The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, December 18, 1874, Image 2
Friday Morning; Dedember 18,1874.
The Bond Question.
At the last session of the General
Assembly, a committee was appointed
to ascertain what bonds of the State
-were pledged by the Financial Agent
as collateral security for State loans,
and to report their numbers, colorB
and. denominations and the amounts
for which they were so pledged. This
was done according to the preamble,
in order to diwoovor what had buoomo
of $1,756,500, the difference between
the amount of hoods reoeived by the
Fiuauoial Agent aud the amoaut sold
by him, and which was entirely unac?
counted for, as well as to provide
dgaiust issuing'any bondd under the
Act to roduoe the volume of the debt
in exchange for bonds iu possession of
persons not actually owning them.
Senator Dunn, who waa chairman of
the committee, made a report to the
Treasurer upon the matter iu June, in
which he says that a part of the bonds
had been sold under forfeiture, that a
port bad been pledged subsequent to
the time when the authority to so
pledge them had ceased according to
the terms of the Aots creating them,
and also subsequent to the time when
the full amount of money authorized
to be obtained on them had been
obtained. The use of the bonds was
ibua doubly illegal. The committee
jreporta further, that among the bonds
;ouud to have been pledged by the
Financial Agent are 3215,000, par
value of the bonds issued under Aot of
September, 180(1, to fund past due
Interest on the public debt, and in?
quires how bonda, winch could only be
issued at the Treasury for a specific
purpose, came iuto the keeping of the
Financial Agent to use for u different
purpose. They conclude that they
could only have gone iuto his posses?
sion either by receiving them directly
from-the State Treaburer, or by their
havic? bean exchanged for conversion
bbuJs and afterwards rc-iasued. The
question of illegality attached to these
several classes of bonds is left by the
committee with the Treasurer to de?
termine". In his report, just made to
the General Assembly, that officer do?
mes the correctness of the statement
o5 facts upou which the deductions of
the committee are based. Ho states
the amount of bonds placed in Kimp
ton'a hands, under the several heads of
Bills Beouivable, Land Commisbion,
Belief of Treasury, Payment of Interest
and Conversion of State Securities, to
j?v? been $0,511,000, the sale to have
am-imntad to $8,057,500, and on hand
at last report as collateral security for
loans $1,456,500, which, with the
amount of sales, equals the amount of
bonds. He adds that Kimpton holds
this sum of 81,456,500 as collateral
security for 8600,000.77 due him by
Ihe State. This etatonient, he says,
appears in Treasurer Parker's report,
and has not been changed since,, and is
a settlement made by the Financial
Board of the State 16th, November,
2872. The Treasurer accepted the re?
sponsibility of continuing to fund, dis?
regarding the objections of Senator
Dunn, as based upou the irregularities
reported, which he oonsidored as tri?
lling. But the Senator, iu a review of
ibe report, iu the Senate, Wednesday,
3hows that the sum ot 31,-150,500 of
bonds reputed as on hand as collateral
3ec rity was mentioned in the Fund?
ing Act as among the bonds to be
lu.. Jed. If it was the property of the
3tato, it could not be ao funded; and
if it was the private property of Kimp?
ton, protecting a loau until it should
bo paid, it ought not bavo been enu?
merated us among fuudablu bonds.
But ho gO'>s ou to say that there waa
no evidence that Kimptou holds these
?1,-156,500 of bonds, us collateral. The
settlement between the Financial
Agent und the Fiuauoial Board de
nlnrrH, on the other hand, that
51,653,500 of bonds, including thusoi
$1,456,500, had been previously
pledged to other parties as collateral
security for loana to the State, nnd
ihut tho amouut for which they were
pledged was not suOJ,009.77, (tho
amount of Kiruptou'a ciuiin,) but
6489,782.50. Supposing, then, that
Ihe bonds are hold an security, they
cannot bo brought in at their face
ralue. Creditors of tho .State to tho
amouut of $189,9S2 oauuot exact
?1,656,500. Tho Sonaior further oor
iacta tho statement of tho Treasurer as
*V> tho amount to which tho Financial
Agent is a creditor of tho. State. Ac?
cording to tho settlement between the
Financial Agent and tho Fiaauoial
Board, in October, 1872, the amount
due him waa $629,415,26; but he had
effected loans to the amount of 8480.*
982.50 od the bonds now under diacns
j eion, with which the State was credit
ed, and so tbe balance doe him was
redncedto$139,482.76. -
ColiI Water. 1
We are well awaro of tho action
taken by the National Cheap Trans?
portation Convention, as inuutioned
by oar correspondent, "A Frioud,"
against the proposed petition tu Con?
gress of tbe Texas and Pacific Railway
Company to extend aid to its construc?
tion, by guaranteeing the interest upon
its bonds. Tho scheme has all the
odium to meet which naturally comes
from tho ubaso of the system in tue
extravagant sums voted to Northern
and North-western railroads. Congress
has expended hundreds of millions
upon them, und opened up a lucrative
field for speculation aud spoliation on
tho Credit Mobilier plan. Xow comes
the time for it tu be virtuous, aud, in
the opiuiou of those who would forever
keep the South as a satrapy, and deny
to it all modes of extrication from the
myriad evils which encompass it, to
deny to thh grind Southern enterprise,
which will span the continent by a
road which no suowa or ioe will over
block up, tho noodod and uc
oossary aid. Bit we Lnpe that,
notwithstanding this opposition,
its claims will got a dispassionate bear?
ing und put o >usidoration from Con?
gress. It is not fair, surely, that we
shall have the shadows of these gigan?
tic frauds cast over every reasonable
scheme ol internal improvement that
may be projected. We havo mentioned
such considerations nn eeom to advise
that this railway can be assisted by the
Government, while, nt the same time,
fully protecting its own groat interests.
It cannot be built from the sales cf
land, but when built the laud would be
immensely ouhunced in value, nnd
prove an excellent security. It has
but to tuku u first mortgage upon iho
line, its franchises, lands nnd property
of every description, to b-.i protected
beyond anj- pt-radveutttre. We trust
that tho Southern members will ad?
dress thoir earnest attcutiou to tho
subject. If the scUemu be practicable j
in itself, if its adv lutagos can bo showu I
i
to be beyoud calculation to our whole
Southern und S?utu-wcstcru States
and Territori'.s, in tho development of
thsir vast resources, in the addition to
their population, it the eotiblishmeut
of a hotter uuu safer highway from
Europe and tiie United States to the
East thanuny lunt now exists, it should
be the pleasure, us it is tho duty, of
our statesmen to demonstrate them.
We believe it can bo done, and all petty,
partisan aud sectional objections swept
away.
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We are inclined to think thut every?
thing Congross will likely do in the
matter of SouLborn troubles this r-os
siou will tend to increusu rather than
diminish tho unpopulatity of Radical?
ism. It Congress does nothing, that
will be well for the Republicans. But
as sure as anything is dune, it will bo
done badly. Wbilo we do not believe
that anything can save a doomed party
from destruction, it would be belter
for tho countrj if ltatiiculistn gavo up
tbe ghost without any frantic and una?
vailing efforts for life.
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The He-union of Hampton's Cayal
iiy Brigade.?Wednesday was a gala
day in Augusta. Hundreds of ex-Cou
federate soldiers wore to bo seen ou
tho streets?tho gro.it uttractiuu being
the re-union of Hampton's Cavalry
Brigade. At 10 o'clock, the veterans
assembled in Girardey'a Opera House,
and an organization wu.s efleeted, cullcel
"The Society of the First Cavalry Bri?
gade of thy Army of Northern Vir?
ginia"?tho objects uf the association
being the preservation of the memo?
ries which constituted the bond uf
union of the old brigade during the
lato war, au 1 Ihn collection of the data
from which the history of the brigado
cau be written. The following officers
were elected: President. Inent.-Geu,
Wade Hampton. Vioo-Presidouts-,
Maj.-Geus. M; C. Butler, William T.
Martin, P. M. B. Young, Brig.-Gous.
L. M. Baker, G. J. Wright, Coin. j.
L. Black, T. J. Lipscomu, Lieut.-Cols
- Magruder, J. E. llioh, J. F.
Waring, Mnj. J. F. Hart, Capt. G. A.
Roberts. Historical und Correspond?
ing Soorctary, Mij. Theodore J. Bar?
ker.
The association meets iu Augoi.ta on
tho second Woducsday iu November,
1875.
A resolution wu.s adopted, that the
surviving officers of the various com?
mands composing tho "old first bri?
gado" be, and uro hereby, eurucbtly re?
quested to oommttuieato to Mnj. Bar?
ker, at Charleston, S. C, such his?
torical facts as are iu thoir possession
in regard to the muster rolis of their
companies and tho part taken by them
in tho engagements of the war, that a
complete aud reliable record may
thereby bo speedily secured.
Lotters were read from proraiuent
ex Confederates, regretting their ina?
bility to be present. Alter the meet?
ing there wus a street parade, with
cannon-firing, otb., followed by a
sabre contest for valuable prizes. In
tbe evening, tbe Opora House was
crowded, to listen to an address from
Lieut.-Gen. Wude Himpton, who was
introduced to tbe nndiouce by Geu. M.
C. Butler.
Gon. Hampton c.imo forward amid
tbe wildest applause. He said tbe
survivors of tbe First Cavulry Brigade
had requested him to recount thu his?
tory ot thu brigade during the war.
Unfortunately ho hud received this no
titicttion ouly throe days ago. H:u
first impulse, on account of thu short?
ness of thu timo, was to decline. Hut
wlieu he considered that they hud
never failed uim, he. could not. There
was another consideration: He longed
to look them in tbo fa io once uiore.
Iu th^ ubsceueo of all preparation, ho
would touch fcr a fow minores upon
the deeds which had given the brigade
t-o glorious ii reputation. They bad
fought on a hundred battle-iieJds, from
Virginia t;> Georgia. What more could
he any? The brigade was organized
just uftcr the buttlesurouud Richmond,
uud he bud the good fortuue to bo
placud iu command of it. Perhaps it
waa not. known tu uil of thorn that it
was first iuteuded that tiiat command
ahomd Le tomporary. Alter the g il
luut Gregg waa killed, Gen. Lee wrote
to him and asked him to take com?
mand of that lamented olueor'd bri?
gade. He wrote to Gon. L-.'o and
asked him if it wn.i hit. particular de?
sire that hi should command that bri?
gade. Gin. Leo wrote to him to con?
sult his ovm wishes. Me then replied
that he pruferrod to command the
First Brigado to any other in the ser?
vice, j Applause.J Ho recounted nomc
of the notubh: exploits of the brigade
iu Yirgiuin und Maryland, llo spoke
some time .since at the fair grounds ia
Frederick City. Ha fouud that it tftis
on the very spot where the First Bri?
gade bud txtiidti so splendid a light.
Tho people there lold him that the
brigade did great execution on that
momor.iblo occasion. All of the but?
tles that they were engaged iu were
gruven in hi:> hvart. What brigado in
Lee's army could show a bolter record
than the First Brigade? He felt it due i
to the meu whom Le hud had the honor \
to commund that their deeda shcind
not go unrecorded. Gen. B~e said on j
more than oue occasion thai the. I
cavalry deserved all praise. Ln t!:-.
hud campaigu tat. cavalry of tloj Army
of Northern Virginia turned in Laorn
than 2Q,Ul)U prisoners. He bad two
letters, one from Gen. Lee :.i. l the
other from Gcu. J. 12. Johnston, (it...
Lee i, in reference to the buttle of
Five Forka: "Hudyou been bore wit!. '
?..il your cavalry, the disaster would I
never have occurred." General John-!
Bton said tue record of r.tiu cavalry ot i
tht: Army ot Northern Virginia was us
graud us Ihttt of any command in the
world. Ho had spoken of the past,
now Ut htm speak of the future. The i
clouds were now lifting from over us.
The Democrats had not guiued success!
olo-io. Many honest Republicans had I
joi:ied with them at tho North, aud :
there irere boueut Republicans a: the I
North. Bet us obey all the laws. Let
us divest these meetings of all political
significance, uud show the people that
7>ti meet only to perpetuate tho memory
of our dead. He prayed to God that
they might live to see tho day when
just ice again reigned in the land; when
they might feel that their blood had
not been she! in vain.
Loud c iils wero made for Gen. M.
C. Butler, who, iu response, said he
did not think they should lose sight of
their identity in the geueral submerg?
ing of the South in the nation iu the.
future. Tbuy should not lose" sight of
the fact that tboy hud heeo Southern
soldiers. He could appreciate their
trials. When they surrendered their
swords, they did not expect what had
come to pass, li they could have an?
ticipated it, tbuy would never have
j surrendered their swords. [Voices?
I never!! He did not say this with the
purpose of indulging in any disloyalty.
Uut it was due to tbo truth of history
that wo .should put upon record the
iudiguitiea offered to ns. He did not
believe that these indiguitiee had been
put opon us by too soldiers on the
other side. If the settlement of the
diflicultioH had bucu left to thu men
who fought each other, the}' would
have been settled upon terms of equity
und justice1. W? have duties to per?
form now to tho pa?t ud to the future.
They hud .'.elected this good old city of j
Augusta, renowned for the manner in
which it welcomed strangers, for their!
first re-union. It did him good to
uomo among these people, because
they wero free. Trio veterans no-1
knowledgcd gratefully tho hospitably |
extended to Ibutn. It did them ail'
good to uomo hero.
Galls wero made for Major W. T.
Gary. Major Gary said tho call was
j altogether unexpected. Heretofore a
black cloud had oppressed South Cnro- J
i linn. But Georgia was ntui enough to ;
lend an inspiration, :ind under thut iu- ?
spiration they had baudt-J together a
small body oi men whom ho liud the
honor to command.
The singular doteulion anil punish
moot of the kidnappers of Charlie Rosa
is oue of tbo must curious of lL:o ro?
mances of crime. They wero huntod j
from oue end of tho eoutineut to the I
other, and their pursuers were stimit
lated by tho offer of immense towards.
Vet both of tbo guilty purlieu were
killed not '?. great distance from tho
scone of tboir orimo by an elderly gen?
tleman, who had tbo resolution and
steadiness of hnnd to bring down a
oouplo of burglars who were forcing an
entrance into hid premises.
Crrx Matters.?Subscribe for tho
Phoenix?don't borrow.
Reading matter on every page.
Best oi oigars ut Columbia Hotel
Cigar Store.
Finn Norfolk oystora at Fiuu's sa?
loon.
Choice brands of champagne und
other wiuca at Hardy Solomon's.
Buy your cigars at the Columbia
Lintel Cigar Store.
Uo to Fiue'a saloon to get the finest
oysters in town.
Crackers?eating and tire?oan be
obtained at Hardy Solomon's grocery. !
All tho choice brands of tobacco kept
at Columbia Hotel Cigar Storo.
Anything und everything iu the gro
cury lien at Hardy Solomon's.
Choice cigars and tobacco ai. Colum?
bia Hotel Cigar. Store.
All tho necessaries for compounding
ogg uogg can be obtained at Hardy
Solomon's.
Transient advertisements and no?
tices ?*?.</ be paid for in advance.
This rub; will be adhered to hereafter.
The Messrs. Pagan ure busily eu
g.-.god in opening ti lot of furniture,
etc., for largo us well as small folks.
Brandy fruits, preserves, jellies,
jams, etc., ut Hardy Solomon's gro?
cery.
Madder colors red. This i-. the reason
whj the madder wo g-jt thv rodd.-r we
grow.
Give iiurdy Solomon a trial, if you
want anything in the grocery line.
I [is stock is fresh.
There was a tournament and bull ut
Blackstucks, yesterday, at which Ches?
ter und Fair?eld were woll reproet-ntod.
Promptness aud attention are the
rules at Hardy Solomon'? grocery es?
tablishment.
Persons iu search of articles for
Christmas should inspect the columns
of toe Pu'.EXix?a correct, directory.
Ii you wuut Christmas groceries, go
to Hardy Solomon's family grocery,
Columbia Hotel Row.
One week from to-day occurs I he
gicut holiday?innre venerated ic the
South than any uthes?Christmas.
Hardy Solomon keeps the luru ?-.t ?
collection of groceries of every kind
to In. found in the city. Examine.
them.
The Phmuix Hook und Lid.kr Com- |
puny ttro pushing along the arrange- j
menU fur the anniversary bail on
last Slight of the your.
What will it prodt a man to his
si' n chock full of Christmas goods, if,
he fails to nlvottise liej same iu tho
PUiESIX?
A stranger, while walking along
Main street, hist night, fell down in u
tit und was unconscious for a length of
time. The police took care of him.
? Job printing uf ovory kind, from u
miniature visiting curd to a four-sheet
poster, turned our, at short notice,
from Pinnxix oflice. Try us.
Old tj-po mctul, ut 25 cents u pound,
cun be obtained at the Pno:xiX office,
for small quantities; 20 cents by tho
100 pounds ? delivered at the depot.
Applo butter, peach butter, plum
butter, raspberry butter, und every
other kind ol butter, (except suet,) onn
always be obtained from U.irdy Solo?
mon.
For quantity, variety acid lowness of
price, tho grocery house of John Ag
new X So:i is ahead of all others, and
in the best place for pnrehas>er.} to buy ,
their Christmas goods.
It is understood that if arrangements
can be eiiected with the (ioorgia aud
Charlotte, Columbia nnd Augusta Riil
roads, n fast train will bo put on thu
SjuHi Carolina Railroad.
A valuable horse belonging to Mr.
M. II. Qerry was rttu into by a vehicle,
a few days ago, and o::e end of tun
shafts entered hii chest to the depth '
of nearly two foot. Tho animal died
uft.-r live days' uud'ering.
c'rs. Martha Black, relict oi Samuel
Black, Esq., departed this lifo ou Sa?
turday right List, after u lingering
illness, from typhoid fever. Her re
maius were carried to Fairiiidd, f>r iu- ]
torment. Shu leaves several children.
Too largest tnsortmont of canned
goods iu tho oity, including brandy
fnr.tr-, jellies, preserves, miuoo-meat
and the celebrated English plum pad?
ding, is to be fouud ut tho grocery e?
tablishmcut of John Aguow & Sc-n. j
All the Hebrew ladies of Columbia1
arc respectfully invitod to meet at Mrs. j
Lyons' residence, corner of Bull and j
Lady streets, eu Sunday afternoon, at I
,j o'clock, for the purpose of forming
a "Ladies' Benevolent Union."
At the sign oi tho Indian Squaw will
be found tho choicest collection; of im-1
ported and domestic cigars, chewing
aud smoking tobacco, pi pro and j
smokers' articles. Tho live cent cigar {
sold by tho proprietors, John Agoew & j
Son, are the best in the city.
Notices in the local column are
charged for at the rate of fifteen cents
a line, for nine lines or more LesB
than that space, 81. All ? local refer?
ence to advertisements will be charged
for. 1 i
The weather, yesterday, was very
little like mid-winter?being unusually
warm. The stores were throngod with
Christmas purchasers and tho elreets
were crowded with wagons. It looked
like old times.
John Aguew ?t Son have a large
stock of golden chop fire cracker?, full
c?unt, which they are (selling low down
at wholesale. They have, also, a full
assortment of shot, Cup?, guns, pistols,
&o.; and are agents for Dtipout's cele?
brated gun-powder, which is the best
in use.
Ramsay's old Scotch whiskey, pure
old Jamaica rum, old Oturd brandy,
genuiuo Holland gin and the choicest
brands of eld tye, u? well >\n sherriep,
ports, Madeiras aud champagnes are
to be obtained in groat uhoudauco, and
ut tbe iowest prices, at the store of
Johtj Agnew & Son, corner Main and
Plain htrunts.
To-night wo are to bare "Article
?17," by MiMj Ada Gray und A talented
company of theatrical artistes, ut
Parker's Hall. We have given several
notions of their performances, copied j
from papers where tho company hare
exhibited, aud will only say, if you
want to see a good exhibition, be on |
hand to-night. Reserved seats ut Ly
Brand Si Sou's Musio Store,
Yesterday evening, wnile Mr. Hey- j
ward Greon was on bis way home, he '
was accosted by a colored man, named
Lewis Darn well; some words passed,
when Barn well cut Mr. Green acros.
the neck aud face?indicting u pevero
but not daugerons wound. Mr. Green
promptly knocked his iissailaut down,
and then went home, where his wound
was attended to by Dr. Tnruipseed.
The jaw bon- prevented the jugular
veiu being cut. The wounded man is
doing vary well.
Oii-i ol the most appropriate and ae- j
ceptablc Ci:ii-tinas or New Yoar'a gifts
that can be presented to n sister or I
sweetheart or musical young lady, is n :
year's subscription to tho Southern j
J/u.if'.ti.',/fHrn,il, with tho valuable pre?
miums which accompany it. Tho sub?
scription prico is now 81.25 per year,
post-paid, and every subsenbt r hr.s a \
choice from four vuinabio premiums., |
worth from 53 cents to Si each, or if
preferred, a chance in a superb i^'jO
Square Grand Piano, which will be
rallied among Journal subscribers.
Luddou .v Bates, Savannah, Ga., are
the publishers.
The New Postage Law.?On the
first of January, lbT?, the new postage
law?requiring pro-payment at the
office of publication for all papers sent
outside of the County?goes into
effect. RoudouU of Richland Couuty
receive their papers free of poBtuge.
Subscribers to tho Daily Phucnix will,
therefore, eucloso the postage with
their subscription, which will be as
follows: One year, DO cents; six
months, 25 coots; three months, 15
cents; one month, 10 cents. Tin
Weekly, one year, 30 cents; six j
months, 15 cents; thruo months, 10
cents. Weekly GlkAnek, ono year,
20 cents; six months, 10 cents; three
months, 5 cents. Whero tho postago
is not seut wiih the subscription, tbe
time will bo shortened to that extent.
The new ratea of postage uro less than
half of tho old.
At a meeting, yesterday, of the
Committeo of Twenty appointed by
the citizens, tho following resolutions
were adopted:
Resolved, That Messrs. Bach man Sc
Youmains and Carroll ?v Jnuney be re?
quested to represent tho citizens in the
o.ibj now ponding beforo the Court,
uu.t that a Committeoof Three bo ap?
pointed by the Chair to confer with
the attorneys and make the necessary
arrangements.
Messrs. Swafileld, Wheeler aud
Browu were appointed said committee
Rt solo d. That a Committee of Five
bo appointed by tho Chair to solicit
contributions to defray tho necessary
expenses of ibis committee, and that
they be required to keep a list of con?
tributors, with tho amounts of euch,
und deposit tho same with Messrs.
Scott k Sou, to I ho credit of tho com
mittcu.
Dr. Wheeler, Major Hampton
Gibbes, Messrs. Ehrlich, P. Brown
and Cantwell were appointed said com?
mittee,
.Mail a k na scj e m e n r s.?N orthe rt
mail opens C.3? A. M., 3 P. M.; closes
II A. M.,<> P.M. Charleston opoiisS
A. M., 5.30 P.M.;closes8 A. M..GP.
M. Western opens t/> A. M., 1 P.
M. j closos tl. 1.30 P. M. Greenville
opens 0.45 P. M.; closes G A. M. Wil?
mington opens 4P. JI,; closeB 10.30
A. M. On Sunday open from 2.30 to
3.30 P. M.
' Direct r jf?sf' ^^mpor!? a.?Oar
neighbor) Mr. j. (X1 HSeegera1, whose
prime log or helps tho a to mach a of
lovers of beer, and whose ioe oools the
throats of parched individuals, now
adds pure juice wines and brandies
from California ior general purposes.
He received a car-load, yesterday,
direct from the golden land, and pro?
poses to dispose of it in quantities and
on terms which will be satisfactory to
tboae in need of theso delicacies. Mr.
Soegora adopted "Excelsior" as his
motto in early life, and carries it out.
Executive Appointments, Etc.?
Governor Chamberlain is waking up
the State olH^iais. Tho following are
the appointments and removals yester?
day :
Beaufort?Treasurer, Ceo. Holmes:
Auditor, Ij. S. Langley. Lexiogton?
Treasurer, S. (Jorley, vice E. ?. J.
Hayes, removed; Auditor, C. E. Leap
hart, rice E. Walker, removed. New
berry?Treasurer, Jesse G. Smith, vice
D. It. Pbifer, rejected; Jury Commis?
sioner, A L. Sneed, viceS. Young, re?
moved. VY?liamsbnrg?Treasurer, P.
H?lur, ro-uppoiuted. Darlington ?
Trial Justice, P. Lowenthall; W. H.
Dewberry, H. G. Parnell, R. D. F.
Rollins, S. II. Berloy, Trial Justices,
and ?J. H. Horu, Notary Public, re?
moved. Colleton?Trial Justice, E. J.
Limebouse; D. H Farmer, S. A. Jaoo
by, removed. Charleston?Treasurer,
Tim. Hurley.
SUPREME Court?Thursday, De?
cember 17.?The Court met ot 10 A. M.
Present?Chief Justice Moses and As?
sociate Justices Wright nnd Wiliard.
Thu- Seventh Circuit was oalleu.
Ex purte Giborno L. Sohurapert?
petition for sdmissiou to practice in
tho Supreme Court. Mr. Baxter prj
pet. Upon production of tho proper
evidence, the petition was granted und
Mr. Scbumpert sworn and enrolled as
an attorney, solicitor aod counsellor of
tne Suprwme Court.
John McCullough el til , respond?
ents, rs. Jacob Ed bier, appellant, Mr.
Schumpurt waE heard for appellant,
j Mr. Baxter for respondents. Mr.
j Sehutuper! for appellant in reply.
! Eliza R. Stewart, respondent, rs
i Henry II. I>!ease, appellaut. Mr.
I Baxter was hei.rd fcr appellant. Mr.
V.J. Pope for respondent. Mr. Bai?
ter fi.r uppellant iu reply.
John Winsmith, appellant, ps.'Jo?
|seph Walker, respondent. Submitted,
j James P Cameron, resp^ndeut,
John E. Renwick, appellant. Conti
! UUCd.
Robert Smalls, respondent, rs. T. E
Wilder, uppellant, On motion of Mr
Whipper, lor appellant, restored to
dotkrt.
At 0 P. M., the Court ndioorced
uutil Friday, lath, 10 A. M.
The Spartanburg and Asueyille
Railroad.?A. C. Kaufman, E;c].,
Secretory and Treasurer of the Spar
tanburg nod Abbeville Railroad, is an
enthusiast on tho subject of this road.
He says that eight miles of the roud
will be built by Christmas; all the
heavy grading ou tbe first or South
Curolina division will be finished by
tbo lust of January. The whole of tb-i
division will be graded early iu June,
and can bo ironed in one month. It
is not thought the cost of treBtling
this division will exceed -Si,000. There
is no bridging to be done on tbe road,
and only live trestles to be built, the
longest of these being 300 feet. Mr.
Kaufman says the people all along the
line of tho road are enthusiastic, and
that, iu all probability, by July or
August, the whistle of the locomotive
will bo beard in the mountain fast?
nesses of North Carolina.
List op New Advertisements.
J. C. Dial?Christmas Goods.
?T. C. Seegers?Wines, Arc.
Dr. Clopton?Piles Cared.
Hotel Arrivals, December 17.?
Hendrix House?Q C Montgomery, J
D Liviugston, Riohland; E C Zsmp,
Camdeu; W R Roof, Simeon Corley,
Mrs H A Moetze, Lexington; j Austin
Scott, Fair field; W F Staik, Choster;
H C Motley, Richlaud; Geo JoyDer,
Beaufort; W B Green, Ga; A P Bouk
night, Edgefield.
Mansion Bouse?J W Cook, Va; L
E Heudricks, Dr E W Wheeler, An?
drew Crawford, city; W M Crook
shanks, Atlanta; Dr J A Clopton, A!n;
11 Richards, Union.
Mr. Editor: Your advocacy of the
Southern Pacific Railroad romiads me
of b^ing iu Richmond recently, when
the National Cheap Transportation
Couveution assembled tbore. During
j Us sitting, Mr. William Johnston, of
Charlotte, formerly President of the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail?
road, offered u series of resolutions,
the sum and sabstanco of which was
to ask Congress to guarantee tbe inte?
rest upou the bonds of that road.
Tbeso resolutions wore overwhelm?
ingly voted *.owu, tiio delegates from
Virginia even opposing them. Tbe
I North-west, through ouo of thoir mosi
verbose orators, expressed "amiz.e
mout" that uny man would at this late
day presume to ask for Govcrnm;.1:.;
} aid to railroads.
This Couveution so noted in the face
! of tho fact that tho Government has
[aided Northern nnd North-western
railroads within the pant lilt con years
by grants of 3115,000,000, whilst the
South ban never received nor asked for
one dollar.
Whether Congress will, in your life?
time or mino, aid a Southern railroad,
is a question time alone can answer,
A FRIEND.