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COLUMBIA, S. C.
Saturday Morning, February 14, 1874.
Monument to the Confederate Dead,
There is an association of ladies,
known as tho "South Carolina Monu?
ment Association," whose efforts to erect
a monument to the memory of those
who died in the Bervioe of the Confede?
rate States, are worthy of all praise.
By a oironlar signed by the officers of
this association, we learn that the monu?
ment will cost $10,000, of which sum
$5,000 have already been raised and
paid over to Messrs. Muldocn Sc Co.,
of Kentucky, the architects employed |
upon tho work. It is necessary tdsoofc.
lect the remainder of ihe sum required
by the first of October next. The ladies
point out a feasible plan by which this
may be done, add make an earnest ap?
peal to the several districts in the State
' to secure and forward through treasu?
rers and collectors to be appointed in
everj village and oity, the contingent
which will fall upon each being not
more than $200.
Wo have examined the plan of tho
monument. It is to rest upon a broad
basis of granite, from which the beau?
tiful shaft of marble wil rise to tho
height of about twenty-fivo or thirty
feet. Emblems of dismounted'cannon,
a broken gun-carriage and idle piles of
ball, telling of sad result on one side,
are oontrasted and relieved on the other,
by an anchor and folded flags, typical of
hope and expeoted revival. Higher up
is the historical palmetto, known
throughout the oivilized world, over
since the memorable attack on Fort
Moultrio by Sir Peter Parker, in 1768,
down to tho .present day, as the symbol
of all that is gallant, honorable aud
just in a people brave in action, gene?
rous in sentiment, aud of patient and
unoomplainiog fortitudo in adversity.
Surmounting the shaft, and constituting
its termination, is tho Boldier of the
Confederacy, in olassio grey, firmly
grasping his musket, hia countenance
? illumined with the spirit of dedication.
. to duty and country. There he stands
?b he stood iu battle, in attitude easy
and imposing, with oheek unblanohed,
with the fires of resolution and devotion
?burning in bis eyes, und in majestio
mien aud port, giving the world "assur?
ance of a man." Who that can mea?
sure the glory of that cause he repre?
sents, who that is capable of appreciat?
ing how undying is . principle, how
glorious and beautiful is self-saorifioe,
will rofuso his contribution to a work
which shall vindicate thorn to present
times and commemorate them to future
ages?
litglalutlve.
Both branches of the General Assem?
bly adjourned over, yesterday, to Mon
.i?v arariinai 7 P. "
In the Senate, the Committee on
Privileges and Elections reported a bill
to re-distriot the State. We have not
had the opportunity to examine it, but,
no cfoubt, it is a Gerrymandering soheme,
by whinb it will bo sought to Beoure
Radical majorities in all the Congres?
sional Districts, aud to make it practi?
cable lor certain aspirants to get them?
selves before the people f?r seats in
Congress.
There was uonsiderable debate, and
of a highly excitable and personal
character, ou a report presented by Mr.
Wbittemoro, from tho Finance Commit?
tee, on a bill to make appropriation to
pay the claims held in trust by Josephus
Woodruff ?iiu A. G.# Jones against the
State. Wo should judge, from the tenor
of the discussion, that theao are olaims
mainly of the members of the Sonate,
and whioh they are unwillig to atik the
payment of in their own names, uud
from their own showing. Tho bill pro?
vides that tbey shallfbo paid out of the
taxtK to bo levied uud collected for tho
fiscal year commencing November 1,
1874. Thero are no speoiiicutioufc, no
accompanying exhibit of the claims as
to persons to whom they are due, their
amountH, dales, or anything oouoerniug
thorn.
Mr. Djualdson, of Groenvillo, moved
lo make tho report the special order for
next Wednesday, and that a list contain?
ing all necessary particulars of informa?
tion bo printed and brought iu with the
bill. This was promptly voted down.
Nash moved to strike out tho enaoliug
olauBC, and made a telling speech ngainst
tbo bill, aud particularly against tho
mode in which it was attempted to rush
it through. lie said that ho did not
claim honesty above others, but as a
body tho Senato must maintain its
dignity aud require propar decorum
and regularity in its proceedings. As a
? Senator ho had a right to know all about
tbese olaims before he could bo called
upon to sustain them. Ho would do
this if he fouuJ thorn aP right.
Molutyre said that all bills should be
accompanied by an exhibit, He moved
that tho bill be made special order for
Thursday. Smalls sustained this view.
He had a claim amongst tho batch, and
he was perfectly willing that it should
bo known. Swails, Clinton, Corwin and
Jones were for passing on the matter
to-day. Jones Haid that it was a little
family arrangement, a matter whioh es?
pecially concerned the Senators, and
they ought to take care of themselves.
They had looked to everybody's interest
but their own. Now it was time to take
care of No. 1. Charity began at homo.
Corwin said that he bad iutroduced tho
bill. It was time to look to fho poor
who held claims. The Senate bad been
very prompt in-poeslng f?v?rnblyjipon
the ojaitntfof those who were rich, upon
-those of banks and bankers against the
State. They should now take care of
themselves. The motion of Mein tyre
was agreed to.
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Mdrder.?We have just learned some
of the dotaila of a horrible murder which
was perpetrated at Sumter, S. C, on
Wednesday night. About 7 o'clock of
thut evening, as Mr. Henry Widdekind,
in the employ of Messrs. Ferriter &
Ricker, was on his way homo from the
store of those gentlemen, he was assault?
ed, kuooked down and murdered with a
hatchet, by two colored men by the
name of Sam. Vincent and Abraham
Bradford, who were secreted on the side
of the street and lying in wait for him.
He was then robbed of a sum of money,
about $60, aud a silver watch and tho
key of the store was also taken from the
body. His head was badly crushed, the
skull having been broken in three or
four different places, and his oyes pro?
truding from their sockets. When
found, he was cold in death, aud his
head and face presented a horrible ap?
pearance. Suspicion at once rested on
Vincent and Bradford, aud telegrams
were sent out in various directions with
descriptions of their persons. Last
night, a special was received anuouno
ing the arrest of the murderers.
But the worBt is not yet told. The
wife of the murdered man was enciente
at the time, and was so affected by the
horrible news that she is now lying at
the point of deatb. If she dies, a
double murder will have been commit?
ted. Our despatch tells us that there is
no doubt of the guilt of the men now
in arqgat and charged with this fearful
crime. While we are no advocate of
Lynob law, in any sense of the word,
should the wires tell us to-day that the
scoundrels hr-.vo been taken from jail
and hung at the nearest tree, wo will
publish the fact with pleasure, and
thank God for having appointed to the
murderers so swift a retribution.
[ Wilmington Journal.
United States Cornvr.?The nBsigneos
of I. S. K. Bennett, bankrupt, were or?
dered to pay over to Mrs. C. G. Bennett
the proceeds of the Bales of certain pro?
perty in satisfaction of mortgage. The
petition of Wm. T. Witt, of Orange
burg, for voluntary bankruptcy, was re?
ferred to Registrar Seubrook. The
oourt upproved of Joseph N. Browu as
assigueu of B. F. J. Hammond, of Au
derson; of John A. Barksdale as assignee
of Samuel Burksdule, of L aureus, and of
Georgo J. Graham as assigueo of W. N.
G. R?dgen?, of Williamsburg. Tho pe
t.i t UHtS ... WA**Y?i*Ut2 ImZ i-?.j.fj?Ci. Ol
A. O. Sutton, John D. Smart aud Ha?
milton Wilsou, bankrupts, for permis?
sion to soil property und cull in lien cre?
ditors' were referred to the registrars.
The Sheriff of Bickens and others wero
enjoined from selling Ihe property of
Perry O'Dell, bankrupt.
Meeting op Tax-Payers.?Last Sa?
turday, the 7th instant, a meeting of
tux-payers of Kerehuw was held, to elect
additional delegates to represent. Ker
shaw County in the Tax-Payers.' Con?
vention . The following gentlemen wero
chosen: T. H. Clarke, M. Baum aud Dr.
E. M. Boykiu. Alternates?Jos. T.
Mickle. John R. Goodale and Louis J.
Puttersou. Gens. J. B. Kersbaw aud
James Chosnut, with alternates Gen.
J. D. Kennedy and Col. W. M. Sbnu
non, uro already members of the Conven?
tion,
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Baby Immigrants.?Xiue women,
nine babies, one mun and one boy?all
j immigrants from Germany, arrived at
[this place last Wednesday. They uro
I flue looking people, aud came among
j friends. The husbands of two women
i who came last Wodnesdsy, hud gone
ahead, und made proparatiou for their
, families. When we see a cargo of Ger?
man babies, wo feel certain that our
country is permanently benefited.
[Abbeville Medium.
Thb Tax Assessments.?Tho Union
Times fiuds that iu Union County the
tax assessments range from 25 per cent,
to 3LS per cent, higher than they were
lust year, aud it is confident that the
taxes amouut to at least twenty-six mills
on the real value of the property taxed.
One gontloinuu, whoso taxes lust year
wore $180, is now required to pay $285,
an increase of 60 per cent.
An Example 0? High Taxation.?
Among the tracts of land sold last sale
day wns ouo containing 100 acres,
which brought $150. The tuxes 011 the
same this year, wo luaru, are betwonn
twenty-two and twenty-throo dollars,
making tho enormous tux of near fifteen
cunts on the dollar. This looks like first
class confiscation.?Newberry Herald.
Meningitis Again.? Thi.s terrible
disease, we learn, has again appeared
iu the lower portion of Laurons County,
iu tho section lying between Indian
Creek aud Bush River. The disease, so
fur, seems to be cnufiucd altogether to
the colored, and several have died within
a few days past.
The Georgia National Bunk has set
tied the claim of the State against it by
confessing judgmont for $50,000, of
whioh it pays $30,000 at once.
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Meeting of like City Council.
Council Chamber,
Columbia, February 10, 1874.
Council met at 7.30 P. M.
Present?His Honor tho Mayor; Al?
dermen Thompson, Lowndes, Mitchell,
OarroU, Yoang, Taylor, Griffin and
Cooper. Absent?Aldermen Carpenter,
H?ge, Cur? and Williams.
On motion by Alderman Lowndes,
the reading of tho minutes of tho pre?
vious meeting was dispensed with.
petitions and communications.
Tho following from tho Board of
Health was presented:
Columbia, S.O., Feb. 10, 1874.
To the Honorable Mayor ^and Alder?
men of Columbia?GjbhttjEMen: By or
dor cf tho .Board' of Heulth, at their
meeting held January 27, on motion of
H. Daniels, the Board asked for com?
pensation for thoir services, the amount
to be left to the discretion of tho Coun?
cil; aud I was instructed to proseut the
same to yon.
OHAS. BARNUM, Clork of Board.
On motion of Alderman Thompson,
tho samo waa referred to the Committee
on Ways aud Means.
Tho minutes of the Board of Health,
as to the waste of water nt the Fair
Grounds, also at the bydrunt near tho
Wheeler House, woro read.
The Mayor stated that the leak at tbo
Fair Grounds had been stopped; also,
the Wheeler House hydrant had bceu
placed under orders as advised, and no
other waste in this direction would oc?
cur, and asked of all the Aldermen to
advise all the citizens to be oarefal as to
the waste of water, as ho thought the
works of the Columbia Water Power
Company inuuftioient to supply tbo de?
mand iu cold weather, but that, in his
opinion, much wasto had been com?
plained of that did not exist.
Alderman Taylor spoko as to parties
putting filth in the draius; also, thought
trash ought not to bo thrown in the
streets after 3 o'clock on Saturdays.
Tho following from George A. Rich?
mond was received, and referred to the
Committee on Schools:
Columbia, S. O, February 9, 1874.
To the Honorable Hayor and Aldermen
of the City of Columbia, S. C.?Gentle?
men: The undersigned having opened
a nigbt school ou the oornor of Green
and Lincoln streets, for the purpose of
giving opportunities in the olemoutary
branches of education to tbo working
people of this city who caunot atteud
day schools, by reason of their voca?
tions, I have no ohurge for tuition, and
some of the scholars havo no means to
proouro books, and I would, therefore,
solicit from your bouorublo body a do?
nation of school books to any amount
that your generosity may dictate.
Hopiug to hear of a favorable actiou on
tbo Bame, 1 urn, respectfully,
GEO. A. RICHMOND, Teacher.
A communication from the Globe Gas
Light Company, showing tho shipment
of 200 globe gas burners und fixtures,
together with tbo bill for tho Bame, was
received as information, aud tho bill re?
ferred to tho Committee ou Accounts.
Tho following bills wero recuivud aud
referred to tho Commit.eo ou Accounts:
13. F. Griffin and Johu Alexander, Wat?>r
Works; J. Alexander, W. Steiglitz, A.
F. Carroll, Cooper & Taylor and J. A.
Jackson, Guard House; B. F. Griffin,
J. Alexander, A. F. Carroll, Jackson
Parker and Cooper Sc Taylor, Street Do
partmeut; Cooper & Taylor, Hospital;
Cooper Si Tuyior Alrn.u House* Cooper
Sc Taylor and Fugan Sc Bros., indigent
poor.
REl'outs of city officers.
Tho report of tho Overseer of the
Poor for the mouth of Jauuary was re?
ceived, aud referred tu the Committee
on Alms House
Tho report of the Chief of Police for
Jauuary was reooivod, aud referred to
tho Committee ou Guard House. Finos
collected amount to $35.25.
Tho report of tho City Treasurer for
Jauuary was received, und referred to
the Committee- ou Wayu nud Means.
A motion by Alderman Thompson to
return the same to the committee was
adopted.
-reports of committees.
Alderman Grifiiu, from the Committeo
ou Liecusus, reported favorably ou a
large number of tavern licenses, and
reootntnendod that the same be granted.
On motion, tho report of the com?
mitteo was adopted.
Tho Committee ou Accounts reported
back tho following bills, and recom?
mended payment, which was adopted:
M. E. Carr, indigent poor; M. E. Carr,
Alms House; T. J. Harper, Guard
House; Wm. Sloano, printing.
Tho Committeo on Guafd Hontto re?
ported back tho report of tho Chief of
Polico for December, us examined, aud
found correct, which was adopted.
Tho Committeo on Fire Department,
to whom was referred tho bill of Howie
Si Allen for plans and specifications of
book aud ladder house, reported the
samo back with tho following endorse?
ment: "Tho committeo report unfavora?
bly ou this bill, uud iccommcud that it
bo so returned to Howie Sc. Allen."
Alderman Carpenter, from the Com?
mittee on Ways and Moans, mado the
following report ou tho petitiou of A.
M. Riser, for a reduction of license. The
committeo think tho lioonse for photo?
graphers of suob limited business should
bo fixod according to tho circumstances
of tbo case. It is evident to all that
tho petiliouer caunot so well afford to
pay his liconso fee for so small a busiuess
as those whoso facilities euablo them to
do muro thau quadruple tho amount of
work that he eau. If tho fuo for large
galleries iti ?30, then tho fee iu the peti?
tioner's easo should not exceed 620.
Alderman Cooper moved to adopt tho
report of tho committee.
Alderman Taylor objected, as it would
bring too many applicants iu other lines
of business.
Finally, on motion, by Alderir.au
Cooper, tho clerk was iustruoled to re?
fund to A. M. Riser $30 of his lioonse.
The Committee ou Ways and Ma&ns,
to whom was nforred tho motion to re
fund the water frontage tax on vacant
lots, reported against the measure.
A motion, by Alderman Taylor, to
adopt tbe report, was lost.
On motion, the report was adopted.
Alderman Carroll, from tbe Commit?
tee on Schools, asked for information_il
the committee would be sustained in
spending or paying small bills for tbe
use of tbe public schools without refer?
ring tbe same to Council, as some mut?
ters were of less value tban tho timo that
to refer would take up.
On motion, the Council agreed that,
under tbe appropriation, the committee
oonld act without referring to tbe Coun?
cil- . -
Ou motion of Alderman Thompson,
tbe Committee on Streets wero author?
ized to have tho lump posts put up ao
cording to tbe original plan, as some
were now ready and delivered to the
oity.
The following resolution was offered
by Aldcrmun Carroll, nud adopted:
Resolved, That the City Clerk and the
I Committee ou Ways and Means be, aud
they aro hereby, instructed to return to
tbe City Council all city money not vet
is.-ucd or siguod, to bo destroyed by
thorn at Council mooting.
Ou motion of Alderman Taylor, Coun?
cil adjourned.
OHAS. BARNUM, City Clerk.
THE STATIC LEGlSLATLUh.
Friday, FEnncARY 13, 1874.
SENATE.
Tbe Senate assembled nt 12 M.
Mr. Cain introduced a joiut resolu?
tion proposing uu amendment to the
Constitution of the State of South Ca?
rolina, relating to the term of office of
certain Connty officers.
Mr. Mclutyro?Bill to charter the
Union Phosphate aud Phospbatio River
Mining Company. Also, bill to incor?
porate tbe South Carolina Society for
tbe Prevention of Cruelty to Auimuls.
Mr. Whittemore?Bill to amend Para?
graph 4, of Section 157, of the Code of
Procedure iu relation to legal procsBs.
Mr. Nash?Bill requiring the Super?
intendent of the Penitentiary to forward
to tbe Counties, from which they were
sentenced, all prisoners released from
such Penitentiary.
Mr. Jones?Bill to exempt from at?
tachment, levy and sulu all poor farms,
poor bouses or hospitals that uro actual?
ly used as such, for debts due by the
County iu which such farm houses and
hospitals are bituated.
Mr. Melutyre?Bill to incorporate the
Culletou Manufacturing Company.
Mr. Hollinshead presented the claim
of suudry school teaohers of Abbeville
County; also claims of W. P. McCellur.
A message was received from tbe Go?
vernor, appro vi or the following Acte:
Acts to reuew and amend thu charter
of the town of Bluckvilltt; to incorpo?
rate tho town of Muyesville; lo incorpo?
rate the State Council of tho Friends of
Temperance; to revive, reuew and
amend nu Act to incorporate thu Home
Iusurnuco Company, of Charleston; to
authorize Wm. lvrossel to build a dock
and collect wbarfugo in the town of
Beaufort; t.> renew tho charter of the
Charleston Floatiug Dry Dock aud Ma?
rine Railway Company; to incorporate
the lowu of Soranton, iu the County ol
Williainsburg; to amend an Act enti?
tled "Aq Act to incorporate the Spar
taubnrg and Abbeville Railroad Com?
pany."
The Senate proceeded to the consider?
ation of tho general orders.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tho House met nt 12 M.
There wero a large number of reports
from committees submitted and bills
and joint resolutions pussed to a second
and third reading.
Tho enacting clause of a bill to amend
an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the
issuing of checks to laborers ou planta?
tions or elsewhere," was stricken out.
Mr. Artson introduced the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the special committje
appointed to investigate tbe facts of tbe
oase between tbe Republican Printing
Company and tho members of this
House be, aud they are hereby, required
to report the result of their investigation
on Tuesday next.
Mr. Holmes introduced thu following
concurrent resolution, which was adopt?
ed, and eeut to tho Senate:
Resolved, That tbe speoial joint com?
mittee appoiuted at the session of
1872-73 to cancel the bonds of tbe Blue
Ridge Railroad be required to roport
whether tho said bonds have been can?
celed; if so, when canceled, uud the
amount.
Mr. Bowley presented tbe claim of
Wesley Waddiugtou.
Mr. Ellison introduced a joint resolu?
tion to direct and require the Governor
to appoint a commission to inquire into
tho expenditure of the taxes collected
for the purposo of rebuilding tho Court
House in Abbeville County.
The day was consumed principally iu
Hie discussion of the appropriation bill.
A Child Burnt to Death.?On last
Thursday, while two laborers, by the
name of Jenkius and Piper, wero in tin
field working on tho placo of Mr. Hum?
phreys, near Mouttnoreucie, on tbt
South Caroliua Railroad, tho houses ol
the laborers took tire. The two chil?
dren of Jenkins, who were left iu the
bos.- o aloue at the timo, becauso of the
temporary abscuco of tbe mother, wert
cutigbt in the flames and severely burnt,
ono of tbeiu fatally.
$250,000.? Do you want $250,0001
Drop a note to Thon. E. Bramlette,
Louisville, Ky., and ask him to Bend
you tho circular of tbe Kentucky Public
Library. It will cost you nothing te
examine it.
A Wonderful Woman.?Tbero is a
colored womuu living iu Darlington
County who bus giveu birth to five boye
withm a year.
Gen. Sheridan confirms tho death ol
Lieutenant Robinsou at tho bauds of
Indians.
j City Matters.?Subscribe for the
1 Pnas nik.
Tbe wiud yesterday reminded.-us that
March is approaching.
Tbe peach blossoms are showing
themselves beautifully and bountifully.
Fine's Norfolk oysters are all the
Irage?they uro large, plump aud juicy."
I Five first clasB horses bavo been en?
tered for a race to come off ou Thursday
next, on the race course, for a purse of
|$500. ^ '
Messrs. E. Ji. D.ivies & Co. are in re?
ceipt of another shipment of Northern
game, poultry and celery. They are
also receiving fine shad and Norfolk aud
Wilmington oysters daily. Some select
seed potatoes, Helling low for cash, are
still on baud.
The Governor bus appointed the fol?
lowing named gentlemen as Notaries
Public: Mr. David B. Clayton, of Co?
lumbia; J. P. Moore and J. McCulIongh,
[of Greenville; Dr. J. F. McDonald, of
|Grove Station, Greenville County, and
A. G. Thomas, of Beaufort.
! Judge Grabum refused to grant u new
trial to tho Duffus brothers, aud Thurs?
day, ponteucL-d James A. Duffus to be
hanged ou Friday, tho 26th of June,
, 1874, aud B. L. Duffus to hard labor in
the pcuiteutiary for ten years. Mr.
Porter made a motion in arrest of jadg
mtftat, when Judge Graham issued the
! folio wing order: "Ordered, that execu?
tion of judgment in this case be suo
|pendud until the motion in arrest of
judgment for new trial be heard."
Messrs. Denck and Zawadil desire
hereby to express publicly their hearty
thanks for the kindly assistance ren?
dered ou tho occasion of the late con?
cert by tbe lady artistes, whose disin?
terested goodness of .heart was, in their
estimation, equaled only by the charm?
ing nature of their musical perform?
ances. For the generous patronage of
Judge aud Mrs. Willard, and for the
.effectual aid lent them and their friends
towards securing the success of the con
ieert, they feel no less deeply grateful.
j Sunday Smokii.u.?Smokers should
jsupply themselves with tho celebrated
five cents cigar; also, those imported at
.twelve and a half ceuts.
I Puusnixtana.?It is difficult to explain
liuteKigibly tho process by which snow is
.formed, but any one can see the drift of
tho t hi
j A mind fraught with integrity is the
noblest possession.
What is the earliest financial transac?
tion on record? When Pharaoh re?
ceived y check on the bank of the Red
Sea, crossed by "Moses Sc Co."
Dangerous Practice.?A supposed
horse thief was pursued by the police
yesterday, ond he was fired upon, iu the
streets. To shoot a horse thief, or any
other thief, is all right onnngh: but the
danger in, that the bull might hit the
wrong person.
List night, an escaped penitentiary
convict, while being hotly pursued
through tho stroots, was shot at several
times, thereby endangering tho lives of
I those who are worth a million escaped
.convicts. The shooting, tho alarms by
Ivoice aud rattle, aud tho general din,
'created considerable excitement. Let
[tbe officers of tho law bo discreet in the
'use of their weapons.
Valentine's Day.?To-day, the lltb,
is consecrated to St. Valentine, and by
general consent, has become a day for
'the transmission of messages of affeo'
tion, gotten up in evory conceivable
style. The humorously inclined use tho
day to quiz, their friends and acquaint?
ances, and together they give tho post?
man an extraordinary amount of work
to do in delivering tho multitude of
.missives. Why tho good old Bishop,
;St. Valentino, who Buffered martyrdom
1,600 years ago, should have to ..bind
god-father to all the valcntiues which
fly over the country on his day, is uot
very clear; but it is said by some that it
is beeanso he was a man of very affec?
tionate disposition, aud that therefore
this day was ehoseu for the sending of
valentines, whioh should be letters or
gifts of a kindly and affectionate charac?
ter.
j Court op General Sessions, Th?rs?
dat, February 12.?The oourt met at 10
A. M., his Honor Judge R. B. Carpenter
: presiding.
! The grand jury returned tho follow?
ing ti no bills: Tho State against Belle
'Riloy aud Anu Riley, receiving stolen
'goods. The Stato against Jumos A.
Dan bar, kidnapping. Tbo State against
. John Dosier, alias John Poontoon, alias
John Potlioker, grand larceny.
The court was occupied all day iu
:tryiug tho case of Wesloy Simuiuun for
Itho murder of Robert Good, on Christ
alas evo last. Tho testimony for tho
Stato was heard, and two witnesses for
'the defence examined.
I Friday, February 13.?Tho oaso of
jWialey Simmoos for tho murder of
Robert Good was oonoludcd to-day?the
jury returning a verdiot of guilty. The
counsel for tho defenco gave notioe of a
motion for a new trial.
Tue Paulos Concert.?The concert
which oconrred Thursday evening, in
tbe drawing-rooms of Judge Willard,
proved a brilliant affair, justly oonflrm
ing tbe expectations of its originators.
Messrs. Denck and Zawadil did them- ?
selves full justice, and the. audience fol- ,
lowed attentively, evincing more, ra?
tional appreciation of the performance
than gatherings oi similar naturo ordi
.nafily exhibit, and from first to last,
accorded the musicians most generous
praise.
The programme embraced a variety of
ruueio, bnt the classical compositions
justly obtained prominence, and were
rendered in a fashion becoming their
ohararaotor. The pianists were charm?
ingly aseisted by the lady vocalists,
whoso efforts materially enhanced the
pleasure and added to tbe variety of the
entertainment, reoeiving warm and well
deserved applause. While the ovent is
still fresh before the mind of the pub?
lic, it may not bo amiss to offer a little
sketch of tbe chief participants, Messrs.
Denck and Z iwadil.
Mr. Denok, as bis name implies, is in
part of Austrian blood, bnt was bora in
this town, a grand-son of the Ute Col.
Goodwin. His musical education was
pursued abroad, where he resided dur?
ing a "period of seven years, studying
principally in the conservatories of Leip
sio and Dresden. In tbe latter city, ho
was under the instruction of tbe Saxon
Court pianist, and enjoyed profession?
ally the high esteem of the royal family
itself. His artistic ability obtained early
reoogaition, and met with distinguished
approbation from various qnaraers.
While a mere boy, he played before
Liszt, and later, when more folly deve?
loped, performed in many of the royal
houses of Europe?before Victoria, of
England, ex-King George, of Hanover,
and various other continental notabili?
ties, receiving everywhere flattering tes?
timonials, and. ranking with the most
famous artists of his class, which dis?
tinction can, without presumption, still
be claimed for him. Critically consi?
dered, Mr. Denok's performances are
marked chiefly by tbe subtle delicacy of
his m3thetio perception and sentiment
happily eonjoined with the physioal
ability to express with force snd abso?
lute exactness his most intricate musical
thoughts, attaining thereby mathemati?
cal correctness of execution, which is
furthermore accomplished in a style bo
classical as almost to deceive the ob?
server into doubting the existence of
difficulty.
Mr. Zawadil, an Austrian by birth, is
a gentleman of varied musical accom?
plishments, but has a much more
modest opinion of his own abilities
than the appreciative public will be in?
clined to share. * Early evincing strong
artistic musical predilections, .he has
been throughout his life a diltanti of no
mean power, or, better still, an artist,
and has, in the capacity of operatic
director, from time to time, brought his
extensive and thorough musical know?
ledge into practical exercise. His talent,
though great, is of a different order
from that of his colleague, his music
being mainly distinguished for its
breadth of effect. Ho eaters heartily
into the spirit of the composer, trans?
lates vividly his thoughts, intones, with
dominating masculine vigor, the domi
mauipulativo dexterity, is comparable
only with Mr. Denck himself, whom,
by-the-way, he holds in highest profes?
sional esteem.
If a figure be ullowed, the two might
be likened to the masters, Raphael and
Michael Angelo?the latter grand in
conception, dealing in masses of light,
shade and color, sweeping bis penoil in
strong lines, impatient of detail where
not directly oonduoive to broad effect,
and keeping ever in view entireties and
sacrificing to unity all vexing trifles.
The former, equally great, yet still more
dolicato in his methods, more discrimi?
nating and careful in the consideration
of parts, and nicer in tbe elaboration of
intrinsic or compositional beauties, ren?
dering more faithfully and pnnctilionaly
the precise nature of the subject treated,
though never falling into littleness.
Those who fesi ths fores of this com?
parison, will know how muoh may
rightfully be anticipated from the com?
bined efforts of two suoh skillful and
refined artists.
Tho programmes for tbo concert tour,
tvbioh these gentlemen propose shortly
to inaugurate, are to be arranged with
as much deference to the popular taste
as allegiance to tho spirit of true music
permits, and none need regret tbe excla
bion of such questionable compositions
us their professional taste may dictate,
so long as thero exists eo vast and rich a
treasury of really exquisite olasaio music
from whioh legitimate ohoioe may be
made. Our own Columbia ooncert, the
first of tho series, having met with such
eigual success, it becomes our agreeable
office to wish for the gifted gentlemen
equal good fortune in tho various oities
they design visiting, and in parting, ex?
press our unqualified .satisfaction with
their musical accomplishments, and
congratulate all music lovers in the Hue
of their travel upon the rare delectations
whioh the musical acquaintance of such
eminent artists must inevitably bring
them.
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