The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 13, 1873, Image 2
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.