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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 2179. ' CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1873. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR7
CHEER FOR CHARLESTON!
FLFTSEN FEET OF WATER IS BEACH
CH AKSEL AT LOW TIDE.
The Result or the Government Surveys
-Ample Funds In the Hands of Gene?
ral Gilmore to Do the Ktquired Work.
Although Charleston, by ber nearness to the
sea and tbe spaciousness ot her harbor, has
incontestable advantages over most ol her
S neighbors, the comparative shallowness of the
water on Charleston Bar has been a decided
obstacle in the way ot tbe development
>trf the trade of tbe port. There has
never been any necessity, as there is in
Savannah, to use lighters la receiving
and discharging cargoes. Vessels of large sizeJ
come up to the wharves and He there, but at
certain s' ages of the tide lt ls difficult to take
sailing vessels of deep draft over the bar,
and, tn rough weather, even steamships are
liable to delay. It is only the depth ol water
at Port Boyal which has caused that deadly
lively place to assume any consequence aa a
possible city ol tbe future, and the deepening
ol the Charleston bar, so as to give a suffi?
cient depth of water at all stages of the tide,
will pi lek ibat bubble and cause the whole
scheme to collapse. This great work ot giving
Charleston more water ls about to be done.
Last year General Q. A. Gilmore submitted
to the department at Washington plans for
the improvement o? Gbarleston harbor.
These plans, founded on careful surveys, were,
witb the estimates, examined and approved.
The next thing was to obtain an appropria?
tion, and Congress cheerfully gave Charleston
$A8,0C0. This ls the amount of money which
General Gilmore can command.
The plan ol operations is simple and intelll
s% gible. Abandoning the idea of attempting to
deepen the main ship bars, General Gilmore
has determined to direct his efforts to scour?
ing out the Beach or Sullivan's Island Chan?
nel. The wrecks which are in the way will
soon be completely removed; but the first
thing ls to cut away a section ot one hundred
and twenty-five feet ot the breakwater
fer Jetty at Sullivan's Island. This breakwater
ls partly submerged at bigh water, and the
tlcle sweeps over it. The material taken from
the section will be thrown back upon the re?
maining section, and will so increase its
height as to raise lt well above high waler
mark. The whole volume of water, unable to
pass over the break-water, will then surge
throu ?h the channel. It ls the expectation of
Ueneral Gilmore that this current will Itself
scour ont the channel, but he will put dredg?
ing machines, with centrllugal pumps, to
work, with which he can obtain what depth of
water is desired. General Gilmore ls confident
that, with the means at his command, he can
Becure^/ieenfeet of water at low tide In the
Beach Cbannel, and, as the water there ls
smooth, such a deptb ls equal lo at least six?
teen feet upon an ordinary bar. The work
begins at once, and it is probable that tbe
derrier, wbicb removes the section of break?
water will commence operations to-day.
The work will be pushed vigorously forward,
and should it be necessary to apply to Con?
gress for more money lt ls not believed that
this will be difficult to obtain. Charleston
grows la importance every day, and with
twenty-one or twenty-two leet of water in
Beach Channel at mean high tide she cao
defy competition, and make herself the com?
mercial sovereign ol the South Atlantic Coast.
. CHARLESTON IO ANTWERP, VIA
PHILADELPHIA.
Arrangements having been made to offer
steam freight facilities hence to Antwerp, by
t^d steamships o? the Philadelphia-Charles?
ton line, we append the prospectus of the
%ew company, and direct public a'.t<~ Mion to
the principals ol this Important traLdaMantic
passenger and lreight route, Messrs. Peter
Wright A Sons, whose commercial standing
ls so well and favorably known :
First-Class Steamship -Seivlce between
Antwerp and Philadelphia, appoint?
cd to Carry the Belgian Malls.
A regular steamship service between Ant?
werp and Philadelphia will be commenced
tbls'montb, by the steamships ot this line; the
first departure from Antwerp ls Intended to
take place January, 18th Instant, and the first
departure Irom Philadelphia, on the 15th of
February, proximo.
These steamships are specially constructed
for this trade; of Iron, with double bottoms,
and in accordance with the etriciest regula?
tions of English Lloyds, they have received
the highest class ever accorded to any steam?
ship. Their models are especially adapted for
safety, comfort and speed. Elegant accommo?
dations are provided for passengers. The
saloon and first-class staterooms are upon the
main decks amidships where the least amount
of moilon Is felt, and where ihe best ventila?
tion ls secured.
This line Intends to give especial attention
to the comfort of the steerage passengers;
comfortable berths, well ventilated sleeping
apartments and good lood will be furnished
them.
Passengera bound for points beyond Phila?
delphia, and their luggage, will be transferred
at Philadelphia to tue railroad lines of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and other
companies, free of extra expense, and the
passengers will be proleoted Irom the many
inconveniences and expenses entailed upon
them on landing at other ports.
Tbe Red Star Line, In connection wllh the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company and ihe
Railroads belonging to the Government of
Belgium and their connections, and with the
steamship lines between Antwerp and Great
BritalD, bas arranged to Issue through bills ot
lading from all the important interior points
on ihe continent of Europe, and the eastern
^and southern ports of Great Britain to all the
porta of entry in the Interior ot the United
States at minimum rates of freight. By this
arrangement shippers will be saved all trans
ier and agency expenses at the seaboard both
In Europe and the United States, and Western
Importers will be able to manage their direct
business with Europe with better lacllities
than ever before offered them, and to pay
their duties at home if desired.
Shonld Importers prefer to have their duties
paid In Philadelphia ihe general agents ot the
company will attend to the same, lree of any
charge lor their services, when provided
with the necessary documents and funds.
It is the Intention ot this line to attend to
the business offered lt with promptness and
dispatch, apd to establish a saving lu time ot
several days from the interior of Europe io
the interior of the United Stales over any
other route, and Ibe attention of Importers
from Belgium. Austria, Germany, Switzerland
and eastern France, ls particularly called to
the advantages this route offers for direct
n?es and the least amount of handling.
Further and full information will oe gladly
furnished to any who will address:
PETER WRIGHT & Boss,
General Agents, No. 115 Walnut street,
PhUadelphla, ' -
B. VON DER BECKE,
General European Agent, Antwerp
WM. A. COURTENAY,
_Agent lu Charleston.
RUSSIA IN ASIA.
LONDON, January 27.
The latest reports with reference to the
Anglo-Russian troubles In Central Asia are io
tte effect that Russia has made a proposal for
the establishment of a neutral Zone, and
giving guarantees for the Independence and
neutrality of Afghanistan.
The Grand Duke Nicholas ls about to pro?
ceed to Jwrehlded tc participate lo the Khi van
Expedition.
CALMIX COLUMBIA.
A Futile Attempt to Resurrect the Bine
Bldge Scrip-A Lively Protest lr. the
Sent.tr, Where the President Takes
IV ii 11 tr more Down a PeE-Sudden De?
mite of the Financial Investigation
Bill-The Bills Approved and Signed.
[SPECIAL TILBQRAM TO TUB NEWS.]
COLUMBIA, Monday, January 27.
Tue Senate was engaged nearly all day In a
sort, ol post-mortem wrangle over the bill re?
pealing the law relating to the Blue Ridge
scrip. Nearly all the members of the minority
made long speeches on questions of privilege,
accusing the president of the Senate ot gag?
ging Senator Whlttemore last Friday. The
president (Lieutenant-Governor Gleaves)
mado a statement In reply, declaring that
Wblttemore did not rise until after the Senate
had voted to adjourn, and could not therefore
be recognized. He denounced Whlitemore's
protest on Saturday as untrue and malignant.
Wblttemore gave notice of a bill to punish
persons obtaining money under false preten?
ces; Cain gave notice of a bill to charter the
Edgefleld Cotton and Woollen Company;
White gave notice of a bill to charter the
Torkvllle Manufacturing Company; Smalls in?
troduced a bill to fix the time when State and
county officers shall make their annual re?
ports; S walla offered a Joint resolution to au?
thorize a special tax of two mills In Williams?
burg; Cain .ntroduced a bill to allow school
districts to subscribe lo the stock of the Spar
tanburg and Aiken Railroad. Whlitemore
introduced a bill to repeal the act creating
the sinking lund commission.
The bill to repeal the fourth (bond scrip)
section ol tbe Blue Ridge act, and the bill to
amend Chapter 120 (relating to chattels and
mortgages) of the General Statutes, received
their Anal reading. The bill to make appro?
priations for the payment of the members and
attach?s was passed.
In the House the following bills were intro?
duced: By Hamilton, to repeal Sections 3 and
4 of the tax law; by Warley, to appropriate
$5000 to ouild a courthouse at Manning; by
Davis, to incorporate the Yorkvllle Manufac?
turing Company.
The enacting clause of the Joint resolution
to ascertain the amount and value of the
State debt was stricken our, after a debate
which laster! three hours.
The following bills were approved and
slngnedbythe Governor today: Fill tore
peal Section 12, Chapter 103 of the General
Statutes; bill to fix the time for holding the
April term of the Supreme Court; bill to em?
power the Supreme Court lo frame Issues,
and direct the same to be tried In the Circuit
Court; Joint resolution authorizing the attor.
ney-general lo commence proceedings against
the commissioners of the sinking fund; bill to
change the names of Alice and Thomas Bright;
bill to incorporate the National Zouaves of
Charleston; bill to incorporate the Lin?
coln Light Infantry of Charleston; bill to In?
corporate the Bowen Riflemen Company of
Charleston; bill to Incorp?rale the Irish Vol?
unteer Rifle Club of Charleston; bill to amend
Beet Ion 2 chapter 25 of the General Statutes;
Joint resolution to relieve J. E. l ent, former
sheriff of R'chlanri County, of a penally on
tax ex?cutions; bill to change the name of
Elmira McNary Speers to Elmira McNary
Richie; bill to incorporate the Pe.imetto State
Rifle Club ot Charleston; bill to amend an
act to provide for the election of officers of
the incorporated cities and towns In South
Carolina._ _ _PICKET.
CON OSES S IS BRIEF.
The Failure of the Cotton Tax Bill-A
Batch of Nominations-Ben Butler
after the Civil Service Examiners.
WASHINGTON, January 27.
The Senate to-day confirmed ibe following
nominations: Alfred V. Dockery, of North
Carolina, consul at Oporto; James Snowball,
surveyor of customs, Houston. Texas; J. G.
Fowler, postmaster, Milledgeville. Ga.; T. T.
Terrill, postmaster, Calvert, Texas; H. R.
Smith, postmaster. Canton, Miss., and Mrs. L.
A. Johnson. Griffin, Ga.; John F. Dezenderf,
appraiser of merchandise, Norfolk, Va. The
Se?ale rejected the nomination of Joseph
Nimmo to be supervising inspector-general of
steamboats.
In the House, bills were introduced by
Beck to refund certain conon taxes; by Chap
can, delegate from ibe District of Columbia,
declaring ihe Inauguration day a legal holi?
day. Butler, of Massachusetts, offered a reso?
lution cabing on the secretaries of the treas?
ury, ol' the interior, of war and ot lue navy,
and of the posimaster-general io furnish co?
pies of all the questions propounded by the
examiners lo the candidates lor appointment
and promoiion to clerkships In their respec
departmerits. [Laughter and approving re?
marks ] Adopted. A bill passed, declaring
that the meaning of the amendment to the
bankrupt law was to allow the exemption pro?
vided lor the Sute laws. A r?solution in?
structing the committee of ways and means
to report a bill retuuaing the conon tax was
lost-76 to 105. The bill abolishing the frank?
ing privilege, as passed by the Senate, passed
and goes to the President-vole 143 lo 4ft.
The bill ls a pure and simple repeal of tue
franking privilege.
In tbe Senate, tbe bill authorizing the sec?
retary of the treasury to refund the differen?
tial duties upon goods afloat In French bot?
toms, at the lime of the proclamation, passed.
The bil! requiring national banks to restore
their capital when impaired and to amend the
national currency act, passed. A bill passed
withholding pay tor freights over roads, Inter?
est on whose bonds has been paid by the gov?
ernment, until the government ls reimbursed;
said companies may bring suit in the Court ol
Claims for such freights, and either party may
appeal to the Supreme Court; both courts
?hall give precedence to these causes.
The bill reported (rom the House committee
on commerce, by Mr. Lynch, and passed to?
day, for establishing life-saving stations, em?
braces the whole coast line from the eastern
extremity of Maine to ihe Capes ot Virginia
and North Carolina. It authorizes a complete
survey of ihe whole sea and lake coast of the
United States, with a view to the extension of
the syBiem to all the dangerous coaslB of the
country. _ _
JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE.
-The new bridge company at Columbia is
doing a thriving business.
-Governor Moses has appointed Joseph B.
Reid and Reddln Rackley notaries public lor
Plckens County.
-Judge R. B. Carpenter and Solicitor J. H.
Bunkle returned to Columbia on Friday from
Camden, whilher they had been attending
court for Kershaw County.
-Comnany I, 18fh Infantry, commanded by
Captain B. B. Keeler, reached Columbia last
Saturday night. A detachment of the 7th
Cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant McIntosh,
has gone to Newberry.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
-Pratl's astral oil works, In New York, were
burned yesterday. Loss $60,000.
-Snow and rain fell In Rlohmond yesterday
nearly all day.
-The dedication of Shules, the New
Hampshire cashier, is $190,000.
- ;iie American brig Sarah and Emma
cleared yesterday from Richmond, Va., for
Rio Janeiro with 2586 barrels of flour.
-lt was snowing from early noon in New
York yesterday, the ground being covered to
the depth of three inches. Wind northwest.
-Tne committee on bribery of the Missouri
Legislature will acquit Senator Bogy of ihe
charge ot having used unlawful means in ob?
taining his seat.
-Laura D. Fair, unable to procure a hall,
delivered her lecture, "Wolves in the Fold,"
in a lager beer saloon, at San Francisco. Ad?
mission was tree, as every one refused to pay.
A WAIL FROM SAVANNAH.
TBE DISMAL PROSPECTS OF TBE
FOREST CITE.
Real Estate Depreciating In Value
Business Going to Charleston-Des?
truction ot the Factorage and For?
warding Interests-How Can the Ship?
ment or Half a Million Bales or Cot.
ton Support a City ?
Paul Pry, a correspondent o? the Savannah
Advertiser, writes to that paper the following
lugubrious account o? the position and pros?
pects of the Forest City:
We have lived, or rather managed to "pull
through" the last three years io a delightful
state of genteel beggary, on the remlulscences
and iruits of the lour previous years of com?
parative prosperity.
Our city has been talked up and written up,
like Morrison's pills, until we have acmally
believed her to be the mont flouri.-hlyg, the
most prosperous-the Et Dorado ol the South.
Her merchants, princes; Orr bankery, Barings;
her shopkeepers, merchants; her enterprise
unexampled; her munificence unparalleled
and-cotton, king.
We have actually been forced to believe
these things, and that, loo, In the lace o? per?
sonal pecuniary proofs to toe conirary.
We have believed ihese things, each man
thinking ih?.t bis decay was individual, not
general; bul. now, when every man discovers
that his neighbor is as seedy and as much out
at the elbows as himself, we are constrained
to dismiss that belief and come down to plain
facts, no matter bow galling to one's pride or
how unpalatable to swallow.
Asl remarked In my last, we have a beauti?
ful city, with all the evidences o? progress
without the realities of prosperity.
There must be in ilvlduai action and exer?
tion to extricate ns irom rula and bankruptcy.
We have got to use our heads and our hands,
to put our shoulders to tho wheel, take off
our coals, put by our kid gloveB, and go to
work vigorously and with a will. We must
teach ourselves economy and retrenchment,
while we Impress economy upon me corpora?
tion. If we cannot afford a shad let us put up
with sturgeon or catfish.
Notwithstanding the heavy taxation, rents
have got to be reduced still further, so as to
enable those who are here to remain here.
Affluent individuals, who may be cursed
with ihe care or burdened by the weight of
too much properly, cannot lu the existing
state of things, take into consideration that
trifling desideratum, whether lt Is a pay?
ing Investment or not.
They must go with the times, and p'ace to
profit and loss the deficiency which their want
of judgment, want of prescience and specula?
tion created.
Thereat value of properly in Savannah ls,
or ought to be, even less than lt was previous
to the war.
Ruinous rents lead to depopulation, and de?
population to the destruction ol landlords, far
over any Tipperary code.
Having now economized ourselves let us
turn our attention to a retrenchment. In mu?
nicipal affairs, and for this purpose it ls neces?
sary to place belore you a synopsis of ihe
mayor's report, so thal you may see ihe
dangerous ground on which we stand, and can
calculate the odds as to the time of the final
extinction of the debt, the properly, or-our?
selves.
[The writer charges the city fathers with
diverting $93,000 Irom the proper purpose,
and accuses them ol extravagant manage?
ment. Amongst other things he shows that
the gas costs eighteen dollars a lamp more
than in Charleston ]
COTTON IS KINO.
Mr. Editor, lt is not that we have too much
clique, too much Anderson, too much
Soreven, or too much Russell, but that we
have too much taxation, loo muon cotton
cotton on the brain. Startling as may be the
proposition, I hold that it Is correct, for our in?
ternal trade has been ruined and sacrificed by
sheer neglect. We have amongst us a olasB
of mea who are nothing more than birds ol
passage-mere wayfarers-who contribute
Hale ur nothlag to our prosperity, but rather
extract all they make for ihe benefit ol Europe
or Saratoga.
These are some ot the cotton men who are
cracked up as ihe merchant princes, while
men .like McDonough, Gleason, Arkwright,
Kinsey, Ballantyne, Nicolson and people of
this ciass, who live here and employ labor;
I each or any one ot them ls in reality ol greater
benefit and of more use to Savanaah than
half a dozen ot these cotton men comoined.
BANKS
generally receive a charter for their existence,
under ihe supposition that they are io be the
means of asiistlni: commerce aud developing
the resources of the city or town In which
ihey aro located. In Savannah our banks
ignore anything outside ot colton. Instead
ot being got up for the public beneilt, they
are procreated by a clIque-emaalsBlon lor the
benefit ol themselves. We have, therefore,
banks got up for ihe suBieuance of bank direc?
tors and their cotton friends, and bankers
wno don't understand either the first princi?
ples ol banking or the rudest outlines of po?
litical economy.
Let me show how banking In the cotton
season is carried OD. Alrlend of mine engaged
In a wholesale business required a few Hun?
dred dollars, and fur Ibis purpose Bent to a
certain bank tour or five small notes having
from ten to tweniy days to run for discount.
Now, not a man on any ot these bills but was
as solvent as the vice-president of Umt bank.
The bills were returned with the Dundreary
lollmaiiOD, "That we ah, doQ't-ah, do-ah,
anyiblDg-ah, un .ian a hunda 1" Thia 1B bank?
ing with a vengeance. Why, slr, these kind
of bilis are the true and proper ones that ali
bankers with banking knowledge will greed?
ily take In preference to putting all their eggs
into one basket. But this 1B always the case
where you see fellows who have only yester?
day gol from behind a bar and are more con?
versant with mixing liquors than managing
finances.
These men forget that they were ever poor
Ihemselves, they lorget that honest industry
should be sustained and encouraged, and that
the prosperity of a city is la the devel ipment
of her resources, in the promotion of manu?
factures and the assistance ol her traders, and
'.hat their prosperity adds to the prosperity of
themselves.
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Imperceptibly our business has been drawn
irom us by an undertow, and Charleston, Ma?
con, Augusta and Atlanta are thriving at our
expense.
That anaconda, the Central Railroad, bas
wound her colls around IIB until we are almost
In the last stage ol strangulation, and unies?
strong steps are taken there will be nothing
lett of Savannah bul Ihe Central Railroad de?
pot and its wharf, and therefore proper muni?
cipal legislation ls necessary io correct this.
Our factorage Interest is destroyed.
Our forwarding Interest Is destroyed.
Our internal trade extends only between tho
Ogeechee aud Yatnacraw.
Our drayage Interest is destroyed.
The Central Railroad has purchased proper?
ty ia Macon; the workshops of Savannah liuve
been removed to Macon to enhance Hie value
of that property, and now we are called upon
to billia bridges across the canal. For what?
To cut our own throats.
We have four hundred houses at Ihe pres?
ent moment lo let.
We have at least five thousand of an unpro- !
ductlve population, living upon ami ealing up
or stealing what the balance or the adult pop
-ulation earn.
In this view of lliing->-ihis delightful view,
which might suit the Central Railroad-dare
any political economist ai tempt to insist that
the m .*re forwarding of 500.000 bales of coi?
tos, a lillie rice, and a certain amount of lum?
ber, can support 28,000 inhabitants? The Idea
ls preposterous !
Hume says: "Can we expect that a govern?
ment will be well modelled by a peopie who
know uoi how to make a spinning wheel or
to employ a loom to advantage?"
Here we are, like a parcel of Infernal fools,
living upon the smell of royally, basking In
Hie sunshine of Imperial colton, wailing, like
Mloawber, for something to turn no, that
never will turn up unless we shall help our?
selves by beccming an industrious and manu
incturing people. To-day it is immigration,
to-morrow the canal, conon mills, paper mills,
sugar mills-factories of ali Mads are to
spring up a la Aladdin, and make us great,
glorious and rich, without any Individual at?
tempt on eur part tc assist in the consumma?
tion o? our wishes.
The money which has been made ID Sa
vannah during the few years of our pros?
perity after the war has been auric In brickB
and mortar, and bricks aod mortar are Dot
siifflcieriily portable to be either marketable
or negotiable.
We cannot do like the pedant !n Hlerocles
who, when be had a house for sale, brought ?
brick io his pocket as a specimen.
I am greatly afraid that our bricks would
bear a poor comparison with those of Philadel?
phia or elsewhere.
For Colonel Screven I liave the highest per?
sonal regard and esteem. His strict honor
and stern probity prevents me charging bim
with either venalily or personal aggrandize?
ment. My knowledge of the character of
moBt of the aldermen prevents me bringing a
similar charge against them; but it will not
prevent me asserting boldly and openly that
there has been gross mismanagement, prodi?
gal expenditure, and almost a wiliul waste of
the people's monev.
To pul lt In the gentlest light possible, there
has beea an error of judgment-bul the Lord
deliver us from any more such errors of Judg?
ment, for thev would be sure to plunge us
into Inextricable ruin.
This ls exactly where Incompetency begins.
Those men have never looked to the future
beneath the surface. They Imagined because
they saw houses going up by magic, lots pur?
chased at fabulous prices, that everything was
colenr de rose, and they spent, and they spent
as long as they could borrow, without thinking
that only one quarter was real, and the bal?
ance Cctlilons and speculative.
In the face of a decrease In gold, In labor,
material and provisions, they increase salaries
and increase taxation. Does this look like
wisdom ? Does this show capacity ? To econ?
omize what do they do ? Take twenty-five
cents a day off laborers' wages. Is this Just ?
is i his expedient ?
It reminds me of a relief meeting held in
London during the Irish famine, when the
I Duke of Norfolk got op and said : "My lords
and gentlemen, currie powdah Is a very-ab,
nuirltlous-ah, artlcle-ah of diet-ab, and my
chet-ah InfwawmB me that a few pinch?B-ah of
lt-ah goes a very long way indeed. Now, If a
sufficient quantliy-ah could be procured, I am
sallefled-ah that-aw lt will go a long way-aw
In relieving the great dlstress-aw of our Irish
bretbren-aw across the channel-aw."
We require something more substantial than
either currie powder or twenty-five cents a
day, and I trust that the new board will In?
augurate this eleotlon by some solid action,
that while lt will redound to their credit will
relieve ua fror i our burden.
SEWARD AND NAPOLEON.
.in Unwritten Chapter of the Confeder?
ate War.
[?''rom the San Francisco Bulletin, January ll.]
The dealh of the ex-Emperor Napoleon re?
calls an Incident of the great Southern rebel?
lion which has not hitherto been made public.
It ls well known that the late Emperor of the
French was an active and earnest sympathizer
with the South; that more than once be se?
riously meditated material Intervention In Its
behalf; that Ihe Invasion of Mexico and the
enthronement of Maximilian In the seat of
the Monlezumas was a uart of a deliberate
plot io break up the American Uolon. But lo
what lengths he prooeeded-how resolutely
determined he was to carry his Iel! design Into
execution-has never been fully known out?
side of a narrow official circle. The story of
bis purpose ls short but suggestive, and was
told by Mr. Seward to a few personal friends
at a dinner puny, among whom was the
writer of this article. No one who was present
will ever forget the Intense earnestness and
animation of the great statesman as he re?
lated the momentous incident. The exact
words, BO pregnant with eloquent meaning
so solemn and lmpasiioned-we cannot in
every Instance reproduce, but the general
Import ls given below :
"It was," said Mr, Seward. "In the darkest
days of the rebellion. Disaster upon disaster
had befallen ihe Union armies. Treason was
active and bold-fronted at Washington, In
the North, and lo the West. Bebel emissa?
ries and their allies were plotting against us
over the Canadian border. Our loreign rela?
tions were most critical. Rebel cruisers were
being flited eui In British ports and sent to
prey upon our commerce; Germany was
coldly neutral; the sm tiler European Stales
were indifferent Bpecuiors of the conflict.
B'lssU was the only friend we had among the
powers of the earth.
"In this desperate emergency I received an
autograph letter from the Emperor of the
French. Il was marked 'private and confi?
dential.' It began wiih expressions ot perso?
nal regard for myself, and pain at ihe specta?
cle of the great republic la the throes of
dissolution. 'Personally,' said Napoleon, 'I
could wish the cause ol Ihe Uolon io succeed.
But the wellure of France and the force of
popular opinion are paramount to Individual
sympathies. Our ?ommerclul Interests are
seriously suffering from the prolongation of
your war. My subjects appeal lo me to arrest
the bloody conflict. I must obey the voice of
France at whatever cost. You cannot put
down me rebellion; embrace the earliest op?
portunity to make terms with the South. If
you fall io do ibis, 1 shall feel compelled, In
ihe Interests of my country-in the inteiests
of civilization -to intervene wlLh all the power
at my command.'
"I answered Napoleon's insulting letter im?
mediately. I said: 'This ls a lamlty quarrel.
We propose lo seule lt In our owu way and In
our uwu time. We do not wish the assistance
of outsiders; we will not brook Interference.
The Am-.rican Uulon ls lo be preserved. It
shall be preserved if I* takes twenty years to
dolt. The war ls hardly commenced yet; the
people are Just beginning io warm lo the
work. We wish to oe on good terms with
our neighbors-we wish especially to be on
good terms with France, our ancient friend
and ally. But you must heep hands off. If
you presume to interfere, we will show you
what a free people baining for national exist?
ence are capable of. Huberto we have con?
ducted the war humanely, In accordance wiih
the codes that govern the most Christian
Stales. Interference on your part will be the
signal fdr a war of conquest and destruction.
We will free the negroes; we will put arma in
their hands, and send them forth to ravage
and plunder. We will make the South a waste
[ und a desolat lou. Raise a hand against us,
and horrors worse than those of San Domingo
will be Been from one end of the South to the
other.'
"The letter waa aent by the first steamer.
The saine day I telegraphed lo Thurlow Weed,
Archbishop Hughes and Bishop Simpson, to
meet me at ihe Astor Ihe morning lollowlng.
That evening I left for New York, and ex?
plained to t hese eminent gentlemen the objects
of Ibe conference and ihe new danger ihat
threatened ihe Union cause. I told them that
they must at once go to Europe io labor un?
officially with the governments aud ruling
classes in England and on the Continent, lo
represent the wickedness, danger, and folly of
foreign interference. In lesa than a week
they were on their Journey, reached Europe
at a moat opportune moment-(Mason and
Slidell had Just been seized-England was in a
white heat of rage)-und did much toward
convincing Europe thal the proper and ihe only
thing to do was io leave UB alone. And the
mission cost the government less than seven
thousand dollars."
THE WEATHER THIS DAT.
-
WASHINGTON, January 27.
Probabilities: For ihe New England and
Middle States, there will be rising barometer,
decided fall ot the temperature, frau and
brisk nonherly to westerly winda and very
generally clear weather. From Kansas, Mis?
souri and the Onio Valley to Minnesota, the
upper Lakes and Lake Erle, high and rising
barometer, falling temperature, fresh and
brisk northerly and norihwesterly winds,
with generally clear and very cold weather,
the winds probably veering to northwesterly
over Kaunas and Southern Missouri. From
the South Atlauiic coast to Kentucky and
West Virginia, rising barometer, lower tem?
perature, fresh and possibly brisk northerly
and nonneasterly winds, and generally clear
weather. For the Western and Gulf States,
falling barometer, fresh and possibly brisk
northeasterly to southeasterly winds, and
cloudy, with very probably threatening weath?
er, and these conditions possibly extend east?
ward over the Eastern Gull Slates, and possi?
bly northward io Tennessee and Southern
Missouri. Cautionary signala will continue at
New London, Boston and Portland, Me.
-The Hie In Lapierre, In Michigan, de?
stroyed the telegraph and express office with
ibe contents and adjoining buildings. Loss
$200,000.
THE CARNIVAL OF CRIME.
COLD-BLOODED MURDER OFA80VTH
CAROLINIAN-TBE DETAILS.
Distinguished 9 Journers In Murderers1
Row In the Tombs- Another story for
the Sew Po*i office-How to Fill a
Theatre-Opening ol Manager Daly's
Hew House.
IPROH OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
NEW YORK, January 22.
Simultaneously with the announcement that
the Court of AppealB has refused to grant a
new trial to Fo 'ter, the car-hook assassin, the
carnival of murder has recommenced. On
Monday a young newspaper compositor named
Magruder, (who says he ls kinsman to the
late General Magruder,) deliberately shot and
mortally wounded a lellow craftsman for "sat?
isfaction." The victim ls Mr. Clarence Lock?
wood, a native of Spartanburg, in your State,
where ne served his apprenticeship In the
office ot the Carolina Spartan. Mr. Lockwood
was well known among bis fellow craftsmen
in your city, having worked in THE NEWS
office at one lime. He was a young man
about twenty-eight or ihirty years, of rather
prepossessing appearance, and withal well
informed, having received his education at
the King's Mountain Military Behool in York
vnlo. lt seems that Magruder and Lock?
wood lived at the same boarding-house io
Madison street. Kept by a Mrs. Hammond.
Lockwood was la the habit ot playfully "car?
rying on" with a very pretty youDg girl
named Annie Brown, a boarder In ibe house.
Some weeks ago, Miss Brown tor some real or
Imaginary reason, quarrelled with Lockwood,
and after Informing him she did not desire nls
acquaintance, refused to speak to him. On
Lockwood thus receiving bis cong?, Magruder
studiously improved his opportunity, and
monopolized Miss Brown's evening's at home.
On saturday night last, there was n party at
Mrs. Hammond's, and under the Influence ot
dance and song, Miss Brown's quarrel with
Lockwood was removed, and tney became
friends as they were before. On Sunday eve?
ning Miss Brown was sitting on a lounge In
the front parlor with Magruder, another
boarder named Washington Smilh being seal?
ed at ihe plano. LocKwood.entered the room,
having a pillow in his band, and as he passed
the sola . In order to reach the win?
dow, he Jokingly touched Miss Brown's cheek
with his pillow, saying, "We were not friends
a little walle acto, rmi I am glad we are now."
Magruder Jumped up and said, "If you have
anything io say to Miss Brown, or any one
else, say ll when I am not present. I don't
want to be annoyed by your remarks." Hot
words followed, and Lockwood finally slap?
ped Magruder In the face. Boih men clinched
and began a struggle, when Smith lumped up
and separated them, Baying, "Gentlemen,
this ls Sunday; please don't raise a row here."
Magruder said, "You are right," and then
turned to Lockwood and said, "I'll not right
you OD the Sabbath, but to-morrow PU snoot
you like a dog. Prepare yourself, for I'll
shoot you like a dog." He then left the
room Little was thought of his remark at
the time, lt being thought to bo a simple
ebullition ot transient passion. OD Monday
evening Lockwood bad been drinking some,
and said he would not come down from his
room-the back parlor-to supper. At seven
o'clock Mrs. Hammond and the re?
mainder ol the boarders went to the dialog
room lo the basement to supper. Tney had
scarcely seated themselves at the table
when Magruder came In, partially intoxi?
cated. He stood at the door, and glanced
rapidly round the table until his eyes rested
on Lockwood's vacant chair. He bent down
over Mrs. Hammond, and said : "I miss some
familiar faces at the table, Mrs. Hammond.''
He then turned to Miss Brown, and said :
"Where is Lockwood?" Mles Brown answered:
"I guess be Is gone out of town." Magruder
turned and ran rapidly up stairs to Lock?
wood's room, the back parlor. Jacob Madi?
son, another boarder, who bad beard of the
occurrence of the previous eventog, and who
feared trouble, ran after Magruder. Madison
entered Lockwood's room in time to see the
murder committed. Lockwood was seated In
an easy chair near the dre. Magruder ad?
vanced to the centre of the room, und, draw?
ing a pistol, pointed lt at Lockwood. Look
wood rose from his chair, and as be did PO
Magruder fired. The first shot missed its
mark, and Lockwood advanced a step toward
Magruder, who, deliberately taking aim, tired
again. The ball entered Lockwood's abdo?
men, and, staggering-forward, ihe wounded
man tell to the floor. Magruder did not
move, but looked down on Lockwood with
an expression of satisfaction on his face.
The noise of the shots alarmed the board?
ers In the dining-room, and, nianing up the
dight of stairs, tney crowded Imo the room.
Magruder turned on them, and brandishing
his revolver, said, "I'll shoot any one of you
who dares io Interfere with me." All were
airald, and Magruder, calmly walking through
the crowd, passer*, down stairs Into the dio
lng-room. and cool y sat down Ut his supper,
informing ihe waitress, with a smile, ihat he
supposed his coffee was nearly cold. In the
meantime ihe coard r, Madison, had rushed
lalo Hie street, and called officer Rogers, who
eut-red the dining-room. The officer, after
Magruder had handed him the revolver used,
with a due consideration tor the prisoner's
feelings, and recognizing the extraordinary
self possession of ihe criminal, allowed Ma?
gruder lo leisurely eat his supper, while Lock?
wood was lying lu agony on ihe floor above.
At length a stretcher was procured, and Lock?
wood taken to the Madison street station.
Magruder was brought In and confronted with
Lockwood, who said, "?b, Mac, why did you
do this ?" "Magruder, looking down al Lock?
wood, said, "Didn't I tell you last night that
I would snoot you like a dog ?" Wh?*n asked
if he would make any statement, Magruder
said, "I will talk lo the Judge to-morrow."
He was tuen removed lo a cell.
The lost murder, yesterday, was equally de?
liberale. A blll-posier named Nixon killed an
express wagon driver because their vehicles
became entangled in the crowd in Chatham
square. Two more causeless murders could
hardly be Imagined.
The community ls In its old panicky state
again, clamoring loudly for the blood of the
condemned men in the Tombs. It will go
bard with the gentry who take the law Into
(heir bands, until alter two or three cf them
are hanged and confidence Is restored.
Blokes begins to feel alarmed for the ti-st
lime lu bis life. It ls said that a howl
of rage arises from the score of murder?
ers in the Tombs every time a fresh mur?
der ls announced. Each criminal feels that
eve.-y additional deed of violence is lessening
his own prospects of ultimate escape. The
more conspicuous residents of the celebrated
"murderers' row" ID the Tombs at present are
Stokes, the slayer of Colonel Fisk; Foster, the
car hook murderer; Scanne!, the politician
who shot Donohue; Bleakley, who killed his
nelce, Maud Merrill, because she would not
abandon a Hie of shame; King, who eliot
O'Neill, In Pine street;(8harkey, who murder?
ed his friend DUDO, from mere drunken wan?
tonness, and tlmmons, the gambler, who
butchered his business rival on ibe sidewalk,
ID Crdar street. There are other murderers,
chiefly laboring men, In the Tombs, butlhey
Lelong lo ibe small-try. and being unable
to adorn their ceils with pictures, lounges
and soft carpets, are unworiny ot being writ?
ten up by ihe reporters. Il will be observed
that u large proportion of the distinguished
murderers were actuated In their crime by
the motive of revenge. Stokes, Scannet,
King and Simmons evidently contemplated
killing their victlmB for eome time previous.
Scannet was on the track of Donohue for
two years. King arranged his tragedy with
great deliberation beforehand on me model
of the Siokes-Fiek affair. Foster and Shar?
key were drunk when they committed mur?
der, but they belong to the order of ruffians
which ought to be taught that Hie must he
held sacred. The only one of the above
batch for whom any sympathy ls excusable ls
Bleakley. There are some slight extenua?
ting clrcumatonces in his case.
The architects have discovered, now that
the third story of the new poslofflce
building ls finished, that II will be spoiled In
appearance lt the Mansard roof Is put OD ac?
cording to the design. Comptroller Hurlburt.
after looking at Hie building and comparing
Its height with those in the viclulty, bas gone
back to Washington to urge Congreis to make
an appropriation for an additional story.
Without that addition lt will be dwarted by
the Herald office and the Park Bank. The
DOW story will cost only an extra million of
dollars. It Is not creditable to Hr. Super?
vising Architect Mullett;H reputation (bat he
did not think of this before the first stone was
laid. The building even lo Its unfinished
state is one ol ihe grandest and most im?
posing in ihe world. If Hurl burt can Induce
Congress io grant the money so that the
proper artistic proportions may be observed,
the new postofflce when completed will be the
pride ol New York.
An odd Instance of shrewdness In a German
theatre manag-r bas occurred on the Bowery.
At ihe Siadi Theatre the actors for some eve?
nings past have been playing in a highly
seasoned melo-drama which purports to snow
up the machinations ot the Jesuits. The in?
cidents are supposed to take place In New
York, and among other preposterous scenes
is one showing an underground vault, lo
which the members of the order are printing
counterfeit greenbacks. Though Yon Bis?
marck has been making a great stir among
the disciples of Loyola In Europe, it seems
that, the Bowery Germans were not much In?
terested In their tale, and consequently the
seats at ibe theatre were not rilled. The
manager succeeded In gening the pol ee to
order the theatre io be closed on last Sunday
night, and Iben raised aa outcry ibat he was
the victim of religious persecution, and that
the Jesuits were making almost superhuman
efforts to suppress the play. The ruse suc?
ceeded, and ne ls now performing to over?
flowing houses. It ls needless to say that the
Jesuit priests in tbs elly deny that ?hey have
made any complaints to the city authorities,
or that they care a farthing what sort of melo?
drama ls served up to tne intelligent audiences
of the Slade Theatre.
The opening of Mr. Daly's new "Fifth Ave?
nue Theatre," In Dr. Osgood's old church, op?
posite the New York Hotel on Broadway, last
night, was an ovation. The Interior ls as
bright and beautiful as art can make lt. Every
Inch ot sining and standing room was occu?
pied, and all ihe town wits and celebrities o?
both sexes were present, The old company
appeared in evehlne dress when the curtain
rose, and each member repeated some Hues
of a clever, original prologue. They were
followed by Daly hims if, wno made a neat
speech. The new play of "Allxe," translated
irom ihe French, was then performed for the
first time In Amerloa. The critics speak rap?
turously of the aotlog of Miss Morris in tne
principal part. She ls an emotional actress ot
the highest order of talent, and "Allxe" lu the
best thing she has done. NYM.
OUR SOUTH ATLANTIC NEIGHBORS.
Georgia.
-The Catholic Fair in Atlanta brought in
$6,295.
-Meningitis ls fatally prevalent lu Terrell
Cou n y.
-The new mayor and board of aldermen of
Savaunah were sworn Into office yesterday.
-Mr. Wm. Fowler, one of the first sealers
of Macon, ls dead.
-Mr. H. B. Eastman was garroted in Sa?
vannah last, Saturday night.
-Mr. Richards, ot West Point, accidentally
killed a mau named Uammlll.
-Ten irame lenemente were burned in 8a
vannan on Sunday night.
-Tne Burns Charitable Association of Sa?
vannah celebrated ihe Poet's birthday lost
Saturday nlgbi In appropriate style.
-Mr. P. Gtebelbouse and his wife were
thrown from a buggy In Savanah Sunday af?
ternoon.
-The Allanta Herald wants that city paved
with the Belgian instead of the Nicholson
pavement.
-An affray of a serious nature took place
last Friday in Savannah between two colored
men named Thoe. Rankin and Wm. Cuy 1er.
-The firemen ot Augusta are arranging for
their annual parade, and propose io give a
sum of money to a poor woman whose house
was burned.
-A premium of one thousand dollars will
be offered at the next State fair at Macon tor
the finest display of agricultural productions
by an; county.
-The residence of Mr. S. B. Modong, near
Esone Hill, Polk county, wiih nearly all its
conten ts, waa barned cu the morning of the
20th instant.
-The Legislature has authorized the
Council of the city of Atlanta to increase her
Georgia Western railroad subscription to
$1,000,000 if the people say so.
-NM Savaunan achutzen Yerein have be?
gun preparations for their vernal lest, which
is promised to exceed, tn some respects, lhat
ol last year. Tne Verein is discussing the
feasibility of changing Us grounds lo another
part of ihe eily suburbs.
-Captain Christlau Bulmke, master of tbe
brig '.Voltigeur," while walking along ihe
bluff In Savannah recently, fell over and was
Instantly killed. He leaves a wile and two
children, who are in Germany, of which
country he ls a native.
-Peter Lewis, who lost bis wife and two
children at the recent collision in Bear Greek,
on the Macon and Western railroad, bas oim
promised witb the Central railroad for three
hundro 1 dollars, which is very cheap pries for
a fa nu iv.
-Mr. John Gammell, living in Harris coun?
ty, was shot and killed in West Point on last
I Saturday evening, about dark. An inquest
was beld over bis body, and the verdict was,
"John Gammell came to bis death by a pistol
shot from tbe bands of Robert W. Richards."
Norm Carolina.
-Ex-Sheriff Scbenck is a candidate for tbe
nomination for tbe mayoralty of Wilmington.
-Ihe Jeffersonville Messenger says that
droves of horees and mules ocntinue to pass
that direction going Son tb.
-Tbe Independent Hook and Ladder Com?
pany of Coarlotie has jost received a half
dozen new Gardner's Fire Extinguishers.
-Wilmington is going to try to subscribe
$100,000 to the much talked of Norfolk, Wil?
mington and Charleston Railroad.
-The house of J. A. Piokerell, near Little?
ton, Warren County, was barned on Sunday
evening last. Loss eight thonsand dollars No
insurance.
-An effort is to be made to induce Congress
to make an appropriation for the establishment
of Life-Saving stations along the coast of
Hatteras.
Florida.
-Ex-Alderman Perez Frldenberg, a native
of Prussia, dieu suddenly In Jacksonville re?
cently. He leaves a wire and seven children.
-Marshall Morris, convicted ot the murder
of John Jones, has been sentenced to death,
says the Marianna Courier.
-The Jaosnonviile Union says: "On Tues?
day afternoon, United States Marshal S.
Conant levied upon the Jacksonville, Pensa?
cola and Mobile Rallrcad, Us properly and ap?
purtenances, and now holds the same in bis
possession under an order Issuing Irom Hon.
W. B. Woods, Judge of the United States Cir?
cuit Court for the Fifth Circuit.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF EYES.
No branch of science has been more thorough?
ly mastered than optics. The principle of
vision must be essentially the same in all eyes,
but tbey differ remarkably, according to the
babita or the animal. Birds of lofty flight, as
the condor, eagles, vultures and carrion-seek?
ing prowlera of the feathered race, have tele?
scopic vision, and thus they are enabled to
lookdown and discover their unsuspecting
victims. As tbey approaob noiselessly Irom
above, the axis of vision changes-shortening,
so that they see just as distinctly within one
foot of the grouud as when at an elevation of
one mile in the air.
Tbis fact explains the balancing of a fish
hawk on ita pinions half a mite above a still
pond, watching for fish. When one is selected
down tbe savage banter plunges, the focal axis
varying as the square of the distance, giving
tho bawk a diatiucr, view of its intended prey
alwavs. Aa they ascend, then tbe axis is elon?
gated by a curious muscular arrangement so as
to see afar again.
Snails have their keen eyes at the extremity
of flexible horns, which tbey can protrude or
draw in at pleasure. By winding ihe instru?
ment round tho edge of a leaf or a small stalk,
tbev can see how matters stand on the op
pos'ito side. The hammer-headed shark has
its wicked looking eyes nearly two feet apart.
By will and effort they can Lend the thin edg?
ings of the head on whioh the organs are loca?
ted so aa to examine the two aides of an object
the size of a ral! crown cod?sb.
Flies have immovable eyes. Tbey stand out
from the head like half an apple, ?ce ? dingi .
prominent. Instead of being smooth hemi?
spheres, tbey have an immense number of
fdcets, resembling old-fasbio ed glass watch
seals, each one directing tbe light directly to
the optic retina. That explains why they can
not be approached in any direction without
seeing what is coming.
THE WORK OF THE TORCH !
HALF THE TOWN OF KINO STREE DE?
STROYED BT INCENDIARE FI BES.
The Name? of the Sufferers-Who were
Insured-LOM from Forty to Fifty
Thoa ia nd Dollars-1 he Fire Still
Burning.
KlNGSTRE E, WnxrAMBURQ CODTfTY, 8. G., )
MONDAY, January 27. j
A terrible fire occurred In Klcgstree this
morning, by wolca more than bair o? the
business portion or the town has been laid In
ashes. It commenced at about 4 o'clock this
morning, and ls still burning.
M.'s. Ana Jones, Mr. M. schwartz, Charles
Hoffman, Dr. J. 8. BrockIngton, W. J. Lee, J.
E. Wilson, Louis Cohen ? Co., George Cole?
man aud Ward & Maurice are all turned ont.
Mr. Schwartz, Cohen A Co. and Ward A
Miurlce were partially insured. The others
were not Insured at all.
The loss may be estimated at from forty to
fifty thousand dollar*.
It ls supposed to be the work of an Incen?
diary, i,-,,, a
THINGS IN FAIRFIELD.
Taxes-The Ku-Klux Levy-The Colored
Exodus-Lanai Topies.
I [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
Wi s N SB ono', January 21.
Since my last bat little o? Interest has trans?
pired In this section of the State, and tax?
paying has been the most fruitful source ot
conversation. Farmers, ol all classes ol men,
seem to be the most Improvident, never
having the funds on band to meet any emer?
gency, and, in cases of thia kind, borrowing ls
tbelr only resource. It is, indeed, fortunate
for us that the time at which the penalty
should attach l.'.s been postponed, for, until
the 16th Instant, hundreds were dally striving
la vain to reach the desk of the auditor and
treasurer. The unjust imposition upon this
county, amongst others, of the tax for the
support of the widows and orphans o? the Ku
Klux victims, has excited great indignation.
There was not a single instance o? a
death known lo have been caused by that
mysterious body of avengers of these Insults
and Injuries heaped upon our down-trodden
Stale. Speaking o? the Ku-Klux, however,
there seems to be a much greater dread in the
minds of the negroes ol the Just and equitable
rule o? the white man than ol even the sum?
mons or that much talked of order, aa ls
evinced by the ejplgraiion o? hundreds from
the counties in wflcn the Dem?crata bave re?
cently gained the ascendancy. Upon every
train of the Sparenburg and Union Railroad,
going South, even the coaches reserved lor
ihe use of the whites are crammed with them,
like Rachel of old, bearing tbelr household
gods concealed; or, in plainer words, tbelr
poultry and pigs in bags, some to be conveyed
in that situation as far as Louisiana and Texas.
That terri ole disease, meningitis, hts not
confined itself to the localities in wbioh lt
first made Its appearance, but ls spreading
throughout the country, defying both the
science and the experience o? medical men.
The agricultural Interests o? our community
are progressing under very favorable aus?
pices. Labor ls abundant, and appears to be
under belier discipline than ever before, and
it nothtug providential Interferes, a Icrge
area of our chief staple, cotton, will Se
planted. FAIRPXLD.
SPIRITS ON THE BAIL.
The Tr add Street Ghost Turns Up Again.
The Savannah News has procured a thril?
ling statement of spiritual manifestations on
the rall from Mr. E. 3. Remington, one or the
messengers or the Southern Express Com
pauy. The Newe adds that the oar in question
has been In nae for two years, and bas brought
up a large number ot corpses o? Invalids who
died In Florida. Mr. Remington says:
I left Savannah as usual, at 4.30 P. M.; and
nothing extraordinary occurred until alter
passing Live Oak, Fla. At this place I met
ihe mes>ei ger bound for Quincy, and checked
off freight and money. I then locked my sale
and pul ihe key lu my pocket. Ai Wei born I
felt tor my key, as lt was necessary tor rae to
open the Bale, and could not find it, I searched
everywhere and emptied my pockets of every?
thing and put them In the desk, but the key
could not be fou nd. I then took oft coat and
vest and Bbook them, but with no better suc?
cess. I gave up the search, concluding that
the key was lost, and that I would have to
force ihe safe open. Six miles below Lake
City, while sliting at my stove, the train run?
ning at Us regular speed, I saw the key fall in
iront of me, striking near my feet. There
was no possibility of any one throning the
key imo the car, as the train was in rapid
motion.
The next night, on the return trip from
Jacksonville, oe tween Stalio n 10 and 10$, on the
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, I was lying down
on my packing chest and safe, when directly
at my bead lhere were three loud, dletlnoc
raps. The train was running at the rate of
twenty miles an hour, and there was no possi?
bility o? any one being secreted In the car.
From lime to time tor some weeks past the
whole freight has been apparently, to Judge
from the sound, thrown about the car, but on
examination everything was fonnd lu sum
quo. Whistling bas been heard when the
noise of the train would have drowned the
human voice. I give the statement of these
incidents as they occurred, and am willing to
make affidavit to Its truthiulaess.
COLONEL B. H. RUTLEDGE'S LECTURE
IN CHEBA Wm
[From the Cberaw Democrat.
On Friday, the 171 b instant, the Choraw
Lyceum celebrated its seventeenth anniversary
in a most spirited and interesting manner.
Colonel H. H. Rutledge, of Charleston, deliver
ed the anniversary oration, thin which a more
finished and masterly effort it has rarely been
oar fortune to listen to. His theme-a com?
parison of the civilization of the early portion
of tho nineteenth Century with that of tho
latter-vast and ponderous in ita nature-waa
bandied as none but a master thinker and
writer could deal with it. It ia seldom that we
are allowed the pleasure of listenlag to a pro?
duction so full of matter, yet so forcibly and
clearly presented, ard so handsomely and pleas?
ingly delivered. We have always regarded
Colonel Rutledge as a man of mind and attain?
ments, but - our highest expectations were
mord than realized. Chaste in language,
classical in composition, fall of the richest
irony, happy in point of arrangement, and
abounding in most interesting illustrations
the address waa one of which Colonel Rutledge
or any other man may Jostly bo proud,
and it will be long remembered by
the people of Cheraw. who are truly
gratified for the privilege of hearing it.
While we do not wish to disturb the peace and
quiet of any one, we woula in kindness, say to
Coloael Rutledge that be has thoughtlessly
and innocently got himself into trouble. The
active and efficient executive committee of
our Lyceum are al way s on the lookout for good
wn teri and speakers, in making np the yearly
course of lectures, and be may as well be
hunting up a subject, for they will be very apt
to be af\er him again. After the exercises at
the ha'l were concluded, tho members of the
Lyceum, with invited guests, repaired to Mrs.
brake's, where they sat down to a table groan?
ing with the choicest viands and richest deli?
cacies of the season, and which seemed to say
to dyspeptics and (bose afflicted with anorexia,
depart frcm here, you are out of your latitude.
Mino hostess even outdid herself. After tho
removal of the cloth there was a lively inter?
change of toasts and sentiments, to which, in
response, there was a number of eloquent and
humorous speeches made, whioh we "gwt tne
want of time and press of matter will not auow
ns to publish in fall.
-Burning of cotton gins in Gjjpwj*
ported as follows: Gm bouse ol Mr. Bates,
near Milloo station Gordon coraty; tag
$1.200. Gin house f f J. ?. f? ,MawmD8,^n<S5
fe?rin0 Plane Murray county; loas, over$2,000.
Gm'Soi!'of Joseph Grant, near White Plains.