The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 23, 1872, Image 3

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seedhdlnote, with legard to the Alabama ol ai ms; was delivered to fioheuok on \yeduo#flay, Ho does not recede from the pp?ition taken in the firtt note, and reiterates repudiation o? claims for indi reofc dfelSifttfefl; bnt proposes that counter oUitas oh both BideH be lodged with the Geneva . Board of Arbitration, on pre? scribed date, without prejudice to the position taken with regard to indirect damages. 1 Lord Lyona, British Aotoaeiador to France, has notified Pr?sidant Thiers that England" oannot modify her custom dutiaa on commodities of Franco during tho ?year. The commercial treaty be? tween the two nations remains in foroe. PARIS, Marah 22.-Emiot, a Oom mane incendiary, and eevon of the mur? derers ol the Bue Haxo, haVo been con? victed and condemned to death. Many oth?r OomtnUuiats pronounced guilty of similar orimes were sentenced to trans? portation. PARIS, Maroh 22.- Count Murat, en route from England, was arrested at Oa? hu's, and compelled to return to E gland, . . Ainerlcsii [ntsUlganeo. WASHINGTON, March 22.-The Senate ia considering ? bill extending three years the law of I860 regarding certain private land titles in Louisiana. th the House, private bills were dis? eased. NO progresa made, and no pros peat in tho matter'of reconciliation be? tween Warrnouth- and his opponents, unless Parker withdraws. Bia confirm? ation before .the Senate will be opposed. The Louisiana 'delegation wfU be satis? fied with nothing but a colored man as Surveyor of Customs. 'BoMorf, March 22.-The Honso de feaWd^jnale suffrage-17 tb 1^6. WABHINGTOH,' Maroh 2i,t-Council Bluffs bas boon determined upon as the Eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad. '/ ' . LAWRENCE, KANSAS, Maroh 22.-A negro father and three children were burned in their house; two of the family escaped. Naw YORK, Maroh 22.-The Liberal Bepublioan Central Committee held their first meeting last night, and re? solved to aend delegates to the Cincin? nati Convention. HAVANA, March 22.-The Spaniards have captured the Cuban Gen. jjuo. Pena, with five companions, in the mountains, near Trinidad. LAWRENCE, KANSAS, March 22.-The State Re pa bl i can Colored Convention elected Gen. Gotea to the National Re? publican Convention, whioh meeta in New Orleans, April 10. WASHINGTON, March 22-Evening. The Appropriations Committee defeated by a t?a vote the appropriation of $60,000 to enforce the civil rights regu? lations. The Paoifio Railroad Commit? tee agreed- to report a supplemental Southern Pacific Railroad bill. It au? thorises $10,000 of bonds per mile, and directa the work to commence immedi? ately at tho Eastern terminus. Sohnrz waa before the Arms-sale Com? mittee to-day. Nothing damaging or interesting elicited. The Supreme Court took up to day the case of ex parte T. Jefferson Greer. This ia one of the South Carolina oases, under the Enforcement Aot of May, 1870, and Mesara. Stanbery and John son, failing to get the constitutionality of ?he law before the court, in the eas? of Avery and others, upon a certificad of division in respect to questions raised on a motion to quash, now moved foi writs of habeas corpus and certiorarie, tc bring np this case for review, the cou ri below having refused to discharge thi petitioner ou habeas corpus. After som< conversation between the court an< counsel, the matter waa taken under ad viaement. In the House, a large number of pri? vate bills passed. District affairs ocou pied the balance of the day. In the ?Senate, the bill defining tin rights of part owners of vessels passed Louisiana land ' titlea went over till to morrow. Tho tariff bill came up ii order, but, by a vote of twenty-seven t< ten, was laid aside, when & bill for tin benefit of soldiers was takon np anc passed. The tariff was discussed to ad journmenfc. Scott's amendment, admit ting tea and coffee free, passed. Sher man, Chairman of the Committee oi Finance, then said he would suggest i retention of the duty on rice and otho articles. He regarded tho question o repealing the duty on tea and coffee a now settled, and he advised the bosines men of the country to make thoir ar rangements accordingly. Probabilities-Easterly to Souther!; winds, with oloudy weather and ruin will continue over tho South Atlauti States. The area of oloudy weather uni snow from Tennessee Northward wi! gradually extend Eastward over tb Middle Slates to-night, and over th New England Stutes on Saturday, wher the winds will back to Southerly. Bia ing barometer, falling temperature clearing weather and North-wester! winds will extend Easttvard over th Mississippi Valley during tho night, um over the upper lako region, tho Obi Valley and tho Gulf States on Saturday Dangerous wiods are not anticipated fo the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. PHILADELPHIA, Maroh 22.-The South ern express train was thrown from th track by a broken rail, near Johnstowc Two persons were killed, six serious! and thirty slightly wounded. No Soutl emera on tho list. CINCINNATI, March 22.-James C Davis shot bis wifo, a eircus perforrae; known as Rosa. Davis says tho shot w* aooidental. - NEW YORK, March 22-Evening. - Seventy now small-pox cases during tl week. Tho houso of A. T. Slowurt lu been abandoned to a servant, who has most virulent cane. MATAMORAS, March 22.-Tho Rcvoli Report of tba engageraotrtfl-nearatoMe-' cWlu the UtbiosUf -Tbl? Joaxe? forces took Zae?tp?at ?n ;fch*'otbi' tbwmft the treachery oWtMlfbtfeV- tsknii aWatd pelg?, who ioJ?gd the revplutioniatfl, who were holding ibo moon taina o? Le? ba fo, near Zacateca?, and surrendered to Bocha, withonV'resiBtan?e." After the defeat of the revolutionists ander Gop.. D?nelo, Guerra retired in good OfdeT td Freatenella. A column dr8,000 men,, which Booba sent In pursuit of GaerrVs aTtny, were repulsed, and twenty pieoes of artillery taken from them on tho 14th, wbioh re? sult enabled tho revolutionists to again take the defensive, and they now(r con? front Booba with a force equal to the Government's. On tho anniversary of Juarez's birth? day, sal u toa were fired and'troops pa? raded in honor of tho event. SAVANNAH, Maroh 22.-Important rail? road matters are transpiring hore. ?t a meeting of directors of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, tho proposition of cer? tain parties'to lease th? road for a term of years, was rejected; consequently six of the directors, representing the Sa? vannah interests, resigned. At the last annnal meeting of the stockholders, a proposal was made to lease the road, and extend it to tho original terminus Mobile. Tho Central Railroad has pur? chased a controlling interest in thc steamships belonging to the several linea plying between thia oity and Northern ports. The effeot of this arrangement will give to the company tho opportunity of regulating fr?ightn. CINCINNATI, Maroh 22.-A Frankfort despatch says an amendment to the Cin? cinnati Southern Railroad Act has passed the Kentuoky Seuuto by a voto of 'sixteen ! to fourteen. It removes all restrictions and taxes upon the road, except Holt's ! amendment, wbioh required a tax upon ?freight. ' SAN FKANOISCO, Maroh 22.-The Ore? gon Repnblioan State Convention en? dorses Grant and Colfax. Mazatlan is closely invested by the Juarists, and must fall soon. . . ' . - Flp?nriul ?nd Commercial. COLUMBIA, S. C., March 22.-Sales of cotton, to-day, 72 bales-middling 20K. LONDON, March 22-Noon.-Consol* 92%. Bonds 92,%. FRANKFORT, March 22.-Bonds 96. PABH>, Maroh 22.-Rentes 55f. 63c Specie increased 7,000,000f. LIVERFOOL, Maroh 22-3 P. M.-Cotton opened quiet, but is now dull-uplandc ll; Orleans 11??@11|?; sales of thc week 84,000 bales; exports 6,000; spu oulation 14,000; stock 676,000, of whiuL American is 259,000; receipts 92,000, ol which American is 40,000; actual export 7,000; afloat 499,000, whereof Americar is 202,000. LONDON, March 22-Evening.-Bullior decreased ?80,000. LIVERPOOL, Maroh 22-Evening. Cotton closed dall-uplands ll; Orleaui llManchester advices ania vorable. NEW YORE, March 22-Noon.-Sale of cotton for future delivery last even ing, 5.800 bales, as follows: Marci 2115-16; April 22 1-16, 22'6; May 22>? 22%', Jone 23>?, 23 3 16; July 23J?; Aa gust 23; September 21%; October 21 Stooks dall. Gold Steady, at 9%. Mono tight, at 7, gold to 1-32. Exchange-' long 9j*B ; short 10>g. Governments dui but steady. Flour 5(2)10o. better. Whea l@2c. better. Corn lo. better. Por! steady-mess 12.85(2)18.00. Lard quit -steam 9 (a) 9J?. Cotton quiet an steady-uplands 22>?; Orleans 22Ji sales 1,9U0 bales. Freights steady. 7 P. M.-Cotton firm; sales 3,27 bales-uplands 22W,'; Orleans 22% Flonr activer-common to fair extr 6 85@7.90; good to choice 7.95(2)9.5( Whiskey active, at 88@88>?. Whet l(2)2o. better-winter red Western 1.6 (2)1.71. Corn l(2)2e. bettor. Ricefirn at 9>%Q>9%. Pork ootiver, at 13.00( 13.15. Freights firm. Money close easy, at 6(a)7. Sterling 9%@9%. Gol 9%(d)9%. Governments steady. Stat? quiet. Sales of futures to-day 7,61 bales, us follows: March 22; Apr 21 1516@22K; Muy 221?@22 1M< Juno 23 l-16@23Jfi; July 2?%; Ango 23; September 21>4 ; October 19^(^19> BALTIMORE, March 22.-Flour aotivi and uuchuugod. Wheat higher ai. scarce-Pennsylvania 1.75. Corn firm* and unchanged. Pork heavy, at 13.2 Shoulders 5%. Lard 9. Whiskey 8 Cotton quiet und steady-middling 22, (rt}22jo ; receipts 153 bales; sales 31 stuck 11,031; receipts of tho week 2,72 sales 712. BOSTON, March 22.-Cotton dull middling 22^4 ; receipts 449 bales; sal 400; stock 8,500; receipts of the wei 449; sales 1,800. MEMPHIS, Maroh 22.-Cottou dull middling 22; receipts to-day 821 bah receipts of tho week 6,331; sales 9,00C CHARLESTON, March 22.-Goth quiet-middling21?4@21%; receipts 1 bales; sales IOU; stuck 27,018; recoil of the week 2,870; sales 2,200. AUGUSTA, Maroh 22.-Cotton quiet si steady-middling 22; receipts 257 bal? sales 275; Block 15,490; receipts of t weok 1,653; sales 2,509. MOBILE, March 22.-Cottou qn and dull-middling 21-J^; receipts ? bules; sales 5U0; stock 35,856; reoei] of the week 2,985; sales 7,500. NORFOLK, March 22.-Oottdn dui low middling 21; receipts 315 bul sales 100; stock 3,082; receipts of I week 3,988; stiles 650. GALVESTON, Maroh 22.-Cotton weal good ordinary 19%; receipts 264 bulet NEW ORLEANS, March 22.-Fl< dull-superfino 6.75; double 7.75; tre 8 25. Corn duclincd-mixed 8(1; wi 85. l'ork dull-hold at 13.50. Bu< ?rmer, nt 5?4'(rt)S,!? ; hams, sugar-cur 10%(<hU. Lurd linn-tierce ?j;.<; 1 10}?(g}lQ%. Siujur demand good - ferior 6^4'; good common 8^4 ; good 1 9J4 ; fully fair to primo'Jj?(aj9^. ? lusses firm-primo fermenting50. WI good ^ -D dall and no- . mtoalM-rnlddliog 22%; reooipta aO-,08.7:. mm 8/290; ?toile 1?4.-928; receipt* ot th?-week 18i 705; s*r?i fl,800i ' 1 : 1 ?tovmm, Maroli 22?^Cokton,Ingood demand, ai inside quotations; holders firm ak otfleid6 on sales made; irregular prices-middling 21}?@21%; receipts TOO.baJeai ?ales,, 700; stock 61.832; re? ceipts of the-week 4,780; salea 7,500. PHILADELPHIA, Maren 22.- Cotton quiet-middling 22%; receipts of the week 2,278 bales. BOBO LAB OB BLONDE?-OU Tuesday evening, about dark, a bright-eyed girl of eighteen, handsome and appaiently intelligent, a topped at one af oar second olaas hotels. She told the landlord that she had bat little money, and wished to stop with bim a few days. The good natured landlord told her that that waa all right-that he would hold her trank as security for all deficiency in hin rega? lar Charge? for his board.' Nothing more was said until this morning, wheo the girl informed him that ehe wished to go to St. Louis, and asked, with tears in her eyes, for her trunk, and the loan of $10. This the laudlord refused, at the time, to comply with, but demanded about $4 due him on boord. She said that she had no money; that ber trunk contained valuables that she could not dispose of iii Decatur, and promised him a quick remittance as noun as she arrived in St. Louis. Everything was arranged for her departure-the 810 fur? nished her; but, as abe was getting upon tiie St. Louis train, an officer from Cairo, with documents in his pocket, laid, his hand upon her shoulder and said: liXou aro arrested-my prisoner." Before she could make things satisfac? tory to tho officers, the truin left the depot with the yoong lady in charge of tho Cairo officer. She was brought be? fore one of tho Justices of tho Peace, her trunk broken open and contouts ex? amined. It was foaod to cou tain a lot of burglar tools, four changos of suits and masks, and about $500 in counter? feit money. Upon a more full investi? gation, and upon a close examination iu a private room, 'it wus ascertained be? yond a doubt that the woman was a mao, and that, too, of a very respectable fa? mily of Memphis, Tenuesaeo. H h.\d SO. dinguisod himself with false our chignon, paint, ?co., as rendered it al? most impossible to tell him from the fe? minine sex. He waa handed over to Marshal Wilson, of Cairo, and will go hence to Memphis, where a full investi? gation of crimes preferred against him will bo made.-Decatur (Ul.) Magnet. THS OUTLAWS.-The latest news from Robeson County, N. C., may be found io tho following paragraphs, whioh we clip from tho Robesonian: "Tho excitement at Sen flin town pro? duced by tho many rumors and reports that havo been in circulation here for the past ten or twelvo days having in u measure subsided, the public mind now accepts the following as probably the true state of things in Souffietowo: "Henry Berry Lowrey was not drown? ed or killed by himself or his brother, but has quietly left the Couuty, taking with him the largest share of the pro? ceeds of the robbery of Mr. McLeod's safe; Boss Strong is not dead, bat badly wounded, and as soon as he is able to travel, the rest of the band will follow their chief." In an editorial on the state of affairs in Robeson County, the Robesonian mentions that Henderson, the corres? pondent of the New York Herald, had been outlawed by a board of magistrates of the County, and that a posse had been sent iu pursuit of him. Ia another part of the paper, howover, tho Robeso? nian publishes tho following contradic? tory paragraph: "We stop the press to say that the re? port notioed elsewhere in this paper that Henderson, the so-called Herald corres? pondent, had been outlawed and was being pursued by the constable's posse, seems to havo been untrue. Henderson came down to this place yesterday, and returned by tho next train witho it mo? lestation, no was entirely unarmed." DEATH OF AGED CITIZENS.-It ia with sincero regret that we announce the death of Capt. Wm. Saunders, ono of our oldest and most esteemed citizens. He died at the residence of his son-in law, Capt. P. K. Norris, and was buried on last Sabbath at Bethesda Church. Capt. Saunders was a patriotic and ho? norable citizen, and served his country in tho war of 1812 as a captain of volun? teers. We regrot to loam, also, that Andrew Todd, Esq., died at his residence in this County ou last Monday morning. Mr. Todd had boon u sufforer from dropsy for the past year, and his death was not unexpected. Ho was ?ixty-eight years of ago, and had been a m agis trat o i ti his neighborhood for the last thirty-seven years.-Anderson Intelligencer. ANOTHER INCENDIARY. Finn.-Tho new Methodist parsonage of the Walterboro Circuit, at Ron uti O, Colleton County, occupied by Kev. B. G. Joues, was fired by au incendiary a few nights ago and bumed to tho ground, with its contents. Tho firo was kiudled against the door of the kitchen, whioh adjoined the dwell? ing, and had proceeded so fur when dis? covered that it was found impossible to extinguish it. Tho parsouago was built last year at a cost to the oirouit of $1,800. Tho Gorman Sohntzonfest, always a gala season iu Charleston, will begin on the 22d of April and end on the 2Gth. Unusual preparations aro being rando to render the festival attractive to visitors, and tho railroad:' aro expootcd to i.-tstie excursion tickets foro/io faro. A cross-griined contemporary Hays: "Christino Nilsson, worn out with rapid traveling, much Hinging and jealousy of Miss Carey, is beginning to look old und aoid." 1 'v ^?? aatnwuiaMtiAcu o?c??rcd Unco? j ?motional bjr fllc??r?. Joli mon and ! St*n*3r]*hWti? 7 Gor?smtiU OtoiiMl Th?^aiV^ the KuKmx\$als that.was attempted to be brought before the Supremo Court for* ffhal disposition, is entitled the United Staten vs. Avery et al, and came to the .Supreme Court upon a certificate of division from tba Circuit Court for- District of Sooth Carolina. The defendants in this case were iudieted for conspiracy nnder the Aots of May 87, 1870, known as the En? forcement Or Kn Klux Aot. The parti? cular act charged was the murder of one Jim Williams, while attempting to pre? vent oolored citizens voting, and to hin? der and prevent their exeroise of the right to keep and bear arms. Motion having been made to quash the indictment, the court were divided in opinion on the question whether it had jurisdiction of the crime of morder charged, and whether tho right to keep and bear arms is a right granted and se? cured by thc Constitution of the United States so as to support the charge in the indictment, and render the offunoo cog? nizable by the court. The Government submits that the questions haviug arisen upon a motion to quash, this court cannot take cogni? zance of them, the motion being pre? liminary in its character, and determin? able by tho court below us a matter of pure discretion. It is then contended that the Act was intended merely to visit with increased punishment offenders against the laws of the United States, who, iu tho act of violating those laws, shall also commit offenoos against the laws of the States, and this it bas power to do; and it ne? cessarily follows that the courts of the United States have jurisdiction to in? quire into this additional fact. Nor is it any answer to say that in so doing they take jurisdiction of an offence against State laws, and of which Con? gress cannot give thom jurisdiction. The court merely admits evidence of a fact, as matter of aggravation of another of? fence. The criminal laws of several of the States are cited to show that in those States whore any person is con? victed of a criminal offence, who has before been punished by the United States or other .States for a like offence, such person is sentenced to an additional penalty; and it is said that the difference between taking into account the convic? tion of a first offence, with n view to fix th,e punishment of a subsequent one, ae in those eases, and taking into account the commission of au offeuoe with a view to fix the punishment of another offence contemporaneously committed, consid? ered merely as facts constituting mattet of aggravation, us in this case, is only a difference in time, and is wholly imma? terial. In neither case is the punish? ment, in contemplation of law, applied to tho offence, which is regarded os an aggravating circinus tun o o merely. In respect of the right to bear arms, it is said that tho United States, by rea? son of the power given to Congress tc provide for organizing, arming and dis? ciplining tho militia, bau a direct inter? est in soeing that tho right which the Constitution itself declures to be essen? tial to a well-ordered militia is not in? fringed by unlawful authority, aud, ic the absence of Stafo legislation, to pun? ish violations of tho right, and it is bul a reasonable construction of the Act tr construe it as applying to this Act at well as to any other. For the defence, it is urged, after con troverting the theory of the Govern mont, that tho fifteenth amendment tc the Constitution contains no grant oj power over the right of suffrage, but ii in the nature of a restriction or abridge ment of such power in ono respect only and that iu in the powor to discrimin?t! on account of race, color or previom oondition of servitude. It is to enforci that section and prevent such discrimi nation, that by tho second section Con gross ia authorized to enact appropriait laws. And this article contemplate only legislative action, aud does not ex pressly apply to individuals. Defore th' Act iu question can tuko effect, then i must appear that the Statu hus autln) rized thu discrimination prohibited b; thc amendment, and that such discrimi cation is attempted to bo carried out l> au individual. If tho State has nut vic lated tho article, and hus passed no lui to authorize such discrimination, th unauthorized act of nu individual, or combination of individuals, makes n casu fo: Federal cognizance. Au iud vidual cannot deny or abridge thu rigli to voto in tho sense of this amendment It is a right that can only bc given c denied ur abridged hy law. South Curt lina has not violated the amend nient ; sh has passed no Act to discriminate on ni count of nico, color or previous cond lion of servitude, and admits citizens c all color, rued und conditions, who huv the qualifications of voters, to tho fu enjoyment of the right of suffrage. Ill if it be held that it would bo appropriai legislation to enforce this umendtnot against individuals, where tho Slate hu passed no Act, then it is contended tin thc conspiracies charged aro not withi tho jurisdiction of thu court, becam they are offences not within the purvie of tho amend men t, nor appropriate legi lation to enforce thu amendment, an are, therefore, void, lt is, then, uubmi todas too clear tor argument, that withi the legitimate sphere of tho rights ri served to tho States is included tl right of exclusive legislation in the mn tor of suffrage; tho very existence nf tl States depends upon lt, and they ha? nover surrendered thc jurisdiction. it is declnrcd that not a singlo offene defined in tho Act iu question com within thu provisions of the amend men Win n thu States, by tho atneudmou surrendered tho right to discriminate tho mutter of suffrage >>n tho ground color, race, ito , and authorized Co gross to enforce that amendment, tin surrendered no other right touching tl suffrage, aud gave Congress no hirth power over the subject, aud heneo t Enforcement Aot ia not -appropriate ? The cona tito tio n'ai provision in respect to the right bi the people' to bear arm? oontaius no grant ol power to the F?de? ral Government over tho right to keep and 'bear arma. On the, contrary, the established constitution is, that it only recognizes a pre-existing right in the people of the States, and is merely a re? striction on tba Federal Government against any interference with that right, and consequently *a oubjoct-matter ex? clusively within the oognizanoe of the Stater, As to jurisdiction, it is contended that the jurisdiction attempted to be given by the Aot over another "felony," com? mitted in tho attempt to do tba acts pro? hibited, and in this case murder, be? longs exclusively to the Courts of South OaroliDa, and that consequently so much of the Aot is unconstitutional and void-, as an exeroisa of a legislative power not in pursuance of the Constitu? tion. In carelessness, profligacy and osten? tation, New York has been growing like Paris ever sinoe the war. Up to the present time, however, it lacked that strong dramatio element, with whioh every recurring event in Parisian his? tory, political or social, is invariably permeated. The leaven of staid practi? cability inherited from tho Puritan, set? tlers still served to interpose a barrier, growing feebler every day, but now en? tirely swept away. The dramatic art was consulted when the glories of the Tammany ring wore shivered by the limes without note or warning, as if by lightning Jrom a cloudless sky; and SO every step of its downfall since reads, at this distance, like the bill of a blue blazes melo drama. The sadden appear? ance of Garvey in court, as sudden as though in the obaracter of a red demon he had come up through a slar-trap, wus the laut grand tableau attraction, we suppose to be followed by others, until the curtain finally rings down and the lights of the wigwam are put out for? ever. The grand coup d'etat of Erie, made the other day, is another instance of the growth of the dramatio element. General Sickles, wo are told, seduced enough old directors from their alle? giance to i asure the overthrow of Goold by ordinary legal process; but this did not satisfy the popular sentiment. A grand storming party, led by the one legged hero, and supported by the great Cuickuhominy engineer, was decided upon; then came the siege, the parley, the truce, hosts of deputy sheriffs in garrison, sleeping on their arms; then tho surrender, and the interchange of compliments between victor and van? quished. All this time, New York was agitated to its centre; crowds of people, who had no more interest in Erio thun they have in the Bank of Eugland, choked up all tba thoroughfares in tho vicinity of the Opera House, resolved not to go home till morniug, and not oven then. There is a dash of the ridi? culous, a smell of paiut and a suspicion of paste board about these "strong situ? ations" aud "startling denouements," moro worthy his Majesty of the Carnival than descendants ot the staid Knicker? bockers. It really would seem that he has not made his appearance in this country until the time was fully ripo for him. DISPOSITION OP TUB DEHWAUK TRUM? PETS.-After the Washington Fire Com p my, of Wilmington, Delaware, had re? turned home from this city, whero tbey had been entertained by the white com? panies of tho Department, they testified thoir sense of the hospitality with which they had been received, by sending here eight beautiful silver trumpets as pre? sents. Four of them were intended for tho Chief and Assistante of tho Depart? ment, aud the other four for those com? panies at whose hands they bad received tho welcome they so warmly appreciated. On Wednesday they were disposed of by drawing, and foll In the ownership of the Marion, Hope, German and /Etna Companies. - Charleston Courier. A Washington telegram to thu Boston Globe sny?: "A gentleman just arrived from Columbia, South Carolina, pays Congressional Representative Elliott, who hus been in Columbia all wintor, assisting Gov. Scott to fight off impeach? ment, has mudo at least Slut),OOO olear cash ou account of thc assistance ten? dered. Ile has not occupied his con? gressional seat a single day tinco Con? gress couvened." Tho Kev. Ur. Paddock, of Genosse, N. Y., tloserves a patent fur discovering a now sort of sensation preaching. He delivered o sermon the other day-nomi? nally to children-in which there was no word of moro thau one syllable. The chief advantage of this new plan is, that, by paying strict attention, in order to detect a double syllable, if it should occur, you aro kept wide awake. Nearly half tho ontiro population of Grcenluud is in membership with th? Lutheran Church. Moravian missiona? ries uro not numerous, their principal field being Labrador. Tho Lutherans have seminaries for tho education of young men for the ministry ut Jacobs haven and Godthaab. They pay thoir young ministers $800 a your, and older ones il, 100. William Bates, Esq., of Orconville County, is dead. Of his life, tho Enter? prise says: Ho was tho founder of Bates ville Factory, and his knowledge of me? chanics and machinery, largely intuitive, rendered him prominent und successful. Hu was Hoventy-tlvo or eighty years of ugo, mo.st of which limo ho spent in Greenville County. Bishop Lynch preached in tho cathe? dral at Louisville, Kentucky, oh Sunday lust, a pauegyrio upon thu lifo ami services of St. l'utrick. Mr. E. D, Kennedy, an old citizen of Lancaster, died on fiiosiluy morning lust, frew pneumonia, aged sixly-fivo yours. ''The Southern list WM generally at roug, in sympathy with an active up? ward movement in the h?w South Caro? linas, whioh advanced io thirty-eight on the receipt of copies in thia city of the law making valid ail the numerous bonds floating in the market lt waa" feared that Borne of these issues-particularly those dated since the funding Act of 13G9. and used aa collateral for money borrowed by the State-'might be re? pudiated, threats to that effect having been freely indulged in during the winter; but thia law placea the aeal of legitimacy on everything." The New York Daily Bulletin, of the same date, also containa the following: "In Southern States bonds, new South Oarolinaa were atrong and active. The debt of that State now stands at about 815,700,000, the Legislature, whioh baa just adjonrned, having passed bills whioh have aince become laws, le? galising all the bonds given in the State Treasurer's report of October 31, 1871; also, levying a permanent tax to pay the interest on the public debt up to the dates of its maturity; alao, requiring the bouda to be registered here at the Com? meroial Warehouse Company; also, to settle all aooounta with the Finanoial Agent here; also, to amend the Constitu? tion (whioh bill passed by a unanimous vote) so that there can be no further in? crease of the bonded debt without a two? tbirda vote of the people. The Legisla ture aho levied a tax of eight milla on the dollar on all taxable property for the expenses of the current year; alao, a license bill, which it ia estimated will bring 8100,000 per year into the Trea? sury ; also, amended the tax law requir? ing the $1,100,000 past due taxes to be paid before the first Monday in June, on the penalty of a peremptory sale of the property. This ia a brief r?capitu? l?t io a of the Acts of the L?gislature cal? culated to improve the credit of the State." In Pearl street, Kew York, there is a mill which makes from paper auch arti? cles as milk-pans, cups, bread-pans, wash-bowls, Sta., which are said to be superior to wood or metal. The paper, after being pulped, is pressed to shape, dried, enameled and subjected to a heat that would destroy some ntenaila of the kind. The material ia light and easily handled, and doea not rust, shrink, leak, or easily break. A young woman delegate in thc recent Ohio convention of women suffragists, plumply said: "For my own part,' I love men, individually and collectively, bet? ter than women; andso.iTam sure, doea every ono of my sex, if they, like me, would utter their real sentiments. I am more anxious for man's elevation and improvement than woman's, and so is every true woman." On a train, snow-bound for twenty four days, between Cheyenne and Og? den, there were three births, one death, and two attacks of the small pox. A gentleman named Greenfield made a chatty acquaintance with Miss Blanche C. Herndon, whioh ended in a marriage on arrival at San Francisco. A white Augusta woman, named Mary Robinson, benzined on Monday, and jumped into the eanal to drown her? self. An inhuman policeman rescuea her, and luid her up to dry in the cala? boose. A Justice of the Peace in Maine re? cently experienced religion, and imme? diately resigned his office, feeling that he could not conscientiously perform its duties or live up to bia official oath. An employee of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, in Jacksonville, who was set to watch a culvert, fell asleep on the truck, and was out in two by a pass? ing train. Forged Bank of England notes are re? ported to be in circulation. They are printed on a portion of the bank paper stolon some years ago. wtioiiUsanu PKICBH OUM.UK.VI'. COKllBOTEU WKERLT PT TBS BOABP O? TRAB?. APPLES, viuii.2 oO(<c;nH), aioLAssKs,Guba~4?(860 UAOOIKU.18'823 NewOrrna 75?90 SALE Koi'K, Ma. 22 <C-'i Sugar ll'se.. 85(??40 N. Y.orWets$dt> 7(810! NAILS, V kegfl 60??u 00 DOTTER,North. 28'&4o| ONIONS., ft bus_2 00 Country, ty lb.'2U({?-j6 OIL, Kerosene,!;35(845 BACON, llama. 12^17 Machinery..75(81 00 Sido*, %1 lb..?$'810 SPECIE, Oold (81 C8 Shoulders_7(834 Silver. @1 03 0AMl>l.ES,Sperm4Oft0fi>J POTAT'B, Iritl 60(82 00 Adamantine Ibl7@l9 Sweet, bus 75(8100 Corms YAHNI UO'sil 75 SICK, Carolina lr> 8(810 COTTON. Stet M ,...22 SiioT.fdiag. 275@8 00 .Middling.21j SALT, Liver p.2 00(82 10 Low Midi's.21 ?OA1-, fclb,.7J(810 (iuiid Ordnv,.20 "*pruiTs, Alcohol?is00 Ordinary .'..18 Urandy . .4 0?f?,1200 CUKKSK, li.D.lt?. 23-825 ?iu.1 00(80 00 factory.2-.K825 Hum.1 fr.t?oi on Comes, Kio,\i%25???7 Whiskey... 1 35<8G OOl Lagnavra ... .27(82'.?: SOUAR, Cruel P14A? 10 Java.33-485 lirowii.11J(813 FLOun.Co. 8 0081200 STAUCH, lb... B*(810 Northern.800(812 5n TEA,Onionlbl00(82 50 (la.US, Corn 1 05'81 10 black,_1 00@1 10 Wheat... .2 Mdl.? Mt TOBACCO, GliW.OOQl 00 Oati.85(89? Smoking,lb..S0?l 00 Teas... 1 20?1 30 VI.VEOAR, Wine,.50(860 lUv, Kurth, Wowt.2 50 French.?ICO lim:.:?,Pry, l&toVif?Xk WIME, Cham. 25(828 00 Omen.(?ii- Tort, al S 00(85 80 LAUD, tyll>. 12(815 Sherry... 275(87 00 LIMB, V bbl. 2 25'<7.2 40 Madeira.. .3 00(88 CO Fnneral Invitation. Tho frh-nds and acquaintances of Mr. and M's. Janies McCaw and of Mrs. Mary Root, aro invited to attend the fanerai of tho eldest DAUGHTER of the former, at Trinity Church, THIS AFTERNOON, at 4 o'clock. Mn. EDITOR: My namo appeared in Tues? day's paper au an independent candidato for tho Mayoralty. My uamo has been used without my ooneent. I, thcreforo, wish to intorm my friends generally that I am not a candidate, and do not wuh my namo to bc used aa such. S. D. SWYGERT. March 23_1*_ The Raffle FOIt tho OOLD WATCH AND ('HAIN will take place TO-NIOHT. at 9 o'clock. Parties who have not, will please como pre ! pared lo pay for I ki ir chance?. Mnvhv.il? (IO ft DES DUHME. I Operas-"Indian Girl."