The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, January 07, 1875, Image 2
uOLEMBIA, & C.
Thursday Morning, January 7,1875.
"And in the lowest depths
A, lower deep.M
The'news from New Orleans, pub?
lished iu our despatobev yesterday
and to day, are of the most startling
oharaoter. Tho sickening details are
all spread before our readers, and we
need not repeat them. The con?
spiracy whioh waa ooncootod in Wash?
ington by the miserable minions of an
unscrupulous and desperate deepotio I
power, has been carried out to the let?
ter iatfhe Qreocent ' City. Buch an
outrage upon a people, suoh a wrong
against the sovereignty of a State, was
never perpetrated before in this ooun
try, proli?o as it has been in its recant
odkniniutrution, in outrages and in
iamio^ The real fathers of these
atrocities uro Williams, the Attorney
Geucrul, who carries what little brainB
the Goverumont haB at its .disposal,
T7itU ft.Boporabuudiiuou of blood-thirsty
malignity nud venom, aided by some
turbulent and cowardly Senators. The
Executive and the General sent out
oa tho. villainous mission, secretly at
first, are only their wretohed tools.
What they hate done, and what they
further propose to do, baa only tho
base motive of the revenge of despioa
blo 1 minda, tho instinotive hatred of
.good order, seourity of rights embo
? .died in a people, whose very breath of
lifo in obedience to rightly constituted
authority and readiness to die for
liberty and freedom. One other mo?
tive/ if possible, baser atill, is the des?
perate gambling for the retention of
. -power whioh they see fast gliding away
from; them. 'Revolting as are the actions
-and sentiments of Sheridan, they are
xaore excusable than the language of
Oonkling, Morton, Howe, Logan and
Eimunda in their vindication, in their
apology for the lawlessness of the Go?
vernment, j cud in their persistent
v afforts to gloss over and hide this, its
^worst and freshest infamy. He is but
a brutal egant. They are the designers
and planners of the hovrible game.
Tin? ii ?II .111 not TTnlaoQ ihm
TTjira^' ?T*,^i **w" ? ?
Amerioan people have become meaner
than slaves, unless they are indeed
ready to accept the purplo and kiss tho
hem of the usnrpere' robes, nnless
they have lost all true manhood, all
sense of personal honor and State
pride, they will strike down these
oreatnres from the places of power
whioh they disgrace. We shall see
this atrooious conspiracy denounced
from one end of the ooontry to the
other, and we shall see the formation
of a pttbllo opinion which will tolerate
the rascally parties to it no longer
than it will be necessary to get rid of
them. They will meet their fate.
Thuir doom is sealed. They will go to
the exile contemned by their people,
where Butler, Oolfaz, Poland and a
dozen others have gone before them,
and' at last
"To the vile dust from whenoo they sprung,
Unwept, unhonored and unsung."
What they have done was, perhaps,
neoeeparyt,to reveal them in all their
proper deformity. They now stand
exposed by this conspiracy to the con
tempt of every honorable mind, the
loathing of every generous heart in all
this broad land. Their rapacity for
power, their scorn of all right in a
people, their prostration before the
idol whioh commands butchery and
throttles liberty, have this compensa?
tion, at least, that they will bring upon
theft gqilty hGndfl the> swift and deci
oivo retribution whioh they have pro?
voked oud richly deserve.!
Tbe^^fr^-^eraWoopies.a statement ]
from* tho" objoago 7ribun6 that the
bpjd announcement of an intention to |
bribe 'and -flatter 1 oolored voters, is
something .new in'Amerioan politics.
That oou)es of living put of the world1
iu . obscure parts. Not. only the in?
tention' has been expressed, but the'
bribery, has been carried on here in
the utmost perfection, ever since the
mixed, reign of carpet-baggers aud co
lorod olenpont began, j Did a't "Honest"
Jotrn Patterson brag of inVs'kfU in
this very thing? ? That is his proudest I
distinction, and it is ornel of the
Union Herald to connivo at depriving
him of it.
Of the foolishness of the whites who
dread any danger from the possession
of them (tW arms belonging to the
Stato, with forty, round? of ammuni?
tion,) by the militia, there is no ques?
tion.?Union-Herald; '
No, thevo would bo nono with you,
if thev used them - noon the native!
whifeaifeipe^ltfiy juat "bofora an ela?
tion. Bat this affected Idolatry of the
negro is oittrfoVo/'OHVoniy oohtemns
a%ehod^
tnentteiWs before him. Be e%ea
through it.
: mW* mvi Vi mu
Spinning Cotton at Homo.
We oaDDot conceive of anything bet?
ter, next to a good understanding be?
tween tho different cIbbsi-b of our popu?
lation, the satisfactory settlement of
oar political difficulties und the return
of intelligence, probity, honor and cha?
racter to their proper funotiona of
ooutrol, than the use, by neighbor?
hoods acting tu ooncert of maobiuery,
to turu the outton raised in them
into yarn and oloth. By this means,
if the object could be accomplished at
a rate not higher than that of our best
manufacturing establishments, cottun
would leave the producers' hands
charged with a oost very little above
that it now bears, and having its value
nearly doubled, besides being in such
shape as to largely diminish the
charges for freight, hauling, &o. One
twelfth the weight of a balo of cotton
is dirt and refuse 6tuff, and the freight
has to be paid on it. The great de?
sideratum has been machinery of
moderate oost, capable of being
worked on a simple plan by tho use of
small water powers, aud in close con?
nection with the giu-houses, whore the
lint is separated from the seed. We
know very well that manufacturing,
plantiug.merohandieiug.&o., urn nil dis?
tinct things, and can be more success?
fully followed where each is au exclasi ve
pursuit. Had we the mauufaoturiug
interest developed i us it should be, it
might be well for tillers of tbu sod to
keep etriotl; to their owu business.
But they have to consider the many
peculiarities of their situution and the
disabilities under which they labor &~i
to manufacturing facilities. Tbe le?
gitimate profits on cotton are curtailed
from this cause as well as from impedi?
ments in its production. Besides, tbe
oonversion of the staple into yarn is a
simple process, only a step beyond
that of its preparation for market by
ginning and packing. Itoau be done,
of coarse, much more economically
before the lint is pat up into bales.
In connection with this subject, we
have noticed a statement of a new in?
vention, called "Clement's Attach?
ment," from which great advantages
of the kind we have been describing,
are expected, A committee from one
of the Oounty Oranges of Mississippi
has made a report apon its merits.
The author of this report, Mr. B. F.
Aroher, as we learn from tbe Rural
Carolinian, has published in tbe
Fanners'' Vindicator some partioulara
and explanations concerning it, which,
if not extravagant, justify tbe hope of
a oomplete revolution in cotton manu?
facture. The report itsolf we bavo not
Been. Mr. Aroher says:
"Tbe Olement's attachment is used
npou tbe ordinary card stand, but no
use can be mado of it unless there is
other machinery in connection with it.
But it can be used profitably aud suc?
cessfully with a very small outlay. For
instance, suppose a man bad a teu
horsu power, of any kind, with u good,
comfortable house that would exclude
the wiud, sufficiently largo to hold tho
spiuuiug apparatus, be could work ouu I
card stand, one double-beaded draw?
ing frame, one spider, und about 400
spindles, which, carefully arranged,
would give employment to live or hi
children aud one or two hands, und
would be quite a nice business. It
cannot be run in an ordinary gin
house, as some suppose, for where you
manufacture ootton you tnust (xcluric
both wind and ootd. I hopo that our
peoplo will not bu over-sighted, but
study this great improvement, with its
many advantages, carefully, aud en?
deavor to get at a correct understand?
ing of it. We sot out to destroy, if
possible, the inexorable middle man,
and bring producer aud consumer to?
gether. Here the finest opportunity
presents itself in tho one great staple
ever known to any people on earth.
More, and better still, all tbe improved
maobibery ever known to man for tbo
maniifaotaro of ootton siuks iuto in?
significance when compared to this
one little machine. Nothing, howover
good; C?D Compete in safety nr finality
of goods; and I venture the assertion,
that tho revolution in the mauufaotur?
iug of ootton goods will be more signal
aud complete in ton years, than tbe
great political revolution through
which-wo have jast passed."
Mr. Oonkliog, United States Senator
from New York, familiarly known, wo
believe, as Turkey-cock Coukiing, is
amazed that any organization in tho
South should aspire to get political
control of it any mbro. So far has ho
drifted from any true idea of what a
peopteVrights ore. Suoh a man is a
disgraoe to tbo Senate. He is only fit
and hardly fit to be a tarn-key. What
a combined our and spaniel! Bat tbo
South does not regard his venomous
snarl at her, nor concern itself about
his wagging his tail in homage to bis
master, Grant.
There will be only two eclipses this'
year, both of tho sou; the first,.total,
April 0th, Invioible to the Ubited
Stutesj. .tb.ei. second, September 20ib,
sod partly visible in the Esstern por?
tion of .North Amvrioa. tyj
The On anoebui'.g FlBS.?This con?
flagration was more extensive tlmn was
at first supposed. The loss, it is
feared, will reach over $800,000. A
correspondent of the Union-Herald
furnishes tho following partloalars:
About 1.30 this Diorniug a fire broke
oat in tho kitchen iu the rear of Oart
mill's store, ou Russell street, and
communicated to the atore, and from
thence the tire rapidly spread to the
buildings adjacent. As near as can be
uncurtained, the flro was caused by a
lighted caudle, which the colored girl
employed by Curtmill left burning in
tho kitoheu. The flame communicated
to tho wall paper, and soon the kitchen
was in a bhtze. It was discovered by
the driver aud passengers of tbo omni?
bus belougiug to MerObey's Hotel,
whioh was going to the up train. Citi?
zens rapidly Congregated, but their
efforts to quench the flumes were all
unavailing. Oil account of the liar
rownem of the street, the tire*commn
uicuted to tbo buildings ou the other
dde, uud then, crossing buck, soon
started the wbolo block. Store after
atore blazed up. and before 3 o'clock
both Rides of the street were con?
sumed, with only two exceptions?the
stores of D. Louis aud Hurley. In
addition to the stores on RubsoII street,
the buildiug occupied by Kirk Robin?
son an a book store, and the office of
the Oruugeburg Hews was entirely de?
stroyed. Tho burut out district was
occupied by the following firms: Win.
Lightfoot, John Addon, Thomas Cart
mill, dry goods, crockery, Sea.; M.
Albrecbt, groceries and liquors; J. U.
W. Briggmau, dry goods; name un?
known, groceries sod liquors; ? Mac
Namura, dry goods aud groceries;
Wallace Cannon, groceries; Jackson &
Thorn, groceries dwelling house
owned by Mrs. Tradewell uud occu?
pied by Dr. Muukenfuss; ? Rich, dry
goods und clothiug; G. W. Baxter,
groceries; McMicbuel & Blume, gro?
ceries aud liquors; Meroney's Hotel;
George H Coruelson, dry goods, gro?
ceries, &o.; T. 13. Boyd, boots and
shoes; Dr. Oliveros, drugs; T. Kohu &
Brother, dry goods; bouse owned by
C. Bull aud occupied by Mrs. Osteu?
dorf; S. Dibble, uuucoupied office; T.
W. Albergotti, baker; ? Rich, gro?
ceries. Iu addition to the stores and
dwelling houses, numerous out-build?
ings, sheds und stables were burned.
Very few of the stores were insured.
Many men lost everything, even their
wearing uppurel. Homo few saved
their stock. Mr. Meroney, of ' the
hotel, saved all of his furniture, bed?
ding, etc. The nppearauce of our city
is Very desolate. This makes the third
time the town bun been burned out?
in 1854, iu 1865, during Sherman's
marob to the sea, uud now iu 1875.
The following is an estimated list of
losses and insurances. Both Eides of
Russell street were burned from Mar?
ket to Forsytb: OorBelson, dry goods
and groceries, 830,000, partly insured;
Boyd, shoes, ?7,000, partly insured;
Kohn ic Bro., 830,000, $10.000 in?
surance; Dr. OliveroB, $10.000. no in?
surance; Mrs. Ostwndorf, $1,000, part?
ly insured; Rich, 38,01:0, uo insurance;
McMlchael & Co., $1,500, no insur?
ance; Meroney, $12,000, paitly in?
sured; Thorn, 31,000, no insurance;
Cannon, $1,000, uo insurance; Muo
Nuamra. $11,000. partly insured; Al?
brecbt, $500, uo insurance; Briggman,
$10,000, partly insured; Adden.35.0d0,
uo insurance; Curtmill, $12,000, partly
iusured; Lightfoot. 84.000, $1,500 in?
sured; Robinson, $500, uo insurance;
D. Louis, 36,1)00, partly insured; Al?
bergotti, $500, uo insurance.
The Now York Herald has un edito?
rial intimating that the Prtsideut is
implicated in uuother stook jobbing
operation. It appears that u (synopsis
of his message (purporting to have
been derived from official sources) was
furnished Renter's agency and ap?
peared iu the English uud all the other
foreign journals. This advance copy
continued tho most belligerent lau*
guagu ou the Cubau question, and in?
dicated an early hostile movement on
tho part of our Qovcrnmeut. The de?
spatch, says the Herald, "produced a
profound impression upon the minds
of the Spanish people and upon
the funds iu London. There was
never u moro shameless stock-jobbing
fabrication, and, worse than all, it has
been traced directly to the President."
So it seems that tbo lessou of Black
Friday ia forgotten already.
Revival op tiie Suoah Interest in
Louisiana.?Sufilciont data has been
obtained to warrant tho statement that
tbo sugar yield iu Louisiana tho paat
Benson was 110,000 hogsheads, worth
in round numbers $100 a hogshead,
and 200,000 barrels of molasses, worth
$24 a barrel, making u total of $28,
800,000. In the Parish of Asoonsion,
upon sixtoen acres of ground, worked
by two negroes, 72,000 pounds of white
sugar and 100 barrels of mousses,
bringing $8,400, wore produced. A
SootoPpluutcr, Mr. Burnsides, work
iug iu tho sumo parish lands formerly
belonging to Gen. Wade Hampton and
Senator Preston, made 5,000 hogs?
heads of sugar aud 8,000 barrels of
molasse;, yielding; in all $092,000, ou
an investment of $140,000. He worked
about 500 hands.
Over sixty different nations, includ?
ing Japan, now burn American kero?
sene, uud the extremely small price
has given suob an impetus to its adop?
tion as an illuminator all over the
world, iuui it unr.-i prove uiguijr u?uo
fioial to the producing interest in fa
turn years. Germany, in 1878, con?
sumed 52.116,773 gallons, at aoest of
811,469,151; Belgium; 22,616.550 gal?
lons, costing $5,127,408; Engluud,
Crrr Matters. ?Subscribe for tbe
ph03nix?don't borrow.
The horrible weather, yesterday,
prevented the tilt at the Fair Grounds.
Largest selection of imported cigars
St the Columbia Hotel Cigar Store.
Transient advertisement? and no?
tices mxist be paid for in advance.
Palmetto fine out tobacco is the bust
in the oity, and can be procured only
at the Indian Squaw Cigar Store.
The Legislature resumes its session
on Tuesday next, aud already tbo dig?
nitaries are putting in an appearance.
Bost imported Partngns, eight for
one dollar, at Columbia Rotel Cigsr
Store.
Yesterday might have been con?
sidered a flue day for ducks, but not
for human beings, as it ruined inces?
santly.
One of tbe saddest spectacles in the
world is a human being shattered and
broken down by the use of ardent
spirits.
Job printing of every kind, from a
miniature visiting card to a four-sheet
poster, turned out, ut short notice,
from Phosnix office. Try us.
Tbe American Bible Society have
furnished neatly bound copies of tbe
Bible to the different railroads in the
State.
Judge J. P. Reed arrived in Colum?
bia, yesterday, on bis way to take his
seat on the bench in Charleston. He
leaves to-uigbt.
Tbe Goveruor has nude tbe follow?
ing appointments: Jury Commission?
ers?F. R. Marten, of Fairfleld, and
John A. Boswell, of Kershaw. Trial
Justice?O- H. Barton, of Piokens.
In consequence of tbe very incle?
ment weather, the consort of the Cho?
ral Union, for the benefit of tbe Wash?
ington Street Methodist Church, has
been postponed until Thursday even?
ing next, 14th.
A pair of handsome and serviceable
iron gray horses, with a light vehiole,
are to be disposed of at a fair price.
Tbey will be sold together or sepa?
rately. Any information can be
obtained at Pikenix office.
The Union*Herald, speaking of tbe
colored militia, says: "Of their right
to have them," (meaning tbe guuB be?
longing to tbe State,) "there is v.o
question." Judge Carpenter and Gov.
Chamberlain question it, and deny it
absolutely.
We often receivo letters, asking to
have the paper sent or continued, and
stating that tbe amount shall be paid
soon. To all such, wo reply, that the
request cannot be complied with. In
order to have the phc3s1x sent, it is
absolutely necessary to remit tbe sub?
scription, together with the postage,
when tbe paper is ordered.
Tbe Puo&NIX, yesterday, eoutaiued
over 7,001) words by telegraph?Ame?
rican and European intelligence. The
?telegraph is a wonderful collector, tbo
Associated Press a magnificent com?
piler, aud the PhOSNIS an excellent
means ot distributing tbe news.
Therefore, subscribe for it aud don't
borrow.
A recruiting office for llie United
States Cavalry Iiuh been opened in
Fugun's new building, dpt. Beck is
the offisor in charge. Here is au op?
portunity for some of our idling fel?
low-citizens?without respect to race
or oolor, etc.?to obtain something to
do. Ride a horso and get well paid
for it. As Citpt. Jack is out of tbe
way, tborc is no danger.
f ike at Hodges'.?A fire broko ont
in tbe store of Messrs. McGheo &
Cason, at Hodges', (ud the Greenville
and Columbia Railroad,) which de?
stroyed that buildiug, together with
the two adjacent?the one occupied by
Barmore & Browuell, and the other
newly finished but unoccupied. The
loss ia estimated at four or fivo thou?
sand dollars; no insuranoe.
LieT or New Advertisements.
Wanted?Furnished Bed-room.
Meeting Columbia Chapter.
John Aguew & Son?Canned Goods.
Statement Union Savings Bunk.
Hotel Arrivals, January C.?Man?
sion House?TL M Davis, Winnsboro; |
Wm Perry, Pendletou; J G McKissick,
J D Smith, Uuiou; H D Humiter,
Richland; J E Seaward, G Sc C R R.
We are gratified to loarn that Mr. A.
H, E. Sheck, n very successful farmer
in this County, is highly pleased with
his immigrant laborers, nod that they
are no 'less favorably impressed with
him. Mr. Sheet's efforts in bringing
labor to this Oonnty, and not only
that, bat in so adapting himself to
their wants and peculiarities, is deserv?
ing mention. His polioy is not a nar?
row-minded one,'which looks only to
the amount oi work he can got out oi
thorn, but in making them bo content?
ed as 'that,'by 'their rep'rosentatiouB,
others may be induced to come, and
in tbo course of time, as they become
independent, the waste 'lands may be
taken up aud made productive. This
is the Ines.?Nexebarry Herald.
Be Jost to Youhsblf and Gehebotjs j
to Youb Wife.?Keep your farm ao
oonnlR correctly aud regularly iu tue I
"Kural Acoonntant," and* give your
wife a copy of the "Carolina House?
wife. " The large Rale of t be Rural Ac-1
countants has enabled tbe publishers,
Walker, Evuob & Cogswell, Charles?
ton, 8. G, to stereotype tbe forms, and
thus reduce tbe cost. They now offer
tho small size at 81, and tbo large at
Si 5?, por mall, postag? prepaid. The
Carolina HouBnwife is Miss Rntiedge's
old established aookery book, uud
should be in every house iu Caro?
lina. J If
Furchoott, Benedict & Co.,
ClIAlOiESTON, 8. C ?fKESENTS KOR
THE U ou ID AYS?EXTEAOKDINARY IN?
DUCEMENTS?Best Standard Prints,
?o. up. Doug Cloth, from 6c. ap.
Sueetiug, 30o. up. Wool Flannel,
25c. up. Fine Dress Goods aud Al
uaccas, 25o. up. Wool Blankets,
Sl.85 per pair up. Full liuesof Joans,
Cussiineres. Cloths, Rtbbous and
nv??ry v?ri?ty of Dross Goods, Cloaks,
Shawls, FurH. Housekeeping Goods,
Curpets, Oil Clothf, Rugs, etc. Keep?
ing the largest aud best selected stock
South, we can, with ouotidanoe, assure
our fr.ouds aud the public, that by
purchasing of us, by order, or per
noually, they will save from 20 to 25
per cent. Samples sent no application.
All ietail orders over Slu sent free of
charge. Goods aeut C. O. D. Make
remittances by P O. Order, Draft, or
per Express. Brunches at Atlanta, Ga.,
and Jacksonville, Flu., where goods
can be obtained ut same prices. .11 f
Scuknck's Polmonic Syrup, Se.i
Weed Tonic and Mandbake Fills.
Thi-so deservedly celebrated and popu?
lar medicines have effected a revolu?
tion iu the healing art, and proved
the fullaoy of several maxims which
have for tnunv years obstructed tbe
progress of medical .science. The
false supposition that "Consumption
is incurable," deterred physicans from
attempting to hud remedies for that
disease, aud patients uillicted with it
reconciled themselves to death without
making an effort to escape from a
doom which tbey supposed to be una?
voidable. It is now proved, however,
that Consumption can be cured, uud tbut
it has been cured iu a very great num?
ber of oisea (some of them apparently
desperate ones) by Sobenck's Pulmo
uio Syrup alone; and in other oases by
the same medicine in connection with
Suheuck's Sea Weed Tonic and Man
drake. Pills, oue or both, according to
the requirements of tbe case.
Dr. Scheeck, himself, who enjoyed
uninterrupted good health for more
than forty years, was supposed, at out
time to be at the very gate of death,
his physicians having pronounced his I
case hopeless, and abandoned him to'
his fate. He was cured by tbe afore
i said mediuiues, und, sinus his recovery,
m&uy thousands similarly affected
have used Dr. Sohenok's preparations
with the same remarkable success.
Full directions acoompany each,
making it not absolutely necessury to
personally see Dr. Sokonok, uuless pa?
tients wish their lungs examined, and
for this purpose he is professionally at
bis principal oflloe, corner Sixth and
Arch streets, Philadelphia, every Mon?
day, where all letters for udvice must
bo addressed. Soheuck's mediciues
?ire sold by all druggists. Juu 9 f 13
Reliable Testimony.?It cannot bi
reasonably supposed that when u pet
sou testifies to the efuoucy of a remedy
whose benelits he has experienced,
without solicitation, that be does ;o
for the purpose of misleading the pub?
lic, or from any other motive thai
that of gratitude. It is still more un?
reasonable to suppose that eminent
physicians would corroborate tho evi
deuce thus giveu, unless they wet
persuaded of its truth. Tho proprit
toi.s of Hostet tor's Stomach Bitters at
constantly iu tbe receipt of voluntary
Uatiuiouiula acknowledging the cura?
tive and preveutive potency of thi
bone lice nt tonic aud corrective, emi
eating not only from thosu who huvi
felt its influence, but ulso from well
known members of tbe medical pro?
fession, both here aud abroad, who
have witnessed its effects, uud pre?
scribed it iu their private practice. In
the face of such evidence as this, to
whioh the widest publicity bus repeat?
edly been given, it would be absurd to
question the medicinal virtues of the!
Bitters. Skeptioism upon this point
was long ago disarmed, and they are |
to-day us much respected and far more ?
! widely known than many of the oflici
ual remedies which figure conspicu?
ously iu the pharmaoopu)ia. They aro
universally recognized to be the su?
preme remedy for intermittent and re?
mittent fevers, dyspepsiu, liver com?
plaint, general debility, disorders of
the bowels uud nervousness, as well us
a means of fortifying the system
against malarious influences and those
whioh operate injuriously upon the
[sensitive organs. Whether used as a
remedy for aotutil disease, as a means
of building up the broken down phy?
sique, or of hastening convalescence,
they uro never resorted to in vain, and
they often restore complete health
when prescribed remodies cannot even
initiate its recovery. J lfo^j 1
The Great Southern Despatch
Freight hue have added a numbor of
cars, and by a joint arrangement with
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad,
have opened up a new Hue to Southern
point*, in opposition to the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, from Chicago to
tbe following points: Allegheny, va.;
Lynobborg, Va.; Norfolk, Va.; Peters
burg, Va.;.Richmond, Va.; Stauotou,
Va.; Charlotte, ty, O.; Goldsboro, N.
O.; Raleigh, If. 0.*; and Wilmington,
N. P.?Chicago, Paper.
Reading matter oh every page.
T?l?BrRiihic-rtinerirnn Malier?.
Des Moinbs, Iowa, January 8.?
Iaaao B. Becker, aged about twenty
six years, was billed in a fight with
I Saott Hibiey, at Newton, on Thursday
night. It seams Hibiey insulted
I Becker's wife. The latter met Hibiey
on tbe street and knocked him down,
injuring bim severely. A half hoar
later Hibiey started alter Booker,
swearing revenge. They again met in
the street, and a second struggle en
sued, during which Hibiey , drew a
large jack-knife and stabbed Becker
iu tbe right sido of the neck,, making
a fearful gash and severing his Jugular
vein. Becker was helped home by bis
wife and soon expired. He bad been
married but a few weeks. Hibiey was
arrosted. ,
Charleston, January.?.?Arrived?
Steamship, Champion, New York.
Washington, Jauuary C ?All. tho
grout powers have authorized their
representatives at Madrid to enter into
some official relations with the new
Qovernmeut. The ex-King of the two
Siuilies has vibitod Alfonso and assayed
him that Counts Oazerta and Oari will
withdraw from the Carlist cause. The
Spanish fleet, consisting of three iron?
clads, will arrive at Maraoillcs to-mor?
row, to meet King Alfonso, who,leaves
Pans at 5 in tbe evening.
Yioe-President Wilson deprecates in
harsh terms tbe notion at New Orleans.
He is eoboed as saying it is infamous
and a death-blow to the Bepabliosn
party.
New Orleans, January 6.?The
Cotton Exobange, Board of Trade aud
meeting of citizens, protest against
Sheridan's letter. The oitizens' meet?
ing cousibted maiuly of Northern and
Western men. i , , . ,
New York, January 8.?Thesales of
Plymouth Church pews aggregated
870.000, against $68.000 last year. The
bigbeut price was $550, aud the lowest
S1?.
Tbe Times, in an editorial on Lou?
isiana affairs, says:. "For ourselves,
we must say that tbe use wbioh was
made of the United States troops,
seems to have been tbe extreme exer?
cise of power, and one for which tbe
President, who is primarily responsi?
ble for it, must fiud it very difficult to
show adequate authority. The United
States guarantee to each State are
publican form of government, and on
requisition protection against domestic
violence. In this case, there v/aa no
recent requisition, and there was no
actual violence. Tho Governor culled
m troops, in anticipation of his own
helplessness, aud engaged tbeir com?
mander in aots wbioh have uevor yet
oeeu performed by Uuileu States
army officers. Tbe troops did not aid
tbe State forces?they replaced them.
We do cot believe the country will re?
gard suoh procedure with approval. If
it does, tbe consequences to our sys?
tem of government cannot be easily
foreseen."
The Herald's New Orleana corres?
pondent telegraphed that Sheridan, in
an interview with him, yesterday, said
be was going to pnt a stop to the peo?
ple down there, and the solution of
troubles is proposed in his despatch of
yesterday to the President?that he
has not consulted any oitizen in com?
ing to biH conclusions; if the Govern?
ment nod President will endorse bim,
be will settle affairs. He proposed to
put down secretly-armed bands.
The following telegram was sent to
General Sheridan to-day:
War Department, Washington,
January 6.?(Jeneral P. H. Sheridan.
New Orleans, La : Your telegrams all
received. The President and all of ub/,
have full confidence and thoroughly"
approve your course.
WM. H. BELKNAP,
Secretary of War.
There is no probability that tbe
President will issue suoh a proclama?
tion as General Sheridan suggests in
bis telegram to Secretary Belknap,
yesterday.
|J Philadelphia, January G.?The
trustees of the Girard estate have re?
solved, on account of the increased
inoome from the trust, to provide for
500 more orphans. There are now 550
iu tbe college aud 134 applications.
New York, January 6.?This after?
noon's Post has tbe following para?
graph: "Preparations are making tot
a public meeting of oitizans of New
York, to utter an indignant protest of
tbe people, without distinction of
party, against tbe military usurpation
of Louisiana." Specie shipments to?
day 8900,000.
Washington, January G~-&a the
House, Lamur, of Mississippi* pre?
sented a remonstrance of the people of
Arkansas against tbe invasion of their
right of self-government; referred to
select committee on Arkansas. The
House passed the bill granting the
Memphis and Yioksbnrg RuJroad
Company rights of way through the
national cemetery at Ytoksburg.
Wilson is quoted: "The despatch
was manufactured here. ? Sheridan
could nut have written so foolish a d?
s pa tob." It may be positively stated
that Sheridan's banditti despatch is
genuine.
On dil, prominont officials here en?
deavor to shield Shoridan from the
storm of indignatiou of the oouutry by
representing that he did not assume
command until 0 o'olook, Monday .
evening, and General Emery, aoting
onder Executive instructions, is re?
sponsible for the military invasion of
the Louisiana Legislature, but the
President is quoted: "General Sheri?
dan is on the spot and knows what to
do, and his actions will meet Execu?
tion armnoVfc.
In the Senate, the Louisiana feSola
tipn oomes up at 1 o'clock. ? , 4,.,
Washington, January 6.?loathe
House, alter some looal bQsiaess,1BUe. -
of Maine, offered the following rJEeln<>
tion: Whereas the disturbed andrere?/
lntlonary oondition of affairs In Looi