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Orrt Matters. -^Subsetibo for "{fie PflOiNIX. I Droves of .fine oattte and mules, have eomo into Columbia in the past few days. Washington's birth-day falls, on Sun? day, but it will be, generally eolebratod on Monday, v We surrender all the possible space in this morning's issue to the proceed? ings of the Tax-Payers' Convoution. All bauds took a recess during our proceedings last evening, and partook of oysters furnished by Mr. Davies, which were, pronounced fine. We are thankful to' tho committeo for an Invitation to attond the celebration of Washington's birth-day, in Charles? ton, on Monday, tho 23d instant. Tbo Governor has appointed the fol? lowing Notaries Public: J. B. Johnson, of Sumter; J. J. Getsinger, cf Barn well; L. P. Covar, of Edgefleld, and W. Li. Ehmey, of Orangebprg. Gov. J. O. B.own, of Tenuessee, made a requisition upou Gov. Moses, for the arrest of W. G. Bomar, supposed to be in Charleston, ou the ground of breach of trust. The requisition wob granted. The following gentlomen compose the committee, under the resolutions of Mr. J. G. Thompson, introduced in the Tax Payers' Convention, to wait upon the State Treasurer: Messrs. J. G. Thomp? son, Gabriel Cannon, J. O, Sheppard. Special attention is directed to the advertisement of seed potatoes, by R. O'Neale, Jr. His crop this year was 2,000 bushels. He claims this the most valuable potato ever planted in this country, being more - productive than any other, and unsurpassed in eating | qualities. A vocal ooncert will bo given to-night, at Parker's Hall, by the Sunday Schools of . the Washington and Marion Street Churches. Prof. W. H. EvanB has the reputation of being an efficient and able teacher, and as he has been train? ing the children of tbe two schools for some time, ii -very pleasant entertain? ment may be anticipated. Coubt op Genbbaii Sessions. Thdbs day, February 19.?The court met at 10 A. M., his Honor Judge B. B. Carpenter presiding. James Thomas?grand larceny; not guilty. Belle and Ann Riley?receiving stolen goods; hot guilty. Tbe court adjourned at 2 P. M. When you wish To buy oysters, fish, Go to Davies. When yoa aim To eat some game, Go to Davies. When you bowl, For want of fowl, <u() to Davies. i ? When you want Potatoes good to plant, Go to Davies. When you think Ypn want a drink, Don't go to Davies. Mr. GaiDes, of the Palmetto State Immigration Agency, will leave Colum? bia, to-night, for his office in New York. Dnriug the past six weckt?, he has sup? plied several hundred farmers with sg-/ lect immigrants. He has lurgo nuuw 1 bers of orders now to fill, aud now ones nre coming in every day. Ho says he is^ able to scud a thousand families into tbo btato each week, if tho orders and money are sent iu. His Columbia office is over Scott's bank, Main street, where he will be fonnd to-day, ready to re? ceive orders, und where his agent, Mr. A. C. Moore, will be found any day. All orders by letter should be addressed Tilmain B. Gaines, Columbia, S. C; or 369 Canal street, New York. i There are two members in the Co? lorado Legislature who can neither speak nor understand the Euglisb lan? guage. [Colorado is not an isolated case, by a long shot.] List of New Advertisements. Prof. W. H. Evans?Ooncert. Races of the S. O. Jockey Club. ? ? ? Nervous Debility.?A depressed, irritable state of mind; weak, ner? vous, exhausted peeling; no energy or animation; confused head, weak memory, often with debilitating, in? voluntary discharges.?The conse? quence of excesses, mental over-work or indiscretions. This nervous debility finds a sovereign cure in Humphreys' Homojpatuic Specific, No. 28. It tones np the system, arrests discharges, dispels the mental gloom and despond? ency, and rejuvenates tbo entire system; it is perfectly harmless and always ef? ficient. Price $5 for a package of five boxes and a largo $2 vial of powder, which is important in old serious oases; r $1 per single box. Sold by all ruggists, or sunt by mail on receipt of rice. Address Humphreys' Sfeoific loMffiHATHio Medicine Company, No. 62 Broadway, N. Y. For sale by Geioku A MuG nation, Colombia, S. C. Decl7 tfllm I " ' Telegraplilc-PorclKii AflWlra. DTSRAtail accepts the : premiership? marine disasters? uesthu?tj YE fires, etc. London, February 19.?D'Iraeli baa accepted the Premiership. The extensive cottoa mi l iu Leeds was destroyed by fire yesterday. Lo3s estimated at $350,000. A large tire is also reported in Dundee and Shields. The ship Berham, from Ponsacola for Barrow, pot into Holy bead yesterday dismasted. The ship Island Home, at Liverpool, from Charleston, was da? maged by collision with the bark Canada Belle. The Greenock, for Peneacoln, put back to the Clyde, having expe? rienced severe gules. London, February 19?Tbo Times says the Earl of Derby is to receive the portfolio'of Secretary "of State for the j Foreign Depurtmeut, uud the Marquis of Salisbury that of Secretary of State for India. It is probable D'lsrueli will complete hin Cabinet by to-night. It is said the Marquis of Went minster is to be made a Duke. Tclcgraphlo-amurlcii? .Hutlern. indian DEPREDATIONS?the epizootic ? bloody rOLIOEMAN?the siamese AU? TOPSY-st hikes-women RESISTING TAXATION, ETC., ETG. New York, February 18.?Iu tbo Court of General Sessious t^-day, u police officer, named Slattery, was sen? tenced to State's prison for seven aud a half years, ou u charge of assault with intent to kill n respectable citizeu. Slut tery was drunk at the time, uud beat tbo complainant in a shocking muuuer, und would have killed him but for the iuter ferenco of u roundsman. The distemper winch prevails among horsos iu this city, and was thought oonfiued to stuge aud street car horses, is also found in the stables of leading express oompauies, us well us iu livery and private stables. Thirty fatal cases have been reported in one horse cur stable. Galveston, February 18 ?A special despatch from Austin says that six citi? zens of Beaver Creek, near Fort Sill, were robbed of all their horses by Kiowu Iudiaus, from the reservation. Forty head of horses and mules were stolen from the ranches ou tlie Rio Grande, thirty miles ubovu Fort Quit man Florida Bay, February ID.?The Brooklyn and Wachnsett leave to day to search for the iron-clad Dictator. Mea? sures were being taken for a cruise along the coast to find her. The Frolio bas aailed from Portsmouth, for tbo same purpose. The steamer Dispatch, which left for Havaua Tuesday, on ac? count of reports tbat Consul General Hall had been obligod to fiy from the Spanish mob in Havana, uud tuke re? fuge upon board u British irou-clad, has not yet retorued. Boston, February 19.?Collector Rus? sell has telegraphed tbo withdraw.il of his resignation. Key West, February 19?10 A. M.? The Diotator has just arrived in sight, coming into tbe harbor. Mobile, February 19.?Charles B. Wallace has been here, and has given uu I appeal bond to the Supreme Court of the Uuitod States, in the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad case, for iicul ad? judication. Philadelphia, February 19.?500 meu in Porter & Dickey's cotton works, in Kensiug. struck for wumk. Troubles in tbo sboo trade uro threatened. Xi-Ki.;., OniG, February 10, ? lue Stute Grange passed resolutions endors ing tbo women's temperance movemuut. New Orleans, February 19.?A mass meeting of the citizeus passed a series of resolutions, closing thus: Resolved, Thut wo olaim now, at tbe hands of Congress, us wo have iu tho past, recognition Of tho government elected in November, 1872, of which Gov. McEuery is bead; or iu default thereof, that the present government bo superseded by military provisional rule, and a now election be ordered, under Federal auspices, as the best thut cau be ucoorded us. Washington, February 19.?A bill waa passed in tho House making the .course of study for cadet engineers ut VAnnapolis four years, instead of two. i Philadelphia, February 10.?At. n formal report of the Siamese autopsy, the bodies of the twins were exposed npou a tdblo at the upper und of the hall, in front of tho audience. The plaster casts which wero taken from time to time, during the progress of the autopsy, wero at hand, and, together with a number of diagrams, photo? graphic views and drawings, were used by tbo demonstrator, Dr. W. H. Pan? coast, to illustrate the report. The bodies also were very frequently used by Dr. Pancoast, for tho purpose of ex? plaining passages of the report. The iutensest interest was displayed during tho remarks of tho demonstrator, ex? planatory of certain physiological pecu? liarities iu tho respective bodies. Pro? minent umong thy.'se peculiarities, was whut Dr. Pancoast called the fatty cord, which extended from tho mucous mem? brane of tho stomach to which it ad? hered, in the direotion of, but not quite into, the bond of uuiou. There were peculiarities of tho ambilieul and liver in each body, together with many other abnormal growths, rarely found in tbe human anatomy. Washington, February 19?Chief Justice Waito will nut qualify until tbe ?1th of March. .The Committeo of Ways and Moans heard arguments iu favor of tlie reduc? tion of (tuxes ou leaf tobacco and fruit brandies. Iu tho Senate, 200 bankers and busi? ness men of Chicago petition aguiubt an increaso of ourrenoy. Logan suid be had heard of this petition befote. He know many of those who had signed it, and among them were meu who were the first to olose their doors, last fall, und refused to pay their depositors, or paid them with all kinds of paper. Ho would hereafter present petitions show ling the prevailing sentiment in his country. The equalization of the cur? rency was resumed. Cameron'* amend? ment, repealing all laws which restricted national bank circulation, was defeated. Gordon submitted a substitute, instruct? ing the committee to report as soou as practicable a bill for free banking, aud providing for tbe convertibility of .United States treasury notes into low interest bonds or gold coiu, at the op? tion of tbo Government, nud the bonds convertible iuto treasury notes at tbe option of the holder. Rtjentcd. Couk ling said if Senators wanted an illustra? tion of the infirmity of tbis whole pro? ceeding, he submitted they bud it now. Tbis wbolo thing, had been going on without the appropriate committee of tbo Senate huviug given to tbe Semite anything which might be termed a finnusiul scheme. Ogleshy, of Illinois, said he thought there was in tbe Senate to-day tbe ability, intelligence and cx perieuco to compare witn the most fa? vorable era of the American republic. In the llou-e, White, from tho Judi? ciary Committee, reported u bill for the appointment of a United States Marshal in tho Western District of North Caro? lina; also, a bill to provide for tho elec? tion of two Representatives at large for Alabama, unless tho Legislature shall otherwise provide by law before tbe timo fixed for tbe election. He stated that the necessity for the bill arose from the failure of the Legislature to re-dis; trict tho State, one House l.ein? Demo? cratic and tho other one Republican. Tbo bill puised. A bill to pay Texas tho ba'ancu due to it by the treasury uudor the law of 185o, was referred to the Committee of the Whole. Also, u bill dividing the State of Louisiana iuto two judicial districts, und a bill repeal? ing all laws requiring oaths or proof of loyalty from public creditors under con? tracts, Ac, before April,"1861. Negley, of Pennsylvania, presented tbo memo? rial of shippers, merchants, Ac, of New Orleans, ugaiust military interference with the mouth of tho Mississippi River. Tbe House theu took up the bill for the distribution of public documents print? ed by the authority of Congress uud nf seed furnished by tbe Agricultural De? partment, for the free exchange of newspupers between publishers, aud for tho free transmission of weekly news? papers by mail within the Couuty where published. No action. Probabilities?For the South Atlantic States, winds backing to South east and South-west, with cloudy weather aud possibly light ruin. Buffalo, February ID.?Michael Mc Keou, the wife-murderer, was sentenced to imprisonment for life. Providence. February 19.?Iu the United States Circuit Court to day, the case of Mrs. James vs. tho Atlantic D.e luine Company, Judge Clifford reudered | a decision, which, in effect, affirms the piuiutiffs claim for aboat ?038,000. The case has been in court fifteen yeurs, and may be carried to tbe Uuited States Su? preme Court. St. Louis, February 10.?The resi? dence of R. J. Watsoi:, near here, win burued to-day; loss SiO.O?O. WoncESTEit, Mass., February 10.? Stephen and Abbio ICelley Foster, with Miss Sarah Wall and Miss Marietta Flag, refused to pay taxes because ladies cannot vote. Their properly is ad? vertised for sulo to-morrow. A conven? tion to protest against the law is in ses? sion hero to day. The Smith sisters, of I criustouunry, were present this morn I 5U.| made addresses. Hartford, February 19 ?Delegates of fourteen colleges begnu their session hero this morning, to cousider tbo matter of inter-collegiate contests other than physical. 'Vi U g ril |) li i< ? I'll mi in i i < i ll 1 Ki |MiO?. Columbia, February 10.?Sales of cot? ton, to-day, 75 bales?middling l-l1^. London. February 19.?Consols 92 '0' @92|4'. Bullion increased ?250.000. Liverpool, February 19?Noon.? Cotton cusier but not quotubly lower; sules 12,000 bales, including 2,000 for speculation uud export; to arrive steady; no transactions; sules of uplands, no? thing below good ordinary, shipped in February or March, 7 13 10; Orleans, nothing below low middling, shipped iu February or March, 8 3 16; spot, cotton ?uplands 8; OrJeuus 8 ,'4; sales include 6,700 American. New Yobk. February 10? Noou.? Gold 12%. Stocks dull. Money 4. Exchange?long A 85; short i.8S)4 Governments strong und active. Stale bonds activcr Cotton weak aud irregu? lar; sales 701 bales?uplands l?;,^'; Or? leans lO^u'. Futures opened: March 15,'4', 15 5-16; April 15V 15 15 16; May 16 13 32; Ju'lyH.'.i; August 17 0-16. Flour uud wheat quiet and steady. Corn dull and unchanged. Pork stoady, at 15.80(^16.00. Lard steady?steam 9 7-16. Freights firm. 7 P. M.?Cotton?not receipts 1,176 bales; gross 1,978. Futures closed quiet; sales 23,100 bales, us follows: February 15 1-16, 15}b', March 15 5-32, 15 3-16; April 15 25 32, 15 13-16; May 16 9-32, 16 5 16; Juno 16 23 32. 16^; July 17 5 32, 17%. Cotton weak aud irregular; sales 1,311 baits, at 10J?@ 16J.1. Flour stoady. Whiskey 1.00(m 1 1.0UJ.B. Wheat quiet. Corn l(?2o. lower. Rico und pork quiet. Ltrd heuvy. Freights quiet. Money easy, : at 4(a)5. Stelling dull, at 1.85. Gold stroug, at 12 ;5U (0)12^4. Governments strong uud active. States steady. Louisville, February 19.?Flour quiet and unchanged. Corn 71@72. Provisions a shade lower. Pork 15.U0(o> 15.25. Baooo?shoulders 7; clear no 8^; clour 9. Lard?9H(g#$i 'or tie:01?; U%@10>4 for keg. SVhiskoy lo<*.er, at 93)^. Cincinnati, February 19.?Flour 1 steady. Corn quiet, at 53(^61. Pork 1 quiet uud weak, at 15.00. Lard quiet aud weuk-.steam 8??; kettle. 9. Bacon 1 dull, with small sules?shoulders 6;'4'; clear rib 8%; clear 8%. Whiskey ao tive, at a decline?94. Norfolk, February 19.?Cot ion quiet; net receipts 1,6-46 bales; exports ooast 1 wise 1,7-40; sales -460. Galveston, Febraary 19.?Ootton quiet?good ordinary 13?.(; middling I6.J-4; net receipts 1,753 baloH; exports coastwise 27; to Great Britain 4,967; S las l.OOO: New Orleans, February 19.?Cotton irregnlar, active and lower?middling l?jo; low middling 15)s ? good ordinary 13%; net receipts 2,811 bales; gross 4.625; exports continent 1,391; France 1,763; coastwise 309; sales 4,000. Savannah, February 19.?Cotton quiet and easy; uet receipts 2,341 bales; ex? ports to Franco 1,431'; coastwise 1,722; "?iles 1,385; Great Britain 3.129. Charleston, February 19.?Cotton? middling 15,%; low middling 15; good ord'uur; 14,%; net receipts 1,029 bales; exports to Frauco 1,750; coastwise 482; sales 500. Philadelphia. February 19.?Cotton ? net receipts 201 bait s; groHs 1,029. Boston, February 19.?Cottou quiet ?uet reueipts G3 bales; sales 200. .Memphis, February 19.?Cotton?re eeipts 1,525 bales; shipments 1,085. WILMINGTON, February 19.?Cotton doll?uet receipts 223 bale?; exports coastwise 36; sulcs 21. Mary, the Mother of Washington ? A Virginia member of Cougress bad in? troduced a resolution looking to tbe finishing of a monument over the re? mains of Mary, the mother of Washing? ton, which repose iu the burial ground near Frederickiburg, Virginia. It seems that the corner atone of such u monu? ment was laid many years ago with great oeretuouy?Gen. Jackson and other dis? tinguished meu being present; but that since that time nothing has been done towards building the shaft. It would perhaps be better, suggests the Phila? delphia Ledger, to wait until we com? plete the monument to tho memory of Gen. Washington before erecting one to his mother. As theoretical monument builders the American people doubtless excel ail others. Tbe ahtctity with which wo vote monuments to the me? mory of the illustrious dead is worthy of ull praise, and our failure to erect them of anything but commendation. Tho way we build, or rather do not build, monuments, reminds one of Micawber's manner of paying his debts. He can? celed his pecuniary obligations, it will be remembered, by giving fresh I. O. U.'s wheu pressed by his creditors, and after doing this felt, as he expressed it, thut lie had "discharged a duty which he owed to society." On the evening train from Albany, re? cently, wus a woman bound for West held, who persisted in requesting the affable conductor to inform her when Chester was reached. Every time when the conductor passed through the car, he was greeted with: "Please tell me wheu we get to Chester." Courteous man though he is, eveu his patience was liutilly exhausted, aud he politely re? quested tho unfortunate female to main? tain silcuce, as he hud heard and would hoed her injunction. Chester was dually reached, and "Chester" was jelled at the ear door. The train again started,] and tbe conductor mounted, the cur iu tvhich was his persecutor. "Will you j tell me when wo get to Chester?" she said. "This is Chester," he exclaimed, ami, grasping the bell-rope, he hud the tram back up to the station. "I'm real glad you obliged me," said the daughter ?f p}V|J f.% ..y....nr.r..f ...1 ....... 1. Vk,-T- "Mv j husband used to live hero." Far Different.?Certainly there is no deceiving of one's husband nor one's physician; nor is it any easier for tbe politicians to deceive tho people, upou whoso breath aud favor they depeud for their very existence.?Index Appeal. A married friend of ours, upon read? ing the above, ejaculated, "The devil, there isu'l!" He referred to tho bus baud, not to the physician Or people. \Farmville ( Va ) Mercury, A good mother was trying to explain to a young hopeful in town, the other day, about fighting against tho devil. After telling the little fellow who the devil was, and how hard he was to suc? cessfully resist, be turned around and said, "Mamma, I'd bo scared of the old devil, but if I was to cumo across one of his little devils, I'd knock the sttiUiug out of him." Hesponsirilitv.?At tho back of every line that appears in these editoiiul columns, no matter what tbo subject, there is alwuys some responsible party, who ill prepared to make such apology as may be desired by any offended party, or to stand treat, if preferred. [I<\trmville (Va.) Mercury. According to Mr. Sayler, of Indiana, t our present patent system is a patent method of plundering both inventors and the public. But it is not quito pa? tent what tho remedy is. Perhaps some ingenious Congressman will cudgel his bruins to invent a specific and got it pa? tented. When a Philadelphia reporter writes that "such scones must long linger lov? ingly in the memories of all who saw them, for with youth ut tbe helm and pleasure nt tho prow, the gondola of en? joyment swept swiftly along on the azure sea of hope," ho means a public ! ball. General S V. Patterson and Geueral I Edmoud J. Bryant, two prominent North Carolinians, havj recently died, within a few days of each other, ut ad? vanced ages; tho former of Oaldwell County and tiio latter of Rutherford ! County. Another remedy has been discovered ' for rheumatism in London. It is a hot ! sand bath. Tina makos7,34S remedies? all infallible! John Dig petitioned to the Massa? chusetts Legislature to change his 1 name, and they made it John Reer, and I he was happy. Mrs. Giocn, a Kansas widow, wants to marry again, and as a recommenda? tion sho bays she nsed oue broom for fourteen years. tiis statu legislature. Thursday, February 19, 1874. SENATE. Tho Seuate assembled at 12 M. Tbo House sent to the Senate a bill to make appropriation to meot tho ordi? nary expenses of tbe State Government for tbe fiscal year commencing Novem? ber 1, 1873. Mr. Maxwell introduced a bill to re? lieve tbe bondsmen of tbe late County Treasurer of Greenville County. Mr. Lee?Bills to iucorporate the Youuk Meu's Cbristiau Society, of Chester; to provide for au assessment of real property iu tbe County of Chester for tbe year 1871 Mr. Whittemore introduced a con ourreut resolution that, iu order to lessen tbe expense of tbe public print iug, no Acts of incorporation, passed during tbo extra or tbe present session of the General Assembly, shall be pub? lished iu uuy of the newspapers of the State at tbe expense of the State, which was agreed to. Peudiug the consideration of a bill to make appropriation to pay the claimt held iu trust by J. Woodruff and A. O Jones aguinst tho State, the Senate ad? journed. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A bill to make appropriation to meet tho ordinary expenses of the govern? ment for the tiscul your commeueud No? vember 1, 1873, wus passed. A vast number of bills uud joint reso lotions were reported as eugrosted and ready for a third reading. - m ??? - ?? An African Kino's Cure for Tooth? ache.?A correspondent at Capo Const Castle, writing ou tho 15th December, says: King Bley still holds his position within bis stockade, but is rather short of provisions. His Majesty bus a most valuable acquisition in the shape of u secretary who can actually reud und write. The letters of tbis official to tbe different commanding officers of tbe British men-of-war are worthy of study. I attach a specimen or two: "Dear aud houeruble Commander: Your shell go to good point to-morrow, (i. e., yester? day,) ami kill much enemy. I send you G fowl for officer to eat, und hope your halth good, God bless your majesty, my dear and umblo commander, your ser? vant King Bley. Please send me piece pork uud bottle rum." "Dear Com? mander?I hope your helth good. My spy tell me enemy still in bush. I huve bad toothache, so please send me piece of pork uud bottle of rum, partieulai rum, as my toothache very bad. Youi uuible servant Kmg Bley." Upon re ceiviug the rum alone, bin Majesty writes: ''Dear aud umblo Commuudei your Mnjesty: 1 am sorry yon no senc me the pork us my toothache mucL worse this day. Yon think pork bad foi toothache, please send me more bottU rum. Your servant King Bley." An old Parisian beggar, famous fo his success, thus explains the business "rules" to which be bay i bo iuvuriubhj adheres: "I never ask alms of one win has dined, as roshif renders a man self ish, nor of stout meu, us it bores then to stop, nor of any ono putting on hii gloves, nor of u lady ulouo, but alwuyi of uu> one manifestly goiug to dinner of people walking together, us tbeii amour propre makes them geuorous, o officer* in grand nniforasa, and of r~a pie apparently seeking favor from tin Government?they think thutugiit wii bring them luck." A parcel of Chicago women have re ccutly invented a new God and fouodei a now church. The one they call "God the Father; Lord, the Mother; Christ the Son; Soul, the Daughter," and th other, "Tho Uuited States Iudepcud cut Government Church of Women. Some of those Chicago men uud womei can discover aud travel more uew route ? wards than any other people ou th face of tho oarth. A uew question is now claiming th attention of debating societies an store-loungers in Frostou County, Wee Virginia. It is, according to a corret poudeut of tho Herald, this posei "Which is tho door, the hole or the fran\ ih.it fills the bole? Iu entering a hou* do you push the frame back and g through the dour, or do you push th door back and only go through th hole?" j Ono wet night, iu Boston receutlj ; visitors to a public hall found a mau n I the entrance holding out a ticket choc I and saying: "Umbrellas, please." Pe< I plo gratefully resigned their wet tin '? brellas to his custody, but when th I entertainment was over, both man au I umbrellas had disappeared. A New York telegraph messenger bo ', got bis despatches mixed tbo other du] j and handed a jockey n telegram wbio read: "Can you supply our pulpit ues j Sunday ?" Aud to u weli known ciergj | man a despatch which reud: "The rac I is postponed till Monday. Can't yo i come down and spend Sunday?" "Abe Rick" says: "After sevril yeai i nv retlicktion I have come to the kot Illusion that tbe three most diffiku I things in life are?1st, Carryiu' au urn j ful of live eels up a stoep hill, withoi 'spilling an eel. 21. Aktin us a re fen 1 at a dog-light without getting mad. 3. E litiu' a newspaper." ! A young mau in Kiugstou, N. H I was led iuto tbo water and baptized o j a recent cold, stormy Sunday, und i j less than a week ho sickened und diet : his denth being caused by the oxposur ' and consequent shock produced. An Iowa farmer who has been mai : ried only seven weeks, and has had t buy a w ig, offers a bet that his wile ea ; whip a punt her. Yollow Biver, Arkansas, has "resolvt-i that the great need of tnis towu is ubon forty women." Over 300 Virginia babies have be* , named after Robert E Lee, and sti tho work goes on. A Bap Failuuk in Geobgia. ? A letter from Macon says: "Tbe failure of Hughes & Vickers, tbe extensive plant? ers of Twigga, Lanreos and Dongberty Counties, is a leadiDg topic of conversa? tion. Their liabilities are now known to be over $190,000. Of this amount, Macon dances to the tone of $40,000, A. 3. Hartridge, of Savannah, $60,000, and the balance scattered around promiscu? ously. They ran fifteen or sixteen plan? tations, each of which, came directly under tho comprehensive title of 'huge.' No estimate has as yet been made as to how much upon the dollar they will be able to pay, but their cre? ditors hero anticipate little or nothing. Nor is the situation of othor cotton planters?that is, those who have plant? ed no hogs?much better than the above .instructive chapter. Their net guins 'come in at the spigot and ran oat at the bung. Tbe only satisfaction they have is the pleasure of. counting over from ,35,000 to $50,000 oboe a year, holding it a few days, and tbim planking it ;down for corn, bay, fodder, leaves, acorns, meat, whiskey aniTtpbacoo." The Sheriff's Sale of a Church.? St. John's Roman Catholic Church, at Orange, N. J., iu tho diocese recently : presided over by Archbishop Bay ley, was sold Tuesday under the?hammer to satisfy the claims of the creditors of the church, whose Aggregate claims foot up tho mm of $260,000. The citizens of Orange, Newark, Montclairand vicinity, with scarcely an exception, and irre? spective of creeds, evince the deepest sympathy with their Catholic brethren, who, after having straggled bravely for the past eight years to provide them? selves with an edifice that, while afford? ing ample accommodation, shoold serve as a monnment to their piety and re? flect credit upon their taste, are now compelled to see tho fruit of their labor aud hard-eurned offerings plucked from .their grasp?the tabernacle of their .faith seized by the Sheriff and sold to .the highest bidder. ! The Difference Between Home jR?LE and Carpet-Baoqers* Rule.?A year ago, the credit of Georgia was gone. Governor Bullock and Henry Clews Sc Co. had slaughtered it between them. Now tho State has just nego? tiated a loan of $1,200,000 at par. The cost of negotiation was less than one 'per cent. Georgia is now rnled by her own citizens. The States that ropu diate are ruled by carpet-baggers, who are kept in power by the grace of Fede . ral power. This system may pay po? litically, but it does not financially. I Chicago Tribune. . A New Grant Ohoan in New Yobk. It is stated thut the leading Grant Re ' publicans of New York, not satisfied ' with the courso of tho New York Times, ' or endorsing the views of its editor, have just completed negotiations for Jthe pni chase of the Now York Evening AExpress, formerly owned by the late Jas. ? Brooks. Tho new organ will be in 'creased in size to that of the "big dailies." The price paid for the paper '^was $350,000. j| Hioh-Priced Religion.?As an il? lustration of the high prices for sittings 'iu some of the fashionable New York \ up-town places of public worship, it is I stated that pew No. 63, in the middle ?-.:>^ nf tUft Pi'C??jt?i'iiiil uuuiou, yur. . Hall's,) corner of Fifth avenue and i Nineteenth street, was sold ut auction; on Wednesday, for $2,801). The ground rent is $170 per annum. Killed by a Home-Made Gun.?A 1 boy living at Slopertown, Iowa, was fa , tally injured Saturday. He had made a , gun of a piece of gas-pipe by pounding i- a piece of iron into oue end of it for a - breach, aud when he tired, this piece of " metal was blown out, entering his fore 3 head und burying itself in his brain. b Died, in Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, Ger L' many, on the 23d of January, 1874, Mr. Louis Cress, aged sixty-five years. Mr. e Cress was formerly a citizen of Augusta, il lie married a sister of tho late Mr. Wm. it XI. D'Autignsc. ? l"| Mrs. Mason, the widow of the late "? James M. Mason, former Senator from x Virginia, died at Clarens,^ near Alex e undria, on Saturday morning, after a 0 long illness. The venerable John Bachman, tho distinguished pastor, theologian and naturalist, is very ill ut his residence in '? Charit .-.ton, mid it is feared that he can 1 not survive many days longer. j The oldest firemau in Utica died the '"'other day, uud he wanted to be buried ' with his red shirt on so as to bo ready K for an alarm. Races oi-the South Carolina Jockey J Club at Charleston, S. C. '? TTIEBttUAUV '^5. 26, 27, 28, 1874. Three Li X; Uacoa each day. Tho North-eastern, t South Carolina aud Savannah and Charles ton Railroad* will issue Excursion Tickets, At one faro for tho rouud trip, during the e meeting. _ Feb 20 U'SUNDAY~SCH00L CONCEET. '6 TMtiK Scholars connected with tho Marion l- JL ah .l Washington Streets Methodist linn It.day Schools will yivo a l- CO.VUKUT OP VIMAL, Mlslf, it Coiupi ising choice selections of Solos, Duets ft and Choruses irom the beet authors. To I lake placu at PARKER'S HALL, On Friday Night, February BO, 1S74. u,Io commence promptly at 8 o'clock. ! Tickets of admission, 30 cents; to bo pro " cured at the Music Stoics, and at the door ?n tho evening of the Concert, e Phori W. tl. EVANS, F-.-b 20 1 Condue.tor1 For Sale?500 Bushels ? ">ov i'UlOUN' m'jbkn" " Sweet Potatoes! \\ rjllODUCESover bushels to the acre * JL ou favorable land. Kqnal to the "Yam' iu eating qualities?and have dup; them bal _ pound in wcdgtit in this latitude, on 4:h Jnly ? I'tico 12 50 per bushel. II RICHARD O'NEALE, Jn., Feb 5 j2uio Columbia, S. C.