The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 15, 1873, Image 4
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aatrfr^y^orlinjr, Maroh 15, 1873.
/ A chrohio complaint against the South
j Carolina lUilrohd, for several years past,
has. bflon that although Ln -receipt of
targe profits from an active and increas?
ing ' business, it has constantly eluded
the'duty of paying dividends. to its
stockholders. Injurious rumors ? hove
slao beeu oiroulated, that plaoa were on
foot to obtain ooniroLof the road, and
make it subservient to. the policy and
auooess of other rival roads and, commu?
nities.This agitation^ it' is said, has
heoit&eflaiolitf Georgia of inducing iho
Georgia Bail road to undertake the oom
pletlou of the Bort Sojal Boaa, as a
measure of defence. We h*ve before ns
ft oiro'ular address of the Directors ef the
South Carolina Railroad to its stock?
holders, in which they say, upon the
highest authority, that it was tho con?
viction for,oed.upon >beea that the South
Carolina Ballooad was about tp pasa Into
okhsr bandst whioh induced the Georgia
Bead to adopt this momentous resolu?
tion. And the movement has been re
newed. For some vests past, notices have
appeared in the public journals, signed
by Jobs H. Jamsay ef Atlanta, request-,
ing stockholders to send their proxies} to
him, t?jbe used at the ensuingmeetlcg
oi..stockholders, In tho election at a
Board of Directors who hold large
amounts of stock, and who will run the
road in the interests of the stockholders.
It Is chargedin this publication thai the
present Directors hold but little stock.;
The Directors, settle that matter very
summarily,. by saying that, ^ excluding'
three or fonr gentlemen who have
bought of lato, and avowodiy on. specu?
lation, largely of tho shares of the road,
no other fifteen stockholders hold in too
aggregate as many shares as the" fifteen
Directors. And they affirm that thft
ufenoot scrutiny^ will fall to roveal a ?iu
ghViustacce in which the interests of the
ntockholdere have been postponed to any
other interests whatever.
We reproduce, in another place, the.
(substantial portion of the oiroular, to
which we have alluded. , Our readers
will there find what tho road has earned
during the last fire years, and how it
has been spent, and pan deduce for them
selves a satisfactory solution of the
dividend question. This address, signed
by the reapousibia names of O. A. Tren
hoimi' H. Gourdin, G. W. Williams, A.
. Simonda and L. D. DeSaussore, on the
part of the-Director a, has been called
forth in! fader to vindicate their a^mi
niatration 6t the affairs of the company,
and to exhibit the embarrassments whioh
they have been compelled to. meet and
overcome,' -We have read it with atten?
tion. It strikes us as eminently candid,
full and satisfactory. It reveals a state
of thing8''-perhapii little suspected by
those who look on at a dislance, and
who, while informed of earnings in
gross, are prone to overlook the practi?
cal difficulties made for the administra?
tion by fbo ravages of war, the accumu?
lation" of interest, the infpaiience of
creditors, and the m -esaity of settling
somo claims and arranging for time on
others. It shows what has been done
with the earnings of the road since tho
olose of the war, and carries with it in?
ternal evidence of good judgment and
wise forethought in the purposes to
which they have been applied.'' Stock?
holders, who will consul or the matter
carefully, must conclude that their inte?
rests have been well cared for and ma?
naged with prndenoe. They cannot fail
to perceive that payment of dividends,
during the period covered by the state?
ments and explanations of the letter,
was simply impossible. Creditors had
to be quieted, the debt kept down and
the value of shares protected.
The present oondition of the affairs of
the road is such as, in all probability, to
jostify a declaration of dividonds for the
year 1872. Its prospeots of success in
the future appear to be bright and en?
couraging. We trust that they may be
realized, The North-west is looking
anxiously to tho South-eastern Atlantio
seaports for outlets, and as points of
communication with the great marts of
Europe. The people of that section, in
their habits, feelings, produots and inte?
rests, are our natural allies. The
fought in the late war against ub to main?
tain this oonneotion, whiob, now that we
havo peace, they are ready to urge for?
ward by peaceful means. In a late num?
ber of the Missouri (St. Louis) Republi?
can, complaint is made of the inadequacy
of transportation to the South-eautern
States during the present winter. The
remedy suggested is either reinforcement
of the Southern roads with sufficient roll?
ing stook, or the establishment and con?
trol of a line in the interests of St. Louis,
extending far into the South-eastern
States, 'Charleston is in their eye, and
no place is so suitable as a terminus.
And Charleston has a doty in tne pre
raise*. It is worthy tho ambition of her
businessmentojaxe up. *te^??i!L?El*r*
prieo of eating [the Soq^tfonaef the
South Qsjolina P^WT?<**% ? **?
oldest railways in tho w<Srid?with jtuox
ville, Louisville, St. Louii, Cincinnati,
and ereil Chicago, which were the gold?
en, end toot unsubstantial, visions of
Hajne, Conner, Frost, King and Oald
well, of those who have oeased from
work, and shared by Trenholm, Gour
din, and others yet living and active
amongst us.
SoutijiBN Faamo\<Railboai>. ?The
Texas: and Pacific . Ivaalread, of which
Col. Tom . Scott, of! .'the* Pennsylvania
Central, is 'Breeident^ is in - progress
simultaneously from both ends of the
line. JThe. operations are.na.der tho con
trol '$L GeVet4/jaranville M, Dodge.
The distance from Shreveport; La.-, the
Eastern termfnus, to Satt Diego, Califor?
nia, the Paoinc terminus, Is 1,472 miles.
Those figures will be increased by seve?
ral hundred miles by the branches of the
read; and the distance between' Sab
Diego and San Franoisoo, a stretch of
about 100 miles. Tho magnitude of the
work of whioh OoL,Scott is President
may be measured by these figures.
i The resolstioa of censure still^sssins
upon tho reoordo cf the Massachusetts
Legislature against Oharlee Snmner,
while Ames is toreceive a publfo dinner
in ..Boston, with laudation fropn orator
and poot, Mr. Somner during a public
serf ice of thirty years, has never bad an
imputation oast upon bis integrity; yet,
I in his old age and standing by his grave,
jhe receives cusses, for bis resolution to
bury some of the red trophies of a'bloody
war,. while the. Satyr receives praiseB,
What a dark commentary this- is upon
life and its vanities, and what must bo
tho standard of honor iu Massaohusettsl
h , m m , _
.The daily,edition of the Raleigb Bra
.has suspended. The Era has been a
I < 'red-hot'' Radioal organ. Its fate is a
warning to all other newspapers against
pursuing a bitter, vindictive opurae in
politics. The violent, aggressive, an
oharitable stylenf journalism finds no
favor yvitb the public now-a-days. F.eo
pla tur n with loathing from a- pa par that
comes from the press blood-shot .with
rage add reeking wit&venom. -
j , Thh South/CabohKa Railboad .at
the End of the Wak.?From tho circu?
lar letter of the Directors,-we-take the
following.; ? <->'.. -J ?>
' ' After'the termination of the 'war,' the
road yras restored to. the Directors on the
,19th of Juife, 1865J. At'CoIumbla,'all
shops, depots and buildings of every de-,
script ion', afi the Valuable .tools and
other appliances of a large first class
work-shop, were entirely destroyed, to?
gether with a large and valuable stock of
supplies. ' iA
On the Columbia branch of the road,
tho entire lioe above Orangeburg, and
on the Hamburg division, all above the
Edieto Biver, was-completely destroyed.
All the wooden structures, aross-tiee,
culverts, station-houses and water tanks
wen? deutroyed. .Thn roils were burnt,
twisted and bent iuwshapes bafiling all
efforts at restoration. Of the passenger
and freight cars, ?.VT poly wer? in pos?
session; 13G were yu?tbo Charlotte Boad,
entirely cut off by the destruction of the
Colombia brauch./??
These losses, namely, in property in
tho road, in negroes and iu oars, loco?
motives and machinery, amounted to
$1,629,114.64. j
HOnob to Whom Honob is Due ?We
tuko ploasure iu doing justice to a politi?
cal adveraarj, who has dona honor to
himself, by reproducing the following
from u Northern journal, which we sup?
pose is true. 0 si sic omnia:
Let Em be Honored.?Mr. Speaker
Blaine, with his own hand, so altered the
compensation bill while it was before the
House of Representatives as to provide
that ho should not receive 310,000 per
annum. He inserted the word "here?
after" iu it against the protest of Farns
worth, who wished to have good com?
pany, stating that FarnBworth's objec?
tion was made too late. "The gentle?
man will please observe," added Mr.
Blaine, "that the word I insert will affect
nobody but myself."
Speaker Blaine got his ten thousand
dollars per annum, after all. Tho con?
ference committee of the two Houses
gave it to him ut tho latest moment.
The Pobt Royal Railboad.?We
have been officially informed that the
Port Royal Railroad will bo in thorough
order by next Wednesday, the 19th inst.,
and that tho running of passenger and
freight trains on regular schedule be?
tween Augusta aud Port Royal, will be
commenced on that day. The schedule
will also be run in connection with the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, and
wo understand that 100 bales of ootton
are already hero for shipment to Savan?
nah via the Port Royal and Charleston
and Savannah Railroads. Now oars and
engines will be placed on the road as
soon as possiblo, and it will, at an early
day, be in splendid condition both as re?
gards rolling stook and track. Tho day
for the grand excursion, referred to by
ns a day or two ago, has not yet beon
fixed, bat we understand that it will take
plaooere long.?Augusta Constitutionalist.
Died, on tho 8th inst., at his resi?
dence, in Horry County, Jaoksos Ba?
ker, aged aboot ninety-two years.
t^e South Ca^lioaB^lroadtota*!^
holders, waJfke tbo following laterest
LagBUtemBDte of tit* earnings of the
roadfor tbo but five yearn, and of the
mode in wbioh they have been spent:
They say that the losses from destruc?
tion of the road at the oloao of the war
amounted to $1,629,114.6?. That is to
say, .it required about, that sum to re?
build and rehabilitate-tbo road. On the
other baud,- the debts of tbe company
amounted to $3.666,000. Ol thia amount
there was due, in cash, for arreat of in?
terest, $495,799; for past duo domestio
bonds, $234,000; for sterling bonds, first
mortgage, payable 1st January, 1866, in
Rold, $2,000,000 -32,729,789.00; total,
$4,353,918.64.- To which must be added
the outstanding bills of the Southwestern
Railroad Bank, for which the South Ca?
rolina Railroad was - responsible, and of
which, we finally- redeemed, tbe aum of
$574,628.46-$4,933,5*2.10.
In these oiroumstanoee it will be readi?
ly understood that dividends had no place
in the thoughts of the President ox Di?
rectors. The sole idea was to avert the
total loss of the capital. Three impor?
tant measures were essential to success:
1., Tho renewal of tbe first mortgage
debt, and funding of the arrears of inte?
rest, and of the overdue domestio booda.
2. The immediate reconstruction and
rehabilitation of,the road
3. Thefuudiugof the bills or tho South?
western Railroad Bank, for wbioh soit
was immediately commenced by the
holders.
The difficulties incident to the accom?
plishment of measures of such magnitude
and importance, in the crippled condi?
tion cf tbe road, and the merit implied
in their successful accomplishment, we
will not dwell upon. It is enough to say
that they were successfully achieved,
and by that means that the stockholders
were saved from tbo total lots of their
capital.
The gross income for tbe five years
from the 1st of January, 1867, to the
Slatof December, 1871. is $6.766,273 55,
being an average of $1,363,254.71 per
annum. Tbe operating expenses are
$4,002,117.11, being about sixty per
cent, of the gross. The net earnings
are $2,764,156.41; add incidental income
$56,650.31; total $2,820,806.75. Ster?
ling and domestio interest paid, expenses
paying sterling coupons. 1870and 1671,
and-exchanging 'sterling bonds, and dis?
count in exchanging bonds, Ac, $1,514,*
699.71. leaving $1,306,107.04; deduct
dividends declared and paid, $174,532;
total amount received, frvm income in
five years, $1,131,525.04; increase of
debt in same period, viz: In bonds, notes
payable,,. &c, $1,316,990.05; deduct
amount applied in redemption of South?
western Railroad ; Bank notes, $574,
628.46; in the adjustment and settlement
of ante bellum claims, and inlexpenses of
litigation, $267,697.27?$842,825.78,
leaving $174,664.82; total amount re?
maining to be accounted for arising from
income and from increased indebtedness'
combined, $1,696,180.36. Disposition
of above. amount: Restoration of road
property, $552,634 01; cars and locomo?
tives, $310,248.41?$862,882.42, leaving
$743,306.94; water-front on Cooper
River, and other lands, being additional
acquisitions of property, $123,877.06;
Maoon and Augusta Railroad, and other
railroad shares, $286,260; New York,
Baltimore and Philadelphia steamship
shares, $269,333.33; Greenville and Co?
lumbia Railroad Company's first mort?
gage bonds, $69,350?$748,820.89.
The establishment of steamship lines
to New York, Philadelphia and Balti?
more was as essential ia restoring and
confirming the value of your property
as the rebuilding of the road. And tbe
constant danger and almost daily me?
nace, for several years, that the Green?
ville Bailroad was about to pass into
hands that would direct all of its busi?
ness over tbo Wilmington aod Manches?
ter Road, rendered a olose alliance with
the Maoon and Augusta Road almost as
important to us as the steamboat lines.
In these views the stockholders unani?
mously concurred, as will bo seen by tbe
reports and resolutions adopted in tbe
several annual conventions from 1866 to
1872, both inclusive It has been said
in another place that the increase of in?
debtedness since 1866 is $1,316,990.05;
but it is not to be inferred that the com?
pany is that muoh worse off now than it
was then. From the total debt of the
company has always been deduoted tbe
assete in hand in the form of stocks,
bonds, Ac, so as to exhibit the balanoe
of indebtedness. This balanoe, on the
1st of January, 1867, waa $3,459,590.49;
but there was subsequently added, as
part of the debt then existing, $280,000
premium on a large amount of the ster?
ling debt, for which settlement in United
States currency was demanded and had
to be made, $280,000.
Correct balance of indebtedness 1st
January, 1867, $3,739,590.19. Balance
of indebtedness 1st January, 1872, after
deducting bonds, stocks, Ac, in hand,
as above described, $3,680,579.34. Your
property is now entirely restored, and in
more efficient condition than at any time
in the wholo period of its history; your
matured and pressing debts have beon,
to a large extent, arranged for and
funded in new issues of bonds at long
rates.
Your business has largely augmented,
and the promise of the future is more
encouraging than at any time. Tbe
acquisition of the Greenville Railroad
has exceeded in its results our most san?
guine expectations.
The income, of that road for 1872 wm
$600,000; tbe operating expenses, $300,
000. And now that the litigation in
whioh it was involved is at an end, wo
look confidently to a most profitable re
tarn from this investment.
The question of dividends, as far as
the past ia concerned, seema to be plain
and simple. Had it been financially
possible to have declared and paid even
font per cent, per annum during the
?r^ joTB, the debt of the company
' old bare been $1,000,000 more
D?^.~*$WhfttWoaM?the shares
'M?BDIB or!'*N InN?^ENT^GiHL-^ThB
Tebbtbjub Death of tbe Mgenvtr^snV
The mnrd er? of - Amelia Shockley by
George Hall is still tbe tbeme of general
comment. The deceased girl was be
loved by every one, because of, her amia?
bility and beauty, and there is great
grief at her death. It seems that H?ll
had - attended the same school np to a
week previous to the sad affair. He had
shown a decided preference for her for
more than a year, but she had never
given him any encouragement. He was
a youth of violent temper and morose
disposition,'and jealously resented any;
attention shown to her by others. He
had written a note to her about a week
before, wbioh was written very illegibly,
bo that when ehe tried to read it to her
family, she could only decipher a word
bare and there. He was engaged in
chopping wood near by the school
house, and had been seen skulking about
with a gun.
On the Wednesday previous to the
murder, he approached the school chil?
dren, and persuaded her younger bro?
ther, Elijah, to walk forward and set his
diuner-kettle up as a mark for him to
shoot at, at the same time telling Amelia
to remain with him. She, .however,
went forward with her brother, and it is
thought this oircumstanoe saved her life
at that time. The particulars of tbe
murder are substantially as stated. The
coroner's jury were convened about 9
o'clock in the evening. They examined
four of the children and the teacher, and
rendered their verdict in a very short
time.
The funeral services of Miss Shockley,
yesterday, were conducted by Rev. J. L.
Mills, of the Methodist Protestant
Church, a large concourse attending.
Expressions of grief and resentment
ware universally expressed.
The murderer was evidently incited by
jealousy and despair of obtaining her
affections. Miss Sbookley was above
Hall socially and intellectually, and just
booming into womanhood, was display?
ing a gtaoe and attractiveness that would
have rendered her the belle of tho Coun?
ty. Being convinced that his suit whs
hopeless, he determined that no one
else should enjoy tho love that was de?
nied him, and so cutoff her young life
in this cruel manner. Before her bleed?
ing body had fallen to the ground, he
was in flight. The pursuit of Friday
night and Saturday failed to discover
him, and through ignorance of his fate,
the search was kept np after he had met
a horrible death, Saturday afternoon.
He readied the railroad between King
stun and Westover. He joined a negro
woman and girl who were walking along
the road, and announced his intention
to kill himself. The woman remon?
strated with him, and he suffered the
passenger train to go by. He left them,
and about an hour afterwards?between
5 and 6 o'clock?he was seen by the en?
gineer of the freight train, standing
near the track. As the train advanced,
he threw himself under it, and was
crushed under the wheels. The place
was between Kingston and Westover, on
tbe Eastern Shore Railroad. The body
was brought to Salisbury on the 10
o'olook morning train. The entire face
was cat off, the skull crushed and -the
brains scattered. The left arm was out
off and the right crushed badly. The
right foot was cut entirely off, about half
of it remaining in tbe shoe. The bones
of both legs were crashed near the
thighs. The whole body was shockingly
crushed aud mangled, it being only re?
cognizable by the clothing. He was first
identified by the school-master, Adams,
and Elijah, the murdered girl's brother,
who were sent for. Afterwards, bis
father came in and identified him. The
body was taken in obarge by bis father,
about half-past 1 o'olook, aud removed
to his late home. A numerous crowd
were gathered around the station, but
there was no expression of sympathy for
the poor wretoh, but there were even
some appearances of pleasure at his
death. Ho closed this horrible tragedy.
A Lauob Cathedral. Bell.?The Sa?
vannah News, of Wednesday, says- "In
August, 1871, the steamship General
Barnes brought to this port a large bell,
a present to Bishop Peraico, of this dio?
cese, from a Frenoh priest in Belgium.
It was intended to reserve this bell for
the new cathedral, when built, and it
was, therefore, taken to tbo yard of the
Convont of the Sisters of Mercy, where
it has beon ever since, properly protected
from tho weather. In oonsequenoe of
tbe Bishop's early departure from the
oity, and tho faot that it will probably be
two years or more before tho cathedral is
built, it has been decided to put np tho
bell on a temporary tower, that the
Bishop may have an opportunity of hear?
ing its ringing tones before ho leaves.
Tho weight of tho bell is 2,530 pounds.
There are nino sots of raised figures
around it, representing Bible scones, and
tbeontiro finish is said to be superior to
that of any in the country. On the one
sido is tbe inscription: 'Szent Haromsag
Eqryisten Irqalmazz Keknnk.' On the
re verso is the following: 'Ezen Harangot
ontote Hilze Ignnz Bee sujbelbybe es uj
modor Bzerent Febzsz Teste Pozdeoh
Jozsef Preston.'"
Speaking of the refusal of Gov. Bix,
of Now York, and Gov. Beveridge, of
Illinois, to pardon prisoners nnder sen?
tence of death, tho Chicago Tribune
says: "If the Governors of the several
States will refuso to interfere with the
verdicts of tbo jurios, murders will in
timo bo less fashionable."
Death.?We learn that Mr. Jacob
Werts, Sr., living near Deadfall, died
last Tuesday night, aged about fifty
yeats. He was wull known over tbe
County as [a olook and watoh repairer
and good mechanio. Ho was a quiet,
good citizen. He leaves a wife and nine
children.?Progressive Age.
r.oo atl I*emm?
Oopfe* of the P^qpux U aMelnlp. I ?
{ The r/nton OB&tooi t^j thrtfjr sand
in the eyes of its reada*B yesterday. The
Idee ol a Yankee looking in Worcester in
preference to Webster! That's "too.
thin "
A friend of oars lives hard by a lite?
rary institution. A colored man, whom
he observed prospecting about with his
hand on his heart, approached him -and
asked, "Have you a shocking machine?"
"No," raid our friend; "there is one at
tho State House." We doubt, though,
whether any of all the shookiogest that
may be found there will do him any
good. The man, we suppose, had been
recommended to prooure the shook of
an electrical battery.
Buck board is the name of the new
vehicle introduced by Mr. Oalnan; and
not brand, as accidentally published yes?
terday.
If the Union maa will refer to Shak
?peare, he will find bis counterpart. It
is in the play which, in its title, reminds
us of hia editorial (1) yesterday?"Much
Ado About Nothing." The character Is
what vre might call a Trial Justice.
Do-ry was bis name.
To-day ia the last for the payment of
eity tsxea, after which the penalty will
be added.
Messrs. John Agoew A Bon are the
agents for Miller's patent safes. These
protectors are manufactured in Belli
more, and are in use in many establish*
ments in this city. Messrs. Pope & Has
kell yesterday secured one for the pre?
servation of their papers.
Bob Franklin's chickens were the win?
ners in the late main in the Fork.
We received a visit last night from a
band of masked men, who went through
all sorts of queer antics in our office, and,
to our astonished mind, kioked up the
d?I generally. They didn't sneak on
us, but came in with drnm. and horn.
Llorna on their heads, too. If we had
been a ginhouse burner, we would have
thought the au Klax was after us. We
hope they went after the Union man. .
Mr. Owon Palmer, of the "art pre-'
servatiye," is in the city, and paid us a
short visit, yesterday.
The Library Committee of the Board
of Trade acknowledge tho receipt of 18
volumes from B. L. Bryan,. Esq. . ..
0. H. Baldwin having resigned the
position of United States Assessor, Qeo.
A. Darling. Esq., has been appointed in.
his stead. Until his commission arrives,
he will perform the duties of the office as*
Aoting Assessor. ? '
A Squib?The Union made a misquo?
tation, and then attempts to wriggle out
of iL But it won't do. It confesses
that rauoh, and "with deep humilia?
tion." Then it stultifies itself, by saying
it used the word manor as defined by
Worcester?rto apply to "the district, jot
land of s count, baron," <fco. That is
"too thin." You have never seen the
quotation, unless credited to Sbakepeare.
Why did you quote it? "Aye, there's
the rub." Refer to the foarth scene of
the first act of Hamlet. Our devil, after
reading the editorial (!) of the Union,
and noting its glaring contradictions,
credited it with confession of it? error,
and then exclaimed, "Oh, monstrous,!
but a half-penny worth of bread with'
this intolerable deal of sack." Sbak-'
speare again.
Pbcenixiana..?Nothing is impossible;
there are ways which lead to everything;
and if we had sufficient will, we should
always have sufficient means.
Some people ought to know them?
selves?they never think about anything
else. j
A Philadelphia paper advertises
"-'s patent lever cork drawers." We
have seen flannel drawers and buckskin
drawers, but cork drawers, and patent
lever at that, never.
Toper apostrophe?"With all thy
faults I love thee, Stilt,
A good makeshift?the sowing ma?
chine.
New York, like another celebrated
place, is paved chiefly with good, inten?
tions.
A young fortune-hunter surprised bis
friends by annonncing that he was going
into agriculture and Bhonld commence
his husbandry by removing weeds?some
rioh and lovely widow's weeds.
Sensible.?Wo see by an exohange
that Morris, a small town in Illinois, of?
fers to give thirty thousand dollars to any
builders of a cotton mill with one hun?
dred thousand dollars' capital invested.
You may "bet your bottom dollar" that
the authorities of that town are wide
awake. They foresee the advantages
which will accrue to the place by esta?
blishing a cotton factory there, and think,
it the part of wisdom to offer material
enoouragement to the enterprise. How
abont Columbia and other Southern
cities?
SMfto YorkJtapress. say* tbattbeteis
A project on fee* ?n?tig some most emf
boat capitalists to eslabliah a Schema of
i mmigratioO to tbo State of ?ou th Caro?
lina, the main parpoee of which ia to in?
crease ' tho cotton production Of tbe
Btate. TWeeie to be no On worthy
persoDB admitted. into: the renke ?f this
large army, bat it will,include only well
to-do workmen and their families.-? We
need them; let them come.
??FBBMB. O?UBT DECISIONS, March H,
1378. ?E'. M. Kirkpatrlck ,?ffj Atkinson.
Appeal dismissed. Opinion by Willard,
A. J. ?>?*
M. M. Kirkland, administrator, vs. T.
K. Cureton, executor. Appeal diemissed.
Opinion by Willard, A. J. . . .
Alston vs. Alston. Motion dismissed.
Opinion by Moses, O. J.
Ten United Statu Coubt? Cnonnxs
ton, Marsh 13 ?In the| matter Of the
petition of Daniel Miller A Co. atirt E.
S. laffray * Od., for the involuntary
bankruptcy of Stolf, Webb A Co., hear?
ing postponed until the 90th instant.
Petition of the Bight Bar. Ignatius
Peraico for citizenship was filed, and the
usual papers issued, granting the prayer.
?Petition of Burr el I Sanders, for order
to ascertain it soy of his foods are In
tb* baa da of Messrs. Ctoleoek A Co., was
referred to RegistrarCarpenter. :' ?-c*'!
: Petitions of Ellis O; Green, of Bamter,
and Xevander O. Pate, of Bamter, for
voluntary bankruptcy; were referred to
Registrar Seabrook. ? -
Petition of WmV O. Reamee, of Cla?
rendon, for final discharge in bankrupt?
cy, was referred to Registrar Seabrook,
and final hearing ordered on the 10th of
;April? ..... --.v. r >-.
Petition of M. J. Galnan, of Colom?
bia, for final discharge in bankruptcy,
was granted, and the order signed, j r .
Petition of Isaac Bradley* of Sumter,
for final discharge in baukruptoy, was
referred to Registrar Seabrook, and final
hearing ordered on the 10th of April.
Petition of Geo. D. Bryan, Esq., to
sell personal property of J. H. Raggett
A Co., bankrupts, was granted, and salo
ordered to take place, at Bennettsville,
first Monday in April.
Petition of R. Long fo? homestead
privileges, and a similar one from - Ohes.
Bsrksdals, were referred to Registrar
Seabrook to report.
John A. MeRae, assignee'of W. L.
Liggett, was ordered to make titles tri
one hundred - and .fifty acres of land in
Marlboro to F. Liggett. I'fj ? -. Vy -
. Petition of Wm. L. Leggett, dof Marl?
boro, for final discbarge, was ' granted,
and the usualpapers issued. '*jJ
Jack Singleton, colored, was arraigned
before United States Commissioner Por?
toons, yesterday, charged with violating
the , internal' revenue law, at d .was
bound over for trial by (he United States
Court.
Hotel AnnrvACS, March 14, 1873.?
Wheeler HouSe-^ W Trenholm, Cher lee-;
ton; J H Rankle, D O; J I*Clarke, Md;
H Lypmac, Pa; Dr. A HDavegs, Misa J
A Davega, Chester; G M Drafts and
wife, Riohland; G F. Pierce, Oa; J P
Lesesne, Charleston; B G Yooum, Ches?
ter; 0 Lark, Laurens; Mrs Eastman, N
IY; O P Townaend, Bonnettevllle; T G
Andrews, Oraogebtrrg; L O Northrop,
city; F H Muiiordi Mrs N fionthwroE
Miss KM Soul hwickv Miss C A Sniteef,
N.Y; W A Bradley, Charleston; J Black,
Md; G W Williams, N G; K Strauss, Pa.
ColtMVM Hotel?M W [ Boujware arid
son, Winnaboro; W S Floyd. A J Mao-'
Donald, E Packham, Baltimore; :G
Tolhu, J S Browning, B E Brown, Mrs
Alston and six obftdrenvMiss North, Dr
Lebbyy J E Lebbyaod wife. J PLessene,
Charleston; D Gold berry. States vi lie; A
Games, i New York; T E Molver, H D
Gilbert, J D Gardner, Wilmington; J R
Hawkins* StLouis; Jas F Agnew, Don
aldsville; L Hard,Chicago;EGMathey,
U.S A; H S Johnson, city; W J Crote*
well, SO.
Hendrik House?J Lawhorn, E A
Kennedy, M W Berry, Bidgeway; W P
Turner. Baltimore; Miss Jennie Cheat
ham, Willie Cheatbaxb, JK Durst, Edge
field.
List of Naw Advsrtibmsshtb, t r.
Joseph Caen?Change of Base.
O. F. Jackson?Hibernian Society. '
OyproBS Shingles. -
Hands Wanted. *
Prof. Taner?Stammering Gored.
John Agnew A Son?Teas.
Extra Meeting Blohland Lodge.
Secubttibs at Auction.?Mr. S. G.
[ Black sold at auction Thursday morning,
in Charleston:
015,000 South Carolina Railroad seven
per cent, non-mortgage bonds, at 59'
I cents.
$2,500 oity of Savannah, Ga., seven
per cent, bonds, payable in December,
1888, at 83 cents.
$500 city of Savannah, Ga., seven per
cent, bonds, payable in February, 1878,
I at 85 cents.
10 shares Atlantio Phosphate stook, at
$100 per share..
4 shares Union Bank stock, (new,) at
$-19 per share.
61 ',< shares Bank of Charleston stook,
(old,) at $19.25 per share.
The New Hampshire election for Go?
vernor, members of the State Legisla?
ture and Representatives in Congress,
resulted in a substantial Democratic vio*
tory. There is probably no popular
I choice for Governor. The Democrats
have re-elected the entire Congressional
delegation and have a plurality at .tbo
polls on Governor. Grodit Mobilier and
increased Congressional salary aided in
the Radical overthrow.
Louis Wagner, the murderer of the
two women at the Isle of Shi als, puts in
I an alibi. He claims to have drank two
glasses of lager beer, whioh made him
so drunk that he lay near a pomp all the
night of tbe murder.