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. - - Alii ? i?i j 'ii i . .. reign A Oat lra, ( . Xi'oNDON, December .. 9.terrific Westerly gale, causiug great disaster to property, of all ? descriptions, prevailed yesterday throughout England, The telegraph wires were prostrated, and many buildings demolished and others damaged in this city. A large number of pedestrians were dashed to the ground by the violence of the hurrioaoe. The street lamps and advertising boards were blown down; and many persons injured by the flying debris, Despatches from eea-port towns report numerous marine disasters. Eight ships were blown ashore iu the harbor of Plymouth.. The flag ship Narcissus, 2,605 tons, parted from her moorings in the harbor of Do von port, but the crew succeeded iu again anchoring her before any serious da? mage was done. The gunning ship Cambridge and three small merchant? men lying in the same harbor were also parted from their anchors, and were blown ashore. The crews were in great danger, but were rescued from their perilous positions. Pad is, December 9.?The appoint? ment of Goulard as Minister of the Inte? rior, Loon Say as Minister of Einanoe, Fourtoa as Minister of Public Works, and Gatmont as Prefeot of the Depart? ment of the Seine, are published this morning, in the OMciel Journal. Though the Ministry is now formed, it is regarded as transitorial. The above mentioned appointments indicate the termination of the crisis, and will seonre the Government the support of tho right centre and left centre. London, December 9.?The telegraph wires in the North of England, which were damaged by the storm yesterday, are not in working order. DespatoheB from all other seotious of the country bring intelligence of great destrnotion of property. The gale was as severe In Wales and Ireland as in England, and was accompanied by lightning and rain. Many towns were flooded.' Several ves? sels are ashore in Cork Harbor. The damage to property in that city is very grssv, Many buildings were unroofed | and trees blown down/ Three pinnacles of the tower of St. Thomas' Church, in Exeter Devonshire, were blowu down while the congregation was at worship, and the falling of whioh orushed through into the body of the church. The con? gregation was seized with a panic at the first intimation of danger, and rushed from the building. None were killed, and their escape is regarded as" miracu? lous. Tho Leborr'a, from Sunderland for New York, went ashoro, and was wrecked off Lowes toft. The crew barely escaped. Many of the huts used by the troops at Aldershot were destroyed. At Oxford, the nhapelof Oriel College and Oxford Uoiversity was badly damaged, and the freight.depot of the Great West? ern Railway was entirely demolished, j ] , ? j' ? auicriean flTattera. . CftAnniKVONvDecember. 9.? Arrived? Steamship Georgia, New York; schoon? er J. H. Stiokney, Baltimore. fi St. Loins, December .8.?The horse disease is on- .the .increase here. Nearly all the horse cars are withdrawn. : A meeting will be hold to-morrow' .for the purpose of organizing the volunteer fire department. ? Pnir.ADEr.rruA, Pa., December 8.?The mystery at Dover, Delaware, has been explained. Prof/ West was not killed. It now turns out that he killed a colored man whom ho hired temporarily, and, after doing so, the hands and feet were out off and buried. The object, it is] said, wan to make the authorities believe I the body was his, so that his wife would I obtain the insurance of $25,000 otrhis life. He acknowledged to John O'Grady, an ox-special officer of this oity, that he had killed the negro, but that it was I done in self-defence. West is now in jail. Nbw Orleans, December 8.?A large meeting of capitalists and property-hold? ers has resolved to send a delegation to Washington to represent the exact con? dition of affai h bore. Judge Durell has issued a sweeping restraining order, on application of C. O. Antoioe, against Gov. Warmoth and all other* State officers, clerks of the House and Senate,. the ohief of polioo, and others, prevent? ing any interference whatever with tho 1 assembling of tho Legislature, and for? bidding all persons from participating as members of said Legislature, who have I no* been roturned as members thereof fly the Custom House Returning Board, and whose names are not transmitted by George Borce, Secretary c * State, to tho Secretary of tho Senate anu Clerk of the House. Washinoton, Decembi.: 9.?Iu the Houso, heaps of bills woro introdncod and referred, under the call of the States. In tho Seftnto, tho Ohio Bridge bill pnssed. A resolution for a special oom mittoe of five to consider the question of cheap transportation from tho West to the sea-board was introduced, but was objected to and luid over. New Yoke, December 9.?The report-1 ed connection of Schuyler Colfax with the Tribune aud Oakoy Hall with tho Herald is authoritatively oontradioted. The editorial and composing rooms of the Express wero damaged to the extent of $1(3,000; insured. Messrs. Brooks lost ? valuable library. Tho Federal Council of Internationals resolved upon a mass mooting at Cooper Institute, on tho 14th instant, for the relief of the widows and orphans of exe? cuted Communists. A letter from Wen? dell Phillips was read, saying the French Communists aro entitled to the respect of tho civilized world. James Hagun, of East Broadway, is missing. Tho Herald's special reports New Or? leans remarkably quiet. The Warmoth itos intend to exhaust every lawful power of resistance to arbitrary power, but in no event will they oountenance vio? lence. New Orleans, December 9.?Tho Custom Houso Returning Board give full returns of tho November olection, giving Grant, 1-4.624 and ,Kellogg 18,861 majority, and the election of'tbe entire State Repp&Koafc ticket. J Tbe Lsgisli tnre baa a large, Republican majority on joint ballot. The, impeachment of War moth, the dispersion of his Legislature by the Federal troops, and Warmoth's ease fur. contempt penda to-day. It is believed the Govornor will be infcarce rated. St. Loui?, Dooember '9.?"-'Doinstook & Oo.'a furniture ware-rooms were burned last night; . loss $100,000; insurance $63,000. Windsor & Oo , Reynolds and Woolf were also burned out; loss $60, 000. AtjoosTA, Deoember 9.?Hey ward, editor of tbe Times, and Browning, editor of the News, both of Orangeburg, South Carolina, after exchanging two harmless shots each, saluted each other, and left tbe field of honor. Washington, Deoember 9?Evening. A, motion was mado in tbe Supreme Court to-day to restrain Judge Duroll, of tbe Louisiana Oironit Court. The Supreme Court reserved its decision. ?? In tbe House, under tbe regular call, tbe following were introduced: Resolu? tion to amond the Constitution; to au? thorize Congress to fix a uniform time for State eleotious; to complete the James River and Kanawha Canal; re? pealing the tax on spirits made entirely from fruit; for a ship canal near St. Philin. La.; and to repeal the iron-olad oath." The Civil Bights Bill was dis? cussed, and was finally buried by refer? ence to the Committee ou Revision of I Laws. Bills to bridge tho Arkansas at Van Buren, aud to extend the Southern Claims Commission four years, were in? troduced. By General Young?to re? move all political disabilities; also, for the relief of tho Catbolio Churoh mem? bers at Dal ton, Ga. A bill removing the political disabilities of L. Q. O. Lamar, of Mississippi, was passed. Acker moved to suspend the rules aud pass bills re? moving all political disabilities, whiob failed of a two-thirds vote; yeas 102; nays 81. In the Senate, the oouferenoe report on tho bill to regulate the construction of bridges over the Ohio River was con? curred iu, which pasBeB tbe bill. An in? effectual effort was made to have Wednesday set apart for the Frenoh spoliation bill. Probabilities?Tho barometer will con? tinue high in tho North-west, with light North-westerly winds, veering to South? easterly to-morrow, cold and clear wea? ther, extending Eastward over tho upper lakes and Michigan, and tbeuae South? ward to Missouri nnd tbo Ohio Valley. In tbo Gulf and Soutb Atlantic States, North-easterly to North-westerly winds, cold, olear weather and rising barome? ters. Qn the lower lakes and iu the St. Lawrence Valley, North-westerly winds, light snow and clearing cold weather. In tho Middle and Eastern States, brisk North-westerly winds, olear weather, low temp era* uro and increasing pressures. New Orleans, December 9.?Tho fu-J sion Legislature assembled at the Ly-1 oeum Hall. Each member, upon enter? ing, was served with a restraining order. The military still hold the Mechanics' Institute. Tho members eredeutialed by the Custom House Board, reporters! and Custom Houbo partisans were ad? mitted. Both parties claim a quorum. Tbe CloTk of the old House, whose duty it was to call tbe roll, was incarcerated, by the United States Marshal. The Mechanics' Institute Legislature is organized. Lowell was elected Speaker. } Senators holding over protested in writ? ing against the manner of the Senate's organization. Pincbback stated in the | Senate, to-day, thut Warmotb and I Weed, of the Times, went to Pinohback's bouse at 12, last night, aud offered him $50,000 and the appointment of large numbers of officers, if be (Pinohback) would purse a course which they would point out. A resolution impeaching Governor Wurmoth passed the House by yeas 58; nays 0. Cincinnati, Deoember 9.?Tho steamer Frank Graoy, with -100 bales of cotton, was sunk to-day. -A club oi?ten persons iu Columbus, Indiana, bold tho capital prize of the Louisville Library Lottery. A snow storm is raging. New York, December 9?Evening.? Stokes' triul was not taken up to-day. It iu reported that tho Union Bank of Brusaels has failed. The Post says this institution has accepted largely on ac? count of shipments of petroleum nnd other American produce from hero. Tho losses, however, could not have been on account of petroleum acceptances. In woll-informed circles here, it is thought the suspension was caused by losses iu tbe Russia trade. Private despatches state that tho Union Bunk of Brussels hoB becu granted an extension of four woeks. Vlnanulul an) Commercial. Columbia, S. C, December 9.?Sales of cotton, to day, 75 bales?middling 17%. London, Docombcr 9? Noou.?Con? sols 91|6@91>{. 5s8SJi. Frankfort, Decomber 9.?Bonds 00)$. Paris, December 9.?Rentes 53f. 37o. Liverpool, Deoember 9?Noon.?Cot? ton opened quiet and steady?uplands 10; Orleans 10^@10^. Liverpool, December 9?Evening.? Cotton closed unchanged; sales 15,000 bales; speculation and export 3,000; sales of uplands for December 9^. New YonK, December 9?Noon.? Cotton oasy; sales 1,600 bales?uplauds 19%; Orleaus 20^. Flonr dull. Whoat firm. Corn quiet. Pork dull, at 13 00 ($13.50. Lard quiet?steam 7%@8Jb. Freights unchanged. Stocks steady.' Gold firm, at 13.00. Money firm, at 1-32@1-16 per day. Exchange?long 8}?; short 10. Governments dull but steady. State bonds dull but firm. 7 P. M.?Cotton easy; sales 2,641 bales?uplands 19%; Orleans 20^. Flour quiet?o -imnon to fair extra 7^10 (7t)9.15; good to choice 9.20($12.00. Whiskey firmur, at D1@U5. Wheat quiet aud very firm; offerings light? winter red Western 1.63@1.70. Corn fit*>Blra>fair$f?not^^ IhQ&fr- r?>i?YnotiTerHitja unchungbdf. Lard weak".' Freights^qcritt end liTU?. O?tt?u??et reoMptS 7?t> bain*; gross 5,669. Sales of futures Ul(lOU bales,'as follows: December- 18 13 16@18%; Ja? nuary 18%(2>19 1-16; February 19%; March 19 516(^19^;. April 19 916@ 19%; May 19 15-16(#20; Juno 20%. Money closed at 4@3. Sterling firm, ut ?%<?>8^. Gold 12%@13. Govern? ments slightly easier! Teunesseos very strong; other States dull. Si. Louis, December 9.?The horse disease, coupled with tbe susponsiou of river navigation, baa almost stopped business. Sales ou chuugo very light. Flour dull und nominal. Corn firmer for lots accessible to buyers free of dray age; none other saleable? No. 2, mixed, 29@30, at East St. Louis, ou track. Whiskey steady, at 92. Fork nominal, at 12.00@12.5U. Lard iu good dumuud ?futures of steam at 7, for December aud January. Louisville, December 9.?Flour quiet and firm?extra fumily 6 25. Corn dull; not enough doing to etdablish quota? tions. Provisions qniet. Pork 12 G?. Lard?tie reo 7%; kega 8%; btrictly ohoice leaf and prime steam held ut 7 Whiskey Arm, at 88. Augusta, Deaember 9.?Cotton in fair demand?middling 18%; receipts 1,524 bales; sales 904 Philadelphia, December 9.?Cotton quiet?middling 19%. Charleston, December 9.?Cotton quiet and dull?middling 18%; low mid? dling 18%; receipts 4,292 bales; bales 600; stock 31,572. Wilmington, December 0.?Cotton quiet?middling 18%; receipts 138 bales; sales 55; stock 2,742. Boston, December 9.?Cotton firm middling 20; .receipts 1,878 bales; sales 400; stock 4,500. MoniiiB, December 9.?Cotton quiet? good ordinary 17,%; low middling 17%; middling 18%; receipts 4,225 bales; sales 600; stock 4,203. Savannah, December 9.?Cotton quiet and firm?middling 18%; receipts 4,CS9 bales: sales 1,131; stock 77,050. Nbw Orleans, December 9.?Cotton in good demand?good ordinary low middling 18%; middling 19; receipts 2,682 bales; sales 6.U00; stock 143,459. Baltimoub, December 9.?Cotton firm?middling 19%; receipts 700 balos; Bales 250; stock 7,795. Galvbston, December 9.?Cotton firm ?good ordinary 16J?j rooeipts 2,537 bafcs; sales 800; stock 03,422. Odk New Minister to Russia.?The nomination of jovial ox-Speaker Orr, of South Carolina, as Envoy Extraordi? nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia gives great satisfaction, except to a few disappointed office-eoekiug carpet? baggers. The first diplomatic represent? ative son t to Russia by tho United States was Ruins King, who was commissioned to the Emperor Puul .Ta 1799. Since then John Quincy AdumB, Bayard, of Delaware; Middleton;-of South Carolina; Randolph, of Virginia; Buchanan, of Pennsylvania; Seymour, of Connecticut; Apploton, uf Maine, anfl u ecor.a of less distinguished men have represented the United States at St. Petersburg. Tho salary is $17,5011 per annum in gold. 1 Cor. N~ew York Herald. Killed.?It is reported from Lan? caster that ou Friday last, a Mr. Nixon, \ citizen of that town, was killed by a Mr. Carter. Mr. 0. beard his dog bark? ing, and taking his gun, he went to the window, from where he saw a , man, at whom he discharged tho con? tents. Mr. Carter surrendered himself to the autboritios. Au inquest rendered a verdict in accordance with the facts atated, and Mr. Carter will bo brought to trial. A few days ago, a fumily dog attacked a little girl in Cumberland, Md., and bit hor leg aud tore hor ohoek aud noso in a horrible manner. Tho animal was be? ing fondled by the ohild when it turned upon her. Mike McCoolc, the pugilist, who iu a 1803 was married iu a magnificent manner to Miss Mary Ann Naughton, is now seeking a divorce in a St. Louis court. Uo alleges that Mary Ann has been unfaithful. Iu tho Georgia lunatic asylum there are 508 patieuts, of whom seventy two are idiots. Tho arrivals average about oue and a hulf per day, and all the room provided by tho recent additions to the buildings will soon bo occupied. Mr. Thomas P, Iloyt has retired from the management of the Kcoicca Courier, and the paper will hcroufter bo conduct? ed by tho remaining members ol the firm, Ilessrs. Robert A. Thompson & William C. Keith. Tho Laucaster Ledger complaius that by connivance of thu postmaster of that place with tho mail carriers ou the Cam den ronto a serious delay is caused to tho prejudico of tho people for whom mails were established. St. Louis aud St. Paul uro suffering from a short supply of coal. In the. former city tho price has trobled since tho first of tho season. Mr. S. P. Woisiger, of Augusta, lust $4,000 through a bole in his coat pocket last Saturday. Ratio Putnam aud her troupe are announced for Wilmington; also, Dr. G. W. Bagby, tho humorous lecturer. Baruum, Bull, tho Chapman Sisters and John B ibiusou are marching through Georgia. Harper's Weekly had no oartoous this week, but it hud four lines ol notice of Mr. Groeley's death. Two murderers were hanged on Fri? day: Henry Hogers, at Brooklyn, and Barney Woods, at Washington. Fourtoon lives havo thus far been lo>t in t ho const met ion of the E ist River biidgo. Mr. Joel Schr?ck, of Cam den, died on Friduy last. ?9IeB?age of Governor Moiti. OBS-rtirateR op' the Sehaie aud House of BtPRBSXMTATiVKB: Front ofUoial conference with the Chairman of tbe Committee of Ways and Meant of ttte House of Ueoreaentativoa, and of the Oommitteo on Finance of tbo Se? nate, respectively, I havo loarnod that the Gem ral Asaomblj ia about to outer upon that department of legislation which is specially conDcotocJ with the levy and collection of tazos, in order to raise the monoys which may be deemed necessary to meet tbo ex pomee of the past fiscal yeav, aud to provide for auoh defiolunciws aa are uovr, or may here? after bo, demanding early settlement. Be? lieving it my duty, as tbe Executive of tho State, to plaoo before your honorable bodies, and, through them, beforo the public, all the iuforaiatiou iu my possession which may have a bearing on this important subject, I hasten, at the oarlieBt piaotieabls moment, to tr&usmit such official data an I have beon able to collect during tbo short period which his elapaed since my induction into oilico. To tbo ond that tho peoplo of tho State may uiidoretand thu nature of the necessities which will govern ua in tho collection and disbursement of the taxes whiob they will bo called upou to pay into the Treasury, let us, iu tbe bogiurjing.nuderatand eaoh other, aud lot not tho attempt be mado to cover up from I their view any of tbo financial difficulties which aro pressing upon ui as tbeir represen? tatives. Uur dealings between onraelvna and those whom wo represent should bo of that candid and manly character that will carry convic? tion home to the minds of our constituents, and persuade them that for the future we can safely trust one another. Kach aud every tax payer ot our State has the uudoubtod right to know tbo true oondi tion ol the Treasury, aud to understand thu nature of all tho cfaiuia against it, and tbo manner in which it is prouo<sod that thoao claims shall bo met. Nowhere else can he better derive this knowlodgo and understand? ing than in the frank and opeu conduct of the legislators. In our present aituation, prompt aud firm action is, above all things, nocodsary; and we should waHte no time iu unavailing regrets of tbe paat or vain expec? tations of the future, but at onco proceed to anoarcoat guardianship of tho public inte? rnst?, lint have a aare that that guardian? ship shall bo at onco so vigilant and a) ten? der, that tho chains whiob you may rivet around the treasures of the State may not enter into the heana of tbe peoplo. There is no money in the Treasury with which to meet either the current expenses of tbo State Government or its largo and out* ?standing liabilities. The necessities of tho several charitable, educational and penal in? stitutions, which havo boen so extremely urgent for many months past, still remain unsatisfied, wbdo tbe collection of tbe taxes, which was relied on as the solo source of re? lief., has been suspended by judicial process. The culleotiou of all taxes levied, or to be levied, under the authority of tbo joint reso? lution of March 13, 1372, waa temporarily en? joined on tbe lOtti ultimo, by his Honor the Judge of the Cittu Circuit, ou tbo application of the present State Treasurer, then Trea? surer elect. That injunction was made abso? lute on the 23i ultimo?His Honor holuing that the joint resolution iu question ia viola tive of Suction 3, Article iX, of tbo State Constitution, which provides: "SKOTIOS 3. The ?euoral Assembly shall provide tor au anuuil tax, aufli.-ieut to defray tbe estimated expenses ot tboUtatoTor each year; aud win never it shall happen (hat euch ordinary expenses of tbe Statu, for any year, shall exceed the income of tbe Statu for such yoar, tho Geneial Assembly shall provido for levying a tax for tbo ensuing year, suQi.iout, with other sources of income, to pay tbe d-li uitsncioa of tho preceding year, together with the estimated expensed ot the euauiug year." The said injunction also roils upon other grounds, which will the more fully appear., in thu special report of tbo State Treaeurer, which report I havo requested for your in? formation in tho premises, and herewith transmit. Iu compliance with my request I have also received irotu tbo State Treasurer an official report embracing a statement of the doti noncics aud claims that exist againBt the State, aud whiob will rt quire to be paid out of die tax about to be levied for dciioieucies, Ac. The valuable informal ion which I have de? rived from this report, and which I now coin luutucate to your houoraMo bodies, has ex? hibited to nio tbo very gratifying fact that although our new Statu Treasurer has boon 'out a weuk in ofbco, during which time bo has been surrounded with many diflicultioa initial Lo bid t'-rm, be has already acquired a full tuowledgu of tho varied minntnu which ar-j iuvolved in the performance of his arduous Julies. I congratulate tho State on tbo pro? mise thus given of bis being a thorough aud .Ihoicnt officer. He reports that tho den uencios uu bis predecessor's books, under the Cionoral Appropriation Act, of March 111, 1872, itre almost (71)0,U?U. They arc comuused of Lbe following items: Fiscal Yeah Commencino Nuvemrer 1,1371, ksd Endi.no Ucxoueu 31, 1372 ?Salaries,$135, JOu; contingent accounts, $10 529; Lunatic Asvhiin. $07,170; Penitentiary, $05,410; quar? antine, $3.000; keepor of tbo laztrutto. $100; repairs on the ia?:ar< tto, $6l 0; militia, $12 604; Orphan House, $11,300; school records, $0,075, University repairs, $8 877; Deaf, Dumb and Ulim! Asylum, $1().U00; purchase id books for I'ollego library, $1,000; support of Oaiawha Indians, $800;' fur uloihiug of discharged con riots. $300; Mrs us Coiiw.. .neo Ofiijo in Ubarlestoii, $3 Otl?; support "i South Carolina 1 University, Jf>; 0; civil contingent fund, $10,-1 jG?; eipeiif.es of general election, $25.000; i froo schools, $300.000; making & total of (691.395. 1 It will be Haeti that the school deflcioncy Is ! a very largo one; nami-ly, $300,000. Hut the Treasurer reports that this deficiency er.n be | regarded as in somewhat or a dim-rent posi lion from the others, and states that not more than $2,000 of this appropriation has i t-var been paid. When it was found impose!- ] oh- lo obtain the money which had bueu ap- . propriaied for tho conduct ot the achoola, the' Stale Superintendent of Education very pro? perly advised thu several County School Com- | luietii.'iiors to closo their schools, anil thereby j Rvoi I au expense which couid not be nie? i without additional legislation. Iu meet of the Counties of tho State this ad tire was liucded, and tbo schools wero closed, and ' hence U is behoved that not more tiian a third or one half of the entire appropriation was ?vor contracted fur ou account of services performed, 1'ho t (Tort haa been made to ob? tain an account ot tue exact amount expended or contracted for, but tho S?peiinteiiduiit lias been unablo to acquire I rout the County School Commissioners the necessary inform? ation ou this point in time for the State i'tea anrer to fiirm.-di me with his report. Tim above items, to which your attention bat been called, comprise the only dotlcirn citin that txist under tno Genera! Apprbpri* lion Act. in addition to these, however, there are certain cl urns contracted dining the pait li-cil year which the Treasurer slates should be paid out or I ho deficiency lax now about to bo levied?such as tbe claims for printing, and the lioios authorized "it tbo lant .session of tbo General Assembly and isdue.l by iht) Trcaaurai, am! utit-iaisd iiig pay certificates. Tbo total amount of printing claims, as es? timated In tbe bill reported by ihe Committee on I'utiiic Printing, in tho House of Itoprc aeutativea, is $323,000. This bill, I undt-r siand, is still before the House. Tho amount of Treasurer's notes outstanding in $'230,000. The amount of pay cortitloftle? is about ;??(),(i0t). In round numbers, therefore, it will bo -lull that tho total amounts of both llefl cioiicjca and claims arc as follow*: Deficiency for schools, uuder General Appropriation A - , $300,000; fur other purposes, $301,305; printing claims, $325.000; Treasurer's notes, or bills payable, $200,000; u.iy cert if!-'acts, $20.1 ()J-$1 200.303. I have thus niiibodied. In short form, the information I have derived from the retort of the Stato Treasurer, add T oommcml these most important mattors to yoar earlioat at? tention, in order that the necessary tax levy may bo made without delay to meet the cur? rent expenses of tho present fiscal year, and to supply the deflolenoios of the flaaal year ending Uotobor 91,1872. Allow me to suggest that the ratoof taxation should be dotermiccd on the basis of as low an estimated expendi? ture as will be consistent with the proper maiutenancs of the variouB departmonta of tho State Oovernment, and the paymont of tho Just and unquestionable obligations of the btato. With a view to ensure the speedy payment of the taxes, with tho least inconve? nience to tho tax-payers, and in order to en omirage the prompt paymont by tho citizen of bis dues to tho Stato, I reoommend that pro* vision be made by law for the granting of a rebate of five per cent., under the pending levy, on all taxes paid in ou or before the 15th day of January, 1873. aud a rebate of flrteen pur cent, on the penalty alroady attached in canos or delinquents,provided tnatsuch taxes aa are now delinquent are paid in on or befure the 10th day of January, 1873. My general message?baaed upon tho an? nual reports of the several heads of the de? partmonta?will be tranamitted at as early a period as possible for the consideration of your honorable budies. Ml of these reports have not yet been reoeived, and I am unwilling to make any recommendations that are not founded upon specific data, explioitly stated. I propo8o in that menage to bring undor?e view all the variona matters to wbioh thoao reports may relate?inclusive of the bonded debt of the State?and to invite yoar attention to such remedial measures as the necessities of the State appear to demand. The duty of retrenchment and eoonomy imposed upon the Executives and Legislative branohea of the Govorumont, by tho expressed Judgment of tho poople, from whom they derive t?eir pow er?, id also onforoed by the impoverished con? dition of tho public treasury. In this matter, fellow-citizens of tho General Aaaembly, you niuet guide and control, and it will be the bouudeu duty of others to obey. A judicious system and wise ooenomy In expenditures is not inconsistent with a liberal maintenance of all the Btato institutions and a speedy liquida? tion of il-a legitimate obligations. All tho taxea necessary to the accomplish? ment of those ende no doubt will bo levied, but a high rate of taxation can only be vindi? cated by a clear necessity, whioh must be made manifest by plain proofs or logical rea? soning. The highest tax on the lowest basis uf expenditure will meet with the sanction of the peop'e. That baais having been arrived at?the public necessity, in good faith, being tho standard?the tax Bhould be promptly levied and rigorously coHooted, whatever may be your action in the premieoB, it must stand as the authoritative decision of the law-making branch of the Oovernment by whioh the citizen must be guided. I there? fore LlUot tiuv lbs pcOplc, nuOSC uS'sg&tCS aud trustees we are. will be doalt with in a spirit of candid unreserve, it boing their right to know from their elected agents the exact condition of all their public affairs. Having performod this duty, let us recognize oar own r eepousibilitios, and fearlessly discharge them, without regard to adverse critisism. This ia not the time to recriminate, but to aot. F. J. MOSES. Ja , Governor. State TnsABunBa's Office, . Columbia. 8. C, December 7,1872. To his Etcellenoy F. J. Mose?, Jr., Governor of South Carolina. Si a: In reply to yoar request, thai I Bhould state the reasons that induood ua to apply to Hon. 8* W. Melton, late Judgo o.' the Fifth Circuit, for an injunction restraining the County Auditors and County Treasurers from levying and collecting the tax ordered by the late Comptroller-General, under the joint re solution passed Maroh 13,1872, I have the honor to state that we considered the law un? constitutional, inasmuch aa >it required tho ent ire proceods of tbo tax t* be applied to the tHcal year commencing November 1, 1871, thus levying two separate, taxea during two years; the entlro proceeds of whioh should bo applied to payiqg tho. expenses of ono year.. A joint resolution' was paused March 7, 1871, (see Volume XIV, page 706,) levying a tax for tbe liseal year 1871, evidently moaning tho fiscal year'commeueing-November 1, 1871, as taxes bad been levied for each of the preced? ing fiscal years, and had been collected and applied. Section 7, Article IX, of tbo Constitution, requires that "the General Assembly shall provide for an annual tax, sufficient to defray the oslimatcd exponsos of tbe State for each year, aud whenever it ?halt happen that auch ordinary oxpensoa?of tho State, for any yoar, ?hall exceod tho income of the State, for Buch year, the Goneral Assembly shall provide for levying a tax for the ensuing year, sufficient, with other sourcea of income, to pay tbe de ticionuyof tho preceding year, together with tho osiimated expenses of tho ensuing year." This permits but ono goneral tax for each year, and a special tax at tbe saino time to covor auy deficiencies that may remain from the preceding year. The joint resolution passed March 13,1872, was not only unconstitutional, but defeotivo iu another respect that would have produced the Kiost serious embarrassments, it tho tax bad boon allowod to bo collect od under it.* It mado no provision whatever for tho fiscal year commencing November 1, 1872. Section 4, Artiole 9, ot tho Constitution ro quirea that "No tax aball be levied except in pursuance of a law, which shall distinctly statu tho object of tbo sumo, to which object Httfh tax shall be applied." If tho tax. tburefore, had been collected under the joint resolution referred to \bove, 1 would have been required to apply it, iu ac? cordance with tbo Constitution and the law, tJ the object for which it was levied, viz: thu fiscal yoar commencing November 1, 1871; and, therefore, no portion of it could or would have been applied to tho fiscal year commone? st;: November 1, 1672; and no claims of any kind under any appropriation Act could or would have beon paid duriug this fiscal year, t hus, for the fiscal yoar commencing Novem? ber 1,1871, there would havo been tbo pro? ceeds of two entire separate taxes, but for the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1872, none whatever. Under snch circumstances, therefore, we deemed it best to apply for an injunction re straining the collection of the tax. A timpo rary injunction was obtaioed, which waa afleiwurds m*dn permanent, and thus the | collection of the tax was suspended aud post pi ned until the General Assembly -could con? vene, and provide for the emergency in a manner that would bo constitutional, aud at tb? ?anio time not productive of the serious embarrassments referred to above. There is a bill now ponding iu tbo House of* Representatives, whioh was reported by the Committee of Ways and Means. It llrat pro? vides for a general tax for tbo proaent fiscal year, conimenciug November 1, 1872, and, also, provides a spocial tax for tho deficiencies of the previous fiscal year, commencing No? vember 1,1871. I havo the honor to bo, very respectfully, your obediont servant, i P. L. OAltDOZO, Treasurer. Iu Wales, recently, a yonng man went to a public bouse to court the landlord's daughter, nud though tho young lady and her father were both willing, the law inflicted a tiuo of five shillings be? cause ho wag iu a publio houso beyond ! the hour for closing. i Such baa been tho waste of the boun-t Icons supply of timber nnppliod to this i country by nature, that means of oheck i ing it, and for growing now timber to re i place the loss, uro already conceived to ' 1)0 national necessities. I Whou a uiau's dead body, with a I bullet proof vest, is found noar Dan bury, the News supposes he was a book cuivAser or sewing machino agent. r ThbT?S'? TmaT'Ru>ii.^Ttie'tbM?^\bg' description of a sailor's first tide, from a recent English novel, is a fine bit of humorous writing, and true to the life: Therefore, arising betimes, I hired a very fine home, and manning him brave? ly, laid his head East and by Sontb, as near as might be according to oar bin naole. But though the wind was abaft the beam, and tide and all in his favor, and a brave commander upon his poop, what did he do bat house his stom and run out Ins spanker driver, and up with his taflrail, as if I was wearing him in a thundering heavy sea. I resolved to get the upper hand of this' ueoalled for mutiny, and the more so because all our orew were gazing, and at the fair I had laid down the law very strictly concern? ing horses. I slipped my feet out of the chains, for fear of my sadden capsize, and then I rapped him over the cap heads, where bis anchor ought to hang. He, however, instead of doing at all what I expected, up with his bolt sprit and- down with his quarter, ob if straok by a whale under bis foro-foot. This was so far from true seamanship, and proved him to be so unbuilt for sailing, that I was content to disembark over his stem, and with slight conoassions. ??Never Bay die," has always been my motto, and always will be; nailing my co? lors to tbo mast, I embarked on another horse of less than half the tonnage of that, one who would not answer helm. Aud this craft, being broken-baoked, with a strange sonnd at her port-holes, oonld not nnder press of sail bowl along more than four knots an hour. And we adjusted matters between ua bo that when she was tired I also was sore, and there? fore disembarked and towed her until we were both fit for sea again. There? fore, it must have been good meridian when I met Parson Ohowne near bis house. Outuaoe.?On Tuesday night last, the house of Mr. James M. Dale, of Bruns? wick Gounty, N. G., located upon the borders of the Green Swamp, at a dis? tance of abont twenty-seven miles from WilmingtoD, and one mile from the Wil? mington, Columbia and Augusta Bail road, was \ tired into by some unknown parties. Only one gun was fired, but this contained twenty-seven ehot, both large and small, five of which took effect upon the person of Mr. Dale, three of them striking him in the head and two others in the neck, but with no fatal ef? fect, however. The Barnwell Sentinel says: "The new Gouuty whioh our friends are endeavor? ing to form in the lower part of Barn well, is to be called ?Ooosawhatobio,' with the following boundaries: On the North, by the Lower Throe Runs, from the mouth to the crossing of. the Port Royal Railroad and a line Rinning thenco above the.Bedloek plantation.,to a point on the Saltkehatohic, four miles above Buford's Bridge; on the East, by the Haltkehatchio down to the Savannah and Charleston Railroad; on the South, by tbo Savannah and.Charleston Railroad and' the public road from Hardeesville to Purysburg; on the West,-by the ' Savan? nah River." The ordnance officers are quietly in? forming Congressmen that the' United States has only 317 fifteen-inch guns, all told; that the powder in the magazines was all made during the war and is of small grain, besides being damaged by age for use in these great guns; and that there are only on hand eighty projectiles for every flfteen-iuoh gun, of which number only ieu are solid shot. Con? sidering the number of sea ooast fortifica? tions to be armed with these heavy guns in case of an expected attack by an enemy's iron-clods, it must bo confessed that we are not prepared for war. Hotel Life in Chicago.?Whiles New York jeweler was enjoying his sapper at I a Chicago hotel,- a thief broke open his trunk, transferred $16,000 worth of watches and trinkets to a valise, went to the office, paid his bill aud disappeared. The Chicago thieves are getting to be as sharp and as cool as the divorce lawyers of that enterprising oity. Tub Whipping Post.?Poor littlo Dela? ware has recently had the misfortune to attract publio attention to the condition of hor penal system. Two negro con? victs were publicly whipped, and the howl that echoes from the Radical press is something demoralizing. Au Irish woman at the West end of tbo Hoosao tunuel lost her husband last week. She brought her wedding dro63 along with her mourniDg weeds to the fuueral at North Adams, and was mar? ried immediately after the "last Bad rites" were performed. No cards. The boiler at the mills of Mr. Cope land, four miles from West Point, Ga., exploded one day last week, demolishing the building and completely tearing to pieces a son of Mr. Copeland and the engineer, aud hurling the fragments of their bodies in every direction. Death of Mns, Hoyt.?Mrs. Margaret Hoyt, the widow of the lato Rev. Dr. Hoyt, of Athens, Ga., died in Rome on the 29 th alt. She was born io Spring? field, Massachusetts, May 31, 1794. Lost. , A. small black and taa DOG; an 7"T2"*gj$-*'-iwer8 to tno name of "i'rinco." A d^SS, ibcral reward will bo paid for leav? ing i lie ?log at PAUL JOSTNElf?. Deo 10_ Notice. MR. JOIINT. 8EIBEL8 will deliver an 0 RATION before the Olarioaophic So? ciety on FhlDAi', the 13th of December, at 8 o'clock P. JA._DoclOtuf ? To Machinists. IHAVE Tor sale a PLANING MACH INK, eanab'oof planing a piece of Iron ten foet long and thirty Indies wide, with over-brad abaft and pnlloya in good ordtr. Trice $150. A SLIDE LATHIS, can turn eight feet long and awing over the reat llftocn inches, with over-head t>liHft and puUcvs. Price $50. Also, four beavv miehiuiat VMES. Price 112 50 ouch. Apply to WM. LEU BY, West Point Mills, Obarleston, 8. 0. Doc 10 2