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COLUMBIA, S~. C. Taasiay Morning, March 9,1878. IrturooBO of AiietammU and Tnwi No Remedy for Our KviU. A writer, under the savory signature of "Ibex," in the Union-Herald, of Sunday, arraigns the County Auditors and Treasurers of this State for care? lessness and inoompetenoy in the as eessment of properly. Aooording to bis statements and reasoning, the re? sult of this failure to discharge their proper duties, iB that property to tbe amount of $75,000,000 is not taxed at all. Hs speoifles a decrease in the ?aloe of real property, as returned be? tween 1872 and 1874, as nearly 836, 000,000, and runs a comparison in cer? tain Counties between the valuation of dogs and thu valuation of money, groaiiy to the advantage of the dogs, ondJorthwith oonoludes the reBult to Jjg^reposteroua. The remedy for this ?^Supposed negligence or fraud in the ' returns, in the judgment of the writer, might be found in the employment of an expert to examine and balance the books of the Auditors and Treasurers, and thus to oorroot their abuses. This is one conclusion. Another is, that the system of assessments is radically wrong; that no owner of property should be allowed tc value it; and that assessors shoold be men of experience and Bound knowledge, and be com? pelled by law, personally or by deputy, *o examine every pieoe of property as? sessed in their respective districts. -VNo 8tater" eayo "Ibex," in a burst of offloial indignation, "oan long sustain such looseness and irregularities; its oreditand permanent prosperity will immediately suffer." We have no criticism to expross '?agon the conolusioDO announced by ?this writer upon the official oondaot of 'the Auditora aud Treasurers. They uro .a41 Republicans, appointed spe 'Oially to. servo, the.? interest* of tbe .party in ascendancy here. If they are ?not intelligent, experienced and capa? ble, it ja no f.\ult of tbo*o who pay the ti*X(ft< aad bear the bur.3en.-i which they impose. Wo suppose, however, that they have generally been controlled in their dutioe by tbe requirement of tbe Constitution and laws, which enjoin that property shall be aesessad aooord? ing to its value. They have been con? stantly instructed from the headquar? ters of the State officials to lay it on heavily. Their error has been consi? dered to bo a too .ready compliance with these mandates. Their assess? ments became an evil of such magni? tude that the tax-payers were compelled to take organized action against them. Tbe public mind became highly ex? cited and indignant, and by general consent and greater fairness in tbe estimates, a reduction was at last aohieved. In the lost election oam paigo, this was claimed as a merit by tbe Republioaus, altbongh, of course, they had reluctantly conceded the re? duction. Now comes "Ibex," and ?would butt all this down again. He can't conceive" bow property should have dooroaood oo much Jin value be tweoa '72 and *'Vl. This is a difficulty which others do not experience. It is plain enough-how it any have oo onrred. Bad government, spoliation, diversion of funds from public to pri vute-aao, tho , burden of I taxes at i msll?ihm, the'flttnditiona of all classes | of Hvusiness pitiable in Che extreme, ultft?jjon between employers and la bonraf prodttoecLby harpers for politi cilusej&iot?are^'not these sufficient oafisos to produce shrinkage of values? I AtSCQ oonsiffericg the question! it mu&Miob be forgotten tjjgfc the valua tion watch was, ^educed, was reduced in consequence orbits previflflfo unjnstiUa ble exaggeration* "Ibex" may write till doome-day/jgbt he cannot convince any one but an. office-holder, who lives on the prooeedT^and management of the tax funded that tbe "credit end permanent prosperity" of the people of South Ctsroliqn. fii .iho condition they are in now, can ^a-Drojrioted by Increasing fgjff 'aa^pie&te^tff; their property rw^Mj^^Q^^bW\ them by taxation ^vU all ope?^a tdlk to say that w? sl)oliiuO?eA#eof tUeiaxa ble sum o^j^^^i^^^j^^'^^^' tion wou*s|npi^^i^^^^*^aat' won't woMB j^^w!jH^^6ohth Carolina.-a^.i^Ja^^^hoye si class of people, ,w ho3fc np> ' jp&vife* U?p*; wioldln^^be;pb,we>( td'exa?t tbe>eaW of '.(lief^Dp^iiiin'. Mfeness.and laxn pro?erli ,ajnd / i?dastry bat? a fair lot.fclirwsA*itQisro.ready toanveat their: the justice! ahd economy Of -the ad mfi^^ office-holding" soass be diminished'at H t-.-.:-*?; t i. *r least one-third in number aud one third iu their salaries, out off abuses, rebuke frauds, take the hardens off the tax-payers, lovy a tax of five mills?and our word for it, prosperity will return to bless the people onoa more. The Gnaws Bill- ?This is a bill to provide for tho settlement and re? demption of certain claims constitut? ing the floating debt, and embracing pay certificate?, billH payable uud other evidcuces of indebtedness, not to ex? ceed tbo sum of 8500,000. Under it a committee of three is to incubate over all these multitudinous claims und hatch out tho required amount. They are thou to cancel them in their old shape aud to io^ue io lion thereof to the holders certificates of Stuto indebt? edness, to bo signed by the committee' or a majority of it. The holders uru to present them at the Comptroller'* office aud receive four warrauts, euch being for one-eighth of tho amount of the now certificate. Then comes the part which makes it interesting. Tb--so warrants are to be scoured by a lovy of of ono mill on the dollar, and aro to be paid out of the taxes to be levied aud collected for the fiscal yoars com? mencing November 1, 1875, '76, '77 and '78, and amounting in tho aggre? gate to 8259,000, Iu the Senate, the power of appointing the committee bus been taken from the Governor and exorcised by the Senate itsolf. Messrs. Qulick, Nash and Solomon being ap? pointed. -??< -? ? Major Delaoy delivered au address in Irving Hall, New Yoik city, last Friday evening, upou tho relations of tbo rucos iu the Southern States. Wm. Gullen Bryant presided, aud Mr. Peter Cooper sat on bis rigut bund. Tbe Major's views were such as we are familiar with here, aud generally just. Ee showed bow political adventurers bad towed the needs of disagreement between the white and colored people, but also insisted that they were des? tined to lire together in peace, har? mony and friendship. In ppeaking jf this State, he said: "During the political t'xeitumeut whioh followed tho war, these men from tho Nortb, who had no interest ?ither iu the white man of the South [>r in the negro, stood between the whites and tbe blacks and warned the blacks away from impending ruin. While performing this kind and chari? table office, they bad ono band elbow ?eep in the pocket of tbe negro, and the other shoulder-deep iu the pocket 3f the white man." Remahkb ot- Hon. Qko. A. Tuen holm.?The following is an abstract of tbe eloquent address delivered by Mr. Frenholm, in tbe House of Repre? sentatives on the charges against Trea? surer Cardoso: He said that at tbe commencement jf tbe session tbe very first report of a 3tnto officer which uud been sent in was tbe Treasurer's report. From that report be bad learned, for the first time, that a difference of opinion ex* isted as to the scope and extent of tbe Aot to reduce the volume of the publio debt. Ha bad naturally felt a great interest in the question, aud had beeu very anxious to ascertain whether the State had suffered any detriment in the course pursued by tbe State Trea? surer in fonding tbe bouda which had been alleged to have been unlawfully bypotheoated. In order to obtain tbe necessary information, he bad gone to tbe Treasurer's office, aud bad ascer? tained what was tbe amount of princi? pal ahd accrued iutorest that hud been funded under the Aot. It was then that he had .expressed the opinion that even if tbe Treasurer had committed a mistake in giving 8400,000 of the new bond*, for $600,000 of tbe pledged bonds, the State would suffer no detri? ment; bnt he viewed it only in a busi? ness.point of view. He bad expressed no -opinion as to tbe legality or ille? gality of the funding of these hypo? thecated bonds. A committee of tho' General Assembly had deolared that I those bonds were uot. lawfally hypo- j thecated, and tbat tbey did not consti? tute a valid and binding obligation of I tbe State, that tbey had beon illegally | funded. Upon this question he was not. prepared to> express an opinion. It was purely a legal question which he I was fdroed to submit to tbe better judgment >of those who were more learned iu - fibo law than himself. Bat independently of that, be thought there was ample justification for condemn? ing tbe course of the Treasurer, which, in bis judgment, subjected him to those; i proceedings, i There were 8li?eO/00O of1 Stato bond*' in New York, which bad never passed out of the h?UfU of -tub- ?tal?, but whioh had been hypothecated for a loan of 8400, 000, sappodedtb-bare been made to tbs Btfit,y.' What bo complained of war, <nat fljgttt ,WW?Gyu, of these bonds were presented, ,whioh the Treasurer knew- to be the bonds of the State I pledged InWeW'York, it Wae' his duty go nave said , to the* period' who j pro? Canted theni to-be funded, "Those bonds,! when- last beard ? of, were tho Rroper ty ef the State; I lvavo no infor? mation that ^Uoy U'-ivz e?,or ocased tp "ire '?to* He dlil uot do bo, and this mast be re* garded as a great and culpable neglect of duty, ovinoing a great disregard of the pablio interest or gross ignor? ance. Shell It be said that any State officer shall undertake to redeem these bonds, without making a single in? quiry? Ho stood appalled at the pros peots of the State finances, if soob things oould be done unrobnked. It was u gross oegleot of duty, aud the Treasurer has furnished no evidence that the fault has been rectified, or that he has any information as to how tho persons who presented these bonds oamo in possession of them. It was true, that when they were presented, if the party presenting them hid proved that ho pnrcbased them, or that he was an innocent holder, they shuitld have been funded; but not. ut lea-t., until the title had been proved. If S'JOU.0000 of these bonds muy be taken in this way. tho entire 81,000,001) might be taken, and the consolidated ! debt of the Stats increased 8800,000, I in addition to tho $160,000 for which I tho bouds were pledged. If the bunds were still the properly of those who advauoed the money tu tboStjfe when the contract was made?and there w.ih no ovideucu that they were not?both demands are still standing. The mete statement was sufficient to satisfy him that there was gross neglect, if not u gross violation of duty on the part of the Treasurer. In addition to this, there had been presented for funding ovor $500,000 of detached coupons, some of whioh belonged to these very bonds. When these coupons were presented to the State Treasurer, was I hern not still more occasion for the exercise of the utmost vigilance ou bis part? This be regarded as a still more con? spicuous, inexplicable and inconceiva? ble neglect of duty?that uearly 8500. 000 of coupons should have, been presented and funded without any iu formation us to whether they bad beeu previously paid or not. The defeuoe was thnt there were 8582,000 of out standing coupons against the State? aoupous which had uot been paid. In reply to this the report of the commit? tee shows that the amount of interest paid during the time in question, by Kimpton and Parker, wsb more than $?100,000, more than thoamouut stutod by the Treasurer. It bad been con? tended that the committee report was based upon the estimates made by thi Gomptroller-Generil. So much the worse for the Treasurer. As to that portiou of tbe report which charged a division of the intere.it fund by the Treasurer he entirely agreed with it. Tbe law becomes a nullity if any of? ficer of the Stuto Government muv construe it according to bis judgment, and, departing from tbe strict con? struction, oonfound tbe various funds. It seemed to be regarded by some as an almost irreligious not to question the oundnct of auy high official. Wbou the State Treasurer was summoned be? fore tbe bar of the House to give an account of his fidelity and tbe honest administration of the sffiirs of tbe State, was be in any worse condition than members would he when they were called upon by the people to give an account of their stewardship? The eyes of tbe whole world wore concen? trated upon this State, iu the effort to redeem it from that system of corrup? tion, fraud and robbery which had prevailed for tho past six years. The dominant party of the nation had sum? moned the Republicans of tbe State to put their bouse in order, and to reform the errors and abuses of the past. Shall we defend ourselves by saying that in this case the officer stands too high? Would that be an adequate de? fence? No, sir; we stand here to do our duty, aud, no matter who tbe man may be, let us do it without pity, with? out love and without fear. The higher and more shining the mark, the greater honor, tbe greater serviae will we have rendered tbe pnblio morals by oondemning him if he be guilty. LoCISVUjXiE CoUKIBB JoUBNALTSMS. Grant is a wiser and a sadder man to? day. Let him taper off, abjure sack and live clean. After all, it is better to walk out than to be carried out ou a stretcher. Tbe overflowed Tennesseeaus are engaged in ereotiug d?ns, but tbe flood doesn't saem to mind them. Good-bye, Beujamin. Exit Benja? min. Get thee to a nunnery, Benja? min. We'll none o' theo, Benjamin. Thy jig is up. Thy comb is cot. Tby goose is cooked. Vanish. Evaporate. Skedaddle. Tbe insertion, ia the sundry civil appropriation bill, of the olause ap? plying $10,000 for the continuation of tbe building of tbo Custom House at New Orleans, mast have been a mis? take. It should have appeared in the fortification bill, as the New Orleans Custom House seems to be mainly used 09 a Kellogg oitadel. The great, tbe important day, big with the fate of [Ccoiar] and of' Rome, has come and gone, end there seems to be still room for hopa for therepnblio. The Civil Rights Bill is not so very bad since it was toned down, -and has yet to stand tbe test of tho judicial r'ordoal. The Arkansas message is flat? tened out under the Arkansas resolu? tion. Senator Morton's project for providing for tbe Presidential succes? sion by perpetuation is among the ?broken relics of the seasion. The Force Bill ban ponsed?into oblivion. .Butler has withdrawn. Pinobbaok has no seat. The tax bill is generally con? ceded to be u heavy load on its friends. General Graut ia not satisfied. Clay? ton is disgusted^ and Kellogg has no .bops bat id Sheridan. Tbo unbroken Radical majority <in . brokenj and alto? gether, tb^ prospect iu net utjpromiu ICongressman Boffihgton. of Massa busetts, is dead. TUB STATE LKUl?liATl'HK. Monday. Marcs 8, 1875. SENATE. Bills to amend an Aot to grant, re new and amond tbo Charter? of oertuin towns end villages therein mentioned, as relates to village of St. Stephen's; to amend an Act for incorporation of town of Georgetown; to alter and amend tho charter of German llifla Ulub, of Charleston, und to rouuw aud extend same; to inoorpoiuto Ashley River Riilroad Cjnipauj, ohauged to Acts. Mr. Nadi presented claims of M. F. Nixon, for making arrests under Go? vernor's proclamation. Mr. Giilurd iutroduoad a hili to amend an Aot to regulato the election of Mayor aud Aldermeu of the city of Charleston. Mr. Whillumorc?Dill to provide for li?itig of vaunucies iu several Execu? tive offices of tho Slate. Mr. Androws? Bill to iucorpora*e towa of Fort Motte, id lb*) Cmiily ? f Oraugeburg. Mr. SwaiIh introduced a resolution, which was adopt od, that thu Attorney [ General is hereby directed mid re? quired to give his aid aud advice to the Speoial Joiut Committeu of the two houses in the .irraugemeut aud preparation of the add res? to thu Go? vernor, for the removal of F. L. Car dozo from the office of State Treasurer, and to utteud the two houses ou hear? ing thereof, aud also to procure ser? vice of 8UO? assistant counsel us be may deem proper. Ullis relative to COtl'.racts for Tin plies for Executive Departments of State Government and for General Assembly; to amend an Act to mcor p ?rat? Euterpriflrt lliilroad Compuuy, j of Charleston, approved Maroh 1, 1870; to repeal ttu miiuh of uu Aot to provide for (granting of certsiti char tors as provide* for grantiug of char? ters to military c ?uipauies, were amende.1, passed and returned to tho House. R-solutiou that General Assembly adjourn sine tlie Wednesday, Maren 10, 1S73. was ordered to lie uu table. The Speaker of the House attended in Senate, when the following were ratified: Act to umeu 1 an Act to in? corporate town of Blackstoch; joint resolution authorizing (Jouuty Com iniasiuuers of Orangeunrg to levy a speoial lax; Acts to amend uu Act to incorporate Caroliua Saviugd Mauli, of OharleNfon; tn amend uu Act to incor? porate E.lge?el 1 Cotton auil Wooleu Manufacturing Company; relative to State officers uud offices; to incorporate Middlo Street Sullivan's I-daud itiil wuy Compiiiy; to empower mechanics to eell property left with them for re? pairs after out) year; to uhauge names of Jacob B. Ko >u und Augusta C. Koon, ohildreu of Mary C. Kooo, of Lexiugton, to that of Jacob B. Rawlu and Augusta C. R*wls, and to legiti? mize them as children of Birrott II Rawls; to authorize and require County Commissioners of Darliogiou to levy a special tax, and for other purposes; to incorporate Palmetto Oil aud Grease Company, of Charleston; to vest cer? tain real estate in city of Columbia, liable to escheat, iu Solomon Auraauti; to provide for payment of past due in? debtedness of Chester Couuty; ?o regulate appointment of Trial Jus? tices in aud for Couuty of Sumter; joiut robolutiou authorizing Couuty Commissioners of Abbeville to levy and cause to be collected special tax of three mills on tho dollar; Acts to incorporate town of Ridgeway, in the Couuty of Fairfleld; to permit Couuty Commissioners of Lexington to pay out of taxes oolleoted for the present fiscal year claims against Baid Couuty for preceding nasal year, which have been audited and ordered paid, but which remain unpaid; to authorize and empower County Commissioners of Greenville to open aud establish a public road; joint resolutions author? izing and direotiog Trustees of State Orphau Asylum to remove said insti? tution from city of Charleston to Co? lumbia; authorizing County Commis? sioners of Marlboro to levy und oollect special tax of 1 >.2 mills on the dollar for payment of tbe past iudootednefs of Haid County; Acts to charter Wal? halla bank; to incorporate Street Rail? way Company, of city of Greenville; joint resolution authoring County Commissioners of Olarendou and Fair field to levy and oollect special tax of 1}.< mills on tho dollar for payment of past due indebtedness of said Counties and to regulate manuer of disbursing same. p A message wai received from the Governor, stating that he had ap? proved tbe following: Aot to provide for payment of pant indebtedness of Union Couuty; joint resolutions to authorize County Commissioners of Chesterfield to ievy r. special tax; to levy and collect a speoial tax to pay past due indebtedness of Spartacburg County; authorizing County Commis? sioners of Colleton to levy and collect a special tax of two mills to pay past due indebtedness; authorizing tbe County Comissionors of Sumter to de? vote one mill of the tax levied for County purposes for the fiscal year 1874-75, to payment, of past duo in? debtedness of said County. I Joint resolution to authorizeSohool Commissioner of Anderson County to make oertain repairs upon the Greeley4 Sohool Honao, was ordered to lie on table. Mr. Cochran gave notico of a bill to provido for deposit and safe-keeping of I moneys of tbe State. General and speoial orders, reports of committees, oto., considered until adjournment.- > HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A number of claims of C. J. Hous? ton and others were presented;; Mr. Boston, from tbe eommittee ap? pointed under joint resolution, and instructed to repair to the County of EJge&Vld for tbe purpose of investi? gating and reporting the condition of ufftirs, reported that, having daties to discharge in tbe House and in stand ing committees, that did not admit of their proceeding immediately to tbe County of Edgefield, they were com polled to postpone, for a time tbe dis? charge of the dnties imposed upon them. In the meunwhile, all informa? tion sought to be obtained by the ap? pointment of this oouimittee bus been officially furuiubed through (be reports made to tbe Governor. This being now the slate of the eise, fur? ther proceeding?, on tbo part of tbe committee, seem to be unnecessary, and respectfully submit to tbo House, that, from this consideration, and to avoid farther expenditure of money, they may be discharged from further consideration of the subject. Re? ceived us information und committee discharged. Bills to amend "An Act to incorpo? rate curtain towns uud villages, and to renew und amend certain charters herotoforo granted," ratified 22d De? cember, 1859; to provide for redemp? tion of bills of the President and Di? rectors of tbo Bank of the Sttte, wero indefinitely postponed. Tbe enacting clause of a bill to ??mend Section 29, Chapter XXV, Title VI, Tart 1, of General Statutes, relating to fees of Trial Justices aud Sheriffi or Couitablea, was strickeu out Bill to provide for filling of noy va? cancies thut may occur in certain Stute offices, was read third time, aud or? dered to Senate. Joint resolution to provide for pay? ment of cert,on moneys to S. W. Mc? Kenzie; bills to authorize Town Coun? cil of Florence to locate a new road from said towu toward Durliugton Court House; to uuthorizo Charleston Mining und Manufacturing Company to construct a private railroad troui plantation known us "Maguolia," ou Ashley River, alongside St. Audrew's Roud, to Bee's Ferry Road; to confer rights of legitimacy upon William H. Priut, of Anderson Couuty, were read third time, and titles changed to Act?. A message, was received from Senate, refusing to concur in amendment to bill to provide for enumeration of inhabi? tants of this State; House insisted ou itrt amendments. Title of a bill to authorize' County Commissioners uf Nowberry to le*y I aud collect 1,'J miils ou the dollar und other m-itlsrs therein mentioned, was changed to Uli Act. A message was received from the Governor, approving "au Aot to alter .aud amend Mm code of procedure, be? ing 'TiMe V, Part III, of General Statutes." A resolution to requre and direct tbo Attorney-General to assist the com? mittee ou uddress to the Governor de? manding removal of F. L. Cardozo I from office of Stato Treasurer, was amended by striking out, "aud also to procure tbe services of such assistant I counsel in the business us be may I deem proper." A Staiit's a Stabt.?The people of the United States may fairly date a ui-w era from the out going of tbe Re? publican oligarchy in tbo lower House of Congress. 'The action of Congress upon the Arkansas matter, aud tbe failure of the Senate to act on the force bill, take tbe inauguration of civil war out of tbe President's hands. The division of parties in the Government gives us a guarantee of somethiug like a Hcnue of responsibility in onr go > vernors. Tbe game of the conspire I tors is for tbe moment blocked. To revive it, with any show of suooess, depends rather npon tbe unwisdom of tbe Democrats than upon any possible devices of tbe Radicals; and there is reason to believe that the Daaoorats, North and South, are sober-minded and conservative; that they will not fly to extremes or fall into excesses; that, they will be prudent and temperate, setting an example of moderation even in tbe reforms wbioh they will put on draught, to tbo eager haste which has marked the legislation of tbe last ten years. Tbe policy of the Republican party has been a system of experiments and expedients, hot-headed and theo rhetioal. Roconttr ction, from first to last, was a bougie of inconsistencies, the logic of war. as represented in the praotioe of the period, being a compound of timidity and hato, persecuting to-day aud vacillating to-morrow, all things by turns and nothing long,' ex? cept the spirit whioh animated it, keeping the South in a perpetual stew and tbe whole! country in suspense. Tbore has been no stability in the ad? ministration of the General Govern? ment since the war. The finances have beep mismanaged. Tbo Iqriff hoe been misdirected. At lerigth the7 people oame to believe that they could not worse themselves,*and do tbey hare turned out the Radicals, and: propose to try tbe Democrats a while. It ia now in order for tbe leaders of the in* coming party to see that tbe country has not jumped out of the frying-pan into the fire. Tbe Republicans will never oome in again. Sot the Demo? crats are taken on trial, and in order to stay in they must approve them? selves by their , works. We are told 'that a new broom sweeps clean. 6a! this Demooratio ibroom in not a new broom. It ia an old broom and, has itself done some ogty sweeping iu lip, time. It mast show that, though the handle ia the same, li is Hopplied with fresh straw. In other words; ,11 mbM go-to work busily and i oiroamBppotly, Sicking only the woruo'pla?ea and gra*. oally goipg,,9yer jhe, .Uttered,, and 'dirty hprfaoo of aiYafrfl,. ,Meanwhile the country may congratulate itself on a change.- The spur is at last wtyb , Brawn from' tbe war-horeo. Y/o are to have' the check-rein awhile.. .', , - .,. [Louisville Courier-Journal OrrT Matters ?Subscribe for tbe PflCZKlX?don't borrow. Reading matter on every page. Blaok-birds are beginning to pat ia an appearance. Tbe Oongaree is up again, anr] was still rising last evening. Tbe grace of conrteay often pours oil upon trobled waters. If the New York Tribun: ia right, some one else, and" not C. C. P., has been appointed minister Jto Belgium. MoKsrs. J. C. Squier, of Winnsboro. and Julius Poppe, of Anderson, are authorized to dispose of tickets for the real estate distribntiou in this city. An accident on the Charlotte, Co? lumbia and Augusta Railroad, near Fort Mill*, on Sunday, detained tho passenger train several hours. To make room for his spring stock, Mr. D. Epstin offers tho balance of hia winter clothing at greatly reduced prices. The flue weather, yesterday after? noon, attracted a great many persona to the garrison grounds, to listen to the d.-licious music fsreished by Prof. Boohar's fine band. It was Senator Cocbran, of Ander? son, who introduced the resolution relative to Treasurer Cardozo's bond, on Saturday. The namo was accident? al! y omitted. In tho House, yesterday, the bill to provide for the redemption of the bills of the President and Directors of she Bauk of the State, waa indefinitely postponed, by a vote of ayes 63; nays 12. Frank Camile, convicted of highway robbety, aud Charles Smith, of man? slaughter, were added to those al? ready confined in the penitentiary, yesterday; the former for a period of five years, and the latter of four times uve years. The Columbia correspondent of the New York Sun seems to have no meroy on some of our officials, and is mak? ing exposes which may pr ve damaging in certain quarters. He seems, too, to be blessed v.ith fine imaginative powers. The rain conliuued all Saturday night aud part of Sunday, followed by a regular gale of wind. Yesterday the wind lulled, the rain clouds disap? peared and for a while it was a square, steady cold; but afterwards warm and pleasant. It seems evident that the members of the Legislature are determined to get round the violation of the Consti? tution, relative to increasing their pay from ?6 a day to $600 a year, by sitting ont tbe 100. They bava alieady been in session over seventy days, and the end is not yet. The reaignation of Comptroller Qenerul H?ge has been accepted by Qov. Chamberlain, and an eleotion will at once be ordered, it is pre? sumed. The retiring Comptroller has acceptably filled the position, and the management of his offloe bas been highly commended by all parties. It was through bis instrumentality that several defaulting County Treasurers were brought up with a abort torn. No progress was made in the Car dozo investigation matter, yesterday, further than the adoption of a resolu? tion in the Senate, to call upon the Attorney-General, in his official capa? city, to give the Joint. ?pJW?Ul8P.,J?i ? aid of his legal eorviooa in.drawing tbo letter to tbe Governor, demanding the removsl of the Treasurer,1 and author? ing the Joint Committee to employ such other,legal advisers as |;bey may need in the case. ? --i----w - . . ,. ? ? x Death op an Old Citizen.?Mrs. Elizabeth Lyons, relict of the late Mr. Henry Lyons, departed this life, yesterday, after a ehore and pain? ful illness. Mrs. Lyons was*, wo bof Hove, a native of Philadelphia, bot had resided in Columbia for many years. Many relatives and ; friends [?will mouin her . Aweaen,., ,Her -age wee about fifty?eeven? - < "" List ov New Adyebtisbmbntb. D. Gembrill?City Taxes. : ....., Meeting Riohland Rifle Club. J. T. Rhett? Keys Loot. Meeting Columbia Ohapter. Hot*l AnruvALS, March 8, 1875.~/ i W/ieelar House?^TTb6MU, ||fl$nSr [ Whitney. Phtta; X U Walker. N, 0;. PaW Duffle, H J Moroeo, Charleston; A J Gheathsm, Md; Henry 8pr\rniok, Aikon: John Febrecbalob, Ohio; Col i-A Q Howard, Marion; RB Carpenter, MdLutw/' W - H RosW??U;' Je toes , {Icwpuiil und v'ife,""Chester;. S Rot-. , orrl, 1st Y; J Dxioher, Gs; A A Glover, EdRefleld. kMansion House?3 S C?lcs,. Chap ell^ C R Morrlaon.r Doko;. Benj F [arlour. Atlanta; G W Porrio, Rich? mond; M P Pereons, S O; E G RobertfciW Charleston;ThO? V Wicker, Nowborry;, II D Hamitor, Riohland; T C Whit worth, Va; R H Sorlvon, Savannah.