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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1578. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. A LEGISLATIVE HURRY. THE RASCALLY CONSOLIDATION BILL PASSED MY THE HOUSE. A Nice Sunday .Tlorninsi's Work-The Last Dying Kick of the Port Royal Swindle-Tina Hurley's Tact les-AV Kat the Ku-KJ.ax Committee Accomplished in Washington. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, Sunday, March 5. The Greenville and Blue Ridge amalgama? tion bill was passed ia toe House lat 2 o'clock thjs morning by a vote of 79 to 20. The Port Royal schemers, knowlngthat thiB was their last chance, attempted, tn sheer desperation, to rash in their bi;i for one million of State ard by submitting a copy of their bill as the original. Tim Hurley asked how that could be the prig!, nal, when he had the original locked np In his desk? A lively time ensued, and Hurley finally prom? ised to go after the original bill. He accordingly quitted the hall, but forgot to come back. Par? ties were sent after nlm, but were unable to Una him. So th j bill is dead for this session at least. The committee who were sent to Washington to'ravoke the aid o? government troops to quell the Ku-Kruxreturned thia afternoon, and report that the President had promised them that he would sen l all the troops that the Governor re? quired. ' TSE WORK <&F THE LE(iX8LATUHE~ A Spicy Ochste on the Consolidation Juggle-What Whlttemore Thinks of the Bill-Governor Scott's Veto-Til? Rush of Business. [FROM OUR OWN'CORRESPOXDEST.] COLUMBIA, March 3. Both houses to-day were actively engaged in clearing their calendar, ana, thanks to the aa usually peaceful demeanor of the "Irrepressibles,* considerable business was done. In the Senate, the most important feature cr the day's proceed? ings was thc . . _ PASSAGE OK THE AMALGAMATION GILL. | \ The railroad committee report relative to the Greenville and Columbia R'>ad came before the Senate this ?vening, and was adopted without much alteration. It unites the Greenville and Columbia whh the Blue Ridge Railroad, and sives them power to dispose or their r-onrts without anyi interference on behalf of the-State, at any price/ they please. When called hp, Whitemore moved to nave rheentise b:U read, ne wa* evidently in doubt as to where in the biil the swindle lay, and caused several amendments to he made, such as: ? Where the word "aforesaid" appeared In connec- I tion Tri-h bonds, he-caused the quality and date, i of issue to be inserted. Leslie desired* that the' ] actiojr chairman of the railroad committee i (Swails) sh JUM explain what the bill really meant, i BJ as the couutrv might understand what Jt was : passed for. Swails said: I think- the Senate i stands os t :e country, and I think the gentleman knows full well what the bill means, for he i explained it to me. Tue only question is. whether : wsfwia retire ihe Hen of the State, and that ls i the only explanation I shall five Leslie. 1 will j Btate precisely the dlfferem-e. between tljls i ill 1 anl that which pas-ed the House. Thc hill not < only requires ihe State to waive' Its lien OR the i four million of Blue Ridge bonds, but also on the i million and a halt of Greenville and Columbia I bonds, for which the State has endorse J ita gua?- i antee. Guarantees are always frittered away all ] over the country, ann never in this Stat?have I been enforced on railroad companies. It ls a i mere nominal thing-nominal because suchilenB are never enforced la any of the s ates. Whine- < more thought the 3rs; sec;iou of the bill started i out Indefinitely. Leslie. When there isijaly one I deg why talk about oilier dogs r wmttemore. 1 I don't know anything about dons, bat I do know i , there are a good many puppies about. [Laughter.] t We should not thr-w awnv th>-State-credit iu i this way. Aafar as that gewlemanta ?oaeemed, I (Leslie.) I do i ot understand him-the other day ( he was in with me, heart and som, to retire the ( Blue Kidje bends, now he wants to give them 1 anything and'everything. There is .something c wrong about this. 1 would be willing to give i he I State cred.t to some company- that would t build the nad. but, I think, there ls a 1 cat in the meal bag, and if so, let us t sec, it ears and all. Leslie. I am not the i champion of this bill, but I knew the-gentlemau i lia i t ' make ihts speech or die. If he asked me < If I have confidence In this scheme, I will answer i him ".\o.v I never saw iWs bi 1 before, although | I kuew of it. The whole thing unionnts to uoth- I ing. Tue .Sta'e has already lost the bends; they i are gone' where the "woodbine twined." Gov- i eraor Scott wanted te sell them Ia New York, bat i there they are practical people, and they wanted to know "?where does your road go?" And when the Governor told them, they said, we don't want them. The Whole thutg ls lost anyway, and If thev can make anything out of K, why l say let them, ir they go off with the bonds we are no worse orr. In conclusion, he moved to s Tike out . the enacting clause for tue purpose of hearing ihe matter thoroughly discussed. Noone responded: the vote on the latter motton was taken, twenty- 1 four voting nay and seven aye. Tire bill ?a* ttun , passed to third reading by the following vote: XfaS- Messrs. Allen? Arnim, Bart er, Bieman, , Burroughs. Becknma,-Carduzo, Clinton. Duncan, , Gillard, Greene, Hayes, Holcombe. Holliushead, , Johnston, Leslie. Maxwell, Mcintyre. Nash, ? Owens. R'?s?. Smalls Swails, WLnabuah- 24. i Nays-Messrs. Corbin, Dickson, Duvall, Foster, -, Montgomery, Whit tem?te, wilson-7. ? VETO MESSAGE. The following message, relative to the bill com? pelling county treasurers to receive county checks or orders, was received lu the Senate today: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) EXkCUTIVE DEPARTMENT, > COLOMBIA, Marc? J, 1871.) Gentlemen of the Senate: I respectfully return without my signature the ? act which originated in your body to compel , county treasurers to receive county checks or i warrants in payment for county taxes and other . purposes. Aud I do tills the more .reluctantly. , because I recognize ia its provisions some salutary , restrictions an the amount of checks or warrants to be issued, which I haiv heretofore recommend? ed, and irhlch I deem essential to the safety of ? Ute funds and' the jsacurity of the cvalit of the State. The appropriation bill directs that conaty treasurers shall receive, tu nay mentor taxes, bills receivable of the Stare, United States and nation- 1 a! back notes, gold and silver coln, and coupons of cerium State bonds; and yet without "repealing this c'ause or the appropriation bill, the act under consideration proposes ;o com? pel them to receive an unlimited amount of coau ty cheeki or orders, without any provision for , discriminating between fraudaient and genuine, and this while, ni some of the counties. Investi? gations are now in progress in which certain ? county commissioners are charged with haviug i surreptiiiously put lu cl- culation orders to a large ? amount, lor which the county has received noy i .compensation or equivalent. These orders, In all ? probability, would oe the first presented Jin pay? ment of taxes, and the pass ige or i lils act would be to place beyond the reach of legal investiga- , tlou any proceedings or acts of the county oin- , missioners violative or law in the issuing of countv checks or orders. Wimont giving, any hoads or security for the faithful perormauce or their duties, these commissioners are au-horized to Irfue an unlimited amount ot checks or orders ror which the couutvis held re?oo::slb'.e. One or the effects of rhe law would be to largely increase the labors of the county treasurers, as lu the great majority or the cases tho checks or orders would not be the precise amount ca led for by the taxes, entailing endless trouble in effoits to make change, or. on the other hand. In doing so, ena? bling the treasurer. In making up his accounts, to charge the State, iu legitimate currency, much . which he paid off in checks. Tue depletion of currency by the efflux into the treas? ury of this paper, which would be valueless for the general enanty purposes such as the pay? ment of jurors' and witnesses' fe-s, the construc? tion of roads and bridges, ftc., would, to a great extent, paralyze the couuty treasuries bv ab? sorbing in their redemption a lar^e amount of their current revenue; and this ls the more proo> ab'.e when lt is weil undergo ?I that tn some erf the counties there are warrants and orders al? ready issued be> und the amount of th: assess? ments Tor the current year. Iregrevthat-thc necessity of withholding my approval or this bill may work with se .-ruing severity on those persons holding orders issued, for legitimate, purposes, and Who are just ly en? titled to pay mt ut, and trust that the Legislature, ia its wisdom, may devise some inctho I by which, while justice maj be done to the lioaest creditors of the State, its credit may not bs i .up al red or jeopardized Very resoectfally. ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor. Oa motion, the mes-age was made the special order for to-morrow. ACTS SIGNED B.T THE GOVEKXOR. The iollowing acts were approved oy the Gov? ernor oa February 21: An act to authorize cir-, circuit judges to hold curts in other circuiw^ thantheirown;au act to incorporate the Rock Hill Hook and Ladder Company; au act to Incor p rate the Champion Hook and Ladder Company of Cheater; an act to incorporai' the Savings Building and Loan Association nf South Carolina; an act to renew and amend the charter of the Town of Mount Pleasant; an act to provide for the nrotectloo of persons, property and the public peace; an act tocharter the Town of Hamburg; an act to Incorporate the Town of Tlmmonsvuie; an act to Incorporate the Mechanics' Union, No 1, of the City of Charleston, South Carolina; an supply the deficiency in the appropriation : support and maintenance- of free scho< 1870. Also on Mar?h 2i' : An act to charter th? of Yorkville; an act to vest ia the Chai Land Company the charter of a ferry from lin's wharf, tn the City of Charleston, to tl lowing points on the Wando River, to wit: lynville, Herniev-, Point, Yenning's Landin Daniel's Island L?ndingfcn actjto amend " to authorize the commissioners of public ings, for Williamsburg District, to sell certai tions of the public wounds." passed the 32 of Ueeem. ler.-A. D.. 1SS9; an act to author!; vasas Mayo to build a wharf In the Town of lort: an act to re-ew and arr ;m? the chat the Town of Bamberg, to thejstate of South lina; joint resolution authorizing the state urer to; reissue to John Phillips," executor o Campbell, deceased, certain certificates of stock: Joint resolution to provide for the pt tion of the'declsions of the-Supreme Court, t the years 186?, 1S69 and 1870. LETTER FROM THE ATT0RSET-3ENZB?L. The followingletter was received by Hon. Ransier, president of the Senate, read, at dei ed to be enrered on the joucnal: . Dear Sir-I learn that tire fact that my appears In the bUl .known as the "Sterling lng bill." as one of the persons charged wit execution of Its provisions, has been made t: caslon of unfavorable criticLsm. and even di aspersions apon me and my r fil:fal Integrity My onida! and personal self-respect both pel rae to request that roar honorable bo Jj whenever the bill shall reach the Senate, at strike my name from the bill. Alway? ready to serre my party and thep I will never voluntaiily accent a durr foi honest and ialthCal discharge of which deemed unlit. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, D. IL Cn*MBEKIA:> Attorney-Gene HEADY FOB RATIFICATION. Thc following bills received a third rea' and were eh rolled for ratincuiion : A bill I new and amend the charters of certain rel: associations heretofore granted ; a bill to at an act emit ed "An act to Incorporate the H stead Bntldtng, Planting and Loan Associable South Carolina; a bill to authorize Henry c. caster. Smith Howe and Henry A. Tow;es tc lect wharfage and storage,' a bill te provid teachers' institute*; nhill to incorporate QM lumbla, Waiterboro' and Yemassee Rai;road i pany : a bill to incorporate certain religion; I. tutlcms: a bli! to authorize the county com sioners of Sparenburg. Greenville; Picken? Oconee, and the authorities of ce.-teJn-tows those ?ountie?, to provide means to meet int? on certain, bauds; a bill declaring the riga way across the Savannah and Charleston I road: a Dill authorizing and empowering Ja C. Rundlett to establish a wharr In tfceTow Beaufort; also, the joist resolution to anthe the county commissioners OT Kershaw Count, levy a special tax for the purpose of balldlli county jail; and a joint resolution to confirm apportionment made .by the. superlatenden education, of the State of south Carolina, for fiscal year ending october 3L 1809. SENT 70 TUE HOCJE. The following received a third reading were sen: to the House of Represen; a>Ives: A to establish a causeway over Big Saltkahat? Swamps, at Walnut Point, connecting the Cc ties of Colleton and Beaufort; a bill to amend . act to revise, simplify and abridge the ru practice,- pleadings and forms of the oourts tn 1 State;" a bill to anieud '-An act providing for sssessnient aud taxation of property," pa? 15th September, 18C8, and all act* amenda", thereto: a Mil to incorporate the W?.coatnaw ? Lit;le River Canal Coinpauy; joint re<olutlor extend the time for the completion of th* I* Royal Railroad; bill to provide for the appoi neut of a supervisor of S:atehouse and groun [olnt resolution to provide for the publication volumes X. Xl, XII, XIII and XIV of the statu )f the Stare, and the tournais of the General. ?embly. spe?ial sesiion uf 1868; bill to muorper Hie Ciailin University, and the State Agricultu Soliere of South Caroiiua; bill to amend "An i io revise, simplify and abridge the rules, practi pleadings aud forms of the cu?rts of this Stat? alli to amend "Au ac: for the better ?protecf.ou oiffratory tish." Tue bili to amend section 22 or the Code of Pi :edure was amended as follows, and also sen* he Houser Seetion ls of the act mentioned :he third section or this act is hereby amended is to read as follows: "TheCO'irt of General S lions at urangeburg. County of Urangeburg, < he first Monday of January. Mu? and Ocr me md the Court of Common Pleas at Oranzebur n the County df Orangehurg. on the llrst Wean? lay a^er the first Monday or January, May'ai )ctob?r: tliat ab writs and proce ses which sai lave been made returnable to the conns of at if the i'ald counties. aocoHlng to :1K laws heret ore of force.'hall be legal aud valid, to-ain ems aud purposes, for the court* next- toi teld in the <ald c mniies, respectively, accordli o the provisions of this act; and all persons ; eady summoned, or who nuy hereafter be sui noncU to -attend' the courts of any of the sa ?oumies. as jurors or witnesses or who areno >r hereafter shall beti'iund iii recognizance to a pear at any or the said courts, according to tl laws heretofore or force, shall be, and are hereb required to attend or appear at the courts of tl ?aid counties, respectively, next to be held a ?ordlcg to the provisions of this act." RESOLUTION. Xaah introduced a reso?niion requiring tl governor to turn over to the superintendent1 lae penitential oertalu lands, bj the Columbi Janal, for farming purpose, which was mail :he spacial order for to-morrow. . EVENING SESSION". The-followlne bills were received from' til House and rea I a first time : Bill to create a de1. >f the State of t-omh Carolina, to be i:nowu . :he stetting funded debt, the same, or tie pn jeeds thereof, t > be exclusively used for, or l payment of, the eawstlog putelic debt of tari Sta'.i idli to make appropri?t J ms for the paymeut < ihe per diem aud mileage uf tue members of Hi (?c-nerni Assembly, and ihe subordinate officer and other expenses ineMeatal thereto-as aho number of others of minor ltupor;asJce. . HW82. Ona of the most Interesting features in Ul House of Representatives was the appearance c Judge Thomas at the brr, In compliance with th resolution adopted yesterday. Alter the readin t'f the petition for his removal oa conatUutlona grounds, the speaker asked the judge if he wa ready to show tan*e why he should not be rerm red. His reply was fiat the time was rathe short wherein to prepare an answer, but. nnde the exigencies of the case, he waived ail cLdni f time and announced his readiness to proceed On motion of Whipper, a commute*; or five wa appointed to" exarrone luto the .'truth contained ii the allegations and to report tomorrow. Furthe proceedings were the? suspended ?util report i male. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. The Bigger claim of $12,000 -for property de Btroytd by the Ku-Kinx la Clarendon came uj agr:i"u to-dajr. and ciieltod a lengthy debate, j. mutton, tolmlefluitely postpone flaalif prevailed aud a motion te reconsider^was laid un the tabi-i BILLS IM.SSSD. The following bills and joint resolut ions re? ceived third reading aud titles chaude 1 to acts: A Sena'e bill.to amend the-charter of thc Germar Evangelical Lutherau.Church of Curr! .-s: >n; a Senate bili io Change tuc uguie Oi the Gap Creek and Mi Jute Sated*- Turnpike Oonrprjny> ami. to Rtnenu and renew the charter fhereo ; aSe?.i?? bill to further amend "An act providing for the assessment and u'xaiiuu o:' prjperiy." . 5 Alsirrtttnied to rna Spria'e wrfhHimenrTmeii'?: A Senate joint resolution in&ktng appropriation of forty-seven thousand dollars for the completion of the State lunatic asylum, aud for other pur pose>; a Senat? bili to alter and renew the char ter of IheTdVn of Darlington; a bli! to incorporate the Town of Florence. . . MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR. A message from the rtovernor was received an? nouncing that he had signed and approved the rollowiifg acts: Au act to Incorporate ihe Whip? per Guards, of Climt Church Parish; an act to protect the rights or parents, and to preveut the procsringaud can-ring from me State persons under the age of 21 years; au act to incorporate the Salamander liook an l Ladder Company, or Georgetown. South Carolina? an ac t t > require the state treasurer to pay cou itv treasurers inetr apporf16ntr\fntof the state school fand, belong? ing to their respective counties, and for other purposes; joint r?sout um aiKhoiiziog llr? State librarian tv? purchase cer;a:n volumes of State reports: joint resolution ordering '.hat the Hon* .lames L. Orr, judge ol the eighth Judicial Circuit, be allowed extra tom peasatioa fur holding extra courts: joint resolu? tion direct lug that funds known as Cauby-S.iio J1 funds, remaining in Hands of county treasurers, be appropriated to the tree school fuud; joint r-soiutioa to pr?vido, for the payment of mbeage Certificates of members of the State bjard of education of the State of South Carolina; an act to permit? WiUiam L. Wood, to adopt Napol?on B. Smith, to make him his lawful heir, and to change the name of tr? said Napoleon B..Smith to that of Napoleon B. Woo-t; an act to alter and amend au act entitled "An act tu alter aud amend the cltarterand extend the limits of the City of Co? lumbia; " -j-dut resolution au ? boram*: A. B.Tay? lor. Heury Arthur nod others tb continue, fora term, ot two years, two ?ates erected by them across the old Sta:e Road lu Lexington county, at the beginning ami terminus of their planting lauds. TUE CUARLESTON ELECTION. ; Th? bill tu.doteriuine trie day of election of the Mayor aud Ald".i men of the City of Charleston, was put upon its sjcond reading. On motion of Jervey the bill was amended by Inserting, provid el they shall continue in ornee until the dav fixed by the charter for the qoallflcatloa or their successors', and also fixing the date oa which the eleption is to take place for the first Weduesday In August, 1S71. CHARTERS OF DANES. Tire bill to amend and extend the charter of the Flamers' and Mechanics' Bank of South Carolina during its second Teading had the following amendments added: "That ail the powers herein conferred upon the be?rd of directors of the Planters' and Mechanics' Bank be, and the same are hereby, conferred upon the board ofdirectors of the bank known as the Union Bank of South Carolina, which charter ia also hereby amended and extended in the same manner, and that thev shall have the same powers herein conferred." also that the charter of th? People's Bank of Sooth Carolina," be, and the same is hereby, re? newed for the term of twenty-one years, from and after the sixteenth day of December, which, shall be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three. ENGROSSED BILLS. The following bills received a second reading - and were engrossed : A bfll to establish tho Charleston Charitable Association, of the State of South Carolina, Tor the beneht of the-free school fund; a-Senate bill to incorporate;the Union Gbld Aiming Company of south Carolina; a bdi o ra j corporate the South Carolina. Banking Company; a Senate bill to authorize the formation of, and TO incorpor?t?, the Tuealoo ?nd Chattanooga Rall, road Company: a Senate bill to amend an act en? titled "An act to incorporate the Enterprise Hail road Company, ot Charleston. S. CV approved 1& March. 1870; a Senate bill to charter the South Carolina Phos; hate and Phosphatlc River Mining Company, in the State of South Carolina; a Senate joint r?solution directing part or a certain tax sos be devoted to the erection or a courthouse and' jail at Manning; a Senate bfll to provide tor the government of the South Carolina Institution ror the education of the deaf and* dumb and the blind; a Senate bill to regulate the call of-the - docket of the Supreme Court; a bil) to charter tah ClieraWj Lancaster, Union and Greenvale Railroad Companr ; a bill to declare thc rights of commdh carriers; a bill io provide ' he m Tn-?er for obtain, lng the right of way where lands are surrounded by other lands. ,' EVEKING SESSION1-SLAUGHTER OF BILLS. The House, after being called'to order, resumed Its labors on the calendar, and struck the euact ?DC and resolving clauses ont of tho following bills : A bili to empower the count v commission? ers of Newberry County to establish ami build a schoolhouse in the Town or Mavbinton, lu said county; a bill to regulate all contracts for farra/, labor in this state; a bill to redeem certain obliga- " Mons named therein; a lull to enforce the collec- ' tlon of the poll tax; a bill to alter and amend au act entitled "An act to provide for theappoint ir.eut of trial justices;" s bliL to purchase ami maintain a school-ship lu the harbor of Charles? ton; joint resolution authorizing i'lacidi*Adams to take au appeal to tue supreme Court of the State, without executing an undertaking Pur costs and damages; a bill to incorporate the Coosa whatclue Railroad Company; a bill t> authorize the school trustees of lidlsto Island to build a school houseirt Wi lg uterine; a bill to make ap? peal ion for thc deiicieucy m the school fund; a bill to exempt King's Mountain Military behool, iu thc Town of Yorkvllle, of which A. Coward is principal, irom the opernt on of Hie provisions "f section ii or au act entitled "An net to organize and govern the militia or the.State of South Caro Una,"' approved M-trch IC, lbtO; a bill- for the'bet? ter security o? life ami property against acoden t* from tue oseof steam boiler?; a bill to exempt minister*, physicians ami ?ttornoys from the .pro? visions of an act entitled "Au act to provide Jer. thc construction and keepingin repair of public' highways and r ail-;" a nil! to amend au act en* - titled "An net io establish and maintain a system ol free common sclioois ror thc state of South Carolina;" a bill to provide for the compulsory intendance at school of-chlklren between the ages Of six mid sixteen years; a bil! ;o require the commissioners of Darlington County to erect an almshouse, and provide a physician lor .the poor; i.biii to prohiba the wilful and malicious carrying 9f deadly weapons; a bill to umeud an aot en? titled -An ac', ludetlue the criminal jurisdiction ?r trial Justices," approved Marchi. 1870; a bili to coufer upon trill justices, or justices of the peace, ali the civil jurisdiction, except so much is, by subsequent acts, have i e;-ji repealed, here? tofore conferred upou magistrates; a bill lo? hnend an ct entitled "Aa an acf io define the criminal jurisdiction of trial Justices," approved March 1.1573; a bill to amena sect ion 27*9 of an act entitled "An act to revise, slropll/v and abridge the ru'e. practice, pleadings and forms af courts In this State;" a bill to provide for the appointment of trial justices, the orgaiization of their courts and the jurisdiction or the same; i bill to impose upon clerks or courts certain laties heretofore perrormed by commis missioners in equity; a Senate bill to amend rn-act eutulel "Au act to provide for the appointment of trial justices;" a bill to abolish che right of dower; a j JIU t resolution authorizing rhe-attorney-general to appoint a committee to nvestlgato outrages perpetrated in various couu-' rips; a bill to vest 1 J inc president or the Senate me speaker or the House or Representatives pov;er to call extra sessions Of thc General As leuiblyj a bul to provide for the paying for im ?rovemer.ts made on the property of other per-' loni; a Senate DUI to enlarge ana nenne me pow ?rs or the Char.'eston City board or school eom inlssloucrs, and to allow said board to ?evy a tax r >r the support of tree schools in the City or Charleston; a joint resolution authorizing "thc president of Hie Senate and speaker or the il >use i>r It presentatives to call ?a special session or thc Legislature; a Senae bill to reg?late the granting of wrns of habeas?; rms In certain cases. ihefollowlng were laid on Hie table: Resolu? tion that hts Excellency the Governor bo request eil to comrauuicate with tim Presideut of tue United Suites, aud request snuTcivnf number of military om-ers to din; militia or the Staie;n Senate joint resolution authorizing the county commissioners or Spartanburg County to levy a special tax; a bill to incorporate the Saving, Buildingun I Loan Association ol ?south Carolina; resolution ror the appointment of mall carrier for HiS House of Representatives; a hill to incorpo? rate tue Werklugtneu's Mutual lleneflt Life As sutaucc Association of ?outn Carolina: a bill to auihor.zc the county commlsslosers of Lancaster County to levy a special or additional tax. ENGROSSED. A bill to protect thc interests of the Stute wherever payment or interest now due remains unpaid on bouds issued by any railroad company, and whereon the guaran ee or the State ls en? dorsed: a bill to iacorpo ate the Continental Tele? graph Cornpauy. TUE BILL CHE ATINO A STERLING FUNDED DEBT was then taken up for final passage. Singleton called the proMous question, and Frost rose to?a point of order, stating that the bil! hiving passed sec'ind reading after midnight of March second, ould not bs read a third time on the third, or lu other words on the same dav. Tue chair ruled the point, not wed taken. Frost appealed from the decision of the chair, which, ou u can or tho iocs and nays,, was sustained. On the question of pas-jjig i he bill and order ng Iv rent to the Sen? ate, st; voted aye and 24 uay. The following pro? test was entered on tue journal: We. the under signed, vote ..no'' upon "A bill to create a debt of the S'ate of Sooth. Carolina, to be known as the Sterling Funded Debt," 4c, ?cc., for the following reasons: . We think the measure a good one, and, if prop? erly managed and directed, might be prodnctlve of good and suosiiiMtial resu.te; lint, bellevinjr that a maj ri ty of tiloso composing the -Finan? cial Coard" are without that i!n<an'j:Alknowledge aiid experience which ls so eminently required to successfully carry out such grave an l important measures as the otic ni qu -stion; amt further, -be? lieving ilia-, such safeguards as wtll pr..pjrly and eincientiy pro'ecr the inter. Bis of the State have been neglected* we are cojutcamei to vote us above indicated. Signed: P. n. Frost, Benj. A. Bose mon, Charles S. Kuli. Josenh ?. Boston, C. J. Auded, Fortune Giles, W. R. Jervoy, M. Goggins. TUE DOIXQS OX SATURDAY. * COLOMBIA, March 4. The General Assembly adjourned about 12 o'^'^k to-day to attend the hor-'O-race, an! the buslue-s ia co.isequenc?.was very light. lu the * EES iTB the committee of conference, who have had under consideration the disagreements relative to the bill to make appropriations an ! raise Blip* plies for the* enduing Uscal year, reported that all the important amendments adopted by Hie Sen? ate had been agreed to by the House, and the blil therefore was enrolled for ratlllcatlon. STATE TAXES. Thc joint resolution authorizing ibo State audi? tor and county commissioners to levy au addi? tional tax of ten mills ou the dollar-seven for the State and three for the counties-for ?he ensuing Uscal year, was passed, in the House, aud also re ce:v. d its secpnd reading in the Senate. THE GREENVILLE AND BLUE 'RIDGE AMALGAMA? TION BILL was passed through its- third reuling without much debate and sent to the House or Representa? tives. There ls not the slightest doubt that it wilt a S'I pass there, although some oppo-itiou from tne lew really honest men is expects I. FROM TUE UO?SE. The Hou=c bid to incorporate the Charleston Charitable Associai ion. audsnotuer loextend and arnaud Hie charter or the Plan ers' and Mechanics' Bank, or South Carolina, received a lirst reading. JUDGE THOMAS'S CASE. Corbiu. Irom the committee appointed to ex? amine iuto thc truth ol' the statement contained lu the petition lor the removal or tue judge "that he did not reside within lils judicial circuit," re? ported rhat they had perf Tined the dnty assigned them ami round the allegation to be true. A letter was received from the judge stating that severe Indisposition prevented him from complying with the Senate's summons to appear before them to? day. No further action was therefore taken. EVENING SESSION. After roll-call In the S?cate, the bill to deter? mine the day of election for Mayor aud Aldermen of the City o? Charleston was taken up, and with slight opposition, passed through a second read? ing by sections. TUB BILL CREATING A STERLING FUNDED DEBT was thea taken up. Leslie supported the meas ure willi a forcible argument, arni wai replied to by Wliktemore, who declared it did not lighten the burden or trie people to create auch a debt, lt only Increased lt. Leslie foHowefl with a most sarcastic response, declaring that he (Whitte more) knew no mire about finances than a bull? frog on a log. and that he coul i not manage his own affairs, let alone otherB. He wanted him to understand that the whole press or the state was for lt, and Colonel Lat.ners. one of the most able financiers, was in favor-of U. Wlilttemore: "I think you have been lathered.'.' Lesli*: "Do you want to be lathered ?" (Sensation.) He held that Whittemore was the greatest man for bills and resolutions In the State, and the best man and most pleasant If you adopt them, but only cross him one hair's breadth, and he will-tell you the world ls coming to an end. The bill then passed a second reading, with sundry amend? ments, by a vote or ia to io. HOCSE. Thc only real matter or interest before the House to-day was the "scheme, to remove Jndge Thomas. Levy handed a letter to the chair from the latter. In which he stated that indisposition prevented him from appeirlug befqre the House as required of him. but if th? matter was of such vital imp?rtame as to dem~nd immediate ac? tion, he was willing that they 'sh mid .act upon the case in h':s absence. On motion, further time was granted til! 9 o'clock this evening. At the expiration or the allotted time, this evening, the matter was called up again, and the scene which followed was oclv a repetition of the confusion and turmoil for which the House is characteris? tic. Pinallv, about an hour after midnight, the resolution for the removal of Judge Thoi?as was laid on Hie table. BILLS PASSED. The following bills passed a third reading and were sent to tne Renate : A bill to establish a Charleston Charitable Association for the benefit of/ree schools: a bllUto amend and exreud the charter of the Planners' aud Mechanics' Bank or South Carolina. . m . EVENING SESSION". Tile bli! chartering the Tuc.iiuo and Chatta? nooga Railroad, and several other bills or no Im? portance, were read a th:wi time, and the Thomas case, as above stated, occupied thetremamder of the session.' THE TROTTING HATCH. One or the ^realest events or the season was the trotting match Jjetween "Urey Eagle"' and "Little Mack '' which came off thls'afteraoon. The rate was for $500 aside, and h?s been' the town-talk for weeks past. On the track the scene was une of unusual animation, and many carriages con? taining ladles were on the grouad. Ab .mt two o'clock the drivers were called np and weighed, and shortly after 'ho horses too-c their places for the first heat. TMe ti wt was a False start and the drivers were called back. The sec ind rime the horses came up well, "Little .Mack" on the Inside, and the word ..'go1' was given. On tho first quarter -Little Mack'* . made a bad break and "?rey Ea2le" took the lead, which he held all the way around, comiug m two minutes forty-eight and a quarter seconds, alione three lengths ahead df t'..e former. The seeoed and third heats .wire repetition* of the first, and made successively in 2c47Ji.aml 2:iS??, and Groy Eagle was declared wtouer. Beti lng was very lively, and considerable money changed hands, especially the per diem p.mf mileage, of the members Into the commodious pockets of the "sports." The members fouad ont to their cost that betting on "principle''-Lillie Msck being the speaker's horse-hi such cases 1B not. as rem linera; ive as vonni on principle on the floors of the houses. It ls said that many uf them, who nad their pay cert tlcates "shaved" purpose? ly for the occasion, bavlag lost their last dollar, will have to walk to their.nomes on WediKjsday. Tue affair went oil very.pleasantly-co disturb ance took niece. THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE. Last Honrs of the Forty-tint Congress. ' WASHINGTON, March 4. . The President signed the Texas Pacific Rail? road bill. The Senate refused to pass thc Cincinnati and Southern Railroad bill. The House agreed to a conference report on the army appropriation bin. Thc report sirUtes ont the rider for the relief of Southern loyalists, but accepts the House bill for the appointment of three commissioners; lt also directs the secretary of the treasury to pay the Pacific Kallroad half rates In? stead of reserving thc whole amount. Thc bill repealing the duty on coal, and the bill appropriating S'.u.ow -to tnt? Sisters of our Lady of Mercy, of Charleston, failed in thc Senate. The following bills passed by both houses failed to.receive thc President'*-approva': Au act for the rell.-f of purchasers of laud sold for direct taxes In thc Insurrectionary States; an act in re? lation to tlie Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company of Alabama; an act relating to tele? graphic communication between the United States and foreign countries. ' orSNIKO OF THE FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. - Bot ti Houses ot the forty-second Congress were called to order at noon. . In the Senate, the fohowing senators were seated and sworn in: Messrs. Cragin, We3t,' Hitchcock, Caldwell, Davis, Rolly, Terry, Logan, Frellnghuy'??n,- Antho-iy, Wilson, Morrill, of Maine; Wright, Witidom, Cooper, Saulsbury, Hoben-on and stevenson. " Objections were made to Goldthwalte, from Alabama. Hlscte d-.-njials were lad on the table. The name of Vaiice, from North Carolina, was not called. The credentials of Foster Blodgett were laid on the table to ?walt Investigation. Tho credentials of Hamilton and Reynolds, claiming seats from Texas, were tabled. Senate adjourned to Tues? day. The Hoiue organized by the eiec'tlon of the Re? publican caucifs nominees. The vote for Sp?aker of the House resulted: Blaine, 120; Morgan, 93. All claitnants presenting themselves were seated, and the House adjourned to Tuesday, after pass? ing a resolution to adjourn the firs: session at noon, Wednesday. Five members of the new House are negroes; only one a full-blood. lt ls upder.-toed that Morton. Sumner and other extremists will re-lat un early adjournment ou the plea ol Its being unsafe to leave the loyalists of the South unprotected-anti! Decrinber. A big struggle ls pending. ?sj tTHE NEWS ABOUT COTTON.' ? -, NEW TORE, March j. The cotloa movement for the weeli shows a continued falling off in the receipts, though Hie total is still very large, and Indicates a crop greater iu extent tliau is generally estimated. In contradistinction to the decrease in receipts .this week, there is a very large increase In the ex? ports, sud the total shipments to Great Britain and thc coLtlacnt arc the largest for any week this seaton. The great accumulation of cotton at the seaport?and iu'erlor towns, notwithstanding thc enormous Increase In exports over last year, has completely demoralized trade, and caused a marked depression In all quarters. The decline lu the price of cotton for the week on the value of the toi al crop represents a shrinkage of about $13,<J-J0,000. Thc great rUOlculty with the cutten trade is that speculators have been overtrading on the advent of peace.in Europe, and hence, when peacn is de? clared, the market takes a su iden plu-ige down war.! instead of advancing. lu the cotton trade, the great bulk of speculators were fortified against peace by having a large amount of. cotton ou hand, und, as soon as peace caine, som-} of them starte! to realize, whicli was the commencement o; the present depressed condition or affairs. In platn terms, there was too much company on the bull side ofthe market. Thc receipts at all the ports for the week are 126.9;o bales, against 130,861 last week, 141.957 the previous week, and 101,095 three weeks since Tue total receipts since September are 2,917,810 bales, against 2.1S9.513 for the week correspond? ing perlol last season. The exports from ali the ports for the week are 141,873 bales, agams: 54,. 522 for the same week last year: The total ex? ports for the expired portion of the year are 1,8487 306 bales, against 1,238,041 for the same time lasi year. The stock at all the pons is 859,705 bales agalust 508,704 last year; si^ck at Interior townc 123,283 bales, against 101,384 last year; and the Btock of cotton In Live- pool 764,030 bales, agalnsi 292,000 last year. The amount of American cot? ton afloat for Great Britain ls 294,000 bales, against 230,000 last year. The amount of Indian cotton afloat ror Europe is 059,703 bales, again si 568,784 last year. _ _ _ _ -The Walhalla Courier reportB snow, wind rain and sunsnlue In one day. END' OF THE GREAT WAR. IHE GERMAN EMPEROR'S PEACE DISPATCH TO TOE EMPRESS. Review of the German Forces in Paris Their Subsequent Evacuation ot thc City-The Wur Indemnity-Conti act of the French Radicals in the General Assembly ? Emperor William to. Re tarn to Berlin To-Day. . . , . BERLIN, March 3. The Empress has received the following dis? patch: "Versailles, March 3_I have just rattfled the1 conditions of peace which the Bordeaux As? sembly has accepted. Thus far the work ls com? plete, which was, through seven months of battle, to be achieved, thanks to the valor, devotion and endurance or our Incomparable army, and the sacTinces of the Fa-herland. The Lord er'Hosts has everywhere visibly blessed our enterprise, and by His mercy has permitted an honorable peace. To Him be the honor, to the .Fatherland thanks. (Signed) WLLHKLM." VERSAILLES, March 4. Emperor Willam reviewed the German land? wehr, guards, artillery and pioneers tn the. Bois de Boulogne yesterday. Prince Frederick Wil? liam, General MMtke and Count Bismarck were present All restrictions as to persons passing into and out 'or Paris have buen removed. The Emperor goes to Berlin on Monday. ' LONDON, March 4. j The German troops have all left Paris. The | evacuation terminated at U o'clock on vue 3d, (Friday morning) in accordance with the terms of the convention. A dispatch from Havre of the'3d says the Mobile and National Guards have been disbanded, and the trenches around the town are being filled np. . The French indemnity is payable ia three in-. stalmcnts, viz: one milliard of thalers In 1871, two milliards in 1872, and two millards in 1673. The interest is only payable ou the last Instalment, from which the proportion of the debt appertain? ing to Alsace an l Lorraine, estimated at a half milliard of thalers, and the cost of the railways J lu Eartern France, ls to ba deducted. . ? A telegram to the Times from Versailles says the Germans evacuate Paris tooday, and Prince Frederick Charles retires Immediately behind the , Seine. The Emperor and Crown Prince leave In a few days for Ferneres, or some other point near Paris on thc right book of- thc Seine. ? The Parisian populace wreaked vengeance on several men who were seen conversing with Ger? man soldiers. SomeGermans wished to pass the line of demarcation, offering their hands, and saying, "Now peace is concluded, we are friends.;" but were repulsed.with the reply, "We are con? quered, but with conditions Imposed by Bismarck we never can be friends." Some disguised Prus? sian officers penetrated Into the city, bur were soon recognized,, and their lives belpg in danger from the people, wereprotcete.l.by the authocliles aud reconducted to the German lines. The popu? lace are less calm than yesterday. BORDEACX, March 3. Rochefort, Blanc, Malton and .TriJen resigned their seats In the Assembly. Pyatt refused to re? sign, but declared he would ne /er eater the As? sembly until the cession of French territory was rescinded. BRC?SEL8, Marchi, A dispatch .to the Echo du Nord reports serious disturbances at Augers, an important city in toe French department ot Marne et Loire, In which several persons were killed and wounded. Measures for placing thc Belgian army on a p?pee footing have been carried out. The Latest. WASHINGTON, March 5. The evacuation of Pans by the Germans, re? ported yesterday, ls fully conSrmed by later tele? grams, though no od?ela! announcement of tho fact bas bern received. PARIS, March 4. Not a German soldier remains In Paris. The evacuation was completed at noon yesterday. THINGS IN NEW TO UK. The Hamil in t ion of Paris-A Ruth of Ti-nv el to the Fallen Capital Antici? pated-French immigration to th? ??oath-A DUattMM Fire-C h u r c h Mews- Uui.ii ul Goeelp. [KROit OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, Wednesday, March L . Great anxiety ls manifocted In town, to-day, to hear tue news rrom France. It ls feared tiy Frenchmen, here that the Parisians goaded to frenzy by the deilaut presence of a conquering army, will indn'ge in such excesses as will give the German troops ali excuse for holding forcible posses-lon of the city for some time to come. Many Americans who expect to go to Europe this spring are wondering whether Paris w?? be a safe place to visit. The agents of the steamship companies say that, If peace be not only declared, but practically carried out in France, there will be, this spring, au Immense rush of tourhrs to Europe,' and the capacity of the passenger carrying steamers will be severely tried. Several citizens of New York will leave ror Europe this week, with the especial intention or proceeding direct to Par!-. . . The siege of .the French capital has seriously affected a number of mcrcautlic houses in Kew York; The prices of certain kinds of textile fab? rics of articles de litre and of'foreign music have greatly increased in this city. FRENCH LMM IG KATION. It may not be generally knowu that an associa t.on lias Leen formed here to advocate French immigration to tills country, lt ls believed that after the war thousands on thousands of the ruined peasantry of France will be very glad to come to till* oiiiitry. The new company-which Iras its agents busily engaged In lobbying at Washington-iiopes to get government aid in Its enterprise, lt is proposed to purchase large tracts ot land in some of the Southern States, and to locate there the unfortunate sons of France who may prefer exile to starvation. It ls now, thanks to the efficiency of our fire organiza1 lon, but seldom that we are allowed the opportudlty of witnessing A LARGE CONFLAGRATION. Such an event,? how?ver, occurred last night. About 8 o'clock a Ore broke out in a carriage fac? tory on East Thirteenth street, near Third avenue, and in half an hour titers was a magnificent though rather expensive display of fireworks, lt was unionunately attended with disaster. Some barrels of aicnohol which were in the building exploded, badly injuring eight pr fen firemen and bystanders. It is feared that one of them will die. This fire toaTpiace In the rear of the New York circus during the hours of performance, but, strang? to say, although perfect y aware of the Vicinity of tlie cDatUgnttioa, the audience were quite unwilling ta leave the house. They did not exhibit the sllgti'est symptom of panic, and tim police had t > clear the place. The hjrses belong? ing to the circus troupe were removed to a place of safety,-thus giving the s'.reei gamins a free "show.'' The recent experience of A FORTCNATE CHl'RCn his been exciting much ^comment In this city of late. The church In question ls Christ Church The rector, Rev. Dr. Ewer, is noted for his ritual istic tendencies, and his views and practices han given r.sc to dlrTerencis of opinion in his congre gation.' He introduced a surpllced boy choi which some or his people did not-like. The churcl became involved lu debt; but lately the -trouble have all ceased. The rector ls to have his owl way and so ls the congregation. The surplice! choir is to be retained, while a quartette choir 1 to be added to lt. A certain rich banker assume all the expense or the music, amounting to som $coooor$70DOayear. The other day he sent t the rector a check for $14,000, as a present to nf In paying off the debt of the church. St Mari's Church, one of oar wealthl?st and oldest congregations, has given a can to Rev. Dr. Rylance, a noted clergyman oT Chicago. The call has been accepted. A3?USEJ?ENTS are moderately we? patronized Just-now. The Chrrrch Snsic Association has given another of Its brilliantly fashionable concerts at Steinway Hall: At these concerts everybody conies' In fall dress, and the mpsrc consists of choral works, sung by a I choras of two hundred, accompanied hy sn or? chestra of about seventy performers. This pr*? ; perons young organization 1* vlewed'with rather a Jealous eye by the older but less enterprising nm ? leal societies. - Nfflsson wm sing here ?gain on ' the evening of the Mth instant. Weall, the plan 1st, ls giving matinees at Booth's theatre tinder the management of-a Weir Known plano forte maker, who lately sent' him and Miss Kellogg out We%t en arconcert tour, which was* stmply an adver? tising tour for a particular plano forte. Booth, after this week, will withdraw "Richen^* " which has not been a success equal te his previous great dramatic revivals, lt will be followed by "Much Ado About NothiDg" and other Shakespearian plays. Forrest ls at theTOnrteenth Street Thea' troalso playing '.Rfcaeneu," but he attracts very little attention. He deptmds entirely upon*hit, reputation, and declines .to extend the nsnal courtesies to the members or the press, who, see tag they are neglected, are apt to neglect in re? turn. Wallaok - ls -doing pretty well with-old plays, and,the Fifth Avenue Theatre ls crowd ed,,every night with visitors to "Saratoga." At Nlblo's the tawdry glories pf the "Black Crook" are still in vogue. Miss Glynn, VandenbotT, Mrs. Macready, and a Kr. Elliott are all giving dramatic res dings at varions halla in the city, but none of them attract much 'attention. There ls no opera, and no signs of any. Two young ladles, Miss Vienna Demurest and Miss Ida Rosenl.egh, Hare given concerts here I "this week. The former is a daughter of the cele? brated module, and has talent which has been erroneously overrated bjr Injudicious friends. The mtier bas a lovely voice, which has been well cul? tivated under the care of Errant^ our best music teacher ol the Italian school. THO V ATO K. AFFAIRS IN TBS, STATE -The Unl?nTtmes says that after July 1st Union will bea money order office-* great convenience to its citizens. -The same paper adds : "In this county order and quiet reigns supreme, and our people are pur? suing rheiravocariultB as If nothing liad ever oc? curred to disturb their peace. Captain Stewart's men walk their "lonely rounds" without suspi? cion or thought of danger, and the colored people are patting themselves under the wings of ihe Ku Klux for protection-so one of them told ns. Next week Judge Thomas, we suppose, will hold court and we can guarantee him one of th? moat ord-riv and peaceable sessl.-ns ever held In the State." ... \ -The same paper states that Mr. James Wilson, the engineer of the passenger train on our rail? road, met with a very serious accident, at Alston, on Wednesday ev?nlng last, from which he has lost Ms right hand. It appears- that- be was ex aminmg a small* shot gun which was "half cocked," and m setting lt down lt s: in ped through his hand, the hammer struct a block and dis? charged neany the whole load of buckshot into the palm of his tight hand. Literally tearing it to pieces, while two shots passed through the wrist of the left hand. Dr. Thomson and Rawls ampu? tai ed the mutilated hand soon after his arrival here. He now lies comparatively easy.. -The Cheraw Democrat, referring to the recent shoot mn of a supposed robber by. General Cash, aud his having on a shirt marked ' Covington," says: "Since then. Trial Justice F". H. Eaton has writ: on to Mr. E. R. Covington, of Rockingham, X. C., and learned that a man answering the de? scription of the deceased passed his house on the tfth or JOth of February, coming la the direction of Cheraw; he was rrnab e to speak Engr?an suffi oleutly to make himself understood; the Jami y 'supplied him with a meal ol victuals, and gave him a shirt with Mr. Covington\s name on lt." -The same paper announces that Bishop Lvnch will lecture before the Cheraw Lyceum on Wed? nesday, the 8th of March. Tlie Democrat has commenced the serial publication of a history of lrceuuis. Tne first article goes back to the time or Iiessus, when Aristotle opened and conducted the first lyceum ever kn >wu to the world. -The Georgetown Times reports that "ar 3 o'clock, on thu morning of the 23d ultimo, Bur deu White, or Red Bank. New Jersey, Tell over board from the. schooner Susan Wright, on her trip from New York to this port. He was in the act or throwing the lead when the accident" hap? pened, and the -wind blowing a storm Irom the norlin ant, and heavy sea running at the time, no assistance could be afforded, and he was drowned. He was a clever and correct y oung man, who bid fair to do well ror himself, and resect credit on the calling he was engaged la." * -The Georgetown Times also has a comprehen? sive editorial on the subject of the railroad from that place io some place in the Interior, whteh has been talked.about for the last ten years. It seem-: that "a company was Incorporated just before the late war, and proceeded with the work to the completion of the road-bed, with a few unfinished gaps, irom this town to the Northeastern Rail? road, at the station known as Cade's Depot, some eight or ten miles above Kmgstree. The company a: that time consisted almost entirely or the citi? zens of this town and couuty, many of whom were then persons of large wealth, and but for the war, the road would have been pushed through to Its then contemplated terminal point in the course of the year ISSI." . * . But times hav.ng changed, and the people with them. As a dernier resort it ls now proposed to "offer the road bed. the charter, and all its privileges and immunities, to any company or capitalist, just ss they stand. wINiout price and* without monev, lr- ihey or he will only build the road, equip it, put the train in motion, and give us the privilege of 'riding on the rail' whenever we pay our rare." -We understand that a shooting scrape occur? red a rew days since la the lower part or Laurens County. The particulars are ns follow- : lt seems that a colored man, A., living upon the premises of Mr. Dock Copeland, missed some potatoes, and suspected another colored man, B., or taking them. A. asked Mr. Copeland ir he would aid him in reclaiming his potatoes, to which Mr. C. consented. They proceeded to Bi's house. When they arrived there Mr. C. told B. that they.had uo search warrant, but A. would like to search his house with his permission-to all of which B. con? edited, saying-lust he was an honest man, and that he had uo potatoes. A. was soon satisfied. ' excepting a large basket which was in a corner or the room and apparently rmi or t maceo lu the lear. When A. began to examine this basket B. told lum that he must not disturb the t maceo that he would not have it st i re l. A. paid no at? tention to the remark-B. caught up a pole-nxe and made at him, when thc bot tom or A.'s shoes were easy to be seen. B. then advanced upon Mr. Copeland with the axo drawn; Ur. C ordered him to half, but ire still advanced. Mr. C. then drew his pistol and again ordered him to halt, but B. still advancing Mr. C. tired, the eaU-iass ing through B.'s thigh, breaking the bone. The basket w is- then emptied of Its' contents and the potatoes found. -We leam that an altercation occurred In the upper portion of Abbeville District on Wednes? day last, between one Wm. Cook, and a mad named Ables, respecting the division of last years' crop, which liad been made on the place of Cook, which Ables worked on shares. Ou the next morning Abie's went to Cook's residence and snapped his gun at him. whereupon the latter Bhot him, lnfl.ctlng a mortal wound. He lived only about an hour. "?LCONBY CANNOT ' BUY IT ! FOR SIGHT IS PRICELESS!! Thc DIAMOND GLASSES, manufactured by J. E. SPENCER k CO., New York, which are now offered to the public? are pronounced by all the celebrated Opticians of the world to he the most Perfect, Na? tural Artificial help to the human eye ever known. They are ground under their own supervision, fiom minute Crystal Pebbles, melted together, sud derive their name. "Diamond,:* on account of their hardness and brilliancy. The scientific principle on which they are con. structed brings the core or centre of the iens di? rectly lh front of the eve, producing a clear and distinct vision, as m the natural, healthy sight, and preventiug allon pleasant sensat ions, such as glimmering and wavering of sight, dizziness, Ac., pccnliar to all othere in use. They are mounted in die finest manner, *in frames bf the best quality, of all materials a sed for that purposed Their finish and durability can? not be surpassed. CAUTION.-Nene genuine unless bearing their trade mars: stamned on everr frame. JAMES ALLAN, Dealer in Watches. Jewelry. Sterling Silverware and Optical Goods. No. 307 King street. t31-mw3iyr Charleston, S. c. DRESS GOODS AITD - - SI: L K S ! LOUIS OOHSr ' ft- co., No, 348 .King Str?ety -." BBQ LEAVE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY HAYE JUST BBCEIVED FULL LINES OF CHOICE AM REASONABLE p? ; DRESS GOODS, BLACK SILKS, FANCY SILKS, ?APA?ESE SILKS, SATINS, MOHAIRS, * POPLINS, PLAID FOR CHILDREN, PRINTS, . - LON ?CLOTHS, SMSCTIN?S, HOSIERY tC, ? AC, AC. WE BEG TO DRAW PARTICULAR ATTEN? TION to oar lull lines of DRESS PIQUES, and GUARANTEE PRICES, of ever rt* lng In our line, F?LLT IN CONFORMITY WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, ay A CALL IS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. LOUIS COHEN ft GO., No. 348 KING STREET, Immediately Soath of the- "Big Boot." mart A. C A II D . REDUCTION IN PRICES 1 BLACK AND COLORED SILKS Black and Colored Poplins Plain and Striped Poplins Frenen and English Merinoes Long and Square Broche Shawls Long and Square Wooller. Shawls En gush and Germas Hosiery Fine Bed Blankets, all sises . Ho?lery, Gloves and Undervests English and Welsh Flannel Bleached and Brown Sheetings, all widths English and French Prints, Ac, Ac, Ac* T. KELLY. > King street, opposite Beanfaln. . All the above GOODS will be sold at REDUCED* PRICES, daring the entire month. febe-m FISK, CLARK & FLAGG-, PATENTEES AND MANUFACTURERS, No. 690 BROADWAY, !?EW YORK. MANY NOVELTIES IN THIS POPULAR SUS? PENDER NOW READY". OVER ONE HUNDRED STYLES CONSTANTLY IN STOCK-. fehw-tnma JOM S. BROWN, BELFAST, IRELAND. TRADE -I Shamrock i MARK. .[ Leaf. i Manufacturer of only FIRST-CLASS TABLE DAMASK, Superior to any imported imported into the Uni? ted States. These goods are noted for .their beauty of design, elegance of fabric and dura? bility of wear. WHOLESALE ONLY. Mo. 315 CHURCH STREET, Sew York. Janlfc-thmSmoa_ ^ancp ?Doos, Gt. TJ?LL, BLACK St CO., NOS. 566 and 567 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, WATCHES and SILVERWARE, Of the best quality and at LOWEST PRICES. Goods sent per Express, 0. O. D. joni8-iyr "XJST ABNER'S IODOFORM AND IBON PILLS. For sale by ? caji DB. H. BAER, janis No, 131 Meeting street.