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lULUMBIA, S. C Tuesday Morning, April 7, 1874. Probe iHe Kvll. We have been very well content with tho progress of the committee of the Tax-Payers' Convention io Washington. We knew that they would have to en? counter prepossessions aguiust the cause they represent, and that the barriers of prejudioe and misconception would rise before them at every torn. All things considered, they, have been favorably received, and the1 first steps have been BOoaeBsfully laid of an intelligent con? sideration of the anomalous state of ?iings in South Carolina. Direct and immediate action, in the way of interpo? sition in onr affairs, we have never anticipated wonld be taken. It will be better for as, it will at length give a more satisfactory solution of our diffi? culties, if time be allowed in whioh our case eh all beoome adequately appreciated by the people of the country at large, and u matured, wise and lastiug conclusion be reached by Congress. It is no holiday work. It cannot be finished iu a morn? ing. There are facts to bo explored, there are frauds to be exposed, there are investigations to bo conducted. The organized maohinery of a crafty and un? scrupulous Government will be brought to bear to bofila every honest effort to right the wrong, and will con? tend with all the resources of ill-gotten .?^bat dearly-loved power to perpetuate it in the unworthy hands where it is now . lodged. Tho more full and complete the inquiry, the more searchingly the probe IB applied, the more likely is it that we shall bring to light, so thut strangers and even persons prepos? sessed against us shall admit them, the enormities and wickedness whioh, under ? the name of republican government, < have been perpetrated and built up into ? a system here. It is a matter of cou ?*gc*tulation, thetefore, that our repre? sentatives in Washington have addressed themselves to accomplish the point of having au investigating committee up poiutod by Congress.' Iu this way, it may become officially und thoroughly instructed in the condition of affairs here. And when that is done, there will none be found so brazen as to up? hold the mockery of goverumcut we have. It must full into universal con? tempt; for it will be found,- like "Vice, a monater of such hideous mien, . That to be hated, it needs but to be stun." Tlien and Now. It is related by the late Judge O'Neale, that when the Legislature of South Carolina elected General David 11. Wil? liams Governor of South Carolina, a courier was sent on horseback, with de? spatches to his home iu Chesterfield or Darlington, to inform him of his elec? tion, and to require his immediate pre? sence iu Columbia. The messenger reached the neighborhood of the Go? vernor-elect late in the afternoon, and falling in with a man driving a wagon, asked him the way to General Williams' residence, stating that he was charged with important papers, to bo delivered to him at tbe earliest possiule moment. We can imagine the surprise of the cou? rier, opou learning that the drivor of the wagon was the man whom ho was seeking. lie delivered the documents, und after examination that night, and hasty preparatious for his jouruey to Columbia, the Gonerul left next morn? ing on horseback, and traveled rapidly to the capital. He went directly to tho State House, hitched his horee at the oommon rack, and, arrayed in a suit of homespun, presented himself to the 'Legislature for iuauguratiou as Go? vernor. In those days, tho State was regarded as un honored mother, worthy of earnest devotion aud uucalcuhtting service. Fast horses, stolen diamonds aud shoddy Bpisudor were not theu ne? cessary adjuncts to the public mau. Fraud was not then his ohiof accom? plishment. Now South Carolina bus fallen among thieves. Now she is plucked und ruined. Now her resources are dried up, her credit gone, her good namu tarnished, her people unhappy, outraged and maltreated ou all bands Simplicity, honesty, economy und gene? ral contentment existed among tho peo? ple in tbe time of Williams, who was culled under tho circumstances we have mentioned to the helm of Stato. What a ooutrast is hero presented to the reck? lessness, the extravagance, tho riisbo nostly acquired woalth und the insolent nirs of those whom futo has appointed over'the people now, riding iu splendid vehicles and clothed iu purple aud linn linen I An ExotriNG Kack.?The match race, mile heats, host threo in five, to harness, for $1,000, betwoeu Hickory Jack aud Basil Duko, will take place in Augustu, on the liith. Both horses are great favorite*, aud au iutereeting race is an? ticipated. The High Shoals Faotory Company, Aodorso' Via about to organize. Correspondence. LaGrange, Ga., March 30,1874. Mr.' D. TP. Wrenn?Dear 8m:, The Southern Baptist Gdnventipn-meets at; Jolferson, Texas, o|? 'the 7th ; of May,^ andil hereby bespeak [yonr influence in getting np excursion tickets at- one' f(ire for delegates and visitors from Atlanta' to Jefferson, good for thirty days. I hope tbe increased number who will at? tend the convention will justify the is? suing of these rouud trip tickets, espe? cially us the arrangement will be geue cully ?i?ue kuuw? by the press in Geor? gia, Alabama aud South Carolina, aud also by the pastors of Baptist churches. The railroads in Texas have gonerously tendered free passes over tho eutire State to delegates aud visitors, and if you can sooure tbe excursion tickets, j_uii_-%. _-:u i., -?- J-i UUUi>in.03 I* ?tCUll .XJ V. LXJ TT ? ? i t#u , V. I. V. v v. to go who otherwise would not attend. TrJy yours, W. O. T?GGLE | Atlanta, Ga , March 31, 1874 W. O. Tungle, Secretary, LaGrange, Ga.? Dear Sir: I am this day iu re? ceipt of your favor of the 30th, asking that wo pas? delegates and others desir? ing to bo present at tho Convention of the Baptist Church, to be held at Jeffer? son, Texas, on the 7th of May, at one fare, and iu reply, I am directed by the Superintendent to say, that on April 25, we will put on Bale at our ticket oQicu, Union Passenger Depot, Atlanta, rouud trip tickets to Tuxarkaua, good to re? turn, if presented before June 10, 1874, at tbe very low price of ?33.85. These tickets will be sold to all persons desir? ing to be present at the Convention. It is proper that I call your attention to tbe important fact, that tbe completion of the Texas and Pacific Railroad to Texarkana gives this line the shortest and only all-rail route to Jeffefsou by over G50 miles, as oomparcd with any other rail line. As you state iu your letter that the Texas roads have ugroed to pass all persons to tho convention free, it will ouly be necessary for dele? gates and others desiring to go, to buy the tickets to Texarkana aud return. Any information desired as to schedule, ?fee., will be furnished upou application If the number justifies it, we eiu fur? nish a through coach from Atlanta to Memphis or Little Buck, without change. Very respectfully, B. W. WU1SNN, Geueral Passenger k Ticket Ageut. What the Republican .Pabty has Come to?Testimony of toe Tribune - L'ho New York Tribune, which has here? tofore followod tho llepublicau party in all its fortunes, except its refusal to sup? port Gen. Graut in the lust election, thus speaks of its degeneracy and its impotence for good: "Tho party iu power hasuo principle* thut it has uot betrayed; uo policy upon which its leaders are ugreod; uo loader* whoso authority is recognized beyond a circle of personal adherents; uo cohe? sion except for. tho reteutiou of office and power; no title whatover to public confidence, except that it flies the Hag of a party which ouce did goo.1, und honest work, aud deserved to bo trusted. It is as if a fleet that had been equipped iu the interest of philanthropy to sweep the s'avo trude from the seas, aftor ac? complishing its work, had turned to plundering the iuuooeut and preying upon the commerce of the world, it is the Captain Kidd of modern politics." -?. ? ? A Curious Calculation.?The ave rage value of each immigrant arriving iu this couutry bus been lrequently esti? mated by writers on political economy, but uo two of them agree on this ques? tion. This value varies iroui S751), ac? cording to tho lowest estimate, to about $1,500 in tho highest; but in either case it is evident, that in a more re? stricted material scum*, it is cheaper to import our population than it is lo pro? duce it ourselves. Assuming each child I of lifteeu to have cost 81,000, and that j tho money thus expended Would have been otherwise saved, we find that the man who has raised a family of five j children uIi(1 remained poor might have accumulated u sum sufficient fur tbe wants of old age hail he not been sub jcctoJ to this expeuso. -? -- - ? Of tbe 308 Seuetors, Kuproseututives aud Delegates in Congress, nearly u liltti aro natives of New England. Just one iu 30 fails to remember when and where he was born, and is consequently nncur- j tain as to Ins age. One member has it from good authority that ho whs born iu Virginia, but the residents iu the vicinity of his birth place can give him j no information us regards his progeui S tors. Ho is one of tho few specimens j of humanity who has uot al soiuo period of his life beeu reminded that ho strong? ly resembled his father or mother. Twelve States uro represented in tho Senate by Senators born out of the Stale, ten States by only ouo Senator boru withiu tho Stute, und twelve by Se natoiseuch of whom was born iu tbe State. The South Carolina College.?A correspondent of tho Boston Post, writ? ing from Columbia, says: "There is no doubt that it is the intention of the Uadicul rule to subsidize tho .South Ca? roliua Collego entirely into a school for tho education of tbe blacks, and tho late establishment of a tobool iu tho college for a preparatory olass for collego, which now numbers ovor twenty, fully con? firms tho iuteut to destroy tho collego; aud, iu my opinion, just as fust us men can bo obtained, overy whits professor will be removed from the University; and, indeed, I was told by a colored member of the House, he hoped every white person would bo expelled from the collego." Tbe Lynohburg Virginian Bays that never biuco tbe war has tho tido of Northern immigration set so strongly toward Virginia as at present. Jdst Decision ?Judge Qreeu has rendered a decision whioh is of great importance to tho CoQeerva.tive press, and at the same time very damaging to Republican papers, known as "official _ -J it r ri._ _i_ _ * jm'l eided at Kings tree, in Williamsbnrg (Jonnty. The circumstanoes whioh gave rise to the case aro as follows: Oapt. J. ?. Scott, the agent of his daughter, Mrs. Wolfe, applied to the Jndge of Probute of Williamaburg County, who is the "business manager" and a stock? holder iu what la culled the "official paper" of tho County, for a final dis? charge for tho said administratrix. The Judge of Probate told him the usual no? tion would have to be published in the "official paper," to which proposition Oapt, Scott (Inclined to ticoode, for the judgment as to tho paper in which he 'would publish the notice and pay for it. Ho consulted aud employed ?. W. Mau? rice, Esq , who advised him iu the mat? ter, and who also argued the case before Judge Greeu; who bus sustained his view of the law. It will bo soon that Judgo Green, in his decision, (nukes u distinction between udvertising to bo paid for by the public uud that to be paid for by tho individual The peo? ple, therefore, under this deoision, are at liberty to choose their own paper in whioh to advertise all matters thut are to be paid for with private funds. The following is Judge Green's decisiou: Mrs. E P. Wolfo, after giving tho no tice required by law, iu tho Kingstree Star, tuadu bur application to the Judge of Probate for her liual discharge as ad? ministratrix of tho estate of G. W. Wolfe. Her accounts wero found to be correct, but her discharge was refused, upon tho ground that the notice had not been giveu in tho officiul puper of tho County, uud therefore was void. Mrs. Wolfe uppoulud to tho Circuit Court from that decisiou, aud claimed her disohargo. Wheu tho matter c.iiuu beforo me, upon tho very brief reduc? tion I could then give it, my judgment was that tho appeal could not bo sus? tained. This conclusion was arrived ut mainly npou the words of the seeood section of ihe Act ot 1870, page UD'J of General Statutes, to wit: "Aud uo legal uotice, advertisement or publicitiou re? quired by law to ho made public, ahull have auy valid force or effjot unless published in tho newspaper or newspa? pers designated under this chapter." riie.se words seemed to he general enough to cover this eise. I luve b-id an opportunity of reading carefully the whole Act, and I do not now think that it applies to this case. By the tir.st sec? tion, tho Attorney-General, the Comp? troller-General and Secretary of State have authority, conjointly, to desiguuto ouu or more uewspapapers iu this State in which all legal uutices for the Stale should be published, aud also to desig? uuto a proper number of newspapers for the several Counties of this State, "in which all legal notices, advertise? ments or publications for the Couuty or Couuties for which respectively each paper shaft l)u designated, of any und every character required by law to be made puultc, shall be published." This would appear to iucltnlo nil such notices us have to be giveu by tho County as a corporutiou or iu rclatiou to business connected with the corporation. This view is strengthened wheu tve consider tho tnoHus adopted iu the section for the enforcement of the Act. First, the notices shall be null und void. Secoud, such notiues shall not be paid for from tho funds of tho County. This provi? sion certainly cannot apply iu cases where the advertisement is paid for by i the party who givtis tho notice. The j proviso of tho Act, I think, will afford ' .strong evidence that it was not ihu iu leutioti of the law-making power that the Act sliouid extend to mutters not ? connected with the Coiluly U9 a corpora-1 lion. For the nb.>ve reusous, tho ap? peal in this case is sustained. 1 Death rno.m Hynnoriioisi.v ?Charles 1 \V. Km muus, aged tou years, died at his homo, No. M Eighth avenue, yesterday, j from hydrophobia. He was bitten by ti J dog, which showed no symptoms of t madness, about a mouth ago, and left J no evil effects from the bilt? until last Saturday, when tho symptoms became so alurmiug that Dr. O'Noil, of No. -1(5.) Hudson street, was trailed in. Ho at once pronounced the disease hydropho? bia. Tue lud liugorod for six days, and died with nil tho torture incident to that disease.?New York. Tribune, ~<l. Sin er t no in Pout.?There was in Charleston harbor uu Saturday last, live steamship", two ships, eighteen baik-, thieo brigs aud twenty schoon? ers. Of these, four steamships, two ! ships, oue bark, two brigs aud twenty schoomrs were under tho llag of tho United States, oue steamship with the flag of Spain, eleven barks uud one brig with the flag of Great liritiau, two barks with tho flag of Germany, and four baika with the ll.ig of Norwuy. Health ofAikbn.?Reports originat? ing iu Florida reflecting upon the health of Aiken, aro utterly without founda? tion. The town is crowded with visit? ors und I ho mortality from consumption has beeu less this sea*on than hereto? fore. Aiken is situated iu one of the most salubrious and delightful regions in the whole country, and it is noted us uu exceedingly healthy place. Altltxsr of a Desbrtbr.?Yesterday m or in tig, Policeman Blaok welder ob? served a struugo man. whom ho charged with being a deserter, uud the man finally acknowledged that be was. Ho j gave his niiuio as John Harrington, and said that he belonged to Col. black's | regiment, the lath lufuutry, which is stationed at Columbia. Tho deserter , will bo sent back to Columbia. i "Less cotton and moro coin," is tho cry of the Georgia papers, aud tho re? ports from various portion of the State show that that is tho policy tho planters are adopting. [Charlotte Observer. A, Sensitive Government.?The ac I count we print this morning of tbe iu i torview between tbe President and tbe I representatives of tbe South Carolina tax-payers may afford some further in* j formation, to uoy who are iu waut of it, I of the striotly privute aud persoual cha? racter our Government has assumed. This body of gentlemen, representing I tbe intelligence and decency of the State, all of tbom people, wbo have ho? nestly accepted the rctults of the war, and who nru striving with a patience uud energy worthy of all praise to suvu Something of their State's existence from the thievish hands which are ra? pidly destroyiug it, sought au inteiview with the President on Friday last, to Uy before him tho deplorable stute of affairs among them, und to ask-if any aid could be given by tho Geuurul Go vernmeut. They were treated by him with gross rudeness and discourtesy, for a reason so trivial that it i* almost incre? dible. During tbe receut session of tbe Tux-Payers' Convention iu South Caro? lina, an obscuro and rattle brained dele? gate, got the 11 aor, and made a speich personally disrespectful to tho Presi? dent. There is no proleuc-i that be em? bodied tho views of tbe Convention, or that bis harangue met with their ap? proval, lint this speech, dexterously thrust into the President's bauds by >?ue of the ring politicians, just before the delegation called upon him, was euotlgb to mako him forgot his owu duty uud diguity, uud insult au important body of oittz^us, who were no more respotisi blc for it thau the Presideut himself. [New York Tribute. it em.hoc adle EVENTS?April is one of tbe most eventful mouths iu tbe history of the lute war. On the 17th of this month, 1801, Virginia passed the ordi? nance of secession; uu the 19:h, 'Gl, the Gib Massachusetts liegimeut was ut tacked in JJ dtiuaure; on the 12th, 'Gl, Fort Sumter was attacked aud surren? dered; on tho 20ib, 'Gl, Norfolk was evacuated by tho Federal troops, and tho destruction of Guspurt Navy Yard uttemptod, aud uu thu same day Har? per's Ferry was evacuated; uu the U.'h, 'Gl, tbe blockade of Virginia cuui meaoed; uu thu Gtb, 02, ttiu battle of Shiloh was fought; on the 2d, '05, Pe? tersburg and Kichmoud were evacuated by tho Confederates; on tho 'JlIj, '05, Hie surreuder of Gu?. Loe; on the 1-lth, G5, the iissassiuatiou of Abraham Liu uoln, Juhusou made Presideut, und uu attempt to assassi jatc Seward; on the l'JtL, '05, Gen. Johnson surrendered tu Gun. Shermau, und tue fuucral of Liu coin; ou the IGLb, '05, Preaideut Du vis was captured; ou the 2G:h,.'G5, Joiiu VVilkvs liooth, the ussas-du of President Liucolu, was shot und killed. -*-.*> The Manlt.utuiceus ano the Strikes Next to fires, strikes have furnished tbe most items within thu last few days. There seems no situation discouraging ouotigh to repress tho movement. Auy such economical factors as an over? stock, dull niurkst, or geueral inactivity of business, are beneath consideration. The rag cutters, wo uow see, have struck at Uolyokc, Mass., f^r higher wages. This kind of work, it i-j unne? cessary to say, does not require auy great skill. There is somo consolation in knowing that tho rag pickers are uot likely to quit work alao. Tho mills, wo are told, have plenty of stock ou baud, and the proprietors cau afford, there? fore, to comtemplate tho demonstration with complacency. These uro dubious times lor most kinds cf enterprise?aud especially fur strikes. I Sec York Dulletin. ? ExruiiTi Mulcted.?Two physicians in New 1'ork have bceu mulcted in ??du damages for conspiracy m sending Louis Jakob to tho insane hospital on B luck well's Island. They signed a cer? tificate that he was insane, but after he had been detained live days, the physi? cian iu charge of the hospital made an examination, pronounced him saue, und ordered Iiis discharge. Mr. Jakob brought suit for 821,00'), but was only allowed 8/500 ?or 8100 a day. The small amount of tho award may have beeii diir.- to th'j fact lliut much of the testimony in the ease was llitly contra? dictory. ? -?>?? Tell the Talk!?The committee of livo appointed to memorialize the State Legislature on the subject of the re? gistration of voters, of proportional rep? resentation, and ol the election of Jus? tices of thu Peace and Coustablus by the people, were instructed by tuo tax? payers' Convention "to report, withiu thirty days, through the public prints, tho result of their efibrte, especially upon tho question of cumulative voting." The thirty days expired on the 22 1 tilt. Whore is tho report of the committee of five? Accident.?-A negro woman bad her leg broke in Wuutten a Andrews' circus at this placo on Friday, by the falling of tho seats upou which she aud others were at the time sitting. The company promptly paid her $50 damages, und wc urn informed that after she had paid her lawyers' feu and doctor's bill, sbo bad the suug sum of 810 loft her. [f*icksns Senlinel, 1,500 quarts of stiawborrios from Charleston were quartered among New \ j'k epicures on Tuesday, und they wore spooney over them. The Congregutionalist stales thtt out ol 1,525 foreign missionaries sent out by the American board, only eight have died f-om violence. Tb catlerod remains of Peggy Ter? roll, of Dariiugton, who mysteriously pegged out some time since, have been round. Charlotte Stewart, of Beaufort, killed her child, last week, by placing it under a trunk, Hannah Fields being accessary to the act. A lady iu Mamo boasts of hair seven feel five inches long. ' Crrr Matters.?Subscribe for the Pikesix. Tho polls will be opened from C A. M. to 6 P. M. Mr. Eben Stecbouse is nominated as Alderman from Ward 3. The weather, Sunday and yesterday, was delightful. Casu will be the rule at the Phoenix office hereafter. A iniaplanttd switch couses niauy a ju? venile traiu to run off' the track. "Sovereigns of the eidewulk" is the latest organization of idlers. Tho rowdy-looking ioii hat, mashed 0 it of shape, is no longer the go. If yuu ure courliug u girl, stick to it ?no mutter how big hor father's feet are. This is good weather to leave off flan? nels oue day and send for a doctor the next. Messrs. 11. & W. C. Swafiield's new uwnjug uud sigu attract geueral utten-' ? tiou. Three duys'registration in Ward 3 re? sult-id as follows: Whites, 101; colored, 230; total, 354. There tue a greut many vacant lots iu this city which could be improved by tho erection of small tenements thereon. The Phcknix job office is complete in every respect, aud card?, posters, pro? grammes, bill-heads, etc., are turned out with alacrity. Governor Moses has appointed Wm. A. Bolt, of Uuiou; H. R. Flauigau, of Fail field, aud lt. R. Ilcmphill, of Abbe? ville, Trial Justices. Mouh. G. F. Jacksou, the leader of low pric -s, has returned from the North? ern cities, where ho has been employed for a fortnight in selecting goods. The uecessity for registration seems to have been poorly appreciated by the white voters of the city, while the co? lored voters, as usual, have registered to their full strength. Nebuchadnezzar was not the first "granger." Eve made quite a reputa? tion iu the apple business, aud broke up A dam monopoly, aud was also the very first to patrouizu husbandry.. The churches weru all crowJed, Easter Sunday; ami n great many individuals wore admitted to full membership. Trinity and St. Peter's were beautifully docked with flowers uud evergreens. A "personal" in the New York Herald Says: "Mrs. Dott, formerly of Colum? bia, S. G, will find it to her advantage to call immediately on Mr. J. Sampson, -113 Weit Twenty-3ecoud street, New York;" A friend has kindly furnished us with a file of the *'Sjuthcrn Chronicle," for 181 i, edited by Samuel Weir, Esq.' Wo shall havo it properly bound aud de? posited among the archives of the Piio; Nix office. A tile of soldiers brought into towu, yesterday, teu men charged with violat? ing tho whiskey law. They were lodged iu jail, preparatory to being taken to Charleston, to staud their trial before tho United States Court. j Yesterday was Bdlo-day, and property ] weut oil at a low rate. Mr. Solomon purchased a pair of males and wagon at the extraordinarily low rate of <?13?? 5S0J beiug tho origiuul cost. The team will bu used for hauling to aud from the dilb*reut depots. Mr. Seegcrs offers for side a patent ue 1 machine, which will manufacture S.OUO j pounds in twenty-four board?solid ice. Iiis only reason for wishing to dispose of the machine is, that he has not the time to spare to devote to it. A bargaiu can be obtained. I A colored man, who was asleep ou a ! trestle near tho sixty-six mile turn out ou the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta I Railroad, ou Sunday last, was knocked rff tho track by the oow-oatcher and I seriously injured. Tho train backed 'and assistance tendered, but the injured j mau said he did not require it. The atiuu.il meeting of the Medical Association of South Carolina will be held in Columbia, ou the 1-lth instant. This association is now firmly estab? lished, but a lurgur membership uud a fuller attendance at the annual moetiugs uro needful, in order that its usufuluis-j to the profession uud tho public may bo increased. The Lauuicr Dramatic Company per? form in Parker's Hall, this evening? tho drama selected being Ned Runtime's Border Story, "Buffalo Bill." The company is said to bo u good oue, and the piece selected introduces a number of genuiue Uomanche Indians. Red lire, war dances, etc., will electrify the audience. Reserved seats cau bo secured at LyBrand's. At the-quarterly meeting of tho C!a riosophical Society, held on Saturday evening, the following officers wero elected: C.J. Babbitt, President; H. E. Ilayue, Yioe-President; W. R. Jones, Corresponding Secretary; E. Babbitt, Recording Secrotery; P. J. Mia haw, Librarian; Thad. Saltns, Treasurer; A. J. Townsond, Recorder; S. W, Com mings, Controller. Phcenixiana.?Tbe toDgne?Tbe latch? key that lets out the mind. Those .who have tried it, say that kissing is like a sewiDg machine, be? cause it seams good. Those who serve you because they love you, will exact uo return; those who serve you from self-interest, will exact both principal und interest. Men are said to bo like bugles?tbe more brass they contain, the more noise they make, and tbe further you cau ho?r then. When a man talks about "knights ol the cue," how is one to know whether he means a" billiurd-p'ayer or a China- < man? Women are slaves, not to men, but to fashion. Who blames them? Miraculous Escape.?Oa Saturday last, the locomotive of tbe down passen? ger train over the Greenville and Colum? bia Railroad jumped the track, and threw the engineer, Mr. J. M. Seigler, between tbe locomotive and the tender. A stick of wood ou tbe tender was thrown off ut tbe same time, and caught between tbe two parts of tbe machinery ?acting us a "chock,',' and enabling Mr. Seigler to withdraw himself, with? out injury. It was a miraculous pre? set vation, and Mr. S. should hereafter ha known as tbe "praying engineer." Tbe truin did not arrive until 6 o'clock, Sunday morning. Supreme Court Decisions ?The fol? lowing opinions were filed in tbe Sa- \ premo Court ou Saturday: Daniel Hand, respondent, vs. the Sa? vannah and Charleston Railroad Com? pany el al., appellants. The appeal dis? missed for irregularity, without pre? judice. Iu the matter of Joseph D. Pope, A. C. Hatkell, F. W. McMaster, L. E. LeCoute, W. K. Bachman, L. F, Youwans, order of January 12, 1871, set aside, aud the rule and returns re? manded to the Judge for such further proceedings as may be regarded proper therein. Both opinions rendered by Cbiet Justice Moses. List op New Advertisements. G. W. Wagner?Wanted. Meeting Ricbland Lodge. Central National Bank?City Tuxes. Missouri State Lottery. Meeting Palmetto Fire Company. Eirle 5z Lyles?Coru. J. C. Seegers?Ice Machine. Nomination for Alderman. C. F. Jackson?To the Front. Hotel Arrivals, April G, 1S7L? 1 Wheeler House?Mrs Judge Grier, Mrs * Beck, Pa; J L Gunbotise, Chester; N T Stuart, N C; J Fletch, Pa; Mrs Ausman. Atlanta; W P Geiger, Scott Pope, E Hope, J P Soutberu, C K Kuowlee, citv; A A Post, Fork; T W Woodward, Winusboro; C L 13 Marsh, Wilmingtou; F H Daruhart, USA; FA BuclAuau. Cincinnati; G A Kamiuer, Gadsden; J McMiiuiiH, H H Bonner, Chester; Chaa Fostet, York; J F Bowden, H W Shnre, Wilmington; A J Gwyuer, N Y; Dr J M Sullivau, Greenville; Mrs Benedict, N Y; A N Talley, 0, O & AR R; W T Ed mutids, Ridgeway. Hendrix House?J P Hopkins, Cin? cinnati; S Adams, wife aud child. Michigan; J N Perkins, Richmond; Mrs ri L Anderson, LaGrange, Ga; D S Williams, Y E llud, Western Telegraph Compauy; B Walluce, city; James H McMillin, Spartuuburg; G T Willie, Greenville; S BBookhurt, wife and son, Doko; M Mackerel, T L Gladden, Biuckstock; J N McDill, Yoikville/J E Hendrix, Hickory, N C; M E Black, Cberokeo Springs; M Cooper, St Louis. Columbia Hotel?3 Loughan, Ireland; II F Madden, N J; J P Reed, Conn; W T Butt, Ga; W Z McGuee, N Y; John Davis, Glenn's Springs; W B Goodrich, J A Biackwelder, N C; B B Kupp, N J; J S Land, H W Mutten, Gl G Ii R; G E Real), Ga; C P Gardner, S C. There should bo a statutu of limita? tions against these untimely re-appear? ances ol husbands. For instance, John Fowier, of Butler County, Pa., who went to the wars in 1862, leaving a wife, three children und a 1U0 ucre farm, well stocked. He was taken prisoner and roported dead. His wife waited seven years, then married, and now John Fowler comes bothering around, de? manding his farm. His wife won't re? cognize him. ? An Iowa paper tells of a woman named Mary MoCarrou, living in Frank? lin County, iu that State, who has been confined to her bed with spiual disess-j for the lust eight years. Her friends receutly sent to Bishop McClosky, of New York, for some water from the Virgin Mary's well, iu France. Au ap? plication of* the water was mnde, and it was stated that, within twenty-four hours thereafter, the patient could walk as well ns ever. The porpetrntiou of tbe joke, which consists iu wearing a white sheet and frightening somo iguorant person into the belief that you are a ghost, is rapid? ly ceasing to be amusing. A young man iu Carroll County, Ga., tried this soil!* stirring fun the other night, at tbo ex peusc of a uegro, oud was rewarded with a stab iu the abdomen, which proved fatal in a few hoars. A youth who desired to wed the ob? ject of his affections, had un interview with bur parental ancestor, in which he stated that, although bo had no wealth to speak of, yet ho was "chock full of day's work." He got the girl. A Western paper saya of tbe air, in its relations to man: "It kisses and blesses him, but it will not obey him." Blobbs says that that description suits his wife exaotly.