The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, March 03, 1873, Image 1

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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 2224. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1873. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. TfflROD'S LAST DAYS. DID THE POST PERISH FR OM STAR TA? TTON 9-THJE PLAIN TRUTH. A Touching Narrative-The Timely in? tervention of General Wade Hampton ? -Gratify lng Suacea* of Timrod'? Poems ? at the North. We And the following deeply Interesting let? ter in the Boston Advertiser: COLUMBIA, S. C., February 20, 1873. To the Editors of the Boston baily Advertiser: ?I have been greatly pained by observing tbat antone tbe notices of the poems of the late Henry Tlmrod, emanating from the Northern press, there have been lew, if any, which have not touched with peculiar emphasis upon the monrniul fact that this gifted son of genius should have died lo want, some, Indeed, hav? ing gone so far as to Btate that be died of starvation, and the exceptions have been very few where Borne ungenerous taunt has not been thrown upon the stricken land where Henry Tlmrod lived, wrote and died, and the crushed State which be lored so well. Believ? ing that garbled truths aur. unfair statements must have caused the impression which seems so generally to prevail in regard to this mat? ter, and as the veil has already been ruthlessly lorn aside lrom the sacred scenes of Ihe lire side and the death-bed ol this sweet singer of the South, I venture to ask you to publish a few facts in connection with his history, which are directly within my own knowledge. In 1867 there was famine in routh Carolina, and the utmost horrors which hat word can convey lt was then our fate to Know. I will not trespass upon your columns for space enough to relate the causes which induced this calamity; suffice lt to Bay it WUB here in oar very midst. One cold, raw afternoon, the BOOW tailing heavily, my lather, a clergyman of the Metho? dist Eplscop -I Church Souih. had Just returned lrom u visit te a family, once one of ihe wealthiest In the State, the mother of which had burned ber cradle io make light and beat by wblch to watch her dyin- child. when Gen? era! Wade Hampton called io see bim and ihe follow)og conversation took place: >>lhaveJuBt beard," said the general, "that among the most necessitous cases In the com? munity is Tlmrod's; be is sick and unuble to work, and the only man In a houseful of de Eendent women. It is a very delicate case, ut something must be done' for bis relit ? Yon, my dear slr, lo virtue ot your holy office, con best undertake lt, so I have brought you a som ot money lo be appropriated for bis comfort as you may think Desi." My father replied, "1 will ge lo see him at once, and what I can I will do most gladly, but all his surroundings make lt a most em? barrassing mission. However, when he knuws ihe motives which prompt me he can? not be offended." Immediately he set out lor tbe visit and re? turned In about an hour. Accustomed as be, an old and experienced minister, was to ?cenes ot Buffering, be appeared completely unmanned. **I have haa a most distressing Interview," he began, "I found the poor tal? low looking very sick, but up. He carno into the parlor to meet me, and showed tome sur? prise, at my visit. After talking a few min? utes OD different subjects, I asked alter the health of the family, tie told me tin re were several member.-* of lt sick. 'Tnen,' said I 'in these t-ying times and In your feeble health yon must una the burden of their support i vary heavy, and some of your lrlends dec Ire i the privilege of assisting you. They beg that I you will accept the Inclosed sum.' Tne dark i blood mounted to bis (oreheud, und the heciic i burned fiercely ou his cheek as he exclaimed, < ?I cannot think ol accepting lt. I shall be quite t well again in a day or two and able to worn for 1 myselt a?d family.' 'Come, come,' I answered, 'don'tfeel badly about it; you know we Con- < federates bave nothing to oe ashamed ol in l our poverty, and at least take it us a loan until i you are able to work again, and ihen you caa i pay lt baok to somo ot God'd poor.' Never i shall I forget the look with which, catching i both, my bands, he In a broken voice exclaim- i ed, 'Oh, slr, I will tell yon the truth ! God himself must have sent you here, and I will take the money as from bim, lor wlibout lt 1 do not know what would have become ol us.' Shaking his hand heartily, I replied: 'Weil, Cake il then, as lrom the Master, and remem? ber lt ls only a loan, and you are to pay lt wok to him double when you finish that great Deem you are going to write, and become a richman.'" Naturally, after such a beginning my father ; was acquainted with all Timrod's circumstan? ces, and thai be was never in want tigaln Is a mailt r beyond doubt. Oa the contrary, the remainder of bis lite was sustained and soothed by every care and comfort that kind? ness and frlenashlp could devise. That he was in want at all was the mlslortune of the ; people among whom his lot was cast. He had staked all and lobt all but honor for a cause which was dearer to them and to him than all on earth besides, and whose sorrows one might think are heavy enough to satisfy the vengeance of their deadliest enemy. I have only to add that these mets were kept strictly private In my father's family i circle, and would never have been made pub? lic bal for the lrequent aspersions upon the i benevolence and public spirit of ihe people ot i the Sooth, and because those lo wno m the i publication of the laois would cause pain are moat of them safe " Ic the great cloister's stillness and seclusion." ' Respectfully, J. The Advertiser in printing the above letter, editorially says: "The letter printed In another column from a lady in Columbia, Souih Carolina, concern the last days ol the poet, Henry Timrod, will afford a degree ot pleasure to all who have become Interested In this poet's verses and his sorrowful fate. That there was a lime when he really suffered for lack ot common comforts lhere can he no question. It ls some satisfaction to be assured that this suffering waa relieved by appreciating friends before be himself yielded up bU hope of living to do nobler things than be bad yet done. Tne edi? tion of Tlmrod's poems ls, we hear, already exhausted by the unexpected demand lo the Northern States. It is io be hoped another he Issued, Including the Charleston Cem? etery ode, which was unfortunately omitted from the last. We should be glad it the 'Katie,' to whose praise he gave such charm? ing voice, and who, we understand, re? ceives a needed benefit from the profits of the sale of the work, might have such tokens of ^the respect of the Northern people for her lamented husband's talent as would show her and all In the South who loved him how little political opinions affect our appreciation of real merit." THE CAS HOOK MURDERER. NEW TORE, March 1. The opinion ls gaining ground mal the influ? ence which has been brought to bear upon Governor Dix will have 'he effect of gaining executive clemency In Foster's case, and that the death sentence will be commuted. He ls befriended by Hamilton Fish and Thurlow Weed, and about twenty of the most Influen? tial lawlers In the city have signed the peti? tion lor commutation of his sentence; and the ten surviving Jurymen who convicted him have also interested themselves In bis behalf. Mrs. Putnam, the wife of the murdered man, has also written to Governor Dix, a-klng 1er a commutation of sentence. It ls said that new tacts have come to light, which would Justify thegovernor In altering Foster's sentence to one of Imprisonment for lite. JIM FISK'S SOUL MARCHING ON. NEW YORK, March 1. On the application of counsel for Mrs. Lucy B. Fisk, executrix of the late Jim Fisk, Jr., Judge Blatchford this afternoon granted a temporary ^Junction restraining tbe officers of me Credit Mobilier from applying to any legislature or court o? competent Jurisdiction for a dissolution ol the corporation. THE PORT ROYAL RAILROAD. Beaufort Jubilant Over tho Completion of the Enterprine. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB NBW9 ] ' BEA?F RT, March 1. One hundred and ten guns were fired here to day, on the occasion of the completion of , the Port Royal Riilroad. 8. 8. The First Through Train. From another source we learn that the last spike on the new road was driven at the four? mile post, near Augusta, at seven o'clock on Friday evening, and at ten o'clock on Friday night the first through train from Port Royal was welcomed In Augusta by the booming ot cannon and a general JolUdcalion among the officers of the road and the promoters of the enterprise. The bonorof driving the last spike was accorded to Captain W. W. Elliott, son of Hon. Geo. P. Elliott, the original pro? jector of the road. The contractors for the construction of the road were Messrs. Ellis & Alcott, and they have shown great energy and ability in bringing the work to this prompt und successful completion. HONEST JOHN PATTERSON. A Sketch of his Ca re tr-Cold Comfort for the New Senator. [From the New Yore Min.] This Individual, known in Sou'.:, Carolina as Honest John, will appear on Tuesday next to take bis seat as United States senator from that State. The first transaction in which the public generally became acquainted with Honest John was on occasion of the eleciion of a United States senator from Pennsylvania in 1863, when he wa? examined by a committee ot the House of Representatives of that State on questions touching bribery and corruption, aliened against that Immaculate statesman, bimou Cameron The committee, in making their report, state that "Mr. Patterson agreed with Di. Boyer"-a member of tbe House of Representatives-"that he (B.>yerj Bhould have $20,000 il he would vote lor Mr. Cameron lorUuiie? Stales Senator, subject, however, to the approval of Mr. Cameron; and Mr. Pat? terson afterward lulormed Dr. Boyer that Cameron was agreed lo the price." Of course Mr. Patterson denied the money part ol this negotiation, but he admitted ail the lutervle.ws which had taken place be? tween himself and the other parties. The coutnittee, however, and the House of Repre? sentatives were thoroughly satisfied ibal the bribe waa offered, and that Patterson was the tool used by Cameron. This was proved by tbe passage ot a resolution by ibe House on the 14th ef April, 1863, requesting ihe Gov? ernor lo Instruct the attorney-general to In? stitute crimiual proceedings against Cameron, Patterson, and two others. No such proceed? ings were, ever instituted. The attorney general could not legally prosecute them; and the local prosecuting officer at Harrisburg was In the interest ol the accused. Some three years since, Honest John turned up In South Carolina us naturally as a tm key buzzard alights near ibe phau bles. He snuffed the carcass Ibat was waiting to be picked. Columbia was ihe field where he and such as be could win und wear laurels. During the period of bis residence In the unfortunate Palmetto Slate bis employment has been en? tirely consistent and regular. Having learned his profession In Pennsylvania under the tuition ot an able master, lie piled it In <tolom t>la with a zeal and success which lew have matched and none exce.led. It bi has had my other business in Soulh Carolina than levelopiug and carrying through by leglsla .ive ata schemes ol public plunder, the public lave not heard of lt. Finally honest John's experience and suc? cess in procuring legislation In the Interest ot ila own projects and those ol his confederates laiisfied bim that he could be elected io any office ia ihe gill of tbe Legislature be had so often maulpuialed. He old not hesitate to announce, weeks before tbe election that he Intended lo be elected; and that "be would pray for it, and, if ueediul, pay for lt." He said he had ibe money necessary, and could buy all the votes he wauted. He even went BO far as io dec.are this to tbe correspondent of a New York newspaper, adding that be "didn't care who knew lt, though he would not like to have lt printed." And he was right. He was elected on the first trial and arrested lor bribery ibe same night. Tbe news of lils election and arrest appeared In all the Journals of the country the next morning, tie wa* bound over to appear tor tria Ibelore ihe Circuit Couit at Co? lumbia. He still awaits ibat tri o, Inasmuch as from some irregularity lu summoning ihe grand jury, whet uer contrived or other wife, the whole panel was quashed at the recent term. Some months must elapse, therefore, before Ibe case will come up. i Finding, however, that tbs odor of bribery In ibe election was somewhat unpleasant, lt was contrived that he should be arrested again on another charge of the same bind a few days alter his first arrest, and brought before a trial Justice, who undoubtedly had sufficient, inducement to discharge bim, as he did. Thus ihe attempt has been made to convey the impression io the public that the charges of bribery against bim have lallen Lbrougb. It ts weil understood m South Caro? lina that the second urrest was wnui la plang phrase is called a put-up Job to convey a false impression to the public. lc remains lo be seen whelber this man, who has no single qualification lor ihe office, and who comes to me Senate covered all over with jobbery and corruption, will be permitted to lake his seat ia that body wiih.nu au in? vestigation luto ihe HUMUS by which be se? cured his election. It he comes In unques? tioned, so much the worse tor the Senate. THE DRY GOODS TRADE. The New York Bulletin in Its last weekly re? view Bays : Both agents and Jobbers are disappointed at the result ol the season's trade ibua far, bul neither are despondent. The actual condition of the trade throughout ihe country appears to be highly satistactory; stocks ore light in dealers' bands, and the different sections are tu a position to operate freely when tbe prop? er time arrives, bul lhere Uno disposition lo anticipate future wants, nor ls there ibe least indication ot a speculative tendency, so thai purchases for the coming season win be based upon a strictly legtum tte consumptive de? mand. Collections come forward with com? mendable regularity from nearly all parts of the Interior, uud lhere have been very few important failures throughout ihe country, which circumstances augur well lor the pros? ecution ol a successful epilog business, which will, however, open later than usual. During Ibe week lhere was a considerable improvement la business with both French and British Importers. Jobbers' slocks begin to show more complete assortments, particu? larly of dress goods, and rome of them have effected lair Hales lo ibe Southern trade. Prices abroad continue firm fur all mauutac tured goods, whether composed of silk, wool, cotlou, liuen or mixtures, and the scarcity ana high prices of labor, fuel ami building ma? terials seem lo Indicate a continuance of present rates at least, with the probability of a further advance ou some fabrics. THE NUMBEB OF JESUITS-Though the Jesuit order bas very explicitly acknowledged its expulsion from Uermaay as a grievance and a good reason for political agitation, it doee not yet appear to have recognized it as a fact. The latest Jesuit catalogue goes on to enumer? ate the German provinces as usual amoog the the twenty-two branches of the Sjciety of j Jeans. It even gives prominence to it as the largest, comprising 750 Jesuit brothers, which is more than either of the great French prov? inces, wbiob contain 729 and 694 members re? spectively. As a whole, however, France far surpasses over-faith I ul Germany, tor it mus? ters a contingent of 2665-considerably more tban a fourth of the entire Jesuit host. Tho total at rene ta of the society ts stabed to bo 8951. The several provinces are:Rome. Naples, Sicily, Venioe, Turir Austria. Hungary, Galicia, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Cbampagna, Francia, Lyons, Toulouse, Ara? gon, Caatiiia, England, Ireland, Mexico, New York, Maryland, and MiBcouri.-Pall Mall Gazette. NOTES FROM NEW YORK. TKE DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE RING CHARTER. Tbe Coming Fouche-Spring Weather Bret Harte and Mark Twain-The Obtuseness of Book Pub Hubers-Dram? atic Notes-Lucca's Farewell. [FROM OUR OWN CO RESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, February 26. The meeting at Cooper Insiilute last night to protest against the Ring charter, now pending In the Legislature, was a success as tar a- numbers went. There were several prominent speakers, most of them well known Republicans. Brown, the rich banker, pre? sided. Professor Dwight, Joseph Cboate, (nephew of Rufus;) Parke Godwin, editor ot the Evening Post; Ottendorfer, editor ol the leading German paper, and Jackson 8. Shnltz, the seventy's Nestor, spoke. Murphy and bia bold banditti were ht-ndled without gloves. The speakers declared that lt the charter passed Tweed would come Into power aga'o. It ls notorious that he ls as thick with Tom Murphy as any ihieves could be. They were together in 1870, and they are together to-day. Murphy used io be a Tammany Repub? lican. Tweed is a Customhouse Democrat. Parke Godwin In alluding io Mr. Havemeyer. spoke of bim as "our g eat and good m ?yor." He ls hardly "great," but he certainly Isa very honed old gentleman. The audience applauded noisily. I doubt if the demonstra? tion will dismay the conspirators. The charier will probably pass. Tuen we shall see ll Gov? ernor Dix has the pluck to veto it. The papers are ulready drawing sketches of our lulure Fouche-our police autocrat to be. lt is known that the lol ttcoua Davenport ls the coming cuperintendetit of police under the Dew charter, vice Kelso. Democrat, re? moved. Davenport was the fellow wbo mm aged the November el-ctlon here In ihe in? terest of Grant. He endeavored lo start a reign of terror, by sending his Hpies Into private houses and arrest 1 g citizens arbitra? rily. He ls exactly cut out for a j etty despot. He ls a Brooklyniteby binn, aboui forty years of age, a protege oi G neral Butler, (and about as honest,) a Jack-of-all-lrades, news? paper reporter, lawyer, politician, corner loafer, Ac. He ls very cordially hated by the citizens ol New York, but, I presume, does not care for that any more than Butler does lor the scorn of respectable people every We are beginning lo begin to believe that the worst of (hm Bhocking winter is over. Monday was ihe coldest day of Ihe season. The mercury Blood at zero all alone Broadway. Up in Vermont and New Hampshire they got forty and forty-five below on the spirit ther? mometers. Yesterday, however, was bright and beam Ifni. To-day lhere was not a cloud In the sky, the weather was warm and the streets were in a condition of thaw. The rivers are lull of Ice which bas floated down from above. But thong i spring has not ar? rived, we have a loretasie of spring, and it is delicious, alter che long, dreary and unusually severe winter of 1872-73. Brel Harte and Mark Twain are both coin? ing money nightly as lecturers. The first ls 1 talking about ihe "Heathen Chinee," and ibe last about t he Sandwich Islande. Mark Twain 1 draws larger audiences than auybody elae In j ihe lecture teld, with the exception of Gough and pet haps Beecher. He ls as widely known as hiB tl rsi subscription bjoK. "Ihe Innocents j Abroad," which must have had a million of readers all over the country. His lectures are quite as trashy us lils Dooks, and funny, ol sourse. He visited England last summer, ind ls now eng>iged tn pulling his observa? tions Into a new book lo be called "John Bull." Fie has lt aoout hull finUhed. The usual story ls repeated ab ut Twain's ' Irst literary venture. It is saM that arter he , lad written "Innocents Abroad," be carried li "rom publisher to publisher only lo meet with rebuffs. Those wise men told him thal he had mlMatten the popular taste: his book would fall flat on the mar kel. He- persuaded a Hart- , lord House to take lt alter some difficulty His manuscript was fumbled and haggled over six mouths before lue publisher* had conrane to make the plunge. Tne sales have amount- 1 ed to nearly a quarter of a million of copies, 1 on which lite publishers have cleared ai least twenty cents, and Twain fifteen cents per volume. He had no trouble to find a pub? lisher Tor his next book, "Roughing It," at much larger ligures. My Impression ls thal book publishers as a class ure numskulls, lhere was hardly ever a successful author who did noe have the greatest difficulty to In- ' duce publishers to think respectlully ol his first manuscript. They do not direct, but fol? low public opinion. The most enjoyable play at the theatres is ! "David Garrick," which Solbern ls running ut ; Wai lack's. All ihe paris are exquisitely lilied. "Alixe" at Ihe Filth Avenue is well played, but , lt has a tragic termination, Which spoils lt. Modern theatre-goers waoi ihe young people In dramas to mai ry Instead nt slay each other. Alixe, aller harrowing the hearts of the wit- ! tiesses lor two hours, is brought on the stage i corpse, with a blue light play lug upon her features. It ls enough to kill any entertain- ( menu except one provided by Shakespeare, who must be allowed lo butcher lils heroes and heroines because he ls Shakespeare. But , Daly cannot take Buch Uberllea with New ?ork audiences. "Alixe, therelore, ls not drawing well. Neither ls Daly's other piece at Mis other theatre, ibe Grund Opera House, lils a hodge-podge culled "Roughing Ii," lu honor ot Mark Twain, I suppose Tue ucilon rjeglus en Broadway, and ends In the Rocky i Mountains. Florence ls playing his greatest character at Booth's "Ooenrelzer," In the dramatization of Dickens's "No Thorough lare." Florence Is not a genius, but this part ls a marvellous piece of acilog. It should have a place beside Jefferson's "Rip," Owen's "Solon Shingle," and James W. Wallaces "Fagin." Al the Olympic Theatre, Fox, the pantomimist, has returned, aud "Humpty Dumpty" 19 on the throne again. New York? ers have been to see this lolly for four suc? cessive years. Ic draws belier lhan Booth's "Hamlet." The farewell engagement of Lucca begins at the Academy, on Friday oignt. She re? turns to Europe ;n Ihe early sprit g. Nm. CONGRESS IN BRIEF. The Texas and Pacific Railroad-Plnch baek's Senatorial Aspiration? Fated. WA?UISQTJN. D. C., March 2. The Senate yesterday amended the river and harbor upproprlaion bill so us lo give Mobile harbor $100.000. The bill now goes to a committee ul conference. Tue Senate bas passed a bill lo am h on z ? the Texas and Pacific Raliway Company t > consol?dale with or lease the railway of any co-nnany chartered lu the Stale ol California that may be necessary lo exlend the line lo San Francisco, If authoriz? ed by the Stale of California aud agreed upou by the stockholders of both companies. The bill grants a right ol way two hundred feet wide through public lauds on the roule, und contains n variety ol restrictions and condi? tions of the proposed consolidai lon. Governor Wurmoth, ol' Louisiana, left for New Orleans to-night. There is fight In bim yet. It is authoritatively whispered that Pinchback, (colored,) elected by the Kellogg L?gislature to the Senate of the United States for the long term, has no chance of bel?g ad? mitted nuder hid present credentials. THE TEXAS PACIFIC RAILROAD. SAN FRANCISCO, March 1. The Reno party ot surveyors for the Texas Pacific Railroad arrived at Prince Village, Arizona, February 19th,. where they connected with a eurveylng party lrom the East. HORACE GREELEY'S ESTATE. NEW YORK, March L The appraisers yesterday completed an In? ventory of Horace Greeley's property. The total available assets are computed at $126. 000; embraclDg six Tribune shares at $54,000; his Inceresc In "Whac I Know About Farm? ing," "The American Conflict," and other Greeley publications, $12.000 In addition, there are debts amounting to $79,676. includ? ing tbe following: One promissory note of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., dated December 1st, 1860, lor $45,924; note of 8amuel 8lnciair for $2000. The wonhless notes and papers amount to $140,000, and embrace shares In numerous gold, silver, produce, homestead and other companies, and la various patents. WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. The Southern Claims. WAStmaroN, February 27. Much surprise and great disappointment are generally expressed here in regard to the action of the Senate claims committee In re? porting, without recommendation, the House bill directing payment of the awards to loyal claimant?, contained la the second annual re? port of the Southern claims commlBsioo. Al? though these claims have been snljected to extreme and rigid action of the claims com? mission, and scrutiny of the House committee on claims, and have been paas-d bv the unani? mous vote of the House of Representatives, there B?eras to be great danger that payment ol the awards will thus be deterred another jrear Many of the claimants are now in this city in extrem? destitution. Brooke and the Colored Members. When the vote wax deciarel in tue House to day respecting Mr. Brooks, he conspicu? ously lelt bis seat, and went first lo Mr. Elliott, the colored representative from Charleston, South Carolina, and In the presence of hun? dreds In the rear of Elliott's seat, thanked him at length and emphatically for the vole which he had given, and he then did the like to Representative Rainey, also from South Caro? lina, whose Beat was lu a distant part of the House. Representative Elliott.. Hon. Mr. Elliott, fn.m South Carolina, bas rpquPBte.1 Colonel Perry H. Carson to secure quarters for ihe accommodation ot the Ran? dolph Rifles, C ?roh ti i Light Infantry, and First Battalion, First Regiment, South Carolina National Guar). Governor Pinchbick, ol Louisiana, au-l Hon. Mr. Elliott, ot South Car? olina, have slg?lded tUelr intention of de? livering adi1res<e.s nt. the grand banquet to be given ut Columbia Law building ou the eve? ning ol March 3. The National Financ?e. WASHINGTON. March L The pnblio debt Biatement for February, Is? sued to-day. shows ihn reduction cl the debt for that month to be five millions two hundred and seventy thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars and seventy cents, and the fol? lowing balancea In the treasury: Coln, $65, 930.781; curt ency. $4,000.962; colo certificates, $24.240,980. O islanding legal tend?is $35C, 001).000. Spacial deposit, ot legal lenders for ihe redemptiou of ceililicates of deposit $27. 770,000. Flity millions ot tbe bonus of 1862 were called in to-day. Nomlraatlona. The following nominations have been made by the President: John S. Banks, register land office, East Florida; Holiday, receiver of | public money. Eist Florida; Horace Taylor, poatmnater ot Corpus Cristi; W.'D. Wicker? eham, post m wer at. Mobile; Charles Ring gold, postmaster al Melle. (?) W. B. Jones ls pressed tor collector ni customs at Mobile. Ku-Klux Pardoned. The following Ku-Klux have been pardoned: Miles Carroll, Miles McCulloch, Henry War lick and James A. launders. MORD CLOUDY WEATHER. WASHINGTON, March 2. The low barometer on the South Atlantic coast will probably move northeastward be? yond Cape H ateras. Northwest wiuds and cloudy and clearing weather with lower tem? perature are expected to prevail on Monday in the S mt h Atlantic States, and fresh cola nottherly win-In In the Gulf r. tates. Caution arv signals will be continued at Savannah, Charleston and Wilmington. OUR SOUTH ATLANTIC NEIGHBORi Georgia. -The Macon papers joyfully chronicle tbe lisai'po irsnce of the influenza and smallpox. -The excercises at tho Weslevan Female Col? ?se uro to bo resume a on the 12th instant. -The house of Mr. John 3. Lee, of Crawford ? bounty, was robbed last Wednesday ni?ht of j three hundred dollars. -The commencement excerciBes of the Medical College of Georgia were bell at the Masonic Hall, Augusta, last Saturday. _The Georgia Independent Fire Company, of Augusta, oro about io organize an artillery company. -The annual pararle of the August* Fire Department ls fixed tor May 13. -A broken wheel of a freight train on ih-> Western und Atlantic Railroad threw eight cars ofT Hie track near Ring^old last Thurs? day. No one was burt. -A negro woman on the plantation of I Joshua P. Smith, of D.-calur County, last [ week brained her father and her husband wilban axe, killing both Instanllv. -Tbe next ann nul con von ti m of the Diocese of Georgia will be tho "Somi-Centennial Jubi? lee Convention." oni will bo held in Christ Church, Savannah, beginning May 21st. -Kip Harris, of Butts County, waa shot and killed last Sunday evening, by a Mr. Carnyle whoso house he waa attempting to outer. Hams was paying attentions to Mr. Cargyle's daughter, but had boon forbidden lo visit her J by ber father. -'Ihe stockholders ol Ibe new "Coast Line Railroad Company" met ul Sivantiah last Frl lav. and organized by electing as directors, Messrs. John Foley, John Planner*, James J. Waring, W. E. Long and James Manahan. Tne directors subsequent elected Major John Foley president ana ?lr. M. J. Des vergers secretary. Florida. -The machinery of the Augusta Powder Works has been bongin by the Sycamore Pow? der Company, of Tennessee, and will shortly be trauhlerr?d thpnee. -Mr. Georg? W. Robinson, the present mayor of Manlsiee, Michigan, proposes to transfer his lurge capital to Florida, for the purpose ol engaging In the lumber business. -Rev. Francis d'A-sise, a monk of the Illus? trious order of LiTruppe. and a member of the mona-tery o? Notre Dame d'es Neiges, In the mountains of Ardeche, France, is visiting Key West. -The Legislature repealed the Insurance law of 1870. requiring corporations outside of the State to deposit tinny thousand dollars with the State treasurer before transacting business In the Stale; but Ihe Governor vetoed ihe bill. -Notwithstanding a little cold lately, spring B?eras lo be fairly op-nlng. The peach trees are all In full bloom, aud vegetation generally thriving. 8ome of our gardeners have green peas ready to bloom, says the Floridian. -An accident occurred at Stevena's Pot? tery, on Hie Baloo ton au? Gordon Railroad, on Saturday last, resulting in the death of a Mr. Bylngioa. und the seriously wounding of a aon ol' Mr. Henry Stephens and two negroes. -A murder occurred In Walton County, on Friday last, 2lst. A Mr. Milton Sirlnger was killed by Mr. James Allen. A brother of Mr. Allen was engaged in a tight or difficulty, and Mr. Stringer, In attempting to separate the parileB or to quell the difficulty, WUB killed by Mr. James allen wlih a knife. -One ol Hie most striking facts presented In Hie report of Commissioner Adams ls ihe number ot vessels partially wrecked on the coas, of Florida from 1848 to 1859, with Hie value of vessels and cargo, the amount of | salvage allowed, and the total expenses In? curred on vessels adjudicated upon at Key West. The loial number of vesselB la 018. the value $22,043,327; salvage alloweJ $1.795,101; total expense $2.666,388, while the total wrecks souih of Cape Canaveral unadjudlcated are pul down ae equal to the same amount, mak? ing a total loss ol $5.000,000. From the above startling fads of the dangers of navigation on ihe coast of Florida ls deduced, legitimate? ly, the necessity of a more direct line of com? munication lrom New Orleans to the Atlantic, and one free from ali the accidents so numer? ous and costly whlcb attend the ordinary passage Of ve8aela on the coaat. It is pro? posed to oonstruct what ls termed a "South ern Inland Caual" from New Orleans across Mississippi. Alabama, Georgia and Florida, or Florida and Georgia, as facts may warrant, to the Atlantic. North Carolina. -Professor M. Fetter, of Charlotte, was thrown from a buggy recently, and sustained Borne painful Injuries. -The laying of the track on the Wilming? ton, Ctiarlotie and Rutherford Railroad has been completed three and a half miles beyond LlleBviile, and within a mlle and a half of WadeBboro'. -Stephen Lowery, the only survivor of the Lowery gang, ia, it ls Bald, lurking some? where In the State, near the (louth Carolina line. "DIE FADERLAND. GERMANY'S POLITICAL AND INDUS TRIAL INTERESTS. Railroad Matters-Changes In the Min lg try-Ammunition Wagons, Ste. Recent issues ci German papers' are quite gossipy over the political and industria] Inter? ests of tbe Empire, and go'quite extensively Into trie merits of the new ministry, army, navy, foreign relations, finance, and last, bat not least, tbe railroads. Tbe last question in all its bearings ls occupying the attention of some of the best talent In the government, and deals with a system not in all respects sat? isfactory. The railway schemes bave their inception with Count lizonplitz, minister of commerce, who but recently received a most merciless pummelling irom Lacker, tbe champion ol the National Liberal party In the house of deputies, who made a speech against the rail? way regime of Prussia. Oue part of a new railway project consists ot a plan to build a military road from Berlin through the valleys ol tbe Lahn and Mozelle to AUace and Lor? raine. Probably the proposition considered apart from all question.? 01 means, is popular enough; but the tendeooy of these new schemes, as they have been managed, to cen? tralize wealth and make corporations arro? gant and corrupt, le what the eloquent deputy inveighed against. Puplic opinion In Prussia ls becoming opposed to private companies In which the mismanagement has been very mumed of late. One of the most grossly neglected lines ls the Aohalt Railway running from Berlin to Halle-Leipzig and Dresden. Its stock is among the best in the market, and its divi? dends are of tbe lattest. The corporators are wealthy and correspondingly Ind fi?rent, for th>-y monopolize the business of the impor? tant districts through which they pass, and pay so Utile attention to tbe comfort or safety ot patrons, that, delays, accidents and ail kinds of abuses are frequent. Caricatures and criticisms are used to express popular displeasure, but the company see their broken down machinery earning great wealth lor them, and care nothing tor this paper war? fare. It bel?g a private company, no one can be called to account and this Idea Lasker made the most ol. He charged the minis ter of commerce wilh blame In ibe matter tor granting concessions lo favor ltes and withholding them from new lines. He wanled the department to tell why an un trustworthy character named Sirousberg, whose notes the Bank ol Prussia positively declined to discount, had been favored for so many years, and others Just as bad sub-tit u ted when he fell Into discredit. He charged one of the counsellors ol Hie ministry with ob? taining grants for building ihree railroads, aud thea selling out hts grant ot one line to the company thai afterwards built lu Two clher persons,ooth belonging to the nobility, had also carried on a reguiacbuslness in ob taming railway grants and selling them again On ibe other band, Wuen a responsible com pany In the ordinary way of business under? took to obtain a grant delays and obstacles ultimately fatal to their success were raised by the ministry. If Lisker's story be true, ihe Germans tolerate as bad railroad rings as we do, aud Count IlCtnp.iti said nothing to disprove his charges, though he made an ai tem pi io reply, denying that he showed favoritism, und staling that those men whom he was accused of la? vonne complained o? him the most bitterly. The specific charges affect not alone this min? ister, but -i he whole cabinet of Germany, and like some now unpleasantly situated Ameri? can mea, the count Is called upon to make an? other reply and a more satisfactory explana? tion belore asking the country io give him credit for honest and Impartial dealing. In the German empire lhere are put upon the market railway and manufacturing shares to the amount of 913.120,000 francs, nearly as much as America wim her vast expanse of territory to cover, with railroads and her Inexhaustible resources to develop, eua show. Germ m enterprise Is more nearly ai a stand? still, und ihe financiers ot the nation are looking upnu ihe blute ol tnouey mailers with dlsiriiBt. Tbe prices of houses and provisions ure couslautiy ami rapidly riling, while toe vast amounts pouring la from France and placed upon the market as shares only ag? gravate the evil. Persons living upon salaries und elated Incomes find themselves compelled lo pay twice the former rates for the uecessl ties of lite, with only the same old depeudeu cles, and so Germany Is Anding her recent Increase of glory attended with ihe menace ot a corresponding increase In want and wretch? edness. A Cologne paper bas an article upon the mys? terious changes in the Ministry which puts a | , somewhat different construction from tbe pop? ular one on that movement. Prince Bismarck regarded the remodelling of the Upper House and Hs conversion into a Council of State as one of the most imminent needs of tho Govern? ment, while tbe other Liberals thought the paasage of tbe Bsforni bill of primary import ancp. making tbe construction of tne House of Lords only secondary. With bis usual firm? ness Bismarck opposed the appointment of new peera by a noto from Varzin, aud was Ioined in this opposition oy Count Von Roon, int in the Ministry they wore out voted and the Emperor adopted the recommendation for ?, the cr -adon of now peers. 1'?oPnuce was thus I j awkardly left at the head of a Ministry with ?hieb ho had no sympathy, and in seeming identification with tho new measures. This anomalous position wai not in accordance with his views of what a Fro nier'e influence should be, and he resigned, as did also Count Von R.on. Tho Emperor could not afford, nor wau he disposed to accept the resignation of the latter, and gave bim, instead of Eulenborg, the succession -to the Premiership, out of re? spect to tho Prmoo'B feelings. As Von Boon is BO loyal lo the p -hey be found, be is consider? ed only a continuation of tho Biamarckian Ministry. Though the Liberals were kept in tho dark for days and weeks, and trembled for tba worst evan when they knew Von B jon had been appointed, they confess to being agreea? bly disappointed, lu tho midst ot ruilrojd rings and ministerial changes Prussia does not forget to keep a sharp oye on her War Depart? ment. Tbe campaigns in France buving shown a defective system of supplying troops with ammunition in time ot action the govern? ment now provides every ammunition wagon with two Backs, each holding five hundred car? tridge?. With each wagou also there is to be a mounted orderly, and several men from every company are to be detailed as cartridge car? riers. A black and white flag by day and ablue lantern by night will be tbe dign?is, and the men are to be trained at tho coming manou? vres in cartridge carrying. A DEFAULTIWG POSTMASTER. Nsw ORLEANS, March 2. C. W. Lowell, posions;er ot New Orleans, has been arrested on a charge of embezzling $18,388. Ch ?et Deputy Postmaster Douglass was uibo arrested for complicity in the defal? cation. Odly ihe money order department hus been examined. Tne officere think ihe other ?lepar'.ments will also show heavy losses to the government. Lowell's bondsmen are not considered strong financially. A CASH COMPROMISE. NEW Yonx, March 1. The Sun alerts positively lhat Phplps. Dodge A Co. yesterday paid over two hundred aud seventy-one thousand dollars to D.strict Attorney Bliss, thereby settling the claim with the government. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The Amenably at Albany haB passed the New York City charter. -A Sau Francisco dispatch announces the loss ot' the steamer George 8. Wright near Cape Camino. Ten io twenty lives were lost. -Major-General William F. Barry, com raaudant of the artillery school at Fortress Monroe, has been selected as chief marshal of the Inauguration ceremonies. -Twenty thousand dollars' worth of lace, silk and worsted goods, which a passenger was endeavoring to smuggle on shore irom the steamship Silesia, were seized In New York, on Tnnn?day, by ciiBiombou*e officers. -Tne treasury programme lor March ls lo buy one million bonds on the first and third Wednesdays, and one-half million on the second and fourth Wednesdays, and Bell one and one-half million of gold each Thursday. THE QUALITY OF COTTON. [From the New York World.] Much attention bas been dlrectt d of late to the comparatively poor quality of the cotton crop tor the current season of 1872-3, the great disproportion of the extreme low grades among the cotton that has latterly been marketed, and tbe difficulty of disposing ol them, our home spinners are not able to use them to any extent, and shippers will not touch them because the demand abroad for the poorer qualities and short staple cottons Is met with the East India pro? duct, and being excluded lrom delivery on contracts lt has been a rather serious question what tc do with them. The effect upon rela? tive prices ol the various grades has been quite marked, as exhibited by a comparison of prices on the 15th of November iast with those of the 20th Inst., the last official revision of quotations, as annexed: Nov. 15, Feb 20, DUTer Cplands. 1872. 1873. tn ce. Ordinary.18*0 17^0 lc uood ordinary.I8#c is>gc lXc Strict good ordinary..18 9 163 loxc 1 9-iec Low middling.l8Xc H?j?o lo .idling.2uJtc ixe GOOJ middling.20^o 22%c 2*?'c It will be noticed that the old grades ol "fair' and "fully fair" have entirely disappeared from the c'assillcation. The advance in "low middling" represents the average advance ol the market. Tne greater advance in tbe grades above ordinary represents the depre? ciation In the average quality ot the colton received during a little more than three months. The relative scarcity of the "mid? dling" and "good middling" has caused a disproportionate advance In them. The poor | quality of? recent receipts of cotton ls vari? ously accounted lor. There ls a consid? erable Increase over lust season in the quantity produced, and this, lt is stated by mope who are familiar with tbe subject, is al? ways attended by undue baste and corres? ponding want ol care in the work ot picking. Again, dining a considerable portion ot last autumn Ihe rains were frequent and heavy, especially along the Atlantic coast, and un? doubtedly beat out much cotton into the dirt. But whatever the cause of the poor average quality of the croo ot colton for the current year, it Is a subject that requires thorough Investigation, and the Agricul? tural Department at Washington could not perform a more acceptable work than the col? lection of Information on this subject. If there ls danger ol permanent depreciation of the quality of American colton, (which before tue lute war stood unrivalled tor its gene? ral excellence.) ibut danger, its extent, and what It arises from, should be de? monstrated as early as possible, In order that lt may be overcome, or at least mitigated is much as may be. It is evident that lhere f LO be no lack of low grades of conon. East india aud Brazil possess capacities which have only Just begun to be developed. This ls also true of the Southern S ates; but, under tbe circumstances, lt seems much more important that the quality of American cotton should be maintained lhan that the growib should be In? creased, desirable as the latter may be on many iccounis. Tue action o? the New York Cotton Exchange last Thursday In resolving "that norn and after the first day nf September next ordinary cotton be Included in contract deliv? eries; that, noi more than 25 per cent, of ord! nary and 26 per cent, ol strict ordinary shall be delivered on any contraci per 100 bales; that no notice be taken in puolic report or in printed circulars of sales of any otber con? tracts, and that no other contract be siam oed by ibe Exchange," would seem to Imply that a continuance of existing evils may be appre? hended through the disorganized state of | labor at the South, or from otber causes. What me effect of this resolution will be upon trade remains to bj determined. Il naturally tends to encourage the Br liing on contract for future delivery by diminishing the risk ot a "corner," to whlon sellers are exposed. But will ll Increase the disposition lo purchase on such contracts ? Will spinners feel that they can purchase colton la this way io meet their future wants with any prospect of obtaining the grades of cotton necessary to the produc? tion of their styles ol goods ? Will they not prefer to walt until they need cotton and then purchase by sample; and thus by weakening specula; lou will not the difficulties In market? ing and handling ihe crop be Increased ? But we must learn by experience, and tbe change will benefit us in that way If In no other. HARRIA OE IX FRANCE. To many of us there, ls something Bbocklng in the business like airs with which French people contract alliances; but among the poorer population, ut any rate, Hie calcula? tion, foresight, delib?rale preparation of a nome, aud arrangement of the means 6f sup- I porting lt, means lile-loug comfort, each of j Lhe contracting parties having a due regulated share of me duties to perform. Tne only blt j ^extravagance ls the wedding dinner, fol? lowed by a ball. lu u couple of days the dulles 3f lite ure taken up, and the wife is Duay with her .linens and her saucepans. Sir. Walker describes marriage among English farm laborers: "Women brought ip ia ignorance of comfort of course ire careless about the means of providing for it. Tney are heedless how they marry and when married never think ol me dulles of | their situation. I recollect a young woman, the wife of a laborer In ihe country, once ap? plying lo me respecting some alleged harsh .realmeot on the pan of a shopkeeper to whom she owed money. On Investigating the case I found that she regularly spent about .bree shillings a week In sweet things, and that she beld herselt entitled io pass the first fear aller her murrluge In complete idleness, a privilege I discovered, by no means seldom claimed. Of course lae habits of the first year would become In a great measure the habits ot ifler Ute, and tbe indulgences In sweet things would most likely be transferred In lime to Lhlngs less harmless." Wueu Celestloe married her Antoine, who was a raliway porter, nbe begged that she might return lo my service for the months 'he bad to remain lo Paris, before leaving for Italy, where her bridegroom had effected an excellent engagement that would keep lhe pur in comfort. Shu pleaded that In this way ihe would noi have to draw on ber resources, ill ot which would be wanted for ber Installa-1 Lion lo her new home. She was very proud it Hie same time, to brg that my family would taste the wine of her husband's vintage, grown on a bli of land belonging to his fami? ly, in which he had a share. So lhe Paris rall- J way porter was an indnltely small wine-grow? er In his native place, ano the desire of his life was to earn money In "the capital of lhe world" to carry back to the lillie property? In marriage he looked tor a wife who would hu-band his resources, and at the same lime add to them. I leave ol herd lo moralize and Benumentallze on the subject, I give the facts as they come under my oyes, and li I dwell upon them it ls because they ap? pear to me to oe very near tbe founda? tion of the difference lhere is between the domestic and social predicaments nt the wages-earning classes of England and France. Celeeilne could turn every Hard ot the family Income lo lhe brsL account; could make a thoroughly good dlnuer out of the slighted ? and cheapest materials; could knit her bus band's hose and spin the flax lor his linen while the potau-feu was bubbling within ear? shot; and Having cultivated ihe habit ol sav? ing all her lile, and being among saviDg peo- ? pie, could Invest intelligently. Let the reader not run away wiih the idea that my old cook and lhe raliway porter will ever become rich people. They are thlnkitg only of their old days and of a crust of bread lo leave their children. They will never move out of the class In which,they were born. But the com? forts of their degree they will command wnen they are old. They will grow their own wine and vegetables, rear their own pork and poul? try, keep meir owu cow, and be able to give a vin d'honneur any day lo the lrlend who may pass tbelr way. And Celestine's ls tbe every day marriage of the French working classes. AU the Year Round. -A French woman recently died ol neglect I in the streets of Florence who was supposed io be of low origin, but wbo proved to be the daughter of a noble in high military position under the Bourbons. Upon ibe announce? ment of her death the authorities took pos? session of her effects, and on forcing open tbe drawer of a large box In ber steeping room found it full ol sacks of gold pieces; every box or drawer contained quantities of gold, gov? ernment bends and bank slocks, and in her shoes, whose soles were of extraordinary size and thickness, layers of newly coined gold pieces were found. THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. THE TRICE OF COAX AND IRON HTT^^ ADVANCING INENGLAND. The Spanish Republic-An Appeal for Recognition - Organization Against ' the Caril g ts-Action of Foreign Powers -Portugal to be Protected-Confetti of Spanish Bourbons in Pari?? Bad Pros? pect for the New Republic-Socialist Revolution In Russia-Affaira in Eng? land, Germany, LONDON, March ]. ID tbe House of Commons yesterday notice was giver by one ot tbe members ot bb Inten? tion to Introduce at an early day the ques t!*" whether tbe government ?hall ask the. Duked States Government to refund the sur? plus of tbe Alabama claims on the ground that tbe award made by the Geneva board exceeds by $2.500,000 the uclual amount of damage In? flicted by the Alabama during the war. Tbe Roman Catholic bishops throughout Ireland bave sent a united request to the Righi Hon. Mr. Gladstone for the withdrawal of the university test bill from Parliament. Considerable Influence ls also being brought to bear on the government for the same pur? pose by the IriBh members of the House of Commons. Quotations for coal and Iron are rapidly advancing In consequence of the strikes In the mining districts, lt ls thought that If satis? factory terms are not quickly arrived at between ihe parties, ibe strike most prove disastrous to a large portion ot ihe trade. A surgical (>perailoa was performed on Count Bernstorff to-day for. the reduction of dropsy. The patient obre the operation welL His condition ls slightly improved. Metsrs. Marshall A Sons, cotton spinners at Stockport, haye suspended. Tbelr liabili? ties are ?250,000. Tbe suspension wag caosed hy bad condition ol trade. The stockholders of ihe London and Liver? pool and Globe Insurance Company heida stormy meeting to-day, the trouble growing out ot the fact that DO dividend had been de? clared, owing to the losses ot the company by ibe conflagrations In Chicago and Boston. . , A steamer, the name of which ls unknown, foundered this morning In Ihe River Mersey, below Liverpool, and all on board are sap posed to have perished. A collision la reported to have occurred In the harbor of Cad.z, between the ships Fret' Morias and Ci loas. Full particulars of the ' llsuster have not yel been received, bot lt ie Haled that ninety persons were drowned. Spain. MADBID, February 27. Senor Castelar has addressed a Dote to lor? eign powers, urging tbe immediate recognl-: Hon of the Republic. He argues that the, European powere, having recognized the revolution ot 1868, cannot refuse similar Bo? llon with regard to the Republic, which Isa? logical consequence of Ibe events of 1868, Now that royalty has abdicated, the Spanish Republic should not be a brand ot discord tor Europe. The transformation the country baa ?jolie through ls purely Internet. Foreign:' uations should not demand of the government snergetlc action while ibey withhold from lt' morai support. The Dote has been lor warde d by telegraph to the principal capitals of Europe. Marshal Serrano, General Canoa and other generals hnve promised to place tbelr swords at ihe service ot ibe Republic whenever the government calls upon them. , Tbe government ls organizing an army of tweuiy battalions to fight the Carllst Insur? gents. Senor Tel nan, minister of finance, bas as? sured tbe officers of the new mortgage bank. tbai ibe government will respect all the finan? cial engagements made by the government or King Amadeus. ? ? ?'? t i France. PARIS, March 1. . In the National Assembly to-day, M. Da faure, minister ot lustlce, made a long speech, In which be declared that the compact of Bor? deaux would be maintained by the govern? ment. This statement was received with, satisfaction by tbe Conservatives, and the As? sembly, by a vole ot 499 against 200. decided, lo continue the discussion of the proposals embraced In the report. It ls expected that boin, the Bight and Left will Insist on adis- ' tl-ct statement from Ihe President of the' policy of the executive. .. i The Liberte reports that a family council lias been held by tbe Spanish Bourbons In Paris, and ex-Queen Isabella bas summoned tier son Alfonso from Borne. The leaning iroverncoents ot Europe have agreed to pro? tect Portugal against aggressions from Spain. Germany. . .. BBRLIN, February 27. The Provincial Correspondent shows that the Republic ol' Spain ls not deeply rooted. & bas to meet wlih fresh internal struggles and; atierapts of European socialists to make their prufli out of it, and to cope with them Bte-' ceesfully, before lt can consider itself estab? lished. d"*w The session of tbe German Parliament opens on ibe 12Lb ot March. . The Journeymen bakers in Stuttgart have struck work for higher wages. The associa? tion of German master printers have resolved to lock out all their employees who belong to the compositors' society, If ibe strike now In' progress continues after a certain day. The cab drivers o? this city are OD a strike, and tbe pubic is greatly Inconvenienced thereby. The second inauguration of President Grant on the 4th ol March will be celebrated by a grand reception- and banquet given on that day by United States Minister Banorotb Austria. ? VIENNA, February 2?, The Austrian government is disposed to net with Prussia ano Russia In regard to the new government ol Spain. It considers that the latter is nol yet sufficiently secure In posses? sion ol power to be entitled to full acknowl edgnent as one of the European govern? ments. 1 Cotton Movements. LiVETtPooL, February 27. t Arrived, steamer ot Cn y New York (rom New York, with 1172 bales; steamer Urunacbat, from Savannah, with 4040 bales; ship North 9tar, irom New Orleans with 4188 bale?; sblp Royal Charlie, from New Orlenos, with 2948 balee; ship Pearl of India. Irom New York, with 658 bales; bark Adriatic, from Mobile, With 2199 bales. .? * . JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE. -Newberry urges the planting o? shade trees ID its streets. -Union insists upon having a cotton fac? tory. -Orangeburg complains of the small capa? city of Hs railroad depot. -Mr. Jco. Downing, of Wlnnsboro', died last Tuesday, under suspicious circumstances. -Mrs. Amesbury, of Florence, died very suddenly on the 2Btn ultimo. -Miss B. V. Wood has been appointed post? mistress at Bock Hill. -A son of David Madden, of Laurens, died recenily of meningitis. -Smith's Bridge across the Salada Elver, In Laurens, ls ia a bad condition. -Laurensvllle complains of the terrible x condition ol the roads in lu vicinity. -Captain Julius Marlin died In Laurens on the 15th ultimo ol dyspepsia. -Beaufort anticipates the establishment of " extensive phosphate worka ia her midst be fore long. -Tbe bridge across Brown Creek, on the Salisbury road, Is In a very wrecked and dang? erous condition. -A Bailor, named Andrew?, was drowned lu Port Royal Bay on Ibe 23d ultimo. He be? longed to tbe schooner "Anna sims." -An outhouse on the premises of Mr. J. H. Frick, In Main street, Columbia, was burned last Friday. -Mrs. Mccowen, an old and pious lady of Florence, was accidentally burned to death last Wed .esday, by falling on the stove. -Mr. J. M. Crockett, a respected citizen el Lancaster, died on the 20th uk, aged seventy tW-The east end of Kincaid's Bridge, over Lillie River, bis washed six or eight feet down stream. P w -The Btaoles and corn crib of Mr. aw. Belle, of Lancaster, were burned on the 18th Instant. Aleck Blackmon, colored, the In? cendiary, has been arrested and committed to Jail for trial.