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Taeiday Meraisg, Jaac 23,1S74.
Proposed Imptaobmint of Daren.
Mr. Wilson, of the Boubo Judiciary
Committee, reported a resolution, last
Wednesday, that Judge Durell, of
Louisiana, ought to be impeached for
high crimes and misdemeanors. The
specific ohargos. wero tue manner in
whion matters, in. bankruptcy were
disposed of by Judge. Duroll and the
mid-night order *bl?b placod Kellogg
and party; in possession of the State
House. The oue charge 1b of corrup
tion, together with Abaigaoo Norton,
with whom he was intimate, in making
extortionate and outrageously exorbi?
tant charges against bankrupts; the
other iB of flagrant- and corrupt abuse
of his judicial functions. The charges
of drunkenness and fraudulent transac?
tions do not enter into the oase. In
reference to the midnight order, the
committee say they have fully gone
ovor the testimony, and denounce it as
an aot unparalleled in tbe history of
the judiciary of the country and merit?
ing impeachment. There are two re?
ports, the majority presented by
Messrs. Butler, Wilson, White, Jewett,
Eldridge and Potter, tbe minority
signed by .four members, including
Mr. Tr?coaino, reoomtaenaiug that all
proceedings be discontinued. Mr.
Poland, Ol Vermont, submitted his in?
dividual opinion' that, while Durell
hud n? proper legal jurisdiction to
make j$af$j&Tj$ Ja?*, tyVaQJ*a oor
ruptly^boi ..only.,.w?ftkJy uud without
iudiciatv' calmness and correctness.
And iu regard to the undoubtedly cor- J
rnpt practioos of. ofijgars of his court,
he thinks be did not share in the pro
coeds. But bo suaUiuod the impeach?
ment, nevertheless.
It is noticeable ttut the name of Mr.
fremaine appears in the lead of those
Of the committee opposed1 to this pro?
ceeding. He is tbe same man who
made the majority report against the
riouth Carolina tax-payers' memorial?
one of the poorest, feeblest and most
contemptible papers ever presented to
Congress; a mere rehash, with added
venom and shameful perversion of
truth, of the counter-memorial taken
on by the Whittemore committee. He
wants to cbter up the record of iniqui?
ties perpetrated in the South, and to
let off the criminals who have betrayed
their trusts and inflicted untold inju?
ries and wrongs upon Southern com?
munities; hi;tbe,name and while!beat?
ing the commission of the General
Government. It ia equally significant
that Mr. Eldridge, who presented the
able minority report on the memorial
referred to, and showed a just concep?
tion of the intolerable wrongs perpe?
trated here In tbe abused name of Re?
publicanism, and a purpose to insti?
tute auch proceedings as would in
their effect efface the eUio, takes side
with those who recommend Durell'a
impeachment. Efforts will, of oourse,
be made to prevent any objectionable
action on the resolution. Kellogg is
already on the scene, using every poa
sible art and management to defeat it;
for if Durell falls, he will not be able
to stand.
It is amazing, when we consider the
power of corruption, tho facility in
doing wrong, and oompare it with the
difficulty of holding men to the paths
of reotitode, of correcting injury and
retrieving error, Through one dark
midnight deed of a wretobed tool of a
batch of conspirators, easily consum?
mated, New Orleans and Louisiana
have had a flood of corruption let
loose, and a reign of valgar tyranny
and despotism fastened upon them for
years, which have brought them to tbe
verge of revolution, and aroused the
interest and excited the fours of tho
whole country. And yet tho Govern?
ment haggles about tbe matter, aud
committee men pretend they cannot
see, und partisans are perfectly willing
to protract this agony and disgrace in
flioted upon a noble and helpless peo?
ple, rather than that the party shall be
exposed aud tbe fonl deeds of its tools
and agents nneartbed. Tho steps of
corruption and wrong are easily and
quickly taken. Measures of justice
and reform are slowly and reluotantly
enterod npon. The only oomfort we
oan see is, that if justice is slow, she is
snre.
-* 4 ? *>-r???'
It is a pity that some of her Bister
powers do not persuade Spain to
abandon her bloody and oostly at
tempt to retain Ouba. The situation
in the island at present is more than
ever deplorable, and the relentless
conscription by Captain-General Con?
di a is said to be producing a reign of
terror. The Cubans have just land?
ed ouo of tbe mrat important expedi?
tions of tbe war, with 4,000 arms, six
pieces of mountain artillery, and a
largo quantity of ammunition, and
have established communication with
Gomez.
"Got. Moses and other State offi?
cials may be all that they are charged
with being?and we do not say that
they ?sr??t-?st i?s ?sk?nd?h>,of
the Republican party ip this Statte ia^s
hones*, althodgh it may n?t be as ln
telliMht, as afcy party whioh ever up
hel?ya political banner in any Beotlon
I of tho o?untryV'? Union.
How men bow down and worship
power! Even the power of declamation
tike Samner's, power of stolid obstina?
cy like Grant's, power of the peculiar
sort of Christian statesmanship repre?
sented by such men as Harlan, Howard
and Oolfaz, have their admirers. Men
must worship something, and if they
can't find a hero, they fall down be?
fore a log. In tho above quoted ex?
tract, it is "the rank and file of the
Republican party in this State," whose
honesty haa won this genuflection.
But, alasl the compliment is left-hand?
ed, after all. It is at the expense of
their intelligence. Call a man a block?
head at a German University, and you
get a fight on your hands. It ia the
unpardonable epithet. Remembering
this, we protest for "the rank and
file"?some of whom we have known
as both intelligent and honest before
they were lowered from their humble
station in life into tbe Radical fold?
that they shall not be oalled fools in
any suoh insidious fashion. As a pieoe
of flattery, the honeyed words honest,
although not intelligent, will not pasB
muster. Besides, how can yru mike
out that 80,000 honest voters always
put in power suoh men as "Moses and
other State officials," as to whom yon
admit so much? How oan it be that
when you take the sense of an honest
constituency, you invariably get as re?
sult diahonest and untrustworthy
officials? It will not do to oharge it
as due to want of intelligence, for it
happens with intelligent regularity and
shows the system of arrangement and
forecast. It oomes from laok of spirit
and manhood, rather from want of
proper pride, whioh subjects the great
muss of Radical voters in tbe State to
the manipulations of a dozen, more or
less, Radical bellwoathers. Will they,
like sheep, still follow these tinkling
bells, now that auy one, whether intel?
ligent or not, can see that their sounds
oonduot to ruin and disgrace, to po?
verty and shame? If they do, tbey
will indeed make good the Radical
"insinuendo" that they have no brains
to spare.
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The Confederate Records.?The
House of Representatives at Washing?
ton oity has amended the sundry civil
appropriation bill so as to provide for
tbe publication of all official records of
the late war, including the Confederate
archives. The new section reads as
follows: "To enable the Secretary of
War to begin tbe publication of tbe
rebellion, both of Union nnd Confede?
rate armies, the anm of $15,000; and
the Secretary of War is hereby directed
to have copied for the public printer
all reports, letters, telegrams and gene?
ral orders not hitherto copied or
printed, and properly arrange the
same iu chronological order." The
amendment was unanimously adopted,
and is favored by all, tbua far. Sena?
tor Logan advocates it in the Seuate.
Singular Coincidence ?We learn
that on the night previous to the de?
parture the next morning of Mr. Gal
vin, the ill-fated engineer, to take
oharge of the engine upon whioh he
lost his life, that his wife had a most
singular dream, whioh the sequel has
proven did actually ocour. It seems
that on tbe night in question she
dreamed that her husband was brought
home to her with his legs broken and
dead, and so impressed was she iu cou
ceqnenoe that tbe next morning sbo
begged him not to go. To which he
replied that the officers of the road
would expect him to tako charge of the
engine and ho must do so. He did bo,
and our readers aro acquainted with
the cousequences that followed.
[ Wilmington Journal,
Sawyer's Successou ?The delay in
filling tho position of Assistant Secre?
tary of the Treasury is attracting somo
attention. Mr. Sawyer bus not for
several days put iu an appearance at
the Treasury Departmout, and he an?
nounces that ho is no longer Assistant
Secretary. He does a great deal of
wandering around, and is supposed to
be looking for somo one worthy to un?
loose bis sboe-latcbets, and will likely
havu as hard a timo as Jupbet in
search of hi 4 father. It is understood
that the position of Assistant Secretary
was offered to Hon. John Allison, of
Pennsylvania, the present Registrar of
tbe Treasury, but Mr. Allison prefers
his present position, and respectfully
declined the offer.? Washington Letter.
The Mew York Times does not want
to make a party question of the mess
in South Carolina. Is there to be no
responsibility, then? Tbe oondition of
affair; in South Carolina is All that the
Times describes, and is directly asorib
able to the Republican polioy. Are
we not to place the aap where it be?
longs? Shall tho country rest content
with being told that if it does bold the
Republican party responsible, it will
get no redress? The course of tbe
Tinus is altogether honorable nnd in?
dependent. But that oiroumstauoe
should afford no sholter to the anthor
of the villainy.
[Louisville Courier-Journal.
Tho constitution for the Tax Union?
Proposed ana Iltccmmended by (lit)
Tax-Payers* Convention'.
, JTba Bxoontsso Committee of the Tax
?b.ye'*y Convention, at their late meet?
ing in Charleston, adopted and or
rjired to be published an address to
tho people of the State, and a form of
constitution for the Tax Unions. The
uddresa ia as follows:
FKiiiiOW-CrrizENB: Tho Executive
Committee of the Tux-Payers' Con?
vention, iu pursuauco of tho duty with
which they wore charged, herewith
present to you a pluu for the organiza?
tion of tho Tux Unions throughout
the State. The object of this organi?
zation is to put iuto effective operation
all lawful means within our reach fur
the ro-eatab?shment of uu honest und
economical tulministratiou of govern?
ment iu South Carolina. ?
The committee do not dreni it ne?
cessary to argue with you upon the
nrgoucy or the occasion, or the neces?
sity of reform. Tho burdeus to which
I wo aro subjected are greater than wo
I can bear, and tho proof is to be fouud
iu the fact that the houses and lauds
of the proprietary class are beiug for?
feited to the Stute, in quantity and
number without a parallel, from ?beer
inability to pay the taxes. There can
be no stronger or more distressing
proof of oppression than thosystemutic
confiscation by the governmeut of the
property of the citizen for non-pay?
ment of dues too excessivo to be borne.
But when the moneys, < x tor teil from
the people uuder color of law, are also
systematically and shamelessly sciuau
dered, plundered aud stoleu, another
and more grievous wrong is added to
the catalogue of enormities, aud tho
very aome of the most vulgar form of
despotic rule is reached. Such go?
vernment forfeits all title to the name,
and is no better than organized .spolia?
tion and robbery. It would be u slan?
der and a stigma upon you to suppose
that yon will sutler this state of things,
so destructive and ignominious, to
continue, without exhausting every
possible human effort to put an end to
it. Your history, your traditions and
your personal manhood forbid it; there
is no need of reasoning about it?if
you be true to yourselves, your instincts
will all impel you iu this direotiou; uor
can you hope to redeem yourselves,
without helping yourselves. Self-help
will bring you ull other help. We
cannot believe that there are uot good
men enough of all parties in the State
to rescue the government from the men
that are bringing min und disgrace
upon yon, and to restore it to some?
thing of its former respectability. To
this end activity, real earnest purpose,
devotion to the uause and thorough
organizalion are necessary. Tho Tax
Unions will furnish tho form of organ?
ization, but you mast breathe iuto it
the breath of life, und make it a living,
active, efficient and pervading instru?
mentality for good. Especially should
our youug men devote themselves to
this work. The future, its hope aud
deatinies, are all their*. If they do
uot try to shape it, there will be un?
told miseries in reserve for thorn ? uot
only ruin, but shame and remorse,
sure and perhaps too late. It is upon
them that the blame will rest, for it is
now their time to come to the fronting
this struggle under tho law, as before
they came to the front in the more
dreadful isHue of war. The same
spirit and courage that stood them in
steud then, will stand them in stead
now. Their cause will enlist the sym?
pathies of all good men throughout
the country. To put dishonesty to
flight, to purge corruption, to rescue
the good common wealth from the
hands of tbos? who have made her
name a by-word and reproach every?
where, is a wo-k well worthy of an
earnest, ooncerted and persevering ef?
fort; aud if it be undertaken in the
proper spirit, uud with a zeal and
energy proportioned to the exigencies
in which we are placed, it mast und
will bo successful.
lu conclusion, we beg to aommeud
to your earnest, sober and faithful
consideration these words of wise, pa?
triotic counsel, from tho uddreps of
their convention to tho people of South
Carolin?: Let tho honest aud well
meaning citizuus, one by one, be
brought into tho Tux-Payers' Union,
aud made to work for tho cause of
good government, until tho Stute is
redeemed. Tho eclat lh:it attends the
clash of urins is wanting to such a
struggle, but no cause can bu more]
worthy of the earnest, faithful and pa-j
tient labor of ouo who Iuvob his peo?
ple and his Stute. A triumph like thin
is not to be won by a single decisive
battle, uor, it may bo, by many toil?
some cnnipuigus, but patient, endnr- 1
iug aud boue.st work, sooner or Inter,
will briu;; victory to your .standards.
No laurel wreaths muy crowu tho
victor's brow, but n ransomed and re?
deemed Caroliua, a free, prosperous
aud happy people, will attest to future
generations that, worthy of your au- j
cestry, aud true as they to duty und
honor, you havo taken up tho tight in j
the darkest hour of adversity, and
faithfully and successfully fought it
out to victory. Wo conjure you, then,
at onoe to o.ganizu, compact aud work
up tho Tux Payers' Uuiou, uutil you
anchor the State safe iu tho harbor of
assured peace und prosperity.
JAMES OHESNUT,
Chairman Executive Committee Tax
Payers' Convention, iu behalf of
Committee.
The constitution for the Tax Unions,
qh finally adopted, is as follows:
1. The object of the 1'ax Unions are
tho reduction of taxation and the ho?
nest appropriation and expenditure of
the public funds.
2. There shall bo in each County as
many Subordinate Tax Unions as may
be deemed necessary, but not lese tbau
one such Subordinate Union for each
township or ward. There shall be one
County Tax Union for each County
and one State Tax Union for tbe
Btate. . .
8. E5ft*h Subordinate Tax Union
?hail have suoh name or designation as
the members thereof may select, bat
eaoh Oonrily Union shall be designated
by the name of the Cuunty, and tbe
State Union shall bo ntyled "Tbe Tax
Union of tbe State of South Caro?
lina."
4. All tax-pajers iu this State are
eligible to membership of auy one
Subordinate Tax Uuiou in the County
in whioh they live.
5. Applications for membership
mu.it bu mado in writing aud addressed
to the-Tux Union of- County.
Such npplicatious shall bo signed by
tho applicant, or by bis authority, and
shall give tho applicant's full name and
address. The applications mu.st be
submitted to the Executive Committee
of the Subordiuute Union to which
they nru addressed, which committee
may report thereon at auy meeting of
the Uuiou, aud a majority of tho voles
of tho members present shall be sulli
cient to elect.
(3. The officers of each Subordinate
Union shall bo a President, a Vice
president, a Secretary, a Treasurer
uud an Executive Committee uf live
members, iuoluding the President and
Vice-Presidont, who shall be member
uf such committee ex officio
7. Tho Subordinate Uuioud sbail
hold regular monthly meetings, and
shall have authority to hold spent a)
meetings as may be ucces>ary.
8. Eich member of u Subordinate
Uuiou shall pay to the Treasurer of
such Uuiou uu iuitiation fee of tifty
cents uud also such uniform per cent
age, not exceeding two per ceut., of
the lust tax laid upou him for geueral
State und County purposes, us may be
called for by tbe Executive Committee
of snoh Union, with the approval of
the Uuiou; and such per ceutugo shall
be declared and collected before* the
first day Of September iu each year.
9. The County Unions shall consist
of two delegates from each Subordi?
nate Uuiou, with oue delegate uddi
tional for every twenty members be?
yond twenty iu each S'lbordiuuto
Union.
10. The Couuty Unions shall meet
nt the respective Court Houses, on the
first Monday in July, October, January
and April iu each year, with authority
to bold special meutiugs, upon the
call of the Executive Committee of
the County Union.
11. The officers of tho County
Unions shall be a Prcsideut, a Vice
Presideut, a Secretary und u Treasu?
rer, who shall be elected a! the first
meeting, aud sbail hold office until the
first Monday iu July iu tbe eusuiug
year, und until their successors shall
be elected and shull qualify.
12. The Executive Committee of tbe
Couuty Unions shall cousit-t of tbe
Chairmen of the Executive Commit
tees of tho Subordinate Unions, who
shall be ex officio members of tbe
County Uuiou, together with the Pre
nideut of the County Uuiuu, whioh
Couuty Executive Committee shall
have power to elect its owu officers.
13. Tho State Uuiou shall consist of
three delegates from euch Couuty
Uuion, and shall meet annually in Co?
lumbia, on tbe fourth Tuesday iu No?
vember, and at such other times aud
places us the State Executive Commit?
tee may appoiut: Provided, That fhe
tirst meetiug of the State Uuiou shall
be held at such time as may bs up
pointed by tho Executive Committee
of the Tax Payers' Couveutiou.
11 The officers ot the SUt<> Uuiou
shall be a President, three Vice Prent
dents, a Secretary, u Treasurer, an Ex?
ecutive Committee aud suoh other of?
ficers as the Uuiou may determine to
appoint.
15. Tbe State Executive Committee
shall consist of two mein hers from
each Congressional District, und the
President of the Stain Uuiou. Tbe
members of the State Uuiou from tbe
County Unions of the Cuuuties com?
posing each Congressional District
shall nominate the members of tLe
Stato Executive Comtaitteu from that
District.
Hi The State Executive Committee
shall elect its own officers, uu 1 bhall
meet ul such times aud places as the
Chairman, in his own discretion, or
upon the writteu request of two in-tu?
tu era uf the committee, shull appoint.
17. The actual expenses of each
member of the Stale Ex cutivc Com?
mittee, in attending meetings of the
committee, shall bo paid, upon the
order of the Chuirni m ol the Stute
Executive Committee, by the County
Uuious of the Cougro.SHiou.il District
which he repr?seilt.s.
18. The Statu Executive Committee
shall make such an assessment tii I hey
think necessary, upou the County
Unions, which assessment shull be iu
propoitiou to the amount of the last
tux laid for general State an 1 County
purposes iu each County, und shull not
exceed l'.j per oout. of the amount of
such tax; aud the Executive Commit?
tees of the several Conuiy Unions, in
order to meet sjich assessment und de?
fray their other expenses, shall make!
uud collect uu assessment, iu hku pro
portion, upon the Subordinate Unions.
19. All funds received by the Trea?
surer of the Statu Uuion shall be depo?
sited by him, iu bis numu as Treasure!,
in a bank to bo designated by the Pre?
sident of tbo State Uuiou, aud uo
money shull be drawn txcept upon tbe
draft of the Tieuniror, COUUtel'Signed
by the Cbairmau of the State Exeou
tivo Committee, notice of which pro?
vision shall bo giveu to tho bank whioh
shall be denigcatod us tho pluco of do
posit.
20. The Stato Executive Committeo
are authorized to pay the Treasurer,
as compensation for bis services, if
they shall deem it neoussary, a com?
mission not exceeding 114' per cent,
on all money received by him, and
per cent, on all money paid oat by
bim.
21. There shall be prepared, by eaob
Subordinate; Union, a full uud correct
roster of fiu?h Union, giving the Dame
and residency of each momber, and
also a record of tho names of all the
tax-payers within the township, ward
or other district in which the said
Union works. One copy of the roster
aud record shall be kept by the Secre?
tary of tho Subordinate Union, open
for the inspection of the members, and
u duplicate copy of such roster and re?
cord ?b ill bo sent to the Executive
Committee of the County Union, who
shall prepare therefrom a generul rot?
ter uod record for the County. A da
plic.t.o copy of each Couuty roster and
record shull be forwarded by the
County Executive Committee to tire
Executive Committee of the State
Union, tho secretary of which commit
tee sb?ill prepare therefrom a general
roster and record for tho State.
22 This constitution may be amend?
ed by the vote of two-thirds of the
Couuty Unions, stlbjeot to the ratifica?
tion of the State Union, or by n vote
of the State Union, subject to the rati?
fication of two-thirds of tho County
Uuious. JAMES CHESNUT.
Chairman Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee also una?
nimously adopted the following reso?
lutions:
Resolved, That the delegations from
the several Comities to tho Tax-payers'
Convention of 1874 be requested to
proceed at once to the organization ot
Subordinate and County Tax Uuious,
iu accordance with the plan now pro?
mulgated by the Executive Committee
of that convention.
Resolved. That the County Unions
shall elect, uot later than tho first
Monday iu September, tho members
of the State Uoiou, which will meet at
a time i.) he hereafter announced by
the Executive Committee of the Tax
Payera' Convention.
Resolved, That after the organization
of tho Tux Unions it would be inexpe?
dient, in our opinion, to ro assemble
the present convention, and that if it
be at any time advisable to call the tax
payers of the State into convention
again, a new body should be organized
upon motion of the Union.
Resolved. That this committee, before
separating, take great pleasure iu plac?
ing upon record tueir appreciation of
the ability, impartiality and dignity
with which tbfir Chairman, the Hon.
Jas. Chesuut, has presided over their
deliberations.
Judge Magkey and Sheiufk Yocum.
The following is taken from the Winns
boro News:
An interesting correspondence has
takon place between Judge T. J.
Muckoy and Sheriff Yocum, of Ches?
ter. Sheriff locum wroto tc Judge
Mackey that be could get no money
from the County Commissioners, and
that he had strained his privat" credit
in supplying prisioners with food;
ihat there wore two prisoners confined.
H.? called his Honor's attention to the
fact.
Judge Mackey replied that be regret?
ted the embarrassment of the Sheriff,
but if there were no funds in tho trea?
sury he was without a remedy by sum?
mary process. He suggested that a
lien be given on tho crop of the
County furm by the Commissioners.
The Commissioners had officially in?
formed Judge Muckey that Mr. Yocum
presented an account for $355, and re?
fused to take 8200 in part payment.
The Couuty Treasurer also certified
that he hud ulready paid the Sheriff
?2,3-12 25. nearly ooe-hftli of the whole
tux for Couuty purposes, und more
than double the amount ever drawn
before in one yeur; this, too, in face
of the fact that in January there was
not a prisoner in jail or a criminal
oush on docket. The Judge, however,
authorized tho removal of ono pri?
soner to York jnl. and the release of
the other, who was within five days of
her time of release, unless the justice
would provide for her.
Sheriff Yocum replied, denying that
ho had been offered S2?0, and claimed
that the sumo influences which had so
long kept him out of his mouey were
still at work. He chums that he has
receipts for moruthuu the bills he pre?
sented to tho OommiHsiouera. He
el lima to have served more State
papers in a ye-ir than had been served
beloro in twenty II ? also claim* that
there have beeu more pn-oneis iu
Uue?ter jail this lust year than iu any
two ye?rs previous since recoiistruc
t ion
We do not know what will be tlio
upshot of the mailer.
Death of a Buiual Pahty on Mont
BiiANO. ? Uulitjntini stales that a uie
laueholy uumdeui hud occurred in
Switzerland Mr. and Mrs. Liskeurd.
a young E igllsh pair on their wedding
tour, set out with a party of friends to
make uu usceut ol Mont lilauo When
they readied ihu suiumiL of the cor?
ridor, the ladies felt the cold so severe?
ly that, tho guides advisud returning
All were fastened together with ropes,
aud tbo bride set out, leaning npou
the arm of u gutdo. Hardly had they
taken 100 puces, when Mrs Liskeurd
und her companion suddenly disap?
peared down a crevasse covered with a
slight layer of frozen snow. Unhap?
pily, the ropo by which they were
conceded with the others broke, and
they were seen no more. The hus?
band at once procured extra assistance
from tho Grands Chalets, but the
bodies could uot be recovered, and are
probably some thousand feet duwu in
the mouutaiu. Death must have been
instantaneous.
Rev. Dr. Oastou and his son, of
Passaio, N. J., caught a burglar in the
act of entering his house, thrashed
him thoroughly and then let him go
his way.
City Mattzb?.-Subscribe for the
Phoenix.
The moe^utto season has commenced
io eafueei. . \
Luna gives forth her brightest rays
nightly now.
To-morr?w (June 24) is St. John's
day?venerated by the Masonic fra?
ternity.
Dr. Talley has removed to the Co?
lumbia Hotel, where calls may be left
for him.
The weather, on Sunday, was very
pleasant, with slight showers of rain;
but yestarday was a scorcher.
The Schuelzenfest in Augusta com?
mences to-day. Several of our Ger?
man fellow-citizens will be present
Thero is a dog in this vioinity whioh
keeps up an inaessant barking at night,
rendering himself a nuisance to the
neighborhood. He should be looked
after.
Sheriff Southern, of Greenville, ar?
rived iu Columbia, yesterday, with se?
veral temporary boarders for General
Dennis. The Captain reports every?
thing serene in the mountain city.
The stagnant water whioh has col?
lected under the bridge, corner of
Richardson and Upper Boundary
streets, smells very unpleasantly, and
unless removed, will, doubtless, cause
sickness in the vicinity.
A colored haokman, named Bobert
Bryce, was thrown from his wagon,
yesterday, and sustained a compound
fracture of the collar-bond, besides
other injuries. He was properly oared
for.
Tho fuueral of Mr. B C. Shiver, on
Sunday, was oue, of tbe largest ever
seen in Colombia. 'Rev. J. K. Men?
denhall officiated. There weret over
forty vehicles io the procession.' Tho
remain* were interred in Elrawood
Cemetery.
The cattle have discovered a new
use for the wooden lamp-poets erected
iu different parts of the city, Beveral
months ago. They rub themselves
against them, and then return thanks
to tho oity fathers, after the order of
the itchy Scotchmen and the Duke of
Argyle.
It would be more agreeable than at
present for pedestrians on Main street,
if the parties who have control of the
watering hose would instruct their
pipemen not to exercise their skill in
ascertaining just how near to passers
by they can atop their stream without
actually deluging them.
Coggia's comet ia now approaohing
the earth, and porsous who know
where to look for it can see it. Its
tail is half a dogree long, and re?
sembles, to the heated imagination of
tbe astronomer, a half-opened fan.
Mr. MoElrone thinks he can see it, in
the direction of the North Star. As
be is np and about all night, he has
excellent opportunities for observation.
Death of Mr. Thos. N. Brouohton.
This gentleman, who is regarded as
one of the most prominent citizens of
Clarendon, departed this life on Sun?
day last, from an affection of the liver,
at the age of fifty-seven. He held the
position of County Treasurer for
several terms?acceptably to the peo?
ple. He leaves a wife and a large
family of childreu.
A Funny Dispute.?Tbe Columbia
Union, having beeu twitted with re?
ceiving money from tbe Radicals, re?
torts by twitting its Conservative ac?
cusers with getting the lion's share of
the spoil. Can it be that the prer.se?
of Carolina lovo lucre more than prin?
ciple?? Augusta Constitutionalist.
Yes, sir. Tho records of printing
bills puid show this to be the fact.
"A-?k us some harder questions."
1 Columbia Union.
S:> far as the Pikenix is concerned,
iu our mildest language, suitable to
the occasion, nud having no fear of an
?'armed force," we prououL.i the "in
siuuendo" of the Union to be false.
List of New Advertisements.
Meuting Colombia Lodge.
A. H. Davegu?Rolling Stock forSalo
Meeting Eutaw Encampment.
It L Bryan?New Books.
W. G. Bower?Furuitare Repairing.
HoteIi AnuiVALS, Jane 22, 1874.?
Wheeler House?B I Boono, Dr W C
Fisher, J H Ruoklo, H HD Byron, L
Noah, J I' Sloan. Jr. A H?ge, oity; F
M West, W H Blaokwell, N C; W R
Sluyter, J J Spiro, N Y; J Jenkins,
J H Maucke, W A Bradley, Ga; John
Cuutey, Cam den; Eugene St Am and,
Charleston; A C Chalmers, Md; A Par?
ker. Abbeville; Mrs Rossetor, SO.
Hendrix House?Thoa 0 Ryan, S J
ZcMgler, Charleston; W H Pope, P A
?im?, Va; P W Tabb, Md; P Garey, N
Y; W D Trantbam, Oamdon; Miss E
Frazier, Edge?eld; William Nelson
Emlyn. city.
Columbia Hotel?J W Sprinkle, N O;
Wvbo Joues, L W Simkins, oity; Wm
Y Howard, West Point; T S Clarkson,
S C; G E Reab. Augusta; J E Thames.
Cnarlostou; J L Soulbern, W T Shu?
mate, Greenville; J E Thomson, R H
Sieve, N Y; G R Lomkins, Ya; R D
Summers, Md; Alex Why to, NO; E O
Smith, La.