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-rember, 1871, and ending on the 1st of November, 1872. Under this resolution a tax was levied, whioh was payable to the County Treasurers ou the 15th day of January, 1872, (14 stat., p. 56, seo. 95. AS amended by Act of Mn rob 8, 1871, 14 i.b. p. 619 ) The prooeeds of this tax, with other sources of revenue, constitute the fund to which the present questions relate. Tho appropriations for the flsoal year 1871, for tho puyruent of which the tax of aoven mills was authorized by the joint resolution above referred to, consist of four separate Acts, passed previous to the general Appropriation Act, making speoifio appropriations as follows: By Aot of December 21, 1871, (15 stat., 1.) for per diem and mileage ul' members, salaries of subordinate officeis und iuoi dental expenses of tbe session of 1871 72, 3100,000; for outstanding pay cortifi catos for pur diem uud milenge of mem? bers and salarios of subordinate officers of tho Hcssion of 1870-71, $100,000; by Act February 5, 1872, (15 stat., p. 35.) for per diem and mileage of members, salaries of subordinate officers uud inci? dental expenses, 8150,000; by Act Murch 4, 1872, (15 stat., 87.) for per diem of members, salaries of subordinate officers and employees of the session of 1871-72, ?100,000, and for per diem and mileage of members and attach?es of the session of 1870-71, $130,000; by Aot March 13, 1872, (15 stat., 233.) to supply deficien? cies in appropriations for support of free sohools for the fiscal year ending Octo? ber 31, 1871, $75,000. These Aots were followed, in the order of time, by the general Appropria? tion Aot, passed March 13, 1872, (15 stat., 274,) making appropriations for the payment of salaries, expenses of Executive department, judiciary depart? ment, for ordinary civil expenses, extra - ordinary expenses and for the educa? tional department. This general Appropriation Act con taiued no appropriation to either legisla? tive expense*, advertisiug, current or permanent printing, or for the payment ?of asy notes or other obligations issued >^rc to be issued bj the Statu Treasurer. In addition to the foregoing, are certain joint resolutions, directing paymonts to bo made from the Treasury, all of whioh fix a pecuniary limit to tho amount to be drawn, or afford dates by whioh that amount may be computed, except the resolution of Decoin bur ll, 1871, author? izing the printing of one thousand copies each of Volumes X, XI, XII, XIII and XIV of the statutes of the State, and direoting that tbe cost of such printing shall be paid on the certificates of the Clerks of the Senate and House of Rep? resentatives, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. The other joint resolutions ure respect? ively dated February 27, 1872, (p. 287.) March 12, 1872, (p. 291;) Murch 12, 1872, (p. 291;) March 9, 1872, (p. 288;) March 9, 1872, (p. 290;) and March 13, 1872, (D. 292.) Thu speoifio appropriations for the fiscal your commencing November, 1871, UH authorized by the foregoing Acts and joint resolutions, were as follows: For legislative expenses, September 7, 1870- 71, $230,000; for legislative ex? penses of September 7, 1871-72, $350, 000; school deficiencies, $75,000; general appropriation bill, 797,500; other appro? priations for specific amounts, $3,832 ru'ikiug iu all a total of $1,270,382. Tu this, must be added tho proceeds of the capitation tax, devoted to education, ?and such amounts for printing and othei purposes us are authorized by tue fore' going resolutions, but not liquidated or reduced therein to specific sums. It appears, from accounts of money? received nod disbursed at the Treasury from the 1st of November, 1872, the conimoucemeut of the present fison: year, down to July 1, 1872, that the fol lowin? sums hive boen received and dis bu rsed : Received OU UCCOUUt of tuxes Ol 1871- 72, $901.091.54; 1870-71, $76, 658.50; 1869-70, $22.148.28; 1868-69 $9,232 95; received from other sources. $53,939.25-mukiug iu the aggregate, 81,123,07o- 52. The disbursements during the sami time were as follows: On account of legislative expenses n 1870-71,869,007; 1871-72, $437,109 40 on account of advertisiug, $38,292 91 ou account of permanent, printing, $16, 006 07; on account of current printing $58,675 61; on uccount of bills payable $20,259.75; for all other purposes, $151, 370.14. Votai, $1,090,810.91. It would, therefore, appear that if thi appropriations for tho payment of legis lative expenses of 1870-71 ure cntillct to bo paid out of any ino ney.s ia tin Treasury, there yet remains of that up propriation undrawn tho sum o $160,903. If that appropriation is payu ble only out. of the proceeds of tho tuxo of 1870-71, there still remains undrawi the sum of $7,561.50, that being th surplus remaining after deducting th amount paid on account of legislativ expenses for 1870-71, per the umoun received during the present fiscal year on account of the taxes of 1870-71. I also appears that if the appropriatioi for the payment of the legislative es peases of 1871-72, is taken at the yura c $350,000, the amount specifically appro? priated daring the present fiscal year thon tho payments on account of sud legislative expenses of 1871-72 excoe the appropriations thereof by the sue of $87,109.40, without ohargiog th amount paid ou account of bills payabl to that sam; but if the latter amount i added, the total over draft amounts t $107,869.15. At this point, tho quos!ions of la' raised upou the argument present there selves for consideration. It is content ed, on behalf of the plaintiff, tbut th. specifio appropriations for legislativ expanses were uot entitled to be paie' uolcss there was a surplus of moucy i the Treasury, applicable thereto, lefi after making provision for the puymet: of all of tho appropriations made by th general Appropriation Act. On th other hand, it is contended by tho de fendant that (he joint resolution passed March 12, 1872, was au unlimited appro? priation, for Hie purpose of authorizing the payment of certificates for legislative expensen. The two propositions just ?datad em? brace all that is to be considered, so far as it regards tho payment of legislative expenses for the sessiou of 1871-72. They will be considered in the first in? stance. The bearing of tho proposition advanced oe just stated by the plaintiff, is to call in question the validity of pay? ments already mude by the Treasurer on account of legislative expenses of 1871-72. The motion before mo is confined to tue inquiry whether tho Treasurer is autho? rized by law to muko further payments on that accouut. So fur as tho question of liability on account of past payments is made, it can only be determined on tho triul of the issues before tho Court of Common Pleas. I cannot go further than to inquire whether he can legally make further payments, with the view of arresting such payments by an injunc? tion, in the event that no authority ot law exists for making such payments. It appears, therefore, tobe unimportant to tho present inquiry, whether tho true construction of the Acts making specific appropriations foi: the payment of legis? lative expenses of 1871-72, in their rela? tion to tho general Appropriation Act, warranted the payment of the amounts thus specifically appropriated; for the Treasurer bas already exceeded tbe limits of suoh specific appropriations, and, therefore, the question of making further payments under such specific appropriations is not before me. On the other hand, unless the Treasurer oan show that some warrant of law exists, independent of such specific appropria? tions, for exceeding their limit, it is clear thut he is not entitled to make fur? ther payments on that account. There is no authority for making such further payments, unless conferred bv thu joint resolution of March 12, 1872, (15 stat., 200.) That resolu? tion is as follows: "I?c ic Resolved, tte, That the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and re? quired to pay the certificates of the members and subordinates of the Gene? ral Assembly, issued by the Clerks of both houses, and having the signatures of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representa? tives, in United States currency, gold or silver coin only. And he is hereby au? thorized to borrow, on the faith and credit of the State, a sufficient amount to cancel said certificates." The direot objects intended by the re? solution was to fix the kind of currency in whioh payment of such certificates ! should be made, and to provide a fund, by borrowing, for the payment of such certificates. If this resolution is to be regarded as making an appropriation for the payment of such certificates, the fund appropriated is that which might result from the exercise of tho power of borrowing thereby conferred. The ex? pression "gold nnd silver aoin only," is fully explained by reference to Section 5 of the "Act to relieve the State of South Carolina of all liability for its guaranty of the bonds of the Blue Ridge Rail? road Company, by providing for the se? curing and destruction of tbe same," (15 stat., p. 81,) where the Treasurer is authorized to pay oat the revenue bond scrip created by that Act, "in satisfaction of any claims against the Treasury, ex? cept for iuterest that may be duo on the public debt." The direot object of the first clause of the resolution was to ex? clude the use of such scrip in the pay? ment of the certificates for legislative ex? penses. This construction fully satisfies the expressions contained in the first clause of the resolution. If its force or effect is to be enlarged beyond this, it must be by an implication drawn by ap? plying the rules of construction to the language employed. Such an implication cannot be raised: for the masons, first, the last clause looks to a specific fund for the payment ol such certificates, to wit: money borrowed for tbat expross parp?se, and excludes tho idea that the general funds iu the Treasury are to be employed for such purposes; second, previous legislation, at the same session, had fixed u limit ba? youd wnich tho ordinary revenues of tbi State should not be applied to such pur? pose, und tho resolution neither inti? mates a purpose to repeal or mo di l'y such limit, nor employs terms or expr?s sions inconsistent with the efficacy ol such previous legislation. The question of tho valfdity of thit authority to borrow money on the faitl and credit of the State will be hereaftci considered; but, for the preseut purpose, assuming that such authority existed und the conclusion is, that tbe fand re suiting therefrom is the only fund ap propriuted by tho joint resolution ir question, it, therefore, is to be con eluded, that tho joint resolution ol March 12, 1872, does not oonfer upoi the Treasurer power to pay in excess o the sum of $350,000, specifically appro priated for that purpose, ou account o: legislative expenses of the session o 1871-72, and having exceeded that limit further payments would be without tin authority of law. It may be observed that the account! furnished by the Treasurer do not sbov any funds in the Treasury derived b" borrowing, under tbe authority of thii resolution. The appropriations for the pay men of legislative expenses, ns it regards tin session of 1870-71 aud 1871-72, aro dis tinct and independent appropriations and an undrawn balance of the appro priution for 1870-71 cannot ho appliet to the payment of the certificates for tin session of 1871-72, in excess of tho di rect appropriation for that purpose The object of an appropriation is two fold-to authorize the application of tin funds of tho State to a specific pnrpose and to limit the extent to which the; ! shall bc so applied. The limit impos?t by the specifio appropriations for th expenses of 1871-72 exhausted thepowe of tho Treasurer to pay from auy fun? whatever, even though that tanti results from the unexpended balance of another appropriation. The objection to tbe further payment of certificates for the legislative expeuses of the session of 1870-71 rests in part ou tho ground already noticed as taken by tho plaintiff*, aud, iu part, on the proposition that tho prooeeds of a tax eau only bo applied, under the Constitu? tion, (Const., Art. II, Seo. 22; Art. IX, Secs. 2, 4, 12,) to the ordinary expenses of the State Government for the fiucul year to whioh tho law authorizing such tux rel?tes. It will not bo necessary to consider these propositions, broadly, in order to dispot.o of the present question, so fur as it relates to a further payment of cor tificates for legislative espouses of thu session of 1870-71, for thesu are peculiar features, relating to the appropriations for this specific purpose, affording ground for disposing ol' that part of pim uti H's motion. The expenses of thu L?gislature for the cession of 1870-71 are clou riv ordi? nary expenses of the fiscal year 1870, und the moneys received under thu tax levy authorized to meet the appropria? tions for the last naui'--d fiscul year nie cleurly applicable to thu pay meut ol such claims, providing appropriations for that purpose wero mudu uy the Legislature. As bar. been already stated, there hus been received iuto thu Treasury, duriup, tho present fiscal year, a sum, on ac? count of the tax levy for the fiscal year 1870, iu excess of thu amount paid by the Treasurer ou account of legislative expeuacs of the fiscal your 187U. There eau be no questiou that thu appropria? tions made during the present fiscal .year, for the payment of tho legislative expenses of the preceding fiscal your, are valid, at leust so far as it regards funds derived under the tax levy of that year, g$\d received into the Treasury durind^no present tisoal year. AK, there fore, that fund is not exhausted, the question of whether the proceeds of the tax levy for the present fiscal year can be charged under the apppropriations tc the legislative expenses of tho preceding fiscal year, cannot be regarded as fairly preseuted for decision uuder tbe facts ol the case, as it stands before me. The next question to be considered it whether authority exists for tho Treasu? rer to make future payments on accouul of current or permanent printing. No provision was made for this object of expenditure by the general Appro priatiuu Act of 1871-72; nor is there any legislative aotion ot' that sesaior brought to notice' that can be construec as au appropriation either in substauci or form. The Constitution provides (Art. 2, sec 22.) that "no money shall be dru wu fron the Treasury but in pursuance of un ap propriation made by law. " This claus* is again repeated iu Art. 9, nee. 12. It is contended, ou behalf of the do fendants, that certain legislative pro ceedings, taken in the session of 1870 71 amount to aa appropriation for this ob ject, within the sense and meaning of tb* Constitution, so as to aui hoi izo the Trea surer to pay accounts for current aut permanent printing, that have accrue* during the present fiscal year. The action relied on is as follows: B; au Act passed January 23, 1871, (1 stat., 532,) the Clerks of the Senate am House of Representatives were author lied to oontract for the permanent um current printing of the General Assem bly, subject to the approval of sad contract by tho Senate and House o Representatives. Section 4 directs tb Treasurer to pay all accounts for sud work out of auy moneys in the Treasur not otherwise appropriated: Provided That the bills for saoh work are dui certified by the Clerks of the respoctiv houses. It appears by tho reports sod resole tious of the General Assembly for th years 1870 and 1871, (p. 1,425.) that contract was made, ander tho autLorit of the last mentioned Act, and was ap proved by a resolution of the Senate, o the 6th of February, 1871, with whic the House of Representatives concurre on tho 7th day of February, 1871. The contract is as follows: "The Stat of South Carolina. This mcmorandut made aud entered iuto at the city c Columbia, on the first day of February in tho year of our Lord ono thousau eight huudred and seveuty-ouc, by au between the Republican Printing Con puny, on tho first p.;rt, aud Josephu Woodruff, Clerk of tho Seuato, and ? ?. Jones, Clerk of the House of Repn seutatives of the said State, ou th second part, wituesseth: Thut the sai Republicau Printing Company do herob agree to publish and priut tho wor hereinafter described, at the prices an for thc considerations hereinafter to t named, to wit: Tho daily journal calendars and other current work, at tn dollars and sevonty-Qve cents per pag of one thousand seven huudred aud tu ems of Loag Primer type. The bill six by eleven inches, contaiaiug tvi thousand one hundred and seventy ems < Pica type, at three dollars per pago. An so much of the permanoat work ns it eludes tho journals, reports aud rosoli tions, oue thousand copies, at three do lara and forty-eight cents per pago < ono thousand seven hundred und fit ems of Long Primer type, to bo stitcbe aud bound together in good pap? covers. For so much of tho permanei work us includes the Acts, one thousarj copies, at four dollars and tbirty-s cents per page, to be stitched ami bonn together in good paper covers. Ru aud figure work, double tho foregoir. rates ure to bo allowed per page of or thousand seven huudred ami live em And tho said party of tho P.rst pa hereby further agrees that tho cutii work will bo printed ou good paper, au executed in a workmanlike manne Aud tho said parties of tho second pal by virtuo of, aud in accordance with, f Act entitled 'Au Atjt to provide for tl publication of thu Acts, reports, resol tious, journals and other pupers of tl General Assembly,' do hereby agree pay tu tba said party uf the that part the prices hereinbefore stated for the work, as aforesaid. lu testimony whereof, the said parties have hereunto set their hands and seals, tho day and year first above mentioued." The coutraot is Bignod and sealed by tho Republican Printing Company, J. Woodruff, Clerk of the Se' ate, and A. O. Jones, Clerk of House of Repr?sentai ives. This coutract is an engagement to print all tho work required to be printed by the General Assembly within the de? scription of current aud permanent printing, at certain fixed rates, lt does not designate, all the work intended to be included in tho classes designated per? manent and current, although certain descriptions of work are designated as appertaining respectively to these classes. Other kinds cf work than I hese specifi? cally enumerated are contemplated, both by the terms of tho contract and of the Act under which it was made. It does not preclude tho Legislature from de? termining, from time to time, as thc public convenience may require, both the lauds aud quantity of mutter that shall be printed, within the description of permanent and current. The amount to be claimed under this coutract ia not capable of being ascertained by uu ex? amination of the action of thu Legisla? ture alone, but eau only bo determined lifter ascertaining the union nt ol work performed by the direction aud wit li thu sanction of the General Assembly. It follows, therefore, that iu the absence ol a specific appropriation, and iu the ab? sence of legislation determining what kinds uud quantity of work shall be an unally printed, there is uo legal limit tr the amount of money that may, iu au\ year, be demanded uuder this contract, and nothing by which that amount, i: capable of being computed. Tho question here arises, ure the Ad authorizing this contract, and thu subse quent approval of the contract, equiva lent to an appropriation, in the souse o that portiou of thu Constitution pre scribing that "no money shall be drawt from the Treasury but in pursuance o au appropriation made by law." Tho clause just mentioned contem plates two things-that there shall be ai appropriation, aud that it shall be madi by law. What is au appropriation, then in the sense of the Constitution? Ni authorities defining the import of th term appropriation have been referral to ia the argument. Although the clause of the Constitu tiou in question is primarily a limit o the powers of the executive officers con trolling the moneys in the Treasury, ye it is reasonable to conclude that it wa intended, to some extent, to give a foi mal character to legislation intended t authorize the drawing of moneys fror the Treasury. It certainly cannot be successful! maintained that, to constitute un apprc priation in the sense of the Constitutiot tbe legislative action must conform to certain formula, such as that followed i the cane of tho annual Appropriatio Act. The practice of legislative bodii does not warrant such a conclusion ft appropriations habitually assumed i variety of forms. That such is not tl legislative sense of the term is clea: and the constitutional sense ought t conform to the legislative souse. Ou tho other hand, it is equally clec that an appropriation must go furthi than to designate an object toward whic the moneys of tho State may be appliot and confer authority on the Treason to apply them to an indefinite exteu To draw the line theoretically aud prai tically between these extreme views, essential to the present question. The sound conclusion would seem I be, that an appropriation, taken in tl sense of the Constitution, should ni only indicate tho objeot for the disburs ment of public moneys, and confer a thority for that purpose, but shou either impose a pecuniary limit, o taken by itself, or iu conjunction wii other legislation, should afford means ascertaining the exteut to which sui disbarsemcnt uhould be made. It is necessary to look moro close into the proposition already enunciate that the idea that un appropriation th simply indicates au object, and anthe izef thc disbursement of public mono; toward such object, without limit as tho exteut of such disbursement, do not satisfy tho expression and intentii of the Constitution. If tbe object of that clause was limit to simply requiring that overy paymo uhould have the authority of law, a sii oler form of expression might have be used. For instance, it would have bc sufficient to have said that "no mon shall be drawn from the Treasury but pursuance of law." If that was tho ot limit upon the authority of the Legis tare, it might have been competent I that body to have authorized tho pu mont of any legal demand against t State, without uny expression on t part of tho Legislature sanctioning a gitimizing such particular demand, other words, tho Legislature might ha said to the Treasurer, in effect: "Y are authorized to pay any just domai that is made against tho State." Anti ri ty of this natnre conferred upon t Treasurer would wholly destroy tho ii of nu appropriation as essential to i thorizo payment. But the clause under considerate contains terms that aro capable of bei construed so as to have un adtlitioi meaning and souse, yet which, up tho construction just supposed, wei be wholly without iorco and effect. 1 words iu question aro: "But in pur ance of au appropriation." It is a tis rule of construction, that all parta o law, capable of being made effectu must have weight in construction. / plying this rule, wo must look for so particular sense and menning ns at tad tothn idea of "au appropriation mu by lllW." CONCLUDED TOMO1.I.0W -- --? . - - Messrs. Matthew Ogilvie and 1 mund Yates, well-known citizens Charleston, died last week. COLUMBIA. S, C, Tuesday norning. August 13,1872. For President nf the United States. 0 110 ll A ( IO tiit.KEL.EY-. ot New York. For vice-President li. (.Il V I Z BttOYVN, ur ftllaaour). SSIilrlclitg thc Issue. As wo expected it would do, tho Union yesterday did uot attempt even to sns taiu the question it had ruiscd with re? gard to tho public pi i uting. Instead, we were presented with u striug of dirty, abusive epithets against this journal. To such things, we reply outside of our paper, as we have done in tho present instance, aud we presume we have had the end of it. The ring organ has ro pjutedly charged that we received the same patronage which it does from the State. We bavo shown where it has presented oue bill for two-und-half mouths' advertising, amounting to Si3,100, which alone is live times more than the entire account of the PHOSIX for the lust fifteen months. This is a suOicieut answer ou that point. As to what part of the plunder of the ring the Union receives for its obsequious sup? port, we have never made any specific charge. From tho nature of the case, it is impossible to ascertain just how much mouey Parker hus contributed to the Union. This we know, however, that the Union has, in seasou aud out of season, showed itself the williug tool and advocate of the ring in all its ras? cally schemes to rob the people of South Carolina. Is is scarcely possible that even the Union would engage in such dirty, disreputable work, without a cou siderutiou, and a heavy one, ut that. The inference here is irresistible. There is no need of specific facts. How, or when, or under what pretext, tho mouey passed to the Union, no oue knows, nor will perhaps ever know. To puy exorbitant rates for work doue for the State, would be the cheapest and easiest method for the ring to render its tool a '/?/Iii pro quo. Thirteen thousand one hundred dollars is no trifling pay for two montbs-and-a-half, work iu the way of advertising. If ull the Union's bille are filled up proportionally, it is very easy to see where its share of the spoils has come iu. It is unfortunate for the Union that it referred to the publication of the delin quetit tax list, which escaped our mind ut the time of writing our previous arti' ole. We did publish the list, justas thc Union did, and while our bill amounted to $150, the Union charged $600 for tb? very identical work. What the Union soys about tho cib printing is simply untrue. The Pncesn received not one single dollar more, under its contract to do the city print ing, than the contract called for. Whs a Mit ional money was received was fo other and extra work, in nowise con nected with the contract-such as, fo; instance, the publishing of the ordi nances, in book-form, which work tb PHOENIX received from Mr. Tradewell who compiled the ordinances, and no from the City Council, but which wa paid for by that body, upon certificate from the business manager of the Be publican Printing Company (with wilie] the editor of the Union was former!, connected) and another disiotereste practical printer, that the charge for tb work was reasonable. Be it remembered too, that a Republican Council wa forced to call for bids for tho city priul ing, owing to exorbitant charges by th Union. Tho PHOENIX was awarded tb contract, being the lowest bidder. It is idle to talk to tho commuait about the late Radical Council showin any favors to tho Pneesix, when ever ono knows that we were bittorly autagi oistic, aod that the Pncexix was chief] instrumental iu unearthing the stapci dous fraud contemplated ia the buildin of the aew City Hall, aad io thus savin to the citizens some $50,000. Ia th uadertaking, tho Union lent no nssis ance, ai it has lent none ia aoy otbi hoacst aad patriotic work looking t tho true iaterests of the State or cit} Depeadeot apoa the thieving State oil cials for its daily bread, it knows rj higbor duty than servilely to obey the behests. ? ? ?? ? In the latest anmber of Harpe) Weekly, Mr. N?st gives us ono of b most disagreeable caricatures, for wlu ouo finds in a Journal of Civilization pictorial burlesque of the Saviour maokind, his feeliogs are likely to 1 anything but pleasant. lu the carie lure alluded to, Mr. Greeley is represen ed kneeling oa "a nigh mouutain apart and tempted by Satnu, to whom he w not say, "Get theo behind me." Tl i picture might bo fuuuy, were not tl {allusion blasphemous. lu the san ! paper is un illustration, representit Sumner weeping over tho grave of "Bu ly Brooks " This so-called civilizer co tains weekly flings and insults relative the Southern people, and how it can 1 S tolerated in auy Southern family is j mystery to us. Let it bo tabooed. Bocal Items. CITY MATTERS.-The price of gingie copies of the PHONIX. is fi vo oents. We have been furnished with a copy of the Merchants* Banking and Legal Bireclory of the Western and North western Stales, published by John W. Paul, Chicago, UL, for bankers, attor? neys and wholesale merchants and ma? nufacturers of Eastern aud Western cities. This publication is deemed one of the most reliable in theoountry. In the directory of banks aud bankers in the principal cities iu the Eastern and Southern States, we notice the name of A. C. Kaufman, Esq., of Charleston-a go-a-hend business mau, as is well kuown throughout the country. Tho local of the Union must have been in a Mood for misrepresentation, when ho stated that the typo who gave the mule bad advice did not stick Republi? can typos. We huve heard rumors tbut a woman stabbed a man at the Caldwell meeting, Friday night. No names have been mentioned. There was considerable discussion among the members of "the party," on Saturday afternoon, in relation to the editor of the Union "jumping a vote" in tho convention held that day. He is used to jumping, though; he jumps the question whenever we go for him. The catalogue of Erskine College, (lo? cated at Doo West, Abbeville County,) has been received. Tho institution is in a flourishing condition. General Ransom, of North Carolina, is at the Nickerson House. The following resolution was passed ut the Republican meeting on Saturday: Resolved, That this Convention do en? dorse the Hon. F. L. Cardozo, for Treasurer of the State, for the next four years. Genuine green turtle soup will be served up, to-day, at Fritz Konemau's saloon, opposite the market, from ll to 1 o'clock. Families supplied with steaks and soup by sending early. Mayor Alexander will accept our thanks for a copy of the Renfrewshire (Scotland) Independent, of the 20th ult. Owing to the inability of President Cooper, of the first Republican Ward Club, to control the members, he was forced to adjourn the meeting last night. The Pollock House thermometer recorded as follows, yesterday: 7 A. M., 78; 12 M., 90; 2 P. M., 91; 7 P. M., 82. Prof. Bochar gives a capital pro? gramme at the garrison grounds, this afternoon : Polonaise-Appitus. Overture Nabuco-Verdi. Quadrille-Royal Cirque-Middleton. Song-Refagee-Hays. Florence Quickstep-Keller. We are highly gratified to state that Dr. Ensor has made arrangements by which the Lunatic Asylum ?ill be kept afloat, without material difficulty, until the meeting of the Legislature. Mr. Steiglitz's building, a few doors ; below the PHONIX offioe, under the skill? ful direction of Mr. Jacobs, is being ? pushed forward rapidly. His oven is a curiosity. SUDDEN DEATH.-The body of Mr. John A. Hendrix arrived in this city, yesterday. He died after a short illness of inflammation of the brain, at the resi? dence of his uncle, at Hickory Station, near Raleigh, N. C. His age was about twenty years. SUPREME COURT, Monday, August 12. The Coort met at 10 A. M. Present Chief Justice Moses and Associate Jus? tices Willard and Wright. The State, ex rel. C. J. Stoibrand, Su? perintendent of S taje- Penitentiary, vs. Niles G. Parker, State Treasurer. Mr. Tradewell submitted motion for further proceedings on the return of the re? spondent. Mr. Chamberlain contra. Tho following decisions were rendered: The State vs. Geo. W. Rankin. Mo? tion for new trial granted. Opinion by Moses, C. J. B. J. Cureton aud Alice M., his wife, vs. J. J. Watson. Order of Circuit Judge set aside. Case remanded to Cir? cuit Conrt for York County, that neces? sary orders may be hud. Opinion by Moses, O. J. The Court then adjourned till next regular term, commencing 4th Tuesday in November, at 10 A. M. PncENixrANA.-This life is full of de? ceptions, and I would hate to bet that every nico boot hides a whole stocking. Since ladies are wearing newspapers for bustles, publishers complain that their fair subscribers are more in "ar? re?is than ever." Grant declines to accept the invitation ?of the Chattanooga Common Counoil to pass a portion of the summer on Look? out Mountain. He cannot abide the lookout just nt this time. "Send ni wives," is thc cry from Wash? ington Territory. Here is a lino oppor? tunity for people who have any of the commodity they wish to get rid of. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Dr. Tutt's Sarsaparilla, Ac. Chas. S. Venable-University of Va. D. A. Pressley-Y. M. C. A.