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XelocrApUlO?Furet^n ACTulra. ,'brutal outrage ? ik mexico?carlist defeat?0apxube of, prisoners, eto. City of Mexico, Ma$oh 10, via Ha? vana.?-A. feurlul ^'tttkg^ jwaa perpo f v?teated by a.ifi'ob^*^^ul?Uoo, jm tho State of Jalisco,.last. Bffbday. ,Iu tbe morning, a prie^rdoUVeiacl an "incen* diary Bern^6h;:ia-tne;qo\lrB9 of which be advocated tblefisWrmlnatlon of the Pro? testants. This eo excited his hearers, that a mob gathered in the evening, and * proceeded to the residence of Bov. John Stevens, a Congregational minister, sent out by .the Hosten Hoard of Foreigd ; 'Missions, with cries of "Long live thu Erieets." They then broke into tbo ou80, and seizing the olergyman, smashed his head to a jelly and chopped hin hndy into pienes. Tbey afterwards sacked the house and carried off every? thing of vsJue. After much daisy, the . riot was suppressed by the looal authori? ties. The Government has sent a de taohment of troops to the place. A rigid investigation has been set on foot, and orders .have been iesned for the arrest of all the priests in Abaulaloo and the neighboring town of Teshitan. A mob in Sagoayo, acting undor Bimilar religious freuzy, attacked the small gar . rison of tbe town, burned the public archives and pillaged tbe houses of the authorities. The Governor of Jalisoo inn arrested nine of the bandits who robbed the stage near Guadalajara and killed West fall aud Bartholy, A portion of the property taken from the passengers was found in possession of the prisoners. The Governor of the District of Mex? ico has issued an order prohibiting oock flghting, as the practice is uuworthy of oivilized people Troops aro guarding the roads leading to San Luis Potosi, to insure safety to travelers. Gen. Santa Anna will remain at Ja lapa somo timo before going to the ca? pital. Quicksilver mines have boon dis? covered iu Seaoatecus. London, March 17.?The British journals generally consider thu Chisel hurst demonstration a success. The Duko aud Duchess of Edinburgh will soon visit the Empress Eageuio. The lose by the wreck of the steamer Queen Elizabeth, of Tariffj, is esti? mated at ?335.000. Madrid, March 17.?The Curlist leader Tristany bus been defeated in Tarrigona. It is rumored that the Offr lists have raised the seige of Bilbon. Bayonne, March 10.?Gen. Seballs, -according to Carlist reports, has cap . tnred a column of 2 500 men, -under Gan. Nouvillas. Tele a run lilt ? A merlcnn Mittlern. salvage claimed for bringing a ves? sel into rORT?suicide?heavy snow storm?new york grangers?irish - festivities ?pictorial passion?s?m ner's hobby loomujg up?volcanic eruption in north carolina, eto. Washington, Maroh 16.?A paper has been prepared by Mr. Pratt, a member of the centennial staff, showing from the official statistics of immigration, from I860 to 1873, that the average in? crease of immigrntiou iuto the United States for those four years, was over 100,000 n year over that of any preced? ing period of four years, and was large? ly due to our representation of tbo na? tional resources and the products of in? dustry at the Paris exhibition in 18(17, together with the information dissemi? nated by the commission. Thu lowest estimate placed by the statisticians and political economists upon tbe average value of immigrants is $300 a piece to the country. So that thu increase of immigration for those four years amonntod to 8320,000,000 It was pre? dicted by Gen. Banks, Mr. Backwilb, Mr. S. B. Buggies and other*, that a great iuoreaso of immigration would follow such an exhibit us. wo made. What will be tho effect of a full exhibit iu 1876 of ull our marvelous aud varied resouroes? These immigrants are many of tbom skilled farmers und artisans of the most thrifty nations of Europe, aud every Statu of tho South which raukes at tho exhibition a proper exhibit of its agricultural aud mineral wealth, will se? cure a share of this immigration, com posed entirely of the whito people. Albany, N- Murch 16.?The Now York State Council of Independent Grangers has formally recognized tho National Council, orgunized at Spring? field, us tho supreme authority uf the order iu thu United States. About thirty subordiuntu councils are ready to . be instituted. Council No. 1 of Albany will bo in full operation next week. Norfolk, March 17.?Tho schooner Bickford will bo a total loss. Philadelphia, March 17.?Captain O. L. Brady has returned tho Si,000 check voted him by tho directors of thu American Steamship Company, and filed in tho ofllco of tho United States District Court his libol against the com? pany, tho owners, consignees and agents of the cargo of tho Pennsylvania, for salvage, as compensation for eorvices rendered in brioging tho vessel and cargo safely to tho company'^ dock at tbip port. The captain, first, and second officers of tho vessel were swept over? board before Brady took control of the ship. Jkffehsonville, Ind., March 17.? / Col. S. O. Bansom, of the Qaartermas? ter's Department, U. S. A., ut New Or? leans, died hero last night. San Francisco, March 17.?Col. O. P. Bobie, formerly of the United Stales Army, suicided to-day. The Central Pacific Builroud is again blockaded near Emigrant Gap. The enow at thu summit is fully twenty-live feet deep ou a level. The telegraph poles and wires aro buried out of sight half tho distance from Emigrant Gap to .Trnckee. Baltimore, March 17.?Thosohooner D. B. Breckford, bonce for Charleston, is ashore on tho middle ground of Che? sapeake Bay, ami will be u totsl wreck. Charleston, March 17.?St. Patrick's Day was celebrated here by a largo mili? tary and oivic procession, public ban? quet and a grand ball. Washington, March 17.?The Irish societies achieved the grandest display ever made iu Washiogtou. They were iu full regalia, and had seven' bauds of music in the rauks. In tho Senate, a lurgo number of pe? titions were presented both for and against increase iu tho volume of car reucy, aud referred tp the Finauco Com? mittee. Admiral Porter is precariously sick. Savannah, March 17.?St. Patrick's Day was celebrated with great eclat. The day was opened by n salute of eighteen gnus?one for each of the four provinees of Ireland, one for Ireland, and thirteen for the Southern States. The demon? stration was imposing and tho weather fine. The procession numbered 1,600, comrn-ising eight societies and a military company,'three bands, carriagos con? taining the orator, the Bishop and otherp. The oration was delivered at 12 M , at the theatre, by Bon. M. P. O'Oonner, of Charleston. Knoxyiljle, Maroh 17.?-We have no positive information of tho volcanic dis? turbance reported from Baleigb. It is reported from Asheville as being be? tween that plaos and Old Fort, and not in Bald Mountain. The rumbling sound has been heard and felt fre? quently during the last two or three weeks for somo distance in that vicinity. Raleigh, N. p., Mai oh 17?Passen? gers from the West, ou this morning's train, confirm the reports of the rum? bling noises and general upheaving of the mountain in Western North Caro? lina. The people living ou aud near that mountain are moving out, and u volcanic eruption is momentarily ex? pected. Washington. March 17.'?A aoiniuit tee from New Orleuus presented to the President his portrait, on horseback, beroio size. Senator West made the prtseutatiou speech, iu tho presence of the Cabinet and the President's house? hold. The committee bearing the pic? ture and the Cabinet lunched cn famil'i. The picture is the gift of Dr. Crusto, of Now Orleans. Iu the Senate, there were mauy peti? tions for aud nguiust an increase, ut the currency. Freliughuyseu said, some weeks ago', wheu tbo Civil Bights Bill was under discussion, upon his state? ment, that if tho bill should be roferred to the Judiciary Committee, it would be reported back soon, tho late Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Sumuer) agreed to the reference, and he (Fre? liughuyseu) now desired to state that tho committee had spent two days in perfecting the bill. It was now ready to bo reported to the Senate, having re? ceived the approval of a mojority of tho committee; but us the author of the bill hud been taken away, he (Freliug? huyseu) would not report the bill or call it up, until the chairman of the com? mittee, (Edmunds,) who favors it, should be present, that be might take part in tho debate. A resolution was adopted to inquire iuto the judicial expenditures of the Southern District of Georgia. A bill passed to remove the political disa? bilities of Thomas llnrdeinuu, Jr., of Georgiu. Tho Houso was engaged ail day ou the legislative appropriation bill. Tho St. Patrick processiou was re? viewed by the President and the mem- j hern of the Cabinet. Probabilities?The low barometer on Like Superior will probably move East? ward. For tho North-west and the upper lake regiou, the temporat uro fall? ing below freezing, risiug barometer, fresh North-westerly winds and occa? sion d light ruin or snow. For the lower Missouri and Ohio vkIIoj-s, light Westerly winds, falling temperature and generally clear weather. For tho Gulf and South Atlantic Stato?, Southerly and South-westerly winds, partly cloudy weather, clearing on Wednesday morn? ing. For the lower lake region and the Middle States, South-westerly winds, stationery temperature, clearing ami clear went nor. For New England, South-easterly and South-westerly winds, high tomporatare, cloudy wea? ther and rain, possibly clearing in the afternoon. AUGUSTA, Ca., March 17.?-Tho river is twenty livo feet high. Tim rain has ceased and apprehensions of a freshet are removed. St. Patrick's Day was celebrated by it pnrado of tho military und civil societies. Oratious were delivered by Bey, Father Kolley, of Georgetown, D. C., and M. P. Carroll. Pimlapelphia, March 17.? it. Put rick's Day was celebrated by the Irish societies?temperance, beneficial, litera? ry, hocial aud national. Despite the rainy, disagreeable weather, fully It),000 men paraded. Innumerable banners aud over thirty bauds of niuiic were in tho procession. One of the urgiiuiza tions paraded 12,000 men. Iu line, there were buronches tilled with chil? dren dressed in white and draped with ribbons; thoro were barouches holding ladies, who, draped iu spotless white and sashed with green, holding the typical harp or dohoutc shamrock, rep? resented tho daughters of Erin; then there woro others surrounded by littlo girls bodecked in colors, who typified tho Godoss of Liberty and the States. The processiou was a grand success, und had tho weather been clear, tho number would have been doubled. Charleston, March 17.?Arrived? Steamship Ashland, Philadelphia; Jus. Adger, New York. -'] Telegraphic?Com merulu I Reports. Columbia, March 17.?Thoro is very littlo cotton coming in, on account of bad wouther. Woqtiotu iniddliug 11J4\ London, Maroh 17.?Eries 4UJ.,. Consols 02)^(7?>02.'4. Paris, Murcn 17.?Itontcs ??f. ?Oc. I Liverpool, March 17?Noon.?Cot? ton firmer and prices advanced a frac? tion?uplands 8; Orleans 8JjJ(^8,'4'; sales 12,000 bales, including 2,0U(> lor specu? lation and export. LiVEitrooL, March 17?E veiling. ? Cotton?sales of uplands, nothing be? low good ordinary, deliverable in April or May, 7 15-10. New York, March 17?Noon.?Gold opened ut 12}??now 12. Stocks, dull and weak. Money 3. Exchange?long 4.85; short 4 88|.<. Governments steady. Stute bonds quiet and nominal. Cotton quiet and held higher; sales 1,862 bales ?uplands I6J4; Orleans 10^. Futures opened: April 15 11-16, 15^r May 16,l4; Juno 16 23 32; July 17 1-16. Flour and wheat dull aud decliuiug. Corn quiet and nominal. Poik steady, at 16.06. Lard heavy?steam 9j?a. Freights un? changed. 7 P. M.?Cotton?net receipts 1,034 bales; gross 1,696. Futures closed steady; sales 20,100: . March 15}? bid; April 15 23-32 bid; May 1?J?, 16 9 32; June 16#; July 17 3-32 bid. Money aotive, at 3@4. Exchange dull, at 1.85. Gold 12. Governments strong and aotive. States quiet aud nominal. Cotton steady; sales 3,656 bule?, at 16^-g. .Southern flour dull aud lower? common to fair extra 6 -10(a?7.35; good to ohoico 7.40@11.00. Wheat l(u;2c. lowei. Corn in buyers' favor?S4(?t 87>X for new Western mixed. Coffee qoiut?22@25>i for Rio. Sugar quiet j aud firm?i%(<g7)'B for fair to good re fiuiug; Muscovudo 7j?6($7 9-16. Mo? lasses quiet aud unchanged. Rice dull and unchanged. Pork steady?now mess 16.00. Beef quiet. Lard heuvy? 9 5 lG(?;9>s for prime steam; iu Auril ?7-lG@9>?; iu May O;^. Whiskey steady, ut U7. Cincinnati, March 17. ?Fiour quiet and unchanged. Coru steady, at 63(ri; 61. Pork quiet and firm, and held at 15.12(f?15.25. Lurd quiet and steady? 8J'a for steam; spot 9, buyer iu March; 9ig for kettle, Bacon quint aud liriu? 6*u for .shoulders; 8%(dS?? for clear rib; 9 for cleur. Whiskey strong, nt ?U. Louisville, March 17.?Flour quiet and unchanged. Coru 70. Pork 15 25. Bacon?G?^' for shoulders; for clear rib; for clear. Lard?U tor tierce; 9>'.i' for keg. Sugar-cured bans 12. j Wuiskey 90. ! St. Louis, March 17.?Flour quiet aud weak; small business. Coru quiet and weak?61 for No. 2 mixed ou Eist 1 truck. Whiskey lower, ut 92. Pork firm, at 15.25@15 50. Bacon so tree und higher?7 lor shoulder.-'; 9 for clear rib; DC"!1.)1! lor clear. Lird quiet, ut 8}i(Si8}' Norfolk, March 17.?Cotton lower and quiet?low middling 11,'j; net re? ceipts 527 bales; export*coastwise 1,191; salos 500; stock 12,052. Charleston, March 17.?Cottou lirm ?middling IS;1?; low middliug 15; good ordinary 14J?@11!4; net receipts 70S bales; sales 1.???. Memphis, March 17.?Cottou firm and in fair demand?low uiidd ing 14 (aJl'.C; receipts 1,713 bale-; sbipincutd 169. Wilmington, March 17.?Cottou firm ?middling 15,1^; net receipts 178 bales; sales 176; stuck 2,175. Augusta, March 17.?Cotton quiet and steady?middling 15; receipts 457 bales; sales 561. Philadelphia, March 17.?Cotton dull?middling i?,1.,'; ordinary 12; net receipts 9 bales; gross 61. Baltimore, March 17.?Cottou quiet aud firmer?middling 15J8'; low mid? dling 15; good ordinary l3;?4@13J-j[; gross receipts 1SS bales; exports to Great Britain 1,179; coastwise 26J; sales 191. New Orleans, March 17.?Cottou firmer; demand active?middling 16; low middling 15; good ordinary l.'J.'.j; ordinary 11 !=; net receipts 4,130 bales; ?ross 4,837; exports to Great Britaiu 7,530; continent 675; sales 8,000. Savannah. March 17.?Cotton firm? middliug 15'.j; net receipts 1,170 bales; exports to Great Britain 2,789; conti? nent 1,015; sales 1,225. Galveston, March 17.?Cotton quiet with moderate detnaud?good ordinary 13.:,4'; middling I?J4; net r.te'pts 1,020 bales; exports to Great Britain 671; coastwise 798; sales 750. Mobile, March 17.?Cottou tinner aud higher, but quieter?middling 15;'J; low middling II;'"?; good ordinary 13s,.; uet receipts 311; exports coast wise 459; sales 2,01)0. Boston, March 17. ? Cjttoti steady and firm?middling 16' _.; net receipts i 66 bale.-; gross 5,058; sales 25 (. I Nervous Debility.?A depressed, j irritable state op mind; weak, ner? vous, exhausted peeling ; no en'eiu V or animation; contused head, weak memory, often with debilitating, ix voluntary dischahges.?Tho couse quenco of excesses, mental over-work or indiscretions. Tins nervous debility finds a sovereign cuke ill II um i'll keys' UoMcuPATiiio Specific, No. 28. It tones up tho system, arrests discharges, dispels the mental gloom and duspond enoy, and rejuvenates the entire system; it is perfectly harmless and always ef? ficient. Prico S3 for a package of five boxes and a large 82 vial Ol powder, which is important in old serious cases; or 81 per siegle box. Sold by all druggists, or sent by mail on receipt of price. Address humphreys* specific Homojfathic Medicine Company, No. 562 Broadway, N. Y. For u.do by Geioek & McGregor, Columbia, S. C. Dec 17 j'j'lui Unmasked ?Among the revelati ns of tho late disgraceful Woodhull trial was au admission ou tho part of "Miss" Tennie C. Olufliu that she had been martiod, divorced and once practiced, us a magnetic doctrcss. Gallant Colonel Chilli n! Pond's Extract.?"The Vegetable Pain Destroyer" never fail to nllord re? lief from pain. Try it once, and nothing could induce you to bo without it. MarlfSfl The Columbus, Ohio, orusndcrs had a procession, Saturday, 156 strong. Seve? ral more Columbian grocers havo hauled down their flags. One Gail has asked thu Mississippi Legislature to change hi* name, as he married a Mis* Breeze and is afraid of squalls. The Legislature?The Last Dw.? Yostertlay closed the five months' ses? sion of the General Assembly?a duy which has been anxiously looked for by all except the jobbers. Tho cotnmitteo to report as to the sale of grunito from the State House yard were discharged, after failing to throw any new light ou the subject. Mr. Whittemoro could not permit the General Asserub'y to adjourn without submitting the biennial appeal to the President not to withdraw tho United States troops from the State. That ter? rible Ku Klnx ghost seems dostiued to appear just before every general elec? tion. Probably Mr. Whittemoro's beud fits the cap prepared in our editorial oolumus. recently: for such as choose to wuar it. He agrees with us iu that many of his ilk would vauish iu ihe track of the departing troops; but his disor? dered imagination pictures outrages that will never occur. They would not be compelled to leave the State vi ti armis, but would suou sou that their support had been withdrawn, and they would full of their own weakness. Mr. Whittemore's preamble deplores the ru? mored withdrawal of the troops from the 8'ate, within a short time, aud cries out for the support of the Federal Go? vernment in the approaching campaign. Ho says that its strong arm wus never more needed or appreciated than now, and eites Texas and other Soulheru States, (meaning, of course, those that have passed out of Radical control,) to j prove a spirit that needs subduing. His resolution*, as ft Hows, was udopted: Jiatoiveil, That our Senators iu tho United States Senate be instructed, and our members iu Congress be requested, to give their iullueuce and votes against the measure now before the Congress of the United States for the reduction of tho regular army, aud ulso to pre? sent to his Excellency the President of the United States, tho honorable the Secretary of War, and General Sher? man, tbw necessity of the retention of United States troops in South Carolina, to the end that harmony and good order may prevail throughout the State dur? ing the coming p ilitical campaign, aud the rights <-t the elective fraucLi.se may be guaranteed to ?11 the citiz.-us iu the e'.ectiou that is to fellow. Mr. Duuu offered a resolution, which was adopted, to provide against the issue of any bonds, aud appointing a joint committee to ascertain frhut bonds were pledged by the Financial Agent for leans, and the said committee to have power to examine books nud pa? pers. The following were rutificd: Rills to desiguate places for tho collection of taxes in Fuirtield Couuty; to designate places for the collection of taxes; joiut resolution to require tho Couuty Com? missioners of Union County to apply tho proceeds of one mill to pay the past indobtodues-; bill to amend the Act to provide for the administration of dere? lict estates; joint resolution to authorize tho Couuty Commissioners of Abbeville County to levy and collect u special tax oi three mills ou tho dollar, for the pay? ment of the past indebtedness; bills to incorporate tho Congareu Real Estate, Building aud Loan Association; to pu? nish persons for ill-treating children, apprentices, servants, idiots und help? less persons; to regulate the service of legal process upon railroad coinpauics; I to amend an Act for the relief of the j widows and orphaus of persous killed because of their political opinions; to regulato tue manner iu which public funds shall 1)3 disbursed by public of? ficers. Mr. Duuu moved to reconsider the voje whereby Mr. Williams' claims went over; adopted. He moved then to allow the claims. Mr. Whittemoro amended by inserting claims iu his possession, $'.?,501?; Mr. Owen-- amended by adding $0,000; Mr. Nash, $750; Mr. Swails, 32,000; Mr. Lee, ?1,300; Mr. Jervey, ?S?.0?U; Mr. Gaillard, $1.200, and so on; all of which were indefinitely postpoucd. The Senate aud the House then ad? journed with the usual mutual iidmira ) lion. ? ? I Tin: LathSknatouSusixm;?The Si j vatiuuh Hepul/lictm will find few ineu iu i the South to indorse its estimate of tho j politic..1 character of Sumuer, and the . loss to the country in his death; but the ' publication of the following fact, which lour contemporary vouches for, may bo j due to tho deceased: I Wo are informed, upon the mo t un? doubted unthority, that, during the pendency of tho Senatorial election in the Virginia Legislature, Mr. Sunnier warmly espoused the cause of Mr. Hun ter. He set;!, word to Richmond, beg? ging that Mr. Hunter should be returned to thu Senate, giving as a reason that the Republicans were tired and disgusted with carpet-bag Senators, and that the country needed the wisdom and experi? ence, ability and patriotism of Hunter, to help to save it from disasters which seemed to bo impending. Kailuoap A<'i'">r.NT.?The passenger train on tho Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Hiilroad, due bore at 7.15 A. M., ran off tho truck back between Fair Bluff und Nichol's Depot, on Sunday morning last, about 3 o'clock, badly in? juring the ti rut class passenger and sleeping cars, and tumbling them down an embankment about ten feet high into a crock. One of tho colored brakemcu had a leg broken, which was about the exlout of tho damage to lifo and limb, with the exception that a few of the passengers were slightly bruised. The I accident is said to have been caused by I a brokeu rail. Tho track was cleared aud Ihe train reached hero ubotit two hours behind Ihe schedule lime. [ WiliningU <n Star. Body Id:: itieied.?Tho body of a co? lored man found in a creek ut Motiut Pleasant, Charleston, on the 8th inst., was identified as that of Richard Si? mons, it shoo-maker. Leiter front (Jen, IV. T. Sherman. | headquarters A?MY OF united states, I Washington. D. C, March 0, 1874. Hon. T. J. Mackey, Judge Sixth Cir-\ cuil, South Carolina, Chester?My Dear1 Sir: I have ,the honor to acknowledge| the receipt of your letter of the 7th in-j stunt, coutnining slips from the Colum? bia, South Carolina, papnrs, giving an uccouut of tbo exhumation of two of the soldiers belonging *o Kilputrick'sl Cavalry, by their former enemies, nowj citizens of Lancaster, S. C, and of their escort by them with all the honors of war to Columbia, S. C, where their remuinu were transferred to tho custody of Col. H. M. Black, United States Army, and were by him sent under escort to their final resting place, the National Cemetery at Florence. Satis hed that this ??l Ox Sj?jp?tuj n?u kSud nese, on the part of the ex-Oca federate officars and soldiers of Lancaster, was meant ns an earnest of their respect for the great cause in which these two boI diors died, und as manifesting a desire to bury the passions of the past civil war iu obliviou, I promptly respond to your request to recognizu the courtesy of this act, aud to assure them that Buoh nots will meet a prompt recognition on the part of the people of the whole country, who want peace, not only on tho surface, but in the hearts of all our countrymen, regardless of locality or of past disseusious. Wishing you and your fellow-countrymen all honor and success in the new era dawning on you, I am, with respect, your friend, W. T. SHERMAN, General. Tue Dilemma of the Radicals ?The Washington correspondent of the At? lanta Herald writes: The past week has not been without its leading lueideut.-, that, it is to be hoped, will give some relief to those portious of the South that are suffering from mismanagement and idiotic con? trol. South Carolina, with her horde of iguoraut, degraded and unscrupulous legislators, reidj to sell "bills," like Ju? das did h; j Lord, for so many pieces of silver, is coming in ut last for u share of Republican sympathy. The cartoon and accompanying editorial squib in Har? per's Weekly, of March 14, is a very fair reflex of iutelligent public opinion here, in Administration circles. A leading Republican Representative from Illinois stated to me, a few moment's since, that "the conduct of the .negroes iu the Le? gislature of South Carolina, and their white confreres, was a failure of ignorant depravity aud legislative vice, that de? manded the earnest attention of the General Government." A straw may break the camel's back. The very po? verty and destitution of the plundered aud negro ridden Palmetto State may yet bo the menus of attracting such u public attention to the condition of bet iuterual affairs, as to excite the most active measures of relief for her puople. The leaders of tho Republican party are shrewd, oud many of them are taking a back seat on the negro question. Thu ts evidenced very plainly by the quiet sleep which the civil rights bill is tak? ln;.'. A few more such "straws" as the present degraded, conglomerate Assem? bly of South Carolina will "cook the goose" of "n.'igro equality" for the pre? sent. Many things which have trans? pired iu the State never reach the ear ol the reading North. A blasphemous prayer, oflere.l np by RiV. (?) Byron Snnderlaud, chaplain ol the Semite, was another feature of tht week just closed. As a specimen of tht prevailing style, and us a model ol Christian charity aud forgiveness, wt append the reverend doctor's invocation, Ho said: "Oh Lord, our God, we como iu this place to deplore before thee thu spirit o< lying which is abroad; and we beseecl thee to rebuke the giant demon of slan der, that stalks forth, casting upon al the earth a fearful shadow. Paralyze the baud that writes wilful detraction palsy tho tongue that utters wanton ca lumuy?the things which teud to under mino all confidence iu the good, and tt give a malignant power to all the bat" elements-, for the demoralization ant: destruction of society. Let thy liamiu: ; spirit take vengeance upon the filse ac Icuser, and eouMinio tht: spirit of rtiiu from all the hind. This we ask iu th< i name and for the sake of him who wa> . truth itself." i This hypocritical representative of tin ruling Puritanical element was movet i thui to supplicate, on rending a reporl 1 to the Detroit Post, by its Washiugtot I correspondent, that old Zuk Chandler, j the great Micbigander, had been led ou of the Senate dead drank, a few days j previous, by pious John Sherman, ant ! put to sleep on it sofa, iu the Finance i Committee's room. Thia slander on ok Zieh, that he would allow Sherman, oi uuy other mm, to ??put him in his little bed," when he was "dead drunk," win too much for this "servant of tho Lord' (?) to bear. That morning, when h( entered the Senate, you could plniuh see something win ou his mind. Flan uigan slopped the "wobhlo" of his fob chain; Goldthwaito woko up from hii morning nup; whilo Zick himself wai "as happy as a big sunflower." Sun derlaud whispered his blasphemy, whicL the recording nngel must havo hieltet w itli a tear. The ladies at Williamsport, Pa. station themsolves at saloon doors am ? t ike down Lho names of those who outer. Tnu saloon-keepers are greutlj i oxcited at this" new move, and come o : them have closed their pinoos in sonso ! queuoe. A destructive fire occurred in Lexing ton, ludiauu, Friday night. Five of im principal stores in the town, a dwelling house and u livery stable wero entirely [consumed. Five horses wero burned j alive in a stable, t'lie property wut i partly iu Mired. j At Lawrenoeburg, Ind., ou tho 10th, ? little Flora Boothold skipped a rope 351 j times, fell to tho grouud, und the angele I skipped away with her. TO THE PUBLIC. THE undersigned', having aeeunied tho GENERAL AGENCY or tho (SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY for tho Stats of South Caruiiua, bog leave to'inforni their friends and tue public generally, that tlioy havo opened their oflico on Main street, iu the city of Columbia, where they will bo pleased at all times to meet their friends, and givo each information aa may bo de sircd, and to writo life policies on tho moat approved plans, as well as at -the lowest stock ratoa. Tho vory satisfactory and sub? stantial condition of this great Southern in? stitution, with tho prompt and liberal man? ner which has characterized it in tho adjust? ment of its lo5ees, should commend it to the highest consideration, reepeqt and patron? age of tho citizens of South Carolina. Re apecUully, HAGOOD & TREDTLEN, March 18 tlmo General Agents for S. 0. Building and Loan Stock Wanted. IWANT to purebaae TWENTY 8HARE8 COLUMBIA BUILDING AND LOAN STOCK. A. G. BRENIZER, March 18 2 At Contra,! National Bank. I Columbia Ghapter. No. 5. B. A. M. MftM A CALLED Convocation of thia vffiKRg?Chapter will bo held THIS (Wednes glOflgday) EVENING, in Masonic Hall, at e^fWew-j o'clock. Tho ft. M. Degree will be conferred. By order of tho II. P. I JACOB SULZBAOHEB. March 18 1- Secretary. Board of Fire Masters. MEMBERS of the Board of Fire Maatera will attend the regular meeting at In deoendont Hall, THIS (Wednesday) EVEN? ING, 18th instant, at 8 o'clock. I March 18 1_T. P. PURSE, Clerk. Annual Meeting of tbe Stockholders ? of the South Carolina Railroad Oom i pany and of the South-western Rail? road Bafik, CHARLESTON, S. C, March 16,1S7I. THE Annual Meeting ot the :.' took holders of the South Carolina Railroad Com? pany and of the South-weBtern Railroad Jauk will be held in this city, iu the Hall of tho Bauk of Charleston, North-east corner of Broad and State streets, on TUESDAY, April 14. proximo, at 11 o'clock A. M. On the day tohowing an election will be held be? tween the hours of t) A. M. and 3 P. M., for fifteen Directors in tho Railroad Company and thirteen Directors in tho Bank. A com? mittee to verify proxies will attend. Stockholders will be passed over the Read to and from the meeting free of charge. J. R. EMERY, Secretary. March 1S.21,2:3.25 23,30, Ap2,4,6 9,11,13.14 Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Railroad Company and of the South? western Railroad Bank. CHARLESTON, S-. C, March 1C, 1574. STOCKHOLDERS having Proxies intended to bo used at tho meeting to he held on i the 14th and loth of April proximo, are re . quested to lodge them with either of the fol? lowing Committee, who will be in attend&neo at the Hail of the Bank of Charleston, dar? ing the morning of the 14th April, for the , purpose of verifying Proxies. On the follow? ing day, daring tho election, other duties may proveut the Committee from examining ' batches of Proxies before the hour for clos? ing the polls. L. C.HENDRICKS, ; O. P. AIMAR, T. M. WARING, : . Committee on Proxies. ? March IS IS 21.23.S5.2S 30.A2 4 6 0,11.1:1.14 Rooms to Rent. FOUR largo and convenient ROOMS, up stairs over my store. also, ? Tho back STOKES iu rear of D Gooduiau'a store. Apply to_JOHN 0. DIAL. Notice. ALL persons having demands against the firm ot J. H. Kinard & Co., who have > uot already done so, will please present their claims to me forthwith. - W. G. CHILDS, Trustee of Creditors J. H. Kinard A Co. i\ March 17_14 To Ren.t, MTWO com fort able COTTAGE HOUSES on Plain et root, the second square Eaat of tho Female College. There is ? a good well of water with each house. For ? information apply at WM. MOONEY'S, J Corner of Plain and Uarnwell streets. ? Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad. MnpHE following gentlemen have been ap 1 JL pointed bv :hu President of the Colum I bin Board Of trade, by virtue of a resolution , adopted at an extta meeting! held or. tho ? evening ot 12th in-taut, a Committee to ao " licit subscriptions of Stock to the Columbia, t Spartanburg and Ashtvilla Railroad, viz: . Jarnos E. Bl"a:k, E. Hope, R. O'Ncale, Jr., J. II. Sawver, J. S. Wiloy, E. W. Seibela. JJiiN T. SLOAN, . Secretarv and Treasure! Board Trade. March 15 ' _ ! Notice. ' ? S i: :..i* !>. c tmo necessary that thi bilei > nose ot J "..Kinard & Co. should be , jlosed ..: ouce, the remainder of tho aloes is ( iffered at rmt-'h below cost. W. (>. GUILDS, J Mtrc'i 131; 1'ruetec t>l Oredltjr*. THE PORT ROYAL i Docks, Warehousing, Trans'11 and Chartered February 13,1974. } t:.\PM'Al. STOCK S3,000,000. BOOKS OP SUBSCRIPTION to the Stock of this O.mioany are open in Columbia. ' a. C, at the Carolina National Bank .and at 8 tho Central National Bank. One percent. ? only paid on application, to secure the stock, . ami the first regular assessment of twenty per cent, to be paid oulv when officially 1 caPodJor._Feb li Commercial Bank, of Columbia. IIKFK.KKK'S KOTICK. COLUMBIA, S. C alARCn 3, 1S71. Harvey 'ferry against the Receiver and 1 Stockholders <d the Commercial Bank, of ' I Columbia. H. C. NOTICE is hereby given, that the under? signed has boou appointed UEFEREE, by order of the Court of Common Pleas for 'jltiohland "tint/, to tako an account ot al' debt duo bv the said Commercial Bank,now . retraining unpaid, a.u.1, further, of all the? n-set* ot' the said Bank, All persons holding ; claims against said-Bank aro hereby notified : to appear beforo me, at my office, iu Colum 1 hia, S. C, to present and prove their claims I against said Bank, on TUESDAY, tbe 24tb March, 1874, at II o'clock A. M. ' Mu ch 4 wsC_W. B; OUHOK. lieferst.. $5,U00 Wanted. 11UE above amount is wanted at once, for a term of years, on unencumbered real '.estate, m thia city. Address X. PuiK.ntx ^office. March 3