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r-circia? an?irii MADRID, February 19.-Tb? Ministry has resigned. ' Sagosta will probably head the new Miuistry. There is con? siderable agitation. ANTWERP, February 19.-There was a demonstration against Count De Cham? bord's residence here. The ringleaders were arrested by the authorities. MADRID, Febraury 19.-It is now said Topete or Serrano will head the now Ministry. American Intelligence. LITTLB BOCK, February 18.-GOT. Hadley has ordered the militia to Ghioot Comity, Arkansas. SAI?T LAKE, February 18.-Several trains have worked their way through, bnt the scow blockade is as bad as ever. Detained passengers threaten to sue the railroad. MEMPHIS, February 18.-A oross-tie ?on the track of the New Orleans and Mississippi Railroad demolished the loco? motive, baggage and ezpress care. No person hurt. WASHINGTON, February 19.-The ma? jority Ku Klux report recommends the suspension of habeas corpus to end with the present Congress. CINCINNATI, February 19.-George H. Pendleton sprained his ankle, and will be laid np several months. MEMPHIS, February 19.-The Ka Klnx trials have oommeocod nt Jackson. There are 200 of the accused. The wit? nesses are all black. An attempt will be made to secure copies of the telegraph despatches. SAW LAKE, February 19. -The block? ade is more vigorous. SAVANNAH, February 19.-The con dnotor.of tbe train dne here at 9.15 last night, finding the Savannah River budge insecure, uncoupled the engine, aud at? tempted to cross. The engine went into the river. The engineer and fireman were pioked np a quarter of a mile be low. A steamer ia goue to bring the passengers from the bridge. NEW YORK, February 19.-Over 8100, 000 claimed by weekly papers has been disallowed aa unauthorized, though the advertisements were ordered by officials. WASHINGTON, February 19.-Senator Davis ia oonvalesoicg. There will be no minority report in favor of Abbott, who claims the Senato? rial seat from North Carolina. It is reiterated that the Committee will re? port io favor of seating Ransom. The Committee of Ways and Means deoided to-day that the income tax for tbe current year shall be collected aa heretofore. The Commissioner of In? ternal Revenue is distributing the necea Bury blanks. In the Senate, the majority and mi? nority Ku Klux reports were presented and ordered to be printed. Tbe majority report, in connection with an extension of tho suspension of habeas corpus, re? commends exceptional general amnesty. In the House, a civil rights bill, simi? lar to Seuutor Sumner's, went over to next Monday. A resolution instructing the Oommitteo of Ways aud Means to report a bill abolishing duties on suit and ooal failed of a two-thirds vote. A bill abolishing tho duty on tea and coffee passed. The Ku Klux Committee re? ported. The minority report was pre? sented bnt not received, by a vote of 66 to 130, because it contained a phrase dis? respectful to tho President; but after? wards, upon oondition that it should be pruned of offensive and unparliamentary phrases, it was received, without divi? sion. Probabilities-The barometer will pro bebly fall on Tuesday thronghout the Mississippi valley, with increasing Southerly winda and threatening wea? ther-the lowest pressure moving East? ward toward Illinois. The highest ba? rometer will remain over the Middle and Eastern States, with partially aloudy and pleasant weather. The low burometer in Florida will move North-east, keeping some distance off the Sooth Atlantic coast, with increasing North-east winds. Easterly winds, veering to the South? west, with pleasant weather, will provail on the Western Gulf coast. NEW YORK, February 19.-Tho Lori! lard Insurance Company has declared its first dividend of sixty cents on the dol? lar. The Cleopatra, from Havana, reports a vessel burning in latitude 31. Tho Cleopatraoould not reach heron account, of a dead calm. Bishop McClosky suggests tho disoon- ! tinnunce of processions on St. Patrick's Day. StokeB* trial was resumed-the ques? tion hoing upon the legality of tho grund jury. Mayor Hall's trial is again postponed, at tbe instance o! the prosecution. NEW ORLEANS, February 19 -Tho steamer Wen sic ry, whilo crossing tho swash at Hatteras Inlet, was fooud sink? ing, when Bbe shored ber cargo. The Oiew woro saved. BALTIMORE, February 19.-A nol pros. was entered in eight whiskey coses, the defendants paying the costs. PHILADELPHIA, February 19.-Capt. Hazzie, of the steamer J. Thompson, was drowned. The smallest steam ongino in the world is in the possession of John Penn, of Greenwich, England. It will stand on a three-peony piece, and really is smaller than the ooin, for its base-plato is only three-eights of an inoh by about three tenths. Its whole woight is less than three pennyweights, Josh Billings says that tho difference between a blander and a mistake is this: When a man puts down a bad umbrella and takes a good ono, he makes a mis? take; but when ho pnts down a good one and takes np a had ono, he makes a blun? der. Tho assassin of tho Governor-Geuorn) of India has been tried, convicted, and Bintenced to bu bunged. Rhode Island allows her legislators a dollar a day and four cents mileage. Financial and Commercial. Nsw Yoi?; P?trreaty 18.-Receipts-nt all porta for tua v/euk, b?.yu?, against 86,236 lust week; 92.688 the previous week, and 120 813 three weeks si noe. Total receipts nineo September, 2,091, 196, aguiust 2,653,839 for corresponding period of the previous year, showing a decrease of 663.143. Exports from all ports for the week, 76,459, against 75,185 for the same week last year. Exports for expired portion nf the year, 1,152, 074, agaiust 1,576,333 for tho same time last year. Stock at all ports, 569,939, against 709,033 for the same date last year. Stook at interior towns, 88,057, against 123,89T for last year. Stook iii Liverpool, 535,000, against 750,000 last year. American cotton afloat for Great britain, 203,000, against 295,000 last year. Indian cotton afloat for Europe, 260,000, against 143,495 last year. LONDON, February 19-Noon.-Con? sols 92%. Bonds 91%. PABIB, February 19.-Rentes 56f. 37o. LIVERPOOL, February 19-3 P. M - Cotton opened firm and is now strong uplands 11>?; Orleans 11J?(2)11%; near? ly due from New Orleans 117-16 LIVERPOOL, February 19-Evening. Sixteen American arrivals siuoe Satur? day, with upward of 30,000 bales of out ton. Cotton alosad firm-uplauds 11%; Orleans ll>?(?)ll%; sales 15.U00 bales; speculation and export 7,000. NEW YORK, February 19-Noon. Stock? strong. Gold dull, at 10%. Money easy, at G. Governments dull but steady. Exchange-long 9%; short 10. Flour a shade firmer. Wheat quiet. Corn unchuuged. Pork dull-new mess 14 00@14.50. Lard firm, al 9%@9%. Cottou firm-uplands 23%; Orluuus 23%; sales 1,100 bales. Freights steady. 7 P. M.-Cotton quiet aud steady ; sales 2,387 bales-uplands 22%; Orleaus 23%. Flour in fair demand. Whiskey uuehauged. Wheat steady. Corn heavy, at 72@72%. ?,ce dull, at 8@8%. Pork and lard steady. Freights steady. Sales of futures 12,000 bules, as follows: Fe bruary 22%, 22%; Maroh 22 18-16, 23; April 23 9-16, '?3 11-16; May 23%, 23 13-16; June 23%. Money 5(3)7. Gold 10%. Sterhug 9%f?j)9%. Go? vernments strong. South Carolinas dull and lower-Soutb Carolinas old 52; uew 32%. fc>T. Louis, February 19.-Pork firm, at 13.00. Bacon firm-shoulders 6@6%. CINCINNATI, February 19.-Porkstead\, at 13.25. Lard 9(5)9%. Sides 7%. Whiskey lower, at 86. LOUISVILLE, February 19.-Bagging strong, at 15%(5)16%. Provisions active aud firm. Whiskey 88. BALTIMORE, February 19.-City Mills flour hold 25a. higher; other grades strong. Wheat and com firm. Pork 14 25. Shoulders 6%. Cotton firm middling 23(2j23%; receipts 1,018 bales; sales 275; stuck 5,790. PHILADELPHIA, February 19.-Cotton quiet-middling 2,'i%. \ NEW ORLEANS, February 19.-Cotton aotive, at full prices-middling 22%; re? ceipts 6.72S bales; sales 8,700; stock 221,5G1. MOBILE, February 19.-Cotton firm middling 22; receipts 2,028 bales; sales GOO; stock 69,305. GALVESTON, February 19.-Cotton steady and iu fair demand-good ordi? nary 20@20%; receipts 1,083 bales; sales 2,500; stuck 51,690. I AUGUSTA, February 19.-Cotton quiet and firm-middling 21%; receipts 200 bales; sales 450. NORFOLK, February 19.-Cotton steady -low middling 21%; receipts 1,240 bules; sales 150; stock 3,042. BOSTON, February 19.-Cotton quiet and firm-middling 23%; receipts 1,062 bales; sales 300; stuck 8,000. SAVANNAH, February 19.-Cotton ac? tive and firm-middling 22(2)22%; re? ceipts 2,017 bales; sales 2,800; stock 74,083. CHARLESTON, February 19.-Cotton firm-middling 22; receipts 906 bales; sales 200; ?took 26.056. WILMINGTON, February 19.-Cotton firm und tending up-middling 22; ro coipts 3S2 bales; sales 28; stock 4,129. ANOTHER FIRE IN GOOSE CREEK. Withiu the puatthrco or four weeks we have recorded tho burning of three dwelling houses in Goose Crock, either by accident or carelessness iu burning adjacent woods. On last Wednesday night, tho 14th inst., a lad living with Mrs. Shier, at the Ten Mile Hill, on tho State Road, hav? ing occasion to como to tho city during the night, aroso about 1 o'clock to make tho necessary arrangements for his de? parture, which ho oompleted, leaving everything secure, ns he believed. Be? tween that hour and daylight Thu rf 'ay morning, Mrs. Shier and her daughter tho occupants of tho house, were awoke by tho usual cried of a cat. Becoming alarmed at its terrible and continuous soreeehings, they determined to uBoer. tain tho cuuse. Upon opening tho door leading into the room from whenoo the noise proceeded, to their horror and consternation they discovered the room was on fire io evory dirootion, and the cat dashing from ODO sido to the other, giving vent to her fears and intonations, by the most heart-rending and piteous cries ever heard. Almost in an iustant tho entire house WBB enveloped in flames, leaving no timo for tho occupants to savo anything but the bedding ou which they wero sleeping. The fire communi? cated from tho dwelling to the kitchen and store or provision house, both of whiob with their contents wore also de? stroyed.- Charleston Courier. It is reportod that the cotton house OD Mr. A. F. Blair'? place, nour Mon? ticello, S. C.; caught fire and was destroyed, with 2,600 pounds of seed cotton. No cluo as to tho origin of tho fire. Threo Iuds-tho oldest only nineteen years of tige-havo been arrested iu Au? gusta, Ga., charged with burglary. A number of stolon articles huvo been re cognized by about two dozen victims, j and there is still a quantity left. Mardi Or** In Pie VT Orleans. ' " The oorrespoudenVof tho Atlanta (tja) Sun faroiehce HUCU. a capital description of mattera and things in the Gresoent City during Mardi Grus, that we copy it, in lieu of a shorter account prepared for tbe PHOENIX: The pun.do and display on tho street?, where the procession was announced to pass, was uiagui?cont beyond calcula? tion. Besides mimerons structures pro? vided for the occasion, thousands of ve* randalls, porticos and balconies wore thronged with excited spectators. These, adorned with a blazing boatof gay ly and richly dressed women, ornamented with mauy brilliant colors, and decorated with floating banners, flying colors, gleaming pennauts and glittering streamers, to? gether with the surging maas of huma? nity that literally thronged the streets below, preaented a apectaole which, for inspiring beauty and enchanting gran? deur, seeks in vain for a parallel in Ame? rican history. About half-past 10 o'clock in the morning, a few maskers, obit-fly ohildrec, made their appearanco on thc streets. These are immediately followed ny a diversity of masquerade podestriant representing monkeys, bears, lion H. pim ohinellos, pautuluous, buffoons, hurlo quina, negroes, and a host of others tot numerous to mention. Large bauds ol minstrels, on foot or in vohioles; gail} caparisoned horses with burlesquo, comical and sometimes hideous riders, until by 12 o'clock the vast populace thai throng Ganai and ita tributary streets, it variegated and diversified with nianj thousand masks and costumes of ever} conceivable model and design. Thu ex oitemeut continued unabated until ? o'clock P. M., wheu tho grand pageant under the command of thu King of th? Carnival uud the (irand Marsbul of thi Empire, commenced ita march, whet every spectator became spoil-bound whili witnessing thu gorgeous panorama u over-changing scenes in the piaturcsqui procession before bim. The pageant was precoded by mountct police officers and assistants on foot Tba Grand Marshal and King of tb? Carnival, with their appropriate ensigns colors, insignia and banners, accompu nied by a company of the Lords of th Yeomaury, habited iu Arabic, Muons! and Bedouin costumes, led tho van o the procession. Nothing, save parcbiui sande and Arabian chargers, was want lng to make thia detachment a perfec roving baud of desert Bedouins. Ther were the bronze face, the black board the fur-seeing, vicious aud treauherou eyes. There woro the red jackets nn> purple trowsers, brilliant sash, whit scarf and shining rosettes peering fror under a rich flowing white robe, inn ' med with gold lace aud surmounted wit curious desigus ol' costly brocades. Th costume was perfected by a gleamin spear, which waa carried in tho rig! hand. The Iioeuf Gras, (fat ox,) embtemati of the carnival, richly d -curated nit roses, riobons and numerous trapping: and led by four mounted horsemen, wi the next feature of the procession. Two Bedouins, commanding n not! company of 3U? or 41)0 pedestrians i costumes and masks, personating bu foons, Ku Klux, giants, harlequins, d< vila, saints, fiends, Iudiun clowns, lishe beasts and birds, were next in order. In close succession aims a troop < Obinese, enclosed in rectangular tran parent paper boxes, bearing many quail designs, symbolic of their favorite gnu of cards, and bearing such iuacriptioi as "Our Oarnivrtl Game" and "Euch us if you can." Next followed the Lord of tho Cn riages, with his Bedouin attendant The twenty carriages contained maske clothed in rich und costly costtirat some worth probably from 81,0U0 82,001). Among thoso figured couspic ously numerous representatives of t! demi monde, in their ooaohes-and-fou dressed, some in malo costume, otho in the most royal outfits, so fashioned best to display their voluptuous churn if suoh they may be termed. The Lord of tho Yans und atteudnr j lcd a detachment of vehicles, anio which were portable blacksmith sbo| with crimson-costumed Vu lea ns, forgi lof real moitun irou whatever their int unity suggested. Conspicuous arno i those paraders was a movable plantati [cabin, resonant with the music of t banjo, tamborino and dancing of a bellum negroes. Besides ttieso tin were numerous migratory advertisornei of nurseries, Hewing machine? aud 1 m?rous avoeations and business ent prises, all well conceived and execul with tbe highest degree of per feet i< Ooo of the nursery wagons carnell caricaturo of Horace Greeley, beuri the inscription, "What I know abi farming." Lord of tho Horse and attondnt Icadiug a cavalcade of "heathen C neos," banditti, Indians, monkeys, panese, Ku Kluses, Death on tho 1 Horse, brigauds and the "Knights McGraw," with brooms for spears, c stituted the following section of tho geant. Lord of the Unattached and atte ants led a promiscuous procession, c* posed of Dan Klee's circus band, lowed by theuttuohees and profession tattooed and costumed as Iudit downs, monkeys, etc A motley crowd of straggling mask comprising mountebanks, quacks, groes, and a host of comical charaot closed the lino of procession. The pageant paraded a number of principal streets; contained about 4, maskers; was about one aud a hulf rx long, nml consumed about thirty-fivi forty minutes in passing a single p in the streets. Tho entire proc?s, re assembled about dark nt the plac rendezvous, where they were form dismissed by tho King of thu Gurun The concourse of spectators (lisper hastened to their supper, mid qui returned to view the grand processif tho Mistick Krewo of Comus, wi presented a matchless living pauort view of the scones, heroes and oharnoterB io Homer's Hind and "Odyssey. It ?H impossible to do justice to this gorgeous spectacle in any description short of a volume. It was, in short, a living aud magnificent reproduction of the Trojuu war, aud its regal array of heroes, kings, gods aud goddesses, as described, snug and immortalized by the grand old bard in the primeval times of Oriental grand? eur. Tho pageant consisted of a pro? cession of tnauy triumphal oars, finished and decorated in shining splendor, bear? ing groups of muuy heroes of tho Tro? jan war and the characters in the Odys? sey. Oa the first oar stood a beautiful Doric temple, whose sturry dome proteoted thc venerable bust of Homer. The next eight cars bore numerous personages, personating the many heroes and aotors, terrestrial and celestial, that figured sc conspicuously in the biege of Troy, viz Venus, the goddess of lore, reclining or a golden cloud, and at her feet wen Paris aod Helen, the last the most boan tiful woman of her age; Agamemnon King of Argos; the aged counsellor Nestor, and the beautiful captive, Bri seis; Achilles, the brave and invulnera ble warrior; Ajax, Apollo, goddess Diana Mars, god of war, aud Aneas; mountei on clouds of Olympus sat Jupiter, Juno Minerva and Aurora; in a shell floating on the sea stood Neptune, with his tri dent. This cloped tho views of the "Dream of Homer," und next were personate* thc ch aradora and heroes of the Odyssey The first car bore tho Monster Cyclop Polyphemus. Other cars bore Circe the t?oroerebs, Pluto, tho Sirens, tin Monsters Soylla und Charybdis, tin Household of Ulysses, and tho vuriou other characters figuring ia the trials am wanderings of Ulysses. Next followed : panoramic view ol tho mook poem Bu traohomynmachia, or the "Battle of th Frogs and Mice," a poem buriesquiu Homer's grand opie, but whose author ship is disputed and yet re in ai us obscure This was a laughable) spectacle. Frog ; a hundred timos magnified, armed cap-u I pie, were placed in battle array agaiut the mice, who wero also equipped iu th most approved manner. Monster crab: who constituted tho peace-makers, volut teeriug their services as arbitrators, nei appeared. The procession, about 10 o'clock I M , entered the Varieties Theatre, whiu was brilliantly illuminated with dazzlin chandeliers and crowded with aboi '?,000 magnificently dressed women, wh hud aoioe from fur and near to witnet tho grand ball and tableaux of the Mit tick Iv rowe. The first tableau picture iu the most regal und gorgeous glory Tl Judgment, personating Venus, June Minerva, Holen and Paris, when tl three goddesses tempt Paris by the oilers. Paris aud Helen stand at tl: foot of tho throne while Juno oilers hil immortality. Miuerva offers militai glory, but Venus pruners the most beat tiful woman in tho world, aud d?sign?t Helen, who stands ut his side. Iuimo tah ty aod glory aro vanquished, aud lo' i triumphs. j The second tableau represented tl mortui combat between tho Trojuus ut Grecians. Diouiedes und Menelaus one chariot, and Muru und Hector iu a other, engage iu a hand-to-hand eucou ter, surrounded by the celebrated wa riors, Grecian and Trojan. A trunsfon alion scene is witnessed duriug the coi but, showing the gods in council. Tl third tableau represented the triuls Ulysses, und the fourth presented a c micul caricature panorama of tho Butl of thu Frogs und Mice. Altogether, tl tableaux presented the most maguifioe spectacle wo ever wituessed. Doublle tho etligies, costumes, scenery aud pat phernulia connected with the tableau cost at the lowest estimate $50,000 After tho tableaux, thu Krewe join in a grand march around th<- parquet! which had been cleared for dauern presenting un array of characters, whic for splendor, comicality, terror and i geuuity, has no equal in this cuuutry. Thu bull thou commenced. Tho ti quadrille? was danced by members of 1 Krewe with tho ladies of tho uudieu Thu Grund Duke was invited to parti pate, but declined-ouly consenting minglo willi tho promenaders ou I floor tor a little while, when he retires The Mistick Krewu of Comos ha? 1 its celebration since thu year 1817. originated in tho "Cowbellian" ?oci of Mobile, which formerly hud sinai celebrations in that city, but on u m limited seale. The soeioty is compo of men not only of means, but scholarship, culture, reading and i m?rous uttaiumeuts. They uro fr various sections of tho country, lt supposed they make enormous outl of money uud devote much time UH V UH tulout to these annual demoustrtitii which aro becoming yearly moro popt and celebrated, it is estimated t their initiation feo alone is $1,200. ur* at least nearly all, their effig scenery coutumes and general parapi nalia uro ordered from Paris aud Viuti Some individual costumes ure suppr. to cost as much as $5,000. While t ure devotees of fun und pleasure, t ut tho samo time worship ut thu shi of tho tine arts, and ptobubly havo < tributed more to thu growth anil provemeut of lino, lofty aud culiivi tastes in New Oilcans than any sii benevolent or literary institution iu city. FitozBN TO DEATH.-On Weduei night, Ibu Dili iust., Jack Sloan, oolo ol this County, while iu u statu of in ?cation, fell into a gully, from which was unable to exit icito himself, and f to death. Somo colored women live near thu place, heard him halloo but wero afraid to go to bis assista tts J ick hud just left their house iu u bulent muuuur.-Picken* Sentinel. - It is proposed, instead of killing Communist*, to sot them to work building thu public buildings ot 1 which they destroyed. I.EGIHLATIVK PROCEEDINGS. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1072. SENATE.' The Senate assembled at 12 M., Presi? dent R.insier in tho Chair. A concur i ont resolution, by Mr. Car dozo, to adjourn sitie die on the 29th mutant, was adopted, and ordered to be seat to the House. A bill to incorporate thc dm iles ton Water Company, of the city aod County of Charleston, was passed. A bill to divide tho State into five Congressional Districts was made the special order for Wednesday next. The report of the Committee on Fi- j nance on the petition of the County I Commissioners of Richland County, ask-1 ing authority to levy au additional tax j of ODO. aod a half milla OD tho dollar, I was ou grossed for a third reading. A resolution, by Mr. Corbio, author? izing and instructing the President of tho Seoate to issue a pay certificate to Phio. B. Tompkins, with amendments, was adopted. At 1 >?? o'clock, the Senate adjourned. HOUaE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 12 M., Bpeaker Moses in the Chair. Sevoral committees made reports, whioh were laid over. A joiut resolution, by Mr. Doyle, to authorize certain persons to have tran? scribed such records of the District of Pickens QB ro?ate to real estate in the Conuty of Ooonee. Mr. Jamison presented the accounts of certain persons of Orangeburg County. Mr. Hayne submitted the fellowing report: Thu special committee to whom was referred the bill and substituto to make appropriations and raise supplies for the tiscal year, commencing November 1, 1371, beg leave to submit the following report: That they have had an extended interview with the State Treasurer and Comptroller General, who was prenant by request of the committee. Your committee find that there is a deficiency in previous years amounting, on acoonnt of the failure to levy and collect tbe taxes, to tho amount of 8959,000, uow duo aod unpaid. The delinquency of the collection of taxes for the past three years amounts in the aggregate to about $1,200,000. Your committee are sutisfied that the law for thu collection of taxes is inadequate, and should be so amended as to insure the prompt col? lection of the same. Tho failure to levy and collect a sufficient amount in the past, is tho cause of the present financial embarrassment of the Stato. The ne? glect, also, of the Legislature, iu past years, to provide annually for a de? ficiency iu revenue, us prescribed by the constitution, renders it necessary DOW to greatly iuoiease tho rate of taxation. Your committee find tho debt as stated by thu Treasurer, for whioh a revenue to pay thu interest should be provided, to amount to 811,99-1 908.98. The Comp troller-Gcoeral tully concurs in this statement. The amount necessary to pay thu i u ter est on the same, at the rate of nix per Cent, per annum, will be S719, 001 51. if paid iu currency, which your committee recommend. If puid in gold, the premium will have to be added, thereby iucreasiug tho amount. Your committee have estimated thu expenses of tiiu State for the fiscal year ending October 31, 1872, including the ubove, to bo 82,155,000. Your committee re? commend thu adoption of the first sec? tion of thu substitute, with this uinend meut iu the seventh line, after the words "public debt," insert "which shall be paid iu Uuited Slates currency, or na? tional bank Dotes." Thu following bills were passed: To amend and reuow the charter of the town of Newberry; to charter the Big Bay and Adam's Ruo Railroad Com? pany; to punish parties fur fraudulent sales of lauds; to oharter the Walhalla Female College; to incorporate the Hean tort Horse Railroad Company, in the towu und County of Beaufort; to in? corporate tho Provident Land aud Real E-ttate Company, of Charleston; to in? corporate tho Nazareth Presbyterian Church, of Spurtunburg Conuty ; to pru? ville for tho establishment ol ugricul liiral colleges; to make appropriations for tho payment of tho per diem of the members ut tho Oeuorul Assembly, aud the salaries of tho subord?nalo oillcers and employees; to divide the Stute into live Congressional Districts. At 3 o'olook P. M., the. House ad joli rued until to-morrow, ut 12 M. For Sale, A GOOD HOIttsE >nd WAOON, with har f\_ uudH. All in go >d condition. Also, un IOU BOX. Will bu sold reasonable. Apply at thia ? .flics. _Kc h ag ) ip it. al B anding and Loan Association. r|1dE rcgu ar monthly meuting of thurttock I holders of this Association will he held at the I ! i In -r M ian Hall, at half-pant 7 o'clock, Pitts EVENING. Instalments reoeivtd as a,u*l. Vt. lt. C/.THOAIlT, Feb '20 1 Heoretary. We Live and Learn, Die and Forget All. THE SOUTHERN DYE HOUSE, No 339 KINO HTBEET, GIIABLESTON, 8. C., DYES and (Jbf.ASH by means of steam, eentlernenV, ladies' and children'* Otothca. Fine laces and lacs curtains cleaned aud d ue- up with thu soft or manufacturer's lillian? lace and crape shawls and kid glove? cleaned and dyed. Goods received and re? turned hv express. I. BILLER, Proprietor, brunch office at Mrs. C. E. Heed's millinery ? stabliibmpnt, ('o'umhia. Fi h 20 Stun Early Garden ."orn. IM ll', finest and large! tasortou<nt of early . (JOHN in tho markot.at reduced prices. I h?ve Just received: Karly Ku<ar Corn, Evergroon Corn, Fannel B' Club, Darling's Sweet, Crosby's I'rolilio, IQ itmi ll rows, Burlington, Adnin's Karly, Tuscarora, While Print, large. AI.BO. Long Pod Prolific Pear, twelve peas Ina pml; Kutra Emly Peas, Trophy Tomato, McLean's Littlo Gem, improv. d F.gg Plaut. For salo at K ii. li Kl I UH H'S Feb 2J t Drug and Chemical t?tere. Sale of King's Mountain Railroad. Theodor? D. Wagner and Aabory Coward. Trustees, ?S. ibu King"? Srlonuuio Railroad Company.-JFtorecfojure of Mortgage. By H. H. D.LKON, ?N pursuance of the terms of a Mortgage executed by tho Kioa'a Mountain RA? ro/.d Company, on the 16th day of March, ItsGG, and by virtne of the powere therein granted, wo will aell, at pnblio auction, at Charl?eton. 8 C., on WEDNESDAY, Marek 20.1871. at ll o'clock, at corner Kant Bay and Broad streetB, Tho entire RAILROAD of the ea id Compa? ny, including the bod and superstructures of said Hoad, tho materials naed in construe? lion, tho stations, station-bouBe d?pote, ?tore-honHCH, work-ahoiiB, machinery and fix? tures thereon, and all tue engines aud rolling stock, together with all the right-., privileges und easement belonging or appertaining to eaid Railroad Company. Terms c&sh; purchasers to pay for papare and alampa. THEODORE D. WAGNER, A8B?RY COWARD, Jan 14_ _ Truste ea. Independent Pire Go. THE regular meeting of this Company will be held I'HIS (Tuesday) EVEN? ING, at 7 o'clock, at their dall. Ry order. J. F. BU1PHEN, _ Secretary. u.ur Parade will be postponed until TO-MORROW [Wednesday], at 10 o'clock A^?T_yob 20 1 Programme of Proceedings At the Trial of the PALMETTO STEAM FIRE ENGINE. THE new Steam Fire Engine for the PaJ mettoes will be teated TO-MORROW, ( Wednesday, 21st instant,) between tho honra of 10 A. M. und 2 P. M., weather permitting. The Independent and Palmetto Steam Fire Engine Companies will form line on Bunding street, in front of Palmetto Engine Honae,at 10 A. M. Tho line will move aa follows: Firemen's brasa band, Professor LyBrand, Loader.. independent Steam Fire Engine Company, John McKenzie, Esq .President. Palmetto (Steam Fire Engine Company, Capt. W. B. Stanley. President. New steamer, "Palmetto," in charge of I builder, Wm. Jeffers, Esq., ?nd engineer, Mr. I J. Merrick. The lino will march down Main itreet to the corner of Gervais street, where the first trial I will take place; thence to corner of Lady and Main streets, and from there to corner ot Plain and Main street?. The following named gentlemen aro ap? pointed committees, and respeottolly request? ed to act: On Mechanism, Capacity, Durability and Utility in Eriinguithing Fir et -lim timor the Mayor, John Alexander, John A. J. Derrick, Robert King. J. J. Mackey and C. Davie. On Time of Making Steam and Pretture af Stearn and Water-H. Tozer, Geo. A. Shields and Wm. K. Evans. On Distance and Height of Slrtamt-Capt. John McKenzie, Capt. W. B. Stanley, John Agnow, Wm. H. Monokton, John G. Seegers, U. E. bcott, Geo. bymmero. The public arc respectfully invited to attend. M. J. CALNAN, J. A. HHIKL.L, O. F. JACKHON, Feb 20 2_ Committee on S. F. Engine. Til Fl&K Ililli, (ORIGINAL BELL RINGERS.) WILL GIVE TWO OF THEIR CLASSI? CAL AND COMICAL CO NORH TS, AT IRWIN'S HALL, ON Monday and Tuesday, Feb. IB and 20. PROMINENT features of the entertainment as given by thom only, for tho last thirty throe yeara, in tho principal townf and oitiee throughout tho Uuited States. They have also sojourned in Europe, where they had the uonorof appearing before the crown ed heads, and received flittering testimonials of their appreciation of their entertainments: ? Operatic and other selections upon sixty-six j original Lancastorshire Silver Bells, by the Troupe. Miss Fannie will introduce her ataff of silver bolls, ot which she ia tho originator, and oidjr successful operator. Descriptive vocal pieces, h v M rn. Wm. Peak, I Sr. Piano solos and characteristic vocal nieoea, by tho beautiful and accomplished Mlle. Zelda. Muster Barnard is tho musical genius now btifiTO tba public, as all will conceive after li wing tho pleader" of hearing him. Mrs. J. D KHZ, the accomplished soprano. Wm. IVik, Sr.. pianist and composer, and founder of bell mnsio lia America. Other members of thy Troupe in their re? spective specialties. Admission 75 cents. Reserved soats $1. Children .10 Cents. Reserved mats may be procured at LyBrand's. Doors open at 7 o'clock; perfoi manee will commence ut H o'cl ck. precisely. WILLIAM MoMAUON, Keb 15 5 Business Ageut. Removal and Slight Change. THE undersigned informa her i fi lends and patrons that abo has lremovt d to the ?veil known dry Floods house of the Mesara. Kinard, ?lieie abo ia propared to exhibit a selected stock of articles in tho Ml l,LIN KUY LINE, which ahe ia confident will gratify her patrons. Her atock of spring goode is ' particularly pretty. Call at tho store of tho Messrs. Kinard. Feb 18 MKS A. MCCORMICK. Hardware, etc. 1 i~\f\ DOZEN AXES. lV/v7 4? balee Bagging. 2ou bundles Arrow Tica, 20 dozen Railroad Shovele. 2U0 oui rs Trace Chaina. Just received and for aale at lowest niara*! pri?es. L?RICK A LOW RANCH. Potatoes! Potatoes!! BARRELS POTATOES, consisting ?VJV/ of Pink Eyes, Early Rose, Peach Blows, Just received and for sale low, by Jan ll JOHN_AGNEW_A BON. Planting Potatoes! S\f\t\ BARBELS selected SEED FOTA ?UUTOKH-Pink-Eyes, Early Boee, Jackson Whites, Peaob Blows and Early Goodrich, for sale low by Jan 10 EDWARD HOPE. Butter. i TURS Virginia Valley BUTTER. -JL- 6 tuba Mountain Rutter. 3 tulis due Goshen Butter. All nice and fresh and for BU'OIX.W. Got 1 L?RICK A LOWRANCE