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Thursday Morning, March 4,1875.
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Omr J?r?dre? ?ad JUrndyee.
The Supreme Ooort has long ego
decided that she assets of; tha Bank of
the State are to be held for the pay?
ment of the debts of the bank, and it
has furthermore prescribed the mode
of payment., It has directed how those
assets are to be distributed among the
respective creditor, designating tbe
order in which the several obligations
shall be discharged. The theory of
the receiver's functions is, that he is
the officer of the oourt appointed to
preserve the funds whioh are subject
to its. order, and to be paid out by him
aooording to its order. What it has
been In praotioe is only known in part,
and that is bad etonnalv There Lave
been, we do not recollect how many,
Receivers appointed, and the com mis?
sions allowed to them and to the Clerk
of the Court amount to $135,790.
This process of appointing receivers
has "gone oa until a largo part of the
fund has thus been oonsnmed, not to
mention the imprudent and dis?
honest loans which they have au?
thorized?loans secured by straw
?collaterals', and beyond reoovory.
Now,' 'that' 31 r, XU O. .Poffar, whose
slice amounts to $10,355, has been
? transferred from the financial sphere,
' where his suooees.has been bo marked
in putting money in .his own pocket,
ta^rdfprpmatio station ?brofd, the
atopBVfln>ef taken; ber?rtr ?ls depar
qaoaiion, equally pertinent, is, whe?
ther a new Receiver is to bo appointed,
the same latitude and the same hand?
some perquisites?- 'Still another ques?
tion mav ba pi
V4?is jokj mf
whether the St
make good the debt*-of the bauk, will
IpaJopojaod?sae4ke last dollar lequaa
4ere?Sa'd thiui inslWy re present'to
-the tax-payers that.the moneys of the
bank being gone, and the oreditors not
ptg& it wll MMootJkly Uspe^iA
to-iahpoael a ftftc ttposTTaeni ta raeire
good' the defioit? These are grave
matters, the consideration of whioh
cannot any lopgefc* ba properly post?
poned. There are two' interests to be
protected?the one the interests of the
^ta^e,. already seriously., injured; the
Otherthe interests ttftuo croJitors, nO*
doubt badly, injured, aUaI The duty
in the one aase devolves upon the Ad
ministratfovi, ta the other npoh Judge
Reed, the Judge, pf the circuit, and
the solicitors of these parties.
JaJ?W|'R^d7jb>8 already bfceu pp
.pealed to oy another journal, the, N?ipa
and Courier, to sot with boldness In
the ease, aud- i'to refuse to*~ullew the
ahrnuken assets of the bank to be fur?
ther reduced-in amount." The sug?
gestion is made to him to order a sale
of the assets, and to distribute . tLe
proceeds. If -Shis cannot be done, he
is asked to see to it that the new Re?
ceiver to be appointed shall have "a
minimum oooapensation for what work
he may actually do." Wo ask farther,
why do not lawyers, or somo lawyer
representing the oreditors, make a
motion bofora tbe ooort, asking it to
order the fund to be paid in without
raf ther expense and delay? Motives
fol protraoting this ease ought never
to have existed ou one side, and should
nan? be made to oease oo the other,
the creditors ahouId demand a settle?
ment, and tlie' State oogbt to second
anJJMurther that demand. Other wine
it wail droue .pn like Jarndyoo. and
Jarodyoe, and the time will oome
when no man except those who
have had t$? pickings, will know
what it msaoe. What that prospect is,
wo can all repo^in the iuimitable do
soriptiou of \Diokons. Iuoumeruble
ohildreo have been born into the
oiiHHj iunoaxerable young people have
married into it; innumerable old peo?
ple havd dioi out of it. Scores of
. persons hate deliriously found them?
selves made parties in Jarndyoe and
Jarndyoo; /vithout knowing bow or
why. Wtutfe families have inherited
legeuduryfiatreda with .?ha sail, The
little mHV-^^^^^'^I? Wuh
promised new" rooking-fiorse when
Jarndyco ahet Jarndyce should be set
tt^ baa grown aap. possessed hi am 11
of Vovl horse, end .trotted away iolo
tha ot-h^world. Fair wards of court
)iaVe faded; into toothers and grand
mothers') a lo*ag procession of chan?
cellors bw someic and gone out; the
legion of , Hilla io the suit have been
transformed iuto meto bills of mor?
tality ;* there are not three Jarndvcea
?sit upon the eer'b, perhaps, since old
Tom Jarndyoe, ia despair, blew his
?j? ?uivAwujiM?. . -j~.\i,x csasoaaw. ^- -?..';.?v--j3s
braica out at a ooffee-house In Chanoer j
Line; bat Jarudyoo and Jarndyoe still
drags ila dreary length before. the
ooart, r^enniafly hcycjees.
Tlae^M* of fntitru Gareoge, ^
At tho evening session of the Hon;??
of Representatives, last evening, the
obarges against the State Treasurer
and his roply to them were disonssed
to a late hour. Mr. Bray ton, of the
Joint Special Committee, claimed for
it that it had made a thorough and
complete investigation, and disclaimed
for it any intention to impugn the
Ettoutivo or embarrass his administra?
tion. They were not novioes, they
were not packed, they were not moved
by malicious motives, as the Treasurer
had recklessly said. They had re?
ceived scant courtesy from him^Trom
the start but they bad acted toward**
him, notwithstanding, with indul?
gence, favor and impartiality. He
then proceeded to discuss und explain
the points made in the report, saying,
amongst other things, that the Trea?
surer had little reason to boast of hav?
ing drawn the bill to reduce the vo?
lume of the public debt, after baring
admitted to fuuding under it bonds
and coupons which were not valid
claims against the State. Certain of
the bonds funded were of those which
wert/ involved in the Al?rtop, Bliss A
Co. suit, 'in which it baa often been
rnraerwd] With . what troth ho would
not; undertake to Bay,'that the Trea?
surer was himself concerned1. In re?
ply to the figures and picas of the Trea?
surer as to the interest, oonpons, he
quoted from the reports made to the
Gorle&I - 'Assembly- tfor ' the years of
1868, 'CO, 70 aud 71, that it was
true, as said by Mr. Cardoso, .that
ok)' j)noji/y ^[lt/isf\, ttlof e wga
outstanding interest olaim9 to the
amount of $535,000: Ou the con?
trary, the reports show that tbe
payment 1of: interest lot Sbreo years
amounted to '3300,408?baing p. diffcr
enoo of $47,023 2p betweou actual pay?
ment* of interns* and the Treasurer's
atiiteare'ots. Thfe Was either a wilfully
false or grossly itnoourate ?statement.
The reports show that .the' interest of
those years bad all beau paid, and tho
coupons could not he a valid claim.
And yet, during this period, $420,000
of.such coupons had been funded,.and
most be considered fraudulent. In
conolosiou, the member for Aiken
dwelt upon the foot that one man, and
a Senator, had funded as much oa
$266,000 of these coupons, was enough
to raise suspicion. These J 'c?dpons
must,-' in some way, have been ab?
stracted from tho' treasury?ho w or by
whom, it was not for him to say. He
also treated the admissions of tho
Treasurer as to the diversion of funds
and .the tatter of Major, ilulton. urf a re
Cognition by them both that the law
hadt beeu violated, and that it v.na done
at the ns?k aud upou the responsibility
of the Treasurer. j,
A motion of Hamilton, of Beaufort,
that tbe report bo received aa informa?
tion aud the committee be discharged,
was indefinitely postponed.
Greon, of Beaufort, sustained the
report, skirmishing rather, and not
touching, as ho said, "tho magnitude
of the subject." He was for patting
the Treasurer on trial. So was Keith,
of Darlington. A member from
Oruogeborg, and Bostun, of New
berry, were understood to side with
the Treasurer.
Tbe House adjourned at 10.80.
John T. Sloan, Jr., presided and kept
the House ia good order.
To day, a resolution, as we are in?
formed, will be offered, to appoint a
committee to frame an address to. the
Governor, abking the removal of the
Treasurer, according to Artiole 7, Sec?
tion 4, of the Constitution of the
State, This will require a vote of two
thirds of eaoh house of the General
Assembly. The cause for suoh rffmovul
must bo stated at length in the address,
und the officer intended to bo removed
shall be duly notified and admitted to
a hearing in his own defence, bofore
the vote for suoh address is taken, and
the vote mnst be taken by yeas and
nays, and be entered on tho journuls.
The Treniurtr'i Reply.
The reply of Treasurer Cardozo is
not to tbe allegations in tho report of
i the Special Joint Committee, except
in p.'irt, bat to its conclusions. It is a
spirited paper, bat diffuse to a fault,
' and containing some matters personal
to the author, bat of -little interest to
i the public. We1 shall listen with inte?
rest to the discassion which it will to?
day give rise to in the Houee, bot
do not osre to say more of it until the
ieaues of not have boon settled.
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Loren to Thomss, who ess for a long
time Adjuieui'Generai of tbe United
States army, died at Washington, yes
i terday.
Th? BorTd Haaln.M.
A hue and ory has been attempted
against tbe investigation into tbe ope?
rations of t?e fending bill, on the pre
teUdecf soars that any ?oob |oweaUga
tion will tend id disturb the settlement
oiitha pnblio debt, aud will deter tbe
holders of tho valid obligations of the
State from aooeptiog the. proposed
compromise. To any fair-thinking
and unbiaaed niiud, the absurdity of
Ibi.s is at oaoe, apparent. .It is some?
what difficult to imagine how o careful
and watobfu) scrutiny of tho opera
tions of the funding bosiueea can
work detriment to thoBe who propose
to take advautage of the Act, and it
m.-..-t be at once apparent that auy
action of the Generul Assembly, which
will give a strict ouiis'raotioa to the
Act requiring the interest fund to be
kopt separate ood apart, and whiob
will prevuut the State Treasurer from
again borrowing from it, is mani?
festly a safe-guard to the bond-hold?
ers. A strict and literal interpreta?
tion of that portion of the Aut
whioh provides that the interest
money shall be kept separate and
apart from all the other funds of
the State, ia the only safe guard whioh
the bond-holder has ander the fuuding j
Act, and (hp inxiyjtigatujg committee
of the General-ASeemblv have done
well to bring' this matter Jo light. Mr.
Cardozo's plBuoi-coiifee*>i>tt aud avoid?
ance is a fine' piece^r^sftecial plead?
ing, but it is absolutely Worth nothing
iu law. His plain duty under the ape
cial tax levy, ia to keep, the. epeotiie
funds separate uud ayura. Dye* he
mean ''to say that if ?Rich'siri' Roe be ?
trustee for,A; apd ho $thi deposit
the trust funds'belongiug to A. and F>.
In one common fund, aud draw on that
fund indibcrimiuatel.t? The propor?
tion' is absurd. The plain doty of the
trustee under sooh oiroumetancee u to
keep hi8 trust funds depurate, apart
and distinct, aod. Mr. Curdozj beiug
nothing bat a trustee for tbe croditoia
of tho State, under tho several appro?
priation Aqts, iuoqld bo made to un?
derstand his duty in the premises.
And the quicker this is done, the bit?
ter it will be for all parties oouoerned.
Mr. Chadband.
Tbe State Treasurer's reply reminds
us forcibly of Mr. Chadband'a lecture
to Joe.
"No, my young friend: I will not let
you alone. Aud why? Because I am
a harvest laborer; because I am a toiler
aud a moiler; because you are delivered
over untoe me, aud are become as a
precious instrument iu my hands. My j
frieudH,,mt*yi I sov employ this instru?
ment aa to use it toe your^adVaiitago,
tue yoos pr^flt^tae yon strain. Aue your
welfare, toa-yonr'euriebmwns." ' ?
Like CUadbaiid,y.*ecture, tliis-is hue
rhetoric; but 'not to pat. too fine a
point oil it, it is mot to lue point at all
Where are' the dteelosuree'that were
promised? What about L. P. Obristo
pher, J. B. Foreman ahd those other
mythical: relatives of the 'mytbioal
Mooney, Leggctt ?fc- Go.? It may be
very interesting for the "large yellow
man with a fat smile" to know that sis
landing bill has been pronoauoed to
be the perfection of legal lore; but we
humbly submit, that it would interest
the tax-payers of the State a good deul
more to know what disposition has
been made of the moneys wrung from
them. We pause for a reply.
Tun Last Dais op Congress.? The
New York Ihrald, of the lat, says: "It
is probable that Congress will adjourn,
leaving a number of important ques
Hons undecided. Among those whicb,
aocording to our Washington corres?
pondent, it is impossible for the Se?
nate to dispose of in the short time
remaining, is the Foroe Bill, over
whioh no tears need be shed. The
tax bill, it is thought, will also bo de?
feated iu the 8unate. Arkansas and
Louisiana are likely to receive little at?
tention, aod Mr. Pioohbaek will not
be admitted. No news in most of
these cases may bo considered good
news, and we hope both houses will
oonteut themselves with absolutely ne?
cessary logialation. It is rather late
iu the session to attempt anything
more."
United States District Coobt?
Charleston, March 2?Judge Bryan
presiding, i'be petition of the Com?
missioners of tbe Freedmac's Savings
and Trust Company, for payment to
tliexn of funds iu Court, In the mutter
of Martin M. Kiugman, bankrupt, was
referred to Registrar Carpenter. The
Judge approved tho appointment of
G. W. Hicks as assignee iu the matter
of J. C. Miller, of BarnwelL, The pe
titioa of Mary Farrow, to establish
liens in the matter of J. N. Brown,
bankrupt, was referred to Registrar
Clivwsoo to report. In the petition of
LeRoy Wilson, assignee, to call in lion
oreditore in tbe matter of George Wil?
son, bankrupt, it was ordered that tbe
assignee, after paying costs, apply tbe
proceeds of sale to the satisfaction of
tbe lien as reported, &o.
Tbe extensive locomotive shops,
known as tbe Cliff Werks, situated
South of the D. L. and W. Passenger
Depot, at Sorauton. Pa,, were de?
stroyed by fire on tbe 1st. Loss folly
$600.000; partially insured. 250 men
ont of employment.
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THB STATE LKOIJLATtHK,
1 WkdnJt8T>at. Mabch 3. 1875.
. I SENATE.
A m?fliage #fis rwcelveo' from the
Hoase. that a bill to- regulato tbe sale
of seed cotton in Spartuuburg, TJuioq
and Anderson Counties, was Indefi?
nitely postponed.
Title of a bilt relative to State
officers and offices, and joint resolution
authorizing County Commissioners of
Marlboro to lovy and collect a speoiul
tax of IX mills on tha dollar for pay?
ment of {.ast due indebtedness of said
County, wore unrolled for ratification.
A communication was received from
Comptroller-General H?ge, 1U which
ho says, I huvo tho honor to acknow?
ledge receipt of concurrent resolution
requiring me tu fnruish tbe General
Assembly with copies of tho monthly
statements of the cash transactions of
the treasury for tbe present fiscal year.
In reply thereto, I beg leave to inform
I you that, up tu the pro-cut time, no
reports for the present flue* I year have
been received at this office from the
Treasurer. Received as information.
Claims of G. N. Cain, Aleck Myers,
(arresting a murderer,) and Hal Wil?
liams were presented.
A number of reports of committee*
were received und acted ou, after
which gooeral and special orders were
considered.
A communication from Treasurer
Carduzo was ordered to lie on the
table.
Mr. Jones introduced bill tu amend
an Act to provide for payment ul past
indebtedness of Georgetown County.
Mr. S wails introduced a refutation,
which was agreed to, that a isolation
r? quiring tbe Senate to meet at 11 A. I
M. he rescinded.
The recommendations of the 'Com?
mittee of Conference on tho Appro?
priation Bill was concurred in.
Hu?SE OP REPRESENTATIVES.
The Chair hud read, by the Clerk, uu
trxtract from t'.io reply* of tho State
Treasurer, relative to tho report of the
Special Joint Conitnitteu appointed tu
investigate the funding of State lioudp.
and contradicted some of the htate
aients.
Euuoting clause of a bill to unthor
izj County Oummis>iut;erH of Union |
to apply tbe proceeds of and mill of
Couuty tuxes for payment of past in- I
dehtetiuesM uf said Cuuuty, Wasstiiukeu'
out. ? ' ? ? ?
Title of a bill providing for p*y
meet of tbo past duu indebtedaess of
Chester Cuuutv, was cbaug'd to an
Act.
A roNolutioU relative to the business
of the General Assomblv, wah reomverl
frow tho Senate, which was concurred
in and amende t by aiding: And that
said committee recommend a day for
tbe adjournment sine die uf this ses?
sion of tbe General Assembly. A reso?
lution for appointment of joint com?
mitted to examine boohs of Treasurer
and Comptroller G, norul, was also con
cur red in.
A communication was received from
Comptroller-General iingn, that up to
the present time, do reports for the
current flucti yen huve beeu received
from the State Treasarer. Whereupou
Mr. Robertson introduced a rteolu
tiou, which was adopted, that tbe
State Treasurer iufurm this flouae
I forthwith why be bos not Complied
with requirements of Section33, Chap?
ter XVII of tho Revised Statutes, re?
quiring the State Treasurer, at tbe end
of every month, to report to tho Comp?
troller-General an' accurate statement
of the cash transactions of tho trea?
sury, A*a.
A mossage was received from the
Governor, stating t!-iat ho had dIHxo.1
his ofliciul Signatare to Acts to repeal'
an Act to authorize the Ooanty Com
mUsioners of Lexington to change the
course of tho market road, known as
the "River Road," in auid County; to
alter and amend an Aot to renew the
charter of Hind Bar Ferry, across the
Sivanuah River, and to fix tbe rates uf
toll of said ferry; to incorporate town
of Gaffuey City, in County uf Spnrtau
hurg;joint resolution to allow Edward
K. Arthur to redeem certain forfeited
lands in Ricbland County.
A communication was received from
tbo Stato Treasurer, acknowledging
tho receipt of the resolution requesting
information forthwith as to the roasou
why he had not made monthly reports
to tho Comptroller-General. The rea?
son assigned is: "That the work in
my office has been bo enormous, that
it is simply and absolutely impossible
for me to perform it a? quickly as I
would like to. Mr. Parker, my prede?
cessor, bad three clerks in his office,
but I am only allowed two by law; and
since tho passage of the Funding Act,
tho work in my office bus been doubled.
I need four clerks daring the entire
year to perform the duties as promptly
as I would like, and I nead two addi?
tional clerks during the session of the
Legislature to accommodate tho mem?
bers, and to wait upon tho various
coramittooB ropeutedly sent here to in?
vestigate the transactions of my oilioe.
The OomptrollerGeueral bos been re?
peatedly invited to oome into my oQIco
at all tunes, without previous notice,
and make uu investigation of any sub?
ject of which he may have iuo slightest
doubt. My books are open, also, at
all times, to tbe ioHpsction of any
member of tbe Genend Assembly."
Ordored to lie over for future consider?
ation.
Tbe evening session was entirely
taken up in discussiog the charges
by the Joint Commission ugaiust
Treasurer Gardozo.
Of the 157 votes in favor of order?
ing the main question on the Foroe
Bill, 103 were oast by the men whose
terms had expired, and all of whom?
with the exception of 17 from tbe
South, who may seek a ro election this
year?have been rejected by their con?
stituents.
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The Civil Riqhts Bill ?The M
lowing is s oopj of tbe Civil Bights
Bill as i.t passed both Uqusoe of Cou
^'Sf8: 1 f4 V! y .i i
Whoreas it is essential to jdat ?o.
vernment we reaogoize tbe equality of
all mea before the law, aod hold that
it is the duty of the (.iovjrameut, iu
its dealings with the people, to mete
oat equal and exaot justice to all, of
whatever nationality, race, color, or
persuasion, religious or political; and
it being the appropriate object of legis?
lation to euuot grout principles into
law; therefore,
Be it enacted. That all persons within
the jurisdiction of the United States
shall be entitled to tbe full and equal
euigyinout of tho accommodations, ad
vautuges, facilities aud privileges of
ions, pablio conveyances ou land or
water, theatres and other plsoes of
publio amusement, subject only to the
conditions and limitations established
by law, aod applicable alike to citi?
zens of every race aud color, regard?
less of any previous oouditlon of servi
tude.
Sao. 2. That any person who shall
violate the foregoing section by deny?
ing to any citizen, exoept for reasons
by law applicable to citizens of every
r ice and color, and regardless of any
previous condition of servitude, the
foil-enjoyment of any of theaseommo
dati.ms, advantages, faoilities or privi?
leges in said seution eunmerated, or
by aiding or inciting such denial,
shall, for evory such offence,; forfeit
and pay the sum of $600 to the person
aggrieved turrotoy, to be recovered in i
an action of debt, with full costs; and
shall, also, for every such offence, be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon oonviotton thereof, shall be fined
not leas than $300, nor* more than j
$1,003, or ahal| be iuqxiaoued.not, less
than tbirty days, nor more than oue
year: Provided, That all persons .may.
elect tu sue for the penalty aforoiaid,
or to proceed ander their rights at
common'law and by State statutes;
and having ho elected to, proceed is
the one modo or the other, their right
to prooeed iu the other jurisdiction
shall bo birred; Out this proviso
shall not apply to criminal proceed?
ings either under this Act or the
criminal law of any State: And pro?
vided, further, That u judgment for the
penalty . in. favor ot the..1 parly ag?
grieved, or a judgment upon an indict?
ment, shall be a bar to either prosecu?
tion, respectively.
Sec. 3. That the District and Circuit
Courts of the United States shall have,
exclusively of the courts of tho several
States, cogmzancu of all crimes aud
offences agaiust aud violation of the
provisions of this Act; and actions for
thr> penalties given by the preceding
section may bo prosecuted in the Ter?
ritorial, District or Circuit Courts of
the United States, wherever tMt de?
fendant may be found, without itftard
to the other party. And the District
Attorneys, Marshals and Deputy'Mar?
shals of the United States, aud Com?
missioners appointed by the Circuit
und Territorial Courts of tbe.United
States, with powers of arresting and
imprison i ng cr bailing offenders
against the laws of tho United States,
are hereby specially authorized and
required to iustitute proceedings
against every person who shall violate
the provisions of this Act, apd cause
him to be arrested and imprisoned or
bailed, as the case may be, for trial
before sueh courts as by law bas cog
nizanccot tbe offence, except iu re
spect of tbe right of notion scorning to
the person aggrieved; and such Die
[ trict Attorneys shull cause such pro?
ceedings to be prosecuted to their ter
miuation as iu other coses: Provided,
That nothing contained in this section
shall be construed to deny or defeat
any right of civil action accruing to
any person, whether by reason of this
Aot or otherwise. And any District
Attorney who shall wilfully fail to iu?
stitute and prosecute tho proceedings
herein required, shall for every such
offence forfeit und pay the sum of $500
to the person aggrieved thereby, to be
recovered by an action of debt, with
full costs, and shall, on conviction
thereof, be deemod guilty of a misde?
meanor, and be fined not less than
$1,000 nor more than $5,000. And
provided further, That a judgment for
the penalty in favor of the party ag?
grieved against any such Distriot At?
torney, or a judgment npon an indict?
ment against any each District Attor?
ney, shall be a bar to either prosecu?
tion, respectively.
Sec. 4. That no citizen possessing
all other qualifications whioh are or
may be prescribed by law Bhall be dis?
qualified for service as grand or petit
juror iu any court of the United States,
on account of race, color or previous
ooudition of servitude; and any officer
or other person charged with any duty
iu tho aeleotion or summoning of
jurors, wbo shall exolude or fail to
summon aay citizen for tbe oaase
aforesaid shall, on conviction thereof,
be deemed gailty of a misdemeanor,
und bo fined not more then $5,000.
Sec. 5. That all oases arising under
provisions of this Act in tbe Courts Of
the United States shall bo roviewable
by the Supreme Court of tho United
States, without regard to tbe sum in
controversy, nuder the same provisions
and regulations as are now provided by
law for the review of other causes to
said Court.
Ou Saturday last, Dr. Gerhard
Mailer's stock minder, while eodeivor
iug to dtive the stock from Oongaree
swamp, in order to save them from the
high water and being washed away,
was drowned iu passing through a
swift on'trest or s.sioe of water in a
certain portion of the swamp., Dr.
Mailer's son also came near losing his
life trying to rescue the negro, .
[Lexington Dispatch,
'"?'*CrTV^m?M:-SabreHb9 for "be
1 oVory-iVbgilr.
Some green thjugs ere already
sprouting in this locality.
Transient advertisements and no
tfoes muslbe paid for in advance.
Tbe second session of the 43d Con?
gress enda to day, at 12 o'clock.
March ruled tbe roast yesterday?
tho wind blow fearfully.
A colored man waa killed yeaterdsy
morning, near Newberry 0. H., by the
falling of a tree-on him.
The Congaree is ambitious?it wss
on the rise again, yesterday. The river
plantations below Colombia are flood?
ed.
A colored convict, named Saalls,
from Charleston, while ooming down
the river, yesterday, in the Peniten?
tiary boat, foil overboard: and was
drowned in tbe Bwift-ranning stream.
Colonel Delaney, the colored woold
be member of Congress, would-be
Lieutenant-Qovernor, will deliver an
address on Southern affairs in New
York, during the present week, at the
invitation of mauj prominent citizens.
We call tbe attention of those, in
want of wagons, baggies, fto;; to' tbe
advertisement of Mr. Jonb Agtiow, In
another column. We sro' assured that
ho meaus business, sod is prepared to
give bir-ai?s to all .'who' require've?
hicles. His stock is at present very
complete. J.] / .-. | jSi :>?.
.Mr. J. C. Srwjrgerl, who, ion neeerel
years,'woe coubectSd With the ?Stab
Ii ab men t of Movers. Gopeiand A Bear
den, of this citf. has commenced the
grocery buoioesa on.his, oeu ihook, at
Peak's Station, on the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad: Ho returned from
Charleston, yesterday. Where he laid
in a heavy stock. : ? ,i.
T. F. GrsuBlier, Eiq.,'who oamo to
Colttmbi-j by yesterday's train < from
Newberry, informs OS that tbe Whole
con a try between eitas place and Orim'a
Creek, is o vet flowed with water. Al?
ston is entirely sorroouded by water,
?nd geographically speaking is an
island. Tbe riyer is fifteen feet above
the unual height, and rose five feet
yesterday. ttflo ihVl'
Tickets for tbe reel smite dietribn*
tion can be obtained at the Indian
Girl Cigar Store, Colombia Hotel
Cigar Store, SnlabaoherV California
Cigar Store, Wherler House, S. Hheri
dan's grocery Vtore dnf at the Pncasix >
office. Tbe drawing wjfl be under tho
hupurvisiou ui the. ticket-holders. 'Pro
core ticket* at once, b& it is desirable
to get up the distribution at the ear?
liest pb^Hib^ate: \;,;
. ' WHIRL\tlWD^NA!??OtV EsdAPST.?A
whirlwind struck the fratno of the
main building at the.Schaetaoo Plata,
yesterday,'and completely demolished
it?the timbers being tossed on one
side1 an J then on 'the other.' Fortu?
nately only one man was employed on
the work at the time, and he miraou
lously escaped. The gale was fearful
for a while. Mr. Troy is going to
work again, with a vim, and' in a few
days the frame will be up again.
PnassixiAN'A.?The stool of repent?
ance has no cushion.
Better to be humble with one talent
than prend with ten. . *
He that would be angry and sin not,
must not be angry with anything but
ain.
Respect to age and kindness to chil?
dren are among the tests of an amica?
ble disposition.
Trne economy consists in tbe absti?
nence of all useless expenditures and
the oareful investment of earnings in
such a manner aa will insure the most
profitable returns consistent with the
outlay of i the principal. ? This is
equally true of individuals and nations.
Liar of New Advertisements.
Colombia Chapter, No* 5.
Riohland Rifle Club, i . .
it. O'-Neala. Jr.?Swoet Putatoe*..
Nurse Wanted. ?
Lost? Jet Cross.
B. I. Boo no?Citation.
J. Q: Marshall?Fcr Rent.
Hotel AnBrvAna. March 3, 1875.?
Wheeler Bouse?W S Turner, Augnata;
Z EaUey, Mass; J H MoFaddep, T J
Maxwell, Pa; J MoGlain, Oamden; J
L Hogao, Lynchburg; Jos Jenkins,
Hopkins'; A S Smith, Charleston; H
F Moore, N Y; E Ward, Oa; J S
Pinknssobn, R J Magill, Charleston;
J M P Otte, Wilmington; O Noelken,
V S Jurdou, HC Salmond, Oamden;
F Preohtel, Baltimore; H A Smith,
. Mr and Mrs D W Jones, son and ser?
vant, Mias Henry. 0 S Din do, N Y;
W H Graham and wife, Ga; M Falk,
Va; Dr S Angle, Charlotte; E Abrams,
Richmond; R R Hemphill, Abbevilto;
W R Kline, N C.
Mansion Hours?B F Perry, Green?
ville- W H MoLaeghten, USA; F L
Blane, Teno; W M Orookshanke, Ga; T
Q Donaldson, Greenville; T J Colemao,
Salada Old Town; John 0 Swygert,
Charleston.
Col. Wm. Nettles, aa honored citi
aen of Sam tor, aad Messrs. Evln Bea?
no w sod John J. Cross wall, of Banter*
died last week.