The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, January 21, 1875, Image 2
iBSSj MoTT?J^. JanaarT 81,1870.
Viuu am Olcfcborn Tbtag?.'
Tho report of tho ?nb committee,
consisting of Str. Potior, (Democrat,)
Qod Messrs. Pbetpa and Foster, (Re?
publicans,) sent down fo investigate
the condition of affairs in Louisiana,
justifies the Conservatives of that State
in every particular end from begnniug
to end. They present at inoid end con?
sistent account of the proosediogs. of
the 4th of January. Tboy ooosider,
first, that the luw as to the constitu?
tion of tho Boturning Board was not
complied with. After fully reviewing
its eotion, they ..say they are con?
strained to deoiare that it was arbi?
trary, anjoat and illegal, and alone
prevented the return of a majority of
tho Conservative; members to the lower
houqa. Upon the general oubjeci of
the state of uffairw, 'their conolosions
nro apnonnoed^p follows:
? The' conviotiob has boen general
amopg tho whites sinoa 1872 thai the!
Kellogg, government was an uanrpa*1
tiun. . This conviction has been >
strengthened by the Hots of the Kel
logg Legislature ;abolishing existing
courts' Aud judges, ana 'substituting
othoro presided over by judges np?
pointed by Kellogg, having extraordi?
nary and exoluutvo jurisdiction over
political qneettons; by changes in the
laws centralising io tho Governor
every form of political -control, includ?
ing the suspension of the elections; by
continuing the Returning Board with
absolute power over the returns of
elections; by the extraordinary provi?
sions enacted for the trial of titles and
claims to office; by the conversion of
the police force maintained at the ex
pease of the otty of New Orleans into
an armed brigade of State militia, sub?
ject to the- command of the Governor;
by the creation io some places of mo?
nopolies in markets, gas-making, water
works and ferries, cleaning vuults, re?
moving filth, and doing work as
wharfingers; by the abolition of courts
with election- judges and the snbstitu
tioo of other courts with jadges up
poiuted by K-llogg, in evasion of the
Oonatitottiou of the State; by enaot
ments punishing criminally ull persons
who attempted lo Mil official pouilious
nnless returned by the Returning
Board; .by unlimited appropriations
for the payrnont of militia expenses
and for the payment of legislative war?
rants, vouchers and checks issued dur?
ing-theydars' 1870 to 1872; by laws do
daring th*i no person in arrears for
taxes; after, dofuq It .published, shall
bring any in any ooort of the
State, or Wallowed tb be a witness in
hirj owb behalf?-measures which,
when. coopled with ? the extraordinary
burdens of taxation, have seemed to
vest, 5 in tho, j l?nguugo of Governor
Kellbgg'u counsel, "a degree of power
in the Governor of a State scarcely ex
eroised by any sovereign in the world."
As to alleged wrongs done tooolored
voters, they say that the intention
charged was not borne oat by the
facts before them. No general intimi?
dation of Repablioan voters was es?
tablished; no colored man was pro?
duced who had been threstened or as?
saulted by aoy Conservative, because
of political opinion, or discharged
from employment, or refused employ?
ment. Of all those who testified to
intimidation, there was hardly any one
who, of his own knowledge, could
spittufy a reiiabie instance of such acts;
and of the white men who were pro?
duced to testify generally on such sub?
jects, very nearly all, if not every sin
5le oue, was the bolder of an office,
.'hrougbout the rural districts of the
State the white Republicans are very
few; they hardly extended beyond
those holding office and those connect?
ed with them. No witnesses, we be?
lieve, ouoceeeded in naming in any
perish five Republicans whoaapporUd
the Kellogggovernment, who ?>ere net
tnemralvas place-holders, or related to
office-holder*, or those having official
employment. On. tho other hand, it
was in evidence that blnoko who sought
to not with tho Consarvotivo party
were on their part sometimes expose/!
to enmity and sibnse. In the interior
one e?l?rad man was shot for making
a oooservative speech, and in New Or
leans it appears from the testimony
that colored men who soogbt to oo-op
erate with .tbu Conservatives, were
?ubji-vt Lv.so.uMioh abase fiom the po?
lice and otherwise that an asBooiation
of lawyers volunteered to protect them,
but with Utile effect.
Their views of the result of the eleo
tioD, and how it was brought ubont,
are expressed in decided language.
They say:
An effort was made by tho Conserv?
atives to acquire a part of the negro
vote. With that it was sought, iu
many quarters, to propitiate it. Fre?
quent arrests by the United State*
Marshals for intimidation or threats of
uon-employmuut, and the apprehen?
sion that was felt that the Returning
Board would count out their men, if
exuose for such a course was offered,
all combined, especially after the 11th
of September, to pat the Conserva?
tives on their good behavior; and the
result was, what iu November, 1871.
t'ie people of the State of Louisiana
did fairly have a free, puuoeable and
full registration aud flection, in which
a clear Oooservative mujority wsb
elected to the lower House of the
Legislature, of which majority the
Conservatives were deprived by the
nnjunt, illegal and arbitrary action of
the Returning Board.
In this connection, tboy refer to tbe
Whit* Letgfie, fchbWlbg Ifa peticeeble
oharaotor, mentionedin the message of
tho President, und oharaoterized bj
G^n^ffijfrldari^i ?*bin^Htti.^ >i
Io tt^last ot?paiflq?ib Looitjauu,
the opsbaition ?as oosposed ! >ari-.
oas e?nente?Democrats, Reformers,
dissatisfied Be&bliottns, Liberal- Re?
publicans, old Whigs?and, io order
to induce the co-operation of all, some
of whom refused to unite with an or?
ganization called Democratic, they
took the name of the '?People's Party"
?called in some localities the "Con?
servative Party," in others the "White
Man's Party," in others the "White
League"?and had ordinary political
clubs under tbesa names throughput
the rural districts, which were ordi?
nary politioal olubs, and nothing more
?neither secret nor armed, nor other?
wise different from usual politioal or?
ganizations. These muBt not, however,
be confounded, from similarity of
names, with the White League of the
oity of New Orleans. Tbat League is
an organization oomposed of different
dobs, nombering in all between '2,500
and 2.800, the members of whiob have
provided arms for themselves, and with
or' without arms engage in military
drill. They have no uniform, aud the
arms are the property of the indi?
viduals, not of the organization.
They comprise a large number ot
reputable citizens and property-hold
ers in Louisiana. Their purpose they
declare to be Biinply protective?a ne
oeuBity occasioned by the existence of
leagues among the blaoks; of the hos?
tility with whiob the Kellogg Govern?
ment arrayed the black against the
wbito rape; of the want of security to
! pnaoeuble citizens and their families,
whiob existed for thoao reasons, anil
because, also, of the peculiar forma?
tion of the police brigade.
On the other hand, the Republicans
assert that this is an armed body of
volunteers existing for the purpose of
unimidatiog the blacks and overthrow?
ing the Kellogg Government. Tbat it
had any considerable relations outside
of the oity of New Orleans, or that it
was intended in any way to interfere
witn the rights of the colored citizens,
did not appear. Nor, on the other
band, did it appear that there was any
tixtensive secret league amongst the
blacks of any kind. That the White
League would readily co operate io any
featublo eaheme for overthrowing tue
Kellogg Government, your committee
do not doubt. Ho will eubetatially all
the white oitizsna of Louisiana, Such
organizations may be dangerous, but
are very rarely to be justified.
The affair of the 14th September is
au illustration of this. The members
of the White League bad purchased
arms; the polioe had seized these arms
without process of law, taking them
foroibly from the merchants who bad
sold and from the members wbo had
bought them. A consignment of arms
was to arrive by the steamer Missis?
sippi. The League were oalled out on
the morning of the 14th to go and
take them in a body; the polioe under?
took to seize the arms; the two bodies
came into collision on the wharf, with
loss of several killed aud wounded.
There were thou hardly any Federal
troops iu New Orleans, aud the disin?
tegration of the Kellogg party was
snob tbat before night Peun aud Iiih
associates had only to take possession
of the executive offices without a
struggle.
Tbe movement was everywhere
quietly accepted by tbe whites
throughout the State until the Federal
Government intervened, wuen Penn
and bis associates at once surrendered.
If Louisiana were a country hy ituoiF
McEuery and bis associates would at
ouoe be installed in power; but tbe
Conservatives of Louisiana do not
propose to fight tiie Federal Govern?
ment. They Bubmit not because they
-Want to, bnt beoause they must; not
because they proclaim any enmity
against tbe flag; not beoanse free labor
has not been found praoticable; not be
[cause of any hostility to the colored
I people because oolored; but because
they regard themselves as defrauded
out of the election of 1872, and yet
'more, oat of tbe last electiou, and be?
cause they think their State Govern?
ment has beeu to tho lust degree de?
structive and corrupt.
Considering tbe fairness and ability
of this report, it is not to be wondered
at tbat the President, having foregaue
conclusions, ignored it altogether. It
is a complete refutation of his message.
It is oharged further in the New York
Herald aud other journals, that an at?
tempt was made, lasting through five
days, by Mr. George F. Hour, of Mas?
sachusetts, to support it. But it failed,
aud the oountry now knows tbe exact
troth, and cannot be shaken in its
opinion by any cooked-up report which
may emanate from tho whole commit?
tee which has been sent to Now Or?
leans to work up au extenuation of the
facts.
<?? ??
Recognition op Gun a?Tho agents
of the Cuban republio, now in this
country, are making strenuous efforts
to procure the recognition of that ro
public by the United States. A pam?
phlet is prepared for oiroulation among
members of Ooogress, in whiob it is
shown that the Republican army in
Ouba amounts to 17,000, foot and
horse. A Hat of suoaessos in the fluid
daring the past year is given to show
the prowess of the insurgents, and
while it is nrged that they have partly
established their right to recognition
as belligerents, it is asserted that Spain
is as impotuut to put an end to the
war now as she was six years ego.
General Sheridan'? deapatob, coter
ing a.report of Major Merrill in refer?
ence- to combinations among the white
people of Shedveport, Louisiana, to
refuse colored people work; or renew
leases, -was no .doubt intended to off?
set despatches of the same date aud
from the same place and' person to the
effect that idle negroes were roving
about the country in bands, commit
tiug larceuicB and other deprudatious
calculated to alarm and excite the white !
residents. It is quite doubtful if com-!
biuations of the character and for the
purpose charged have been entered
into, and very unlikely that such a per?
son as Merrill would be eutrusted with
a knowledge of the fuot, if true. Sup?
posing the worst that he represents to
have occurred, the mouth of the Go?
vernment is effectually stopped by it?
own habit of systematic combiuatiou !
against voters who cbooso to exercise
their privileges fearlessly. What else
but intimidation does it mean, by with?
drawing its printing contracts from
such a stauuoh joorual as the New
York Evening Post, beoaose it con?
demned Sanborn contracts and be?
cause its venerable editor chose to
denounce the Louisiana militury
usurpation? Only a few days ago, the
postmaster at Georgetown, in this
State, was removed because, he took a
certain side in polit-os. Whut is more
notorious than tho removal of one
olass of voters from the navy yurds nud
the employment of another more facile
class just before elections?" Intimi?
dation there is generally, more or less,
in all elections, and by all sides. The
contest for office brings out the worst
qualities of men. Having determined
to succeed, regarding success us a dire
necessity and a high virtue, they bo
oome blind to the means they use to
compass it. We may pardon some?
thing to tho weakness of human
nature iu an individual, or u
party even, not enlightened and
moving upon a low moral plane.
But iu the government of the coun?
try, in the highest officers of its ad?
ministration, in men whose example it
the more dangerous because of their
elevated position, upon whose shoul?
ders rests more exalted responsibility,
such degradation cannot be excusod.
But, practically, it goes further, and
by persecution of those who, per?
chance, imitate its example, it olaims
a monopoly in this objectionable busi?
ness. Senator Sobnrz, in his able aud
moderate speech io the United States
Senate, the other day, upou bis reso?
lution to instruct the Judiciary Com?
mittee to inquire what legislation by
Congress is necessary to secure to tho
people of Louisiana their rights of
self-government uuder the Constitu?
tion, had full warrant for tho following
grave statement aud charge:
"I cannot forget the spectaole of
Marshal Packard, with the dragoons
of the United States at the disposition
of the chairman of tbe Kellogg cum
paign committee at tbe lute election in
LuUiuiuuu, rxdiug through tho olalo
with a full assortment of warrants iu
bis hands, arresting whomsoever he
listed. I cannot forget, that as to tho
discbarge of laborers from employ?
ment for political cause, a most seduc?
tive aud demoralising example is set
by the very highest authority iu tbe
land. While we have a law on our
statute-book declariug tbe intimida?
tion of voters by threatened or actual
discharge from employment a punisha?
ble offence, it is the notorious practice
of the Goverumeut of the United
Status to discharge every oue of its
employees who dares to veto against
tbe Administration party; and that is
done North aud South, East and West,
as fur as the arm of that Government
reaches. I have always condemned
the iutimidationi of voters iu every
shape, aud, therefore, I have been in
favor of a genuinocivii-service reform.
But while your National Goverumeut
is tbe champion intimidator in tbe
lun/i \>i\n mnui not be s'.trprisod if
partisans on both sides profit u little
from its example."
Gladstone's Resignation.?Mr.
Gladstone's withdrawal from tbo lead?
ership of bis party will deprive tbe
British Liberals of the prestige of n
brilliant name, but tbe event is a sub?
stantial advantago to us, his probable
successor, Air. W. E. Foister, being
well known for bis strikingly conspicu?
ous friendship for this country. If
his reputation is not so great as that of
Gladstone, he is less erratic, aud has
the qualities for making himself moro
popular with his party. Gladstouo
was not a successful party leader, aud
often repelled a wavering member of
Parliament when a different policy
would have gained a supporter. Where
Gladstone was petulant, Mr. Forster
would have been conciliatory. Tbe
resignation seems to have taken tho
Liberals somewhat by surprise. The
action of tbe ex-Premier has obviously
created a good deal of .soreness, and
both his constituency and bis col?
leagues on the opposition hooches ap?
pear to think that his "personal views
regarding the method of spending tbe
dosing years of his life," deoidedly in?
terfere with his usefulness iu any par?
liamentary capacity whatever.
\" Ottt Matters ? Snbecrfbe Vor thV
Phoshtx?don't borrow.
Transient advertisements and no?
tices musf be paid l<& in advance. 1
Bemember the benefit for Mr. Ora*l
mor Thorsday night. "' | M
All goods marked dowo five per
cent, at Hardy Solomon's.
"Lnoretia Borgia," for Cramer's
benefit, on Thursday night.
The bard times seem to get so better
very fast.
Clara Wildman, as Lucretin Borgia,
Thursday night.
3|An article you eon always borrow?
trouble.
F. J. Wildman, us Geuarro, Thurs?
day night.
At this writing it looks overhead as
though a snow storm is impending.
Crumer, as Gubetta and the Duke,
Thursday night.
Tho Governor baa appointed J. H.
Taylor and Lewis Bust Notaries Pub?
lic for Lexington County.
Five tierces Davis' diamond hams,
of this season's onre, just received ut
Hardy Solomon's.
The little folks were again disap?
pointed, yesterday. Notwithstanding
fleuoy indications, there was no anow.
Andrew or Jacob Merselliott, or their
families, will hear of something to
their advantage by oalliug on Messrs.
Seibels & Ezell.
Job printing uf every kind, from a
miniature visiting card to a four-sheet
poster, turned out, ut sbort notice,
from Phojnix office. Try uh.
Five hundred barrels of "Solomon's
Fancy" flour, just received. Now is
the time to buy, us flour is cbeuper
than in ten years, at Hardy Solomon's.
Tho "wall flowers" of society are
pleased at the advent of cold weather,
wherein there is a cbunue of getting a
little obap on their hands.
Characters are formed like icicles,
drop by drop. If the particles of each
are pure, tbe whole will be a tbing of
symmetry aud beauty; if foul, the
whole thing will be ugly aud repellant.
Tbe complimentary benefit to Mr.
Eugene Crumer comes off this even?
ing, in tbe new Opera douse. It will,
doubtless, be a very pleasing affair.
Mr. Cramer and tbe entire Wildman
company will be tbe attractions.
Mr. G. A. Seymour, general travel?
ing agent for Messrs. Wiloox, Gibbs &
Co., is on a tour of the State, explain?
ing to planters and others the advan?
tages to be derived from tbe use of
their superior guanos. An advertise?
ment from this house will be found in
this morning's Phoznix.
Green things are not ulways fresb,
nor fresh things green, but iu a green
grocers colleotion, tbe greener the arti
cle, the fresher it is sure, to be. Our
neighbor, Mrs. Hoffman, keeps time
things?celery, leeks, oorrota, etc.;
Early Bose and other potatoes; oysters,
oanned goods and other delicacies.
The Columbia correspondent of the
Augusta Constitutionalists says: "Gov.
Chamberlain has become a great favor?
ite with our best people, aud, aided by
tbe financial abilities of Treasurer Car
dozo, will soon restore South Caroliua
to ber original prosperity and great?
ness."
The Katie Putnam Trodpe.?Little
Nell, one of the sweetest aud teuderest
creatures of the genius of Dickens, u
way-side flower exhaling perpetual fra?
grance, and glowing in immortal
bloom, a star glittering in the firma?
ment of memory, where so many other
lights have faded?how almost impos?
sible it is to bavo one's idea of this
oharming character represented with
any near approaob to his conception.
Yet it is not too mooh to soy that we
shall reoall it hereafter with added
interest from tbe skill, naturalness,
youtbfnl grace aud delicate abandon
of Miss Kitie Putnam in the dual
part, as portrayed last evening.
Her versatility, animation and vivid
portraiture were exquisitely comple?
mented by tbe moral beauty which
shone above all other excellencies iu
bor impersonation. No performance
bus given such unalloyed pleasure to
onr theatre-going public for many a
day. The ether performers were well
up iu their parts. Mr. Burns, as Dick
bwiveller, wus qnito good, and we hope
that he will "puss the rosy" soon again
in our pretty Opera Houau. Quilp
(Mr. Liugurd) was excellent. A very
difficult fellow to represent is Quilp,
but ho utood, or rather crept before us
in all Iiis deformity of body and mind,
in all bis wickedness, native and ac?
quired. Little Dot Putnam is a little
gem of song and acting. With Bincere
thanks for the rare treat they have af?
forded us, we trust that this delightful
company will find it convenient to ap?
pear here soon again.
To Miss Katie, her legion of admirers
send up entreaties not to neglect thorn
long. In the language of her pretty
Bong, they say, "Come, birdie, oomo."
Masqukradb Bali* of ip Sohuxt
zass ?This jovial ?od happy femily
rade baile?at dCiA HgT^tTtM
?0? tb$ettendaoc?attefled ?jjie ap*re
oiaiiou of a fpu loving poblio foje a
little Cbooaeu^ and pleasapt araaeo
rauut to smooth tbe a pa aud dowoe of
life.
Tbe ball wa* comfortably filled early
in tbe evening, by from 75 to 100
oouplea, dressed in every conceivable
fantastic shape.
All the Dukes from Buckingham to
Qepaidam appeared to be represented;
tbe laaerrooi. both native aud foreign.
were represented. The Venetian, with
hie grape juice noae, vied with the
African, with hia blaokiug-box and etill
blacker faoe; Muryatts heroes, with
broad collars and tripod, jostled agai ust
tbe land-sharks in Uuolt. Sam.'s gold
lace and blue; the upplu girls aud i
mamma* suudwiebed themselves grace* |
fully between (be representative Esqui?
maux and sons of Erin; the Kuight of
the Qolden Circle uud the peanut girl |
ul the street, the flower girl aud the
ntreet sweeper, the fellow with the big
Bologna aud the petite Gypsy of South*
ern France, Muximiliau und Queen
Bess, Meg Merrilles, Lord Duuder
berg, doctor uud patieut, lawyer and I
-dient, und all the other victims of j
good nature, promenaded und danced
to the exoelleut music of the 18th Iu
fautry Bund, uutil the moon gut tired
aud tbe stars grew dim.
A large number of epeotatora were
preecot who seemed to join heart und
6oul iu the feotivitiea, uud what with
tbe utiempts made to peep behind tbe
scenes, and with th*> natural curiosity
tbat characterizes the best friends we
have in this wuild?the womeu, God
blesB them?there were mauy amusing
blunders made. If uuture bad put a
kind of internal revenue stump upon
each specimen of humanity for the
sake of making them pass safely
through this world, the well organized
disguises of the Scbuttzen, lust even
lug, cheated it of its purpose, and
robbed it of its identification.
After the grand promenade, the fol?
lowing programme of dunces ein*
j ployed tbe time in the order named: J
I Polka, quadrille, waltz, lanoiers, var* t
|sovieune, quadrille, polka, waltz,
quadrille, eohottisohe; intermission.
Hop waltz, quadrille, polka, lanciere,
ladiea* waltz, lanciere, schottische,
quadrille, gallop and oloaing with the
Virginia reel.
Tbe good night, "Home, Sw,ect
Home." bent the tired feet aud plea*
aunt hearts thitherward.
The manager, Mr. H. L. Haber*
uicht, was never known to do anything
wrong in his life, and did not com?
mence to do so last eveuing?not even
leaving his endeavor to make every
one comfortable to raiee a mask to
catch a peep of a smiling eye. Messrs.
O. D. Eberhardt, VVm. Stieglitz, F. A.
Jacobs and J. F. Bisenmann, the Re?
ception Committee, were at their post,
and passed the brave and the fair to
I comfortable places, with a suave mao
, ner that spoke of itself, "make your?
selves at home, ladies and gentlemen."
Tho Floor Committee, Messrs. F. Mol* j
leubauer, W. O. Fisher, R. Arndt andj
P. Koneman, performed their part of
the programme to tbe satisfaction aud J
pleasure of all.
Ohas. L. Cohn, correspondent of
tbe New York Sun, dressed as a clown, I
was about as fantastically dressed as
any one, and certainly was as nimble.
We were unable to get tbe names of
' many of the maskers, the unmasking
not taking place until 12 o'olock.
I Supreme Ootjbt, Wednesday, January
20. 1875.?The Court met at 10 A. M.
! Present?Chief Justice Moses and
Associate Justices Wright and Wil
brd.
I Allen, trustee, rs. Hogan el al Or
I der of Clerk dismissing appeal sus?
tained. Motion will be beard to va
1 cute order and docket case.
DeTrevillu, respondent, vs. Jenkins,
! appellant. On motion of Mr. You*
mans, leave grauted uppellent to make
representative of respondent a party
to the appeal.
DeSau9sure, Commissioner, appel?
lant, in re Zuigler rs R**ese. Motion
grunted and order of Circuit Conrt Bet
aside. Opinion by Moses, C. J.
Bollmann, administratrix, vs. Boll
man. Mr. Corbin resumed aud con?
cluded his argument for Appellant.
Mr. B. J. Whnley was heard for re?
spondent.
At 3 P. M., tbe Conrt adjourned
ontil Thursday, 2lst, 10 A. M.
Mail (Ysbangbicbhts.?Northern
mail opens 6.30 A. M., 3 P. M.; closes
11 A. M.,6 P. M. Charleston open*8
A. M.,5.30 P. M.; clones8 A. M.,6 P.
M. Western openB 6 A. If., 1 P.
M.; closes 6, 1.30 P. M. Greenville
opens 15.15 P. M.; oloses 6 A. M. Wil?
mington opens 4 P.M.; oloses 10.30
A.M. On Sunday open from 2.30 to
3.30 P. M.
Edge^ald, And irtatdnbo caose to be
tho reW?t Of Tdnporjt to submit to
arrest. BbmOW RW^i ' |*?t
evening, that Dr. Merriwether and an?
other w bit o man bed boon killed, and
several colored persona also. Oar in
informaot, who catno on tbe train, rep?
resents very high excitement at Gra
eiteviiie, Ridge Spring and other
places along tbe line of tbe railroad.
What Doss lx Mean??Nofcioo was
given, yesterday, of tho introduction
of a bill to amend Section 8 of the Act
passed at the lust session to rcdaoo the
volume of the.pu.blia debt. Tbeeeo
tion is as follows:
SxonoN 8 'Chat the bonds a nd'Cer?
tificates of stock herein authorized to
be iuaaeri shall bear open their face ibe
words, "OouKolldatlon Bonds.*' "Cor
tinoates of StofckH," *nd shall also bear
upon their face the declaration that tho
payment of the interest and the re?
den, p tion ef the principal is scsared
by the levy of an annual tax Of two '(2)
mills upon the duller upon tbe entire
taxable property of the State, wbfoh
declaration shall bo considered a Con?
tract entered into between the Stele
and every bolder of said bonds and
?tocks: Provided, That no tax shall
ever be h vit d to pay tbe interest or
priucipal on any of tbe oIbsb of bonds
or certificates of stock mentioned in
the first section, as long as such bonds
or certificates of stock remain outstand?
ing in their present form.
List of New Advebtibkmewts.
G B. Capers?Assignees' Sale.
Wilcox, Gifobes & Co.'s Guano.
Meeting Acacia Lodge.
D O. Pmxotto & Son?Auction.
Hotktj Arrivals. Januabt 20.?
Hendrix Bouse?D G Roher toon, J' ?
Tredemau, Gtisrleston; G W Stellt
mine. Mo; B E Holcombe, Baaley; Ii
M Holcombe, Central; S E Roberts,
Miss W M Sims, Biobland.
Mansion House?J '8 Oat heart,
Wiuusboro; J L Bluak, Charleston; D
L Crosby. Sbeltou; J N Brown, An*
deraou; T O Go wer. Miss Hammett,
J C Bailey. Miss E M Bailey. J G
Uaitey, Jr. Greenville; BS Morrison,
city; J B Spearman, Newberry.
Selling Off the I'beabuby Gold.?
The project with which the President
has followed up the so-called resump?
tion bill, after signing it, does .not
elicit full confidence any more than
does tbe equivocal measure to wbiob.
tbe new project is* .to be an addenda*,
Tbe Tribune uoteo the feature pivyOn
ing the selling off the Treasury gold a4.
a price two per cent, less than .he
metal now commands in Wall street.
For this, we suppose, it says, the ad?
vocates of specie payments, with.a
little less specie ana a little more
paper, will quote the British Act of
1819 as a precedent. Bot they forget
that tbe two cases are entirely dissimi?
lar. Tbe Bank of Englaud always had.
full liberty to contract the cur?
rency and restrict their loans; and fo?
reign exohanges fiom 1819 to 1824
were, for the most part, favorable to
England. We quote:
"We have no difficulty in believing
that tbe majority of tbe present Con?
gress will never consent to the slightest
eon traction of tho paper oorronoy, and
to complete tbe contrast, the exchanged
have been for about twelve weeks at
snob a point as to aanse the exporta?
tion of gold to Europe. * * If the
President wishes to get rid of tbe oein
io tbe Treasury, why not sell it for
what it will bring? The Treasury io
in ueed of currency, he tells us. Very
well, why has it ceased its weekly sales
of coin? The deders in gold have
b?eu willing to purchase at tbe rate of
81.000,000 or $2,000,000 a week for
twelve per oeut. premium, as the mar?
ket price clearly indicates. Why not
supply them at that rate, instead of
parting with a commodity two per
cent, less than its market prioe?"
Edbopban Wab Clouds.?A aignin
cant article in the London Times in?
dicates a seriously perturbed condi?
tion of affairs in Europe. Germany h ?.
the central figure iu the warlike pio- .
tare which seems to bo rising with the
cloud that is overspreading tbe old i
world. "All men are arming," aava
tbe Ihmes, "Germany is arming o?
masse, and surrounding nations, in?
cluding the best part of the world,
uauuot do otherwise.'' What Ger?
many won by arms sho is forced to
realize she can only hold by arms and
while aims are in her hands. Bat the
Times confesses that Germany oannot
raise a third army, and that her hopee
are iu her navy. It is thas the phases
of arbitrary power move npon tbe ele?
ments. What the military prodigy of
Europe won on land she will seek to
maintain on water, and while she may
succeed, it is equally possible that she
may lose all aud more than all. The
vicissitudes of military and monarchi?
cal despotisms in the past afford no
encouragement to the German empire.
Frsuco wus as grand and mighty as
Germany is to-day, und yet fell. To
suub changes and vicissitudes every
naliou is subject that puts its trust in
princes, whose only strength is in the
bullot and the blade.
Dratit of a Minister While
Pbeacuino.? Rev. WilliamS. Orowley,
for many years a resident of Balti?
more, died suddenly of heart disease
ou Saturday, while attending service
in tbe Maratona Baptist Ohurob, near
Roxborougb, Pa., of which he waa
pastor. While delivering a prayer his
voioe suddenly failed, he fell prostrate
and soon afterwards died in tbe
church.