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COLUMBIA, S. C.
Thursday Morning, March 4,1875.
Omr Jar ndyce ?nd Jarndyee.
The Sapreme Oonrt has loog ago
decided th at the assets of?the Bank of
the State are to be held for the pay?
ment of the debts of the back, and it
has furthermore prescribed the mode
of payment. It has directed how those
assets are to be distributed among the
respective creditors, designating the
order in whioh the several obligations
shall be discharged. Tho theory of
the receiver's fanotions is, that be is
the officer of the court appointed to
preserve the funds whioh are subject
to its order, and to be paid out by him
according to its order. What it has
been in practice is only known iu part,
and that ia bad enough. There have
been, we do not recollect how many,
Receivers appointed, aud the commis?
sions allowed to them and to tho Olerk
of the Court amount to $135,790.
This process of appointing reoeivers
baa gone on until a large part of the
fund has thus boon oonsumed, not to
mention the imprudent and dis?
honest loans which they have au?
thorized?loans secured by straw
collateral, and beyond recovery.
Now, 'that Mr. Ov O. Puffer, whose
slioe amounts to $10,355, has been
transferred from the financial spboro,
? where his suooesa has been so marked
in putting money in his own pocket,
toferdffttometio station abroad, tbe
q ihaii ju iktifally atisaai Whether any
etfjp'a will-be* takon-, befow his depar
^^ty^V*.^**^ to look into
way confided4o ina hands? t Ahottfer
question, equally pertinent, is, whe?
ther a new Receiver is to be appointed,
and, if so; whether be ia to be allowed
tho same latitude and the eame hand?
some perquisites?- Still another ques?
tion mav b| propnjly raised*, whether
v< *>t\a jokf hs>o*roVs^ue3fat enough?
whether the SrateY^h*ich'v is liable to
make good the debt* -of the bank, will
look.ou aud,8oi3 I'du last dollar -squan?
dered, und th*n meekly represent to
-the tax-payers that the moneys of the
bank being gone, and the creditors not
paid, it w|l r^AeiuotaStly compelled
to impose5 a tax npo*. them ta make
good the deficit? These are grave
matters, the consideration of whioh
cannot any longer be properly post?
poned. There are two interests to be
protected?the one the interests of the
State, already seriously-..injured; the
Other the interests of-tho creditors, no
doubt badly- injured, alsol The duty
iu the one case devolves upon the Ad?
ministration, in tho other upon Judge
Reed, the Judge, of the circuit, and
the aolioitors of these parties.
Jotlge Re?d' has already been ap?
pealed io by another jour nil, the Heu>s
and Courier, to aot with boldness In
the case, and '.'to refuse to "allow the
shrunken assets of the bank to be fur?
ther reducediu amount." The sug?
gestion is made to him to order a sale
of tbe assets, aod to distribute tLe
proceeds. If this cannot be done, he
is asked to see to it that tbe new Re?
ceiver to be appointed shall have "a
minimum compensation for what work
be may actually do." We ask further,
why do not lawyers, or some lawyer
representing the creditors, make a j
motion before tbe court, asking it to
Jrder the fund to be paid iu without
aether expense and delay? Motives
foil protracting this case ought never
to have existed on one aide, and should
new be made te cease on the other.
Tbe creditors should demand a settle?
ment, aud the' State onght to second
and further that demand. Otherwise
it will drone .on like Jarndyoo and
Jarmlyco, and the time will ooine
wheu no man except those who
have had tue pickings, will know
what it meaus. What that, prospeot is,
we can all rejEf?io tho iuimitablo de?
scription of Dickons. Innumerable
children have been born into the
cause; innumerable young people have
married into it; innumerable old peo?
ple havd diel out of it. Scores of
. persons havo deliriously found them?
selves made parties in Jarndyco aud
Jarndyeg? without knowing how or
why. Whole families have inherited
legendary hatreds with the suit. The
little pJUrtjjiiff or defendant, vplio was
promisedneW rocking-horse when
Jarndyco and Jarndyco should beset
tlr^ bus grown mp. possessed himstlf
of uv^ii horse, end trotted away into
the othe* world. Fair wards of court
have fadeu juto mothers and grand?
mothers; a long procession of chan?
cellors has com? jQ and gone oat: the
legion of . bills iu lbs suit have been
transformed into met** bills of mor?
tality;' there1 are not three Jarndjoes
left open the earth, perhaps, sinoo old
Tom Jarndyco, in despair, blew his
(?? Hatniu.?.-:-??r-,?r-r?? !..',.???ra
braicaout at a ooffee-houae in Chancery
Line; bat Jarcdyoo and Jarndyce still
drag* its dreary length before tbe
OOort, perennially hopeless.
The ?nie of Tremarer Uarilogo.
At the evening session of the House
of Representatives, last evening, the
oharges against the State Treasurer
and his reply tu them were discussed
to a late hour. Mr. Bruyton, of tbe
Joint Special Committee, claimed for
it that it had made a thorough and
oorapleto investigation, and disclaimed
for it any intention to impugn the
Ettcutivu or embarrass his administra?
tion. Thoy woro not no vices, they
wero not packed, thoy were not moved
by malioinus motives, us the Treasurer
had recklessly said. They had re
oeived scant courtesy from him^rom
the start, but they had acted towards
him, notwithstanding, with indul?
gence, favor and impartiality. He
then proceeded to discuss und explain
the points made iu the report, saying,
amongst other things, that the Trea?
surer had littlo reason to boast of hav?
ing drawn the bill to reduce the vo?
lume of the public debt, after having
sd mit ted to funding ander it bonds
and coupons whioh were not valid
claims ngaiust the Skate. Certain of
the bonds funded were of those which
werfe involved In the Morton, Bliss k
Co. suit,'in which it has often been
ram?red; with what truth he would
not; undertake to say, that the Trea?
surer was himself concerned. In re?
ply to the figures and pleas of the Trea?
surer as to tho interest coupons, he
quoted from the reports made to the
General' Assembly tfor the years of
18G8, 'GO, '70 and '71, that it was
true, as said by Mr. Cardozo, that
OS > January 1, ' 1871, tblofo was
outstanding interest claims to the
amount of $535,000. On the con?
trary, tbe reports show that tbe
payment 'of Interest for fehreo years
amounted to $900,408? being u differ?
ence of $47,023 25.botweou actual pay?
ments of interest and tbe Treasurer's
statements. This Was either a wilfully
false or grossly inaccurate statement.
The reports show that the interest of
those years had all been paid, and tbe
coupons conld not be a valid claim.
And yet, during this period, 3120,000
of such coupons had been funded, and
most be considered fraudulent. In
conolusioo, tbe member . for Aikcn
dwelt upon the fnot that one man, and
a Senator, had funded us much ae
$286,000 of these coupons, was enough
to raise suspicion. These coupons
must>, in some way, have beeu ab?
stracted from tho treasury?how or by
whom, it was nut for him to say. He
also treated tha admissions of tbe
Treasurer as to the diversion of funds
and .tbe tatter of Msjor Multen, us a re?
cognition by them both that the law
had beeu violuted. and that it tvus done
at tho risk and upou the responsibility
of the Treasurer.
A motion of Himiltou, of Beaufort,
that tbe report bo received aa informa?
tion and the committee bo discharged,
was indefinitely postponed.
Greun, of Beaufort, sustained the
report, skirmishing rather, and not
touching, as be said, "tho magnitude
of the subject." He was fur putting
the Treasurer on trial. So was Keith,
of Darlington. A member from
Orangeburg, and Boston, of New
berry, were understood to side with
the Treasurer.
The House adjourned at 10.30.
John T. Sloan, Jr., presided and kept
tho House in good order.
To day, a resolution, as we are in?
formed, will bo offered, to appoint a
committee to frame an address to the
Governor, asking the removal of the
Treasurer, according to Artiolo 7, Sec?
tion 4, uf the Constitution of the
State. This will require a vote of two
thirds of eaoh house of the General
Assembly. The cause for such rffmoval
must be stated at length in the address,
and the officer intended to bo removed
shall be doly notified and admitted to
a hearing in his own defence, before
tho vote for such address is taken, and
the vote must bo taken by yeas aud
nuys, and bo entered on tho journals.
?<?????
The Treasurer** Neply.
The reply of Treasurer Cardozo is
not to tbe allegations in the report of
the Special Joint Committee, except
in part, but to its conclusions. It is a
spirited paper, but diffuse to a fault,
and containing somo matters personal
to the author, bat of -little interest to
tbe pnblie. We shall listen with inte?
rest to the discussion which it will to?
day give rise to in the House, but
do not care to say more of it abtil tho
issues of fact have been settled.
??
Loreneo Thomas, who was for a long
time Adjutant-General of the United
States army, died at Washington, yes?
terday.
t?r-?r???:?. . * t- ?? ll int.;. 1 ' " '??' HP
Th? Bond Bnilmu.
A hoe aod cry baa been attempted
against tbe investigation into tbe ope
rationo of tbe finding bill. 00 tbe pre
tended eoore that any aooh investiga?
tion will tend to distarb tbe settlement
of i tbe pablio debt, and will deter the
boldera of tbe valid obligations of tbe
State from aooeptiog tbe proposed
compromise. To say fair-thinking
and unbiased mind, tbe absurdity of
Ibid is at onoe apparent. It ia some?
what difBoult to imagine bow a cartful
and watchful scrutiuy of the opera
tiooH of tho funding business can
work detriment to those who propose
to take advautuge of the Act, und it
must be at once apparent that any
action of tho General Assembly, which
will give a strict construction to the
Act requiring the interest (and to be
kept separate ond apart, aud which
will prevent the State Treasurer from
again borrowing from it, is mani?
festly u safe-guard to the bond-hold?
ers. A strict and li'eral interpreta?
tion of that portion of tho Aut
whioh provides that tho interest
money shall be kept separate aud
apart from all 'the other fands of
the State, is the only safe guard whioh
the bond-holder has under the funding
Act, and the investigating committee
of tbe General -Assembly have done
well to bring this matter to light. Mr.
Cardoz j's pleaof-coufeaeioa aud avoid?
ance is a She piece of 'special plead?
ing, but it is absolutely Worth nothing
in law. His plain duty under the spe?
cial tax levy, ia to keep the specific
fuuds separate aud apart. Dyes he
mean to say that if Richard Roe be
trustee for.A. and ?>., ho aeii depu.-.it
the trust funds belongiug to A. aud B.
in oue common fund, aud draw on that
fund indibcria?uately? The propor?
tion is absurd. The plain duty of the
trustee uudcr euoh airoumstaucos is to
keep his trust funds separate, apart
and distinct, aud Mr. Cardozo being
nothing but u trustee for the oroditora
of the State, under the several appro?
priation Acts, should be made to un?
derstand his duty in tho premises.
And the quicker this is done, the bt t
ter it will be for all parties uouuerned.
Mr. Cliadbaiul.
The State Treasurer's reply reminds
us forcibly of Mr. Chadband's lecture
to Joe.
"No, my young friend; I will not let
you alone. And why? Because I am
u harvest laborer; because I am a toiler
aud a moiler; because you are delivered
over untoe me, aud are become as a
precious instrument in my hands. My
fnends, may I so employ this iu^tru
meut as to use it toe your-'advantage,
tue your profit,, toe yopr gaiu, tue. your
welfare, toayonr-enrichment.''
Like Chadband's'lecture, this, is hut
rhetoric; but not to put too flno a
point on it, it ia not to the point at all
Where are the disclosures that were
promised? Whut ubont L. F. Christo?
pher, J. B. Foremau and those other
mythical relatives of the mythioal
Moouuy, Leggett ?fc Co.? It may be
vury interesting for tbe "large yellow
man with a fat smile" to kuow that hie
funding bill has been pronounced to
be the perfection of legal lore; but wa
humbly submit, that it would inteie.-i
the tax-payers of the State u good deal
more to know what disposition has
been mad.' of the moneys wrung from
them. Wo pause for a reply.
Tue Last Days or Conoiiess. ? The
New York Harald, of the 1st, says; **It
is probable that Congress will adjourn,
leaving a number of important ques
tions undecided. Among those which,
aacordiug to our Washington oorros
poudeut, it is impossible for the Se?
nate to dispose of in tbe short time
remaining, is the Force Bill, over
whioh no tears need be shed. The
tax bill, it is thought, will also be de?
feated in the Sunate. Arkansas and
Louisiana are likely to reooivo little at?
tention, aod Mr. Piuohback will not
be admitted. No news in most of
these cases may be considered good
news, and we hope both houses will
oontout themselves with absolutely ne?
cessary legislation. It is rather late
iu the session to attempt anything
tuoro."
United States District Cookt?
Charleston, March 2? Judge Bryan
presiding, l'be petition of the Com?
missioners of tbe Freedman's Savings
and Trust Company, for payment to
them of fands iu Court, in the mutter
of Martiu M. Ktugman, bankrupt, wus
roferred to Registrar Carpenter. The
Judge approved tho appointment of
G. W. Hicks as assignee in the matter
of J. C. Miiier, or Barnweii. The pe?
tition of Mary Farrow, to establish
liens in the matter of J. N. Browu,
bankrupt, was roferred to Registrar
Clawsou to report. In tbe potitiou of
LsRoy Wilsou, assignee, to call in lion
creditors 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
the lieu as reported, &o.
Tbe extensive locomotive shops,
known as the Cliff Works, situated
South of the D. L. and W. Passenger
Depot, at Sorauton, Pa., were de?
stroyed by fire on the 1st. Loss fully
8500.000; partially insured. 250 man
out of employment.
tu?" ot?tk L.KQISL.HTVRB.
Wednesday. Mabob3, 1875.
SENATE.
A message #fes received from the
Honse, that a bill to regulato tbe sale
of seed oottoa in Sparenburg, TJuioo
and Anderson Counties, was indefi?
nitely postponed.
Title of a bill relative to State
officers and offices, and joint i osolutiou
authorizing Couuty Commissioners of
Marlboro to levy and collect a special
tux of 1 )4 mills on tho dollar for pay?
ment of ? aat due indebtedness of said
Couuty, were unrolled fur ratification.
A communication was received from
Comptroller-General H?ge, iu wUitib
ho says, I huvo the bouur to acknow?
ledge receipt of concurrent resolution
requiring me to furnish tho General
Assembly with copies of tho mouthly
ttateuieuta of the cash transactions of
the treasury for the present fiscal year.
In reply thereto, I beg leave to inform
you that, up to tho pro-out time, no
reports for tbe prescut fled year have
been received at this office from the
Treasurer. Received as information.
Claims of G. N. Cain, Aleck Myers,
(urreoting a murderer,) und Hal Wil?
liams were preseuted.
A number of reports of committee.-!
were received and acted oil, ufter
which goueral and special orders wer?
considered.
A communication from Treasurer
Cardozo was ordered to lie on the
table.
Mr. Jones introduced hill to amend
an Act to provide for payment ol pant
indebtedness of Georgetown Couuty.
Mr. Swails introduced u resolution,
which wbh Agreed to, that a resolution
nquiriug the Senate to meet at 11 A.
M. he rescinded.
The recommendations uf th>'i Com?
mittee of Conference on the Appro?
priation Bill was couonrred in.
HuTJSE OF REPKESESTATIVES.
The Chair bud read, by the Clerk, an
extract from tho reply of tho Stute
Treasurer, relative to tbe report of the
Special Joint Committee appointed to
investigate the funding oi State bonds,
and contradicted some of the state
men Is.
Euuctiug clause of >? bill to author?
ize County Commissioners of Uniou
to apply tbe proceeds of one mill of
Couuty tas-.'rt for payment of past in?
debtedness of vaid County, was stucken
out.
Title of a bill providing for pay?
ment of tho past due indebtedness of
Cluster Couutv, was cbaug' d to au
Act.
A resolution relative to the business
of the General Assembly, was received
f.-oM the Senate, which was concurred
iu and amende 1 by aiJiug: And that
said committee recommend a day for
tbo adjourn meet sine die of this ses?
sion of tbe General Assembly. A reso?
lution for appointment of joint com
I untied to examine boohs of treasurer
and Comptroller G. ooral, was' also cou
curred in.
A communication was received from
Comptroller-General Hog<\ t!: it up to
the present time, no reports fjr the
current rUcd yeir have been received
from tho State Treasarer. Wherciipou
Mr. Robertson introduced a resolu?
tion, which was adopted, tliHt the
Stalo Treasurer inform this House
fuithwith why he has not complied
with requirements of Section 33, Cu?p
tor XVli of the Rovised Statutes, re?
quiring the State Treasurer, at tbe end
of every mouth, to report to the Comp
troMor-Genpral sn acenrato statement
of the cash transactions of tho trea?
sury, Sea.
A mossage was received from tho
Governor, stating t!-jat he bad affixed
his official stgnatoru to Actn to repeal'
an Act to authorize tho County Com
rnUsioners of Lexington to change the
course of tho market road, knovvu us
tho "River Road," iu said County; to
alter and amend an Act to r* new the
charter of S tud Bar Ferry, across tho
Sivatinah River, and to fix the rates of
toll of said ferry, to incorporate town
of Gaffuey City, in County of Spartan?
burg; joint resolution to allow Edward
R. Arthur to red-em certain forfeited
lands iu Richland County.
A communication was received from
tho Statu Treasurer, acknowledging
the receipt of the resolution requesting
information forthwith as to the reason
why be had not made monthly reports
to tho Comptroller-Generul. The rea?
son assigned is: "That tho work in
my office has been so enormous, that
it is simply and absolutely impossible
for mo to perform it as quickly as I
would like to. Mr. Parker, my prede?
cessor, had three clerks in his office,
but f am only allowed two by law; and
since tho passage of tbe Funding Act,
the work in my office has been doubled.
I need four clerkd during the entire
year to perform the duties as promptly
as I would like, and I need two addi?
tional clerks during tho session of tho
Legislature to accommodate tho mem?
bers, and to wait upon tho various
enmmittoes repeatedly scut here to in?
vestigate tho transactions of my olliae.
Tho Comptroller-General has been re?
peatedly invited to oome into my office,
at all times, without previous notice,
an 1 make an investigation of any sub?
ject of which be may have tho slightest
doubt. My books are open, also, at
all tira*s, "to tho inspection of ony
member of the General Assembly."
Ordored to lie over for future consider?
ation.
Tbe evening session was entirely
taken up in discussing tho charges
by tbe Joint Commission ugsiust
Treasurer Cardozo.
Of tbe 157 votes in favor of order?
ing tbe main question on the Foroe
Bill, 103 were oast by the men whose
terms had expired, and all of whom?
with tbe exception of 17 from tbe
South, who may seek a re-election this
year?bave been rejected by their con?
stituents.
The Civil, Right j Birx?The fol?
lowing ia a copy of tbe Civil Rights
Bill as it passed both houses of Con?
gress: \ pj , .-,
Whereas it is essential to just go
vernment we recognize the equality of
all men before the Uv, and bold that
it is the duty of the Government, iu
its dealings with the people, to mote
out equal and exact justice to all, uf
whatever nationality, race, color, or
persuasion, religious or political; and
it being tbe appropriate object of legis?
lation to euaot great priuciplea into
law; therefore,
fit it enacted, That all persons within
the jurisdiction of the United States
shall be entitled to tho full aud equal
enjoyment of the accommodations, ad?
vantages, facilities aud privileges of
inns, pablio conveyances on lund or
water, thoatics und other places of
public amusement, subject only to the
conditions and limitations established
by law, and applicable aiiko to citi?
zens of every race aud color, regard?
less of auy previous ooudition of servi
tude.
Sao. 2. That any person who shall
violate the foregoing section by deny?
ing to any citizen, exaept for reasons
by law applicable to citizens of every
race and color, and regardless of any
previous condttiou of servitude, tbe
foil enjoyment of any of tbeaoeommo
dati.ins, advantages, facilities or privi?
leges in said section enumerated, or
by aiding or inaiting such denial,
shall, for every such offence, forfeit
aud pay tbe sum of $500 to the person
aggrievod thereby, to be r?-covered iu
au notion of debt, with lull costs; and
?hall, also, for every such offence, be
deemed guilty uf a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
nut less than $500, nor more than
81,000, or sbal| be imprisoned.not less
than thirty days, nor more than one
year: Provided, That all persons may
elect to sue for the penalty aforesaid,
or to proceed under their rights at
common law uud by State statutes;
aud having so elected to proceed in
the one cando or the other, their right
to proceed in tbe other jari&diaiion
shall bu birred; out this proviso
shall not apply to criminal proceed?
ings either under this Act or the
crioaiual law of auy State: And pro?
vided, farther. That u judgment for the
penalty. in. favor of the.'parly ag?
grieved, or a judgment upon au indict?
ment, shall be a bar to either prosecu?
tion, respectively.
Sue. 3. That the District and Circuit
Courts of tbe United States 6ball have,
exclusively of the courts of the several
States, cogmzaiioti of all crimes and
oiTuici-s agaiust aud violation uf the
provisions of this Act; and actions for
tbe penalties given by the preceding
section may be prosecuted in tho Ter?
ritorial, District or Circuit Courts of
the United States, wherever the de?
fendant may be found, without regard
to the other party. And the District
Attorneys, Marshals and Deputy Mar?
shals uf tho Uuited States, and Com?
missioners appointed by the Circuit
aud Territorial Courts of tbe Uuited
States, with powers of arresting and
imprisoning cr bailing offenders
against the laws of tho United States,
are hereby specially authorized and
required to institute proceedings
Against every person who shall violate
the provisions of this Act, aud cause
him to bu arrested and imprisoned or
bailed, as the case may be, for trial
before such courts ns by law baa cog
nizance of the offence, except in re?
spect of tbo right of action accruing to
the person aggrieved; und euch Dis?
trict Attorneys shall cause such pre
j ceediugs to be prosecuted to their ter?
mination as iu other cases: 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
Act or otherwise. And any District
Attorney who shall wilfully fail to in?
stitute aud prosecute tho proceedings
herein required, shall for every sncb
offence forleit und pay the sum of S500
to the person aggrieved thereby, to be
recovered by an action of debt, with
fall costs, and shall, on conviction
thereof, be deemed guilty of a misde?
meanor, and bo lined not less than
81,000 nor more than 85,000. And
provided further, That a judgment for
the penalty ia favor of the party ag?
grieved against any sncb District At?
torney, or a judgment upon au indict?
ment against uny auch District Attor?
ney, shall bo a bar to either prosecu?
tion, respectively.
Sec. 4. That no citizen possessing
all other qualifications which are or
may be prescribed by law shall bo dis?
qualified for service as grand or petit
juror in any court of the United States,
on account of race, color or previoas
ooudition of servitude; and any officer
or other person charged with any duty
iu tho selection or summoning of
jurors, who shall exclude or fuil to
summon uny citizen for the cause
aforesaid shall, ou conviction thereof,
bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and bo fined not more than 85.000.
Sec. 5. That all oases arising under
provisions of this Act in the Courts of
tue u nited States shall bo reviewable
by the Supreme Court of tho United
States, without regurd to the sum in
coutrovorsy, under the same provisions
aud regulations as are now provided by
law for the review of other causes to
said Court.
Ou Saturday last, Dr. Gerhard
Muller's stock minder, while endeavor?
ing to dtive the stock from Ooogaree
swamp, in ordor to save them from the
high water and being washed away,
was drowned in passing through a
swift ourrent or sluice of water in a
oertaiu portion of the swamp. Dr.
Muller's son also cams near losing his
life trying to resooe the negro.
[Lexington Dispatch.
Crrr^lflf? the
Phosntx?don't borrow.
Reading matter on every page.
Some green things are already
sprouting in tbfa locality.
Transient advertisement! and no?
tices must be paid for in advance.
Tbo second session of the 43d Con?
gress ends to day, at 12 o'clook.
March ruled tbe roast yesterday?
tho wind blow fearfully.
A colored man was killed yesterdsy
morning, near Newberry O. H., by the
falling of a tree -on him.
Tho Congareo is ambitions?it was
on the riso again, yesterday. The river
plantations below Colombia are flood?
ed.
A colored oouvict, named Snails,
from Charleston, while coming dowu
the river, yesterday, in the Peniten?
tiary boat, fell overboard and was
drowued in tbe swift-running stream.
Colonel Delaney, tbe colored would
be member of Congress, would-be
Lientenant-Qovernor, will deliver an
address on Southern affairs in New
York, during tbe present week, at tbe
invitation of many prominent citizens.
We call tbe attention of those in
want of wagons, boggles, Stc, to the
advertisement of Mr. John' Agoew, in
another oolumu. We arc assured that
be means business, and is prepared to
give bargains to all who require ve?
hicles. His stock is at present very
complete. ..
Mr. j. C. Swygert, who, for? several
years, was conbeeted with the estab?
lishment of Messrs. Copeiand A Bear
den, of this city, baa commenced the
grocery busioesa on.his, own hook, at
Peak's Station, on the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad. lie returned from
Charleston, yesterday. Where he laid
iu a heavy stock. . ,1
T. F. Grsueker, Esq.,' who aatne to
Columbia by yesterday's train I from
Newberry, informs us that the Whole
I cou atry between this place and Crim'a
Creek, is overflowed with water. Al?
ston is entirely surrounded by water,
and geographically speaking is an
island. Tbe river 'is fifteen feet above
the usual height, and rose live feot
yesterday. ,i
Tickets for tbe real estate distribu?
tion can be obtained at the Indian
Girl Cigar Store, Colombia Hotel
Cigar Store, Salzbaolier's California
Cigar Storo, Wheeler lion sc, S. Sheri?
dan's grocery r-tore and at Ihe Phcbnix
office. The drawing will be under the
supervision uf the ticket-holders. Pro?
cure tickets at oooe, ba it is desirable
to get op the distribution fat the ear?
liest possible data. ?
Whirlwind?NAitaow Esdapa.? A
whirlwind struck tbo frame of the
main building at the Schoolman Plata,
yesterday, and completely demolished
it?tbe timbers being tossed on one
side and then on the Other.' Fortu?
nately only one man was employed on
the work at the time, and be miracu?
lously escaped. The gale was fearful
for a while. Mr. Troy is going to
work again, with a vim, and in a few
days tbe frame will be up again.
Piias.sixiAXA.?Tbo stool of repent
auce has no cushion.
Better to be humble with one talent
than prcud with ten.
He that would be angry and sin not,
must not be angry with anything bat
sin.
Rospect to age and kindness to chil?
dren are among tbe tests of an amica?
ble disposition.
Trne economy consists in the absti?
nence of all useless expenditures and
the oareful investment of earnings in
snob a manner as will insure the most
profitable returns consistent with the
outlay of tbe principal. This is
equally true of individuals and nations.
List of New Advertisements.
Colombia Chapter, No. 5.
Riehland Rifle Club.
R. O'Neala, Jr.?Sweet Potatoes.
Nurse Wanted. ?
Lost?Jet Cross.
B.I. Boone?Citation.
J. q Marshall?Fcr Rent.
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Hotel Arrivals, Maroh 3, 1875.?
Wheeler House?Yf S Turner, Augusta;
Z Eelley, Mass; J H McFadden, T J
Maxwell, Pa; j MoOIain, Camden; J
L Hogan, Lynohbarg; Jos Jenkins,
Hopkins'; A S Smith, Charleston; H
F Moore, N Y; E Ward, Ga; J S
Pinkussoho, R J Magill, Charleston;
j M P Otte, Wilmington; O Noelken,
VSJordon, H C Salmond, Camden;
F Prechtel, Baltimore; H A Smith,
i Mr and Mrs D W Jones, son and ser?
vant, Miss Henry, 0 S Dando, N Y;
W H Graham and wife, Gs; M Falk,
Va; Dr S Angle, Charlotte; E Abrams,
Riobmond; B B Hempbill, Abbeville;
W R Kline, N C.
Mansion House?B F Perry, Green?
ville; W H MoLaaghton, U S A; F L
Blaue, Tenn; W M Orookahsuks, Ga; T
Q Donaldson. Greenvilla: T.T Coleman,
Salada Old Town; John 0 Swygert,
Charleston.
Col. Wm. Nettles, an honored citi?
zen of Somter, and Messrs. Evin Bea
now and John J. Crosswell, of Samtor,
died last week.