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COLUMBIA, S. C. Friday Morning, July 12, 1872. Mona Scrip Cato. The Oase of the State cf Sooth Caro? lina ex relatione Edwin F. Gary, as State Auditor vs. Niles O. Parker, as State Treasurer, and others as County Trea? surers, came up for argament before Judge Willard in tho Supreme Court, yesterday. It is.a oaso of grava impor? tance and of much interest to the peo? ple of the State and to her creditors abroad, inasmuch as it involves the va? lidity of the Act known as the Clue Ridge Bond Scrip Aet, which adds hun? dreds of thousands of dollars to the already bloated debt of the State. The object of the snit is.to prohibit the State and County Treasurers from receiving' the scrip in payment of taxes. Messrs. Pope & Haskell represent the State Auditor, Jadge Magrath, we anderstand, represents a Mr. Wesley, who is, a New York capitalist, interested in the va? lidity of the sorip, upon whiob, as col? laterals, he has advanced a considerable amount, Messrs. Chamberlain and Mel ton the State and County Troasnrers, and Mr. Corbin the oity of Charleston. Only Mr. Pope and Jadge Magrath were heard yesterday. The gronnds of Mr. Pope's argument were: First. That the Act of Assembly authorizing tho "omission" of the reve? nue bond scrip did not contemplate that the delinquent taxes of past fiscal years should be paid in each currency. Se oond. That the Act itself and the emission of the bond sorip ander it by the State Treasnrer is against the Con? stitution of the State. Third. That the Act is in violation of the Constitution of the United States. In support of the first ground, Mr. Pope maintained that tho Acta of previous years authorizing the levy and collection of taxes, under which the delinquent taxes are now due. prescribed the kinds of currency in whiob. they were to be paid; that there is no repealing claase in the Act of 1872 whiob allows the payment of taxes to be made in the new sorip, and not a word to show that it was intended lo apply to any other taxes than those of the present and of futuro fisoal years; and that to allow past due taxes to be paid in the bond sorip would be to pot n bonus upon defaulters, who would thereby.be enabled to discharge in de? preciated currency what more prompt and better citizens were compelled to pay in gold or sound currency. Upon the question of the illegality of the Act, as violating the Constitution of the State, Mr. Pope proceeded to show that the Constitution expressly directs that for ordinary expenses the Legisla? ture shall get funds by taxation alone, and for extraordinary expenses only by . the issue of bonds in amounts not smaller than $50, and that there is no authority whatever for these revenue bond scrips or anything of their nature. The argument of Mr. Pope on this point seems to us to apply also with great force to the millions of honda which have been issued by the present administration, and promises a relief from them without recourse to the dis? tasteful remedy of repudiation. These bonds, some $11,000.000 in all, have been issued, with a small exception, to meet no extraordinary expenses, even ostensibly, but to aid the treasury and provide for alleged defioionoes in the oarrent revenue of the State. They have been issued, therefore, in plain violation of the Constitution, and are, therefore, void, and can constitute no obligation upon the State, even if they had been put upon tho market in good faith and without fraud. Bat to the case under discussion. Upon his third point, Mr. Pope cited that section of the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the States from issuing bills of credit, and then went on to show, by argument and au? thor i ties, that the revenue bond sorip were bills of credit in the sense that the Constitution intended. Jndge Magrath followed Mr. Pope, maintaining tho validity of the Act in question, and combatting the views of Mr. Pope, that these revenue bond sorip were "bills of orodit," saoh ss are pro? hibited by the Constitution of the Gene? ral Government. This is a technical question, and was argued with much skill by Jadge Magrath on behalf of his olient. Judge Willard, however, seemed to have very well settled convictions that tho bond sorip are bills of orodit. In foot, he declared as much to the counsel, and begged that they wonld address themselves specially to the point. Tho bond sorip, as he conceived, being plain? ly intended to answer all the ordinary uses of a oirooluting medium, and ac? knowledging a debt doo and to be paid, are certainly as mach bills of credit as anything could be. After Judge Magrath fininhed, the court adjourned till to-morrow, when the other counsel will be heard. Joe an tn? Wnr-Palh Afinln. We hear that Joe Crews has returned to Laurens County at last, and has taken with him a lot of drums and sach like military accompaniments. We presume Joe intends to mnke an effort to dram up bis scattered militia legions, who haye not been heard from since the culmina? tion of the bitter feelings whiob their previous mis doings created iu the bloody affray at Laarens Court House in the fall of 1870. At that time Joe Crews made a rapid aud rather ignominious flight to Columbia, where he bas been living in a sort of exile ever sinco-and, wo believe, bas never once revisited Laurens County until now. We suggest to Joe, who, wo are chari? tably inolined to thick, is acting more froLM want of senso than from any malicious or revengeful intention, that ho had better loove drums and .Spring? field rifles and such like things alone. la a military line he has not reaped any very enviable glory hitherto, nor been instrumental in conferring any benefits apon his friends and constituents. His lawless and nnruly militia caused the loath of several unfortunate colored men in 1870, and has thrown scores of svhito men into dungeons and forced sthers into exile. There is no necessity for their reorganization now, ami-it may breed again similar evils to those of the past. The days of military interference in civil affairs are drawing to a close. The people of the whole country are nek of it, and are determined to put an 3nd to it. <?????-' Hon. A. S. Merrimon, the Conserva? tive candidate for Governor of North Ca? rolina, publishes a card in reference to a scurrilous paper, extensively circulated in that State, under tho frank of Sena? tor John Fool, from which wo extract the following: I deem it due to the people and myself to say for the benefit of any such as might be misled by it, that in so fur as it refers to myself, the paper is iu every material respect absolutely false, scandal? ous and libelous, and I believe it is so in reference to the other gentlcmeu so as? sailed. In vindication of myself against this wanton attack, it is my purpose to bring suit against Mr. Pool in the Superior Court of Wake County, reserving to my? self the right to toke such other steps in the future os may be deemed proper. I am more than willing that the truth shall bo ascertained by a judicial tribunal, for the better satisfaction of the publie, and to the end that professional politicians may learn that they cannot assail innocent men in snch a savage way, with impuni? ty. I will give Mr. Pool the opportuni? ty to make the charges in this anony? mous paper good, if be can do it. SOUTHERN' SECURITIES DULL. - The Now York Herald, of Tuesday, says: The Southern State bonds were gene? rally dull and steady. The South Caro? linas were irregular, the old bonds being firm and higher and the new weak and lower, tho July issues falling to 27%. A meeting of the bond-holders was held to-day, at which the assertion was made that the floating debt of the State had been increased a couple of millions by the issuo of certificates of indebtedness. This statement caused tho decline in the new bonds. On the other hand, the holders of the old bonds were quito san? guine of their ability to compel the State to pay them their interest. Hence the firmer feeling noted in the latter securi? ties. Marshal Forey waa buried with great state in Paris on June 21. His body was taken on the previous day to tho chapel of the Invalides, where a splen? did catafalque had been erected. It was constructed of black wood and polished steel, and roso to the height of some twenty feot. It was covered with tapers, and surmounted at each corner with the white marble statue of a weeping wo? man leaning over three large tri-colors, edged with gold fringe and shrouded in crape. At its base lay the Marshal's ooffio, oovered over with black, and dis? playing the insignia of the deceased sol? dier. Round the catafalque, and in other parts of the sanotaary, lamps of green'spirit gave forth a pale and flicker? ing light, whioh enhanced the mystic effect Of the scene. Above it descended in stately folds an awning of black, em? broidered with white, and the whole of the chapel was hang with the same co? lors and gorgeously lighted. After the asnal church ceremony, the body was escorted by the fonr pall-bearers-Mar? shals McMahon, Oanrobert, Rigault de Genonilly and Bataille-to the gate, past whioh the troops defiled for more than ap hour, saluting aB they came in sight. . The body WOB then romoved to the vaults of the Invalides. The most remarkable feature of the whole cere? mony was the indifference shown by the Parisians. Scarcely 500 were present. The Abbeville Debating Society dis? cussed, at its meeting, on Monday night last, tho question, "Whioh is the most beneficial to mankind, the steam engine or tho printing press?" It was decided in favor of the steam engine. At which decision we protest, and suppose that we will bo sustained by all the printers in the country, Horace Greeley included. The president of the society certainly does not expect* to get office from the "white hat" administration. [Press and Banner. WRITINGS OF DB. THOBNWJSLL.-The following notice of Dr. Thornwoll's works, which appeared some monthB ago in the New York Tribune, will be read with interest by the friends of the late author in the South. Some expressions in the article show, unmistakably, says the Presbyterian Index, that it is written from a Northern point of view. Bat with tho exception of this, and of the further faot, that the writer betrays an entiro ignorance of the gentler and love? lier qualities for which the character of Dr. Tboruwoll wua distinguished, the article is a gocd one, und shows a high appreciation of the groat Southern theo? logian : The Collected Writings of James Hen? ley Tbornwell, D. D., LL D. Edited by John B. Ad ger, D. D. 2 vole. , 8vo. pp. G59, 622. Riubmond. Presbyterian Committee of Publication. The Presbyterian Church iu this coun? try can boust of few moro profound thinkers, more erudite sch ol u rs, or moro acute and subtle reasoners, uinung thu illustrious names which adorn her histo? ry, than tho eminent diviue wboHu works are now published in a collective form. Dr. Tbornwell was rernarkublu for Iii? devotion to olasBicul ?tudies; ho was .sin? gularly learned in the philosophies of anoieut Greece; his interest in thu specu? lative theories of the olden timo was no less ardent than if he had not been so devoted an adhorent of tho doctrines of revelation; but it was as an advocate of the theological system of Calvin und thu Westminster Assembly, that bo stood most conspicuous amoug the cultivated and able men of his day. A strong con? servative both in bin tastes and hin con? victions, he had no sympathy with the course of modern innovation. He clung to the creeds and confessions of his an? cestors with a tenacity of which there ure few such uncompromising examples at the present day. His chosen home wus in the boaom of tbe Presbyterian Church, mid everything outside of that was a barren desert. A mora vigorous defend? er of the discipline and dootrine of that communion has not been fouud within its ranks. Dr. Thornwell was largely endowed with the positive element. Ho wus no friend of compromise or concession. Never a half-way man iu any sense of the word, he stood upon bis convictions with a firmness that amounted to appa? rent intolerance. He bad no patience with tho soft charity that is bland alike to truth and error. It wus probably the ardor of faith, and unshakable self-con? fidence that led him to take an active part in Southern politics, and by his potent eloquence, as well as by his weight of character, to exert a pernicious influence in urging the people of South Carolina to rebellion, and in fanning the passions which tempted them to ruin after the commencement of the war. Io theology, also, he was essentially a polemic. He girded on his armor, not so much to defend himself, as to fight. His manner, indeed, was always courte? ous; he breathed too pure an air of scholarship to descend to the coarse and vulgar arts of controversy; but be loved to strike, and to strike hard blow?. Of this there is abundant proof in the pre? sent volnmes. They are the first of a series, which is to ue completed in six volnmes, four of thurn containing his theological works, to bo published by the Presbyterian Church in the United States, and th? remaining two to consist of his miscellaneous productions, mostly of a metaphysical, political, or religious character. The volumes now issued are devoted mainly to an exposition of sys? tematic theology from the Calvinistic point of view, with ethical discussions o? various correlated topics, and tbe "Dis? courses on Truth," which at once com? manded a wide influence at the time of their original publication as a separate work. The substantial contents of these volumes will present a strong appeal to the energy and resolution of the theo? logical reader. They cannot be mas? tered without strenuous study. They open a field of thought which suggests the dreary speculations of a past uge, without the allurements of a mellower dispensation. But whoever wishes to make an excursion into the thorny wil? derness of Cal vauistic theology will find a stalwart and courageous leader in the author of this significant work. TERRIBLE CALAMITY TO EDGEFIELD PEOPLE IN THE WEST.-Some fifteen years ago, Henry M. Quattlebum, Esq., of one of our most respectable families, a brother of those estimable oitizens, still with us, Col. Wm. and Capt. Peter Quattlebum, and of the late Col. John Quattlebum, so long tax collector of our District, moved from Edgefield to tho West. And very recently oomes to ns the fearful news of the destruction of his home by fire, and the perishing of him? self and his daughter in the flames. He lived near Pine Bluff, Arkansas; and on the night of the 29th of June, bis dwell? ing, a large two-story building, was con? sumed by fire. Of his six children, five were rescued from the flames; but a daughter of fourteen years, being left in the upper story, the unhappy father went to seek her, and both perished. This is terrible and effecting! Every? thing in tbe honse fell a prey to tbe de? vouring element. The widow and five children are left alone. Bat not, it would seem, without friends. On tbe day of the funeral, the neighbors con? tributed among themselves $(300, which they handed to the unfortunate wife. Truly God tempers the wind to tho shorn lamb.-Edgefield Advertiser. The brothreu of Hiram Lodge, No. 68, A. P. M., at Anderson Court House, on tho evening of tho 21th ultimo, St. John's Day, presented James A. Hoyt, the editor of the Auderson Intelligencer, with a beautiful Past Muster's jewel, as a token of respect for him ns a mau uud I a Mason. ACCOSTA, GA., Joly 10, 1872. MESSRS. EDITORS: No more strange and interesting faot occurs to your true South Carolinian, "native and to the manner born," on his first arrival in Au? gusta to-day, than the complete and wonderful metamorphosis whioh he feels has suddenly taken place within him and around bim. A few turns of tho wheels, a puff and a shriek from the iron horse, the width of a river, aud nil is changed. Instead of official plunder, tyranny aud taxation, amounting to confiscation, he socs a wisse, efficient and economic ad? ministration of public affairs; instead of mid-night robbery, arson and murder, law aud order prevailing; instead of tho Ku Klux Klan and carpet-baggers, a Government respected und willingly obeyed. Tho effects of this fortunato state of things can eusily bo iinngiued. lu thc minds of the people restored con? fidence in an honest, energetic* and efficient Government, a revival of thu virtue, patriotism nud honor of this old commonwealth, und people aud rulers, governing and governed, co-operating in the common cause of social aud indus? trial development. Happy Georgia! Would wo could but say tho same of our Palmetto State. But nil despera tal um. Tho day of deliverance for ber, too, is fast dawning. Such, at least, were some of the impressions and tho reflections culled forth by a short stay nt Augusta, in the minds of a small party of ex? cursionists from Columbia, including your correspondent. Accustomed as we, as Columbians, ure to broad streets and tall trees, wo were still most favorably impressed on a stroll through the city by Augusta's wide and orderly streets, with their broad side? walks, crossing each other at right angles, uud largely adorned by magnifi? cent avenues of lofty shade trees, which afford tho most delightful, refreshing und conveuiont pleasure promenades. Greene street, the evening resort of the famous Augusta belles, is a continuous park, with its double row of stately shade trees, of the most symmetrical and attractive growth, and arching out so as fr?1 ?a a perfect dome of the moat enliven green. Broad street is tho principal bu. mess thoroughfare, near the centre of which, in front of Girardey's Opera House, is located tho hospitable aud commodious private boarding house of Mrs. Calhoun, where your correspond? ent is for the timo comfortably aud pleasantly lodged, and whioh forms the chief resort of those who seek first class accommodations, and, ut the same lime, desire to spend a few days agreeably and socially in Augusta. Beyond these limits, double rows of lofty shade trees extend for some distance, while here, us "in Greene street, noble residences, re? cessed from the street, and surrounded by the most beautifully laid out gardens, remind us of by-gone days of peace aud plenty, nod betoken that Augusta was spared the dismal fate of heir sister, fair Columbia. Among the numerous fine stores in the business portion of Broad street, the very extensive and well-assorted furni? ture warehouse of Messrs. Platt ?fc Bro? thers, the largest establishment of the kind in the South; the fashionable milli? nery establishment of Mrs. Leckie, and last but not least the magnificent newly opened dry goods store of James A. Gray &. Co. seemed to,me especially worthy of notice. The latter buildiug, while not as large and extensive as Shiver's, may yet, in point of the beauty and symmetry of its architectural design, and in the scale of grandeur and usefulness in whioh the interior is fitted out, challenge compari? son with any building of its kind, not only in Georgia or South Carolina, but in tho United States. In this business portion are also several of the best b?tele of the city, among them the Globe and the Augusta-which latter can accommo? date GOO guests, and has received high reputation with the traveling public. Tho total population of Augusta at tin last census was 15,380-whites, 8.99G colored, 6,390. From the bell-tower the city is seen tc occupy the centre of an extended plane, on the South-west bauk of theS.tvanual River, and to be surrounded on all sidet by piuo-olud hills. On last Saturday your corresponden! visited the City Hall, where he was verj courteously received and every facility was extended to him for a full survey ol this building, which ranks first amoDt the various public edifices of the city both as regards its uses and its attractivt and massive architecture. The building is located in the centre of a beautifu grove of majestic oaks. Attractivi fountains, with myriad jets, adorn th? Greene street front of the park, tin beauty of which is still further enhancet by a luxuriant growth of grass and taste fully laid out walks. The first story con tains, beside the offices of the severa officials, the sleeping quarters of th? polioe force, whioh are kept strictly neat The second story contains tho cour room, and in the third the City Connci Chamber, a very large and handsomely arranged room, whiob contains quito i number of fine oil paintings, the fines being a life-size, full-length portrait o Washington, from an original picture b; Peel. A smaller portrait of Lafayette i remarkable for the truthfulness of it execution. We had the pleasure o being present at the parado of tho polie force in tho City Hall grounds. Tho: number forty privates. Subjected, ns the; are, to tho most rigid discipline, r?gul?t ly trained in military drill, handsome); uniformed iu Confederate grey, am comprising tho finest specimens o vigorous manhood, uud most of thee old Confederate soldiers, every ono white mau aud a citizen of Augusta they form a corps of men whoso soldier! bearing and efficient efforts in behalf c law and order aro not excelled by an similar force in the country. WILHELM. Eiooal Items. CITY MATTERS.-The prioe of single oopies of the PHOENIX is five cents. At a regular meeting of Gaza Lodge, No. 16, L O. B. B., the following of? ficers were installed for the ensuing term: P. Epstin, P.; Jacob Snlzbnoher, V. P.; David Epstio, M.; Tobias Frank? lin, Secretary; J. Goldsmith, F. S. ; Moses Davin, Treasurer; G. A. Visanski, A. M. ; Isaac Moses, W. Tho attention of gas consumers is di? rected to the notico of Secretary and Treasurer of Gas-light Company. The committeo to solicit subscriptions for the purchase of a new truck for the Phrxaix Axe, Hook and Ladder Com? pany will call upon our citizens for their assistance in a few days. Nover write a letter with a poncil, as you can nover tell when a trivial note may become a matter of great impor? tance. Through the illegibility of a hasty penciled note an Illinoisan lost a case ut law involving $10,060. The stockholders of the Union Sav? ings Bank, of this city, at a meeting held on Weduesday, elected the follow? ing directors: Messrs. J. P. Southern, J. H. Kicard, John Agnew, Sr., lt. C. Shiver, Gt orge Symmers, John D. Cald? well, and Augustus Cooper. "A State Under the Hammer," is the title of an article in the Springfield Re? publican on South Carolina. It might have said "under a pile-driver." "Baggage smashers," whose muscles bad commenced to wither, and whose bands bad partially forgot their cunning, iu having uothiug but "drummers"' va? lises to practice on, are now feeling more cheerful us the rush to the watering places begins. The members of tho Pbouix Axe, Hook and Ladder Company are request? ed to call at Straus & Bro.'s store, to make arrangements for procuring their fire hats. Tbe New York Herald bas despatched an expedition to tr. ce tho source of the Mississippi River. Now for an expedi? tion to find tho explorer, a la Stanley. "To-morrow" is the day on which lazy folks work and fools reform. The most desirable position just now is to drive an ice cart and take the heated i term coolly. Qov. Scott has appointed R. G. Ses? sions Auditor for Horry County. The thermometer at the Pollock House ranged as follows, yesterday: 7 A. M., 71; 12 M., 89; 2 P. M., 89; 7 P. M., 81. Tho following is the programme ol music by the band of the 18th Infantry at the garrison parade ground, this after? noon, at 5 o'clock: Vivat Quickstep-P?tz. Scene et Arm, Nebuchadnezzar Verdi. Masette Waltz-Samuels. Selections from Le Petit Faust-Herve, Over Sticks and Stones Galop-Faust OUB AGENTS IN CHARLESTON.-Th? advertising agency of Messrs. Walker Evans & Cogswell, represented by Ros well T. Logan, Esq., ia the only author ized agency for this paper in Charleston MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-Tba Norther mail opens at 2.30 P. M.; closes 12.0 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.3 I P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Char les to night mail opens 7.00 A. M.; closes 6.1 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 F M.; doses 6.00 A. M. Western open and closes 1.30 P. M. Wilmington open 2.30 P. M.: closes 11.30 A. M. O Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. PHCSNIXIANA.-The law of jaries "Many aro called, but few are ohosen. If a woman should go through colleg and take a degree, conld she bo a Bach? lor of Arts? Why is the figure 9 like a peacock Because it's nothing without its tail. As it is the characteristic of great wi! to say m ooh in a few words, so it is ( small wits to talk maoh to say nothing. Often do we think when we ought t set, and act when it behooves ns to ri fleet; henoe caution is frequently as fati as rashness. An advertiser in one of the papei says he has a cottage to let containin eight rooms and an aore of land. Some men are like cats. You ma stroke the fur the right way for yean and hear nothing bat parring; bat ace dentally tread on the tail, and all m mory of former kindness is obliterate! Civility costs nothing and buys ever; thing. Melancholy attends on the best joys i a merely ideal life. Some of the fools at Long Bruuch a: paying eight dollars a day for board. A mac that don't know anything wi tell it tho first time he gets a chance. Tho best people aro not only tl happiest, but the happiest people a usually tbe best. Loving wife at the sea-shore: "Tl horrid surf makes me keep my moul nhut." Sarcastio husband: "Take son of it homo with you." A correspondent describes a process in kitchen economy which is of special service to the house-keeper during these warm days. In such weather, it is almost impossible to prevent the un? timely melting of the quantity of ice usually purchased by a smnll family. Very few refrigerators serve to keep it from wasting more than half. To stop this waste, our correspondent directs thut au envelope of flannel and newspa? pers should be placed about the mass of icc. This envelope, of whioh the news? papers nre the most important part, is said to be perfectly effective. Here's another proof of the great powers of journalism. Almost any newspaper will do-except Grant's own; that would be apt to soil tho ice beyond the possibility of use, besides being itself too tepid. COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES.-Jacob Johnston aud Solomon Norphet, co? lored, convicted at the last term of the Court of General Sessions for Lexing ington County, for the homicide of Mr. AI. H. Harmon, of said County, and sentenced to be hung on the 26th of August next, bave had their sentences commuted by Gov. Scott, to imprison? ment at hard labor for life in the Sooth Carolina Penitentiary, upon the recom? mendation of Jadge Melton end many citizens of the County. Judge Melton, the presiding Judge at the trial, in his recommendation to the Governor for a commutation of their sentences, says: The petitioners, with one Simon Black, were convicted at the May term of tbo court, at Lexington C. H. The evidence against Samuel Black, and in part his own volnntary confession, was conclusive. These confessions directly implicated Norphet and Johnston, and doubtless coutribnted to their convic? tion. Upon one occasion, the confes? sions of Black were made by himself, in the absence of the other parties; and as against the latter oonld not be pot in evidence; whilst against Black himself, it was clearly competent. I cantioned the jury very earnestly not to weigh the evidence against Johnston and Norphet. This caution, so difficult to observe, I nm satisfied was not obeyed. I do not seriously doubt au to the guilt of all of these parties, but believe Black to be the chief criminal; and I believe, farther, that if Norphet and Johnston bad been assisted by any measure of personal or social influence, they would not have been convicted. I shall be satisfied that the law, in this instance, will be ade? quately vindicated if the Governor should decide to commute the sentence of Nor? phet and Johnston to imprisonment for life in the ?uuth Carolina Penitentiary. HOTEL ABRIVALS, July ll, 1872.-Nickerson House-J E Erwin, N C; J L Waldron, B & O K lt; KA Weston, 8 W Lanham, Texas; E Tweedy. W M Jackson, Augusta; H Terry, Columbia-, 0 C Puffer, Union; J M Beigler, Newberry; A A Moore, Camden: E T Weat, Charleston; A A N M Taylor, Charlotte. Columbia Hotel-E W Mercer, 8 C; W Gur? ney, L E Johnson, H H Williams, A 8 Smith, Charleston; 8 Walron, Edgefield; CHSohulk ou, N C; Q- Holmes, Beaufort; J A Mobry, Tenn; H Mciver, Cheraw; Mrs L L Dargan, Mrs L E Williamton, WP Dargan, Darlington; F F Whitehead, U 8 A; HD Gilbert, W & A lt B; 8 Place, Camden: J O Wintrier, Ga; J A Leland and two daughters, Miia L Shaw, Lau? rens; W D Kennedy, 8 O B R. LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. R. W. Shand-Sommons. R. A. Keenan-Coal. House and Lot for Sale. Hosteler's Bitters. J. A. Gray-Dry Goods. Independent Fire Company. A SHOCKING TBAQEDY-Two BOYS MUHDES THEIR MOTHER.-One of the mjst atrocious crimes ever perpetrated in this country was enacted ut West Point oa last Sunday morning. A mo? ther of seven children was murdered by her two sons, aged twelve and sixteen years, at their own home, at West Point, Iowa. The lady, Mrs. Wahrer, had parted from her husband, Dr. Wahrer, some time before, and on learning of her husband's absence from home, took this opportunity of visiting ber children. Saturday afternoon she expressed a de? sire to return to her home, where she was working-at the Reform School bat the two boys prevailed upon her to remain until Snnday morning, promis? ing to take her home. She Btayed, and at 5 A. M. Snnday the two boys mur? dered her, stabbing her in the back, breast and throat. After killing her they dragged her body to the barn and covered it with hay. The youngest son then started on horseback for Fort Madi? son, to telegraph to his father, who was to come home, that one of the children was very sick. He then returned home. The two boys reported in the afternoon of the killing of their mother, stating that it was done in self defence, and gave themselves up. They are now in safe keeping. [Keokuk (Iowa) Constitution, 2d. ACCIDENT TO A SOLDIER.-On Friday night last, Sergeant Keating, of Troop L, Seventh Cavalry, fell from one of the third-story windows of the Rose Hotel building, in v/hioh a number of soldiers are quartered. He fell into the garden of Gen. Law, whioh adjoins the build? ing. In the descent, about ten feet from the ground, he came in contact with the branches of a peach tree, whioh broke the force of the fall, and probably prevented instant death. He sustained some severe internal injuries, but the indications aro that no serious result will ensue, and that in a few weeks he will recover from the injuries. [ Yorkville Enquirer, "The glorious Fourth," in Abbeville, passed off quietly, without anything to remind one of tho anniversary of Ame? rican independence.