The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, February 02, 1875, Image 2
The bilk ae reported fcrom the Oom- I
xnittee of W*jb and Means of tbe
House of Representative?, to make bp- |
propriatiooe to meet the ordinary ex
peusea of tbe State Government for
the preaent fiscal year, is projected
apon nearlj the same scale as beretu
fore. Tbe.'e ia some diminution in tbe
amounts intended for contingent
funds, printing aud the public schools
Bat the reform is so slight here that I
it is almost impossible to see it. We!
do no* prepare, however, to-day, 10
show tbe desirableness sud feasibility
of ? general reduotiou iu tbe proposed
appropriation. We will not waste words
in any enoh fatifeat teat pi. We flud
appropriated fur the support of tbe
University $5*2,800. of wbtou sum
$24.?d? is to go to prob .?or-, $2 600
fr>r miscellaneous expenses, 812,?00
for beneficiary Scholarship* and $3 OhO
for this, preparatory school. Iu close
connection with tula expenditure, we
Sud $10,000 lor the Ota to Normal
School aud $10,000 tor payment of
interest on the bonds of tbe State
Agricultural College und Mechanical
Institute. ' Altogether, tbe educational
oppropristiona foot op the 8am of $72, ?
800, ia addition to which (he aunt of
$240,000 is appropriated for public j
school* ?
Iu relation to this general subject,
we venture io make a aioglo sugges?
tion. It: may not be considered, but I
tw are aure it ought to ho. Attached [
Sb the University is s library of mcol
value. It should be guarded aud
protected with -groat care. And
while modey '' is j lavishly bestowed
upon the*' institution, the library
surely ought not to be forgotten.
Would it ? not be well, in fact, to re
exatoius tho scheme of expenditure, to
see whether as much$2,000 or
$3.0001 a year could not be diverted
Iruux^no ofjtb* &jCota apon weich
it is WA swsfrosoii 16 expend it, snd
ghre it to the parohsse of new books?
Fall as tbe library ia of choice works,
it ia notably deficient; In the poblica
tions with which the press has teemed
with in the last fifteen years, s hslf
ien, a -gteei apace?as
t jsVrassa It* morialit
this period, science haa
tense strides, travelers have
idQescdoid^tbe uttermost
parts of the ?Arth, new and interesting
problems hsve been elaborated, and
literature'entiphed with the oonclu- \
siona of tailing sndl illustrious thinker*
apon a novel olaas of subjects. A few
days ago, Speaker Elliott, on the floor,
spoke Voei*i?'ut?Jly in appreciation of |
the library. We commend .the sug?
gestions -ajfevhave made to him and
those who^s4 With him. The claims
of the iir^fy in'tbe point of view we
hsve lndioajed are desorviug of serious
eouhideraSioo. Xhey . are entirely
ignored in the bill.
'urr-??
Hard times prevail sll over the coun?
try, but ?in? destitution io New York {
eity if Vsiyt to be something appalling.
Kevet-fs. the history oi that city has
there brent such a constantly increas?
ing army, of homeless',' j uoe mployed
onei. Tbe many benevolent institu
iions^reH^I 'jo ntmost, and
the pap*se ds^js - make demands for]
meaaa'toflfl tbe'-BXharrBted coffers of!
the oharitahle aosooiatioaB. Gu^ec
eburewei l^boi food ?d clothio* for
tbe aUswingpoor; and tbeladies of the
euffes-et<s woagregatiooB meet daily in
" ems, sod sew snd dfstri
smong the needy, with
eywed, or oasts, or hind.
Oivf, Brooklyn and New
?"r '4n 800.000 people
tenement booses, often
families living in one
bare arc 170,000 people
living ia 3.700 tenements; snd, with
sll thai public sad private charity oan
do, how are these people tobe fed and
olotbed white thrown ont of -work?
Tbe inoreoss of on me and o til-dot ng is
owing to the inoreased pauperism.
The rich bave responded generously;
wealthy ladsse have gone in their car?
riages, ?j and personally bestowed
money, and given other help; bat the1
attempts hsve beeu spssmodie, snd
the msny benevolent organisations
esnoot begin to suoeor ell tbe needy
poor. Frequently families ere pioked
ap on the streets, who have been
turned adrift into the streets because
of unpaid rants, and who have literally
neither toed, clothing nor shelter. It
is now a serious problem with thought?
ful people what is to .become of all
these, Uopooleee, hungry poor, with
ranks cooeUntly growing larger.
Bishop. wbQ started on a Voyage
around the Atlantio ooeet to the Gulf
of Mexico? in a paper oenoe, took the
letter by rail - from Wilmington to
Lake Weceamaw. from whence he
commenced the Voyage, down ihe
river to the aes, below Georgetown.
His arrival at Charleston has been ex
pected for several dsys past.
bs s?letji?m.%si.**???. ' 2
"4 Tb? New Orleans corroaooodeui of
Che New York Herald, nader date of
28th uTv.iffidioatee ? oonolosi?n *d
verse to tha action of the Returning
Board and the present bdmposition of
th* L-ginlature. as likely to be arrived
at by the U tngrehsioua! Investigating
Committee. He says they are disposed
to regard the Ke logg Government as
anstable aud po>w?i leen, but reitoguize,
?>so, au uimont iu*nriuouuiuole dif?
ficulty in uffodtug a proper aud
satisfactory remedy. Two of the
members?ategen Wheeief nud Frve
?Tinned the L gisUtuie and < Xi-ressed
astonishment ms w? Ii ?h udm'iatiuu st
tbe forbesranco of the people under
<uoh a system of government Iu a
letter to a friend, Beibup Wilroer d#
soribea in strikiug tenui the efteot ol
the sobcommittee's report in winning |
back the friendship of an abused peo?
ple Since it was made pt&blio, be
says, tba prayer for CoogruaK has been
read in churches iu which it has not
boon heard siuoe the close of the war.
"Tue people here kuew they bad
friends in Congress and foee, but they
did Lot realize ui til uow that they bad
representation." Meanwhile ibe Lou?
isiana question continues to bo agi?
tated in Washington, tienator Cook
ling delivered an intemperate partit<an
speech on tbe subject oil Tboredsy,
sod it is reputed that the Seuute Com?
mittee ou Privilegt'tt aud Euotious bas
decided tbat the Kellogg udmioistra
tiou must be reoogutsed as the- legul
Qovoremeot of Louisiaua. It seems
likely, also, that Piuobbuok will be
admitted as Senator from that Stat".
If all this bn done, the isme will go
before tbe country at the next eleotiou
for President of thu United States,
whether we have pasted from thoalage
of a ooustitutional to a tnilitury form
of government.
DocniiE Taxation.?Tho WiuoBboro
News shows that the preseut system of
taxing credits, suob ss notes, bonds
aud mortgages, is unjust, because it
really imposes double taxution upon
the people. ?
'?Let as assume," it says, "thet-.A.
owns S 10,000 worth of laud and
has 810,000 in cash. A. borrows; this
money, giving as Meoarity a morrglige
on his land, and investa tbe loan, say,
in. personkl propsrty. The two parties I
now bold between them 820.000 worth
of property and a piece ot paper; no?
thing more;.nothing less. Yet, whuu
an assessment is made, A. returns
$20,000, and B. returns bis mortgage
at $10,000. making in all 330.000
Whence comes this extra 810,U?U? It
exists nowhere, save iu the fertile
brain of tho astute money-grabbing
legislator, and the only tangible thing
about it is the tux upou it paid into
tbe treasury. Let os muko tbo stuto
ment more general. Assume that in
Sooth Citrohua there are 850.000 0U?
worth of property aud 850.000,000 iu
oash. Now suppose all the cush to be
loaned to the holders of tho property,
aud tho entire property iu the State
mortgaged for payment. Then there
would be 850,000,uOO of property,
850,000.000 of ansh, and 85.1,000,000
of mortgages. When tbo assessment
is ordered, all these are returned, and
the State is apparently worth $150,
000,000. A levy of iixteeu mills on
this assessment ia really au usseesineut
of twenty four mills ou (no itutnnl
amount of property iu tbe State.
"The true method," it oouoludos,
"of discovering thu uotual amount of
proper :y iu the State, is by permitiiog j
each individual to deduct all his ha
btiities from his assets, und to return
the difference, even if, as in aigabru, it1
has a mtnns sign before it. If Jubu |
Smith owns 850,000 worth of property
and own 840,000, should be bo re
^lired to swear to tbe auditor thai he
is worth 850,000, when uo capitalist
will trust him for more than $10,000,
minus the homestesd? The present
system of taxing oredits without ex?
empting debts, is as approved a mo
tljod of extortionate taxation as an
'exorbitant assessment ooold poasiblv
be."
The resolution complimentary to
Andrew Johnson paesed by the New
Jersey House of Representedves?41
to 17?must afford him especial grati?
fication. He name so very near con?
viction and disgrace, so far as that
could be sooomplisbed by the judg?
ment of an unreasoning Senate, of
which the well known and bigoted Mr.
Freiing buy sen, from New Jersey, was
a member. The home of that Senator
now bestows a eology upou tbe great
impeaohed, a I though **be wui at tfie
time of the impeaobment one of the
bitterest of It ?publiouu State?. Ii this
not a sign of tbe greet revolution that
is rolling irreai?tibly towsrds its eon
I summation?
Mu Eorroa: Wo would like to in?
quire, through your columns, why it
is that Ward 1 h so often left in dark?
ness? Very frequently it has hep
Cened lately, that tbe lamps have not
een lighted. Tho contractor shonld
certainly perform the duties which he
agreed to. Let ns hope tbst it will not
occur again. OBSERVER.
?^ ? ??
Very strange it in that people who
I oover notice sn entire column of praise
of themselves in s jonrusl, areoertain
to find a single line of censure.*
1ST8?Karsli ?m, :'rs%r?err V?ISTS.
Mntrais, Tbhh.
wksteun a n d *? tlantic R. R. Co,,
Office Gr* Pasb'b & Tioxwr Aq't.
t Atlanta, Ga , January 22, 187?.
Tbe following telegram, ??ot by tbe
Associated Pres? Agent at New Or?
leans, ezplaius iteetf:
No M ahdi Gras ?New Orleans,
January 21.?Tbe My one (Society bere
bare de0'd?d to dinpeuBe with *be pa?
rade on Mardi GraB day, on ancouot of
tbe abseuc? of his Royal Highness
Kiug Prosperity.
For several yearn Mardi Qras has
been celebrated in Memphis, Tenn.,
with Huoh success *uh to rivul New Or?
leans, null lattt year it was pronounced
by every one who witnessed it to be
far bettor tb.au unytbiug over s<?eu in
tbis uooutry. Tbe celebration this
year ut Memphis will i urpass all otbers
in tileganoe and upleudor. For tbe
couveuienoe of those who desire to go,
tbe Western and Atlantio Railroad and
its oonneotioos will sell, oommeuoing
February 5. Round Tbip Tickets fob
Onk Fabb, $22 5U, good to return be?
fore February 15.
Through First Glass Day Coaches
'.save Atlanta daily at 9 35 P. M.. for
Memphis, without change, and no
obsrgo is made for ocoopyiog seats.
Msguifioeut Palace Sleeping and
Drawing-room Cuaobes leave Atlanta
daily at 9 35 P. M., lor Memphis,
without change. Our supply of Pa?
lace Drawing-room und Sleeping Gars
is Sample for auy emergency, aud spe?
cial cars can be furnished upon appli?
cation, to leave AugUBta. AAoua,
Rome, Savauuah, Charleston, Macou,
Columbus or Charlotte. Parties de?
siring to go should notify me as early
ai possible. B. W WRl?NN,
Gen. Pass'r and Ticket Agent,
Atlanta, Gu.
Tub English I'kk-s on tub Lodisi
ana Outrage.?Ail tbe leading Lon?
don journals have editorials on tbe
subject of tbe great outrage perpe?
trated io Louisiana by President
Grant. The limes says:
"It is true that the language of tbe
Constitution is very loose, and will al?
low a daring administration to assume
powers as despotic as those with
which Roman consuls were invested
when tbey were charged to sea 'that
tbe commonwealth received no detri?
ment.' But this license has never
hitherto been allowed to go too far,
sud If it be seriously maintained that
I |be Federal Govern meet ia bouud to
.interfere, od.Governor Kellogg's invi?
tation, at Ne.w Orleans, because live
unqualified members have been ad:
routed to the Legislators, tbe United
States army may be used to coerce tbe
Legislatures sfc Albauy and Harris
burg for. no better reason than that tbe
great States of New York and Pennsyl?
vania have shown themselves hostile
to the party in power at Washington.
It cannot bo denied that tbe President
acted with deliberation and with ' a
foil knowledge that hi* interference
would not be needed to repress insur?
rection, but to disturb -the balance of
parties."
Tbe Morning Post says:
'* Tbe whole affair reminds one more
oT Mexico, or of one of tbe petty
States of South America, than of the
great republic. Aud not the least
sombre feature io tbe business is tbe
fact that the President planned, or at
least consented to what ban been done,
several days before it occurred, and
that the whole affair was a deliberate
and determined exercise of tbe most
arbitrary and unconstitutional power."
The Pali Mall Gazelte says:
"The President bus determined to
enforce decisions which tho public opi?
nion of tbe whole Uniou stigmatizes
as shamelessly partisan and corrupt,
aud which even those who gave them
admit to have hi en arbitrary and with?
out foundation in law. Aud in en?
forcing tbem be has allowed one of his
officers to imitate tho worst practioe?
of Spanish American military adven?
turers."
Iceland.?Tbe descendants of tbe
Vikings are proud of their record of
1,000 years, and Professor Koeelaud is
showing at Boston that they have good
reason so to be. The settlement of
let-land in tbe ninth century, by
Norsemen, who eould not live under
tbe oppression of an oligarchy, gave
tone to tbe national character, making
Iceland, while an independent repub?
lic, the oonserver of art and literature
iu a dark age. 400 years before Co?
lumbus, tbe Northmen discovered
Greenland and tbe North American
coast; aud while tbis does not detract
from tbe glory of Columbus, it shows
tbe courage and persistence, in the
face of obstacles, characteristic of the
Scandinavian. But tbe golden ago of
Iceland has passed, and tbe works of
her sages have become the world's ho?
mage, still tbe nation bus reaaon to
be proud of a people who. in their va
ried history, havo never ceased to
maintain the right of self government.
A Pbilosofhbb ?An old oitizsn of
Dayton. Ohio, who has raised two
families, has been for many years in
the habit of observing?among other
things?tbe growth of the boys aud
girls, and makes some surprising as?
sertions. He takes their measures in
January and Jnly, and has discovered
that growing ohildrsn grow far more
between January and July than in tho
other half oft s year. Io fact, almost
tbe entire growth of tbe year is during
tbe former period. This philosopher
infers from tbis that all najture is har?
monious, and that the physical growth
of humanity is governed by tbe same
laws whieh prevail over the vegetable
kingdom.
How It Is Dow?.?The way Id
whiota F?deral offloe holders rapidly
acquire fortunes, is well illustrated in
the case of Mr. Thomas Williams, Na?
tional Bank Examiner, who was in
this plaee a few daya si no?. Mr. Wil?
liams receives bis appointment trwtn
tbe Government, and resides in Wash?
ington City. He has the banks in
several States as a district, over which
be exercises an examiner's watchful
care, and which he vitrits a stated num?
ber of times during the year. His i-er
vices are paid for at tbe rate of five
dollars per day and two dollars for
every twenty-fivo m<lee he is compelltd
to travel iu order to reach any bank
within tbe ecope of bis territory. On
Friday he closed his labors at Liexiug
ton, aud tbe following day came to
Richmond. Tbe distance is twenty
five miles, and for thin be wus entitled
to two dollars?the regular faro by
etnge. His duties here with three na?
tional banks required his actual labor
ouly on Friday and Saturday, which,
at five dollars a day, gave him ten dol?
lars, aud this, with bis mileago, would
make twelve dollars. But he under?
stands the routine of how not to do it.
and thereby "turns an honest peony."
Instead of makiDg out bis charges
against the banks for tbe amount ac?
tually due him, he counts his mileago
at tbe rate stated for the whole dis?
tance from Wasbingtou City to Rich?
mond for three sepurate trips, or one
to each bank. And in plaoe of twelve
dollars, he receives for one day's work
$150. Truly, this is a glorious Go?
vernment of ours, and the softest
plaoe on earth is an office under Grant.
Is it singular, then, tb*t all tbe office?
holder* in the laud ure squulling fur u
third term?
[ Richmond (Ky ) Register, Jan. 22.
St Valentine Parties ?Scribner
for February, in noting how the cele
bratiou of St. Valentine'* Day, wbiob
onoo was observed with 6?> muoh inte?
rest aud fervor, Iihs dwindled to the
mere anonymous sending of epistolary
pleasantries, urges tbe tutroductiou of
Valeutine parties, and oiearly demon?
strates that, wbeu entered iuto with
tbe proper spirit, avast fond of amuse?
ment aud entertainment will be af?
forded by them. Oue wuy in which
such parties may be conducted, ih for
eaoh invited guest to send tbo hostess
at least one valentine, something of a
humorous or bauteriug kind being
preferable, the sender indicating whe?
ther the valentines are intended fur
lady or gentleman, and the hostess
will address tbem as she chooses, with?
out knowing their contents or tbe
name of tbo sender. Another way is
for the hostess to furnish eaoh of her
guests.with a list of those expected,
thus giving eaoh one an opportunity
to write to particolat persons. The
hostess, however, should receive tbe
valentines before the patty, and, if
any of her expected guests may have
been overlooked, supply a few .extra
ones for them. After tho guests have
assembled, the hostesH delivers the
missives to their proper sddresses, the
recipients being compelled to read
them aloud for the benefit of the com?
pany. The valentines, some from
their aptness, others for an exactly
contrary reason, thus read aloud, can
hardly fail to create a good-humored
merriment; and such parties, we be?
lieve, would be a most enjoyable way
to celebrate tbe arrival ot St. Valen?
tine's Day.
Some statistics of tbe trade between
Cuba and the Atlantic sea-ports of the
U'Jitod States may expluiu why there
are a vast number of people in this
country who feel a very lively iuto
rest in the politic il uffiirs of the
island, and autioiputo its future with
deep oonoern. The figures are for tbe
year 1871, uud have just beeu made
I up at Havana. During the year, we
I bought from Cuba sugars, tobacco and
other articles of export to tbe value of
$35,000,000. fur which we paid mostly
, iu American gold. From Havana
alone, the exports to this oountrv were
I of the value of $20,000,000. of'which
$12.000,000 were in sugar, and nearly
all the remainder in tobaco?. But
I while wo sent this huge sum of money
to Cuba, she purchased from the
United States only $15,000.000 worth
of goods and products of all kinds,
leaving a balanoe of trade against ns
of $70,000,000. So long ns tbe pre?
sent anarchy and misrule continues on
the island, there is uo prospect of our
side of the ledger showing any butter
account, and for that reason it would
be a fortunate day for ns when any
tarn of tho wheel would restore peace
to Cnba, no matter under what politi?
cal auspices, aud open up a market
for the manufactured articles which a
busy aud indnstrions population would
need and have. As tue situation now
stands, tbe United States is the best
customer Cuba has, aud it is Amerioan
gold which ia very largely paying for
the maintenance of a government
whioh Americans detest, and contri?
buting to the support of a war which
it would be to our eventual interest to
have brought to a speedy termination.
"Gentlemen," said a pious old De?
mocrat to tho bystanders on the street
iu Nashville, last Tuesday afternoon,
"for the last forty years, I have en?
deavored to live the life of a consistent
Christian, and during that whole time
I have studiously avoided the utter?
ance of all language nnbeeoming the
Christian oharaoter; bat I cannot
speak of this thing without giving way
to the wildest profanity; you will,
therefore, excuse me when I say that
tha man, woman or child who voted
for Andrew Johnson, or was in any
way instrumental in securing bis elec?
tion to the United States Seuste, is a
miserably and ostentatiously ramified
subcutaneous psllax, and 1 don't oars
what preaoher hears me say so."
?? ? tc- * ' * ' ' ? *?- ? nil mm
Cttt If Anns.?Subscribe for ihm
Pnanax?don't borrow.'
Headingmutter, .on ever* page, o m% .\
Traneient advertisements and no?
tices mutt be paid for in advance.
A dangerous place?tbe State House
fence on Assembly street.
Tbe semi-annual examination in tbe
University will begin on tbe 8tb inst.
There was no quorum in tbe House,
yesterday afternoon. Tbe Senate con?
venes to-day.
A detaobment of Lieut. Beck'a re
?ruits departed for tbe seat of war,
yesterday.
Tbe Southern and Atlantic telegraph
line has been extended to New Or*
leans.
Tbe one ism that should be heartily
encouraged by everybody, everywhere
?journalism.
We understand there are oluba of
tbe beat people getting ready to go to
tbe Memphis Mardi Qras.
Ool. Bridgers will accept our thanks
for a "complimentary" for 1875 over
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
Your advertisements sre read after
your store is closed, and arc often
peruaed before it is opened in tbe
morning.
Lieut. Beok has enlisted quite a
number of men?principally colored.
Tbe fl ig is still np, and a few more
cm get accommodated.
Job priuting of every kind, from a
miniature visiting card to a fuur-sbeet
poster, turned oat, at short notice,
from Piubnix oihoe. Try us.
Mr. Qeorge Hall met with a serious
accident, last night, by falling down
the stairs leading to Parker'a Hall.
His bead was badly out and bruiaed.
Tbe is nothing half so sad in life as
the Bpeotacle of an auctioneer attempt?
ing to aell 815,000 worth of goods to
an andienoe whose aggregate and
tangible assets foot op to thirty cents.
Wo call attention 1o circulars of Mr.
B. W. Wreun, General Passenger
Agent Western and Atlantic Railroad.
He is always np with the times. Par?
ties desiring to be present at Memphis
should address bim at once.
Tbe gas bills for tbe past month
are a decided improvement on those
for Deoember. Kerosene is cheap,
but gas at $5 per 1,000 feet is not only
cheap, but very convenient, and cer?
tainly the best light obtainable.
Mr. Laurey will have a large stock
of fruit, etc., to dispose of to-day, and
those desirous of purchasing, may be
assured of bargains. Bauanas, oranges,
apples, etc. He is also supplied with
more substantial articles- bacon, cab?
bage, onions. &j. Nearly opposite
Phcbnix offioe.
What is the matter? Tbe majority
of the stores under tbe Alexander
Opera House have been rented and the
reniera are desirous of obtaining
possession; but work has been sus?
pended, with no certainty of its re?
newal at an early day. Who is to
blame? Look into it, gentlemen in?
terested, and save trouble hereafter.
We have been requested to state that
nil Royal Arch Masons, with their
families, desirous of visiting Charles?
ton during the annual grand convoca?
tion of the Grand Royal Aroh Chapter,
will be passed over the various rail?
roads f*r one fare. A certificate from
the High Priest of the Chapter to
which the member belongs, will be re?
quired by the railroad agents.
As Mardi Gras will not be kept np
in New Orleans this year, the citizens
of Memphis, Tenn., have redoubled
their efforts to have a grand display.
Tbe King has ordered the different
railroad and steamboat lines to reduce
their fare, and all have complied. A
card in another column from B. W.
Wreun, Enq., of tbe Western and At?
lantic Railroad, announceslbat be will
furnish round trip tickets at extraor?
dinarily low rates.
Salb Day ?Yesterday was sale-day,
but owing to tbe stringency of tbe
money market, but little property was
disposod of, and that little at very low
prices. Messrs. H. & S. Beard sold a
lot in Waverley for 9ST5. Messrs. D.
C. Peixotto k Son sold a lot on Main
street, near Washington, for 81,475;
also, about fifty bead of horses and
mules, at prices rsnging from $10 to
8125.
"Tns Bali.."?The ball of the Rich
land Rifle Club oomee off on Thursday
evening next, in the Southern Insur?
ance Company's Hall. Mr. McKenzie
furnishes tbe supper. The Rifles are
s fine body of men, nnder the lender*
ship of Cspt. Hugh S. Thompson,
sbly backed by Messrs. W. O. Swaf
field, W. R. Osthoart, John T. Sloan,
Jr., snd Wills Jones, Viee-Presidents.
The oompsny numbers 107, and yet
the organisation is scarcely six months
old.
??.,? , i. vtf 1 ? . 'imnii' ?55 I mm
Quart of General Brssions, Jedge B
& Carpenter presiding, convened' to- ?
day. The grand jury was called and
regularly empanoeted, 'and Joe. A.
Heudrix appointed foreman. Hie
Honor theo .delivered an elaborate
charge, of wbieti tbe following i? a
brief ay nopals:
1. To punish County officers for
contracting for work lor which ib? re
>e uo money to p?y; also, to piutsh
ritmu for paying debts for which no
ppropnatiou has been made. 2.
Minder itud manslaughter. 3 Duel?
ing, challenging, Ao. 4. Assaults
with deadly weapons, carried con?
cealed about tbe person. 5 R?pe.
6 Kidnapping 7 An Aot to punish
nugiueers und ooiidnotors for disobey?
ing rules ot rallruad companies, and
also under name Aoi tbe doty of rail*
roads to give notice of an approach of
truius to pui.liu crossings. 8. An Asf
to punish W'.fui obi treating of rail?
road tracks. 9 Au Act to punish .
arson. 10 Au Act to poniah bur?
glary 11 A>< Act to pauisb stealing
notes, bonds. &??> 12. An ?ot to punish
the stealing ol growing crops. 13 Aot
topuuisii breach of trust when com mi;
ted with fraudulent intent.. 14 Aot
10 punish stealing of stook. 15? Aot bo
punish piuk-pucaeta. 16 Acttopuntah
malicious wounding of cattle. 17 Aot
to puoisb fenoe burning. 18 Act to
pniiisu fraudulent branding of cattle.
10 Aot to punish malicious trespass?
mg on lauds. 20. Aot to punish mali?
cious injury to bridges erected by
Couuty Commissioners. 21. An Act
to punish obstrnoting of ditches; 22.
An Act to punish cutting of shade
trees. 23 Act to pnnisb forgery and
uouuterieitiog- 24. Act to punish
perjury aud t<ubordination ot per?
jury. 25 Act to punish Clerk of
UburU, Sheriffs and Trial Justices
for refusing to pay over fiuen, An.
26. Aot to punish bribery. 27. Act
to pnuish scceptance of bribes. 28.
A<*t to punish aiding in escapes. 29.
Act to punish wagers on elections.
30 Act to punish fraudulent (repeat*
ins) voting at elections 81. aot to
punish bribery at elections. 32 Aot
to pouisb tbe baying of offices. 33.
Aot to punish intimidation of voters.
34 Aot to prevent' ejectment of- ts
uante on acoountof political opiuiena.
35 Aot to punish drunkenness ia
office. 86. Aot' to ? punish Couuty
officials for negleet of duty. 97. En?
forcement Aot. 88. Act to punish
bigsmy. 89. Aot co punish gambling.
40. Aot to punish lotteries. *t. Act
to punish vending of ardent spirits in '
Riobland County. 42 Aot to ponish
oommon carriers, pub ho off! bars ' sad :
proprietors of theatres for 'raiding* tw0 "
receive persons on account of color,
previous condition, Ac ' 43." Aot ?V '
punish accessories. His Honor dwelt
at some length on the Act which rar
qnirea all persons vending srdenV
spirits to apply to the Grand Jury for
license to sell the same, it not resident',
within some incorporated town. i
There were fonr bills given out to
the Grand Jury. Only one case was
tried, vis: Tbe State es. James Oweos.
Henry Bethel end Hi I hard Owens,
charged with grand larceny.4 Verdict
not guilty as to Henry Bethel, but
guilty as to tbe others.
Dr. E. H. Heinitsb temporary fore?
man of Jury No. 2.
There being no further business
before the Court, adjourned' until to
mo: row, at 10 o'clock.
A Card.?The ladies of tho Sewing -
Society of Washington Stroet Church,
desiro to return their most earnest'
thanks to Governor Z. B. Vauoe for
his courteous compliance with their
requost to deliver a lecture in 'aid of
their work. Tbe sum realized by the
proceeds of the lecture will bo devoted
to finishing their much needed ohuroh,
and they will ever remember with pro?
found feelings of gratitude, the elo?
quent speaker, who oame front their
sister State and lent hia talents to as?
sist in tbe ssered work.
Mail ikbanobhshtb. ? Northern
mail opens 6,30 A. M., 8 P. M.; oloses
11A.M..6P.M. Charleston opent>8
A. M., 5.80 P. M.;olosec8 A. M..6P.
M. Western opens 6 A. M., 1 P.
M.; closes C, 1.30 P. M. Greenville
opens 6.45 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Wil?
mington opens 4 P. M.; closes 10,80
A. M. On Sunday open from 2.8? to
3.30 P. M.
List of New Advkhtibevsnts.
E-ghty Acres and an Ox.
C J. L*nrey?Bananas, Coooanots.
Mooting Palmetto Steam Fire Co.
Dr. R Vampil?Caution.
C. J. Laorey?Bacon, Apples, etc.
Chioora Tribe, No. 2.
Hotel Arrivals, Febbuaby 1.?
I Rendrix House?T K Cunningham,
Lancaster; J F Lyles, Fairfield; J B
Gilbert, Humter; J Reuaiok, Uuioo;
W W Clond, DokV; W S Duo bam. A
S Cartledge, J A Henderson, city; J
W Oolton, J D Radoliffe, J O Oollon,
N Y; G Webb, Savsnnsb; T F Wesson,
H C Maratou, N Y; M Summer field,
Va; J T Smith, Fla; F P Sbeitoo, 8 O;
G F Holmea, Savannah; J S Perrin, F
J Brooks, Abbeville; L M Williams,
Darlington; T S Wilhams. Society
Hill; N B Vac la ndi ogham, Lancaster;
J E Payne, MO; AB Irby, Fairfleld.
Mansion House?M W Felder, Barn
well; Wm Ed Young, E Dickinson, 8
F McGregor, Andrew Crawford. J O
Sims, oity; W J Rodgers, J O OaBots,
Prosperity; J E B oss?r, Spar tan barg;
T B Jeter, Union; T B Ferguson,
Greenville; Arthur Kama, Oakland*;
B F Mauldiu, WiUiamaton.