The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 13, 1874, Image 2
COLUMBIA, B. C.
Friday Morning, March 13, 1874.
The Duty or tits Government to later.
Tcnc Again In the AfTaira of South
Carolina,
The people of Sooth Carolina met in
convention in September, 1865, adopted
a oooBtitation aud re organised the
State Government. The government bo
formed failed to meet the approval of
OongrcBB, as not sufficiently liberal. It
was aet aside. The Aots ot reconstruc?
tion followed in rapid succession. A
spirit of unexpected hostility was dove- j
loped towards the State and the South.
In 1868, a new convention was ordered
to be holden, and a new Constitution
adopted. Congress interfered to strike
down one government. It intervened
to set np another, in the professed inte?
rests of the newly-eufranobised citizens,
and to secure their rights of lifo, liberty
and property. Universal suffrage was
mado its oornnr-Btone. The evils which
would ponr in upon the State, from the
adoption of this measure, with two
classes of population bo sharply antago?
nized in condition, color aud numbers,
were foreseen, and euruest and disinte?
rested efforts were made by several of
onr citizens to induce the freedmen to
agree to qualified Buflrage. At a large
I public meeting?the first held in Colom?
bia after the war?in the interests of the
colored people, to consider nnd agree
npon some line of fntnre action, Gen.
Hampton made a conciliatory speech,
in which he frankly and with the spirit
of honor aud perfeot faith, which has
never known blot or been impeached by
a doubt, aooepted for our people the
-results of the war. He cordially wel
???0 0sued the black poople to a participa?
tion in the honors and responsibilities
of the State Government. He tendered
them the right hand of fellowship as
?citizens, and proposed that both racos,
whoso relations had been so completely
?changed, shonld co-operate togotber in
the establishment of good order aud a
peaceable understanding, by which the
rights of all should be impartially se?
cured. He took with him to tho meet?
ing a volume of American constitutions,
and proposed that that of Maine or
Massachusetts should bo fixed upon as
the fundamental law for this State. He
pointed oat the evils that must neoessa
rily ensue from universal suffrage in the
then oondition of the State. Ho demon?
strated the advantages of some restric?
tions upon Buffrage. He proposed to
make them strictly impartial and appli?
cable to both races.
This sensible view was endorsed by
David Fickett, a leading colored mau>
then resident here. He deolared that
all the colored puoplo were not capable
of exercising the right of tho ballot dis
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fail an easy prey to political sharpers.
Beverly Nash, while he oould not com?
bat the justice of this view, and while
he admitted tho perfeot candor and
frankness of General Hampton and his
friends in presenting it, made objec?
tions. He said briefly that tho colored
people had tho right, the United States
Government had oonferred it, and he
was opposed to uny modification of it.
This was deoisive of the qaestion in
that large popular meeting. General
Hampton subsequently visited the Le?
gislature when it oouvened, and sought
to impress his views upon it, pointing
out patioully und kindly the necessary
aud valuable restrictions on thesufl'ruge,
na they are found in most of tho consti?
tutions of the Northern States. But
tho die was cast. Reason was silenced,
under the wing and authority of the
General Government. The fatal alii
auce between ignorance and chicanery
wua consummated. Tho coloied people
soizetl the ballot, and the State entered
upon tho uew era of ruin. Uurestricted
?nffrage became, in crafty und unprinci?
pled hands, the iustrumeut of oppres?
sion and wrong, tho means of ready
spoliation and .corruption. It has
brodght us where wearo to-day?bank?
rupt, disgraced, and infamous to a de?
gree unparalleled in history.
Our Republican frieuda North at last
'begin to get a glimpse of the situation
of thing* hero. They aro appalled ut
the tcnible evils which havo overtaken
us. But while they condemn and de
uonuce them, they havo nothing better
to advise thau that wo must woik our
o8uapo by patient efforts, continued
through u long series of years. Home
urge u.s to conibino with tho colored
pcoplo upon the platform of personal
honesty aud official responsibility. But
wo eauuot nohie.vo impossibilities. Alas!
what is thi;s but to say that we uro
doomed and must abandon all hope?
Wo cannot live under the artificial pu
liticul structure which ovcr.?hiuluwa us
!iko the deadly upas trco. It cannot bo
overturned except by revolution here-,
or hy a froth excroiso of the power
vbioh built it up over our heads. Tho
influences which support it we are
powerless to ooauteraot. Bat the go?
vernment which assumed the right to
intervene in our affairs in 1868, to oor
reot what it considered an invasion of
the rights of the black people, or at
least a failure to protect them adequate?
ly, has the same power, and certainly
justor reasons, to interpose its authority
now, to rescue the white raco from im?
pending destruction. Not only life,
liberty and property, bat civilization
itself is in peril here.
We appeal to the public opinion of the
whole country. We havo seat np oar me?
morial tc Ccngres? Wo ask a dispas?
sionate consideration of onr case. If the
evils exist and are on tho iuorease; if
they are incurable by any exertions we
muy directly make, short of the doubt?
ful step of revolutionary action; if they
have been imposed npou as by any
authority which wo could uot resist, aud
under circumstances for which we nre
not responsible; if the present govern?
ment of South Garoliua be the oppro?
brium of the American Union, and tho
[ public life of its people bo a curse and u
shame, then it is time that tho Govern?
ment should interfere in somo effective
way for its relief. We bhift the respon?
sibility of the future from our shoulders.
We seek to place it where it belongs, at
the door of Congress. Mr. Fiko, in his
"Prostrate State," well says that ''the
ohangea here experienced huvo been
accomplished by outside forces. The
result hna not been produced by a wres?
tle between two powers, in which tho
stronger has thrown and taken tho place
of the weaker. The strong has put the
weak under foot, but has withdrawn
itself after placing upoa tho neok of its
prostrate foe the yoke of an ignoble and
an incompetent crowd. Obedience is
enforced by a power foreign to the in?
strument that inflio'.b the humiliation.
It is not the rule of iutriusio strength;
it is the compulsive power of the Fede?
ral authority at Washington. But for
that, the forces of civilization would re?
adjust themselves and overturn the pre?
sent artificial arrangement."
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Mr. James Parton nays: "We must
now aooept it as an axiom that universal
suffrage, where one-third of the voters
oannot road the language of the count-iy
they inhabit, tends to plaoe tho scoun?
drel class at the summit of affairs."
This is as strictly true as uny axiom
ever recognized by society. And this
nation will bo compelled to acknow?
ledge it and to acquiesce in tho ne?
cessity of protection us a logical se?
quence from it. Thut a great people
aud country like ours shall, voluntarily
submit themselves to such terrible re?
sults of iguorant suffrage as wo now suf?
fer, is oue of the greatest wondera ot
civilization. A long continued subum"
sion to that condition would bo a yet
areater wonder.
Patrons of iIoshandhy?Tho Execu?
tive Committee of the National Grange
of the Patrons of Husbandry uro matur?
ing u plan for the formatton of a sta?
tistical bureau in connection with the
Nutioual Grange for tho collection aud
disdominutiou of information throngu
out the country in regard to the condi?
tion of the crops. The new bureau will
bo located ut Washington, D. C, und
in charge of Mr. D. W. Atken, Secre?
tary of tho State Grange of South Ca?
rolina, who, as General Deputy of tho
Order, has been itistrumuulul iu pro?
moting its growth in muuy Southern
States. Subordinate granges will report
direot to tho Statu Gruugo all informa?
tion of interest relating to the crops.
The different Stale Granges will report
by telegraph to tho statistical bureau of
the Order ut Washington. Tho bureau
will compile und HUiumarizo these re?
ports iuto a monthly report of the crops
of all suctions of the country, aud will
simultaneously transmit this report by
telegraph, mouthly, to all State Orangen,
which in turn will furnish it to every
subordinate grange within their juris?
diction. This information will not bo
furnished to tho press for publication,
it being intended exclusively fcr the.
benefit of members of the order.
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Ilouses to let are visible now in all
parts of New York, From present ap?
pearances there will bo uo F.ckof stores
iu tho lower part of tho city for who?
ever may want them, lteuts, too, are
materially below last year's tiguros, us u
rule. The exceptions ure in favorite
localities belov? Maiden lane. As for
Brooklyn, there uro more buildings
placarded than has beou known there
for many years, and rents uro s.iid to be
from fifteen to twenty per cent, loss
than those heretofore iusisted upon.
There are many who have predicted
that the great puuio of last fall would
have no influence upon real estate this
spriug, but theso facts tdiow that they
uro mistaken.
The Chaplain of tho Senate, yester?
day, intimated iu his prayer tliut Satan
and his augols ure loose over nil the
laud. We thought bin depredations
were confined obicfiy to Washington
and Bostou.
"John Smith," of Chicago, bus seutl
?13U0 to tho Secretary of tho treasury as
a contribution to tho conscience fund,
and requests acknowledgment of its re?
ceipt iu tho Now York Tribune,
Mr. Westfleld, of Due West, had
most of his hair eaten olf by u voracious
rut, last week, while ho wu.i sleeping,
the bt at is leoislatore.
Tiiuhsday. Mabob 12, 1874.
SENATE.
The Somite mut at 12 M.
Mr. 8vraila scat to tbe desk and bad
read tbo affidavits of W. J. Wbipper,
A. G. Tbomas and O. C. j?afifer, in re?
ply to tho protest of Mr. Molntyre, re?
lative to Mr. Puffer's connection with
tbe afftiirs of the Bank of tbe 8tate.
After debate, participated in by Mesars.
Molotyre, Swails, Smalls and Nash, the
furtber consideration of tbe matter wua
mndo tbo special order for to-morrow,
at 1 P. M.
Tbe following mcssago was .dtfcuvud
from tbo Governor:
Executive Department.
Columbia, March 12. 187-1.
Gentlemsm op this Senate a;;d
House of Hepresentativi's: A greBt e.t
I unity baa fallen upon the nation. A
statesman whu bud advanced hia coun?
try *h liuuor and fa mo?nu orator wno-o
eloquence bud recalled tbo most illus?
trious examples of ancient und modern
oratory?a scholar whom all tbe wealth
of hntrfm learniug bad enriched?a phi?
lanthropist whose heart kuow uo bouud*
narrower tbuu humanity?a mau who.-e
proud und unsullied record bad enno?
bled our whole- American public lifo,
has auddeuly passed from ec^ik-s ol
earth to tbe prusouce of tlie great Judge,
of All.
No oitiztn who loves bi.s country will
hoar the sad announcemeul d*f tbo demh
of Charles Sumuar without the deepest
omotioua of putriotio grief. For thirty
years ho had stood conspicuously before
the country. For nearly tweuty-four
years ho hud filled a Heat in tho Senate
of the United States. Throughout this
long und laborious cs 'eer he had been
true to every duty, pure in every act
und putriotio. in uvery motive. By
speech, by vote, by example uud pro
cupt, bo bad tuught his country the les?
sons of justice, freedom uud humanity.
He found that nation in boudago lu
legalized oppression aud wroug?ho has
left that nation without a alavo upon her
soil. He found tho sacred dcclurutiou
of biB country's independence a dis?
honored tradition?be has again mudu
that sublime declaration the living faith
and rule of the whole republic. Over
tbe vast field of a broad statesmanship
he has everywhere abed the clear light
of unselfish patriotism. To foreigu
nations he was always just, while to the
fame und glory of bis own country he
was devoted with a profound and un?
wavering devotion. To our own State,
and to a majority of our own fellow
oitiz3ns, bis death will bear with it a
peculiar sadueax; for be was, above all
things else, tbe great apostle of freedom
and civil rights.
May the mautle of the ascending pa?
triot fall upon those who will follow in
bis illustrious footsteps, aud may tuey
walk constantly beneath the illumina?
tion of bis groat example. Such an event
arrests public attention and demands
public recognition, aud I respectlohy
reoommcud to your honorable bodies
that such uotion bo taken (iu view of
this aad bsreuvemeut) as shall give
token of tho deep aud undying gratitu 3e
with which the name und memory of
Charles Sumnor will ever bo cherished
by the people of South Carolina. So
long us men cultivate peace, love, free?
dom, enact justice, respect integrity uud
admire soho arehip, uo name iu the uu
nals of Aniurican history will shine with
greater splendor or be regarded with
greuici rvut.iul.uu, ".uuZ ?L. t '.~r
great Mnesachusotts Senator, whoso un?
timely end tho whole civilized world
will deplore. Very respectfully,
P. J. MOSES, Jr , Governor.
The House sent to trio Senate a con?
current resolution to appoint a special
joint committee to draft re-edutious re?
lative to the decease of Hon. Charles
Sumner. Coucuried in, and Messrs.
VVblttemore, Swails and Dunn worn ap?
pointed. House Committee: Messrs.
Hurley, Bowley, N. It. Myere, Art-ion
uud Robertson.
Mr. Johnston introduced a resolution,
that whereas tho cad intelligence has
been received that tho gre.it stutcsuiun
and scholar, tho friend of liberty und
humanity, the Hon. Cbarles Sumner, i->
no more; mid whereas, this sad calamity
bas caused universal sorrow throughout
llie leugth anil breadth ol tho laud; and
whereas, it is eminently tittiug thai
some mark ?<f respect bo shown by tho
Legislature of South Carolin it; there?
fore, be it
Resolved, That the Sergeaot-at-Arras
bo instructed to lower the ling of the Se?
nate upon the State House at bulf-mist,
uud to bo so lowered until sauset.
i'hu Senate, ut 1.3'J l*. M., adjourned
?to meet 7 30 P. M.
At tho evening session, the bill grant?
ing a charter to the Congareu Water
Power received its third reading.
The balance uf the time was takeu up
in discussing a motion to rescind tho
action of tho Souuto relative to tho aup
ply bill, which caused au excited and
personal debate?the bouo of conten?
tion being tho striking out by the House
of tho Soaate'fl proposition to levy u tux
of one null for the payment of cortuiu
claims held by Mr. J. Wood roll.
HOUSE OF HEPHESENTATIYES.
The House mot at 11 A. M.
Mr. N. B. filyors rose to a point of
order?which was declared by the
Speaker us not well taken?that as dur?
ing ttio moruing hour, yesterday, the
enacting clause of u Semite bill to pay
J. Woodruff certain claims had been
stricken out, ami a message to that effect
sent to tho Senate, it could not be re?
considered. The decision of the Ohuii
was appealed from, uud adolnito uotsued,
pending which a mussuge relative to tin
death ol Hon. Charles otiuluur was re?
ceived from tho Governor. Tho appeal
was afterwards withdrawn.
Mr. MiddleLoi) introduced a resolu?
tion, which was adopted and sout tu lilt
Semite, that tlioiligaon the State House
he kept ut hulf-stuff during the remain
der ot this session, in honor of the Olici
illustrious but now deceased Hou,
Charles Sumner. It was further rc
solved, that the Honsp, us mark of ro
upect, do adjourn to 7 P. M.
Mr. Meetze, from the Oommittees on
the Judiciary and Agrioultare, submit?
ted a report relative to the agrioultural
land scrip, and recommended that ex
Fiaanoial Agent Kimpton be proceeded
against criminally. The report was
made the Bpecial order for 1 P. M. to?
morrow.
The Senate returned, with amend?
ments, a bill to raise supplies for the
fiscal year commencing November 1,
1874. The Uouho refused to concur in
amendment to Sectiou 8, by adding
3 5ths of a mill for past iudeb'oduess of
Lunatic Asylum and Penitentiary;
amendment to Section 9, by striking out
\% mills additional tax. Bar u well
Ouunty, and inserting 2 mi!l*>; amend?
ment to Section ?, by ttddiug 1 tuiii to
pay claim i held in trust by J. Woodruff.
Tho evening sessiou of the House was
taken up in tho discussion of a bill to
amend the Act relative to the pay of
members of the Genend Assembly.
During which, Mosern. Daunorly und
IMey, of Oiuugohurg, used .such impro?
per language as lo cause their expulsion
from the hall.
A resolution was then introduced by
Mr Onrtis, of Ricblaud, to the t fleet
that Abrain Daunorly and Uoury RUey,
members from Oraugeburg, bo ex pi lied
from the House, for improper conduct.
A resolution by Mr. Hurlej' was
I udopted, that the offending members bo
brought before the bur of the House,
for a hearing.
Mr. Riley was then brought up, und
beiug iufurmed of the resolution, ex?
cused himself by saving that he only
went to the assistance of his friend, und j
meant no barm. Messrs. Crittendeu, '
Myers, Curtis, Hamilton und others de?
bated tho matter. The resolution of
expulsion was finally put to u vote, und
passed?yeas GO; nays 41.
Mr. Dnuuerly was then brought for*
we.rd, aud after u few words of explana?
tion, retired. The vote for his expuhiou
resulted: Yeas 71; nays 18.
City Mattekh.?Subscribe for the
Pfi'ENlX.
Tue mails are terribly mixed?-North?
ern as well as Southern.
Cash will bo the rulo at the Pnojsix
office hurouftur.
All who chow, should look at tho In?
dian Girl'? '?King."
Plenty of snn-shine, yesterday, with
a liberal sprinkling of wiud. S
"Mother, may I go out to swim?"
will soon be the cry of the boye.
Many of we children of men ure suf?
fering from epizootic this weather.
To-morrow is the last day for payiug
city taxes, us, by law, the books ure
closed on tho 15th.
Of all employment, bodily labor is the
most useful, and of the greutost beuetit
for driving away tho devil.
Tho old safe of the Citizens' Savings
Bauk still obstructs our principal tho?
roughfare. Remove it.
If any writing except tho address in
put on the face of the postal card, full
letter postage is charged for it.
Trees leuvc out their summer cloth?
ing, and are able to don a uew green
dress without opening their trunks.
Tho mothers of some joung ladies
want everything on tho equare, nud
therefore oppugnate round dances:
The flags on the State Capitol were at
half musl, yesterday, through respect to
tho memory of Senator Sumuer.
Mr. R. G. Sessions, Auditor for Horry,
has been appointed a Notary Publiu by
the Governor.
The PiiUiNix is in receipt of a lot of
wedding envc.1 ?pes, paper, etc., of the
latest Paris and New Sork styles, which
I will be printed at reasonubie rates.
Some of tho pavemouts iu this city
look as if "bust head" whiskey hud been
spilled on them. They nre disintegrat
j ed to u painful degree.
I Old type?fiupi rior to Babbit metal
j for mauy purposes und much cheaper?
can be obtained in any quantity nt tho
Pinii.six Ofllco.
Go f.irth in baste! no time t.> waste!
proclaim to all creation, that men are
wise who advertise during the present
I stagnation.
I Messrs. Loiiek it Lowrunco inform
planters and tho rest of tho world what
they have on bund. Read their adver?
tisement.
Mr. Giiglioluuy'a lanndry will ba
closed after to-day, it not having baeu
snfllcipiitly patronized by tho publio to
warrant his keeping it up.
Tho PlieiiSix job oltioo is complete in
every respect, and cards, posters, pro?
grammes, bill-beads, etc., are turned
out with alacrity,
i Wo acknowledge tho reception from
? tbu Stewards of a card of invitation to
1 tho fifth unnivor.mry supper of the Hi?
bernian Society, ou St. Patrick's Day ?
March 17.
Wo are indebted lo tHo committee for
? card of invitation lo the anniversary
celebration of Excelsior Literary So
j oijty of Nuwbnrry College, on Friday
I j evening, March '27, 1871.
Messrs. E E. D ivies ?V Co. have re?
ceived another shipment of those tino
j Northern turkeys aud chickens; likewise
. a flue lot roe shad and Wilmington
> oysters, uud a few barrels of select seed
? potatoes; which will bo sold low for
cash.
Newspaper carriers are great conven?
iences. Standing on the Bide walk, they .
roll a newspaper into a hard wad aud i
borl it a distance of- fifty feet; so thai <
be who runs oat iu the yard and pieke I
up his papor may read.
Femiuine ornaments will be only mo
derately used tbie season, uod wilr be
mostly in pearl and stool and wood and
steel. Ornaments are exhibited repre?
senting bird claws, beaks aud many
other cnrions devices.
The fourth grand gift oocoert for the
benefit of the public library of Ken?
tucky comes off on 31st March. Tickets
can be had through Mr. D. Qambrill,;
cp to the 30th instant-, eftor which date'
all unsold will be returned.
Portions indebted to tho PnaiNix office!
are earnestly requested to cull und settle!
at once. There is a large amount due?
the greater portiou in small sums. The;
I indebtedness must be liquidated, or wej
shall be forced to resort to extreme inea
i
sn ren.
Messrs. Seibols & Esell disposed ol
the following stocks, yesterday: Blue
L?dge over-duo coupons, 20o.; Green?
ville aud Columbia Railroad bonds, se?
cond mortgage, GOo.; bills Bank of tht|
State of South Carolina, 3Gu.; coupons'
from Liurous Railroad bonds, 19c; Co?
lumbia Gas Light Company's stock,
$10.53; Central National Bank, 96.
Two fifteenth amendments bad a set
to, yesterday morning, and one of them
wus struck baek of the neck and knock?
ed senseless, and the by-stauders
thougbt he was dead; but he got up iu
a few moments, remarking, with <>
drunken shuke of the bead, that be
didn't like "sich foolishness."
Every bend of a family should possess
a policy in a good life iusurunce com?
pany, like the Brooklyn, of New York,
wbioh is as sound as a silver dollar.
Dr. J. W. Parker, at the Carolina Na?
tional Bank, is the General Agent for
South Carolina. Iu view of the un?
certainty of life, call on bim and secure
protection against so terrible an evil as
that of leaving a family unprovided for.
Rev. Mr. Kuhns, the populur Luthe?
ran minister of Newberry, passed
through Columbia last night, en route
for Savannah. Mr. Kubus states that
over 3U0 immigrants have arrived thus
far, and been settled in Newberry
County. They comprise all nationali?
ties?Germans, English, French, Iriub,
etc.; the bulk being Germans. But
one immigrant bad remained in New?
berry village.
Oeoroia Soiiools.?The Augusta pa?
per*, while speaking of tho Georgia
teachers' asaooialian, to convene nt Mu
cou on the first Tacsday in May next,
thus speak of some of our South Caro?
lina teachers: Prof. James H. Carlisle,
of Wofford College, S. C, one of the
most charming men in this country; Drr
J. I. Bonner, of Due West, ?. U., a very
successful educator of young ladies;
Captain Hugh S. Thompson, of Colom?
bia, S. C, one of tho most pains-taking,
practical and successful teachers iu any
State, will bo present to witness the
business transacted.
Tiiii Calico Bali..?This novel and
pleasing innovation on established cus?
tom us to balls in this latitude proven*
very successful, lost night, nnd tho par?
lors and dining-room of the Wheeler
Qonsu were Oiled with a highly delight?
ed party of ladies aud gentlemen. The
fair sex all appeared in calico dresses,
while tho sterner portion of creation
displayed shirt fronts ot the mo.it up
proved "hickory" style. I'rof. Buchar's
Uuo string baud furnished the motive
power, and ubout half-past 9, sets wort
formed in tho dining hall, aud away
went tho daucers?quadrille, waltz,
schottische, etc , following each other iu
quick succession. Tho frolic was kept
up uuiil a Into hour, and there is but
littlo doubt that there will bo many re?
petitions.
Tue Cotton Pool.. ? The papers of
Augusta, Ga., publish the following
circular, signed by C. B. Bacou, C. F.
Wilmaoe, O. H. Phinizy, R. W. Heard,
j W. M. Read. Oar cotton men should
take a tum:
The undersigned are appointed by the
President of the Augusta Excnungo u
committee to open a pool for tho pur?
pose of testing the relative skill of com?
petitors in estimating the crop of
1873-1. Tiie pool will be formed iu
this city, 65 entry feo, open to ull. The
person coming nearest the number oi
hales, us determined by tho New York
j Financial Chronicle, September 1, 1S7-1,
tukiug the money. Each person desir?
ous to compute must enclose his esti?
mate with ontrance fee to Boswell King.
Esq , Secretary Augusta Exchange
The money will bo deposited iu the N i
liounl Exchange Bank of August.-), Ga ,
uit iutercat. All estimates to be hut..lee
i iu by 1st of April, 187-1. No subschp
! ttous allowed after that date. All letters
post marked on or bofore that day, con?
taining uubscriptious nnd estimates,
will be admitted. Tho estimates will
bo recorded by tho uudersigned com
mittce on the 1st of April, 1874.
Disgraceful Scenes, r-The General 1
Assembly of South Carolina ia on tho
tivo 6i e!esir>g its arduous dctte>9.'(?) lio
protracted sessions (extra and regular)
liftvo been oventfal in meaeurea as
varied as tbe contents of Pandora's
box; many being of questionable cha?
racter, as many mote of -useless, ex-*"*^
peoRo, aud but low fruitful with good
to the State. There have been scenes,
too, that presented tho bomorons and
ridiculous character of tbe Solons; bat
"the last scene of all, which closes
tbia strange evontful history," was the
shameful and indecorous proceedings
at tho seBsiou last evening.
A hill in airiand tl.a Ant rcdniivA to
the pay of members was being, dis?
cussed, when u colored member from
Oraugeburg?Abram Dannerly?who
was, apparently, very maab under tbo- 3
influence of liquor, obtained the floor,
and used such improper language as to
force tbe Speaker repeatedly to call bim
to order. This excited Dannerly's ire,
aud increased his foul and barsh lan?
guage; when the Speaker was compelled
to order tbo Sergeau t at-Arms to remove
the offending member. That officer
being absent, Assistant Simons attempt?
ed to perform that daty, but was resist?
ed?Dannerly even drawing a weapon.
Sere oroso a scene of confusion. Henry
Riloy, another colored member, from
Oraugeburg, went to tbe assistance of
!Dannerly, and a row at once ensued.
J Members crowded around, desks and
chairs were upset, oatbs and load foul
mouthed expressions were to be heard,
and finally a muscular member pushed
'forward, seized one of the offending
I members, and bore him by main force ?
out of tbe hall. Quiet was then restored.
Resolutions of censure and expulsion
were then introduced, tbe offenders
were brought before tbe bar of the
House, and Anally expelled?Biley by a
vote of 66 to 41, aud Dannerly 71 to 18.
{Mr. Grittenden, one of the Conservative
j members, attempted to excuse Danner?
ly, ou the score of intoxication?stating
that he was usually a very quiet and
peaceable man, but that tbe whiskey
demon had possession of him. Tbo
House, however, felt that tbe indignity
was too great, and acted as above re?
corded.
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Orders for advertisements, job work,
etc., must be accompanied with tho
OAsn. No exceptions can bo made.
'Ordinary advertisements $1 per square *
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.fifty cunts each subsequent insertion;
? weekly, monthly and yearly rates fur
jaished on application. Advertisements
inserted once a week, ?1 each insertion.
: Marriages and funeral invitations, $1.
! Notices in local column fifteen cents a
Mine, each insertion.
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} Mail Arranorments.?The Northen;
01U1J opens o.ou t\. ax., o a*, juu.. , uium-o
111 A. M., 6 P. M. Charleston opens 8
j A. M., 5.30 P. M.; elosefcS A. M., 6 P.
! M. Western opone 6 A.M., 12.30 P. M.;
jaloseb 6, 1.30 P. M. Greenville opens
6.46 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Wilmington
opens 4 P. M.; closes 10.80 A. M. On
'Sunday open from 2.30 to 3.30 P. M.
' Tho Senate, in executive session, con?
firmed the following officers:
i Regents Statu Normal School?P>. F\\
Whiltemore, O. C. Puffer, C. H. Bald?
win and Willinm Thomas. Jury Com
Imissioners?Willtum M. Slaves, of Ab?
beville, vice Li. P. Rioboy, resigned.
County Auditor?L. F. Spencer, of
[Marion, vice G. W. Utliey, removed.
[Trial Justices?Isaac Garduer, of Lan
i ouster; S. P. Coker, of Barn well; James
J. Mitchell, of Oraugeburg; Abel A.
Small, of Charleston; J. A. Riobmoud,
of Edgelield, vice Dr. D. C. Tompkins,
removed; J. G. Bowen, of Lexington;
Johu Perry, John Wesley and Butler
Moore, of Edgefield.
List of New Advertisements.
Cottage for Sale or Rent.
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Celebrated Go. Cigars.
St. Patrick's Day.
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'\OU3, exhausted feeling; no energy
on animation; confused mead, wbabH
memory, often with debilitating, in?
voluntary discharges.?The oonsu
'quenou of excesses, meutal over-work or
in discretions. TlIIS nervous debility
finds a sovereign cure in Humphrkyh'
[HOMtEPATniC Sl'eoific, No. 28. It
tones up the system, arrests discharges,
'dispels tho meutal gloom and dospoud
ency, and rejuvenates tbo entire system ;
it is perfectly harmless and always ef?
ficient. Prioe ?3 for a package of five
'boxes and n largo $2 vial of powder,
.vhich is important in old seriOUS cases;
? ?r $1 per single box. Sold by all
druggists, or tsent by mail on receipt of
price. Address Humphreys' Specific
Uomojpathio Medicine Company, No.
?62 Broadway, N. Y. For salo by
Geiger A- McUeegor, Columbia, 8. C.
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