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COLUMBIA, S. C. Taaryo^y ^orniity, Maroh 13. 1873. A Good Word for Oongrtu. ??" The Forty-secohd Congress has gone out covered by a olond of disgrace. Its investigations bavo been'insincere and farcical. Qomo have been suppressed and others turned into monkery. It had on eyes to see guilt and wrong, no ears to hear proof of crime, no moral sense to robuko and pnnlsh the gross and de? monstrated immorality of its members. So foul was itscondition, that it was in? capable of cleansing itself, and it goes into history with its filth sticking to it, and advortiaing its ovrn moral imbooility. It has condoned" tho Credit Mobilier frauds, and lot tho ortt-golng Viao-Presi deat escape, to reproduce bie miserable fallaoioB and'evident falsehoods at South Bend, and over bis prevaricating suc? cessor has thrown tho mantle of oblivion. The Senate Blurred over the report of its committee, charging. Vioe-Btosidont Wilson with tamporing with the truth, aafo rnay be said, to be the right man in the right plane in now presiding over its deliberations. In the Honbo, Butler's dishonesty and profligacy seem to have overborne everything. He struck the. key note of the defence of the parties in Mobilier frauds. It was his genius that opportunely raised the. question of jurisdiction. It was his pathos, pleading: for tho "good old man," Oakes Ames, and offsetting his bribery by its valaable consequenoos, that brought him and his accomplices safely through the . trial,'. "Ho saw a method," says a Boston newspaper echo of Butler's special pleading, "of achieving the great work; he embraced it" Such people are with? out shame. With them, the end sanoti flea the means, however dishonest and disgraceful they may hare been. Two things steadily grow in Congress. Its greed is as rank, its lust of money as consuming, as its morality is weak' and despicable. And its par? tisanship daily inorea&es at the ex? pense of its patriotism. Everything tends to narrowness, to bitterness and selfishness. Congress, with the Executive and beads of. departments, formed a syndioate in the last hoars of its exist? ence for inorease of salaries, and, aided by Butler's skillful and unser upnlons en? gineering, the measure was passed. Possibly some inorease was proper in the pay of the Judges of the Supreme Court and in some other eases. But 325,000, with all the perquisites of office, and expenses nearly all paid, is enough for President. It has sufficed for men at good, to say the least, as Grant, and President Lincoln laid np 350,000 out of his four years' pay. But the most shameless part of it was that'the inorease of salary voted them? selves by the out-going members, is made to take effect from the beginning of the last'Congress. The inorease is from 35,000 to $7,500 a year, and it is made applicable to the term which had just expired. Eaoh member thuB re? ceived 35,000 more than the salary pro? vided by law under which their services were rendered. Resolutions censuring this, outrage on tbe rights of the people, this abuse of trust and violation of de ' coney and integrity, have boon intro? duced into the Senate of New York, and into the lower House of the Ohio Legislature, and the publio voioe every? where, where unfettered, condemns it as a proceeding without a parallel even in the annals of Congress for dishonesty and ehenlr. Tbe sinB of this Congress far outweigh tbe few good measures which it adopted. Its spirit has been low and groveling. Its preoions care of itself and disregard of the publio inte? rests, its oruel .treatment of Louisiana, and its blinking its own frauds and iniquities, will be topics of discussion for years to come, and will rise in judg? ment at the next Presidential eleotion, to oondemn and overthrow the Adminis? tration with which it was hail fellow well met. _, _._ ?Compliment to Mb. Stephens fbom Massachusetts .?We find the following handsome tribute to Mr. Stophons in tho Boston Advertiser: The election of Mr. A. H. Stepbens to the House of Representatives at Wash? ington, and nomination of ex-Governor English, of Connooticut, for election'to that body this spring, are events upon which the country may be congratulated. They are both statosmen?a class of men whom the results of the late war bavo too long kept in private life. "Tho cankers of a long peace" are nothing to the oankers of a long war. Tho oouutry will improve as we get farthor and farthor from the war. The Kansas Republicans say tbat old Subsidy P?meroy, who has already been oensured by the Kansas Senate, will cer? tainly be convicted and sent to the peni? tentiary on the criminal indiotment now pending against him, unless he flees thenoe to parts unknown. A steamer is floating abont in Lake Michigan, frozen into a field of ice over a mile in diameter. ? tiiMift Dtflnuif - A New York Tribune reporter, who oillod on Gen. Fremont, to talk with him ahatit 4he sail in progress in France against Mm, found him Annoyed at the revival of tho matter.' Ho said that if tlands were commtttod or misrepresenta tiona made, that they had been without his knowledge. He was not in Paris ! when the bonds were put upon the mar ket. He left the business entirely to I others, though hie name became promi i nent, on account of hie being Ohairman of the Executive Committee. When he heard of the false representations which had been raa?o, h6 hastened to Pari? to set the matter tight. He was told by Paradiso & Probet, with whom ha bad made a ooatraot foe the aale of the bonds in Mar oh, 186T-, that the story of Go Tsrnrasnt guaiautoo had ,been honestly a tar tad. undo* a; ni is ap p rfeh ensio u. Ho at once publiuhecf m the newspapers a full statement ? of th? facts, and tried to nndo whatever wrong bad been commit? ted. He expressed sympathy for the French bond-holders who had suffered from the failure of the road. They are nearly 8,000 in number, and belong, for the most part, to the peasant olass. It was pitiable to see their disappointment When they found that they had lost their savings. * General Fremont had been informed that a forged, certificate of quotations of the company's, bonds in the New York Stock Exchange had been Bent to Paris, in Ootober or November, 1868, enoloaed in a letter, bearing his signature. With? out examination, he cannot say whether that letter was his or not. He thinks that it was not If it was, it must have been brought to him and forwarded in the ordinary course of his duties as Ohairman of the Executi ve Commit too. Having no doubt of the oharaoter of the men he was acting with, he had no rea? son for special 'scrutiny of papers brought to him to-be forwarded. If so forwarded, it must have been upon assurance given''to him, and with full be? lief on his part that it was genuine. Now, this seems a poor defence. It has not the ring of the true metal. It is an attempt to shirk the responsibility, whioh has been brought home to him, and to placo it upon subordinates, who cannot be held liable. It was his name and influence which weretparaded, and whioh induced investment . in these fraudulent bonds. It is idle for General Fremont, under the cirou instances, to affect sympathy with them in their losses. They will persist in demanding of him, "How muoh you sorry?" It is noticeable that' he does not say a word as to what has become of the funds. "Ob, no, we never mention it." The Pbospeot.?It is clear that the people of this State are extremely dia satisfled with their present political con? dition, and that the people of the United States sympathize with them in their alarm. To the common sense aud pa? triotism of the country, it must appear strange that the man whojuita behind a oigar in Washington effi support in Louisiana a usurpation which has been so universally condemned. "Upon what meat doth this, our Coosar, feed,'that he hath grown ao great?" It is certainly not to tho interest of the people of the Union that liberty in Lou? isiana should be murdered by bullets and bayonets, used in tho service of an admitted usurpation. With United States soldiers in every parish of the State, the laws imposed by the bayonet Legislature may be en? forced, but not otherwise. Leading Re? publicans in all parts of the country will object to suoh a prostitution of Federal power and authority. We may assnmo that, like the Republican General Com? mittee of New York, they "disapprove of the conduct of the Administration in Louisiana matters," und desire some ap? proach in every State to a genuine rep? resentative self-government. That, they know, does not exist at proBout in Louisi? ana, and they furthermore know that with Federal bayonets at their throats, our citizens are utterly powerless to right their own wrongs. Our prospeot at this writing is, there? fore, anything but encouraging. An? archy has been effectively organized through the agonoy of brnte foroe. Thoy who are now in charge "have made a desert, and oall it peace." Bat their peace is a delusive mockery?an insult to the prinoiples and intelligence- of free? men. If tho powers that bo at Washington are not bent on the utter ruin of Louisi? ana, they can still givo our peoplo a go? vernment whioh can be accepted without dishonor, and whioh would enjoy a rea? sonable measure of public oontidonco. A re-organization of tho Legislature, so as to eliminate thorofrom tho grosser elements of usurpation, would bo ac? cepted as a boon, and?a short spooial session eould re-establish tho elements of an assured prosperity. _ Oan we hope for snoh a consumma? tion??New Orleans Times. c ? ? The members of the Temploton opera tronpo, including Mr. Templeton, tho proprietor, and Mr. Rice, the baritone, who were blown off the Cuban coast while on an exoursion, and who have been missing for some time, have been heard from. They are all safe at Carde? nas. J. N. Franklin died near Ookosbnry, on the 3d instant, of dyspepsia. Hiitoiy of (Be HoflM' HtMietli ??? . DlSBottlttca. The Yreka Union contains the follow? ing interesting and Instructive details of theModooe: ?jg - In brder to understand this Modoo question, It may not bd amiss to take a oureory view of the history of the tri bo in its relation*'with the white race. The depredations of' the tribe on immigrants to this State, and on settlors in this County, oommonoud as early as 1861. The first expedition fitted out against the Modoos was in 1851, and was got up under tht furapieei and^dirocttou of Ben. Wright, ah bid trieuntaineer and trapper, and was Intended to chastise thorn f?r a raid whioh they had made' on the stock of settlers. It is generally understood, however, that it killed but few, if any, of the thieving Indians. The foll6wing year there was a large immigration, and great numbers of im? migrants sought Northern California and Southern Oregon by the trail through the Modoo oonntry. The Modoos at? tempted to stop this immigration by an indiscriminate massacre of men, women and children. Word reaching Yreka of these slaughters, Ben. Wright organized a Becond expedition against tbe Modoos. Wright with his company was, we be? lieve, the first to reaoh the soene of mas? saore, and to bring relief to the whipped, frightened and despairing immigrants. Tbe scene of the slaughter extended from the Natural Bridge, on Lost Biver, to what has been known ever since as Bloody Point, on tbe Eastern border of Tule Lake, a distance of some fifteen or eighteen miles. Over the whole of this diatanoe were fonnd the dead and muti? lated bodies of men, women and chil? dren. The greatest slaughter, however, bad occurred at Bloody Point?so called from these massacres?a high bluff'of rooks over whioh the trail passed from the high grounds beyond to the border of the lake. At its Southern extremity, this ledge roBO out of the waters of ' the lake, but, diverging in its coarse from the lake as it extended Northward, there was a narrow atrip of land between it and the water. The Indians concealed themselves in tbe rocks, so as not to be seen by the immigrants. Whon a train of the latter had come over tbe bluff and reached the lake's edge, the Indians would rush suddenly, with a war whoop, from their concealment, and drive the train on tbe narrow slip of land between the ledge and tbe lake. Having them thus corralled, they proceeded to massa? ore them at their leisure, as a batcher would slaughter a corral full of Spanish steers. In that way, one whole traiu was murdered; another train was cor? ralled for masBaore, bnt fortunately Wright's force arrived in time to save them from their fate, and his party wreaked on the murderers of innocent women and ohildren a fearful retribution. A hundred Modoo warriors bit the dust. In a hand-to-hand encounter with a band of forty-seven Modoos, all except seven of tbe dusky warriors were cold aud stark in death at the end Of the fight. We hear of no further depredations of any kind being committed by them till the summer of 1856, when they made a raid into Shasta Valley and drove off a lot of stock. This was the occasion of the Modoo war of 1856. In Jnly or Au? gast of that year, a force was organized to chastise the Modocs. Gen. Cosby claimed to have bronght the enemy to terms, and to have made a treaty with them. What the terms of the treaty were, we never heard. We find that E. Steele, of this place, olaims to have made a treaty with the Modoos in June, 1861, by whioh "they (tho Modoos) were, in consideration of consenting to .live on amicable terms with tho whites, to be permitted to re? main in undisputed ' possession of all their lands on Lost Biver, to hold and use for fishing or hunting, as long as tbey should exist as a tribe. On their part, it was agreed that they would never molest any white man crossing their lands; that they would ferry all persons passing through aoross Lost River; and also permit the cattle and horses belonging to settlers near them fall range of all their land." If a treaty of this character was made by compe? tent authority, and never revoked, Capt. Jack most assuredly had a legal right to refuse to go on tho reservation, and to insist on remaining on Lost Biver. The authorities at Washington did not re? gard what Mr. Steele had done as invest? ed with the sacred oharacter of a treaty; for during the fall of the same year, two oitizeas of Oregon, Messrs. Huntington and Logan, were appointed and invested with powers for the speoifio purpoBO of making a treaty with the Modocs and other tribes, and locating a reservation on whioh to oolonize them. Tho Mo? doos ceded away their lands on Lost River, and agreed to move on the reser? vation. Jack acknowledged his accept? ance of this treaty iu the most formal manner, by going on the reservation in 1869, in pursuance of its terms. Families iu this town could boar wit? ness to such boldness on the part of tho Modocs, in entering their enclosures and even houses, and suoh insolence of demeanor whoujtold to go oat, as would shock many of those who are now hold? ing up their bands in holy horror at the wickedness of the war waged against them. And there is not a lady in Yreka bnt devoutly prays that, whatever may bo the result of the war, there may be I made each.a disposition of the Modoo3 ' that they will never again be permitted, as a roviug band of gypsies, to go where they please, with license to shook all mo? desty, to outrage all decency, and ob? trude their filthy and offensive persons into the private grounds and oven resi? dences of Citizens, as they have hereto fore done. In this connection, it is proper to state tho circumstances under which Houry Miller, who was one of the persons massacred by the Indians, after tho first battle, bore testimony to the good oon duot of the Indians. Immediately after giving this testimony, he oame to Fair child and detailed to him the questions which had been asked him, and the an? ew era be had given, stating that his life depended on his giving the answers he had. He complained . bitterly beoanse he'had boon placed in a position where he must give fuls/o answers to the ques? tions asked, or pay the penalty for speaking the truth with his life. It has been charged that the people of Siskiyou Oounty originated the war to make money out of it, and that they are in favor of continuing it for the same purpose. To these oharges it is sufficient to reply that no citizen of Siskiyou Oounty hid any agency whatever in in ang a rating .the w?r, or oven 89 muoh as knew that the steps wore being taken which precipitated it; and no one is in any way responsible for it, unleas it be a few who thought Jack ought to bo per? mitted to remaiu on Lost River, and who, by expressing these opinions, en? couraged him to resist the efforts to re? move him to the reservation. There is not one oitizen in every fifty in this County whose pecuniary interests would not be promoted by the termination of the war immediately. And yet perhaps forty-nine out of every fifty of our citi? zens wish the war to continue till Jack consents to make a peace by which he and bis followers will bo denied the pri? vilege they have heretofore had of roam? ing over the country at pleasure. The Situation in Louisiana.-r-Tho New York Elvehing Post, a Republican t aper, makes the following oomments on the Louisiana muddle, and the attitude of Congress and the President in the matter: For this wretched condition of things, Congress is mainly responsible. The President would be moro than ever jus? tified now in withdrawing Unite 1 States troops from protecting the Kellogg Go? vernment. Senator Carpenter, who is in favor of it, though it is a usurpation and a fraud, said it oould not endure teu days exoept for Federal bayonets. It is only able to offtr resistance because tho Federal Oovernmentis behind it. Should the President withdraw that support al? together, the people of Louisiana would soon settle their own difficulties. If he is not willing to do this, there is another course open to him. There is no Stale Government in Louisiana, and the Fede? ral troops may simply be ordered to pre? serve the peace between tho factions, and the people themselves may be free of their own accord to meet in conven? tion, order a new olectiou, and create a government of the legality of which there shall be no doubt. The President is really master of the situation, now that hostilities have actually broken out, and being present in military force, can, in fact, carry out tho meaning of the Constitution, and insure tu Louisiana a republican government. Tho President's mastery of the situa? tion is very like that of tho testy Hing Frederick, whom a orafty oourtier admo? nished, "It is impossible to differ with a ruler who has such strong convictions and wears such heavy boots aa your Ma? jesty." The President is very decided in his opinions about Louisiana affairs; and ho has the army. ????. ?^ Death of a Good Samaritan.?We record, with sympathy and respect, the death, at Sumter, on Friday morning last, after painfnl and distressing bodily suffering, protraoted through more than a twelve-month, of Mies Raohel Suarea, in the seventy-third year of her age. This noble woman, of Israelitish blood ?eminently entitled to be classed a good Samaritau?was known throughout our community, and beloved by all classes. During the war, ehe was among the most indefatigable of our noble women who labored in behalf of our soldiers, and who, at Sumter, carried food and drink, day by day, to the hungry, suffer? ing and diseased men who passed on the railroad trains, or were inmates of the hospitals. Deep sympathy and grateful remembrance wonld bo awakened in the heart of many a noble fellow, scattered throughout the length and breadth of the land, could his eyes fall upon this paragraph, and ho learn that good Miss Richol was no more. Hor remains wore carried to Columbia, and there in? terred in the Jewish burying ground. [Sumter Watchman. Washington ha9 becomo tho rallying oiut of national villainy, whoro all the ig rogues of every State and Territory congregate to prey upon their fellow-oiti zens. The prayers of a chaplain over such men as have been exposed to the hissing scorn of honest mou throughout the world?what are they but horrid saorilego? Lobbies reeking with tho vilest of tho vile, male and female; con? gressional scats dishonored and their occupants held up to the execration of mankind. Tho White House is a whited sepulchre, where all manner of tricks and stealings are opeuly encouraged?a ring, backed by tho money-making Pre? sident of tho United States, squandering millions of tho poor citizens' money for the benefit of a few favorites. Such is the sad condition of things in that do voted city.?Pittsburg Post. FmoQTFOL Death.?As the up pas? senger train on tho West Point road was leaving tue depot at LaGraugo, on Sun? day evening, a lud by the name of Ed. Norris was scon attempting to soouro a position on a portion of the wooden frame work on which tho oar rests and to which tho trucks aro attaohed. His object was to seoure n passage to this oity in that perilous situation, he being out of money. Ho missed his hold and foil upon the track. Tho brake, which reaches vory close to tho ground, forced his body against the rail, doubling it up and crushing him horribly. He died in? stantly.?Atlanta Sun. President Grant is said to have ap? peared iu excellent spirits at Baltimore, "Excellent spirits," Tilton says, "also appear frequently in him." Deaths iu Charleston during the past week 80; whites 11; colored iu. Eio o a 1 Ite m ??. City M ATi'ana-The prioe of single apples of the Pncjpnx Ii fivec6nts. | -' The latest styles vf edding and ^siting cards and envelopes, tastily printed, can be obtained at (he Phoukx office.: Those in need of fine stock?"all tbo way from, .old Kentucky"?would do well to see Mr. John M. Long. | Remember, lovers of fan, the bed masque to-night, in Irwin's Hall. Montgomery Bishop, who is charged with the mnrder of his nnole, in Bpar tanbnrg, sovoral months ago, and who was arrested in North Oarolina, was brought to Columbia on Tuesday, by Detective James Oanton, and lodged in jail. Will the Union never learn better than to say "to the manor born?" Bead Shakspeare more and reported Ka Klux outrages less. Besides, why not publish what "Spiro" said of htm who is "native here, and to the manner born," and who thought the old customs^'more honored iu the breach than the observance." Many citizens of Biohland are inter? ested in County affairs. For several weeks there has been no official returns. Yesterday, at 12 M., the day and hour for the regnlar weekly meeting, none was held. A number of persons were in attendance. Who is to blame? "The wind's getting round," remarked Bibbs to his friend Buggins, yesterday, when it changed from East to West. "Glad of it," replied Buggins; "it's been sliarp long enough." Monday next is "St. Patrick's Day," and the Hibernian Society proposes to celebrate it by a supper in the erening. To keep warm on a cold day the wo? men double the Cape, and the men dou? ble the Horn. Rov. Tilman R. Gaines departed for the North, last night, to endeavor to secure material for the pnrpose of con? tinuing the publication of the Orphan's Appeal and Working Man. We appreciate system and order iu everything, but cannot understand the necessity by whioh ladies and gentlemen, crossing streets in a hurry, should be compelled to pause and wait for the passage of vehicles. Messrs. L?rick Sc Lowranoe have had a fall in molasses. Yesterday, an accident caused the fluid sweetness to flow freely from a barrel whioh had been in front of their establishment. Phcenixiana.?-Sohuyler Coif ax, it is said, has studied the life of Cinoinnatus, and will henceforward devote his labors to raising cabbages at South Bend, lud. He will never pass for one of the Con? gressional "greens." Moralist?"Who knows what to-mor? row will bring forth?" Positivist?"The day after." How to get a long well?Dig it deep. Without duty, life is soft and boneless. It can no longer hold itself ereot. A woman who tells fortunes from a tea-cup is not necessarily a sauceress. Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest and writest, but by the firmness of thy mind and tbe go? vernment of thy passions and affections. Why did not George Washington's tister go with him to cut the cherry tree? Because she had not got her little hat yet. Who is tho first boy mentioned in the Bible? Chap. 1. Whore is misery always to be found? In the dictionary. Mr. OAKSWEia.'s Lectubb.?The ad? dress of Mr. Carswell, last evening, iu Irwin's Hall, was a great success in the large and interested audienoe whioh as? sembled to hear it, and in the forcible illustrations, both pathetic and ludicrous, of the foarfal evils of intemperance. He passed by the liquor seller, the confirm? ed sot and tho desperate iuebriate, and very appropriately demonstrated it to be tho duty of respectable members of so? ciety, who partook only moderately of spirits, to desist from it on tho weaker brethren's account, and to take a stand 'on the subject whioh would influence overy class of the community. He justly characterized tho indifference of this class of men as wrong and oriminal, and as one of the obstacles to reform, tho most difficult to surmount. The lecturer is a gifted man iu his way. Ho is equally skillful in drawing tears and in provoking mirth, and there runs through all a vein of genuine feeling and interest in tho cause he advocates. And what a cause! We hope that his discourse will assist to arouse our people out of their indifference and unconcern. Surely, intemperance is one of tho great? est evils iu tbo land, and slays moro than all forms of disease combined. The effeot of Mr. Oarswell's address was muoh heightened by tho musical performances of a choir of Indies and gentlemen, and was dignified by the pre? sence on the stage of a number of steady, life-long advocates of the principles Of temperance. The Bot. E.. A. Bollee, DUMct Super? intendent for. the American Bible Socie? ty , for South Carolina,: expects,to fill the' following appointmehte: March 15 and 16, third Saturday and Sunday, Frog Level Lutheran Obrjrcb, in New berry Country. Maroh 23d, fourth Sunday, Lutheran Chnroh, Lexington C. H. Maroh 36. fifth Sunday, Shady Grove Methodist Episcopal Churoh, South, St. Matthew's Parish, Orangeburg Oounty. List op Nkw Advertisements. Seibels & Ezell?Furniture Sale. Kaya Wanted. Hot hl Abbiyal?, March 12, 1873.? Wlteeler House?TS. P DeGraaf and wife, Geo W Graves and wife. T B Buudett, Thos W Wntkins, LD Haaford. New York; E Carswell, OsVawa, Ca; Miss L McMillan, Mobile; PDnffie, Charleston; J Patton, Richtend; F H Byrne, Atlanta; J P Canby, USA; Mrs R H Springs, Miss Bessie Springs, J 13. Witherapoon, Book Hill; F H Elmore, Biohland; Wfl Gardner and wife, J S Richardson, O E Bartlett, D M Richardson, Sumter; O Barnnm, W O Heriot, oity; L Levin, Oarnesville; H B Wardlaw, Abbeville; H H Oulvir, Newberry; Thomas B Jeter, Unionville; J P Smith? New York. Columbia Hold?A W Clarkaon, Ches? ter; U Acker, W J Acker, BW Rev nolds, D O; H S Johnson, J B Ezell, city; EB Poroell, Ga; RF Bollantine, wife, ohild and two ladies, N J; H T Peake, Oharieston; H j Merg, E En ton, N Y; O LB Maroh, N C; H o Ghaunoey, Nova Sootia; O T Chalmers, Newfound? land; J L Smith, New Brunswick; J L Williams, Dr Darby, wife, throe children and nurse, oity; W Mills, AG Tbdd, J H Traynham, Laurens; D D Cahill, A L RR. Hendrix House?J S Hook, Wood? ward; G E Hawkins,'Charleston; A S Barns, W W Olowd, Doko; O Smith and wife, H?:* Sorabble; J R Surry, New berry. The United States Coubt?Charles? ton, March 11.?Petition of Edward 8. Murray, of Sumter County, for volun? tary bankruptcy, was referred to Regis? trar Seabrook. D. J. Winn, Esq., was approved of as assignee of Anthony L. Jones, of Sum? ter, and R. A. Chandler, of Clarendon. Petition of S. N. Hart for exemption in the case of M. E. Tannlunson, bank? rupt, was referred to Registrar Carpen? ter. Petition of G. Herbert Sass, Esq., for counsel fees in the oase of Benj. AllstOD, bankrupt, was granted. Petition of Miles Johnson, of York, for voluntary bankruptcy, was referred to Registrar Olawson. Petition of Rev. John Moore, D. D., Yioar-General of the Diocese of the Ro? man Catholio Church, for citizenship, was granted, and the usual naturalization papers issued. Petition of Clarissa MoMakin, in the matter of Lorenzo D. MoMakin, as to olaims, was dismissed, with costs of court. Petition of J. N. Nathans, Esq., for compensation as attorney in the case of N. Mernaugh was granted, and the fee ordered to be paid by the assignee. Petition of John W. Twitty, of Lan? caster, assignee, for leave to sell the real estate of James Crookell, bankrupt, was referred to Registrar Olawson. Petition of Frederick Lambert, as? signee of Isaac "Sulzbaoher, bankrupt, to summon witnesses, who were ordered to appear before Registrar Jaeger at Colum? bia. Tho Judge approved of the appoint? ment of Froderiok Lambert as assignee by election. Death of Mb. John Kino.?The death of this old and highly respectable citizen occurred at his residence, George street, yesterday morning, between^ and 3 o'clock, in the eighty-fifth year of his ago. He was a native of Middletown, County Armagh, Ireland, and immi? grated to America when in his twentieth year, remaining for a whilo iu New York, and then ooming South, where his industry and strictly honorable habits, and adaptation to business, soon estab? lished him in life. He was in his early days connected with a wholesale grocery house on East Bay as a olerk, and sub? sequently saooeeded to the head of the house. In the year 1882, he formed a connection with the South Carolina Rail? road Company, and was the first agent tho corporation ever had. [Charleston Courier. Abdication is said to be hereditary in tho family of Amadous, lato King of Spain. Amadeus VIII, first duke of tho name iu the House of Savoy, set the ex? ample by abdicating his duchy and af? terwards when, as Felix Y, ho had be? come Pope, by resigning his See. Iu 1575, Duke Etnanuel Philbert abdicated in favor of hia son; then followed in the same way Charles Emanuel II, in 1802; Victor Emanuel II, in 1821; Charles Albert, tho "Sword of Italy," and then young Amadeus. Death of an Ebtuiablu Lady.?We regret to announce tho .death of Mrs. Georgia' Millor, the daughter of Mr. T. T. Cunningham, and the wife of Mr. P. O. Miller, in the twenty-sixth year of her age, at her residence, nearLowndesvillo, on the evening of Thursday, the 6th in? stant.?Abbeville Press and Banner. On the 4 th, the house of Man da Oro mer was burned to the ground. Tho loss will amount to $50, and falls upon Charles Rotts, Esq., upon whose pre? mises the tenement was. Two children were smartly burnt, and it was in at? tempting to save them that fire was com? municated to the houso. [Abbeville Medium. Almost a Conflaobation.?On last Friday night, the Abbeville Press and Banner office narrowly esoaped a confla? gration, from the falling and breaking of a suspended kerosene lamp, which was burning at the time.