^i.il 1 t1ec' to the State. This, of course ?m ,??1?CVen?? mind by the proper au?O?s when^ ftT "? period for returns and Mse^m-l.i , ne?t Lave only felt il my duty to refer ,'n ? "' 1 SS on MarchT^0^^ SOT ?SS "S^ditiWi o?'c?tton8^' power on earth dares to Zv? 2- No ton. Cotton is King. vfttT? ^n CCt" Bankof England ?ingX tried? her screws, aa usual theitali Li ,10 Put tho cotton ero-, ?S ?ras uSiri 0r0 ,Mt- on Tbe last power u.?* utUir-.v vantm shod. cando^?th?^ Wh0 I that cotton 1. anptera?* r?0cnl CVf ?'"ji? i?, ri ' ,...... Report of tho President ol; tho AgrlcuUWal 1 und Mechanic'* Instituto at Pranget,,,,. ' Submitted to tho Board of Trust?e? -?t their Meeting November 15, 1881. To the Trustees of tho South Carolina Viii elly-acntlciucn : In obedience to iuMructlon. 1 r?hmt! my annual report of tho Claflin bram-i, oftho ?tate University, whoso custodian, you are: The year just closed bas he cn tho most siicea*. ful one lu educational worlc ?Ince tho union nr the Claflin University und tho Htnto Colbee ci Agriculture for colored youth. " Tho grade of scholarship has been etendlly .A vancing and thc atlendnnco has been M follows' Colle ue Courte. Junior. 2 Sophomore. H Freshmen.10- '20 Xormol SeAooi. *' Third year.in Second year.25 l-'irHt year.30- 7i? Preparatory Course.riv, f/ramiuur School. Second year.80 Kimi year.153-'2 12 Total.?MIO The College year for 1881-2 has jun ojicncd Hint notwithstanding tVo dlmlnut'ou of means arising from the shottnecs of crops, there I- little if any. falling off from tho number cf last year si this time. , , Tho facilities for imparting Instruction in (),6 higher branches aro increasing from year io year. There ls ii respectable library for general reading, to which additions aro made yearly. Apparatus for Instruction In natural pblloso ]>hy und chemistry have been Added diirlngUie venr. A transit for Held work, costing ?191 33 bas ticen added to tho department of applied mathematics. ItO A RD OF INSTRUCTION. This lins consisted of ?ir In tho College and Normal School mid Ihrco In tho Or?nimar School, making In all ntno. The:- hnvc nil de voted themselves to their work with ubilltyand fidelity. , , Mr. J. II. F. LaRochc, who has dlscliargcd his duties In thc chair of natural science so credita bly to himself and HO acceptably to the instilu. lion, having resigned, it will devolve on your board to HU the lillico. If the board has no hi l ler candidate In view, I would suggest thc pro priety of electing Mr. Joseph T. Hevwurd to tue chair of rut ural science, and Mr. Julian Sallcy as adjunct lu mathematics. If this HtigKCHtion bo acted upon, I feel quito : ure Mr. II. would soon niiike himself an expert lr? hts department, and "?Ir. H. is already competent to bo adjunct in mathematics. NORMAL (SCHOOL. This ls perhaps the greatest work accom plished by the institution. Six pupils completed tho courseaud received diplomas lust commence ment. A larger number will graduate thc next. Tho students from this school readily find cm plovinent in thc public schools of the State, and receive the countenance and confidence of the county superintendent, The tru-tocs of tho Peabody fund, nt its meet ing in February last, made an appropriation of live hundred dollars to aid In the work of pre paring teachers. This sum hos been divided into ten scholarships of tiny dollars each, to bcl>c stowed upon advanced but indigent students who me unible to complete, mudded, the Normal course. In bestowing these scholarships I shall endeavor to be guided by the judgment of tho able superintendent of publie instruction. AGRICULTURAL FARM. This farm is in goo.1 condition, and hos been worked mostly hy Htudcut labor, under Iho su perintendent. Thc number who supported themselves wholly or in part during thc year has been as follows: Fall Tenn, 1880.61 Winter Term, 1*81.59 Spring Term, 1881.60 Amount /'cifd. For labor.9 071 18 To help indigent students,. 348 02 Students for teaching. 402 00 Total paid to students,. 1,814 20 The colton and corn crops havo been cut sboit tho pren lil year by ut lenst one-half the overage yield, which will diminish the resources to that amount, but the $500 from tho Peabody Fund hcing added, wo hope to bo nblo to disburse lo worthy nnd needy students some ?2,000 thc present year. Thc special appropriation of 9200 has en id.lcd nie to provide much needed cotton and corn houses. The contingent fund iva? reduced to ? HU) about one year ugo. If Ibis fund bc re stored to $000 annually, os lt was at first, lt will he sufficient for all contingent expenses, repairs, increase of apparatus, eke., included. F.U..VRIF.H. The profoMO:* arc anxiouH to havo their sala ries rni-ed to n somewhat higher figure, which ls certainly very desirable if tho sUitc of ''io funds will allow. Estimates for tho coming year made on lue basis of the present salaries: President.$1,000 Chair mathematica. OOO ( hair natural science. 900 Adjunct mathematics. 700 tabor fund. SOO Contingent fund. GOO Superintendent farm. 400 Total.$5,200 NEW RUILOINOS. A small new griunmor school building is now being constructed; but another largo brick build ing ls very much needed to adequately meei thu wants of the incrcaxing number of students. Such on cdilloa the Claflin trustees propose to erect the coming year, but they lack, in part, the silo desired for such a new building. About one-half of tho projiosed s mclure ought, to preservo proper symmetry, stand on land belonging to the Agricultural College land. The t '1.iilin J'jard tbcrcforo deidre to receive from the proper authorities permission in due form to occupy for the said proposed building as many feet as may bo necessary to carry out tho said pnrpo-e and avoid future misunderstanding. I herewith Biibuiit reports hom two of the t iree Slnte professors, the oilier, Prof. LaBoche, navlng failed to report. All of which is respectfully submitted, E. COOKS, President. MAHERS IX BEAUFORT. A Brutal Father's Cruelty to lila Child Barning hy a Slow Flro-Tho Albergottle Trial-Bottling Fort Royal-Colored Im migrants. BEAUFORT, November 18.-Tho Court of Ses sions for this county, Judge Kershaw presiding, terminated to-dny. Tho Common "Pleas opened Immediately thereafter. The criminal calendar exhibited ono CASO for malicious trespass, ono for larceny of live stock, two for housebreaking und larceny, two for assault and battery, ono for f;rand larceny, two for assault nnd battery with cent to kill, one for bastardy, and ono for assault and battery and cruelty to children. This Inst was nu entraordinary tue-o in its de velopments. The pi ?.-amor. Handy Gadsden, col ored, was indicted for fearful cruelty to lils own children, two llttlo boys, ono 7 and tho other ll years of age respectively. The testimony proved tho most heartless and cruel treatment of bis children by the father. Ono witness teatlOcd to bis seeing one oftho children tied up two ieot from tho ground and wbllo a most cruel castiga tion was being administered tho fiend had a Sro built h. r.c.ith hts suspended body, which was smothered down to prod uc? suffocating smoko as well os heat, nnd in tho intervals of almost ex piring gasps tho father called to his wifo to como and geo how the-was pretending to bo dying. Thia, with starvation and other enor mous sets of diabolical cruelty in whipping Un m unmercifully, vus sufficient to curdle tho blood. Tho Jury, composed mostly of his own color, found him gullly, anti he w.'d sentenced to tho Penitentiary for two yearn. Tho case of Jomca Hey ward, for tho murder of Albergottle near Sholdon, resulted In his acquit tal this time, nnd was interesting from tho vlcls slnidcs through which the prisoner had passed. At his timi trial ho experienced a mistrial; at his second bo was convicted. Motion for a now trial was made before lita Honor Judge Wallace and was refused. Subsequently upon aflldavlt? produced before Judge Maskey a new trial was obtained. Upon lils previous trials W. J. Whipper nppearcd for tho defence. Upon this lost trial Col. Elliott appeared for the defence which resulted as wo have mentioned. Tho grand jury lu their presentment recom mend that application bo made to tho Legislature that nn appropriation bo made by lt oat of tho phosphate royalty to build a new oourthouso, which was burned some time ago. Thc report ls that Port Royal is to bo bottled up by tho now direction In tjio interest of Sa vannah. Tho wharves and warehouses on that extensivo front oro nearly deserted and every thing looks dcod and disused, nevertheless tomo Improvements heretofore commenced aro progressing. Thc new hotel ls being built and thc prices of town lots lt ls sold still keep up. Our own boam Slut little hotel In this town hos changed proprietorship, and under tho direction pf Mr. J. H. Clancy, one of our active and popu lar young men, thc lessee, lt hos undergone thorough and extensive renovation and repair. Tho prospect is that a number of families and l|??cns from tho North will bo induced by tho delightful accommodation it now offers to spend tho winter or a part of lt here. We are Infoimod that our present Intender-* and former senator from this county, J. W. Col lins, EKq.. ls the most prominent and likely to bo tho successful candidate for tho Charleston Cus toinhoure. His endorsement ls pretty strong, and from sources calculated to know. It io sold Armed 19 most likely to bo appointed and oon .A.mmbeTorooloro? immigrants with tbelrfam W.? have been arriving lu town from Kdgcfield County for the past few days, and they aro said to bo pioneers of larger numbers who are coming to ecttlo up nome of tho idle and abandoned plan tations In this vicinity. Largo tracts of rich and Inexhaustible land aro lying waste, and In some instances oro a dead expense to their impover ished owners, wh o i: acensa aronui lott, lo em brace the opportunity of having theil broad acres reclaimed nnd res.- tiled. They aro a iturdy tc\,ot'laborers, and tome of them seem to havo a little money, and some have stock. Thoy reprisent Hie section from which they come os dreadfully affected by adverse seasons nnd short ero po. T. o. w. TiiB MunnsBoutt aix. - -*> Master rhillp W. Corbett bad his hand badly out in a gin, ia Orangebui* County, on rrldoy, November 4. About three wee*? ?go. Hoses Corbotr, a colored man, got his hand cut In the same gio. Mr. C. J. Coico ck, Jr., met with a pain.sl accident last Saturday, at Hampton Court house. He had bis right band -xaatacd in ? cotton gin. It ls feared ho will loso one of his fingers.