The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, December 07, 1872, Image 3
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Bator lay Morning.December 7,1872.
? jjn&a L.n*aMe A^rlatn..A.' Bt^y ?r Wronji
and Ontnge,
Oar new Legislature has a doty of
jaclico, as well as of retrenchment and
reform, to discharge. Ia fsat, one in
hot a counterpart of the other.' The
public luatHntionfl and many of tho
. public officers have bean .fed on huske
' for a year past, 'Their needs and neces
' siftes oonatitnte claims which are para-'
mount to all others. They should be
V the Brat to be. considered, i ijnlesa they
are promptly relieved and provided for,
we do not see how the wheelsjot govern-'1
meat can run much longer. Amongst
the State' "establishments whioh hove
- '. aorely folt. tba hard, hand of trial: tho
Lunatio ' Asylum stands -pre-eminent for
the severity and harshness of the treat?
ment it has received at the hands of the
State official j. ."fiVo do not suppose that
an institution of this character was eVer
before bo grievously imposed upon, ho
grossly and criminally defrauded of its
just support. We have read, with close
attention', the report of the Superintend?
ent of the asylum, and of the commit?
tee of. the. Bpard of Regents, whioh was
laid before tbe Legislature on Thursday.
It is a record of brave efforts mado- by
tho Superintendent to keep the helpless
people eocumitted to his charge, from
starvation. He wag compelled to resort
to many, disagreeable expedients, and
literally, to beg for sustenance. He was
8nocos&ful in getting through tbo year,
owing to his persistent personal efforts
and manly appeals, .generously respond?
ed to at grpnt- *|nk aud possible loss by
some of our merchants and bankers.
For this he and they:deserve? the .warm?
est thanks of tho entire State. A re?
sume of the whole series of facts, w.bich
show the struggles and the hardly-won
success of the friends of the asylum, and
whioh illustrate the criminality and la
di&erenoe of the State Treasurer and
other State officials, will not be without
interest. To furnish it wo shall' draw
freely from the Superintendent's report,
first premising that the Legislature had
appropriated $80,'U0O for the support of
the asylum,, to be paid on the warrant of
the Comptroller-General, on the applica?
tion of the Board of Regents.
The Superintendent says:
'The past, year has been one of ex -
trome anxiety and | apprehension, not
.only to tbje. friends and relatives of .our
' inmates, but to those oharged with tbe
government, responsibility and manage?
ment of -the institution. Many have
been the days thas we have not had sup?
plies of food for the morrow, and when
there seemed no possible chance of ob?
taining them. All this anxiety, all these
painful apprehensions, and these trying
and terrible embarrassments, were caused
by the State Treasurer failing, as he still
fails, to pay tbe appropriations made
last winter by a generous Legislature for
the support of the asylum. Tbe institu?
tion had no assistance from tbe State
from July, 1871, to the 13th day of Janu?
ary' of . this year. I was compelled to
borrow 85,000 for refurnishing the insti?
tution, and &4;000 for heating it. This
I was enabled to do at tho banking house
of E. J. Soott, Son & Co., through the
assistance of Mr. C. H. Baldwin. Most
of tho money paid by the Treasurer last
winter was in liquidation of bills due
from twelve to eighteen mouths. Imme?
diately after the appropriation for the
support of the asylum for this year was
made, I presented .the claims of the in?
stitution to tbe State Treasurer, and was
informed that there was no money in the
Treasury. They were presented again
and again, and tho sore needs of the in?
stitution and its threatening distress ex?
plained in the most pathetic language ut
my command, but without avail."
To an official letter of tbe Superin?
tendent, of April 17, clearly and dispas?
sionately Betting forth the true oondition
of the asylum, tbo Treasurer replied,
that "the Treasury is not in funds," and
that it was impossible to make any pay?
ments to tbe institution. Nor did be
-promise any. It was compelled then to
look elsewhere for support, the prospect
of which was gloomy iu the extreme, as
- it was indebted already to all tbe banks,
butchers, grocers and dry goods mer?
chants at homo, and without credit
abroad. Mr. Hardy Solomon, who bad
furnished the asylum from November 1,
187J, to April 30, 1872, was compelled at
that date to discontinue tilling tbo or?
ders. In his exertions to make arrange?
ments for further supplies, tho Superin?
tendent found that nobody had any Toith
in tbo credit of tbe State or tbo pledges
of its officers, aud that provisions oould
. only be bad for tbo money.' Appealing
next to tho Stato officers for a loan, ex
Gov. Scott promised to lend 820,000, on
the warrant of tbe Comptroller. Think?
ing that his troubles wero ov.or, tbo Su?
perintendent published a card to alUy
tho anxiety of the publio, iuforming
them that the asylum bad found a
friend ablo and willing to eupply its
wants. But when bo had procured tbo
warrants, and was roady to oomplete the
negotiation upon the conditions re?
quired, his Excellency found that ho was
short of funds, and could not comply
with bis promise. He next borrowed
$5,000 from the Carolina Nation?! Bank,
npon the endorsement of Messrs. R, K.
Soott anrf D. Bf. Chamberlain. {' Upon
this money being paid to Messte, i&gnew
& Son, it ? liquidation of their lolt year's
floqonn't, they continued to supply the,
table, giving notice that it could only be.
for a short time. Again pressed by im?
minent want, for more than two week?,
the Superintendent exerted himself to
raioe. tapneyor BUppHca. He found'a
?"1"y fajatoS a-rinHnf-- all -^Tfoi. the
State. Every.ba'uk and ,0Tery merchant
in Coin mbi&.was applied to lor assistance,
but without :avail. Tho banks >ero
Strained, to their utmost capacity, and
could not lend a cent for1..any purpose;
? besides which, the only security he coo Id
1 command was; State paper, and nobody
was willing to lend money on snob doubt?
ful security, and nobody could bo found
to endorse it.
He next sold $10,000 worth of Comp?
troller's warrants upon the asylum ap?
propriation at fifty cents on tho dollar.
Of tho $5,000 thus realized, $3,000 was
I '
paid to Messrs. Agnew, who con tin nod
to honor orders till 5th September. Tho
Carolina National Bank was again ap?
pealed to, but without success this timo.
Having now but one day's supplies on
hand, Dr. Eosor turned next to Mr.
Edward Hope, and appealed; to him, in
tpo name of Qod and humanity, to help
them, . Mr. Hope at once consented,
saying: "I will furnish you one month's
supplies for humanity's sake, if I never
get a,'centior>them." This made them
secure for thirty .days more. Jnst here,
the happy thought occurred to the Su?
perintendent to resuscitate the credit of
the f.Bjiuui .upon the plsjdg^s of the pre?
sent administration.. Addressing .Mr.
Cardozo upon the subject, ho roceive'd a
satisfactory reply, and the oredit of tho
asylum was somewhat strengthened by
it. Mr. Hope's time having nearly ex?
pired, Geo. W. Williams & Co. and Ber?
nard O'Neill, of Charleston, were next
appealed to, but fruitlessly. Upon a
visit to Charleston, the Superintendent
conld not find a merchant of that city
willing to credit for a dollar's worth of
goods. Faith in the credit of the State
was gone. In this extremity, Mr. Hope
kindly came to the rescue a second time,
offering to furnish another month's sup?
plies, bringing it up to the date of the
report.
The Superintendent urgently calls for
prompt measures to relieve the present
disgraceful financial embarrassment, ask?
ing for the following appropriations:
$7,186.41 to supply tho deficiency of the
past year; $60,000 for the support of the
institution for the next year; $2,000 for
putting in dumb waiters and making
suoh alterations in the female depart?
ment as are necessary for the accommo?
dation of the colored females; $2,000 for
putting heating apparatus in the male
department; $5,000 for building a new
kitohon.and constructing new cooking
range; $3,000 for building a newlaundry;
$4,000 for the purchase of land; and a
levy'of $300,000 for the completion of
the new asylum. In endorsing this re?
port, and, with the exoeption of last
named amount of $300,000, recommend?
ing tho appropriations to be made, the
Board of Regents say: "Tho money de?
signed for the noble charity, over which
we have been called to preside, has been
divortod from its legitimate ohanuol by
those in whese hands the destinies of
the State wore placed four years ago, and
the oustodians of a trust, the saoreduess
of which should have been held para?
mount to that of all others, havo not
only employed it, as your committee be?
lieves, for tbe advancement of their own
selfish ends, bat have added to tho in?
jury thus wantonly done to the afilioted
beneficiaries of theStato, by munifoBting
an indifference to thooruel consequences
of their notion utterly unbecoming tho
rulers of a civilized people."
They furthor recommend that what?
ever moneyed provisions aro mado for
tho asylum should bo surrounded with
such legislative safeguards as will suc?
cessfully provont their diversion in the
future
Wo aro not prepared to speak of all
the specific recommendations of this re?
port. Perhaps they may bo roduccd
somewhat in amount, or somo of them
postponed to a moro convoniont season.
But it is a burning shame, and an intol?
erable disgrace, that the wants of tho
asylum should any lc nger bo denied, and
that thoy havo not be>n sooner rolicved.
It is a pretty pass to which wo havo boon
brought. Yet the men who havo dono
this thing pretend to think that thoy aro
entitled to the pablio gratitude, and tho
renewal of office in one form or auothor.
By their fruits ye shall know thorn.
Hoavon deliver us from such Republi?
canism as this, and such Republicans as
these!
A largo two-story barn, filled with
provondcr, belonging to Adam Team, of
Camdcn, was burnt on the 28th ult.
? i ? ' i . g . :.k 1 x ?'
Thh Fxhakoiaii Pouot.?A corres?
pondent of the Charleston Courier baa
inter*iewed^Oov. Moses, And vre extract
||hsJbll?riiH from hisreport: -
Rep orte r-rOf ooarte yon are aware
that the question that is at this moment
of tho moat; Importance to the people of
Booth Carolina i'b the question of taxa?
tion. .}:'* ?'?
The Governor?I. know that; and I
wonld.eay, right here; that although the
tax ordered to bo levied by the late
LOomptrpJleT-Qeoeral was enjoined at the
instigation of 'the new administration, it
[.was not boeauao . it ??as too greak a tax,
hot simply becauce. .the Act whioh au?
thorized the levy was unconstitutional.
It attempted to levy a. tax. for tho. fiscal
year ending November 1, 1872, when a
tax for that year had already been levied.
This would, of oonrse, have been levying
two taxes in one year, whioh! is. contrary
to tho letter and spirit of tho Constitu?
tion.
. Reporter?Can your Excellency give
me an'idea of tho amount of tax (hat ib
to be levied?
The Governor?Well, I don't think
that the people need look for a leas tax
than that attempted to be levied by the
late Comptroller-General. It would bo
almost impossible to carry on the Go?
vernment with a Iobs tax. 1 have not yet
determined upon the exaot amount I
shall recommend*, but I think it will be
not less than thirteen or fourteen mills.
In my message, which will be transmit?
ted to the Legislature in a few duys, tho
recommendation will be made, but tho
amount will bo determined on by the
Committee on -Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives.
Reporter?Is it the purpose of tbe ad?
ministration to levy a tax for the pay?
ment of interest on tho public debt? ?
The Governor?By no means. No?
thing whatever will be said about into
torest on tbe publio debt in tbe tax levy,
and no provision will be made for' it
until tbe debt is reduced to a tangible
form.
Reporter?Do I understand your Ex?
cellency to intimate that it is the inten?
tion of your administration to repudiate
the debt?
The Governor?No, wo do not intend
to repudiate. It is not right that the
holders of our bonds, who (even if there
was fraud connected with their issue) are
innocent, should bo made to suffer.
They have some rights, which should be
'roBpeoted, and I think an equitable ar?
rangement can be effected, which will
satisfy all parties.
Reporter?What is tbe arrangement to
which you allude?
The Governor?Well, you see, our ob
jeot and endeavor will be not to restore
tbo oredit of the State, for that is almost!
beyond restoration. We intend to try
aud build up a new oredit. Aud we pro?
pose n plan something like tbe follow?
ing: Lot a committee be appointed, to
be composed of gentlemen of known in?
tegrity and financial ability, who are in
no way connected with the State admi?
nistration; men like Governor Aiken,
and others whom I cannot now name.
Let this committee go to work and call
in the bond-holders, ascertain tbe precise
amount of bonds that is outstanding,
and when this is uoQuitely ascertained,
let them propose to the bond-holders an
arrangement by which they will surren?
der tbeir bonds in exchange for a new
issue of bonds, at rates corresponding
with tbe prices whioh tbey paid for their
bonds. This will reduce tbe debt o! the
Statu to something like a tangible form,
say obout 87,000,000 or 88,000,000. And
on our part, if they consent to this ar?
rangement, wo will pledge ourselves to
pay the interest promptly; if not, we
stand pledged to muke no appropriation
for the interest on tho debt as it now
stands.
Reporter?Is your Excellency aware
that six millions of these new conver?
sion bonds, whioh are said to be fraudu?
lent, are held by tbo savings banks iu
New York, and that it is said that their
credit will be seriously impaired by this
arrangement?
Tbe Governor?I was not awaro of it;
but if it be so, they will have to take
the same offer that is made to tbe other
bond-holders.
Roporter?But it is acknowledged that
these six millions of conversion bonds
are fraudulent. At least such is the in?
ference, from tho faot that tho late Comp?
troller-General made no provision for
them in bis attempted tax levy. Do I
understand you to say that those fraud?
ulent bonds will also be redeemed pro
rain with the others iu your new scheine?
Tbe Governor?As I Baid before, oven
if the bonds are fraudulent, tbe holders
are innocent of any fraud, and they
should not in equity be made to suffer
for tbe wrong doings of others. Should
tbe plan that I have roughly sketched
for the reduction of tho debt bo carried
out, no discrimination against theso
bonds will bo made. Tbey will all bo
treated alike.
Reporter?It is probublo, Ibon, that
no provision for the interest on the pub?
lic debt will bo made this year?
Tbo Governor?None at all, and no
appropriation or tax levy will bo made
for that purpose until tho arrangement
that I have ulladod to, or something
equivalent, is made. The platform of
the Republican party pledges it, and
wo intend to bo governed by that plat?
form.
Reporter?Havo tho Committee of
Ways and Meausof the House made any
provisions about tho taxes, yet?
Tho Governor?I believe tbo comrait
teo hud n meeting lost night, but I am
not awaro that thoy agreed upon tho
figures. I am informed, bowover, that
fourteen mills will bo tbo figuro, exclu?
sive of tho County tax.
Reporter?For what purpose will this
enormous tax bo usod?
Tbo Govoruor?It is largo, but not
more than will bo absolutely necessary
to carry on tho government. The defi?
ciency amounts to tbo enormous sum of
$750,000, whioh must be paid. This
will requiro a tax of five mills. Tbo
schools will take two mills, and the ap?
propriations will probably take seven
mills additional.. In addition to the de?
ficiency alluded to", there area large nn tu?
ber o! pay certificate* outstandinjft and
the printing Sills, which Have not yet
been paid, will have to bo provided for.
. Bjeportsr?fiow^do jrou propose^ to pay
these on te tending claims? -
. Tbe Governor?It is impossible to say,
I have heard that they will be audited
I by tbe Legislators, bat it is probable
that as soon as the appropriations are
j made and the- taxes collected, the Trea?
surer will pay them at his counter; that
j is all -the claims that are jnet and valid.
It is stated that, as soon as the depar'
ment reports come in, the Governor will'
ssnd in a message to the General Assem?
bly, embodying the general scope of the
financial policy of the administration,
and recommending the measures neces?
sary to carrying them out. The main
points of the forthcoming message are
shadowed forth in the line of policy in?
dicated by the Governor in the fore?
going interview.
Daatardly Attempt a.1 Kobbcryand Mur?
der.
CoKEsnunr, S. C.', December 6.
Mr. Editor: On the evening of the
3d instant, about dusk, Mr. W. A. Moore
left his placo of business, in Cokesbury,
and was riding to his residence, about a
mile out of tho village. Samuel Jamison,
a colored mau, was in company with
him, on foot, and both were unarmed.
When within a few hundred yards of his
house, Mr. Moore saw two or more per?
sons running behind, appateutly in pur?
suit of him. This created suspicion,
and bo quickened the pnee of his horse.
At this, the pursuers commenced firing,
aud fired foui sbots, some of the shot
passing through Mr. Moore's hat. Jami?
son took to tho woods and escaped un?
hurt. The object, no doubt, was rob?
bery, with murder, if necessary.
Deeds of daring and villainy liko this
are becoming too common in tho coun?
try, and it behooves the authorities to
look after the villains, aud give them,
what they richly deserve, "ashort shrift
and a tight rope." Mr. Moore and Jami?
son offer a reward of $100 for proof to
convict the parties of the crime, and it
is hoped justice may overtake tho would
be murderers. *
More Coincidences.?A lady corre:
pondent of the Missouri Republican bnlls
attention to the fact that tbe Chicago
and Michigan fires occurred on tbe sixth
anniversary of the burning of the She
nundoah Valley by Sheridan, with troops
mostly composed of Michigan aud Illi?
nois regiments. Sheridau, it will be re?
membered, made the boast that he had
laid waste that beautiful district so that
"even a crow flying over it would have
to carry bis rations with him." The
burning of the Michigan towns is said
to have beon torriblo, aud "ihe .flttnes
leaped from tbe Bky as if by magic, over?
taking nud destroying people and cattle
by the roadside."
The Boston fire begun on the 10th of
November. On the 10th of November
Gen. Shermau issued his order to burn
Borne and Atlanta.
Buried Alive.?Three Italian?, John
Rudzon, Frank Montividi and John
Torry, working in a sewer iu Brooklyn,
N. Y., were buried alive by its caving iu.
The beads of two were just nbovo the
earth, aud they presented a horrible
sight. The weight of earth against their
bodies and ohests bulged their eyes from
their sockets and caused their tongues to
hang from their mouths. These two
men wero not instantly killed, but one
diod while his fellow-laborers were at
work endeavoring to extricate him, and
the other immediately after ho was taken
out. The third, who was completely
buried, was fouud dead, and bis body
badly mutilated.
South Carolina Railroad Second
Mortgage Bonds.?With a view to re?
tiring the floating obligations of tho
company, they bavo created a second
mortgage of $3,000,000, wbioh are being
offered iu bonds at the office of the Trea?
surer, at seveuty-tive por cent. Two
thirds of tho purchase money will bo re?
ceived in tbo seven per cent, non-mort?
gage bonds of the company at seventy
fivo por cent, and the balance in cash.
Those new bonds havo been dated Octo?
ber 1st, aud havo seven per cent, cou?
pons attached. The interest is payable
iu New York city in April aud October.
Tho present scarcity of dwelling
houses for rent in Richmond, Va., ac?
cording to the Evening Hews, has not
beon equaled sinoo the influx of "re?
fugee" families during tho late war. Tho
real estate agents havo various applica?
tions overy day from parties in want of
medium size houses, and ouo agent
expressed n belief that ho could rout 000
tenements.
Statistics of firp, recently compiled,
show that $76,000,000 wero lost through
isolated conflagrations in tho United
States withiu tho space of two years, tho
great Chicago and Boston conflagrations
not being considered. Twelve per cent,
of these llres owed tboir origin to acci?
dent with kerosene. Eighteen percent,
of tho fires occurring in Now York iu a
single year wero duo to tho same oauso.
Wo learn that our old friend, Burr J.
Ram ago, who ha9 long and faithfully
served tho ?roonvillo and Columbia
Railroad, as its agent here, has resigned
that office, and that Capt. N. B. Mazyck
having received tho appointment, en?
tered upon his duties on Monday last.
[Ncwberry Herald.
Solicitor of Fourth Circuit.?Tho
announcement that Major A. J. Shaw
was elected Solicitor of the Fourth Judi?
cial Circuit was an error, which has since
beon corrected. D. D. MoColl, Esq., of
Marlboro is tho Solicitor elect.
[Marion Crescent.
Tho remains of Capt. B. A. Jeter
arrived hero on last Wednesday, in
charge of Mr. Broxio Dillard, at whose
house ho died, in Texas, last July.
[Union Times.
Xj ooaJL I "t ?m m ?
Orrr Matters.?The prioo of single
oopies of the Phoinix i a five cents.
The statement, in the local column of
the Fiuknix, yesterday, that an appoint?
ment in tbe Adjutant-General's office
was one that "every one nan endorsp,"
was made nnder a misapprehension.
We, therefore, withdraw the commenda?
tory remark, as we know bat little of the
appointee.
' Green okra soup, to day, at the Pollock
House, from 11 to 1.
?' Lightning stovo polish is a new in?
vention, which is said to excel all others
in the market, as it oan. be applied with
little labor, producing a deep lustrous
and instantaneous polish.. The pr'ce is
only fifteen cents. MeB&rs. John Agnew
& Sou have it for sale.
A country wagon, with a large box
frame, containing several colored per?
sons, was passing the Piicenix office, last
night, when the lyoch-pin came out and
the box wus upset, spilling the occupants
npon the ground, but not injuring any
of them.
. We are indebted to MeBsrs. E. E.
Davis & Co., of the Plain street depot,
for a monster hard-bead cabbage, three
and a' half feet in circumference, and
weighing nine pounds. It-would furnish
a dinner for an ordinary hotel.
Remember the theatrical exhibition in
Irwin's Hall, to night. Miss Lizzette
Bernard is very highly spoken of by the
New York papers as a protean artist of
ability, and she is well uupported.
Secure a reserve seat, if possible. '
We are indebted to Mr. S. B. Thomp?
son, a member of the Board of.Regents
of tbe Lunatic Asylum, for a copy of the
report of the Superintendeut and other
officers.
Mr. Batemun publishes a "special
notice" this morning relative to a lot of
extra fine oysters. We corroborate all
that be says, as, thanks to his liberality,
wo sampled them last night.
Tho beaming countenance, of "our
juoior" of tbe Abbeville Press and Ban*
ner cant its resplendent, light upon our
sanctum last evening. As tbe represon-'
tatives of the Medium have been claimed
to be the finest looking men in the oity,
wo can positively put Mr. Wilson down
next best.
Supreme Court, Friday, December G.
The Court met at 10 A. M. Present?
Chief Justice Moses and Associate Jus?
tices Wright and Willurd.
Ex parle Thomas M. Wilkes. Peti?
tion for admission to praotico. Mr.
Chamberlain for petitioner. Tho peti?
tion was granted, and Mr. Wilkes was
sworn and enrolled as an attorney, soli?
citor and connsfilor of tho Sooretne
Court.
The case of Kirkpatrick vs. Atkinson
was resumed. Mr. J. J. Hemphill con?
cluded his argument for respondent.
Mr. McAliley. iu reply.
Mr. Richardson was re-appointed Re?
porter of the Conrt, and Mr. A. M.
Boozer re-appointed Clerk.
The Court adjourned till Monday, De
oember 9, at 10 A. M., when the First
Circuit will be called.
I Penmanship.?Daniel F. Walker, Pro
| fessor of Penmanship, will commence a
clasB at Irwin's Hall, on Monday, De?
cember 9. The hours of meeting will
be as follows: Gents' class meets from
9 to 11 A. M.; ladies' class from 3 to 5 P.
M.; and night class for gents at 7 P. M.
Terms of tuition, per session, of ton
lessons, of two hours each, $5. Tuition
in advance. If entire satisfaction is not
given, tbe money will be refunded. No
pupil will be received for a less time
tbau ten lessons, and no deduction made
for lost time. Visiting cards written in
a very neat and elegant manner. Speci?
mens may bo seen at the post office or at
his rooms. Come and see system. *
PiiajsixtANA.?Wanted to know?How
cau the epizooty disappear in two weeks
if, as alleged, it is a stable disease?
A young ladies' conundrum?Who is
our favorite Roman horo? Marius.
Even tho epizooty is not without its
blessings. Tho price of sausages has de?
clined in tbo market.
A blessed old lady being asked if she
ever bad her ears pierced by the wail of
distress, said she couldu't very well re?
member, but she believed it was done
with a fork.
"Tip-tilted" is Tennyson's new de?
scription of a turn-up nose, and we sup?
pose "lip-tilted" must hereafter desig?
nate ye old Romau hook.
Another good sign?Gen. Grant has
declined tho offer of an inaugural suit
of clothes. Clothes and offer made by
a Pittsburg tailor.
No horse cau escapotbo epizooty; they
might as well "stand up to the rack" at
once.
The bread of life is love; the salt of
life is work; tho sweetness of life, pootry;
tho water of life, faith.
"Capital" affairs?National loans.
? Easy things to make?Mistakes.
When is an army like a lady's skirt?
Whon it is hemmed in.
Pa?J?NT, l|U?Pi I?iTy?MATION AN? CLAIM
Agxnqt.? We beg to invite the attention
of onr readers, and' particularly of our
land-owners, to the above- agency, lo?
cated in Washington, D. O.i,and:-oon
dpoted by Messrs.. Davis & Co., com?
posed of Southern men and ex-Confede?
rates, The Charleston Courier says:
! ! "They are endorsed [bj well-known
gentlemen, and are, doubtless, in a posi?
tion to give accurate and' reliable infor?
mation in reference to all matters which
they investigate. Their terms, &b? are
set forth in their, advertisement* which
will be found in the Courier to-day.
They are particularly, anxious that all
parties having lands for sale should com -
municate with th^ir bureau, giving the
details called for, so as to. enable them
to speak comprehensively ..to applicants
for homes in the South. They now have
an application from a colony - of Swedes
for 100,000 acres of Jand in the Southern
States, and feel .confident that if the
proper terms are offered they can induce
a class of sturdy aud intelligent laborers -
to our soil. This matter of immigra?
tion, and the ooonpahcy of our lands by
sterling aud educated laborers, is one of
I too much importance not to enlist the
serious attention of * our land holders,
who should avail themselves of all op?
portunities to part with their surplus
lands, and thus contribute to tho better?
ing of our material, and, in fact, moral
and political condition. It will cost very
little to respond to the ingenious mode
by Davis & Co., and if tbey can be the
medium > of indooing the hardy sons of
over-tared and over-supplied foreign es- ,
tates to come hither, the results that will
?ow therefrom cannot be estimated hap
tiiy."
United States Court, ? December 6.
The Court.convened at "10^ a. M.,
Judges Bryan and Bond presiding.
The ?Bited* States vs. \V\ ?3 White
sides, John Wlijtoer,-Robert Moote and
others?conspiracy". '.These, esses'- were
assigned for trial to-day, but-, owing to
an aooident to S.'P. Hamilton, Esq., de?
fendant's'eonoBel, were, upon motion of
Y. J. Pope, Esq., continued until to?
morrow.
On motion of General Butler, the case
of George Street ef al., indicted for con?
spiracy, was continued.
Alexander McCloud vs. G. W. Clark.
Fraser, Campbell and .Seabrook for
plaintiff. Mr. Corbin for defendant.
Assigned for trial on Monday next.
Uuited States r.s. Leseaue, executor of
Pettigrh, defendant. Corbin for plain?
tiff. Miles for defendant. Struck'off.
Hall, Smith & Co.. vs. C. N. Avon 11 &
Co., defendants. Wfcal y & Mitchell for
plaintiffs. Wilkinson for defendants.
Continued.
T. Motte Allston vs. estate J.-P. Rich?
ardson, estate R. Manning and J. L.
Manning, assumsit -. Three oases. Prin?
gle for plaintiff.?Porter & ConnerJpr
defendants. Continued. ' 1 ?'
S. & M. R. Da vie vs. Churchill R.
Jones. Trespass. Farrow A: Duncan for
plaintiff-). Porter & Conner for defend?
ants. Continued.
Judge Bond gave notice to the bar
that on Thursday next he would muke a
peremptory call of the docket, and that
such cases as were not represented will
be stricken from the docket.
The grand jury returned true bills as
to William Webster, Hamlet Loudelock,
et ill., Synez Walker, et al.t for conspiracy
against citizens of African descent, as to
voting.
Tho Court then adjourned until to?
morrow, at 10 A. M.
Dancing School.?Prof. Milam will
open his dancing school, in hall over
Messrs. L?rick & Lowranoe, Monday,
Wednesday and Friday evenings, at half
past 7 o'olobk, for gentlemen. Class for
ladies, misses aud masters Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday afternoons/ at 3
o'clock. *
List of New Advertisements.
Jasper Jenkins?Oysters.
J. D. Batemau?Oysters.
R. O. Shiver & Co.?Boulevard Skirts.
John Agnow & Son?Stove Polish.
Mrs. ?. E. Reed?Millinery.
Davis & Co.?Claim Agents.
Drinking the Cup.?The appointment
by tho Governor of a court to try the
murderer of Captain Nimrod Jarratt, of
Macon County, Mo., recalls tho fact that
bis wife was the first to discover his
dead body. Riding along tho road, she
suddenly spied the murdered corpse of
her husband, who had left her a fow
boors before, in fnll health and vigor,
Her feelings can better be imagined than
described; but trying as was this heart?
rending Bight, she bad already passed
through ono equally, if not more, trying.
Some years ago, she was the agonized
witness of the burning of her house. At
an upper window, in full view of tho
half-distracted mother, but beyond all
hopo of succor, stood her lovely boy,
pleading, beseeching and screaming.for
help, as tho flames roared and 'bussed
about him. But all in vain. Truly has
this lovely CbriBtrian lady drank the
cup to its very dregs.
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Democratic Triumphs in Georgia.?
The entire Democratic municipal ticket
was elected in Atlanta on Wednesday,
with Hon. C. O. Hammock for mayor.
The vote for mayor stood, Hammock,
2,133; T. Stobo Farrow (independent,,
1,337?majority for Hammook, 79G. Iu
Augusta there was no opposition to the
regularly nominated Democratic ticket,
and a very light vote was polled on that
account. Mayor Estes was ro-clectod.
?e.vrn of a Veteran.?We are pained
to record tho death of Mr. William Mat
tison, an aged and respected citizen,
which occurred at his residence near
Honoa Path, on last Sunday morning,
December 1, in the eighty-sixth year of
his age. Mr. Mattison was a soldier in
the war of 1812.? Anderson Intelligencer.