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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 2219. CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1873. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. A IAMBS MASS OF BUSINESS DIS? POSED OF. TUe- ?tmrleston Water Bill Not Tet Passed. [SFZOLU. TKLXOBJUt TO THS NEWS.] COLCMBIA, Monday, February 24. In the Senate to-day, the bill lo make ap? propriation to pay claims arising under the government proclamation of June 28, 1871, was read the second time and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. The following received their final reading, passed and were ordered to be sent to the House: ^Bill to repeal the act establishing the In fer lor Court ol Charleston Cooniy. Bill to amend the law relating to the col lection ol taxes. The bill to make appropriations and raise supplies lor the fiscal year commencing No? vember 1, 1872, received its final reading, passed and was sent to the House for concur? rence In the Senate amendments. In the House Hurley offered a resolution to require the clerks of the Senate and the House to collect, arrange and publish, duri og the re? cess, the Inducements offered to Immigrants by the Stale ot South Carolina, The following received their final reading passed, and were ordered to be sent to the Senate : Joint resolution to author'z> the grounds and lower floor of the Statehouse to be put in goon condition. Bill to repeal the act authorizing the finan? cial agent of tbe State, in New York, to pledge the Stale bonds as collateral security. Bili to rec?late the deposit ol Stale, county and ether funds. Bill to require couniy coroners to report to the Governor In capital cases. Bill to explain or amend an act authorizing allens to bold property. Joint resolution to authorize the county commissioners o? Charleston County to es tabllsh a public road on Wad mala w Island. Bill to make drunkenness in certain publio officers an Indictable offene?. Bill to Incorporate the Carolina Oil Com pany. Bill to require the commissioners of New? berry and Union Counties to build a bridare across the Tyger Blver at or near Gordon's Perry. ?Bill to pay mileage lo school trustees. The following bills were passed by the House, and having already passed the Senate were ordered to be enrolled for ratification Bill to Incorporate the Newberry cotton mills. Joint resolution to instruct the trustees of the State Orphan Asylum to Invite proposals tor a site and building, and for the appropria tloo ol $20,coo therefor. Bill to amend an act Incorporating the Charleston, Georgetown and Conway boro' Railroad Company. Bill to Incorporate the Presbyterian Church at Abbeville Courthouse. Bill lo amend an act incorpor?t Inc the Beaufort Horse Ballway Company In Beau? fort. Bill to authorize the commissioners of Sum? ter and Darlington Counties to build a bridge over Lynch Creek. Bill to abrogate ail that portion ol the State debt incurred In the late rebellion. Bill to Incorporate the Carolina Orphan Home of Spartanbnrg. BUI to incorporate the Peedee Agricultural and Mechanical Association. Bill to Incorporate the Moultrleville Rail? road. Bill amending in act incorporating the Spartanburg and Alkea Kail road. Bill lo amend certain sections sf the act regulating; pilotage at the ports of Charleston, Beanlort and Georgetown. Bill authorizing the commissioners of Or? angeburg County to open a public road from the Monck's Corner Boad, at Lawlsvllle, to the Belvine Boad, near Butler's Mill. Joint resolution to allow Mrs. P. E. Quirk, of Darlington, to redeem cerialn forfeited lands. BUI amending sections of certain chapters In the General Statutes. Bill to charter the Greenville and Gap Creek Turnpike Company. Bill to Incorporate the Sherman Rifles of Edgefield. Bill to declare a road, fading from Nelson's Ferry Boad to Murray's Ferry Road In Claren? don, a public highway. Bill to amend certain sections of a bill rela ti ve to trial justices. The following were postponed until next se sal on: Bill to annul the sale of the Columbia Canal, and to protect the title of the Stale In, and to the same, by reason of the purchaser failing to comply with the conditions of sale. Bill to make appropriations io pay the claim of the Central National Bank ot Columbia on account ot the interest on n certain accept? ance. Bill to provide for an assessment of real property In 1873. The following were read a second time and ordeied to be engrossed for a third reading: BIU to repeal Section 4 ot the act relieving the State o? all liability for the Blue Bldg? bonds, and to repeal that portion ol Section V2, Chapter IL, Tille 111 of Geoeral Statutes, authorising the Stale auditor to notify county auditors of the rates ot levy for State pur poses. Bill to amend an act for the protection of useful animale. Bill io charter the Cheraw and Chester Railroad Company. Bill io provide lor the administration of de? relict estates. Bill to permit Samuel A. Hutchinson lo adopt and make bis lawful heir Mary Savan? nah Read, and te change the name of the said Mary Savannah Read lo Mary Savannah Hutch? inson. Bill to Hz the time for certain Slate and County officers to report. Joint resolution requiring all persons hav? ing claims against tbe County of Abbeville io register the same with the treasurer ol said scanty. B.ii to amend sections of certain chapters in ihe General Statutes regarding the Code ot Procedure. Bill to mske clerks of courts and county offlcess trial Just ices tor certain purposes. Bill lo encourage and provide lo.* the Incor? poration of agricultural and mechanical asso? ciations for the preservation ot the arts and ecjvnceB. Bill regarding certain taxes collected in Beaufort. From the following the enacting clause was stricken: BIU to provide for the redemption from the State ol bonds perfected for taxes. Bill to provide lor the payment ol the ar? rears of salary o? the judge of ihe Si xi. Judi? ?la! District. BUI to confer upon sheriffs the collection of tax executions, and to define their duties and liabilities there. Bill fixing sheriff's salaries. BIU fixing the price of tavern licenses. BUI to authorize the sr ?ri tr ol Fairfield to subdivide tracts ol land to be sold by him nu? der execution. Bili io prevent liquor dealers from Belling or giving ihe same to minors without written authority lrom their parents or guardians. Bill to provide for ihe registry ol marriages, births ana deaths. BUI to regulate trial Justices' fees. BUI to prevent Behool trustees from being employed as teachers In the public schools. Bill to amend Chapter Ul of the General Statutes. Bill to instruct the Congressmen from this Slate in the National CougreBs to favor the amendment to the law regarding the tobacco tax. BIU to repeal an act revving the rules, <kc, o? the State courts. Bill to permit the Charleston Chamber ot Commerce to appoint an Inspector ol flour for that citv. Bill to provide for the pasturage of stock. BUI to regulate the system ot farm laborers lor wages. BUI to amend sections o: the Code relative to trial Justices. Bin to facilitate the collection of rente. Bill to amend portions of an act relative to the Slate bonds. Bill to authorize the commissioners of Char esl on County io erect a poorhouse near Cordesvllle, In St, Johu's. Berkeley. Bill regulating the execution ot death sen? tences. Bill to provide for an assessment In Aiken. Bill to provide for tunding me State debt. Bill to amend the laws regarding tax sales. Bill tn amend an act aiding and encourag? ing the manufacture of cotton and wool in the S ate. Bill to authorize county commissioners to turn over io ihe couniy treasurers all fines collected by them. Bill to repeal the act relieving the State of all liability fjr Ita guaranty of the Blue Ridge bonds Bid to repeal sections 3 and 4 of the act pro vlding (ur the taxation of property The resolving clause was stricken out of the following : Joint resolution to supplement the official bonds of the treasurer of Onion County Joint r?solu ion to authorize tue commis? sioners of Fairfield Cuuuly to sell the J ?ii and levy a special lax for the erection of a new one. Joint resolution to revise the laws for the assessment and collection of taxes Joint resolution requiring the attorney-gen? eral to prosecute oertaln officers. Joint reaolutlon to simplify tbe Code of Pro? cedure Joint resolution In favor of the National Bank of Columbia. Joint resolution to exempt certain dogs from taxation. Joint resolution to appropriate two hundred and twenty-five dollars for Perry School in Walhalla, Joint resolution to authorize the erection of school-houses on James, John's, Wadmalaw and Edisto Island?, Joint resolution to allow extra compensa tlou to Judge J. T. Green. Joiut resolution to authorize the Stale treas urer to pay to the City Council of Charleston moneys advanced to the health officer for quarantine purposes. Joint resolution to remit the tax assessed upon the properly of certaiu Odd Fellow Lodges of the City of Charleston The Senate, in night session, concurred in the House amendments to tbe following, which -were then passed and ordered to be enrolled for ratification BIU to require county coronera to report to the Governor lo capital cases. Bill to incorporate the Newberry Cotton Ullis Bill to amend the act Incorporai lng the Charleston. Georgetown and Con dayboro' Ball road The following were read a second time and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading Bill to alter aud amend the charter of the | J Town of Moulirievllle Bill to incorporate the Town of Laurens. I Bin to Incorporate the Edgefleld colton and c woollen manuiaciurlng company. 1 Bill to revive and amend me act Incorpor- i ?ting the Home Insurance Company o? ? Charleston. i Bill to incorporate the Saluda Manufaclur- i ng Company of South Carolina. s Bill to incorporate the Turkville Uanufac- 1 turing Company Bili to incorporate the Spartanburg Build o g an d Lean Association. The Senate ls now, at ten o'clock, debating f the bill to authorize the construction of the i New Tork, Norfolk aud Charleston Railway 1 Company, which will probably be passed The chances for passing the bill to charter the c Charleston Waler and Canal Company to- < night are poor. PICKET. { J } THE BRITISH COITOS TRADE. j ( The High Pri?e of Coal likely to Affect the Market. 8 The Manchester Examiner of February 8 h tas the following : ? The past week has been quiet throughout ind only a moderate general trade has been raneacied lu either goods or yarns; still itocks conlioue the exception, and most spin lers and manufacturers have orders on hand, which it not so extensive as at the close ot last menin, are sufficient to prevent any pressure IO sell. Producers too are now less anxious ar disposed to book orders lor for-1 ! ward deliveries, not only owing to I *" the unceriuiuiy or to the f upply and 11 lost of colton, but also In consequence of the idvancing tendency and increasing scarcity of :oal, causing apprehensions to be entertained is io the possibility ot being able to run their mills full lime. This question now Is as s um ing grave dimensions, and ls seriously adding a .o the unprofitable state ol the cotton trade, a The receipts of cotton this week have been so e ar equal to anticipation, and have had a de- a ?lded influence bom h -e and in Liverpool, t ind since this day weea the tendency ot prices B las been slightly In the buyers' favor, and e lad producers been anxious sellers ihe effect a would douoiless have been more conaidera- d ile. Elstern advices are still uniavorable, ll nevertheless buyers for India und China are F making offers freely at prices only a shade 1 oelow t hose makers are prepared lo accept, C ina consequently goods and yarns suitable tor .his trade continue exceptionally steady. Messrs. John Uuun & Co., In their circular ^ if February 7, say: 8 We have lo report a quiet cotton market ? .bis week, with a slight decline in prices and t i more ample selection ot samples than ot d ate. Tbe imports are 49,288 bales. In Man- | chester business has been confined to ihe ex- o .cutlon ot email orders only, and these have p ?enerally been for one or iwo classes or goods, ll To effect Bales at all manntaciurers have had c :o accept rather lower figures, and they com- t ilain reasonably of Ibe unremunerative char- d icier ot their trude. From the result of their p Christmas stock-taking tbey are now able to i form a more accurate opinion as to p ibe Increased coat of production, and is a rule it ls found that thia In a :rease is far more serious than was A previously imagined. Wiih this adverse ele- it ment on ibe one hand and a high-priced raw I material on tbe other, and, anded to these, 1 lifficultles with their operatives known only c 10 mose who have to deal practically wllb c .hem, the trade ul present Is an anxious and a iarassing one. Nor do merchants give a ii more cheering account of their business. It v would appear that loreign markets can only a Lake off the production at a price which, wheo o' exceeded, at once checks operations, and a t jolley of inaction ls pursued until accumul?t- * ng stocks enable buyeis io enter Ihe market c 11 old figures. This system of buying bas ieee generally followed lor the past six j I months, but ihe recent failures prove that merchants have had a losing trade lu hand. lt cresent we see no relief lrom our perplex!- ? lea, but there ls no doubt that from the man- . 'admel's point cf view ene ibiog rauob to be i lestred la low-priced colton. ( BEYOND THE BRINE. |t t LONDON, February 24. IJ The university bill, now being discussed be-11 ore the Parliament, ls meeting with a strong ippocition from the Irish-Catholic members, vbo unite in denouncing it. LATER.-The Conservatives, alter a long I r lebate, have determined to make the main | c Ight against the ministry over the education >lli. i The Rev. Themas Guthrie, the English au- l hor. Is dead. 1 A Times' special says Prince Gortechakoffiis 1 ibout to submit io ibe Government ot Great i Britain a proposal for a special Anglo-Russian e jommlttee, to settle the boundaries of Af- 1 hatilstr.n. The Russian Government has ad- 1 rices that the Kblvans will shortly sue for c peace. f A special of this morning, to the Times, t rom Berlin, says that the Russian Govern- \ ment Is hurrying forward large reinforce- \ ment8 to Turktstan. It ls also announced that c ill the Khlvan merchants are withdrawing t from Orenburg from fear that tbe continuance I of the Khlvan war will bring them Into bud t relations with the authorities. c The Moscow Gazette hints lhat the estab- i llshment of a neutral zone, wiih Afghanislau as the Intermediary, between Great Britain and RusBla, will accelerate Instead of prevent the collision between tboae powers which ls now apprehended. COLFAX CRUSHED. RU IX OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT'8 DE? FENCE. The Last Prop Gone-The Fatal Bank Account Again Tells a Damning Tale -Three Cheeki Instead of One from Dlr. Nesbitt. [Dispatch to the New York Tribune.] WASHINGTON, February 18. The last remaining prop which supported the falling reputation ol Vice-president Colfax waa knocked out to-day. The etory of the Vice-President, reiated with such appareut circumstantial detail, In regard to the receipt of a $1000 note from a government contractor named Nesbitt, of New York, who was described by Mr. Colfax as an "almost total stranger." waa sufficient to cause a doubt in the minds ot bis most credulous friends about his guilt, and they were quick to give him the benefit of ihe . doubt. Had the matter stopped here there would ' have been a very rm Ul body ol p-opie in the country who would have regarded the Vice President as an object of misfortune and Ill luck, but cot as a continuously untruthful, dis? honest man. Tne developments just made known seem lo settle the point Anal iv that Mr. Colfax ls no longer worthy ot the affectionate ' regard and respect which have been lavished upon him tor so many years. The bank where his accounts were kept bas been visited lately by a member ol the Poland 1 committee, and the record of two checks or ! drafts was discovered to the order of Mr. Col? fax irom Mr. Nesbitt. The record shows that 1 one waa deposited in April, and the other on f July 13. 1868. The deposit of $1200 In bills by 1 Ur. Colfax on July 22 was explained by bim j In his st lOrnent lately as being In part the re- i eel pt of $1000 as a present Irom Nesbitt, re- . ce ved by mall. : While it looked a little unusual for a busl. 1 oess man of Mr. Nesbltt's experience and sa- [ jaclty to send a one-thousand-dollar bill by 1 mull to a high official without letting bia c clerks, partner, banker, or some friend know if lt, and while lt was regarded as still more -emarkable that a statesman of Mr. Colfax's itauding would accept a present fi om a busi ?ess mau having dealings wah i he government ret in the face of all this there were many a ivho regarded the Vice-President as guilt- I ess ol deiioerate falsehood as ot bribery, not- t fflihetanding ibe absence of both the letter ol l ransmlttnl and the letter ot acknowledge c nent. 1 Oakes Ames's check to "S. C." was dated Fuly 20, was presented to and paid by the ser- I ceant-at-arms on July 21. and Mr. Colfax made t i deposit ol' twelve hundred dollars In bills on ( ?uly 22. 8 Oaken Ames's memorandum book showed to t ,he committee that $1200 was paid, and all the t iircumstances sustained his statement, vet. t Hr. Colfax testified he got $1000 ol the $1200 a rom Mr. Nesbitt. It now appears that lu 1 Iprll, three mouths previous, he received 1 11000 from Mr. Nesbitt in a check or draft, and c hat on July 15, or in less than three weeks 1 titer the alleged receipt by Mr. Collax of $1000 n money bv letter, he received another ?beck for $1000 from Mr. Nesbitt. This shows, il Mr. Colfax's $1000 bill story ? s believed, that he received (rom this con- " ractor, who was very largely engaged in sup Hying stationery to the government, and vho was an almost total si ranger, In three nonths' time the sum of $3000 or $1000 a ? nonth. It also shows lhat Mr. Nesbitt sent a $1000 ? irait to Mr. Colfax on two occasions, and yet : in a third he aent it recklessly by mall iu the \ orm ol a bill, the letter accompaning lt say- , ng that he was not much acquainted with the ?rice-PresIrient elect, but had a ereat admira- * lon for him. This ls not the sort nf letter [ bat would usually be written alter $1000 bad ilready been sent lo the same man. In addition to all thia, Mr. Collax addressed !. i letter last evening to the Poland committee, tating that lu his testimony on Tuesday he md entirely forgotten to mention that he re f elved a $1000 draft tm m Mr. Nesbitt on July ' 3, In addition to his $1000 contribution previ- n IUSIV mentioned. . All this ls looked upou here even now, J" rheo bad memo.y and evasion are having a . arnival In the Capitol, with amazement. The ? nore so that Mr. Collax, when the Investiga- , lon began, r>ald he was confident he did not ecelve ihe $1200 at 'he time noted, since such m addition to bis income could not fall to im ?ress Itself upon his mind, The Credit Mobilier Catastrophe-How n the Martyrs Wear their Glory. t IDispatch to the Baltimore Sun ] p WASHINGTON, February 19. li Mr. James Brooks did not make his appear nee lo the hall ol the House until lute this s fiernoon. He arrived at the Capitol at an ? arly hour, but had scarcely ascended the h tairway when ne fainted and had to be carried n o tbe room of the committee on ways and n neans, ot which he ls a member. When be n mered the House he at once lay down upon s lounge, and waa the recipient of a good p leal ol attention Irom his lrlends. The late r nvesilgaiions have broken bim down com- a lietely, although be has been assured by his p rlends that no resolution of his expulsion n ould prevail against him. c Oakes Ames appears In remarkable contrast 0 Brooks. He walks Into the House as bold v as ev*r and seems perfectly unconcerned. he fact is that Judge Poland's committee fell o far short of what was expected of lt, that imes and Brooks now appear somewhat lo w he light ot martyrs, and wifl hod more ready d lefenders than they could possibly have ex- o .ected lt the report of the committee had rec- o m mended even a partial censure of the other o lanius alleged to have been Implicated, and ii f they bad merely reported the tacts lu the n ase of Mr. Collax. The House is not willing S o accept scapegoats. There has been a good tl leal of discussion to day of the resolutions re- ti lorted yesterday, ?nd it Is doubtful whether il here will be even a majority, in favor of ex- p misi?n, and two-thirds are required. Amone c Ibers who will opp JSO the resolutions are lessrs. Buller, Farnsworth, Blair, Kerr, Beck, p roorbees and Dickey. The resolutions will ti ie supported by a.1 the members ot both the C \ila..d and Wilson committees, and by others i< .'he members who are implicated will of ? ourse retrain from any discussion, and will ll tot vole upon any ef the questions presented, r s General But.er has stated within a Tew h lours that he will not see Mr. Ames eacrtflced T vi i hom a si ron g effort lu his behulf. He ll rgues that lt lhere lias been any bribing U loue, there must necessarily have been a li tribe taken, and be cinnuot understand how p ar. Ames can be convicted of bribery If, ac- ll lording to the report of the commut?e, ibero vas no one to accept his bribes. Besides, ( here are a number ot collateral Issues which viii afford members au excuse lor voling igalnst expulsion, If one was warning. ImoDg (hese ls tne theory which will be ad- ? mnceu tnat this House lus no power to pun- o sh members for ads committed in a former Congress, r Oakes Ames himself has no fear of exptil- ;A lion. He Informed Judge Pollund's commit- i ee to day that he expected all ihe members hereof to vole on bis side, although they had c ecommended his expulsion. He ls at least ? letermlned to keep up a show ol good humor ( hroughout. A Howl from the Herald. ' 8 I From the New York Herald.] ( The Credit Mobilier Infamy presents no nore degrading chapter than that which re lorda the fall o? vice-President Colfax. The c tory of this unfortunate man presents not a ingle point that can excite popular sympathy. 1 I. lu w-priced corruptlonist. be has added lalee- t mod to bis otber offences, and every step he las taken has plunged him deeper Into the J nlre. He has been bought at a cheap rate, < md has sought, to escape detection by raise- ? tootie meaner than his former prostitution, c The House of Representatlues cannot and t lure not Bereen him. The resolution t br his impeachment proposed yesterday I >y Fernando Wood should have been passed t vlthout a dissenting voice, for those members vho are bia partners lu crime should in de- I ?ency have retrained Irom voting on the ques- 1 lon one way or the other. It was rejected, ? mt by a vote significantly cl03e, and a r?solu- I lon was adopted directing the Judie ary I committee to report whetner lhere ls sufficient i n the evidence taken before Ihe Investigating :ommlitee io warrant the Impeachment of the Plce-Preeldent. To be sure, Bingham, with i ils twenty Credit Mobilier shares and his ten mousand dollars in dividends, ls chairman of mat committee, but General Butler ls Its Be Dior member after th? chairman, and we look to bim for a proper report on tbe resolution. Collax must be impeached. The country demand'* lt. No false pretence that bia term ia about lo expire, and that the resolution cf Impeachment will be Inoperailve, must be al? lowed to screen him from the disgrace and punishment he merits. The penalty of Inca? pacity as well as or removal attaches to his crime, aol hence lt 1? believed by many that it the articles ol Impeachment should be lound during bis term of office toe case could be tried after the expiration of the term for the enforcement of this penalty. But If Colfax were to retire half au hour, afterwards the resolutions of impeachment should be adopted by the House as a mark of their condemnation of his action. The Rep?blicas members, with the exception of General Bull? r and five others, at present rest under the stigma ot shielding this unfaithful and degraded mao, who baa brought disgrace upon the second office in the Uuited Slates. T>t us see wheth? er they will dare to suffer their records to re? main as yesterday's vote ha-? left tbem. Poor Colfax. [From th) New lora Eventa* Post.] We are sorry for poor Mr. Colfax. If he wants the lunocence he bas the weakness of a child. but of a culid loo old or too imbecile Lo learn. The pity we feel for him is akin to that which we feel for partial ldlocv. It ls provoking, and one's bands almost itch to la? ma deservrd punishment, but lhere is no much of Inanity la ihe committal of the fault .bat pity for bim who persists in committing ;t is the pr?dominai lng feeling. As to the argument or explanation, Mr. Colfax's case, like Mr. Patterson's, is past all .bat. Ir. does not in the least matter what be iiya. He may have a new story for every lay, and a new version of that story every lour; ne may brlRg In as witnesses to th-lr rum all the ladies with whom he le ac piainted and who have basked ever BO long n his smiles; he may call upon the parents >aiernal oswell as maternal of all ihe young ichuyler Colfaxes, who outnumber In the ?VesteT Stales by many hundreds the young George Washingtons and Benjamin Franklins, n vain. What he says ts noi of the slig nest noment. Tneonly feeling we can po-sibly lave about bis case Is a mild and feeb'e curl isily as lo what be m xy say next. THE CRISIS IX SPAIN. MADRID, February 23. The excitement Is increaslog, particularly imong the workingmen, and the question uf i irrlcades ls apprehended. The Republicana | vlth Die extreme Carliats are actively opera lng aod intriguing in the army. The Amerl- j ian minister ts denounced os officiously active j n Spanish politics. Another ministerial crisis is believed to b? mpending, notwithstanding the assurance tlven lo ibe contrary by the Cabinet. The 'artista are rapidly Increasing In strength and .ctivliy. Ten railway stations have been turned lo Ute ground by armed Canis!, bands tetween Bilboa and Miranda, and (be inhal? ants In ihat section are in a terrible state ol ipprehenslon and excitement. The railroad Ines have also been destroyed In many placea, 'he troops are hurrying to reinforce those iperatlng against the Carlista, The fighting n the north Is severe. [Spec!il to the New York Herald.] LONDON, February 23. In the consid?rations which induced Ama- J lens to abdicate the ihrone of Spain, the pos? ible declaration ot a Spanish Republic was lever for a moment contemplated. Amadeus vould noi have abdicated bad be deemed this i consequence ol bia relinquishment of power j n any degree as two Latin nations-France md Spain-having each a Republican govern nenl exercises au enormous influenc* on tbe jj hird Latin nation-Italy-and Hms endanger he throne of his father. King Victor Emanuel. Lmarlena abdicated under the Influence of aa xpectatlon that he would be recalled to the overeigaty and crown of the Spaniards bv he Spanish army, with which he sided gainst the ministry, and for this and with his Interest in view he remanded to the line n the front 1er ot Portugal the artillery officera nd all Spanish commanders who are Mon rchlBls or descended from the old Royalist JI amllles. He believed that ll he should cast [ way the throne rather than to act with the ilnlslry, which was determined to humiliate I i he military body, the army would pronounce I j rt his lavor, and that he would return to lad rid at the head ot ihn soldiery, and wiih ila hands tree from the restraint of coosiltu lonal trammels. The King WAS completely heckmated In his calculations by the turn of ? vents. Apparently some suspicion of bis de? ign was entertained in Influential quarters, nd this induced many members ol the Cones, nen who were not Repuolicans, lo vote with he Republican piny In order lo overreach I ? he royal munee tvre. The ex-King bas not r ven lo day relinquished the hope ot his cause a Spain, or his recall. Tue existence ol a SpaDbh Republic la a 11 nurceot uneaolnes-t at the court In Berlin. 11 ?mperor William now regrets ihe false step 11 e took toward the readjustment of govern lental affairs In France. He ls sorry he did ot re establish Napoleon Third or some other lonarch in Paris, and accepted payment of a light indemnity, rather than have permitted nb lc events to take the course they did. He ?gards the Spanish Republic as a political nd popular consequence ol ihe French Re- ' ublic, and he Is anxious and uneasy because ] e ts uncertain where the European Republl- 1 an movement will stop. < < CONGRESS IN BRIEF. | ( I WASUIXOTO.V, February 24. | In the Senate, D. C. De Jarnette'B disabilities t rere removed. Hui presented General Gor- t on's credentials. During the dlscuseion i ver ihe Caldwell corruption case and a prop- f Bitlon to postpoue, Carpenter Bald that ihe i ase of Louisiana did demand legislation, and | noi acted on at this session there was lui ml- j ent danger of civil war and bloodshed In that tate. Io view, therefore, ot the very brief ime left ot Hie session, he thought it was best ) let this Caldwell matter go over until atter I i [arch 4th. The Caldwell case was then post-1 t oned and Ihe agricultural colli ge bill dis? used. 1 lu ihe House the Judiciary committee re- E oned that they have no Jurisdiction In res- < ect to the connection of Collax, Ames and c (rooka with the Credit Mobilier, because the i inner was not vice-President, nor Ames nor t ?rooks members of the present Congress when i lie questionable transactions took place. Har- ? y Loll, of Louisiana, colored, getB fifteen i undred dollars for contesting Boreman'a seat, he river and harbor bill waa passed subalao lally as repurted oa last Saturday, except 11 hal ibe Yazoo River gels forty thousand dol trs. An amendment. Increasing ihe appro nation for Mobile harbor to. one hundred iiousand dollars, failed by one vote. )UR SOUTH ATLANTIC NEIGHRORS. North Carolina. -The United Mates troops stationed at ?oarlotte will leave lor the West early next noni h. -Wilmington has decided against the pro losed new railroad between that eily and lorfolk, Va , lier count y commissioners nuv ng reported adversely on ihe scheme. - t'he Most Rev. Dr. Carrigan, archbishop if Halilix, N. S.. and Sir Edward Kenney, of he Canadian Parliament, ure In Wilmington ,n their v/ay southward. - I'ne bridge acro-s the Yadkin River, be ween Jonesville and Elkins, was washed iway by the lreshet last week. It was a new ilruciure. Florida. -The Catholic Fair at Jacksonville has :losed after a most successful run. -McGinlaj'B new hotel at Jacksonville, ?la., was opened yesterday. It ia said to be he finest south of Washington. -The new Episcopal Church of St. John In lacksonvllle will, when completed, bea grand ididce. It ia to be sliuated on the Church Square on Duval street. The style of the ur inltecture will be the Gothic, with an aaapta lon io the Som hern climate. It will be built if Florida brick, and have a concrete founds ion. When completed the building will hold t congregation ol eight rumored. -The Fire Department of Jacksonville had heir grand annual parade In that city on Friday last. The Washington Steam Fire En? gine Company 'rom Savannah, Ga., were their guests, having brought their engine with them. The visitors presented each member ot the Mechanics Englue Company of Jackson? ville with a beautiful badge. The Fire De? partment underwent Inspection by ihe major, eliciting hearty cheers ny their efficiency. A ball given at Green Cove Springs on the river on Saturday evening closed the two days' en NOTES FROM NEW YORK. NORTHERN POLITICS-THE CONNEC? TICUT CAJUPAIQN. The State Conceded to the Democrats Chi rici O'Co ii or'* Great Fee-Fallare I in the Ding Business-The Where? abouts of Helmbold-The New Even? ing Post Building. [FKO.i OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, February 21. The political contest going on with our next door neighbor, Connecticut, ls doubly inter? esting to us, because tbere la really a prospect of a Democratic succ?s. How this should come aroueid can be easily explained. The November election In Connecticut went as lt did every where else, by default. Grant had over four thousand majority. The S'ate. however, ls really very dose. A few hundred votes either way ls the largest majority la a strongly contested election. Under these cir c iinstances the Republicans could not afford to quarrel among themselves. But they have done so. The trouble dates back to the senatorial con? test ol last year. The Republican legislative caucus nominated the Ring candidate, General Hawley, to succeed Senator Ferry. Certain friends of Ferry refused to be bound by Ihe action of the caucus. The Democrats shrewd- j ly seeings chance to drive a wedge Into the Republican party In Connecticut, cr queued with the Ferry bolters, and wben the election came abandoned their own candidate, Gover? nor English, and voted lor Senator Ferry, thus securing bis election. General Hawley felt very sore over hts de? feat and Dis friends regWered an oath with heaven to be avenged. You must, know that the Jealousy and rivalry between Harllord and New Haven is very great. It Is something like the old-time absurd feeling between up? country and low-country In Carotina. Hawley ls editor ol the Hartford Courant, and may be said to be tbe bead ol the Hartford clique. The blow which destroyed his senatorial hopes came from New Haven. It was upon ihe New Haven Republicans that retaliation was to be visited. As the present canvass ap? proached, Governor Jewel announced that he would not Oe a candldale tor renomination. New Haven Immediately entered the field with one of her favorite citizens, Mr. Harri? son. He would undoubtedly have received Lhe nomination In the Republican Btate Con? vention, If lt had not been for the machina? tions of the Hartford clique. Tuts was their coveted opportunity for revenge. They check? mated with an Bistern man, Mr. Haven, ol New London, and taking the Hartford and Eastern strength Into the convention, lo a 3onsoUdated shape, succeeded In nominating aim. The New Haven Republicans were greatly enraged. Hundreds of them declared that they would not support the ticket. Borne will not go '.o the polls; others will vole for , Ihe Democratic candidates. As an Illustra-1 Lion ot the feeling. I may mention that neither ol the two daily Republican papers in New Haven bave put Mr. Haven's name at. lhe head of their columns. The defeated candidate, Mr. Harrison, published a card the day aller the convention adjourned, (hank lng his friends, and particularly his Demo-1 orallo friends, for their sympathy. It was amid such circumstances that the Demooratlo State Convention met on Wednes-1 day last. 0 ir smart Yankee brethren did lust what they should have done under the circumstance". They nominated the most popular New Haven man In lhe Demo? cratic ranks for Governor, Charles R. Ingersoll, eon of the late Ralph I. In-1 Zersoll, minister to Russia. By inls strata? gem, while they hold the Democrat lo party throughout the Sta'e they win probably i thousand Republican volea In New Haven, more than enough lo insure the State. For Lileulenant-Goveroor, they nominated a Hart? on! Liberal Republican, and the remainder if tbe Stat?', ticket was divided between lhe D mocrats and Liberals. Mr. Haven, the regular Republican candidate, la a respectable person ot not much loree. He ls a goody sort jfamanand addresses Sunday-schools. Uu lortunately lor him, persons who mix their piety and politics are not lo the best odor at jresent. So Mr. Haven's respectability will not help him much. Mr. Ingersoll Isa gentle? man ol equal social standing. I learn from Hartford mat tbe R -publlcaus generally con jede the State ibis year. The Springfield Be publican, a pretty good Judge, says that In? gersoll will be elected. Of course the Demo- | ' ?rata will use the Credit Mobilier scandal In ice campaign to the best possible advantage. The great Jumel case came to an eud yes? terday along In the Supreme Court. Just hink o? a Jury lied up io one case three nonths. The value of ihe property Involved ivas five or six millions of dollars, consisting nostly of real esiate InMde the city limits, iou remember that Madame Jumel was the ivldow or rather the divorcee of Aaron Burr, ind died a few years since. A Mr. Chase beld be properly In behalf of bis wile and chit- J Iren. From Rhode Island came a Ur. George [ iVashlogton Bowen to dispute the claim. io wen professes to be the son of J Madame Jumel, by a revolutionary offi? cer, Major Reuben Ballon. On lhe merits j if these two claims the case was argued. 3has. U'Conor was counsel for Chene, and he nade inls one ot the great efforts ot bis life. He has bestowed immense labor upon lt, and .ne result is that he has been rewarded with luccesa. Speculation la rife as to the large less ol the lee Mr. O'Conor will receive for laving Chase irom beggary, for the defendant tas not a cent In tbe world beyond the Jumel ironerty. Tne figures run all the way Irom 1160,000 IO $500,000. The lawyers on the op 3o?ue side ure believed lo have taken up Bowen's cause on speculation too, for be ls aa mpecunlous as Cnase. Tnere are some I ; vuiures in the case which strongly resemble .nose ol the Tichborne litigation tn England. The large drug house ol James S. Aspln wall ailed tbe other day. Mr. Asplnwall eu) iyed t high reputation for Integrity, and the cause j I his nullor tun ; to said to be the heavy de Mine In prices v>.ilea has followed the close of | .he war. It 1B thought his estate will not pay .en cents on the dollar. By the way. Helm )old, the great advertising quack, who lulled ibout two years ago lor un Immense sum ol noney, (mostly owing to the papers fur ad r'erils'lug,) and who went mad afterwards ind was confined lu au asylum, is now clerk n a wholesale drug store lu Purls. His name ia? disappeared from lhe leoces and walls o? Lhe city, und even bucQu has faded from the ninds of men. Tne Evening Post newspaper has given an ividence ol im pro perity by purchasing the ullglole i roperty on the northeast corner of Broadway und Fulton ctreet-ihe most crow-1 nd corner lu New York. A rather dilapida-1 led bul'dlng stands there now. It ls filled with offices ol sawdu-t swindlers, gut Jewelry iecoys and business agents. The Evening P.ml will occupy the ground on the fl'st ol May ann beyln the erect lou of a magnificent, wiitlce. Tne up-towu movement ot the Pout leaves but one other prominent dally paper, the Journal of Commerce, outside the imme? diate neighborhood of Piloting House Square. Diagonally across Broadway Irom the Post's uew location, on the comer of Dey street, there ls at present a big hole in the ground, lo which the cellar ls being laid of tue new building of ihe Western Union Telegraph Company, which ls to vie wiih the others OD ibe street In el? ginee and loftiness. "David GarrlCK," a play founded upon Inci? dents in the love life ol the great actor, ls the latest dramatic novelty, lt ls being performed at WaliacL's Theatre, wllh Mr. Sotnern In the leading part, and ls the pleasantest and most wholesome play on the boards at present. _ NTH. SI'.i HKS PROM THE WIRES. -Colfax has been robbed of forty thousand dollars In coupon bonds. -The buildings ot ihe Pennsylvania Rail? road Company, at Camden, New .Jersey, are burned. -Ex-Senator Graham, of New York, presi? dent ot lhe Walkin Bauk, was held to bail in New York, yesterday. In the sum of fin y thousand dollars, on a charge of embezzle? ment. -O-'i Satnrday, during a procession of the United American Mechanics' Association through the streets ot New York, a brisk tight was occasioned, it Is supposed, by a dispute between a car driver and a marshal of the day. Two passers-by booted at the proc?s-1 elon and were roughly handled. A CRUEL HOAX. WALTERBORO', February 21. TJ THE EDITORS OF THE NEWS. GK NT LEM EV-lo a re CPD t issue of your paper I uotlce a paragraph, credited to the Colleton Gazette, purporting to be the record o? the sudden death of my son, Ur. E. Bobun Bellin? ger. I am happy to state that on Monday, 17th instant. I lea my son in Grahamville In perfect health, and hope h- continu?e well. I presume you considered the paragraph In tbe Gazette a truthful record, and therefore at? tach no blame to yon. 1 think, however, that a careful perusal of that lelgned noi Ice Bhould hav? convinced any one of its falsehood. It ls barely possible that the editors of the Ga? zette may themselves have been Imposed upon, and I accord them all tbe benefit uf ibis poseloidty. This unjusiidabie and cruel In? trusion imo my domestic circle, an outrage upon my feelings as a luther and asa man. has occasioned much distress. I have received from my friends several letters of condolence with myself and family, and being myself absent from home aoout one-hall of each month, I might have been exceedingly shock? ed had this pretended notice fallen into my hands when thus absent. The paragraph was an unwarranted act of disrespect to me per? sonally aod officially, and though unconscious of any feelingsloconB?8ienl>lih my profession as a Christian and my position as a minister ot the Gospel of peace, I am determined, should euch a liberty be again taken with my name, to seek the Interposition ot the courts. Please request all papers that published the paragraph lrom the Gazette to publish this, as the most convenient mode of conveying my sentiments aud relieving the anxiety of my lr le nd s. Very respectfully, ?c.. Rev. E. E. BELLINGER. GOTHAM'S MERCHANT PRINCE, A. T. Stewart-The Magnitude and Va? riety of hi* Business Operations. [From a New York Letter.] A. T. Stewart has become one .of the chief | owners of Broadway property, and his estate In thia street ia worth about $4,000,000. Stewart la aa chirp and lively as ever. He looks weil, and attends regularly to business, and ll he could only have a fresh start of a re? newed youth be would no donbt get rich lu the course of a life-time. ONE OF OUR WONDERS. Take lt all io all, Stewart ls one of tbe won? ders of this age. The luci that a childless old man. within three years of eighty, should be driving business with ambition anti energy, and conquering all difficulties wt tn a youthful determination-us though he yet had his for? tune to make-ibis fact I say is lull o? myste? ry. How uifTerent from the general lone of I f human character ? Stewart, however, feels | ( Lhat be is working out a destiny. He cannot stop, for destiny urges bim forward. He is now carrying ou not only his great commer? cial operations here, with branches In Pulla delphiaand Boston, butts also oulldlng a vil? lage at Hemstead, and ts at tbe same time buying up real estate at Saratoga Springs, to say nothing ot the occasional bargains made here in the same line. HOW IT IS DONE. Stewart ls probably the best calculator the world ever saw. Had Napoleon possessed one-half of bis genius, he never would have come to grlet at the early age of forty-five. Napoleon was a Jim Fisk sort of man, and needed a heavy capital to work on. When Lhls was done, he was, as they pay, "played out." Stewart's genius ls shown in always having capital. He has not known what lt ls Lo be Bbort Blnce 1861, when the lallure o? Soulbern collections occasioned bim the loss Di several millions. He was not short them, but simply bad to use all his lunds. At pres- I ent, however, he probably has a million of loose change, all ol wbloh ls to bis credit lu the bank, or banks, for Stewart patronizes a half dozen of iheae institutions. His calcula? tions have never failed-that is, he has com? pleted his grand schemes in s pl te ol all diffi? culties. He makes losses Just as other mer? chants do, but none tbut can embarrass bia general advance. All ol Stewart's business ls oeiore his eyes. It ls photographed In his brain. He carries ll so completely there that no trade escapes bim. At the same lime lhat he ls marking out bold operations In land and merchandise he ls conversant with the entire condition of hie own warehouses, which em? ploy nearly a thousand clerks. CENTRAL 0EP?CS, Stewart has all his business before bim In his central office, wh ch no one enters but himself and those whom he invites thither. Here he sits la solitary grandeur. His lieu? tenants In trade submit their reports, which he views at a glance; and the statements of | sales, ot stock on hand, of credits, ot im? ports, o? customhouse detail, are read aud at once replied lo. It la not labor; lt is only nature. A STRIKING SPECTACLE After one has gone i brough one of Stewart's ! ?zrand warehouses and seen ihe Immensity of Lhe trade accomplished there, lt ls a striking spectacle to aee the quiet ola gentleman "Il? ling at bis solitary desk In the private office Lo which I have referred. It is a spacious apartment, with glazed partitions, so that any one may look In, and lt ls adjacent to the great ?ray ol bookkeepers, who number nearly one hundred. A page ls In attendance outside, md may at any ume be summoded by a bell. In another office ls Ur. Stewart's private se-1 cretary, who also may be summoned in a sim-1 < liar manner. From inls office orders are is? sued which may within a day be felt In Paris, Lyona, Manchester, San Francisco, Chicago, Dr in the office of his legal adviBer, Judge Hilton. LATE IN LITE. Stewart has made the greater part of bis wealth alnce he became a man ot advanced reare. Il ts said that George Peabody made mit little until he bad passed fifty. The same may be said of Stewart. At Atty he was worth ibout a million-now be bas probably twenty Uve limes as much. This ls a lesson which shows the importance of improving lhe later ?iours in lite. Some men retire from business as age steals on. This 1B a great mistake. No men are so unhappy as mose who abandon me habits ol a busy life. No one should re? tire from trade until he la sure of some busy employment In another sphere. Mr. Stewart knows that he ls nappier while at the bead ol ihi* immense trade lhan If he were doing nothing. Men who retire lrom business be? come nervous and fretful, or else Bink Into mere fatuity, lrom having nothing to do. Work ls the ihing lor old and young, If they wis ii lo e-cape these dangers. JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE -The Aiken Journal bas suspended. -Abbeville bas paid In all bul $8445 17 of ber taxes. -The Georgetown Jail la empty, and no criminal case on Its calendar. -A large fire rages In lhe woods in Lexing? ton Couniy. -The puBtoffice at Orangeburg is removed to a more roomy building. -Mr. TliomuA G. Webo, county auditor of Anderson has been removed and G. D. Wil? liams, colored, appointed lu bis place. -Pickens and Union are fighting for the possession of the palm ol precedence lu the payment ot their tax? e. -Greenville has poured $75,000 lor laxes in ihe Stale coffers, but they sim remain open walli og for tbe $8962 75 yet due. _The Young americans paraded in Orange burg on Saturday aliernoon, and had a grand banquet al night. -Major Wm. G. B herds, of Matthew's Bluff, died on the 3d Instant, aged eighty three. ., . -The new Courthouse at Abbeville has been turned over to lhe county commission? ers, finished and paid lor. Its total cost is $18 662. -Mrs. A. A Talley, wife of Bev. Nicholas Tallev, dieu In Columbia on the 20ih inst. Mr. Hugh Casey, au old and worthy resident of Columbia, died on Saturday. -8. C. Millett, Esq., superintendent of the Port Royal Railroad, was presented on the 12th lustant with a gold watch and chain and a meerschaum pipe by lhe emyloyees of the road. , . -Aiken's tournament last Friday was a grand success. Toe victorious kntgia were MessrB. Dotd. Samuel Courtney, Jordan and Brad well. Mist clara Anderdon was crowned ny ihe first SB Queen of Love and Beauty, and the other gentlemen respectively crowned Misses Lula Brlndell. Fannie Rains and Eva Mime, as Maids ot Honor. A ball at night closed the exercises. TWO WOMEN ON THE BLOCK. THE AWFUL END OF THE BABY WARM' BBB OF NAPLES. The Wecke of Two Murdmuei Bared to i he Axe-Rose Porro and Margarito Coraldi Expatiating their Unparal? leled Crimes. Tue two baby iarmere of Naples, whose ap? palling crimes have already been narrated, recently paid the penalty for their deeds on the block In the Castle d'Novo, near Naples. Tne prisoners were brought before a Judge and Jury, and after a brief trial, during which the most revolting detalla of (their terrible crime were elicited, botb Bose Porro and Mar? gerite Coraldi were sentenced to death. The scene In the court-room on their belog pro? nounced guilt; was affecting In the extreme, the women sobbing hysterically and kneeling in the dook to supplicate for mercy. A Naples letter thus describes the execution : 1 Early yesterday morning, when hardly a seul waa astir In the narrow and boisterous thoroughfares of Naples, an ominous looking vehicle stood lu Iront ol the Prefect's cham? ber, near tbe Chlaja. On the uppermost floor of the prison la tne chapel, where the con? demned women were attending mast-their last mass-and tbe monrniul strains of tb? "Miserere," chanted by the Bisters In their choir, could be heard gloomily walling th.ough the long corridors. The prisoners, Btlil lu black, knelt near the altar, and at the appointed time received their last commu? nion. TO THE EXECUTION. Towards half-past six the prisoners, flanked by an escort cf ten gendarmes and preceded by three, clergymen, moved from the chapel io the van In Iront of the prison door. Tne van contained the prisoners, the chaplain and assistants, two Slaters of Charity, the prefect ind his lieutenant, and the usual guards on be outside. While the van was roiling over the pavement on hs way to the Castle d'Novo, which ls buln right on the edge of the Bay of Suples, many harsh comments were made rum groups of si railers, while an occasional mercliul one vouchsafed an ejaculation Buch is '-The Lord have mercy upon them !" lor weil they ali knew me mlaBlon of the rusty wheeled black van ol the prison. Dunns the tedious drive ihe prisoners prayed and sobbed Alternately, and rpoke little and only In whis? pers to the kind Hsiers of Charity, who lever ceased offering them religious consolation. A guard of policemen oc? cupied the gates ol Castle d'Novo, and doffed .heir hats wnen the van ero ve upend tbe pre ect made his appearance. The gatea being brown open, ihe trembling prisoners were ed through a loog, stony passageway dark sped by high wails. Upon reaching tba 'ooms ot the Jailer, the sisters, assisted by >ther women, removed the cloaks and bon lets ol the prisoners. Tne priest*, sisters of charil v, ano prisoners then knelt and prayed, be offlclale standing round wlih bowed and incovered heads, at the dose ol the prayers br the dying, the executioner appeared, ?rearing a oiacK mask and black singlet shirt. 18-i-ted by the Jailer the executioner plo? oned tbe arms of the criminals. The plain .vbite collara around the doomed women's leeks were removed, and all being read; the i vine cortege moved through two passage? ways until the place ol exeoutloo presented tself. It was a very unique sight, kt the extremity of a small, sione mrrounded and a stone-bottomed tard s a flat rook shaped into a platform about iluht feet t qnare and two In height. On one ind ot thia old elage, upon which only lhe last act la ever performed, there ls a very narrow nep, for only the executioner and bia help, Lhe jailer, use it. In tbe centre of the platform stood a block, the old block mentioned above, with a-Utile bolt or book in front for laatenlng ihe neck securely. The unfortunate women when conlrontlng this scene prayed aloud and cried hysterically. The usual prayers were recited, and when concluded the Jailer paned to the executioner a long Instrument in tn aaclent looking scabbard ot leather covered with steel and brass platings. The execu? tioner, though evidently a you at man, seemed familiar with tbe paraphernalia of bia sorrowful ci air. He adroitly unclasped the heavy scabbard, drew forth A LABOE GLISTENING AXB, with a blade like a colossal razor, and took op bis position on the rear of the platform. The crlmlnai'a etea were bandaged with long strips of linen, which let t enough to bind the head to lhe block. Rode Porro was first conducted to lhe block, ind when tbe Jailer was about to place the Inen over her eyes she staggered back and made a violent movement with ber hands aa t ehe would burst her pinions. But the chap? el n's voice calmed her, and according to his idmonition she repeated tbe divine prayer, "Into Thy ba' ds, O Lord, I commend my spirit," and fell upon ber kneea. Margarita f'oraldl was removed to the entrance ot lhe yard, and prevented from witnessing ber ac? complice's dealb. The prison bell ot Ca-tle d'Novo was now tolling slowly, the clergy and nuns were praying fervent? ly, and Rose Porro's white neck wai made rast to the block and exposed to the {Uttering axe of ibo executioner. The ohlef warden of the castle, who may be called, a sheriff, came near ihe platform in company with two medical men and the Slndaco. Tbe :hlef warden motioned to all present to pre? serve strict silence, and then turning toward be executioner be raised his right hand-the lignai for lhe fatal blow. The executioner, whoa* mask bad been Blaring weirdly at the iheriff awaiting that signal, lifted hla weapon ind stepped lo the lett side ol the prisoner. Se raised ihe axe about one foot from the lecK of Rose Porro by way of taking aim, ind then swinging lt above bia bead? he Drought lbs heavy blade down with all bia might, and THE BEA J DROPPED OVER THE BLOCK. The trunk rose nearly a foot and a half, as If living, by the sudden spasmodic action o? Lbe severed nerves. A liner was Immediately at hand, and the trunk and bead of what was Bose Porro, the infamous baby farmer, were removed, and Margarita Coraldi was led to the block. She prayed constantly, and did not evince any great lear until ber head was forced on the ratal stand, when she uttered a brief, nervous scream. Her bead waa not completely severed with the first blow. Tte skia of tbe Iront ot the neck remained uncut, and lhe body, springing back, exposed a ghastly gap which made every spectator shud? der, and caused the platform to be smeared with blood. A pail was thrown over the body - and Its head, and both were removed on a Utter to await, llkt- Porro's corpse, burial It unconsecrated ground. The fulfilling of the executioner's contract waa to wipe and whet ihe axe be used, and replace it in the scab? bard fit for future emergencies. NOTES FROM WASHTRQTOR. WASHINGTON, February 24.' ' It has been officially oeclded by the posl offlce department that C. M. Wilder, postmas? ter at Columbia, 8. C., cannot durlog his In? cumbency of that office hold bis seat as a member of the board ol aldermen ol that city, under the Executive order forbidding tbe Joint holding of State or Federal otfloes, which takes effect on the 4th of March BexL W. L. 8cruggs, oi Georgia, bas been appoint? ed American minister resident to the United States ol Colombia at Bogola. The President was at the Capitol to-day and had an interview with the committee on privileges und elections. It ls said be urged seil on to relieve him of all responsibility In the Louisiana matter. It ls understood that be made no suggestions, but simply urged legislation. The President bas sent a message to Con? gress urging legislation In the fishery matter. The commissioner of Internal revenue, altar hearing argument, adheres te the ruling ot October 8, that the mixing or partly lng of wines ls rectification. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON. February 24. Probabilities: On Tuesday for the EMiern SUtes continued northwest wind, wlib rising iemperature;forthe Middle 8iates diminish? ing northwest winds and rising ^f?ffSjl ?or the South Atlantic States M"ttnned tow temperature, wlih northwest wlnds^r^ng io northeast during the day, with rising tem? perature Tuesday night.