The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, January 09, 1875, Image 2
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8atur lay Morning, January 9,1875.
SUraorsbls WsrdSt
In the expulsion of the Conservative
members of the Louisiana Legislature,
God oral DoTiobriund displayed a
finished courtesy. He said that he
was there simply to obey orders, and
not himself to judge of anything. He
hoped that his presence alone would
prove sufficient to enforce them. This
failing, beoause Speaker Wiltz would
yield to nothing but foroe, he brought
in a file of eoldiere, more for show
than to aot a rude part. He was bet?
ter than his superiors a great deal.
The eoene must have been affecting
when Thomas Vaughn, of Oaddo, a
?ilv?s-w??u?d. old man, was accosted
by General DdTrobriand and bi?
guards. Ho rose very atowly to his
feet, and said, iu moat solemn and
i?jpi'?c?i y? ?01 tun:
"A General of the United States
army has placed ,his. hand upon my
shoulder and commanded mo to leave
the floor of this House. As a member
of 'this' body, duly eleoted by the peo?
ple df Oaddo Parish, and as an Ameri
oao citizen believing that the rights of
American freemen are not yet all dead,
I desire to enter my solemn protest
agaihst this dutrage."
He was then marched out by his
captors, amid, the profound eilonoe or
the lato so noisy Assembly.
When Vigors was planted in his seat
by tho military, the end oame, and
Spoakor Wili7._ gating upon the eceue
in silent indignation, stepped slowly
down from bio desk in a moat im?
pressive manner, and. with a voice
broken with emotion, delivered the
following remarks:
"In the name of the people of the
United States, and in the name of my
bleeding State, and in the name of the
God of justice, I again outer my solemn
protest against this interference. Gen?
tlemen of the House of .Representa?
tives, your Legislature has been in?
vaded aud taken posaeBsiou of by the
military foroea of the United State*.
Under, these ciroumstauoes, I do not
oonsider it my duty to longer remain."
He then stepped down amid enthusi?
astic applause.
The Speaker's oonduot and language
in this emergenoy were such as to
commend him to the regard and ad?
miration of the whole country.
Plaonelt.1 Condition Of New Orlca.no.
The extraordinary opinion given by
Hon. J. H. Ogleaby, before the Con?
gressional Investigating Committee in
New Orleans, as U> the satisfactory
oondition of business and soundness ef
the finances of the city, is negatived on
all hands. He may think that he has
reasons for bis statements, but they
appear to be purely exceptional. Even
es-Govornor Hahn, who was eleoted
Speaker by the romp Radical Legisla?
tur? after the Conservatives were ex?
pelled, teetillea strongly to the con?
trary. In a speech made during the
short timo that ex-Mayor Wilts was
Speaker, he said: "Our business, our
0?mmeroe, are ull lauguishing. Our
plantations are sold out for tuxes. The
country is swarming with offioe-hold^rs
who ought to be swept away. All these
thiugi must be reformed." Even Kel?
logg, the propped-up Governor, in
his message, admits tho State uud
oity taxatioo to bo 39mills, fie
says that the debt of the oity, built up
during a aeiiea of years of mal-udini
nistration of oity aff<tira, aided by un?
wise legislative euaotments, is now so
great that the annual tax required to
keep, up the interest payments has be
ODme an almost insufferable burden
upon the property of a large class of
worthy, . law-abiding oitizens. The
expenses of ?'te oity for a considerable
period have annually exceeded its re?
venues, and the footing of its floating
and bonded debt has thus inoreased
year by year with accelerating ra?
pidity.
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Majoiuty and MiNonirr States.?A
communication in the Richmond Dis?
patch, the author of whioh is spoken
of by the editors as *'a venerable und
veteran statesman," makes the follow?
ing statement ef the present oondition
of the Union: "We are not permitted
to ignore the fuot that this Union, as
now oonstruoted, is composed of ma?
jority States by compact, and mino?
rity States by oonquest and subjuga?
tion." It is oertainly true that en?
tirely different treatment is meted out
to the ?Soiithorn States frem that pur?
sued towards those of the North. Prao
tioally there iu now no equality of
States under the Government. It
oanaot long exist with this inequality,
and the November elections indicate
that tup time is not distant when
equality will be re-establinh?^ and the
Son thorn States rescued Iron oppres?
sion and Injustice.
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There are now twenty-one "Demo
A recruiting office for the Uoited
Statea army baa been opened :n Fa
San'd new building, Main street. No
iatinction aw regards color ie made.
White men ate oonsigned to white
regiments und colored tueu to adored
regiments. ? Uiation-Herald.
How is tbib? No distinction made
as regards color, and yet tbo colored
man condemned to go into colored
regiments by himself? It is not accord?
ing to the improved edition - of tbe
Oivil BigbtB Bill wbicb requires pica
nionies to bit in school alongside tbe
fair-oomplexioned and light-haired
laddies and lass,es, aud allows Cuflce
and Sambo to mako themselves sha?
dows und oompanions of tbo white
gaeste of hotels ia both the dining and
Bleeping apartments, and further im?
peratively enjoins that white and black
thus united ia life bo not separated ia
death. They must lie together in
cemeteries ia alternating rows, sand?
wiched for eternity. Tell uh, then,
that the man and brother, God'a image
in ebony, most fight or run uway all
alone to himself? Tbe thing ia mon?
strous. No mixture in war, no socia?
bility in plunder 1 As Mrs. Malaprop
says, "it is tolerable and not to be en
dared." Where is "Niger Nigrorum?"
Let him come forward. Let Massa?
chusetts, which originated the slave
trade, bought aad sold slaves, and
when they were no longer profitable,
sold them away to tbo Soutb, but
which then repented and took up abo?
lition as a profession?lot the old Bay
State epeak in this crisis, through bcr
son of thander! What say you, imp
of darkness, to white men being con?
signed to white regiments and colored
men rathlessiy to colored regimeats?
Plough. Deep While Sluggards Sleep.
All observant farmers kuow that tbe
best way to encounter the periodical
droughts which frequently desolate
our agriculture is to looseu und deepeu
the soil. In a recent number of
Moore's Rural New Yorker a corres?
pondent lucidly explains tbe philoso?
phy of this fact. Compact earth, be
says, ia a better conductor of huat
than loose earth, which imprisons
about its particles a quantity of air
that, being a non-conductor, impedes
its rapid trausmission. It is for this
reason that sandy s>ils are warmer
than clay soils. While compact earth
is a very good conductor of heat, it is
a very imperfect absorbent of moisture
?two facta which render it both more
susceptible to suddeu atmospheric
changes than loose earth and less
capable of resisting droughts. Capil?
lary attraction bears a certain relation
to gravity that cohesion bears to mole?
cular repulsion. As cohesion unop?
posed by repulsion would solidify tbu
earth, so would capillary attraction
unopposed by gravity rob it of all its
moisture. On tbo other band, if
gravity were not modified by capillary
attraction, all aruble lunds near tbe
surface, would become so parched im?
mediately after rains as to reuder
vegetable growth impossible. IIuucu
that condition of tbu soil which is
most favorable to both gravity uud
Capillary attraction is that most fa?
vorable to tbe collection uud retention
of moisture. This view tbo writer
illustrated by an experiment which be
describes us follows:
'?Three live-inch flower pota wero
evenly filled?tbe first with ordinary
garden soil, pressed through u very
fiue sieve and made as dense us possi?
ble by the pressure of the bund; the
second with tbe same soil sprinkled in
without any pressure; the third with
olean, red sand. The three puts were
then placed in a pan of water, so that
tbey were nearly half immersed. In
thirty nine minutes tbo surface of tbo
first (compaot soil) was wet. The
second (louse soil) in seventeen mi?
nutes. Tbe lust (sand) was not wet ut
all; in three hours the moisture huit
reached but one inch above tbo water
level in the pnu.
?'We may henoa concludo, first, that
?uiiu is not valuable directly u? pro?
moting capillary attraction, and only
indirectly as, mixed with oluys or heavy
molds, it may be necessary to preserve
that porosity indispensable to its freo
action. Second, that the looser und
more friable a soil is maintained und
the deeper it is worked, tbu greater is
the quantity of water passing through
it?downward by gravity, upward by
capillary attraotion. That, third, a
thin covering of Baud?say half an
iuoh?should prove one of tbo best
protections against droughts, because
water pastes through it readily to the
ground beneath and IB arrested in its
return and held ap^n the surface of
the soil itself, since sand is not n capil?
lary conductor and is A non-conductor
Of heat." Uli. .1U
The sharp snap of winter experi?
enced last week failed to retard tbe
work on the Philadelphia oentecoial
buildings. The outer walla of tbo
Memorial Hail begin td loom up in
?udir gr??u prupurbiobs, and it is now
contemplated to posh forward tbe
work with great vigor during tbe
greater part of the winter.
Silver Spring, Fla., is one of the
wonders'of the world.
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Tun New York Post on Shbbidan
and Conobbss.?Tbe Evening Post
says: The people are inclined to indul
gout treatment of Lioutenaut-Geuoral
Sheridan, who cornea to the front as
the latest leader of the Republican
party, bearing the pronunoiamento of
this freshest development of the
"peace, policy" on the point of his
sword. He has never preteuded to be
anything but a soldier, and a rough
one at that. When there are no great
campaigns to be made, his fauoy natu?
rally turns to Indian warfare, aud it is
therofore not surprising that, finding
himself under orders iu Louisiana, he
believes that be is there to light
Piegans or Moduo*. It is true that if
be had added to tbo military virtue
somothing of tho broader culture
which h <s heretofore muds great cap?
tains eminent iu civil life, without
dimming their military renown, he
would never have proposed that in u
purely political struggle, citizeu* of a
tree State, uitizeus representing a ma?
jority of the people of that State,
should he outlawed as "banditti" ana
brought to tbe summary judgment uf
the drumhead, with euort shrift uud a
volley of musketry.
Iu tbe whole record of political
crimes und political blunders commit?
ted by the Republicau party there is
nothing which surpasses in blnudering
criminality yesterday's proceedings of
the Senate and House of Representa?
tives. In the Senate, a resolution was
offered, calling upon the President for
information. Instead of allowing it to
pass, tho Republican Senators op
potied it on a wretched quibble, but
opposed it in such a way that they
forced themselves and tbe Republican
party iuto tho position of defending
the Lonisiaoa wrong, defeudiug tbe
uotiou of tbe President aud of tbe
Lieutunuot-Guuerul, und adopting the
drum-head banditti policy. Of course
there will be scarcely a dissenting
voice iu tbe popular verdict rendered
upon the situation thus apparent to the
country.
After yesterday's proceeding it seems
vain In hope tor auy good thing from
tbe Forty-third Congress, except its
final adjournment, lint that adjourn?
ment brings up a very serious ques?
tion. We have heretofore urged an
early meeting of the Forty-fourth
Congress, on tbo ground uf the neces?
sity of action upou tiuaueial questious
and other matters affecting the busi?
ness interests of tbe country. The
graver inquiry now presents itt>elf
whether it is prudent to leave tbe
Federal Government during the inter?
val from March to December iu the
hands of its Executive branch ? whe?
ther the liberties of the country are
safe in tbe abseuoe of Cougress so
long an important politioal coucerns
aro turned over to a military officer
who disposes of them us if he were
fighting Piogans. It is hardly too
much to say that the Republicau party
will find it impossible to rally from tbe
effects of this staggering blow received
iu tbe house of its friends.
The Responsibility of a Judue.?
Mr. Edward Lauge, convictod in the
United States Circuit Court of New
York of an uulawful use of mail bags,
was erroneously senteuced by Judge
Benedict, of that court, to line aud
imprisonment. The first part of Mr.
L-lDgc's sentence having been ful?
filled, the Uuited Stutes Supreme
Court decided that tbe second part?
imprisonmunt?was enforced without
authority of law, uud tbe prisoner was
discharged. Thereupon bo brought
euit for fal.-e imprisonment. A de?
murrer was set up by tbo defendant,
on the ground that a Judgu was not
liable in a civil action fur damages,
notwithstanding tbe commission of uu
error. Judge Vau Bruut, of tbe Su?
preme Court, bis over-ruled this de?
murrer, deciding that u judge of u
court of geuerul jurisdiction makes
himself liablo to uu action when he at?
tempts to enforce a judgment which
ho knows to have boon satisfied. Tin:
ultimate decision of this .case will be
looked for with interest.
The detectives have entered tbe
liuld of statistics in the Churiie Ross
case. More thau $20,000 huvo been
expended, they say; com mission en
have searched from ocean to oceuc
uud ucrohs; 7uU,UUU circulars have
been issued; printing and photograph?
ing have cost $S,00U; u corps of clerks
have been employed in tho correspond?
ence about tbo boy; 200 bands of
gypsies have been seurched; one stray
boy bus beeu found and taken home
to bis mourniug parents; 000 Charlie
Rosses have been reported, and at
least 500,000 persons, at one time or
auolber, huvo been on the search.
The result is nothiug yet, and the de
tootives believe ho is dead, or else in
the oliurgo of some recluse who has
never heard of the case.
Partition of Vilotnia.?In tho de?
cision uf the Supreme Court of Vir?
ginia, iu tbe cuse of Higgunbotbam's
executrx vs. tbe Commonweulth of
Virginia, iu which the court declared
that both Virginias were liublu for the
debt of tho old commonwealth, Chief
Justice Moucure took occasion to ex?
press the opinion "that the partition
of Virgiuiu was accomplished by uota
of injustice aud spoliation not exceed?
ed in atrocity by the partition of Po?
land." It is not north while now to
indulge in harsh remarks upon the
subject, though the decision of the
oourt iu regard to the obligation of
the debt seems abstractly sound in
principle.
Secretary Bristow, of the Treasury,
is said to have several relations Iu
Kentucky who earn their own living.
A contemporary saya that snoh ue
gleot of hie own family disqualifies
him for th* Presidency.
An Outline of the Conspiracy ?Io
Louisiana the case in bad enough as it
is, bot suppose that out of these events
?hould come a collision of the people
with tbe troops. What then? It
would be a collision tbat would arise
from popular fury, for the citizens
are, it is clear, resolutely rosolved
against tbe resort to violeuce. It
would be an outburst of popular pas?
sion overriding tbe restraints of better
judgment. Therefore, it would not be
resist a uce of tbe sort that mid den ly
arose in September It would not
surrender at any formal show of au
thority or in any spirit of discretion.
It would light. Somebody would b?*
hurt. Naturally, the people who wou'd
bo most hurt would be tbe einull force
of United States troops on tbo spot,
compelled to face u whole population
of resolute and desperate spirits. The
troops would be driven out and ihe
people would bold the city. Grant
would, thereupon, "lake command iu
person." ile would couceutrutu all
the available force of the Government
und endeavor to take the city; but he
would probably fail, for iu sup?
port of the people of New Or?
leans would immediately rally, to
light their battles over again, the
whole of the population of Missis?
sippi, Alabama, Georgia, Texas aud
AikauHis, uud the men who ouch
marubed under tbe Confederate co?
lors. We would be iu tbe presence of
a new rebe.lliou, fomented by the Ex?
ecutive; uud the Presideut would call
on Congress for troops und mouey.
Would Congress vote them? There
oau be no doubt of it. It must be re?
membered that this Congress still rep?
resents tbe principles und the party
that the country has repudiated at the
polls, and in tbe chance of u new con?
flict aud a revived rebellion it would
see tbe hope of a renewed Imld on tbe
nation. It would toto tbe President
tbe 100,UUO men be wants, and if
within a year from this time Graut bus
uuuimaua of I.0U.0U0 men, tbe next
election for the Presidency will he held
at the Greek kalends, or whenever else
bis Excellency may please. By ull
means, then, let. there be no conflict,
for that is the thing that is motu de?
sired by tbe military satrapy of the
White House, which bus Graut iu its
bauds. ? New York Herald.
A Good Story from Chaki.ottk.?a
correspondent of the Alexaudna (Vu.)
Sentinel, writing from ou the train,
tells this story, which is good enough
to laugh over:
"I thought Alexandria bad bad boys,
but Charlotte is ahead. Wbut set of
Alexandria boys would have thought
of such a trick as the following? An
old farmer, who was overcome by the
heat?of corn whiskey?sut ou a door
step to rest. His but fell off. which
revealed a fine, intelligent-looking
head, which was bald from the fore?
head to tbe nape of his neck. The
boys, observing it, procured a false
noso made of pasteboard. Tbe old
fellow was snoozing with bis head in
his hands on bis knees. They then
got a marking pot aud brush, madu a
mouth and eyes, uud put the nose on.
Yon can imagine the Right. The hair
on each .side of the back of bis heud
made good whiskers, and a small patch
of hair on tbe onpe uk his neck formed
a nice goatee. Wbeu be was awakened
for some time be did not kuow whut
the joke was, but when be fonud it out
it was easy enough to tell which was
tbe real mouth, from the luuguage
thut poured from it."
a Hioii-Priced Biography. ? Mr.
Joseph Jefferson, tbe BOtor, has writ-,
teu a letter to his counsel iu New
York, saying thut he has received from
a collecting firm iu that city a notice
that he is indebted to the Geuealogical
Publishing Society of New York iu
$2,887.9(3 He remembers that over
two years ago be was requested to cull
at the society's rooms ou "important
business." He went, and was told
that they wished to print the story of
bis life. They asked only that he
.should give mein the facts. Ho re?
ferred them to Col. T. Alston Brown,
Liiu dramatic agent, who, he said, bad
printed bis biography, and then bade
them adieu. He denies that bo entered
into a coutract with the society to pay
them any sum of money to publish his
biography, and was astuuisbed wbeu
be received the notice above men?
tioned from tbe collecting firm.
The Event of the New Year ?The
holidays are ended, aud the serious
work of the New Year begins. The
first important oveut before us is the
last drawing of tho Library Gift Con?
certs, which takes place iu Louisville,
Ky., February 27th. This drawing
will as certainly take place on thut
date as tbo day arrives, and to guaran?
tee this, Governor Bramlctte offers to
return their mouey to ticket holders if
the drawinsr is not had at tho time up
pointed. What more could be asked?
All that is needed is to buy your tick?
ets in lime, and you may count on hav?
ing your priz-js on tbe 27th day of
next February.
Mr. Sam. Clifton, formerly of Chea?
ter, but now attorney at law, Sherman,
Texas, gave bin friends hero a pluuuaut
surprise by suddenly appearing in
thoir midst on Christmas. He is in
fine health aud spirits, and loud in his
graises of Texas, wbioh be thinks is
ound to become the State of the
: South. As an example of tbe rapidity
with which tho State is filling ap, he
says that daring the past three months
182,000 emigrants, from the various
?orithern States, inre pacscd ihrsngh
I Waco.?Chester Reporter.
Died, at her home in Gheeter
County, Deoember 3,1874. Mrs. Sarah
A. Wilkes, wife of Major J. W.
Wilkes.
City Matters.?Subscribe for the
Phoxnix?don't borrow.
"New Sensations."
On Tuesday night, the Legislature
will convene again.
Largest selection of imported cigars
at the Columbia Hotel Cigar Store.
Court for Ricbland County con
veues ou tbe first Monday iu February.
"New Sensations."
All goods marked down five per
cent, at Hardy Solomon's.
Tbe wall to the cellar of tbe new
City Hall is being repaired.
"New Sensations."
Five tierces Davis' diamond hama,
of this season's cure, just received at
H trdy Solomon's.
The Governor has appointed M. T.
Dooley, of Charleston, a Notary Pub?
lic.
Palmetto fine cut tobacco is tbe bust
in the city, and cm be procured only
at the Iudiau Squaw Cigar Store.
"Now Sensations."
Tbe grand masquerade ball of the
Germuu Schuetzen-Verein will be given
on Wednesday, the 2Utb inst.
The Adelaide Phillipps operatic en?
tertainment will be givju under the
auspices of the Columbia Choral
Union.
Five hundred barrels of "Solomon's
Faucy" tiour, just received. Now is
the time to buy, as flour is cheaper
than in teu years, at Hardy Solomon's.
"New Sensations."
Best imported Purtugas, eight for
one dollar, at Columbia Hotel Cig?r
Store.
Teachers iu tbe public schools of
this County can receive their salaries
for November, 1871, by calling at the
County Treasurer's office.
"New Seusutions."
Two thousand pounds fresh moun?
tain butter, just received aud for sale
cheap at Hardy Solomon's. Send early
if you want to secure a bargain.
KeroKeno und various kinds of oil
are advertised as cheap; but gas at 35
is tbe cheapest and most convenient
illumiuator. Tbe Columbia Gas Light
Company have reduced their price to
this figure.
"New Sensations."
The Poor Cows ?As we wend our
way through the streets late at night,
or rutber early in the morning, our
heart is toncbed at the pitiable condi?
tion of many ouws, which hare been
turned out, shelterless against wind,
ruin aud cold, by their inconsiderate
owners. During the day these wretched
auimals pilfer what they can from
trading wagons, and, in hungry des?
peration, devour many things which a
well-bred hog would reject. At night,
they have to lie upon the damp aud
chilly ground, or cower against walls
aud fences iu utter misery. Can cows
treated iu this fashion, und forced to
..neb unwholesome quarters, be
healthy? We do not believe it. If a
cow is worth anything at all, she de?
serves to be well treated and pro?
tected.
New Sensation Focnd Oct.?Some
lucky ones have found out this secret,
and tbe way they are taking advantage
of the discovery is fluttering to the girl
of this period.
Oi'Kit.v. ? Mita Adelaide Phillipps,
who is announced to appear in the
"Barbar of Seville," at the City Opera
House, on Wednesday night, tbe 13th
mutant, is tbtiH spokeu of by tbe New
Orleans Picayune:
Wo believe that the pronouueed
judgment of the New Orleans musical
public will bo found us conclusive as
tbe fiat of a Parisian audience, onoe
considered so necessary to stamp a
musical reputation. It is, we think,
no smull addition to Miss Adelaide
Phillipps' former triumphs that her
appearance before a New Orleaus au?
dience has been greeted with such una?
nimous approbation; approbation as
enthusiastic on the part of the hearers
as it is merited by the artiste. Of Miss
Phillipps' artistic attainments thero is
no question. Her style, us varied as it
is exquisite and profound, showed that
she has studied in tbe best schools.
The effect of her performance bus tho?
roughly disabused people of the idea
that it is not necessary to come from a
particular spot to exhibit the qualities
of a great artiste. Genius is in no ago
or country; it belongs to them all.
Adelaido Phillipps, as an American,
has made Americans proud of the pro
I gross of urt in this country. Her voioe,
j a pare contralto of unusual compass,
has been cultivated to very perfection,
and while it possesses all the brillianoy
and polish of art, it yet retains the
freshness and purity of nature. Though
vigorons, strong end majestio, it is ca?
pable of the most facile execution.
Houludes, thrills, profuse ornamenta?
tion are perfectly at her command; at
the some time ehe never sacrifices to
brillianoy of exeoution the simplicity
??~l;.,?.j ?I. _?n?_i t?3 a.
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attain, apd so charming when attained.
Coupled with all this is associated a
musical temperament and matured
judgment, which gives her the power
of interpreting, us it wero, tho inner*
most thoughts of the corapoosr,
New Senhation.? A girl U the cause
of it. Money was the object. Inquire
the reault. r
The Late Fibe in Obanoeboeq.?
Any who may be disposed to respond
to tbe appeal of "W. M.," in yester?
day's Phoenix, oun send ibeir coutribu
tic us in clotbiug, or food, or money,
to James F. Izlur, Esq., chairman of
the Rdiof Committee, Orangebarg, or
leuve tbem at the store of It. D. Setn
& Sou, Columbia.
The Masquerade.?The grand
masquerade ball, to be given under
tbe auspices ot tbe Sobaetzen Verein,
of this city, will be postponed till the
20th lust., iu cousequeuce, partly, of
so mauy amuaemeuts und entertain?
ments advertised for the public dar?
ing tbe eveuingo of nest week, us welj
as to give ample time for many who
are makiug eluborate preparations for
suitable costumes, which cannot be
completed in a few days. The num?
ber of tickets already sold indicate a
large attendance, and as it is probable
that tbe affair will be an extensive and
very brilliant one, the Schuetzen
Halle, although a large aud pleasant
one, will scarcely be sufficiently com?
modious, aud doubtleoH tbe anterpriu
iug committee of management will se?
cure a larger one. Of all which, bow
ever, the public will have dae notice.
List of New Advebtisements.
Jobu Aguew?Sale of Real Estate.
Sensation.
Hotel Aebiyals. Jandaby 8.?Ben
drix Bouse?W M Reid, Charleston; O
Turner, Augusta; J W Carr, Balti?
more; A P Cbampey, SC; JL Shuler,
Lexington; W T Odborn, Cairo, III; G
D.xon, N Y; H A Gibson, Fairfield; C
C Montgomery, Riabland.
Mansion Bouse?J B Henry, Green?
ville; J C Boozer, Summit; W B
Whites, Prosperity; D J Griffith,
C Fields, Summit.
United States Dibteict Coubt,
Charleston, January 7.?Judge
Bryan presiding. The Judge charged
tbe Grand Jury, expounding tbe law
aud explaining their duties, after
which they retired and brought in the
following bills: United States vs.
Riebard Murphy, for advising persons
to vote illegally, no bill; United States
vs. Edward Labiteuu, for voting more
I than once, true bill; United States vs.
Thus. Fields, for stealing United
I States property, trae bill; TJoitod
States vs. Lewis Kline, James Moir
and John T. Anuram, for illegal vot?
ing, true bills; Robt. S. Joeey, deal?
ing in manufactured tobacco without
paying the special tax, no bill. In the
petitioo of LeRoy Wilson, assignee, in
the matter of George Wilson, bank?
rupt, to call iu lien creditors, it was
ordered that tbe assignee give dae
notice to all creditors to prove liens
before Registrar Carpenter, on or be?
fore February the 1st.
Iu bis old age, Garibaldi is falling
into poverty, und the island borne on
Caprera is b-coming desolate. The
proud uud venerable patriot is finding
friends in his necessities, and might
never have come to such straits if his
troubles bad been previously known.
Money bus been seut him by some of
bis ad mirers in America, aud hia wants
are now attracting atteuliou iu bis na?
tive land.
One Mobe Victim ?On Tuesday
last, while tbe down freight train was
at Cash's Depot, iu Darlington, eti
guged in Shilling some cars, one of the
tram bands wus standing behind a car
waiting to couple an advancing one
with it; tbo car was driren with such
force that tbe man received mortal in?
jury when they came together. He
was taken up at once and carried to
Cheraw ou a car by the engine, but
died before reaching there. ?
Lovers will be sorry that the tomb
of Heloise and Abelard, in Pere La
Chaise Cemetery, France, which is tbe
object of mauy a pilgrimage without
caudle or bauner, threatens to become
a ruin, and the municipal councilors,
who must be all old baohelors or sepa?
rated from their wives, decline so far
to vote a sou to repairing the little
mausoleum.
On Friday nigbjj:, January 1st., one
or more persons entered tbo P08lv j
office at Darlington, through a bacjft
window, and took away quite a nnnsjff
ber of letters. Nothing else wjy
missed from the office. TP* ehtransE
was eifeoted by breaking Y^ptarje of
glass und drawing the fastening over
the sash, so that it could be raised.
Whoever broke the glass oat his band,
as blood was found on tbe sash.
The manufactures of Richmond,
Va., for 1874 amounted to $17,746,
720, an increase over 1873 of $2,865,
584, which is largely due to the high
price manufactured tobacco is bring?
ing. The internal revenue collections
in the district were $3,801,761.66, an
inorease over 1873 of $638,765.77.
A oolored "bandit," named Joshua
Fr?ser, went to the bouse of Benny
Cooper, colored, who lives in Kershaw
County, and shot him through the
window while he was sitting down
near bis hearth. Cooper died from the
effects ot the wound, and Fraser has
been arrested.
Two uieu !? Ba?gur, Maine, have
orgaoised an extensive business in tbe
manufacture of boot hoe la from scraps
of leather purchased at the shoe fac?
tories. . About 25,000 pairs of heels
are made annually, for which four
cents a pair are obtained.1