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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A THE TORCH IN UNION. TERRIBLE INCENDIARY FIRE IK THE TILLAGE. Both Hotels and Many Business Houses Laid in Ashes-iIncidents and Details of the Conflagration. The greater portion of the business quarter of the Town of Union was destroyed by fire on Friday morning, and, to render the calami? ty the more appalling, it is believed that the fire was the work of aa incendiary. Again and again have the Radical leaders bidden their followers remember that the lucifer match levels all distinctions, and the ravings of the Federal officials and party Journalists were enough to persuade the negroes that they would be fully justified in burning to the ground the town where the Ku-Klux had rid? den. We hope that an investigation will prove that the fire was accidental. If the negroes begin their wild work as early as this, what may we expect before election day ? Mr. R. M. Stokes, ol the Unlonvllle Times, sends the Columbia Phoenix the following re? port of the fire: A fire broke out In ibis town, this morning, about four o'clock, and destroyed a great por? tion of the business part of Union. It was first discovered around the chimney of Mr. William Eller's store, in the second story of the building. We had no fire engine or any other apparatus lor combating fire, so that the destroying element had lull sway. A slight breeze sprung up, and we could clo but little more than stand and watch lt burn. I cannot estimate the loss, but !t ls very great for this place. The buildings destroyed were the brick block, belonging to Mri H. L. Goss, Mrs. Lamb, Captain A. H. Foster, the National Hotel aud the Central Hotel. In Mr. Goss's building was Mr. Eller's store, contain? ing a large stock of dry goods, gro? ceries, hardware, Ac; Reuben Sims's -r stock of 'groceries;- the second story was occupied by Dr. Bennett, dentist, and the room lately occupied by General Jos. Gist. I don't think anything was saved by these gentlemen. In Mrs. Lamb's building, Dr. Gibbs occupied the lower story as a drug Store. He lost everything. The Times ofilQe was in the upper story, and not a? ty pe. or any? thing In the way ot" material was saved-a total loss; my son saved my books. Captain Foster fortunately saved nearly all bis heavy etock of goods-of course lu a very mixed up condition. A portion of the furniture In the Hotels was saved. The wooden store belong? ing to Colonel J. L. Young, next to Mr. Eller's store, was al i o destroyed, (fortun? ately no one occupied lt,) with some tenements In the rear of the store. A number of outbuildings were destroyed. Mr. Tinsley and Dr. J. A. Moore occu? pied a building between the. two stores-the first as a jeweller's store, and the latter as a doctor's shop. Mr. Tinsley's Jewelry, tools, Ac. were saved; but Dr. Moore lost all bis surgical Instruments antt medicines. A. W. Thompson A Co. occupied the bundine ad? joining the National Hotel. Fortunately their stock was very low, and they saved most of lt. Two rooms adjoining were occupied by colored people-one a shoemaker and the other a little fruit and variety store. They saved moBt of their property. I learn that a -colored child was burned In an out-bouse of the hotel. I have Just left the fire-Captain Foster's building Is burning. The flames spread rapidly. The cars are about to start. RM. STOKES. A later report confirms"the belief that the fire was set by an incendiary. It broke out lu a wooden building at the. back of Mr. Eller's store, to burn which an attempt bad before been made. There ls no truth lu the report that a colored child was burned, or that the sheriff was fired upon. In addition to the losses reported by Mr. Stokes, we learn that the grocery and dry goods store ol Mr. Malloy and the saddlery shops of Messrs. Robinson & Harlay were wholly destroyed. We heartily sympathize with Union In her great misfortune. LOWERY'S OUTLAWS. Latest from tn? Feront-Capture of the New York. Herald Correspondent- ile < .Vint Sheered a Blt"-Boss Strong Not Bead. JP _ [F om the Wfimlogton Star, May 17.] When the train on the Wilmington, Char? lotte and Rutherford. Railroad passed Moss Neck yesterday tbe passengers were regaled with a sight of two of the gang of outlaws, Stephen Lowery and Andrew Siroog. They bad with them, as a prisoner of war, a corres? pondent of the New York Herald, by the name of VA. B. Henderson. This ambitious knight of the quill left this city for the "seat of war" on Monday last He went to Moss Neck, and and from there to Shoe Heel. He left the .latter place on Tuesday, when the train passed, and was put off at "Eureka," a station In the immediate neighborhood of Scuffletowo, the headquarters of the outlaws, saying that he intended to Interview them lt it cost bim his life. This purpose be seems to have ac? complished to his satisfaction, as he was with them at Moss Neck yesterday, and displayed no fear or anxiety lo consequence. He bad in his possession a rifle belonging to one of the Kng and deported himself In a manner that Heated perfect ease as to the matter of his personal safety. We learn as one of the re? sults of Henderson's interview with the out? laws that since his meeting with them he has neither seen or heard any mention of Henry Berry Lowery, which would tend to confirm the rumor that he bas escaped ?rom the coun? ty, or that he was killed or drowned, as bas been reported. One of the passengers on the train yesterday furnishes us with the following dispatches which were to be forwarded irom this place, one to the New York Herald, one to the wife of the correspondent, Henderson, and the other to a clergyman In New Jersey, probably a relative of Henderson, which were given tonne conductor by one of the outlaws: WILMINGTON, March 16. To the New York Herald : We have captured your correspondent. Will not hurt bim, but will keep bim a week, *iBossn is not dead. his STEPHEN X LOWERY. mark, his ANDREW X STRONG, mark. Witness-A. B. HENDERSON. -< WILMINGTON. March 16. To Mrs. A. B. Henderson, Lock Houen, Penn? sylvania ; I am with the Lowerys, perfectly Bafe. A. B. HENDERSON. NEGRO EVIDENCE IN KENTUCKY. LOUISVILLE, March 16. A suit against Police Judge Price for refus? ing negro testimony before the State author? ized lt has been dismissed, the Federal Court holding that the Judge was Justifiable in obey? ing the State law. Judge Ballard added: "I do not think Congress has power to enact a law to prevent him from so doing." JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE. -Deane and Rouse, who eseaped from cus? tody In Beaufort, were recaptured near the Savannah River. -General G. W. C. Lee has gone to New Orleans to receive the $70,000. bequeathed to Lee University by the late B. H. Bayly. -The piles of guano at the different sta? tions on the lines of the railroad in Orange burg County do not neem to diminish, and as fast as planters haul away large amounts are landed from the freight trains. -One hundred and sixteen acres of land ad? joining the Claflin University were recently bought of I. S. K. Legare, Esq., for the. new Agricultural College connected with that In? stitution, for $9000. The money ls furnished by the United States. -Jerry J. Walker, of Chester County, (but who had*left the State In.October last,) was ar? rested on Saturday, In Columbia, on a charge .ol Ku-Kluxlsm, by Special Deputy H. W. Hen? dricks, aud carried before United States Com? missioner Boozer, who committed him in de lault of $3000 ball. THE PROPOSED GREAT BAKE. Twenty Millions Capital-Lon? Lint of Capitalists Interested-Tho subscrip? tion Books Mow Open. NEW YORK, March 14. Commissioners have been named to receive I subscriptions to the capital stock ot the pro? jected United States National Bank In all the principal cities ol the country. Among them are Edward B. Morcan, Henry Clews and H. T. Spaulding, or New Yorq; Amasa Stone, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio; Wm. Dennison, of Columbus, Obio;L. B. Harrison, o? Cincinnati; Wm. H. English, ot Indianapolis; C. N. War? ren, of Louisville; Chas. 6. Farwell and Geo. M. Pullman, of Chicago; Dwight Drake, of St. Louis; Alex. Mitchell and Charles T. Bradley, of Mllwaukie; H. P. Baldwin and john Owen, of Detroit; Frank S. Davis, of Memphis; B. J. Wilson, of Nashville; Gilbert C. Walker, of Richmond, Virginia; J. 8. Norris, of Baltimore; Thomas S. Howe, ot Pittsburg; Don Cameron, of Harrisburg, Pa.; James E. English, of New Haven; J. F. B. Loomis, of New London; John L. Bunce, of Hartford; Amos D. Smith and Wm. Sprague, of Provi? dence; Charles B. Hall and Alexander H. Rice, of Boston; Wm. B. Waehburne, of Green? field; Henry Alexander, Jr., of Springfield; Frederick Smyth, of Manchester, N. H.; Sidney Perbam, of Augusta, Maine; John A. Page, of Montpelier, Vu; Charles Walsh; of Mobile; L. D. Childs, of Columbia. 8. C.; Henry Hull, Jr., of New Orleans; H. S. Mc-1 Comb and Edward Belts, of Wilmington, Del. Hon. Freeman Clarke, late comptroller of] currency, has consented to accept the presi? dency of the bank, and Henry H. Martin, late cashier of the Albany City Bank, the cashier ship. Subscription books are already open at the banking-house of Henry ClewB for the capital, not exceeding $20,000,000. HOMICIDE IN COLUMBIA. [From the Columbia Phoenix ] We regret to announce that a difficulty oc? curred on Saturday nigh t. abo ut half-past seven o'clock. In the co-operative store>af the Char-1 lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, Bland? ina street, between Mr. John SlmpsoD, an em? ployee of the company, and a colored man named William Lucas, in which the former was killed by a cut across the thigh, from a small pocket knife in the bands of Lucas. The origin of the difficulty we did not learn. The-i murdered man was, lt ls said, somewhat under the Influence of liquor. Simpson was a gal? lant soldier in the late war-serving in the Richland Volunteer Rifle Company-and his untimely death will be deeply deplored by his many friends and old comrades in arms. The '| murderer was arrested, after slight resistance, by Messrs. J. E. English and Joseph Prim, (who were present when the unfortunate affair occurred,) and carried down to Sheriff Frazee. who afterwards-ably and promptly assisted by these gentlemen and Mr. W. Reeves, in the ibsence.of policemen-succeed? ed, after considerable difficulty, In arresting Haunch Bridges and William Dennis, colored, as accessories. The prisoners were lodged In jail about twelve o'clock. THE ARRESTS TN UNION. ? The following persons have been arrested in Union County during the last ten days: General Joseph F. Gist, D. P. Mosely, S. J. Mosely. Frank Coleman, rearrested, Harper Floyd, Ben Scott, white, Alfred Keenan, col? ored. C. C. Scott and Ira Willard, white, and W. Nichols, colored, who were bailed out some weeks ago, under bonds of $2000 each, have been surrendered to the authorities by their sureties, In consequence of another prisoner, at liberty under the same bond, having, lt ls supposed, "left for parts un? known." Captain F. M. Farr and Daniel Black are at liberty, under their own bond, to appear at the court to be held in Charleston next month. GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. NEW YORK, March 16. About sixty thousand men will join In pro- j cession on St, Patrick's day, and fifty bands of music. The military will number six thousand. There were eighteen small-pox cases jester day. The Jury for damages In the Westfield disas? ter disagreed, one holding that the defendants are not liable, and attributing the accident to a dispensailon of Providence. Eleven Jurors favored a verdict against the company. Jay Gould has resigned his directorship in the Erle Road. Gould testified before the leg? islative committee that the charges against Judge Barnard of corruption in Erle affairs were unfounded. _ THE ALABAMA AND CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD. CHATTANOOGA, March 16. Major Fleming, agent for Charles Walsh, receiver of the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad, has taken possession of that road from Meridian, Miss., to the Georgia State line, by direction of the United States Court of Mississippi and Chancery Court of the West? ern Division of Alabama. He expects to make such arrangements with General Wof ford, receiver for the State of Georgia, as will enable him to run through trains In a few days. THE DRY GOODS TRADE The New York Bulletin, In Its review of the dry goods business for the week, says: The woollen goods trade presents some fea? tures altogether unusual at this period of the year. There Is a comparative dullness In the trade In spring goods, while winter weights are in active request and Fell more freely than they have at this period for a long time past. The reasons lor this are, perhaps, not difficult to imagine. The heavy buyers of goods already hold fair amounts of light weights, and, be? lieving that these goods will not go very much higher this season, they are disposed lo make their purchases only as they require the goods for distribution. It ls evident, however, that j woollens will be materially higher during the summer and fall months, and clothiers and other large buyers, who usually stock up at that period, are prepared to make purchases now of any goods that can be picked up at a reasonable advance on last tail's prices. An advance ot fl; ty cents has already been paid by some buyers on three-quarter cassl meres. -? I THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, March 16. The barometer will rise over the Southern, Middle and New England States to-night, with northerly and westerly winds, and generally clear and pleasant weather on Monday. A falling barometer will prevail during to night and on Monday over the northwest, with a rising temperature and winds backlog to southerly, and gradually extend eastward over the upper lake region. Dangerous winds are not anticipated lor the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Yesterday's Weather Reports of the Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 P. M., Local Time. Plaoe of Observation. Augusta, Ga.... 20.89 Baltimore.20.82 Boston.29.73 Charleston.?9.87 Ottlcago.30.02 Cincinnati..29.97 Key West, Fla.. 29.9-' Knoxville, Tenn. 29.92 Memphis, Tenn.. 30.12 New Orleans.... 29 91 New York.29.74 Norrolk.29.79 Philadelphia.29.79 Portland, Me.... 29.71 Savannah.29.86 St. LOUIS.29.97 Washington.29.79 Wilmtngton.N.C. 29.83 ta, sf 44 calm. 40 SW 34 W 45 NW 30 NW 40 W 81 SB 40 NW 47 NW 55 NE 82 S 31 N 34IW 28 SW 49 NW 44 W 40 S 41 NW lo . H.Rain. Gentle. Cloudy. Gentle. L. Snow Gentle. Lt. Rain Gentle. Cloudy. Light. Fair. Gentle. Fair. Gentle. Cloudy. Gentle. Fair. Brisk. Cloudy. KreBh. Cloudy. Gentle. Cloudy. Light. C'lg Up. Gentle. L.Snow Brisk. Cloudy. Gentle. Cloudy. Light. Cloudy. Gentle. Cloudy. SOTS.-The weather report dated T.47 O'CIOCK, mia morning, will be posted in the rooms of the cnamtor of commerce at io 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 during the day. THE SOUTHERN STAPLE. HO VE.fl US T OF COTTON HURTS G TBE \ FAST WEEK. Large Decrease In Receipts. NEW YORK, Maren 17. The cotton movement shows the receipts at all o? the ports lor the week were 49,972 bales, against 50,063 last week, 73,702 the previous week, and 77,037 three weeks since. The total receipts since September have been 2,342,613 bales, against 3,153,517 for the cor? responding period of the previous year, show? ing a decrease since September 1 of 810,904 bales. The exports from all ot the ports were 61,770 bales, against 108,600 for the same week last year. The total exports for tbe expired portion of the cotton year amount to 1,435,929 bales, against 2,070,327 for the same time last year. The present stock, as compared with that for the corresponding period of the previous year, ls as follows: March 17, 1872. March 17,1871. At all ports.486,710 641,882 At the interior towns. 83.113 110,750 In Liverpool.854,000 804,000 American cotton afloat for Great Britain.203,000 335,000 Indian c.tton afloat tor Europe.415,030 169,000 British Views of Cotton. [From Smith, Edwards A Co.'s Circular.] LIVERPOOL, February 28. The prospects of our market are DOW view? ed from a different standpoint from what they were a month ago. A far more sober tempe? rature prevails, and those wild expectations of an indefinite rise, which then prevailed, have almost disappeared. Notwithstanding this, we are prepared to say that the founda? tion of the market appears lo us stronger now than lt did toen. The size of the American I crop was then a matter of uncertainty. There were still believers io three and a half mil? lions, and we looked upon three and a quarter millions as the%west estimate lt was safe to make; but we muet admit that the course of | receipts this past month has been very disap? pointing; we did not expect BO sudden a col? lapse. The evidence is now irresistible that the crop will be extremely small, and below what almost any one thought possible at the beginning of the year. We see no reason now why the receipts at the American ports should not be taken as a fair clew to the orop; the rivers are navigable, the price most tempting, the preparations for next crop BO large that no planter can dream of making such high prices next season, and yet we are falling below last year at the rate of nearly 50 per ceot. per week, and even below the year before, when the total was 3,115,000. We therefore conclude that the crop is nearly exhausted, and we do not see how lt can be placed higher than 3,000,000 to 3,100,000 bales, including overland receipts and southern consumption. From this lt followB that the estimate of American supply to Eugland for the year, put forth in our last circular, must be reduced 100,000 to 200,000 bales; and, Instead of af? fording a weekly consumption of 30,000 bales to our spinners, lt does not Indicate more than 27,000 bales, against 35,000 bales last year, and we are still consuming at the rate of 32.000 bales per week. From India also we regret to say our pros? pects of supply are hardly so good. We have receoily received the government report ol the acreage under cultivation In the districts tributary to Bombay, and are surprised to find a large decrease in nearly every section; the average ls 22 per cent, below last year. This does not Include the Berara and central pro? vinces, which show a decrease of only about j 6 per cent., but 1 n theee the season has been ao unfavorable that a deficiency ol 25 per cent. In the yield ls predicted. Altogether it seems clear that the growth of cotton this year In India will be decidedly below last one. The crop, however, ls early, and ls being sent for? ward by canal lar more freely than last year, and lt ls only in the last six months that the deficiency will appear; besides, the Bengal crop ls large and the shipments much above last season, ao that no doubt In the first half | of this year we shall receive far more Indian cotton than during the same time last year. But. viewing the year's supply as a whole, we doubt if we can reckon upon much more from India than we got in 1871. With these corrections we would modify the table of supply and demand published in our last circular as follows: Import 1872. 1671. 1870. American.1,450,000 2,450.000 1,664,000 East India.1,301.000 1 235,000 1,063,000 Brazil, Egypt'n, Ac.1,000,000 920,000 - 734,000 Add ?Jtoes lit Janu? ary, London and Liverpool. 727,000 446,0 0 460 000 Total supply.4,777,000 4.851/00 3 92l,Ot)0 Deduct deliveries to trade, fifty two weeks, at 64,000.3,323, COO 8,214,000 2,817,000 Export. 750,000 910,000 658,000 4,078,000 4,124,000 3,475 000 Stock In Great Bri? tain 3tat Dec. 399,000 727,000 446,000 The conclusion to which these figures point ls, that we have a poor supply of cotton this year, especially when we remember now great a proportion of the whole Is East Indian, and how difficult Ula for the trade to use lt freely. Were the trade now generally to go upon Su? rat?, to the extent of 6000 or 8000 bales per week, In place of American cotton, the prob? lem of supply would be solved; but so long as tbey adhere to American so tenaciously there will be room for uneasiness aa to the future. It must, however, be remembered that Man? chester Is showing evident signs of distress, aod should this be Intensified so that a serious loss is experienced in spinning the average counts of yarns, say Nos. 40 and below, lt may soon become a question of either short time or the use of Surats, and then the difficulty would be surmounted. We have not, however, reached that stage, and till we rio it will be premature to conclude that a further advance ls Impossible. We must say, however, that it appears to us unlikely that any great renewal of excitement will occur agata this year, and we rather expect that as the sea-on advances the expectation of a large crop In America to follow this one will paralyze speculative no? tion, which is merely based upon a straitened supply for the present year. We consider, however, that Egyptian cotton holds a much stronger position; lils relatively far cheaper thaa any other kino; Its consump? tion ls enormous, and the supply tor the year promises to be rather shorter than last year. Should it appear eome time hence that there ls not enough to carry us through the season (andthis seems far from unlikely) there might be a sharp advance quite apart lrom the gen? eral market. In connection with the prospects of our market we scarcely think lt necessary to al? lude to the difference between ibis country and America on the score of the trea'y ol Washington. We do not belllve any serious difficulty will arise irom lt. The people of both countries wish to live In peace and friend? ship, and we do not belteve there Js any sub? stantial disagreement with respect even to the Alabama claimB. The great bulk of Americans never expected to get compensation except for actual damage, and the people of this country are perfectly willing to pay it if de? cided against them. The preposterous claim for half the cost of the civil war we look upon as a piece of rhetoric which the good sense of our Kinsmen will sooner or later repudiate. THE KU-KLUX CASES. WASHINGTON-, March 17. To-morrow ls the day fixed for the argument of Messrs. Johnson and Stanbery in the Uni? ted States Court, on the questions raised at Columbia S. C., in the Ku-Klux cases, and carried up to the Supreme Couri of the United States. David Dudley Field, of New York, has offered his services to unite with Messrs. Johnson and Stanbery in the very im?ortant question ol the constitutionality of that law. SEVERE WEATHER ON THE COAST. NEW YORK, March 17. Every vessel arrlvlnc to-day reports ex? tremely severe weather for the past fortnight, and all experienced a tremendous hurricane on the 1st Instant. THE DAMAGE TO THE J'.AUK EBEN? EZER. Alleged Incompetency of Her Pilot. I The Beaufort Republican of the 14th Instant makes the following- statement In reference to the getting ashore of the bark Ebenezer be? low that town: We have seldom heard a more universal ex? pression of annoyance than was brought out by the grounding of the bark Ebenezer on the bank below town, on Saturday last. The pilot should at once be tried for Ignorance or carelessness. Such occurrences do the port Irreparable damage. f We give below the protest of Captain Ma tb lesen. His soundings will show that there was no reason why hil vessel should have touched. A hundred feet from her at low water was a channel eighteen feet deep. To those of us who have seen vessels drawing three feet more water than the Ebenezer lying at our docks during the war, this occur? rence ls annoying and Inexplicable. Fifty men In Beaufort could bave taken the Ebene? zer out without touching. The damage to the Interests of Beaufort can hardly be appreciated save by those by whose exenionn this vessel was Induced to come. Charleston men frighten captains of ships by stories detrimental to Beaulort harbor. This will furnish them with material to work against us. The difference in freight alone on the cargo .ol ihe Ebenezer would amount to nearly a thousand dollars, between coming here to load or In sending the seed to ber at Charleston. The following ls the protest: BEAUFORT, S. C., March 9. At about nine o'clock this A. M., at high waler, the Norwegian tark Ebenezer, with licensed pilot Joseph. Dupong on board, left M. Pollitzer's whart at Beaufort. S. C, and proceeded down lhe channel under the direc? tion of the pilot. One and a half cable's length from the wharf, the bark struck by the stern and swung round, and remained until low water three P. M., when this protest was noted. At low water we sounded fore and aft and found the depth under the bow lo be ten feet and two Inches; on the starboard amid? ships seven and a half feet and aft nine feet. Sounded twenty fathoms from the port side of the vessel and found the depth eighteen and a half feet. The bottom was stony; found the port side strained and the pitch broken in the seam, also heard sounds which appeared to come from the bottom.' The port rall was found deflected. After the ship struck no or? ders were received from the pilot The ship drew when loaded fifteen feet ten Inches aft and fifteen feet forward. J. MATHIESEN. THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. Affairs In France-Creating the New Army-Nore Communists Shot-Ba* zalne's Trial-English News, &c. PARIS, March 16. The trial of Marshal Bazaine lor the capitu? lation of Metz ls expected, and Just now occu? pies public attention. As he can only be tried by his peers, there ls some difficulty in assem? bling a court-martial which ls competent, as nearly all the marshals of France, of whom the court-martial must be composed, were them? selves concerned In some capitulation or sur? render during the late war. The Assembly to-day discussed the bud? get President Thiers made a speech defend? ing the estimates of the war department. He insisted that they could hot be reduced. It was necessary to replace material of war, forti? fy the frontier, repair the fortifications and create a real army. It ls rumored that Gen? eral Cissev, minister of war, will ask for a credit of 200,000,000 francs for building new fons around Taris, and for fortifications on the frontier, particularly at Lyons and Belfort. . The Prussians are actively extending the fortifications of Metz and Strasbourg. The commission of pardons having rejected the appeal of Fedel, Questel and Girard, three Communists convicted of murdering hostages, they were shot this morning at Satory. President Thiers, at a reception yesterday, spoke upon the Roman Question, and In his remarks maintained that Catholicism ls a tra? dition and an element of strength to France. A dispatch from Cannes announces the death in that town of George Eustis, formerly a member of the United States House of Re? presentatives, and later private secretary to Hon. John Slidell, when he was Confederate commissioner to France. He was a son-in law of Mr. Corcoran, of Washington. LONDON, March 16. It ls reported that England and Uruguay have come to an open rupture, and that all friendly relations between the two nations have ceased. The Iron-clad man-ol-war Lord Clyde, cf twenty-three guns, Is ashore lu the Mediter? ranean. MADRID. March 16. Montpensler declines the?caudldature to the Cortee. SENATOR SUMNER'S POSITION. CINCINNATI, March 17. The Chronicle this alternoon says, on the authority of Senator Sumner, that he has neither been asked to preside over the Cin? cinnati convention, and that with his present opinions be will decline to do anything of the kind. ST. PATRICK'S DAT IN NEW ORLEANS. NEW ORLEANS. March 17. The Hibernian Society celebrated St Patr rick's Day by a grand procession. John S. Washington, for thirty-four years marine reporter of the Picayune, is dead. A SERIOUS CHARGE. WASHINGTON, March 17. Charles W. Bultz, counsel lor DeLarge In the election case of DeLarge and Bowen irom South Carolina, has been arrested for system? atic licentiousness towards school girls. OUR NEW IRON STEAMSHIP. PHILADELPHIA, March 16. The new Iron steamship Geo. W. Clyde sail? ed on a trial trip for Charleston. A STABBING AFFRAT occurred on.8aturday, lhe 9lb instant, In Darlington County, near Dove's Depot, on the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad. Two negroes, Dempse Kerwin and Gabriel Ferguson, were engaged In the af? fair, and the latter received several cuts lu the thighs and abdomen, Inflicting serious If not mortal injury. The parties had been at enmity for eome time previous, Fergueon having accused Kerwin of conjuring him; hence the altercation. A warrant has been issued for lhe arrest of Kerwin, but at last ac? counts he was still at large. SCPREME COURT DECISIONS, COLUMBIA, MARCH 16.-L. D. Mowry et al vs. J. Stoguer et al. Judgment and verdict set aside, and a new trial ordered. Opinion by Willard, A. J. B. F. Massey et al vs. John Adams. Motion dismissed, and case remanded to Circuit Court. Opinion by Moses, C. J. Held, the order of a circuit judge granting a new trial on the facts of the case ls final, and this court ls without power to reverse lt. To give Juris? diction to the Supreme Court to set aside an order for a "new trial granted by the circuit | judge, lt must appear that the order involved only error In law. Oo the denial of the mo? tion to reverse the order of the circuit Judge granting a new trial, Judgment absolute is to Be rendered against the appellant, as pro? vided by the lim section of the Code of Pro? cedure, and the case will be remitted to the Circuit Court forsuch proceedings as may be necessary to render the Judgment effectual. -The rent-roll of the Tichborne estate ls upward of sixteen thousand pounds a year. Assuming that the trial has cost two hundred thousand pounds, this could be easily raised at four per cent on the property, and the In? terest payable thereupon would represent half the Income. The present baronet being a minor, who will not be of age tor many years, would probably only be allowed a thousand a year for educational and other ex? penses, so that by the time be attains his ma? jority the property will have fully recovered the costs caused by "the claimant" LAWS OF THE STATE. ACTS OF THE GENERAI. ASSEMBLY OF SO UTBT CAROLINA. Published by Authority. AN ACT to Grant, Renew and Amend the Char? ter of the Village of Book Hill, in the Coun? ty of York. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting In General Assembly and by the authority of the same: That from and after the passage of this act, all citizens of this State, having resided twelve months within the State, and sixty days in the Village of Rock Hill, shall be deemed, and are hereby declared to be, a body politic and cor? porate, and the said village shall be called and known by the name of Rock Hill, and Its cor? porate limits shall extend over an area of a square each Bide whereof is one mlle, and the centre whereof ia "Gordon's Hotel.1' SEC. 2. That the said village shall be gov? erned by an intendant and four wardens, who shall be citizens of the United States, and who ehall have resided In this State twelve months, and shall have been residents of the said vil? lage sixty days Immediately preceding their election, and who shall be elected OB the sec-, ond Monday of January, 1873, and on the same day In each year thereafter,' ten days' public notice thereof being previously given; and that all male Inhabitants of the age of twenty one years, citizens of the State, and who shall have resided within the State twelve months, and In the said village sixty days Immediately preceding their election, shall be entitled to vote for said Intendant and wardens, paupers and persons under disabilities of crime ex? cepted. SEC. 3. The said election shall be held at some convenient public place In the said vil? lage, from ten o'clock In the morning, until four o'clock in the afternoon, and when the polls shall be closed, the managers shall forth? with count the votes, and declare the election; and give notice thereof, In writing, to the in? tendant therein being, who shall, within two days thereafter give notice, or cause the same to be given, to the persons duly elected. The lotendant and wardens, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall, respectively, take the oath prescribed by the constitution of the State, and also the following oath, to wit: "As the Intendant (or warden) of the vil? lage of Bock Hill, I will, equally and Impartially, to the best of my abil? ity, exercise the trust reposed in me, and will use my best endeavors to preserve the peace, and carry Into effect, accord-, lng to law, the purposes for which I have been elected : So help me God." And If any per? son, upon being elected Intendant or warden, shall refuse to act as such, he shall forfeit and pay to the council the sum of twenty dollars for the use of the said village : Provided, That no person who bas attained the age of sixty years shall be compelled to serve In either of Bald offices; nor shall any other person be com? pelled to serve, either as an Intendant or war? den, more than one year In any term of three years. The intendant and wardens for the time being shall always appoint one or more boards of managers (three managers for each board) to conduct the election, who, before they open the polls, shall take au oath fairly and Impartially to conduct the same. SEC. 4. That lu case a vacancy shall occur In the office ol intendant, or any of the wardens, by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, an election to fill such vacancy shall be held by order of the Intendant and wardens, or a majority of the same, ten days' public notice being previously given; and In case of sickness, or temporary absence of the Intendant, the wardens, forming the council, shall be empowered to elect one of the number to act as Intendant during the time. SEC. 5. That the Intendant and wardens duly elected and qualified shall, during the term of office, severally and respectively, be vested with all the powers of trial justices, or Justices of the peace, as the case may be, In this State, within the limits of said village, except for the trial of small and mean cases; and the Intendant shall and may, as often as 13 necessary, summon the wardens to meet In council, any three of whom, with the Inten? dant, shall constitute a quorum to transact business; and they shall be known as the town council of Rock Hill; and they and their suc? cessors In office, hereafter to be elected, may have a common Beal, which shall be affixed to all of their ordinances, may sue and be sued, plead and be lmpleaded In any court of Justice In this State; and purchase, hold, possess and enjoy to them, in perpetuity, or for any term of years, any estate, real or personal, or mixed, and sell, allen or convey the same: Provided, The same shall not exceed, at any one time, the sum of ten thousand dollars; and the said town council shall have authori? ty to appoint, lrom time to time, as they may see flt, such and so many proper persons, to act as marshals or constables of said village, as said council may deem necessary and ex? pedient for the preservation of the peace, good order and police thereof, which persons BO appointed shall, within the corporate limite of said village, have the power and prlvilges, and be subject to all the obligations, penalties and regulations provided by law for the office of constable; and shall be liable to be removed at the pleasure of said town council; and the said town council shall have power to establish or authorize the establishment of a market house in said village; also to authorize the establishment of a guardhouse, and to pre? scribe suitable rules and regulations for keep? ing and governing the same, and the said town council, or the said Intendant and ward? ens, in person, any one or more of them, may authorize and require any marshal of the town, or any constable especially appointed for that purpose, to arrest and commit to the said guardhouse, for a term not exceeding twenty-tour hours, any person or persons who, within lhe corporate limits of said town, may be engaged in any breach of the peace, riotous or disorderly conduct, open obsceni? ty, public drunkenness, or any conduct gross? ly indecent or dangerous to the citizens of said town, or any ot them; and lt shall be the duty of the town marshal or constable to ar? rest and commit all such offenders when re? quired to do BO, and who shall'have power to call to their assistance the posse comitatus, if need be, to aid In making such arrests; and upon the failure of such officers to perform such duty as required, they shall severally be subject to such flues and penal? ties as the town council may Impose upon them; and all persons so imprisoned shall pay the costs and expenses incident to their im? prisonment, which said costs and expenses shall be collected In the same manner as ls provided for the collection of fines Imposed for the violation of ordinances, rules and reg? ulations : Provided, That such imprisonment shall not exempt the party from the payment o? any fine the connell may Impose for the > fence which he, she or they may hare comm ted; and the Bald town connell shall baye ii power and authority, under their corpora seal, to make all such rules and regulatloi by-laws and ordinances, respecting tl street?, roads and business thereof, as well the police system of the said town, as shall a pear to them necessary and proper for the s curlty, welfare and convenience of the lnha itants of said town, and for preserving heal tl order and government within the sa town; and the said town council may In pose floes for offences against their by-law rules, regulations and ordinances, and appn prlate the same to the public use of said to wi and the said town connell shall have the san power that trial justices or justices o? tl peace now bave, or may hereafter have, 1 compel the attendance of witnesses, and n quiring them to give evidence upon the trli before them o? any person or persons for violation of any of their ordinances, by-lawi rules or regulations; but no fine above the sui of twenty-five dollars shall be collected fa said council, except by suit In the prop? courts of Justice in this State, and also tbt nothing herein contained shall authorize sal council to make any ordinance or by-laws li consistent with or repugnant to the laws < this State. SEC. 6. That the said intendant and wai dens, or a majority of them, shall have powe to abate and remove ell nuisances in sal town; and lt shall be their duty to keep a roads, ways, bridges and streets within th corporate limits of said town open and 1 good repair, and for that purpose they are it vested with all the powers of county commit sioners, for and within the corporate limits c the said town, and they may lay out net streets, close up, alter or widen those now li use; and shall have full power to classify an arrange the Inhabitants or citizens of sali town liable to street, road or public dut; therein, and to force the performance of sue! duty, under such penalties as are now, o shall hereafter be, prescribed by law; and the shall have power to compound with all person liable to work the streets, ways and roads 1: said town, upon such terms as their ord nances or by-laws may establish, or the] rules and r?gulations may require; th money so received to be applied to the pnbli use of said town; and all persons refusing f. labor, or falling to pay such commutation shall be liable to such fine, not exceeding tei dollars for one year, as the said town connel may Impose; and they shall have the power b enforce the payment of such fine In the sam? manner as is now, or may be hereafter, pro vlded for the collection of county taxes. Ant the said town council shall have power, will the consent of the adjacent land-owners, ti close all such roads, streets and ways, wlthli the said town, as they may deem necessary, b; the sale of the freehold therein, either at pr! vate or public sale, as they may adjudge bea for the Interest of the said town; and the; shall keep lo repair all such new streets, road and ways as they may, from time to time deem necessary for the Improvement and con venlence of said town: Provided, That ni street, road or way shall be opened wit h ou first having obtained the consent of the land owner or owners thereof, through whose pre mises any such new street, road or way ma; pass. -SEO. 7. The said town connell may hav power and authority to require all person owning a lot or lots la said town to close ID and to make and keep In good repair, Bide walks In front of said lot or lots, whenevei the same shall front or adjoin any publli street of said town, if, in the Judgment of th? said council, such sidewalk shall be necessary the width thereof, and the manner of con st ruction, to be designated and regulated b] the said town council; and for default or re fusal, after reasonable notice, to make and keep in good repair such sidewalks, and tx close such lots, the town council may cause the same to be made or put In repair, and re quire the owner to pay the price of making oi repairing; and the said town council are here by empowered to sue for and recover the sam* by action of debt lo any court o? competent Jurisdiction: Provided, That such contract foi making and repairing is let to the lowest bid der. The cemeteries and public graveyard! are also placed under the jurisdiction of tnt said town council. SEC. 8. The Intendant and wardens of thc said town, or a majority of them, shall hav< full power to grant or refuse license to kee { taverns or to retail spirituous liquors wlthli the corporate limits of the said town, upor. Buch conditions, and under such circumstan ces, aa to them shall seem proper and right Provided, That in no instance shall the price of a license to keep a tavern or to retail spirit uous liquors, be lees than the amount that-li established by the State; and all moneys pale for licenses and for fines and forfeitures sha! be appropriated for the public use of the sale town : Provided, That the Intendant and war dens, duly elected, shall not have power tc grant any license to keep tavern or retail splr Ituous liquors, to extend beyond the term foi which they have been elected. They shall have power to regulate sales at auction within the corporate limits of said t own, and to grant licen? ses to auctioneers, Itinerant traders, to keepera of hotels and livery stables, and to levy a tas on all drays, carts, .wagons, carriages, omni? buses, buggies, horses, mares, or mules, kept for hire or used for pnblic purposes in said town; and they fihall have the full and only power to Impose a tax on all shows or exhibi? tions, for gain or reward, witblu the corporate limits of said town. They shall have the power to impose a tax, not exceeding twenty cents on every hundred dollars of the value of all real and personal property lying within the corporate limits of the town, real and per? sonal property of churches and schools and college associations excepted. That an ordi? nance declaring the rates of the annual taxa? tion upon property and other subjects of an? nual taxation for the year, shall be published at least three weeks, during the month ol January in each year: Provided, That the said town council shall have power to levy a lax for this year under the same rule as is above stated, Immediately alter the passage of this act; and that all persons liable to taxation under the same shall make oath of their tax able property within said town, and make payment of their taxes to the clerk or treasurer of said corporation, or Buch other person as they may be ordered or required to do during the succeeding month after pub? lication, and upon the failure to make such return and payment as required, the parties BO in default shall be subject to the penalties provided by law for failures to pay the gene? ral State and county tax, to be enforced by the orders of the Intendant and wardens, or a majority of them, for the use of the said town, except in such cases that executions to enforce the payment of such taxes shall be issued under the seal of the corporation, and may be directed to the town marshal, or other person appointed by the town council to levy, collect and receive the same, with coats, as lu such cases made and provided by law; and all property npon which such tax abail be levied and assessed ls hereby declared and made liable for the payment thereof in pre* f ference to all other debts except debts due to the State, which shall be first paid; and that all other taxes imposed by the intendant and wardens, dr a majority of them, shall be lia? ble for the sam*, as in manner and form Just before stated.. Si c. 9. The Intendant and wardens elect, together with clerk and treasurer, shall, dur? ing their term of office, be exempt from street and police doty. Each town council shall, wi tr, in one month after the expiration of their terni? of office, make out and return to their successors in office a full account of their re? ceipts and expenditures during their term, which account shall be published in-one or more papers of the town, and shall pay over all moneys in their possession belonging to the corporation, and deliver up all books, records, and other papers Incident to their office, to their successors; and on failure to do so Ibuy shall be liable to be fined In a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be col? lected by any proper action of the town council. ' .' " .'. Silo. 10. That all ordinances or by-laws, pass? ed by the Town Council of Bock Hill shall be binding upon the citizens of said town, the same as the laws of the State. Ssc. ll. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent or supplied by thia act, be and the same are hereby repealed. SEO. 12. This act shall be deemed a public act, and continue In force for the term of four? teen years, and until the end of the Legisla? tur) thereof. . - Approved March 4, 1872. : u jgggjgjj flitters. . ?HF* ATMOSPHERIC -POIS?NT^THE Spring sun calls up something besides the flowers and grasses. lt evolves from the damp earth, tur? bid rivera, stagnant pools and black morasses, - the gaseous provocatives of diseases. From the offal and garbage of unclean cities, too, lt inhales an effluvia destructive or health and vigor. Period? ic fevers of varions types are now raging with un- ' usual virulence In various parts of the country, and there are complaints from all quarters or a singularly unhealthy spring. What ls to be done in this emergency? The answer ls simple and to: the point. Strengthen the body. 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