The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, July 27, 1872, Image 3

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American Mattera. CORSICANA, TEXAS, July 24.-Seventy four prominent citizens of Corsicans were yesterday arrested, for alleged vio? lation of the internal revenue laws, and required to give bonds for their appear? ance at Tyler or Austin, on the iirst Mon? day in November. Warrants are ont for over 8,300 citizens of this distriot, who will thus be taken a four days' journey from their homes at the sn me time on the same pretext. NEW YORK, July 26.-Dr. Simon P. Taft, of Newark, was arrested, charged with fatal abortion. The Herald publishes a letter from Dr. Livingstone to James Cordon Bennett, Jr., fully corroborating Stanley's narra? tive. The Herald has a sneoial asserting that Schurz has a letter from Gen. Pleason ton, while Commissioner of Internal Revenue, explicitly proposing to trade patronage for his BUpport of San Do? mingo. PHILADELPHIA, July 26.-Alderman MoMullan's condition is more favorable. Heavy rewards are offered for the assas? sin. ELMIRA, July 26.- ExPostmaster General A. W. Randall is dead. MATAMORAS, July 26. -The business houses are closed and flags at half-mast, in honor of Juarez. SALT LAKE, July 26.-A mining con? solidation of tbe companies and indivi? duals wbo are mine owners, on Emma Hill, for protection against opposing in? terests, bas been formed, with about $20,000,000. It is asserted that the real purpose of thu consolidation is to dis? possess the present holders of the Emma and Flag-staff mines. WASHINGTON, Jaly 26.-In the de? spatch of the 24th, relative to super? visors, the word "relieved" wau substi? tuted by the telegraph for "retained." P. W. Perry supervises Virginia, West Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida; G.W. Emery su? pervises Kentucky, Tennessee. Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana; K. B. Cobb supervises Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Texas. CHICAGO, July 26.-Heavy rains have prevailed throughout the entire North? west for the greater part of the past two days. Some damage done to wheat and oats, whioh was blown down and lodged in the ground. The corn in many loca? lities is also prostrated. Altogether, the damage to the crops is not likely to prove serious. NIAGARA FALLS, Joly 26.-A boy and a girl, children of a fisherman named Sesi?n, were on the river in a boat to? day, when a high wind drove the boat into the rapids, and both children were carried over the falls. WASHINGTON, July 26-Evening.-The PoBt Office Department here will be dosed on the day of the funeral of ex Postmaster-General Randall. Probabilities-The low barometer now in New England will move to-night off the coast of Maine, with continued rain along the immediate ooast, and Easterly and Southerly winds. Clear and dear? ing weather on the upper lakes, with di? minishing Northerly winds, and thence Southward to the Ohio and Mississippi Valley. Partly cloudy weather aud Southerly winds on the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts, with possibly continued rain on the latter. The Postmaster-General has ordered the mail service npon the South-western Railroad, fromEufaola, Ala., to Clayton, Ga., twenty-two and a half miles, daily from August; compensation to be $1,125 per annum. NEW YORK, Jaly 26-Evening.-Mrs. Elizabeth Mills, near Newbury, died Wednesday, of hydrophobia, from the bite of a skunk. The heaviest rain storm of the season prevailed from day-light till near noon to-day. The lower part of the oity is flooded. Many cellars are washed out. Several unfinished buildings in Brook? lyn were damaged by the floods of water washing away portions of the founda? tions. The Bewers of that city were unable to carry off the groat quantity of water that fell. At the meeting of the Erie Direotors, a statement was made that the loss by tho reoent fire will not exceed $300,000. Maoh of the machinery will be repaired and saved. The bandings will be im? mediately rebuilt. AU the Workmen will be employed in other shops of the company, at varions points. The ootton merchants, at a meeting to-ilay, established uniform rates of bro? kerage. Judge Pratt, to-day,. released John Redmond, Thomas and Patrick Hart, the head-waiters of the Grand Central Hotel, who were retained in custody, as witnesses in the Stokes case. Specie shipments to-morrow over $2,000,000. The yachts Madeline and Rambler, whioh are contending for the Bennett cup, passed Brentun's Reef Lightship this morning-the former at 7.84; latter at 7.43. They will be doe. here this afternoon. At the meeting of the ootton commis? sion merchants, to-day, the oommittee submitted a report, embodying the fol? lowing recommendations, to establish a uniform rate of brokerage: The mini mam rate of commission for baying and selling cotton for futura delivery to be l>a per oent, without rebate. When purchases or sales are extended to a dis? tant month or exchanges are made, the oharge to be 1 per oent. When no actual ootton is delivered, in the absence of in? structions to the contrary, members exe? cuting orders for fatares caa oover ma taring contracts on receipt of notice by parchases or sale of corresponding con? tracts. Ou purchases or sales for future delivery, brokerage to be paid by bayer sud seller to different brokers. All brokers to be debarred from trading in ootton on their own acoount. Every member issuing his own contraot to be oonaidered a merchant. Oontraot for one month sale and purchase for aa other eball be considered one transac? tion, covered by the 2)? por cent. Carl Schurz and ex-Senator Doolittle left to-day for North Carolina. DETROIT, July 26 -The Liberal Re? publicans and D?mocrate have called a convention, to meet at Grand Rapids, August 22. It is expected a committee of conference will be appointed from each convention, to endeavor to secure ! unanimity of action iu the nominatiou of au electoral ticket. NASHVILLE, July 26.-Judge J. O. Shackelford, proposed as a Republican eleotor ia this district, has written a let? ter stating that the Liberals, having adopted the principles of the Republican party and nominated Horace Greeley, a time-honored Republican, bo will sup? port him. CHATTANOOGA, TENN , July 26.-Gov. Sam. Bard leaves to-night for Washing? ton, bearing au invitation from tba Mayor and City Council and the Board of Trade to the President and his Cabi? net to visit Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain. The following communication was re? ceived by Judge Bryan, Thursday, from the Department of Justice: Hon. George S. Brynn, United States Dis? trict Judge, Charleston, S. C. SIR: Referring to my letter of the 16th inst., in regard to the designation of a penitentiary for the coniiuemeut of per? sons sentenced by the courts of the United States fer your District, I now have to inform you that I am iu receipt of a fetter from Marshal Wallace setting forth that the State penitentiary of South Carolina is not suitable for the confine? ment of snob prisoners; you will, there? fore, sentence them in accordance with the order of this Department of tho 15th inst., designating the penitentiary at Al? bany, N. Y., for the subsistence and em? ployment of persons sentenced by the courts of your District. Very respect? fully, GEORGE D. WILLIAMS, Attorn ey-Gen era!. I. O. O. F.-THE R. W. GRAND LODGE OP THE STATE OF SOOTH CAROLINA. Most Worthy Grand Master, A. J. Mims, left our oity, yesterday, for Columbia, on official duty connected with the interest of the order in this jurisdiction. His visit in the country, we feel satisfied, will be a source of mooh pleusure to all the Lodges io the State, that he may have an opportunity of exemplifying the work of this noble order. The known energy and zeal which bas characterized Grand Master Mims since his elevation to so high a positiou, bis acknowledged qualifications in all the various degrees of Odd Fellowship, places him in the front rank in compo? te ney, to illustrate the prinoiples upon which this beautiful order rests, their oorner stone of "Friendship, Love abd Truth." Wo wish him a pleasant time with his country friends and a safe re? turn home. - Charleston Courier. A GENKROTJS MAN.-The Hon. J. J. Kelly, who died in Savannah a few days ago, left a large estate to the various charitable societies with which he had been oonneoted daring his life. The following was the disposal of bis pro j perty by his will: Lots and improve meats fronting on St. James' square, to the Union Society of Savannah, valued at $35,000; bouse and lot corner of Li berty and Jefferson, valued at $20,000 to the Hibernian Society; 5,000 shares of Central Railroad stock, and 5,000 shares Atlantic and Gulf Railroad stock to Hibernian Sooiety; $12,000 to a lady in New York city; 50 H h ares Central Rail road stock to the orphans of St. Joseph' Bohool, and a house and lot to the Marine Hospital, besides several smaller bene factions. INFANTICIDE.-The body of aoolored female infant was found on Wednesday the 17th instant, buried near a stump on the plantation of Mr. Frank P. Tatum in Beaver Dam. It was covered with about six inches of earth. Oircum stances went to show that the mother o the infant was one Rose Pipkin, and that the ohild carno to its death by violence at her hands. We learn that she con fessed that the child was hers; and when asked why she committed the deed, said ?he did not want to bo troubled with it It is said that tho appearance of the dea body indicated that it had been buried alive, and that it died from suffocation f Marlboro IHmes. DEATH OF JUDQE MILNER.-Judge Jas Milner, we regret to learn, died at h home at Carterville, Ga., of paralysis ou the 16th instant. Judge Milner was a native of this County, removing Georgia when about grown, where he afterwards lived to the time of his death The citizens of his adopted State fully appreciated his worth, and after a long and suooehsful practice at the bar, he was elected Judge of the Cherokee Circuit 1866, which high position he filled wi honor to himself aad to the satisfaction of all with whom be had to deal. [Laurensville Herald. A CHURCH DISTURBER USED UP. -R ports aro ourrent that a negro, whose name we could not leora, had his sk broken Sunday night, at a oolored oharoh a few miles beyond Girard, RaBsell County. The story goes that the disturber entered the oharoh while intoxicated, aod with a drawn knife frightened the congregation nearly death. The preacher came down from the pulpit and dealt him a blow aorost the head, whioh broke his skull. If aol already dead, it ie thought ho cannot cover.-Columbus Enquirer. DEATH OP MB. E. F. TOBOK.-Thii well koowa restaurateur died at his resi dence, Broad street, last evening, at ?uarter of 8 o'dook. He was born laadsworstea, Kingdom of Haaover and was ia the forty-second year of age at the time of his unexpected death. For a long time, he was the proprietor of "Oar House," East Bay, generally known all over the city. [Charleston Courier. FlnaaolKl uni Commercial. LONDON, Joly 26- Noon.-Consuls 92^. Bonds 91J?. PAMS, Joly 26.- Rentes 54f. 80o. Spe? cie decreased 4,000,000*. LIVERPOOL, July 26-8 P. M.-Cotton strong-uplands 9%; Orleans 10%; sales to day 15.000 bales; of the week 59,000; export 7,000; speculation 6,000; stock 965,600, whereof American is 300,000; exports 34,000, whereof American is 8,000; actual export 3,000; afloat 302, 000, whereof American is 34,000. NEW YORK, July 26-Noon.-Stooks strong aud Bteady. Gold firm, at 14%. Mouey easy, at 3. Exchange-long 9%; short 10.%. Governments dall bnt steady. State bonds very quiet. Cot? ton quiot-middling uplands 22; Orleans 22K; sales 700 bales. Flour firm. Wheat stoady. Corn firm. Pork steady -mess 13 80@14.00. Lard weak-new steam 8@8%; old 9J?@9%. Freights quiet. 7 P. M.-Money easy; situation un? changed for call loans. Exchange weak, at 9J..j@9%. Gold 14%@14??. New 5s 133?; blan^?"; 62s 15%. ?tato bondB dull und quiet; Tenoossees firm; now South Carolinas strong; market olosed dull. Tennessees 73; new 73. Virginias 44; new 50. Liouisiauas 50; new 48; levee Gs GO; 8s 72. Alabama 8s 84; 5s 53. Georgia Gs 70; 7s 88. North Caro? linas 32new 20. South Carolinas 54; uew 29,1/. Sales of futures 14,700 bale.,; August 20 11-16, 21; September 20%, 2114; October 19*<?; November 18 13 10, 19J4; December 18??, l?%. Cotton quiet aud steady; sales 915 bales, at 22 for middling uplands; 22>? for Orleuns. Flour-Southern quiet and unchanged. YYbi&koy a shade firmer, at 9t. Wheat a shade firmer and in fair inquiry, mostly for export-1.58(a)I 04 for winter red Western. Pork dull and heavy, ut 13.75@13.90 for mesa. Beef dull, ut 7.50@9.50for plaiu mess; 10.00@12.00 for extra mess. Lard heavy, ut 8(o)9%. Freights firm. Comparative Cotton Statement-Re? ceipts at all ports for the week 3,OGG huies; same time last year 10,658; total for the year 2,696,594; last year 376,342. Exports for the week 4,798 bales; same time lust year 892; total for the year 1,931.792; last year 3,026,813. Stook at all United States ports 115,865 bales; last year 180,869; at interior towns 9,346; last year 15,882; at Liverpool 965.000; last year G99.000. American cotton afloat for Great Britain 34,000 bales; lust year 59,000. ST. LOUIS, July 26.-Flour firm. Corn steady. Whiskey 90@91. Shouldors 6 @6%; clear sides 9. lard quiet-choice winter steam 9. CINCINNATI, July 26.-Flour steady uew 8.50@8 65. Corn 48. City pork 14 00@10O0. Shoulders 6%; olear sides 8%(a>y. Whiskey steady, ut 90. .LOUISVILLE, July 26.-Corn quiet choice shelled sack 60(^62. Pork 13 50 @13 75. Shoulders 6%; oluar sides 9. Whiskey 90. BOSTON, July 26.-Cotton strong-mid? dling 22??; receipts 399 bales; sales 200; stock 9,51)0; weekly receipts 1,405; sales 700. BALTIMORE, July 26.-Cottoa dull middling 22><?; receipts 1 bale; stook 1,133; weekly receipts 131; sales 3,355 GALVESTON, July 26.-Cotton DP -good ordinary 19%(a)20; ? ^"a 5 bales; stock 320; week'- "oei^ts 57; sales 50. NEW ORLEANS, July 26.-Cotton no? minal-middling 2?,'?@21; reoeipts 144 bales; sales GO; stock b,805; weekly re? ceipts 545; Bales 330. PHILADELPHIA, Joly 26.-Cotton quiet -middling 22@22%; weekly receipts 1,303 bales. CHARLESTON, Jaly 26.-Cotton dull middling nominally 20; receipts 141 bales; sales 190; stock 5,943; weekly re? ceipts 470; sales 450. AUGUSTA, July 26.-Cotton dull and nominal-middling 20; receipts34 uales; sales 335; stock 3,182; weekly receipts 396; sales 747. NORFOLK, July 26.-Cotton dull low middling2?@20?t?? receipts 61 bales; stock 650; weekly receipts 727. WILMINGTON, July 26.-Colton quiet middling 2U%; sales 10 bales; stuck 571; weekly receipts 23; sales 32. SAVANNAH, July 26.-Cotton quiet and holders unwilling to sell-middling 21; receipts 310 bales; sales 10; stock 1,402; weakly receipts 1,490; sales 131. vv no LIL,* AI. ii; riiiiit.? ttiiiiiL.*!. eOltllKCTKl) WEEKLY BY TUB BOAUD OF TBADE. AlTL.ES, {IUU.2 U?dti?uU ?lOL.ASSKS,CU0tt,3?(g,5? HAULI.NO.18t(fi23 Now Uri'us 72<u.UU HALE KULK, Sugar ti'se.. 3?te4U N.?.orWua#tb 7((filo NAILS, fc< kug ti 0(J??7 60 HUT r EH , N or th. 28'x?4u ONIONS. & bu 1 5U(&2 OL) Country, ?? Lb.2u(i025 UiL.Kerosouu, 35tu,45 BACON, Haina. 17(if20 Maohmory..75(tfil UO Hulea, y lb. .'J (?H>? -SPECIE, UoiU tell;! Shoulder?_i;i'u7V Hilve r. tell? CANDLES,Sp?rnUuttti?u I'OTAT'S, Irisl OOCcfll 5U Adamantine Ibl7(?$10 t? weet, bus 15U COTTON YAUN1(?0((?1 76 UICE, Carolina lb 8<&ilU COTTON, Stet M ,...23,SuoT,$iuag. 275CK3 un Middling.22} ?Aivr,Livorp.l\)0(??'?v? Low Midl'g,.22 SOAP, tytb,.SiblO Good Orduy.21$ ?PIBITH. Alcohol,glfcuO Ordinary .*2ll Brandy . .1 00(QJ12 00 CHEESE, U.U.lb. 17@35 (Jiu.160?&??? factory.ltl@20! Kum.1 Cj(a)7 Oo COFFEE, Hio'^Ib25'??27| Whlaltoy... 135(jiG 00 Laguayra_25@30; SOOAB, Urn8&P15i@ 18 Java.33<?85 Brown.lllQClSr FLOUB.CO. 900tf?l200 STABOH, # lb... 8^(010 Northern.85??130u TEA.?reou ibl 00(y)250 CHAIN, Corn 1 OOitfl 10 black,. ..lOOtftlKi Wheat_2 00^2 50 COOAOOO, Uhw.OuQl 00 Oats.7?@90 Smokiug,lb..50<ftl 00 Peas.1 G0r<j)l 75 VINKOAB, Wine,.50(^,60 HAT, North, 2 io?2 50 French.?J CO HIDES,Dry, ^Lbl3^l7 WINE, Cham... .29@31 Oreen.@b Port, #gal3 00^5 Ol? LA ED, ft) lb.11J ric 14 Sherry.... 2 50 r<??7 80 LIME, V bbl. 2 25'<0'2 40 Madeira.. .2 50C<?7 05 A novel case was tned in New York the other day. It involved the right of | a man to mortgage a oemetory lot, and the presiding judge held that each a transaction could not be considered legal, for the reason that when cemetery property has onoe been occupied by graves, it ceases to be regarded as a por? tion of the assets of the owner. A difficulty occurred reoently between Maj. Stringfellow and Tom Parmer, near! I Juoksboro, Texas, which culminated in the death of both. How the President ot the United States 1* Blee ted?- Not by the People-The Popular and tike Kkctnral Vote. All the powers of sovereignty in the United States rest with the sovereign people, and yet they do not elect their President or vice-President. They tbink tbey do, but the nearest approach the people can make under the Constitution to an election of these officers is in the election, State by State, of the agents by whom said offioers ure elocted; and, taking the will of the majority of the people of the United States as the test which should determine the choice of their President and Vioo-President, wo see that it is only in the chapter of acci? dents thut these officers are in reality the ohoioe of the people-that a man may by the electoral colleges be elected Presi? dent with a heavy majority of the popu? lar vote of the Union against him, and that, worse yet, a mao may be constitu? tionally chosen President by the electors for whom not one solitary vote has been cast by tho people. The National Constitution provides, in tho election of President and vice-Presi? dent: First, that each State, us the Le? gislature may direct, shall appoint a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators aud Representatives to which such State is entitled in Con? gress; second, that these electors shall meet iu their respective States, (tho electoral colleges,) and vote by ballot for President and Vice President; third, that they shall make distinct lists of the persons voted for and of tho number of votes for each, uud transmit said lists, signed uud certified, to tho President of tho United States Senat? ; fourth, that thin presiding officer, in tho presence of both Houses of Congress, shall open these certificates, and taut the elcotoral votes of tho several States for President shall bo counted then aud there, and the persou having the largest number ol votes, if a majority of ull the votes oast, shall be President. Otherwise, from the three highest persons voted for by the electoral colleges, the House of Repre? sentatives, by ballot, shall elect the Pre aident, euch State in these elections being limited to oue vote. A quorum for this purpose shall consist of u mern ber or members from two-thirds of thc States, aud a majority of all the State: ahull be necessary to a choice. Finally, when such election shall devolve upor the House, and it shall fad to make ac election in the intervul to tho 4th ol March nest following, (and under exist ing arrangements, tiie.se elections corni bet?re the Hons? about the 12th of Feb ruary.) tbeu the vice-President shall ac as President, us in the case of death o other constitutional disability of tbi President. In tho next place, the person from tin electoral colleges having the largest uum ber of votes tor Vice-Preside at shall bi the vice-President, if bis vote boa mn jority of the whole vote for this office cast by tho electoral colleges. Othei wise, from the two highest persons o the list from said colleges the Senat shall choose' the Vice-Pr?sident. A que i um for this purpose shall consist of twt tnirds of the whole number of Senatort *' jd a majority of thu whole numbt .hall be necessary to a choice. These ure the existing provisions c the Constitution iu reference to the elet tioa of President and Vice-Presiden Originally the ordinance was Bubstai tiuliy that by each party ia the Pres dential election as represented in th electoral colleges, two persons for Pres dent should be voted f?r, and that th person having the highest number < votes from the electors should be Pres dent and the next highest Vice-Pres dent. Rut in the Pi evidential elect ia of 1300, this plan resulted in n difficult so serious and threatening thut, to avoi its recurrence, it WUH deemed necessai at once to ameud the Constitution c this subject. Hence the uumndmei providing that the President und Vic President shall be euch distinctly vott for by the electors. Tho difficulty r ferred to was this: Tho two Federal Pr sidential candidates in the election 1800 were Adams und Pi nek noy; the tv Republican candidat s were Jefforsc and Barr. In oounting the returns the eleotors, it appeared that Jeffersi and Burr had caoh 73 votes for Prei j dent, Adams 65, Piuckuey 61, and Jol Jay one. There being a tie between t two highest -Jefferson and Burr-t election of President was carried in the House, aud tbeu followed a strugr. in that body, so sharply contested ai GO exciting us to threaten the Oovet meut itself. But on the sixth day this contest iu the House, and on t thirty-sixth ballot, several of the me bera who hud been votiug for Burr wil drew their opposition to Jefferson voting blanks, and tho result wus t election of Jefferson for Preside) whereby Burr becume Vioe-Presidoi But the narrow escape of Jefferson tho Rou o, although clearly iudioat by the people and tho electors suppo ing him us their choice for Protide resulted iu the amendment of tho Ci stitution as it now stands. Now, then, through a very brief iuq ry us to how tho Constitution, as umei ed, operates, how it has operated n may operate in the election of Preside wo shall discover how far tho voice of I people has been aud may be overru by the electoral colleges or by the Ho of Representatives. First, theo, et State, os tho Legislature may din shall appoint a number of eleen Next, "the Congress may detormine time of ohoosing the electors, (that the day of the Presidential election generally understood,) and the day which they (the eleotors) shall give th votes, (the day in reality of the Pr dentist election,) wbioh day shall be sume throughout the United State Now, if by a aident, or through a cc mon agreement among them, the Lcj tatures of tho several States should reot that the eleotors shall be appoin by tho Legislature, or that the Legi tare iteell shall act iu the capacity eleotors, aa that of South Caroliaa ac down to ber secession from the Union in I860, the whole pressure ol oar Presi? dential contests would fall upon the elec? tions for the several State Legislatures;1 and from tbo districting of the States, local cauans and the popularity of local candidates, and from splits in numerous | districts upon three or four legislativo candidates, our Presidential election, touching tho voioe of the peoplo, would become completely befogged und inex? plicable Yet, under the National Con? stitution, this plan of electing our Pre? sidential electors, who elect tho Presi? dent, may be adopted. But again, under the present eysteai adopted by the Staten of electing thoir Presidential electors by the popular vote I on a treuoral ticket, we have had some strange results from time to time since | 1820. In the election of 1821, generally known as our Presidential sorub race between Jackson, Adams, Crawford and Clay-tho electoral vote of the Uuion was thus divided upon these mon-for Jackson 99, for Adamas 81, for Crawford 41, aud for Clay 37. There being no election by tho electors, the three highest | persons voted for-Jackson, Adums and Crawford-went before the House for au election. The Houso by Stutes, one vete for each State, ou the first ballot elected Adams, who secured 13 States, against 7 for Jackson and 1 for Crawford. Ac? cording to the voice of tho people Juokson should have been elected, for he 1 had a popular majority over Adams of 50,000. The choice of Adams, however, was a fair election by tho Houso com? pared with what may be done in an election of President by that body. For instance, let us suppose that three can? didates, as in 1821, are before tho House | for an election of one of thom. Junes has 150 electoral votes, Smith 125 and Brown 10. Smith and Jone:) are beyond the reach of a compromise, but Brown, of Delaware, with a half dozen of ibo little States to buck him, ia acceptable as a last resort to the friends of Jones and Smith, of other small States, and so, with the votes of Rhode Island, Dela? ware, Florida and so on, till we make up | the nineteen smallest States in popula? tion, Brown is elected, though the States electing him may represent less than one third of the sovereign people of the | United States, This is what may be done in the elec? tion of a President by the House of] Representatives against the voice of a majority or plurality of the popular vote; j but the electoral colleges may completely disregard the popular voto and constitu? tionally elect a President and Vice-Pre? sident not voted for by even ono of tho people. So far, however, our Presi? dents, where only two cadidates have been in the contest, have represented a majority of the popular vote, and where there have been three or moro candi? dates, the persons chosen havo repre? sented the highest vote cast by the peo? ple, excepting Adams, elected by the Rouse, in the face of an electoral and I popular plurality for Juckson. But I still, by the electoral college system, John Doe, with New York and Pennsyl? vania, upon a popular majority of 100, may secure 59 electoral votes, while Riohurd Roo, with Vermont and Rhode 1 Island, apon a popular majority of even 50,000, will get only niue electoral votes, lu short, the existing modus operandi of oar Presidential eleotions restricts the liberty and stifles the voioe of tho people in a thousand ways; and after this elec? tion of 1872, whatever muy be the re? sult, we may look for a general agitation of au amendment of the Constitution upou this subject, embracing a direct vote of the people for President and Vice-Pr?sident.-New York Herald. THE DEUAYOF METZ.-TheFreuoh in? habitants of Metz evidently do not take kiudly to German rule. A German census lately taken BIIOWS that the popu? lation since the war has diminished about 15,000. Before the conflict with Ger m.H,y Metz had a population of 15,000, uud u reduction of that number by one third makes a very perceptible difference in tho prosperity of the city. It is not I probable tbut tho decrease is going to stop here. Neither can it be expected that the gap thuB occasioned will be sup- ' plied by German emigration. The Ger? man emigrant, aa a rule, desires a more staple home than that which can be af? forded him in the newly acquired terri- 1 tory, and tho United States holds out more substantial inducements to him to emigrato than a residence on French soil. Besides, it is uot quite so oertuin that Frunce will not, within a few years, make un attempt to reclaim all she baa lost in tho disastrous campaignsof 1870and'71. It would seem that the name of Byron is ever destined to be associated with scandal. Lord Wentworth, the ?OD of Lord Byron's daughter Adu, has recent? ly advertised ia the publio prints that he will hereafter pay no debts of his wife's contracting. Lady Wentworth, a wo? man of grout bounty, is tho daughter of | the Rov. Goorge Heriot. Tho colored men of the District of Co-1 lumbia, tired of a white delegate in Con I gress, have resolved to nomiuate ono of I their own people for tho position, for the noxt election. A California paper tulls of a matrimo? nial curiosity in Inyo County. A man of hf ty has married a girl of twelve. No wouder earthquakes ocoar, where such things are done. An English lord onoo said to Train: I "Mr. Train, have yon the law of primo? geniture in America?" Said Train, "No." "What," said he, "no heutail?" I Said Train, "No; but we have the cock? tail." Maud Atkinson, a Pittsburg girl, has sued one of the papers of that oity for falsely Btating that shu had eloped. We don't see how a woman named Maud onuld help eloping if she had a chance. It's so romantic. A Detroit lover ia trying to kiss his au willing fair, was so badly bitten that ? his oheuk has had to be cauterised and I treated the same as for hydrophobia. DEATH OF A GOOD SERVANT.-We re? cord tbia week the death ot a good negro servant, named James Dillard, a former slave of the late Dr. J. H. Dillard, of this County, on last Saturday night, of some affection of tbe brain. Jim was much thought of by all who knew him, but especially by the family to whom bo . once belonged. His body was canied to the old homestead to be boned, where it was attended by a number of bis white friends. -Laurensville Herald. LITTLE lt IV HU AND CHERAW RAILROAD. At a meeting of the incorporators of this road, held ut Marion, on the 16th inst., the company was organized by the elec? tion of T. 0. Dunn, of Little River, as President. Books of subscription were authorized to be opened, at such time und place, and uuder the direotion of auoh agents, as the President may deem most advantageous to the interests of the County.-Uorry News. An old gentleman named Ebrmen trout, his wife, and a married daughter and her ohild, were drowned on the 13th instuut, in an attempt to ford tbe Nish uubotna River, uear Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa. William Hageman committed suicide, a few days since, in St. Louis, and word was sent to his wife that bis body bad been recovered, and she replied that he was a worthless fellow when alive and she did not want to see him. The United States have 6,000 tele? graph stations, 75,000 miles of line, over 7,0U0 operators, and transmit over ll, 500,000 messages annually. A Cedar Falls, Iowa, minister preached in defence of croquet, from the text, "And she took the mallet.*' In Memoriam. GHAB., COI.. SC Ava. B. B. Bnors, COLOMBIA, July 23, 1872. At a meeting of o m piny eos of tho Charlotte, Columbia and Angosta Railroad, held this day, to give expression to their feelings of sorrow and sadness, caused by the recent death of one of their number, JAMES L. BUSBOBOUGH, Mr. Bouknlght was re? quested to occupy the Chair, and Mr. Orchard appointed Hecretary. Monars. Bouknight, Orchard, Wolf, King and Gordon were requested to prepare reso? lutions, and presented the following, which wore unanimously adopted: JAMES L. BOSBOBOUGH, our esteemed friend and associate, died on the 18th of July, im tant, aged thirty-eight years and nine days. At this early age, the "silver cord" of bis well-spent lifo "is loosed," and the "golden bowl" of its earnest purposes broken. He is gone from among us, and loft a void ulled with pleasant memories of his many virtues and noble acts. For more than twenty years, he was con? nected with the Charlotte and Soutn Carolina and Charlotte, Colombia and Augueta Bail road, and discharged all of the varied duties of his different positions earnestly, faithfully and acceptably; and with his upright princi? ple, courteous demeanor, modest and unas? suming nature, winning the approbation an?? esteem of all. His industry, patience and often extraordinary forbearance, with his un? varied kindness and honesty of purpose, en? deared him to eaoh of us who knew his worth and now sincerely monrn bis loss. He was an earnest and sincere friend, an affectionate, and devoted brother. Many or ns gathered here have been cheered by bia encouragement, consoled by his sympathy and aided by his generous acts. None of na knew him but to respect him, and none of us can name bim but with praise. As our friend, associate and brother, wa mourn for him, bdt "Thy will, not ours, to done." "Forgive, bleat shades, tho tributary tear, That moorna thy exit from a world like thia; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee hore, And stayod thy progress to the realms of . blias." Resolved, That while with deepest grief we' deplore the loss of our friend; and our hearts aro Bad with the bereavement, we bow sub- - mieaively to the Omnipotent will, and feel that our losa ia his gain; that "dust to dust" the earth cowra a good man, and a pure. Bpirit has departed. And lamenting his death, we are enoouraged by tho worthy ox ample he gavo us while living. Jlesolvea, That to the bereaved wife and tender orphan we give our heart-felt sym? pathy, and offer our prayers that "He who . tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," may ftroteet and guide them safely through the ourney of life to the re-nnfon with husband and father in the home of eternal rest, where partiuga ara unknown. T. E. OltOHABD, Hecretary. Typographical Union, No. 34. THE regular meeting of thia Union will be held at the Independent Engine Hall, THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock. Members will bring their working cards for renewal, and payment of dues. By order. H. N. EMLYN, July 27 ?._Secretary and Treasnrer. Coal! Goal!! Goal!!! DABR Anthracite! that reddens on my heart; lhoul in the mountain'* womb, didst alu mb or long; Brought forth, by labora hard, from mother earth, Thon ahalt bo eung in many a flro-side song. Thou abalt be ''coals of fire" to him that hatea thee; , And warm tho sl?na of all that underate thee. Iruinediato application in necessary to oe (ure your winter's supply of free burning COAL, at a low rate. Apply to HOWLAND A. KEENAN, July 27 _At Colombia Hotel. ANOTHER LOT or FINE LATE CABBAGE SEED,, AMD HOBS \ Tarnip Seed TO ABBIVE, AT E. E. JACKSON'S. July 27_2_ Lemon Sugar, TUST the thing fur light sum mer drinks, for .J sale only at p. QANTWELL'H, July 27 1 HMn stroot.