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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 2179. ' CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1873. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR7
THE CRUSH Di WASHINGTON
TME INAUGURATION SCENE DESCRIB?
ED BT EDMUND TATES.
A?HaL-and-Half Pageant-Shambling
and Shuffling Citizens-Ridiculous In?
cidents and miserable Cavalry-A Hu?
miliating Comparison-Tbe Veterans
of the War of 1813 In a Broken-Down
Omnibus-Pomp and Pompey-Little
Cheering, Small Crowds, Shabby Deco?
rations and a Lack or Dignity.
[Fdmood Yates la toe New York Herald.]
WASHINGTON, March 4.
M'he show ls over. Being over it would
probably be right to Bpeak o; lt on the.cZe
mortuis nil nisi bonum principle, more espe?
cially in these whitewashing days when it is
lound expedient to provide a champion for
every onie and everything which was looked
upon with suspicion at the time of its exis?
tence. It would be very easy for me to fall
into raptores at all that I have witnessed, and
display those raptures by the employment ot
what tK 3 late Mr. Artemus t. ard used to call
.'mangollous and spanglorlous" adjectives.
Bot lt appears to me that If the readers of the
Herald have any interest In what I may record
In its columna, that Interest is prompted by
the desire to see the real impressions of a
man who has witnessed many great celebra?
tions In various parts ot Europe, and that
they would prefer the honest exposition of
my thoughts to airy mendacious eulogy. This
exordium will have prepared yon for the state?
ment that I have not been much impressed by
tbe glory ot the spectacle I bave Just witness?
ed, and In troth I did not find lt magnificent
at all.
THE PUBLIC DISPLAYS IN ENGLAND
are not supposed to be of a very astounding
character. In military displays more espe?
cially we cannot come up to our immediate
neighbors. The standing army which we keep
ls comparatively a small oue, and the general
character ot oar population is eminently com?
mercial, instead of being, as In France-not
perhaps so much as a few yeats azo-essen?
tially military. Any pretension on our part to
the exhibition of warlike manouvres has been
a fertile theme ot ridicule for our satirical
writers. When, Borne thirty years ago, the
Emperor Nicholas of Russia visited Engiaud
and a review in Hyde Park was a part of the
programme. Mr. Thackeray commented with
much severity on the Idea of exhibition a
couple of foot regiments and a few squadrons
of household cavalry to a man who, as he
said, "could look over half a million pair ol
mustaches before breakfast." in size and
grandeur, in whirl and dash. In the number of
men employed, and in the general glitter of
the spectacle, I bare never seeD any attempt
ai military display in my own count ry to equal
the reviews held regularly every year lu the
Champ de Mars on the Emperor's fete day,
though it has been my let to witness two pa?
geants, In both ol which the military element
occupied a conspicuous place, which were un?
deniably more striking and Impressive limn
anything else of the kind io my recollection.
POINTS Ol COMPARISON.
One of these was the funeral of the Duke of
Wellington, the other the proceedings on the
day ot thanksgiving lor the recovery of the
Prince of Wales, scarcely more ihan a year
ago. The former was a day of monrning, and,
from the position of the dead man to whom
the honors were made, one o? il most purely
military organlzitlon; but the latter was a
public rejoicing, offering many points ol de?
tail, or tor comparison with the celebration
Just accomplished. Aud, In the first place,
let me venture to hint that lu the matter of
street decoration you aro somewhat behind?
hand. The display ol flags and all thai is known
by the generic name of *. buntiDg" was to-day
singularly poor and inappropriate. The stars
ano stripes form a very pretty banner-cer?
tainly quite as pretty as our old union Jack or
any 6f the continental tricolors; but nothing
else but stars and stripes floating from win?
dows, encumb-*ring flagstaffs, festooned across
balconies, stuck In (he heads of horses, spread
out and carried horizontally by the sooty fi ti?
gers or our colored brethren, become as
wearying and monotonous ns was the tou?
jours perariz to the French gourmet, or tho
Mutton hot and mutton coll,
Mutton young and mutton old ;
Mutton tender, mutton tough,
I thauk the Lord I've had enough,
to the Eaton sobool bov. Nor, if I may be
permitted to say so, did ? ever before assist at
any public celebration in any country In
which
THE EMBLEMS OP OTHER NATIONS
were so entirely and persistently Ignored as
on the present occasion. I can safely say that
never, during mv experience, has there beeu
a publlo holiday "in London without tne dis?
play of a vast number of American fl-igs, not
merely pot lorin for American residents, but
forming part of ihe general display, inter?
twining with French and Italian tricolors,
-German and Russian eagles and Ottoman
crescents. I am not Idiotic enough to impute
iblsomlBSlon to tbe national vanity cr selfish?
ness.
God knows that I, who in America have ex?
perienced more real kindness, appreciation
and hospitality tban were ever previously
shown me In my lite, would be the lust man
wilfully to suggest anything offensive to the
Dation with wnom my sojourn has been so
pleasant It merely Struck me as an omission,
and as such I tecord it. Nor was there the
smallest taste or display lo the dressing of the
streets. The temporary structures which had
been erected were in most cases left, In their
original rough hewn slate, ot bare boards. No
divinity had shaped their ends: no artistic
hand or eye had been calted Into requisition
to cover or color them. It ls not, I know, tbe
season lor flowers, and floral decoration was
not to be looked tor; but evergreens are
always to be had. and, tastefully arranged,
canoe made very pretty ano effective. Tbe
question seems to me to resolve Itself luto the
old dictum, trite and worn though lt be, but
so full of truth, that If a thing is worth doing
lt ls worth doing well.
TSE WHOLE MAGNIFICENT HOG OR NONE.
"?ue inauguration ceremony comes but once
In lour years and ls held in the capital of ibis
vast and enormously wealthy continent.
Either let lt bepawed over with nothing but
the merest official notice, or give lt some
pomp and significance. Do not let lt be halt
done, as it was to day. Triumphal arches here
add there, Venetian masts with brilliant pend?
ant streamer!1, windows and balconies gayly
decorated, wreaths of evergreens suspended
here and there across tne street are not cer?
tainly evidences of wisdom ; but they are not
' more inconsistent with stern republican sim?
plicity than many things which tue people
here lndu'ge In, and which give color and j
tone and a general festive air to such an ceca
sion. The procession, too, seemed to me lo j
be lacklne in dignity. It will be said that thia
Is not a military natloo.
THE MILITARY PART PRAISED.
But decidedly the military portion o? to?
day's display was by far tbe finest and most
impressive. Nothing could be belter than the
bearing and dressing of the West Point cadets,
the navy cadets, the regulars and certain of
the military regimerts,'notably the Albany
Burgess corps and ihe Boston Lancers. The
Fiftn New York Regiment was also deservedly
cheered. It seems questionable whether the
Fire Brigade ls a permissible portion of such
a procession; but undoubtedly it was most
-effective, and the floral garlanded wheels aud
tho horses, each bearing upon his nock a
floral wreath, formed a very ureity Bight.
?The presence ot the veterans of the Mexican
war was well-tlnud and interesting. But
surely lt would have been bei ter to have
paraded them before the eyes ol their fellow
ciilzens in some vehicle more dignified than
a broken down omnibus with a linen placard
bearing their printed designation.
THE RIDICULOUSNESS OP IT.
And from time to time an air of ridicule was
ihrown over ihe whole proceeding by the
appearance of most Inharmonious items. Such
. vf re the various squads of ihe negro people.
dressed in preposterously gaudy color;
rank and file unable to keep step, the b
uoable to keep time. Such were the s
bling, struggling collections of citizen
plain clothes, with hats and garments vat
In color and shape as much us did their <
ers In Biz* and height, without the fall
notion of keeping siep or line, and remiu
an Englishman Irresistibly of the holiday
mg of some convivial and benevolent bi
hood in his native land. These worthy
sonages would be well known on an ??
Moudayfete at the Crystal Palace or li
lea gardens ol' the Gobbling Duck, but
horribly out of place in a national proc?s
ona national festivity. The same rem
save as to their UDilorin, which was neat,
their marching, which was excellent, ap
to the Knights of St. Patrick and
certain other organizations whose nt
I do not rememoer. To the st
Ker a noticeable feature WSB the lad
cavalry, and the rough and ready appear
ot such as were present, which would I
been admissible and lu some cases ad mir
in the Held, but was not to be expected oe
parade ground. To the eye accustomed tx
spick aud span neatness-I do not allude t(
style of the unllorm, but only to tbe mai
in which It was worn and kept-o? the ED{
and French household troops, ot the
Guards and the Cent Gardes or the Pms
Uhlans, or, indeed, of the" light cavalry
hussars of any of the countries named, tl
was something provoking in the slovenli
of the dress, the want of polish to the
coutrements and the wretchedly lll-groo
condition of the horses which was etrlkli
disappointing. To be sure, as regards si
ot tue hotses, large allowance is lo be mi
many of them having been procured lo
town-useful animals, more flited for dot
nc service than military display. Indee
canard ls current tbat one regiment, not ti
named, was mounted on horses belongin
the Knickerbocker Ice Company o? ibis c
aud that many of the members lost their si
lo consequence ol the animals pulling up i
denly at the doors of the bouses where t
were accustomed to deliver the daily coo
allowance.
SOT MUCH OF A-CROWD AFTER ALL.
I was a lillie disappointed In the size ol
crowd. I have beard lt since remarked
many persons that they bad never seen sue
throng in their lives; but measuring lt,
from an English, but from an American sta
poiut, I am inclined to say that In very
places did il double the ordinary crowd lo
encoun ered on Broadway at the beigh
the business I ide. The people were, on
main, good humored, but, like mo?t crow
lt bad its ugly elements. I Baw several g
tlemeo present who would have done no <
credit to that very low upe of li um anny, "
London rough," and lt struck me that <
colored bromer had a way of whooping a
yelling and shoving against peaceable c
zens-possibly In the attempt to bring up
neels somewhere near me front pan of
foot-which was, to say tbe least of it, agg
vating. Noticeable, too. was Hie fad that UM
was very little cheering. That Idea ll
Britons are ihe only people that can cheer I
long SIDCO exploded. I have heard Americ
hurrahs quite a? hearty as English, and ye
"tiger" ls au affective equivalent for "Kent!
ure." But it ls certain mere was
VERY LITTLE CHEERING
to-day as the President passed by, and
what there was he never made the least 1
sponge. Lord Chesterfield lays down l
axiom that it is the duty of a gentleman
raise bis hat In reply to a similar ealutailc
even though lt be proffered by a beggar; c
President Grant's str.ve pipe might have be
nailed to his head, and his lace was aa chet
lui and expressive as the figurehead of an c
frigate. Uid Froissart sal.: that we Eugli
were very sad in our pleasures* 'hat we to
them "moult tristrement." ic the word
chronicler had lived a lew centuries later, ai
been tempted to come over here, (I have t
doubt the American lecture bureau wou
have offered bim an engagement,) ne wou
probably have paid them the same comp
meet.
THE AMERICAN'S A MERRT PEOPLE.
Before the occasion of his second trip to th
conni ry Mr. Charles Dicke us lo hi a (rlentl wt
was about to visit America that he would ur
Ihe Americans a set ot sad, silent people
tall coals. The uil coat accusation now lal
harmlessly, and as for the sadness and the i
lenee, I have never In my life heard mo
merriment, occasionally, Indeed, verging <
the giggle, or more luces: ant and for tue mo
part excellent talk than among the membei
espei iaily the female members, ot society In
which 1 have nari the honor of udmlssio
But ihe crowd to day struck me as being du
and wanting in that element of rough but b
morcua chuff which ls characteristic of a
English mob. I observe that
THE INSTITUTION OF ORGANIZED LUNCHEONS
on such occasions ls common to both coui
tries; that the meal here, as at borne, pariaki
ot a picnic character; the Bwallowers of ic
! cream and the sippers of sherry generali
pairing off into a solitude a deux, becoming t
! engaged In conversation, which is animate!
though low toned, as to be Impervious to tb
entreaties of less agreeably occupied irienc
at ihe windows, to come and look at som?
thing passing by. I observed, loo, here, wbt
I have equally' observed at home, that th
effect of mese processions on certain men
bers ol the party alter luncheon is lo produc
a fixity ol" eye, au indecision of utterance,
waviness o? bair and a tendency lo becotn
either bellicose or melancholy.
THE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
It Is time, however, to give up generaliza
HOD, and to descrlue the proceedings In detail
A more disagreeable morning lt would bi
difficult lo Imagine. The sky was quite cloud
less aud of a bright steely blue, and the wiud
which during the whole night had beet
'.ruviog in turret and tree"-not, by the way
that I have seen a turret in Washington-hut
not abated ils lury, and was tearing and roar
ing through the great, wide, bare, blank
spaces which are called streets, and whlcf
will some day be built upon, wilb devilish
glee. During the night the wind had acted ai
a scavenger and had swept ibe streets unu?
sually clean, but by eight o'clock lis self-im?
posed duty was still unfinished, and walis ol
paper and scraps of si raw aud various othei
debris and litter were being bunted by lt Imo
corners and thence twirled away Into less tm
portant localities. Bul few people lo the
street as yet, aud such as lhere are with blue
Doses and chattering teeth, cowering under
the fierce assaults ot the storm and scudding
under the lee ot the lum quent buildings lor
shelter. The first real t-igns of lite ara.chown
in the mustering ol the Boston Lancers ai
Nailer's stables, and ibe preliminary canter ot
these gallant warriors is carried on uuder the
Inspection pi the bootblacks and newspaper
bo.s who ordinarily bauut the Iront entrance
of Willard's.
ARRIVAL OF THE NAVAL CADETS.
A sensation is also caused by a manifesta?
tion on the part ol Adams Express Company,
whose carts are decorated vvith flugs and
each drawn by six gayly caparisoned horses;
but ihe commercial element is ppeedlly
thrown Into the shade by me arrival of the
.Naval Cadets from Annapolis, with the artil?
lery with which the ealuteB are to be tired.
And here iel me remark that, there seems to
be a good deal of popular iDdlgnation afloat
concerning the treatment, ol these same Naval
Cadets. Their military brethren from West
Point were billeted at the EbOltt House,
where every accommodation was made for
their ccmlort, but ihe lees fortunate nautical.?,
with harder and rougher work to do, not
merely had ?o return the same night, but bad
no opportunity for rest during the day, and
even came off remarkably short In the way of
rations.
I know not how the truth may be;
I tell the talc as told to me.
But ihe popular sentiment on the subject is
undoubtedly strong. Breakfast at Welcker's,
where the (ide ot business is already riBlng,
and thence by hack to the Capitol. On this
day. apparently, the authorized tai iff of wehlcle
charges is abrogated, for the hackman pro?
poses lo charge $5 for the conveyance ol three
of us; and, what ls more, like au astute mathe?
matician, proves his proposition.
THE STRUGGLE FOR ADMISSION.
There is no admission through any of the
authorized entrances to the Capitol until a
much later hour. But my cicerone, evidently
a person who has been there, drags me with
him down innumerable flights ol Bteps, and
finally marches me into the bowels of the
earth, without impediment, through a myste?
rious door labellea "Healing and Ventilating
Department." Then passing by enormous
iron pipes and tubes and whirling flywheel?,
steamed propelled, we make our way onward
and upward until we arrive on recognizable
ground and ate met by the sergeant-ut-arms,
who bids us to profeed lo the gallery of the
Senate, where he will speedily Join us. The
lobby outside iho gallery of the Senate is
already dotted with intending admission seek
ern, prominent among whom I noticed to me
a new class-the lady correspondent ol pro?
vincial Jonrnalp. Nothing ls about them of
the conventional blue spectacles, scant bair,
prominent teeth and general hideous appear?
ance, so dear to the comic draughtsman.
Most of them are young and many
of them are pretty, by no means
disdaining capillary attractions and charm
ot dress. But their prevailing char?
acteristic Is th? lnieuse air Ol business
which pervades them. ''There shall be no
mistaking us," they seem to say, ''for our
frivolous, giddy sisters. Look at our note?
books, which we pertinaciously dipplay. Look
at our pencils. We ure the muses ot history,
and our family name Is Clio." Some of the
muses and a good many of lu? bystanders
seem to be in doubt as to their tickets of ad?
mission, and, when the sergeant-at-arms ap?
pears, a dead set ls made at him, which be
avoids with consummate skill, giving orders
to the Janitor for our admission and vanishing
immediately. Our Joy at this distinction is,
however, but short lived, for we have little
more than taken our seats lu the front row of
the gallery than the Senate goes Into execu?
tive session, at which no strangers are al?
lowed to be present, and we are Incontinent?
ly relegated to the outside lobby again. Dur?
ing the short time ot our absence the crowd
here bas considerably Increased. Ajen are
flitting about beariug red and while tickets,
and worrying the doorkeepers with questions.
Before the entrance to tn? gallery set apart
tor persons connected with the diplomatic
circle a little knot of ladies ls gathered, lu one
of whom, eminently aristocratic and genial
looking, I am shown Mm. Hamilton Fish.
WHO IS THI3 THAT COMETH ?
not with banner and with priest, a- Tennyson
bus lt, but wilh a composite manner, lu which
the gravity ol the business mao strives with
the auction of Ihe bun vivant and the humor
ol the raconteur-a man of middle height,
with his bald head firmly Implanted on his
broad shoulders, with but little interval ol
neck- a mau of small and twinkling eyes Im?
bedded behind high Cheek bones, a well cut
nose, a great, sweeping mustache and a curl?
ing Imperial, both pleasant-his well cut,
closely-titling suit of clothes is the dress ot an
English country gentleman, but his head Is
tho bead ol an old French marshal. Put on
bim a shako and he would pass lor Pelissier
or for old Bugeand, of whom the Chasseurs
a'Airlqne used to slog :
As-tu vaia casqnette, la casquette,
as-tu vu ta casquette du Pete Bugeaud ?
He could slog lt himself too, nod in accents
thal would do your eur goori. F.ir this is the
lamons Sam Ward, one ut thetlnest linguists,
cleverest classical scholars and meu ol widest
reading on this Continent, who has seun life
enough to furnish material for a dozen novels,
and who tri not merely
THE KINO OF THE LOBBY,
but the prince of good fellows. What freak ol'
nature threw S. W. Into this age and Into this
country? He would have been thoroughly
happy under the Roman empire, when Hor?
ace would have been charmed with lils wit
and Apiclus would have envied him his skill
in ordering a dinner. Somehow one can never
think of Ham Ward and the ??'.ern simplicity of
me republic a* going together lu uulson.
There, too, hurrying ulong under the pressure
of business, but finding time lor a pleasant
chat, is another Washington celebrity, Mr.
Ben Perley Poore, nn ex-mlllila officer, a gov?
ernment official and a press mun ol many
years standing. Mr. Poore has had vast oppor?
tunities ot seeing lile and lils experleuces
tarnish him with a luud ot anecdote. He tells
us now that, as chairman ol the press portion
ol the Inauguration bull committee, he has
been beset ny Importunities from ihe
LADT CORRESPONDENTS OF THE PROVINCIAL
PAPERS,
each claiming precedence. I ventured to re
mlud him Of the adm I rublo tactics pursued Dy
Mr. Lumley, the manager of her Majesty's
Theatre In London, wlieu the lumous do
Quatre, In which dancen Tatfllonl, Fanny
Eisner, Cerito aud Lucile Gratiu, w ie about
to he rehearsed. A contest us to willoh should
lead off tile dance reigned among i ht se queens
ot the ballet, and finally Mr. Lumley was ap?
pealed to. "Ladles," said the astute mana?
ger, "mere, is au easy way of settling this
lillie dispute. Let the oldest among yon star,
first." And then t he difficulty waa to see who
should lead off. But the executive Bennion is
over. J DMO.ND YATES.
GOSSIP FROM THE CAPITAL.
WASUINOTON, March 7.
The Senate to-day randed the treaty tor a
continuance ol the Mexican mixed commis
sion tor the. adjustment ot claims 01 citizens
on the Mexican lr.miler. Tue action ol thc
Mexican Government ls yet required.
The Presldeut Ul day sent in the following
nominations to the Semite: S. B Packard,
United States marchai for the District of
Louisiana; A. G. Mallory, United fetales mar?
shal lor tue Western District of Texas; A. M.
Hughep, Uolled Sia'es attorney for the Dis?
trict of Middle Tenuessee, aud Jouu M. (J.
Parker, surveyor cf customs iur the port ol
New Orleans. Rev. Mt. Newman waa reap?
pointed chaplain of the Senate, and George
E. spencer (Republican) was sworn in as sen?
ator from Alabama. Senator West presented
the credent lal.-, ol General McMillan, elected
senator by the McEuery Legislature ol Lou?
isiana, and they were ordered lo be printed.
The lite eaviug stations for which $100,000
W3B appropriated lu ihe harbor appropriation
bill are confined to ice Atlantic coast north of
Cape Halteras.
At the request of the chief signal officer ol
the army, l-rolessor Tyndall, now lu Burope,
has consented io superintend the device and
construction ol an electrical instrument lo be
used al ihe signal sialions of thu arni y lor
making regular and simultaneous observa?
tions ol ihe el ctrical condition ol the atmos?
phere Il Is hoped, irom Ute Immense rapidity
with which electric changes maclfeel them?
selves, that a system ot Electric ob serval tun s
ol approacnlog storms far lu advance ul at y
hitherto made, may be established.
Secretary Belknap ha* agreed, upon the
application ot the internal revenue depart?
ment, to send a sufficient number ol troops lo
North and South Carolina, and Georgia, to
enforce the revenue laws. Since the moiety
has been laken off and the assessors have
been discharged, the illicit. diBiillers und
liquor dealers have tiecom?: 80 bold lu break?
ing the law that this course ls represented lo
be absolutely necessary.
A HUMAN PILLAR OF FIRE.
BALTIMORE, March 7.
A frightful scene occurred here this morn?
ing, caused by the careless use ot coal oil. A
colored woman employed at ihe boarding
house ol a Mrs. Duval, poured coal oil inlo a
stove to Blart the lire, witen the 6iov? Instant?
ly exploded. The unfortunate woman, en?
veloped in flamen, rushed Into ihe street, lit?
erally a pillar ol fire, ihe flimes mounting far
above her head, and her screams being heard
for several squares. In a Bhort time several
hundred persons had neen au meted to the
spoi. Several gentlemen threw their over?
coats around her, attempting lo quench the
flames, which, however, was not accomplished
until every particle ol clolLiug, except a email
handful about the waist, had been consumed.
The entire body was horribly roamed, and the
Injuries are necessarily fatal.
VIRGINIA STATE FINANCES.
RICHMOND, March 7.
The General Assembly has passed au act
providing for the payment of four per cent.
Interest lor the years 1872-'73 on consols, and
on two thirds of the unfunded bonds, l'or
the remaining two per cent., non-interest
bearing certificates, payable at the pleapure
of the Stale, are to be given. No Bpeclal pro?
vision ls made for matured coupons, but it is
calculated that the above amouuts can be paid
even If half of the said coupons reach ihe
treasury this year in the way of taxes. The
General Assembly also appointed a special
committee of five to Investigate the charges
of mismanagement against, the Ladles' Mount
Vernoo Association. The charge is unauthor?
ized speculation upon vieliera to Ihe tomb ot
Washington.
-General C. H. Fry, chief paymaster of the
military division ol the Pacific, died at San
Francisco on Thursday.
THE NEW ELECTION LAW.
REGULATIONS FOR THE NEXT MUNI
CIPAL ELECTION.
The Time Chanced to October 1-Regis?
tration Abolished, anda New Commis?
sion Created.
The following is the full text of tho Charles?
ton eleciion law which was passed at the late
session of the Legislature, and under which
the next municipal election in thia city will
be held. The principal changes made by this
law consist in fixing the day of eleciion in
October, Instead of August; IQ doing away
wlih the registration ol voters, and In giving
the right ol deciding contests to aboard jf
five co rr missioners, instead of to the City
Connell. The bill, as Introduced In the As?
sembly, fixed the hours ot opening and clos?
ing the polls at five A. M. and -four P. M., but
it was amended In this respect, and the law
as it now stands requires the polls to be open
from six ?. M. Lasix P. M.:
A BILI, to regulate the election ol Major and
Aldermen of the City of Charleston.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted. That so much ot
an act uf the General Assembly entitled an
act to incorporate Charleston, and the acts
amendatory thereof, or lo any way relating
thereto, aB determines the time and regulates
the manner of electing the Mayor and Alder
dermen of the City of Charleston, be, and
the same are hereby repealed.
SEO. 2. The eleciion for Mayor and Alder?
men ot the City of Charleston shall be held
on the first Wednesday in October, 1873, and
forever Iherealler on the same day In every
second yeur.
SEC. 3. For the purpose of conducting such
election, lt shall be the duty of the Governor,
at least thirty days prior to such election, lo
appoint five persona, who shall constitute a
board ot commissioners of elections lor tbe
City of Charleston. The commissioners of
electious shall appoiut three managers of elec?
tions foi each polling place.
SEC. 4. Tue commissioners and managers
shall take and subscribe the oath of office pre?
scribed by the constitu? lon (section 30, article
I,) filing the same in the office ot ihe cleric ot
the court. Ai their first meeting, respect?
ively, the commissioners and managers afore?
said t-huli select one of thetr number as chair?
man. Tbe commissioners and managers are
hereby appointed io administer ali necessary
oaths.
SEO. 6. The commissioners and each board
of managers are hereby authorized to appoint
a clerk to esslsttliem in whatever dulles may
bu required of them; such clerks to qualify by
taking Hie oath ot office prescribed by ihe
consi lunion.
(SEC 6. The polls sha ! be opened at such
voting place or places in each ward as may be
designated by tho commissioners, at six
o'clock in the morning and close at six o'clock
in Hie afternoon ol the day of election, und
?hali be kept open without Intermission or ad?
journment, and th? managers shall adminis?
ter to each person offering to vote an oath
that ihey are residents of the City of Charles
ion, and are duly qualified lo vote according
to the constitu? ion of the Stete, and that they
have not voted at any other polling place
during this election. The nome of each
person voling shall be entered by the clerk on
the poll list.
SEC. 7. The voting Bhall be by ballot, writ?
ten or printed, or partly written and partly
printed, such ballots io be either written or
printed on plain while paper, without any
emblem or figure cn either side, or any print?
ing or writing ol any description on the back
by which Ihe contents ol the ballot may be
discovered.
She. 8. Immediately upon the closing of the
polls and before leaving the same, tbe man?
agers shall at once proceed to count the voles,
and make a reiurn of the result ihereol to the
commissioners ul elections. They shall at the
same lime deliver to ?*>?<> -???!-iyawo tho
pod HM., oaitol-uoxes and ballots. As Boon as
the returns irom all the polling places are re?
ceived, the commissioners shall meet tn toe
Olly Hall or Courthouse and proceed to de?
clare what persons have been duly elected.
I hey shall have the power, and lt ls made
their duty, lo investigue and decide aDy pro
teal or contest thai may arlie.
SEC. 9. The mayor acd aldermen elected
under ibis net shad, on taking tbe oath of of?
fice prescribed in the constitution, be Induct?
ed lulu ellice, on the Monday succeeding their
election, and shall Immeaiatelyenter upon the
discharge ol their dulles.
SEC. 10. Tne managers of elections and
clerks shall receive lor their services the sum
ot three dullard per day for the time actually
employed. Tue commissioners shall approve
all bilis, und shalt receive lour dollars per day
for their services. All the expenses of the
election, including pay of commissioners,
mauagers and clerks, Bhall be paid by the
City o: Charleston.
SEC. ll. It stiull oe the duty ol' the commis?
sioners ol election?, -ind they are, hereby 1c
vested with a l tte necessary powcrB, to keep
the peace during the whole lime thal the polls
are kept open, mid until the election Is com- i
pleted, ana to pr-.* veut all Interference with
the manugeis or the electors. All peace offi?
cers present at or near the polls shall carry
out their tn-ilriictintis.
SEC. 12. All ?-iai.nl.vs providing against Ille?
gal voting, or the bribery and intimidation of
voters, aud fur ihe docing of bar-rooms and
drinking saloons, not inconsistent witb this
act, nre continued In full force so as to apply
to any election held under thia act. All acts
or parts of acts Inconsistent with or supplied i
by this act are hereby repealed.
THE CITY AND THE ORPHANS.
A Reply from Alderman Gage-The
Question Considered from an Econom?
ical Point of View.
TO TUE EDITORS OF THE NEWS.
The article in your ieaue of the 6th, signed
"A Catholic," attempts to refute the state?
ment made in my protest, namely, that Coun?
cil would save two-thirds of Ihe six thousand
dol?ais annually appropriated to the Catholic
orphanhouses by withholding the same. This
statement I propose to verily.
In February, 18C9,1 visited, in company with
two oilier commissioners of the City Orphan
house, the Catholic Orphaohouse for girls, and
found the Sisters were faithfully caring lor
fllty-elght girls. We also, the same day,
visited ihe Catholic Orphanhouse for boy?, lo?
cated in Caunon street, which had been but
a short time in operation, and which sup?
ported ten boys-sixty-eight in all, as nearly
as I can remember. Thia wns more than a
year prior to their receiving any aid from the
city treasury.
These orphans were well cared fur from the
resources of ihe members ol the Catholic de
Domination, combined with ihe contributions
Of outsiders, through the happy facilities the
good Sisters have of collecting such doualions.
Through the improved coodiiion ol Hie busi
uess men of meir denominal lon, who are al?
ways ready to contribute lloerally to auch
work, lt ls probable that the number ol or?
phans cared tor would have steadily Increased
without corporation aid.
For three years previous to the present
they have enjoyed their annual donation ol
six thousand dollars lrom City Council. With
the addition of thia sum to their resources,
ihe Sisters now report that Hie number ls in?
creased to on.3 hundred and ten, fortv-two
more than they maintained belore receiving
eily aid. We will suppose this number trans?
ferred to the City Orphan-House-open to
all-what will be the cost ? Simply the cost ol
their subsistence and clothing, not a dollar
more.
lu 1861 the commissioners of the Orphan
house made u carefully prepared report of the
cost of subsisting and clothing each child per
annum, in response to a circular addressed to
them by City Council Inquiring if any re?
trenchment could be made In the expenses of
the Institution. This report gives the cost of
subsisting and clothing each child per annum
as f37 66. Add to tills thirty per cent, aa the
diff?rence In coat of provisions and clothing
between that time and the present, and we
have the annual cost $48 ?6. This sum multi?
plied by forty-two gives $2056 32, which would
be the increased cost to Hie city of maintain?
ing the orphans now cared for by the "riis
ters" ihreugh tbe donation of six thousand
dollars annually, very nearly agreeing with
the statement made In my protest to City
Counoll.
The usefulness of the Calhollo religion, as
compared with oiher religions, or the merlis
of Catholic schools, as compared wita the
schools established on a monet Imported from
New England, are subJeciB not alluded to In
my protest, and I do not intend to be drawn
Into a newspaper controversy on the merits
Of either.
The place of my nativity, so flippantly al?
luded to by your correspondent, is an event
in my lile which nped not concern "A Catho?
lic," as lt is a subject of ne importanee to the
Catholic Church or to the community at large.
Having given your correspondent all the at?
tention be can reasonably ask of me, I bid a
Anal adl^u to the subject.
Very truly yours, ALVA GAO E.
Alderman Ward No. 3.
THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE MIS?
TERS OF ME ROT.
TO THE EDITORS OF THE NEWS.
Four years ago a number of gentlemen, re?
cognizing the charitable and meritorious
services rendered by the Sisters of our Lady
of Mercy to the public, in sustaining at their
own expense a hundred orphan children, and
believing them to be Justly entitled to munici?
pal aid, addressed a petition to the Mayor and
Aldermen praying a donation in support ol
the children under their charge. The petition
was signed by at least seven-eighths of the
taxpayers. It was submitted to Council. The
-tacts were investigated by a committee, and
after due deliberation its prayer was granted,
aud an appropriation of slr thousand dollars
annually was accordingly made. When the
appropriation was thea under discussion in
Council no voice was raised to denounce lt as
sectarian, nor to deprecate lt as dangerous to
the public liberties, or perilous to the public
schools. The spirit of sectarian rancor, which
would now assail and If possible revoke lt.
was theo silent before the potent voice of
almost the entire community. The only ob?
jection that was made upou Ita discussion Was
that the bounty granted under the ordinance
could, and would, be c'almed In perpetuity,
and with this construction, accepted by the
advocates of the measure, lt passed and be?
came a law.
It was not a Catholic petition, nor Protest?
ant; it was undenominational. It was not to
aid the Catholic Church, but to relieve the
orphans. It had its origin deep down In a sense
of right and Justice, and a worthy considera?
tion ol the claims of a noble order of women.
The Sitters of Mercy are not sectarian lu
their feellugs; nor are they sectarian in their
charity. Tnelr ministrations are cheerfully
tendered to all alike, irrespective ot class or
creed. Their home is the asylum of the desti?
tute and the poor. The testimony of every
people among whom they have lived and
worked Is a etandlng tribute to their zeal and
Belf-sacrlfleing devotion in the cause of charity.
He alone is sectarian who would charge them
as being sectarian. Who has ever heard of a
Protestant orphan turned away from their
doors * What protestant or Jew hos ever
been refused their succor in disease? But
while the measure was prompted by these
generous Impulses its authors and advocates
did not lall to dlecero that the appropriation
would be wise and ns et ol as a measure of public
economy. At the lime ol the original passage
of the ordinance the annual appropriation to the
City Orphanhouse, containing not over two
hundred and seventy-five Inmates,amounted to
forty thousand dollars ut ihe rate ol fifteen dol?
lars per capita per month tor every orphan In
the establishment, while the Sisters with an ap?
propriation of only six thousand dollars have,
in the past year, maintained one hundred and
len oruban children at less than six dollars
per capita per mouth, and the principal rea?
son of this difference ls that In the Sisters' In
Biltliullon there are no salaries, while the
other is operated and managed by salaried offl
Slals. It is no doubt true that under A pru
eut administrai ion ot our etty affairs the cost
of supporting the City Orphanhouse has been
considerably reduced, until from forty thou?
sand dollars In 1869 Ihe appropriation lu
1873 has been brought down to twenty thou?
sand dollars. Bul even tills Isla a great de?
gree due to the obvious contrast In the
amounts expended by the two institutions
which coerced retrenchment. It Is silly and
preposterous then, in view of this state of
facts, to say that all ihe Sisters' orphans, If
transferred to the City House, could be sup?
ported along with the rest lor au additional
sum of two thousand dollars. The statement
ot tho proposition carries Its own condemna?
tion. As a saving measure to the city, lt Is
so plain that the blind almost may see.
i It ls useless to disguise li; lt is not economy
nor care for the city treasury that ls at the
bottom of the late opposition and protest.
Behind the mask of economy, Iben, la the
hydra bead of religions bigotry and Intoler?
ance. It ls the bluer and ill-concealed secta?
rian, wno cries out against this measure, Sec?
tarian I It ls the wolf crying wolf. Fie upon
the man who In our city would, for the small
pittance of six thousand dollars, a boon io la?
dles wnoBe lives ax-J dedicated to poverty,
open the bitter founiains of religious
discord, and scatter broadcast the seeds of re?
ligious animosity and hale. What have tbe
Catholics done to deserve the charge implied,
that by their conduct the liberties ot this
country are endangered, and the safety of the
common schools Imperilled ? I venture to
say lu their behalf that If application were
made for bounty and aid for any object equally
as worthy as the Sisters' asylum by any por?
tion of our citizens, they would be the last to
refuse lt. But until such a claim has been
made, and by them refused, let the
tot.gue of slander and malignant envy
remain silent. Is lt a crime that the
Catholic should desire that his children
should be trained In the iallh ol his lathers,
and has he ever here been heard to murmur,
that be could not share the benefit ot the
taxes wrung from bim In the education of his
children, except ut the sacrifice of his faith ?
Has he not remained silent under the obloquy
of sectarian domination, while the minis?
ters of hla church alone were thought un?
worthy of an Invitation to preach the Gospel
of Divine Truth In ihe City Orphanhouse ? It
ls in no complaining mood that these reflec?
tions are made, but merely to present the
contrast of our attitude with that ol those
who would arraign und assail us. Let lt be
remembered thul after the war, when their
asylum was leit defaced by the horrid scars of
war, a Congress, composed principally ol
Protestants, deemed the Sisters of Mercy
worthy of a gralulty ol $12,000. Let lt be re?
membered that the mayor und aldermen of
our sister City Savannah, unsolicited by Cath?
olics, as an act of even justice, have contrib?
uted to the support ol their schools.
I merely cite these as examples of liberality,
thai lt should be well lor some In our midst
to sludy and practice. At tne same time let
them noi be alarmed by visions of Catholic
invasion of tbe public treasury. They, at
least, can boast that their hands have never
been Bulled by public plunder. This Is a
weed that has been transplanted here. As A
class exclusive, they have never yet asked
bounty ot their corporation, and kt is to be
hoped that their prosperity may be such as to
dispense with lavors.
But the cause of the Sisters of Mercy ls not
their cause alone. It la the cause of every
high-minded and liberal citizen; it is the cause
01 virtue; it ls the cause ot Justice; lt is the
cause ol charily. VINDEX.
REAL ESTATE SALES.
Tho following sales of real estate were made
on Thursday:
By J. Fraser Matbewes: Lot and building
No. 190 Heeling street, for $5700; one-half
cash, balance in one and two years.
By Wardlaw & Carew: Lit, with buildings,
on the north side of Bee street, for $700; one
third cash, batanee In one and two years.
By Lowndes & Grimball: Lot, with build?
ings, on the north side ol Vanderhorst street,
for $550; one-half cash, balance lu one and
two years.
By H. H. DeLeon: Lot, with buildings,
nineteen by ninety-five feet, on the west side
of Meeting street, In Ward 4, for $5225; lot In
the same locality, twenty-ihree by one hun?
dred and forty-four feet, with buildings, for
$7600; lot fifteen by ninety feet, on the east
side of 8tate street, for $310. Terms In each
case one-third cash; balance In two years.
I THE MODOCS DEFIAIT.
THE OVERTURES OF THE PEACE COM?
MISSIONERS REJECTED.
The Comm lt H ion an Acknowledged Fail?
ure-Blore Troops Forwarded to the
lia vu Bed*.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 7.
The following dispatch haa been Bent to
Washington:
H KADQUARTER3 PEACE COMMISSIONERS. |
FAIROHTLDS. Marchi, j
To Hon. Columbus Delano, Secretary Interior,
Washington :
The Modoos emphatically reject all offers and
propositions. They propose to meet In lull
loree Meacbam and Appelgate, with six
unarmed men la the lava beds, ihls, undoubt?
edly, means treachery. We are still willing
to meet them In conference, but not upon
their terms. They bave an accession ot
twenty-four warriors, not Modocs. We will
send a message of protection to ail who come
out. Commission ls a failure. Let instructions
come. Time ls of vast Importance. The
couriers await.
(Signed) A. C. MEAOHAM.
Further Freak? of the Savages.
A dispatch from Fort Benton, Montana,
says that a war party of Plegan Indians killed
Hiram Cook and Chas. Randolph a few days
ago above Eagle Creek on the Missouri Blver.
The bodies or the murdered men were horribly
mutilated.
A dispatch from Snake River, Idaho, re?
ports the cattle there as dying in large num?
bers in consequence of the severe cold.
Orders bave been given for the soldiers to
prepare to march to the Lava Beds, and three
hundred were to start immediately. The
commanding officer ls now determined on the
acceptance of no termp but unconditional sur?
render, and nothing but fight will satisfy
Captain Jack.
The Victoria Colonist has tbe &&9iag:
"The steamer George S. Wright ls close ashore
near the village of the Euerguforth Indians, a
fierce tribe. The Indiana who brought this
news to Victoria remained four days encamped
on the beach, but saw no signs of boats or
people from the wreck. The Indians from the
village, who are usually very cautious about
such matters, did not come near the spot. It
ls thought now tbat part or all of the crew
may be prisoners in the bands of these sava?
ges, who are the worst In British Colombia."
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT.
NEW TORX, March 7.
The following ls the comparative cotton
statement tor the week enalng March 7, 1873 :
1873. 1872.
Receipts at all ports for the week. 80,773 40,791
Receipts for ihe year to date.. 2,873,672 7,sie,en
Ext ona fur the week.63,501 07,618
Exports fur tue year to date.. 1,601,036 1,349 6J1
stock at all D. a. p rta.663,037 6il,080
Stock at interior towns. io,-.83 88,368
Stock?t Liverpool.668,000 629,000
American afloat for Ornat Bri?
tain.266,000 199,000
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
-vice-President Wilson is to lecture at
Cooper Institute, New York, on the 21st In?
stant, In aid of tbe fund tor the erection ot tbe
statue to Father Matthew in Central Park.
-Bath bouses of the New Jersey Legisla?
ture have adjourued without taking final ac?
tion on tba two general railroad bills which
nave been before them.
-Lewis Wagner Snoale, the Portsmonth
murderer, has been arrested at Boston. On
boiog carried back to Portsmouth lt was lound
necessary to have a force of uarlces to guard
bim from the ci 11 zen B.
-Ata meeting of the New York Republican
general commlnee resolutions were passed
disapproving tbe conduct of the administra?
tion In regard to Louisiana, and the action ol
Congress In Increasing the salary of ita mem?
bers.
-Cyrille Dion bas challenged Maurice Daly
lo a match game of billiards for the champion?
ship cue and five hundred dollars a side, or to
a game for twenty-five bundred dollars a Bide,
Irrespective ol the championship.
-Five thousand dollars' worth of smuggled
silks and kid gloves were seized yesterday on
the steamer Frisca, at New York. Twenty
five hundred dollars' worth of laces were
seized on another vessel on Thursday, and a
lady passenger arrested.
-A fire In Woburn Centre, near Boston,
Mass., burned six or seven dwellings, one
store and two churches-one ot the latter,
however, only partially. Insurance about
eighty-seven thousand dollars. The fire origi?
nated with a kerosene lamp In a photograph
gallery._ _
JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE.
-The delinquent tux list for 1872, in Lex?
ington County, will amount to about $1600.
-Dr. W. T. Brogdon, ot Sumter, died on the
26th ultimo, ot paralysis.
-Subscriptions fur the Baptist Church ot
Abbeville are rapidly Increasing.
-Mr. Abraham Wicker, of Newberry Coun?
ty, dl?d suddenly on the 3d inst.
-James Silks, of Greenwood, died last
week, aged ni ty years.
-The Young America Eogloe Company, of
Orangeburg, paraded 00 the 4th instant,
j - Babon Canley, a little colored girl, was
burned to death In Kershaw last week.
-Orangeburg's new postofflce has been
finished.
: -In Camden, on sales-day, the only sale
was that ot the Ellas store for $400.
-Judge Cooke and the residents of Abbe?
ville are on very friendly terms.
-The Phoenix Hook and Ladder Company,
ol Columbia, give a ball on ihe 22d Instant.
-Two male lunatics were sent from Sumter
last week to the Columbia Asylum.
-Abbeville County bas a population of 31,
129; ol these 10,916 are white, 20,213 colored,
and 91 are foreign born.
; -Dr. H. AnisaiiBel, of the Due West Female
College, lectured in Newberry, last evening,
on "Tne Frenchman In America.?'
-The citizens ol Fort Plckeos, Abbeville
County, are ornamenting their yards with
beautiful shrubbery.
-A very earnest effort ls being made to or?
ganize a company and start a colton lac*
tory at Erwin's mills, in Abbeville County.
-A bogus detective, Driscoll by name, ^(at?
tempting to ply bis profession In Sumter,
was delected ana sent lo the county tall.
-Josiah Deik, a young man in the employ
of the Slate road, was fearfully crushed by a
tralu on Monday night.
-Mrs. Cockrolt died very soddenly at Pros
perl ty, Newberry County, on the 3d Instant,
aged seventy-three.
-Wylie Graham, a freedman, was accident?
ally shot and killed by a little son of Mr. J. T.
Lowry, In Yorkvllle, on the 25- h ultimo.
-Chester's appeal for street lamps is about
to be answered, these conveniences having
already b 'en ordered.
-Mrs. Melissa Beerest, o? Chester, died on
the 27th ultimo. Mrs. Catherine G. Brice, wile
of Chas. G. Brice, ol the same place, died on
the 2d instant.
-The train on the Abbeville branch of the
Greenville and Columbia Bailroad was de?
tained Tuesday night by the bursting ol a
steam chest on the entine.
CATCHING A TARTAR.
A few days ago Mr. L. W. Spratt, a member
of the law firm of Brewster, Spratt A Burke,
was summoned to sit upon a Jury ot Inquest
Mr. Spratt claimed the right of exemption
from Jury duty on the Inquest, by virtue of his
profession. The coroner, however, refused
to excuse him, and he was compelled to
serve. Yesterday a warrant was IsBued by
Trial Justice Levy, at Mr. Spratl's requeBt,
tor the arrest of the coroner and his two depu?
ties, Burke & Miller, for trial on the charge of
unlawful detention of an attorney at law. The
coroner 1B at present absent from the city, so
that the case cannot be examined until his re?
turn. It ls proposed to make the case a teat
one, and lt therefore promises to be Inter?
esting.
THE SEASON OF LENT.
Order of Service? In tho Episcopal mnd
Catholic Chnrthea.
Of ibo Episcopal Churches lo the city? ser?
vices w re held yesterday morning ID St.
Philip's and St. Michael's Churches, and St.
John's Chapel, Hampstead, by the respective
rectors. The future Lenten services in 81.
Philip's Church will be held at 8.45 A. M., on
Mondays and Saturdays; at 6 P. M., on Tues?
days and Thursdays, and at ll A. M., on Fri?
days, nulled services will be beld every
Wednesday morning in one ol the churches,
St. Paul's Church, Badollffeboro', being tb?
next place of meeting.
The Lenten services In the Catholic C h uren ea
are as follows:
Cathedral Chapel-Mass every morning dar?
ing the week at 6.30 and 9 o'clock. Oa
Wednesday eveulogs, at 7.30, sermon and de?
votions. Oa Friday evenings, at the same
hour, the stations of the cross, with benedlo
tlon.
St. Mary's Church-Mass every morning
during the week at -7 o'clock. On Tueeday
evenings, at 7.30 o'clock, instructions and de?
votions. Ou Friday evenings, at the same
hour, the stations of the cross.
St. Patrick's Church-Mass ?very morning
during the week at 7 o'clock. On Tuesday
evenings, at 7 o'clock, catechetical instruc?
tions and recitation of the rosary. On Thurs?
day evenings, at the same hour, the same ex?
ercises, concluding with benediction. On
Sunday afternoons, after vespers, the stations
of the croat*
St. Joseph's Church-On Wednesday ev> n
iogi, at 7 o'clock, instructions and reoltatlon
of tts rosary. On Friday evenings, at che
same hour, the stations of the crest, 2ouuiod
lOg ?Ith benediction.
Tko Churches To-Morrow.
The Rev. W. P. DuBoae, chaplain of the
University of the South, will officiate at Grace
Church at tbe morning and afternoon services
to-morrow, and will preach in BL Stephen's
Church, A neon street, at half-past 7 in the eve-.
ning. There will be no service In tbe latter
church In the afternoon.
At the Citadel Square Baptist Church there
will be preaching by tu* Be?. O. B. Lamar nt
10.30 A. M., and by the pastor, ibe Bev. J. A.
Ccamblies, at 7.30 P. M.
Tbe services at the Orphans' Chapel will be
conducted to-morrow afternoon by the Bey.
C. 8. Tedder, commencing at 4 o'clock.
There will be the usual services at St. Pe?
ter's Catholic Church to-morrow, contrary to
the announcement made last Sunday.
At the Glebe street Presbyterian Church
the services will be conducted to-morrow, at
10.30 A. M. and 7.30 P. M., by tbe Bev. Robert
Nail, D. D., of Alabama.
Tnt ordinance of baptism will be adminis?
tered by the Bev. Julian A. Chase, of tbe Cal?
vary Baptist Church, at 2.30 P. M., to-morrow,
at the loot of Council street, and tbe pu bl i o
are Invited to attend.
There will be preaching as usual at the Uni?
tartan Church, by the pastor, the Bey. James
Boyd, at half-past ten to morrow morning,
and all strangers are cordially Invitad to at?
tend.
At the First Baptist Church there will be
preaching to morrow morning by tb? pw tor,
the Bev. L. H. Snuck, and in Ute evening by
the Bey. A. W. Lamar, agent of tbe Baptist
State convention.
Services at Glebe street Church, this (Satur?
day) afternoon will be conducted by the Bey.
T. W. Dosh._
LOCAL LACONICS.
-A white man bad a gun stolen from bim
yesterday, at Graver's wagon yard on^ King
street.
-The Irish Volunteer Rifle Clnb bsd another
drill last evening, In preparation lor BL
Patrick's Day.
-A number of workmen are engagedl ia
preparing and beautifying tbe garden In Iront .
of the Boper Hospital. " ~ "
-'Old Probabilities'' predicts for tbe Eonth
Atlantlo States to-day, Increasing southeast
winos, with cloudy weather.
-The vestry of Christ Church contemplate
Improving the appearance of that building,,
by puning a new fence In iront of it.
-A chimney In Morris street, near King,
took Are about twelve o'olock yesterday, and
created some excitement, but did no damage.
-Governor F. J. Moses, Jr., has accepted
the Invitation of tbe Hibernian Society to lu
annual meeting and supper on the 17tb In?
stant.
-The cold snap appears now to be over;
and the weather yesterday was an agreeable
contrast to that of the earlier part of tba
week.
-Tbe treasurer of the Ladies' Benevolent
Society, residing at No. 12 Meeting street, li
now prepared to receive the subscriptions of
Its members, due since October, 1872. Too
amount ot subscription ls now two dollars per
year. 1
-The annnal meeting ef tbe stockholders
of the South Carolina Railroad Company, ai
will be seen by tbe advertisement In another
column, ls lo be held in the ball of tbe Banar
I of Charleston on the 8th proximo.
-A rumor reached the coroner's office yes?
terday morning that a house upon the planta-'
tlon of Mr. George White. In Christ Chorea
Parish, bad been burned on the nlgbt before,
and that a colored maa occupying lt bad beta'
burned to death. Tbs coroner went to tba
spot to Investigate the affair.
-Gibby Cash, a colored yontb, balling from
Cooper River, was accidentally shot yesterday
forenoon, on board the Bloop "Thomas," lying
at Johnson's wharf, by a companion named '
Lewis Collies. The sufferer was taken to tba
Ciiy Hospital, and the wonnd la not consider?
ed dangerous. Collins was arrested and bald
for examination before the Mayor to-day.
-The memorial to the President, pray?
ing for the retention of Postmaster Stan?
ley G. Trott, has been signed by the most
prominent business men o? the city, as well aa
by a large number of citizens of all abades of
political opinion. Altogether, the memorial
has now received about two thousand signa.'
tures, add it is understood that lt is to be for?
warded to Washington this evening.
-rThe anniversary meeting of the Nashville
Independent Blues was beld on the 4th of
March, and the following officers were elected
to serve for tbe ensuing year : J. S. Lazaro?,
president; B. Dickerson, vice-president; Geo.
Gregory, treasurer; F. L. Batne, secretary; J.
8. Goldsmith, J. E. Fennick, D. Washington,
Anance committee; J. Drumman, W. H. Jen?
kins, Y. Marshall, relief committee; J. L.
Smalls, steward. _
-The schooner Charles Morford, Captain
Parsons, fouled ber chain and anchor Inths
sunken wreck, John Bavenel, near West.
Point Mill. On application to P?'f*fOf
Malllefort be promptly assigned one ot Dis
moBt experienced divers. Mr. Boheri Dawson,
to perform Ihe difficult task ol.oleario?IL
Th? lob was completed lu a workman-like
manner, and Captain Parsons now recom?
mends this enterprising company to all Wbo
may be in need of similar services.