The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, March 18, 1872, Image 1
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.
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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
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81 SB
40 NW
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55 NE
82 S
31 N
34IW
28 SW
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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. Weakneu
predisposes the system to disease, commence
at once a course of the most genial of tonics, HOS*
TE'CTE R'S STOMACH BITTERS. Be assured that
the germs of epldemlo and endemic fevers win
never Infect the physique that has been fortified
and regulated by this glorious vegetable restora?
tive. A moist atmosphere aggravates dyspepsia,
and all diseases or a billions type, and the sudden
thermo me tri cal changes common at this season are
a s t; ve r e trial even to strong constitutions. There
Is but one way of combating these deleterious
agencies, and that H by invigorating the body,
and imparting a healthy activity to all Its Inno"
tiona. The only specific required for this purpose
ls Hosteler's Bitters. Of all vegetable tonics and
alteratives, lt ls the purest and the best. Its med?
icinal Ingredients include all the juices and ex?
tracts of the most approved tonic, anti bilious
and antiseptic i rcducts of the Botanic Kingdom,
and they are corni ned with a stimulant far su?
perior in quality io the alcohol need la preparing
the tinctures and extracts of the "regular" phar?
macopoeia. mchl8-fffm8DAo
ID rugs ano Meoicitus.
?|TJRUGS AND MEDICINE?. -
WHOLEHATiE & BETAUi.
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Constantly on hand all the leading Proprietary
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FRENCH, ENGLISH, GERMAN AND
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FOUNTAIN SYRINGES, the best and most con
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Also, every other kind of Syringe known in the
market.
Trasses, Abdominal Supporters, Shoulder
Braces, Abdommal Belts, Physicians' Saddle
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and Medicine Chests.
Kidder's Electro-Magnetic
Batteries.
Druggists' Glassware, of every description, at
the lowest rates, and a full assortment of "Drug?
gists' Sundries."
Agent for Nattan's "Crystal Discovery for the
Hair.?
Agent for the "New Torie Medical University's"
Preparations.
Agent for Rlson's Tobacco Antidote, and Up?
ham's Antidote to Strong Drink.
Agent for the elegant preparations or W. B.
Warner A Co., of Philadelphia, consisting of a
full une or Fluid Extracts, Sugarcoated Pills
Elixirs, Medicated Wines and Syrups, Licorice
und Pepsin Lozenges, Ac., Ac.
Special attention ls directed to the following
articles of his own manufacture:
GERMAN SOOTHING CORDIAL !
An excellent Carminative, invaluable la the
diseases incident to the period of dentition la
children; as also La colic, diarrhoea, dysentery,
and other infantile complaints. It ls superior to
other medicines used for this purpose, as it ls en?
tirely free from any Injuri?os drug, and
CONTAINS NO ANODYNE I
lt ls recommended bj the bear physicians, and
mothers may administer lt with confidence.
THE EXCELSIOR HAIR TONIC,
ls a carefully prepared Dressing for the hair, at
once answering the purposes of hair oil, hair
wash, and hair tonic. It "contains no sulphur,
lead, or nitrate of sliver, and ls
NO DYE I
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prevent their railing out, and will not injure the
general system
Baer's Improved Vegetable
Cathartic Fills.
A gentle Aperient, of purely vegetable sub?
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Constipation, Ac, kc.
DOUBLE DISTILLED BENZINE,
for removing grease spots, and cleaning clothes.
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