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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A THE TICHBORNE CASE. WANT OFFUNDS THE CAUSE OF THE COLLAPSE Waa there a Conspiracy ?-The Tich? borne Bonds-The Appearance of the Claimant. Oar latest London flies contain graphic de? scriptions of the closing scenes in the Tica borne case. Ur. Sala draws a vivid picture of .the pseudo claimant himself, as he heard of trie j ur v's declaration. He stood calmly and cheerfully discussing the different interpreta? tions which might be given to the Jurors' re? script, listening courteously, and returning courteous replies to others. "For any passion cr emotion that he showed," says Sala, "h? might have been a man made of galvanised India rubber-sluggishly elastic, moderately susceptible ol pressure, and then quietly re? turning to his normal state." Indeed, he ap pe us to have been far les3 affected by the un? toward turn in affairs than many of the specu? lators in Tichborne bonds, who bave lost sums varying from two thousand dol. j lars to forty thousand dollars; and the manner in which he carried him? self when placed under arrest, and, during the whole period of revulsion, snows conclu? sively that he ls, though a shameless Impos? tor, a man of true "grit" and nerve. On en terlng the prison, he was asked in the usual form to give up anything he might have npon. him, and at once banded over a quantity of jewelry which he was weartog, Including a Handsome watch and chain, and snuff-box, all engraved with the Tichborne coat-of-arms. It"appears that the morsel of evidence which proved the feather In the balance of the jury's mind was that relating to the tattoo marks. The claimant had previously sworn that he bad never been tattooed, but Lord Bellew swore that he himself bad tattooed Boger Ti ch . bo me's arm when a fellow-student with bim, and he was followed in corroboration by Mrs. Badcllffe, Messrs. A. and H. Seymour, Lady Dough ty and Mrs. Nangle. Such a succession of concurrent witnesses proved too mitch for even the long-suffering Tichborne Jury, and j the denouement followed forthwith. The Lon? don correspondent of the New York Tribune writes: The collapse of the Tichborne trial is under? stood to be due really to the claimant's failure to raise the money needed to go on with 11 His solicitors, it ls said, notified him some time since that they were out of funds, and that' his counsel could not be expected to pro? ceed with the cross-examination ot the wit? nesses for the defence uniese more money wera foithcoming. Thereupon the claimant Called together his friends and bondholders and explained to them that all the money the y bad heretofore contributed was likely to be lost for want of a little more. It ts possible more might have been had bat tor the Eur ??rising line the Jury took. What carried' the ury was the evidence of Lord Bellew that the real 8ir Boger was tattooed, and the admitted fact that the claimant has no corresponding ! marks. But I hear that Lord Bellow's testi? mony would not have passed unchallenged. An officer in Sir Boger'slold regiment Is alleged to have written a letter declaring that Lord Belie wis entirely mistaken, and that on the occasion of the tattooing,. Sir Roger, so far trotn submitting to the operation, was one of tho officers who. positively refuse j lo have anything to do with lt. Nobody doubts that Lord Beliews statement was made In good faith, but his mistake. If it bea mistake, has had a very damaging effect. It ls obvious that the claimant's solicitor and counsel, with euch evidence in their possession, would not have yielded to tbe suggestions of the Jury if the Claimant bad been able to provide means to coutinue. But the best evidence and the best case are worthless without money to make them heard. I am of coarse far from saying that I think the c ai mani's case was of the best, or that It could have been saved.' I am one ot the very few who bad no opinion at any time about it. The verdict of the Jury will not at once change men's minds. Those who have stuck to the claimant from the beginning Btlck to him now, and their number ls large. It the man ls an impostor, he ls one of the cleverest scoundrels who ever lived. He puzzled his own counsel. Sergeant Ballantine said months ago that be could not make bim out, and that the only thiner he was sure of was that he could not be Arthur Orton. His solicitors. Mr. Boss ex? cepted, seem to bave had unshaken confi? dence in the genuineness of his claims. Socl et v,v which might naturally be' expected to take sides with the family and against "the butcher," has always been divided. Tue legal profession Itself bas furnished some stout partisans for him, and I think a good many who did not believe the claim? ant to be the lost Slr Boger Tichborne thoroughly enjoyed ihe skill with which be baffled the cross-examination of the attorney general. - It Slr John Coleridge had not re? deemed his examination by bis speech, bis po? sition at the bar would have been not a little compromised. Only yesterday a lawyer of ? high rank being asked what he thought of the case, answered: "If I were on the Jury, and had to make up my mind before dinner, l am afraid I should have to last] a long Ume.' Three days ago the claimant was visited by a journalist, wnose name everybody in America would recognize if I gave lt, one of the best known and one of the most cynical and scep? tical writers on the London press. After a ?ree conversation of some two hours, this writer came away avowing his conviction that j the man he had just seen was the true Slr Boger. I know others justas little likely to be carried away by sympathy, or imposed upon by mere shrewdness, who scoff at the verdict of the Jury, saying that they, themselves have subjected the man to more searching tests than any he has undergone in court, and that he has come out of them triumphantly. On the other hand, there are whispers of | some evidence held in reserve that would have convinced, or ought to have convinced, the most incredulous. Such Is the account of the quarrel between the claimant and bis wife, (which I should rather be excused from going into,) and her reported readiness to go on the stand and swear that he was not Tich borne but Castro. And such is the story of ! the quarrel between the claimant and his brother, who had at first been a party lo the conspiracy, but who thought he did not get his proper share of the good things going, and so, in a flt of virtuous disgust, made a clean breast of the whole matter to the solicitor for the defence. Of one thing we may be pretty sure, that, if there has been a conspiracy, some one ot the parties to it will speedily "split" upm bis confederates. The fortunes cf the chief actor in it are at their ebb, and, as there is nothing more to be got by lying, those who abetted Elm will forsake him readi? ly enough under the menace of a prosecution lor perjury. Tue strong language which Lord Chief-Jus? tice Bovlll used in directing the arrest of the plaintiff for wilful and corrupt perjury is only what might have been expected from his de? meanor throughout the trial. Whoever else doubted, the Judge who presided did not doubt. He early made up his mind that the claimant and a good many of his witnesses were lying, and be took small pains to con? ceal his belief. His prepossessions were of great help to the defence, and could not but have, had a very great effect upon the Jury. That theory of Eng tsh law which prescrloeB to a Judge an attitude of rigid Impartiality as between the parties to a cause was very Im? perfectly observed during the great Tichborne trial. Over and over again Sergeant Ballan? tine interposed between the lord chief-jus? tice and some witness whom he was cross examining from the bench. Once Sergeant Ballantine went so far as to intimate that be thought lt hard be should have to contend not .only with the counsel for the defence, but with the court as well. I d n't wish to make any criticism on Lord Chief Justice Bovin. He has done what he thought his duty, but he ?bas done lt in a way somewhat unlike that which bas given tbe English bench a high repute lor holding the scales with an even Hand. As the claimant most have kno wn for some .days that he would probably be unable to go on with the trial, ana known also for a long time that, In the event of a verdict against him, he might expect a prosecution for perju? ry, why did he not make his escape ? The answer is, I puppose, that be has been watch ed by tbe polioe, and that be really bad no chance to get away, or none since the Issue of the case became certain. Nor is lt certain he would have run If he could. He has played lor a great etake. Whatever else he may "be, he ls a man of great resolution and courage and coolness. Probably be had hopes that the meeting of his supporters on Monday would result in their raising more money somehow or other, and, so long as there was a chance, he would not throw it away. The descriptions ofthat meeting are full of dramatic interest, and as well worth copying as anything In the case. Indeed, a narrative of the financial aspects of this extraordinary cause would, if lt could be made complete, be one of the most striking features of it. Who first conceived the notion of issu? ing Tichborne bonds? Who bought them? Wno dealt in them ? How much did Messrs. Baxter, Rose and Norton know about the ma? chinery which was put in motion to supply them with funds ? There is good legal au? thority for the oplnioa that the way In which money was got was such as to render those concerned in getting it offend er s against a penal statute. However that may be, the bonds were for some time rather a favorite in? vestment among people of a speculative turn ol mind. They were once worth some fifty pounds sterling-the amount on the face being one' hundred. Thea they fell to twenty and fifteen, then went up again to thirty and fluc? tuated widely all during the latter part of the plaintiff's case. Finally they were offered tor a few ghi,lings each, and now the time came when there were no quota? tions at all. Some of the claimant's friends are said to have advanced him, first and at last, as much as forty thousand dollars, and the number ol them who are in for two thou? sand and five thousand and ten thousand is considerable. If he ls to be dismissed as an Impostor, he will have the pleasure of re? membering (according to a computation pub? lished this morning) that he was supported in his claim by the evidence of eighty-five wit? nesses, comprising the baronet's mother, the family solicitor, one baronet, six magistrates, one general, three colonels, one major, two captains, thirty-two noncommissioned offi? cers and privates, four clergymen, seven tenants of the estate, sixteen servants of the family, and twelve general witnesses, who all swore to his Identity. They could not keep him out of Newgate, but some of them will perhaps carry their oellei in him 60 far as to secure his release on ball. LATEST FROM LOWERY'S GANG. The Adventures of the Herald Man Plays the Agreeable to thc Outlaw Chlafs Wife-Tnlceato tbe Swamps A Terrible Mystery, Perhaps. The correspondent of the New Tork Herald, who was "captured" by the Lowery's con? sidering with Hugo that apparent defeats con? tain definite triumphs, utilizes his confinement by sending two or three columns of surpassing interest to the Herald datly. The last dis? patch has a tinge of romance about lt. The correspondent, it seems, has been acting on the safe and celebrated principle of "courting the old woman," and has successfully wooed Mrs. Lowery in the temporary absence of ber husband, gaining her confidence, escorting her reverentially to church, extracting valuable bits of news from her, and conciliating through her agency two of the bandits, armed to the teeth, and of a singularly vlllanous ap? pearance. He has been obliged to take a large quantity o' terrible oaths, and is kept prisoner until the return ol the ebie!. But the j ibile mny sot deny Itself its quantum of sleep. The correspondent's life ls not in dan? ger, as long as he keeps his oaths; and be will continue to forward regular bulletins, which, If not religiously true in ail particu? lars, are as good as true. The Wilmington Star, of Sunday, has the following: The wife ol Henry Berry Lowery, the out? law chlei, was at Mos3 Neck depot yesterday as the train passed that point, whither she came for the purpose of delivering a dlsp atch from Henderson, to be sent North from tbts city. She states that the correspondent was at Lowery's cabin, near Moss Neck, on Friday evening about six o'clock, when Tom Lowery, Stephen Lowery and Andrew Strong suddenly entered lt and told him to get up and go with them. He told them that he was ready, but first asked permission to sead off a dispatch to -his paper, which was accorded him, when he wrote the dispatch and gave it to the Lowery female, who. as we have seen, iulfilled her promise to deliver it to the conductor of the train. Henderson then accompanied the out? laws, bound for the recesses of the Scuffle town swamp. It was reported here yester? day, tbe report coming from Shoe Heel, that Henderson had been killed by the outlaws, but the report ls generally discredited. JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE -Seventeen more arrests in Union last Wednesday. -There was quite a heavy fall of snow at Greenville and Anderson last Friday morning. -The Anderson County Jail has been with? out a prisoner for several weeks. -Large fires have been raging in the woods around Aiken. # -Corn planting has Just commenced In crood eameet in Aiken County. Small grain looks very promising. -Mayor Alexander, of Columbia, offers a reward of one hundred dollars for the arrest of the Incendiary who set fire to J. N. Frick's store tn that city on the 9tb Instant. -Tbe freedmen are now working well throughout the State, and, If not bunted down by the politicians during ihe summer and tall, will yet prove the best field hands for the South. --Affairs in Edgefleld are reported to be In a I flourishing condition. The merchants have recently returned from Charleston and New York with unusually large stocks of goods, and the grocery business especially ls said to be one-third larger than in 1870. -The trial of Mr. W. D. Alleen, charged with the murder of Mr. John A. Clark, which be? gan In Wlnnsboro' last Wednesday, resulted on Friday In Mr. Aiken's acquittal. The courthouse was crowded, and when the jury announced their verdict, "Not guilty," tnere was a deafening iburst of applause from the audience. Order could not be preserved, and Judge Rutland ordered that every person shouting In the room should be fined. The fines were afterwards remitted. -The Citizens'Parly of Columbia completed their nominations for the municipal election, to be held in that city on the 2d proximo, by the nomination last Friday evening of Mr. F. W. Wing. The nominations for aldermen are as follow : Ward No. 1-B. D. Benn, George Lever, ?I anson Williams. Ward No. 2-John Agnew, C. M. Wilder, Cap Carroll. Ward No. 3- W. B. Gulick, George Dierck. Ward No. 4- R. C. Shiver, Cosar Lowndes, Holland Mit? chell. AJ? ERIC AK SCANDAL IN PARIS.-American circles in Paris were excited towards the end of February by the following blt of scandal: A very well-known citizen of New York, lamousfor the fortune he has made by the sale of patent medicines, was in Paris with his wile. They had been there fe: some time. He is ex? tremely addicted to game..og; bis trip abroad is said to have been undertaken chiefly to break him from this vice which ls making serious inroads on his fortune. He returned to his room in Paris one morning about 2 o'olock. His wife was not lu their lodgings, but he knew where she was to be found, so he went to the house of a Mrs. B - and found that lady, his wife, and two men busily en? gaged playing cards. The New Yorker flew into a towering rage, and upbraided his wife in the most Intemperate language. Early the next morning the outraged wife obtained the certificates of two or three French physicians, who bad never seen her husband, vouching that he was insane and should be placed lu a lunatic asylum. Armed with these, she went to Mr. Washburne, and through his Interven? tion made the police arrest her husband and lodge him in a madhouse. Meanwhile Mr. Was ii burne grew uneasy at the thought of the responsibility he had assumed, and the next day sent an American doctor to see his Incar? cerated countryman. Tula doctor at once dis? covered that his countryman was sane, and he was llbe-ated-Correspondence Aew Tork World. THE LORDS RAMPANT. STIFF TALK FROM EARL DERBY ON THE INDIRECT DAMAGES. The Govern ment Still Hetf cent-France and the Pope-Celebration of the Birthday of the Emperor William?. LONDON, March 23. Ia the House o? Lords, last evening, the Earl of Derby, lu accordance with a notice given on Tuesday nlgbt, proposed a question as to the course the government Intended to pursue with regard to the Treaty of Washing? ton. He hoped the minister of foreign affairs would be able to state that the government was prepared to maintain ibe ground taken at the beginning of the present session and de? cline to admit the claims for Indirect damages made by the American Government before the Geneva Conference. All knew the public anx? iety was grear. It was an anomalous state of things that while all the newspapers of the country were discussing the question Parlia? ment should be lorbearing from debating it. He warned the government that the doctrine that they bad already sacriSced much for peace and bad better give. more than fall, was dangerous. He asked further if Great Britain would appear before the Geneva board under the circumstances. Eirl Granville replied that Gladstone and he himself had already given answers to these questions, to which noihing could be added at present; complete publicity at tbis Juncture was impossible. Th H Earl ot Malmsbury objected to the con? tinued silence of Parliament. If the Treaty of Washington had been discussed last year, the present difficulties would have been averted. Lord Weslberry spoke in condemnation of the conduct of the American Government. It had been distinctly promised that the In? direct damages would not be pressed, and lt would be contrary to England's honor to ad? mit them after such a mutual understanding. Grauvllle intimated that the treaty had been misconstrued. The HouBe of Lords has adjourned to April 8th. The House ot Commons adjourns on Tuesday to the same date. VERSAILLES, March 22. The galleries of tbe Assembly were crowded with SD ec tato rs this afternoon in expectation ol the debate on the Catholic petitions which had been postponed until to-day. Monselgnor Dupanloup, bishop of Orleans, rose to open the discussion, but yielded the tribune to Presi? dent Thiers, who proceeded to address the Chamber. His speech was a plea tor a further postponement of the debate. He deprecated discussion, which he declared could not by any possibility serve the Interests of the Holy See. He assured the deputies that the policy of the government on the Roman question an? nounced last year was unchanged. The inde? pendence or the Holy See was dear to France, who had always defended and would continue to defend lt; but any discussion ol the pe tl tiona before j the Chamber would seri? ously embarras the governmenr, while ic could not benefit the Holy Father. Mon? selgnor Dupanloup said he would not Insist on speaking after the appeal made -ty the president. Easily reconciling the-feelings of a bishop with the feelings of a Frenchman, he comprehended the respect due the misfor? tunes of France. The policy which had proved fatal to France had also been fatal to tbe See ol Rome. The Assembly then, by a large majority, decided not to continue tbe debate, and passed to the consideration of the budget. BERLI.V, March 22. The Emperor William to-day completed his seventy-tilth year. There was no formal court celebration of the day, but the Emperor received a large number ot persone who pre? sented their congratulations. The city was decorated during the day and ls brilliantly illuminated to-night. INTELLIGENCE IN BRUTES. Some of the Cariosities of Animal Life. .'There can be no doubt," writes Mr. Dar? win, "that dogs feel shame as distinct from fear, and something very like modesty, when begging too often tor food. A great dog scorns the snarling ol a little dog, and tbis may be called magnanimity. Several observers have stated that monkeys certainly disliked being laughed at, and they sometimes Invent Imagi? nary offences. In the Zoological gardens I saw a baboon that always got loto a furi? ous rage when its keeper took out a letter or book and read ll aloud to him, and hts rage was so violent thar, as I wi messed on one occasion, he blt his own leg until the blood flowed. All animals feel wonder, and many exhibit curiosity, the latter quality affording opportunity for hunters, in many paris of the world, to decoy the game in their power. The faculty of imita? tion, so strongly developed In man, especially In a barbarous stale, is present in monkeys. A certain bull terrier of our acquaintance, when he wishes to go out of the room Jumps at the handle of the door and grasps it with his paws, although he cannot himself turn the handle. Parrots also reproduce with wonder? ful fidelity tbe tones of different speakers, and puppies reffed by cats have been known to lick their feet and wash their faces after the manner of tfielr foster mothers. Atten? tion and memory also are present in the lower animals, and lt is Impossible to deny that the dreams of dogs and horses show the presence of Imagination or that a certain sort of reason Is also present. Animals also profit by experience, as any man realizes who Bits traps. The young are much more easily caught than 'the old, and the adults gain caution by seeing the fate of those which are caught. Tools are used by some of the higher apes. The chimpanzee uses a stone to crack a nut resembling a walnut, and the Abyssinian baboons fight troops of another species, and roll down stones in the attack before they Anally close in a hand-to-hand encounter. The idea of property ls common also to every dog with a bone, to all birds with their nests, and notably In the case of rooks. Nor can a certain kind of language be denied to the brutes. The dog communicates his feelings by barks of different tones, which undoubtedly raise In his fellow-dogs Ideas similar to those passing in his own mind." BE ECONOMICAL.-Look most to your spend? ings. No matter what comes In, li more goes out you will always be poor. The art ls not in making money, but Id keeping lt; little ex? penses, like mice in a barn, when they are many, make great waste. Hair by hair heads get bald; straw by straw the thatch goes off the cottage, and drop by drop the rain comes in the chamber. A barrel Is soon empty il the tap leaks but a drop a minute. When you mean to save, begin with your mouth; many thieves pass down the red lane. The ale Jug is a great waste. In all other things keep within compass. Never st retch your legs fur? ther than the blankets will reacb, or you will Boon be cold. In clothes, choose suitable and lasting stuff, and not tawdry flnfrles. To be warm is the main thing; nevermind the looks. A fool may make money, but lt needs a wise man to spend lt. Remember it ls easier to build two chimneys than to keep one going. It you give ali to back and board, there ls nothing left tor the savings bank. Fare hard and work hard while you are young, and you will have a chance to rest when you are old. How TO GET OUT OF BED.-Dr. Hall does not approve of the old fashioned doctrine which was instilled into the minds ot children -namely, that they should spring out of bed the instant they awake in the morning. He Bay B that ,kup lb eighteen years every child Bhould be allowed ten hours to be In bed. They may not require ten hours sleep, but time should be allowed to rest lu bed until they feel as If they had rather get up than not. It Is a very great and mischievous mistake for persons, old or young, especially children, and feeble and sedentary persons, to pounce out ot bed the moment they wake up; all our Instincts shrink from it, and fiercely kick against lt. Fifteen or twenty minutes spent ls gradually waking up alter the eyes are opened, and in turning over and stretching the limbs, do as much good as Bound sleep, because these operations eet the blood in motion by degrees, tending to equal? ize the circulation; for during sleep the blood tends to stagnation, the heart beats feebly and slow, and to ebock the system by pouncing up in an Instant and Bending the blood in over? powering quantities to the heart, causing it to ?asome a gallop, when the Instant before it was in a creep, is the greatest absurdity. This Instantaneous pouncing out, as soon as the eyes are opened, will be followed by wearlnees long before noon." FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. Thc Kn-KIni Arrests-Uro*peet? of (he Reformera in the Colombia AEnntclpal Contest. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THB NEWS.] COLUMBIA, March 24. The bondsmen of C. C. Hawkins, lately ar? rested at Augusta for alleged vitiation of the Ku-Klux act, have surrendered him, and he ls now in Jail here. More arrests of citizens In the upper counties are soon to be made. The coming week will be devoted to hard work on both sides In the municipal contest, but the People's party, with P. W. Wing as the candidate for the mayoralty, ls gaining ground every day. SALOPA. MOVEMENT OF COTTON D?RING THE | PAST WEEK. NEW YORK, March 24. The receipts at all ports tor the week were 39,189 bales, against 49,972 last week, 50,063 the previous week, and 73,702 three weeks since. The total receipts since September 1st have been 2,386,474 bales, against 3,240,087 for the corresponding period o? the previous year, showing a decrease since September of this year of 854,396 bales. The exports from all ports were 63,988 bales, against 97,053 during the same week last year. The total exports for the expired portion ol the cotton year amount to 1,500,625 bales, asralnst 2,160,117 for the same time last year." The present stock, as compared with that for the corresponding period of the previous year. Is aa follows: March 24, 1872. March 24. 187L At all ports.427.888 024.419 At the interior towns. 77.034 02,881 In Liverpool.878,000 780,OOO American cotton afloat (or Great Britain.202,000 840,000 Indian cotton afloat for Enrop?.413,000 100,000 SUCCESS IN LECTURING. He "Knowe How lt is Himself ." The "Pat Contributor" professes to know bow lt ls, and tells it In this way: "1 know when I have made a success (ia lecturing) with? out being told. The 'committee' bring their wives up to the platform and introduce them to me. Some ol the influential citizens come up and introduce themselves. The editor takes me warmly by the band, and wants to know where the next number of his paper will reach me. If I stay over night with my lrlend, the association president, he invites in some of the neighbors, and there ls a social time in the parlor. Or, If I am at the hotel, the 'boys' calf around and Invite me out to eat oysters, and lt Is difficult to get away from them sometimes to go to bed. There are ?eople to see me off In the morning, and hear lt stated over and' above board that if I should come to that town again the hall wouldn't be large enough lo hold the peo? ple. Little boys on the street are respectful. But when I tali nobody ls lo be introduced. The editor who in the alternoon said he must be sure and see me after the lecture slips off home. His paper doesn't reach me either (un? less it reaches me under the fi Oh rib.) The secretary bands me the stipulated amount with frigid politeness, and departs. As I pass along the sidewalk on my way to the hotel I hear some little boy shout 'humbug!' in a voice o? startling shrillness. The landlord surveys me with a look of pity as I enter-he bas heard all about lt-and I tweak off to bed as soon as possi? ble. No one attends rae to the depot In the morning to see me off, and I overbear a rude fellow tell another on the platform, as I am about to step Into the cars, 'If that Iraud ever comes to this town again he'll get a bead put on him.' " THE WEATHER THIS DAT. ' WASHINGTON. March 24. Falling barometer will extend, during to? night and on Monday, from the Mississippi Yalley to the Atlantic, with Increasing easter? ly to southerly winds, ana a rising tempera? ture. The area of rain will extend over the Southern States, and clondy weather, with rain and enow, from thence to Lake Erle. Dangerous wlods are not anticipated for the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. yesterday's Weather Reports Of the Signal Service, t. S. A.-4.47 F. M., Local Time. Place of Observation. Auguita, Qa... Baltimore. dustoti..... . Charleston. Unica?:). O nein natl.. Galveston, Tex. Key West, Fla. knoxville, Tenn. Memphis. Tenn. Ht. Washington Sew Orleans.... Sew York., N jrfelK. Philadelphia..... Portland. Me.... Savannah . *r. Lanie. washington. Wilmington,N.e. 30.30 30.36 30.11 30.30 30.03 80.27 29.77 30.03 30.10 30.00 29.68 29.05 30. ? 9 30.35 30 32 30.00 30.50 29.89 31.31 30.20 .2 : ?" SE 1 Light, SW Fresh. NW Freeh. B Fre?h. SE RC*?. SE Light. SE Gentle. E Fresh. SB Gentle. SE Fresh. SW Storm E (-risk. SW Freah. SE cresh. SW Fresh. SW Freah. E Fre-h. SB Brisk. SW Brisk. SE Light. 4fi n S Cloudy. Clear. Clear. Pair. Thr'ng. Clear. Thr'ng. Fair. clear. Fair. Cloudy. LC. Rila Clear. Fair. Clear. Fair. Cloudy. Clear. Clear. Cloudy. NOTE.-The weather resort dated 7.47O'CIOCR, mia morning, will tte posted in the rooms of the ?namber 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 ii asters at any time during the dav. Hotel Arrivals-March 'A3 and a*. PAVILION HOTEL. J. P. Roberts, Philadelphia; S. Benjamin, Florida; J. B. Ball and wife, Milton, N. Y.; J. C. Valden, Florence; Captain J. Harrleon, Liv? erpool; D. W. Spencer, Virginia; P. A. Breck, Cheraw;J. Shumaker, G. B. Daniels, H. H. Babb, New York; B. Evans, Florida; James F. Bowens, S. Helsby, Baltimore. MILLS HOUSE. Albert E. Baker, Camden; Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Burton, Brooklyn; Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Col rolie, Troy, New York; Jno. W. Howard and wife, New York; David Goodall, St. John's; F. W. Goodall, Barton, Vt.; H. J. Hand, Phila? delphia; John E. BobertsoD, Fairfield; C. M. Callahan, Tnird ?. S. Artillery; Jas. G. Hol? combe and wife, Miss Holcombe, Master Geo. Holcombe and two servants, New York; D. H. Gould and wife, Brooklyn; E. P. Fubbln, wife and maid, Miss Blunt, A. H. Dohrman, New York; A. Whyte, Savanoah; H. S. Bosworth, Cincinnati; Jno. V. Cockers, Jr., Peter C. Tie man, New York; P. W. Kellogg, Massachu? setts. D. Lorlng and wile, Boston; Cnaa. Underwood, Conneciicut. CHARLESTON HOTEL. H. H. Hale, Boston; J. J. Van Nest, H. Camps, New York; J. J. Dale, Savannah, S. P. Griffin, Louisiana; A. W. Sexton, Jr., J. E. Dow, Jr., New York; J. Colton, Aiken; T. L. Vaughn, North Carolina; W. Kedd and wife, New York; M. Chap?n and three daughters, Massachusetts; J. Shaffer, F. J. Slnclaire. Jno. H. Wyman, New York; D. Mordecai, Balti? more; Mrs. Chadwick, D. G. Ellis, Mr. Chad? wick, M. N. Thayer, Boston; Mrs. J. W. De Foust, Connecticut; A. M. Corrie, Florence; E. O. Hurd, Mrs. Mary Hurd, Miss M. Hurd, Mrs. Lewis and son, C. E. Marston, Miss Marston, Cincinnati; E. A. Marshall, Philadelphia; J. Campbell, Condon; B. W. Parsons, E. B. David, W. F. Mott, wife and daughter, New York; C. D. Norton and wile, Miss A. C. Norton, Philadelphia; G. P. Beed, Brooklyn; S. Frapre, F. B. Sperr, New York; J. W. Har? ris, South Carolina; C. Underwood Connecti? cut; H. S. Osborn, Quincy; Mrs. C. H. Shurner, Mrs. E. C. Leccomb, Brooklyn; 8. D. Loring and wife, Boston. LAWS OF THE STATE. ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Published by Authority. JOINT RESOLUTION' proposing an Amendment to tue Constitution of the State of South Carolina. * Whereas. The Constitution of South Caro? lina, in article 2, section ll, requires a gene? ral election to be beld on the third Wednes? day in October, In every second year after eighteen hundred and seventy; and, whereat, once in every four years an election is requir? ed for Presidential electors, which takes place the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November; and, whereas, the people of this State are. by these'two elections follow? ing so close upon each other, greatly annoyed and Inconvenienced, and the industrial Inter? ests of the State are greatly disturbed and im? perilled; therefore, Be lt resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting In Gene? ral Assembly, and by the authority of tbe same: That the following amendment to the Con? stitution of the State be submitted to the quali? fied electors of the State, at the next general election; and, if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, voting thereon, shall vote in favor of such amendment, and two-thirds of each branch of the next General Assembly shall, after such election, and before another, ratify the same amendment, by yeas and nays. It shall be part of the Constitution, to wit: Strike out all of that portion of section ll, of article 2, following the words "eighteen hundred and seventy," occurring in the fourth and filth lines, and insert the following: "And forever thereafter, on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, In every second year, in such manner and at such places as the Legislature may provide." That the question of adopting this amend? ment shall be submitted to tbe electors as follows: Those in favor of the amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words written or printed thereon, "Constitutional amendment, Tes.'" Those opposed to said amendment shall cast a ballot with the follow words written or printed thereon, "Constitu? tional amendment, 'No."*. Approved March 9, 1872. JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an Amendment to the Co ns thu lion of the State of South Car? ollna. Be lt resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives ot the State o? South Carolina, (two-thirds ol both Houses concurring, ) That the following article be submitted to the qualified electors of the State, at the next general election for representatives, as an amendment to the Constitution ol the State,, which, if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members ot the General Assembly, voling thereon, shall vole in favor of such amendment, and two-thirds ot each branch of the next General Assembly, after such an elec? tion, and before another, ratify the same, shall become part o? the constitution, namely: . ' ARTICLE XVI. . .' To tbe end that the public debt of South Carolina may not hereaf ter be Increased, with? out the due consideration and Iree consent of the people of the State, ,he General Assembly ls hereby forbidden to create any further debt or obligation, either by the loan of the credit of the State, by guarantees, endorsements or otherwise, except for the ordinary and cur? rent business of the State, without first sub? mitting the question as l;o the creation of any such new debt, guarantee, endorsement or loan of its credit, to the people of this State, ata general State election; and, unless two thirds of tbe qualified voters of this State, voting on the question, s hail be In favor ol a further debt, guarantee, endorsement or loan ol its credit, none such ehall be created or made. That the question of adopting this amendment shall be submitted to the electors, as follows: Those in favor of the amendment I shall deposit a ballot with the following words written or printed thereon: "Constitutional Amendment, Article 16, yes." Those oppoeed to the amendment shall cast a ballot with the following words written or printed thereon: "Constitutional Amendment, Article 16, no." Approved March 13, 1872. JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing and, Directing the State Auditor and County Commission? ers to Levy Certain Taxes. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting ia General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: * That the State auditor be, and he ls hereby, authorized ?nd directed to levy and cause to be collected, a tax of six (6) mills on a dollar of all taxable" property in the State, to meet appro? priations for the fiscal year commencing No? vember 1,1871. That the State auditor is here? by authorized and required to levy, in addi? tion to the general State levy, a tax of two mills on all the taxable property In the State for th?-support of public schools, which shall be collected at the same time the general State levy ls collected, and paid into the treas? ury of the State. The same shall be the 1 State School Fund," and shall be kept by the State treasurer separate and apart from all other funds In his possession, and shall under no circumstances be used for other, than school purposes; and the county commissioners of each ot the counties are hereby authorized to levy and cause to be collected a tax not ex? ceeding three mills on the dollar of all taxable property In their respective counties, except the County of Fairfield, In which the county commissioners shall net levy a tax of more than one and a half mills, for ihe fiscal year commencing November 1,1871. Approved March 13, 1872. AN ACT to Amend an Act entitled "An Act Providing lor the Assessment and Taxation of Property, passed September 15, 1863, and all Acts Amendatory thereto." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General As? sembly, and by the authority of the same : That section 103 of the act entiled "An acl providing for the assessment and taxation ol property," passed September 15,1868, be and the same is hereby altered and amended, bj striking out all the proviso, after me wordf "delinquent l ind sale," in the tweltth line that section in of the same act be amend?e by striking out the words "two years," anc Inserting in lieu thereof the words "nlnel; days;" that section 116 of the same act be ant the same 1B bercby amended by striking ou the words "two years," whenever the sam? appears therein, and Insert in lieu thereof th words "ninety dajsf that section I?7 of the same act be and the same ls hereby amended by striking out the words "one year,", when? ever the same may appear therein, and Insert in lien thereof the words "thirty clays;" and and by striking ont the words "two years," whenever the same appears therein, and in? sert the words "ninety days," In lieu thereof; that section 123 of said act be and the same is hereby amended by striking ont the words "two years," whenever the same may occur therein, and insert in lieu thereof the words "ninety days." SEC. 2. That so much of the act entitled "An act to further amend an act entitled an act providlog for the assessment and taxation ol property," passed March 8, 1871, as pro? vides that ail deeds of conveyances bf real es? tate shall be placed on record in the office of the county auditor, before the same can be placed on record in the office of the registrar of mesne conveyance, be, and the same Is hereby, amended by adding the following, viz: "And for each and every violation o? this pro? vision by a clerk of. court or registrar of mesne conveyance, he shall, up on conviction beiore any court of competent Jurisdiction, be fined jn a sum of not less than five dollar?, nor more than twenty dollars, and the costs of the action, one-half of said fine to be paid into the county treasury for the benefit of the county, and the other .half to be paid to the county auditor. SEO. 8. That all lands which have been for? feited to the State under the provisions of the act providing for the assessment and taxation of property, passed September 15, 1868, and other acta amendatory thereto, ph al i be adver? tised by the county auditor, In manner pro? vided by section 107 of said act, and sold by the county treasurer to the highest bidder, and the county auditor shall execute a "war? ranty deed" deed to the purchaser. The pro? ceeds of the sale, after deducting fees allowed by law, and paying the county the amount of taxes and penalties due from snob land, eh all be forwarded to the State treasurer by the county treasurer, and shall be;c redi ted to the county from which lt ls received on account of the forfeited lands. SEO. 4. That all lands and real estate within this State, whereupon, or in respect whereof, any earn of money remains due or payable after the sale provided for in section 16, chap? ter 13, title 3 of general statutes, or which are liable for, or on account of any tax laid by or under the authority of this State, tor State or county purposes, In accordance with the pro? visions of either of the several acts, for the purpose of assessing and levying taxes for the support of the Government of the State, and o? the several counties thereof, passed in the years 1868, 1869, 1870 and 1871, aban-be . exposed to sale and sold tor the payment of such taxes and all penalties, coste and charges thereon accrued, on the first Monday ki Jone, 1872,'snd from day to day thereafter, Sundays only excepted, until the whole thereof shall be sold, at the place or places, on the terms and In the manner hereinafter provided; such sale shall be by the county treasurer of each county, at tbe county seat, who shall expose and offer the said lands at public] sale, to be sold and conveyed in fee simple without any right of redemption for the payment thereof. Ii no person shall at said sale offer to pur? chase or take a lesa quantity of the lands so ?charged and offered than the whole thereof, at and for the amount so charged for the taxes, penalties, costs and charges, the said county treasurer ehall de? clare that the State is the purchaser thereof, at, and for the amount so charged, and thereupon the State shall become owner in fee simple with the title to said lands, and the appurtenances and all the improvements thereon. If at the said sale any person shall publicly offer to take a less portion than the whole ot said lands for the said taxes, penal? ties, costs and charges, then the said lands shall be sold to such person as shall offer to take the smallest portion thereof, and pay the same; and upon the payment of the amount due to said county treasurer, said officer shall exeoute and deliver to the said purchaser a certificate setting forth the fact of such pur? chase, and the payment' of the amount bid, and thereupon the said purchaser shall be en? titled from the State of the undivided right, title or interest in fee simple without redemp? tion in and to all the lands so sold, and all lands belonging to any person or persons, or corporation against whom such was levied and assessed equal to the proportion which the amount bid holds to the whole of said lands so purchased, and the purchaser shall be entitled to demand partition thereof accord? ing to law, and on said partition thc said purchaser shall be entitled to a proportional share and Interest in all Improvements there? on. In addition to the sums now assessed and chargeable upon said lands, there shall be added at the time of said saie five per centum of the amount of said taxes, penalties, costs and charges; which said sum ls hereby appro? priated, for the payment of the expenses of said sale, and the collection of the moneys thereon. One-half of one per cent, to be for the use of the county, and the balance to be paid into the State treasury. If any person to whom such lands shall be struck off shall fail forthwith to pay the amount bid therefor, said county treasurer shall immediately ex? pose and offer such lands for .resale as if no such previous sale bad taken place. The county treasurer shall make weekly remit? tances of ail funds received, according to the provisions of this act, to tts State treasurer, and shall forward monthly accounts for said funds to the State treasurer. SEC. 5. It shall be the duly of the Governor to cause this act to be published in such man? ner as shall In his Judgment be requisite to give full information thereof, the expense of such public itlon to be paid or reimbursed out ot the funds authorized hereby to be charged as the expenses of said sale. SEC. 6. It shall be the duly of each county auditor o? each county to exhibit the tax books thereof, showing all delinquent taxes herein provided for,for sixty days next preced? ing such sale, and ali persons shall beVultled to inspect the same, between the hours of nine o'clock A. M., and twelve o'clock M. ol each day, Sundays excepted, and lt shall be his duty to attend said sale, with the said tax books, and to furnish the .-aid county treasur? er and all persons requiring the same, such in? formation as the records ot his office may af? ford, relative to the matter Involved In said sale, and upon the delivery of the treasurer's certificate of sale, to execute a deed in accord? ance with section 33, chapter 13, title 3, of the general statutes of South Carolina. SEC. 7. That this act shall take effect lrom and immediately after its passage, .and that all acts or parts ol acts inconsistent with the pro? visions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved March 12, 1872. BILL HEADS printed on fine paper at $3, ti, $5, $6 50 and $8 50 per thousand, according to size, at THE NEWS Job Office. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. . ^ . -? . .... -. -. .r'-.i?J'TlISS - Tbe Laic Alexander WeConkey. At a regular Meeting of toa Burna Chari? table Association, held Sith January, 1S?2, Presi? dent A. Cameron in the chair, Vlce-Preildent Rob? ert Wing said: . :< :. . .. : ,. f;-: : .. Death, tbe universal leveller, has again rudely; visited os and has snatched away one of oar moat esteemed associates. Swiftly and almost nncpn aelonsly Alexander Mcconkey has gilded from Ilia to Immortality, and there la left us on ?y theglooat of hi? absence and. the remembrance of lilarkr tues. For many y ears the cb airman, of our oatt-. n. lt tee on charity, his deeds cf mercy and benevo? lence have been ever characterized by a J cuUoioaa aid ChrlBtlan spirit, and have won for him "gold? en praises" and oar thanks, n Mr. Miller thereupon moved the following prey amble and resolutions, which were adopted: ; ,?? Whereas, lt has pleased Almighty God ,to're? move from our midst our late friend and brother, Alexander Mcconkey; and, whereas, ola exea* plary character and generous natara decerve ? special commemoration by vhla association, of which he has been for many years an honored member:. Therefore, be lt " . : i.i Resolved, Tnat In the death of Alexander Mc-. Oookey, this associ?t lon has lost an emclent and . zealous member, and tne community a good-, citizen. .-?.-..-,- -J-wzrv Resolved, That a page In our Minute Book bo dedicated to his memoir ana inscribed with tba lesson of hi j oharaoter aad werta. Resolved, That a copy of. these r?solu tiona ber transmitted ro the 'family cf the deceased; and the? he published la TBS CHJJILXSTON srwB and Courier. ;. mi .. u,.yJ >2? From the Minutes. , t .. STU AKT goa^arnx?. Secretary., f Praga ana M?oic?ne?^ WHOLESALE & RETAIL* DR. H. ETD f . .. J . ? -i ;??> 5??U-J Ol . ". 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