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COLUMBIA, S. C. Thursday Jttorniner, May 9,1872. The Rato of Taxation. Wa publish, this morning a oommuni oation, signed "Civia," upon the relative rate of taxation, debt, &o., between this State and the State of New York. "Oivis" 1B on the right line, bat he does not go qaito jar enough, inasmuch as he does not notioo the fact that tho rate of taxation in this State has been vastly in? creased sinco 1870, the time that the census statistics were gathered. We discussed, some time since, the question of the comparative rate of taxa? tion in the various States of the Union, as shown by the United States census re? ports of 1870, and demonstrated beyond all question that South Carolina is the heaviest taxed State in the Union. But this miserable result of carpet-bag mis? rule cannot bo too often brought to the attention of the people, especially the people of the North, that they may have proof conclusive of the damning results of Radical reconstruction, as fostered and supported by the Grunt administra? tion, - In 1870, when tho statistics comprised in tho census reports were taken, wo had in this State a much lighter tax than for any other year since the State has passed into the control of the creatures of' rc < construction. The average tax for Stuto and County purposes was ia 1870 SJ mills on the dollar. This does not in? clude the city and town taxes through? out tbe State; and furthermore, does not express tho full amount of State and Oonnty taxes, inasmuch as the assess? ment of real estate, as a general rule, is largely over its real or saleable value. In that year, according to the table of the census reports referred to by "Civis," the eu tire tax of every description in the State on the basis of the real value of property was at the rats of $13.30 on the $1,000-some $6.00 moro per $1,000 than the tax on property in the State of New York. Bat we are not confined to the State nf New York. There were only eight other States in the Union at that time in which the rate of taxation was greater than in South Carolina. The highest of these was Nevada, which paid taxes at the rate of $26.40 per $1,000. But South Carolina bes made a mighty spring since that time .ia increasing her rate of taxation. Instead of a tax of 8|? mills on the dollar for State and County pur? poses, as in 1870, we have for 1872 a re? gular tax of 20 mills on the dollar, and the license tax, which must equal 6 mills more at least, and probably is more. We have. thou, in alli say for State and County purposes, a lax of 26 mills on the dollar. The city and town taxes have also been greatly increased since 1870, and the United States tax is but very little, if anything, less now thau it waa then. Now, if with a State aud County tax of %% mills, the entire tax was at the rate of $13.30 per $1,000, it is plain to see that with a State and County tux of 26 mills, our entire tax must be over $30 per $1,000, or something over three times as muoh as in 1870. This puts South Carolina far beyond Nevada, which paid the highest rate of taxation in 1870. We have not examined the census re? ports of 1860, but, comparing tbe amount realized at that time with the value of property then in existenoe, tbe rate of taxation w s not over $1.50 per $1,000. Place that amount alongside of $30 per $1,000 now paid, and wo have the beautiful result of onrpet-baggery, considering it meroly in a financial point of view. Can any people live and pros? per who are compelled to pay from three to four percent, on their property, to ft Government, too, that afford? no pro? tection, and returns not the slightest consideration for the enormous amounts of money foroed from the people? A farmer was considered as doing well, even before the war, who oleared two per oent. net on his investment. How is be now, with labor all disorganized, and two-thirds o! his land lying idle, to stave off starvation, when he pays far more than his net inoome in the way of taxes? DROWNING ACCIDENT.- While a porty of young men were bathing near Pendle? ton factory, in Anderson County, Mon? day, Mr. George Mooro was drowned. The party thought the unfortunate youth was playing, until it woe too late to ren? der him assistarcr?. Young Moore was an estimable young man, nnd leaves an aged mother, who was dependent upon his labor for support. Miss Mary Mixon, whoso religious name was Sister Magdalene, died at tho Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, in Charleston on Monday, having been af? flicted with that insidious disease, con? sumption, for the past year. She was born in Barnwell, S. C., has been at? tached to tho order which sho adorned by her piety and exceedingly amiable disposition, for tho past nine years. What Hight Have Tiley To Do Itt The City Council . bnB determined against tho express protest and potitlon of a large number of our most*promi? nent and respectable business men, to grant to the Gontral National Bank "per? mission to appropriate and oooupy iu perpetuity" 716 feet of Plain nud Rich? ardson streets. This is u startling inno? vation, and tends to establish a prece? dent that may loud to very serious und damaging cons?quences. If tho Central Bank may ask and receivo such a privi? lege, why may not evory parson owning a lot on Main or any other street do thu same thing? Wbero is tho matter to end? Tho City Council oannot mauifast special favoritism, and it is impossible to seo how they oau consistently refuse to other equally good citizens what has been granted to the iuoorporators of thc Central National Bank. If such valua? ble property ia to bo bad for tho asking, there will be no lack of applicants; and, indeed, we hear already that tbero are several similar petitions soon to bo made to tho Council. It seems to ns that there must be something wrong hero, and we aro inclined seriously to doubt tho right of tho City Counoil thus to disposo ol publio property. If tho Council can grant four feet, or any portion of o street, to private persons or corporations, why can they not grant or convey thc whole of it, and thus block up thc thoroughfare entirely. Can thore be a possibility of such UL evil as that, and no way to remedy il', We think not, and are, therefore, em boldened to assert, without having anj legal authority upon tho question, tba the titles to the streets aro not vested ir the City Oonnoil, and that they have nc power to oonvey these pnblio thorough fares, or any part of them. Any ob straction, whether a building or any thing else, placed npon the street, ii nothing more nor less than a pnblio nui sanco. Aa snob, tho oourts must hav< the power to compel their removal o abatement. There aro serious danger threatened by this action of Council and it wonld not bo amiss, at nuy rate fdr some of our public-spirited citizen to inquire- into the legality of their prc ceodings. A WHITE HAT CAMPAIGN.-One "hu mor of tho canvass" has already dove loped. A despatoh from New Orlcan announces that white hats have bec! adopted in that city, and the doman for them on tho day succeeding tb nominations at Cincinnati depleted tb dealers' stocks. From Cincinnati, w read: "The entire Louisiana delegatio went home thus equipped, and tho Hot John Wentworth has appearod iu th Burne specklcss bead-piece on the struct and announced that white bats aro goin to be the fashion in Illinois until afti November." lu Mr. Greeley's biogrj pby, we are told how, us a boy, ho ten every book he could lay hands on, by tl light of pine-knota. Perhaps the pim knot will come into the present Prca deutial campaign along with the whi! hat, the whole somewhat grotesque, pe haps-as the coon skins and log cabii of '40 were but a sign of the times, po tentous of political movement. Adup ing a line from Macaulay's "Battle i Ivry," Mr. Greeley might cry to bis fe lowers: "And bo your oriflammo to-df the 'tilo' of Chappaqua." ? .???-? The Democratic National Conven lio tho Washington Patriot thinks, t-bou bo held in thut city as soon after tho a journmout of the Philadelphia Grai Convention as possible. St. Louis, thinks, won't do, in view of tho cudois mont given by tho Missouri (Democr tic) Republican to the Cincinnati non: nees. Other parties, "not for Greeley suggest Baltimore as tho place for hoi ing the Democratic Convention. If should be deemed ncoossury to have stn a convention, Baltimore is about good, convonient and wholesome a pla for it as any other, and our people won gladly weloome it. Wo have fine hote! and plenty of thom, for the accoaimod tion of all comers. Tho members fro all sections, if they would be guided 1 the conservative lesson they could loa hore, would doubtless be inducted in the only safe path leading out of t wilderness for the wholo country. T restoration of the South is the touc stone of the situation, arid tbe sentime now manifested throughont the South favor of the liboral candidate indica! that that people desire not to bo agn drawn away from the sure road to tin own deliverance. FIRE NEAR PINBVIXJIIE.-The stab! and barn of Mr. Wm. P. Dovaux, Belle Isle, near Pineville, wore destroy Monday night, and a lot of farmi utensils, provisions and two anim consumed by the flames. The loss v. in the vicinity of $2,000, and not covet by insurance. There is no doubt L that it was an not of incendiarism. Tho German papers report tho dec of a Mr. Hanselt, a farmer, who, 1850, conveyed Kinkel and Carl Sohu under cover of darkness, across I Prussian frontier. Mrs. Jane Burnett, wife of Carter B nett, diod at her borne in Hpartunbi County, on the 2d instant, in tho eigh seven th year of her age. MB. EDITOB: The Union, some days ?i noe, in try i nc; to hide the terrible con? dition to which tbis State has been re? duced by tho crew with'which it affili? ates, quoted from tbe last United States census to prove that the rate of taxation per capita was greater in some other Sta tea than in this. From the snme source, let us contrast the condition of this Stute with that of communities not cursed with such rulers. According to the census o? 1870, tho rate of taxation per head in South Curolina, as quoted by tho Union, is $8.02, while iu New York it is ?11.07. This, admitted aa true, would appear to show that things wero not so bad for the tux-payer of South Carolina after all. But another table, from the same source, will show how figures in such huuds may bo made to Ito. Thc distri? bution of wealth in Now York pa- capita is $L,483.27, whilo iu South Carolina it is $294.99; BO that tho New York man has five times as much property out of which to pay his thrcn-and-a-haif times as much tax. Auother table, from tho samo source, will exhibit tho difference between the burdens of tho citizen in the two States in much stronger colors. For every 81,000 of property in Now York, the citizen pays, io national, State and local taxation, $7.47; in South Carolina he pays $13.30. Still another instructivo view may be obtained by a study of the census. The ratio of debt to population in New York is $36.46 per capita. In South Carolina it is $18.53 - made up upon a stated debt, in 1870, of $8,000.000. Now thut we know it to exceed $16,000,000, it is seen that our ratio of debt per capita ia fully equal to that of New York, while our ability to pay it is seen in our previously quoted ratio of wealth per capita, viz: New York, $1,483.27; South Carolina, $294 99. In other words, a citizen of New York owes as much as a citizen of South Ca? rolina, but has just live times the ability to pay it. The Union had better put away that census. "CIV1S." AoniCUIiTDBAIi CoNQBESS TO MEET AT ST. LOUIS.-This influential body of agricultural and industrial friends of progress promises to bo of a naost inte? resting character for the future develop? ment of Southern resources. It will be the third session of able men not influ? enced by selfish motives, but striving to promote tho welfare of our people. The organization evidently sprung from thc "Immigrant Convention" which wai held in this city two years ago this day, I take leave to submit the extract nf u lotter from the Secretary of tho Con? gress, recently received by me, and re? spectfully to suggo3t to tho executive officers of agricultural aud mechanical societies throughout the State to seud representatives who will uttond tho meet? ing. Tyrannized over, porsecntcd and tra? duced as wu aro in South Carolina by tho party, who are the worst enemies of republican principles, law and justice, aa well as civil liberty, tho greater tho necessity for us to miugle and bo in asso? ciation with good and true men every? where: "Permit mc to inform you that the prospects for a largo attendance uni uti interesting meeting ou the 27tn of Muy aro most flattering. Delegates ure being appointed from one end of tho country tu the other, and a wide-spread interest is manifested. "I shall hope to meet yon personally again, nnd to have your influence in se? curing full representation from South Carolina. I have the honor to be your most obedieut, (Signed,) "CHAS. W. GREEN, "Secreturv." WM. M. LAWTON, vice-President Agricultural Congress for S. C. BBVOBTED DISCOVEBY OV ASUHMEBOED CITY NEAB ST. AUGUSTINE.-During the heavy gales which prevailed last full, the tide on ono occasion was driven HO low in tho North River, that a remarkable discovery was made. About seven miles North of St. Augustine, on tho West shore of North Btver, tho remains of un ancient city were disclosed. Several wells, walled in with coqniua, aro now visible under wuter; but tho foundations of tho houses can bo ouly felt with a polo. On tho occasion of tho discovery, a gale had prevailed for four or five days from tho North-driving tho water out of tho river to an extent never before known. Further investigations have also brought to light acoquina quarry on tho sumo site; and what is tho most remark? able, tho quarry is in tho midst of a denso hammock, and which any one can Bee now by taking the trouble to go to them. The rock is of a quality equal to any on Anastaoia Island, und tho quarry has been extensively used, doubtless for the purpose of building this city or set? tlement-for ono or the othor it certainly was.-St. Augustine (Fla.) Press, April Our exohanges, of late dato, contain announcement of the death, in Florida, of Col. 0. W. Miller, at a ripe old age. Col. Miller was well known and much respected by many o' our readers, his praotice of law, in the days of the past, not unfrequently extending to our Sum? ter courts.-Sumter Watchman. J. T. Stone, a respeotablo meohanio, residing on Washington street, in Sum tor, hud n little child severely bi tien by rats, on tho night of the 1st of May, and again on Thursday night hid baby was badly bitten. BODY FOUND.-The body of Mr. L. D. Avant, whoso probable drowning was mentioned about seven or eight weeks ago, was found in tho Pee Dee, near Pe? tersfield, about thu first of April last. A twenty foot wit alo drifted ashore nour Myrtle Grove Sound, N. C , a fo.v days ngo. ?BBB3T OF THE NOTORIOUS J. C. NORRIS. ', OQ Sunday afternoon, Mr. J. C. Norri?, who claims to be u United States Deputy Marshal, the same notorious individual < who figured so conspicuously iu the Warren County persecutions some time ago, was arested in this city upon the ' authority of a bondi warrant issued by tho Superior Court of Warren County. The arrest was made by polioemuu Couch, and Norris was couveyed by tho 8 P. M. train to Wurruuton. Ile is charged with being accessory before tho fact io tho murder of Chas. Wallace, a oitizen of Warren County. After learning tho facts of the case, yesterday morning, tho United States olliciuls-at least some of them-claimed to bo much alarmed for Mr. Norris' safety and lifo, somo of thom maintain iug that it was thc intention of this "mob," us they termed it, to assassinate Mr. Norris. So yesterday afternoon, ut 2 o'clock, n detachment of ten Federal soldiers, under tho command of Lieute? nant Bateman, was despatched to War* reutou. Upon inquiring upon what au? thority this was done, wo were informed by thc United Stales authorities that theso soldiers were sent at the instance of several individuals who made uflidavit that Mr. Norris' life was endangered, aud that it was not tho intention ot this force to interfere with auy legal process against Mr. Norris, but to protect him in case of violeuce. This individual, J. C. Norris, was for? merly a citizen of Warren County. lu 1803 ho was appointed deputy sheriff in that Couuty by Gen. Terry, then mili? tary commander of thu District of Geor? gia, Florida and Alabama. In 18150 he was indicted by tho grund jury of that Couuty for false imprisonment of divers persons. He was also indicted for thc; crime or being accessory beforo thc fact in tho murder of Charles Wallace, for which ho is now under arrest. Ho was arrested with warrants for all these charges. Governor Bullock granted him a pardon for false imprisonment on the ground that the accusations ugaiust bim were founded on au alleged ille? gality in his appointment, when, in fact, no reference was made in the indictments to tho manner or legality of his appoint? ment, aud the sole ground of thu prose? cution was that bo arrested and impri? soned persons without warrants and without giving them the opportunity of being beard before a court of inquiry. Tho pardon does not refer ut all to thc accusation of the grand jury in the ouse of the murder ot Wallace. There eau bu no pn-tunco that the offenen hus been pardoned by Bullock. It bus been intimated by some that this arrest was premeditated, so as to occur at tho time when Norris was en? deavoring to force Hanoock to South Ca? rolina. This, however, wo are assured is ontirely a mistake. The bench war? rant, upon which be WHS arrested, was issued by Hou. Garnett Andrews, Judge of the Superior Court of the Northern Circuit, and dated April 1, 1872. [Atlanta Sun, 7th. Sur ros ED IDENTIFICATION.-On yes? terday, Chief of Polico J. A. Christian received a letter from Mrs. Rachel R. Small, of Par?dmela, S. C., iu which she stated that uho had read the account of tho body of a mun haviug been found on tho Eve plantation, no::r this city, and had no doubt but that it was thu body of ber husband, Daniel W. Small. Mr. Small, it appears, left borne in the middle of last Decomber, to go to Sa? vannah on important business, and bas uever beca heard of since. Mrs. Small states that he was lust seen at Savannah gettiug on the cars for this city. He had quito u large amount of money owing him in this city, and Mrs. Small thiuk* tbat be collected it and was afterward murdered by 6ome person or persons, who robbed bim and then threw the body in the river; although, as she says, ho may have been accidentally drowned. The knife and boots found with thc body correspond exactly with those Mr. Small bad. The height of the body ulsr. corresponds with that of her husband, Mrs. Small intends coming to Augusto aud huviug thu body disinterred for tin purpose of n perfect identification, i possible. We trust that the mystor* muy bo cleared up at an early day in thc future.-Augusta Constitutionalist, b//. DKATIIS-Capt. James Witherspoon a venerable citizen of this County, diec at. his residence in Salem, on Friday, tin 27th of April. He lacked but u feu days ot completing his seven ty-fi f tl year. Capt. Witherspoon was a high tonod gentleman, a mau of firm priuci plo, of uncompromising conviction om unwavering in devotion to what ho con ceived to be his duty, no was an ardon admirer of the American Union, and ex pressed that admiration oven at a timi when it was unpopular, if not almos unsafe, to entertain such a sentiment Ile loaves a good name and character bc hind him. Mr. John Rhodos, a farmer of ou County, fell dead at tho residence of Mr James Lowry, near Lynchburg, on th 19th of April. His friends presumo tba his sodden death was tho result of hear disease. Ho was a highly respootabl and upright man.-Sumter Neics. -^? ? .. DEPOPULATION OF IRELAND.-Th Cork correspondent o? ibu Boston Pik says that the depopulation of Ireland i going on faster than over. He think that about 4,000 of tho flower of th population leave tho country weokl from tho different ports. From Quoem town nlono 2,000 a week go. Whol hamlets ore left to the old and pool and agricultural labor is hardly to b had at any prico. Tho coosidorabl cities, Limerick; for instance, aro hastet ing to decay. Tho writer is of tho op uion that some strong effort should h made in tho United States lo di..courug this out How; and that most of tho om grants might do quito as well or eve bettor by remaining nt home. Agrien taral laborers, especially, oro in tli greatest demand. t Dooal It e 330.0. CITY MATTEBS.-The prioe of single jopiua of the FHO?NIX is five cents. Tho Palmcttoe8 exercised their steam 3r, yesterday. She proved all right. Mr. Cantwell advertises sweet cider. Lt is good-wo have tried it. Tho Stato Sunday School Convention meets in Charleston on tho 15th, IGch, 17th and 18th May. There seems to bo a terrible drought everywhere, and ruin is the universal cry. Tho Dolly Varden eyebrows are got up by mucilage and sided charcoal there? upon disposed. We ure told that street costumes re? cently sent over from Paris aro made short enough lo clear the ground. La? dies just returned from abroad aro sur? prised to fi ml American ladies dragging handsome silk dresses over the dirty sidewalks: We give the followiug for tho benefit of those of the gentler sex who have a holy horror of freckles. Wo hope that those ulllicted will try the remedy, and that it may provo efficacious: Take two ounces of lemon juice, half a drachm of powdered borax, and one druci.m of sugar. Mix together and let them stand in a glass bottle for a few days, thcu rub it on thc bunds nud face occasionally. The following is the programme of music for to-day, by tho band of the Eighteenth Infantry, Joseph Buchar, band master: Adelia Quieksten, by F. J. Keller. Fiuale Lucia de Lam mer more, by Donizetti. Dreams of Youth, (two nocturnes,) by C. Buch. Cavatiua Lucretia Borgia, by Doni? zetti. Trapp, Trapp, galop, by C. Faust. A mau in an ecstatic mood exclaimed: "Woman is th* primeval cause of happi? ness;" whon a bystander remarked: "No doubt, for she is the prime evil herself." What class cf women are apt to give tone to society? The bellos. SUPREME COORT, WEDNESDAY, May 8. Tho Court mot at 10 A. M. Present Chief Justice Moses and Associate Jus? tices Willard and Wright. Kc parie Theodore DeHay. Writ of habeas corpus. Mr. Melton wu? heard on a motion to discharge the prisoner. Mr. Bton for tho State, contra. A. S. Buchanan, administrator, vs. F. A. McNinch, el al. Mr. Patterson was heard for appellants. Mr. Brawley for respondents. Mr. Patterson in reply. H. C. Harris, administrator, rs. Alfred Stilwell. Mr. Thomson was heard for appellant. Mr. Wilson for respondent. Mr. dawson in reply. At 3 P. M., tho Court adjourned until Thursday, Dib, 10 A. M. THEOLOGICAL S?MINAUX.-The session of 1S71-2, of this institution, located irj this city, closed yesterday. Tho exami? nation has been going on during lut week under tho supervision of tho Boart of Directors. Tho stndcuts numbcrec this session fifty, of which number four teen-constituting tho senior class graduated, ox rather finished thei: course of theological training. This in siltation buffered much during the war and commenced after ita close with bu two students. Thia number bas beei gradually increasing, until it rcaohet this year fifty students. Tho following is a list of the students during the tern of 1871-2: BESIDESr LICENTIATE.-Boyd, B. W. Chester, S. C. SENIOR CLASH.-Bean, W. S., Augusta G.I.; Grow, J. C., Carrollton, Ga. Green, O. M., Carlisle, Pa.; Handley L. S.. Pleasant Bidge, Ala.; Howell, F M., Oxford, Miss.; Hntton, Milton C. Pleasant Bidge, Ala.; Johnson, J., Wa ter Valley, Misa.; Johnson, T. C., Ger mantown, Tenn.; Kennedy, A. lt., Pen dicton, S. C.; LeCoute, W., Columbia S. C.; Ligou, T. C., Abbeville, S. C. Querv, J. W., Steel Creek, N. 0. ; Thomp? son, W. T., Berryville, Va. MIDDLE CLASS.-Boll, S. Henry, Ne^ Hauover, N. C.; Boggs, S. D.,Columbic S. C.; Chichester, C. E., Charleston, ? C.; Garrard, S. N., Marengo County Ala.; Grafton, C. W., Sardis, Miss, llaman, T. L., Bay mond, Miss.; Mc A pine, B. B., Three Creeks, Ark.; McFai land, D. K., LaFayetto County, Miss McKay, W. J., Harnett County, N. ?, Milner, W. A., Car te ravi lie, Ga. JUNIOR CLASS.-Ansley, H. C., Atlai ta, Ga. ; Briggs, E. H., Columbus, Ga Carota era, J. C., St ark vi Ho, Miss.; Gui ningham, T. H., Anderson, S.O.;Dodg< W. H., Cuthbert, Ga.; DuBose, I Means, Darlington, S. G.; Duncan, i DeWitt, Louisville, Ky.; Fair, J. Y Abbeville, S. C.; Hall, J. G., Monticello Ark.; Herophill, Charles B., Chester, ? C.; Jacobs, J. B., Clinton, S. G.; Kiri patrick, B. M., Fort Deposit, Ala.; Loni N. M., Union, Tenn.; McAllister, D. S Fayetteville, N. C. ; McCormick, L. B Chester, S. C.; McKay, Peter M., Mad son, Fla.; McKinley, Carl, Lexingtoi Ga.; McMillan, G. W., Sloop Point, 1 C.; Miller, Alfred L., Spartanburg, i C.; Miller, Bobert A., Yorkville, S. C Newton, J. K. P., New Albany, Mise Perry, lt. D., Lnnoaster, S. C.; Prestoi S. ll., Abingdon, Vu.; Smith, J. A Bobcson County, North Carolina; Sprat J. W., Fort Hill, S. C.; Tuoruwell, ? H., Columbia, S. C. From South Carolina, 17; Georgia, Mississippi, 7; North Carolina, G; Alab mn, 4; Tennessee, 2; Virginia, 2; Arka; sus. 2; Florida, 1; Pennsylvania, 1; Kc tutky, 1-50. M AT ii A15 ii AN o E M E NT s.-The Northern mail opone at 2.30 P. M.; closes 10.45 A. M. Charleston day mail op on s 4.30 P. M.; closes COO ?. M. Charleston night mail opens 7.15 ?. M.; closes 6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M. ; doses 6.00 A. M. Western mail opens 12.30 A. M.; closes 12.30 P. M. Wilmington moil opens 2.30 P. M.: closes 10.30 A. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. COURT OP GENERAL SESSIONS, May 8. Tho court met at 10 A. M., Judge Mel? ton presiding. Tho grund jury made the following re? turns: The Stute vs, John Smith. Assault with intent to kill und murder. True bill. Tho State vs. Jeremiah Fickling. Assault with intent to kill. No bill. . Tho States vs. John J. Harris. As? sault with intent to kill and murder. Nol. pro?. The grand jury called the attention of tho court to the condition of tho out? side windows of tho jail, as also to several defects iu the cell doors and general defects in the construction of the building. In regard to the insufficiency of blankets, the jury aro informed by the County Commissioners that the want of funds has prevented them from fur? nishing the necessary supply. There being no further business for tho jury, they were discharged from further attendance. Tho case of tho State vs. William Lucas, for tho murder of John Simpson, at the co operativo store of the Char? lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, in this city, on the 16th day o' March last, was taken up. After several challenges a jury composed of four whites and eight oolored was em? paneled, and occupied the day.' Mt. N. Barnwell, acting Solicitor, represented the State, and Messrs. H. W. Rice and E. R. Arthur the prisoner. LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Cow Stolen-$5 Reward. D. C. Peixotto Sc Son-Auction. Communication Acaoia L?dge. Meetiug Board of Trade. McGowan & Parker-Summons. Indian Girl Cigars. HOTEL AaniVALS, May 8, 1872_lXicktrson House-D M Henckel, Md; Captain F Arnim, Hamburg; Judge D L Turner, Edgefield; J Wolley, SC; WA Young, Mrs M J Young, Mida A Allen, Mm M Young, Due West; J O Hoister, Newberry; T J Sims, L T Loavell, T J Sima, Mies; O Sitgravos, Kock Hill. Coltanbin Hotel-? W Geiger, Lexington; W V Walnb, J A Spier, J Bancroft, K D Baoot, Mr ami Mrs Wetmore, N Y; W M Dwight and wife, Wmnaboro; A Neyhart, wife and nurse, H 1? Cooper, Pa; Rev J L Girardeau, W B Shaw, Charleston; Gen J D Kennedy, Cam? den; J C Yardin, Va; W Dudley, KO UH; W T Gary, Edgeflold; S B Clowney, W B Peake, Winneboro; G M Beltzhoover, J H Cuppa, F ev J B Davis, Ya; D L Fillyaw, E L Hali, W, C & AU It; J C Bulow, Ridgeway; G P Ootch ett. Exproas Co; W S Blair, Miss Blair, Mies Hall. Ut; C F Carter, Mass; H M Drano, N O; D Hiern mr., Walhalla; J Mooro, Ga; M 0 Davis, N C. DITCHER'S LIGHTNING FLY-KILLER sweeps them off and clears the house spcedilv. Try it. Sold by dealers every? where." A80:fl[2m Bunden ins.-Thia is an irritation orinuam matiuu cf the bronchial tubes, which carry thu air wo breathe into the lunga. It ariaea from a cold settled in the throat, from Ca? tarrh extending to thoae parts, from Scrofu? lous affections, and from eovere nee of the voice. The initation from this latter cause commences in the larynx, and glottis, which are tho organs of the voice, aud, extending downwards, produces hoaraeness, coughing ? aud spitting mucuous matter, sometimes I mixed with blood. It is chiefly dangerous from UB tendency to spread into the lunga. I and terminate in consumption. It is in tho oura of eevei o and obstinate cases of thia dis? ease that Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis? covery has achieved unparalleled success, and won the loudest praise from all who hava used it. It ?B Bold by all respectable druggists. TUE HAUVESTOFTHEHEAD.-When the comb acts as a rake, bringing away a roll of parted fibres every time it passes throngh the hair, baldness would soon be inevitable. But even in this case, forlorn aa it may seem, the mis? chief can bo arrested, the loss repaired. Lyon's Kathairon, aided by a brisk applica? tion of th? brush to prometo the absorption of the fluid by tho scalp, will stop the thin? ning-out procoaa in forty-eight boura. The roots from which the dead filaments were shed wdl soon ho re-endowed with vitality, and a now growth will speedily spring np on the de? nuded places. This work of reproduction will go on until tho damage is completely repaired, and tho luxuriant crop of bair thus* produced will never wither or fall out as loug as tho vitalizing application is regularly continued. May 9 {3 A FIGHT WITH AN ALLIGATOR.- A Starke (Florida) letter to tho Savannah News, sends to that paper the following account: On the afternoon of the 20th, as Mr. William Kelly, an old oitizen of Bradford County, was returning homo from Starke, he espied au alligator basking in the mud by the road-aide. He dismounted, and, .taking a hatchet from his oart, approached the reptile for a fight. In the twinkling of an eye his feet were knocked from under him, and his leg caught iu the monster's mouth. Boing an old mau, the fight would have gone against him had not a oolored man by tho name of George Buff, who happened to be passing along, despatch? ed the alligator with a pistol. Mr. Kelly's leg was considerably lacerated, so muoh so, that it ia probable he will never again attempt to ohop a Saurian with his little hatchet. MAURI Ad E EXTRAORDINARY.-On Sa? turday evening, our town was the soene of an unusual marriage. Mr. M. F. McBride, ou that evening, eloped with and wa3 married to Miss Lena Brown. Mr. McBride is a Gentile, and his now wife a J' ."ess, the daughter of a promi? nent Isr.^ii tish merchant. Wo hear but very seldom of unions liko this, but wo cordially wish tho couple all happi? ness aud succoss in life. [Marion Crescent. A cyclouo recently swept over Madras, India, causing gi cat loss of life and pro? perty ashore nud afloat.