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colxtmbia;s;c. Thursday Morning. May 21, 1874. Handle Not the Unclean Thine. There are more ways of supporting a party than by going into it aa an ac? tive member. A great. many persons in this State have committed the fatal error of .giving indirect aid and coun? tenance to tbe Radical Government. When Governor Orr went into it, be did it avowedly with tbe view of open? ing tbe way for a large following. He expepted to exercise a controlling in fiuenco in its oonnoils through tbe numbers and tho policy which he would introduce iuto it. His Boheme waa fal? lacious. It failed in both of ita aims. He oonld not make bia compromise popular, and only a few followed in hia wake. Once in, he aunk out of view, a mere drop in the ocean, with? out influenae . to mould or direct, j When be broaobttd hia reform plans, be fonnd how homeless they were, and bow powerless he had become. The effect was to lose him the confidence of the Conservatives in bis leadership, and not to gain t it among*.hia new allies. He fell between two atoola. Aa a public man, his influence was gone. But, failure aa it was, hia was a more respectable and proper course than the one maoy others purane. They curse the Radicals to be Been and heard of men, but they take oaro to have it understood in a Piokwiokian sense, where otherwise it might do them harm. They are band and glove in schemes with those they revile. They reap indirect and sly ad Vintages from a specified amount of concession. These are of the close of men who vaunt the policy of fighting the devil -with fire, forgetting how easy it ia to get one'arflngera burnA pretty busi nees tbey have made of it. They have not bandied pitoh without becoming defiled. They have hebped to forge tbe chains whioh now bind tbe people. In accepting what may have been to them some small benefits from a cor? rupt system, if tbey have not forfeited the right, they have lost the .. ill to overturn it. Their garments are sul . lied, their morale tarnished, and their standing among honorable men com? promised. Akin to theae uro the men who have unintentionally bolstered a state of things tbey are far from ap? proving. The colored rank and file have supplied the voting power, and the moneyed interests the money power upon which tbe foul fabric of the South Carolina State Government rests. We do not allude here to the money derived from taxes. We refer to direct contributions by banks, bankers, mer? chants and speculators, of the menus in money, credit, influenae and busi? ness association to sustain it. What would have been its condition as long as two years ago, but for the timely aid derived from this source? The books of our banks, tbe ledgers of onr mer? chants, the entries to profit aud loss, if examined, would show transactions in whioh the rotten concern got a help . ing hand from them when the poor and worthy were denied it. But suits at law, by which they lind to their cost that public officers whom they have trusted could only use the fund of publio institutions for certain pre- j scribed and limited purposes, heavy j balances whioh cauuot be paid, except j by doubtful expedients of certificates, coliectubiu out of tho next year's tuxes, { treusury warrants, which nre wearing out in the pocket, have opened their' eyes. They find that they have, '.it' heavy cost to themselves, protruded j the .existence of a uiiau ruble spend? thrift und cheat. It is to bo hoped that they have learned wisdom, if they have not got gain by this experience. Tho classes wo huve 'mentioned have done hurin in pinning their faith to u jobber government. All have done it in the recognition they have given it. Wo may indulge- in tbo delusion that our problem will work itsnlf out iu a BatiBfuotory way, whatever we* may do individually.. Bat not alone race, clase, sex, party and conditiou count as factors iu governmental problems, but individual men. "What consti? tutes a State? Men, high-minded men." Upon every sou of South Ua roliou, native or adopted, black or white, rests the obligation to serve her faithfully. He cannot do that without mauly protest and manly exertion against corruption. He is bound not to givo it comfort by his symputhy, or strength by his participation. It is especially incumbent on him not to aid it by any indireot and questionable support. ??-? Deaths in Charleston for the week ending the lGth, 27?whites 5; oolored 22. ? f *? jtfiadfttg ?ei.-?. - ^ A correspondent abka a question that we are unable to answer. Ho will find the advertisement to wh'ich we alluded aomu days ago in the New York Herald, ot either the 8th or 9th instant. It is headed "South Carolina Bonds/' and states that the Treasurer and Comptrol? ler General of South Carolina are at the Aator House, for the pnrpose of per? fecting arrangemouta for the exeoution of the funding law. 15-low the adver? tisement was another ?"South Caro? lina Bonds Wanted, by O. ?. Thor burn, 53 Exohange Plaoe." It looks as if bonds were in demand for the purpose of funding them. But we have so information other than what is acoessiblo to tho public, which is pro oious little. The Treasurer and Comp? troller havo not seen fit to rendor any account of their financial operations. Onr oorre8pondont, as well as our? selves, mast wait, wo suppose, till the spirit moves them. The Massachusetts Calamity.? We give, this morning, additional de? tails in reference to the disastrous flood in Massachusetts. It is thought if the bursting of tho reservoir had taken plaoe at an earlier hoar of the day, when tho people were at homo or in bod, thousands instead of huudreds would havo perished. Snch havoo is terrible to think of, and especially so if the loss and misery, as is averred, might havo been avoided. It is 6aid that the walls of the reservoir were never strong enough to confl.no tho waters, and that water had beeu no? ticed ebbing through their interstices for so4no time. On the othor haud, it is averred that tho reservoir which burst had beeu carefully built and only recently examined, and that upon examination its oondition had been found perfectly seouro. It is hard to reooucilo that statement with the calamity wbioh has occurred, and which is without a parallel in this country, though like cases huvo happeued in Europe. There have beeu many serions iuundations duriug this century on that ooutinoct from the breaking of dams, and it bus in? variably happened that they havo been due to defects in the oonstruotion of the dams. One of tho most appalling of these inundations occurred on Mdroh 11, 1861, when tho dam of the reservoir near Sheffield, England, con? taining ll-l.OOO.OUOcubiofeotof water, and covering seventy-six acres of ground, gnvo way. Twelve miles of country were laid wasto and 250 lives lost, besides the destruction of a vast amount of propotty. In Ibis case the embaukmeut is said to have beeu eighty-live feet high and forty feet thick, and was supposed to be con? structed on tho most scientific priuoi pies, though tho result showed that it was insufficient and badly constructed. United States District Court, May 19.?The petition of Peake, Opo dyke and others, for tho involuntary bankruptcy .of R. C. Shiver, David Jones and J. H. Davis, copartners under the firm name of R. C. Shiver & Co., was hourd. Tho Judge ordered that the timo to show cause be extend? ed to the 29th of May, 1871. Alfred King Johnson, couvicted of carrying on the business of a retail liquor dealer without paying the Special tax, was sentenced to six mouths' imprison- j ment, and to pay a Hue of $1,000. It was ordered in tho petition ot John E. Rivers, assignee of Oaillard & Miuott, bankrupts, against Win. Guruey, Tax Collector, uud Tuft, Auditor, to stay tho sale of property under tax execu? tion; that the sale and further adver? tisement be deferred until tho further order of the court. It was orderod in the petitions of W. K. Luvaland S. P. Rainwater lor final discharge in bank? ruptcy that the petitions be continued until the Ith of Juno next. In tho case of Charles II. West, Jr., assignee, against Robert Adgcr A C> , und others, it was decreed that Charles LL West, Jr., assignee, proceed forthwith to sell the property nt the corner ol E tat Uiy and Broad streets, upon the terms ot one-half cash nuU Ihu balance secured by bond and mortgage, an'; that tho defendant or any other party may become a purchust r, iVc , unit that all right and equity of lexemption of C. II. West, Jr., assignee, or auy other paity to these proceedings, be barred und foreclosed. ---?>.-*-- - Life Insurance and the Suicide QuKbTiON.?The 2Ecna Lifo Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn., was de? feated in a recent suit by Mrs. Everott W. Moore, of Detroit, on a life iusur anoo polioy, issued by tho company upon the life of her husband for her benefit for $5,000. The defence was forfeiture of polioy by the suicide of the insured, but the jury said an in? sane man could neither make nor break a contract, more especially if the rights of the third parties, inno? cent of any wrong, were involved. Through an noonmulution of troubles the insured was deprived of his usual moral faoultios by whioh to judge of the not at the time ha commuted sui? cide, said the jury, who, therefore, sustained tho olaim of the innocent women and children of the insured. A proposition has boon made for the ereotiou, by contributions from the mercantile communities of all nations, of a light house upon the ooast oT Brazil as a memorial to the late Com? modore Maury. Haw Senator Itorrrood Nnatchtn But? ler ISald-hcadr.i. We make the following ex tract a from the remarkable speech of Senator tfor woolij of Georgia, on Civil Bighta. Critioiaing Bevi. Botlor'a epeoch in tbe Boose of .Representatives, he said: < Tho Republican party has often assured us that in the late war "tbe oolored troopa""f ought nobly," and the Senator from New Jersey repeated the declaration in onr bearing on yester? day. It is true, that interwoven with tbe dreadful realitica of that struggle, there is much of fiction and romantic episode; many imaginary instances of inspiring heroism, displayed by the colored troops. Foot und Action are lamentably mingled in inextrioablo confusion. But thero is one excep? tionable instance of daring and of death, and 'so notably established on tho testimony of a single eyowiluess, that the Senate must remember it, nud it is worthy of recounting, oveu iu this august presence. I see that the quick perception and historic, learning , of this body havo already anticipated my discovery, and I would even now forego the thrilling narration, but for the fear that some future Muuchauseu might charge mo with prejudice against the objects of tho Judiuiury Commit? tee's special devotion, should I decline to furnish ?o valuable a oontributiou to his peculiar stylo und school of his? tory. I refer, as you knew, to tho Bale klava charge, made by the colored troops, at tho witching hour of dawn, on empty stomachs?bayonets fixed, nipples uncovered?and under com? mand of u general of renown, ou the 2'Jtb of September, 186-1, at New Mur kot Heights. The historian?who was tho general then commanding, and who seems to havo been tho only sur? vivor of those colored troops?tells us tho story with ohurming simplicity nud with the eloquence of unbridled faucy. lie says, that being himself iu the rear, where he intendod to romaiu, und wholly uncertain whother tho charge would bo feebly to the front or with frantic heroism to the reur, he or? dered, as a precaution for personal se? curity, tho nipples of the guus to be uncapped, and offering up the prayer of FulstafT, "God, keep lead out of me," ho gavo the order, "Charge!" I Laughter. ] Be says that there fell, withiu a pa? rallelogram just teu feet wide uud 300 yards in longtb, the exact number of 043 of his colored associates, or one man to every twenty aud three-tenths inches; that as soon as they fell, mounted on his fiery Pegasus, like feathered or "Harry" Mercury, he marched solitary and alono to one end of that slaughtered heap, and lining one eye weepiugly pendont over the dead, nnd cocking tho other fiercely ou the euomy?the one tearful as Niobe's, tho other glowing like fiery Mars?ho rode, with arms akimbo, through that parallelogram, over that hecatomb of his companions, to the farther end?his hor.-e meanwhile dancing a minuet in tho benevolent endeavor to find ground on which to plant its reverential feet. This was uu exploit worthy of deifi? cation. Pity it is, it had not been per? formed in the pro-Homeric or Hesiodic age, as that generation, eo appreciative of horse gymnastics, would havo doiQed und translated tho heroic actor, and he would now bo enjoying the beatitude of hero worship in the con steilatiou of Aries or Tauru.-; or, hap? pier still, be aud that horse might now bo a bright, particular constellation iu themselves, uudcr the proper nume of Eqnus-anthropos, which lovers, at parting, would designate to gazo upon at the tender hour "when twilight dews are failiug fast," and renew their vows of devotion. But why that humane goncral should have ridden that teu der-hearted borae over the dead bodies of his colored associates, instead of making a brilliant fliiuk movement along that geometric holocaust, such as only ho cm whon moving on a custom house, 1 have ! fatigued my imagination iu vain to en i deuvor to discover. Perhaps, like Mrs. j Mitlaprop, he was trying to ascertain j the "perpeudieulars" of the slaughter; l i perhaps it was to accommodate the angle of his vision; perhaps to lest the' sensibilities of that hime. Rut con? jecture i; all m vain. It wa .-imply one >f those din el forward movement.-?! owr Ihe bodies of oue'.s friend.", m> often witnessed in political strategy, ind never kuowu iu military tactics, j that it must remain u mur i! woudc I until lapse of time nnd.oft repeating ahull consecrate it as a truth, or until some cruel (12 lipus shall ns.- to solve j the riddle und destroy iu artful in? ventor. I Hut gallant as w?9 that fatal charge, and heroic und soL-mn as was that perilous equestrian exploit, the}' pule into paltriness in presence of tho sub? lime sequel to this military evolution us giveu iu the simple story of this historian. He says that having finish? ed that horse couranto?consisting of a eoupee, then a high stop, then a ba? lance?ho sounded a solemn halt, faced mournfully about, fixed his eyes again as already dosorihed, gave tho order, "Attention, Generali" and in ohronio absence of tho Bible, drew from his holster-cane a pocket edition of the Massachusetts Pilgrims' Progress, issued under tho Maine liquor law, and kissing one ond devoutly with his face turned upward, he administered to himself a solemn, corporal and general oath, that ao long aa hia sur? viving colored companions would vote to make him Governor of Massachu? setts, or a Representative in Congress, he would spasmodically devote the idle momenta of the remainder of his political and official life, in a feeble effort to seonro to them the great con? stitutional right to attend, "without distinotion of race, color or previous condition of servitude," every theatre, I circus and menagerie in tho United States of America' and the Territories thereof. He theo sealed his oath by pressiDg his fevarieh lips once more to the bibulous end of tbatoherished volume, and calling in the eye which bad meanwhile stood sentinel on the -enemy, he dismissed himself from the parade. Moses?Uankruit.?The senti? mental biogrupher of the future, the historian who ahull udd to the inquest iuto facts of a Freeman the luve of oddities of a Charles Limb, and the rather maudlin humor of a Sterne, will find no such subject in all the past as the little buffoon culled Moses, who just now embodies in his own person the ideal statesmanship of reconstruct? ed Republican South Carolina. This immortal Governor is n it a subject for satire, not ever for Ihn great pen of biui who drew Zimri and Ahithophel, for satire must huvo some worthiness in the butts against which it looses its shafts?some substance oven ill the bareness which it slays. Moses is u new species of a new genus, rare aud ripe, uud now forms of art must be devised to consummate his portrait. It is by all odds the most ludicrous siugle inoideut in American history, this forcing into involuntary bin k ruptcy of the fl Idling piouyuue (io veruor, who has completed the bank? ruptcy of his once greut common wealth. The fuat that Moses has ruined himself in ruining Ins State is ou n par with the traditional trick of the monkey who-cut bis throat while nicking his muster's razor in se useless mimicry of the uct of shaving. What did this pitiful roguo steal for, if he eould nut steal himself rich? Where is the bent-tit be expects from the exercise of his unquestionable sovereignty, if he cannot make money gut into his pocket thereby? What has come of this comical scoundrel's ruinous statesmanship, when "All tho treasuro by This foul oxcobs is got iuto tho merchantn', Embroiders', mlksaon's, jewclloru', tailor*' bauds, Aud the third part of tho laud, too; the no? bility Engrossing titles only." Has Moses ruined himself and his State for the sake only of wearing that high title of present nobility, the "Governor of South CarolinaV" Is this tho sole consummation for which ho has sold himself aud bis common? wealth, aud done more antic deeds in tho face of high Heaven than any lu uulio out of na asylum, any upa North of Bruzil? Is this all tho outcome from his cheap nigger minstrelsy, his black and tan jockey club, bis piltered lectures and addresses, bis grosser felonies and poijuries, his lyings und stealings, aud ull the penny cribbiugs and area shudowings with which ho has diversified the career uud liberal? ized the experiences of the champion sueakthic-f aud prime buffoon umoug the "statesmen" of tho period? Morality and political economy aud DTarueli tho elder are at outs upou tho question "whether it is allowable to ruin ouo's self," but what philosopher, divine or antiquary could deal with Moses' way of ruining himself, for which there is no precedent iu any code from Menu lo Jevons? We re? peat it, the bankruptcy of Moses is tho most incomprehensible aud the tuest grotesque fact in American his? tory, and tho cbaructer of Moses, the Aloibiudes of scalawags, the Tbemis tocleH of monkeys, tho enfant perdu of Radical statesmanship, is the rarest und choicest study thut ever fell to the luck of the Shaudyists. If the old law of imprisonment for debt still prevailed iu South Carolina; if Moses could only be made to pay iu bis person for the lruuduleut debts he has incurred, and tho reconstructed 1 Government of South Carolina be thus udmiuistored from a sponping house, wiUi a Governor's stulT of tipstaves aud a Statu guard of Lniliil'-j und con I stables, tho picture would bo complete. I As it ia, the state of the Carolina trea? sury admonishes us that there is .-.till a I chance of this Moses operu-bouffo 1 winding ii|) in :is grote: quo a tragedy. There will soon ho nothing whatever to '.steal.?.Yew- York Wvrld. -???*? AuuusT ?>r Ckcsadkus ;.\ Cincinnati ; o:i ilia Kirn.?Forty ?liiree temperance women were arrested while praying in I trout of it saloon on D.iyniiller ntreot, I near tho scene i f the disturbance yes? terday, Thoy were warned to lesist by the officer*, but did hot heed the I warning. Among the ladies urreted were tiie wives of Dr. C. II. 'Lavier, Kv. l>r. C. II. Payne, Rev. Dr. M?l? fort, Rev. Dr. W. J. Foe, Rev. S. K ; Leavett, uud Rev. Mr. Mcllngh. ' They refused to accept bail, which was ! ottered by their friend.-, bats were dually released ou parole to appear bo fore the police court Monday morning. A prayer-meetiug was organized at tho station house, but it was stopped by tho officers. Aflor being released tho ladies re? turned to church auJ held a meeting. A proposition was mado to start a men's temperance leuguoiu every ward in tho city, and to raise a largo guaran? tee fund of mouey for the purposes of tho tempaianoo ujovuuieul. It was re? solved to employ tho ablest counsel that can be secured for tho trial on Monday. The police ofiioers say there is in? formation that a baud of German women has been organized to moot them aud drive them from tho streets. Deaths.?Mrs. T. C. MoBride dud at her home, near Long Cauo, Abbe? ville County, on Tuesday morning, May 12. Edward Taylor died near Autreville, Abbeville County, last Sa? turday evening, from typhoid pneu? monia, after a short illness, aged sixty. He was an old citizan of this County, and during tho war did good service for his oouutry. OlTJf Ma.rcKEa.?-G?uw?iflu? "or the Phoskix. He whose heart in fall soon finds a loose tongue'. , .' Piscatorial excursions are increasing in popularity. Sassafras tea is now tbe correct thing for children. Can a lover be called a suitor when he doesn't suit her? A Christian is the gentlest of men? but thou he is a man. There in a sentiment abroad iu this community that it is time to come out of flannels. Plant thieves are uow depredating in the city. Keep a Bharp look-out for them. Soeger's Henry serves brandy that is brandy, and beer that is the coolest in creution. ' Wo have tired of our small size, and luve enlarged. No use tulkiug about it, though; you see the difference yourself. Wo learn that tho colored troops, with their fancy uniforms, were re? lieved from duty at tho Governor's residence, on Tuesday night, by a de? tachment of penitentiary guard. All lovers of flowers must remember that one blossom allowed to mature or "go to seed," iujures the plant more than a dozen uuw buds. Cut your flowers, thou, all of them, before tbey begin to fade. Tickets for the dramatic aud musical entertainment, to be given in behalf of the South Carolina monument, can bo had at the book stores, drug stores, j and the Central National aud Carolina National Panks. We have received from Messrs. J. A. Hendrix & Bro. a sample of floor from tho first now wheat of 1874. Tbe flour is' from the celebrated mills of Messrs. Stovall & Hull, of Augusta, Ga., and can be purchased from Messrs. Hendrix & Bro. in any quantity. A meeting of prominent Germans was hold last night for the purpose of organizing a Schuelzouvereiu. Steps were taken which will guarantee suc? cess, and a committee of five appointed to prepure business for a meeting on Wednesday oveuiug, tho 27th instant, wheu a permanent organization will be effected. We acknowledge tho receipt from the Republican Priuting Company, of a oopy of tho Acts und Joint Resolu? tions of tho General Assembly of the State, passed at the special session of 1873 aud the regular session of 1873-71, designed to form apart of tho fifteenth volume of the ululates at large, commencing with the Acts of 1871-72. Judge Cooke has sustained tho re? cent decision of Judge Greeu, to the effect that legal notices and advertise? ments paid for from private funds may be published iu aby paper selected by the person advertising, notwithstand? ing such paper may not be one desig? nated as an "official" paper by the State authorities. "Official" papers apply ouly to Buch advertisemcuts as arc paid for from Stute and County funds. Liwyers mny, therefore, order all estate notices, referee sales and sheriff sales to bo published iu this paper, should they prefer it. Fl'.ESH Sci'l'LIES.?Fresh country butter, new-laid eggs, fat aud healthy : spring chickens, backed l>y all kinds of ? fresh, crisp vegetables and fruits of the season, including strawberries ut 23 ' cents a quart, t.> be had ut 12. il Da vies .v Co. 's cheap cash store, ou Piuiu street. Sign of the big bone. St'iiMci: Rksokts ?? The iudic.itious f tho approach of v.-inn we ither havo been sufliv'ient to suggest to those who nsu i!!y seek relief in tho couutry :.- >ni the heats of sutumor the prudeuuc ol 1 forming plain i\'r thu season, in which they are nine or L-ss guided by the I information they receive of thu induce i moots und attractions held out by the various summer resorts, whether ou tho seaside, tho mountains, or in rural retreats nearer the city. Houce the announcement! of these plaoes of re? fuge are looked after at this time with much interest. It becomes tho pro? prietors of watering places to make known in papers of general circulation the advautagus they havo to offer, us well as tho facilities by railroad, steam? boat or stage, of reaching them. A considerable number of alloity popu? lations now spend more or less time every summer in the country, some going to distant localities both 90 the sea-shore and in the mountains, while many who oanuot leave their plaoes of business for any great length of time seek some rural retreat convenient to town. In order to meet these varied wants, it is important that all who are prepared to accommodate visitors of whatever class should make the fact known through some effective medium of commuoioation with the public, with such details as may assist those iotorosted in their seleotion of a sum? mer resort. ,E;!*i5 vb loa i> au.i-?3!?? -age " tremity, when the BbemR Orange? barg went for him, he forgot to trans? mit bis tjMirf calling oat the, militia through tbe offloe of tbe Adjatant and - Inspector-General. For thia, be was called to quick, account by that military functionary, who desired to know by what or whose order tbe troops were called out. Mr. Moses meekly said that her? had verbally and hurriedly goue and done it. Whereupon Purvis rejoined that he had got them in an ugly bos. "They are now no more than private oitizens threatening a breach of the peace." If thia was awful, it waa awfallor that the orders from the oommauder-in-chief had not been transmitted through this offloe. This was cruet on Moses, who had culled out the troops 7iurriedly, as,a pilot goG9 for any port in a storm. Thia cruel war is over. Order reighs in Warsaw once more. There waa con? siderable fir iug, though, on the night of the 19th by the soldiers on guard dis? tributed over the grounds of the Go? vernor's residence. A correspondent who was rambling in that part of the city, about 10 o'clock, writes ns that hia meditations were suddenly inter? rupted by several discharges of fire? arms proceeding from the garden. In? deed, he confesses to violent agitation from a ahot being fired, and eome mis silo passing through the foliage of a tree close by. We believe that the troops were not on duty yesterday. The bugles sang trace. The redoubtable Sheriff had vamoosed the rauche, and placed him? self beyond the reach of a counter warrant issued for hia arrest by Coro? ner Coleman. Whether the Governor will be brought to trial in tbe Circuit Court, yet remaina in doubt. One thing can be said, he is now a man of uationel reputation. Election.?The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Capital Build? ing aud Loan Association, whioh has just completed its third year of suc? cessful operation, was held at the Hibernian Hall last evening, and the following officers eleoted to serve the eusuing year: President, John Agnew; Secretary and Treaaurer, W. R. Gath oart; Directors, Geo. Syrumors, W. B. Gulick, C. L. Anderson, C. F. Jack? son, John Meighnn aud John Agnew, Jr. Court of Common Pleas, May 20.? Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company against R. H. Dominick, for the recovery of personal property. Verdict for the plaintiff. A. Walker against Frederick Schmidt, for recovery of 810,000 da? mages for defamation of character. Verdict for plaintiff for 8150. Margaret Schnitz against Mary Schultz. Verdict for defendant. Thomas Harper against William ?. Etter. Jury directed to return a sealed verdiot. I List of New Advertisements. Wm. D. Love & Co.?Ribbons. Josiah Haltiwauger?Lumber. Hotel Arrivals, May 20, 1874.? Wheeler House-D White, Pa; S S Sweel and wife, R I; G A Ka miner, E M Douglass, Gadsdeu; T B Frazer, Sumter; CLP Marsh, N C; E C Croe.u, Jr, T B Johnston, Sumter; W II Harriaou, B F Bryan, N C; John W { Holland, Baltimore; L D DeSauesure, j David Lopez, P Duffio, J Woodruff, I Charleston; J U McDuvitt, Edgefleld; j \V G Beck, city; D C Harrison; R , Dauuiuberg, Winuaboro; U Green I tower, N Landauer, Baltimore; Nathan ! Fo.lerlin, E D Litta, New York; D B : DeSauasure, \V D Sturliug, J L Little, j city. tlendrit House?WBWynq, Dunbar O'Neill, N 1"; Mrs Dr S Baruob, thr^e children aud servant, Camden; M B Mobley, Chester; E Wagner, Charles* ; ton; J \V Lylei>, Fuirfiuld; U G Arthur, I W & W M Co. j Columbia Hot: t?J M Seigler, Greou ! villi.*; J Oppheimer, New York; W E ID A Beb, Maryland; Mrs D J Cain ! and hiu, Asbuvilto; W J Spriukle, city; John D Spotts, Virgiuia; W T J O Woodward, S C; Frank Palmer, Au? gusta; E G White, Charleston; Joel Copes, Wiunsboro; A S Douglass, Chester; Mrs Holmes and children, Massachusetts; S T Poioier* SC; T H Clurkson, Charlotte; J E Thames, S O; Eugene Du Hurry, Lexington; Johnson 4 Lumpkius, Alabama; S 0 Thompson, Sacramento City. The ephygmiograph ia the bard uame of a new medico-scieutiflo in? strument. Its presenoe 1b to mark and register the pulsations of the wrist. It ia a very delicate and inlrioate piece of mechanism, propelled by cjack work, and by the tracing of a penoil on a piece of paper the force of the heart boats is recorded. It is chit fly useful in showing tbe effeot of different medi? cines on the nervous system. The war in Atlanta between the po? lice and the Federal troops has ended Col. Brown, commanding at tbe bar? racks, has refuaed to give hia men passes to go to the city, and conse? quently the police will havo no occa? sion to arrest any of them. In the melee that ooenrred last week, one s?luier waa killed, and it was feared that a regular pitched battle would occur.