The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, February 25, 1875, Image 3
Fin&fcoiai oo?ttmeJr<iiai R?por'?;
Charleston, Feb r u ary i I 24 ? Ar
rived?Steamships Champion, New
York: Balefghi BaltimotjB.Tr^ , '
Cotton cloeed firm; Bales 418,300. F??
tor**: February 15 81 32; . March
15 15-10; April *6 11-32. lGjK; Hay
16 11-16,16 23 32; Jona 17; July 17^:
August 17#; September 10%; October
16>frt nominal. New olasi spotsolosed
dull?ordinary 13^; good 14%; sales
export 480: epinnere 814; transit 505;
oxportu Great Britain .1,679; etook
180,102; receipts, at all ports to-day
11,645; otook at all ports 837,000. I
AtrousTA, February 2-1.?Cotton
firm and in good. demand?good ordi?
nary 13^; low middling, mid?
dling loft; reoeipts 450; sales 660.
OoiitTMDiA, February 24.?Bales of
cotton 05 baloa?middling 14%. Mar?
ket firm. 9'?
Memphis, 'February 24.?Cotton
firm, with good demand; reoeipts 842;
shipments 1,223; sales 3,000?mid?
dling 15%; etock 60,206.
New Oblbans, February 24.?Cot?
ton firm;'buyers and sellers apart; re?
ceipts 8,993; sales 5,000-middling
15%; exports Great Britain 6,828
stock 293,008.
? Savannah, February 24.?Cotton
Suiet and firm; reoeipts 8,027; sales'
50?middling 15)*'; exbdita Great I
Britain 2,911; oyn?ueot.3,550; stock
NoBFoLi, February 24.?Cotton
Bteady; receipts' 1,033; sales 500?low
middling lb%; stock 3,420.
WHiiiiNQTON. February 124. ?Cotton
unchanged; receipts 200* sales 210?
middling U^J 8took 3^607,
BatA'imoijb. February 24?Cotton
firm; ealoa 785?middling 15%; stock
25,891.
Galveston, February 24 ? Cotton
strong; receipts 1,415; sales 1,515?
I middling lty*; stock 72,066.
Pmi.4?EiiPHiA, February 24.?Cot?
ton flrai; receipts 337; exports Great]
Britain ?00-middling 1G.
Mobile, February 24.-?Cotton
firm; reoeipts 876; sales 800?middling
15K; ciook 69,012.
CHAjn^rroN, February 24.?Cotton
quiet' and firm; reoeipte 398; sales
1,000?middling 15}?; stock 47,628.
Boston, February 24.?Cotton Arm;
reoeipts 295; sales. 787?middling 16;
exports Great Britain 2,446; stock 19,
096.
liTVEBPooii, February 24?3 P. M.? I
Cotton exoited and active; sales 20.000; I
npoonlation O.OOO?mlddljng uplands
7%; middling Orleans 8@8^; March I
and April shipments, not below good
ordinary, 8; May and June dulivery,
not below low middling, 8 1-16; Ame?
rica^ 11,000; January j shipments,, not
below .good ordinary, 7%; February
and March delivery, not below low
middling, 7 11-10: ualea yesterday after
4JF.:M.v6,00Of:''- : ' ' "'
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ExnorEAH News.?Pakts?On the
23d, the floor and galleries of the As?
sembly Chamber wore crowded. The
report of the <g6mmit.ee of thirty,
upon the organisation of the Senate,
was read. It rejects the American
plan of election, and approves^ with
some modification, the plan of electing
the Senate by the Assembly, the
Council-General and the Colonies. A
motion of urgency (to uecure imme?
diate consideration) was carried by
both Centres and the entire Left,
whereupon the Bight withdrew. Cas
tellare, a Monarchist, mounted the
tribune, and declared the Senate wonld
lead to dissolution and anarohy, and
threatened that if measures were voted
imposing upon President' MoMabon
the duty of organizing the Republic,
the Right wonld resign in a body.
Duvai, a Bonapartist, moved that the
Senate be elected by universal suffrage.
This was rejected, the BonapnrtiBts
only voting for it. Wallon, a Bona-'
partist, moved that the Senate consist
v of 300 members, the departments and
J the colonies electing 225, and the As
eembly 75. Adopted?422 to 261.
The order making the organization of
the public powers the special order for
Tuesday, the 23d, was adopted. The
Bonapartist organs express disappro?
bation of Walton's amendment, in vio?
lent articles. The Ministers, except
the Ministers of Justice and Interior,
voted for Wallon's amendment.
Jean Baptist? Camilla Oarot, the
French painter, 1b dead.
Bebjan?Minister Davis gave a din?
ner in honor of Washington's birth?
day. The .first toast waa Grant; the
second was the Kaiser. The question
about the Gustavo affair between Ger?
many and Spain io unsettled.
Fan at 103 have destroyed the tele?
graph Kao between Loo Chow and
Amoyv. China.
Sir Charles Lyall, the geologist, is
, dead. >i . ? 1 ? ?
North OaEOMNA Finances. ? Tho
Bonnto of Worth Carolina passed to a
third reading the bill, adjusting the
State debt. < X* provides for the fund?
ing of thai debt as follows: For the
old dqbt and regintered certificates, 40
cents on tho dollar; and for funded io^
ternal, implement bonda, 25 cents
on the doUar.! This does not inoiuao
Tbe^?w1o^fip^i>^^pW:
For the first two ?ym* ja-rper^oent.;
next three years, 3 per Cent. $ hext, 5
per oent. Notice w<
suppjombntat bill was
in reference to the fr^
fcnx.bocde., A*?(
Senate to ofeaaga 1
State eleottouvaq a#,i
Carola f row ?a4n&#
The Hoasa is ooncidering the question
of expelling the, whitp member, J. W.
l Thon?,' Hromf Hgnmfi '.Ooohty,; Ma J
VermopU) because of bis non-belief in
the existence of God.
kiQ fitH aj^*?wyw*Ht-1?i
Mr. D. G* Harris, of Spartanb urg,
died last week.
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U Washington, February ?8.?In the
Houee, to-day, GvF. Hoar, of Massa?
chusetts, Chairman of the Speolal
Committee od Lonioiana Affairs, made
aieport oloaing with the following re
eolations:
Whereas, both branches of the Le?
gislature of Loaiaiana have requested
tho Select Committee of the House to
investigate the oiroumstanoes attend?
ing tho oleotion and returns thereof iu
that State for the year 1874; and
whereas, said committee bos unani?
mously reported that the Returning
Board of that State, in canvassing and
oompiling said returns and promulgat?
ing the result, wrongfully applied an
erroneous rule of law, by reason
whereof persons wore awarded, in the
Hoaoo ef Representatives, seats to
which they were not entitled, and per?
sons entitled to seats were deprived of
them:
Resolved, Tbat it is reoommended to
the House of Representatives in Loo* j
isiana to take immediate steps to
remedy said in justice, and to place
tho persons rightfully entitled in their
seats.
Resolved, Tbst William P. Kellogg
be recognized as the Governor of tbe
State of Louisiana until the end of tbe
term of offioe fixed by tbe Constitution
of that State.
The majority and minority reports
were ordered to be printed. Ab the
result of a colloquy between tbe mem?
bers as to which was the majority re?
port and which the minority report, it
may be stated tbat all the members of
the committee report against the action
of the Rsturning Board; tbat Messrs.
Foster, PhelpB, Potter and Marsbali
unite in a majority report tbat there
was no general intimidation in the
State, bot a free and fair election,
which resulted in favor of the Conserv?
atives, wbo were deprived of the result
by the wrongful aotion of the Return?
ing Board; that Messrs. Hoar, Wheeler
and Frye unite in a minority report;
and tbat Foster assents with Hoar,
Wheeler and Frye to a compromise to
recognize Kellogg as Governor, and
giving the majority in tbe House to
the Conservative delegates.
Ooburn, of Indiaua, made an effort
to get up what is known as tbe "Cau
oub Foroe Bill," reported by him last
week, and Smith, of New York, made
an effort to get np tho constitutional
amendment to regulate tbe eleotion of
President and Vice-President, but
Dawes, of Massachusetts, pressed ac?
tion on the tariff bill and succeeded.
The Congressional Committee wbiob
went to Alabama to investigate the
oondition of affairs in that State, made
two reports. The majority report is
signed by Messrs. Cohen, Albright
and Gannon. They believe that, but
for tbe timely interference of tbe Ad?
ministration in Louisiana, a revolu?
tion would have been precipitated
upon the people of Alabama. Tbe
committee further report that mem?
bers of tbe Republioan party were
subjected to a series of indignities and
each maltreatment as has heretofore
been witnessed only in savage warfare.
The principal object or point, how?
ever, of tbe Democracy seemed to be
to crush out the white leaders, and to
this end a new feature of Amorican
politics, viz: social and business ostra?
cism, was introduced. Tbe committee
deolare tbat tbe Democratic victory iu
the State was won by fraud, violence,
proscription, intimidation and murder.
The law officers wore in league with
law-breakers. Tbe courts oi justice
were powerless to make arrests, and
tbe Governor had no militia to aid un?
willing officers. The committee say
our only regret is tbat there were not
more United States soldiers in tho
State than there were for the purpose
of aiding in the enforcement of law.
Tho report then treats of the ballot
box stuffing and burniug of ballot
boxes which was iudnlged in, and
gives a fnll review of the riots at Mo?
bile, Eufaula, Spring Hill, Falkland,
Gainesville and other places. Tbe
opinion is expressed by tbe commitleo
that had a full, fair and' free eleotion
taken place, the eutire Republioan
State ticket, with a majority of the
members of tbe General Assembly and
six out of eight Republioan Congress?
men, would bave been elected, and
they recommend tbe passage of the
foree bill.
The miuority of the Congressional
Oommittee make o very long report.
They begin by protesting against tbe
indecent baste with which tbe investi?
gation was conducted, but say that tbe
evidence taken by tbe committee esta?
blishes tbat Alabama was aB peaoef ul,
quiet and law-abiding as either Geor?
gia, Tennessee or Mississippi, prior to
and during the late canvass; that there
was no greater neoesaity for the pre?
sence of United States troops in Ala?
bama than there was in the States of
Missouri or California; that tbe few
eote of violence which had occurred
prior to the demand made for troops
were not proved then, nor has there
been any proof since, that tbey were
instigated from political motives; that
it was a party necessity of the Radical
leaders to oreate real or apparent dis?
order in the State, and that tbe use of
the bacon don a tod by Congress to the
sofferers by the overflow, as a corrup?
tion fond; the appointment of spe?
cial Deputy Marshals by scores in the
Counties and' Dlstrlots within the
Blaok Belt, if not under instructions
from the head of the Department of
Justice, at least with his assent and
connivance, and the false and unfound?
ed obarges of murder, violence and in?
security of porcon".?and property made
for the purposO ct obtaining the in?
troduction -of militejr?4pto tbe State,
.were part and patt?/oI tbe .scheme
ooncoSteo by Republican Congressmen
to oati^ the elobtiorffc iKovembbr laat
per "fas *t ?erWf The minority :the'n
call attention to tbo foot, ibat tho U
V??tigaUdn. wasdiverted lo man* eub
jeota not covered by the resolution
raising the committee, each, as' the
?se of the tsrms carpet-baggers and
scalawags, frauds by either party in
the eleotion, the character of tbe pub?
lic schools, and whether they were
taught by Democrats of Republicans,
males of females, nntives or foreigners.
Tho distribution of tha Government
baoon, the minority think, was witbin
scope of their inquiry, but tbe ma?
jority thought otherwise, and while
proscription and ostracism, carpet
baggery and soalawagery and subjeots
of a like character were most tho?
roughly ventilated, n full and thorough
examination of tbe manner aud pur?
pose of the distribution of the over?
flowed baoon was not permitted.
Enough, however, was pioked op, tbe
minority say, during the investigation,
together with the report of tbe Secre?
tary of War, already given to tbe
House, to show conclusively that this
benefaction of tbe Governmeut was
diverted from the object for which it
was given, apd that a !?rg? part of it
was used for the same purpose; that
tbe troops of the United States wore
asked for to carry tbe elections by con?
solidating and massing the negro vote
for tbe Radical tioket.
Tbe minority next direot attention
to tbe marked difference iu the con?
dition of tho adjoining States of
Georgia and Alabama; the one peace?
able and prosperous, the other de?
pressed, and, according to Radioal tes?
timony, disturbed. In regard to
Alabama, tbe minority says: "With?
out quotiDg their recognized and ap?
proved organa of public opinion, or
oulling extracts from leading exponents
of Northern Conservative opinion, it
is undeniable that peaoe and quiet,
obedienoe to law and respeot for the
rights of all were enjoined upon the
Democrats of the State,.not only from
considerations applicative to Alabama,
but to tbe entire Democratic party of
the Union. To bear and forbear, to
aubmit to wrong rather than to resort
to resistance, was a neoessity to their
own success as well as a neoessity to
the success of their friends. Else?
where their experience since tbe days
of reconstruction had impressed them
with tbe conviction tbat tbe influence
which tbe whites have with tho freed
men as to everything else except poli?
ties would never affect tbe political
action of the oolored masseB, as long
as tbat natural influence was neutral?
ized and destroyed by the presence of
Federal soldiers. Tbey had reason to
hope, at ieast, tbat if all violenae
growing ont of race oonfliots could be
avoided, and tbe rights of all were re?
jected, even the necessities of party
would not All their State with armed
men. Henoe peace in all her borders
was a necessity to tbo success of tbe
Demooratio party. It was less a neces?
sity to the canvassers of tbe party iu
tbe North. It was dictated by every
consideration of policy, if not of hu?
manity, justice and obedienoe to law.
Violence and disorder brought Federal
troops in their midst, and Federal
troops were standing reminders to the
negroes that they were sent among
them as their friends and their pro?
tectors against the whites. On tbo
contrary, tbe very reverse was the
policy of their opponents. They de?
sired the influence of tbe military iu
carrying tbe elections, and tbey had
reason to fear tbat tbe army would not
come to their assistance as long us tbe
State was peaceful, quiet and orderly.
Disorder, reul or pretended, wan to
them the one thing needful for success.
Outrage and violence must be mani?
fested, and if it hud no real existence,
their necessity required its manufac?
ture. Success was hopeless without it,
and with it came tbe army and victory
nt tbe polls."
Iu the Senate, Spencer presented
the memorial of Republican members
of the General Assembly of Alabama
to the President and members of Con?
gress, setting forth, first, that changes
have beau made by the Alabama Le?
gislature in tbe penal code of tbe
State, by which a system of involunta?
ry servitude and peonage for African
citizens in tbe South is to be inau?
gurated; second, that politioal legisla?
tion has been enacted, by meaus of
whioh 93,000 Republican voters are
practically deprived of representation;'
tbat the Republican Constitution is'
restricted, and there is a practical
nullification of the constitutional
amendment. They, therefore, ask
Congress to empower the President to
suspend the writ of habeas corpus in
certain oontingenoies, in order to pre.
servo the peaoe in the Southern States.
Referred to tho Committee on Privi?
leges and Elections.
The Philadelphia Press supports,
heartily, tbe infamous "caucus hill."
It ends a long artiole in its favor with:
"All other means having failed, there
ought to be no question now among
Republioans as to the policy to be
adopted toward?not the South?but
tbat small and dangerous class whioh
is its worst enemy. If that polioy has
not been foreshadowed in tbe Presi?
dent's message, and shaped in the Re?
publican oauouo, the party had better
abandon the question to the Demo?
cracy for solution, and with it all hopes
of securing a half dozen electoral votes
from the Sonth in 1870." That last
half sentence, remarks tho Baltimore
Gazette, very naively lets the oat ont of
the bog. The coercion of the electoral
vote of the Sonth in 1876, is the eonl
and body of the whole measure. Aud
for this, General Grant is at the Capi?
tol lobbying day af tor day, and at?
tempting to whip in recalcitrant Con?
gressmen.
On Thursday^last, Mr. Mills Venn
died at hit bqmeinD.ftrlipgton County,
in his ninety-third year. Mr. Venn
was a soldier in the war of 1812.
Tbbah?rbb Jonkh. of QeoEoia, Hh
3?e8ted to ?tei* down and out.-a
espatob from Attauta, Ga., dated tho
23d, sayi:
The SubFiuance Committee, ap?
pointed to examine into tbe treasury,
made an elaborate aud voluminous re?
port to-day, the salient points of which
are as follows: Ou tho 1st of January
last, Treasurer Jones reported, cash
on hxnd, $1,003,000. ai uco that time
there has been collected 8167,000,
making a total, for which he is re?
sponsible, of 81,170.000, for which he
is credited as follows: $632,000 in the
bauds of agents in New York to pay
maturing bonds and interest on cou?
pons, for which intercut had not been
received at the time that Treasurer
Joues made bin report to the Legisla?
ture; alrto, $179,000 paid ont by the
Fourth National Bauk of Nuw York.
The interest and premiums on gold
have been also paid out of the treasury
direot, on executive warrants, si uco 1st
of January, 8124,000; also, oash on
hand 8167,000, making 81,102,000,
wlunh leaves a dutieit of 868,000 to be
aooountcd for. For this deficit Trea?
surer Jones submits informal vouohers.
For advanoes made to civil establish?
ments, State Bead, exchange bills, ex?
ecutive Warrant? signed by Bollock,
interest on temporary loan, Iobs by
failure of Johu Kiug & Co., of Colum
bnB, and counterfeits amounting
to about S01,000, none of which are
iu tbe proper form, and which, upon
a superficial examination, the commit?
tee do not allow, thus leaving about
81.000 unaccounted for altogether.
The oommitiee farther state that Trea?
surer Jones has illegally paid 8152,000
for old bonds duo January, 1872, some
beiug a part of the bonds said by Bul?
lock to have been paid by Clews. Of
coarse, Jones is not charged with this
in the foregoing balance. Jones states,
in extenuation, that he had no notice
of the previous payment. The com
cnitteo concluded by recommending
that Jones be requested to resign, and
in the event of his refusing, that the
State shall appoint u competent finan?
cial agent to supervise the Treasury
Department, and ascertain accurately
the condition of the State finances.
The committee do not attack the in?
tegrity of the Treasurer, bot condemn
without qualification tbe system of
book-keeping and general administra?
tion of the treasury. The report was
ordered to be printed, and made the
special order to-morrow morning. It
is not known whether Jones will resign
or not, and it is predicted by many
that he will not. If he refuses, some
talk of impeaching him, but they will
hardly resort to suoh violent measures.
Ample provision will be made by the
present Legislature to coverall tbe de
fioits, aud to keep the finances of tbe
State in a healthful condition.
United States District Cooai? |
ChaiujBSTON, February 23.?The Court
met at 10 o'clock, Judge Bryan pre?
siding. Iu the petition of ex. Governor
Franklin J. Moses, Jr., of Columbia,
for involuntary bankruptcy, the Judge
signed an order of reference to Regis?
trar Seabrook for adjudication. Julias
C. Blukeny, of Chesterfield, was finally
discharged in bankruptcy. The peti?
tions of Hurst, Purnell & Co., aud of
P^nniman & Brother, to defer sales
and for reference to Registrar, in the
matter of Y. N. Butler, were read, and
it was ordered that Registrar Seabrook
defer all Bales until further order of
this Court, aud that it be referred to
Registrar Seabrook to search iuto facts
and report. The petition of J. D.
Murchison, for tho establishment of
judgment lieu in the matter of W. K.
Sweat, wan heard, and tho report of
Registrar Seabrook was continued. J.
Duncau Allen, of tUruwoll, wus ad?
mitted to practice iu tbe United States
District Courts of 8outh Carolina. The
petition of II. \V. Kinsman, for the
sale of real and personal property in
the mutter of Lurnbson Sc Guy, bank?
rupts, was granted. Tbe petition of
Peter T. Mmith, to establish lieu in the
matter of Simon P. Rainwater, was
heard, and the report of Registrar
Seabrook was confirmed. In the pe?
tition of Charles H. West, to sell pro?
perty in the matter of Jas. R. Pringle,
it was ordered that the assignee, C. H.
West, Jr., sell at public auotion the
property desoribed iu the petition. In
the petition of o. H. West, Jr., to sell
Clarkeon lands and Troop house, in
the matter of James B. Pringle & Co.,
the assignee is authorized and direoted
to sell the lands.
Go where you will, it is the same
story of hard times. New York, as
well as the South and West, complains
of emigration instead of immigration.
Wisconsin railroad men. speaking of
the Potter law, say "it isn't a question
of rates now, bnt business to do at any
rates." Pennsylvania stands idle on
her oars, and the suspension of mills
is almost universal in crowded New
England. At Fall Biver, Mass., last
Monday, a number of working opera?
tives were attaoked with jeers and
blows by a mob of strikers, mon,
women and children, numbering about
1,000. Among those arrested were
two women. This universal prostra?
tion of the business enterprise of tbe
country is the legitimate part of Radi?
cal misrule, corruption and profligacy.
How long! Ob, how long!
Ernest Oftmein, who murdered tbe
Bammelt family?the' husband, wife,
two daughters?and boqnd the boy
and fired tbe house,, was bung in
Pittaburg, Pa., yesterday. Ortmein
was a farm hand treated as one of the
.family. He was a German, and bad
been in this .country two years.
Tho . Missouri Legislature has
adopted a oonourrent reoolntion dopre
oatlog Grant's oonrse regarding Ar?
kansas and urging that she be let
alone.
Tegular Meeting Clky Council.
Gouxaiii Chambeb.
Columbia. 8. 0., Feb. 23, 1875.
Coancil met at 7 o'clock P. M. Pro
eon t? His Honor the Mayor, John
Alexander; Aldermen Daria, Cooper,
Griffln. Wolle, Thomas, Swygert, Car?
roll, Oarr, Pagh and Purvis. The
minutes of tho last moetiog were read
and confirmed.
Oommnniootion from ?. Cramer and
bill from Columbia Gas Light Com?
pany wore referred to Committee on
City Hall.
Petition from Board of Fire Masters,
asking $100 to defray their expenses,
was, on motion of Alderman Carroll,
granted.
Petition of Phooaix Hook and Lad?
der Company wsb, on motion, referred
to Committee on Fire Department.
Communications from Union Say?
ings Bank and Colombia Building and
Loan Association were referred to
Committee on Ways and Means.
Petition of J. G. Soborb?to Com
i mittee on Streets. Appeal of -
Black?to Committee on Guard Hoase.
Petition of G. Lever?to Committee
ion Street Lights. Bills from the fol?
lowing parties, viz: E. H. Heinitsb,
Fagan Bros., T. J. Harper, S. Brown,
M. E. Carr und Mrs. F. J. Brown were
referred to Committee on Accounts.
Alderman Carroll, from Committee
on Accounts, reported back the follow?
ing bills, viz: A. M. Boozar, $8 50; G.
G. Newton, $18; Caroline Davis. $18;'
E. H. Stokes, $1; Hopsou A Sutphen,
$4 37; S. E. Stralton, $10; R. 8.
Young, $98; I. H. Coleman, $15; B.
W. Taylor, $10; Independent Steam
Fire Eugiue Company, $84.30; South?
ern Warehouse Company, $56.28; D.
O. Peixotto, $63 09; Cooper & Taylor,
$203.20; J. C. Dial, $73.32; Fagan
Bros., $221; Swygert & Hook, $288.21;
S. D. Swygert, $20. Correct and re?
commended payment.
Alderman Swygert reported olaitn of
Rosetta Rubb, $10, as correct, aud re?
commended payment.
Alderman Pugh, from Committee
ou Streets, verbally reported favorably
on petition of C. Deal, provided he
complies with city ordinance.
Alderman Carr reported favorably
on petition of sundry hucksters, and,
on motion of Alderman Tuomas, said
petition was grunted,
i Committee ou Guard House report?
ed back petitiou of E. Cramer, for two
I special policemeu for Opera House,
und recommeud that petition do not
be granted.
Ou motion of Aldermuu Thomas,
the report wub adopted.
Report of the City Physician pre?
sented, rend und received ia informa?
tion.
Alderman Wells, from Committee
on Fire Department, reported favora?
bly on tbe report of tbe Board of Fire
M Bters.
Alderman Swygert gavo notice that
he would, at next regular meeting of
City Council, offer au ordinance relat?
ing to births and deaths iu the city of
Columbia.
Alderman Purvis introduced a reso?
lution, that the Committee on Guard
House be instructed to take tho O ty
Clerk und Treasurer and exumine the
books of the Chief of Police, fiom
May, 1874, up to the present time, in?
cluding all Ones collected and till
moneys disbursed, and report at out
regular meeting of Council.
Council udjourned.
RICHARD JONES, City Clerk.
Death uv Suffocation.?At 4
o'clock, yesterday morning, while a
uumber of colored men were packing
bone dust at the Etiwau Phonpbate
Company works, they hnuid a crack?
ing noise overhead. Suddenly a huge
muss of fertilizing material poured
down upon them. All escaped the
dreadful uvalanohe but two. These
were Churlt^Oaillard, who was slight?
ly hurt, und Benjamin Kiulocb, who
was covered up in tbe heap. Active
exertions wer? made to recover him
uuhuit, but before his body could be
dug out life was extinct.
[ Cfuwlesion News and Courier.
We regret to learn of tha sudden
death of Rev. Jesse B. Lowman, of
Dutch Fork, in this County, which oc?
curred at the saw mill of bis brotl er,
ou Saturday last. Mr. Lawman was
standing on tbe log carriage, while iu
motion, and by a sudden stoppage as
it was running backward, caused him
to lot.e bib balance und coming in con?
tact with the saw, a circular, at full
speed, wbioh cut nn arm und u leg off,
and otherwise mangled tbe body in a
shocking manner, causing instant
death.?Lexington Dispatch.
There were 37 deaths iu Charleston
for tbe week ending tbe 20th?whites
20; colored 17.
Btookb ajtd B?irBs?Y'AnoTioir.
1fr. S. O. Black sold the following
stocks and bonds at auction, in
Charleston, on the 24tb: $2.000 State
South Carolina consolidated six per
cent, bonds, (oonpons for July cut
off,) at 51o. 9100 shares of Union
Bank stook. at 49# to 49^o. $9,000
South Carolina Bailroad seven per
oent. non-mortgage bonds at 63 to
03)^0. $8.700 city of Charleston seven
Der cent, fire loan bonds at 70*?o.
$3,811 oity of Charleston six per cent,
stock at 53J?o. 87,500 Sooth Caro?
lina Bailroad seven per cent, second
mortgage bonds at G9Ji<".
Mr. Wm. Potter, an old and re?
spected citizen of thin County, was
found dead in Cherokee Creek, in
Cherokee Township, on the 14tb inat.
There is no doubt bot that deceased
came to his death by drowning,
[Carolina Spartan.
Bun Ovur and Killed.? A man
named Martin MoOowan, while lying
drunk on the Georgia Bailroad track;
near Dearing, wa? rnn over by a
freight train and killed, yesterday
morning, at 3 o'olook.
The terrible destruction of pro?
perty iu Port-au-Prince, by which
over 1,000 families were rendered
houseless, was caused by the explosion
of a kerosene lamp. The loss of lifo'
was not very great?-foor or five.
Judge Reed, at the close of the
criminal court in Charleston, on tbo
23d, sentenced fonr coldrdd meh to
death for murder?Dennis ft. Badeh;
and George, Hoyte ?r^ 'Jordk'ti 'Hiri.
dee, brothers. : 1 " ' ' ' >"*'"? - "
Strawberries?ripe, luscious and
tempting?uro very plentiful just now
in Florida, and make majy a'Nbr.tbiorQ
school girl exclaim: "Oh my grnoibudl
goodness! dld ybu* everl" 1 , ,
Dr. John Plunkbtt, of Shaw's Creek
Section, died last Tuesday. . He was
over eighty years Of age, and all,of Jus
lifetime had been spent' iii'the locality
in which he was born'. ?
The three-ball billiard match, played
in New York recently, for $2,000 and
the championship of the world, was
won by Maurice Yegnar Rudolph
scoring 556,'
After the conclusion of Mrs. Moul
ton's testimony, yesterday, Mr. Til
ton's oounsel announced that they here
rested their case.. j ?
The Penuoylvania Senate inatructed
the Republican members to favor (he
passage of the Texas Pacific Bailroad
bill.
The steamer Cora Belle was burned
near Jacksonport, Ark., with 160bales'
of cotton.
Foreclosure of Mortf
Property?H. H.
Jackson.
BT consent of all coooomcd, we wiQ saU,
at i>uulio auction, THIS THE 25TH
DAY of February, 1875, at 12 o'clock Mi, in
front of our Auction B tore, ?
1 pair of FINE BAY MAKES
Conditions oash. H. A 8. BEARD.
Feb 26 1_Auetioneera.
Bankrupt 8ale.
PURSUANT to the order or the United
Stated District Court, I will sell, oa
FRIDAY, March 12, 1675. at the action
room of H. A S. Beard, the Notes, Ohosea
in Action and Accounts of HOPE A GYLES
and E. HOPE, bankrupts, as por ecbedule
filed with the auctioneers Terms oash.
QEO. B. OAPERB,
Feb 25 tub6_Assignee.
Salt Sides! Seed Potatoes 1
Or\ BOXES PRIME DRY SALT 8IDE8.
fiU 200 barrets POTATOES, for Seed,
i:o:i*ii?tiDg of Early Rose, rink-Eye, Good
licit, pHorlens and Qarnett Chil'e.
.1 unt received and for aale.
Fei) 2") 1 _O. J LA?REY.
To Rent.
MA Cauifortab'e DWELLING, con?
taining ten roomH, with Standing
Furniture, oup mile East of town.
Inquire at this office._Feb 2614*
Acacia Lodge, No. 94, A. F.?.
? THE REGULAR Communication Of
%T^krthis Lodtfu will be hold at Masonio
7%^ nail, THIS (Thursday VEVENING,
at 7 o'clo-jk. By order 6f the w. M.
Fob 25_ 1 F. M. PH BNNAN, JB.,8eo'y.
Columbia Echuetzen-Vorein.
AN adjourned mooting of the "German
Schuetzen-Verein" will be held On
WEDNESDAY, March 9. All members,
passive and active, will please come for?
ward and settle th* ir dues, as money is
n o?rd to oarry on the building and Im?
provements at the Hohnetzen Plats. All
those wishing to pav before the meeting,
can do bo to j. C. SBEGERB, or to
F. D KJNEMAN.Seoretary,
?F*^?5 tbtnw Opposlto the Market.
Rieb land Rifle Club.
ATTEND the regular weekly
drill or the Club, THIS (Thurs?
day) EVENING, at 7} o'olook.
equipped as at last drill. By
order President THOMPSON.
WiNTumtp Williams, Secretary.
Feb 25 1
White Lead, Zincs, Colors and Putty I
? ''??'???""??'"??iil^. ?iV... i , i,1Mv(
?MPORTKUa end dealers in Lnbrfcattnsr and P*lut .Oila, Window Clla?a and Painters'
. Material. Agenta tor Aver IN'aC heust? I Paint; rr.t ce'a ' Ye'.al'.c Paint. Hnbbir and
oat bur Bolt. Fob 25 JGnio