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t'.g i ,. 4?I?>t li ? Xhorsiay Morning, December 10, '74. s v -rrr' ???-j'v' f~~ -t?? . . . 'Reform H?cK?vr*nl. In the Honso of Representatives, yesterday, Leslie nod Keith made soc ?eeesfnl inflammatory appealw to the spirit of party to rejeot a bill reported from tho Committee ou the Judiciary, repeal Section 18, of 28 h Chapter, tie 7, of the Revised Statutes, which *onfern upon the Attorney-Genera! ?power to approve the bonds of County officers. The reason for repeal is un? doubtedly a good one. The thing by which, next to their own sense of re? sponsibility and regard for their cba .racters, County officials are most strongly controlled and kept in tolera? ble bounds, fa the power of their -sureties over them. When substantial ?ut?&ens of a County are bound for a man, the community through them i?v? a iiuid upon him. And he is con? stantly made sensible of tho length of c&ia lether. Bat if a power on bide of 'the bounds of the County can some in and approvo u bond over tho beads of the County Commissioners, tlu eafe ?ttards would be thrown down. Tho rresponeibility resting with thocommis ?ionere before the courts to see to it ? that no malfeasance or misdemeauor - n the approval of a bond should toko -place, would no longer rest npou them. '?The "bill wa9 lost by a voto of 75 yens to 32 nays. Tho ground was taken Abat Democratic County Commis? sioners might soe fit not to approve bonds of Republican officials, and it ???sras neoessary for party ends that they ehoald be approved. It is surmised tbet tho party lash was cracked ever ibis in order to get the furore up for ? ihe Judge's election. Hl?? Committee on Privileges and r Elections reported against a bill to give the election of Justices of the Peace anel Constables to the people, -and tho report wes sustained. This soaetiiational right of the people, to ?which the Governor pointedly directed the utteniion of the Legislature, asono upon wbioh the people might insist, and had a right to insist, was quietly ignored. A joint resolution to repeal ? & joint resolntion authorizing the sOonnty Commissioners of Edgefield to levy a special tnx of three mills?relief *rom wbioh is greatly needed and -sternly insisted on in that County? bad tho enacting clause strack out, on xnotiou of Mr. Paris Simkins. " ITbis-ia reform, with a vengeance Tbc Infamy or (Sin-House Um nlujr, The habit of setting lire to gin fcoesep, barns und dwellings has be ?oue chronic in this State. As was said by a ft edict I politician, some years ago, matches only oost five cents *v*wx, and the remedy for fancied in jaries and the means of gratifyiug the ?pirit oi rovongo are within tho power ?of the meanest and most maliguuut tjreatoro. It has grown to be an out v zage of such proportions and so little - shocked or punished by tho courts of country, that it is not to bo wou tiered nt if citizens should despair of . any means .of preventing it except by laking the law into their owu bonds. .Hoch a coorso would be muob to bo ? deprecated. Lynching for this of? fence, if it were not contrary to the Jorms of law, would be universally re? garded as a mild punishment. A man -cscgkt in such an act would have rea? son to tbauk his stars that ho got off) ma easily. Nor wonld the irate pro ?perty-holder be muoh ccosnied by public opinion if he treated auch a ?/Jteiaoos criminal in the same way that he would tbo hnrglnr, caught in his ?ionoe at the hour of mid-night, or tho ?oot-pad attempting to r?b him nu tho highway. Wo BUppoao that lynching -asould be preferable to un ioocudiary | of that sort to being shot on the spot, /adge Lync? is a fearful fellow, but fiometimea u necessary evil. lie is biiro Ss mike hi* appearance where tho 3aws and courts fail to protect tho rights and property of tho citizen. The much traduced institution of Delaware would, if adopted where tioc'o violcccq reigas, be tffioaoious againat it. There uro a number of -.rimes, such as wife-beating, outrages toward children and the like, and this ?infamy of applying the toroh in tlio .Coad hours of night to the accumula? tions of toiling years, which would be argely prevented by a piuiisliment that would at thu samo timo hurt, dia //race and expose tho wretch gailry of *hcax.,. ''Iton. B. F. Butler is reported as hopeless of tho success of the Republi? can, party in 1876. Consequently, ho expects to stark one of bis own, with a .pisiform of protection to American in -Saslflesftna unlimited greenback*. ' ^'tTatJer lue1"vTew^bat thu State oau ?ot eaoape liability for the billa of tbo Baak of tho State, the Governor re ooqimenda^liat nn arrangement be en? tered upon' to distribute tbo bnrden qVer a ter? of years. Otherwise, ot ho well sa^s, they will-, fall some d \y like an avaluuche on the treasury. Preliminary to the adoption of uny such urrangemeut, would be, wn think, a thorough exposuro of thu inuuago ment of ?tB Hesels since they were tukuu etil of tho hands of tbo officers of the bank. The State, through its Judges aud Receivers, has had them in obarge, nnd thu Statu .should render an amount to the people of tho mode in whioh they have been managed. A oonourreut resolution, demuudiug a report from tbo lust uppointcd Re? ceiver, bun passod both houses aLd wc hope will cot be allowed to sleep. The Livingston (Alabama) Journal expresses a just view of the mode by which immigrants may bo induced to seek their fortunes in that Statu. The field must bo cleared of obstructions, the Stato Government purified of abuses, taxation mudo moderate, its proceeds honestly applied to legitimate objects, hoforo men will venture to change from tho evils they now suffer from to those of au unsettled condi? tion of society, where ?ulegaards aud protection are systematically ignored. What oar contemporary well says might prove a useful lesson hero also: "Oar present Legislature can pro? mote white immigration und induceuu influx of oapital more effectually by such general legislation as will con? tribute to tbe social, political and ma? terial prosperity of our own people, than iu any other way." -?. ?.? MoiiTUM in Parvo.?The Richmond Dispatch occasionally shows bow a great deal can bo said in a very few words. Take this specimen: "Odo Northern paper thinks that if the Southern people wcro let alone they would be as orderly a. ever. Auothor ouu wutils to know if this can j be possible while White Leaguers und I the Ku-Klux exist? Wc scarcely know . whether to regard the essay to pa? tronise us, or the attempt, by implied- ) tion, to libel ns, with more contempt. ! This fooiisbii'-ss might cease, ft huti j ceased to pay." Now, that tho wild hum in beutln are let luoose upon the street i of Northern cities and wild Ku-Klux aro "hanging like a thundercloud ou the declivities of the mountains" iu Penn? sylvania, the North hud bettor look to herself. The day of retribution is at hand. .?-?-????. President Grant and the Panic ? j Tho Preaideut, in his message, says: Since tbo conveuing of Congress, 1 one year ago, tho nation has under-1 gone u prostration in bustucss uud in? dustries such as has uot been witnessed with us (or many years. .Speculation as to the Cannes for this prostration might bu iudulgtd in without profit, because as many theories would be ad? vanced as there would be independent wiiters?those who expressed their own views, without borrowiug, npou tho subject. Without indulging iu theories as to the canso of this prostra? tion, therefore, I will call your atten? tion oulj to the fact and to some plain questions ns to which it would seom thero should be no disagreement. During this prostration two essential elements of prosper j have been most abundant?lubor uud capital. Both huvo been largely unemployed. Where security has been undoubted, capital bus been attainable at very moderate rates. Where labor has been wanted, it has bceu found iu abundance ut cheap rates, compare 1 with what tbe uecasauries aud comforla of life could be purchased with the wagss demand? ed. Two great elrmcuis of prosperity, therefore, huvo not been denied us. A third might be added: our soil nud oiimatu ure unequalled within the limits of any contiguous territory uuder cue nationality for their variety of products to feed aud clotho a peo? ple, and in the amount of surplus to spare to feed less favored people. Therefore, with these facts in view, it seems to me thut wise statesmanship at this session of Congress would die- \ tale legislation, ignoring thu past, ! directing in proper chunuels Ines? < groat elements of prosperity to any | people. Debt?debt abroad?is the 1 only element that can, with a sound i currency, enter into our a flairs to tcause any continued deprosr.iou in tbe industries and prosperity of our peo? ple. A groat conflict for nutionul ex? istence mudo necessary, for temporary purpose*, the raising of largo sumnol money from whatever soureu attaina? ble. It was mado neoessury in tbo wis? dom of Cougrcsa, and I do not doubt their wisdom in tho premises regard? ing tho necessity of tho limert, to do I vieo a system of national currency, which it proved to bo impossible to keep on a par with the recognized cur? rency of the civilized world. This begot a spirit of speculation involving an extravagance and luxury not re? quired for the happiness or prosperity of a poople, aud involving, both di? rectly and indireotly, foreigu indebted? ness. The ourrenoy, boiug of fluctu? ating vulne, and, therefore, unsafe to hold for legitimate transactions re? quiring money, b came a aabjeot of spscalZlicn ic itself. These two causes, however, have involved as in a foreign indebtedness, contracted in good faith ' by borrower and lander, wbioh Should b? paid in coin and aooording to the ocind agreed upon when the debt was. contracted?gold or ita rqaivalent. Che good faith of the Government cannot, be! violated towards creditors; without national disgrace. But our commerce buouiu be en courugcd, American ship building and carrying cap'City increased, foreign market- nought for products of the soil and manufactories, to the end that we may bo able to pay these debts. Where u uew market cau be created for the Bale of our product-:, cither ot ; the roll, the mine, or the manufactory, a now means is discovered of utilizing , our idle capital and labor to the ad vantage of the whole people. But. n, \ my judgmt ut, the first step toward a?.i-1 uompiishing this object is to secure a currency til fixed stable value, a cur? rency good wherever civilization reigns ?one which, if it becomes super? abundant with one people, will lind a market with some othur?a currency which has us its basis tho labor oeccsaa ry to produce it, winch will gtve t<* it its value. Gold nud silver aro now tho recognized mediums of cxohui.gc thu civilized world over, and to this we should returu with tho least prao'ica? ble dalny. In view of the pledge- of tho American Congress, whou our present legal tender system was adopt? ed and debt contracted, tbrie should be uo delay, curtainly uo unnecessary delay, in fixing by legislation a methou by which we will return to specio. To the accomplishment of this end 1 invite your special attention. 1 be? lieve, tiuully, that there can bo no prosperous and permanent revival ol Lusiuesa nud industries until a policy is adopted, with legislation to carry it our, looking to a return to a specie basis. It is easy to conceive that the debtor and speculative, classes may j think it (if valuu to them to rank-- so culled money abuudaut nntil they can throw u portiou of their burden upon others, bot even these, I believe, would be disappointed in the result if a course should bo pursued which will keep in doubt the value of the legal tender medium of exchange. A re? vival of productive industry is needed by ill I classes, t?y none more then t e holders of property of whatever tort with debts to liquidate from realization upon its sale. But admitting that tbeco two classes of citizens are to be bcnelitted by expansion, would it be honest to fcivo it? Would not tue general lo>s bo ton groat to justify euch rebel? Would it nut be j i.- t as honest aud prudeut to authorize euch debtor to issue, his own legal tenders to tlu extent of bis liabilities? Than to do this would it not be safer, for fear of over issues by unscrupulous crodilors, to suy that uil dobt obligttious are obliterated iu tho fjoitgd States, und now we commence anew, each possess? ing all ho has ut the time free from inoumbrauce? These propositions are too absurd to be entertained for a mo? ment by thinking or honest people, yet every delay iu preparation for tiuul! resumption partaken of this dishonesty and is only less in degree as the hope is held out that a convenient season will at last arrive for the good work of redeeming our pledges to commonce. It will never come, in my opinion, ex? cept by positive action by Congress or by untiojnl d-.sastwrs, which will da stroy, for a time at least, the crtdit of the ludividuai and the State ut largo. A 8oitud currency might be reached by totul bankruptcy und discredit of the integrity of the nation aud of indi? viduals. I believe it is iu the power of Con? gress at this seusiou to devise such legislation as will renow confidence, revive all tho industries, start us on a career of prosperity to last for many years, and to suvo the credit of the na? tion and of the peoolo. Sreps towards the return to a specio basis are thu great requisites to this devoutly-to-be songht-lor end. There are others whic h I may touch upon hereafter. A natiou deuling in a currency below that of specie in value labors under two rtreat disadvantages: First, having no use for the world's acknowledged mediums of exchange, gold and silver. These aru driveu out of the country because there is uo demand for their use. Second, the medium of exchange in use beiug of a fluctuating value, tor after all, it is otily worth j.ist what it will purchase of gold and Mirer, motuls having an intrinsic valuo just in pro? portion to the honest labor it takes to produce them. A larger margin must bo allowed for profit by the manu? facturer end producer. It is mouths from tho date of production to the date, of realization. Interest upon capital must be charged, nud risk of (lucluatiou in the value of that which ! is to bo received iu payment added. Hence, high prices acting us a protec? tion to the foreigu producer, who re? ceives nothing in exchange for Ilm products of his skill nud labor except it currency good at a stable valuo the world over. It seems to mo that nothing in clc.iror than that the greater part of tho burden of existing prostra? tion for the. want ot a souud Uuuticial vystem falls upon thu working man, who must, alter all, produce the wealth, and the salaried man who su? perintends and conducts business. Tho burden falls upou them iu two ways?by tho deprivation of employ? ment, and by tho decreased purchas? ing power ol their salaried. It is thu tluty of Congress to devise thu method of correcting tho evils which are ac? knowledged to exist, and not mine. Bat I will venture to suggest two or three things wbioh seom to mo as abso? lutely necessary to a return to specie payments. The first great requisite in a return to prosperity is th it tho legal tender clause to the law, authorizing the issue of currency to the National Govern mout, should be repealed, to take effect as to all contracts entered into after a day filed iu the repealing Act?uot to apply, 4imve?er, to pay? ments of salaries by Government or for other expenditures now provided by law to be phid iu currency. Iu thu interval ponding between re? peal and fina4 resumption, proviaiou nhoold bo rm?do by v/hieh tho Secre? tary of thu Treasury can obtain gold as it may become noeussaty, from linn to time, from tho duto when specie ro douiptiou commcc"C;<. To this might aud should bo u.lded a revenue Huffi [c'ently in cxoih.^ ef expeuKcs to insure I au accumulation of gold in the Trea-I itmry to sustain iidemption. 1 com? mend this biibject to jour careful cou sider ition, believing that a fuvorubie | solution is attainable, and thut it j rosebud by this Congress, that the pre? sent and future generations will ever; grati fully remember it as their do- j liver* r from the tluuldom of evil uud disgrace. With r isumptiou, free bank- i itig may be authorized with a-ifety, giviug the full protection u> bill .hold- | eis wllitth they huvo under exi-tijg Uwm. Indeed, 1 would regard tree banking as essential. It would give proper elasticity to tbe currency. Ah more onrtency .should bo required for the transaction of legitimate biisiue;**, new banks woo.ld be. slutted, uud tu turn bunks would wind up thuir busi? ness wheu it wsia found that there ^.?r. ii snpe abundance of currency. The experience and judgment of the people cuu btvt decide just how much cur j roney it required lor thj trans t-.-tion of tbo bn.-dU'-.Ni of tho country. It ir? un |?ufu to leave tlm scltleuicul of thi.-? qu tstiou to Congress, tho Secretary ol tbo treasury or the Executive. C><u gres:t should make the regulations uu der which Ivtnkn may exist, but-tiould on* make banking :\ monopoly by limiting the soioiiui of redeemable puper currency that suull be author? ized. Such importance tin I attach to this subject, u.;d no earnestly do I; commend it to your attention, that 1 j give it prominence by introducing ii at the. beginning of th.j message. I have stated thut three element- of! prosperity t.) the uuliou?capital, ; lubor, skilled aud unskilled, und pro-1 ducts of the noii?remain with us. To i direct the employment of those is u ' problem deserving the most scrioiin nt lotitiou of Congress. If employment can he given to all the labor offering itself, prosperity necessarily follow.-.. [ have expressed the opinion uud re- j peat i>. that the tin-l requisite to the accomplishment of this end ib the sub stitulion of a s und rurieuej in place ol one of .i ductiiatiug value. 'Luis cured, there uro mituy interests that might he fosteietl t > the great prolit ot both labor and capitul. flow to in? duce capital to employ tabor is the question. The subject of cheap trans? portation his occupied tho at to nl ton of Congress. Much new light on this question will, without douot, bo given oy th<? committee appointed by the last Congtess to investigate and report. A revival of ship building, and partic? ularly of iron Hteam->hip building, is of vast importance to our national pros? perity. The United Hiatus is uow paying over Sl?O.OOU.O?y per uuuum for freights nod pussagu on foreign ships, to be curried ubroad und ex punded iu the employment and sup nort of other peoples. licynud u fuir per centage of what should go to lo roign VOH.seU, estimating the tonnage and travel cf ouch respectively, it in to be regretted that this disparity iu thu carrying trade exists, and to oorrect it I would he willing to see a great de- j partim? from the usual course of the Government iu supporting what might usually be termed private enter pri-o. I would uot suggest as a reme? dy direct subsidy to American steam- | ?diip lines, but I would suggest the1 diruot offer of ample compensation for aarryiug the mails between the Atlan? tic sea-board cities uud the continental on American owned and American built steamers, uud would extend this liberality to vessels carrying the mail:, to go to American States aud to Cen? tral America aud Mexico, und would pursue the same policy from our l'u eiiio sea-ports to foreign ports on tho Pacific. It might bo demanded that, vessels built for this purpose .should come up lo a standard fixed by legisla? tion in touuage, speed and all other qualities looking to tho possibility of the Government requiring thorn ut some time for war purposes. The right, also, of taking possession of thorn in such an emergency should be guarded. 1 offer these suggestions be? lieving them worthy of consideration in all seriousness, ulTectiug all sections aud ull interests aliko. If anything better can bo douo to direct too noun try into a course of genital prosperity, no one will be m >ru ready than 1 to second the plan. ?? ? ? J Destroyed by. Fins.?Tho resi? dence of Mrs. Oordou Campbell, threo I mile- from Aiken, B.C., was destroyed i by lire last Monday night, about 0 J o'clock. It was uu < ntirely new house, > with six rooms, and had no chimueys, being warmed by hot air. It eaughl j lire fn.iu the kitchen and burned very rapidly. Nothing was nav.nl bul the Ifnrnituro of otio room. Mrs. Camp* ' bell is a Northern woman. Subscriptions iu aid ot tho stillerer.! by tho late btorin in Tuseumbia, Ala., have been received by tho New York Cottou Exchange, to the amount cd 8050. A meeting of thu Prodnco Ex change was held to take measures to aid the sufferers iu Nebraska. A com mitten was appotuted to receive mib soriptions. There were 35 deaths iu Charleston for the week ending thu 5lh?whites 19; colored 16. The Methodist Conferecou meeta on tbe 10th instant, in Greenville. I Orry Matters.?Subscribe for the Phoenix? deu't borrow. Reading matter 90 every page, j Fight shy of too' many nips to day I and be happy. Hen fruit is steadily advancing to the Chtisttnns ultiiude. Tlie way John Barleycorn is taken h 'Id :>f and shaken up this *etl.ber is a Caution. The latest style (if foninle fashions ia more honored in the breach than iu the observance. Necessary bousshold articles of va? rious kiuds enn bo obtained from Mr. j Lumy, uoarly opposite PliCBSir ofliae. Mr. McKenzie is baviug Santa Cialis' reception room put in trim, in auticip.diou of tht- arrival ol his High? ness. Til-.; tt.iv.ru-.r hvi appointed John U. Living-ton County Treasurer of Oruug -burtf, and Samuel MitcboU, of K Igetiold, a Notary Public. There was iv be ?vy while frost, yes? terday cn/tnicg, wbieu greatly da , lighted tho youngster^, who tbiuk it au indication of mow. fflWhy did she turn her back on yon, young tan.? Innocent child! She wished r.?> make an exhibition of hc.r new ovetskirl. The Abbeville f*Ve*s 'ir.il Banner baa ! been enlarged; but, iike some indi? viduals wo wot of, the columns are too long for the width. The majority of the p ipcrs iu this State, ;;>> well ?a tlie principal joiiruuia at the North, cjmiu;-nd the iuaugnral of Gov. Chamberlain. "I told yon so." The L?nens F.iilroad is about to bo re hiiiit. Cid. Ii. T. Feiko bus Ihu contract, and cur went fur it, the work will be pushed forward rapidly. Mr. C?r.*wcll dru* 11 very respectable audience, :u Irwin's Hall, to listen to bis arruignineut and denunciation of tho whiskey demon. II? is a capital speak* r. Messrs It .v C. SwuQieid, who cuis duet the oldest o? t tblished clothing i!St<ibli?hmcut in tho city, arc out this morning iu a lengthy advertisement, containing informition for those in n. ed of ftni quality articles. Pei-u.^o it. i be election for a Judge bf tho I First Circuit comes oil* to-morrow. The prominent candidates urc ex So licitoi Reed, Messrs. Baker und Whip per. It is an important position, acd should b-- tilled by a m".j of experi? ence. ' Tin fund appropriated for repairing the Slate Ile>;is.o ami gronuds has been exhausted, leaving the work incom? plete. Secretary Hayuo will, donbt lass, request additional funds from thu Legislature for that purpose, and it is to be hoped the necessary amount will be provided. A private despateh from Mr. K%uf- j man, dated Spartuubtirg, December 9, 1 says that in cousequoucc of recent ac-1 cieionts noon Spartauburg and Union Railroad, no extra train will be ran on Saturday. Persons dodring to attend the mass meeting at Uuion must leave Columbia on Friday morning. It will bo seou by reference to the proceedings of tho City Council, that tbey oppose uo obstruction to the in? vestigation of the condition of the city ?uanees und its causey, by the com? mittee of citizen) appointed at a pub? lic meeting some duys ago. They pro ; peise that another oommilloo shall CO oporato in this work, to bo appointed by thnmsrlvcs, nnel to this, we sup? pose, there oatt b<* no objection, j The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free | Mason? commenced its session in Charleston ou tho8th?a quorum being present. Grand 'dv/U-r J. B. Ker shaw read his annual report, and at its j conclusion declined a re-election, A I jewel, belonging to UntiU Kdwiuuig Lodge, which disappoaied daring tho burning of Columbia, v?as returned to its proper owners by a brother from Plattsville, Nebraska. The following cf?ceia wero elected, 1 I last iti^?Iit, to serve Columbia Chapter, I No. 5, R. A. M., for tho entiling Ma souioyear: M. E. H. P.?W. P. Ilix; I E. King?John DorseyjE. Scribe?R. A. Koenan; 0. II.?B. E. B. Uewet [son; R. S?John Satphen; R. A. C ? : ?. Nary; G. M. 3 V.?A. II. Halladayj G. M. 2 V.?W. T. O:\tlioirl; G. M. 1 V.?Owen Daly; T.?C. F. Jjokson; Is.?Jacob Sulzbncher; S nt.?J. P. ! Wilhams. We had a call, yesterday, from Dr. T. A. Lufar, iormerly a resident ol this city, b:it now located in Baltimore. Tho doctor is ou a visit to bin old friends iu the South. He will be re? membered by many old soldiers in oeiuueotion with the State Bureau of the South Carolina Hospital in Rich? mond during tho war. Dr. Lifar has delivered several lectures, while on his tour, and it has been suggested that ho repeat them in this city. MyHTB?IO*Cii , pl?AlTKAUANCE.?No? thing has yet been heard oi Mr. Law reuce 8. Reyuolda, who mysteriously disappeared in New York several uiouths ago. IIo proposed to change bis boarding-house, and had mado tho necessary arrangements, since which time uo.hiog has beeu board of him, aud it is feared thai he has been foully dealt with. Mr. Reynolds is a son of Prof. J. L. Reynolds, of this city. The family have the earnest sympathy of the entire community. Fatal Kajmsoad Accident.?A fatal accident occurred on the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, near Mar*' Bluff, ou Tuesday night. The locomotive und ten oars of u freight train were thrown from the truck and about 150 feel of the roadway torn tip, by rauniug into a mule team. The colored rider, whose uamo conld not be ascertained, was instantly killed, as was also tho animal. The passenger train was delayed eight or ten hoars, bat ovcrytbing was right again, yes? terday. A Goon lnBA.?Tho following reso lut.ou was cooked up in thu Senato, yesterday, for presentation: Resolved, That the Clerk of the tie natu bu authorized to employ Mr, C. Frobish Howard, the California light? ning calculator, uow in this city, to in? vestigate aud caloulate the extent and amount of the U6s?ta und liabilities of the B'.uk of tho Stuto aud the amount of tho lloating indebtedness of tbo State, including pay certificates, bilia payable,, &C. United Status Couht, OcXiUUSxa, December 5).?Court opened this morn? ing, at IU o'clock?Judges Bond and Bryau presiding. Attorney-General Melton resumed bis argument ugainst jurisdiction of the Court in case of Alexander Matti sou. Messrs.Ourbin aud Baxter in re? ply. The Court reserved its deeision. In tbo caao of James Rollison, in? dicted for intimidating voters, it was ordered that the indictment be amend? ed and a new trial granted. A verdiet for the plaintiff was ren? dered in tho case of J. T. Davis vs. John W. Simpson for tho sum of 8867 18. The caao of the Richmond und Dan - vido Biilioid Company vs. tho Air Line Railroad Compauy et al, aud that of thu Bank of (lummcrca vs. tha Coruoiiseionero of Piokens County, were argued. The Court adjourned at 5 V. M.. to meet to-morrow, at 10 A. M. Sui'ittTME CocitT?Wkdnesdat, De? cember S.?Tbo Court met ut 10 A. M. Present?Chief Justice Moses and As? sociate Justices Wright and Willard. Janet H. McLaren, respondent, vs. Knox A~ Cunningham, appellants, was resumed. Mr. Cothran was hoard for appellant-; Mr. Hurt for respondent; Mr. Thomson for appellants in reply. William U. Parker, Commissioner, respondent, vs. Frances L. Wilson, ex? ecutrix, appellant. Mr. Burt was heard for appellant; Mr. McGowan was heard for respondent; Mr. Bnrt was beard for appellant in reply. The following cases were continued: Susan Trotter, appellant, vs. Wil? liam W. Robinson, respondent; State ex rel. Lydia A. M. Van Wyck el al, uppeilmts, vs. Isabella II. Norrie et al., respondents, (tbree cases;) 8altie A. (lower, respondent, vs. Thomas Thom? son, appellant* James A. Clarke, ap? pellant, vs. John E. Sweissenger, re? spondent. Kc parle Joel S. Perrin?petition for admission to practice in the Supreme Court. Mr. McGowan for petitioner. Upon production of the proper evi? dence, the petition was, grunted, and Mr. Perrin sworn and enrolled as an attorney, solicitor and counsellor of the Supreme Court. The State, respondent, vs. Jerry Culeman, appellant. Ordered, that tho prisoner be remanded to Rtohlacd County Jail, until tho further order of the Court. At 3 P. AI., tho Court adjourned until Thursday, 10th, at 10 A. M.. when tbo Second Circuit will beoslled. List of Nkw Advertisements. W. B. Guhck?Committee of 20. H H- Heinitsh?Q icon's Delight. R. & W.C. SwttflisJd?Just Received. D C. Poixotto it Sons?Auction. C. J. Lauroy?Butter, &o. Hotel Abmvai.3, Drcemueii 9.? llendrix House? James Geddos, Balti? more; T M MoTnroons, Charleston; W A Evans, Chesterfield; W E Camp, Philadelphia; Rov G D Rikee, New York; Rov James Powell, Chicago; T W Morph, Oraogebnrg; W Allen, G I'W McEjcbern, J R MoEaohern, E M Lee, Burster; Wm M Kelley, New York; A /. >rn, Louisville; AS Barnes, T B Terholiug, Charleston; D M Eiohiu, Montgomery; J D Towers. Borne; John B Watson, Audcrson; E Georeh, N O. Mansion I huso?J Y Bryc?, Char lotto; John 11 Evans, John W Carlisle. Spartuuburg; Dr E W Wheeler, city; Philip L Alexander, Greenville; J ,) Smith, Walhalla; G L Eryao, Charles ; ton. A man named Jack Bark attempted to rob another, named Pink Owens, near Spartanbnrg, a few days ago, wbioh tbo latter refused to submit to, and a fight resulted, in which Owen? was so badly injured that his life fs despaired of. He lost on eye.