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".," v -..xTTT\fT*T?P 901 fi ~ CHARLESTON, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1873. EIGHT TOLJLARS A YEAR.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
TSE SENATE TO HOLD TWO SESSIONS A
DAY.
Hurrying np Legislation for the Ad?
journment on Wednesday Next.
[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE KB WS.]
COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, February 20.
In the Senate Jervey Introduced a bill to
abolish the Inferior Court
Wblttemore Introduced a bill to amend the
tax law.
Swalls offered a resolution to hold two dally
sessions hereafter, beglnnlog at 12 M., and 7
o'clock P.M., which was adopted.
The bill legalizing the assessment and col?
lection of certain taxes In the County ot
Beaufort, and for other purposes, with substi?
tute, and the bill to renew the charter of the
Sand-bar Ferry across the Savannah river,
received their Anal reading, were passed and
ordered to be sent te the Hon-p.
The bills to Incorporate the Chester and Le?
noir Railroad, to authorize the county cern
missioners ol Barnwell to open a public road
through Midway, and tbe bill to amend the
charter of the loll bridge icross the Sivaonah
River at Hamburg, were all passed, and hav?
ing already been passed by the House, were
ordered to be engrossed for ratification.
The bill to make appropriations and raise
supplies for the fiscal year commencing No?
vember 1, 1872, was debated until adjourn?
ment.
In the House, the follow'ng bills were read
a second time and ordered to be engrossed for
a third reading:
Bill to amend Beetloo 4, chapter 50, of the
General Statutes, (regardingfences )
BUI io Incorporate the Carolina Orphan
house in Spartan bu rg.
Bill to Incorporate the Darlington Academ?
ical Society.
Bill to establish a public road in Kershaw
and Chesterfield counties..
Bill to repeal so much ot the act vesting In
Isaac O. Lo'ng the charter ot a water course
tbrougb Kingston Lake and Maple Swamps,
In Horry, as relates to Kingston Lake.
Bill lo Incorporate the Southern Warehouse
Company.
Bill to incorporate the Grand Southern
Fatel and Transfer Comoany ot Columbia.
Bill to amend Section 3, Chapter ill, of the
General Statutes, (regarding Jurors.)
The bill to provide for the appointment of a
commissioner of immigration, and to define
his duties, was postponed until next session.
The enacting clause of the bill to make
North and South Wlmbee Creeks, in Beaufort
County, navigable streams was stricken out.
The Governor to-day approved the following
bills:
Bill concerning school funds.
Joint resolution to allow David Cook, or
Kershaw, to redeem certain forfeited lands.
Bill to regulate the service of process Issu?
ing from the Sunreme Court.
Joint resolution to allow the heirs of John
Fields, of Darlington, to redeem certain for?
feited lands.
Joint resolution to allow Jobn J. Roach, of
Kershaw, to redeem certain lortelted lands.
Joint revolution to allow Thomas Sains?
bury, of Darlington, to redeem certain for
felted lands.
Joint resolution to allow Mrs. Mary Mc?
Laughlin, of Darlington, lo redeem certain
lorfelted lands.
Joint resolution to allow the heirs of James
Phillips, in Darlington, to redeem certain lor?
felted lands.
Bill to authorize the county commissioners
of Abbeville to open a public road from Wm.
Hunter's to R. H. McCaslandV, In said county;
Bill for the better protection of religious
worship.
Bill to amend an act Incorporating the Me?
chanics' and Farmers' Building and Loan As?
sociation ot Blohland County.
Bill to amend au act vesting In the Charles?
ton Land Company the charter of a ferry from
Hamlin's wharf to points on the Wando River.
Bill to amend an act incorporating the Town
of Louisville.
Bill to amend an act for the better protec?
tion ot Insurance policy-holders lo the State,
and also lo amend section 95, chapter 17 of
the General Statutes regarding Insurance com?
itentes.
EUI to Incorporate the Congruity Church, ol
Sumter.
Bill to amend Chapter 120 of the General
Statutes, regarding chattels, mon gages and
Hens.
Bill to renew the charter oLRavenel's Bridge
across the Senecca Biver, In Oconee.
The Senate metal 7 P. M. and discussed the
general appropriation bill for two hours, after
which It adjourned. PICKET.
A NEW ELECTION LA W.
Th? Programme for the Next Municipal
Election In Charleston-How the
Party Propose to Work the Thing this
Tims.
[FB.OH OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]
COLUMBIA, S. C., February x9.
The Intimation that was given some days
ago In tbis correspondence ol the introduction
of a bill la tbe General Assembly to put the
machinery Of the Charleston municipal elec?
tion more effectually tuan ever in tbe hands
of local Republican politicians has proven
true, and has been fully verified to-day by the
introduction of the following, which is sought
to be made a substitute for the "oin requiring
the managers ol all municipal elections for
the Cit; of Charleston to publish the result of
each elections, and declare the names of tbe
candidates elected."
This new ?cheme ls folly explained In tbe
following bill, which is about to be introduced
IQ the House under the title of "A bill io reg?
ulate the election of Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Charleston :"
Be it enacted, That so much of an act of the
General Assembly entitled an act to incorpo?
rate Charleston, and the acts amendatory
-?thereof, or In any way relating thereto, as de?
termines the time and regulates the manner
of electing the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Charleston, be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
SEO. 2. The election for Mayor and Alder?
men of tbe City of Charleston shall be beld on
the first Wednesday In October, 1873, and for?
ever thereafter ou tbe same day lu every se?
cond year.
Ssa 3. For the purpose ol conducting such
election, lt shall be the duly ot the Governor,
at least thirty days prior to such election, to
appoint five persons, who shall constitute a
board of commissioners of elections lor the
City ol Charleston. The commissioners of elec?
tions shall appoint three managers ol elec?
tions for each pol;lne place.
SEO 4 The commissioners and managers
ehall take and subscribe the oath ot office pre?
scribed by the constitution (section 30, article
I.) filing the same In the office of the clerk of
the court, At their first meeting, respect?
ively, the commissioners and managers afore?
said shall select one of their number as chair?
man. The commissioners and managers are
hereby appointed to administer all necessary
oaths.
SEO. 6. The commissioners and each board
of managers are hereby authorized to ap?
point a clerk to assist them In whatever duties
may be required of them; such clerks to quali?
fy by taking the oath of office prese11 oed by
the constitution.
Sro. 6. The polls shall be opebed at such
voting place or places In each ward as may be
designated by the commissioners, at 'five
o'clock In the morning and close at four
o'clock In ihe afternoon of the day of election,
and shall be kept open without Intermission
or adjournment, and the managers snail
administer to each person offering to
vote an oath that they are residents ol the
City of Charleston and are duly qualified to
vote according to the constitution of the
State, and that they have not voted at any
other polling place during this election. Tho
name of each persou voting shall be entered
ny the clerk on lhe poll llbt.
Ste 7. The voting shall be by ballot, writ?
ten or printed, or partly ?rillen and partly
primed, such ballots to be either written or
printed on plain white paper, without any
emblem or fleure ou either Bide, or any print?
ing or writing of any description on the back
by which the contents of the ballot may be dis?
covered.
SEC. 8. Immediately upon the closing of the
polls and before leaving the same, tbe mana?
gers shall at once prooced to count the votes,
and make a return cf the result thereof to the
commissioners of elections. They shall atlhe
same lime deliver to the commissioners the
poll list, ballot-boxes and ballots. As soon us
the returns irorn all the polling places are re?
ceived, the commissioners shall meet in the
City Hall or Courthouse and proceed to de?
clare what persons have been duly elected.
Tbey shall have the power, and it Is made their
duty, to inveet'g ite and decide any protest or
contest that muy arise.
SEC. 9. The mayor and aldermen elected
under this act shall, on taking the oath of
office prescribed in the constitution, be in?
ducted into office on the Monday succeeding
i?'"ir election, and shall immediately enter
upon the discharge of their duiies.
bKC 10. The managers of elections and
clerks shall receive lor their services the sum
ol three dollars per day for the time actually
employed. Tue commissioners shall approve
ail bill*, and shall receive four dollars per day
for tbeir services. All the expenses of tbe
election, including Day of commissioners,
managers and clerk?, shall be paid by the
City of Charleston.
SEC. ll. It shall be the duty of the commis?
sioners ot elections, and they are hereby In?
vested with all the necessary powers, to keep
tbe peace dui lng the whole time that the polia
are kept open and until the election Is com?
pleted, and to prevent all Interference with
the managers or the electors. All peace offi?
cers present at or near the polls shall carry
out i heir instructions.
SEC. 12. All statutes providing against ille?
gal voling, or the bribery and Intimidation of
voters, and for the closing ot bar-rooms and
diinklng saloons, not inconsistent with this
act, are continued In full loree so as to apply
to any election held under this act. All acts
or paris of ads Inconsistent with or supplied
by this act are hereby repealed.
A TRIP TO WASHINGTON.
The only other feature ol Interest In to?
day's proceedings (except, perhaps, the reso?
lution of both branches of the Assembly lo
adjourn next Wednesday, which appears, this
lime, to be a genuine thing,) has been the in?
troduction, by Representative Hurley, and
the adoption by the House, of the following
resolution:
Whereas lt la understood to be 'he inten?
tion ot IIIB Excellency the preside ut of the
United States lo make a tour through the
S JIU hero Stales during the coming spring; and
whereas lt is the desire of the people ol South
Carolina lo accord to Ulm a reception worthy
of his blgh position and distinguished ser?
vices.
Resolved by the House of Representatives,
the Senate concurring, That a committee ol
-on the part ot mis House, and-on
tbe part o? the Senate, be appointed to ex?
tend to his Excellency an Invitation to visit
the State, and to make all arrangements thal
may be necessary in connection therewith.
It ls somewhat difficult to understand why a
committee should be seut to Washington to
ask the President to visit the Stale In the face
ot his expressed Intention to do so, but there
caa be no doubt that the member from
Charleston, who offered the resolution, has
good and sufficient motives for his action, and
that the committee (of which ol course Timo?
thy will be chairman) will cover itself with
glory. _PICKET.
GOOD-BYE TO TBE BOYS JOT BLUE.
WASHINGTON, February 20.
The following general order has just been
promulgated from the headquarters o? the
army:
"Tbe Seventh United Staten Cavalry is
hereby transferred lrom the Department of
the South lo the Depariment of Dakota. The
detachments ol the regiments In Kentucky,
Mississippi and Alabama will march to Louis?
ville, Ky., or Memphis, Tenn., to take steam?
boats, and proceed by river transportation to
Fort Randall, Dakota Territory. The detach?
ment1) in North Carolina and South Carolina
will be transported by rail to Memphis, and
then embark lu like manner for Fort Randall,
the movement to begin by the 1st ol March
proximo."_ _ _
HOMICIDE IN EDGEFIELD.
[From thu Augusta Chronicle.]
A negro named William Haywood was shot
on Sunday night In a cablu on Beech Island,
S. C., about two miles and a half from the
etty, and died the next day. The ball, it ls
said, entered the left side below the heart, tbe
weapon being so close that i be clothing was
burned by Hie powder. On Monday the coro*
ner empanelled a Jury In Hamburg, and held
an Inquest on the body at ihe place where the
shooting occurred. The verdict rendered was
to the effect that the deceased came to bis
death at the hands of some person unknowo
Aiterward, Barney M. Lamar, a while man,
was arrested cn suspicion of having shot Hay?
wood, as it wu? supposed lrom previous oc?
currences thal Lamar must bave felt that he
had good cause for shooting Haywood. As to
the main cause tf the difficulty, lu ri her than
above staled, we are not fully advised.
B. M. Lamar ls said to be well advanced In
years, und owns considerable properly in
Souib Carolina. Our informant did not state
when the examinai lon of the prisoner would
take place. Limar made uo attempt, to es?
cape after the shooting took place, ulihough
he ls said io have bad good reason to think he
was suspected.
Another Account.
[From the E-JgeleM Advertiser.)
On Sunday night last, Mr. Barney M. Limar,
an old and well-known citizen ot Beech
Island, shot and instantly killed a negro man
named William J. Haywood. Oa tue follow?
ing day Mr. Lamar repaired to Aiken and
surrendered himself to Sneriff Jordan of thal
county. There being no jail as yet in Aiken,
Mr. Lamar was brought to this place to day
(Wedneeda}) by Deputy Sheriff Jordan and
lodged In our jail.
The cause ot this fatal affray we understand
originated lrom suspicious circumstances
tending lo implicate Hey ward with the do?
mestic relations ol Mr. Lamar.
DEATH OF HON. JAMES A. NISBET.
[From the Mdcon Telegraph.]
We ure pained to announce the death ol
Hon. James A. Nisbet, which took place in
ibis city on the 18th Instant, after a protract?
ed Illness lrom an affection ol the Kings, from
which he has suffered lor about a year past.
Mr. Nisbet waB widely known In Georgia, and
we mav say throughout the country, as an
eminent lawyer in large practice-a very
euergeilc and public-spirited man-with a re?
markably clear and eminently practical
mind-a writer ot unusual force-a man
whose word was as good as his bond-whose
Integrity was beyond ali suspicion or ques?
tion-aud In all respects one of the most in?
fluential, valuable and exemplary citizens of
Georgia arid o? Macon. He was born In
Greene Counuy. in thia Stale, on the 9th day
of December, 1812-the fliih sou of Dr.
James Nisbet. He was graduated at the
Uuiversltv ol Georgia, and read law with his
distinguished brother, Hon. Eugenius A. Nis?
bet, and subsequently completed bis profes?
sional education at me law Behool ot Yale
College, Connecticut. He settled In Macon In
1834 or 1835, and soon alter married Frances
Rebecca, eldest daughter of Dr. John Wing?
field, of Madison, Ga. For about twenty years
be was tbe law partner ol Hon. Washington
Poe, and more recently was associated with
the law firm of Nisbet? and Nisbets & Jack?
son. He was one of the officers of tbe Macon
Volunteers, at the organization of that com?
pany; and, during his long residence in the
city, he has held the office of mayor and post?
master, and twice represented the county In
the General Assembly, overcoming, by bis
perfoeal popularity, each time, an adverse
??.?riv majority.? He waa one ot the leading
projectors of the Central and Southwestern
Railroads, and lor some lime a director In the
former company. He died in the communion
of the Presbyterian Church and in peace and
charity with all mankind, leaving behind him
an afflicted widow and lour children.
ALSACE ANS LORRAINE.
THE SUFFERINGS OF A CONQUERED
COUNTRY.
Scenes of the Emigration.
IQ the Revue dee Deux Mondes for Decem?
ber Is SQ exceedingly interesting, though sad,
narrative of the expatriation of tbe people of
Alsace and Lorraine in October. Though not
new as to the general statement, it contains
details and incidents still fresh, and not hith?
erto so fully related. The whole article is too
long tor our column?, but Its spirit ts preserved
and its essential facts given In the condensed
extracts whicb follow :
Since Prussia has now possessed Alsace and
a part of Lorraine for nearly two years, and
the time has arrived when she ls preparing
the official census of her new subjects, lt will
not be useless to a?k what her victory has
brought her, and what price she has paid.
The stones ol Metz and Strasbourg are hers; the
forte, the ramparts, the arsenals, the Immense
barracks, the msgnitlcent military establish?
ments are In her hands; but has ehe gained
the population to ber cause ? Do the BOU.s of
the people belong to her ? Facts alone can
answer this question; the simple recital of
what ls passing In the countries annexed will
suffice to enlighten Europe.
In the ancient departments of the Upper
Rhine, the Lower Rhine and the Moselle, the
Meuribe and the Vofges, suppressed or muti?
lated by the conquest, the date (bencelorward
historical) of the 1st October. 1872. will be
forever remembered. It was the last delay
allowed to the inhabitants in choosing be?
tween the French and Prussian nationality.
The government of Berlin had officially an?
nounced that alter this day all the French,
born or domiciled in Alsace or Lorraine, who
Bhould not have elected for France, shoud be
considered as German subjects. According
to the Instructions sent to the directors of
each "circle," the choice must be followed by
a veritable change of domicile.
Sixteen hundred thousand human beings
were then given the alternative of quitting
their Interests, their houses, their Heins, their
affair?, the graves of their relations, the
places they had Inhabited from infancy, and
where they hoped to die; or lo loose their
title of Frenchmen, to renounce their country
and their fl ig. Who can tell us what tears the
necessity of choosing between such great sac?
rifices ha? cost an Inoffensive population
won by to be iree and happy ?
Oo the eve of the 1st October lt was neces?
sary to decide whether to fly or stay. Many
had not waited till this last moment to tlx
th em se I ves ta France, but the majority of
those who had given In their carnea as her
adherents bad not hastened thither, their du?
lles, their affairs and necessities had detained
them In the place of their residence.
What was to be understood by the phrase
"veritable domicile," which every one was to
select in France, to make nts choice availa?
ble 1 Might lt not eunice to hire a chamber
on French territory, and then rellim after
Borne time ! At first the Prussian authorities
gave evasive answers, allowing the people to
suppose that great facilities would be granted
them. It was not till the last boura that it
was announced that all who remained
alter the morning of the drst ot Octo?
ber, even when they had given In a
public declaration of their choice of France,
should lose the benefit ot this declara?
tion and be declared German eubjecls.
This uews, which had been preceded by
more favorable rumors, produced a veri?
table panic in all ranks of society. The con?
tagion of flight became general: many who
bad not as yet decided did BO at once, and de?
parted without regulating their affairs, with?
out knowing whither they were going or
what would be their means of living, or their
asylum on the morrow. The same semi ment
animated all, rich and poor; inhabitants ol vil?
las len ttieii elegant monotone, country people
their fields without culture, workmen re?
nounced an assured support and dall v hro??,
to run into certain poverty-all moved by tbe
Irresistible desire to escape foreign dominion.
What a response to tbe Prussian pretence of
reBtoriog lo the great Germanic family their
long-parted brethren ot Alsace and Lorraine !
Singular brothers, who turned their backst oo
these brett ren ann sought to know nothing ol
Germany but the road to France 1
All the trains which led to the French fron?
tier were crowded to overflow wllh emi?
grants-In many places the number was so
great that supplementary trains were organ?
ized; on the 30th of September thousands of
young meo crowded the roads, flying at the
last hour from the Prussian conscription.
Sad sceues look place at the railroad stations;
heads of families, merchants, small shop?
keepers left their houses, their interests, all
their pos-eeslons to the caie ot their wives,
and eveo to the young girls of their families.
Sous separated themselves from aged parents,
without knowing if they should ever see each
other again-women wept, and tba firm
closed ll PB and set lea tu rc s ol the men told
what was passing in their souls. As always hap?
pens In a great public misfortune, strangers
conversed together and mingled their sorrows.
A etill more lamentable spectacle was that ot
the poor household goods ol the peasants piled
on cai ts which covered the road-the father
on loot leading the leam with a resolute step,
the mother mounted ou the rickety scaffold?
ing of her paltry furniture, looking with a sad
air at the vast spaces, and the unknown hori?
zon. Mttuy trundled on wheelbarrows their
small possessions. The hlBlory of this suffer?
ing population deserves to be kept In memo?
ry, tor the love ot the peasant for the Boll he
cultivates is BO great, that In losing this lie
loses all lie cures lor, and these laborious peo?
ple, sharp In their bargains, eager for gain,
Inured lo latlguc, and possessed with the
demon of proprietorship, sacrifice the passion
of their whole lives to the pure sentiment of
patriotism.
A widow with ber two children was asked
on the 29th of September where she proposed
to fix her residence. She replied simply: "I
do not know. I have neither resources, cor
asylum, nor employment; but I go; my sons
shall not be G er tu an e." These last words ex?
press the sentiments of all. This lromier pop?
ulation, who have longe?t known Germany,
are the very ones who feel that to belong to
ber would be their greatest misfortune.
"Whither are you got?g?" people were ask?
ed, whose wretched possessions showed their
poverty. "Io Fr?oce," waa the answer.
: hcy went right onward lill they reached the
frontier, und ihen only asked themselves
where i-hould be their shelter and how they
should gain their bread. The young men Oed
that they might not serve ia the Prussian
army; the old men that they might not die
Prussians, hven octogenarians quitted their
asylums to give in their adhesion to France.
Ii ia impossible to est?male the number ol
emigrants. The German censas report (when
published) must be taken with some nlljw
annce, as they unv minde the ancient French
inhabitants lu the German new-comers. If ls
Bald that 161,000 persans gave in their choice
lor France lu the annexed provinces, without
counting 254.000 "opt Iocs" made lo France it?
self; but this number noes not cover the whole
total. The "options" of the exempt minors
are not taken into this accouut, and a crowd
of persons ure known to have departed with?
out any public declaration, while awaiting the
completed list. Some authentic details will
give an idea of i i.e enormous proportions of
the emigration.
In the last three days of September 45,000
travellers passed the station at Nancy, and
the approaches to the railroads were BO
crowded thal the latest comer? could not even
reach the gate without hours of walting. On
the road from Noveaut to Pagny the furniture
wagcn9 succeeded each other without Inter?
ruption, night and day, so close and wedged
together that it seemed like a block in the
streets of Paris.
The City ot Metz, once so flourishing, Is
now a deBert, where here and there appear
only Borne remains of the ancient population.
In all quarters ol the town the closed win?
dows and notices "to lef'overthe doors show
that the houses are empty. Io the principal
street twelve of the largest Bhops are closed,
not to be reopened. Manufactories of shoes,
ot flannel, of hosiery, which employed two
thousand workmen, have been removed to
Nancy, the celebrated workshops for palming
on glass to Bar-le-Dtic. All the attorneys
have gone to France; there remain but two
notaries in the city. On the most moderate
calculation the number of persons who have
quilted Metz amounts to at least thirty-two
thousand. From forty eight thousand Inhab?
itants the population has fallen to sixteen
thousand. It ls not the ancient Metz, only Its
shadow.
Metz, say the Germans, la Only important
I to us lo a military point of view, f vie need lt
I to close to France the road to Oer nany, and
open to us the road to France.- Our end ls
attained; let Industry perish and be ans be
extinguished-that is the affair ofJ be Inhabi?
tants, not oms.
i But of Strasbourg the Prussian offlclala
speak with solicitude; they intend to render
II happier and more flourishing than ever.
Strasbourg, decayed under France, ph a. ll enter
upon an era of prospeiity such as French
cities have never Known. A powerful univer?
sity, richly endowed, shall dra^ thither the
most celebrated professors of Gernany. What
has become of these magnificent promises?
Fifty-two Germans have replaced in the uni?
versity fifty-one Frenchmen, as veil known
and belter Informed than their successors.
No distinguished man of Germkiy has been
wil ii g to accept toe Prussian ???re and en?
counter the unfavorable dlsposltioi of the Al?
satians. Even of those more obscure profes?
sors, gathered UD from everywhere, some have
alreaoy taken flight, mortified with the void
around them and their deserted, hem re?. lu
fact lhere are no scholars, and In order
lo supply them special scholarships have been
created lor Strasbourg only. In nite of these
advantages, BO eagerly nnnounce(. only those
Inhabitants have remained who are detained
by their necessities. Here, as everywhere, rich
and poor have departed without hesitation,
and though many ot the larger Industries
have not ceased their labors, as this would
have ruined thousands of families, yet lo Al?
sace the current of emigration baa been as
considerable as in the environs of Metz. The
villages ol the French Vosges are peopled
with the new comers. Epinal has 1000, St.
Die, 2500-the whole de par tm eat. 45,000 more
than before. The population of Nancy has
greatly Increased, and many large manufac?
tories have teen transferred thither.
There are in the ceded territory whole vil?
lages where neither workmen nor factory
masters dare to spend the night. Every eve?
ning thousands ol men pass over into France,
who ihus establish that they are Frenchmen,
and return on the morrow to their labor. In
the suburbs of Metz women drove the plough
and sowed the Hehls in October. Eotlre vil?
lages In German Lorrain?, especially in the
environs of Bitche, remain deserted.
Tnnse who stay are In general no less hos?
tile to Germany than those who go. Tbey be?
long principally to the middling clues, who
have only a house or a few fields for their sole
property, and lo quit them Is min. The
workmtn has his strong arms and tools,
which go with him; the rich can spare a part
ol their revenue-but these have noibing
else. Theirs is a sad lot. The relations of
family, friendship and neighborhood, so dear
to the dwellers In provincial towns, are broken
up.by the numerous departures; they remain
Isolated; and the home pleasures In which one
takes refuge in the midst of public Borrow,
are dried up at their sources. As to out-door
enjoyments, ihey have ?eeo ucknowo lor the
last two years io Alsace. The spring fairs,
which drew together a large concourse of
people, and amused a whole department for a
month, are frequented only by Germans. On
ine German public feie days the French re?
main within doors with windows closed; even
the workmen take their dinners lo the shops,
that they may not meet them. Il ls like Ven?
ice under the Austrian rule.
Even In German Lorraine the people have
scarcely spoken that language since the con?
quest, and the mistake of the victors In re>
baptizing the towns-calllnz Thlonville Dud?
enhofen, Chateau-Sallns Salzburg, Ac, Ac
only makes the Inhabitants bold more strong?
ly to the old names.
'lhe emigration has carrie) off bo many
youths that they find almost none for the
Prussian army. In the greater part of the
towns and villages not a man bas awaited
their conscription. At St. Avoid three pre?
sented themselves, all infirm; al Sarre-Union,
one able-bodied man. At Metz, where the
average ls three hundred and filly youths,
there were this year only fltty-seven, of whom
fifty-one eared themselves in France. The
Germans give different ti gu res. They claim
twenty volunteers in Melz. Nothing l's more
exact; but they neglect to mention that these
an? ti'" oona of functionaries and merchants
who have come m norn Germany since me
conquest,
Bo> s of sixteen and eighteen have fled in
groups, not walling lor ibelr lum to arrive,
One, living on tbe banks ol the Nied, said to
bis mother, who strove lo re?alo him, '-If
you keep me, I will throw myself under the
blidge where the water ls deepest." Another
replied to the entreaties or his family, "Kill
me, I will pardon you my death; but If you
make me a Prussian I will never pardon you."
Generally no resistance has been made io ibe
departure of the youths, though they took
with them all ihe joy and even the support of
the family. Those mothers who had wit?
nessed Prussian reviews at Colmar, Stras?
bourg. Ac,did not wish, at any price, to expose
their sons lo the same severity.
Tbe last straw added io the burden of those
lett behind Is the Imposition of two new tuxes
-one on the culture of tobacco and ihe other ;
on the price of salt, which, coming on people
so exhausted already, Is not likely lo pro?
mote belier feeling. After all, the ground of
Alsace-Lorraine may belong to ihe Germans,
but their souls will be French still.
THE KEW YORK COTTON TRADE.
NEW YORK, February 20.
The Cotton Exchange to-day decided that
after Hie first of next September lo Include
ordinary cotton in contract delivery, and that
not more than tweniy-flve per cent, o "nary
and strict ordlunry be delivered in any i
tract for one hundred bales.
THE WEATHER THIS DAY.
WASHINGTON, February 20.
Probabilities: For Western Gull Stales, on
Friday, cold uortherly and westerly winds,
with clearing weather and falling tempera?
ture. For tbe .South Atlantic Slates, somber?
ly winds, with cloudy und threatening wea?
ther. For Middle States, southerly winds
and cloudy weather, and possibly Unlit ruin.
For New England, easterly winds and partly
cloudy weather. For the lower Lakes, lresh
lo high northeasterly wlHds during Friday,
with rain and snow. Very cold northwest
wluds, with partly cloudy weather, will pre?
vail from Lakes Superior aod Huron, and
Minnesota, southward to Texas.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
-Terrible floods are reported in Alabama.
-President Tyler's widow dined at the
While Huuae with President. Grant on Wed?
nesday.
-The jury In the famous Jumel will case
have renuei ed a verdict In favor ci the d?ten?
dant.
-A cale In Smyrna undermined by the gulf
tides has beeu swallowed lu ihe waves and
over one hundred persons were drowned.
-^Colonel John d. Mosby, having been ten?
dered a position as government counsel In
certain legal cases, called on ihe attorney
general at Washington yesterday and respect?
fully decliued the appointment,
-The rear car of a train on the Forth Smith
Railroad in Arkansas ran off the track yester?
day and was dragged nine hundred yards,
theie being no bell-rope to give the alarm.
Twenty-four persons were Injured, one fatally.
-It is aimed that the counsel of Stokes
have ascertained that the woman hos been
found who picked up the pistol alleged io be?
long io Fisk upon the ?anding of the ladies'
entrance of the hotel. Her presence at the
hotel is verified by the registered her absence
from the preceding ti lalo will be satisfactorily
explained. Other Important evidence is suld
to be established, and lt ls now believed lhal
a new trial for Stokes will be secured.
-The Columbia Union, of Thursday, says:
"The river seldom rises as high as lt Is at pres?
ent. Yesterday lt swept into the Columbia
Canal, tilling and overflowing the same, and
carrying away the bank for some distance
near Geiger's mill. The flood stopped the wa?
ter-wheel of the Columbia Water Company,
and caused a suspension ol the new pumping
works. The steam engine In the old water?
works was fired up and about five o'clock last
evening had begun pumping into the receiving
reservoir. Before the old pump was gotten
into operation the water was nearly out of the
reservoirs. Fortunately no fire occurred in
the city at that time-there would have scarce?
ly been any water to extinguish lt."
-The largest planter in Georgia, and one
of ibe largest In the South, who makes from
fifteen huudred to two thouaand bales of cot?
ton per annum, Intends this year planting
enough corn io more lhan supply all lour of
his extensive plantations. He knows lt pays.
THE CASE OF LOUISIANA.
THE DOCTORS IX CONGRESS DISAGREE
ABOUT THE REMEDY.
General News and Gossip in the Nation?
al Capital.
WASHINGTON, February 20.
Io tbe Senate, Carpenter, from tbe commit
tee on privileges and elections, made a report
on tbe credentials of McMillan and Bay, each
claiming to be the legally elected senator
irom Louisiana, accompanied by a bill ?provi?
ding for a new election for the purpose ot es?
tablishing In Louisiana a republican iorm ot
government.
The bill declare" the election In Louisiana,
held on the Uh of last November to be null
and void, and reinstates in office tbe Stale
officers and legislature wbo held positions at
that lime. It fun ber requires a new election
to be held for State officers and members of
the legislature on the seond Tuesday of n-xt
May, and directs Wm. B. Woods, as circuit
Judge for Louisiana, to proceed to Louisiana
and appoint two citizens of different politics
to be Stale registrars, who shall cause a new
registration to be made of all legally qualified
voters ot the State, commencing March 18,
and ending ten days prior to the dale ol elec?
tion. These State registrars are to appoint
two supervisors ot registration tor each parish
except Jefferson and Orleans, for which a
greater number are lo be appointed, and In
each parish the registrars a> e to be divided in
politics. The President ls empowered to em?
ploy the military and naval lorces on the ap?
plication of ibe governor of the Slate or tbe
United States circuit Judge, lo carry out tbe
ibe provisions of tblsactand enforce Judicial
proceas, and two hundred thousand dollars is
appropriated to delray the expenses of regis?
tration and election.
Trumbull, while concurring in most of the
committee's views, did not favor ibe passage
of tbe bill they reported. He, ^presented his
views In writing that they might be printed
witb Ute report. Morion, while ho Dissented
from the report recommending the selling
aside of the late Louisiana election, and a
new one ordered by the authority of the gov?
ernment, dissented Irom Ibe views of the
other members of the committee who would
iecogoize whut ia called the McEaery Gov?
ernment, and submitted hU views to be
printed with the report. HUI submitted his
views dissenting from the majority's report,
and recommending that the members of the
Louisiana Legislature, declared legally
elected by both returning boards, be
called together lo the statehouse as
the legislature of the State, and that they
then proceed to count the electlou returna
and declare who are the legally elected State
officers. Anthony, while agreeing with the
majority of the committee In their relation ol
facts, and also in their conclusion ihat there ls
no legal State government In Louisiana, wus
yet so reluctant to resorting to extreme mea?
sures In Interposing the authority of Con?
gress, that he should reserve his Judgment for
a time to.see whether a better way for meeting
the case' could not be found. Wright, ot
Iowa, inquired whether there were Bot some
other members of this committee who wished
to make a report on Louisiana. [Laughter.]
The several reports were ordered io be
printed and the matter goes over under the
rules.
Louisiana matters will probably have no
further hearing this week.
In the House, the bill to adjust the war
claims of 1812, wbereln Virginia, Tennessee,
Maryland, North Carolina and other Slates
have claims aggregating over ihree and a hall
millions, was rejected. Yeas, 90. Nara, 110.
? resolution, that a select committee be ap?
pointed to Impeach Collax for Credit Mobilier
complications was defeated. Yeas, 106. Nays,
109. Farnsworth, Porter, Stevens and Smith,
Rupuhiimnn. voted ave. A resolution, rest?
ring the testimony lo the Judiciary committee
with Instructions to Inquire whether the testi?
mony Justified warrants- of Impeachment
against any officer of the government was
adopted.
The Senate Judiciary committee took up
yesterday General Butler's G -neva award bill,
and had quite a long discussion over lt. There
was no disposition evinced oy the committee
to give un the provision of the Senate bill,
wblcb provides for the organization of a com?
mission to distribute the awards, and If tbere
Is any bill at all on the subject passed at this
session the House will have to accept this
feature ol tbe Senate bill.
A delegation of prominent colored men re?
presenting tn part the Cuban Anti-slavery So?
ciety, ot New York, waited upon President
Grant yesterday morning, at his room In the
Senate wing of the Capitol, and presented a
petition numerously signed praying that the
Government accord belligerent rights to Cuba.
The President said that certain correspon?
dence has been going on between the Spanish
Government and the Government of the
United Slates, which cannot be made public
until called for by Congress. He appreciated
their feelings ol sympainy with their oreihren
in Cuba, and would do all he could consistent
with his views ol public duty towards lurther
Ing their wishes.
Tbe fol owing telegraphic correspondence
bas Just been made public:
NEW ORLEANS, February 12, 1873.
To His Excellency U. S Grant, President of
the United States, Washington:
I am authorized by commlsBiouers to Invite
yjti:eeii and family and your Cabinet,
roget her with such senators and members of
'e House as may desire to visit New Orleans
c 'he occasion of the Mardi Gras festivities.
Il m should accept, a special train will be
pro?.led for your accommodation, and not
more than six days win be occupied by the
trip. While recognizing the Importance of
your time at the ciose ol a Congressional ses?
sion, I still hope you wilt make lt convenient,
and would urge you to be present If possible.
An early answer ls requested.
Hg ti ni) JAMES F. CASEY.
Collector ol the Port.
To which the President replied as follows :
WASHINGTON, February 17.
To James F. Casey, Collector of the Pbrt of
New Orleans, La :
Invitation lor Heil, cabinet, Ac, to visit New
Orleans on the 25th, received. It will be
impossible lor me to absent myself from the
capital for so long a time during a session of
Congress. My thanks to commisBlonets for
the Invitation.
(Signed,) U. 8. GRANT.
DISASTER TO A CHARLESTON VESSEL.
NEW YORK, February 20.
The schooner Snow Squall, of Bockland,
Me., from Beliasr, tor Charleston, S. C., was
abandoned at sea, February lith, with two
feet ol waler on th? deck. The crew look lo
the boat;? and were picked UD by the bark
Cecilla, and brought to this port.
HOTEL ARRIVALS-FEBRUARY20.
Charleston.
S A Joseph, New York; 1) C Wilson, Beaufort;
David Ooar, Santee; John A Briggs. Brooklyn; L
Chase, New York; M I, Holmes, Salisbury, N l ; A
Braull. Wilmington; T B .?li ri vor, F Barnum, Bal
timor?; T M Ives, Bartford; Lester clark, Law?
rence Barrett and 1 dy, New York; E Alllman,
Philadelphia; E Packham, if, Baltimore; Mr and
Mrs F Robin-on, New Orleans; F L iwder, Phlla
d'lphia; w U Beach, Savannan; J K Brown, Wil?
mington; J J Greene, Warren, Kl; N S Finney,
New York; J S Cummings, lady and daughter,
Qultman; John F Phelps. Jr, Brooklyn; D Hut?
chinson, Philadelphia; A Mayer, New York; L H
Jerome, US A; Mrs L rt Jerome and maid, Miss
Purdy, Smith Sheldon and lady, Mrs O M Wat?
son, MUs Watson, New York; J amis S Plket and
lady, Philadelphia; A M Rutledge, Miss Rutledge
Nashville; Joel Grlrtln, New York.
Pavilion.
H O Lancaster, Enterprise; A Weinberg, Dar?
lington; MU McBride, Beaufort; L Crane, city;
B A Webb, Langley; J F Brockluton, Som h Caro:
lina; B F Williamson, Foss's Station; J J Cen
yers, Clarendon; S D On mn, Col lt ton; H Pearson
j Benlock and lady, J W Norton, H Sheppard, B
J Brown, F 5 Rose, O J Dode, Mrs L E seymour,
Miss E J Phillips, Miss M Roberts, Miss O Rey?
nolds, W Seymour, L S Lynch. J Lang, J V Mel?
ton, VThomas, W A Southcart, New Orleans; V
G White, Indianapolis; J M McFadden, Kings
tree.
COLFAX'S CASE.
Observations on the Vanity ot Life
Don't Explain that $V?0O.
Be Tore Hr. Colfax made bia last appearance,
the Nation improved his case by making it a
text for some good hints lo Young Men's Chris?
tian Associations. They deserve an even
wider reproduction than they have yet re?
ceived, and an application not merely to such
associations, but to a great many classes of
good and goodish men and women, who think
they serve the cause of religion and morality
by attempting to varnish over and conceal
from public sight such lapses as that of the
vice-President. The Nation says :
Mr. Colfax is behaving-to speak mildly
very Injudiciously. Ile bas been accused, on
ev.dence on which any jury would convict
him, of having perjured himself with regard
to the receipt ol $1200 rrom Oakes Ames.
Now, there Is only one answer to this, viz:
tnat Mr. Colfax received the money from
somebody else, and this answer could be
made in five minutes. All he bas to do ls to
name the man who paid lt to him, and give
the reason tor which lt was paid; and this, to
a gentleman ot small Income who keeps bis
accounts with great accuracy, as Mr. Colfax
says he doeB bis, can be a lass: of no difficulty.
.Inaiead ?i doing this, however, he went to
the Senate, and made an absurd 'demand for
a fresh committee of investigation, though
the Wll?nn committee waa still el tel ocr, then
allowed Oakes Ames to go home, and said he
would produce his defence when Oakes
Ames came back, made some rambling obser?
vations about "looking over his papers," and
tben started off to attend religious and tem?
perance meetings In Philadelphia and Balti?
more. At Philadelphia he made his appear?
ance before the Young Men's Christian As?
sociation, and was received with shouts
of applause ; and at the temperance
meeting at Ballimore there was more
frantic applause, and the Ylce-Presldent
informed the audience tbat "the world was
lull bf human trials and crime, and Buffeting;
lull ol war > and disease, and breaking hearts ;
lull of unjust aspersion," and made other
moral reflections of the same sort. We now
beg to inform Mr. Colfax that honest men are
sick, heartsick of ibis sort of thing; that
what the world demands of him Just at pres?
ent ls not philosophical observations on the
vanity of this lite, but a plain account of how
he got that twelve hundred dollars; and, pend?
ing his preparation of that account they think
he ought to maintain a decent seclusion and
reticence. We may a!ao, with equal confi?
dence, Inform the young brethren ot the
Christian Association that, when they raise
shouts of applause for a man In Mr. Colfax's
position, they set hundreds of thousands o?
oiher young men asking-os they asked dur?
ing the Methodist Book Concern troubles
whether there ls any more necessary connec?
tion between morality and the worship of
Christ than between morality and the worship
of Pan. Membership in these associations ls
last ceasing to be a certificate of Integrity;
let them take care that it does not raise a pre?
sumption o( want ot integrity.
JOTTINGS ABOUT TBE STATE.
-The Sumter Fire Department wants cash.
-Quite a number of persons left Abbeville
County for Georgia and Mississippi last week.
-The contractors tor Asheville's new Court?
house have been paid.
-Newberry would Ilka a trifle more beef In
Its market.
-A horse race ls to come off In the suburbs
ot Sumter on the 27th.
-The revival at the Newberry Methodist
Church ls In active progress.
-A negro named Tony Clauson was acci?
dentally drowned on Saturday night, near
Sparta?burg.
-Governor Moses has appointed James A.
McCord county surveyor, Abbeville; Robert
Stuckey, notary public, Abbeville.
- nev. w. n. ricuii.it, of B-tts u M?IJIO
recovering from the effects of a recent acci?
dent.
-A son of Mr. Charl?s Teague, of New?
berry, died quite suddenly on Friday night
last ot meningitis.
-Judge Thompson H. Cooke bas purchased
a residence at Anderson Courthouse, and will
makes bis home there.
- Since the passage o( the divorce law in
the State Sumter couples are gradually loos?
ening ihe marital yoke.
-Mr. Gurnard Richardson has resigned
the lutendancy of Sumter, and Mr. A. W.
Sudcr has been appointed In bis place.
-The Presbyterian ladles of Abbeville have
organized a sewing society for the purpose of
raising funds.to Improve their; church lot.
I -A colored man named Mose stabbed one
Neilson, a German, In Newberry recently, from
which lt was said the victim died.
-The recent heavy rains have caused the
walis of some of the old ruins in Abbeville to
fall.
-The store of McFall ? Pool, In Newberry,
narrowly escaped destruction by Are last Fri?
day night. Cause, defective flue.
' -The taxes Just paid in York County
amount to seventy-three thousand dollars,
leaving but three thousand two hundred dol?
lars unpaid and subject to the penalty.
j - Ptckenshas paid lu,its taxes very prompt?
ly this year, the amount to which the penalty
will be attached being only about six hundred
dollars.
-Mrs. Y. 0. Green, an accomplished canta?
trice and musician of Sumter, assisted by
several young ladles, will give a concert there
on Tuesday next.
-The Air Line Railroad bridge over Pacolet
Biver was completed last week. It IB the
highest bridge on the line, being one hundred
and twenty feet from water to rall.
-The dwelling of Mr. Charlie Jones, In
Sumter County, was destroyed by lire on
Tuesday last. The property was, however,
fully covered by Insurance.
-The railroad bridge crossing Broad Biver
le considered safe now lor tbe passage of
trains, the stream having lallen consider?
ably.
-The stable, fodder house, and mule, of
James Long, a deserving colored resident of
Sumter County, was burned a lew nights
-The barn of Mrs. Emily Weeks, residing
near Manchester, Sumter County, was eel on
fire lost sunday night, and with its contents
entirely consumed.
-Mr. Daniel Jones, an efficient engineer,
and at one time in service of the G. and C.
Railroad, died In Helena, on Friday last, from
a complication of dropsy, liver complaint and
dyspepsia.
-At the raceB last Sitnrday evening be?
tween Wlnnsboro' and Ridgeway, the Boro'
boya came out victorious. Three races were
run, Wiuo8boro' won two, the other being a
drawn race. It will be run over shortly.
-Patterson's bridge across Long Cane
creek was so much damaged by the swollen
stream on Saturday last, that it ls now im?
passable. Mr. Jno. Watson was on the bridge
when one ot ita arches gave way, and narrow?
ly escaped.
-A sbecking accident, involving (he death
of two boys and the wounding of a colored
woman and the engineer, occurred on the
down passenger train on the Charlotte, Co?
lumbia and AuguBia Bailroad last Tuesday
morning, cansed by tbe spreading of a rail.
-General Wade Hampton has received and
accepted an invitation to lecture in Wilming?
ton, N. C., under the auspices of the Young
Men's Chtlsttan Association and the Library
Association of tbat city. His theme on the
occasion will be "General Lee," and the net
proceeds ot the lecture, which was prepared
In the interest or the Lee Memorial Fund,
will, as per arrangement with General Hamp?
ton, be devoted to that purpose.
-The Spartanburg Bpartan says : "The
streams being already greatly ?wollen, the
very heavy rains Saturday and Saturday
night have caused all the low grounds to be
overflowed, and many of the bridges to be
washed away. The impassable condition ol
the water-co'urses makes lt Impossible as yet
to hear lrom many portions ol our county,
but we fear that great destruction has been
done by ihe high water in all sections of ihe
counly."
-The Columbia Union, of Thursday, says:
"A colton boat containing thirty-three bales
of colton, belonging to Mr. Bobert Lyons, ol
Union County, started lor Columbia yester
day morning in charge ot a colored mac
named W. B. Glenn. When about sixteen
miles above the city, the boat ran aloul ol
some obstacle In the river, and the colton
was tbrowo off and floated down stream until
nearly opposite this city. Nineieen balee
were subsequently fished out by parties or
this and ihe Lexington side of the river."
THE RED FLAG Di SPABL
I POWER AND PROSPECTS OE THE NEW
REPUBLIC.
Fears of a Revival of the Hohenzollern
Intrigue.
MADRID, February 20.
In tbe Assembly to-day Prime Minister
Flguera1! made a speech, In the course of
which be defined the powers of the existing
Legislature. He reminded the members that
the National Assembly was transitory, and In
Its decrees and acts should strictly observa
the constitution. General Cordova, minister
of war, has demanded of the Cortes the power
to Issue letters of credit for the purpose ot
raising funds M arm the people in the exposed
provinces, and tor the better protection ot
property against the attacks of the bands of i
Carlista. . .rme*ef
A meeting was held to-day, which was at?
tended by Senor Sagosta, Admiral Topete and
Other leading Conservati vet,, at which 'fl waa
resolved that action be Immediately taken to
press tbe dissolution of the Cortee: * An appeal
to this effect will be made to the country.
The Republicans had a grand celebration at
Saragossa on the l5tb, the city having been
practically delivered Into the bands of the
people. The Monarchist members ot the city
government resigned, and their placet wera
filled by Bep-iMioans, who were immediately'
Installed. Ail political prisoners were re?
leased, and the officers of artillery resigned
and surrendered their batteries to tba
sargeants. The red flag was displayed (rom
the governor's residence and other places.
The Imparclal says lhere ia ground for the
belief that several leading Conservatives ara
awaiting the revival cf the Hohenzollern can?
didature for the throne of Spain.
The Republican prisoners set free by am?
nesty arrived at Barcelona to-day, from Port
Macon, on a government vessel. Tbe piers
and quays were lined with crowds, who enthu?
siastically cheered the men as they landed.
The governorships ot forty-eight provinces
of Spain are going lo be divided equally
among tbe Radicals and Republicans. The
secretaries of Radical governors are to be
Republican, and vice versa. Senor Fiol wlU
retain the governorship of Madrid for tho
present. A general meeting of tbe members
I of the Conservative parly will soon be held. -
General Sickles, ihe American Minister, baa
intimated to the Spanish Government that
ihe United States are not disposed to press
embarrassing questions relative to Cuba, de?
siring to place no obstacles In the way of Ute
Republic.
France.
PARIS, February 20.
The committee of thirty have adopted the
amendment proposed by President Thiers,
which provides, that before ito dissolution, tba
National Assembly shall enact laws organla
l ng and directing ibe transmission of legisla?
tive and executive powers, ar d creating a
second Chamber.
A decision was rendered In the case of
Prince Napoleon against ex-Mlnlster LeFranco
for Illegal expulsion from France. The court
declared Its Incompetency to try the case,
and ordered the plaintiff to pay the coat.
A law for the punishment of Intoxication
was recently passed by the Assembly, and
within the past forty-eight hours, twenty-two
drunkards have been arrssted in ihe city.
England. ?'
LONDON, February M.
The Dally Telegraph devotes a large space
to details of Investigations on the United
Stales, referring to disclosures regarding the
election of Senator Pomeroy In the Kansas
Legislature. The Telegraph praises the con?
duct of York, and concludes that so long aa
America can boast a free press, and find
Yorks in each State, we shall not despair of
American Institutions.
The Indignation of the "Standard" Ia
aroused by Congressman Butler's bill for the
Ateirlbuiloo ol tho. Alabama. aWB_ld It dS
clares that lt clearly shows that the awara ex?
ceeds the total amount et real claims by over
one million dollars. It considera the Geneva
decision a diplomatic defeat, the Treaty of
Washington a blunder, and arbitration a
failure.
Count Bernstoff, tbe German ambassador,
ls slightly belter.
The annual race between the Oxford and
Cambridge boat crews bas been fixed to take
place on the 29th March, at 3 P. H. '
The Queen yesterday visited Engente at
Chlselhurst, and offered condolence In ber
tale bereavement. The visit was quite Infor?
mal.
A RAILROAD TOBE SOLD.
WILMINGTON, N. C., February 20.
The first mortgage bondholders of tbe Wil?
mington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad
Company have obtained a decree o? fore?
closure In the Superior Court of the county.
The bondholders compromised with a nnmbar
of creditors of the road, wbo were resisting
the foreclosure. C. M. Steadman, E. E. Bur
ness and J. D. T*:lor are appointed oo'mmla
j sioners to sell the road, after giving notice.
The bondholders assert that they will com?
plete the road to Charlotte by January lat,
1874.
itlarrieo.
ORUBER- BRADLEY.-At tovlngiej. Qa , on
the morning ol the 18th February, at tho resi?
dence of Mn J ir Zackery. by the R*v. I. 8. Hep
kins, Mr. GEORGS, W. GRUBES, of Charleston, 8.
0.. to a isa MAHY BRADLEY, of covington, Qa. .
JOHNSTON E-81? SN.-At Newberry, February
13, by Rev. J. L. ShaferMr. L. c. Joaxsrojia to
MISS SUB E. ?XKN.
SLIGU-MuRGAN.-At Walhalla, January ST,
by the Kev. F. M. Morgan, Mr. J. H. BLIOH and
Ml-a CAROLINS MOBO AM.
HODGE-H0DGER4-At Sumter, February 12,
by Rev. N. Graham, Mr. WK. HODGI to Miss
HAGGIS KODOERS.
JOHNSON-BURKH ALTER.-At FJdg?fle!d,
February 13 by Kev. D D. Bi OD sou. Mr. JOHN P.
JOHNSON and Miss MARV J. BDBKBALTBB.
' KuLLlNS-Bass.-At Klngstrte, February stn,
by Kev. R. K. Breoks, Mr. H. D. hOUAMB and
M ii-s IDA J. BASS.
WELSH-DONNOVANT.-At KlngBtiee, Febru?
ary nth, ny Kev. A. H. Kennedy. Mr. JOHN F.
WELSH and Miss S ALLIS DONNOVANT.
.formai CS oner ..
, SH tCKELFORD.-Died, in this city, Wednes?
day, 19th iDStant, AMELIA OTIS, wife of Jp.mta M.
I Shackelford.
THEIR RELATIVES AND
I friends, and the members of 8U Philip's Church,
are invited to a'tend the Funeral Services of Mrs.
j SH AO I ELFORD, at St. Philip's Church. THIS
I MOUSING aist Instant, at 10o'clock. febSl-*
pm- THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS
of Mrs. BIN'A BERKLEY, of Mr. R. O. Jenkins
and of Mrs J Simona, are repeotfn ly Invited to
attend the Fanerai of the former, at the A M. E.
Church, Calhoun stn et, THIS AFTERNOON, at S
I o'clock. feba*
HAYDEN LODGE, No 2, A. Y.
M.-You are hereby Summoned to attend the
Funeral of Brother GEORGE LEE, from his late
residence, Queen street, at io o'clock. THIS
MORNING, without Regalia. The fraternity In
general are invited.
By order W. M. JAS. H. FORDHAM,
reb2l _ _Secretary.
fjDbunotg._.
I DICKSON.-Died, at Enterprise, Florida. Feb?
ruary 13, Mrs. M. E. 8. DICKSON, of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
The deceased wau the widow or Samuel Henry
Dickson, M. D., late Dean of Jefiersoo Medical
college. She was the only living daughter of
Madame DoPre, of Charleston. S. 0., her sister,
Madame Julia uonnethcau, late of Charleston,
having died a few years since on the upper St.
John's River; a^d by vue ot those strange coin?
cidences, In which death seems to delight, tho re?
mains of Mrs. Dickson wera carried down the
same river, on the same day of the week ss ihoso
of her slater, woo BO lately preceded ber, boin
dying rar from borne and in a strange lana.
During the past autumn and winter, ?rs. Dtexson
had been falling m health, and ander adtw
sought the milder climate of ??Ids, hoping tor
be "fit. BnttheBevere Bea voyage brew" no
good results, and falttag .?og_gg*gj?S!g
icon came to her. Yet, Budden ^o?fn_^8a?d
mons ?as. she was found ?Ot.fMgSSFSHg
parsed away peacefully ; her <WJgLSfn?
unto sleep, that lt seemed scarce ao^expTOUon.
uer remains were oarrted ? p^J??on? ??
thence to Philadelphia for final interment.