VOLUME X.-NUMBER 2198.
CHARLESTON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1873.
EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR.
A NEW PANACEA.
TEE LATEST ILA* TO FUND THE
STATE DEBT.
Th* General Assembly Hard at Work
Bills Signed by Ute Governor.
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COLOMBIA, January SO.
In the House to-day Meeize inlroduoed a
bill to fond the State debt. It provides for
the Issue of $5,000,000 conversion twenty year
seven per cent, bonds, to be used in pur?
chasing and retiring all valid outstanding se?
curities which any be offered lor conversion
at*not more than thirty per cent, of their par
value, ibe interest coupons of the new bonds
to be receivable lor taxes, and a special tax
to be levied each year to pay the Interest on
the new bonds. Referred to the committee on
ways and means. Hamilton gave notice of a
bill to abolish the office of cf y recorder of
Charleston. VaDderpool introduced a bill re
qulriog the removal of the Lazaret to. Levy
Introduced a bill to increase tbe salary of the
chief justice to Blx thousand dollars per an?
num, and that ol the associate justices and
circuit judgeB to five thousand dollars per
annum. Curtis Introduced a bill Incorporat?
ing the Southern Warehouse Company. Levy
introduced a bill to revive the charter o? the
Apprentices'Library. Thompson Introduced
a bill to facilit?t? the collection ol rents. On
this Levy spoke until adjournment.
In the Senate tbe bill empowering the City
Connell of Charleston to establish an indus?
trial scboel was reported on iavorably by the
committee on the judiciary. The joint reso?
lution appropriatlog two thousand five
hundred dollars from the New bei rv poll tax
for the repairs of the H?ge School-House in
Newberry County, and the bill retaining the
apportionment of tbo tree school fund or the
various counties 'a the treasuries there?
of, were reporte! on un iavorably by
the committee on finance. The joint
resolutions authorizing the county com?
missioners of Richland County to levy
and collect taxes for the erection of a court?
house within the county; authorizing the
county commissioners of Beaufort to levy a
special tax; authorizing the county commis?
sioners of Newberry to levy and collect an ad?
ditional tax of two mil's on the dollar; author?
izing the county commisioners oi Williams?
burg to levy a special tax, and authorizing
the connty commissioners of Orangeburg to
levy and collect a special tax of two mills on
the dollar, were reported on favorably
by the committee on finance. The bill
requiring the county commissioners to
offer rewards in capital cases, was reported
with a substitute by the committee on the
judiciary. The bill providing for the encour?
agement of the arts and sciences waa report?
ed on Iavorably by the committee on agricul?
ture. The bill referring the question of the
county seat to the voters of Barnwell County,
and Nash's bill to amend the act to construct
a courthouse in Richland, were debated nt
great length, and finally received their final
reading, and were ordered to be sent to tue
House.
The Governor has approved the following
bills:
House : Billa requiring bonds ot county com?
missioners before they enter upon their offi?
cial duties; amending an act for the renewal
of the charters of certain towo; Joint resolu?
tions authorizing the State treasurer to cancel
the notes Issued for paying the cost.ol furnish?
ing the House committee rooms, ?c.; rati?
fying the amendment to the Constitution of
Sooth Carolina relative to the increase ot the
Str.te debt; ratifying the amendtneut regard?
ing.the time of holding elections; the bill
changing the name of Henry Hash to Henry
Hash Shiver.
senate: Bills for the payment of members
or the General Assembly and other officers;
allowing Wm. H. Wynn to change bis name to
Wm. H. Backman; requiring the State and
county officers to qualify within thirty days;
extending the time given officers lo qualify;
and a bill repealing certain sections of a bill
regarding estates in dower. PICKET.
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Klectlon of Three Trastees-A Batch of
Crude Legislation in the House-Mure
schemes of Investigation-Going for
the Spraatue Canal.
[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESFOI DENT ]
COLUMBIA, 8. C., January 28.
The usual routine of legislative proceedings
has been somewhat diversified to-day by the
Joint assembly for the election of three mem?
bers of the board of trustees to administer the
affairs of the "South Carolina Agricultural
College and Mechanics' Institute.'' This insti?
tution, as may be remembered, was created
by an act of the Assembly, under the provi
visions ot an act of Congress donating land
scrip to the various Stales for the establish?
ment and encouragement of such institu?
tions, and lt was . connected wi ch the
Claflln University at Orangebnrg, an in?
stitution endowed by a Northern phil?
anthropist lor the benefit of the colored
people of South Carolina. The act creating
the college required the Governor to appoint
nine trustees, the tiret three ol whom were io
hold office for three years, the second three
lor two years and the last three lor one year,
and the term ol office of the last three mem?
bers of the board having expired the vacan?
cies had to be fillea by the General Assembly.
The result of the election has already been
reported by telegraph, and Messrs. A. O.
Jones, the present clerk or the House ot Rep?
resentatives; F. L. Cardozo, Slate treasurer,
and B. F. Wblttemore, senator Irom Darling?
ton, are the new members ot the board of
trustees. The rest of the proceedings of the
Legislature to-day have leen without any
particular interest or s gnlccance, with the
exception of the introduction lu the House of
a large number of new measures, the most im?
portant of which are as follows:
A NSW CODE OF FARM LABOR.
Representative Allman, a colored member
from Marlboro', Introduced a long and curious
bill to regulate the system ot farm labor for
wages. The bill proposes to divide all farm
laborers Into five classes, and that each labor?
er eball be paid according to his class, and at
the rates designated below. The first class ls
tobe paid twenty dollars per month each, and
ls to be composed uf euch laborers as take
care of ail stock on the farm, a&d look after
the interest ol the land and crops, besides
being competent to perform the work required
ol a laborer of the second class. The second
cutes is to be paid fifteen dollars per month,
and Is to be composed ot laborers able to per?
form e'ther of the following tasks In one day,
viz : ploughing one and a half acres of land In
stubble or fallow ground, cutting and maklDg
one hundred and oliy rails, hoeing one and a
half acres ol cotton, or picking two hundred
pounds of seed coitoo. The laborers ol' each
class are to aealst in all other work per
tainlog to a larm, and when tasks can?
not be assigned to them they shall work
tbe number of hours below specified as con?
stituting a daj's work. The laborers or the
third-class are to receive ten dollurs per
month, and are to be capable of ploughing one
and a halt acres, cutting one hundred and
twenty-five rall?, hoeing one and a quarter
acres or picking one hundred and fitly pounds
of seed cotton. The fourth-class are io receive
eight dollaru per month euch, aud plough ooe
?ere, cut one hundred rails, hoe one acre or
pick one hundred and twenty-five pounds of
posion. The fifth-class, who are to receive
five dollars per month, are lo plough three
quarters of an acre, cut seventy-five rails, hoe
three-quarters of an acre or pick one hundred
pounds of seed cotton. Each laborer is also
to receive a dally ration consist ia/ ofoue peck
of corn, meal or rice, two and a half pounds
of bacon and one quart ol syrup or Us equiva?
lent In money. Eight hours is to constitute a
day's work in winter, and nine houri: in
spring, summer aud autumn; laborers ar* to
receive extra compensation for work done
over and above these hours, and all time lost,
with the exception of Sundays and legal holi?
days, shall be deducted from the wages o? the
laborer, provided that loss of lime caused by
rainy or Inclement weather shall be shared
equally by the employer and employee. One
half ol the laborer's wages are io be paid bim
at the end of each monib, and the other half
at the end of each year. If the laborer shall
violate his contract, be ls to iorlelt the amount
of his retained wages, but his claim for wiges
is to constitute a prior Ilea upon all land?,
crops and stock, and ls to have preference
j over all debts, mortgages or other claims.
I The act ls to take eflfjct on the 1st of January,
j 1874.
COUXTT LICENSES AND FINES.
Representative J. A. Smith introduced ti blil
to require county commissioners of the re?
spective cou mles ot this State to turn over to
the county treasurers all tines and licenses
collected by them. The bill imposes no new
duties upon the county commissioners, but
prescribes the penally for neglecting to turn
over the amount ot such tines or licenses as
now required by law, of a fine not exceeding
Uve buudred dollars, or Imprisonment lor not
more than two years, or both, at the discre?
tion of the court.
MORE INVESTIGATIONS.
There were two more proportions in the
General Assembly to-day lookinz to an inven
tlgatlou of the desperate financial muddle
which the late administration has bequeathed
as a legacy to its successors. The nrst was
Introduced by Representative Hurley, in the
shape of a joint resolution directing the State
treasurer io publish an exhibit ot all the Slate
bonds Issued during the past lour years. The
resolution requires that the Stale treasurer
shall, within six weeks after the adjournment
ot the General Assembly, cause to be publish?
ed for one month In one paper in each of the
Cities ol Charleston, Columbia and New York
a statement ot all the bonds and stocks which
the records of his office show lo have been
issued during the four years next preceding
bis taking possession of his office, with a state?
ment ol the numbers, amounis,' series and
character of such bonds and certificates of
Block, and lhat be shall call upon all per?
sans holiitng bonds or cr>rii?caies of stock,
not enumerated lo seta schedule, to file
lo his office or furnlsn a ?talement of the
amount, number, series and character c f the
bonds or stock held by them. The Bum ot
one thousand dollars ls appropriated to pay
the expense ol advertising.
ANOTHER INQUEST.
The second Investigation scheme wan pro?
posed by Senator McIntyre, In a "Joint reso?
lution lo ascertain the extent and validity ot
the State debt," the provisions of whlca are
as follows:
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, That the attorney
general ot the Slate, the president ol the Sen?
ate and the speaker of Hie House ol Repre?
sentatives are hereby constituted a financial
board, for tbe purpose of ascertaining the
extent and validity of the State debt, aud in
iurlberance of the object of this resolution a
Bum of five thousand dollars ls hereby appro?
priated (If so much be necessary) to defray
the necessary expenses ot said financial board.
SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty ot said
financial board to keep a correct registration
of all bonds, certificates of stock, ?c., and
shall report to the General Assembly within
one week aller the commencement ol' the
next session. Said financial board lo have
power to send lor persons and papers.
THE COLUMBIA CANAL COMPANY.
Representative Crews Introduced ihe follow
lng "hill to annul the sale of ihe Columbia
Canal, and to protect the title of the Slate in
and to the same by reason of the lallure of
the purchaser to comply with the conditions ol
the sate:"
Be ii enacted, lhat all the right, title and
interest acquired by '.be act of september 21,
1868, and the acts amendatory thereto, aud
uoder the deed of conveyance executed by
the State on the 7th ot January, 1860, are
hereby declared forfeited to the Stale, ibo pur- j
chasers having tailed lo comply with ihe con?
ditions imposed by the auld act and amend?
ments thereto, and the right, title and interest
ol the State In and to the said Columbia Canal,
and in all the lands, privileges and appurte?
nances owned by the State thereunto belong?
ing or appeitaiulng, are hereby declared to
have reverted to the State, to be held by her
in all respects the same and In as full and
amule a manner ss If the said transfer of title
to the said purchaser had never been made.
The remaining sections ot th? bill require
and authorize the Governor to demand of S.
A. Pearce, in Hie name ol the State, a surren?
der ot the canal and its appurtenances, and ti
demand from him the deed above mentioned,
which ls lo be surrendered to the State and
cancelled, andie the event of Colonel Pearce's
very probable refusal to thus "staod and de?
liver," the Governor is required to Institute
such suit or suits at lawas shall be deemed
necessary to carry the act into effect, and to
employ counsel, if necessary, to assist in the
prosecution ol the suits.
MORE "LIOHT" WASTED.
Representative Simpkins offered the follow?
ing resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the judiciary committee of
this House do Inquire loto and report the
nature and extent of the exemption from tax?
ation claimed by the South Carolina Railroad
under their charter; whether the privileges
therein granted can be curtailed or modified,
and whether said company claims exemption
for any species ot property not within the
proper construction ol tMr charter, and il so,
what legislation ls necessary to protect the
iDereets of the State, wilh leave to report by
bill or otherwise. PICKET.
TBE ABBEVILLE FIRE.
The Abbeville Press and Banner says: "Our
town council, with the efficient Intendant,
Mr. L. D. Bowie, at Its bead, bas, with com?
mendable public spirit, gone actively to work
to ferret out the authors of the late lire; lt
being clearly an incendiary act. A good deal
of testimony has been taken, which, we trust,
will lead to the conviction of the guilty
parties."
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
-Hugh McCloskey, of New Orleans, ls dead,
aged fitty-eight.
-Ingalta succeeds Pomeroy as senator from
Kansas.
-The official report of the recent fight In
Cuba states that the Spaniards lost eight
killed and thirty-seven wounded, and the
Cubans thirty-seven killed; wounded un?
known.
-A dispatch irom Yreka, Calilornla, says
there are indications that the government in?
tends meet in;: with the Modocs with the view
to a settlement or the war without lurther
bloodshed.
-While reading the evidence of Oakes
Ames before the Credit-Moodier committee,
yesterday, Tweed exclaimed : "Thank God, 1
um not a congressman; as bad as I am, they
have never accused me of selling my vote as
senator."
-Proteasor Tyndall sails lor Europe on the
5th of February. On the evening previous to
his departure a farewell dinner will be given
to his honor at Delmonico'^, at which Profes?
sor Agassiz has been chosen to preside
Speeches will be delivered by ProleBsor
Henry, Dr. Draper, Wm. M. Evaris, Henry
Ward Beecher, Dr. Bellows and others.
-Phelps, Dodge & Co. have withdrawn the
oner to compromise the suit which has been
brought against them by the government.
The secretary of the treasury at Washington,
alter mature deliberation, hud accepted the
offer made by the firm, but the negotiations,
it ls rumored, have been abruptly closed and
the matter left to the courts.
-At a ? ecent ainner at the Mansion House,
London, the Lord Mayor sat down with one
hundred and eighty-six of hi? relatives. His
father, now in his elehty-tblrd year, had the
pleasure of dining with his thirteen sons and
daughters, tony-nine irrandchtldren. and four?
teen great grandchildren. Tae Lord Mayor
was supported by his four sons and four
daughters, his four brothers and Rix sisters,
seventeen nephews, iwenty-two nieces, twen?
ty-nine cousins, and one grandson. On ihe
other hand, the Lady Mayoress was sur?
rounded by her stepmother, four brothers,
three sisters, twelve nephews, twelve nieces,
and forty-one cousins.
LAST HO?RS OF NAPOLEON.
A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE EX
EMPBROR'S END
Ills Preparation for Death-Scenes at
the Death-Bed-Sufferings of the Bm.
press.
The London correspondent of the New York
World writes under date of January ll:
The Emperor, as you know, died at quarter
to eleven A. M. on ihe 9th. After the second
operation perlormed by Slr Henry Thompson
-un operation exceedingly painful, and
during which ihe Emperor had to be placed
under the influence of chloroform- no acci?
dent more than those ot an inevitably local
character took place, and the Inflammation
appeared to be of quite an ordinary uature,
and promised soon io subside altogether. As
the pain, however, continued to be ex'remely
violent, the doctors considered it advisable to
put ihe august patient under the influence o?
a powerful narcotic, and the Emperor passed
the last night of bis existence with a calmness
which allowed every hope to be entertained of
bis ultimate recovery. Sir Henry Thompson,
Sir Wm. Gull, Baron Corvisart aud Dr. Con
neau were to hold a consultation on the follow?
ing day at eleven o'clock ; and lt was generally
understood that a third operation would take
p'ace after the consultation. At ten o'clock
in the morning, however, Slr Henry Thomp?
son entered the bed-room of the patient, and
was astonished to find that the pulse, which
up to that lime had continued to bear with
great regularly-seventy Ave to elghty-eud
denly bec ime weak. The learned doctor saw
Immediately that Napoleon III had only a few
minutes to live; he apprised his colleagues,
who partook of his opinion, and the Empress
was Immediately Informed of the change that
had taken place for the worse. So certain had
Bhe been tbat all was going well and that the
Emperor was out of danger, tnat she had or?
dered her carriage, and was about to take a
?hort drive. She bad descended lo the ball,
her face wearing a sweet, half-sad, half-glad ex?
pression, abd was on the point ol eulerlng the
carriage when she was recalled. Hastening to
the Emperor's bedside she sent quietly for the
priest, who was at that moment at the church
celebrating a marriage, and dlspatcned a car?
riage in hot haste for the Prince Imperial,
who, only that morning, had returned to the
military school at Woolwich. Count Clary
went In the carriage to bring him, and never
did imperial horses travel at such speed. It
was a race between Hie and death. The dis?
tance to and fro was thirteen miles, and lt
was accomplished within the hour; but the
Prince was forty minutes too late, and was
shocked beyond expression to find that his
august father was no more. The Prince affec?
tionately embraced his Imperial mother, and
they mingled their feelings of bitter grief to?
gether, the son lo hts own overwhelming sor?
row trying to console the mother in her deep
anguloh. She conducted him to tho bedside
of his dead father; be threw himself upon his
breust and kissed his face, already cold in
death, and then went weeping from tbe room.
He walked up aod down tho ball, wringing
his hands and bathed lo tears.
The Emperor fully understood the great
danger of the operations to which be consented
to submit, and was well aware thal their re?
sults might be fatal. He, In fact, prepared for
death. He revised and made a codicil to bis
will-a very curious document, of walch I
shall perhaps have occasion to again speak
and gave lt to his wife; and on the day before
tbe first operation be mp.de what the Catholics
call 1 a good confession," received absolution,
and approached the blessed sacrament. In?
deed, he had been scrupulously attentive to his
religious dulles for several months past; he,
the Empress and the Prince Imperial never
failed to go to mass on every Sunday, on every
holiday ot obligation, and on every day ol de?
votion. It turns out not lo be true that Father
Goddard, the Catholic priest at Chlselhurst,
did not arrive in time to administer
to the dying Emperor the last rites
of the church. He was with him for
ten minutes before he expired; the
condition of the Emperor made it impossi?
ble for him to receive the viaticum, but the
sacrament of extreme unction was adminis?
tered. Tais sacrament, In the Catholic lalth,
remitB venial sins, mortal Bins having been
already remitted by the sacrament of penance
and conierBiOD; lt heala tue soul ot lia infirmi?
ty and weakness; lt helps to remove some?
thing ot the dent of punishment due to past
sin s it Impuls strength to the soul, and arms
lt tigainst the attempts of its spiritual enemies.
Father Goddard had administered this sacra?
ment, which consists lu anointing the sick
person, In the form of a cross upon the eyes,
ears, nose, mouth, hands and feet, repeating
the words, "Tnrough this holy unction, aDd
Hl3 mo6t under mercy, may the Lord
pardon thee whatever elus thou hast
committed;" and be was Just commenc?
ing "the order of the recommendation of
a soul that ls inst departing," commenc?
ing with the words "Depart, O Christian
soul, from this world, In the name of God, the
Father Almlghtv. wno created thee; in the
name of Jesus Christ, the Son ot ibo living
God, who suffered for thee; In the name of
the Holy Ghost, who has been poured forth
upon thee"-when the Emperor, who had Just
given hlB last kls-> to the Empress, breathed
two faiot eiihs and expired. Tue Empress,
who up to that moment had remained per?
fectly calm, uttered a shriek of grief and an?
guish, and fell fainting in a chair; and for a
lew moments nothing was heard In the room
but the low voice of the priest as be continued
his prayer, and the sobbing of the kneeling
spectators of the Bcene. There were present,
at the moment ot the death, the Em preps, M.
Pletrl, some of the other members of the
household, all of the physicians, and Father
Goddard.
Two or three hours after the Emperor's death
the body was laid out, and many of those who
had followed the fortunes of Napoleon III in
England, but bad paid their last visit too late
lo And him alive, were admitied to the house
to look upon the remains. The bed room
which witnessed the closing scene of a great
life is small aod simply furnished, and con?
tained two beds-one originally belonging to
the apartment, the other, a small Iron bed?
stead on which Nie Emperor lay, had been
brought from another room, as more conven?
ient lor toe purpose of the operations. This
bed stood on tue left hand, guarded by a
screen, and the chief ornament of the room
was a golden cross, BO placed that it could be
seen by the Emperor In his last moments.
At the request of the bereaved Imperial
family Signor D. Brucoianl, of Bussell
street, Covent Garden, was promptly
summoned lo take a oast of bis Majesty's
head; and this task, both as to the
features and the form of the skull, was per?
formed with perfect success. The counte?
nance of the dead Emperor waa remarkably
calm, as if he had been merely asleep - as In?
deed be may be said to have been when he
pissed away; and, looking at the face alone,
lt was bard to realize the stem lact of death.
The eyes were softly and tranquilly closed,
and tue whole aspect might have seemed to
Bbow, not only that he died without pain, but
that no such agony as he suffered during the
past weeks and months had been endured.
The Hues of the countenance were not worn,
and the familiar visage, with tbe moustache
and Imperial untouched, was perfectly un?
changed. Physically speaking, the late Em?
peror's lrame was robust, and the chest espe?
cially was lull and strong. The head was
very large, and the forehead a particularly
prominent fealure.
It seems to be clear that though the death
of the Emperor was due to the Bhock of ihe
operations, added to the severe Bufferings
which followed them, acting upon a constitu?
tion already fatally impaired by Ute disease of
the kidneys,liis disease was not caused by any
miscarriage of the op?rai ions themselves.
Had lt neeu possible to have ascertained the
condition of the kidneys, the operation of
llthotrlty would not have been attempted, and
the Emperor would have lived Billi longer, al?
though lils days would have passed lu pain
and Buffering. Death only could release him
Irom his d^eases; but it is melancholy io
think that, notwithstanding ail the discove?
ries and progress which have been made la
medical science, ihe ablest physicians and
Burgeons in England are compelled to con
iess that the disease of the ktdnevH, which
must soon have killed the Emperor,
existed to a degree which waB not sus?
pected, and li it had been suspected could
not have been ascertained. A mau may die
under the bauds of the first doctors in the
world, of a great organic disease, without
their knowing anyihiug about it. For the first
time it has come lo the knowledge of the
world what Bufferings the Emperor bas en?
dured and with what fortitude he endured
them. It was said that at Sedan the Emperor
desperately offered his life to the Prussian bul?
lets; but he was then tormented by the dis?
ease lor which he was operated upon, and
those who know bow terrible that disease ls
can appreciate the heroism of the man who,
on that dreadful day, sat on his saddle for five
long hours, "holding on with- his hands" In
agony, when even in bed his pain might have
been greater than he could bear.
The sufferings of the Empress have been
excessive. Her first n'ght of widowhood was
passed in sleepless agouy at the side of ber
dead husband, bathed lu tears, and praying
without ceasing. Two Sisters of Charity kept
this solemn vigil with ber. At times the
Prince Imperial, scarcely less heartbroken
than his mother, came to Join his prayers
with hers. Toward morning the love of ihe
mother triumphed over the grief or the wife.
8he went with the Prince to his own chamber
and a A ed bim to go to rest, promising that
she would do the same for his sake. The love
between these two ls great-and the affection
which they both bore to the Emperor was
equal. Yesterday morning and this evening
the Empress was unable to leave the house,
but the Prince went early to St. Mary's
Church and assisted at the first mass. This
little church, enriched by the gifts of the
Emperor and Empress, is, on the further side
of the common which stretches before Cam?
den House. It ls a beautiful little building,
and you approach it by alane bordered with
handsome hedges. Near the altar are the
three seats and prie-dleu used by the Empe?
ror, the Empress and the Prince. On one of
them the poor boy knelt for the first time
alone, and no one who saw bim there in bis
silent grief could have failed to pray with and
for him.
The people ol Chlselburst seem to mourn as
If they had lost a personal friend. And so
they have. It was the delight ol the Emperor
to walk about the village; every one knew
him by sight; no one ever failed to receive
from him a kind word ora pleasant smile.
He was especially lond of Ihe children, and
often was Peen In the midst ot a group of little
ones paning their heads and giving ihem six
pennies. "Know him ?" said au old laborer.
"Aye, bless you, I knew bim well enough.
Never spoke lo him, cause he didn't ever
speak to me, and I wouldn't lake the liberty;
but used lo touch my hat, or lake it off, and
then he'd do the same as reg'lar as reg'lar."
Walking was his Majesty's favorite exercise,
in which be usually look the arm of the Em?
press or Dr. Conneau. His principal walk
was across Chlselburst Common, through the
village, to St. Paul's Cray Common. The Em-,
peror and Empress took np their residence at
Cnlseltiursi in March, 1871. During their stay
herc they have endeared themselves to ail
around them. The Emperor has been totally
devoid of anything approaching hauteur, and
appeared happiest when distributing sweets
or biscuits to little children, and would hlm
sell uo Into the nearest grocer's shop to pur?
chase bon-bons, Ac, for the youngsters, all of
whom knew and loved the exiled Emperor.
Whenever he drove out his instructions were
that one of his servants Bhould carry ten shil?
lings in small silver and two shillings In cop?
pers, and his Majesty has never been known
to turn a deaf ear to the humblest beggar
who asked alms or him. In conversation he
was at home with every one. and ma e every
one at home with him. With regard to the
speculations as to the amount, ol ibe Empe?
ror's wealth, lt is well known that be has been
living at Cniselhurst, at the rate of ?12,000 a
year, which it Is believed was all they could
afford.
BEYOND THE RHINE.
BERUM, January 30.
The unfortunate ex-Empress Carlotta, ol
Mexico, ls dead.
MADRID, January 30.
In the defeat of the Carltsts under the cure
of Santa Cruz, forty-seven were killed and
over one hundred wounded. The recent suc?
cesses of the government troops In their en?
counter with ihe Carllai forces nave produced
a good Impression throughout Spain. A
greater feeling of security prevails In the ex?
posed districts. The Insurgents are losing
confidence In the integrity and ability ot their
leaders, and many of the troops have disband?
ed, and the members have scattered lo vari?
ous paris of the country. No further trouble
with the Caril BIS ls anticipated.
An amendment to the bill for the abolition
of slavery hos been Introduced In ihe Spaalsh
Congrens by Senor Pudlal, which proposes an
immediate abolition ol slavery lu ihe Span IBU
colonies, Instead of making the provisions of
ibe bill take effect four months after Us pas?
sage. The adoption of the amendment ls
warmly urged.
LONDON, January 30.
A letter by Euri Russell, published yester?
day, says the government should, during the
present session of Parliament, Introduce a
universal tinsectarian educational bill. He
believes such a measure would meet with
public f ivor and advance the cause of educa?
tion; and, also, that a sufficient, majority could
be found io Its favor in Parliament lo insure
its passage.
It is asserted that the Russian Government
has determined not lo tolerate any attempts
of loreign powers to prescribe its policy In the
Asian question. The announcement of this
attitude on ihe part of Russia creates a feel?
ing of uneasiness in diplomatic circles here,
being viewed ns au act of hostility towards
England, and expressing an indirect threat
should the English Government further inter?
fere willi the operalions of Russia in Central
Aaia.
PARIS, January 30.
President Thiers yesterday Informed M.
Delaney that he cannot accept the constitu?
tional project submitted to him by the com?
mittee ol thirty.
KU-KLUX PARDONED.
WASHINGTON, January 30.
Wm. D. Barnes, of South Carolina, convict?
ed of Ku-Kluxlng and sentenced to Jail, has
been pardoned.
JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE.
-Dr. E. C. Hughes, of Camden, ls dead.
-Mrs. Cain, wife of William Cain, died in
Sumter, on the 24th Instant.
AwMrs. Dennis Lark, of Newberry, died re?
cently (rom meningitis.
-Mrs. Brimson, wife ol Joel Branson, of
MayeBvllle, died on the 20th instant.
-Nero Sprlogn, colored, bas mysteriously
disappeared from his home In Sumter.
-Toe Episcopal ladles of Edgetleld are hav?
ing their organ tuned, and are putting up new
liunglogs in their church.
-The earnest prayer of many Edgefieid
people ls Billi for the advent of a clock-repairer
and a well-borer.
-Mr. John V. Tillman, o? Edgefieid, died
suddenly on Wednesday. Mr. Soloman Clarke,
ot Pottersvllle, In the same county, died on
Friday, aged eighty-four.
-Johnston's Depot will ship ten thousand
bales of cottou this season. Storehouse lots
nra selling at the rule of twelve hundred dol?
lars an acre.
-Tue glnhouse on the place o? Dr.-J?. C.
Tompkins, In Edgefieid County (now occupied
by Mr. D. Pardue.) was accidentally burned
last Friday. Losses: Eight bales of cotton
und one thousand bushels ot cotton seed.
-The Governor has appointed A. W. San?
ders, of Edgefieid, and Arthur M. Gayer, of
Charleston, notaries oublie, and Wm. W.
Ould, ol Norfolk, Virginia, commissioner of
deeds.
-The hearing of the application before Judge
Carpenter, by the Columbia Water Power
Company, lo restrain the city from using the
old water-works, on the ground that it was lr
violatlou of th? contract willi the Water Power
Company, has been postponed until Saturday
morning.
-The M. E. Church South, of Greenville,
has been completed, and will be dedicated on
Sutidav next. During ihe morning hour the
U-v. B shop D. S. Doggett. D. D.. ot Rich?
mond, will officiate. An address will be de?
li ved in ihe afternoon by Prolessor J H. Car?
lisle, LL. D., ol Wofford College, Spartan
burg, S. C., to be followed, probably, In the
evening by a sermou by Bishop Doggett. This
wilt doubtless bean Interesting event in the
mountain cltv ot South Carolina.
-Company H, Eighteenth Infantry, Captain
W. H. McLaughlin, recently stationed at Ches?
ter, arrived at Columbia on Wednesday.
There ure now five companies of the Eight
teenth at Hie post. Trie officers are-Colonel
H. M. Black, commanding; Surgeon J, H.
Franz. Assistant Surgeon F. Atkinson. Cap?
tains Morris, Ogden, McLaughlin, Keeler and
Martin; First Lieutenant C. H. Poller; Adju?
tant J. H. Baldwin; Regimental Quartermas?
ters Leahey, Hyer, Bates and Bomford; Sec?
ond Lieutenants Canton, Adams, Todd, Hin?
ton and Wheeler.
TUE TERRIBLE COLD !
SIXTEEN I BET OF SNOW ON THE
PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The Most Severe Weather Known for
Thirty Tears.
SALT LAKE, January 30.
Tb? snow drills on tbe Pacific Road are six?
teen feet deep. Toe weather ls the coldest
ever known. Seven railroad employees have
perished, but the passengers are safe. The
8DOW Is ten feet on a level In the Cottonwood
mining district.
In New York and the East.
Nsw YORK, January 30.
Dispatches from all points report extremely
cold weather. At Syracuse the thermometer
was twelve degrees below ZTO. At Bing
hampion twenty-five degrees below z-ro;
Poughkeepsie twentv-six below; Rhinebeck
thirty below; Vassar College twenty-eight be?
low; Boston from zero to six below; Lancas?
ter, N. H., forty-two below; Portland, Haine,
eleven below; Brunswick twenty-seven below;
Concord, N. H., twenty-eight below; Bradford
forty-two below; Newport and Claremont
thirty-two betow; Hillsboro* twenty-four be?
low.
Pennsylvania and Maryland.
BALTIMORE, January 30.
The thermometer this morning was four de?
grees below zero.
FREDERICK, MD., January 80.
The mercury stood this morning nineteen
degrees below zero.
EASTON, PA., January 30.
Thermometer thirty-iwo degrees below.
MAOCH CHUNK, PA., January 30.
Mercury thirty-four degrees b low zero.
The coldest weather for thirty years.
PORT DEPOSIT, Md., January 30.
The severe freezing weather which prevailed
during the past forty-eight hours bas harden?
ed and deepened the ice, forming a tremen?
dous gorge, extending from Watson's Island,
four miles down the river, past the lowo, and
several miles up stream. The snow of Mon?
day Iles deep. When a thaw or rain comes,
all the water will go coursing through the
valleys In Increasing volume, which threat?
ens the annihilation of the town.
Navigation Clieckod at New York.
NEW YORK, Jan u arv 30.
All tim steamers are detained at Hell Gate
by the fog and Ice, which has formed rapidly
In the rivers and bays.
The Weather This Day.
WASHINGTON. January 30.
Probabilities : For New England, iresh
southerly to westerly winds, veering to west?
erly and northwesterly; somewhat higher
temperature, and partially cloudy weather.
For the Middle States, winds veering to iresh
and brisk westerly and north westerly, and
generally clear weather east over the lower
Lake region, where cloudy weather, areas of
light snow, and falling temperature are prob?
able. Fer tbe South Atlantic States, rising
temperature and cloudy weather, with areas
of light rain aloog the coast. For the Gulf
States east of the Mississippi, rising tempera?
ture, winds veering to easterly and southerly,
and partly cloudy weather. For Kentucky,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, generally clear
weather. For the npper Lake region, rising
barometer, decided fall ot temperature, fresh
and brisk northerly to westerly winds, and
generally clear weather.
AN IMPORTANT DAT IN CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., January 30.
Io the House, the bill was passed restoring
from date pensions to tbe Southern people;
this repealed the bill ot 1362 striking off all
who sympathized with the rebellion. It gives
no back pay.
James B. St'.wart was before the House for
contempt. He made an hour's speech. Various
resolutions were offered that he be confined
In jail, and have only bread and water until
he purged, Ac, etc., when he was committed
to the custody of the sergeaot-at-arms until
he purged. Tho speaker In addressing Mr.
Stewart, asked him whether he was now
willing lo appear before the commit tee and
make answer io ihe questions, for the refusal
to answer which be hud beeo ordered Into
custody. Stewart said:
... Mir. Speaker and gentlemen of the House or
Representatives, I disclaim any contempt of
the authority of this House or ot its commit?
tee, and have stated,before the committee and
the House that I have fully answered all ques?
tions except those malters that came to my
knowledge solely from my relations as coun?
sel, and I respectfully protest against answer?
ing them. I refuse io do so, and I decline to
disclose anything confided to me as counsel.
Mr. Stewart was Iben removed from the ball
In custody of Mr. Ordway, the sergeant-at
arms.
In the Senate, West was appointed lo fill
Kellogg's place on the levee committee, and
has Introduced a bill incorporating the Missis?
sippi and Ohio Tunnel and Tube Company,
with a capital of ten million dollars, to con?
struct tunnels under the Mississippi and Ohio
River?, lo be used for connecting the railroads
centreing near their junctions. Among the
lucorporatora named are Thomas A. Scott and
J. N. McCullough, of Pennsylvania; J. Pier?
pont Morgan, w. 8. Rosecrans, H. G. Mar?
chand, of New York; E. Turniloe, of Rhode
island; N. B. Curtin and W. F. Coolbaugb, of
Illinois.
At one o'clock the consideration of the leg?
islative appropriation bill waa resumed. Tue
pending question was on the motion of
Sprague to reconsider the vote by which the
Morrill amendment was adopted prohibiting
the payment, unless by special act ot Con?
gress, of judgments of the Court of Claims to
claimants whose loyalty during the rebellion
has not been proved. Mr. Trumbull argued in
favor of the motion to reconsider and against
the amendment, which, he said, would vio?
late the plighted faith of both the legislative
and executive departments of the govern?
ment. MesBts. Morrill, of Vermont, Ed?
munds and Scott made arguments on
the other side. The motion to recon?
sider was agreed to-yeas 29, nays 26.
Stevenson moved to lay the amendment on
the table; lost-yeas 28, nays 31. Alcorn, of
Mississippi, offered an amendment to the
amendment, extending the time for the pre?
sentation of claims twelve months from the
passage of this act. Cookllng moved to lay
Alcorn's amendment on the table; agreed to
32 to 27. Alcorn moved to amend the Mor?
rell amendment so as make lt apply only to
the claims of G. B. Lamar, of Georgia. Cook?
llng moved to lay this amendment on tbe
table; agreed to. The Morrell amendment,
unchanged, was then agreed to by a vote of
25 to 23.
ANIMAL INSTINCT.
A writer in the Popular Science Monthly
thinks that animals are not governed solely by
instinct. He says: What is instinct? It is
"che faculty of performing complex acts, ab?
solutely without inotrnctlon or previously-ac?
quired knowledge." Instinct, then, would en?
able animals to perform spontaneously acts
which, ia the case of mon, pr?suppose ratio?
cination, a logical train of thought. But, when
wo test tho observed facts which are usually
put forward to prove the power of instinct, it is
found that they are seldom conclusive. It was
on such grounds that the song of birds was
taken to be innate, albeit a very ready experi?
ment wonld have shown that it comes from the.
education they receive. Curing the last cen?
tury Barrington brought np some linnets,
taken from the nest, in company with larks of
sundry varieties, and found that every one of
bis linnets adopted completely tbe song of the
truster set over him, so that now tbeso linnets
-larks by naturalization-formed a compauy
apart when placed among birds of their own
species. Even the nightingale, whose native
song is 30 sweet, exhibits, under domestica?
tion, a considerable readiness to imitate other
song-birds. The song of tbe bird is, therefore,
determined by its education, anl the same
thing must bo true as to nest-building. A bird
brought up in a cage does not construct the
nest peculiar to its species. In vain will yon
supply all the neceseary materials; the bird
will employ them without skill, and will often?
times even renounce all puipose of building
anything like a nest. Does not this well
known fact provo that, instead of being gain?
ed by instinct, the bird leaxnB how to construct
its nest, just as man learns how to build a |
house ?
AMUSEMENTS.
Ila m pl y Damp ry at the Academy.
The veritable "Humpty Dumpty" baa at
last come amongst us with his bland white
face and his sweet child-like manners. In
spite ol the shocking weather, he was greeted
at the Academy last night by a fair house,
and the enthusiasm ol the audience over the
excellent performance was 'something re?
markable rbr staid old Charleston. The pan
tomlne ls all that could be desired. The tricks
run smoothly, and succeed one another rap?
idly, and between Clown, Pantaloon, Colum?
bine and Harlequin, the interest never flags.
Fox himself appeared to have reaobedthat
point ol excellence where nearly everything he
does seems funnier than the thing before; and
after the play an attempt to specify his funni?
est performance would be altogether too ven?
turesome. His, walk, bis trot and his
run are each worthy of separate men?
tion; and his change of expression seems
almost infinite. Professional showmen might
perish lrom envy at Humpty's air while
he exhibits his absurd trained elephant; aod
that might seem about the funniest thing he
does, but for the recollection of his manner
when the boys whom he bas cheated at
marbles fall upon him and kick bim most
vigorously. The costumes of a clown are not
generally matters of comment, but Fox's are
elaborate and handsome. The "olio" In the
second act seems to be very properly appre?
ciated. The gymnastic feats of the Wilson
Brothers secure them an encore, while the ve?
locipede riding of the children Venus and
Adonis, the wire-walking of Signor Casselll,
the skating of Eynock and Smith, and the
singing of Master Casselll, all met with the
hearty approval of the large audience. Every?
body should see the original Fox in his own
"Humpty Dumpty."
-And here we would make a mild sugges?
tion lu the Interest of the little folk. They all
want to see H. D. They crave a matinee on
Saturday. Let this be given, at popular
prices, and our word for lt the Academy will
be packed from pit to dome with tbe de
llgbted representatives of young Charleston.
A Brilliant Masquerade.
The hall of the Freundsohaltsbund was
crowded last night by the gayest assemblage
thal has ever been gathered within lu walis.
It was a regular carnival of fun; reason was
dethroned for the nonce, and fancy ran riot In
gorgeous robes or hideous attire. The mas?
quers of either sex sustained their incognitos
by the most puzzling costumes and counte?
nances. The imagination bad been taxed to
the utmost to devise things strange and start?
ling, and ihe disguise of each one ol the
gay Ihrong waa perfect. The Bky was
threatening and the cold biting air made the
cosy hearth a welcome sp % but these were
trifles that weighed lightly In the balance
against the fun and frolic ci an evening's
masquerade. At an early hour the streets In
the vicinity of the hall presented a lively ap?
pearance, as the sidewalks were crowdt-d
with spectators anxious for a glimpse ot tbe
masquers. Within doors the .lights shone
brilliantly on a motley throng arrayed In
various disguises, now passing In tbe stately
promenade and anon whirling around in
the mazy dance. Among the charac?
ters were the Irrepressible Heathen Chinee
and his brother the Jap, who, presuming on
their celestial origin, ogled and flirted un?
blushingly. Cowled monks glided along with
pretty vivandiers. The queen of night was
seen arm-in-arm with a Jolly tar. Death with
solemn mien brooded alone, as his majesty
had such a realistic appearance that all wished
to cut his acquaintance. The costumes of the
ladies were beyond the power of mortal pen
lo fitly describe, but a sprightly maid who
was concealed behind a '76 coal scuttle
bonnet, a fascinating organ-grinder, vivan?
diers innumerable, prim looking Quakeresses
and capital imitations of the Alrican element
were among the aotablee. The sterner sex bad
a wider scope for their inventive powers, and
their costumes varied from the grotesque and
hideous to a wild mixture of both. Promi?
nent among the characters taken from real
life was a strikingly exact representation of
an eccentric character, whose position on the
Charleston Hotel porch was once a subject
ol general comment. The ball was
not only an undoubled success, but in
the entire management reflected credit
on the society under whose auspices lt was
given. The fun never descended to coarse?
ness, and ihe good humor that characterized
all present was a tie that kept the merry band
together until the dawning ol a new day.
Another Masquerade.
The Charleston Dramatic Club of this city
will give a grand masquerade ball at the Hi?
bernian Hall this evening. A good time can
be expected.
TUE CITY LICENSE LAW.
No Farther Action Now ta be Taken.
Colonel Zimmerman Davis, the chairman of
the committee of the Chamber of Commerce,
received yesterday tba following note from
Alderman Pelzer, the chairman of the commit?
tee ot ways and means of the City Council:
CHARLESTON. January 30.
Colonel Zimmerman Davis, Chairman Cham?
ber Commerce :
DEAR SIR-Tue committee of ways and
means of Cay Council have given the commu
ulcailon of the committee irom the Chamber
of Commerce their carelui consideration, and,
regretting sincerely that ihe citizens did not
taite action bet?re the bill was passed, they
deem lt imprudent for the public good that
any further action should now be taken.
Voure, very truly.
FRANCIS J. PELZER, Chairman.
Committee Ways and Means.
FUNERAL OF THE REY. F. BRUCE
DAVIS.
The remains of this estimable gentleman
were interred in Camden on Friday last. An
Immense throng assembled to testily their
love and respect lor his memory. After a
hymn had been sung, the rector delivered an
address, of which the conclusion was as fol?
lows :
When you clothed this sanctuary In Its festal
dress, In honor of the nativity, you placed In
lhat vacant chair a Cross. And who could
fall to luierpret Its meaning 1 There, in ihe
seat he had occupied as a blsnop In the Churoh
of God, he had left bis cross wnen called to a
more excellent ministry. My brethren, when
crosses are exchanged lor crowHS, there sure?
ly is progress. ._
Not lor him, then, but for ourselves-ior
thOBe whom he loved, and who loved hlm
for a flock BO suddenly and so painfully bereft
ot a devoted pastor-for a diocese to whose in?
terest he was so Intensely alive-for the
Church at large-we sorrow lo-day. With
thee, my brother, it ls well.
Servant of God wtlldonel
it -st from thy lov'd employ 1
The ba'tie fougnt, the viet'ry won,
Enter thy Master's Joy.
"Even so, Father; for lt seemed good in Thy
sight."
-Mrs. Clara Edmondson, living near Tre?
mont Village, on ibe Wilmington and Weldon
Railroad, was poisoned recently, lt ls thought,
bj her Bon-in-law, Patrick Caley.
OCR SOUTH ATLANTIC NEIGHBORS.
Georgia.
-Meningitis bas appeared lo Mllledgevllle.
-Colonel W. E. Adams, of Eatonton, was
found dead In bis cbair last Sunday.
-Atbens reports tbe death of a negro who
was waylaid by Jack Frost.
-The Georgia papers are agitating the res
torat'on of the capital to MilledgevllTe. .1
-Masquerades are "all the rag?" at Savan?
nah now.
-Madame Janaurchek is gathering fresh
laurels In Savannah.
-General McDowell, at one time command?
er 01 the Federal armies, ls lo Atlanta.
-Mr. Marcus L. Roberts, a prominent citi?
zen ol Allanta, died suddenly on Sunday. .
-A boat race ls to come off at Barten be?
tween a Savannah amateur and a four-oared
Dirlen crew.
-There are seventeen large saw mills along
the Jine of the Brunswick and Albany Ball
road.
-Colonel A. 8. Beid, Sr., one of the oldest
and most prominent cltlzeus of Putnam Coun?
ty, died In Eatonton on Monday.
-Mr. Cuuningham was elecied superintend?
ent of ihe Bavanuah Cotton Exchange, on
Tuesday last.
-Tue Bibcock Fire Extinguisher was pub?
licly tested lu Macon on Monday, and the re?
sult considered highly satlslactory.
- There ls a coal famine lu Atlanta, and
the papers are calling tor the Immediate
building ol tho Geoigla Western Railroad.
-A Baldwin County man, with one mule
and two laborers, made a crop last season
worth over two thousand do, lars.
-George McKinney, a coiored citizen of
Atlanta, comes out In a card protesting
against the emigration of his colored brethren
to the West. ? .
-The Perry Railroad, now In course of con?
struction, ls already paying expenses. It ls
thought tbe road win bo completed hythe
20ih instant.
-Colonel P. W. Alexander, private secre?
tary to Governor Smith, ls seriously UL fie
bas suffered terribly from carbuncles, and ls
In a critical condition.
-An important scheme will come before
the Legislature for ac; ion during the present
session, having for its obj-ct the extension ot
the Atlantic aod Guli Railroad to Pollard,
Alabama, by means of assistance from the
State.
-Meningitis Is getting to be a serious mst?
ter. The Atlanta Constitution learns from
passengers on the Georgia train Monday
night, that two persons died that day In one
house, at Conyers-an old maa and his
daughter. Tne Informant says fie heard on
ihe train there were four deaths in that place
Monday Irom meningitis.
Florida.
-The moss gatherers are busy In Alsehna
County. Soou the trees will be disrobed.
-There are an unusually large number of
wealthy capitalists In Florida this winter.
-A coach and six Awned on tbe vision of
the Jacksonvillelles I be other day.
-A hoisting engine now loads and dis?
charges vessels at Jacksonville. They are
Improving rapidly.
-The Governor of Florida recommends In
bis message to the Legislature that all cases,
whether civil or erl m mal, be tried without a
Ju rv, unless a Jury is required by one of tb?
parties interested.
-Marshal morris, colored, recently con?
victed of the murder of John Jones, near Mon?
ticello, last March, bas been sentenced to be
bung, and Pink Jones, an accomplice, to la
prls'mmeot In the State prison for lite.
-Volney Howard, a young lawyer, at ont
time a resident or Gadsden County, at another
of Wakulla, and subsequently a citizen of -.tal?
lahassee, waa lound dead on the Atlantic and
Gull Railroad a few days since.
-Under the head ot -'Palmetto Braid" the
St. Augustine Press says: "In addition to the
large orders from the North lor this article,
Mr. T. A. Pacem bas received from Ballimore
orders for the palmetto braid, of the style
called "Porcupine," to the amount ot fifteen
thousand dollars. This looks like business.'
-A bill bas been offered In the Legislature
requesting the senators and representatives
of Florida in the Congress of the United Sta tes
to use their earnest efforts to get an appro?
priation for the survey and estimates ol coat
ot a ship canal across tba Pen?nsula of Flor?
ida from tbe waters of ihe Gulf of Mexico
along the 110*6 of waters of the Wlthlacboo
chee, Blue bprfog, Silver Spring. Ocklawaha
and St. John's rivers, aod their adjacent lakes,
io the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, by the
most direct aod practicable route.
-The following Cabinet appointments have
been confirmed: Compt.oiler. Dr. C. A. Cow
glll, of Putnam County; Treasurer, Charles
H. Foster. 01 Leon County; Attorney-General,
Wm. Archer Cocke, of Jefferson County; Sec?
retary ol State, Samuel B. MoLIn, of Colombia
County; Anjutant-General, John Varanm, of
Escambia County; Superintendent of Puollo
Instruction, J. C. Gibbes, former secretary bf
state; Commissioner of Lands and Immigra?
tion. Dennis Eagan, of Madison County.
-Tne Paiatka Herald says: "The announce?
ment has been made by some ot our visitors
that, from some unaccountable cause,' tbe
waters of the point off Devil's Elbow vere
much disturbed on Monday last. We are as?
sured that on Tuesday, the day following, the
water spouted up at the same point some ten
feet In the air, after which there was a large
swell, Indicating the existence of some mon?
ster beneath the surface ol the water. Fish?
ermen on the opposite bank of the river say
that on the night after the above occurrence
careering fires were plainly to be seen flash?
ing on and above the surface ot the water, all
or which may or may not be accounted for.
We only state the matter as received by us."
THE KU-KLUZ HUNT.
WASHINGTON, January 30.
The report of the attorney-general, IuBt sub?
mitted to Congress, covers reports or district
attorneys In North Carolina, South Carolina
and other Southern States where Ku-Klox ls
said to have existed, relative to operations of
Ku-Klux and enforcement acts. They all agree
that all prosecutions under both these acta
were vigorously eniorced durlog the past year.
They think the passage of these acts of Con?
gress, and the prompt prosecutions of those
violating their provisions, have had a most
fcftlutary fleet tbrougbout me Southern
States. lu North Carolina there are a
number of prisoners yet held for trial,
moailv young men who have been per?
suaded In Joining the Ku-KInx, being actually
ignorant of the objeot of the order. These
young men, the district attorney of North
Carolina ls of the opinion, should not be pun?
ished further than they have already been by
confinement In the jells Of that State. The
deficiency In the department appropriation ls,
as already stated, three hundred thousand
dollars, for which an appropriation Is asked.
Thia amount was Incurred In expenses of
attorneys, marshals and other officers in con?
ducting prosecutions under the laws of Con?
gress, principally in Southern States.
Receipts per Railroad, January 30.
SOOTH C ABO LINA BATLBOAD.
1464 bales cotton, 70 hales goods, 13 bbls spirits
turpentine, 68 bbls rosin, 7 cars wood and lam?
ber, 4 cara steele To Railroad Agent, Peiser,
Kodgers A co. G Q Walter 4 co. W B winiam? *
Son. A J salinas, R 0 Sharp, O W Wllitams A co,
A B Mulluran, SI an A Selanloua. Lowndes A
Grlmbail, W B smith A 0* Wlss A co. E H Frost
A co Pringle A NOD. Ellas Bros, Steffens. Wem r
A Ducker,- Witte Bros. W 0 Bee A co. P McQaeen,
E LI pringle, w B Jones. F C Moy, Mowry ? Son,
JonnstoD, ?:rews A co, E S Mlles. O Ltebenrooa,
Kinsman A Howell. H E Grainger, A 8 smith, I?
1) Desaussure. W 0 Dukes A co, H Bnlwlnkle *
co, campeen A co. H Bischoff * co, J no Bar
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SYPHON-R1VKS.-On the 20th instant, at Hel?
ena, by the Rev. Manning Brown, Mr. JOHN SY?
PHON and Miss ADA RIV KS.
inner al Hone***.
?tf THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND
Acquaintances of Mrs. CLARA SINGLETON, and
or her son, Mr. Wm. 0. Bell, and cf her daugh
ter, Mrs. Dlanah Qridine, and families, also the
members of the Oalvarj episcopal Church, are
respectfully Invited to attend the Funeral Ser?
vices or the former, at the Calvary Episcopal
Church, corner or Wilson sud Beauraln streets,
at 8 o'clock THIS AFTXBNOON. jania*