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COLUMBIA, S. C. Thursday Morning, August 21,187?, The French Prospect. ? The intrigues of Imperial nits aud Mo? narchists for the throne of Frauce are at this time of speoiul significance The chief hope of tho frustration of their designs is that as they are working against each other tho republic may be able to triumph over thorn both. There is not much encouragement, however, in the fact that neither party is appa? rently strong in numbers. Louis Philippe was called to the throno by a mere cabal. Loois Napoleon waa a laughing-etook till he managed to get a foothold in tho French Chambers. It must always be remembered that the traditions of France are monarchical or imperial, and that the republic has loss of precedent to recommend it there than tho monarchy has here. There has been a republic in France, but it has been as brief and portentous as the flash of a meteor. People associate it with a despotism more cruel and merci? less than monarchy ever exercised, with Communism, with the overthrow of all rights before regarded sacred, whether civil or political, and with tho utter tri? umph of infidelity and licentiousness. It is tho apprehension begotten by such an experience which renders tho French indifferent to the name of a government or the pretensions of an aspirant to the throne, if there are sufficient guarantees that he will preserve order. If his antecedents are monarchical instead of republican, they are as congenial to the ?ideas and traditions of Franco as re? publican antecedents would be in this country. Hence, it is not safe to pre? dict that the intrigues of Royalists and Imperialists will be unsuccessful, espe? cially in view of the fact that a soldier whose sympathies are understood to bo anti republican is at the head of the French army, and that in Franco the army, in critical times, is what a French king was wont to call himself, "tho State." To dhow in a word the un? certainty of French politios, tho f./[low? ing prediction of Thomas Paine, a shrewd observer, written after the first French revolution, is worthy of reflec? tion: "Those that talk of a counter-revolu ' tion in France show how little they un? derstand of man. There does not exist in the compass of language an arrange? ment cf words to express so much as the means of a counter-revolution. I do not believe monarchy or aristocracy will continue seven years longer in any of the enlightened oountries in Europe." And yet, since that time, a? the Philadelphia Aye suggests, there have been three Bourbons on tho throne of France, and now a fourth thinks Leniuy mount it. - The Doer Hound bus singularly been a vessel of remarkable career. She was built for a gentleman's pleasure yacht, and was present near the light botweon the Alabumu and Kearsage, and rescued Admiral Semmes from a watery grave. Diplomatic correspondence at that timo waa hold concerning the action of her owner in saving u drowning man, and now she turns np as a carrier of arms for the Carlist cause. She was lately taken in French waters by a Spanish man-of-war, while flying Euglish colors, and again she will probably bo the sub? ject of national correspondence. Tue Virginia. Canvass.?The New York Times repudiates the idea of Pre? sident Grant tuking any part, directly or indirectly, in support of Col. Hughes, Radical candidate for Governor of Vir? ginia. It givos out the impression that the President will not interfere under any circumstuuees, as it would not be consistent with his idea of tbo dignity of his office. The oountry will rejoice to know that Gen. Grant has taken this step. It is certainly commendable it the President to express so much consi? deration for the proprieties of the high office to which ho has boen clovuted. But how comes it that the President is so solicitous now? We recollect very distinctly, just before the Presidential election, that every member oi tho Ca? binet, who oould make a speech, was pressed into Bervice in Virginia and North Carolina, and even Akcrajau, the then Attornoy-General, put in an np pearauce in Georgia, but his efforts wero us feeble as the resalts which followed them. The statement in the Times may bo correct. If so, Gen. Grant is Im? proving, and there are hopes that he may yot learn something of the obliga? tions assumed and the duties imposed upon the President of the United States. In any event, however, whothor the Ad? ministration supports Hughes with tho power of tho Government or not, it will not change the final result. Tho pooplo of Virginia are arouaod and determinod to carry the State in the intorests of law, order, poaco, prosperity and liberty, and the Demoorata will carry the State by fully 20,000 majority. [Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel. Six roughs penned a Natchez, Miss., reporter in an alloy aud were thinking how they would batter his head, when four of them fell into nn old sewer and a woman soalded the other two. It does seem as if Prcvidenco was on the side of reporters. Future Programme?Wo. 1. Mu. Editor: J. H. Bainey, in his speech at the emauoipation celebration in Hartford, Connecticut, (see the Union-Herald oi the -Oth instant,) let the cat out of the bag, and it proves to be a black one, indeed, for the future of South Carolina. In speaking of South Carolina, hear him: "Laud ia cheap, and we (tho negroes) like to put on the taxes, bo as to make it cheap. We Bhall try to put the negro in high office, and make the white man recoguize his black face and know he has met his equal. Cardozo has proved an cminont financier, and bids fair to leave a far brighter record than his whito predecessor." Mr. Rainey, in these few sentences, has fully mado known to tho white peo? ple of South Carolina the moaning of all those high taxes and tho future pro? gramme of tho black man in South Caro? lina, which may bo summed up in the following words: "We (tho negroes) care not how high the taxes are; the higher, bettor for us. We are deter? mined that tho property uf the white people of South Carolina shall bo ours, and the beat and easiest way to get it, will be to increase the taxes, no matter ho w muoh; make them higher and higher, until the white people, being unable to at all pay them, their ontire property will ho forfeited to the State for non? payment of taxes, wo (tho nogroes) havo a population of ilG.bli, while tho whitcfl have only 289,867, and we are go? ing to fill ull the offices. White men, as well as carpot-baggers, must stand aside; you have held office long enough; the govorument of South Carolina is ours, and all the forfeited property for taxes is ours, and wo are going to divide it among ourselves, reaonstruot the State Government, compromise and pay the old debt that was begotten in fraud by tho money-seeking carpet-baggers, and then wo shall havo our own wuy, and a happy timo, indeed." There is no kind of donbt but the above is the true pro gramme, as is fully indicated in Rainey's speech above referred to. Yet, in tho face of all this, the whito people of South Carolina arc idle, and doing nothing to save themselves from tho ruin that is slowly but Buroly ooming upon them. Lot me say to all those who hope and look for a better time for tho whites in South Carolina while tho disparity in numbers, remains as ubovo stated, that their hopos aro vain in tho extreme. It is hope against reason, and no one is so foolish as to hope for that which reason and common seuso teaches will nover be. Hear the Union-Herald on the land quos tion in South Carolina: "We aro, and always havo been, tho advocates of tho system of breaking up the largo tracts of land (belonging to tho white man) iuto small homesteads," (for tho black man, of course.) Wonder how tho Herald proposes to break up these large tracts of land, while held by free men, us the white man, of right, ought to be? By heavy nnd heavier taxation, of course, or else some other foul legislation. White people of South Carolina, heed thesu admonitions. Let no white mau think or hope that ho will escape this dire calamity that will befall his race in South Carolina. The avaricious carpet? baggers and ollicc seeker:;, who came down from the North for this express purposo, as well :is I he white mau, will havo to step asido to make room for his black antagonist. The white people ol South Caroliuu need not expect, or even hope, for help from Washington. The General Government will, when necessary, let it be Radical or Demo? cratic, sustain the majority in their rights in any Slate, let their color be what it may. There is no more de? testable creature upon tho face of God's oarth than tho whito man, who, for the sake or hopo of some good fat ollice at tho hands of the black man, wo find courting, belaboring and bobbing around among tho colored people, like a blind dog iu a meat house, and even stooping bo low as to kisri their shoes? filling newspapers with articles for their especial benc?l; making speeches to them and offering them so much gratui? tous advico for their good, awl even op? posing (Jt'j idea of bringing whise"bnmi oration to South Carolina, when it is well known to every intelligent white man that 'immigration is the only means by which (he whites can avert the disaster to them of a perfectly Africanized Government in South Carolina. Let mo at once Buy to all such, desist ut unco, for even tho black nun understands jou, and in Lis heart justly despises you, since your object ia self. Your feigned aud alto? gether hypocritical pretonccs aro plain to him. He sees und knows, that olfieo is your object. Ho wants, and will eventually havo, all the offices himself, and will cast you overboard. Who blames tho bluck man for all this? I do nol. ne ia not inconsistent. WHITE MAN. Not in tho memory of the oldest in? habitant has there been such a rain storm, extending over so vast an area, and of auch loug continuance and se? verity, as that which has jnst visited tho country from New York to Balti? more, submerging railways, destroying: property, duluglDg tho whole land, and interrupting mail communication, trade and travel. Baltimore seems to havo bceu a serious sufferer from this "rising of tho waters," and tho papers aro filled with aocounts of its deatructivo effects in that city. All along the coast, from Now England down, reports represent the storm to"have been tho severest ex? perienced for years, and bad news from sea ts fearfully expootod. Thoro is a prospect that the whites in Minnesota will bo in tho future less liable to Indian attacks thau thoy havo been in the past. Tho Sioux having recently whipped out tho Pawnees, tho latter are now preparing for a retaliat? ing war, and by the. tim'i it iu ended there will be a great many bruves safely despatched to the happy hunting grounds. At tbe recent meeting of the Southern Historical Society, Admiral Semmes submitted a paper in vindication of himself. He said bis ship (the Alabama) had been called a pirate and buccaneer, bnt he would show that she was a regu? lar ship-of-war, commiesioDed by proper anthority. The Alabama had warrants for all she did, and her conduct waa fully justified by precedents from the United States. He said that on the first proposition, ho would say but little, and would cocfiuo himself chiefly to the second. He said the United StateB had applied to English builders for ships be? fore he did, but that the Confederate authorities offered more. He said the Alabama had been armed and commis? sioned on tho high seas. Tho whole fjaestion involved in the Alabama com? plications was discussed elaborately, evincing tho most ooourate information and learning. Arter leaving tho legal argument, he went into a citation of various precedents furnished by the aotion of tho United States in the war of 1776 and 1812. He said the Alabama had done nothing more than tho naval authorities of the United States had di? rected in innumerable instances. There were grave charges against him. One was, that ho had burned captured ships without authority of law; also, that he had violated his parole, and that he bad foreigner* on his ship. Ho refuted ull these charges by indisputable facts and arguments. He said he was imprisoned to mako au example, nnd was confined for four months, while the Uuited States authorities wcro bunting up tho evidence to convict him. He said that while the Alabama was built in England, she was American all over. What our sires had done in their day, their sons hud done in their day. Tbe war is ended. If the nation exists, we will have but one his? tory. England has but one history. She had no history of the war of the Red und White Roses. Our Confede? rate history will live fur a geuerutiou or more. In 5U0 years, there will be no history of tho Confederate States, but of the whole country. Let U9, then, preserve our records and archives. Oar Sooiety must not be sectarian. If our Government is to be a Government of tho majority, without constitntionul re? strictions, our days are uumbered; and when that day comes, we will be vindi? cated aud honored for our struggle for constitutional liberty; aud .if we come back to the old form of constitutional Government, our courie will commeud itself unto all men. We are destined to become a people with one history. Let us show magnanimity. If fame has been gained on either side, let us perpe tuatc it. Lst us pursue that moderate course, and give credit where credit is due. 13y the standard of truth, he was willing to bo judged. Tho conclusion ot his address was clcquont and touch iug. Ho said that the Alabama sleeps, in tho bosom of the British Channel, that sleep of death which her com? mander will sleep iu a short time at most, as ho trusts, in tho bosom of his nutivo soil. If history embalms the struggle of tho old thirteen colouies, so it will embalm our own immortal strug? gle. His address grc-utiy impressed the large and appreciative audience. There was no bitterness, but uu nblo. tempe? rate, conclusive vindication of the truth of history. Tun SouTiiKnx Debt Mostly Con? ceived in Iniquity, Fraudulent .\nd Void.?Some Dutch capitalists, who had beeu induced to iuvest money iu Flori? da State bonds, issued iu aid of the Jacksonville, Pensucola and Mobile Railroad, recently wrote to the Attor? ney-General of that State, which does uut pay interest on any of its bonds issued since the war, for information as to the vnluo of the securities which they hold. Iu reply that functionary in? formed the bond-holders that the State does not owe the sums of money indi? cated by their bonds; that there is no provisiou made by law for the assess? ment of a tax to paj- either principal or interest; and moreover that such a law never will be passed. Ho further told his correspondents that tbe bonds were fraudulently issued, fraudulently signed and fraudulently circulated; but he ne? glected to inform them, what is equally true, that the greater part of the enor? mous debt under which the Southern States are now staggering was as fraud? ulently contracted as that of Florida for the personal benefit of a set of tho most shameless and rapacious thieves of whom the world bus any account, all of whom have bad even* possible support and assistance in " their plundering schemes from President Grant und h:s administration. An extremely aged colored person, who was twenty-live years of ago when the revolutionary war began, is living near Milan, Gibson County, Tennessee, in a condition of good health which is truly remarkable. This old negro, For? tune Snow by name,"is said by Dr. A. A. Davidson, of May field, Kentucky, who wont to see him in Juno of last year, to bo nearly 124 years old. Ho was born in South Carolina, aud was owned by a Captain Snow, who fought, accompanied by Fortnur-, under General Francis Marion, in the war of tho revo? lution. Ho has had thirteen children, the oldost of whom, were ho living, would be over 1U0 years old, and the youngest of whom is fifty-three. Ho also has a grand-sou who is sixty-five years old. Old Snow roads his Bible without glasses, and hunts nnd shoots squirrels nnd birds; hears well, and de? clares that he was nover sick in his lifo, and never took a dose of medicine. Many persons go to see him, and with all visitors be tnlks fluently and sensi? bly. In height, ho is about five feet six inches; in weight, about 115 pounds, aud he is undoubtedly the oldest man on the continent. There were 30 deaths in Charleston I for the week ending the 16th?whites 'J; I colored 21. Jefferson's Statue to de Removed! The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald writes: Old Commodore Levy was remarkable for his bravery and his admirutioa of Jefferson. He was, in abort, an original Democrat, and .had no love for Csesnr. More than a quarter of a century ago, and while commanding the European equadron, he employed a celebrated Italian artist to mako him a fall length statue of Jefferson, which ho had cast in bronze. This statue he bronfht home and presented to the Government, with a request that it be pluced in a conspicuous place in one of tho public grounds. A Whig Congress mude an attempt to refuse the gift, but Webster, more generous than Congres.", came to tho rescue, and, being a friend of tho Commodore, ho hid it accepted and placed on a pedestal in front of the White House, whero it has ever since stood, an embodiment of tho simplicity and the Democratic principles on which our Government wa9 founded. The present occupants of the White House have for some time regarded this statue with groat dislike, and have hiutod to Gen. O. E Babcock that it ought to be removed. Babcock only requires a word, and is to-day proceeding to carry out his commands, and the statue of Jefferson, tho gift of tho brave old Commodore, is bound hands aud feet with ropes, reaely to bo lifted from the place where it has stood for moro than a quarter of a century aud to be placed in an obscure part of the grounds, away from publio view. Congress did not nntborize this work of vandalism, nor did it mako any appropriation for the work now being done in front of the White House. (ien. O. E. Bubcook now assumes the entire responsibility. The worst feature of the whole affair is in tho fact that in tho place where tho ?ttutue stood au unsightly iron fountain is to be placed, suggesting very differ? ent thoughts. Ho much for Jefferson's dislike of anything like Cioarism. It will bo remembered also that Commo? dore Levy purchased Mouticeilo, the house of Jefferson, and resided there until the outbreak of tho war, when, like Farrngut, ho was forced to leave Virginia on account of his loyalty. Levy died a few years ago, and in his will he bequeathed Mouticcilo and all its I'aiuuble relics to Virginia, stipulat? ing that she should keep it iu good pre? servation, which, it is to be regrotted, has not been douo. A Revelation* of Swift Reiiubction Lung Delated.?Tho following adver? tisement appears in the list number of tho Goytimuude (Njrtb Germany) (fa "The following heirs of Catharine Spelliug aud her daughter Dorothy, both of whom died a violent death in 1S52, at Amsterdam, are requested to s?ud their addresses immediately to the Uoyui Probato Court at Amsterdam: Sophia Behreusbruug, Otto Kelenacr, Anna Derlliug, Maria Der?iug, Joseph Derfling?all of whom emigrate 1 to the United .States since 180-1. "ERNEST BELGER, Solicitor." This advertisement was issued iu con? sequence of the discovery of the mur? derer of the widow Spe-lhug and her daughter, aud of the recovery of tho spoils of his fearful crime upward of twenty yoars after it had been commit? ted. In July, lc?'2, tho police of Am? sterdam yaw on the door of tho house on Harlem street, whero Catharine Spell? ing lived with her daughter Dorothy, a notice to the effect that the two women had gone to the country. This notice aroused no suspicions, but wheu the old lady and her daughter did not return alter tho lapse of sis weeks, tho police entered it. A fearful sight met their eyes. The widow and her daughter, with their throats cut from car to ear, were lying on the ?jorin an advanced stage of decomposition, while all the bureaus were rilled of their contents. It uns ascertained that the murderer had carried off dianiouds, money and bonds to the amount of nearly $150,000. Time passed hy and tho double murder was almost forgotten, until on the 3d 01 July last, th s house iu which the crime had been committed was torn down. Between it und the adjoining house was a apace oi about a foot wide, and hemmed in there was found a male skeleton. At the bottom of this space lay a large leathern pocket containing the diamonds, the money and the bonds of the murdered widow. This skeleton was undoubtedly that of thu murderer , of tho two women, who, after assassi 1 uating them an.l bagging Ihe '/hinder, hud tried lo escape over the roof of the house, but slipping his foot, had .'alien into Iho space between the two build? ing?. There he met with the just retri? bution of his terriblo crime fie died there the excruciating, painful death of slow (starvation. ? A Muhdeuous Assault.?A whito man by tho name of Morrison, residing near Lyuchburg, was terribly wounded near \ that place, on luo lino of the Wilmiug lou, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, a few days since, by a colored man. Tho I latter had used improper lauguago concerning Mr. Morrison's daughter. Mr. Morrison, whilo riding out with his youngest daughter, saw tho no ! gro, jumpod down, and whilo chastis? ing tho negro, tho horses ran off with tho vehicle, to which Mr. M. turned , his attention. The negro followed him, and as ha stooped to pick up his child, Mr. M. received several raotal stabs at tho hand of tho negro. The store houso of W. D. Mars, Esq , of Calhoun's Mill, with all of its con? tents, was destroyed by fire about 2 o'clock, on last Thursday morniDg. Mr. Mars fortunately had lusurance upon his store of $10,000. Nothing is known as to tho origin of the Uro; sup? posed by 8oq10 to havo been incendiary, ' Iowa ladies write private ou a corner J of their postal cards. City Matters.?Subscribe for the Phoenix?don't depeud on borrow ing. "More rain, more rest." The rain interfered materially with out-door work yesterday. At a recent masquerade at Saratoga, John Cochr me, of South Carolina, wore a costume made entirely of Confederate money??50,000 worth. Trial Justice Robert Tolbert, uf Colic ton, has resigucd, and the Governor has removed Trial Justice Thomas Owens, of Lnurens. The following is the range of the ther? mometer at the Wheeler House, yester? day: 5 A. M., 75; 7 A. M., 74; 10 A. M., 7?; 12 M., 7G; 2 P. M., 77; 5 P. M., 77; 7 P. M., 77. The Sprague manufacturing matter is again being agitated. If tho partita mean "business," we hope the citizens will back up the project. We await further developments with a greut deal of interest. We caution our cotemporarieB against publishing advertisements from A. Me net, Park How, New York. He does uot pay up. We can Scripturnlly say, ho bus been "weighed in the balance and found wanting." Rowell, Potten gill, Carleton and Coe & Wethcrill we have always found reliable. Our advice to publishers h to demand partial ad? vance payments. As tbero are a large number who are unable to attend the youug men's prayer moetiugs at the Chapel of the Theological Seminary on Wednesday eveniug, we are requested to say that hereafter two meetings a week will be held?olc on Wednesday, as usual, and the ether ou Friday. Both at half-post 8 o'clock P. M. All arc cordially in? vited to attend. Pn.02SIXI.YNA.?To be a party man is only to be part of a man. Tbe recent earthquake ia Chili gave the inhabitants a cold shudder. Peuteeost is celebrated at the cost of m iny days of religious observances. A hatter has straw huts labeled "Tho best under the suu." When a tnau snys that "business is iiush," you may set it dowu that be un derstauds draw p^k-ir. A Wabash, lud., editor ruturns thanks for a ceutipede sent him by mail, it be? ing the first sent he had seen for a long time. A new book had just been published under tho title of "The Ways of Wo? man," and it is only ia ouo volume! "Forever," iu the rhetoric of woman's affection, is a sentimental hyperbole meaning a period oi prociiely two mouths. A lady iu this city says that if death really love.-; u shining mark, it is siuyu lar that he has not aimed at her hus? band's uoie before this. Scrr.eme CocitT Decisions, August 20. ?L jCE'.vood A. McCants, respond? ent, m. Edward L>. Wells, survivor, ap? pellant. Motion for nonsuit granted. Columbia Water Power Company vs. city oi Columbia. In matter of John Alexander aud S. Hook. Final order modified and cause rsmanded to the Circuit Court. The following is the decision, the ouiuiou being rendered by Judge Willard: This was au attachment for eontempt against J. Alexander, Major of Colum? bia, and S. Hook, Superintendent of tbe City Water Works, for an alleged contempt, iu tbe violation of au injunc? tion issued by the Circuit Court in the above entitled action, pending in that court. Tho parties appeared aud an? swered to the alleged contempt, aud a dual order was male adjudging both parties defendant in &uch proceeding guilty of contempt, and imposing fines and costs upon tbom. Both parties defendant have appealed from ibis final order, and the appeal presents several distinct quostioss that will bo considered. The first point of exception alleges, that the rule to show cause "did uot specify directly or indirectly any matter wherein it was alleged that they were liable as fjr a contempt iu violating the injunction order of tho Judge." It was not necessary that tho matters alleged as the ground of the charge.of contempt should appear on tho faco of the rule. Tbe rule was mere process, and was suf? ficient, if it appeared that tho proceed? ing was ono within tho jurisdiction of tho court. This exception also states that neither tho affidavit nor the peti? tion upon which tho rule was founded was served upon tho defendants, Alex? ander and Hook. A suit to show cause should always be accompanied by a copy of tho affidavits and other pspers ou which it was founded. If tho party who should make such service fails to do so, it is ground for tho opposite party to apply for time and tho service npou him of tho papers on which the rulo issued. Advantage cannot be taken of such an omission or appeal, as it is at most an irregularity not involving the merits or substantial rights of the party affected by it. (Code, Sec. 11, Sub. 3, Sec 199.) The second exception relates to mut? ters ontirely within the discretion of the , Circuit Court. It was due to the par? ties to have reasonable time to make their defence, and we are bound to as [sumo that in matters of this sort full justice was douo to them. I Tho third exception, namely, that | Hook had never been served with the injunction order, appears to be well taken. He so alleges in his return to the rule, and no proof of service of the injuoctiou as to him appears in the pro? ceeding. Ab to him, therefore, the order of the Circuit Court should b3 set aside. Tbe fourth exception is not sustained aa it regards the defendant Alexander. The petition charged on information and belief that the gates connecting the works of tho plaintiffs with tbe distri? buting reservoir were closed by the order of defendant Alexander, after the injunction was granted. The aver welds of the petition were unfficiently distinct to put the defendant Alexander to his answer, whether the gates had beou closed by his order after notice of tho injunction order. In his return, he fails to deny the facts charged in this respect,, aud, therefore, the charge stands confessed. The same rule, in this respect, should be applied to peti? tions and statements of the facta and grounds upon which relief is asked in a special proceeding that is applicable to formal pleadings; and by Sec. 101 of the Code, all material allegations of the complaint not controverted by the an? swer are to be taken as true. The proposition advanced by the fifth exception, if to be understood as clear? ing a party from the charge of contempt, where he has acted under the advice of oouusel, is unsound. Such fact may bo shown by way of mitigation alone. The proposition set forth iu the sixth exception, namely, that in this State the Circuit Court cannot enforce their au? thority by the imposition of fines, if not ii.consistent with the nature of the authority exercised by the courts, is at nil events inconsistent with the provi? sions of the statute regulating the prac? tice of tho Cirouit Court. (14Stat., 136, Sec. 1; Gen. Stat., 497, ?ec. 4 ) The seventh exception is well taken. There is no authority conferred by the Code to tax as costs in a special proceed? ing the allowances as costs in un uctioo. It appears on the record that this was done, and although the attention of the Circuit Judge does not appear to have been called to the point, yet, occurring iu a final order, we are bound to notice it us an erroneous construction of the Ihw governing costs. Tho order contained in the concluding paragraph of this final order appealed from, aud which directed the parties to deliver up certain keys, was not in con? formity to the nature of the proceed iugs. Mo such order was contained in the original injunction order. Had it appeared that subsequent to the service of the injunction order the defendants had possessed themselves of tho keys in question, in violation of that order, a compulsory restitution would nave been appropriate. But we must conclude that at the service of the injunction the keys were iu tho possession of the de? fendants. It is not the province of a preliminary injunction to compel the trausfer of property of any kind from one party to another. Tho party asking for an injunction is assumed to be in possession of the property, in respect of which he demands protection, and all tho injunction can require on the part of the opposite party is that he should forbear from interfering with that pos? session. He cannot be required to per? form any act whatever. If the plaintiff cannot enjoy his rights without com? pelling the defendant to perform some act, he must wait until he has estab? lished them by his judgment. It is ordered aud adjudged thai Si much of tho final order appealed from as adjudges the defendant, S. Hook, guilty of a contempt, and awards da? mages and costs against him, bo reversed and set aside, and that the proceedings as against said defendant be dismissed. It is further ordered and adjudged that so much of said order as fix9s the costs and expenses of the proceeding at the sum of eighty-seven dollars and twenty five cents, be vacated and set aside; and that so much of s iid order as diiects "that the said keys oi the water pipe gates be delivered to S. A. Pearce, Jr., agent and clerk of the plaintiffs, be va? cated and set aside, and that the case be remanded to the Circuit Court." LiiT or New ADVEKTisrMExis. U. H. liaruwell?School Notice. Meet log Bich land Lodge. E. E. Davies it Co.?Cabbage. IIoti'Ij Abrtvals, August 20, 1573.? \Yheeler House?Q P* Paul, USA; T A Murphy, Va; W Bell nnd wife, Ga; B II Hand, Augusta; J W Swearingen, H \Y Addison, wife, chilel and nurse, Edge field; Mrs Williams, Fla; F IJ. Barnhart, USA; W Laugblin, Blackville; W H Trescott, Pendlet on. Columbia Hotel?O J Harris, Ander sou; L Potsdamer, Po; J Armstrong, Baltimore; J B Goodwynn, Mrs W L Mikell and child, J W O'Brien, G W7 McMunas, G Follin, Charleston; P S Baker, Cherry ville; T W Pratt, NC; J F Izlar, Orangeburg; 3 H Thompson, N C; J H Hammond, Ala; Q C Lanier, N C; J B Clydo, Pine House. Tha Tombs, New York?which have attained a national notoriety, if not a reputation?are to be removed. A new building" upon higher ground and better arranged, is to be erected on tho block bouuded by Canal, Elizabeth,, Bayard and Mott streets, Borne squares distant from tho preseut structure, bnt still within what is called "thocrimo centre" of the city. Tho new building is to he large enough for all jail purposes, and also for the accommodation of several of tho city courts. The Chioago Tribune thinks General Graut very happy. He "makes no speeches, writes no lotters, and never vetoes salary bills." "He believes in having a good time," says the Tribune, and it add*, with a very sarcastic curl of the paragraphoc.il thong: "About the only thing General Grant would be ! likely to resont at the hands of the party [ would be a reduction of pay."