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ir* pleaadd, to eeo that a joint
resolution has boon adopted in the
Honse of Representatives, in favor of
^Kpa Govorn^oq't aid to 'thb Toxoo
and Pooiflo Railroad. Considerable
opposition bnobooo manifested to the
scheme, hot it is of a oharaoter that
Will not new lbs tost of .examination.
Some grounds of objection have no
deeper root than pr<jadioe against any
'thing Whioh it -is sapposod may bo of
advantage to tho Sooth. The larger
?consideration that whet benefits the
South, will also benefit the whole
oountry, it is hoped, will prevail over
thia narrow* sectional end partisan
projudico. Some, in want of better
arguments, seek to identify the enter?
prise with an individual, and depreoi
ate it in depreciating him. They call
it *'Tom Soott's" road, and pretending
to think that he will be the priuoipal
gainer by its completion, they Beek to
plaoe obstacles in its path. We know
OoL Soott only by his acknowledged
goo ins for railroad management and
?construction. He isas good ua other rail?
road msgnates, and if he engineers this j
?great scheme through upon the plan
wbioh he has devised, he will be enti?
tled to the thanks of the country, and
to whatever emoluments that will re
oult from it. There ia an equally de?
termined bat more excusable opposi?
tion to the Sontberu Paoifio from tbe I
cauitaliatu in tor aatad in the Northern
Pacific. They dread a rival line, run?
ning on a comparatively level route,
where agreeable and gentle tempera
tare prevail! all the year round. New
York does not favor it. ? She ia appre-1
bensive of its effect upon her trade.
? She already feels the rivalry of Balti?
more na a grain depot and distributor.
-But the question of tbe construction |
-o! this road moat tarn upon other con
-moderations and^riswa then opmaseroial j
g??valryr tu^Mlonay.^pf.; oapjtsl, -nee
^ffonal prejudice of personal 'ambition.
They are all small in comparison with
tho imperious necessity for a new libe)
across the continent, on a lower paral?
lel than the Northern, with its ioy
heights, its continuous snow sheds, its
perplexing doieys. and threatening
perils. The great trade whioh is set?
ting in in a steady current from the
j iP?oifio und between the Kant and West
of this Union, demands another and
a better ohannel through whioh to
.flow. Its effeot upon tbe business ofj
the oonntry, the immense development
whioh would follow it* its influence in
attracting settlers, cannot be over-esti?
mated. We copy in another place
communication from the Biohmoud
Dispatch?a atrong and olear statement |
of the kind of aid wanted, tho reason
why it is wanted, and why it should he ]
grunted?writteu by a gentleman very
familiar with the subject of which he '
treats.
KxrclSout Suggestion? from the Go- |
vernor.
It is a pleasure no less than a duty
to reoognize the just, economical and
sagaoioos purpose of Governor Chum
j berJein, in the advice eommnniouted
by bim in the letter addressed to the
Slate Senate Gommittee on Finance,
the substance of whioh we reprodaoe.
He insists, with an nrgenoy which all
muat commend, that appropriations
shall be kept within receipts as nearly
? id possible. He lays this down as an I
axiom whioh oannot bo cafely detraaU
ed from, and then lucidly presents tbe |
mode by which it msy be approxi?
mated. This is the sort of reform that
.. is needed. The reeommeodations of
reduction,which the Governor makes,
if adopted, will go far towards bring?
ing about a result, the attainment of
which, ae be says', "ought to be not
only the duty but the pride sod joy
of every man who seeks to serve the
State/' The country is conscious that
there is a steady' hand at the helm of
State affairs, and feels a renewal and
an increaso of oonfldehae in the pilot.
Affointmbkts.?Jury Commission?
ers: Piokens?W. A. Lesley; Golleton
?John F. Lewis, vice James Nesbitt,
removed. Trial Jnstioes: Golleton?
W. m. Hurley, 0. B. Brook, S. 8. Al?
bright, W. ?. Griffith, W. H. Blocker,
B. S. Tarlton, J. M. Oautwell. J. A.
Aokerman, H. S. King, L. A. Harper;
Darlington?A. Braoob, B. O. Hollo
way. Notaries Publio: Abbeville?
Banj. D. Kay; Anderson?John Long,
Joseph Winter; Barnwsll?W. O. Try
non; Beaufort?A. W. Maekenfuss.
Removals: Trial Jnstioes?Golleton?
? Carroll, Sol. Pinokooy. Joseph
Brown, O. J. Sasportus, HI. P. Uowell.
Tho dead body of a woodcutter,
named Wm. P. Knight), was found
near the Six Mile House, above
Charleston, on the 7th. It is supposed
that he was killed by a pausing rail?
road treio.
'I ?! /' ? BW??.*H'' 1 ? '* ' 1 .
Tub Govxbnob on Retbencdment. |
Governor Ohamberluiu addressed a
lotier to Senator .N <*sh, Cuai rmun of
^bp Senatd Corqmi,tt?? on Fiu?boe, a
(aw dayB ago, in which ho,empbdsize$
tfiaNduty of all in official position td
endeVvur ^b keep the expedite of tbj&
State within proper bounds. The ag?
gregate of deficiencies oreuted under
tbe Appropriation Aot is $178,555?.
TOie-li due to"*th6- fa?t,'he sfcysTInal
tbe present tux levy was made upon an
asoosaaient of property amounting..to
$170,000,000, whereas tbe new assess?
ment ander' which tbst levy is col?
lected aggregates only about 8140,000,
000. To the end that expenditures
may be brought down to suoh amount
as will reduoo this immense deficiency
to the lowest possible limit, be makes
the following suggestion:
1. Strike out appropriutiou made in
paragraph 13 of Suction 1, for addi?
tional compensation of Oonuty Audit?
ors?$4,785.75. 2. Reduce Governor's
contingent fund to 83,000. 3. Reduce
Attorney-General's contingent fund to
$10,000. 4. Reduce tbo appropriation
for the Lunatio Asylum to 850,000. 5.
Reduoo appropriatiou for State Or?
phan Asylum to 810.000. 6. Reduce
appropriations for salaries of profes?
sors iu Uuiveraity to 818.000. Tbis
involves abolition of modioal depart
ment, which, under tbe circumstances,
I approve. 7. Strike out appropria?
tion of $1,000 for demouatrator of
anatomy. 8. Striko out iu same emo?
tion and paragraph appropriation for
apparatus?$1,000. 9. Reduce appro?
priation for miscellaneous expenses ol
University to $1,500. 10. Raduoe ap?
propriation for preparatory sohoul in
University to $2,000. 11. Raduoe ap
propriation for insurance and repairs
cm University buildings to 84,000. 12.
Reduoe appropriation for State Agri?
cultural College to 85,000. 13. Re?
duce appropriatiou for State Normal
School to $5,000. 14. Reduoe appro?
priation for publio printing to $40,000.
About this, I do not see how there can
bo any. difference of opinion. 15.
Striko out in Seotion 1, paragraph 17,
the appropriation for rubipding, Ac,
so., in office of Secretary of. ?t?te.
"The . reductions thus effeoted will
araonnt to $76,530.75, which will re
dues .the entire deficiencies under this
bill to 872.024 25. I now recommend
further that the. proceeds .of the phos?
phate . royalty bu entirely devoted ;to
mooting the appropriations made in
thio bill. This fund will amount to at
leaot, ?40,000, which will make a fur?
ther reduction of deficiencies under
tbis bill to $32,024 25.
Mr. Woodroff'o Reply.
Columbia, S. 0.. February 8,1875.
Hon. TP". B. Nash, Ckairrnan Commit?
tee on Finance of State Senate?Dbab
Sib: In reply to the suggestions of bin
Excellency the Governor, relative to
the matter of the publio printing, 1
beg leave to submit tbe following for
the consideration of the oommitteu:
1. That pursuant to tbo require?
ments of tbo Act to regulate the pub?
lio printing, approved March 17, 1874,
due advertisement in tbo daily papers
of Columbia und Cbariuatou for pro?
posals for tbo public printing was
made by the Clerk of tbo Somite and
Clerk of tbe House of Representatives.
2 Tuut competition for the publio
printing was open to any party de?
sirous ot snbniittiug proposals for ten
days after tbe meetiug of the General
Assembly.
3. That, as will up. oir by reference
to Houee and Senate journals of De?
cember 3, 1874, tbe Joint Committ -e
on Printing of tbe two Houses mot on
the 10th day of tbe present session,
and unanimously awarded tun ooutruct
to t>ie Repub iu*u Priutiug Cotni nuy,
for tbe term of two years, for tbe ?um
of $50.000 a year.
4. That no other proposal for the
publio printing wna presented or sub?
mitted to tbe committee, though it is
well kpown that bia Excelleuoy is one
of the proprietors of tbe Union-Herald
Publishing Company, which itiv nata
ral.toaappose would hsve submitted a
proposal if its managers believed it
oouid hove been made profitable.
? "About 'thiu, I do not see how there
{?an bo any difference of opinion."
5: That the proposal of the Republi?
can Printing Company was baaed upon
tbo fact that it was fully prepared to
jdo the work, and that said proposal
was. inutuoUy advantageous to tbe
State and tike company. ?
6. Tust wo respectfully oabmifc that
the e?ua ol $50,000 will scarcely meet
tbe expenses of tbe onrrent and per?
manent printing of the General As?
sembly; in addition to wbiob tbe Com?
pany are bound by contract to print
the Saprease Court decisions, and to
bind tbe Aots, reports and resolutions,
journals, &o., of the General Assembly.
7. That for these and other reasons,
we beg leave, moat respeotfoliy, to
dissent from tbe viewa and suggestions
of bis Eioellenoy tbe Governor, rela?
tive ts tbe publio printing.
I have the honor to be, your most
obedient servant,
J. WOODRUFF,
On behalf of Republican Printing Co.
The statement that Mr. Jobnaou
gave "pledges" as to bis future- politi
oal action to the tqaad of Republicans
who voted for him, ia reduced to the
fuot that he assured them he would
not be governed in his action by mere
partisanship. On entering the Senate
Mr. Johnson will fiud there twelve
Senators who voted "yea" on the im
peaobment occasion- Messrs. Anthony,
Cameron, Conkling, Oragin, Edmunds.
Ferry, Frelingbuysen, Powe, the two
Morrilln, Morton and Sherman.
/
THE STATE LKGISIiATUUK.
Monday, Fbbbuasx 8, 1875.
iJdessagM were '< received from (he
Hooho, thattho bills to enumerate tho
inhabitants of the state and to pro?
vide for fchu redemption-of forfeited
lattds, were improperly prepared and
tfiey wrro- retaraod. , Atao. that the
enaoting clause of a Seoatii bfll rela?
tive to lions on oropa bad been stricken
oa'tr. u
- Tbo House sent to-the-Senate eon
current resolutions that the Clerks of
the' two Houses fornioh statement of
all claims passed at regular session of
1873-71, for which provision has not
been made; to instraot the Sonato?
add Representatives of the State in
the United States CoDgress to give
their earnest and united support to
any measures that seeks to extend aid
to the Texas aud Paciflo Railway, were
laonourred in and returned.
\ Concurrent reflation to appoint a
spiioial joint committee to ascertain
aud report as to the best means of
furthering the representation of the
resources of the State ut tbo Interna?
tional Exhibition in Philadelphia.
Messrs. Coobran, Swails, Whittemore,
Duncan, Nash were appointed com?
mittee on part of Senate.
Mr. Jervey introduced bills to incor?
porate Middle Street Sullivan'a Island
Railroad Company; to alter and amend
charter of German Rifle Ciub, of
Obarleaton; to incorporate German
School Association, of Oburloston.
Mr. Wbittemoro?Hill to authorize
and empower P. C. Fiudd to ersot and
maintain gates across a osrtain lane in
Darlington.
Mr. Smalls?Bill to amend an Aot to
enforce the provisions of Otvil Rights
Bill of the United States Congress,
and to secure to the people the bene?
fits of a Republioan Government m
this State.
Mr. Myers?Bill to umeod an Act
to establish a public road in Colletun
County.
! Mr. Jones?Joint resolution to ena?
ble Miss Julia Duncan, of Darlingtou
County, to redeem certain lands for?
feited for non-payment of taxes.
Mr. Bowen?Bill to protect and eu
courage stock raising.
Mr. Swails presented claim of H trdy
Solomon, for supplies famished Stata
Penitentiary.
j Mr. Whittemore presented applica?
tion of Porter, Coates & Co., ni Phila?
delphia, for authority to mat.e, on ao
oount of the State, certain steel en?
gravings, represeuting the Capitol in
I use at the organization of the State
Government, aud the one now occu?
pied ip process of erection .
Mr. Myers presented petition of
sundry citizens of Colletoo, reUtive to
[certain, roads and bridges in that
I County.
I A message was received from the
Governor, stating that he has ap?
proved the following Acts and jotnt
resolutions: Acts to renew and amend
oharter Table Mountain Turnpike
Company; to alter and amend abarter
of Union Savings Bank, of Columbia;
to incorporate town of Port Harrelson,
Hurry County; joint resolution to re?
store t) Charleston Library Society
title to certain lands forfeited for wou
payment of faxen, and to deoiure same
to be free from taxation. Also, stating
that he disapproved a joint resolution
to allow O. D. Prentiss, J. L Smith
and others to redeem certain forfeited
laud in Aiken. The Senate refused to
pans it over the veto.
House bill to declare the true intent
aud meauing of an Act to regulate the
pay of members of the General Assem?
bly, was laid on the table.
I Bill to amend an Act for incorpora?
tion "f town of Georgetown, was read
third time and sent to House.
Tbo enacting clause of bill to regu?
lato the appointment und salary of
Trial Justices iu the several C"uutteH
of tbo State herein mentioned, wast
strioken out.
After consideration of general or?
dern, adjourned
Ladd Brothers have extricated their
steamer from the bank in the Wat^reo
on which it ran aground, and are
bringing it baok op tho river. The
sccident was due to the want of a
pilot thoroughly acquainted with the
channel. The project of navigating
the river will be pushed, we trust, to
a prosperous conclusion. Saooess
would vastly enhance the price of the
fertile Wateroo lands, as it would opeu
o cheap and r.opid line of transporta?
tion. The Ladd Brothers deserve
great credit for their enterprise, Tbo
boat is flftj.feet long and oight feet j
across, .and draws seven or eight]
iuoUejsii.JLv is propelled by a stern
paddle wheel, Dr. Lidd Was tbo
architect, and exhibited great okill aud
ingenuity in bis work. The boat runs
well, ? Wihhshoro Jf e ies.
? .,," , .' -:?i
The MotrcrrAis Meadow Massacbb.
The Salt Lako Tribune, of February 6,
Sablisne* a statement from Loo, of the
[o obtain ' Meadow massacre fame,
sayings that be will tufa State's evi?
dence. Ho denies the ravishing and
morder of helpless women, and asserts
that Haight, Highty und others have
charged their enormities upon him.
He is suffering from inflammatory
rheumatism.
Caps Diamond Avalanche ? Tho
fear that all the members of the Gib?
son family were killed by the ava?
lanche of snow from Cape Diamond,
which crushed their honoo oo the night
of the 4th, was fully oen firmed later in
the night, by the discovery of the desd
bodies of the Gibsons and of the ehild
Hetherington in the ruins.
Workmen are now busy in Pere la
Chaise on a splendid monument to
Generals Le Comte and Clement
Thomas, the two soldiers who wore
offered as human sncriQces iu the Com?
munist orgis of 1871.
Dafour and Egypt. ? While the
American political liillibusttiro ie
dreaming of the anuux-atiou of Sau^Do
mingo, Sandwich Islauds, Mexican
State? and Central American republics,
the Egyptian 8t?teaman is realizing tbe'
bleMiogS of ?'grind jgrab of equally
hot' territory Tu th% vicinity of 'bis do?
minions. Egypt haR annexed Darfonr.
The preoiae. extent of Darfonr is not
known, but being dn--oribed in the
booka an fifty days'journey in length
and fifteen in breadth, it must evident?
ly be a considerable slid* Of Africau
territory, according to- any rea?
sonable computation of distance
in a measurement by time and
traveling. As a summer resort Dar
four is perhaps unexcelled. It has no
winter to mar its torridtty; its autumn,
the season of rain, is refreshed with
freqnent gushes of sunshine, and it is
not rare for half n dozen nuubows to
be neon at one time The mirage,
too, glorifies the plains when .summer
prevails. The tamarind und tbo grape
embellish the fields nod forests. To?
bacco, wild aud cultivated, given sur
oanna from sorrow to tbe mixture of
Arabs and negroes, who inhabit tins
land. The mercantile interests are de?
veloped by tbo car iv.m that from tbe
daya of the nuuiont pitriarcna bus
beeu carrying down into tbo land of
Egypt camels, ivory, horns of the rbi
nooeroH. teeth of the hippopotumnn,
ostrich feathera, gum, paroquets, mon?
keys and other luxuries. The slave
trado was at oue time also a great
source of gain to tbe lords of tbe
dosort, tbe predatory Arab nud bis
eqially enterprising colored brother.
From time immemorml Dartoar ban
been governed by a despotic prince or
muUbu, und bis oubin t wuh composed
of numerous privileged old women,
whose especial duties eonsinted in
obeying hia ooruinaudn and n~si?ting
at varioiin oeremonios. This system
of government prevails to some extent
yet elsewhere than iu Darfonr, but an
for Darfonr, let us hope that the Khe?
dive will spread himaelf on ? "uew
movement."
- - -o- ? ?>
I Texas and Pacific Railroad ?
What aid is wanted. Why it is wanted.
Why it should be granted. The com?
pany sake of Oougresa no douation of
'.anda, no appropriation of money, no
subsidies, no guarantee of the princi?
pal of boed?, but simply a guarantee
of the interest, under airoumstanoes
and conditions that render it almost
I impossible that a dollar oau ever be
required to be paid on such guarantee.
Why, then, is the guarantee desired?
Because it will save many millions of
dollars to the company in the enhanced
prices at which the bonds can be sold
iu foreign markets, and many millions
more in the interest account, as witb
Government guarautee, fife par cent,
bonds will bring more than ten per
oent. bonds without it. Because, in
the second place, it will be- impossible
to sell tbe bonds at all or build the
road without snob guarantee, and tbe
country must long remain undeveloped
and unproductive.
Why should tbis application be
favorably considered? Because, in?
stead of asking for money or land, tbe
company proposes to surrender to the
Government 30.000,000 acres previ?
ously grauted, and which tbe construc?
tion of tbe road will reudar valuable.
Bjcuuse there is no bribery, corrup?
tion or Credit Mol iiier in tbe icheme.
It is open, booest aud straight-for?
ward. The issue of bonds is proposed
to be limited to actual requirements
mder ousb oontraota with Government
supervision. Tbe construction com?
pany to whom the contract was first
allotted, has agreed to surrender the
coutract for actual cash expended.
Because the Government will anve an?
nually more in cost of transportation
than the whole of tbe interest guaran?
teed, while it is not probubie that a
single ceut will ever be paid on snob
guarantee. Because it will put an end
to Indian depredations,.and relievo
tbo Government from heavy expenses
for military protection. Because it
will give tbe shortest and best line to
the Pacific, free from snows, and the
only one that will icecmmodate tbe
Southern States. Because, after ex?
tending aid to the Northern and Cen?
tral Puoiflo Roads and establishing a
policy, it is now too late and ungene?
rous and unfair to ohange tbe policy
and refuse tp tbe Southern line the aid
roqaired, when| it can be extended
without risk and witb great advantage
to th ) Government. Because it will
open up the finest agricultural, graz?
ing and mineral region of tbe United
States, aud afford communication witb
the mines of Mexico, and establish
valuable trade with that oountry. Be?
inum? the Central and Union Pacific
Roads now earn 811.000 per mile, 70
per cent, of which is from local busi?
ness, and it is simply impossible that a
bolter line; through a better country,
witb greater resources, should not oarn
half so much; but less than half will
enable the company to pay tbe whole
of tbe interest, to whiob, also, all tbe
inewmo of tbe company's lands and
$5,000 per mile of bonds are pledged.
Because- it will give employment to
kens ol thousands of laborers now idle,
give n new impetus to suspended in?
dustries, aud distribute tens of millions
of foreign capital secured at low rates
of interest. Because tbe company is
pledged to permit no discrimination in
favor of Northern against Southern
lines, and tbe advantages of tbe latter
will-enable them in fair and open com?
petition to seoure tbeir full share of
business. Because tbe 810,000,000
tbat the Pennsylvania Railroad Com?
pany have exponded in Southern lines
between Baltimore and Mobile is a
sure guarantee tbat, if possible to pre?
vent it, this largo capital will not be
allowed to remain-unproductive.
(Richmond Dispatch.
City Mattbbs.?Subscribe for the
Pikknix? don't borrow.
(More showy iudi?atians,.ycBt?rday,
b^J the gooeo^s not picked:* 1 ?.. |
transient' s^Ternser^nts |4nd no
thjSe mus^bo paid for is|ttdvanco. ?'?
- Look out for the- etoreoptioon, in
Parker's Hall, Tuesday evening, Feb?
ruary 9.
Look out for tho etoreoptioon, in
Parker's Hall, Tuesday evenisjg, Feb?
ruary 9. .
To day to Shrove Tuesday, and con?
sequently the solemn season of Lent
oommenoes to-morrow.
Mr. F. M. Drenoan, an old and re?
spected citizen of Colombia, departed
this life on Sunday afternoon.
The South Carolina State Orange
convenes in this city on Wednesday,
the 17th inst.?the anniversary of the
destruction of Columbia.
Travelers should peruse tho sche?
dules of the different railroads, pub?
lished in the Pjkbkix, as material
changes have been made.
Euolose the postage with your sub?
scription?Daily, six months, 25 cents;
Tri-Weekly, 15 cents; Weekly, 10
cents.
It was oorrently reported, yesterdoy,
that articles of impeaohment would
soon be presented against Treasurer
Oardozo.
Job printing of every kind, from a
miniature visiting card to a four-sheet
postor, turned out, at short notioo,
from Pucbnix ofhae. Try as.
Ao energetic, icdostrioas lad, who
has some knowledge of printing, can
obtain a situation by applying at once
at Pnosttrx office.
Treasurer B. Q. Yocom, of Chester,
passed through Columbia on Sunday.
He thinks Chester is the banner
County, db he collected within 81,800
of the entire tax levy.
Another "Mark Twain's Holy Land
Excursion" is on the tapis. A circular
from Gesjeje F. Duncan, Office U. S.
Shipping Cop mission er, 187 and 189
Cherry street. New York, explains the j
trip.
The Rural Carolinian, for February,
is before as, end a capital one it is,
toe. The next hamber will contain a
full report of tho proceedings of the
National Grange Patrpna of Hus?
bandry, now in session in Charleston.
The hot supper in aid of the Wash?
ington Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, oomes off, this evening, in
Irwin's Hall. You can aid the church
and bo internally benefited by attend?
ing. The committee will sccept oat
thanks for tickets.
Whon the Bohemian knocks oroand
towo these days, after items, it is not
necessary for him to "make notes."
When he goes back to the office to
write op, he oao very easily retain in
his memory all that he has seen or
heard in the way of items, in a two
hours' tramp.
When business ia dnll advertising is
needed most and should be most
energetically used, beoause people
are most attracted at all times to the
bouses whioh take most pains to in?
vite their trade, and advertisers then
get the largest share of what is doing.
The roof of the Columbia Female
Academy took fire.yosterday afternoon,
about 2 o'olook. The prompt response
of tho firemen prevented the extending
of the flames. This was one of the
few buildings that escaped destruction
during General Sherman's occupation
of the oity.
Coroner Coleman is seriously ill, at
his reeidenoe on Piaio street, near
Gates. He is one of oar oldest citi?
zens, and distinctly remembers when
the first store was erected in Colum?
bia, nod when fish were caught in a
stream ranniog near oar principal
street.
A*n Aot of the last Congress permits
the sender of a newspaper through the
mails to print or impress his name or
osrd ou the wrappea; but prohibits the
writing of anything on either the
newspaper or wrapper, exoept the ad?
dress of the person to whom the paper
is sent. This is worth knowing.
Considerable oonfosion was created
in the Senate and Hoose, yesterday,
by anonymous oommaoioations ad?
dressed to Senators and members, ad?
monishing tbem to "go home" and
cease their "felaok-mailiug attempts
upon the Treasurer." Ooe letter
stated that the Treasurer had "thou?
sands for defence, but not a cent for
tribute."
A "farewell meeting" was held in
the A. B. Church, of Fairfield, a few
nights ago, to oelebrate the departure
of Miss Mary E. Galloway, as a
missionary to Egypt. Several mi?
nisters were present, and interesting
addresses were delivered. Miss Gal?
loway sails on tho 11th from New
York. She is a graduate of Dae West
Female College.
t Hot Suitub,?-Tho Ladies of tbo
Woah!bgton Strcut-Churah will have a
tipper: to * Mil Id completing their
horoh, on TtqoBday oud^.'Wedneauuy
evenings?February 9. ?od 10?at
Irwin'? Hall. Price' of admission
twenty-five cents. Doors open at 7>,
o'clock. At eaob' table will bo, 'found
? bill of fare with the prices marked.
which prices will bo otriclly adhered
to and change alwovs givon. " The fol?
lowing gentlemen have boon requested
by the ladies to not os managers:
Messrs. B. N. Biohbnrg, J. R. Slaw
son, D. B. Scon, H. M. Gibson, F.
Ehrlich, J. W. Hardy, R. ?. Wright.
J. C. Campbell, Dr. L. T. Sillimon.
Mail abbangbkbhtb,-?Nprtber?
mail opens 6.30 A. M., 3 P. M.; closes
11 A. M.,6 P. M. Oharleaton openh 8
A. M.,5.80 P. M.; closes8 A. M.,6 P.
M. Western opens 6 A. M., 1 P.
! M.; closes 6, 1.30 P. M. Greenville
opens 6.45 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Wil?
mington opens 4 P. M.; closes 10.30
A.M. On Sunday open from 2.38 to
3.30 P. M.
Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Reyaolds, Mrs.
Wm. Reynolds, Misses Jane and So?
phia Reynolds, together with the
young ladies connected with the Co?
lombia Female Aoademy, return hearty
thanks to the several fire oompanies,
the Hook and Ladder Company, and
to ail other citizens who, by their
timely aid, so kindly rendered, saved
the academy from destruction by fire
yesterday afternoon.
Hosncn>-.?What is bslisrsd to have
beeu a brntal marder, oooarred at the
penitentiary on Saturday afternoon.
One of the convicts, Charles Barron
by name, got into a difficulty with
Corporal Bryant, of the guard, when
the latter drew his pistol and shot
Bsroro in the right side, from the ef?
fects of wbioh he died in about twenty
minutes. An inquest was held yester?
day, and a verdict rendered that de?
ceased oame to his death by a ball from
a pistol in the hands of Corporal Bry?
ant. The homicide gave himself ap
to the officers of justice.
Coubt or Gensbsxi Sucsiost?Co
iiUicBLa, February 8.'?Judge Carpen?
ter presiding.
The only oase tried ' was that of
John Raleigh, charged with the mar?
der of Tyler Starling, in December,
1865. Solicitor Rankle and Messrs.
Pope &? Haskell for the State; Messrs.
Baehman A You mans and John Win
gate for the prisoner. Too States
failed to make out a ease, and the
Judge di reo ted the jury to render a
verdict of not guilty, wbioh was. done.
List o? New Ax>vebtiskmbntb.
Mooting Riohlaod Rifle Club.
Vuleotinea, &c. at MoKenaie's.
R. L. Brjan?Valentines.
Hotel Abiutvals, Fkbb?ABY 8 ?
Bendrix Bouse?T F Wesson. W H
Bart, J H. MaGraw, N Y; L Pam
pbrey, Md; B A Stovall, Go; E E
Mcriditb. G King, Ya; 8 M BiersoD,
N C; J J Oldiges, Ky; W F Biobard
son, Va; Miss L B Solomons, S C;
J H Hudson, Bennettsville; G E Haw?
kins, Charleston; J N Watt, Mrs J
W For wood, N O.
Mansion Souse?It E LeConte, oity;
T W Ball. Baltimore; A E Blitcb.
Alston; E W Wheeler, eity; J F Wates
and lady, Texas; T E Caoghman, [Lex?
ington.
The.Prefecture of Police of Tokio,
Japan, has issued tho following 'bimu- 1
lar: "Any person in European costume
meeting bis Imperial Majesty will be
obliged to salote the Emperor by hold?
ing his hat under his lefk arm and
lowering hist right hand to his knees.
Those who do not wear' ft bat will bo
obliged to lower both hoods 40 tho
kuees while bowing beforo the Empe?
ror. 1.,tor- frsiArrt '?"
' Another fatal accident occurred in a
shaft of the Delaware and IadKawan
na Rsilrood, at Bergen Hill, Jersey
City, Friday night. A buoket oon
tainibg Peter O'Cfonne* end Edward
Dsmpsey fell, preclpiUtingtbe'tnen to
the bottom. Both were fetaliy in?
jured.
Henry 8. Dow; editor; of the Xitmber
News Journal, and'a prominent jour?
nalist of the North-wen?, died at the
Blddle House, Detroit, loot night,
from the effects of an overdose of mor?
phine accidentally administered.
A fire was raging at the Shakers'
Settlement, in Mount Lebanon, Now
York, yesterday. It oommenoed. in
the church, and it was feared it would
be disastrous.
The only vacant coat in the Sau
Franaieoo stock board has boon sold
din d\nn mi.:, la kl.kMi nwlnn
IO. vuu,vuv. auid ta wtqm iMfltwWW* r**'"'
ever paid for a seat, and is f2d,000
higher than the prioo about a year ago.
His name was Hamlet, and ha was a
sexton at Norton, in England, and ha
was killed by falling into a newly-medo
grave.
A young Charlestonian, Mr. Na?
thaniel W. Lord, oommitted saioidr,
on the 8th, by shooting himself in tho
temple with a pistol.
William Graham, of Buffalo, oom?
mitted auioide reoently, in a hotel at
Jackson.
"We want 040,000,000 more reve?
nue," says a Now York paper. Bodo