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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