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OLYMPIA. 8. C.
Sunday learning. January 17,1874.
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Under the heeding, "Belm for the
Louuiane wound," the Mew York
Evening Post, of the 134h instant,
forme the public thee the President
end Cabinet have been engaged for a
week in examining the lie! of joornala
in j which "Government advertise?
ments* have heretofore been pub
liehed, and expurgating it of all whioh
have denounced the Federal military
usurpation in New Orleans. Arno ug?t
others, the Evening Pott has been put
into the "disloyal" category. On a pre
viooo oesasioa, during the last session
ol Congress, the Department of ihn
Interior gave notice to the Pott that
' its advertising would be stopped in it,
on account of '.the'' denunciation of
Jayneand Saobora and Biohardaon
and Sawyer, and the abuses of the
"moiety system." Nothing could bet
ter show the /trmkil pettifogging spirit
and praovioe of the administration,
than this transfer of advertising from
journals of ability, which express what
the/ think, aud think boldly i\ud justly
of it, to those whioh speak with *'bated
breath and whispering humbleness" of
its misdeeds. The venerable and illus?
trious William Gullen Bryant, at the
head of AmHrioan poets and soholars,
and impregnable in honor, honesty and
patriotism, pats the whole Cabinet to
shame in the following manly words:
President Grant and bis Cabinet,
oolleotlvely and , individually, will
pleas* to take notice that, in a phrase
employed in a similar instanoe many
years ago, "wo hare our goods to sell,
but not our opinions." Our advertis?
ing columns are open to the public,
witbdoj distinct ion of need or party?
Secretaries' Delano and Briatow in?
cluded. If, in the judgment of either
of the Secretaries, or of their master,
it is expedient for party purpose*, to
spend the- public moneys appropriated
for advertising hpoo ' n?tortt* poliUoal
journals, withoOt reference to the na?
ture of the |K)verMeemente, or the
ciastes of business men to whom thej
are addressed, or the relative circula?
tion of different newspapers among
thoee elasMse' that is a nWisr for
whieh tjhey are responsible under their
honor,'an gentlemen, to their own con
eoienaes, and, under their oaths of of?
fice, to their-constituents. We seek
no patronage, at the prioe whioh the
President and b!e Cabinet pnt upon
theirs. The, 'Evenkng Post-founded
seventy-four years 'ago, and steadily
growing ?vec sinoe in mreoletion,
wealth, influence, pnblio confidence
and reapeot? will flourish yea re after
Secretary Delano is forgotten alto?
gether, and a generous posterity seeks
to merge the selflsb errors of President
Graut's oivil administration in the
brilliant lustre of Gen. Grant's mili?
tary tame; ' /
Oaaf/itpataavi c m*a? \>r com.
awaretal Kaiaarprl**.
The Suea Canal has separated the
continent* of Asia and Africa. If the
similar project whioh is proposed, to
open communication between the Pa?
cific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, by
the isthmus uensd, bo ?arcied wui, it
will in the aame manner divide the
North and South American continents.
Two other echeme*. not of the name
national importance, bat likely to ef?
fect the greet centre* of commerce, ere
'ikewise projected.. One U the Mary?
land and Delaware Ship Canal, to con?
nect, by a out seventeen miles long,
the waters of the Chesapeake and Dela?
ware Bays by way of the Sassafras
Riser. It is amid that the ?mim is
pointed oat by nature, for the waters,
flowing to the Chesapeake on one side
and to Delaware Bay on the other,
rise at nearly the same point. A gentle
and slight elevation forme the divide.
The large peninsula, 150 miles long
from North to South, aud over sixty
five miles wide at the widest part, com?
prising more.than three-fourths of the
State of Delsware, nearly all that por?
tion of Maryland on the Eastern Shore,
and the Coontie* of Northampton and
Aeoomao, in Virginia, will thus be
msde an island. A earing in the dis?
tance to be navigated from Baltimore
lo New York and Europe, le 225 miles.
The other canal project i* that of Cape
Cod, which will oat off the peninsula
of Bern stable from; the main-land of!
Massachusetts, and save over 100 miles
of dangerous navigation by the outside
">nto,. and of more than asxty miles by
tweae the BetAevav netto end those of
the North, and South. Exhaustive re
port* of those projsots, as we learn
from, the Mtir/Totk fferald^ soon
be laid before the America* Oeo-j
graphical Boeiety. They si*j}kely to
change tbc fsawree of geogmahy to
somsa**M; US, tiMrveJcotffte ae well
ae flueuptst point of vtww, are Interest
ieg and important,
?ol eotton were shipped
from Anderson Court House between
the doses of September 1, 1874, to De
oember 81.
. Tan Folly or It.?A oomtpond
out, who II a oottCn-ptsnt* ar* k*>we,
whereof ate speaks, ib #letter 'sa^na*'
thus speaks of toe absurdity of th?>i
olasive cultivation of cotton: V'Mcjbey
matters ore tighter- than t bare erer
experienced. The Sooth is ruining
iiseif making large cotton crop*, We
?re like a eitj on fire, shining by
that which destroys it. The pesoh
growera of Delaware oast their snrplna
peaehea into the irrer, instead of send?
ing them to market, and in the Bast
Indies, the gatherers of spices burn
their surplus, and thus prices are
maintained. But we, lees wise, raise
large cotton orops, break down the
price, and plaoe ourselves at the mercy
of unscrupulous speculators and manu?
facturers." _
lUimoAP Construction iff 1874.?
The detailed statement of the Railroad
Gatette, showing the length of railroad
constructed in the United States dur?
ing the past year, indiostoa the extent
of the reaction in railroad bnilding
consequent upon the panic. Doriug
the seven yeare beginning with 1867
and ending with 1878, 84,857 miles of
road wero constructed in the United
States, averaging 4,908 miles a year;
the number of miles built in 1871 waa
7,222, and in 1872. 7.840. Railroad
speculation resohed its olimax in the
latter year, and the difficulty of pro?
curing snbaoriptione reeulted in a con?
traction of operations, and the result
was the construction of ouly 8,888
miles in 1873. The year just closed
shows a oontinned falling off in con?
struction, the number of miles in 1874
being only 1.923 The construction
of the late year is olasaified in the fol?
lowing sectional gronp of States: New
Bogland, 130 milee; Middle States,
364; South Atlantic States, including
Florida, 169; Qulf States, West ol
Florids, 120; Arkansas, Tennessee,
Kentucky and West Virginia, 49;
Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. 897; Illi?
nois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, 467;
Colorado, Utah, Dakota and Nevada,
106; Pacific ooaat, 121. The Gazette
atates that of the roads built last year,
an unusually large proportion are al?
most purely of leoal interest, and seve
ral are almost private roads?intended
to serve somo mine or furnace, or some
little group of mines.
The New York Tribune says: "Qov.
Chamberlain, of Sooth Carolina, de?
serves all praise for his manly effort la
redeem his State from misrule and to
save it from a continuance of the
official robbery which threatened to
reduce it to absolute ban kr up toy. Hie
special message to the Iiegislaturo, an
abstract of which we print this morn?
ing, is coached in language unmistak?
ably sincere, and the boldness) of
which can be appreciated only by
those who know the rapacity and
audacity of the villains in his own
party with whom, as office-holders, he
has to deal. It is gratifying to learn
that the Governor has the hearty co?
operation of honest men of both par?
ties in South Carolina; certainly he
has the best wishes of good man every?
where."_ . ...
Aotino on this ?cjuakk.?We un?
derstand that a gentleman now resid?
ing in New York, an old ante-bellum
citizen of Wilmington, but who short?
ly after tho war failed in the business
he waa engaged in, in both New York |
and Wilmington, gave a dinner on i
New Year'a eve. in the former city, to
his creditors. It waa a very pleasant
occasion, and there was a full attend?
ance, as the gentleman is hold in high
estimation. At the sapper-table, each
gneat fonnd under his plate4 check
covering the foil amount of his claim
against the host, together with interest
ia loll to date, the whole amounting
to more than $26,000. It ia needless
to aay that tbia fact was highly appre?
ciated, and that the upright host was
toasted more than once during the'
happy occasion.
I Wilmington (N. C.) Journal.
There is a kind of genial affability
about one Indiana lady wbioh mast
make her very delightful to the society
of her native hamlet She is declared
by a newspaper of her fortunate State
to be a belle and "member of the best
society," and in this character lately
pot herself op to be rafiled for at flf
teen cents a chance. Bvery youth in
the village hastened to secure the
beautiful prize. Amid the excitement
of the populace and under the glances
of the young lady several yoong men
failed. At length a olever, hard-work?
ing youth sprang forward, and won at
the first toss of the dice. Next, the
wedding. There are probably few
women who woold adopt a course so
fall of fairness and justice.
Ia the United States Senate, on
Tuesday, Mr. Patterson presented the
petition of Louis J. Burbot, civil en?
gineer, William Hume, G. W. Amory,
Street brothers, Rutiedge A Young.
Pelaer, Rodgera A Co., and others, of
Sooth Carolina, asking the passage of
the bill for the construction of a trans?
port ation route from some point on
the Union Pacific Railroad to London,
England, which was referred to the
Committee on Railroads. A similar
petition waa presented iu the House,
by Mr. Racaier, and referred to the
r?,,?.,-,;;;?~. -r. p-;'?---_? _
Congressman Renaler haa nominated
for a osdwtahip al Watt Point, Mr. W.
W. Childs, son ol CoL Childs, of the
steamship Champion. Col. guilds, it
Will be remembered, la an old West
Pointer, and served Irl the Confederate
army during tho war.
Love ?ad Labor.
WeTtjri-#iU;foroatde?d?rM?JB V"
To cJowo with honor, or mar with stain;
fXhrlkgtf endfces Ssqaenoe of yeera to ootnt
jOurfclYeB shall ape**, when our Up* are
f wumfcs
What though we pariah, unkno wn to fame,
Our tomb forgotten, end lost OUT name,
Since naught is wasted in haaren or earth,
And nothing dies to whioh God gives birth.
Though life be joyless, and death be' cold,
And pleasures pall as the world grows old;
Yet God has granted our heart's relief,
For Love and Labor oan conquer grief.
Lore sheds a light on the gloomy way,
And labor hurriea the weary day;
Though death be fearful, and life be hard,
Yet Love and Labor ahall win reward.
If Lore oan dry up a aingle tear.
If life-long labor avail to dear
A eingle web from before the true.
Then Love and Labor have won their due.
What though we mourn, we oan comfort
pain;
What if we die, so the truth be plain;
A little spark from a high det-ire
Shall kindle others, anu grew a ?re.
We are not worthy to work the whole;
We have no strength which may save tho
soul;
Enough for us if onr life begin
Successful etruggle with grief and sin.
Labor is mortal and fades away,
But l.ove shall triumph ia perfect day;
Labor may wither beneath tho aod.
But Love dves ever, for love is God.
TI1K static MCU1?LATUK1C.
8atohday, January 10, 1875.
SENATE.
Claims of Snmter Watchman and
Marlboro 7??t0t, for publication of
Executive proclamations, were pre?
sented.
Mr. Myers introduced bill to prevent
cotton factors from taking unfair ad?
vantage of persons wboee uotton they
campt??; joint resolution authorizing
County Commissioners of Colletou to
levy a special tnx to pay past due in?
debtedness.
Mr. Walker?Bill to appropriate
emu-half the revenue derived from the
Phosphate River Mining Compauy to
eobool purposes.
Mr. Evans?Joint resolution to au?
thorize County Commissioners of
Chester to l?vy aod collect a speoial
tax to pay past indebtedness
Mr. Johnston?Joint resolution to
allow Mrs. Martha C. Wright, of Sutn
ter County, to redeem certaiu forfeited
land.
Mr. White?Bill to authorize levy of
apeoial tax in York County, to retire
bonds issued in aid of Chester and Le
noir Railroad.
r Mr. Corwiu?Bill to authorize Town
Ceuuoil of Mt. Pleasant to levy ami
collect a special tax.
Mr. Dunoau? Bill to alter uud amend
an Aot entitled "An Aot to renew tbe
charter of tbe Sand Bar Ferry, across
tbe Savannah River."
Mr. Warley?Bill to alter and amend
Section 148, of Chapter CXXII, of Title
V, Part III, of General Statutes, relat?
ing to Code of Procedure.
Mr. Nash?Bill to incorporate Sooth
Carolina Mutual Insurance and Trust
Company, of Columbia.
Mr. White introduced a resolution,
whioh was agreed to: Whereas, at
regular aeasion of General Assembly,
1873-74, the sum of 825,000 was ap?
propriated for the publication of Acts
passed at special and regular sessions,
with a proviso that no contract be
made with any papers other than those
designated as official papers of the
State; that tbe State Treasurer be re?
quired to furnish the Senate informa?
tion aa to amounts and to whom pay?
ments were made on said appropria?
tion.
Mr. Daun introduced a resolution,
whioh was ordered for consideration
on Monday, that tbe Legislature ad?
journ sine die on 12th February.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Reports of committees were read
aod general orders disouesed.
Aots to regulate tbe appointment aod
salary of Trial J nations in and for
County of Barnwell; aud to provide
for tbe settlement of the debt of Barn
well County, were signed by tbo Go?
vernor.
?pcelal Meeting City council.
Council Chambkb,
Columbia, 8. C, Jan. 15, 1875.
Council met at 6 o'clock P. M. Pre?
sent?His Honor the Mayor, John
Alexander; Aldermen Cooper, Pogb,
Swygert, Wells, Davis, Simons, Pur?
vis, Oarr, Thomas, Carroll, Brown
and Griffin.
Alderman Thomas moved to suspend
the rules. Adopted.
Alderman Thomas moved to vote by
wards. Adopted.
Tbe Aldermen from Ward 1 recom?
mended H. Davis, F. Robiosou, Si?
mon Williams aud J. E. Miles for pa?
trolmen.
On motion, the recommeudation
was adopted.
The Aldermen from Wsrd 2 recom?
mended M. Lomax, R. Bright, C.
White and H. Goodwin for pairoimeu.
On motion, adopted.
The Aldermen from Ward 3 recom?
mended J. Gibson, Q Counell, G.
Avery and John Glaze lor patrolmen.
Adopted.
The Aldermen from Ward 4 recom?
mended W. Robertson, T. Carter, W.
Stowers aod O. Golden for patrolmen.
Recommendation adopted.
Council then went into an eleolion
by ballot for two sergeants of police,
which resulted in tbe retention of tbe
present inonmbents?J. A. Blizzmi
and Emaouel Williams.
The election of Superintendent of
Water Works was in favor of 8. W.
Hook, present inonmbent.
On motion, it was resolved to reduce
tbe number of street employeea to
twelve men.
Co EB??ofi, C???oil Mujosrssd.
RICHARD JONES. City Clerk.
Killid.?Mr. Dur ant Gary, son of
Mr. Jonathan Gary, who resides on
the Lsorena Road, was oaogbt in a
cotton press, ou Tuesday evening last,
and so injured that he died in twenty
minutes.
The Atwsiut and the Flower.?
Wbio ivepoleon Boaapar* wee-Em
peror of France, he pot a Man by the
name of Gharney Into prison. He
tboaght Gharney wee an enemy of hia
Government, and for pat reason de?
prived him of Iiis liberty. Gharney
wee a learned and profound mac, and
ae be walked to und fro in the email
yard into whioh bis orison opened, he
looked op to the heavens, the work of
God's fingers, and to the moon and
stars whioh be ordained.and exclaimed,
"All thinga come by ohanoel" One
day, while pacing bin yard, he saw a
tiny plant, just breaking the ground
near the wall. The eight of it oaused
a pleasant diversiuu to his thoughts.
No other green tbiug wus withiu his
enclosure. He watobed its growth
everyday. "How came it here?" was
bis natural inquiry. As it grew, other
queries were suggested. "How came
these del'oate little veins in its leaves?
What made its proportions so perfect
iu every part, each uew branch taking
its exaot plaoti uu the parent stock,
neither too near ooe another nor too
much on one side?"
In his loneliness, the plant becume
tbe prisoner's teaoher, and his valued
friend. When the flower began to un?
fold, he was filled with delight. It
was white, purple and rose-colored,
with a Hue, silvery friugo. Charuey
made a frume to support it, aud aid
what his circumstances allowed to
shelter it from pelting raius aud vio?
lent wind?.
"All things come by cbunoe," bad
been written by him npou tbe wall just
above where the flower grew. Its
gentle reproof an it whispered, "There
is Ooe who made me so wonderfully
beautiful, and He it is who keeps me
alive," shamed the prouo man's unbe?
lief. H < brushed the lying words from
tbe wuil, while bis heart felt that "lie
who made all thiugs is God."
But God hud a further blessing for
the erring muu through the bumble
flower. There wus an Italiau prisoner
iu tbe Haine yard, whose little daughter
was permitted to visit him. The girl
was mach pleased with Charuey's love'
for his flower. She related wuut she
taw to the wife ol the jailer. The stury
of the poor prisoner and his flower
pa-tHed from out: to auother, until it
reached the ears of tbe amiable Em?
press Josepuiue. Tbe Empress said,
**Tbe muu who so devoutly loves and j
tends u flower oauuut be a bud man;"
so ehe pr-rHU-aded the Emperur to set
biiu at liberty.
Cbaruey carried his flower home,
and carefully tended it iu bis own
green house. It had taught him to be?
lieve iu a God, aud bad delivered him
from prison.
A farmer's team name along, with a
hay-rack, aud Samuel took u seat on
tbe "binder." He rode a tdiort dis?
tance, aud then let go aud stepped
into tbe coils of a rope drugging be?
hind, and, before ho knew what was
up, he was dragging along throogb
the slosh. He gave an awful yell as
be realized hie situation, but the
farmer lost his hearing years ago, aud
sat on bis seat as atifl ax the Cardiff
giant, while tbu horses ambled along
at an even pace. "Whoop! Heyl
Say, yool Ob, murder!" yelled .Sa?
muel, as the slush ran np bis panta?
loons and his baok was ruked on the
knobby street, but tbo ^farmer was
thinking of borne, sweet home, and be
didn't reply. "Yon, tberel Whoopl
Hil Hol Gras bus and blazes!" roared
Samuel, as he slid on bis buck aud Hide
and felt his coat goiug over bis head.
The farmer drove up Fourth to La
hroHMH. and then went West, und there
wasn't a hub or a pond of water tUat
Samuel Blaioo didn't find. Some
timos he wus on bis baok, aod then he'd
glide for awhile t'other aide op, aud
be kept up a yelling whioh made peo?
ple run to the windows. Some boys
observed bis situation, but they
thought it wus a new kind of way to
"catch a bob, "and they yelled: "Bully
for Samuel Blame!" "SayI I'm being
druwed to death?stop yer hossesl"
shouted Sam.; bat tbe farmer was
tbiuking of a grave ou tbe bill-side,
and he uever turned his hesd. A man
I stopped on the walk and yelled: "Say I
I you've got a boy there!" but tbe
I farmer nodded his head and kept ou.
Finally, as he turned intu Eighth
street and headed for Michigan ave?
nue, he looked around. Seeing Sa?
muel coming up behiud, rolling over
aud over, he thought the boy was try?
ing to oitch on, aud he put tbe "bud"
to his horses and weut three blocks
farther aud drew up ut a grocery.
When they discovered the boy's Situa?
tion, tbey said it would take forty
pounds of gluu to mend him np, aud
one man advised killing him ut once,
so as to save Mrs. Blame a doctor's
bill, but wiser counsel prevailed, and
they oarried him home.
I Detroit Free Press.
Christmas Day was suddened in
England by a terrible railroad accident
near Oxford, ki ling 31 and injuring
over 100; by a oolliery explosion, kill?
ing 17; by another railroad acoidect,
injuring !45; and another still, killing
1 aud injuring 20?tbe three first hap?
pening the day before. The worst of
these accidents was ocoaaiooed by a
broken oar-wheel ou a traiu going at
tbe rate of thirty-five milts an hour,
by which several oars were thrown
down au embankment and into a canal.
The Battle of Cowpbns, 1781.?
Yesterday was the ninety-fourth anni?
versary of the battle of Cowpens, one
of tbe closing engagements of the Revo?
lutionary War, aud whieb, by tbe de?
oisive obaraoler of the victory, revived
the hopes of tbe Colonies everywhere,
and led to those great ezertiona
tbroogboot tbe oooutry which uulihl*
nated at Yorktewn with the surrender
of,Lord Corn wallte.
City Matt bus.?Subscribe lor the
jtaossTixsMon't borrow, i* a II r.
!? Women do not talk as mach as 'man.
They are listened to more?that's all.
Blasted hopes are nothing compared
with "blasted" headsobes.
The weather wss very spring-like
and pleaaant, yesterday.
Transient advertieementi and no?
tices must be paid for in advanoe.
Work has been commenced upon the
Laurens Railroad, and the people are
jostly rejoiced.
The Wildman tronpe dosed with
"Leah," laat night, to a very fair
house.
Qeorge W. Jobuson, late editor of
the Beaufort Standard, died in the
lunatic asylum, reoentty.
It has been suggested that the first
row of seats in the gallery of the new
Opera House bo "reserved." A good
ideu, as they are the best in the house.
Bob Franklin and a party of fox
hunters pursued Reyusrd unsuccess?
fully until moon-set, yesterdey morn?
ing, and then found themselves eight
miles from Colombia.
The musquerude ball of the German
Hohuetz"ij-Vorciu comes off on the
20th instant?uext Wednesday. The
arrangements boiug made iudicata that
it will be a big affair. Costumes can
be secured by applying to the com?
mittee. Unmask at 12 o'clock.
The Governor has made the follow?
ing appointments: Notaries Public?
John C. Ford, of Aiken; John N.
Qreggand H. G. Thomas, of Charles?
ton; B. I. Boouc, of Rich land, and B
T. Barrou, of Kingutree. Trial Jus
tices?Morgan H. Brice, of Oconee.
vice Elias Jenkins, resigned; Wm. B.
A1 iu on, for York, aud John A. New?
ton, Jury Commissioner.
A oolored member of the Legislature
met a geutlemun on the train from
Florenoe, a few days ago, and inquired
if the Legislature was in seasiou. "I
do not know," was Hhe reply; "lam
not a member." "Well, I am," said
the sable Representative, "but I don't
know about the time?1 reckon I'll go
over any how."
Our baobeler friend, Mr. H. Skip?
per, has presented us with a specimen
of his winter growth of strawberries?
a monster, measuring nearly three
inches in circumference Since Christ?
mas, be has picked two quarts of the
delicious berries. On a qusrter of an
aore, Mr. S. baa pioked 166 quarts,
whioh netted fifty cents a quart?a
capital return.
Mr. O. P. Pelham, Jr., was, yester?
day, appointed and unanimously con?
firmed Auditor for Lancaster Ooonty.
He has for some time psst been em?
ployed as chief olerk in the Trea?
surer's office of thisCoauty, and has,
we believe, disoharged the dntiea de?
volving upon bim there acceptably
and creditably. That be will prove
oapable and discreet, and be just,
honorable aud faithful in this respon?
sible position, his friends have every
reason to believe. Their best wishes
accompany him.
Suioidb ob Murder.?A murder or
suicide occurred on Fridsy night, in
that portion of the city known as
"Hogwaller." Sergeant Cook, of the
garrison at this post, was fouud, yes?
terday morning, with a bullet wound
in the bead. Chief Nixon investi?
gated the matter and made several ar?
rests, as there are suspicious circum?
stances connected with the affair.
How it Was.?Maater Johnnie and
little Jeannie were at the window when
the funeral procession of a pbysioisn
passed by. Jeanoie wondered that a
doctor would have to die. "Why,"
!said she, "didn't ho 'tend to himself
and get well?" Johnnie settled bow
it was, after the following fashion:
"When a doctor gotR Mick, he don't
'tend to himself. He has another|
doctor to give bim the medioioce, and
then he dies."
Supreme Codbt. Satobdat, Jan
uary 18.?The Court met at 10 A. M.
Present?Chief Jnstioe Moses and As?
sociate Justices Wright aud Willard.
Sampson & Wyatt, respondent*, tu,
the Siuger Mauofaoturiug Company,
appellant. Complaint dismissed. Opi?
nion by Willsrd, A. J.
Sarah L Lusesue, appellant, es.
Charte? O. Witte, respondent. Motion
to reverse the judgment below grauted
and case remanded. Opinion by
Moses, C. J._
Fatal Accident.?A negro man was
accidentally killed, yesterday, about
seven miles from Columbia, on the
Newberry Road, by % wagon passing
over his neck. He died almost in?
stantly. It annaara that the deceased
was riding upon a wagon, driven by a
Mr. Richardson, and the mules, bo*
oomiug frightened, made off at rapid
apeed, and the negro mao, in attempt?
ing to get off the wagon, fell in front
of it.
Yesterday, ve bad the pleeaurs of es?
corting two young ladies to too Air
Line depot, oh their viey to Centre,
end were so token with arranging mat?
ters on the train, that she express
started off, end by the kindness ot the
eondootor, the rope wee palled end ws
were let off, to the amusement of the
by-stacdere.?QreenviUe Newt. ,
?JT00 thin, Unole Bob. "Arranging
mattere on the train," indeed I Own
op to the fascination, whioh so r early
carried you to Centre. Those "by?
standers" understood that it was a
"case," and must base laughed again
at your lame explanation.
Alexander Opera Houhb ?Miss
Katie Putnam.?This pleasing so tress,
with a capital company, commences
au engagement at the new Opera
House to-morrow night. Speaking of
her, the Memphis Appeal says:
Miss Putnsm, although yoong in
years, seems to posses* histrionic
talent of high order. Daring her en?
gagement, which baa been very suo
oessful. Miss Putnam has produced
several popular pieoee, that belong to
the lighter order of the drama, hut
which are ever enjoyable. , kmsng
these may be mentioned ''Fanohou.
the Cricket," in whioh she rivals, if
she doea not excel, any actress on the
American stage. Particularly is this
observable in the third act of the
drama, where pathos end wayward?
ness are so peculiarly blended by the ,
dramatist, aud in the lights aod shades
of eaob. Miss Putnam, as "The Crick?
et," ever shows to great advantage.
Rexjqious Services To Day.? Pree
byterian Church?Rev. J. H. Bryeoa,
pastor?11 A. M. end 1% P. M.
Trinity Chnroh?Rev. P. J. Bhand, \
reotor, and Bev. J. H. Stringfallow,
assistant?11 A. M. and 4 P. M.
Lutheran Church?Rev. Z. W. Be
denbangb. at 10>,; A. M. Sunday
School 3 P. M.
Baptist Church?Rev. S. D. Jones,
11 A. M ; Bev. B A. Beid, 7tf P. M.
Sunday School, 3 P. M.
St. Peter's Catholic Church?Rev. J.
L. Fullerton, first Mass 7 A. M.;second
Mass lOUj A. M.; Vesper? 4 Vi P. M.
Washington Street Methodist?Bev.
A. Coke Smith, 11 A. M. end 7K P.
M. Young Men'* Prayer Meeting, 8),
P. M. Sunday School, 9>f A. M.
Marion Street Methodist?Bev.
A. W. Walker. 11 A. M. and 7J% P.
M. Sunday School, 9}^ A. M.
Preaching in Carolina Kali, at 8J?
P. M., by D. B. Clayton, no teas tee
weather be rainy.
Complimentary Demonstratio? TO
Mb. Eugene Cramer?By the ap- ..
pended correspondence it will he soea
tbst an effort is being ssbde to give a
complimentary benefit to the deserving
artist, Mr. Eugene Cramer?to whose
skill and exporieooe oar oitiseea era
indebted for the arrangement of the
beautiful Opera House which adorns
our city. We earnestly hope the house'
will be filled on the oooceioe;
Columbia, January 16, 1878.
To Mb. J. J. Wiujmam, Makao?
Clara Wildman Comedy Comfab* :
Tbe uoderaigned, eitiaene of this
place, would respectfully request that
the Wildman Troupe give one of their
performances for the benefit of Mr. ?
Eugene Cramer. We consider it doe
to Mr. Cramer for bis untiring eguete ?
to provide a aeitable place of ass nee
?n?nt for our citizens, and we feel sure
that euch an act would meet with com?
mendable support.
L. D. Childs, O. J. Inanem?, Jon a\
Wiley, W. C. Swaffibld, Quo. Am
Darlino. O. W. Walkrb, W?. D.
Love, Charles F. J ah sky, TonOv
M. Pollock. L. T. Lbvlb, H. Noah,
M. H. Berry, J. L. Nbaqlb, Jra*
Alexander, Riohsbd Jone?, Jo*
Li an A. Selhy, W. P. Hix '
Whjbklbb House,
Colombia. January 16,1874. ?
Gentlemen: Yours of this date is
at hand. I oan answer yos, that it
will afford me great pleasure to comply
with your request, to do hoaov to a
worthy gentleman and an old aod tried
friend. Having consulted with Mr.
Cramer, I have made arrangements to
return with my company to your city
on Thursday, January 81, for able spe?
cial event, and will do my utter meet to
present an entertainment worthy ot
tue occasion. Respectfully,
P. J. WILDMAN,
I Manager of Clara Wild man Comedy
I Company. * 1
List of New ADVXKmaVBrm, k
W. P. Nixon?Cow for Sale. 1
' Meeting Columbia Lodge. '
I Katie Putnam?Opera House.
Meeting Typographical Union.
Hotel Arrivals, January 10,?
Hendrik House? W B Burke, city; W
D>.ntel, P H Heues, NO; E PShaler
aud lady, Miss H Sbnler. Mise; W ?
Osboru, III; J K Miuter, Union; W
Kobiuaon, Md; R S Oauthse, Ore
hams'.
Mansion House ?Samuel Masldin, ti
A Kettle and wife, J T Austfa, Oraea
ville; J I Boozer, Obarleetoo; 8 W
Wilkes, Anderson; John Belli?, oity.
No lern than thirty Legislatures will
be in cession next week Some of them
ere second and others special sessions,
aud it has rarely occurred that so many
have been simultaneously al work.
The Democrats control seventeen of
them; the Republicans twelve, and
Federal bayonets one. The Hat in?
cludes all the States bot seven, none of
whose Legtslatures meet this winter,
namely; California. Connecticut, Iowa,
Kentucky. Marylaad, N?w Hampshire
and Oregon.