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. * ? * r ? rorelgn AfTalr^. Madrid, Decoraber 23.?A bill for emancipating slaves at Porto Rico was read in the Senate to-day. Paris, December 28.?The Liverpool packet Germania is ashore at the month of the river Giroado. Tho passengers took to the rigging, from which thirty were washed and drowsed. The remain? der were roaoaed by n French steamer. American 9lait*r>V . Charleston, Dccombor 23.?Arrived ?Steamships Georgia and James Adger, New York; aohooner Lily, New York; brig Edith HeU, Baltimore. Milwaukes, December 22.?The wea? ther ib the m?BtseVero known for years. Thermometer''helfe at noon yesterday was twenty degrees below zero. , A num? ber of ears aud toes were frozen. New Ohlbanb,. December 22j--Judge Alexander Walker ' and B. Oi fHafaeobk, aaspolate editors of. the, (w& Orleans 27mw,.w*ll?flsae a newspaper called The Times. Tho bus pension at the New Or? leans Tillies causes general expression of regret.-??'0,'iK",:'-i9 :' New - Yojhc, December 23*--Tbefire in the: OeatralotBreabyterian..Tabernacle originated?itt-a'flue. A strong gale pre? vailed, and [ffltfflameB were swept 0WUn,d thq peiliug.', .The corrugated iron sup ports Of torn??walls wore ourlod up.'. iThe maffimoJbH'Jtfbitee organ; was burned. Th'?/o^nroi?iw?s built i^.1871.' capable ?l 'seating -1,1Q0. people. Total loss ?05,000?inauranoe $30,000. ? ,j ThO Hirdkl-'nay?, editorially: Horace F. Olark,"President of the Union Pacific R lilroud.! bos boen instructed ' to com - menoe suit, for the 818,000,000 distri? buted among thoso connected with the Credit Mbbilier. ' .'?! ? - Win. Or tan sold fifry shares of the Tribune lo'Whitelaw Reid. Ort'on retains one Bharo. It was agreed- that Orton ehall be -elected one of the trustees of the association. , Captain Whitehead, with the crew and passengers of the St. Louis, arrived in tho George Cromwell. Shortly after leaving Now Orleans; .the St. Louis struck tbe sunken steamer, General Grant Twenty-four hours after leaving, a leak was discovered, When all took to the life bouts., St. Joseph* Mich , December 23. ?A fearful wind and snow has prevailed for -the past two days. The thermometer ranged from six to twenty degrees be? low zero. Five engines ana four trains are weather bound between Steveusville and Hager. . Boston,.. December 23.?A fire in Washington, 'street, iu tbe vicinity of Temple Place, resulted in a loss, of $75,000.^ ?- tu . ' ? Nsw York, December 23?Evening.? Woodbull and Clafliu have been indicted for libel by the grand jury. Stokes' trial attracts eh immense crowd. ?" ? . ', ... ? EvansviiAve, Ind , December 23.? Yesterday was the' coldest since 1861. The mercury was ten degrees below zerb. '.41-1'a Cincinnati December 23.?Tbe ice at Newport Bridg? eaueed the strupture to break.' 1 80,000rtbn8bela of coal were lost. The Bteamers escaped. Memphis; -December 28.?The river it virtually closed above this point. Tbe ioeja heavy, ; , ? j , Rioumok?, 'December 23.?The bark Norwich Aun cleared to-day for Rio Ja? neiro, with 4,80p barrels of flour. The twenty-five destitute Italians from New York arrived here to-day. Washington, Deoember 23?Evening. Russian Minister Orr is here, for Instruc? tions." The Federal Oonrt affirmed the verdict against Litenthal & Co., in $104,000 for violation of the revenue laws regarding tobacco. Probabilities?For New England and the Middle States, rising barometer, fresh and brisk Northerly to Westerly winds, clear and partly cloudy weather and falling temperature. For tbe South Atlantic States, Northerly to Easterly winds and increasing cloudiness. For the Gulf States East of tbe Mississippi, North-westerly to South easterly winds, oloudy weather and rain to-uight, and probably continue along tbe ooast on Tuesday. From Tennessee and Ken? tucky to Southern Missouri, rising ba? rometer, Easterly to Northerly winds, partly cloudy weather and low tempera tare. From the latter region to Lake jsrie and the upper lakes, high and rising barometer, Northerly to Westerly winds and very low temperature. Tho following is the address by the Louisiana citizens' committee to tho people of the United States: The oitizehs of Louisiana have per? ceived with satisfaction that the people of her sister States are not nooonoerned spectators of tbe events now transpiring witbin her limits, and of which it is pro? bable no parallel can be found in the history of this or. any other country. As these events were entirely brought about by the agenoy of officers, civil and military, of tbe General Government, tho citizens of Louisiana, not doubting that the action of the Executive, at least in reference to them, wbb tbo result of a misapprehension of the faots, deter? mined to adopt prompt measures for the oorrootion of the error. At a meeting held for that purpose, representing, we may Bafely say, a largo preponderance of the moral worth, intelligence and wealth of tbe city, a committee of one hundred gentlemen was appointed, with instruc? tions to proooed immediately to Wash? ington, to lay the facts before tbe seve? ral departments of tbe Government, and to solicit their aid in repairing tbo gross wrongs whioh bad boen done, and in restoring to tbe people tbo right of self govornment, which bad been wrested from them by tbo most patent usurpa? tion. Tbo uudorsigued form a part of that committeo. On our arrival here, we found so much misapprehension existing, ovou among those who are usually well informed, in regard to tho origin and history of this disturbance, that we do termined to publisu*a brief narrative of the faots. The partieB engaged in these proceedings, aware that if the faots were properly understood, they would admit of uo defence, now seek to belittle aud oonoeal tho question at issue, and to treat a conspiracy to overthrow the Go? vernment of the State as a mere struggle for political ascondanoy, between Go? vernor Warmoth and Mr. Kellogg. Thoy allege that tho former was endeavoring, by Borne trickery or legerdemain, to cheat the latter oat of his election, and that the object of their proceeding* was simply to frustrate this attempt. They j have seduonsly sought to produce tho impression upon the publio mind that this committeo was composed of mere allies and agents of Governor Warmoth. Wo'iopel this insinuation as utterly fatso and unwarranted. We are not tho rep? resentatives of any personal or party interest whatever. Qovernor Warmoth was not a candidate for any office what? ever at the eleotion, nor have wo,.direct? ly or indirectly, any connection or affilia? tion with him. So far as bis past career is oonoerned, thoro are' few, if any, members of- this o-ommitteo who have not" been among his most pronounced opponents; while in those measures of h\p administration,, for which, he hoe been most loudly denounced, he had for hfs advisers, associates, and coadjutors the very men -who now- assail him, iu olading (especially Pinchbaok, Antoine and numerous' others, whoso names figure most conspicuously iu tueao pro caedings.' Iu reply to the other insinuations indi? cated above, we declare that wo are no parties to and have uo knowledge) of auy political trickery intended to defeat tho true voice of the people; that wo do not believe any such existed; and that wo would not be here unless we could pro? claim conscientiously our conviction that the men who havo beeu foisted into tho oQloes of the State have been not morely irregularly and unlawfully installed, bnt were not elected by the people, and were not aud are not tho choice of a majority of the voting population of Louisinua. We have not asked the Government to admit this on onr simple assertion. All we have asked is, that it should make a candid and impartial investigation of the faots. With this preface, wo now submit the following statement: 1st. There was a general election held in Louisiana on tho 4th day of Novem? ber last, for the election of a Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, members of the General Assembly, and other State and Federal officers. At this election, Wm. Pitt Kellogg, a member of the Senato of the United States, and O. G. Antoine, a oolleotor of the port of Shrevesport, were candidates for the odices of Govern? or and Lieutenant-Governor, and were opposed by John MoEueryand Davidson B. Penn. The present Governor (War? moth) was not a candidate for re-oleotion. 2d. This eleotion was oonduoted with? out riot, disturbance! or violence, and the number of votes oast was unusually large. The returns of the eleotion were made to the board appointed for the purpose. This board was composed un? der the law of the Governor, (Warmoth,) the Lieutenant-Governor, the Secretary of State, and two other persons named in the law, viz: John Lynch and Thos. O. Anderson. The office of Secretary of State was filled at the time by F. J. Her? ron, who had been appointed, by G?v. Warmoth, to fill the vacancy caused by the removal, several months before, of Geo. E. Bovee; tho legality of whioh re? moval and appointment was then in con teat before the State courts. The beard met, and it was resolved that Anderson and Pinohback woro disqualified, by reason of their being candidates for of? fice. Warmoth then removed Herion, whom he had appointed, from tho office of Secretary of State, as a defaulter, and appointed and commissioned Wharton in his stead. We have no reason to be? lieve that the aotion of Gov. Warmoth in the removal of Herron was based upon a desire to commit fraud, for under the returns there was no necessity for frand. It was prompted by his discovery of a plot between Herron and Lynch to falsi? fy the returns, and defeat the will of tho people. This is manifest from the fact developed in tho evidence beforo the court, that Herron, anticipating the thwarting of his scheme, had several days before ordered a duplicate of the seal of State to be ougraved, by whioh means be hoped to preserve the insignia of the office, iu tho evont of his removal by tho Governor. Omitting further details, Warmoth and Warton on the one hand, assuming to bo a majority of tbo board, and in the pre? sence of Lynch, proceeded to elect Hatch and Daponte to fill tho vacancies oaased by the withdrawal of Pinohbaok and Anderson. White, Lynch and Horrou afterwards assembled, and under the samo assumption, eleoted Longstreet and Hawkins. Thus there oame to be two bodies, each claiming to be tho returning board; one presided over by Gov. War? moth, the highest exeontive officer of the State, and under the law, the presiding officer of tho board, and whioh had pos? session of all the eleotion returns, und everything oeoesaary to ascertain the re? sult; while the other oonsieted of Lynob, the removed Secretary of State, Herron, and their two appointees. After these proceedings, the State Supreme Court decided that tho removal of Bovee and the original appointment of Herron wero illegal, and Bovee was reinstated in his office. Whatever may be said of these oontesting boards, it is olear that tho courts of the United States had no sem? blance of authority to deoido between their conflicting claims to office. 3d. After it had become probablo that the two candidates, Wiliium Pitt Kellogg and C. O. Antoine, had been defeated, and that their opponents would be de? clared elected, they respectively filed bills iu tho Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiaua for injunction and rolief. The Governor of tho State, tho members of tho canvassing board, othor oitizens of the State con? nected with the promulgation of tho ru tarns, and' bertain personB elected, or claiming ! tu bavo been elected, to tbe Legislature and to tbo Governorship, were made defendants in ono or the other of these suits. Tho oause of oomplaint was that tbey severally apprehended that they wonld be deprived of tbe offices for wbicb they bad been candidates. Tbey claimed to have had tue majority of votes at tbe election, and that there bad 'been 10,000 voters prevented from voting, because of their complexion and of their previous state of servitudo, whose votes they would have received. The bill of Kellogg professed to be for the preserva? tion and perpetuation of tbe evidenoo of tbe election, and to have referenoo to tbo support of a suit be might have to briug to recover tho office. Autoitie's suit was similar in the claims of title, and bad refereuoe iu its prayers for relief to tbe organization of tbe General Assembly, at its meeting under the proclamation of tbe Governor, on tbe 0th of December, 1872. 4th. Tbe parties lo these suits were all citizens of tbe State of Louisiana. - Tbo object of .the suits was to assert title to offices of tbo State, in advance of ' any decision or announcement by any board of any person an elected, aud to deter? mine the persons to make the decision and tbo announcement by tbe judicial authority of che Circuit Court of tbe United States. Pending the suits an ex parle und private order was made in the Buit of Kellogg, to tbo effect that tho defoudaut, H. C. Wartuoth, tbo Govern? or, bud, iu violation of tho restraining order of tho Court, issued a proclama? tion and the retain of certain persons claiming to bo tho board of returning officers. -Tho terms of said order were as follows: "Now, therefore, to prevent tho fur? ther obstruction of tho prooeodings iu this cause, und further to prevent tbe violation of the orders of this Court, and tbe imminent dangor of disturbing the public peaco, it is hereby ordered, that tbe Marshal of the United States for tbo District of Louisiana shall forthwith take possession of the building known as tbe Mechanics' Instituto, and ooeupied as a State Houbo, for the assembling of tbe Legislature therein, in tbe oity of New Orlonus, and bold tbe same subject to the further ordiM?f this Court; mean? while, to prevent a^fcilawful assemblage therein, under the guise or pretext of authority claimed by virtue of a pretend? ed canvass and returns made by said re? turning officers, in contempt and viola? tion of said restraining order; but tbe Marshal is directed to allow tbe ingress and egress to and from tbe public offices in said building of persons entitled to the same." 5th. The intorlooutory and ex parte order In the suit of Antoine, tbe candi? date for Lieutenant-Goveruor, seems to have been made ' as competent to the order above quoted, iu tbo suit of Kellogg, which directed tbe occupation of tbe State capit?l by tbe Marshal, with directions to prohibit what is termed in the order an unlawful assem? blage, whilo tbo same Marshal is direct? ed to allow ingress and egress of per? sons be might determine to be entitled to such a privilege. This order in tbe case of Antoine is comprehensive and explioit. None can mistake its import. It is: 1st. That tbo Governor of the State be enjoined and restrained from examining the election returns or count? ing tho votes, except in tbe presence of officers designated in these orders, and from controlling, interfering with, or at? tempting to interfere with tbo organiza? tion of tbe State Legislature, from doing any aot, or from giving tiny order or di? rection, or making any request wbioh may directly or indirectly prevent or hinder any person from being present and taking part iu tbe organization of tho Senate called on the 9th December, or any future day, who may be returned as a member thereof, by a board com? posed of H. O. Warmotb, Georgo E. Bovee, Jas. Lougstreet, Jacob Hawkins and Jobn Lynch, aud whore names have been transmitted to Charles Merritt, Secretary of Senate, by Bovee, Secretary of State. 2d. That twenty armod persons, who bad boon candidates for tbe office of Se? nator iu the State Legislature, and who were supposed to have been elected, and had been deolared to be so, were on joined and restrained from participating in any manner in tbo organization of tbe Senate, or doing any aot about that organization, uuleBS their names should appear on Boree's list of names of mem? bers of tbe Senate, ns transmitted to the Secretary of Stato, Chas. Merritt. 3d. About one hundred persons, whose names are given, who were supposed to be elected to tbo House of Representa? tives of the General Assembly, and bad boen declared to be so elected, wore sim? ilarly enjoined from partioipating iu tbo organization of the House of Repre? sentatives, from doing any aot or casting any vote, unless their names were ou Bovoo'b list of mcmbors. Ith. Tbe Clerks of tbe Senate and of tbe Houso were severally enjoined from plaoing on tbe list or announcing tbe name of any member, or from recogniz? ing or designating as a member, prior to or du-iug tbe organization of tbe re? spective bouse.?, any porson whoso name was not placed upon Bovce's list. 5th. Secretary of State Bovee was en? joined from receiving tbo roturns of elec? tion of State officers or members of tbe General Assembly, excepting such as should be filed in hie office by the board oomposodof Warmotb, Longstroet, Haw? kins, Lynch nnd Bovee. 6th. Tbo Chief of tbo Metropolitan Police and all of its members, numbering about 800, and tbe board, were enjoined from interfering with the organization of the General Assembly, and not to pre* vent tboso on Bovce's list from entering iuto the balls of tho Asnombly. 7th! The persons composing tbn board recognized by tho Governor woro en? joined from noting nsa canvassing board, from declaring and Publishing any calcu? lation, statement or proclamation of re? sults, or granting certificates of election, or statements tending td show any rigbt to office growing out of ballots oust at said election. The Marshal, assisted by a detachment fram the army of the United States, un? der these orders, took possession of the State Capitol, and held it on tho 9th of December, when tho General Assembly were to come together, under the procla? mation of the G over no.. Tho egress and ingress of persona wero regulated according to this order. A person named Pinchbaok took possession of the Chair of the Sonato, and directed its or? ganization. Ho had been a Senator for tho term that hud expired. While a Senator, he bad been President of the 8euate, and in virtue of snob Presiden? cy, Under tho laws, had acted as Liou tenant-Goveruor, after tho death of Dann, the Lieutenant-Governor ohosen id 1868; bat at the time of the occur? rences, he was not merely not a func? tional officer, as President of the Senato, but was not a Senator and had no title or color of title to act as Lieutenant Governor, or to take any part in tho or? ganization of the Senate. Tho Honso of Representatives was also organized, tho postmaster of New Orleans being its Speaker. The certificates of Boveo, un? der thei injuotion, were taken as conclu? sive evidence of membership. These bodies passed- resolutions for the impeachment of tho Governor, and thus Pinchback felt at liberty to assume tho title of Governor. Two District Judgeships were abolished, and a new Conrt, ca'".'d the Superior Conrt, was established, with extraordinary powers; and among others, exclusive jurisdiction to determine the title to office, und Mr. Hawkins, one of the members of tho Boveo board, who had made election re? turns, was made Judge. Steps having been taken by the Go? vernor, in his olfioiul cupucity, to secure a reversion by the Supremo Court of tho United States of the chancery orders of tho United States Circuit Court, the bodies forthwith adopted resolutions to dismiss lho proceedings, the militia was placed under command of General Jas. Lougatreet, another of theBovee board, and the arsenals were taken possession of, by tho aid of tho United States army. It has been supposed that no amount of professional energy or skill was ade? quate to make a coup de main in a chan? cery cause. This statement shows that a civil revolution has been commenced, carried on and accomplished within a lunar month, under the orders of tho chancery court, in suits over which the court had no jurisdiction at all, whether of tho parties or the subject matter. The Circuit Court of the United States is a court of limited Jurisdiction, and without authority to entertain civil suits betweon citizens of the same State, un? less the case arises direotly under the Constitution and laws of the United States. The jurisdiction of the Cirouit Conrt is vested by Aot of Congress. Congress has no power to confer juris? diction iu,any oaso between suoh acting citizens. 'It has no authority to give jurisdiction of a suit of a citizen of the State against tho State. Under the Aot Congress of 1870, upon a single condi? tion of facts, a citizen of a State may maintain a suit for a citizen or offioer of a State within tho courts of tho United States; bat the State Legislature is spe? cially excepted from the operation of this Aot, in the samo olan^e that excepts the effiee of members to Congress and presidential electors. Tho ex parle preliminary order in the case of Antoine is as explicit a determi? nation of title of members of the Le? gislature and furnishes as complete a writ of possession as could be devised. The organization of the Legislature is by chancery order. Had there been resistance to the execution of these orders, and riot and bloodshed had followed, upon whom would have fallen the responsibility? Whose forbearance was it that a bloody catastrophe baa not beon exhibited as a scandal to the land? (Owing to tho length of this address, and the late hour at which it was being receivod, we are compelled to postpone its conclusion.] Financial an.i Gouxmcrciul. Columika, S. C, December 23.?Sales of oottou to-day 175 bales?middling 18^0. London, December 23?Noon.?Con aols 91&'@?1%. 5s 89%. Frankfort, December 23.?Bonds 95%. Paris, December 23.?Bentes 53f. 40j. Liverpool, Decembor 23?3 P. M.? Cotton openod easier and ia now quiet and steady?uplauds 19j?@10j:?; Or? leans 10^?10J.<; sales 12.UUU bales; spe? culation and export 3,000. LtverpooIi, December 23?Evening.? Cotton closed unchanged. New York, December 23?Noon.? Stooks very strong. Gold steady, at \\%. Money firm, at 7, Exchange? long 9}^', short 10JX. Governments and State bonds dull but steady. Cotton quiet; Bales 2,733 bales?uplands 20)^; Orleans 20%. Flour steady. Wheat qniot. Corn unchanged. Fork dull? moss 13.25@14.00. Lard quiet?steam 7K@7%. Freights quiet. 7 P. M.?Cotton dull; sales 4,103 bales?middling 20,'^; Orleans 20?i. Flour in raodcrato demand nud steady. Whiskey activer, at 96)*,. Wheat l(^2o. better, but very quiet. Corn quiet and firm. Rice quiet, at 8(#3,J?. Pork steady. Lird firmer, at 7}<Q^S}q. Freights steady. Mouoy firm and closed at 7 to a fiuctiou commission. Sterling firm?primo bankers 9 jr.'; commercial billascarco. Gold uuchaugod. Govern? ments dull. State.i neglected nud slight? ly lower. Cotton?not receipts 1,115 bales; gross 8,110. Sales of futureB 1,370 bales: Deoomber 19j5?, 19!.,'; Jauu aryl9^, 19 9-1G; February 19%, 19%; March 20, 20 1-16; April 20 5 10, 20}<i; May 20 11-16, 20?^; June 21. Baltimore, December 23.?Cotton firm?middling 19?4; receipts 2S3 bales; saloB 250; etook 9,0^9. St. Lodis, Deoembcr 23.?Flour quiet and unchanged. Com firm; offering light. Whiskey firm, at 93. Pork doll and lower?small lote at 11.75. Bacon? no sales. Lard dull and lower?prime steam G}.{. Cincinnati, December 23.?Flour in fair* demand and firm. Corn steady. Pork nominally 11.75@12.00. Lard Btendy?steam 7 1-16@8; kettle 7)4? 1%. Bacon in fair demand bat un? changed. Whiskey steady, at 88. Auousta, December 23.?Cotton in good demand?middling 18!?; receipts 1.6U3 bales; sales 7,115. New Orleans, December 23.?Cotton in modorato demand?good ordinary 18; low middling 18j?.f; middling 19>?; re? ceipts 7,182 bales; sales 5,400; stook 155,572. Mobile, December 23.?Cotton firm good ordinary 17%; receipts 1,637 bales; ealos 60; stock 39,831. Boston, December 21.?Cotton strong ?middling 20><?; receipts 864 bales; sales 500: stook 5,0U0. NoBFoiiK, December 23.?Cotton firm?low middling 18?6; receipts 1,922 bales; sales 300; stook 12,692. Death ov Gen. Ambrose R. Wright. This eTcnt has produced a'deeply sad? dening effect upon this community. Throughout Georgia and among all the brave soldiers who followed his 'gallant lead and Eorved uudor-tho Confederate flag with him, on many of the most hotly contested fields of the war, the announce? ment of Gon. Wright's death will be re? ceived with sorrowful emotions. Early onlistcd in tho war as a privato in tbo Confederate Light Guards, Gen. Wright was soon elected Colonel of his regi? ment, tbo Third Georgia, and by his gal? lantry, military talents and fidelity to duty, was first promoted Brigadior-Geno ral, then Major-General in the service. Ho served on many sanguinary fields, and was severely wounded in one of the bloodiest battles of the war. Disabled by bis wounds, Gen. Wright returned home, and was eleoted to the State Se? nate and President of the Senate, serving one term in that high office. At the close of tho war, he became a resident of Augusta, where bo resumed and conti? nued in the active practice of his profes? sion, until bis last illness. Of distin? guished legal abilities and fine oratorical powers, be maintained a high rank at the bar, and achieved marked success as a lawyer. Superadded to his professional labors, he filled, with much talent, tact and good judgment, the responsible position of editor-in-chief of the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, one of the foremost dailies of tho South. He had but recently com? pleted an arduous and triumphant can? vass as Democratic candidate for Con? gress iu the Eighth Congressional Dis? trict of Georgia, during which he labored incessantly, and made brilliant and effec? tive speeches in every County in the District. His election in October by a very decisive majority was a splendid tribute to bis abilities, and proof of pub? lic confidence iu his fitness for tho posi? tion. Gen. Wright was a native of Jefferson County, Georgia, whore be commenced his professional career and became early distinguished by his oratory, bis legal acumen, and close attention to profes? sional business. He moved to Rich? mond County about fourteen years ago, and has been during that period one of our most active and influential citizens. Thus has fallen iu the meridian of a conspicuous career one who seemed, in all human calculation, destined to a bril? liant and prosperous future. Had Pro? vidence spared him awhile longer to his constituents and his State, he would have marked bis name yet higher in tbe role of the distinguished men of Georgia. He would have taken at once bigb rack in the national councils, and won for himself a name of which his family, hiB friends and tbe people of Georgia would have been proud. Alas! ourbed in his bigh career, ho is cut down by remorseless disease. After days of severe suffering, be has sunk to rest. No clash of arms?no political tarmoil disturbs him now. "Aftur life's fitfal fover he sleops well." A long train of sorrowing frieudd will attend the last sad obsequies, and mingle their sympathies in this great public loss, and in this sad bereavement to his stricken family. [AugitsUi Constitutionalist. Cotton Thieves Cauoht.?On Thurs? day night two negroes named Paul Lewis and Aocaboo entered the gin-house of A. W. Qeiger, in Lexington, and euoceeded iu carrying off several hundred pounds ol lint cotton. Tbo suspioion of those on tbo place having been excited a watob was sot, and on Friday night tbe above uamed thieves caught after tboy bad on tered the bousu. Tboy wero secured un? til morning, and were taken to Lexing? ton jail. They wore provided with a number of false keys, witb one of which tboy opened tbe door of tbe gin-bouse on these occasions. Robbery.?On Tuesday last a white man claiming to bo from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, called at tbo plantation of Mrs. A. M. Manning, near Little Rook, asked for work, and was hired by tbo son of Mrs. Manning. He staved that night and tho next day, but duriug Wednesday night bo left, taking with him a shot-gun and somo articles of clothing bolonging to young Mr. Mau uiug and Mr. Juuius Evans, who is stay? ing at Mrs. Manning's. Ho was caught with tho stolen property iu bis posses- J sion and brought to this towu on Thurs? day last.?Marion Crescent. Acquitted.?Dr. Colzey, charged with tbo murder of Charles Ligon, in Colum? bus, Georgia, was tried and acquitted iu the Superior Court of Musoogoo County, last Tuesday. Ligon bad attempted to seduoo Colzey'h daughter, and was shot and killed by tbo father. ? OBITUARY. Diorl, on the 18th instant, at hin residence, hoar Gadddon, JO'lN 8. nUuuLUHKU, in llio thirtieth year of bin ago. tor UU.irlo^tou papers plonse insert. Cor id's Ambuscades.?The sly arober, Love, shoots bis arrows from many coigns of vantage, bat it is doubtful if he delivers his heart-taking shafts from any ambush with more effect than when he arms them from the braids and folds and ringlets of a superb head of hair. Ladies who have not been favored by nnture with this crowning oharm of wo? manhood, can readily and certainly in? crease the volame of their hair and im? part to it a silken lautre by using Lyon's Kathabion as a daily dressing; while those whom Providence has blessed with a superabundance- of this "glory" of the sex, can preserve it, undiminished, in quantity and andiminiehed in beauty to the latest period of life. There is a ger? minating principle in Kathaxeou which literally compel* the hair to grow. ? It ex? tirpates scurf, dandruff, and all exfolia? tions and exorosonces of the scalp which interfere With the rapid and healthy de? velopment of the fibres. B&* For Cobgh, Bronohitia and Con? sumption, in its early stages, nothing equals Dr. Pieroe's Golden Medical Dis? covery. 1 D19$f8 Mako' money fast uud honorably, $.12.50 per day, 875 per week, by at once applying for a territorial right, (which are given free to agents,) to sell the best, strongest, most asefnl and rapid lolling sewing machine, and patent button-bole worker, ever nsed or recommended by families, or boy ono for your own ubo; it is only $5. . Sent free every where by ex? press. Address, for particulars, Mr. A. Cateley, corner ..Greenwich and Court land t streets.'New York. DlOtntf For derangement of the liver, for dys? pepsia, diarrheaj, piles, etc., Dr. Sim? mons' Liver Regulator certainly has no superior. It acts like a charm, without debilitating the system. I have tried it thoroughly, and speak what I know. - Rev. S. GARDNER, D2l?3tfl Atapulka, Ga. Gifts for Ouristmt. u<2 the New Year. AS tho season for G^'TU TO LOVED ONES is approaching, it would be well to select, as an oflaring to eaoh, the beet we can proouro for our money. Parents, go to the OITIZENB' SAVINGS BANK OP SQUTH CA? ROLINA and deposit as much monoy as you cun aparo for eaoh of your little ones; A Bank Book will be handed to you which will ?lease your obild better tban the moat costly oy. Such a gift will prove an enduring benefit tc both giver and receiver. The Bank Days six per cent, intorest on money so de? posited^_Deo 24 9 Cuhuect the Stomach.-It is a well ascer? tained physiological fact that the origin of most of the ills that afflict humanity is a de? ranged condition of the alimentary eanal. The bowels become constipated and sluggish, and thenco arises a train of painful and dis tresBieg maladies. Aa a preventive and cure there is no remedy so safe and sure as Dr. Tutt'a Vegetable Liver Pills. West Point, Ga., September 3,1871. W. H. Tutt?Dear Sib: I have been an in? valid for fiyo years, and have, with fortitude and patience tried nearly every patent medi? cine known to tho people, without any .effec? tual relief. It was suggested by some of my friends to take your Vegetable Pills, for which I am under obligations for said suggestion. It being a favorable one, I-propose to state the effects. I weigh more than I ever did, and my health is far better tban it has been In five-years. I certainly give all the credit to your Pills; and as soon as there is an in creaso in the family, yon may bet if it is a male that his name shall be Tutt. Publish if you choose. J. A. DONALDSON. Dr. Tutt's Hair Dye acta like Mugio. DM_;_jairi SELECT SCHOOL FOR girl8, Corner Standing and Henderson streets. THE MISSES MARTIN will re? sume the exerolees of their School son WEDNESDAY, January 1,1878. * Music, Prof L. PLATE. Modern Languages, M. OHAS. de HEDEMANN. Dec 24 tnf3 Christmas Holiday. Carolina National Banx, Columbia, December 23,1872, THE Carolina National Bank will be oloaed for business on WEDNESDAY next. Notes and acceptances due on the 25th should be paid on the day previous. Dec 24 1_W. B. G?LICK, Oashler. Ccal! Coal!! Coal!!! OQ7 TONS of that famous poetical An f thraoito COAL is now offered for sale. Euglrsb ton given, 2,240 pounds. Terms easy. Apply to B. A. KEEN AN, Doc 21 lmo*_Coal and Wood Dealer. Interest on Bonds. TREASURER'S OFFICE, Ciia slotte, Columbia & Acuuhta R.R. Co., Columbia. S. 0., December 23,1872. THE Coupons for Interest on Bonds of this Company, due on first day of January next, will be paid on and after that date, on presentation at tho office of M. K. Jesnp & Co., in Now York, at the First National Bank at Charlotto, N. C, or at the Central National Hank at Columbia, S. C, or at the offloe of John J. Cohen A Sons, at Augusta, Ga. Doc 24 10 C. BOUKNIQRT, Treaanrer. County Treasurer's Offloe, Riculand County, December 23,1872. TUE books for collection of State and County TAXES will bo open at this office on the 26th instant. After the 15th January, 1873, the penalties prescribed by law will at? tach to all unpaid taxes. The rates are as follows: 12 mills upon the dollar for State purposes; S mills upon the dollar for County purposes. O. H. BALDWIN, Deo 24 5 County Treas. Blohland Co. BELL SCHNAPPS, Distillod by the Proprietors, h AT SCHIEDAM, IN HOLLAND. an invigor"atiks TOHIC A.VD MEDICINAL LEVERAGE. Warrnntod perfectly puro, and ftoo from all deleterious substances. It is distilled from Baulky of tho finest quality, and tho Anosci* tio Juniper BEnny ok Italy and designed expressly for cases of Dyspepsia or Indiges? tion, Dropsy, Gont, Rheumatism, Goneral Dobility, Catarrh of the Bladder, Pains in the Hack and Stomach, and all diseases of tho Urinary Organs. 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