The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, February 13, 1875, Image 2
Kl.etlom *% Major m\. *. e*usw J?dg.
i ?ITlvlrSQUMU.
The Senate Appeared on time, yes?
terday, at 1 P. M., in the Home of I
Representative*, to engage with it in
the election for Judge of the Third
Circuit. Humbert, of Darlington,
nominated a candidate who, be said,
had repented, and the repenting ein-1
ner ought to be rewarded. His candi
date waa convicted bj bis own oonvio-1
tions to pursue the course of the Be
publican party. He nrged that his
candidate waa simply a gentleman
that the world baa knowu. He hsd
fallen in the ditob, but it was propor I
to help hia? out. After this exordium, I
he nominated F. J. Moses, Jr. Bos
ton, of Newberry, seconded this nomi-1
nation. He admitted that F. J. M.,
Jr., had a bad name and a bad re com-1
mendation, bnt he had laid the basis
of restored eredit in the suggestion oil
the measure to scale the public debt.
Mr. Hirsch, of Williamsborg, nrged
the importance of the Legislature not
placing a man in the office of Judge
of this Oirooit who resided out of it.
He nominated Mr. L. O. Northrop, I
anl Wat seconded by Mr. Curtis, of
Richland. Jefferson, of Aiken, pre?
sented the claims of W. J. Whipper, I
andSamuel Green, of Beaufort, oame I
forward to enforce them, mainly, as I
he'sila, bee aase there was danger of!
the election of a worse man. Robert
sou,,of Beaufort, pictured the world as
looking on iu the intensest interest at
the doings of the South Carolina Gen
era! Assembly, inmost now or never j
retrieve it* bus nie, of go down; ho
didn't ?ay^ where it was, but to some I
lower depth than it has yet reached. I
. He offered the name'of 0. D. Melton, I
aodlohftireog^d the 'Republican party
to vote for any other man. Red-hot
Jene? seconded Mr. Melton's nomine-1
UttO, bu^stsadUy^ud with a flourish
Md fot F^/?.'M.,^. Mr.H.yne.l
of MliriOn, presented the claims of
Msj. A. J. Shaw, as a man of ability,
of attainments and of justioe. Warley
rose to second this nomination, us it |
waa thought, being the only one not J
seconded, but wound up with eulogy
of fff?*"!!? Jr.'5|*?^pon^ho|*re
aident of the Senate referred to him aa
one who had lowered the dignity of
sired to knew whet her the President,
bad said what he had joat said. Not I
hsadiug thie demand, .the President
ordered the Sorgeaot-at-Arme to re?
press the irrepressible member, who,
as tbe * Vail Sergeant laid bis hand
gontly on him, quietly subsided, nod
all was over. Hamilton, of Beaufort,
did very well?what Warley was ex?
pected to do and did not ? He said
that be was bound to vote for the beat
material/ J No candidate of equal merit
to Mr. Shaw bad been brought for
. ward from the Bepoblioan side, and
benoe he would disregard party and
look only to fitness.
The balloting oommenoed and went
on smoothly to the end of the 4th,
when, at 8 P.M., the Houses sops
rated, each to consider a motion to
tske reoess. On the 1st ballot, Mr.
Shaw received 42 votes, Mr. Northrop
42, Mf. Mp?es 86, Mr. Whipper 7. On
the 2d I-allot, Shaw got 42, Northrop
41, Meaee 06, Whipper 7, Melton 6,
scattering 6, On the 3d ballot, Shaw
42, Northrop 45, Moses 87, Whipper
6, Melton 4, scattering 5. On the 4th,
Sbaw 40, Northrop 47, Moaes 87,
Whippet 7, Melton 6, scattering 2.
The Houses haviDg determined to go
on with the election, a fifth ballot was'
held, with the following result: Nor?
throp 60, Shaw 86, Moses 85. The
excitement ran very high at this time,
one or two of the friends of Sbaw hav?
ing become despondent and oast their
votes for the next bent ehotce as they
viewed it. This acted as a preoipitant
of votes held in solution, and on the
next and last ballot, Major Sbaw oame
in with flying oolors, having received
the handsome testimonial of 75 votes,
to 56 oast for Mr. Northrop.
We are highly gratified at this re?
sult. Mr. Sbaw is a worthy gentle?
man and able lawyer. He is admira?
bly qualified by bis native parts, his
legal and scholarly attainments, bis
large experience, and his unsullied in?
tegrity oi character, all united to
judioisi ra.rnaoe of mind, for the dis?
tinguished .position to Which be has
been advaunakl/ We congratulate the
Owner*! Assembly upon this reoogoi
tiou of merit wHhoat; refersnoe to pa
tbiir^thstlt haaadd^M its jadi
ad? aavserwlee. ??<
Toe message of President Grant to
the SenstS in relation to Arkansas af?
fairs is having the effect of opening
the eye* of the people of the North,
sod fees already, it is said, ceased a
split amoDg the Republicans of the
Honse of Representatives. The Senate
is his stronghold, sod will be the last
plaoe where any change will be mani?
fested. The first feeling everywhere
npou reading thia message waa sur?
prise and alarm. Only laet spring the
Presidont refused to recognise Brooks
as Governor of Arkansas. Leas thau
four mouths ago bo declined to inter?
fere with the Garland Government in
that State. The wonder'is, what has
produced so complete a change in his
views and policy? He not only says,
now, that Brooks was elected in 1872.
bnt intimates pretty plainly that he
conceives it to be his doty to take
the requisite rteps to reinstate
him. He complains also of the chauge
in the Constitution, seeming to deny
tho people the right to make it. This
he doea jast as a respectable commit?
tee of Congress has returned from the
State, reporting that the new Condi?
tion and the Garland Government are
cordially supported by the people;
that the Constitution is regular in
form and anbstanoe, and the State
reasonably qniet and peaceful. It is
noticeable that bis langnBge is modeled
upon that pf the one dissenting mem?
ber of the Congressional Investigating
Committee which represents the rights
of the minority aa overthrown. But
it ia notorious thut, sinoe the troubles
between Brooks snd Baxter were
quieted, nothing bus occurred in the
State of Arkansas which has called for
Federal interference. Aa to the Presi?
dent's complaint that aa this State has
ohenged its Constitution, others may
do so tikewise, and, the whole scheme
of Congressional reconstruction come
to an end, it shows exaotly what nar?
row idea he has of the rights and
liberties of peoples snd States.
He is evidently of the opinion
that ithese .States are still in
the .hands of Congress, to be
cuffed down when it please*. What?
ever technical irregularities may have
marked the Constitutional Convention
Of Arkansas, are common to it with
other States which bavo made ohangea
in their constitutions.
"Not lees than twenty-aix States,"
says the Baltimore Sun, in discussing
the President's ominous message, "our
own among the number, have modified
their constitutions without reference
to modes prescribed by previous legis?
lation, or even existing constitutione.
Various constitutions of Maryland, in?
cluding that formed by the Itepnbli
cans in 1864, were thus created. It is
known, also, that the present Consti?
tution of New York was framed and
adopted in 1846 in disregard 6f the
provisions of the Constitution that
preceded it, it being held there, us it
had been held elsewhere, that the per?
mission of the Legislature uud ratifica?
tion by a majority of the people was a
sufficient warrant. There is just as
mnoh authority for President Grant to
send an army into New York, Mary?
land, or any of the other States which
have- formed their Constitutions in
thia manner, as there is to subvert by
Federal bayonets, or by any other
agency?if he so contemplates?the
existing Constitution of Arkansas. If
there is an irregularity in the Later
case, it was the same irregularity in
our and all the other States, and in ull
it was the work of the people, who
I were once supposed to be supreme io
this country, especially in making their
fundamental law."
From the Washington correspond
enpe of the Sun we arm gratified to
learn ; that the majority of the mem
be re of the House are disposed to ad?
here to the Poland report. Republi?
cans from both the Wast and East
regard the oourse of the President
with stern disapproval. A lively dis
oasaion is anticipated among the Re?
publican members exeloaively. A
leading Republican from New England
said that this Arkansas message bad
dashed to the earth whatever hopes
might have been entertained of car?
rying New Hampshire and Connecti?
on t for. the Republican party in the
spring. The President ia fast estab?
lishing himself as an obstruction in
the wsy of the eocoess of the best ele?
ments of bis party. Whan be effec?
tually divides it, his eni will oome
end his fsll be certain.
Captain James Iredell Waddell, the
gallant commander of the Confederate
ernieer Sheaendoab, has recently re
oeived the appointment aa commander
of one of the Pactflo mail steamers,
plying between San Francisco and the
ports of Chios aad Japan. He will
enter upon his active duties in s few
#eette,fi '-??y; m 1 in \
'' Three slaters of Dubuque are ao set
in their temperaooe principles, that
they make Uta hired girl smell the
areath^trreryyosnggwetlemsnealler
end report the result before adaittane*
to the parlor oaa be obtained. t
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,-A* ?inHrjsii.Mi??,??^
W an artiole in reiereb?e to the then
approaching election for Jadge, pub
liehed by as two daya ago, wa depre
oated the introduction of party spirit
into it. W> ^entnred even farther,
and expressed oar belief that Iho pub?
lic opinion of all olaeaea, raoe* and
psrties had fixed npon a gentleman
for the distinguished position npon
higher and bettor grounds than any
consideration of mere psrty ssoebd
aooy. Wh are very much gratified
that this antioipttion was realized in
the elcotioo. The choice of Major
Shaw was concurred in, yesterday, by
Republicans of till political hues, and
bv representatives of the colored race,
just us oordially as by Conservatives.
This is very much to their orcdit, and
wo uoto it as an evidence of good
judgment aud good feeling furl
above the teaohiugs of thoir party
ani political in-.truotor.-i.' It was
a practical repodiutiou of the bigoted
policy whioh would apply ibe
narrow party measure to tbo deci?
sion of merit and fitness, (or au office
which uhoald know oe party, race or
condition among men. It is a mo.st
hurtful rale, and one wbicb, by subor?
dinating talent, acquirement, experi?
ence and integrity to lower coosidera
tionH tends to degrade the public ser?
vice The members who rose supe?
rior to it aro entitled to the commenda?
tion and thanks of the country.
? ? ? ?
Charleston Ilmbor.
We are pleased to notice in the pro?
ceedings of the House of Refpresenta
tives at Washington, on last Monday,
bill by Mr. L. Cass Carpenter, making
an appropriation for the improvement
of the harbor of Charleston, which was
referred to the Committee on Com?
merce. We trust that he aud the other
members from this State will not relax
their efforts in this direotiou. It is a
shame and a crying injustice, that a
liberal appropriation is not voted
without delay to this important ob?
ject.
Card of Thanks ?The ladies in
oharge of tbo sapper for the benefit of
Washington Street Oburoh, beg grate
folly to acknowledge the kindness of
the Phoenix and the Union-Herald in
gratuitous printing; to Messrs. Daffie
and Chapman in lendicg their piaoo;
and of Meters. Kingaland & Heath in
furnishing the crockery used on the
occasion. They would also return
thfcir thanks to Messrs. Denck and
Rawls for their moderate oharge for
the music whioh added eo muoh to the
pleasure of the entertainments; to the
oommittee of gentlemen for their aasi
drums labors; to the young ladies in
oharge of the tables for the graovful
discharge of their duties, aud to the
whole community for generous aid and
liberal patronage.
-??.
Mil Eoitob: I notice that the little
pluoe near Alatoo, oo the tJFreeuviMe
and Colombia Railroad, Went side of
tbo river, known by namo of Peak
Station, bids fair to do well, but
the inconveniences and disadvantages
the business men are now laboring
under, causes a great draw-back. There
ia no depot or regular delivery for
freight, aud the oonseqaences are, that
they are put to u great deal of expense,
trouble aud danger. Having uo de?
livery for freight, renders the place
unaccommodating, all goods being un?
loaded on the East side of the river.
There are five or six merchants living
three or foar miles from Peak Station,
who have their goods hauled from Co?
lumbia and the Sooth Carolina Rail?
road depot, just beouuee they cannot
get these goods unloaded oo the West
side, who say they would mach rather
aud prefer getting their freight by rail?
road, if it was not for the great trouble
already explained. Outside of the
merchants, quantities of the farmers
would ship their cotton by rail, in
place of hauling on their wagons, if
'twas only so they oould ship from
Peak their cotton down, aud get their
freight up. The skillful Superintend?
ent, (Col. Dodamead,) we hope, will
assist the people around and at Peak
Station, by giving tbem what tbey ne?
cessarily need aud ask for?a delivery
of freight. The publio weald be under
many obligations to the Colonel, to
have them accommodated. The trou?
ble, expenses and disadvantages are
noticed by more than one or two?by
the publio, who know and talk of the
inconveniences, &o.
A MERCHANT.
Buck shot fob a Blow.?Last
Tuesday morning, a negro man, named
Levi Thomas, was shot and mortally
wounded, about a mile and-a-third
from Langley, S. O, by John Wil?
liams, hia step-soQ, aged about eight?
een. Thomas was cutting wood with
seme other parties, when he was ap?
proached by Williams, who asked him
why he straok bis wife, Williams'
mother. Thomas denied that ho
struck her, whereupon Williams fired
upon him with a ahot-gnn, lodging a
number of back-shot in hip body, and
iofltoting wounds from whioh Thomas
died that night. Williame fled, and
baa not yet been arrested.
It is a melaneboly feet that those
who declare war are never ceiled npon
to do the fighting; it they were we
suspect there would be not tbe slight?
est emu seal set of this nature.
I ? . Labor Opi?U Vlnclt-?lo S.
Maw - BT V??ro8.
Never can the Sonth be independ?
ent, never can she prosper, nntil labor
becomes popular; nbtil the people go
to work with a good and' hearty will;
never until the people learn to feed
their imagination leas and to do away
with foolish pride; until the young
men learn to plough, to hoe, to ditch,
to build fenoes, reap, raise hogs, and
until the women leam to cook, to
waab, to raise abiokeus, turkeys, &a.,
will want disappear and plenty step in.
When the people of South Carolina
learn common sense, an article they
have not got; when they learn to
economiz i when they learn how to
live cheaply without grumbling; when
the mania for speculation and growing
rich euddunly shall puss*awny; wheu
tho-o who pretend to farm shitll cease
from dealing in "cotton futures," and
learn to stick to, plint und cultivate
wheat, outs, potatoes, corn, rye. with
their own h md?, without regard to
calling upon colored labor; when agri?
culture shall become u ruliug feature
and controlling principle; wheu there
I ahull be dignity iu labor, and men shall
Ibopioudaa Cincinnalus of toiling in
I the fitld?then, indeed, shall aud will
I South Carolina be considered inde
I prudent and prosperous. Think of it,
I people of South Carolina?here you
live iu a State, the owners of millions
I of acros of laud; blessed with a
lapleudid olimote; blessed with every?
thing essential to the prosperity und
I growth of man, cereals and beast;
I blessed with u fertile soil; blessed
I with everything, from a partridge to a
I turkey, from a pea-patch to a cotton -
flidd, from a grauite quarry to a gold
I mine iu the mountains, and yet you
buy gnuno imported from diHtant
I regioiiH, and raise cotton to buy oats,
I tlour, ooro, bacon, molasses aud bay
I with, brought from other countries; all
of which you can raise in superabund
I unco yourselves. Just so long oh you
I raise nothing but cotton, aud piuce
I yourselves us the voluutury patrona of
I produce harpers, rings and mocopo
I lies, who bull aud bear, control, ope
I rata and dircot prices to fruit thorn
I selves, just so long, we reiterate, yon
I will be the hewers of wood and drawers
I of water, anbject to liens aud mort
I gages, and finally you will be forced to
I become, for your own security, the
movers of repudiation. The remedy
is in yonr own hands,tf yon will apply
I it?Labor omnia vinciU Time after
I time you have been deceived and be?
guiled by promises of "re'form," by
plausible sobemes for improvement
I and relief, and yet they have proved
but "hope deferred." "Hell." it is
I said, "la paved with good intentions."
ISaoh has beou and always will be the
lasse, if yoa mind, heed or believe the
I fair promises that are held out by the
Radical party. It in the mirage of the
I desert to the dying traveler. Listen
not; it is the voioe of the syren, lead?
ing yon to the chamber of death. Be
I no longer lulled into a false seourity
I by promises and declarations; be
watchmen on the hills, ready to act
I when the time comes, aummarily aud
I firmly; bat be devoted, earnest and
true to yonr wheat, corn, oats and rye
fields, ohickeu-hnnses, bog-pens and
I potato patches. Oird on the armor of
action, labor, independence; banish
false pride; have the nrmnena und
consistency of a Paul. Strip yoarself
liko un athlete for the tight; seize upon
the plow, the hoe, the axe, the ?aw,
with your own band?; hold on to your
land*; don't sell an acre, except to such
as you wish neighbors; earn your own
living, und the day will uot he far diH?
tant wheu "you will be monarch of all
you survey," when peaoe shall prevail
throughout the land and prosperity
I shall shine on palace, hamlet and cot?
tage
The rin.5 in gold, which has caused
stieti a florry, is not un unmitigated
evil. It jeems to be produced by two
causes; one an unexplained continental
demand, which has drawn largely on
the stock of bullion in the Bick of
England, aud, second, by the demxnd
hero for United States securities, which
I had to be obtained from abroad, and
the gold paid for them. It is probable
I this explains the outflow of gold from
England and the corresponding ship
tnenta from thia oonntry to supply the
I vaouum. As this process ia one of
debt-paying on oar part, it ia not to be
regretted. Another result of the ad?
vance, is to stimulate the exports of
prodooe from this country, and thus
aid in the re-establishment of the
equilibrium. The fact that the Bank
of Eogland Directors have made no
change in the rate of discount, ehowa
that the financial judgment there is,
that the flurry will be of but ahort con?
tinuance. The home demand for Go?
vernment securities, which has been
unusually brisk since the middle of
January, indicates that much of the
money then received as dividends has
sooght these bonds for investment.
YouTHFDii Diplomacy ?A little six
year-old girl in Monroe went into a
store where her father was, the other
day, and, alyly approaching him, said:
"Papa, won't you buy me a new
dress?" "What I boy you a new dress,
Susy?" "Yes, pspa, won't you?"
"Well, I'll see; I'll speak to your mo?
ther about it." Elongstion to an
alarming extent rapidly spread over
that little oountsnanoe, bat a thought
anddeuly atrnck her, and, with a emile,
she looked up into her father's faee
and said: "Well, paps, if yoa do
speak to mamma about it, do it eeey, or
she may want the new dress herself I"
The father at ones ssw the point, and
the new dress wss purchased.
[Littleton (Mat*.) Republic.
"Ia tbat efceeee steh?? asked Bloggs
of bis groeer. "Yes," wee the eaodid
reply, "there's millions in it" ' *?
Tb* Postal Scale Contkact.?We
recently alluded to the foot that the
?ward of the contract for poet offlea
?oalee to If eesra Fairbanke A Oo. had
given satisfaction to the trade and.the
pablio generally. The foliowing Com?
ma nioat ion is important in this con?
nection:
Washington, D. C , Jan. 80. 187f5.
7b the Editor of the New York Ex?
press?Sib: In a late number of your
paper I notice an article beaded the
"Largest scale Contract ever awarded."
In this yon refer to the fact that 8,000
or 4,000 post offices had to be sup?
plied with scales in a very short space
of time, and the satisfaction it gave
the pablio generally that the contract
was given to the "champion scale
makers of the world," Fairbanks k
Co. As the officer in charge of the
distribution of these thousands of
scales, by order of tbo Postmaster
General, I take pleasure in reporting
the result? not hat any new event can
add to the now world-wide fame of the
Fairbanks' Standard Scales. You say
this is "tho largest contract for scales
? ver awarded," to which I add that it
ban its parallel shown iu the capability
and energy with which it was carried
out. The Department's order and
liste designating the kind of ecale and
offices to be supplied, found every
scale of the thousands required made,
boxed and ready for shipment.
To the letter of the advertisement
was the contraot filled, and but one
voice comes like an echo back from
the people all over the country, and
that is all are satisfied and gratified
that they are furnished with scales of
the reliable brand of the house of Fa:'
banks. "Honor to whom honor is
due." Hespeotfully,
N A. CRAY,
Snpt. Blauk Agency. Post Office De
puttineut. ? New York Express.
Minister Scheuok riies to a personal
explanation. Ho wrote bia immortal
treatise on poker, while visiting at a
country house, "for the amusement of
the party." The first edition of it was I
struck off on a privato printing press
without bis knowledge. A writer in
the London Morning Pest, who signs j
himself "Fair Play," corroborates this
version of the affair. The rales of the I
[game?which we learn with interest is
"a combination of 'commerce' and
'brag,' with some few special - techni?
calities"?were put down on psper by
the Minister at the reqaest of a lady; I
a lady of high social position at that.
"These accusation?," says the writer!
in the Post, "acquire importance on
tho other side of the Atlantic from the
paritanioal spirit so strong in the
United States, and from ignorance of
what is usual io English society. They 1
do not understand that suoh a game as
poker, played, as it is here, for small
stakes?usually counters representing!
pennies and six-pencea?ia perfectly |
! admissible among ladies and gentle?
men, and in the beat company^* ;
Dhamatio Scbnb at tub B hading
of a WiiiL.?A rich dame wife recently '
J died at an advanced age at Fontaine
blean, left a will, containing, among
others, ? beqaott to her physician of
all the objects contained in an olden
chest of her cabinet de toilette, lor "his
enlightened care and the sage instruc?
tions" by wbioh he had enabled ber to |
live to suoh an advanced age. There
was great oommotion among tin. heirs |
when this o1a?6e ia the will was read,
and greater cariosity to kaow what
treasures had osciped thorn. The no?
tary handed the key to the doctor,
who, on opening the chest, found all
the drugs and potions that he had or?
dered for bis patient during the past
twenty years.
Terre Haute has au enterprising
young thief, aged sixteen years. He
hegau businer-s ut nine years of age,
ostensibly as a boot black. Latterly
it bus developed that he stole the
livery of a boot black to perpetrate a
series of bold robberies. ilispassi >0,
singular to relate, was for revolvers,
and be raided extensively through In?
diana and Southern Illiuoia after these
weapons. Up to the time of bis
arrest, whioh occurred the other day,
he bad stolen enough revolvers to fill
a good-sized arsenal. Tbey bad better
send this boy to disarm the lawless in?
habitants of Southern Illinois and
Pennsylvania.
Correct Business Principles?He
was yelling "black yer boots!'' in front |
of the post office yesterday, and chew?
ing sway at a monstrous quid of gum,
when another boy came along and
screamed: "Say, Bill, s'posen ye let1
me chaw that for a while, I'll give'er
baok ter-morrer." "All right?give
me a receipt." "What -fur?" "What
fur? Why, s'posed ye happened to die
to-night, and ? hadn't anything to
show; how'd I ever get this gum
back?"?Detroit Free Press.
Mabbiaob of Millionaire Bachs*
ix>b.? The Hon. Wm. B. Ogden, of
Chicago, prominent in railroad and
real estate circles, was married on
Tuesday to Hiss Arnott, of Elmira.
New York. Mr. Ogden is in his
seventy-second year, and baa never
been married. He is a millionaire,
and was one of the earliost Majore of
Chicago.
The Bev. Mr. Johnson, who re?
signed the pastorate of St. Paul's
Churoh, Summers ills, to join the Be
form Episcopal Chorob at Louisville,
Ky., will return to 8ansmerville. Ilia
said Mr. Johnson will retarn to the
Episcopal Churoh.
?Tis naught when woman humbugs!
For that's the fond old style;
at, oh, man's oetdMeeee in man,
Makes countless thousands ensile.
i
, .Qntx, Mattjuw ?Subscribe Jor the
Phojhix?don't borrow.
Reading usatUi as evsr; p=s*.
The weather moderated greatly ye*
kerday.
The sunshine proved welcome yes?
terday.
A man who dec ires a crooked course
san often find it by taking "whiskey
itraight."
The alarm of fire laat night wes
saused by a alight burning in Law
Range.
There wus a collision between a bog?
gy and a mule team on Main street
vealerday. Nobjdy hurt.
Thore will be chicken fighting at
Franklin's cock-pit, oammenoing this
sveuing, at 6 o'clock.
Many of the colds which people are
iaid to catch commence at the feet.
To keep these extremities warm, there?
fore, is to effect an insurance againat
Lhe ulmost interminable liat of dis?
orders which spring ont of a "alight
oold."
One of the grooms of the candidates
for Judge described his nag aa like
Cseiar's wife, above suspicion and be?
yond reproaoh. Hamilton thought the
oomplimeut dubious, as Csewr's wife
the other day was convicted in oonrt
for grand larceny.
Arrangements are being completed
for disposing of, by distribution', a
number of desirable building lots in
thia city, besides several valuable arti?
cles of jewelry. Particulars will be
furnished in a few days. Tickets to
the distribution will cost $6. Respon?
sible geutlemen will have charge of the
matter.
Legislative ? Yesterday, Mr. Oooh
ran introduced a bill to authorize the
opening of a public road in the County
of Aiken, and Mr. Duncan introduced
a joint resolution proposing an amend?
ment to Article II, Section 12 of the
Constitution of South Carolina. The
election of Judge of Ute Third Circuit
occupied a good perk of the day. y
Enoch Abbs*.?A Rochester (N.
Y.) paper, speaking of this perform?
ance, says: .
"This piece has. been eomparad to
Jefferson's Rip Vau Winkle* but it
seems to us that the reaetpblatioe is
merely on the surface, and .the* ? these
is between Enoch Arden and the rol?
licking Dutchman of toe OatektU, the
same difference that there is between
the goalos of Adams, jtfUM it essen?
tially tragic, and that of the great co -
median."
De Mubska ?This famous Hunga?
rian nightingale will give a grand eon
cert at the Opera Hoase on Friday
evening, the 19th iesl The Raleigh
Sentinel says of her:
"All tbe female schools, their prin?
cipals and instrnotora, were present,
aud trained amateurs, critics in swal?
low-tail ooata and white neck-ties?in?
deed, the very flower of the musical
element in this city, were all there,
and provided with opera glssaes, end'
the house sat ready to "borne down,"
which it did so soon as De Murska
opened her month and warbled a few
of the up stair notes. She is really a
singer of great merit, and her throatU
a cage full of Canaries."
Court of Common Pleas, Coloh
bta, February 12, 1875.?Hon. R.^.
Carpenter presiding.
The following oases were oalled and
tried: The jury returned a verdict for
plaintiff in oase of Blakely A Oope
laod es. W. H. Frasier, executor, ?
The two oases of Fred. Sohmidt es. J.
H. Rankle were referred to the Judge
at Chambers. The ease of B. Kauf?
man vs. O. Hamberg?verdiel for
plaintiff. Oese of Eohardt A Muhler
vs. J. B. Dennia wee eon tinned. Case
of Stewart, Sutphen A Co. vs. Xilee
Q. Parker?verdict for defendant.
Gase of Goldsmith A Kind vet Thomas
B. Lee, Jr.; pending this oase, the
Court adjourned until 10 A. M , to?
morrow.
List or New Abvxbtuembktw.
Opera Hoase?De Murska.
B. L Boone?Final Discharge.
Q. M. Walker-Meeting A. F. M.
Enooh Arden?Opera Hooao.
Ditson A Co.?New Maaio.
Ear-Ring Loet.
H. A S. Beard?Auction Bale. ^
Hormn Arrivals, Fxbbuabx 12.?
Wheeler House?3 Pettit, Pe; John 8
Fairly, Charleston; A 8 Williame, V
Y; J O Feetbereton. Va; P Deify,
Charleston; P D McDonall, Oasjden;
M Rosenthal. N Y; A W Carpenter.
Oovington; N Carratb, Boston; 3
Pflnner. 8 K Mattiaoa. J A Martha. H
Y; J F Hart, YorkviU? W M Leaks,
P fl Raoeom. N Yj M HoftV, Wash?
ington; J Curtis end wife, Boatoa, E
M Gerook, Pa: P M WeeV \nT?; 0 B
Pene, J H Todd, TJ 8 A.,
Mansion House?Too* B Lee, B B
Mutray, Anderson; J H Wltnerapoon,
L tor aus; J F Ooveora*. Charleston;
O H Ktrkpatrick, teen, A Crawford,
city; J 8 Oath4?artrWloasboro; H H
Thompson, Sf^aberg; R H Lewie,
Philadelphia;* V? Tyler. Barr's Mills;
Mr. BaylKof Toroato, we*k?oekei?