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W&t ?j)?ilt?t0m Jails jfefeg, VOLUME X.-NUMBER 2179. ' CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1873. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR7 A NICE KETTLE OF FISH. THE WHOLE CHARLESTON DELEGA? TION IN A BAD BOX. That Plumper for Patterton-Wai the Delegation Pledged T-The Alleged Reason tbat Influenced their So id Vote-The Rigors of the Law to be Visited Upon the Lawgivers, ?ic. [8PKCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE SEWS.] COLOMBIA, Sunday, January 2G. The latest sensation here Is a rumor that the entire Charleston delegation, in the General Assembly, are to be presented for indictment at the approaching term of the Court of Gen Keral Sessions, which opens here next week, on charges ot bribery and corruption, in con? nection with the election of Patterson to the United States Sonate. It ls alleged, and Indeed has been currently reported and believed here lor some mon tbs, that the whole delegation, with probably one exception, signed a formal pledge to support and vote for Patterson in consideration of securing his Influence with the State board of canvassers in their favor, and against the Mackey delegation, which claimed to have been elected. If ls under? stood that they are not to be charged with re? ceiving any money for their votes, but that they are to be prosecuted for the above mentioned bargain, under Section 22, Chapter 131 of the General Statutes. Th? puni-, ment for their conviction upon this charge would Include a fine, imprisonment and expulsion from the General Assembly. PICKET. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. The Fight upon the Scrip Bill-Tying the Hands or the Comptroller-The Prospect In the House-Amending the Game Laws-Exchange or Judicial Circuits-A Legislative Pawnbroking"] Concern. [FBOM OOS OWN CORRESPONDENT ] COLUMBIA, S. C., January 24. Another victory over the Blue Ridge rinc was achieved to-day In the passage by the Senate, after a desperate struggle which oc? cupied four hours of the sharpest filibuster? ing which has occurred during the session, ol ?the bill to repeal that portion of the Blue Ridge scrip act ot last winter which requires the levy of an annual special tax of i h ree mills on the dollar, and which the holders of the Blue Ridge scrip are attempting lo enforce by the mandamus proceedings now pending In the Supreme Court. Toe bill, as lt passed the Senate, reads as follows, and It will le seen that lt not only repeals the tax section of the'Blue Ridge act, but that lt restrains the comptroller-general from levying any tax without Bpeciflo authorization "hereafter," given by the General Assembly, wt Ich will render Inoperative the tax sections of all the laws under which State bonds have been, ' jesued, and will leave the question of the pay? ment of the interest of the public debt wholly In the banda of the General Assembly: Btit enacted, SECTION 1. That Section 4 of an act entitled "Au act lo relieve the State of South Carolina of all liability fur Its guarantee of the bonds ol the Blue Ridge Railroad Com? pany, by providing tor I he securing and de? struction of the same," approved March 2, 1872, providing for an annual lax of three millo oo the dollar for the redemption ot the revenue bond scrip, be, and the same Is here? by repealed. SEO. 2. That so much of section 72, Chapter 12, Title 3, as directs that the State auditor eball, on or before November 16, annually, give notice to each county auditor of the rates per centum authorized by law to be levied for various State purposes, be, and the Burne ls hereby repealed, and tue comptroller-gene? ral is hereby forbidden lo levy any lax for any purpose whatever, unless expressly here? after authorized so lo do by statutes. The bill now goes to the House for concur? rence where lt ls expected that the scrip men who have hitherto been all powerful In that branch of the Assembly will use strenuous efforts to prevent Us passage by fair means or foul; but lt ls believed tbat the bill bp.? a deal of vitality In it, and that it will require the * roost liberal distribution of what is known here as the "Spinner argument" to prevent Us passage. THC GAME LAW. The Senate committee on agriculture has re? ported a bill, which ls Intended as a substitute lor the various bills which have been proposed to amend the game law. The amendments contained by the committee's bill propose to shorten the time for the protection of deer by one month, by fixing lt irom January first to August first, lneteadof from January first to Se Die m er first, and to shorten the lime lor the protection ol wild turkey, partridge, dove, woodcock, snipe or pheasant, by fixing it irom April 1 to October 15, instead ot irom February 15 to October 15, as now prescribed by law. Tne report of the committee makes the following comments upon the various bills which have been referred : That they have carelully considered ibe same, and recommend that they do not pass. The committee arc persuaded that ibe ?erlod within which lt shall not be lawlul to Ul aoy deer, or any game mentioned In the act, Bbould Bot, under any circumstances, be shortened to the extent proposed in these bills, If shortened at all. Tne committee are also persuaded that the number of birds which ii shall not be lawful lo kill should not be lessened, as proposed In one ol these bills. On the contrary, the com? mittee are quite persuaded that the admirable remarks ot his Excellency the Governor, in bis first annual message recently submitted lo the General Assembly, should lead to the passage of aa act provldlog for the punish? ment, by a moderate fine and i m pr ison meut, of any person who shall wantonly kill or in? jure any insectivorous bird at any season of me year. In deference, however, to the views and wishes of a large number of intelligent cltl zons, as represented by letters and otherwise, the committee recommended the passage of the accompanying bill as a substitute. INTERCHANGE OF CIRCUITS. A bill was referred to the Judiciary commit? tee ol the Senate about two weeks ago, en? titled "a bill to carry into effect the fourteenth "reectlon of the lounh article of the constitu? tion of the State referring to the interchange of Judges on the circuits." which proposed that all the circuit judges should bold all the conrts in the various circuits in rotation and according to seniority ol commission; the old? est Judge In commission commencing with the ?rst circuit and going next to the second, third, 4c., to be followed by tbe'remalnder according to the dates of their commission. The committee to-day reported a substitute lor this bill, woich provides that the circuit Judges or a majority of them shall meet on the Tuesday af.er the second Monday of April of each year, at 12 M., in the library of ihe Supreme Court, and shall then provide tor an interchange ol circuits with each other during the ensuing year, In such manner as shall best suit the convenience ol the Judges and the public Interest, filing a roster with the clerk of the Supreme Court. Should they tall to Interchange as required, the Justices of ihe Supreme Court shad prepare a roster assign? ing the circuit Judges and orders necessary to carry the same lnio effect, furnishing a copy thereof to each circuit judge, and cause the same lo be published iu a newspaper In the City ?f Columbia. MORE BANE CLAIM?. Senator Nash this morning introduced a joint resolution which proposes to make an appropriation to pay the sum ol $3233 33 to the Central National Bank of Columbia, on account of Interest on an acceptance of H. H. Klmpton, financial agent, ?c., ot adralt for $25.000 drawn by Niles G. Parker, late State treasurer. , , , The same senator also presented a claim by ex-Governor R. K. Scott for the sum of ?3473 13. the princlDal items ol the claim being for various repairs and improvements to the Executive MansloD, ordered by him during his .occupancy of that residence. "FENDING IN" 8T0CK. .Representative Crews has proven himself a determined champion of the much needed re peal of the lenee law and of the system of ] "fencing In" instead of "fencing out" the slock employed in the agricultural districts of the Stale. He has already introduced a bill for the repeal of the existing lenee law, and to-day he followed np ihe attack by the Intro? duction of a bill io provide for the keeping and pasturage of stock. This bill provides that if any horses, mules, cattle, goals, sheep, or bogs, shall break Into or be found In any cultivated field it shall be lawful lor the owner or occupant of the field lo seize such horses, ?c., keep them impounded, and nottty the owner, or advertise the same In a newspaper, and retain euch stock until all damages shall have been paid. In case of failure of the owner ol ihe animals to pay such damages they are to be sold at public auction. The bill also requires owners of stock to keep their pasture grounds surrounded with a lawful fence. A PAWNBROKERS' BANK. The proposition to establish a pawbroking stock company in Charleston was supplement? ed to-day by the introduction of a bill by Rep? resentative Hurley to lucorporate the "Fawn? ers' Banking Company of South Carolina." The Incorporator* named are T. Hurley, Wm. R. Jervey, W. B. Nash, James Dirnbir, A. Ca? nal??, Wm. Ourney, E. Stone, F. 8. Jacob?, S. A. 8wall8 and James A. Bowley. These par? lies with Iheir associates, successors and ns elgns are authorized to open offices in Charles? ton And Columbia to transact the business nf loaning money upon the pledge of goods and chattels, and with all the powers and privi? leges of other banking companies in this State, so far as they are applicable to the ob [ Jecls of the proposed concern. The capital stock of the company is fixed at $300,000, iu shares of fifty dollars each, and authority ls given to commence business when the sum ot $50,000 shall have been subscribed. PRIVATE HANGINGS. Senator Corwin, to-day. Introduced a bill to | regulate the execution of the death penalty, which provides that the judge shall appoint J the date for the execution not less than thirty | nor more than ninety dava from the date of sentence. The bill further requires that the sentence shall be executed in some private ^closure as near the Jail as possible, and that the sheriff shall invite to be present the so? licitor, clerk ot the court, probate Judge, mem? bers of the Legislature, two physicians and twelve respectable citizens, selected by him; and, at the request of the convict, shall per? mit any minister of the gospel and any of bis relatives to be present, but that no other per? son and no person under age shall be allowed to be present. PICKET. THE FIGHT EOE THE SCRIP. Senator Whlttemore .Leading the for? lorn Hope-Another Host of New Dlcaanrri-Thc Constitutional Amend? ments Ratified. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT ] COLUMBIA, January 25. The legislative proceedings to-day have In? cluded the Introduction of another large batch of bills, the final passage of a number ot measures In the House, and the ratification of several important acts, which have passed both branches of the General Assembly, and now await only the approval ol the Governor to become laws. In the Senate this morning Mr. Whlttemore obtained the floor ou a ques? tion of privilege, and made what, according to his own definition, must be considered a Bort Ot ex post facto argument against the bill to repeal a ponton ol the Blue Ridge scrip act, which was passed In the Senate yesterday by an overwhelming vote, notwithstanding the objections ol the very small majority of which the senator from Darlington formed a part. The point of his speech was that at the con? clusion of the debate upon the bill yesterday, after the patience ol tue Se?ale had been exhausted by tour hours'of desperate filibus? tering on the part of the corporal's guard ot senators who were opposing the bill, he made a last desperate effort to stave off the vote by ilslog to a question of privilege, and that the presiding officer failed to recognize him. Now ii lp eminently probable that the presiding officer did not bear the honorable gentleman from Darlington, but at all events li was eminently sensible on the part of the presiding officer lo allow the vote to proceed, and it was manlfes.ly satisfactory io ihe vast j majority ot the senators who bad been trying fur tour 1 iou rs to come to a vole, but it result? ed this morning In the infliction ot a long | speech In which the senator from Darlington grandiloquently declared that he demanded a recognition ot bis righis and privil?ges upon the floor of the Senate, which were nigher than ibe constitution I vested In him by no legislative authority ! inalienable 1 unques? tionable ! He then demanded that llb vote be recorded against the bill, and proceeded to read an argument againsl lt, which was ordered to be printed on ihe tournai, where any of his constituents may find il it lie should ever desire to be re-elected. This is supposed to be an indication of the despetation with which the rcrlp men propose to fight Ihe bill in the House, but it ls believed by mose who are best posted about the tem? per and motives of ibe members of that body that they will not dare io vote down a bill which proposes to deleat so palpable a scheme of plunder after lt has been almost unani? mously passed by the Senate. This would place the House in Ibe position of preventing by IIB aciion a measure of relorm which was j promised in Its party platform and adopted by the Senate. The Blue Ridge scrip swindle has become notorious enough by this lime for such a stigma to stick until the nexi election. The Heoator from Darlington does not appear lo fear bis constituents, or perhaps does not desire a re-election, but the majority of the members ol ihe House will bardly care to place In the hands of their rivale in the late election BO potent a weapon for their own de? feat as would be afforded by a vole to per? petuate this scrip swindle. A NEW ASSESSMENT FOR TAXES. The senator from Darlington, whose pyro-. technic eloquence In the as.-ertlcn of his rights'] ls only equalled by his untiring fecundity in ihe production ol bills, this morning intro? duced a bill to provide lor an assessment ot real properly ihroughout the State during the year 1873. The bill authorizes and directs the comptroller-general to adopt measures to make an assessment of all ibe real property In the Stale during the present year, at Ihe same lime that the assessment of personal property is matte, and in the manner and ac? cording lo the rules prescribed by law lor such assessments. OBSTRUCTIONS IN HARBORS. Benator Jones, to day, Introduced bis bill to prevent the obstruction of harbors and navi? gable streams in ibis State, by the discbarge therein of ballast ot stones, dirt or other heavy material. The bill makes it a misde? meanor, punishable by floe and Imprisonment, tor ihe owner or master of any vessel navi? gating the waters of this Stale, to discharge trom the said vessel any ballast of stone ur other heavy material Into any harbor, bay or navigable stream, whereby the navigation thereof is hindered or obstructed, or ls made liable to be hindered or obstructed. ANOTHER SPECIAL TAX. Senator Smalls, to-day, introduced a jolnl resolution lo require a special tax of two mills on the dollar on all ihe taxable properly In Beautort County, to be used exclusively for the payment of the county debt, ard io be levied yearly until the said debt shall be paid. Similar resolutions have been introduced for almost every county In the Slate, under pre- [ tence ol paying the county debt, repairing bridges or building a new Jail or courthouse; ] bul mis ls ihe only one which proposes to make the special tax perpetual. A LEGISLATIVE EXPRESS COMPANY. In the House this morning there was a host of new billa introduced, the most important being a bill by Representative Crews, entitled a bili to incorporate the South Carolina Trans? portation Company. The bill provides Ibat W. H. Jones, Jr., senator lrom Georgetown; j John K. Cochrane, representative from An? derson; James M. Baxter, C. H. Baldwin, treasurer of Richland County; Thomas Doda-1 mead, F. J. Moses. Jr., Governor of South Carolina; S. A. Swalls, senator lrom Williams? burg; Joseph Crews, representative from Lau? rens; W. B. Nash, senator from Richland; Y. J. P. Oweue, senator lrom Laurens; James A. Dunbar, James A. Bowley, representative from Georgetown; W. A. Grant, represen sentallve from Charleston; William E. Earle, assistant district attorney; Thomas M. Cox, Tv". C. Keith, senator from Oconee; 8. 8. trnden, representative lrom Greenville; I lilt Sullivan, Sr., and Buch other persoi may hereafter be associated with t and their associates and assigns, be they are hereby constituted and dec! a body politic and corporate, under name and Btyle of the South Care Transportation Company, with succ?s ot officers, ?sc. The capital stock ls fl at one hundred thousand dollars, \ power to Increase the same to five bunt thousand dollars, and when five thous dollars is subscribed and paid in, the comp may organize and proceed to business, i tlon three provides that ihe said company authorized and empowered to receive, tr: port, Issue and deliver boxes, parcels, measi and packages of goods and commodrtiei any kind whatsoever at any point or plac this Slate, at such rates or prices and u such terms and conditions as they by ll officers may fix and determine. The next i lion auttorizes the company to buy and real and personal properly, and also to m and enforce contra?is with such railroi coach or oiher transportation companlef they mav deem proper. The remaining i lions of the bill contain the usual provis! for the election and succession of officers, adoption of a common seal, and of such ri and by laws as are net repugnant to ihe ot the land; and authorizes the company lease or erect f>uch buildings as they may sire for ibe carrying on of their business such places within this Stale as they may de expedient. TWO NEW FERRIES. Representative Spencer to day Introduce bill to charter Lanneau's Ferry, which lac Ically enacts "that Lanneau's Ferry, over i Santee River, ls hereby chartered for I years with the usual rates ot toll, and ves in Robert Jefferson and W. G. Plnckney. Representative North, according to p vious notice, introduced his bill to Ineorpr.r the Charleston and James Island Sie, Ferry Company, which names Henry Pinckney. McCormick aDd oin? rs as lncori miora, wlih authority lo keep up a ferry a convey passengers and transler goods, wa and merchandise by steamboat* between l Cily of Cbaile8ton and James Island, and cc vey passengers, goods, wares and mercht dise between the said city and any other pla or places. The capital stock of the compa is hxed at twenty-five thousand dollars In Qi dollar shares, with authority lo increase t same to one hundred thousand dollars, ot fourth of the said capital slock lo be subscrib before commencing business. The bill cn laius Ihe other usual provisions, and Is lo i main in force lor ihe lerm of tweniy-oi years. COMPULSORT VACCINATION. Representative Spencer also Introducer bill to require all persons residing in tl Slate lo be vaccinated. The bill requires i parents and guardians to cause their chlldr and wards to be vaccinated before they alu the age of two years, and re vaccinated whe ever the city or town authorities shall requi it. after five years from the last vacclnailo ihe cities and towns to furnish the means vaccination to such of their inhabitants as a unable to pay for the same. The bill also r quires that incorporated manufacturing cot panies, superintendents ot almshouses, Sta reform school, Lunatic Asylum, or olh places where ihe poor or sick are receive masters of houses of correction, Jailors, s perlntendent of the penitentiary and super! tecaeciB or officers of all other lnslllutioi supported or aided by the State or any cou ty, shall, at ihe expense of their respects establishments or institutions, cause all 1 mates thereof to be vaccinated Immediate upon their entrance thereto unless they pr duce sufficient evidence of previous succesal vaccination within five years. NEW SCHOOL HOUSES FOR CHARLESTON. Representative Petty to-day Introduced bill to establish about a dozen more achoo houses io Charleston County, which requlrt that the school commissioner ot Charlesto County Is hereby authorized and required I cause to be built two school-houses OB Jam? Island, two on Wad mala w Island, three o Edlsto and three on John's Island. RATIFICATION OP ACT*. The following acts and Joint resolutions hat lng passed both houses, were signed lo-day I the Senate Chamber by the president of ih Se?ale and the speaker of the House, an sent to ihe Governor for his approval : An ad to amend an act entllled an act t provide for the election of officers of lncorpoi ated cities and towns. An act io fix the time of holding the Apr term of ibe Supreme Court. An act to empower ibe Supreme Court t frame Issues, and direct t h-- same to be trie In the circuit courts, and to order reference in certain cases. An act to amend Section 12, Chapter 103 c the General Statutes. An act to chango the name of Alic dight, &c. Au act lo change the name of Elmira Mc Nary Speers, Ac. , Au act to repeal Sections S, 6 and 7, o Chapter 83, of Hie General Statutes. A joint resolution to relieve J. E. Dent former sheriff of Richland County, of a pen ally on lax executions. A joint resolution authorizing the attorney general to commence proceedings against thi commissioners ot the sinking fund. A joint resolut ion to make appropriation fo the payment of ihe outstanding pay certitl cates of the members ot the last General As sembly. Acts to Incorporate the Lincoln Light In faniry, National Zouaves, Palmetto State Rifli Club, Bowen Riflemen, Irish Volunteer Rifle Club. WHITEWASH AT WHOLESALE. 8tate Treasurer Cardozo to-day transmitted to the Genend Assembly, in accordance wilt a recent resolution requesting ihe facts in re? lation to ibe settlement with Financial Agent Klmplon, the following Interesting document from the late financial board: TUE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CITY Ol f-- CHARLESTON. ' Know ail men by these presents that we, the financial board of ibe State of South Car? olina, by virtue of an act relating to the finan? cial agent ol the State, and ID virtue of any oiher power vesied in the said board, have adjusted and Bellied, and do hereby adjust and settle, the claims, demands and accounts, and all or any matters of difference relating to the financial ageni of Ibe State, H. H. Klmpton, Including all property or effects be? longing to this Slate, which have come Into the possession of the said financial agent by virtue of his office, and we have adjusted and settled, and do hereby adjust and settle, that thc said financial agent received from this State, or for account of this State, in the ag? gregate, from the lime of the commencement ot hie agency lo the present time, ihe following bonds: $9,614,000 ot ihe bonds of the Stale ot South Carolina, $599,000 of the bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, $200,000 of the bonds of the Stale bourru by the said financial agent for account of the sinking fund, and that he has in ihe accounts rendered fully accounted for all the properly and effects belonging lo ibis Slate which have heretofore come into his possession, and for the proceeds of all sales and transactions for or on account of ihe State In the premises, except the prop? erty known as the agricultural college land scrip, resulting, after crediting bim with a Just and proper commission In ihe premises, as will more fully appear by reference to said accounts, in a balance In favor bf Ihe said agent, against Ibis State, amounting to $139, 432 7G; aud that he has returned to this Stale all coupons paid and all coupons not paid, ex? cepting on outstanding bonds now owned by third parties or held us collaterals, as herein? after meuiioned, and lor which he Is not in any way accountable; and he has also re? turned to this State the Blue Ridge Railroad bond for one thousand dollars, also men? tioned in said accounts, and that, as will more tully appear by the said accounts, he has credited ihe State wilh the sum of $489.982 50, the proceeds of loans effected by him for this State upon collateral security and now out? standing, and for which the lollowing bonds were given as collateral security: $1,656,600 of bonds of the State of South Carolinn, which amount Includes the $200,000 bonds bought for the sinking fund; ulso $598,000 of Blue Ridge bonds, and that the said financial agenl has individually guaranteed the payment of a portion ol'the said loanp, namely, about $220, 000, and that the said financial agent has made due payment and satisfaction of any de? mand Ihai haB existed against bim in the premises; and the said board does hereby, in consideration ol the premises, execute and deliver to him a lull release and discharge from all liability to this State, by reason of, any matter or thing due in the course of such ?uanci il agency. Nothing herein contained, however, is In tended to relinquish, or operate as a relin qulsbment, of the claim and title of this State to such of the bonds as are held as collateral security us hereinbefore stated, subject, never? theless, to payment of the said loans, for which they are held as collaterals. IQ witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals. (Signed,) N. G. PARKER, Treasurer. D. H. CHAMBERAIN, Attorney-General. R. K. SCOTT, Governor. THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. The final action ol the General Assemblv, which was rpqnlred to make the constitution? al amendments adopted by the people at the last election a part of the constitution of ihe 8tate, was taken by the House to-day In the unanimous adoption by the Senat? resolutions of ratillcation. They are entitled respectively as follows : A Joint resolution to ratify ihe amendment to the constitution ol the State of South Caro? lina relative to the Increase of the State debt. A joint resolution to ratify the amendment to the Constitution ol the State of South Caro? lina relative to the lime of holding elections. Final action was also taken by ibe House to-day upon the following bills which have already passed the Senate and are now ready lo be ratified and sent to the Governor: A bill lo amend an act to renew and extend the charters of certain towns and villages. A bill to allow W. H. Wynn to chaDge his name, &c. A bill to extend the time for officers to qualify. The following bills and joint resolutions re? ceived their final reading In me House, passed, and were ordered to be sent to the Senate: A Joint resolution lo authorize the levy of a special tax In Richland County. A bill to amend the charter of IheLaureDB and Asheville Railroad Company. A bill to amend Chapter 13, Section 3, of the General Statutes. A bill to require county treasurers to re? ceive Jury certificates and school claims in payment of taxes. A bill to repeal the charters of' the Charles? ton Charitable Association and the Charleston Joint Stock Company. A bill to require county commissioners to give bond. A bill to aid and encourage manufactures. Bills to incorporate the Georgetown Cypress Company, the Greenville Agricultural and Mechanical Society, the Campbell Fair Arbor Society, me Garrison Light Infantry, the ??rant and Wilson Guards, the Bowen Light Infantry, the Wadmataw Riflemen, the Ford Riflemen, the Scott United Blues, and the Bryan Light Infantry. PICKET, THE LOUISIANA FIGHT. WASHINGTON. January 26. The Congressional committee will Invest?? gate the claims of the contending parties in the Louisiana State Government next week. Messrs Lynch and Longstreet, representing the Kellogg returning coard, and Messrs. Foreman, Mitchell and South maid, represent lDg the McEnery returning board, {arrived here to-day from New Orleans. The former claim to have the law on ihelr side, Inasmuch as the Supreme Court of Louisiana has decided In their favor; but Ihe latter have brought with them ihree trunks full of documents, supposed to be the returns of the recent elec? tion, which have been called for by the com? mittee on privileges and elections. BEYOND TBE BRINE. LONDON, Jun nary 25. Eugenie leaves Cblaelrjurst, but remains In England for the present. Greece refuses to arbitrate the Laurlum Mines question, whereupon France and Italy suspended diplomatic relations with Greece. The Shah of Persia will occupy Buckingham Palace while visiting England. Dispatches from Switzerland report Dr. Pusey belier. ? BERLIN, January 26. In the Chamber or Deputies yesterday, Bis? marck said that his retirement from the min? isterial presidency was owing eniirely lo ill health and a desire for rest irom bis official duties, and not lo any disagreement with his colleagues. _ OUR SOUTH ATLANTIC NEIGHBORS. Georgia. -Adieos wants a steam fire engine. -Thu Ailaniu Sun says lhat no city In the world needs sidewalks UH bad y as Allanta. - l'h?re ls au organized band of burglars in Foray i h. -Atlanta ls to have a manufacturing asso? ciation. -Another cotton factory ls lo be put up lu Columbus. -It ls rumored in Columbus that another large factory will be erected lhere this sum? mer upon the site of the old Palace Mills. -Mjrlon Bethune, ol Talbot County, ln lenris io contest the teat of Colonel Henry B. Harris, the member elect to the Forty-third Congress, irom Ihe Fourth District, in Georgia. -Washington Ouoty produces annually over twenty five thousund bales of colton, thu largest cotton producing county in the State. -Mrs. Francis L. Barlow, the mother of General Barlow who fell at Manassas, died In Chattanooga, on the 18th Instant, aged eighty years. -The Savannah papers announce the death of Mr. Francis Wilson, who has for many years filled the position ol cotton registry clerk at Ihe Central Railroad. _A yoting man named William S. Daven? port was kuocked ofi*a freight train on ihe Macon and Western Railroad Wednesday morning and Instantly killed, his body being mangled iu a most shocking manner. -Mr. Phillp Riley, ot Nottinghamshire, Eugland, alter a three months' inspection ol the gold mines in Cherokee, has returned to* England with the Intention of organizing a company, with a capital of $200,000, to develop ihe veins already opened and to prospect for more. -On Tuesday morniog the small steamer Fannie Fern, Captain Trott, while towing four barges from me shell banks, exploded at Cedar Creek, eight miles below Jacksonville, causing the death of three men-George Willy, the pilot; Henry Robinson, fireman, and a young man named Alonzo Garvin. The engineer, Mr. Thomas Keller, as by a miracle, escaped with only very slight injuries. It ls believed that a crack in one of the boiler Dlates caused the disaster. The Fanny Fern Was blown lo pieces and sank instantly, and one of ihe lighters was considerably injured. Norih Carolina. -Yanceyville is doing a lively tobacco trade, -Small-pox no longer exists in Harnett. -Revenue offico:8 are seizing whiskey in Gaston County. -Quito a number of eagles have been recent? ly killed in Polk County. -There is some talk about having a bank at Magnolia. -Sixty-five negroes left Greensboro' for Georgia, last we?-k, to work OD railroads. -The Seamen's Home at Wilmington is to be remodelled and improved. -T ie concert fo be given at Wilmington in aid of tho Jo .mu. Synagogue will como off on tho 30tb instant. -Some oftlie farmors in Orange and Cas? well aie going to put in half a crop of cotton this year. -A flat loaded with twelve thousand bricks was swamped near tho mouth of Smith's Creek last week. -A bill liaBbccn introduced in the Legisla? ture to incoporate the Richm ind Building and Improvement Company with a capital stock of $100,000. -A serious row occured at Wilmington on Tuesday night Inst, at a house which Cm jar's wifo would not bavo visited, and a lighted koroaeue lamp was hurled by ono of tho bellig? erents at the head of another. -Governor Caldwell proposes that tho State of North Carolina shall ?asuo bonds to the amount of $15,000,000, having forty years to run, with interest at the rate of four per cent, por annum for tho first five years and five per cent, afterwards. Florida. -Dr. Miles Nash, an old citizen of Tallahas? see, is doad. -The Gainesville Nen Era says: "We learn with much pleasure tha: at a meeting of the trustees of tbe State Agricultural College, he id recently at Tallahassee, it was unanimously decided to locate the institution at this place." CRIMINALS IN CONGRESS. STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS OP THE CREDIT-MOBILIER BRIBERS. Oakea Ames Controverts the Statement? or several Congrt samen-A Clear State" ment of the Transactions of Each Ac? cused Member-A Disgraceful Exhibit of Oort ?pitea- Colfax in a Bad Fix. The Cr?dit-Mobilier Investigation, at Wash? ington, lias developed so shameful a condition of things that no one any longer attempts to shield tlie parlies Implicated, and the leading Journals of ill shades of opinion unite in roundly denouncing the whole dirty business. The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune writes as follows la regard to the terribly damaging evidence given by Mr. Oakes Ames on Wednesday last : If Oakes Ames told Ihe truth to-day, there is no escape from the conclusion that a num? ber of congressmen have liberally made lalee statements about their connection with the Credit Mobilier, either lr jm a sense of wrong doing, or from a cowardly lear of public opinion. The position of these congressmen Is deplorable. They can hardly hope to make thc public believe that Mr. Ames's story is lalee, that his memoranda are all fabricated, and tbat the checks he drew upon the sergeant-at arms of the House, lo pay dividends upon their stock, as he alleges, were a part of a cunningly devised scheme to entangle them. Mr. Ames deposited $10,000 with the serjeant at-arms in the long session of 1868, for the ex? press purpose, as be declares, ol drawing checks upon lt to pay the dividends of the Credit Mobilier shares which he held for con? gressmen. He slates the amount he drew for each, and the checks and books In the ser? geants-arms' c fil ce corroborate his state? ment. Ia some cases the Initial of the payee was Inserted; in others the check was payable lo bearer, without any name. There was one lame point In his evlcence. He did not pro? duce his orignal memoranda, but exhibited statements ot accounts drawn from them, lo which the transactions with the members were set down on half sheels of paper? under the heads of debit and credit. Perhaps the original memoranda book would sliow'some things which Mr. Ames would net like to have divulged Mr. Ames began his statement to-day with an account of his dealings with Mr. Colfax. In January, 1868, he said Mr. Colfax agreed to lake twenty shares of Credit Mobilier stock. He paid no cash. In February Mr. Ames re? ceived thu eighty per cent, dividend in first mortgage Union Pacific bonds, sold them, and ? credited Mr. Colfax with the proceeds. On March 6 Mr. Colfax paid him the balance due I lor the purchase money for the shares, In a check on the sergeant-at-arms for $534 72. In the following June Mr. Ames paid him a cash dividend of $1200 by a check on the sergeaot at-arms, payable to S. C. or bearer. He never handed him the stock dividends declared, but still held them, wailing the result of the McComb suit. He considered them and the twenty shares of Credit Mobilier stock lo be still Mr. Colfax's property. Mr. Colfax had never paid back the $1200. Mr. Colfax cross-examined Mr. Amos al some length, but only verified the old adage that, "He who ls his own lawyer hus a fool tor a client." He tried hard to get Mr. Ames to admit that be (Ames) might have got the money himself on ihe $1200 check, but Mr. Ames was positive that he gave Mr. Collax the check. To all questions about his reasons for not staling all the facts when be first tes? tified, Mr. Ames gave such answers as these: "I was willing to believe II was as you Bald; I had not my memoranda; you told me ll was so and I presumed lt was, or you wouldn't have said so." Mr. Colfax, In conclusion, posi? tively asserted on bis oath that he had never received the $1200 dividend. The Hon. Heury Wilson's case was next re? ferred to, and Mr. Ames confirmed Mr. Wil? son's statement of the transaction. Senator Patterson's case having beer, disposed of yes? terday, nothing was said regarding lt. Sena-' tor-elect Allison, according to Mr. Ames, agreed to buy ten shares of the stock In Jan? uary, 1868, and In April paid $271 as the differ? ence between the proceeds ol the sale of tho bond dividend and the cost of the bend with interest. This was also paid by a check on the sergeant-at-arm?. Mr. Allison got ihn other dividends some lime in Hie full ol 18(18. Mr. Allison got alarmed by the lawsuit, und gave ' Mr. Ames a receipt staling he held the stock as Ames's properly. To make a show of buy? ing them back, Mr. Ames paid him five cents. Some time ago be got an envelope mailed al Dubuque, containing ten shares ol Credit Mo? bilier und ten Union Pacific shares. He sup? posed they were Allison's; be thought he got the envelope in October last, but he observed bv the postmark that lt was malled in March, 1872. Mr. Allison came into the committee room Boon stier Mr. Ames had finished all of | his evidence ibat related to him. He made a stalement which did not materially differ from Mr. Ames's. He said that he had told Mr. Ames thal he did not want to keep the stock as long ago as 1S68, not on account of the law? suit, but because ne had been assailed for own? ing stock in the Sioux City Railroad. Finding the stock among the papers be returned it. Mr. Allison Bald be had sent Mr. Ames a check, refunding the dividend, but Mr. Ames said ihe check was to settle another account. "We will now go to ihe other wing ol the Capitol," said Mr. Poland when Mr. Ames had flnlBhed his account of his business wilb Alli? son. "Wnat about Mr. Blaine?" Mr. Ames replied that Mr. Blaine never held any stock or got any advantage from the Credit Mobilier except abuse on Its account. Mr. Dawes, he Bald, bought ten shares and paid lor them. Of the first bond dividend Mr. Ames paid him ?bout $40J. the balance being retained io set? tle another transaction. He also got the second dividend. In December, 1868, Mr. Ames settled with him, and believed that In Hie whole transaction the latter only got his money back wllh len per cent. Interest. Mr. Garfield agreed lo take ten shares of the stock, and the first two dividends paid for Ihe shares and left a balance of $329, which Ur. Ames said he paid him in Juue. 1868. Thal ended the transaction, and lhere were no more pay? ments and no conversation about the affair till ibis winier, when Mr. Garfield told him tbat he thought lt was a loan and not a dividend he got. Mr. Ames's recollection was positive lt w?'s a dividend, and supposed Mr. Garfield so understood it when be took the check for the money. Mr. Garfield bad never taken it back. Mr. Kelley's case, Mr. Ames went on lo say, was Identical with Mr. Garfield's. The same number of chares were bargained for, and there was the same payment ot $329 In June, I860. In October, Mr. Kelley borrowed $750 irom him, and Mr. Ames supposed he got this contused with ihe dividend, when he testified to having borrowed $1000. The money had not been' returned, aud Mr. Ames still held the Credit Mobilier shares and ihe Uuion Pacific slock dividends on them subject lo Mr. Kelley'u order. Mr. Scotleld took ten shares, loo, but paid the cash tor them. He gol frightened at the same time Mr. Dawes did, and Mr. Ames settled with bim, and took the Block off his hands. Mr. Bingham's statement to the committee Mr. ames corroborated, but said he paid him $800 more than Mr. Bingham Btated. Mr. J. F. WIIPOU'S statement WSB cor? rect. Mr. Bom well talked of taking the stock, but did not. Mr. Fowler, ol Tennessee, and Mr. Bayard, ol Delaware, did not take lt. Mr. Painter, the correspondent of Hie Philadel? phia Inquirer, look thirty shares and paid fur them. This was the substance of Mr. Ames's testi? mony. At the conclusion, be was usked what became of the remainder of the three hun? dred and lorty-three shares which he took lo fill engagements. These he said be had Bold io persons not connected with Congress. "To any officiais?'' he was asked. "No, slr," he replied, "and I don't think I will ever sell stock ic members ol' Congress or officials again." Mr. Ames gave bis testimony for Hie most pan. in a dejected way, with lils eyes fixed on the table before him, as If he was going through a disagreeable ordeal and he was bearing it with a'dogged deleiminaiion. Once or twice, however, he threw In a dryly humorous remark, which caused a general laugh. With this exception, tue whole three hours' session of the committee was as gloomy as a funeral. The room was crowded with spectators, aud the proceedings were listened to throughout with iuienee Interest. The last witness was ex-Muyor Emery, ol Wash logion, who testified that lie Indorsed a note for Sen? ator Patterson for four thousand dollars, to enable him to buy the Credit Mobilier stock. The committee adjourned till Friday. Caught? [From the New York San-Editorial] The Ma8sacbuBelts Samson who baa made sport for the Philistines for all these weeks and months, has recovered bis strength with his memory. Yesterday, putting his arma around Colfax, Garfield, Dawes, Wilson, Alli? son, Kelley, Scofleld and Bingham, pillars in the Bc publican temple of Dagon, he tumbled the whole edifice of falsehood and corruption to ruins. There were premonitions of it on Monday, wbeu be began to be Jocular about sending money lo Indiana, "where lt would do us most good." Yesterday he unbosomed himself. Tired of being made the scapegoat of these men's sins, of seeing their virtuous airs and listening to their fulee statements, and goaded to lt by their ingratitude after be had saved the party and the Presidential election, he gave them fair notice that he had done lying and they must stand from under. And so there's the testimony. The very men who, with a show of Indignation, last summer denied any knowledge of or connec? tion with the Credit Mobilier are proven to have ?led-not by the unsupported testimony of Mr. Oakes Ames, but by the record evi? dence, the checks and receipts, and written memoran ta, about which there can be no mistake and which cannot be controverted. Every one of them ls proven to have beld stock in the Credit Mobilier, and to have re? ceived each lils share of Its enormous divi? dends. Even though the transaction bad not worn the badge of traud from the outset io being held by Oakes Ames in trust for men who were ashamed or alrald to appear as stockholders, the criminated members are debarred from pleading that they were Inno? cent of evil Intention by the eagerness with which they washed their hands of lt last sum? mer. That of itself was confession that lt was dishonorable and corrupt. Tney stand before the country now branded with falsehood and covered with disgrace. The very least that Congress can do Is lo expel them. "Discreditable and Disant rous. [From the New York Tribune-Editorial.] The whole evidence as lt stands ls discredi? table and disastrous. There ls something more than misunderstanding here. It Mr. Ames paid a dividend of $1200, as be says be did, to Mr. Colfax, lt is hardly credible that that gentleman could have BO soon forgotten he ever received lt. On the other band, If Mr. Ames did not pay that amount, his clear and positive statement that he did ls a false? hood; for no respectably correct business man could commit such an enormous blunder. The case about Mr. Colfax is made more striking by the exactness of the figures which occur In what Mr. Ames calls an Interest ac? count. Mr. Colfax says $500 were paid; Mr. Ames, with buslnesB-llke particularity, says $634 72 were paid, and paid as Interest on the purchase money of Mr. Colfax's stock. We leave this Irreconcilable difference In the statements of Messrs. Ames and Coliax with the slogle re? mark that Mr. Colfax seems to be a defendant In the case, testifying In his own behalt, and Mr. Ames appears an unwilling witness, without Interest in the conviction of any man. TUE GALLOWS, IN MARION. Kurth'r Particulars ot the Extention ot Sam Brown-The Crime and Its Srqael. [FROM A3* OCCASIONAL CORRESPOND EST.] MARION COURTHOUSE, January 25. The readers ci your excellent paper will re? member that during the month of August last Ebb West, a colored man of excellent character, was fatally stabbed by bis son-lr iaw, Sam Brown, also colored. The deed was done In this county, near the store of a Mr. Manheim, which ls situated on the west side ol Great Peedee River, and not very far from Effingham Depot. Sam was Intoxicat? ed, and was abusing another colored mao who happened to be at the store, when Ebb reproved and sought to quiet him. This in? terference appeared to Incense Sam, and, without a word of warning, he burled his knife In the body of poor Ebb. Ebb died in a few hours alter. Sam then attempted lo stab the mau with whom be had been quarrelling, but failing lo ibis he ran off lu bis home, where he was lound next morning by bis wife. On being told by lier of the fatal deed, he pro? fessed io be profoundly Ignorant of having committed ibe crime, buttouk care to make lils escape lo North Carolina. There he was recognized, arrested sud brought back, and at Ihe October term ot the Couri ol General Sessions for ibis county was tried, fouud guilty of murder, and sentenced lo be hung on the 24th day January, 1873. Yesterday, about noon, he was brought from his cell to the gallows, which had been erected lu the Jail-yard. He walked composed? ly and seemed io oe perfectly resigned to his late aa t ready to meet lt bravely. Sheriff Berty read his warrant, and then told tam il he wished to say anything he could do so. Sum first requested a colored ml nia. er. Damed Edwards, to pray for him, and then spoke to ihe large crowd around him for some minutes. He never alluded to ihe crime be hud commuted, save in general terms, bul confined himself to a statement ot his preparailoD lor, and hopes lo, eternity. The minister was requested to say some? thing by way of warning to others, and Sam again spoke. The sheriff had waited patiently until near one o'cock, when he bade the prisoner good-bye, and. after lying his hands and adjusting the rope, be drew the black cap over his bead. Not a muscle In the prisoner's frame seemed to move, but he stood as steadfast as a rock. A moment after, the sherifl stepped back, ihe prop was stricken away, the doors fell, and with a heavy thud Sam Brown's body was dangling in air. He fell lull six feet and was Instantly killed-not making a single struggle. There seemed bul li nie sympathy felt for poor Sam by the crowd, and yet we think he deeerved lt, fur the deed was certainly done while he was under the Influence ot liquor. True, he was said to be a bad man, yet his I chara ter should not have entered into the consideration of this case. The Jury rightly lound him guilty, but we think many crimi? nals, more gullly than poor, friendless Sam Brown, have escaped Ihe Judgment of the law. May our county long be spared such an? other day as was yesterday. JUVENIS. TUE RET. J. BRUCE DAVIS. Some Particulars of his Life and Death. [From the Union Times.] This Christian gentleman had only recently become the rector of tn? f?hurch of the Na? tivity (Episcopal) of Union, and had per? formed the office of his ministry for two Sun? days when the fatal accident wbioh removed him from us transpired. The rectory was being repaired for Ihe accommodation ol him? self and his lamlly. On Friday last, just two weeks after his arrival, he rode lo see the progress ol the work. Having finished his in? spection he remounted. The horse had be? come restive from standing, and ran imme? diately. He lost control, and was dashed against a fence a short distance from the start? ing point. He was carried, stunned and uncon? scious, to the house of Mrs. James, near by, where he was visiied by ihe physicians of ihe lowu. Cn ihe third day, still remaining un? conscious, he was removed on a liner to ihe home of William Munro, Esq., where be was slaying at the lime ol' his aouident. Every at? tention that loving hearts could devise was bestowed upon him, and unceaslug and devo? ted medical efforts were made without avail. He lingered in painless unconsciousness until half-past seven o'clock on Tuesday evening, when his pure spirit passed away ..To where beyond these voices there is peace." His wire and brother. James M. Davis. Esq., arrived the day before his death. They took his remains en route for Camden on Wednes? day morning. Mr. Davis was a son of the late Bight Rev. Thomas F. Davis, bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina. Although so short a time among us, he had made strong impressions ol holiness, of earnest purpose and Christian zeal. lu his brief term of mlDlstry wilh us, he seem3 to have left nothing undone that he ought io have done. It seemed io us that the life of one with such Christian graces would work to the glory of God, and to the salvation of souls. Bul the Lord sees not as man sees, and, although afflicted and chastened, we bow our heads iu submission to the will of the all wise, all-powerful Creator, praying ibat he will take us in His keeping, and bring us near? er and nearer to Him. JO. JEFFERSON. BETDSy OF THE CH ABZ BS TOy FA? VORITE OF TWENTE YEAHS AGO. Reminiscences of bis Karly Caree r.-An Interesting Occasion-Hu Son to Blake his First Appearance on Wednesday Rix?. Tbe reappearance of Ur. Joseph Jefferson on the Charleston boards ls an event worthy of more than a passing notice. It ls twenty years-Just tbe length of Bip Van Winkle's nap-since the greatest of actors last de? lighted a Charleston audience, and lt ls pleasant to think that lt was here that his re? markable comlo genius was first fully recog? nized and rewarded. Ur. Jefferson comes of ancestors with whom dramatic pawer seems to have been an hereditary trait. He Is the son of Joseph Jefferson the second, whom many of the older readers of THE NEWS will remember. His mother wac Mrs. Burke Jefferson, a daughter o? a citizen of Charleston, who escapes the massacre of St. Domingo and settled in this city. By her ?rst husband this lady had but one son, Charles Burke, a comedian o? the rarest gifts. By her second marriage she had two children, one of whom appears to-olgbt as Bip Yan Winkle. Apropos of Mr. Jefferson's present visit, "Nym," our chatty and wide-awake New York correspondent, writes ns as follows : "I notloe In THE NEWS that yon are to have the greatest of living actors in the English language on the boards of your theatre next week. The event suggests reminiscences of Mr. Jefferson's first appearance in Charleston over twenty years ago. The rising genera Hon of ibeatre-goers hardly know that be waa once manager of the old theatre on Meeting street, which was destroyed in the great fire. I remember, though I was bnt a youngster then, that Jefferson came to Charleston aa the low comedian of the stock company. He waa not more than nineteen years old, bnt even then gave striking evidence of his wonderful talents. There were a plenty of critics In those days, like the late Colonel O. W. Brown and Mr. Gatewood, who were predicting bis future greatness. His 'Bob Acres11 recol? lect was the town talk. He and some other members of the company bad a disagreement with the manager, and seceded, and went to Savannah to play. After the manager had duly 'bumed up,' as most of them did In Charles? ton at that time, the speeders returned, and reopened the theatre themselves. The Inn was Jefferson, EilslerA Linden. Ur. EUsler ls now manager of a Cleveland theatre, I be? lieve. I do not know what became of Linden. The new managers were all yoong mea, bot they had talent, were rewarded with good houses, and played the season ont. It waa during this winter that Jefferson and his wife appeared one evening In the farce of 'Ur. and Mrs. Peter White,' and introduced Master Jef? ferson, their infant son, to the audience, 'bia first appearance on any stage.' I was present,, and remember bow Ihe little fellow kicked In his mother's arms." And now this kicking Infant, whose early venture upon the mimic stage seems so fresh In the memory ofonr correspondent, is once more amongst us. Gifted with no mean share of that dramatic power, which Is bis rightful Inheritance, young Charles Burke Jefferson has chosen Charleston tobe the scene of bia second, as lt was of his first appearance In public. At a matinee on Wednesday next he will personate two of bis father's greatest comlo characters. For his own sake, for bis father's sake, and for the sake sf Auld Lang Syne, our people will greet him with a wara and generous welcome. Of the wonderful dramalio creation which has made the fame of Jo. Jefferson world-wide, we need hardly speak. Those who have be? held ic can understand how hard lt ls to de? scribe in words the subtle charm with which he Invests the character of the rollicking and In? corrigible Bip. We borrow the apt remarks of a contemporary, and everybody who sees Jefferson to night will feel their troth: ''Jefferson plays the drunken little Dutch vagabond to life, and that ls all of lt. lt ls Blmply a perfectly true and natural represen? tation, done so quietly, so easily, so truthfully, that art is exhausted. Every motion, every word, every action, ls Just what lt should be. * The dramatist, ot course, has had lo make an interesting character. But Jefferson has crys talized the character Into life. The author's genius and the actor's genius blend to make np the exquisite perlormance. From the time old Rip comes on the stage until the curtain falls, the packed audiences, in sympathetic rapport, haag enraptured on the gilding like episode of the simple Dutchman's uncouth but touching career of dissipation, domestic lroat, and his pathetic return lo his home alter his twenty years of slumber. From roars o? laughter to quiet and unsubdued tears the auditors pass, and this under no fierce straining after fun or drenching strains of woe, but simply be? neath the Inspiration o? humor as quiet as true grief, and of pathos that never appears so touching as when most grotesque. That this Bolt-talking actor, In such an odd, ridicu? lous old part, should so rivet his vast aggre? gations of hearers, keeping up the public In" terest at the cost of its pocket, in his simple rendition year after year, ls a marvel In theatrical experience, and shows a consum? mation of art as rare as it ls deservedly suc? cessful." OFF TO HUS SI A. [From the Colombia Union of Saturday.] United States Minister Orr left on tbe eleven A. M. train yesterday for Washington, where he win spend a day or two. and then proceed to New York, from wbr nee be will sail about February first, or soon thereafter. The ex-governor goes out accompanied by hts son and daughter. The latter he contemplates leaving in Germany to be educated, while the former will accompany him to St. Petersburg, aa private secretary. Quite a large number of gentlemen availed themselves of the oppor? tunity of calling upon the minister-whose quarters were In the spacious mansion of Col? onel Childs, of the Carolina National Bank to pay their respects, and bid bim God-speed upon his long Journey. IHE WEATHER THIS BAY. WASHINGTON, January 26. Probabilities: For the New Eugland States, falling barometer, somewhat higher tempera? ture, northeasterly to southeasterly winds, cloudy weather and snow. For the Middle States, light to fresh northeasterly an' south? easterly winds, falling barometer, cloudy weather and snow, excepting for the southern portion, in which lt will probably ratu. For the South Atlantic Slates, falling barometer, light to fresh northeasterly and southeasterly winds, cloudy weather and rain. From TeE nesBee to Lake Erie and the upper lakes, winds shifting from the northwest to the northeast and "partly cloudy weather. Wrtoe Northwest, falling barometer, winds eh tung from the east to the Booth, with cloudy weather. The afternoon telegraphic reporta irom the Western Gull, Western Tennessee, Kansas, and a portion of those lrom lower Michigan and the extreme Northwest, have not yet been received.