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# f COLUMBIA. Sunday Morning, May 19,1866. tireonvilliD and Columbi* Railroad. The stockholders of the above road held their annual meeting, in this city, on the 3d instant. In the pre? sent condition of this road, the pro? ceedings and the reports of the various officers of the company possesses un? usual interest. At the meeting, the following re? solutions, introduced by Gen. J. W. Harrison, were adopted: Resolved, That it is the sentiment of this Convention, that the various appointments to offices and ageucies in the Gieenville and Columbia Rail? road Company should be made from the needy soldiers; and wheruver qualifications are equal, preference should be given by the President and Directors to this worthy class of our citizens. Resolved, That the most rigid econ? omy, consistent with sound judg? ment, should be introduced into, and carried out in, the management of the affairs of this company, both in regard to the number of employees and their pay. From the reports of the officers, it seems that the company has neither gained or lost during the years of the war. Tho bonded debt is larger, on account of the out-standing cou pons unpaid, (8264,092.50,) and of interest due on bonds having no cou? pons attached, ($67,000,) amounting in all to $331,092.50; but a floating debt of not less than $300,000 has been paid. The reports do not enable, us to discover what amount was lost by the collapse of tho Confederate Government. In relation to the reduction of tariff, tho Committee to whom the matter was referred, reported as follows: "Your committee has not had time to examine, in detail, former tari tis. to enable it to recommend specific changes or a certain per centage to be taken off. But it is of the opinion that the former policy pursued hy? the Directory in establishing rates of charges has not had the effect desired by the stockholders. Therefore, it respectfully recommends to the stock? holders to instruct the Directory to make such a material reduction in the present rates as to encourage transportation and travel. Although it may appear that a reduction of prices is a losing transaction, expe? rience has shown, and it is proven daily, that by reducing tho rates of transportation, the increase of pro? duction and merchandize transported will more than remunerate the appa? rent loss." From the President's report wo learn that the whole, income of the road from May 1 to December 31, .1865, amounts to $82,890.49. With this income, and with a small amount received from cotton sold the road waa worked during that time, the rolling stock somewhat repaired, ami the whole road put into running order, except the gap from Broad River to Littleton. It is to be noted that, in prosecu? ting the work, the Directors, wit! commendable liberality, gave theil individual credit to the amount ol $30,000. Without this assistance it is believed that the work could hardly have been carried on at all. Fron the report of the President ?vu ex tract the following statement of tin bond debt: "The company at various times ha' issued bonds to the amount of Si, 500,000. To secure the payment o the first $800,000, it executed a mort gage dated the 18th day of January 1854. Subsequently, about Decem ber, 1860, as the bonds secured b' the mortgage approached maturity application was made to the Statt asking her to lend her credit to tin company in the arrangement of it debt. The application was granted and the Legislature, by Act ratifi?e the 28th of January, 1861, directoi the guarantee of the bonds of th' company to the amount of $900,00(1 for the purpose of enabling it to fun? its floating debt, and raiso funds t< take up its mortgaged bonds, seen ping.to tho State at the same time ; statutory mortgage to cover liability These are the only liens upon th road,?nd they amount to $900,(H)i: Of the mortgaged bonds, $800,001 there have been retired and canceller $446,000; leaving still outstandin; $354,000. To enublo tho company t retire these, tho Treasurer has i hand of guaranteed bonds $104,OOC and under the Act of tho Legislatur ..ti are entitled to a further gu?rante of $200,000- $304,000; leaving un provided for of the mortgaged bond $50,000. To this amount bonds ha. been disposed of to meet these bondi and the proceeds were lost in th general wreck. Of the bonds ontsid the mortgage, $600,000, there fell du July 1, 1865, $350,000. The balam: will fall due July 1, 1868, $250,000 $600,000. For these bonds there i no lein on tho road. The bom' holders, doubting the currency dt ring the war, neglected or refused t present their bonds and coupons fe - payment,, and now there aro out? standing and. due coupons to the amount of $264,092.50, all of which would have been paid if presented, and so much saved to the company." It is stated in the report of thc Superintendent tlint the largest amount of actual earnings for ser? vices rendered for tho Federal und Confederate Governments aro not shown in tho tables of the Auditor and Treasurer. "These amounts, if they could have been realized, would have placed a large amount to thc credit of earnings. The Confederate Go? vernment having been broken tip, it was not thought worth the labor of making up the account. "The amount of thc account against the United States is not yet as? certained, and, consequently, does not appear in the amount of earnings. The amount for mail services ren? dered does not, for the same reasons, appear-except a small amount for services, from the 25th of September, which has been allowed bv thc United States. "From the 11th of January to thc 3l8t of December, the earnings were derived from tho use of tho road above Alston, with a very surall amount of engine and car power. Thc passage and freight was prin? cipally between Newberry and points above." The following is a statement of thc number and condition ol' the em? power now belonging to Hie road: Class. (Vd Order. T<> hr. Hr///. Passenger Cars. 1 1 Second-class Curs.... :> 2 Conductors' " .... (I .'! Mail "... 2 :? Box " _:V'. 27 Stock " _ 7 0 Platform " _lil <'? As to the proposed new route, the Committee to whom were referred the reports of the Surveyor and En? gineer, say: "They have read tho very able report of the Surveyor, and aro of opinion that a new road must be built as soon as practicable, lt lias occurred to them, however, that the route surveyed may not be the best one for the road, and they would suggest that the Directors, bet?re commencing operations on tho new road, should have additional surveys made. Tho President of the Com? pany stated, in tho course of remarles made in the meeting, that if the road by the contemplated route should not be built, the road by the present route would have to bc changed so us to place the bed of the road several feet higher and beyond the risk of freshets. Your Committee think thal it would bc advisable to hive this route surveyed and comparative esti? mates made of the cost of the roau1 npon it. It may be fouud practical )h i to get assistance iii tho way of neu i stock taken, or at least of contract taken at low rates, and rights of waj ami timber given, which may maki it, on thc whole, advisable to select ; the route not otherwise best. Witl these suggestions, however, they pro pose that tho whole matter be left ii the hands of the board, with authority ? to issue additional stock; and, if ne j cessary, to apply for that purpose fo [ an amendment of the charter. Mean time, the charter granted at the las session of the Legislature sin ?ubi bi " accepted, it being practicable to se i cure such changes in it h< ?after a . may the better adapt it die pur ? poses of the road. "As to the time of commencing th y" new enterprise, the Committee sim : ply recommend that it should be n ! soon as practicable." The whole proceedings posses j much interest, and the reports of th officers show that they have bee s diligent and energetic in thc perfora - ance of their several duties, and i * behalf of the interests of the road. . A special despatch to thc Charle: ton Courier, dated Washington, Mn 1 18, says: 3 Thc New York Herold's correspoi a dent, accompanying ( ?ener?is Stee? 9 man and Fullerton, writes as follow , "The Commissioners found tl 1 Freedmen's Bureau in South Carolii 1 a disturbing and fomenting discor? 0 Accounts from the Sea Islands repr i, sent the perpetration of all kinds < 1 frauds ami rascalities under the sh o dow of the Bureau. The lands aile - ted under Sherman's order are un a versally left uncultivated. The n .. groes won't labor, except under tl o alternative of starvation. Affairs ls I. terry, however, ure improving. Tl I, great drawbacks in South Carolii ii are lack of capital and too much g tho Freedmen's Bureau.'' o In the House, to-day. the Judieia ii Committee decided that the uvideu I; adduced to implicate Davis in t e assassination is utterly uureliab] o and tho chargois, therefore, droppe [- The bill for holding the Fodei g Court in Richmond nexi Junefort [I trial of Mr. Davis passed both llonst i, and only lacks now the President's a e proval. e An old colored mau in Charles tc e getting tired ol' life, on Friday la fastened one end ol' a rope aron s his neck and thc other to a lar i"_ stone, went ont into the river in I boat, jumped overboard and V drowned. ,r There is a famine in tho Ca Verdi Islands. TCngltfih Opinion? The London Times ba* n long article on thc letter of its correspon? dent which we published yesterday. We select the following paragraph as embodying the gist of tho whole article : Tn this part of the work7 ?he di? vinity that doth hedge round the sovereigu ruler at once ties and pro? tects him, by depriving bim of free and familiar utterance upon public affairs. The constitutional monarch cannot divulge those opinions upon parties and movements which his more fortunate subjects find it im? possible not to have and avow. He cannot explain and justify his acts. He is always on his trial, without the opportunity of deliverance; and unless he should enjoy :i quiet exile, surrounded by friends, or leave a largo and confidential correspond? ence, he will have to bequeath bis fair fame with no other security than a jK>st mortem examination of his po? litical remains, in this respect, the President of thc United States hus the advantage of our grand European pageantries. His position lies mid? way between them and the Minister, whom a slip of the tongue, or a east? ing vote, may strip of the highest power allowed to mun in these isles. Formally and practically secure for four years, yet capable of erring, most carefully reminded at every puss that ho is nothing bul a man, and representing principles not otherwise represented in thc Constitution, lie can talk with anybody about public affairs without impropriety or ol?eiiee. Ho can address a mob from a plat? form or an open window: lie eau hold conversai ions which the post will convey next day to tin? furtherest corners of thc Union; and, as sen yesterday in our letters from Wash? ington, he may explain und unbosom himself to the correspondent of a European journal. We know not whether our sensitive cousins would like to have this regarded as an ap? peal to the publie opinion of the world, and to the one "flesh ami blood-' of all nations and realms, but we are assured that the President gave full permission that the details of this remarkable conference should be made public. They do him the greatest honor, and wc think ought to satisfy those win? suspect him of a rc-actionary policy, a personal ambi? tion, an unwarrantable disagreement with Congress, ami a disposition to j over-ride or evade the law. These I are points upon which Englishmen ! may expect to be inadequately in I formed, for it is certain that he shall never understand our neighbors at I all, unless he become thoroughly aware that we are not to measure them by the rule or of our own insti? tutions. FATAL ACCIDENT.- Dr. I?. A. Kin? loch, with his little son and colored driver, while riding iii his buggy on East??av, near the Charleston Courier office, Friday morning, came in collision with a dray, snapping oft' tin left wheel <d' the buggy ami frighten? ing thc horse, which started off at an alarming speed, dragging tho vehicle and its occupants after him. The buggy was overt urned and the occu? pants thrown out, the drivel- keeping the little boy in his anns to save him from injury. Both the doctor and his son escaped uninjured. The fall brought on hemorrhage, which re? sulted in the death of bis faithful servant Friday afternoon. His can and noble efforts to save his youthful charge elicited the highest admiration ! of the spectators, and certainly de? serves a worthy tribute to his me i mo ry. JOHN MITCHEL ON "Tin: Sin \ I TION" IN EUKOPE. In his iast letter dated May 1st, to the New Voil Neirs, John Mitchel writes: "Ii seems impossible to resist the eon i vietion that we ave on thc thresholi of a war. And that war will be a Ku ropean one that is \<< say. it wil draw into its vortex both france am Russia; not England, on accounl o thc Fenians. France, indeed, pro ; claims .neutrality." She can do nc 1 thing else, io- nobody is threateniiij j her: but no rational human bein: I imagines that a war eau take pince ii . Italy and (?ermany, and that th [ sword of France can rest it) it [ J sheath." LMPOKTAXT DECISION. The Bosto: 'r Journal says : lu the town of Red River. Wiscoi] I sin, a man who had been a volunte* I in the rebel anny was eh,-ted by tit copperheads town clerk and just ice . I thc peace. His predecessors Vi fuse 1 to yield office !<- him, and the Attoi ney-General thereupon gave his op ' nion that having served as a volui ' teer in tho rubel anny, he had !.. ' ' felted all political rights tinder tl United Stabs Government. N< ' having a right to vote, lu-emil.1 m ' hold ..dice. ' "No Republic," says tl I attorney, "could live long if its in ' kllowioilgod ein-mies, without its COI . I sent, were allowed to participate i 1 its administrate tn." * : -?-??-> Thc Mobile Ercnio'i .V, ,rs pul - lislies an official order, declaring thu in compliance with instructions fro the President of the United State . : it is hereby directed thal I taplin . I Semines be not permitted to hold . ' j exercise fhe function of Jutlgc of tl 1! Prob ate Court of Mobile County, i " any other civil or political office s trust, whih lie remains iinpnrdnni i by Hie President, e .1 inlge I 'oin I will perform 1 lie duli ol' tin- office in I he uieanl ?inc Sovernl hundred bags of grain, do? nated by - tbe citizens of Cincinnati for the suffering and destitute poor of Northern Alabama, were recently shipped to Nashville, en route to their destination. The packages bore the impressive' mark of "Peace." Far more gratifying and of more value to the people of the South are such sen? timents, sincerely expressed and ho? nestly acted upon, than the most munificent eleemosynary contribu? tion which the wealth and liberality of the North could bestow. The deed of charity becomes a deed of Christianity and love, when accom? panied by such a proclamation, and it is such acts and expressions as these which will bring together the long divided hearts of North and South. Sympathy and kindness will prove a moto powerful and effective "reconstruction committee"^ bau that of which Stevens and Sumner are members. If we could only throw demagogues und politicians out of the way, the mute eloquence of this suffering nation would soon find har? monious expression in many a form of reconciliation. Despite the efforts of radicalism, we do not believe that hate and ma? lice, those vilest and most unworthy of human passions, now animate the bosoms of the honest American masses. They ure neither unforgiving savages nor serpents, ever ready to hiss*with rage and strike with venom. There are a thousand signs which indicate that the re-union between North and South would be cordial, .sincere and permanent it' selfish poli? ticians would only permit such a con? summation. 1 lat thc lust of office and power is stronger with these than the love of peace and thc tranquility of thc nation. What boots it to them il' a gull of endless hate divides their countrymen, BO they keep office and earn bread by continually sowing ?and reaping tares in thc garden of na? tional happiness? liut relentless time ami impartial history will do them justice. Posterity will yet greet their names with scorn when it finds them pilloried on the page of deathless shame., Riehmond Times. ? The reports which wc get of thc crops in this vicinity an; not favor aide. The weather has lately been so wet and cold that planting is much retarded, and stands of cotton, where it has conic up at all, is represented ns being very bad. Some, we hear, who were fortunate enough to gel seed, ha\e planted the seco'nd time. Thc wheat crop is thought to be in? jured ty the wet weather, though tin prospect is s.;?id to bi! good ill SOUH places.- Liinatster l*ulyer. - -, ? ?- ? ('o n. Fisk, who is in command a Memphis, Tenn., has issued an orde: that all colored churches destroy?'? by tint late mob in that city shall bi rebuilt in better style, and that th? city shall foot the bills of damage committed hythe mob. He advertise for colore?! carpenters, masons am laborers to ?lo thc work. j A white man was arrested by oui ! friend Capt. Mayo, of the Freedmen' ! Bureau, and tined $25.0U for pnblicl; I huggi ligand kissing one of the ugliest meanest, and filthiest negro women ii ; tin- city. There is no accounting fo I taste. - (Jtrcnsftoro Shield, ~>th. The Washington Artillery ami th famous Eighth Louisiana regimen , are re-orgauizing for th? ? purpose < 1 taking care of their disabled surv vers, and removing to their form? homes their gallant dea?l buried eist j where. Will somebody explain why th radicals refuse su tl rage to thc Lndiam ; ll tile Indian be 11?>t "a man ami 1 brother" the same as tho nigger, wi some milieu] bc kimi ??ninigh to poii ??at the particulars in which he is ii ferior to the negro"? Fr.oi i: ?'KoM FKANVK. Tho Best? I Bulletin states that five or six cargo? of French Ho*iiraronow on the \vs to this country sent out, not beean it is particularly n?'e?le?l here, but ? a speculative adventure. (?en. Krank Blair is dealing son har?! knocks t?> the radicals, in li Missouri campaign speeches, in tav ol'the President H?:attractsimmen crowds wherever and whenever 1 speak.-. Despatches to the radical pap? sav that those who expect that Amin . Johnson meditates any withdraw from Inc position lie has assume iva? I the future with clearer eyes th . the most clear sighted at Wasbingt? The l'reshl.uit is sahl to be bittei opposed to (?en. Ferry's election a successor to Senator Foster" fr? Connecticut. Secretary Welhs, the navy, wants the place. Th?- ? ngineer of th?' Cineinn and Covington Suspension Bri? states that it will bec?unpletod heh <.? .1.1 weather shall have set in. and j will cost 5?1,500,OOO. Samuel Kennedy, the only survi nf Hie Wyoming massacre, die?l n ! York Springs, AdamsC<ninty, l'en > on the I Ith, in his nih -t \ -third y? 1 Thc citizens of Washington i preparing a petition <>f renTotlstrai ' to Congi, --s against, tim hill Ink I away t heir charter. . A Y?.ke?l ami liam Shackled C ? ' gross" is :t till?' bestow.;.I upon National legislature by Uni Spri F I (it iti (Mass.) Kc?,ul,lic",K I I ; The Massachusetts Legislature j i . : ii .-.I t.? pass a lull legalizing li?i ' ! s. llui" hy Ihenso. ? "? II .i i1 1 11 1 -m Iiooal ItOTTIS. Mortgages ami Conveyances of Kcal EB tato fur ?ale at this oflice. Messrs. Shiv?r ?V: Beckham have received another supply Sf new goods. Read their advertisement. We learn from passengers who arrived last cvoning, that the damage caused to the Greenville Railroad by thc recent heavy rains has been repaired. DEAD ANIMALS. Complaints are almost daily made ol' offensive smells, arising from dead animals laying about the streets. Cannot something bc done to abate thc nuisance? ROOK AND Jolt 1'UINTIXO. Thc Phoenix office is now tully supplied with cards, colored and white paper,colored ink, wood type, etc., and is now in condition' to exe? cute all manner of book and job printing in thc shortest possible time. Clive us a call. Tuc BintNiNo of COLUMBIA. AU inter? esting account ot thc "Sack and Destruc? tion of thc City ol' Columbia, S. C.," has just been issued, in pamphlet form, from the Phon? ix steam power press. Orders can bo Siled to any estent. Single copies 50 cents. SAFICS. .1. II. Kinard, Esq., advertises to supply the well known Herring's patent safes at m ai intact ure rs' prices, freight only ail.led. While Messrs. .1. ,v T. H. Agnew propose to furnish "Terwilliger's" safes (which arc v. ry highly recommended) at '2."i to per cent, less price than any other makers. Purchasers would do well to exa? mine tllUSC safes, and decide for them? selves as each present peculiar qualifica? tions. ^ . RKI.IOIOI'S SKKVII KS Tnis HAY. Trinity Chinch Rev. 1'. .!. Shaml, KM a. m. and 4? ;.. m. Presbyterian Church Kev. W. P.. Hoggs, pastor, 10A a. m. a nd 1 \>. m. baptist Church P. v. .i. b. Reynolds, 10.} a. m. and 8 p. m. Kev. Wm. T. Capers, 1 p. m. St. Peter s Church Rev. J. J. O'Connell, lui a. m. and 1 i p. m. Lutheran Church Kev. A. li. Rude, 10A a. m. Marion Street Church Rev. J. \V. North, WK a. m.; Rev. K. G. Gage, I p. m.: K. v. Wm. T. Carfare, s p. m. Christ Church Lecture Room -Rev. J. M. Pringle. Rector, Wi a. m. and -IS p. m. Cur.K FOK CHOI.EISA. As this terrible ?iii . CHM'has made.its appearance in America and there is no telling what community I will be safe from its ravages, we publiai I th? following recipe of tho Liverpool Doc! Committee for thc cin e of cholera and di arrima. Medical mun assert, and experi euee shows, that this is an excellent rome j dy, and well worth being kept on hand ii I every family. Three drachms of spirits of camphor three drachms of laudanum: t bree dr ac h nu of oil of turpentine; thirty drops of oil o peppermint. Mix and take a teaspoonfn Ul a glass of weak brandy and water fo diarrlio-a, ai .1 a tablespoonful] in wen! brandy and water for cholera, bose n time in sending for medical attendance when attack, d, and inform the doctor c ; what has been taken. j COST OF ISM UANOI:. A person haviu; j occasion to insure should not neglect for single day so important a duty, llistirs consideration should he, not what insm ; aaec cost?., but whether it is, indeed, ii; ! surance, a substantial guarantee of n I demnity against loss. Agents, for th 'sake of tin ir commission, talk flucnth I mid their persuasiveness is sometime '; almost irresistible; but, ii" they cia i very cheap insurance, their intended vi. I Hms may safely conclude that if is fal lil?! j and unworthy of their confidence, lt : ! easy to demonstrate math, ma* ?cally thi un company can. at thc low rates some pr* i tend to insure, do a safe and paying bus ness. There are no great bargains to 1 ! had in insurance, except those iii whit: the insured get the worst of it. When well-managed company has solid capital : I stake, it is careful and demands a </it<d pi !./'... for alfil undertakes: but an organiz don with little t.. I .s.-. employs n ckle. I agents and docs a leckies- bosiucss, ai i when the crash does conic, and come I must sooner or later, th*- knowing on. I stand from under, and the loss falls upi the policy holder and others deluded 1 the fallacies of low rates, which threat* i.. >.i\> the foundation up m which all po siblc, practicable, actual, honest insuran is founded. A reference to the advertising colum of th.- Phmtb will show tl?al then- a . agents in this city of some of the most i liable companies in the country. Ciii iau S. iM'iL. Thc following lin are applicable toa great many comnini ; ti.->: bul whether or not Columbia is I exception, we will not preten.l to say: i That tall fellow's her?! to-day .j 1 wonder what's his name? Iii- eves are fixed upon mir pew I ii i'li Mik at Sally I ?ame! 1 ' Who i- that la.lv dressed in green? lt cint be Mrs. beach; .j There's Mrs. Jones with Mr. I?. I wonder if he'll preach! I I ,.iid me y our :V.u it is s?> warm We betii will sit to prayer-; Moan i i nc, bre?me? thu \Vido\\ Ame; ll.ov Mary's bonn. I tiare?! . I po look ?it Nancy Slop* r's \. il! It's lull a br.'adi li loo w ide; i I wonder if Susannah Ayre-. * . I Appears to-day a.- brid. ? 1*1.1! what a Voice .lane Klee has ". i I ? >h! how that organ roar- ! I'm glad we've left the >in,^. rs' seal How hard Mi-s Johnson snores! What ugh shawls arc those in Iron Hill y..i? observe Ann Wild' [bb lb r new straw iKuinet's trimmed v I guess - li* si...,! a child! 1 j Pm half asleep thal Mr. .Jones! .j His sermons are s>> long; Tins afternoon we'll stay at home. And practice that new song. ODO Fr.i,iovrsinp.-Friday last was tho twenty fourth anniversary of the introduc? tion of Odd Fellowship in Columbia-Pal? metto Lodge No. 5 having boen organized en the 18th day of May, 1842. This was the first lodgo opened in the State outside of the city of Charleston, and she may be regarded as the mother lodgo of the upper portion of thc State, as the lodges in Sum? ter, Fairfield, York, Newberry, Greenville, Anderson and Abbeville were offshoots ol this lod^c Our much-esteemed fellow citizen, John McKenzie, Esq., is the fatla-r of Palmetto Lodge, as he was> instru? mental in its organization and was elected its first Nobb] Grand. Immediately on its organization, tho propositions for mem? bership were so numerous that the officers expected to have to initiate every man of character in thc District. To a certain extent, this was tho case, and the lodge numbers among its members representa? tives from thc very first families. We are highly gratified at being able to state that, notwithstanding numerous draw-backs, the old lodge is still in a flourishing condi? tion; and every lodge night a goodly num? ber of brothers meet to perpetuate the principles of tho order- "Faith, Hope and Charity." "Friendship, Love and Truth." NKW ADVERTISEMENTS. -Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, which arc published this morning for the first time: . * J. P. Carroll Testimony Wanted. J. ?V T. H. Agnew- -Terwilliger'a Safes. " " (h)shen butter. W. B. Stanley -WrappingPaper, ?Vc. (.'. F. Jackson Millinery at Cost. Shiver.v Beckham-New Goods. Jas. (?. Gibbes Furniture, ?Vc. MESSRS. EDITORS: YOU will please pub? lish the following statement, with reference to thc late election for President, of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Com? pany: Whole number of votes cant.(?.S03 Votes Tot Slate stock, east by the State proxies, Messrs. (!. F. Townes, Daniel Brown, and E. 1*. Lake, for Hammett. .^1,74G Votes of private stockholders. .5,117 Perrin received of these.'2,s?UJ Hammett received of those.2.2S1 Perriu's majority of tho votes of pri? vate stockholders .C15 A STOCK HOLDE lt. FATAL TORNADO.-On Thursday morning last, during the visit of seve? ral gentlemen from the city to St. John's Berkeley, a terrible tornado swept over the Moss Grove Planta? tion and vicinity, on Cooix>r River, sweeping away Loth trees and houses. In one of these buildings, Mr. A. Milliken and Dr. Christopher Fitz simons had taken refuge from the storm of both wind and rain. The building showing signs of falling, they attempted to retreat. Dr. Fitz simons, however, being lame, in his hurry, was thrown down, and the building at that moment crumbling in, he was struck on the head by a cross-beam and instantly killed. Another building, into 'which seve? ral negroes had entered and sought shelter, was also thrown down, one negro woman killed andsevcrabfiegfj^) men wounded.-Charleston Courin: Washington advices state that a number of Republican members, if an opportunity had been presented, would have voted to strike out the third section of the constitutional amendment which disfranchises, until July 1. IsTO, all persons who volun? tarily adhered to the late rebellion, giving it aid and comfort. But this privilege was not afforded, the main question having been ordered by a majority of five, with the aid of the Democratic votes. It is thought the third section will be stricken out in the Senate, in view of the fact that it c luld not possibly get a ratification bv the States with it in it. Tun PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION.-The public reception of tho President and Iiis daughters to-night was largely at? tended. Among the guests were two daughters of President Juarez, ac? companied by Mr. Romero, the Mexican minister, and Mrs. Romero, with whom they are sojourning. This ! party attracted a great deal of at I tention. A full band of music wai in I attendance. I [ Washington Cor. Bult i mare. Sun. i A widow lady, of Danville, Ky., ; took an orphan boy to raise, and I when he had arrived at the age of eighteen, she married him, she then ' being in her fiftieth year. They lived ? many years together, happy as any ! couple. Ten years ago. they took an ! orphan girl to raise. Last fall, the old lady died, being ninety-six years of age, and in seven weeks after, the old man married the girl they had * raised, he being sixty-four years of age, and she eighteen. BR OT AL MURDER.- The Camden Journal states that a freedman, named 1 Kirkland, brutally murdered his wife, dane, in that town, ou the K'th instant. The steamer Scotia sailed for Liver pool from New York on the 16th, ? taking s;?.(Mill,0(10 in specie. The steanor Kangaroo also sailed, tal i og : ont SU75,(MH) in specie. In the English House of Commons, on the 2d of May, the bill legalizing marriages with a deceased wife's sis ; ter was rejected by nineteen majority. Tho first regiment of Albertan volunteers for Maximilian's army iu Mexico was sent from Trieste for Vera. Cruz in the last, days of April. Our Consul at Liverpool, under , d ite of M:?yy 2, reports that lhere is ? no cholera in that oily.