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Additional Testimony to Com* Oat.
The consideration of the report of
the SpeoiolJoint Committee-, appoint?
ed to investigate the funding of cer?
tain State bonds, which was made the
special order in both branches of the
General Assembly for yesterday, at 1
P. M., baa been pecponed to Tuesday
next. This was done in compliance
with the request of the State Treasur?
er, conveyed in a letter. The notion
of the Legislature in deferring the
matter until after the reply shall have
been received, is entirely proper. The
report Contains a statement of very
grave facts, and announces oonolosions
of a most damaging and hurtful cha?
racter. It is but fair to give the Trea?
surer every opportunity to defend
himself, either by controverting the
faols, if be denies them, or the infer?
ences from them. While saying than
much, it is not so certain that ho has a
right to bring in other evidenoe to
effacb Sho. icsae which has already bean
made np. In giving hia testimony be?
fore the committee, V70 notice that he
was sworn. Oan statements of him?
self and others, given, under oath, be
counteracted by other etatements, an?
lese mada'under oath? . Again, how
can a man refrain from giving evi?
denoe, "on account of its probable in?
jurious effeote npon others?" The
sanctity of on oath precludes any reti?
cence- or trappreasion. of evidence on
any ;acoonnt. Besides all this, it is
diffloolfc to oeo howfaota, which may.
be .damaging to .others, will not also
be damaging to tho Treasurer himself.
If the ovidonoo which has been
withheld implicates parties in disho?
norable or doubtful transactions not
in connection with the Treasurer, or
the operations of the treasury, it will
have no bearing npon the questions
raised by the Investigating Committee.
If the promised additional evidenoe
r:speots transaction similar to those
presented by the committee, involving
other parties in like operations, it is
dif&ouli to coo how it will not be a
two-edged sword, oatting both these
parties and the Treasurer himself.
While,; however* be is in the mood of
lettinc:it out, hershould be encouraged
not to change it, and we say, let it
oome. It should have been given the
committee, bat it in not too late to
publish it yet.' It'may or may not
bear upon the points immediately in
question, and the persons directly in?
volved in thin controversy; bot in any
oase, it will be useful to know, and
should no longer be concealed.
A Question of Privilege.
Iu the Senate, yesterday, Senator
Dunn rose to a qaestion of privilege.
He said that in the statement of pay?
ments made by the Treasurer on ac?
count of legislative expenses of the
session of 1878-74, the name of L. F.
Christopher was credited with receiv?
ing $2,500. It had oome to his know?
ledge that a confidential agent of the
Treasurer had obarged that this sum
was paid out to bim (Senator Dann) or
the Daan Gommittoe. Ho had de?
manded of this person that ho should
retract this charge, and he had dono
so, admitting that the information
npon whioh he had made it, was false.
He asked that a lettor from him to this
effect should be read, and tho letter
was read by the Clerk. Senator Dann
added, that a warrant for $2,500 had
been issued to him as Ohairman of the
Committee to investigate the hypothe?
cated bonds, bnt not a dollar of it bad
ever been paid by the Treasurer. He
had refused from the outset to recog?
nize the committee, and had withheld
the amount ordered to be paid it for
its expenses.
The House, yesterday, disagreed to
the Senate appropriation of $5,000 for
pioturee of. Abraham Lincoln and
Oharles Samner, but the Senate would
not reoede when the bill came baok to
that body.1 Senator Nash was so warm
and moving in his support of tho ap?
propriation, as to elioit applause on
the i floor, from hia brother-Senators
Wbtttembrc, Jdtiee, &o. He said that
he would .prefer'seeiog anything else
go by iiiD Vw!uu-^u? Gu?ov?Oi-o sala?
ry, be anyrtiing?rathor than to forego
the de)igb| which tho portraits would
give him a?hon hang iu tho Senate.
We worild deggo^to the Senator" that
engravings yfhioh ho could buy for n
for/ dollars would.olTord just as exqui?
site enjoyment to bins, and he would
have the Hiitiafadtiori ot paying for
them, out of, Ws qwn;;m9peyt-and not
out of that of the pftopleV.wbb'eattDot
eappprt the? Mf^l?:
pay tb*ii?<debtai>' ?l??'??. .*?-'< ? <St ** T
' Wo D.VQ informed that the 82,500
paid out of the treasury in the same
of Christopher, -was to rueej ft
claim due for that; earn, advanced by a I
pereon In Columbia to the Radical
Committee whioU wont On to Wo?hirjg
tO* W^fionttjrpve^ ..th|' etatementa of
the Tax-Payora' Memorial Committee.
The money was raised npon the joint
note of several of the partieti con?
cerned, which note was not paid in1
bank at maturity. After protest, it was
in Buip-uhapQ to be presented at the
treasury, and was there paid. Out of
the treasury of the State, out of the
tax-payers' earnings, came the funds
which paid the way and contributed
to the luxurious enjoyment of the
anti-memorial oommittee in Washing?
ton. No Wonder that, thus fortiQed,
Messrs. Carpenter and Oardozo wore
able by their eloquenco to make ao
powerful an effect upon the conside?
rate and thoughtful President, as to
extort .from him the admission that
their answer to the tax-psyors was
perfectly conclusive.
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I A PROFITABLE) PENITENTIARY AND AN
Exp^fSiVB Hoteij. ?Chio hires oat its
convicts. The.somber hired oat 1 aet
year was 673, at an average'price of 78
oentB a day 'each, which yielded $163,
644.63 income to the prison, and left
a cash balance over expenses of $22,
286.57. Since 1867, the earn of $58,
623.24 baa been paid into the treasury
as the balance of earnings for seven
years, and during that period $136,
874.11 has been expended in enlarging
and improving tho establishment, all
made by letting oat the labor to con?
tractors. The penitentiary is a sonroe
of revenue, and a school of reform in
oonduct and morals.
In all the bills offered in the South
Carolina Legislature, this session, we
have seen none whioh proposes to put
the State prisoners to any profitable
ase. Ohio could, if it chose, support
its convicts, us wo do, on the fat of tho
land, and make its penitentiary a plea?
sant residence, and not a prison or
work house. Bat it does net so
ohoose, and it is wise on its own and
their aoooant, in developing the energy
at id usefulness of these violators of
la w. We, who cannot afford it, who
hiive no money to expend on them,
and np motive or necessity for pamper?
ing criminals and increasing their
numbers?as wo have plenty of them
already?appropriate a princely sum
every year for their luxurious support
in idleneps. It is common to call the
penitentiary Dennis' Hotel, and the
phrase is near the truth, and Dennis a
oomfortable and well pleased Boniface.
The Interest Accounts.
Mb. Editor: Governor Chamberlain
has written bis messages in ft public
spirit. He hits won thu heart of tho
people. Ho is supported everywhere
by them. In his message after the re?
cess, bo called especial attention to a
violation of the Act of March 17, 1874,
in the affairs of the penitentiary, and
to something very like it in the affairs
of another institution. The Governor
Beems determined to impress npon his
administration the gravo importance
of specific appropriation of specific
levies. Ho deplores and denounces
any variance from this principle. The
joint committee ohurge in their report
' that Mr. Cnrdozo has directly ulc! in?
directly diverted very largo amounts
of the fund devoted to pay interest on
the public debt. They do not agree
with tho Treasurer, that bo had u right
to temporarily divert a specific fund,
and the report says:
"The committee submit that the
I oonstrnotion put upon the Act by the
I State Treasurer as a justification for
his violation of it is ns monstrous as
the violation itself," and makes "a
mockery of tho Aot, which provides
that any diversion of the fund, whe?
ther directly or indirectly, shall be a
felony." And in another place it says:
"As if his flagrant violation of tho.law
j in regard to the other funds justified
his flagrant violation of the law in re?
gard to the interest fand also."
This strong language leaves no mid?
dle-ground between the Joint Com?
mittee and Mr. Oardozo. We sincerely
regret that snob a responsible commit
too Bbonld have found it necessary to
use snob language. They leave no
middle-ground for us to stand upon.
The Conservatives and the Republicans
will be glad to sustain Mr. Oardozo, if
the Joint Committee fail to make good
these assertions. We cannot allow
our sympathies to interfere with our
judgment, when hundreds of thou?
sands of dollars belonging to the State
are involved. / This oommittee declare,
lifter much 1 !n?s9tlg*!ioD, that the
public funds have boon misapplied,
and the law, which the Governor
thinks ia fchO 'ebcat-otiobor of our
firoupority, has been flagrantly vio
ated. W? 'earnestly hope that the
Treasurer will bo able to show that
tbe oommittee is flagrantly mistaken.
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At Knoxvillo, Tonn., od the 25th,
the water was but five feet below the
great flood of 1867. j Many houses and
bridges have been destroyed, und tho
Weather is still threatening. The gas
i/orlio have been inundated, and mills
in all directions have been swept away.
BT JU|TIT7>?"';rw11?
Some very able moo, honest-minded
men. at Hill and oIbers, hopotally end
patriotically believe that we should not
despair; lhat better timesjue in store
lor us. They arjue: "The working
and laboring olafiea of the South and
elsowboro, by means of better educa?
tion, will come eventually, by thrift
and habits of association, %o take their
sbaro in industrial and landed pro?
perty. The upper classes, influenced
by proper, good motives for tbe wel?
fare of, tba country, will fnoilite this
movement by their ooncert in tbe sup?
pression of wrong and reform of tbe
laws, which may intorfere in auy way
or present any obstacle in the way of
it. This is all meritorious. It is
capital, as far as it goes. Bat it must
bo remembered, that this movement is
elow, very alow. It must be tho work
of years. Tbe mighty oak of to duy,
with its towering bead and spreadiug
branches, was once a tiny acorn, that
took root, germinated and rose above
tbe surface as a tender twig. Its mag
nifioonee is the growth of half a cen?
tury. Forced in ite inoipienoy, by hot?
house measures, it would have withered
away and died. If men oould be satis
fled with the gradual, alow growth of
improvement, then this Government
could be firmly established; but in?
stead of waiting for tbe slow process of
time, the present dominant party are
using every endoavor to hasteu its cul?
mination by violence, to push it along
with telegraphio despatch to hot-house
1 greatness and power. Here is the
great danger to tbe United States Go?
vernment at the present moment.
Some pretend to say that the United
States possesses a sheet anchor of
1 safety iutbo diffusion of landed pro?
perty among a very large unmbur of
fumiliea. That tbia solid mass of pro?
prietors offer an element of order and
power that io invincible. But un?
fortunately mankind are the same to?
day they were 5,ODO years ago, and
those particularly who have property
are ever ready, as has been proved by
tbe last Presidential eleotion, to tak?>
fright, be bought and vote contrary to
what they believe to be right; und
would be equally as ready to-morrow
to be frightened into the voting for a
sovereign, no matter who, provided it
promised security to their property
and wealth, and what tbey call peace,
order and tranquillity. "Tranquilly
totem servilulis quam periculosam liberta
tcm mallunt.'- We are sometimes dis?
posed to think if the press was right?
I for it is the pross which forms opinion
iu this country, and public opinion is
tho true sovereign?these might bo
made in a short time a powerful re?
form; but we cannot help from saying
that the press of this country is en?
tirely below its mission. The evils of
the times have long been seen by tbe
press, yet they have not been fully
und plainly exposed. We havo jour?
nals of wide circulation that live on
scandal and falsehood; then we have ad?
ministration organs, guided by merce?
nary characters, who are indiscrimi?
nate in their praise of the powers that
be, no matter what their designs, cor?
ruption and incompetency. In ordi?
nary times, tbe barm done by this pes?
tilent press is not perceived; but its
ravages como into fall light in times of
crisis. With a well-informed, reason?
able, houorublo, patriotic, reliable and
influential press, there would be hopes
for tho preservation aud establishment
on u proper basis of national freedom.
Tho growing tendencies of this Go?
vernment, since tbe war particularly,
to consolidation and centralis ttiou,
looms up on tbe political horizon as
plain as the rooming sun thut makes
its appearance iu the East. To pro
vent it, what shall bo done? To check
its growth seems almost impossible. It
is time, full time, for tlio people of the
United .Status to open their eyes und
look around tbem, if tbey would es?
cape the lot and fate of republics that
havo Rone before tbem, who became
incaimblo of supporting a regular go?
vernment, of maintaining free institu?
tion:) and who lapsed from revolution
to revolution in invariable decay. We
bopo that this will tint be the destiny
of tlio people of this great country,
who have done so mach to spread
ideas of freadom and equality through
tho world, for tbat would be an irre?
parable disaster for the whole of hu?
manity.
Tbe proper punishment of Jesse
Pomoroy, the Boston obild-murderer,
proseuts a problem for which it is hard
to find a satisfactory solution. He has
boon convioted of murder in tbe first
degree aud sentenced to be bang, bat
humauity will revolt at the execution
of such a mere child, and this feeling
will be strengthened by the doubt
whether his atrocious acts were not
committed under unoontroliable im?
pulses. Still, he has been pronounced
wholly sane, and undoubtedly is not a
safe person to allow to live. As a pri?
soner, ho will always be regarded as
dangerous, aud sooner or later will, in
all probability, foroe society to put bim
to death as the only way of keeping
him from fresh deeds of murder. Still,
there is something so revolting in the
idea of hanging a boy, that the expe?
riment of endeavoring to subjeot bim
to so ojosu a confinement as to rende:
the residua of his life harmless will
probably be tried.
Ex-Governor Parsons, whose nomi?
nation for the position of United
States District Judgo for Alabama has
been before the Senate all the winter,
has been withdrawn by tho President,
and the name of John Braoe has been
sent in for tbe position. Mr. Brace U
from Wisconsin, and his nomination
does not give rmtiof aotton tb Mr.
Spenoer, the carpet-bag Alabama Be
nator.
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Rtw Fbiday, Fhdbdaht26, 1875.
> SENATE.
? A communication fron the Chair?
man of the Faculty of tho 8onth Ca?
roline Univerally, wee read.
. The President laid before the Se
gate a communication, relative tocorn
ative evidenoe as to tho report of thai |
Joint Committee, which was ordered
for oonaideration in connection with
the report of ,the Special Joint Com?
mittee, relative to the funding of
bonds nnder an Aot to reduce the
volume of tho public debt, &o., to the
Guuoral Assembly.
Mr. Whittemoro submitted a state?
ment relative to a pay certificate attri?
buted to him by Treasurer Cardoso's
statement?that the amount was drawn
lor the purpose of paying for the por?
traits of Liiuooln and others, ordered
by the Legislature.
Mr. Clinton presented petition of
Lancaster Ledger for publishing Ex
ooutivff proclamations, notices of elec?
tion, &c.
Mr. Walker introduced bill to alter
end amend tho law in rotation to tbo
drawing of jurors.
Mr. Martiu?Bill to authorize the
Couuty Commissioners of Fuirfield
County to close a oortain roud in said
Couuty.
Mr. Bowon introduced u resolution,
whioh wan ordered fur consideration
to morrow, that whereas the report of
the Special Joiut Committee to inves?
tigate the oharaotei of tbo bonds and
coupons funded under the Act to re
duoe the volume of the public debt,
and provido for the payment of the
state, has brought forth a letter from
the State Treasurer, in whioh bo pays
he deems it a duty to himself to re?
ply to its unjnst uud unwarrantable
conclusions; ?ud whereus he says be
has further important evideuce to fur?
nish, but refrained from giviug it on
account of its probable injurious ef?
fects upon others, but now thinks it
his duty to furnish it, but usks fntther
timo, aud us it is the desire of this
General Assembly that juntioe ehould
be doue by giviug all u fair, full and
just hearing, which will prevent an
early adjournment sine die; that when
tho respective Llousss adjourn this
day, they stand udjourued until Tues?
day next, at 5 o'clock P. M.
A bill to provide for the appoint?
ment of an Insurance Commissioner,
and to define his duties, after remarks
by Senators Nash, Whittemoro, Smalls
aud Duncan, was indefinitely post?
poned.
Mr. Jeter introduced a resolution,
whioh was ordered for consideration
to morrow, that whereas the Southern
Methodist Episcopal Publishing House
of Nashville, Tenn., has filed before
the Congress of the (Jnitod States a
claim of indemnity aud compensation,
for occupation and use by the army of
tho United States, in 1664 aud 1865,
of the buildings, machinery and other
property belonging to said publishing
house, for tho benefit of the operations
of said army; and, whereas the said
publishing house is cxolusively a re?
ligious and charitable corporation, in?
stituted for the sole purpose of pro?
moting morality and roligion among
all races and clashes, particularly the
young and uninformed, and so is de?
serving tho euconrugerneut of the uu
tion, it being one of tho largest insti?
tutions of the kiud in tho United
States; and, whereas tho Raid publish?
ing bouse is greatly crippled in its be?
nevolent operations by reason ?f the
non-pay turnt of said claim by the
United States, that the Congress of
the United States is hereby respecftlllj
petitioned to take early action in the
premises, and grant such relief und
compensation us may La justified by
the facts of the cn?e, and our Senators
and members of Cougrass are respect?
fully requested to urge an early settle
inout of said claims.
Mr. Daun rose to a question of pri?
vilege, and correotod the report that a
oertuin $2,500, which tho Treasurer
assorts was paid to L. H. Christopher,
hud oome into his (Dunn's) hands.
The certifioato for a similar amount,
which was drawn iu his namo, os
Chairman of the Committee to investi?
gate the hypothecation of bonds of
the State in New York, has never been
paid.
General orders were considered
nntil adjournment.
HOUSE OF REPRESENT1TIVES.
Senate amendments to bill to make
appropriations to meet ordinary ex?
penses of State Government for fiscal
year commencing Novembor 1, 1875,
was considered.
Consideration of roport of Special
Joint Committee, appointed to investi?
gate tho funding of certain bonds, was
made special order for Tuesday, Maroh
2, 1875.
The communication from the State
Treasurer, tho reading of which was
stopped yoslerday, was then concluded
and reoeived as information.
Rill to incorporate Charleston Loan
. and Trust Company was rejeoted.
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HOTEIi ARRIVAL, FEBnUAHY 26.?
' Mansion House?Vi J Hughes, Union;
A R Woodfin, Virginia; R F Perry, J
1 R Slawson, Greenville; W J Davis,
Ridge way; T O Whitworth, Helena.
Wheeler House-Dt D R Miller, city;
E Tweedy and wife, Ga; R R Carpen?
ter, Riohland; J M Maokey, Abbeville;
J M Walker, Wilmington; A A Glover,
city; W S Byles, N Y; J Henderson,
Md; A Febr, O D Rigslow. M H Da
vie, N Y; J B Marsball, Md; J T Ba
i oon, Mass; T O Gorton, Chester; G
Johnstone, Newberry; N T Wilson, N
Y; G W MoGlaoghlin, Md; L Hagood,
i oity. j
i In answer to an advertisement of an
importing house for a night watchman,
? published (n the Philadelphia Ledger,
there Were 800 applicants for the piece.
State Treasurer Oardozo has seat Into
the General Assembly the following
?moE of Statu TnuAfl??EB-''
CoLtJjaBiA. S. O., February 25,1875.'
; To (he Honor abla Ihjs House of' Rep*6 ?
seniatives?GrntlkmeN: I' have been
furnished with u "copy of the report Of
the SpecialJoint Oommittee appointed
"to ascertain what bonds of tbe State
have boon funded under the Act to re
duee the vojumo of the public debt,
and provide for the payment of the
same; what interest coupons have been
funded under this said Act; and, also,
whether the fondB for the payment of
interest raised under tbe said Aot have
been kept separate and apart from all
other funds, as provided for iu tbe
paid Aot, and as otherwise provided by
law."
I havo carefully read the entire re?
port, and deem it a duty to myself to
reply to its unjust and unwarrantable
conclusion*. I have also farther Im?
portant evidenco to furnish, which
will aid materially in tbe discussion
and settlement of the questions raised
in the report. I have refrained from
giving this evidence to tho committoe
on account of its probable injurious
effects upon others, and because which
I d.emed unnecessary, believing that
the reasons furnished to the committee
wcinld, iu their judgment, justify my
action. Tbey have, however, con?
cluded otherwise, and I now think it
tuy duty to furnish these additional
reasons, although it would have been
better for others bad it not been ne?
cessary that they should now be given.
I have the bouor to request a post?
ponement of tbe consideration of tbe
report until I cuu furnish a reply. I
shall be able to furnish that reply by
12 o'clock, on Monday, March 1. Very
respectfully, &c ,
F. L C4RDOZO.
Treasurer South Carolina.
Sxmjptoms of Purification.?A Re
publican in Washington is reported to
have said lately in conversation: "I,
for oue, am nut content to see my
party used as a tail to the President's
kite. We cannot afford to go the way
he is steering. The country will not
stand it." The figure of a kite, which
follows tho wind, from whatever point
of the compass it may blow, is an apt
illustration iu this connection. An?
other Republican is reported as say?
ing: Bad as Andy Johnson was, he, at
least, regarded constitutional methods.
Ho was a tiresome creature, with his
Constitution, but be was safe. This
man goes tbe other way, and it is not
a safe way. We have gone far enough,
and we ought to tie up before the boat
goes farther, for bis drift is danger
oaB." "I don't mind dying, but I
don't want to die liko a dog in a ditch,"
said a life-long and zealous Republi?
can. "If the party has done its work
and mast die, all right; bat I don't
like to see it go down dishonored and
stained." There is said to be a great
deal of private talk of this kind in
Washington, and it may be heard ob
tbe floor of Congress before tbe ses?
sion is over. After all, there is an ine?
radicable idea in tbe minds of Ameri?
cans of all parties that a Constitution
is a good thing, and ought not to be
praotioally subverted. It is open to
amendments by certain prescribed pro?
cesses, and such amendments have
beeu made from lime to time, some of
them of late being of doubtful merit
and expediency, aud not having more
than u formal popular sanction. Bat j
eveu that is felt to be better and safer
timu legislative or executive iaterfer-j
once in violation of the Constitution.
United States District Court?
Charleston, February 21?The Court
met ut 10 o'clock. Judge Bryan pre?
siding. The petition of Johu B. Er?
win, itssiguee of T. II. Clybnrn, to
estubli.-h lit n iu tho icattor of Evan
II. L. Williams, bankrupt, was referred
to Registrar Glawsou, to report, after
duo notice to creditors. In the matter
of D. B. Ross, bankrupt, it was or?
dered, with the consent of all parties,
that the sale of proporty be postponed
until s doe-day iu October, 1875. Tbe
petition of R. H. Brudley, bankrupt, of
Chester, for voluntary bankraptoy,
was referrod to Registrar Olawson. In
tbe matter of Albert Barncb, bank?
rupt, it was ordered, on motion of
Simonton Sc Barker, that the hearing
of tho petition for final discharge be
postponed to the 9th day of March
next. H. E. MoFuddec, of York, was
finally discharged in bankraptoy. J.
IH. Clawsou, assignee of O. Sarratt,
bankrupt, against O. A. Ros9 and H.
U. Thompson, assignee of D. B. Robb,
bankrupt. It was decreed that the
land described was improperly sold by
the Sheriff of Sparenburg, und that
the title to said land still rests in J. H.
Olawson, for the benefit of the credi?
tors of said bankrupt, and that O. A.
Ross bus no right or title whatsoever
to said land. It was farther ordered
that tbe assignee divide the lands into
convenient traots, suoh as, iu his opi?
nion, may be moat to the interest of
the bankrupt's estate, and sell the
same at publio unction, on sales-day in
October, 1875, or some oonvenient
sales-day thereafter, for oash.
oodernatorial APPOrMTUESTS.
Trial Justices: Beaufort?J. P. Ro?
bertson ; Col lot on?Joseph W. Bell;
Hoiry?Thomas F. Gilleepio, O. B.
Sarvis, E. P. Pitman, A very Floyd,
Alvah Ensor, W. M. Bsnton, W. A.
Bessant, Jeremiah Smitb, W. H. Prl
vott, John W. Mishoe, Wade H. Par
ker; Lexington? D. Nunnamaker;
Orangobnrg?J. R. Wannamaker;
Rioblnnd?Allen W. Green. Notary
Pablio: Marlboro?Lawis R. Hemer.
Removals?Trial Justices: OoHetoh?
Danoan Padgett; Lexington? W? M.
Drafts. i
PBasnttn*4omVlx>rrow,M*<-"' Mtf&t
j TW-wes?^:/^
abou * as pl^n^j'oou]jda f?o !'d^red.';'
The Congoroo ie booming, and tho
islands ore all oovored. ?? . -
"Impeachment" stock foil a little",
yesterday?some of ,the ? impeacbero
having apparently cooled somewhat. .
Euolose tho postage with your sub?
scription?Daily, six months, 25 oente;'
Tri-Weekly, }5; Weekly, 10 cents, J"- J
Mr. M. Ebrlioh retarned, yesterday,!
from the frozen North, and famished < -
ob with late papers.
The only evening amusement so far
announced ' for next week, will be the ,
meetings of the House of Representa?
tives, every night except Saturday.
Job printing of every kind, from a
miniature visiting card to n four-sheet '
poster, turned oat, at short notice,
from Pii(Unix office. Try us.
Ex-Governor B. F. Perry' passed *
through Columbia, yesterday, oh his
way to Charleston, to deliver an ad?
dress bofore a ' charitable association.
The wires have not yet been put in '
complete order, whioh shortens, our ;
telcgraphio reports again;.they will be
all right to.day, doubtless.
Several active and reliable men can ^
find employment at the office of the
Singer Mannfaoturing Company, No. i
153 Main street, Oolambia, 8. 0.
None need apply who oaonot oome
well reoommeuded.
Just received, 25 bunches ohoico
bananas, at 81.50 per bunoh; also, .20
pails, 15 pounds, ohoioe gilt edged
Goshen butter, at 40 cents?finest in
the market?at C. J. Laurey's, oppo?
site Phcunix office.
The moBt economical artificial light
yet discovered, is the brilliant white
kerosene sold by John Agnew & Son,
at 17 cents per gallon by the barrel, or
20 cents per gallon at retail, delivered,
free of drnyage, in any part of the
city.
The Columbia Bible 8ooiety will
celebrate its fifty-ninth anniversary at
the First Presbyterian Church, in this
city, to-morrow (Sabbatb) evening,
Fbbroary 28. A sermon will be deli?
vered by Rev. A. Coke Smith, of the
Methodist Episcopal Ohuroh, South.
A report will be made by Rev. George
Howe, D. D., President of the So- (
ciety. Service to commence at 7)4
o'clook. A collection will be taken up .
to aid in Riblo distribution. The pub
lio is invited to attend.
It bos been currently reported that
Attorney-General Melton is one of the
proprietors of the Union-Herald; bnt
that oan hardly be the case, as that
paper, whioh is so fond of lauding the
other State officials and copying com?
plimentary notices of them, appears to
give him the cold shoulder. The At?
torney-General has been warmly com?
mended by many papers in the State
for the able manner in whioh he has
performed the dnties of his office. The
Greenwood Neio Era and Anderson
Conservator have lately published very
complimentary?and deservedly so?
notices of him.
Railroad Accident.?The passen?
gor train over the Wilmington, Co?
lumbia und Augusta Railroad, due here
at 5.10 P. M., did not arrive last night
lutil about 9 o'clock?the detention
being causod by a run-off of tho loco?
motive, at Cedar Creek trestle, about
fifteen miles below Colombia. The train
was running schedule time, when the
locomotive struck a oouple of cows?
one was knocked off by the pilot and
the other oaaght under the wheels and
tho locomotive and tender were thrown
completely off, and lay almost upside
down, several feet below. The express
and mail oars were completely demo?
lished. Engineer MoSwuin and Ex
i press Messenger West were slightly in
| jured. The passenger oars were jarred
somewhat, bot none of the inmates
hurt.
Supreme Ooubt Deoihiohs, Febru?
ary 26, 1875.? C. A. Bollman, admi?
nistratrix, appellant, vs. Bebrend Boll
man, respondent. Motion to set aside
award of arbitrators refused, and ease
remanded to Circuit Court. Opinion
by Moses, O. J.
Geraty A Armstrong, appellants, vs.
Robert M. DoBoee, respondent I Mo?
tion to reverie the order appealed from
I granted. Opinion by MosesV 0.
A. O. Chandler, appellant, vs. w.
C. Caraty, el al, respondents. New
[trial granted. Opinion by Willord,
' iff*
A.J.
List op .Nhw ^MffkiP^
Mrs, H. BogUoh-?To Bent,
Oliver Ditsor* Ss ?o*? Mueio.
Mooting Typographical Union.;
??Hew very seldom It nspp^"
said one friend to another, ?,tha$ ?e.
find editors bred to the business."
??Very," replied the other; "and nave
you not remarked hovr seldom tha
business, breed to the editors?**