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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A CLOSING THE SESSION. PASSAGE OF THE VALIDATING AND SETTLEMENT BILLS. The Bills Passed by the House and Sen? ate and Approved by tbe Governor. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA. March 12. The Senate to-do y passed the Validating bill by a vote of fifteen lo ten, and the Financial Agency Settlement bill by a vote of eighteen to seven; also the House bill to Incorporate the Darlington Land and Loan Association; the House bills to incorporte the TJnion Baptist Church and the Prospect Bap? tist Church of Laurens; the House j bill to Incorporate the South Carolina j Beal Estate, Planting and Phosphate Com? pany; the House bill to Incorporate the j Aiken Savings Bank; the House bill to es? tablish the Sullivan's Island Company; ihe House bill to*incorporate the Charleston Loan and Exchange Company; the House bill to In? corporate the Abbeville Agricultural Society; jhe House bill to charter the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad Company; the House bill to to authorize the county commissioners of Lan? caster to lay out a public road; the House bill to declare public a certain road in Orangeburg County; the bill to Incorporate Townvllle; the House bUl to revive the charter ol the Belief | Loan Association ol Charleston; the House bill to amend the charter of Greenwood; the House license bill; the House bills to Incor? porate the Salem Church of Wadmalaw, the Churches of Antioch, New Hope, Bethel Grove and Bethany, of Laurens County, and the Wateree Presbyterian Cnurch, of Fair? field, and the House bill amending the act of | 1855 incorporating certain towns and villages The House passed the validating and settle? ment bills; the bill to establish a causeway | over Big Salkehatchie Swamp; the bill to amend the act establishing certain roads and terries; the Senate bill relative to the fees of the land commissioner; the bill to amend sec- ( tlon 2?i of the act to regulate the drawing of f juries; the Senate bill amending the act grant- t lug and renewing the charters of certain f towns and villages; the Senate bill to amend [ the charter of Lowndesvllle; the bill to renew i the charter of Wllllston, and to charter the i Town of Mine?la. ^ The Governor approved the following: The bill to prevent buying or shavlngjteachers' i pay certificates or other orders on school j run dB ; the bill to amend the tax act of De cern- ( ber 15, 1868; the bill for the protection and l preservation of ubetul animals; the bill to I amend the act establishing Aiken County; the J bill to Incorporate ihe Bull Blver and < Pprt Boyal Railroad; tue bill to author-. I lze lathers to legitimatize certain cull- J dren by will and testament; the joint | resolution to authorize the payment of c commissioners and managers of special elec- j tlons; tbe bill to Incorporate the Big Bay and t Adam's Run Railroad; the bill to incorporate i the Orangeburg Fair Association; the bill to t provide for general and special elec- ( tlons; the bill to charter the Spar- | tahburg and Augusta Railroad Company; t the bill to establish a public ferry in Fair- ' field County; the bill to incorporate the Bivers j Guards of Hamburg; the bills to incoiporate i the South Carolina Agricultural College and | Mechanics' Institute, and the Lancaster Rifle- \ men; the bill legalizing certain marriages; the c bill to (vmend the act to secure advances for p agricultural purposes; the bill to incorporate the Charleston Loan Association; the bill to i recharter Mountain Lodge, No. 15,1. 0. 0. F.; ? the bill to reopen a public highway in J Richland County; the bills to incorpor- t ate the Beaufort Horse Ballway Company, t and the Beedy Blver Baptist Church of ?j Greenville; the joint resolution authorizing J the drawing of a warrant in favor of C. i Werner; the bill to amend the charter of Pen- ( dleton; the bill to amend the charter ol Mount Pleasant; the bill to incorporate Gowansvllle Lodge, No. 107, A. F. M., and the bill amend-11 lng the act incorporating the Waccamaw and Little Blver Canal Company. PICKET. | { *> AN EVENTFUL DAT. [7B0X otra OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Arrangements for Passing the Finan dal Bills-The License Bill - More I j Amendments. | t ? COLOMB A, March ll. | f This day has been, beyond a doubt, the most critical and most eventful period In the histo? ry, thus far, of tbe present Legislature. It bas been a season ot alternate hopes and fears with the State officers, because lt bas been the crisis of the fate of that cap-stone of their financial schemes-the "Validating bill," which having been passed triumphantly by thc House had been received by the Senate . with a strategem that threatened to defeat the I ; measure without even a chance of Its con alderatlon. lt will be remembered that the |( validating bill, as soon as lt had passed the House and gone to the Senate, was made th* special order for Wednesday next, and in view of the lact that the Assembly ls to adjourn on Wednesday, and that no bill can receive its final passage on the day of adjournment, this 11 action, uniera revoked, was equivalent to Us 11 defeat. Under another rule of the Senate a 1i motion to reconsider this action could not be entertained alter to-day, and thus lt happened t that unless by the action of the Senate to-day 1 they should extricate tue bill from its former ( position, the bill would be doomed. < Under all these circumstances, lt may well be i believed that the time elapsing between the i adjournment of the Senate, on Saturday, and Its reassembling, at noon to-day, bas been very industriously occupied by tbe friends of I i the bill In completing the arrangements for Its 11 rescue and success to-day. The amount of lobbying tbat has been done, and the threats, I cajolery and promises that have been em- c ployed, have been enormous; but success bas t at last crowned the efforts of the riuuleaders, < and the passage of the validating bill may now be looked upon as settled, ot the other schemes which form the group ot financial legislation dictated by the State officials, two more came up to-night-the license law and the settlement bili-and, ot these, the first went through triumphantly, and the ether was practically killed by the adoption of a substitute which is about as different from the original as could well be Imagined. The Senr*<* at Its morning session did noth? ing of Importance b-yond what bas been already seot by telegraph. A night session was held, however, for the purpose of clear? ing the decks for adjournment, and the three first things considered was the general license I < law. which came up for Its second reading. I 1 A cur.uer ot amendments were adopted, of ' which the following were the most important: The fees on banking capital were reduced filly per cent, all through, and the fees lo be ex? acted from railroad companies were Increased twenty-five per cent; the uniform iee ol five dollars for phosphate companies was retained, and a similar fee was prescrloed for agencies in this State who ship phosphates to manufac? turers outside of the State; the period for mak? ing the returns, which was from January 1st to March 1st, In each year, was altered to the period between April 1st and June 1st of each year, and the county treasurers were required to pay over the moneys collected under the act monthly, iosteai. of yearly. With these amendments the bill was passed to its third reading by a vote ol seven tren to eleven. The next thing was the "Settlement bill," which proposes to authorize tire financial board to settle up, pay off and discharge the financial agent ot the State In the City of New York. Mr. Nash proposed to amend by striking out of the bill the provision whleh allows the financial board to pay the financial agent out of the State treasury, from any moneys not otherwise appropriated, "any sum or sums, if any, which may, on such adjustment, be found to be owing by this State to said financial agent." He thought lt would be better to keep this money at home to pay the members ot the Legislature, State officers, school teaoh ere. ?fcc. Whltremore desired to know how they were to get back the six or seven millions of bonds now in the possession of the financial agent, part of which was pledged for loans, unless they paid him what was owing him ? Nash thought they had better say to the financial agent "take the bonds and go." Eimpton could doubtless get better prices for them than anybody lo Columbia could get, and as lar as be (Nash) was concerned, he had very little hopes ot ever seeing the bonds or the price ot them again. Mr. Leslie took the floor ic favor of the bill. He declared that the financial board had already the power to appoint, regulate and discharge the financial agent, and this power .carried with lt the right to settle with the financial agent. The object of this bill was only to make this authority specific-to avoid cavil on the part ot the opponents of the State government. The amendment proposed would destroy all force and value of the bill, because they could not settle with the agent unless they had authority to pay him off. The opponents of the- bill were working directly against the Interests of ih?*lr party, and Re? publicanism was being slabbed In the bouse of Its friends. Mr. Nash replied tbat he should be sorry if the gentleman got slabbed in his nous*-, but he would even preter that to being stabbed himself. He knew that ihe bill would not be worth the printing of it If his amendment was adopted, but that was what he wanted. Self preserration was the first law of nature, and tie did not want to see money going to New fork when he-bad his pockets full of pay cer? tificates. The debate was continued for some time ind participated in by Whlttemore, Cardozo ind a dozen others, resulting In the adoption }f the following as a substitute lor the origi? nal bill: Be lt enacted, ?fcc, That the financial agen :y in the City of New Tork, established by .he General Assembly of South Carolina, lugust 26, 1868, be, and the same ls hereby llscontinued; and the Carolina National Bank, >f Columbia, S. C., ls, by this act, authorized ind directed to settle with the Bald financial igent o? the State, in the City of New York, ind to receive any balance that may be found lue by bim to the State, and any and all bonds >r property that may be in his hands belong ng to the State at the time of settlement, or nay hereafter come Into his possession. Lad should the Carolina National Bink and he financial agent be unable to agree upon i settlement, the matters in dispute may, ipon agreement, be referred to arbitrators, me to be selected by each party, and the third >y the two arbitrators themselves, whose de ?islon shall be binding npon the State and Inanclal agent, and, should difficulties arise n effecting a settlement which are not ex jresely provided for In this act, the Carolina National Bank ls hereby authorized to exer? cise such discretion as will result in protect ng the interests of the State, and immediate y upon the settlement being effected, the karolina National Bank shall publish the same n one or more of the newspapers In the cities >f Columbia and Charleston, setting forth the canner ol settlement, the amount to be paid, f any, to the financial agent, and the proper? ly received on account ot tbe State, which ?eport shall be signed by the parties making .he settlement. On the heels of this came up the validating >lll, a motion being made by Mr. Leslie to -econslder the vote by which it was postponed 111 Wednesday. This motion was carried by a rote of seventeen to eleven, and the bill .ame up. was read by sections, and passed to ts third reading. A few amendments were nserted, and a great deal of filibustering was ndulged In, but lt was apparent from the first hat the "arrangements" bad been made and he passage of the measure was a foregone ioncluslon. The only amendment ot any con lequence was the striking out in section four he clause which had been inserted by the louse to restrict the tax to be raised for the layment of interest on the public debt to our mil's on the dollar. This action restores o the bill its mo3t mischievous provision, nasmuch as in its present shape it authorizes be collection -every year of any amount ot ax which the State officials may see fit to de :lare ls necessary for the payment of interest. This bill will now, in all probability, receive ts llnal passage in the Senate to-morrow. There will then be ample time for the con turrence by the House in the Senate amend nents and for the approval of the measure by he Governor, and the stupendous swindle nay now be looked upon as an accomplished act. The following resolution, introduced by Mr. Imiter, was adopted and ordered to be sent to he Senate : Whereas. All ihe counties in this State vhereln United" States troops are stationed ire In a comparative state of quiet; and vhereas we believe that the present peaceful ?ondltlon of said counties is entirely ai tr ibu ta >le to the presence of United States troops. iud would be jeopardized by the withdrawal if any portion of said troops; therefore our lenators in Congress be instructed and our ?epresentatlves requested to use their Imme ite and most earnest endeavors to secure the sootinuance of the force now stationed here, ind that the senators and representatives be urnlshed with a copy ol this resolution. _PICKET. NOTES FROJH WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, March ll. Attorney-General Bates, of Utah, declines he invitation to resign. Governor Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, ls 1?re, and will lecture on the future of the Republic. The following nomination took place: John jr. M. Parker, surveyor of the customs, New Jrleans, vice Longstreet. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, March 12. The barometer will continue rising during he night over the South Atlantic, Middle and Sew England Stales, .vith clear and clearing weather; the latter * ill continue on Wednes lay. Ic will continue falling west of and .hroughout the Mississippi Valley, extending ts Influence on Wednesday to the Eastern, jrulf and Middle States, with southerly to ?asterly winds and rising temperature. An irea of very low barometer will probably nove eastward over Iowa during to night, ind quite a severe storm, preceded by brisk ind nigh southeasterly to northeasterly winds ind rain, and snow from Iowa to Lower ?ichigan and northward and thence south? ward to Arkansas and Tennessee, and by irlsk southerly and southeasterly winds, with ;loudy weather and rain. Dangerous windB ire not anticipated for the Atlantic and Gulf :oasi8 to-nlrrht. Yesterday's Weather Reports of the Signal Service, V. S. A..-4.47 P. JUC, Local Time. Place of Observation. augusta, Ga.... Baltimore. Boston.... Charleston. jnicago. Cincinnati.. 3a!veston, Tex.. tey West, Fla., knoxville, Tenu. Memphis. Tenn Mt. Washington. New Orleans.... Sew York. Norfolk. Philadelphia. Portland, Me.... Savannah . Sc Louts. Washington. Wtlmington.N.C. Bs I CD W -I c - p 30.25 30.17 29.99 10.23 30.20 30.33 30.24 30.20 30.29 31.25 29.74 3-.21 30.05 30.16 30.10 30.06 30 26 30.08 30 1 30.3 W NW N NW S sw SE W E S NW SE N NW N NE NW SB NW NW Light. Fresh. Fresh. Ger rle. Br.sk. Light. Fresh. 8rlsk. Gentle. Gentle. BlCh. Gentle. Brisk. r resh. Fresh. Brisk. Gentle. t%rlsk. Brisk. Gentle. ix 32 Clear. Fair. L.Snow Clear. Thr'ng. Fair. Clear. Fair. Clear. clear. Cloudy. Clear. Fair. Olear. Cloudy. Lt. Ralu Clear. Fair. Fair. Clpar. NOTB.-The weatber resort dated 7.47o'ciocs, tnis morning, will be posted In the rooms of the Ub&mber of Commerce at 10 o'clock: A. M., and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy of the Chamber) be examined by ship? masters at any time daring the day. THE OID WORLD'S NEWS. LIBERAI. RULE FOR POLAND. The Alabama Claims-No Truth In the Canada Treaty-A Stormy Scene In the French Assembly. LONDON. Marca 12. The Standard's Paris special says that a prominent Russian is there negotiating with Polish refugees for a return to their native country. The negotiations look to a reconcil? iai ion of the Poles to the Czar, a general am? nesty, and the appointment of thc Grand Dake Alexis as Viceroy of Poland. LONDON, March ll. The Financier says: "The American Gov? ernment, alter mature deliberation, bas de? termined to present Its counter case to the Geneva tribunal on the 15th of April, in ac? cordance with the Treaty of Washington, even if the British ambassadors should not be present, and lneist upon arbitration, regard? less of protest and the withdrawal of Great Britain." In the House to-day, Mr. McFie called at? tention to the report of the secret treaty lor the separation ot Canada irom England. The colonial secretary said there was not the slightest foundation tor the report. ihe meeting In Hyde Park yesterday to protest against the passage by Parliament of the park regulation bill, was attended by four thousand persons. The proceedings were orderly throughout. One feature of tbe dem? onstration was the burning of a copy of the objectionable bili. 'In the House of Commons motions to reduce the annv and navy, ?tc, were defeated by large majorities. DUBLIN, March ll. The friends of Mr. Pigott, editor ot the Irishman, imprisoned for libel on the chief Jus lice of the Queen's bench, have resolved to elve him a public breakfast upon his release. 6 * PARIS. March ll. The government insists on retaining, lo its bill for the control of the press, a declaration 5t the forfeiture ot sovereign power by the imperial dynasty. It is reported thatPreBi lent Thiers and the committee on the bill aave come to-an agreement. .VERSAILLES, March ll. lu the National Assembly to day, a motion -vas introduced, amid great excitement, to :ensure and prosecute two deputies for libel in the Chamber. A counter motion was made o pass to the order ot the day. This, which .va's, equivalent to laying the original motion in the table, was lollowed by a tumult uu irecedented even in these balls. It was finally lee arec. adopted, whereupon the storm iroke out afresh. A member of the Bight ibouted : "The passage to the order of the lay ls notan amnesty of Impunity, but of dis lain." The House became furious. Violent exclamations were exhaoged by the Right and .he Left o? the House, and tbe scene of confu? sion was painfully protracted. The accused Jeputles rose in their seats and refused to ac? cept Buch a pardon as the action of the Assem? bly Implied. They were received with a storm )i groans. Jules Favre tried to speak, but his roice was inaudible during the uproar. The Prince of Wales happened to visit the Assem? bly during the sitting, and witnessed the en ire proceedings. The Prince and Princess of Wales were re? lived by President Thiers to-day. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. A Proposed Issue of Assignats. WASHINGTON, March 12. In the House, in the matter of amnesty, lt ivas ordered that no bills hereafter be passed ?nless the names are read. The trouble grows jut of the fact that the name of Gen. Vance, of ?forth Carolina, ls on one of ihe House bills. Tames M. Leach presented Vance's name, and Leach claims that he had violated no pledge ir understanding in Including his name on the 1st, The Yerba Buena bill was recommitted o the Pacific Railroad committee. The post >(Dce appropriations were ?retsumed. A long lebate occurred over the subsidies to steam im p Hues, after which the House adjourned. The Senate considered appropriations All lay. Johnston Introduced a bill providiog for he payment for claims for rent arising in States declared to be in rebellion, also to pro ride an adequate supply of circulating medi im for States needing lc. It directs the secre? tary of the treasury, on the application of Governors of States, to supply them with treasury notes toan amount which, in connec? tion with the national bank notes already fur? bished, shall make eight dollars for each Inhab? ern, provided real estate security ls given for .he repayment of such sums In fifteen years. A FLOUR MILL BURNED. COLUMBUS, (Ga.) March 12. R. L. Mott's Palace Flour Mills were burned this morning. Loss seventy-five thousand iollars. Supposed to be the act ol au incen Hary, and uninsured. THE GEM OF THE ANTILLES. HAVANA, March 12. Domingo Glral'a death-sentence was com? muted to life Imprisonment. The Spanish officials report from the central department that but few whites remain In open hostility. The small-pox is Increasing here. The Rus? sian fleet departs on Wednesday. THE LEET-STOCKING FRAUDS. NEW YORK, March 12. The Tribune says: "We are obliged to take from Collector Arthur the ?redil which he received yesterday for appearing finally to dispose of the Leet-Stocklng Old Bing, which ls not broken and ls scarcely disturbed. The parade of firms authorized to receive goods turns out to be a screen, as Leet-Stocklng are not dispossessed of their plunder. A promi? nent merchant stated yesterday that Leet Stocklng carry on the old business under the new name of Squires & Co." THE USE OF SPECTACLES. Interesting Lecture by a Former Charlestonlan. [From the Baltimore Sun.] Dr. J. J. Cblsolm, professor of eye and ear 1 diseases In the University of Maryland, lec? tured on spectacles bet?re the Guild of the Church of the Ascension. He treated at ! length of the eye, explaining that the iens ol the eye was a sott transparent jelly, closed in and kept in shape by a transparent elastic membrane, which could, in the young, under? go such change lu form as would enable it to be accommodated fur near or distant objects. 1 A small muscle in the eye was this accommo- ] iating power, which did the work of the screw , in the opera glass, and focused the eye lor varied distances. With advancing age this < lens Jelly became stiff, so that aller 45 years of < age the muscle could not make the lens of the eye sivfflciently convex to concentrate upon , the nerve of the eye light coming from near small objects, and hence the print had to be i carried luther off until from their Bmall size they could not be clearly rr 'e out. Specta? cles would then be required ..o make amends for this deficiency wilbla the eye, and lhat when the spectacles were carefully selected by a competent oculist so as just to make up what the refacilng media of the eye required, they would restore to the eyes alftbeir former acuteness of vision. As soon as Irom age or some natural defect In the refraction or the eye vision became impaired, then it was In? jurious to try to use them lor any length of 1 Lime without the aid ol spectacles. The use ol' glsises was the very best means of preserving the eyes and keeping away disease. Specta? cles, said the professor, was an article ot necessity in which we must all sooner or later invest, and that we do great Injustice to our? selves If we force our eyes to do without glasses when their configuration or Inherent changes require such aid to perfect them as optical Instruments. Interesting remarks were made on the oval and the flat eye as de? fects from the typical round eye, which is the form of the perfectorgan; the oval or long eye causing nearsightedness, whilst the flat eye rendered lt Impossible to see small near ob? jects, and was theretore called the overnighted eye. He explained how proper glasses would remedy both of these defects, whilst glasses carelessly selecied, or worn not from any fit? ness, but simply because they were Inherited from Borne beloved parent or friend, would as surely establish in ihe eyes diseases which may be fatal to vision. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTIONS. The Rndlcals Carry the State by a Small Majorliy. WASHINGTON, (D. C.) March 12. Private dispatches indicate that New Hamp? shire na3 gone Radical by a very small major iy; but there ls nothing yet decisive through the regular channels. The Times -correspondent has the fol lo win tr: 115 towns give Straw 1650 majority over all. This covers two-thirds or the State. The Be publicans, SB far as beard from, have 50 ma? jority on joint ballot. CONCORD, (N. H.,) March 12-9.30 P. M. Fifty-nine towns give Straw (Republican) 13,470 and Weston (Democrat) 12,385. Last year they stood, Republican 10,693, Democrat ll 379. MASCHESTER, March 12. Straw's (Republican) majority here ls 600. Returns are coming iq slowly, and nothing has yet been received to- indicate the result la? the State._ OVERTHROW OF THE ERIE RINO. Nfesw YORK, March 12. The morning papers regard the overthrow of the Erie Riog as a great triumptuin the in? terest ol honesty and reform. At seven o'clock this morning both Gould and Archer were in the Erle Railroad build? ing, supported by their followers. Several demonstrations were made during last night, and important developments were expected during the day. There are large operations In Erle stocks, and over twenty thousand shares changed hands. Gould, signing as president, ordered the employees only to obey nls ordere. There have been no Injunctions or arrests. The en? trance to the Opera House ls closely guarded, ind the police maintain a strict neutrality. In the afternoon Jay Gould resigned the presidency of the Erie Railroad, and General Dix ls now In quiet possession. . THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION. Ntw YORK, March 12. A Matamoras special says lt is rumored that Previno was defeated and wounded, and that Martinez, Marango and Cortina were captured, osing their artillery and ammunition. The reneral features of the news Indicate rever? ies to the revolutionists. A RAILROAD IN DIFFICULTIES. MOBILE, March 12. Judge HU1, of the United States Court, ap? pointed Charles Walsh, of this cltv, receiver >f the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad In ?dlsslsslppi. He is already in possession In ilanama. L. J. Fleming, general superin eadent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, has lie management. SELKA, March 12... The Governor of Mississippi having cleared he Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad, from Meridian to York, of obstructions on the rack by unpaid laborers, the trains are again .tinning. 11 I THE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION. ( PHILADELPHIA. March ll. The Centennial Commission held a final neetiog this morning, O. Cleveland presiding in the absence of President Hawley. A reso-1 ut lon was adopted requesting the committee 3n legisidilon to invite the Japanese Embassy ;o take part in the Centennial Exposition, and send representatives and specimens of Japan? ese products and Industry. Resolutions were passed fixing the location as the Fairmount Park and for the appointment ola committee lo prepare and report a system of classifica? tion, geographical and systematical. THE METHODIST CONFERENCE. WARRESTON, (Va.) March 12. In the conference today the Rev. Geo. G. Brooke, Sunday school agent, presented his report. Two reports .were submitted from tbfjJ Sunday school committee, a majority and a minority, for whlcb a substitute was offered Dy the Rev. Alpheus Wilson, All three were llrectly antagonistic, and produced a long ind animated debate. The report of the minority, abolishing tho office of Sunday ?chool agent, was adopted. The Rev. J. G. Doe, statistical secretary, presented his re? port, which shows the strength in numbers ind the cain In the conlerence since last year. The number of communicants is twenty-three thousand. Bishop Paine will make appoint. ment8 to-morrow. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -O'Baldwln rechallenges Mace in a savage style, and calls him "coward." -Henry Bergh has gono to Savannah for health. -There were one hundred and seven new cases and forty-seven small-pox deaths in Brooklyn last week. - Emanuel Shafner, tried at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for the murder of two wives, was convicted. -Albert Holley, who commanded the En-' I cllsh regiment which guarded Napoleon at St. , Helena, died In Brooklyn, age seventy-eight years. 1 -Several oases of cholera have occurred at < Calcutta among the English troops returning f from the victorious campaign against the Loosnals. -The slav of proceedings in the case of Foster, the New York "car hook" murderer, carries lt to the court nf appeals. There was three inches ot snow here to-day. -The Staten Island ferry boat Westfield was seized in New York yesterday by the sheriff to satisfy judgment In favor of Mrs. Madder, whose husband was killed by the ex plosion. The widow of Professor Chenviere nae commenced suit against the Ferry Com panyfor the loss of li u sb and, four children and personal Injuries. Hotel Arrival? -March 13. PAVILION HOTEL. I | I. A. Blanton, Winlaton; B.-H. Knotts, 11 Orangeburg; S. Batter, Baltimore; J. Nettles and wife, Mrs. M. H. Goodson, Williamsburg; Mrs. M. Wilson, Clarendon. MILLS HOUSE. Miss C. Berry, New York; W. Biggs, New Orleans; G. L. Salters, Baltimore; S. Brown, Boston; Mr. and Mrs. Shot well, Miss Shot well and maid, E. and C. Shotwell, A. W. Jackman, i New York; S. D. Ross, Philadelphia. i CHARLESTON HOTEL. j S. Moritz, New York; James W. Bellows, | H. Cranston, Georgia; J. .T. Craig, W. A. Mc Kelvy, W. 8. Bally & Son, Clinton; Y, J. Pope, < Newberry; P. D. Cohen, H. Hartz, South t Carolina; Henry W. Schmidt, A. L. Wills, Mrs. i J. N. Mathews, New York; James O. Elliott, i C. P. Muller, Effingham; William H. Llppln- i sott, Henry Morrison, Philadelphia; J. Van l Wagener, E. A. Clark and wife, New York; D. 0. Long, South Carolina; Geo. B. Bennett and wife, Miss N. Horo,K. Jarvis, New York; J. |i Eberhart, Georgia; Geo. Woodwood, New fork; Rev. S. B. Darnell and wife, S. W. Bang?, G. B. Bangs, F. M. Johnston, New 11 Fork City; Mrs. W. A. Seaber, Mrs. Hoaklas, Mrs. Robins, Mrs. E. H. Chatfield, New York; 11 Mrs. N. O. Lawton. Iowa; Mrs. Spaulding, H. 11 Harbeck, New York; E. M. Griffin, Darlington; John H. Powe, Cheraw; G. N. Holloway, Nine? ty-six; P. S. Felder, Orangeburg. -The Chicago Tribune learnB that Presi? dent Grant has decided to remove General Longstreet from the surveyorsbip of the port of New Orleanp, and it assens: "If so, there can be but one reason for the act, viz : that Longstreet is almost the only honest officer ol the lot-the only one who enjoys ike respect of the community, without regard to party. Casey and Packard, whom the recent Congres? sional Investigation showed to be involved in briberies, intrigues and corrupt practices enough to sink ten customhouses-maybe an administration along with them-are'to be endorsed, and the war on their behalf re? newed. This policy is said to have been de? termined on after a week's lobbying of the President by Casey and Packard themselves; but, if the Republican members of the New Orleans Investigating committee are really friends of Grant, they will not let him com? mit himself io such a suicidal policy." LAWS OF THE STATE. ACTS OF THF GENERAL ASSEMBLY \ OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Published by Authority. A BILL to Believe the State of South Carolina of all Liability for Its Guarantee of ihe Bonds of the Blue Bldge Bailroad Company, by pro? viding for the Securing and Destruction of j the same. Whereas, the State of South Carolina has, by j and in pursuance of the provisions of an act, approved the 15th day of September, A. D. 1868, entitled "An act to authorize additional .\ld to the Blue Bldge Bailroad Company in South Carolina," endorsed a guarantee of the raith and credit of the State on four millions of I lollara of bonds, Issued by the Bald Blue Bldge Railroad Company, comprehending the Blue ' Sldge Bailroad Company, in South Carolina; .he Blue Bidge Bailroad Company, In Geor? gia ; the Tennessee Blver Bailroad Com? pany, in North Carolina; the Knoxville tod Charleston Bailroad Company, in Tennessee, and the Pendleton Ball .oad Company, in South Carolina, for the mrpose of aiding the speedy completion of he said railroad, which bonds are liable for he debts of the said railroad companies; and whereas the present condition of the finances >f the State, and of said companies 1B such as a make the further continuance of said bonds >n the market inexpedient and unadvisable, ind a serious injury and prejudice to the credit I >f the State; and whereas the existence of J he .said four million of dollars of bonds, io guaranteed, creates a large liability, upon he part of the State, which tbe treas-1 iry may be required to meet at un oreseen and Inopportune times ; and vhereas the liability of the State, on account if such guarantee, should be faithfully met ind discharged; therefore, In order to secure he recovery and destruction of the bonds and loupons ot the said company, issued under md in pursuance of the provisions of the aforesaid act, now pledged in the City of few Tork and elsewhere, and to relieve the ?tate of all liabilities whatsoever, by reason of | ts endorsement and guarantee ot said bonds, Be lt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Caro? lus, now met and sitting In General As se ra? il y, and by the authority of the same: SECTION 1. That the State treasurer Is here? by directed, with the consent, In writing, of ;be president ot the Blue Bldge Bailroad Com )any, la South Carolina, to require the 1 nanci al agent of the State, in the City of New fork, Immediately to deliver to the State xeasury all the bonds of the Blue Bldge Ball -oad Company, endorsed and guaranteed by be State of South Carolina, which are now In ils possession, and held by him as collateral lecurity for advances made by the said lnanclal agent, by the order of the financial board, to the Blue Bldge Bailroad Company; tnd upon the delivery of said bonds, the treas-1 irer ls hereby required to cancel the same, in ;he manner herelnalter directed; and the said Slue Bldge Bailroad Company shall thereupon be discharged from all liability to the State on iccount of Bush advances. . SEO. 2. That upon.the surrender by the said :ompany to the State treasury of the balance bf the said four millions ot dollars of bonds, ssued by the said Blue Bldge Bailroad Com? pany, and guaranteed by the State, the State treasurer is hereby authorized and required ;o deliver to the president of the Blue Ridge Bailroad Company, In South Carolina, treasury certificates ot Indebtedness (styled revenue bond scrip) to the amount of one simon eight hundred thousand dollars, the said certificates to be executed in the Banner hereinafter directed ; and ii the said company shall not be able to de? lver all of Bald bonds at one time, the treas? urer is authorized and required to deliver to the said president such amount of such treas- J iry certificates as shall be proportional to the imouat of bonds delivered. SEC. 3. That to carry out the purposes of I this act, the State treasurer ls hereby author-1 Ized and required to have printed or en? graved on steel, as soon aa practicable, treasu ry certificates of Indebtedness, to be known ind designated as revenue bond scrip of the State of South Carolina, In such form and of | such denomination as may be determined on by the State treasurer, and the president of ? the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, In South karolina, to the amount of one million eight Hundred thousand dollars, which revenue bond Bcrlp shall be signed by the State treasu? rer, and shall exprees that the sum mentioned therein is due by the State of South Carolina to the bearer thereof, and that the same will oe received in payment of taxes and other lues to the State, except special tax levied to pay Interest on the public debt. SEC. 4. That the faith and funds of the State ire hereby pledged for the ultimate redemp? tion of said revenue bond scrip, and the coun? ty treasurers are hereby required to receive the same in payment of all taxes levied by the State, except in payment ot special tax levied to pay interest on the public debt; and the State treasurer and all other public offi? cers are hereby required to receive the same in payment of all dues to the State, and, still farther to provide for the redemption of said reveuue bond scrip, an annual tax of three mills on the dollar, in addition to all otber taxes, on the assessed value of all taxable property In the 8tate, ls hereby levied, to be collected in the same manner and at the same time as may be provided by law for the levy ind collection of the regular annual taxes of the State; and the State treasurer is hereby required to retire, at the end of each year from their date, one-fourth of the amount of the treasury scrip hereby authorized to be issued, until all of it shall be retired, and to ipply to such purpose exclusively the taxes hereby required to be levied. SEC. 5. That If any sueh revenue bond scrip ls received In the treasury, for payment bt taxes, the treasurer be, and he is hereby, Authorized to pay out such revenue bond scrip in satisfaction of any claims againet the treasury, except for interest that may be due tm the public debt. SEC. 6. That upon the delivery to the 8tate treasurer of the said guaranteed bonds of the Blue Bldge Railroad Company, or of any part of them, the treasurer is hereby required to cause the same to be cancelled and destroyed in the , presence of the president of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, In South Carolina, and in the presence ot a Joint committee of the Sen? ate and House of Representatives of this 3tate, to be for that purpose appointed. SEC. 7. That whenever the whole Dumber of | the said guaranteed bonds shall have been de? livered to the treasurer and cancelled, as I required by the provisions of this act, the lien of the State o? Soujfc "Carolina, upon the estate, property and funds ot the said Blue Ridge Bailroad Company In this State, and of the other associated com pa??es in the States of Georgia, North Ci lina and' Tennessee, as secured by the pr sions of an act entitled "An act to authoi additional aid to the Bine Ridge Bailn Company in South Carolina," passed on i fit teen th day of September, Anno Domini < thousand elsbt hundred and sixty-eight, t all other claims or liens which are held by i State, against said company or companies, account of said guarantee, shall, from then 'forth, be forever discharged and released; a .should the Bald company be unable, from a cause, to deliver all of said bonds, such li? shall be discharged and released to an ext? which shall be proportional to the amount such bonds actually delivered. SEO. 8. That if the said company shall i cept the provisions of this act. it shall authorized, if the board of directors may c sire, to change the corporate name oft company to that of the "Knoxville and Sou Carolina Railroad Company,*' and shall ha power to extend Its railroad, or to constrn branches thereof, to any points or plac in the State, with jill the powers ai privileges with which the said coi pany ls now vested by the provisions Its charter, and the. said company shall al have power to Issue bonds, and to secure tl same by a mortgage, to such amount and : Buch manner as the board of directors mt direct. And ail sales of stock In the sai Blue Bidge Railroad Company, In South Can lina, and Its associate companies, lormerl held by the State and sold by the commlsBloi era of the sinking fnnd be, and they are hen by, confirmed. SEC. 9. That If any person shall forge < counterfeit the treasury scrip hereby auth< rized to be issued, or shall, directly or ind redly, aid or assist In the forging or counte felting of such scrip, or shall issue or In an manner use any such forged or connLerfeite scrip, he shall, on conviction thereof, be floe In the discretion of the court, and shall be in prisoned in the penitentiary for a term not e: ceedlng ten years. ly THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, i COLUMBIA, S. C. March 2, 1872. f On the question, "Shall this act become law, the objections of nb) Excellency the Goi ernor to the contrary notwithstanding," tl yeas and nays were ordered, pursuant to tb provisions of the Constitution, resulting, yee 84, nays 18, and ordered to be sent to th Senate. By order. A. 0. JONES, Clerk House of Representatives. IN THE SENATE, ) COLUMBIA, S. C., March 2, 1872. j On the question, "Shall this act become law, the objections of bis Excellency the Gov ernor to the contrary notwithstanding," tb yeas and nays were ordered, pursuant to prc vision of the Constitution (Art 3, Sec. 22. The act passed by a viva voce vote of yeas 2? nays 6, and ordered to be returned to th House of Representatives. By order. J. WOODBUPP, Clerk of Senate. AN ACT to Charter the State Savings and Insul ance Bank of Anderson, South Carolina. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate am House of Representatives of the State o South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gene ral Assembly, and by the authority of thi same : That James L. Orr, Jessey W. Norris, 0. H P. Fant, D. M. Watson, Wm. Perry, Jacol Burrlss, W. S. Sharpe, B. F. Crayton, Joht Martin, John R. Cochran, John B. Sitten, F. E Harrison, W. B. Watson, Sr., B. D. Dean, Jobi Wilson and J. W. Harrison, together witt such persons as are now or may hereafter bc ? a.ssociatedjvlth them, shall be, and they arc hereby, constituted and made a body politic and corporate by the name and style of "Thc State Savings and Insurance Bank of Ander son, South Carolina," and by that name and style, shalrtoe, and is hereby made capable, ic law, to hare, purchase, enjoy and retain to il and Its successors, lands, rents, tenements, goods, chattels and effects, of whatever kind or quality soever, and the same to sell, allen or dispose of, to sue and be sued, plead and be imoleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in courts of record or any other place whatsoever, and bave perpetual succession, to have and exercise the right! and privileges of other corporations now exist' ing, or that may hereafter be enacted, and also to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure, and also to ordain and put in execu? tion such by-laws and regulations as may seem necessary and convenient for the government of the said corporation. SEC. 2. That the capital stock ot Faid corpo? ration shall bo twenty-five thousand dollars, to be divided Into shares of one hundred dol? lars each, and may be increased, from time to time, to a sum not exceeding Ave hundred thousand dollars, as maybe deemed necessary by the board of directors. SEC. 3. The persons named in the first section of this act shall be the directors of this company until otherB are appointed by the stockhold? ers, and they may, as soon as proper, appoint a president from among their number, or from among others who may hereafter be as? sociated with them, and the said president shall continue in office lor the period of one year from the day ot" his election, or until his successor ?B appointed, and in case of a va? cancy in the office of president or director, from any cause, the remaining directors may elect others to supply their places until a meeting of the stockholders shall be held. There shall be five or more directors, who, with the president, shall manage the affairs of the company. Three of said directors shall constitute a quorum for any and all business purposes of said company. The meetings ot the stockholders shall be held in the principal office of the corporation, which shall be desig? nated by the board of directors. SEO. 4. The president and directors shall ap? point such clerks and other officers as they may find necessary, properly to conduct the business of said company, and allow them suitable compensation, all of which clerks and officers shall hold their places-during the pleasure of sald.presldent and directors. SEC. 6. The president and directors shall have power to appoint agents In any part of the State or elsewhere, and at their discretion may take irom them bonds, with security, con? ditioned for the faithlul performance of their duties; such agents being removable at the pleasure of the president, subject to the ap? proval of the board of directore, or by the board of directors. SEC. 6. The mode of voting at the meetings of Bald compaoy, shall be one vote for each share of stock, and every stockholder may, at pleasure, by power ol attorney, or in person, assign or transfer his stock in the company, on the books of the same, or any part thereof, not being less than a whole share. SEC. 7. That the first annual meeting of the stockholders of said company shall be on the first Tuesday of June, 1872, and thereafter on the same day of each year. Provided, The said stockholders, at any regular meeting, or a board of directors, may, at any time, change the day of said annual meeting; and the presi? dent and directors may, at any time',' call a general meeting of the stockholders, and any number of stockholdere, owning not less than - one-third of the'whole number of shares, may require the president to call such meeting, and on his refusal to do so, may themselves call such meeting, in such case, giving at least ten days'notice, by publication In one or more newspapers published in the City of Columbia. ' SEO. 8. The members of the company shatf not be liable for any loss, damage or respon? sibility, other than the property they have in the capital and funds of the company, to the amount of shares held by them, respectively, and any profits arising therefrom nof^divided. SEO. 9. That said corporation shall have power and authority to Invest Its capital stock or other funds, in bank or other stocks, in the purohase of bonds of the United State?, bonds of this or any otber State otthe United States, and in bonds of. any Incorporated company, to lend money, upon personal or real security, to discount bonds, notes and bills of exchange, and to gurantee the payment of notes, bonds, bills of exchange, or other evidences of debt, and use their property In any manner incl* dental to a banking, insurance and trust busi? ness, or the general business of the company. SEC. 10. All policies of insurance, and other contracts made by said company, signed by the president and countersigned by the secre? tary, shall be obligatory on said company, and bave the same effect as if attested by a corpo? rate seal SEC. ll. This act shall be la full force siter its passage. Approved February 27, 1872. AN ACT to Incorporate the Spartanburg Fe? male College. SECTION 1. Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatlves of th e State of South. Carolina, now me^and sitting in General As? sembly, and by the authority of the same: That Samuel B. Jones, president of Spartan burg Female College, with his associates and successor)], be, and are hereby, declared a body politic and corporate, by the name and' style of the Spartanburg Female College, - located In the Town of Spartanburg, Booth. Carolina. SEO. 2. That the said corporation shall have power, In its corporate name, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, In any court of law in this State, to purchase and bold real and personal estate, to nave a seal, and to make all such by-laws, for the government of said corporation, as may be deemed necessary, not Inconsistent with the laws of this State. SEO. 3. That the said corporation shall nave power to elect professors for^aid college, to dil all vacancies as may occur among them, and to remove them at discretion, to prescribe a course of study to be pursued by the stu? dents, to confer degrees, and award diplomas and such other honorary distinctions to gradu? ates as are common in the colleges of similar grades la the United States. SEO. 4. That the private, as well as the cor? porate^ property of the corporators, shall be liable fer all debts contracted for the college by its authorized agents. SEO. 6. That the said corporation shall have power to take and hold, by donation, bequest or purchase, real and personal property, for the use of said college, to any amount not ex? ceeding thirty thousand dollars. SEO. 6. That this act shall continue In force until repealed. Approved March 4, 1872. AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "An Act to Extend the Limits of tbe Town of Camdon." SECTION 1. Be lt enacted by ihe Senate and House of Bepresentatlves of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General As? sembly, and by the authority of the same : That an act entitled "An act-to extend the limits of the Town of Camden," approved March 9,1871, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out Section 1 and sub? stituting the following: "Section 1. That the limite of the Town of Camden be, and the same are hereby, extended as lollowe, to wit: The western boundary shall commence at the Junction of Wylie street with Mulberry street, and shall extend northward along the said Wylie street three-fourths of a mlle beyond the present terminus of said street, and from this point the northern boundary shall ex? tend, In an eastern direction, until. It inter? sects Horse Branch, and thence, by course of said stream, to the point where it empties into Little Pine Tree Creek, and thence, by the course of the last named creek, to a point opposite Mulberry street, thence, westward, until lt reaches said street, and continue along the Hoe of said street to its Junction with Wy? lie street." SEC. 2. That the Intendant and wardens of the said Town of Camden are hereby required to proceed, immediately upon the passage of this act, to designate, by proper marks and monuments, the boundaries hereinbefore au? thorized. BEC. 3. That all acts, or parts of acts, incon? sistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved March 4,1872. AN ACT authorizing the Town Connell of the Town of Newberry to Erect a Marke t-Honse on a Lot of Land belonging to the County of Newberry, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatlves of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting In Gene? ral Assembly, and by the authority ot .the same: That the town council of the Town ol New? berry are hereby authorized and empowered to erect a market-house in said town, upon a lot of land which 1B partly attached to and lying near the public square lu Bald town, and belonging to the County of Newberry; which lot shall be given for such purpose to said town council and their successors in office tree of rent or charge. And said town coun? cil and their successors in office shall have power and authority to remove such market house, whenever In their opinion the same may be deemed necessary and expedient. Approved March 4, 1872. JOINT BESOLUTION to Believe the late County. Treasurer of York County, E. M. Bose, and his Bondsmen. Be lt resolved by the Senate and House of Bepresentatlves, now met and sitting In Gen? eral Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That Edward M. Bose, late county treasurer ot York County, and his bondsmen, Wm. B. Bose, James Windsor and J. L. Watson, be re? lieved irom all responsibility as treasurer and bondsmen in York County until date, in con? sequence of a raid made on that; office.and officer by the Ku-Klux Klan, on the 26th day of February, 1871. v I Approved March 4, 1872.