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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A A WOODEN PRESIDED. SOME PLAIN TALK ABOUT GRANT. The President as Ile ls and not as Vul? gar Success Blakes Him Seem to Be. [Correspondence o? me New York World.] WASHINGTON', April 4. "The President," said an evening paper, -"took his usual Saturday holiday to-day, and In consequence saw no visitors." This ex? plains why he happened to be lounging at the White House gate when I passed np. the ave? nue that afternoon. A glance at his profile showed that the hot-looking flush on his cheek had not faded, and that the dissipated aspect of his whole countenance had not been chastened by recent self-denial. Tbe ex? ceedingly coarse complexion and unrefined features of our President recalled to mind the drunken wood-chopper on a forty acre farm near St. Liuis; the drunken tanner at forty .dollars a month wages near Galena; the drunk en general at the St. Charles Hotel, Cairo; the .drunken companion of President -Johnson on his tour "around the circle;" the lieutenant-general who, the Independent said, '.had been seen unmistakably drunk In the streets of Washington;" the dignitary who was reported by the 1 rlbune to hare been seetiTrn the Executive Mansion "so drunk that he could hardly stand on his legs;" the Presi? dent who, as a senator remarked the other day, sometimes appears on the avenue "in first-rate spirits." The phenomenon of this little great man's success engaged my thoughts during my walk. Undoubtedly he ls one of those who have greatafts thrust upon them. But will the people continue to elevate and bow down belora so very common an idol ? Or will they, awaking from the mesmeric state in which they have been kept by potent politi? cians, let bim topple loto obscurity among bis dogs and horses ? . Could the people see this man as he really Is, and not as vulgar success makes him seem to be, they would need no appeal. Take the dirtiest beggar, unnoticed lu the street; set him in a golden frame against an adventitious background, and be becomes p'emresque and Interesting. So take- an ordinary man. with I Sst wit enough to hold bis tongne; Bet him up the White House, and you have a " grim, mysterious, extraordinary" man for President. It's all in ihe popular eye-nothing of lt In tbe man. The very men, the very politicians here, who are chanting Grant's praises when ever they get an opportunity, have the light est opinion of him. It ls the men who can I use bim, and make more ont of him tban they could out of an able President, who are bawling "Grant ! Grant ! Grant !" They de-1 sptssvhlm ia secret, but they flatter him to bis I lace und to the people. He Is their man, and it ls their interest to keep him in j offloe. His Cabinet-though it goes sorely I against the consciences of some of the mern-11 be rs - are all pledged to him. The three or four men In Congress-Conklln, Carpenter, Morton and company-who have constituted themselves hts special champions have thus I far been ?tronc enough to lead by the nose the majority of Republicans. In tbe House of Representatives there ls no enthusiasm tor ?Grant, and probably if both the Senate and the j House were polled and the question privately I put to every Republican member Ot botb, I "Wou?d you prefer to have Grant or another available candidate if he can be found ?" not more than thirty would answer "Grant" But I the big leaders have got their gnp on the J Philadelphia Conventioo. They lorm axing ] around' Grant-which is impregnable anal which enables them to take part in the control of that Federal machinery walch" manufactures delegates. The weaker Rad leal s have no voice. Politics ls with them ' a game of "follow yonr leader." with Grant they rose; with Grant they stand or fall. If he ls condemned, eo are I they, for they have done so much "kotow I cosines*" before bim in plain sight of the I people, and demeaned themselves so abjectly tor the sake of getting their share of Federal patronage, that their political fortunes are I absolutely identified with his. They despise themselves for this as much as they secretly despise the Preside ut, and no man who has | even a transient intercourse with politicians I nero at tbls season eau fail to remark the con temptuons estimation In which the President I is held by the most paltry of his BO-called I "friends." For my part, I have yet to hear a Republican senator or member off the floors of Congress praise Grant without some qualify- I . lng or apologetic parenthesis. When you come face to face with these men they refrain from trying to gull you with absurdities. They dislike being laughed at. Its only that great impersonality, the Public, that they hope to I storr with their windy nonsense about "Grant !" The man himself inspires no ardor, no en- I tbuslacm; for be does not seem to have a spark of enthusiasm in his composition. A lady remarked one evenlDg, "He is such a I wooden man." I beard an anecdote to-day which illustrates a way be bas of forgetting or ignoring people, and which also brings ont I a fact in bis career not generally known. Dur-1 log the war, while Anarew Johnson was mil- I tar v governor of Tennessee, and General Grant was at Nashville, a gentleman (my iolormaot) was Introduced to him tor the first time at his headquarters. In the course or t he conversation the guest mentioned bis Impression that the I General had been a Douglas Democrat. Grant I responded that be bad not taken mucb part In politics, and bad only voted at ODO Presiden-1, tial election, tb ai of 1856, ?hen he voted for Buchanan. After the war, when Mr. Johnson became President, the same gentleman was entrusted with a mission to the South for the purpose of examining and reporting upon the condition of the Southern Stales. His reports con vi need the President that the Southern peo Sie would behave themselves weil enough if I ecently treated. That Congress might be the more fully convinced of this. General Grant I was sent South to to rm and report his opinion. He came back saying (October, 1866) : -There is such unlveral acquiescence la tbe authority of tbe General Government throughout tbe portions of tbe country visited by me, that the mere presence ol a military force, without re gard to numbers, ls sufficient to maintain or der."* The gentleman alluded to called on him soon ? afterwards in Washington, io company I with a friend. Grant had forgotten the meet lng in Nashville and forgotten the gentleman's name. Two or three years alter the gentleman happened to be a member of the board ot ex I amtners at West Point, where he encountered Grant again In a private room with a number OT mutual friends. General Grant gave no I sign that he had ever seen bim before. Again, not long af.erwards, the same gentleman I paused ia his walk through the rooms at one ol President Johnson's levees to pay bis re spec ts to General Grant, and again be encoun tered ?the stolid visage and lack-lustre eye .which assured him that he was completely for gotten. Similar examples ol the President's boorishness, are cited frequently la Washing ton, where be is so unpopular that men who respect bis office have ceased to lift their bats to him in the street. Such ls I be mao who will be renominated {will ne?) by the packed.convention at Phi la- I delpbla. Such ls the man whom the wickedest wire-pullers In the Republican party are In favor of, and wbom the people have accumu lated so many I als e. 1 ol-de-rol Ideas about from the lips of stump-speakers and from radical Re- j pnbiioan newspaneis. This man never was a I Republican at heart. At tbe outset Of tbe war j be said: "I am a Democrat; every mao ia my regiment la a Democrat; and when I shall be convinced that ibis war bas for its object any other than what I have mentioned, or that tbe government designs using Its soldiers to prose ente the purposes of the abolitionists, I willi pledge you my honor as a soldier that 1 will carry my sword on the other side and cast my lot with that people/- Doughtv words! Tbe man who uttered them has since turned his back upon tbe prostrate South aud loaded ber | with the basest indignities. . It seems incredible that the delusion In re gard to this man can be kept np much longer. It seems Impossible that the Republican poli-1 tlclans and statesmen who have had the maa- ? rXa?&s to declare against bim can, under any pressure o? circumstances, relaps* into their .old: slavery. But the power of party ls fear ful. not to on estimated. The exient to wblch sordid mot Ive? infest I he chambers of tbe mightiest Drains can only be' judged of by those who have been brought into familiar intercourse with men whom the mob call ?"great.'' Selfishness, avarice for place are "Rocks whereon greatest mea have oft'est wrecked," and there ls no telling with certainty into what haven the "burnt ships" of the Bepubll ca? party will drift after the Philadelphia Con ?ention. J. B. S. TBE TORT ROYAL ROAD. The Matter Discussed by the Directora ot the Georgia Road. [From the Augusta Chronicle, April io.] On yesterday a meeting-I he regular month? ly meeting-ol the directory of the Georgia Railroad took place in this city. There was a good attendance, most of the local and other directors being present. After the discussion of usual routine business the Port Royal Rail? road question came up. "We learn that Presi? dent King was asked for information in rela? tion to two things-In connection with the proposed endorsement ot the bonds of the Port Royal Company, and the control of the railway. Judge Wm. M. Reese, of Washington, wished to know what amount of taxes the Port Royal Company would have to pay to the Slate of South Carolina when completed. He be? lieved that the people of that State were now groaning under a load of taxation which 1B almost equal to confiscation, and he thought that this matter should be considered by tue Georgia Railroad before- taking charge of the enterprise. Hon. W. W. Clarke, of Coving? ton, said be wa? Informed that the bonded debt of the Port Royal Railroad was two and one-half millions of dollars. The Georgia Road proposed to lend Its endorsement to one million of these bonds, and receive enough of the stock of the road to give Ita controlling interest lu the company. Suppose that the road should not be able to pay the interest or the principal of this debt, would not the Georgia be liable as well for the million and a half of unendowed as for the million of endorsed bonds ? Judge King safd he would be able to give the gentlemen all the Information which they needed at the Stock- ? holders' Convention, to be held next month. Judge Reese also wished to know If lt was probable that the Port Royal Railroad would be able to pay all its running expenses and meet the interest on lis bonds-one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars per annum. From i his it will be seen that the proposed loan of credit encounters opposition from some of the directors, and lt seems probable that a ? tin' fight will be made over it in the convention. The opinion is generally enter? tained, however, that the convention will give j Its sanction to the endorsement GERMANT. Opening of Parliament - Bismarck Reads the Speech from the Throne- | Favorable Condition of the Empire. BERLIX, April 8. The session of the German Parliament was opened to-day. The Emperor was not pres- j enc and the speech from the throne was read by the Chancellor of the Empire, Prince Bis? marck. The speech enumerates various sub? jects of legislation to be submitted to Parlia? ment for the regulation and development of national Institutions. Among them are new military and penal codes, uniform beer and malt taxes, and ratification of the commercial treaty with Portugal, the consular convention with the United States of America, and a pos? tal treaty with France. The Increase of Ger? man coi-nierce permits the government to raise Its estimates of revenue and correspond? ingly reduce the rates of taxation. Bills are promised to provide for the disposition of the large surplus of 1871, and of the sums re? ceived on account of the French war In? demnity. Alsace and Lorraine are recovering from the shock of the late war. The foundations ot German administration have been laid in tnose provinces. The new University of Strasbourg opens on the 1st ot May, and grants will be required to provide fot the scientific estab? lishments connected with ihs Institution. The speech concludes as tollo vs: ''You wi 1 share the satisfaction felt by the Federal Govern? ment at the results ot the first year of the Empire, and Joyfully anticipate further de? velopments. You will also r?crive with satis? faction assurances that the policy followed by the government bas proved successful In re? taining and strengthening the confidence of j all foreign powers. The strength acquired by 1 rapertallz-ttion is the bulwark of the Father? land, and the guarantee ot peace to Europe." J O T TI ti GS ABOUT TBE STATE. -The town election in Darlington resulted as follows: Intendant-H. Hymes. Wardens M. Welsh, F. Solomons, A. Weinberg and J. A. Smith. -A large number of cattle have lately died In Marion County ol a kind of murrain. The disease seems to be Incurable. It attacks old and young alike, and seldom falls to produce death. Already the number destroyed by this epidemic ls estimated to exceed one thousand head. -Planting operations In Piokens are re? ported to be at least three weeks behind hand. The unusual number of snow storms have been a he p rather than otherwise, especially to the wheat crop, which bids very fair for the present year; but the cold weather, almost unprecedented, has set all other operations far behind. -The Colombia Board of Trade, last Tues? day evening, resolved that, pending the con- j slderatlon ot the question whether this board shall undertake to test the const ltutloo all ty of the Slate license act all members of the board, and the citizens generally, are hereby request? ed to pay ?heir license tax under protest. -Mr. James Cathcart one of the oldest citizens of Columbia, died In that city last Tuesday, at the age of seventy-eight years, after a brief illness. Mr. Cathcart was en? gaged all his lite In the cotton business, and was an active and capable man of business, a man of strict integrity, and the never-falling triend of the distressed. TBE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, April 10. Clear and pleasant weather will prevail on Thursday trom the lower lakes to Florida, and eastward to the A tan tl c. An area of quite low barometer ls apparently advancing eastward towards the northwest,, where Increasing brisk southerly windi and cloudiness and rain are probable for to-night, with continued fall ot the barometer, and extend on Thursday over the upper lake region and Ohio Valley. Southerly winds, with Increased clou ri i ce s. will extend eastward over the Wettern ana Gulf States, Tennessee and Kentucky. In-1 creasing to very brisk southerly to easterly winds are probable tor the upper lakes; but otherwise, dangerous wi ad s are not antici? pated. Yesterday's Weather Reporta of the Signal Service, V. S. A.-*.4T P. BL, Liocal Tim?. Place of Observation. Augusta, Qa Baltimore.. Boston. Charleston. Chicago. Cincinnati. Galveston, Tex.. Key West. Knoxville, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn, lit Washington. New Orli&ua.... New York. Norfolk:. Philadelphia. Portland, Me Savannah. St Louis. Washington .... WUmlugton.N.C. Dj 5 i (S g 3 (J. 20 29 92 29.7U 30.18 30.07 SO 12 30.20 30.13 10.06 30.18 29.42 30.22 29.76 30.03 29.83 29.78 30.19 30.03 29.9u 30.14 ll ft?? : o sw w xW NW w w SE B S Calm. SW E -iW w w sw NW SW W NW Light. Brisk. lirisk. Ot-Dtle. Krlsk. Qetjtle. Fresh. Fresh. Light. Hnr'cn Fresn. Fresh. Qeutle. Knsk. High. Gentle. Light. Brisk. Gentle. Clear. Clear. Fair. Olear. Clear. Fair. Clear. Fair. Clear. Pair. Thr'ng. Clear. Fair. Clear. Fdlr. Cloudy. Clear. Fair. Clear. Clear. NOTE.-The weather report dated 7.47 o'clock this morning, win be ported lu the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce at 10 o'clock A. M., and, together with the weather crta-r, may (by the courtesy of the Chamber) be eximlned by ship? masters at any time during the day. THE PATH TO SUCCESS IN BUSINESS.-Adver? tising, aa the means of prosperity, ls not as well understood as lt should be. Nothing can take Its place. It U a tact that no one who has advertised liberally and systematically has felt like disputing that lt was the best spent money be put into business. As a horse was never made fat by a single bushel or corn, so a Bindle advertisement ls never a perfect test of the benefits ol advertising. The man with genuine wares to sell, who advertised them In the right way without success, would be a curiosity. THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE. FURTHER BETAILS OF THE AWFUL CONVULSION OF NATURE. The Sii o ck In the Darkness of tbe Morn? ing-The Whole Country Shaken Like a Pan of Dirt - All the Houses Crumbled-Blood-Cardling Incidents of the Disaster. A letter to the New York World, dated San Francisco, March 29, say?: Dispatches have no doubt reported the very different effects of the convulsion io the Lone Pine region. It seems as If no shock that has ever occurred in California, not even tbat of 1812, ever equalled lt in violence. It ls true that more lives were lost then..which ls, ot course, first In consequence. But the tremen? dous upheaval of miles of earth, for the enor? mous Assures, the trembling and rumbling, there bas been no parallel In California tradi? tions. It extended from Bed Bluff, In the northern part of the State, as far south as Visalla. It seems to have Increased In vio? lence as lt moved southward, and to have reached up the Sierra to an elevation of three or four thousand feet, so that the whole of the three valleys ol' Sacramento, San Joaquin and Talare were In commotion, and an area of. the State about five hundred miles long by one hundred broad. The line of the shock followed the trend of the Sierra, proceeding from southeast io northwest, and the centre of the greatest violence wa?, as lar as we have learned yet, near Visalla, in tbe Talare Valley, which ls the bed of a former lake. Here eye-witnesses described the scene at the time of the shock as something awful in Its Inconceivable grandeur. A noise like the guns of fifty batteries of artillery fired simultaneously beneath the place, the ground for miles around trembled violently; houses shaking violently an Instant, and the next ly? ing in ruins; people but a moment belore In dreamland, shrieking in terror as they endea? vored to extricate themselves from the moun? tainous heaps of debris; rocks and trees hurled from the Bides of the neighboring hills and crashine down the slopes; houses, rocks, trees, horses, cattle and human beings thrown Into the crevasse which suddenly opened as the solid earth was rent asunder all made the scene Indescribable. A gentleman who lett the place the morning of the disaster was good enough to give me details which have probably not beeu before narrated, and which from their truth seem heartrending In the extreme. His bou;e, or rather the house at which be had been staying. Be said was crumbled In an instant Into a con? fused mass ot broken furniture, bricks, pieces of board, Ac, and lt was by the greatest mira? cle ihut he escaped as he did, unhurt. In the house were two Inmates beside himself, a far? mer and his daughter. After the shock the latter be saw lying Insensible upon the ground, at a distance of some twenty feet from the Bite of the dwelling. The father was terribly bruised, and blood was pouring from a wound on bis forehead, where a falling brick had struck: him. Wiping it away, the two began rubbing the hands and chafSug the temples of (he senseless girl, but lt w%s all to no purpose. She bad evidently been killed Instantly, having fallen on her back. Ibe groans of the unhappy parent as the reali? zation burst upon him, aud be bent over and rained tears upon the fair upturned face of als child, were agonizing lo bear. At that In? stant, as he says, a numoer of men rushed by. Seeing the two standing there they dragged them with them, listening to no remon? strance, and saying that tiley needed all the help they could get to rescue a lot of miners who were In the bowels of the earth at the time of the disaster. The rest I give in his own wv,rds, as closely as I can recollect them. '.I could think or nothing." he said. "The noise asdrumbling and confusion seemed to perfectly bewilder me. We hurried along, leaving the poor dead girl where she lay, and the father with us, moving mechanically, as If he were not In his right mind. We soon reached the mine, and to our relief found that the entrance at least had not been closed by the convulsion. Several of the party groped their way down, and after wait? ing a time-lt seemed an age, lt could have been but a few moments-they reap? peared, a half-dozen ot the miners with them. These last had been struck motionless by the terrible rumblings, which where* they were must have been heightened a thousand fold. Had not assistance come they say they should have remained where they were good tics knows bow long, so completely helpless with fright were they. As lt wa*, two poor fellows were missing, and we have heard nothing of them since the passaze to the. place where they were being completely closed up. I left the place aa soon as 1 c.mid get away. I have never been able to get rid of those horrible Bights and frightful shocks. They cling to me now. In my sleep every night I see the whole scene repeated. The groans of that poor farmer are ringing in my years yet, and that pale face of his dead daughter ls before me constantly." Others bave told me of the sight B they wit? nessed. There seems to be but little variation lu them. They are all sickening and horrify? ing. I wish I had never ta''.ed with one oi these "eye-witnesses." A young husband had been sitting at his fireside with bis wife. He Intended to depart in the morning tor this city, and the two were making the most of the last time they would be together probably for several months; the candle had burned out and they were seated close to the open fire? place, the wife holding In her arms a child of a few mouths. After the shook ihe husband was found lying on his face dead, a beam across his neck, which, in tailing, had nearly severed his bead from the trunk; and the mother was so fright fully burned by the fire branas that she could not have lived many minutes, and the Infant was discovered life? less nearly a loot distant. A family of seven persons on the outskirts of Visalla, who were sound asleep, were sunk, house and all, some two or three feet below the surface of the ground. All were rescued, however, alive, except a baby, which was burned to death by coming In contact with a stove. A mother was nuning a sick child, a girl of fourteen or Alteen, who had been taken the day before with chills and fever. After the shock neither could oe found, the ruins of the house Itself even being swallowed up in the enormous fissure which had been made lo the earth. The fissure ran across the ground ol a farmer, who, feeling some presentiment of disaster, In what form be knew not, went out about one o'clock to see his stock. An unruly colt had broken loose from his tether, and the owner was chasing him ?bout the lot when the shock came. The colt disappeared, but the larmer has a flrst-classs drain across his forty-acre farm. These Incidents of the catastrophe are but a few examples of many others. Had the dis? trict been densely populated they would have been multiplied by hundreds, As it 1?, there are enough ot them. To hear those who wit? nessed them relate their expriences is like reading a romance, but they are facts, and such laois as these unfortunately are rarely met with. The rumors of volcanic eruption have proved groundless, though many were at first disposed to credit them. The people throughout the district so violently convulsed have most ot them relatives or Intimate ac? quaintances here, and the desolation that has visited the country is Indicated by the grlei stamped on many faces when any question relative to the disaster ls asked them or any allusion made to the subject. TUE COLORED MEN'S CONVENTION. NEW ORLEANS, April 10. The Colored Men's Nat Ional Convention met in the hall of the House of Representatives at Mechanics' Institute at noon to-day, and was called to order by Lieutenant Governor A. J. Banaler, of South Carolina, who read tin reso? lutions ot the Colored Men's National Conven? tion held last year at Charleston, under which the present convention was called, and de? livered a brief speech, stating the object of the convention to be to promote the welfare of ihe colored race; counselling moderation In their proceedings, Ac. Lieutenant-Governor P. S. B. Pinchback, of Louisiana, wa? tbeu chosen temporary chairman, and G. T. Buby, nf Texris. secretary. Praver was offered by Bev. J. Fletcher Jordan. Upon a call ol States, ?' .deg ites were registered as follows: Alaba t?a, 8; District nt Columbia, 1; Georgia, 1; Louisiana, 7; Massachusetts, 7; Maryland, 1; Mississippi, 7; Ohio, 1; Pennsylvania, l; South Carolina, 5; Texas, 3; Virginia, 1. Other dele? gates are expected. A committee on creden? tials was appointed, and the convention took a recess. The proceedings were orderly and decorous. POLITIC AZ NOTES BY TELEGRAPH. More Recruit! for Cincinnati. NEW YORK, April 10. The World says that many leading Republi? cans, including Marshall 0. Roberts and A. T. Stewart, are going to the Cincinnati Conven? tion. The Massachusetts OA?ce-Holderi for Grant and Wilson; WORCESTER, MASS., April 10. The Republican State Convention, fur choice of delegates to the Philadelphia Convention, met la ibis city to-day. The proceedings were very harmonious. Ex-Governor John H. OMf ford presider^ and made a brier address strongly endorsing the administration or Gram. The resolutions are brief, and advo? cate the re-election of Grant. Tbev also re? commend Senator Wilson for Vice-Prealdent. An Echo from Pennsylvania. HABRISBUBO, April 10. The State Convention to-day nominated Hart ran IT. on the first ballot. The resolutions adopted heartily endorse the Grant adminis? tration. The Albany municipal Election. ALBANY, N. Y., April 10. The election of Thatcher, Democrat, for mayor, is still doubtful. In the fourth ward, during the canvass, the lights were put our, the ballots seized, and tbe roughs were very dlsordorly. The first count of the voles, be? fore tu ? lights were extinguished, would have defeated Thatcher, but the second count made a difference in his favor of three hundred. The Republican inspector was compelled under threats to sign the returns, which he did under protest. The Republicans eleot nine out of sixteen aidei men, and they will also have about four majority in the board of super? visors. Green, Republican, for recorder, has about one thousand majority. UNHAPPY MEXICO. MATAMORAS, April 8. General Palacas bas declared martial law in Matamoras. involving restrictions upon navigation twelve miles above and. below tbe city. Tne revolutionists are advancing to? wards Matamoros, and lt Is expected that the siege will begin shortly. The revolutionists claim that Rocha Ia retreating towards the City of Mexico, In consequence of a concen? tration of troops in his rear, threatening the safety ot even the Capital Itself. The gates of Matamoras have been closed, and communica? tion with Brownsville by ferry stopped. Bus? iness is entirely suspended. NEW YORK, April 10. A Matamoras special says: It is reported from Saltillo that Rocha Is moving in tbat di? rection wltb nine thousand men. Should the Tabasco arrive in time from Vera Cruz she will save Matamoras. The revolutionists on the river have two guns mounted to stop her. WASHINGTON*, April io. The Matamoras authorities have received advices that 1 he steamer City of Merida lett Vera Cruz with troops and ammunition, and that the Tabasco would soon lollow. Botb steamers are expected at Bagdad to-day. The city is quiet. MARINE DISASTERS. SAVANNAH:, April 10. The steamship Magnolia was run into off Hatteras lu a fog by an unknown steamer. The damage to the Magnolia ls very slight, but the extent of the damage to the other st earner is unknown. . The steamship Leo, In crossing the outer bar last night, struck on the north breaker three times, and carried away her rudder and rudder-post. She was towed to Venus Point, and will come to the city to-night to be placed in the dry dock. The steamship Seminole is reported ashore on White Oyster Bede, near Fort Pulaski. LONDON, April 10. . The steamer Dar?an, from Halifax, is ashore at Jeddore. THE FLOODS IN TBE WEST. CINCINNATI, April 10. The floods in Licking Riveris unprecedent? ed. One hundred and twenty-nve canal boats, with one million bnsbels ot grain, have been swept away. The Ohio River has risen twenty five feet in twenty-four hours and 1B still ris? ing. Many disasters are reported. NASHVILLE, April 10. The rain last night was the heaviest known for many years. All the railroads centering here are more or less Injured. FRANKFORT, KT., April 10. During Ihe storm here yesterday the light? ning struck the house of a man named Mar? tin, killing his child and seriously Injuring his wife. THE MORMONS DEFIANT. SALT LAKE CITY. Arpil io. The attendance at the Mormon Cburcb Con? ference numbers eighteen thousand. Some are from remote sections, and all In holiday at? tire. Elder Taylor, in bis address, said that Mormonism was an enigma to the world. The United Stales had been endeavoring to solve tt for four years, but had not succeeded and never would. Other elders used equally defiant language. THE METHODIST MILLIONAIRE. NEW YORK. April 10. At the State Methodist Conference to-day lt was announced that Daniel Drew had given thirty acres of land at Carmel for a Methodist collegiate institute, adjoining the female sem? inary at that place. He also agrees to build tlie college. The thanks of the Conference were voted to Drew. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The Union Hotel, of Saratoga, waa sold at auction yesterday to an agent of A. T. Stewart for $535,000. -A special to the London Times says that tbe order requiring passports from persons ! entering France ls abolished, and travellers will in future be registered at frontiers. -The residence of the widow of James Fisk, Jr., in Boston, was robbed yesterday afternoon of Jewelry and other valuables to the amount of about one thousand dollars. -The returns of the election in Spain show that 201 Ministerialists, 62 Radicals, 42 Repub? licans, 38 enlists, and 32 opposition Republi? cans have been elected. -The Democrats have elected their candi? date, O'Neill, tor mayor ol Jersey City, N. J. The Republicans still have a majority In the common council and the board of education. -The octroi officers stationed at the Moni revi 1 gate. Paris, have seized sixty shells and grenades which were being smuggled Into the city lo market wagons. - i he Investigation by the New York Legis? lature Into the official conduct ol Judges Bar? nard and Cardozo, discovers no bribery, but shows that valuable presents have been given them by successful litigants and favorites. -A parent has sued the New York Board ol Health tor ten thousand dollars damages for the forced vaccination of his child. charg? ing first, an assault upon tbe child, and second, the.introduction ol scrofula into the child's system. _ _ _ WALKING.-Walking briskly, with an excit? ing object or pleasurable interest ahead, is the most heathful of ail forms of exercise except that of encouragingly remunerative, steady la? bor in th? ouen air; and yet multitudes In the city, whosH health urgently requires exercise, seldom walk when tbey can ride, if the dis? tance ls a mlle or more It is worse In the country, especially wltb the well-to-do; a hor-e or carriage must be brought to the door even if lessdisi anees have to be passed. Under the conditions first named walking 1? a bll.-s; lt gi ves animation to the mind, it vivifies the cir? cula: lon. it palbts the cheek and sparkles the eye, and wakes up the whole being, physical, mental, and moral. We know a family of children In this city who, from the age of seven, had ti walk nearly two miles to school, winter and summer; whether Meet, or storm, or rain, or burning tun, they made it an ambition Der? er to stay away from school on account of the weather and never to be ?.late;" and one of them was heard to boast that In seven years lt had never been necessary to give an "excuse" fur being one minute behind time, even al? though in winter lt waa necessary to dress bv gaslight. They did not average two days' sick- e?s In a year, and later they thought nothing nf walking twelve miles ac a time in the Swiss mountains. Sometimes they woirld be caught in drenching rains, and wet to the skin;on such occasions they made it a point to do one thing, let it rain, and t rudged on more vigorously until every thread was dry before they reached home.-Ball's Journal ot Health. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. THE DOINGS OF CONGRESS. WASHINGTON, April 10. Ia the Senate to-day the House resolution regarding-the power of the Senate to tamper with the tariff bills was referred lo the' com? mittee of privileges and elections, the com? mittee on finance having already denied the position assumed by tbe House. Sumner pre? sented a resolution of the Massachusetts Leg? islature In favor of the the French spoliation bill. The resolution to print two hundred and fifty thousand copies of tbe agricultural re? port was referred to the printing committee. Frellnghuypen, from the committee on* the Judiciary, reported, without amendment, the bill supplementary to the Enforcement act of May 31st, 1871, providing that the Circuit Court of the United States, for any Judicial district in which at any time the Judge or a ("'strict Judge designated by the circuit Judge shall Md a circuit conrt for the purposes of said act, shall hereafter be deemed the circuit court mentioned In Its second ?nd third sec? tions. Pomeroy Introduced a bill to establish a United States District Court In the Indian country. Frellnghujsen, by request. Intro? duced a bill giving the American and East In? dia Telegraph Company the right to land and maintain lines of telegraph cable between the American and Asiatic coasts. In the House the bill abolishing the franking privilege was, after a long discussion, recom? mitted. ThlB action ls equivalent to Us final defeat. Brooks, of New York, asked unani? mous consent to offer a resolution reciting the Indictment of General Cortina, a leading Mexican officer, by a Texas Jury, and calling upon the President tor a copy of the present? ment, with any other information respecting outrages committed by citizens of Mexico. Hale, ot Maine, objected, and the resolution was laid over. The appropriation bill was ire sumed. The tone of the discussion upon the appropriation of filly thousand dollars for a civil reform commission indicates Itu defeat. A PALACE FOR HORSES. Robert Bonner's Stables-How to Feed Horses-Dexter and hts Companions. A correspondent describing a visit to the stables of Bebt Bonner, faye: Every detail exhibited the most perfect adaptation and taste. Truly a palace would be a more appropriate name for so perfect and expensive a stable. Five large stalls on each side of a wide alley; the divisions are about six feet high, with an Iron railing extending around the top, completely Isolating each oc? cupant irom the others, as well as from the gaze of visitors. As the door Is open to ad? mit Joe Elliot to his stall, I notice lhere Is no manger; the bay ls eateo from the floor. In one corner is an Iron receptacle for feeding grain. It is low, very simple and convenient. The nearer nature ls Imitated the better. That I knew and often advised. There Is more economy and less trouble to feed from a maoger than from a rack, yet In nineteen out of twenty stables through tbe coun? try the manger will be lound so blgh and es tending so far out over the head that a horse of ordinary size must reach up to eat his hay, and in BO doing shifts the seed and dust from lt upon bis head and eyes. Nature has designed the horse to eat bis food from the ground, else the pasturage would be raised to a level with his bead. 7 be proper exercise of the muscles of the forelegs and shoulders require this, and a neglect of lt Is often the cause of weak knees. While looking at the floor, Mr. Bonser anticipated my in? quiry by saying: "The floor ls made up by a series of slats, with spaces between large enough to allow the passage .of water. Be? neath there ls a water-tight floor, with a pitch of two inches on one side for drainage, with the false flooring Just that much thicker and higher on that side." The extra flooring ls so constructed In two sec? tions that it' can be raised from the cen? tre both ways, and placed on edge when removing the accumulation of objectionable matter beneath. By this time my attention was called to the occupants of some of the other stalls. "Here," said Bonner, "ls Prin? cess, Flora Temple's greatest competitor. When I- bought ber, a short time ago, and placed her nuder my treatment, she moved like a foundured horse. This I know was the effect of contraction and bad shoeing. The result of my treatment ls proof of the correct? ness of my Judgment, as you see she now moves as freely and naturally as'any horse. Bhe is a little vicious, and we wHl take her in hand when convenient, If you wish." Prin? cess looked at me with suspicion, but I goon made her ladyship submit toa caress. Of an irritable nature, ene needed careful handling and a little watching to prevent a snap Judg? ment In the way o' a kick. The next horse shown me was a bay, four years old, named startle, one of the finest modelled bones of his age I ever saw, and from present accounts Is the coming horse. He has already made the fastest time on record by a horse of his age. "See what an arm, a shoulder, a loin," said Mr. Bonner, calling my [attention to the vari? ous points constituting a great trotter; and so thoroughly does he seem to have studied the point necessary for speed and endurance, that 1 am convinced he could at a glance select a trotter from a large drove. The next bone shown me was the peerless Dexter. Many a man, or woman either, would, I imagine, feel lt an honor to carees this greatest of bones; but like a true king, as he ls, be will not per? mit any familiarity from a ?tranger; yet to? wards bis master he seems to evince the great? est affection, following him wlih the docility of the most gentle pet. while at the approach of others he shows instant resentment. In? tending lo renew my visit to the stable next morning, I was now conducted by Mr. Bonner to lils private residence. Seat? ed In his library, the topic of his conversa? tion became that of prices paid. I am able to give the prices paid tor the fullowlng named horses: Dexter, $33.00'): Pocahontas. $35.000; Lantern, $8000: Ed. Everett, $20,000; Lady Palmer. $5000; Peerless, $5500; Bruno, $15.000; Joe Elliot, $10.000; Flutbusb Maid, $4000; Mem? brillo Bertie, about (Mr. Bonner's words) $12,000. Total $145,500. The stable and the ground upon which lt was built must have cost at least one hundred thousand dollars, making an aggregate of the handsome amount of a quarter ot a million of dollars. AN ACTOR'S DISCOMFITURE. David Garrick and the Mastiff. One very sultry evening in the dog-days Garrick performed the part of "Lear." In the first four acts he received the accustomed tribute of applause; at the conclusion of the fifth, when ne wept over the body of Cordelia, every eye caught the soft infection. At this interesting moment, to the astonishment ot all present, his lace assumed a new character, and bis whole frame appeared agitated by a new passion. It was not tragic, it was evident? ly an endeavor to suppress a laugh. In a lew seconds the old attendant nobles appeared to be affected lu the sam? manner, and the beau? teous Cordelia, who was lying extended on a crimson conch, opening her eyes to see what occasioned the Interruption, leaped from ber sola, and with tho majesty of England, the gallant Albany, and tough old Kent, ran laughing off the stage. The audience could not accouni fir this strange termination of a tragedy in any other way than by supposing that the dramatis personae were seized with a sudden frenzy; but their risibility had a differ? ent source. A tdt Whitechap el butcher, seated lo the centre of the iront bench ot the pit, was accompanied by his mastiff, who, being accus? tomed to sic on the same seat with his ma-ter at home, naturally supposed that he might here enjoy the same privilege. The butcher sat very lar back; aud the dog, Hudln? a fair opening, got on the seat, and fixlag bis fore? paws on tne rail of the orchestra, peered at the performers wii h as upright a bead and as grave an air as the most sagacious critto of the day. Our corpulent slaughierman was made of melting stuff, and not being accustomed to the heat of a play-house, found himself oppressed by a large and well Dowdered Sunday periwig, which, tor the gratification ol cooling and wip? ing his hea l, be pulled off and placed on the head of the mastiff. The dug, in so conspicu? ous a situation, caught the eye ol Mr. Garrick and the other per foi mers. A mastiff lu a church-warden s wig was too much; lt would have provoked laughter In Lear himself, at the moment of his deepest distress. No won? der then that lt had such an effect on his rep? resentative. ACTS OF THE G EX JE KAI, AOOJUJOLMUJ*, OF 80VTH CAJiOLTX'A. Published by Authority. AN ACT to Benew the Charter of the Congre? gation Derek h Emetb, or Path of Truth, or the City of Columbia, S. C. SECTION 1. Be lt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, .now met abd Bitting In Gen? eral Assembly, and by tbe authority of the same: That the charter of the Synagogue hereto? fore known by the name of Derekh Emetb, or Path of Truth, of the City of Colombia, be, and the same ls hereby, extended, and shall con? tinue in force until repealed. Approved March 13, 1872. AN ACT to Incorporate the Seedy River Bap? tist Church, of Greenville County. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State o? South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gene? ral Assembly, and by tbe authority of the same: That T. W. Hoe, Stephen Marchbank s, Bar? net Hawkins, and their associates and succes? sors, are hereby made a body corporate and politic, under the # name and style of the -Reedy River'Baptist Church, of Greenville County," with all the powers and privileges vested* In such like corporations by law; to sue and be sued, plead and be lmpleaded, in their corporate-capacity; to have a common t .al, and alter the same at will; to enact such rules and bj-laws for tbe government o? their body not repugnant to the laws of the land. Bec 2. This act to be deemed a public act, and in force until repealed. Approved March 12, 1872. ? AN ACT to Incorporate the Damascus Baptist Church, in Sumter County, South Carolina. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State o? South Carolina, now met and sitting in General As? sembly, and by tbe authority of toe same: That the members of the said society be, and they are hereby, declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of the "Da? mascus Baptist Church," and by that name and style shall have succession of officers and members, and shall have a cnrcmon seal. . SEO. 2. That the said corporation shall have power to purchase, receive and hold any real or .personal estate, nbt exceeding in value the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and to tell, convey and dispose of the same, and, by Its corporate name, may sue and be sued in any oourt of this State, and to make such rules and by-laws, not repugnant to law, as lt may consider necessary and expedient. SEC. 3. Thia act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall continue in force for the term ol ninety-nine years. Approved March 13, 1872. JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing tbe State Trea? surer to pay the Widow of Summerfield Montgomery Two Hundred and Fifty Dol? lars. Whereas, Summerfield Montgomery, late auditor of Newberry County, died daring the last quarter of the fiscal year, and the salary o? such auditor bel?g unpaid; therefore, Be lt resolved by the Senate and Ho ase of Representatives of the State of South Caro? lina, now met and sitting in General Assem? bly, and by tbe authority of the same: That the State treasurer is hereby author? ized and required to pay to the widow of Summerfield Montgomery the* salary of such auditor for the last quarter ol the fiscal year, amounting to two hundred and fifty dollars, and that Ber receipt shall be a full and sufficient voucher for che payment of said stun. Approved March 9, 1872. JOINT RESOLUTION to Authorize and Direct the Comptroller-General to draw a Warrant in favor of C. Werner, on the State Treas? urer, when certain Requirements are Ful? filled. Whereas, a joint resolution was passed In 1856, appropriating five thousand dollars to? wards purchasing the cast Iron palmetto tree for a monument to the dead of the Palmetto Regiment; and whereas, on the 20th of Decem? ber, 1658, another appropriation of one thou? sand dollars more, as additional compensation, was passed; and whereas, Mr. C. Werner wan only paid four thousand dollars. Be lt resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Sooth Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly and by the authority ot the same: Tbat tbe comptroller general be authorized, and ls hereby directed, to draw his warrant on the State treasurer, to tbe amouot of two thousand dollars, ia 1 avor of C. Werner: Pro? vided, Mr. Werner makes alterations on the panels, as directed by the commissioner of tbe Statehouse, as reported by the committee on the Statehouse, on the 20th of December, 1858. ! The Stale treasurer ls hereby authorized and directed to pay the same, upon the order of the said comptroller general, ont of any moneys In tbe treasury not otherwise appro? priated. Approved March 12,1872. AN ACT to Renew the Charter of Marlon Lodge, No. 2,1. O. O. F. SECTION 1. Be lt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen? eral Assembly, and by the authority of tbe same: That the charter of Marion Lodge, No. 2,1. 0.0. F., be, and the same ls hereby, renewed, and shall continue in force until amended, al? tered or repealed; and that all acts done by the said Marlon Lodge, No. 2,1. 0. 0. F., since the expiration of its charter, in conformity thereto, shall be, and the same are hereby declared to be, as good and valid, to all in? tents and purposes, as if the same bad been done before the expiration of its charter. Approved March 13, 1872. AN ACT to Declare Public a certain Road in the County of Orangeburg. SECTION- 1. Ba it enacted 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 or the same: That a certain road In the County of Orange burg, leading in a northeasterly direction from the Town of Branchvilie, to what is known as the old Orangeburg Road, be, and the same is hereby, declared public Approved Mu.rch 13, 1872. AN ACT Relative to the Fees of the State Land Commissioner. SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o? the State of OUUkU \?l?llll^l??n --o ral Assembly, and by the authority of tho same: ::' -'? J-1 That all fees vrhIch. hare been collected of? actual purchasers,.or settlers upon tbe State lands, In^ he different counties ot the State*; by the State ?and '?^^^^^^f^^J^l .cllre??d?, by Ibjs, jjub^sfstaqts or ; .,ageing which fees have ' been by ? him appropriated to bis own use or. profit, the earn? aaall, lathe aggregate, be deducted from Lia salary, if not yet paid, or lt bia salary baa been paid? tbe same shall be refunded to tba- treasury of the State, within thirty days from the passage, oftbls aet; and; If nbt refunded within that time, the surety or sureties of ..the said land commissioner shall be Jolntljf"a?a^?everal!y liable for the payment of said anfoun t. ' r; Sic. 2. That In ali cases where the sum of ten dollars, or any other amounts, have-been : collected from the. actual settlers upop, or purchasers of, the State lauds by order of the land commissioner, through his sub-assis tan ts or otherwise, as fees for letters or other pa? pers, the same shall be credited to the eald settlers or purchasers as part payment for tbe said land. Approved March IS, 1872. AN ACT to Amend an Act passed at the Pres: ent Session, entitled "An Aot to Bevive and Extend the Charter of the Belief Loan Association of Charl eaton." SECTION 1.. Be lt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Stale of Sooth Carolina, now met and sitting in Gene? ral Assembly, and by the authority of the same: - That the first section of the act to revive and extend the charter ot the Belief Loan As- 1 social lon of Charleston, be so amended as to read, "Passed on the twenty-first day of De - * ce m ber, In the year of oar Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven," Instead of tho twentieth day of De cam ber, In the year of oar ' Lord one thousand, eight hundred and fifty .. . Approved March IS, 1872. ; AN ACT to Abolish the Once of State Auditor and Confer the Duties of his Office upon the 1 Comptroller-General. ' Whereas a multiplicity of offices should be - avoldad by the State, as well as unnecessary ' exp? ? di lure a Ia keeping them np; and, where- "' as, tbe duties of State auditor can be perform? ed by the comptroller-general without detri? ment to the requirements of his office; there? fore. SECTION 1. Be lt 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 sam?-: That the office of the State auditor be, and lt Is hereby abolished,' and the du tie s hitherto devolving upon that officer shall be performed by the comptroller-general. SEC. 2. That this act shall take efteot on and alter the general election of October, 1872, at wblch lime the State au liter shall turn over all books, papers and accounts of his office to the comptroller-general. Approved March 13, 1872. Alf ACT to incorporate- the Edisto, Caw Caw and Wai tea's Creek Canal Company, of South Carolina. SBCTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentitives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen? eral Assembly, and by the authority of tbe same: That Rich ard H. Gain, Timothy Hurley, John D. Weatherly, David Kicker, John G. Downing, B. A. Bote m on, A. J. R inste r, W. M. Thoma 8, A. P. Holmes, George F. McIntyre, L. J. Had? docks, S. Small, E. D. Holmes, Robert Tarl? ton, George Lee, B. By as, P. P. Hedges, Wm. B. Jervey, and snob other persons as they may associate with them, their successors and as? signs, be, and they are hereby, constituted a body corporate sud politic, by the name and stylo of the Edisto, Caw Caw and Wai tee's Creek Canal Company. And they are hereby made corporate in law, to have, hold, purchase and possess, lands, and to make sale of the same, or any property acquired by them, as a com? pany, to carry on the lumber, wood business, dig phosphates that may be on their lands, to erect bouses, mills, machine shops, manufac? tories, dig out and olean away any obstructions which may be necessary in order to complete ' a navigable water course from the Edisto Bi ver to the Ashley Biveriu this State, con? veying water, lumber, wood, barges, rafts, boars, or any craft that may be necessary to carry out the design of said company. They may also convey fresh water to the City of Charleston, by such means as they may deem best, and at such time as shall be most practi? cable, and shall h?vo authority to Impose auch a toll on veesdls, rafts, barges, boats and flat?, as may be deemed proper for the use of said canal. SEO. 2. The capital stock of this company shall be five hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of ten ($10) dollars each, and shall organize when ton thousand dollars shall be subscribed and paid in, either in cash or lands, machinery, gooda, or any material whioh may be deemed of equal value to said company, which may be applied in its operations. SEO. 3. There shall be held annual meetings of the stockholders to elect a president and di? rectors; there shall be four directors, who shall hold their offices for one year. SEO. 4. Each share shall represent one vote in all elections for officers. SEC. 5. All transfer of shares shall be made in accordance with bank rules for making transfers of shares. The directors shall make all needful by-laws for the government of the company, and alter and amend the same at pleasure. Sac. 6. This company shall have water com? munication from tbe Edisto Biver through Bull Creek, and the most direct route through Caw Caw Swamp, water lead to Waitea's Creek, two hundred feet wide, and may appropriate any lande on said route necessary to forward .this enterprise and facilitate quick transporta? tion : Provided, That they shall pay a just and reasonable compensation for all land appropr!? ated for said purpose. SEC. 7. That they and their successors shall fix and establish any toll, and receive the same, on all goods, merchandise, timber, lumber, wood, boats, flats, rafts, or any means of tran? sit through said canal; and any party refusing to pay said toil, their goods may be detained till said toll ia paid. SEO. 8. The said company shall have author? ity to issue coupon bonds, bearing eight per cent, interest, redeemable in ten and twenty years, not exeeediog ono hundred thousand donare. SEO. 9. They shall have power to commence work immediately on its formation, and may make publication of the sama, and keep open their subscription books at suoh time and place as they may determine. SEO. 10. This act shall be deemed a public aot, and shall remain in force for fifty years. Approved March 13, 1872.