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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 2223. CHARLESTON, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1873._EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. - THE WORK OF THE SESSION. A HOST OF KEW LAWS FOB THE STAT? UTE BOOKS. " - Tne Acta that Ha-re Psuad and tine Bills that Hare Failed in th* General As? sembly of 1879-73. The resalta of the legislative session of 1872 73, which bas lasted exactly three months, are exhibited In the most compact form by the following llsis ot the acta and joint reso loUoni which have become laws, of the meas? ures which have been Introduced and defeat? ed, and of those bills which, alter having reached varions stages of advancement, have finally been laid over.to take their chances at next winter's session; The first and most im? portant ol these ls the list of ACTS PASSED AND APPROVED by the Governor. Of these the two first named were patted- by the Legislature of 1871-72, bot were not signed by Governor Scott until a few days belora his retirement from office. Tue remainder have been ap ptosadjay ?overnor Hoses: _ To incorporate the Charleston Water Com? pany In ibe City and County of Charleston, Bomb Carolina. To Incorporate the Beaufort Banking and Trust Company. Authorizing and directing the comptroller general and county commissioners to levy cer? tain taxes. To make appropriations for the payment or one-third of ihe salary and milt-ace or the members ol the General Assembly and Ihe salaries ol the subordinate officers and em? ployees, and other expenses incidental thereto. To repeal an act entitled an act lo provide j for a general license law. To provide for the relinquishment to the Um i ed States in certain cases of titles to lasds for light stations on toe coasts and waters of this Sta e. To Incorporate the Irish Rifle Club of Charleston, South Carolina. To permit Samuel N. Anderson, of Horry County, to adopt samuel Lan BOU, and to make bim his lawful heir, Ac. To confer the right of legitimacy upon Theodore Stark House and Powell House. Ceding the jurisdiction of ihe Stale of South Carolina to the United S'aies of Amer.ca over certain lands in ihe County of Darlington known as the National Cemetery. Providing for the extension ol'lime for the payment and collection ol taxes fur the fl-cal year commencing November 1, 1872. To amend section 2 of chapter 25, of the General Statutes of South Carolina. To ameod Bection 12, chapter 103, of the General Statutes of South Carolina. To fix the time ol holding the April term of tbe Hnpreme Court. To em po ver the Supreme Court to frame issues, and direct the same to be tiled In the Circuit Court, and to order referees in certain cases. Authorizing the attorney general to com? mence proceedings against the commission? ers ol the sinking lund. To change the name of Elmira McNary Speers to Elmira McNary Ritchie and to per? mit Curtis M. lincme and his wile Sarah V. Ritchie to adopt ber and make her their lawful heir. To amend an act entitled an ac!" to provide for the election of officers cl tue Incorporated cities and towns In the btatu oi South Caro? lina. To change t?e names of Thomas Bright and Alice Bright, and to make thrm and isabella Catharine Lyle?, wile ol Joseph R. L)Jes, the legal heirs : of Ebenezer W. Goodwin and wife, Lucy Ann Gooawlo. To Incorporate the Palmetto Stale Rifle Club of Charleston, South Carolina. To Incorporate ibe National Zouaves of i Charleston, South Carolina. I To Incorporate the Lincoln Light Infantry rf Charleston, Sooth Carolina. I To incorporate the Bcwen Riflemen Compa? ny of tl e City of Charleston, south Carolina. i To Incorporate the Irish Volunteer Rifle Club o/Charleston, south Carolina. T ) ..'xi end Ihe time of officers io qualify. - ifo rt-quire Stale and county officers elected ov unpeople to qualify within thirty days after receiving official notification thereof. To allow Wm. H. Wynues to change bis name. To make appropriation for the payment of the balance ot the salary of the members ol tri* General Assembly, salaries of subordinate officers and employees, and the expenses in? cidental thereto. To chang-* the name of Henry Hash to Henry Hash Shiver. To ameod as aa entitled ao act to grant, renew and award the charters of certain towns and villages therein mentioned. Requiring a bond from the county commis? sioners before entering upon the duties of their office. To repeal sections five, six and seven of chapter 83 ol the General Statutes ot South Carolina. io fix the lime for the holding of i h.c- circuit coons in certain counties herein mentioned. Joint resolution authorizing f.be payment ol the Claims of Hen rv Ware St Soo. To aliow Mrs. Harriet A. Randolph to re? deem certains lands in Darlington County. To make approplatlon ior expenses of print? ing ordered ov the General Assembly during tbe regular s?stlona of 1870-71 and 1871 and 1872. To authorize the county commissioners of Abbeville County to levy and collect an addi? tional tax of two mills upon the dollar. To authorize the levy and collection of a special lax to pay the past lndebiedness of Kershaw County. To make appropriations to pay Ibe out? standing pay certificates of ihe members of tbe last General Assembly. To relieve J, E. Dent, former sheriff of Rich? land County, of a penalty on tax execution. Authorizing and requiring tbe Slate treasu? rer to pay anet cancel tne notes aod certificates Issued in payment of Ibe different debts con? tracted for the furnishing of the ball ot the House of Representatives, committee rooms, ?C. To ratify tbe amendment to the Constitution of the Sute of Sooth Carolina relative to the Increase of the State oeor. To rattly the amendment to the Constitution ol the Si ate of South Carolina relative to the time ci holding elections. To renew ihe charter of the Wu fiord Col? lege of Spartanburg. To punish aoy person or persons who shall sell or convey any real property, ?fcc, on w*tch a Hen of any kind may ex ut. without giving notice of such lien lo ibe purchasers. To Incorporate the Darlington Agricultural and Mechanical Fair Company. To incorp?rale the Second Coosawhatchle Baptist Church, of Beaufort. To Incorporate the Village of Fort Mill?, In the County ot York. To Incorporate ihe Harmony Circle of l he Cl tv of Charleston. To Incorporate the Town ot Hodges, in Ab? beville County. To incorporate the Marinera' Chapel of Charleston. To Incorporate the Union Assembly Sacie i y of Charleston. To refer to ibe qualified voters of Barnwell the location or the county seat. To incorporate the Charleston Coastwise Transportation Company. To Incorporate the Aiken Real Estate and Building Association of Aiken, South Caro? lina. To Incorporate ihe Florence Educational Association ot Florence, Souih Carolina. To Incorporate the Georgetown Cypress Company. To incorporate the Phoenix Hook and Lad? der Company. . To Incorporate the Grant and Wilson Na? tions! Gaa?dft or Greenville, South Carolina. To amend an act to incorporate certain fire engine companies. To amend an oct entitled an act to grant, renew and amend the charter ol certain towns and villages. To Incorporate tbe Draymen's Benevolent Association ot Charleston. To authorize the county commissioners or Richland County to levy and collect taxes io bnild a courthouse. To incorporate the Relalgent Society ol Charleston. To incorporate the Randulph Enterprise Association. Concerning school inn de. To regulate the service of process Issuing jrom the Supreme Court. I Joint resolution to allow David C Kerenaw, to redeem certain forlelted li To allow the heirs or John Fields, < linglon, io redeem certaiu forfaited lan To allow John J. Roach, of Kershaw deem certain forfeited lands. . To allow Thomas Sansbury, of Darli to redeem certain forlelted lands. To allow the heirs of the estate of Philips, in Darlington, to redeem certal felted lands. I To allow Mr?. M. A. McLaughlin, of logion, to redeem certain forfeited land An act to renew the charter of I Bridge, over Tugaloo River. . Tu an 11, or 2 ' and empower the count; missioners ot Abbeville County to ope' estab.isb a public road from William Hi lo ti. H. Mc Casu n's, in said county. For the betterproieciion of religious ship. To amend an act entitled u An act lo porate ihe Mechanics' and Farmers' Bu and Loan Association cf Richland Cc South Carolina." To amend au act entitled "An act lo v the Charleston Laod Company the charl a ferry from Hunter's Polut. South Caro To amend an act entitled " Au act to I porate the Town of Lewisville, South dna." To amend sections 98, 99 and 100, chap of the General Statutes. To incorporate the Congruity Church, cord Township,-BwtBMf County, 8. C. To amend chapter 120 of the General utes of ihe Stale. To renew the charter of Bavenel's Br across ihe Seneca River, Oconee County. To Incorporate the Spartanburg aod . ville Railroad. 'Jo Incorporate the State Auxiliary , Stock Company. To authorize the county commlsslone certain counilen to levy and collect an llooal tax for certain purposes. To incorporate ihe Mouni Zon Cern Cc rn pan v, Columbia Baptist Cnurcb, Hu Baptist Church, Clinton Presbyterian Chi CrosB Roads Baptlal Church, New Hope Mi dist Church, New Prospect Baptist Churct High School. To incorporate the Greenville Agricul and Mechanical Association ot Green South Carolina. To renew and extend the charier of tb Matthew's Evangelical Church, Ac. To authorize tne construction of a wba Rockville. To amend an act to authorize the formo ol and to incorporate the Laurena and A ville Railroad. Joint resolution to refund to Alexander Ilford, of York County, certain exc?s taxes. Authorizing A. R. Taylor and others, of 1 locton County, io continue for a term ol years two gates. To provide an appropriation for the I payment ot lands purchased by Ihe Stat Darlington County. To enforce the payment of the poll lax. TD regulate Uti appointment and salar trial Justices In ihe City of Charleston. To amend section 6, chapter 62, of the G ral Statutes. To aller and amend the act lo charter Town of Frog Level. To incorporate tho Garrison Light Iofac of CburleBlun. To Incorporate the Canaan Baptist Chu o? Beaulort County. To incorporate me Lincoln Rifle Guardi Klngsiree. To incorporate ibe Wilson Artillery Com ny of Charleston. To incorporate the Independent Fire Eng Company of Florence. To emend ibe charter of the Town of Chest To provide for the purchasers of lands sales made for ihe non-payment of taxes, ? To revise and ameud an act and to redi all acts pertaining to ihe homestead Into o act. To revise and amend ibe charier of the A prenticeo' Library Society In Charleston. To Incorporate the scott United Blues. To renew and am-nd aa act to renew at imend the charter ot the lowo of Walt? aoro*. To Incorporate the South Carolina Agrlci tural and Mechanical Society. To incorporate the Bryan Light Infantry Charleston. To lay out and establish a new road Union County. To change tba name of Frank Simpson, Anderson County, to Frank Carter. To Incorporate the Wadmalaw Rlfleme Edl-to Riflemen and Sumter Light Dragoon To Incorporate the Ford Riflemen, of Charit too. To amend Section 17, Chapter 14, of Gener Statutes. To recharter Ashford's Ferry. To renew and amend the chirter of the tc bridge across ihe Savannah River at Hat burg. To Incorporate the African MelhodlBl Chun at Manning. To authorize and require the county con missioners ol Barnwell County lo open a pul tlc road through the Town of Midway. To incorporate the Calvary Presbyterla Church ot Church Flats, ic. To Incorporate the Town of Biack stock. To Incorporate the Aiken, Anderson, Poi Royal and Charleston Railroad. To amend chapter 60, section 4, Revise Stat lites. To Incorporate Ihe Chester and Lenoir Ral road. To incorporate the Monltrlevllle Railroad. To Incorporate the Stevens Creek Navlgatio Company and for other purposes. To Incorporate the Saluda Manufactur? Company of Lexington. To incorporate lue Spartanburg Bulldlni and Loan Association. To authorize James McPherson to adoot am make his lawiul heir James McPherson O'Neil and lo chacee the name ot the said Jame McPherson O'Neil io James McPherson. To provide tor the erection und constructloi of a guardhouse and market In ihe Town o Hamburg, and to authorize ibe levy of a specia lax for said purpose. To establish and open a public road In Ker shaw and Chesterfield counties. To incorporate the Town of Laurens, sac autborlzlag and permitting R K. Carlton, irla! jubilee of Beaufort Conuty, io change hit domicil. To make appropriations and raise suppli?e /or the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1872. To Incorporate the Greenville Agricultural and Mechanical Association. To refund io Alexander Wllllford certain ex? cessive loxes paid by him. To regulate ibe election of mayor and alder? men of tbe City bf Charleston. To make an appropriation lo pay claims arising under the proclamation or the Gover? nor ot ibis Slate dated July 28,1871. To locorpoiate the Pioneer Hook and Lad? der Company of Klngstree. To provide for the establishment and sup? port of a State normal school. To' amend Section 3, Chapter lil, of the General Statutes. To incorporate the Carolina Orphan Home. To incorporate the Bouthern Warehouse Company. To incorporate the Darlington Academical Society. To regulate ibe fees of probate Judges, trial justices and other officers. To authorize the county commissioners ot Beaufort County to levy and collect a special tax. To incorporate the Grand Southern Hotel and Transportation Company. To charier the Town of Nichols. To Incorporate the Edgefleld Colton and Woollen Manufacturing Company. AWAITI KO APPROVAL. Ia addition to the above, there are some twenty or thirty actB which have passed the General Assembly, and are now before the Governor for hie approval. Of these, the following are ibe only ones of particular Im? portance: An act to amend the charter of the Charles? ton. Georgetown and Conwayb ru' Railroad. To prevent State and county o Ulcers holdlog more than one office. To repeal section 4 of an act entitled "An act to relieve ibe State of South Carolina of all liability fur Hs guaranty of the bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company. To encourage and provide for the Incor? poration of agricultural and mechanical socie? ties and associations for the promotion of the arts and sciences. To provide for an assessment of real prop? erty in 1873. To alter and amend the charter ol the Town of Moultrlevllle. To punish personj for obtaining money, I chattels and valuable securities by false pre* tences. To authorize the construction ol the New Torte, Norfolk and Charleston Ballroad. To authorize eenuin count les. to issue bonds and loan the same to tne Charleston, George? town and Conwayboro* Hillway Company. To regulate the deposit of Slate, county and other funds. DEFEATED MSAiURlS. The following Hst includes all of the impor? tant measures which have been Introduced and defeated : A bill to abolish the office cf county auditor and confer the dulles ot that office upon the sheriffs of the respective counties of this State. To authorize probate Judges to perform all the dulles heretofore performed by commis* stoners in pquliy, as defined on the first day of January, 18t 9. To repeal ao act entitled an act to provide for a sinking fond and the management of the same. To give the i lection of trial Justices and constables lo the qualified voters as directed by tte con-ti m i iou cl the State. To authorize and empower county treasur? ers to receive Jury certificates in payment of taxes. To require county treasurers to report to the State treasurer. To require owners or lesseps ol lands to re? move fallen trees from the highways adjoining their ianda. To define the number of trial justices for the County ol Aiken. To repeal Chapter 125 of the General Statutes. To designate the officers by whom sales or? dered by the courts ol ibis State shall be made. To prevent county commissioners being In? terested In commets given out by them. To amend an act entitled "An act to more effectually provide for Hie recording ol all conveyances of real estate. To repeal the tiret section of an act entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act pro? viding for the assessment and taxation of prop- rty. Io matte North and South Wlmbee Creeks navigable streams. To amend an act lo rec?late the measure? ment of timber and lumber In the City of Charleston. To restrain associate or circuit Judg. s from granting Injunctions suspending tue operation of acts ol the General A ?ein ul y or Statute laws of the State. ,. To make the office of county treasurer elec? tive bv the voters of the several counties In the Stat P. To fund the debt of Beaufort County. To regulate toe disbursement if the public moneys In the several counties ol Hits Stute. To limit the amount ol Hen* upon crops. To provide for (he Interchange of circuits by the o'rem t Judges. To provide tor the redemption from the State of lands forfeited for taxes. To regulate the execution ol the sentence of death. To amend an act aldlog and encouraging the manufacture ol cotlou and wool in the State. To authorize county commissioners to turn over to the county treasurers all floes collect* ed by them. To cooler upon sheriffs thc collection ol tax executions, and to de?ue their duties and li? abilities. To prevent liquor dealers from selling or giving the same to minors without willen au? thority Irom their parents or guardians. To provide tor the registry ol marriages, births and death?. To prevent school trustees from belog em? ployed as teachers In the public school*. To Instruct Die Congressmen irom this State tn tbe National Congress to iavor the amendment to the law regarding the tobacco tax. To repeal an act revising the rules, of the Slate courts. To permit the Charleston Chamber ot Com? merce to appoint an inspector ol flour lor that ilty. To provide for the pasturage of stock. To regulate the system of larm laborers for wages. To facilitate the collection of rents. To relieve certain trustees, guardians and others. To repeal an act to establish an Inferior Court lu the City of Charleston. POSTPONED. The following Hst contains all the important bills which have been postponed until next session: A bill to charier the Great Northern and Southern Hallway Cnn puny. To require phosphate companies chartered by this state to report monthly to the comp? troller general. To punish any person who shall wilfully re? sist or obstruct tue Inspector ol phosphates lo the discharge of his dulle.-;. To abolish ihe office il recorder in the City of Charleston. To require county school commissioners to establish night schools at each county seat In the State. To incorporate the Pharmaceutical Associa? tion o! South Carolina. To aid and encourage manufactures and Internal Improvements. To tlx the time for certain State and county officers io report. To provide tor the appointment of a com? missioner of Immigration, and to define his duties. To punish cruelty to anlma's. To charter ihe Charleston Water and Canal Company of the City ol Charleston. To provide tor the registration ol the bonds, stocks and coupons of ihe Statu of South Car? olina. To encourage the rebuilding of the burnt district ot the City of Charleston. To provide for granting certain charters. To provide for the appointment ol a com? missioner of public buildings. THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. PARIS, February 28. Hon. Jamns L. Orr, the newly appointed Doited States minister to Russia, arrived here with his family yesterday, en route for St. Petersburg. In the Assembly, yesterday, M. Defaure, announced the flual result of negotiation between the government and the commission ol thirty. He Informed ihe Assembly lhat the government had unreservedly accepted the bill prepared by the commission of thirty defining the powers and responsibilities of the ministry sad executive. MADRID. February 28. Senor Castellar, minister ot foreign affairs, In a memorial lo the foreign powers, denies the Imputation ihat ihe Spanish republic will prove a brand ol discord lo each. He asks lor the new government the moral support and recognition of the European powers. LONDON, February 28. It Is rumored that a reconcl latloo bas been effected beiween ihe Duke DeMoni pens.er and ex-Queen Isabella of Spain, on the basis of a marriage between Prince Alfonso and the daughter ol the duke, Hie regency o? Spain devolving on Duke De Montpensier. The memorial of Senor Castelar, Spanish minister of foreign affaira, asking for ihe new Spanish republic the recognition and moral support of great European powers, bas been duly considered In the various cabinets to which it bas been transmitted, the result being the postponement for the present ot a united recognition by the powers of the Spanish Re? public. Ii ls probable that considerable di? plomatic correspondence may take place between the powers belore their altitude to? wards Spain ls finally declared. In official circles here dispatches have been received from Berlin which iniima'e the pro? bable decision of the German Cabinet In the matter of recognizing Spain. It ls claimed that a majority In the ministry view In the new repuollc a future source ot European dis? cord and dissension, and that ihe topograph? ical situation of the two republics of Spain and France may at some distant date thresten to disturb the integrity ot the teri Kory of Germany or that of her allies. In the House of Commons, Goldsmldt, mem? ber for Rochester, gave notice that he should ask the government whelher lt was true that tbe actual losses of the United States were twenty-five million dollars less than tbe amount of the award made at Geneva, and, If so, whether the latter government would remit (hat amount. The proposition wan ie* ceived with cheers. -The Apalachicola River Is said to be higher now than bas been known lor years. In the vicinity of Chattahoochee, the river is about five miles wide. NO HELP FOR LOUISIANA. THE ELECTION BILL KILLED AFTER AN ALL-NIGHT DEBATE. Honest John Patterson*? Credentials Presented-The President Heading a "Salary Ring." WASHINGTON, February 28. Tne Senate at halt-past seven o'clock this J morning reached a final vote ah the bill report? ed by the committee on privileges and elec? tions, ordering a new election lb Louisiana, and laid the bill upon the table by a vote ot twenty lo eighteen. There were some wonderful scenes In the Senate during ihe long debate. Car? penter abandoned his support of the bill at about four o'clock-, and going over lo Morion and Conkllng they drew their chairs close together and almost bugged each other. Trumbull delivered a tremendous denuncia? tion of Carpenter, which waa received by him and his allies with derisive laughter. The amendment continuing Kellogg In power during the election come np for consideration at this stage ol' ihe debate, and was carried by a close vole. Carpenter voted aye, and made a rather touching defence ol his vole, saying mat lt was better to endure the usur? pation for four weeks than for four years, and that it was evident lo him that all hope of anyibing belier was lost. Upon the final voie, by which ihe bill was killed. Carpenter voled my. This ocllon of the Senate leaves the Louisiana affair lo statu quo. I? ihe Senate to-day ihe credent Isis of Sena? tor elect Patterson, ot South Carolina, and Howe, of Wisconsin, were presented, and laid on tbe table. The Vioe-Prealdent siibm * led a resolution trota the Missouri Legislature exonerating Senator elect Bogy Irom all charges lu connection with his election, which were ordered to be printed. The dis? cussion of the sundry civil appropriation bill occupied the rest ul tue session. The Pomeroy report is expected to be pre? sented in the Senaie to-morrow, lt le under? stood that it will exonerate Pomeroy from the charge ol bMoery. lu the House to-day the Senate Morrill amendment that no part Of tbe appropriation for Judgment of the Court of Cutms snail be paid to claimants who have not proved their loyally without being first submitted to Con? gress came up In Hie debate on the legisla? tive appropriai lon bill. The amendment was sustained by Haie, of Maine, and opposed by Beck, or Kent ucl;y, Young of Georgia, Hbel oarger of Ohio, Pierce ol Mississippi, Kerr of Indiana and Garfield of Ohio. Garfield slated that the committee on appropriations was divided on the question, but the majority was in favor of non-concurrence. He made a pow? erful speech against tue amendment, which be characterized as a siibterluge which sought lo throttle the courts, crush ihe Judiciary and make Congress thu Court of Appeals, abd all because some mea had once been rebels and must therefore be luted, and because they ure haled Hie Judiciary must be struck down. Banks, ot Massachusetts also opposed Ihe amendment as an unworthy subierlnge and evaslou of law. Smith, of New York, sus? tained ihe amendment. After further discus? sion the (senate amendment was rejected. A resolution was reported from the Judicia? ry commit tee In the House, lo-dny, la ia vor ol impeaching Judge M irk H. Deleliay, ol Kan? sas, aud was adopted. There was a spicy debate In the House on Ute qnestton of raising sala? ries. Farnsworth argued that lt was a virtual violation ?.f ihe Constitution to Increase the President's Balarv. and charged mat there was a "salary ring," with the President ai its head. THE CREDIT MOBILIER FARCE. Comment! of the: Press. NKW YOBX, February 28. Considerable space ls devoted la ibe edi? torial columns of Ihe morning papers to thc tesult ot the attempt iu the House of Repre? sentatives to expel Ames and Brooks. The action ol ihe House meets with varied com? ments. The Herald stigmatizes ll os a farce and says: "For the last three days, from the learned expounders of the law In the House, we have han bewildering exhibitions ol the legal accomplishments of quirk, gammon, snap, und ol the virtues of Pet ks nih"; of patri? otic indigna lon, maudlin expressions of charity, ingenious quibbling*, bold defiance, eily hypocrisy and falsa pretences. With ihe. boiling down ut all these and other In? gredients of the witches' cauldron, imo me resolutions adopted by the House, we have the piiliul compromise adopted between the demands of public Jiisi ice, jiblie opinion and public duly on the one baud, aaa of paltry personal and pany considerations on Hie other. A more adrult and systematic game or trickery in all us paris than this lt would be difficult lo lind outside ol the senatorial elec? tions or ine luirigurs and devices of Kansas, or the belligerent lac- i uns. extending for the State government ot Louisiana." Ia con? eluding ile editorial tbe Herald Biys: "We presume, however, the Ameilcau people will yet have something to say on thia suijeci, and perhaps their Judgment io ty be heard even lu ibe approaching New Hampshire and Connect? icut elections." The World editorially says : '-Trie country will feel lehs surprise than Indignation at so barren a result of the scandalous exposures which have engrossed ihe attention of tbe country since me beginning of ihe year. The House acted on no consistent theory or doc trine; Ihe Judiciary committee admitted thal the last election by the people condones all previous offences. To vote censure for things done in 1868 ls as unwarrantable as lo vote expulsion." The Tribune says : "They found the prison? ers In th 3 highway rummaging the pocKets of the dead victim. They tried tnem lor murder In the first degree and lound them gullly of a breach of the peace. Thal is about the nature of it. Never h.d trial or investigation so weak and Illogical an outlook; never was a verdict so oui of relation with Ihe gravity of the offence and bearing ol the evldeuce." The Sun says: "As we have all along pre? dicted, the Poland report came to grief with abundant material lu tnelr hands and within their reach to have satisfied the demands of Justice. Tb? committee, by their partiality und pusillanimity, have, broken down the whole case. In the light of the evidence, seven members of the preseut House stood belore me House guilty Ol dishonorable corrup? tion lo regard io ine Mobilier and Union Pacific Railroad. The committee undertook lo shield irombarm the reputation of live by expelling the other two. The coopplracy exploded, ihe plot caved, and both ends proved too weak to drive out Ames and Brooks, and not Btrong enough to cover the retreat of Kelley. Garfield and their associates." Tue times says: "The House knew its duty and didn't dare perform lt. It exerted Its power to expel Ames and Brooks by rejecting the tesol ni 1 JU containing the negative of thal proposition. It acknowledged these mem? bers committed the offences of which they were accused, and this acknowledgment was made by more than a iwo-lhlrds vote; but though the men were gullly and might oe ex? pelled, the House had not the courage to ex? pel them. The House characterized the course of Ames and Brooks os corrupt, and confessed lu Jurisdiction, but refused to act. People will not be slow In perceiving that represen Uves who cac acknowledge the guilt of their associates, yet have not caei mern out, are not to be blindly trustPd." SPARKS FROM TUE WIRES. -Mrs. Putnam, the wife of Foster's victim, hos written to Governor Dix, asking lor a commutation of Foster's sentence. -Two more girls are still missing In Bos? ton, and were probably burned In the Han over-8ireet fire. A firemau is also missing. The casualties to the latter are two killed, two seriously injured, and twelve mortally wounded. _ THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, February 28. Probabilities: For New England and the Middle States on Saturday diminishing north? west winds, panly cloudy and clear weather. For tbe South Atlantic States rising barome? ter and winds veering to north and northeast, with Increasing cloudiness. For the Gulf States continued northeast winda, cloudy and threatening weather. TBE INAUGURAL BALL. Pen Sketch of what tbe Big Hop will be WASHINGTON, February 22. Yesterday afternoon I visited the ball-room IO be used for the grand Inauguration ball on March 4. The building ls nearing Ks comple? tion, and from ihe details given me of the ar? rangements, lt seems Impossible that the an? noyances of past Inaugural balla can be ex? perienced on this occasion. A few gentlemen, wealthy citizens of Washington, have pledged iheir names to meet all expenses, and if there is a deficit will make lt op. The tickets have been placed at twenty dollars each, n the hope of delraylog expenses, but with no expectation of making money. The gentlemen are B'mply actuated by a de? sire lo give a ball which will be a credit to the city. They claim for the building that lt is the largest ever erected simply to be used for a ball, and that Its arrangements have never b-en surpassed, If equalled. The building Is 325 leet long by 150 feet wide and 56 leet blgb. The roof ls supported by perfect arches. There ls an entrance on the south side for In- I vited guests, 1. e., the President and cabinet. I Adjoining this entrance are dressing rooms I and boxes and checks for wraps. The main entrance Ison Fourth - street, the east side of the building, which, by the by, ls erected on a government reservation, known as Judiciary square, ls near ihe city ball, and CIOBO by the Jail. Aa additional building Is now being erected for members of the press, walch will adjoin the mala building on the norih side. It has been erected at au expense of $1500; bas a private entrance, dressing rooms, and writing rooms for the press. At first lt was thought no Buch ar rangements would be made, but lo considera- I 'on or the city press and the corps of Wash *lon correspondents having generally I v leo favorably io ihe Interest ol ibo city, I UK extra expense has been cheerfully inc. -ed, and tickets will be given to cor respo 'ents ol leading papers wno are known to be ithorlzed representatives of said papers. . platlerm. thirty by one hundred feel, will oj erected at the north end of the I ball room for the high dignitaries lo sit upon and be looked alby the multilude. O a either side of the main entrance are a succession of I stalls lettered A, B, C, Ac , and provided with boxes for the reception of wraps, Ac.; I on tho left are ihe boxes for the la? dles, and on the tight for the gentle? men. The ladles pan from their escorts I at ibe entrance and go lo the left and enter I niese Stulls, tweniy-tlve feet wide. Ia each stall will ba two attendants. Tbe ladies de? posit their wraps and go on to ihe drawing-1 rooms at the extreme end of rhe hall; the gentlemen turning to the right do likewise. There are quite a numter of en ti anees from these stalls and the drawing rooms to the bail j room, where ihe ladles can meet their es? corts or they can return to the central en trance. Preparations are made lo uccommo-1 date the shawls, cloaks. Ac, of 8000 persons. There will be seats for non-dancers ne arl v all around the hall, nod for the dancing lhere Is an area of 300 by 100 feet. Opposite the main entrance ls the supper room, 300 feet by about I 25 feet. There are numerous entrances lo lt, I to all 160 feet of entrances. The supper will be ready from the lime Ihe ba'l opens. Back of the supper room are store rooms, irom which supplies will be brought to replenish the table, and back ot ibe store rooms are the kitchens, detached from the main I building. The committee purchase the sup plies aud employ a French cook. They won't run the risk cl the supplies falling short by giving out. the contract, to any caterer. Ii is ai present believed ihat lt will bet temper. I ance bail. There will be three bands to furnish the music. That from the Academy I at Annapolis will furnish the dance music, while the West Point and Marine band will alternately furnish tbe promenade music. The illumination of the ball building will be of ihe I most brilliant description. It ls io be thorough-1 ly heated by steam. Fourth street for two squares is to be made as bright os day by means of calcium lights. If this Dall Is in any way a failure lt will not be because ihe several ] committees have not worked like locomotives to lusure its sucoesc On Ute 5ih of March it I U expected that a ma-que rude will bel given lu the building., and before lue week is out Hie several State asso elations expect to give a reception. The mill- ! lary will be the most Imposing display ever witnessed, except the grand reviews al ihe I close of the war. In some respects lt will ex-1 ceed Ihose, lor ll may be remembered that the I troops ou those two days marched lo the dirt, rags and tatters in which they reached ihe cuv, whereas on ihls occasion all will wear I new and sparkling uniforms. The ohairman I of ihe committee on military affairs. Colonel I A. Webster, ls a handsome young msn, who was formerly on General Grant's stu ir. The fol? lowing Is a list ot ihe ml itary who will oe In I the procession : Bo-ton Lancers, Ci i y Troop, Phi adelphla ; United States Regular?, consisting ol Batteries B, C, 13, and Second Artillery and Light Battery A, Fitib Battalion United States Heavy Artillery Irom Fortress Mooroo, West Point and Annapolis cadets, battalion United States marines; Dis-1 Irlctol Columbia military, consisting of infan-1 try, cavalry and artillery; Stale F.<ncibles and Washington Crays, of Philadelphia; Albany Burgesses Corps-ibis will be the third loaug-1 uralion at w filen thin cu rps lias resisted; Sec ond Connecticut, Fifth New York, Colonel Spencer; Sumner Corps, named In honor of I General Sumner, of syracuse; Third Begl ment New Jersey Slate Nuloual Guards, lue Old Guard of New York, bringing with them Dod worth's band ol ihlrty-lhree piece?; Fifth Maryland, Duquesne Grays, Plus burg, Pena,; a brigade of oolored traops, which will consist of colored militia from the District, Philadelphia, andBtcnmond. Ya.; university cadet--. Nearly all the troops bring banda with them, which will give thirty or I forty full bands. There will be over eight thousand troups la ihe procession, including I ihe bands, all ot which are crack organiza ilona. General John G. Foster, Uulted Slates engineer, will be grand marshal, aud will have a staff of assistant marshals and aids se led ed from officers of ibe army and navy. G. I 8. Gideon Is lae chairman ot ihe committee I on dre works aud illuminations. These are to I be doubly as due as those lhat were so ad mired two years ago at the carnival. They win be displayed on the west Bide of the capitol and south DC nico of the treasury. MARDI GRAS IN NEW OBLEANS. The Close of the Carnival. NEW ORLEANS, February 25. The Mardi Gras lesuviiies and procession of the King ot Hie Carnival, which commenced movlug ul one o'clock, was very large, compri? sing amui g the members three tull battalions, one ol Egyptians, one of Arabs, the King's Own and another of Mamalukes. ihe Boyal Navy cuuslsiiog of yachts ol the Crescent City, and Ihe Yacht Ciiib mounted on trucks. A tremendous crowd of miscellaneous maskers, with all kinds of devices and tricks of the guild, concluded ihe procession. It was two hours passing. The streetB were literally J iinmed with people from all paris of the country, some on loot, some tn vehicles. The carnival processloB was a grand success, and will doubtless be repeated on a Billi larger scale next year. The Myfctlck Krewe of ComiiH paraded in the evening. It was ihe finest dis? play they had ever yet given, consisting of more than two hundred figures, all in the most elaborate and artistic costumes. The subject was Darwin's origin of species and the missing liuka In the chain of natural selec? tion. The pageant began wilh the zoophytes, (sponge) and ended with tne gorilla. The representations were admirable, having been prepared in Europe at large expense. All along the Hue of march tue balconies and fronts were brilliantly lighted and decorated. St. Charles Hoiel and the elly hall were splen? didly illuminated, as also many ol the other principal buildings, Inoluding the newspaper offices. Both the Carnival and My s ile Krewe people gave large balls to-night -Hie former at Exposition Hall, ihe latter at the Varieties Theatre. The Invitations were distributed mysteriously as usual. Toe proprietors of the St. Charles Hotel chartered several large river sieamers to liirnlsb Bleeping apartments lor their guests. There are over fifty river steam? ers at the levees between St. Louis and Girod street. Thirty are advertised to leave lo-mor? row. r r -There ls a company forming In Jackson? ville for the coustructlon of a hotel, or large boarding-house, ou ihe sea beach near trie mouth of the St. John's Biver, for a place ol summer resort. JOM BULL ALARMED. THE THREATENED COAL FAMINE THE FACTS OF THE CASE Dreary Prospects for tbe English Peo? ple-The Present Demand and the Supply in the Future. fUurrespondeuce or ins Nsw York Times.] LON DU s, Saturday, February 8. People here are terribly alarmed at tbe prospector an lmpeodlog coal famine. Last Su oday the loop-deferred snow tell; the cold weather stimulated the demand for coals; the coal owners saw that their time had .come, and up went prices eight shillings at a bound -forty-eight shillings a ton Instead ot forty. To-day they are fifty sbilllugs, and it ls ex? pected that next week will see a rise of anoth? er ten shillings. These are the prices of the best coals, but Inferior kinds have gone up In Ihe same proportion. The poor, who buy, not In tons, but in half hundred weights and smal? ler quantities, suffer terribly, for what ls fllty shillings to those who can afford io buy by the ton, ls nearer five pounds when sold retail. Slr W. Armstrong, the engineer, calculated that a rise or a shining a too means a fine on the people of ?5,600,000 sterling. According to his reckoning, the couotry re? quires, for domestic and Industrial purpose*, 100,000,000 tons of coal a year, and 10,000,000 goes lo exports. The present supply ls much below this demand, and there ls apparently no hope of its being Immediately increased. It ls Impossible to shut one's eyes to the fact that the coal question is becoming a very serious one. Tuere lj, drat, the exhaustion of the stock stored away In the bowels of the earth. As far aa absolute exhaustion goes, that Is a far off (tory, and some substitute will surely be invented before lt comes to pass. But lhere la one form of exhaustion which ls very near ns, and that ls the exhaustion ot coal which ls at once good and cheap. The posses-loo ot ooal ot excel? lent quality within easy reach, so that lt could be cheaply worked and sent Into the market at a moderate prie**, hos hitherto been the mainstay of British commerce. The sup? ply ol good coal near the surlace IR now pretty well used up. Tnere Is still a vast quantity ol good coal, but lt lies In deeper and more awk? ward situations, and consequently lt Is more expensive. The working expenses are heavy; and working expenses, with Iransport, make up the price or coal. The royal commission? ers who investigated this subject a few years ago reported that, according to the evidence laid before them, there was an aggregate quantity of 146,480,000,000 of tons of coal at a workable depth. With a consumption ol 115.000,000 tons per annum, this steck would last 1273 years; at the rate of 141,000.000 tons, 1000 years; of 175.000,000 tons, 837 years, or ol 230 000-being double the present production -636 years. Tnis estimate ls net quite so cheerful as lt looks, when we begin to examine the grounds on which lt reals. The commissioners came io the conclusion that the prooable quantity of coal contained In the ascertained coal fields of the United Kingdom was 90,207,000,000 ot tons, at a deptn not exceeding four thousand leet from the surface. lu order lo make up their grand total, they added a guess as to the amount of coal which may geologically be supposed lo exist under the permian, near red sandstone, and other superincumbent strata, In districts where lt bas not yet been proved to exist by actual exploration. Ia tbe opin? ion of Mr. Hull, one ol the geologists attached to the government survey, and who first called attention to ibe rapid exhaustion ot the coal treasures, the commissioners not only included In tnelr calculations a number of coai-seama thinner than ought to be con? sidered workable, but added an enor? mous area which, being concealed under newer formations, must be regarded with some suspicion until actually explored. They were, Indeed, sanguine enougn to suggest that a great coal field would be found under? neath the German Ocean. It ls not only pos? sible, but prooaole, that the kuown areas of coal may be considerably increased by future disco verles, bu t lt Is best not lo be too confident as to the amount of treasure trove which Is thus hidden away. Again, it Is possible that coal may be worked at a lower depth than tour thousand feet. All this belongs lo the future and the uncertain. This aciuai slate of thlugs now existing may be this, that of coal actually known to exist there is not more than 90,000,000.000 ol iona, or thereabouts, and that while the annual consumption Is 110,000,000 or 116,000,01)0 tons, the cost ol working coal is continually increasing, partly In consequence of physical reasons and partly lu con sequeuce of moral causes. On Ihe one haud the seams to be worked are at a greater depth aud less accessible than formerly, and on the other hand the hewers ot coal demand higher wages, and do ail Lhey can to the ilinit out-put or coal. Perhaps, to some extenr, the coal owners are also anxious to limit producion. The compact tor dimin? ishing the market supply of ooal, known as the "Limitation of the Vends," dates as tar back as one hundred years ago. The princi? pal coal owners of Durham and Northumber? land undertook:, by this agreement, thar, each colliery should send out only a fixed quantity of coal a year. A committee of the trade held mummy meetings, and regulated the rate of production, and the price at which tbe different Kinds ol coal snouid be sold, and something of the same klod is done to this day. By limiting the supply, the owners are enabled to raise the value of this commodity, and ibe coal waits in their great cellars under? ground until they choose to dispose of lt. It may be doubled, however, whether the temptation lo make moDey as fast as tbey can will not counteract the temptation to secure apparently large profits, and an owner who sells as much coal as he can produce ls likely to be richer at the end of so many years than the owner, woo though he gets a higher prise, Bells a smaller quantity. The check on pro? duction ls mainly applied by the mlaerB, and ut the present moment the owners are OBly laking advantage of the reduction of the coal supply, which ?as b<jen caused by their men. In tne north ol Bogland an able-bodied collier makes elgin lo ten shillings by a days' work ot six and a bait hours. In tbe Midlands colliers earn from ?160 to ?200 a year. Io South Wales, where the great strike ls now going on, colliers might be making from thirty shillings to foriy shllllogs a week, at the lowest, If they chose, come ot the men were earning as much as ?20 to ?30 a month belure the ulrike. The iuvarlaoie efiVct of high wages would seem lo be a reduction of the hours ol labor. Tne men do not care lor the money unless they can enjoy themselves with lr, and they must have more leisure, os they think, lo enjoy themselves properly. There ls, therefore, every reason to suppose that, although ihe present excessive prices may not be maintained, ihe permanent value ol coal will be greatly Increased as compared with a few years ago; and Ibe price of coal ls, of course, an all-important element in the financial conditions of every Industry. THE CAROLINA ORPHAN HOME. An Amateur Entertainment in Aid ot a Worthy Charity. [FROM OUR OWN CORBE9PONDBNT J GEORGE'S STATION, 8. C., February 28. A very pleasant eutertaiument waa given at this place last evening by tbe Young Ladles' Charitable Association, lor the benefit of tbe Carolina Orphan Home, located at Spartan burg. The en ter tai n m en t consisted of a series of charades, tableaux, &C, which were very creditably performed by tbe amateurs who had kindly volunteered their services, aed the attendance was very good, lo spite of tne boisterous Intimations that March gave us of his apr-roach. The entertainment also proved a pecuniary success, and the association pro? pose to give another at an early date Ior the same laudable purpose. ?. COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMEN1. NEW YORK, Feburary 28. The following ls the comparative cotton statement tor the week enalng February 28, 1873: 1873. 1873. RC ce i pta at all ports tor the week.104 260 74,163 Keceipts ror ihe year to date.. 2,706,584 2,266.8.8 Exports Tor the week. 84.^70 97,558 Exports fur the year to date..i,S47.636 l,28i.aoa Stock at all D. S. p rta.663,370 ub.Ubb StocK at interior towns.67 315 86,466 Stock?t Liverpool.626,ooo 624,000 American afloat for Great Bri- . tain.~~.886,000 175,000 JOTTINGS ABOUT TBS STATS. ... -- . z -.The Anderson marshals have appeared la pabilo arrayed lc their new uniforms. -Another hop came off at the Columbia Lunailc Asylum on Thursday evening. -wm. 0. Barber, aa esteemed citizen ot Chester, died on tue 21st instant. -The Methodise revival ls progressing finely In Chester. .. -Benjamin Simmons, an old colored mano? Columbia, was found dead In bis house on Wednesday last. -The Greenville Ladlee' Sawing Society Dropose giving an entertainment to aid In re* building their lecture-room. r -Four negroes (two men and two woman) were drowned In the Keowee Hiver, last ban day, by the upsetting of their canoe. -The county treasurer of Greenville bu' paid out $10.276 on account of the school' fund. -Mayor Alexander, of Columbia, celebrated, the sixteenth anniversary of his married Ute on Wednesday last by a social gathering. -Senator Cor ?la, of Newoerry, teil lo aa epllepilo fit. la C -lumbla ina other day, and le now lo a precarious condition. - , -"Eon."- which ls short for Honest-John J. Patterson left Columbia on Thursday for Washington to look ?uer toatseat which he bought from our late L?gislature. -The Abbeville grand Jury, In tbelr pre? sentment, present the school commlr-slooer as I honest, upright and well meaning, but utterly unqualified for the post. -The Cblcora and Gaul Base Ball Clubs of ' Chester played a game? on the I9tn, which wat woo by the former, the score being Ohleom 31, Gaul 15. -Mr. Lewis Huff, an old citizen of Green? ville County, died in Greenville OD Monday last, after aa Illness ol several months, aged sixty years. - -Biward Patterson, alias Nelson MoLaln, who broke Jail In Kershaw In 1869, where he was confined lor norse-aieallng, bas beermat last recaptured and lafceD to Camdeo. -The saw-mill Of Mr. G. W. Bankin, lo An? derson, was set on tire last Saturday and en tlrely consumed. Two colored men, James and Frank Bibb, have beeu arrested on aus? picios of belog the Incendiaries. -Messrs. John Wilson, W. 0. Keith, T. Q. Donaldson, Thomas C. Dunn, W. E. Holcombe and G. W. Duval!, Conservative Senator?, filed their protest again-t the bill to appro? priate $35.ooo io pay the Ku-Klux hantera. -General ?. M. Law, who was distinguished as a gallant officer In tbe Cooled erat? army, lett Yurkvil e, which has beeu his home for' many years, on Monday last, and will make his future home at Tuskegee, Alabama, where . be Intends to plant. -Greenville had another horse race last Monday between ihe sorrel horse and mare, owned respectively by Messrs. McBee and Herren, the latter of North Carolina. The race was four hundred yards, there being two heats, both of which were won by McBeeV horse. -Toe Intendant ol Anderson bas been In? structed to notify the officers of tue Blue Bidga Railroad thar, unless tney proceed at? one?* to bi idge the chasm over ihe cat through which the road runs, just northwest of toe square, criminal proceedings against them will be Instituted. -The Spartin says: "Ford's Bridge on Cnoree, Wakefield's Bridge on South Tyger, near lteldville, Mc Eira1, h'a Bridge oo Middle .'Jger, Whit c's Bridge across Lawson's Fork, near apartan burg, wera washed away by the recent freshet, and Switzer's Bridge oo Booth ry ger and Snoddy's Bridge, seriously dam? aged."_ _ THE EASHER a ' AND MECHA 7*108' BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. This newly chartered company held Its first meeting over the Citizens' Savings Baak last evening, which was largely attended by sub? stantial ciilzeuB ol both colors, and a great deal ol intei est manifested lo the success of the new enterprise. Tue lollowlog officers ware elected: B.D. Bonn, president; K. H. Helnltsb and J. ' H. bawyer, vlce-prt*sldenta?? . A. G. Breniser, secretary and treasurer: H. ac^ ' Emlyn, W. StelgleiE, W. J. Duffle, H. M. Gib sou. Colonel J. B. Palmer, W. H. eiack, J. E, Black, M. H. Berry, directors. John T. bloom, Jr., was elected solicitor ot the company. The company ttaris out under the most promisingt auspices. Its charier allows tbe Issue ot '4001 snares at $200 eaob, to be paid lo monthly lo stalineote ot one dollar lor euch snare. About ' oue thousand shares have already been taken.' and last eveulng $618 were paid ia.-Ooiumixa Herald. _ OUBSOUTH ATLANTIC NEIGHBORS. . Georgia. -Dr. B. B. Miller, of Burke Couoty, ls dead. He was ooe of the largest leaded proprietors In the State. . -A couventlon of steam saw mill owcera Of Ihe Som ti ero Slates ls to be bald lo Savan? nah on me 18th of March. (.j '>Y> -Tue bouse aud cou tents of Mr. Robert Ledwilb, lu Bainbridge, were burned last , ?uturoay night. ,- ' -John W. Burge, who killed John C. Fow? ler, ol Macon, a lew days Bloce, has been ad udued to ball lu the sum ot ooe thousand dollars. Tue killing was rather JuatLflaDie.:, -The Macon board of trade organised on Monday. B. L. Wuilngham and H. T. Jobs-1 soo were elected first and second vice-preal- . oems. George H. Hazionural addressed ibe meeting upou nie Importance of encouraging the Maoon, Monticello and Atlanta tialiroad. -A pat iy of German Immigrants arrived lo. Augusta Saturday en route lo the home of their employer lo McDuffle County, a short distance irom Augusta. Toe party constated ol seven mea, tutee women and three or four children-au of them healthy, bright and Ja* tell,gent looking people. Tuey came from Prussia. -Tue Eagle and Phoenix Manufacturing Company, ol Columbus, report profits equal to . twenty-lour per cent, ol tne capital luvested, oy last year's operations; the Co. um bus Man* utacturing Company report twenty-three per cent.; ihe Taila.-see Fae o ry al oe teen anda hall per cent., .and the Boswell Factory nine per cent, lor the last six months of 187J . North Carolin?. -The recent rains have blockaded...the Western North Carolina Railroad with land slides. -A scamp, representing himself as a son,of Wade Hainpiou, bas been doing the "Weld oulies." -Tne Raleigh News complains that no criminal case came before the mayor of that oliy for a whole week. < i -.. -Tue working of mica mines has carried Into ihe Stet? tn a short time several honored thousand dollars. '. 'J ? -Tbe Cape Fear River and bar has received from Congress $100,000, at which the WLmlng ton miod suouteth "Good news." -J. G. Hester, the Radical spy and deteo live, who gained SUCH iotamoua notoriety some months ellice lo the abduction ot. Dr. Avery from lha Domini?n of Canada, has f-~ nominated consul io santiago. Florida. -The Jacksonville fire engines will after be drawn to fires by horses. -Tbe lumber mills around Fernandina are being ran io their full capacity. - -The Jacksonville press speak rather frigid? ly of Mrs. Stowe's readings In mat city. . -F.onda ls shlDplug oranges te California and receiving In return California patjfay, -j. -Tnero are tbirty-ibree cnartered MasonlO 10Se%eo?en? Catholic fair lo JacksonW realized a little over lour n?00"^0"**. f , . -Moonlight excursions are all the rage in Jacksonville ut present. ' ??ii . -The ladles of ihe Ocean Street Presbyter? ian Church, la Jacksonville, have opened a lair lor Us benefit. -The ladles of the Jacksonville Mutual Md Association are endeavoring to get lands' lor ihe erect loo of au hospital. * . *j.?.:. -Mr. Theobald Fetiroack, who was recent? ly found near Auguste with his throat cdt, ls " -lt ls said that Colonel G. J. ForeaerewlB . become superintendent ol the Macon and' Western Railroad. . ?...raaf. -The government ls making arrangements to improve ihe public buildings lo St. Augus? tine. ^ IzL* -Wm. H. Mallory, of Pensacola, wwJW and killed by his partner in mercanti e^bum ness in Galvestoo, Texas, on he ^?Slhat strongly recommended for the coumnonm?. ot Fernandina. .... . rg