The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 11, 1875, Image 5
Tsis#rr?pnic? Farsi?? ARMft.
Bsrlin, VercT* -The TagbUmroJ
this citj, says tha GovernmeuI hiring
been informed Ihal France-intended to
orderen experimental con centretiou of
troop* on bor Etat em frontier early in
the epring, intimated to President
MaoMahon that it would direct the
mobilization of two army corps on tbe
Rhine, if Franoe persisted in carrying
out her intention.
Paris. Maroh 9.? The Cabinet com?
bination of yesterday has failed, in
oooseqnenoe of M. Buffet's refnsal to
enter tbe proposed ministry, and the
genoral unwillingness of leading poli?
ticians to join a Government, the ex?
istence of which is considered preca?
rious. M. Buffet presided at to day's
sitting of the Assembly, after au
nounoing, yesterday, that his doing so
would signify that he bad relinquished
the attempt to form s Cabinet. When
the Assembly had sdjourned, M. Buf?
fet received and rejected overtures to
join a combination formed by a frac?
tion of tbe Assembly, sod this scheme
has also fallen through. The Left are
indignant over the delay in tho forma?
tion of a ministry.
London, March 10.?A heavy gale,
with numerous disasters, reported on
the English and Irish coasts; several
lives lost.
A motion will be made in the Home
of Commons to adjourn over Easter
holidays?from March 22 to April 5.
The Times' Paris speeidl says the
Ministry was up?et by the Bonapartits,
who persuaded MaoMahon to oppose it;
in.,,?;-- r?_i._ .i . i_5.f...? n
and M. Wallen; it wss also opposed
by the Bishop of Orleans, on behalf
of the clergy. The oorrespondent
says MaoMahon, whilu urging Buffet
to accept, ssveral times threatened to
resigo.
Paris, Maroh 10.? Rumors of a con?
templated coup d'elai by the Bona
partists in circulation cause some
uneasiness.
Vihnna, March 0.?'The budget com
mitteeof the'Reiohstag threw Out the
appropriation of 75,000 thalers pro?
posed by the Government for the ex?
penses of the representatives to the
United States Centennial exhibition.
Panama, Maroh 10.?Oapt. Lull's
survey for e oeual across the isthmus
continues, with favorable results. A
bread riot occurred in Bogn, and all
the baker shops were gutted.
Panama, March 2 ? Fears are ap?
prehended that the troops Will inter?
fere in tbe approaching election to
sent the Government candidates. Cap?
tain Lull, surveying for the canal,
finds water more bountiful than he ex?
pected.
Toronto, March 10.?Rov. James
Richardson, Methodist Episcopal
Bishop, is dead.
Teloarmotalc? American AIali?rt,
St.. Louis, Maroh 10.?It has been
decided in the Ohsudler-Buel slander
case that the Poland gag law does not
apply to Buol. Recourse must be had
. to the law of 1739. The indictment is
"faulty, aud Judge Treat, of the United
States District Court,, has no jurisdic?
tion. The District Attorney gave no?
tice that he would appeal. Tbe oase
comes before tha Circuit Go art, Maroh
term.
?olumru3, Ohio. Maroh 10.?The
State : Grange reports l,14?'working
granges, with a membership of 6,500.
Boston, March 10.?A number of
fishermen from Sandwich report three
vessels sunk and two missing; five men
lost.. ? KVsee
A number 'of wrecks ere reported
along tbe coast. The schooner Laura
D. Trow, from St. John's for Havens,
was -abandoned, end this officer end
first mate washed overboard. The
captain and five men were found cling?
ing to the rigging. ' V
Scranton. FA., Maroh 10.? Two
boys attending' a coal screen were
crushed to death; Ohe was caught, and
the other, going to his assistance, was
abo caught.
? Washington, March 10.?Cabinet
, decided yesterday to disoontinue the
competitive feature in oivi!" servioe re?
form.
In the Senate, immediately after
reading of tbe journal, the considera?
tion of a resolution for the admission
of Pinohbaok was resumed, aud Mer
rimon, of North Carolins, continued
hie argument in opposition to his ad?
mission. ; ?
Nominations?J. Burnham Kins?
man, District Judge, Western District
Arkansas; Gapt, John O. Beamont to
be Commodore Of the Nevy. Con?
firmations?Bel vi n, Pension Agent,
Raleigh; Randier, Colleotor of Seoond
District Sonth Car olios; Martin, Post?
master, Montgomery, Ala.; Webster,
Postmaster, Orangebarg, S. O.
ProDhhilittes-For the Gulf States
and Tennessee, falling barometer,
Southerly winds, warmer and Cloudy
weather aud'raih. For the South At-:
1 antra States; stationary pressures,
warm s>nd partly ojoody weather and
Northerly winds. Rivers rise at Mem?
phis, Viokabarg, Oittolnnett and Louis
v^lle^knd: fall at Plttsburg and St.
Camdhm, N. J.. Marob 10.?The De?
mocrats elected the CHy Treasurer and
Assess^ *
ll&'Mjffi tttreh ?r^The^Wspjs
opened to-dsy, at Oglethorpe Park.
hejs?f48,aptaWl
M.^lgAtOl
cad. ^0.568A, ,~ ^ >-w, ?
jhesV
town* gave MeOutohirigeC??pub'fioau,
26,027*. Westen, Democrat, 25,820;
sda&tftig 1.657. This shows'a bet
gain for Cheney of 2,118. A later de?
spatch ?oyr 31 towns in the Second
Congressional District give Pike, Re?
publican, 4,811 ;BeU, Democrat, 5,084;
Fletcher, 80. 45 Iowas in the Third
Distriot give Bla^ Republican, 7,452;
Kent, Democrat, 7.029; scattering 59.
69 towns in the First Distriot give
Wbitehonae. Republicso. 9.993; Jones,
Democrat, 10,023; scattering 194.
Whole uumbor of towns in tbe Dib
triot, 87. Later returns of the night
seem to have changed the faoe of the
eleotion somewhat?making what at
an earlier hoar appeared an over*
whelming Republican victory, rather
donbtful. Retnros of the Congres?
sional Districts aro meagre, ami insuf?
ficient to indicate the results positively.
The Republicans olaim to havo elected
Pike in the Second Distriot and Blair
in the Third, and think Jones, the
Democratic oandidate in tbe First Dis?
triot, is defeated; on tbe other band,
the Democrats olaim to have eleoted
Jones in the First, Bell in the Second,
and think the later returns may show
the eleotion of Kent in the Third Dis?
trict. The Second and Tbird District*
seem doubtful, with ohanoes somewhat
in favor of Jones in the First Distriot.
, Tbe Republicans olaim to bave eleoted
the Governor, bnt the latest rotorns
have reduced the gaius so that no.eleo?
tion by tbe people seems not improba?
ble. The Legislature will be very
olose.
Latest ?Returns from 232 towns
and wards give Oheney, Republican,
87,012; Roberts, Demoorut, 36,098;
White and scattering, 824; the net Re?
publics o gain over last year's vote is
2,869. Tue remaining towns, last
year, gave a Democratio majority ov-r
oil others of 790 This indicates that
Cheney und Roberts will run with
about an eveu vote, the soattering
votes defeating the election of either
by the poople.* Both parties claim a
majority of Senatorial Districts. The
Democrats claim the House by 15 to
20, while the Republicans also olaim
13 majority in the same body. In the
First '.Congressional juistrict, tue ejec?
tion of JoneB, Democrat, is conceded
by both paties. Blair is eleoted over
Kent, Demnorat, in the Third District,
while the Bfecond is still in doubt, and
confidently claimed by both parties.
The Monitor, Republican nowspaper,
claims Pike and Blair, both Republi?
cans, are eleoted to Congress; that the
Repnblicaus have a good working ma?
jority in the House of Representatives,
and that the Republicans have eleoted
Biz of twelve Senators, with several
Distriots in doubt. Tue Patriot, De?
mocrat, says there is no election of
Governor by the people; that tbe Re?
publicans have five Senators aud the
Democrath five, with two Distriots in
doubt, and that tbe Democrats have a
majority io the Houbo of Representa?
tives. The Patriot alao olaim-i the
election of Jones and Bell, Democrats,
to Congress, with the Third District
in doubt. The People, Democratic,
also claims a substantial victory for its
party, with the exception of tbe Third
District, which it considers doubtful.
Chableston, March 10.?Arrived ?
Steamships Raleigh, Baltimore;Cham?
pion, New York; Calvert, Baltimore.
Financial and Commercial Reports.
Columbia, March 10.?Cotton quiet;
sales 177 bales?middling 15%. *
New York, March 10?Noon.?
Stocks active and strong. Money 5.
Gold opened 15?now 15%. Exchange
?long 4.81; short 4.85. State bonds
quiet and nominal. Cotton quiet;
sales 109?uplands 16%; Orleans 16%.
Futures, opened quiet and earner:
March. 16 7-o% 16 0^2; April 16 17-82,
16 9-16; May 16 15 16, 16 31-32; June
17 7-32, 17%. Pork firm?19.35?
19 37%. Lard firtn?eteam 13%.
7 P. M.-Jhtft'Wiaytlx TJnioo Tele
Srapb Cjrnggiy:>shfsftired .a quarterly
ividousTsAJp percent. Money very
easy?2<gS)%i' Sterling lower?4 80.
Gold ae*Jva_JB;&ai5,V Govern
montB aoUv*cAd4j*Jong?new 5s 14%
States 'ajSjjfcfrjajad ^bamaal. . Cotton
quiet; ?alcH|j7oVat 16^?16% South?
ern flour firm. ahd^tTair inquiry?com?
mon to fair extra* 5 00fc?6 v0; good to
choice 5.1&(9&jt6. Wheat a shade
firmer?1.28(?l.28%. Corn steady and
moderatcdeeiand? 88(384%. Coffee
Suiet andjarim?tSJ*;@l8% gold,
ngar firm and fair demand. Pork
firmer?new job 'Tots 19.35@19.50.
Lard firmer?prime ateam 13 15- 16(a)
14. Whiskey, firm and quiet?1.12,
Freights steady. Cotton net receipts
689; gross 6,682. Futures oloaed
strong; aalea 17,900: March 16%@
16 9 32; April 16%@16 21-32; May
17 1 32; June 17 11-32@17%; July
17 19 32@17%; August 17 23 32?
17%; September 17%@17%; Ootober
16%@1U 2182; November 16 7-16;
December 16 7-16.
^Baltimore, March 10.?Cotton quiet
and firm?middling 16%; low mid?
dling 15%; good ordinary 15%; net
receipts 25; gross 297; exports coast?
wise 135; sales 415. Floor active and
unchanged. Wheat in good demand
and firm. Corn weaker for Western;
Southern steady?82(a)84. Provisions
firmer and active. Pork unchanged.
Shoulders 8%. Whiskey 1.13?some
asking 1.14.
Boston, March 10.?Cotton un?
changed?middling 16%; net receipts
481; gross 2,526; exports Great Bri?
tain 1,047; sales 97.
Philadelphia, Marob 10.?Cotton
quiet?middling 18%; net receipts
130; gross 871.
Louisville; March 10.?Floor quiet
and unchanged. Corn firm?6G@68.
Provisions strong and steady. Pork
20.00. Bacon?Shoulders 8%: clear
rib 11%; olea? Tl%@ll% Lard
prime eteara 14&t*%; kettle 14%(#
14%; keg l?MLt,Whiskey firm?1.10.
bagging firm-lfcj@13.
(SMrM.',Vs%a 10.-Floor doll.
Com flr,m-68@70: Pork flrm-19.00
?19.12%- Lard firm?13.30@14.OO.
Bacon firm?shoulders 8; clear rib 11
@ll%; clear ll%<?ll& Whiskey
firm ?1.10.
St. Loots, March 10.?Flour firmer
and better?superfine winter, 4 15@
4.25. Cora steady?No. 2 mixed 64?
<^~*wm?t)y arm-i.io. "p^hraBr
?19*00. Bacon . firm?aho*Uers 8;
clear rib 11@IU8; clear 11,^11%
Lard firmer?18 50?generally held at
13 80.
Ohio ago. Marob 10.?Floor demand
light aud bolders firm. Corn opened
firm bat closed dull. Pork active And i
higher-18 10. Lard in fair demand?
13.37^(^18.40. Whiskey firm?1 10
Wilmington, Marob 10.?Ootton
quiet and nominal?middling 15%;
low middling 14%; good ordinary
14%; net reoeipts 218; exports coast?
wise 951.
Memphis, Maroh 10.?Cotton qniet
and steady?middling 15%@15%; net
reoeipts 496; shipments 1,056; sales
1.800.
Savannah, Maroh 10 ?Ootton quiet
?middling 15%; net reoeipts 1,135;
exports continent 1,350; sales 532
Mobile, March 10.?Ootton quiet?
middling 15% > U?t reoeipts 627; gross
629; exports coastwise 2,202; sales
600.
New Orleans, March 10.?Cotton
doll and irregular?middling 1G,'2'; low
middling 14%; good ordinary 14;
net reoeipts 3.555; gross 3,696; ex?
ports ooontinent 1.450; sales 4,000.
Charleston, Marob 10.?Ootton
quiet?middling 15%; net receipts
689; exports continent 481.
Norfolk, Maroh 10 ?Cotton weak,
buyers and sellers apart?middling 16;
tiet receipts 806; exports coastwise
1.025.
?alvk8ton, Maroh 10.?Ootton doll
and nominal?middling 15%; low
middling 14%; net receipts 796; ex?
ports ohannel 1,426; sties 200.
Augusta, Maroh 10.?Ootton quiet'
and unohanged?middling 15%; uet
reoeipts 237; Bales 254
Paris, Maroh 10.?Rentes 65f. 5o.
Liverpool, Maroh 10.?Noon.?
Cotton qniet and unchanged?mid?
dling uplands 7>8; tniddliug Orleans
8@8%; sales 12.000, including 6,700
American; speculation and export
2,000; to arrive 1-16 cheaper; basis
middling uplands, nothing below low
middling, shipped Maroh or April,
8 15-16; deliverable May or April, 8;
basis middling Orleans, nothing below
low middling, shipped February or
Marob, 8%.
Regular Meeting City Council.
Council Chamber,
Columbia. S. C, Maroh 9, 1875.
Oounoil met at 7.30 P. M. Pro
sent?His Honor the Mayor, John
Alexander; Aldermen Carroll, Swygert,
Curr, Wells, Pugh, Davis, Purvis,
Griffin, Brown and Thomas. The
minutes of the last regular meeting
were read and confirmed.
Petitions of H. MoElrone, H. Skip
per, H. A S. Beard, Fagan Bros., M.
E Carr, J. T. Sims and J. D. Trade
well were referred to Committee on
( Ways an.l Means. Petition of B.
Holmes, to Committee on Streets; W.
M. Hiyne, to Committee on Lice nee?.
Bills of R. Rinuan, Fagan Bros., J.
C. Dial und John Alexander were re?
ferred to Committee on Aoooonts.
Petition of Hagood A Treotlen was,
on motion of Alderman Carroll,
granted.
Alderman Carroll, from Committee
on Aoooonts, reported back tbe follow?
ing bills, and recommended payment:
Guard House?Cooper St Taylor,
$22.10; W. B. Stanley, $13 50; T. J.
Harper, $81.25; W.D. Starling, 68.15;
Union-Her a!<L $18 50} John ?. Dial.
90a Council Chamber?M E. Carr,
$16; W. B. Stanley, $2. Opera House
?W. B. Stanley, $27.80; W. D. Love,
$193 30. Market?Cooper St Taylor,
$3 Indtgeot Poor?E. H. fistnttsh,
(1871, $8.75.) $178 35; Fagan Bros.,
$22. ' Bell Tower?Cooper St Taylor,
$7.65. 8treat Department?L?rick A
Lowranoe, $133.90. Police?Union
Herald, $46 25; B. L. Bryan, $23.95.
Contingent?R. L. Bryan, $6. Sta?
tionery?R. L. Bryan, $28. Alms
House and Hospital?W. D. Starling,
$109.92.
Alderman Pdgh, from Committee
on Streets, preseuted the following re?
port:
Columbia, B.C., Marob 9, 1875.
To hie Honor the Mayor of ?ie city of
Columbia ? Sir: The petition of Need
bam Carter, wbioh was referred to the
Committee on Streets, beg leave to
make the following report: That after
carefully examining the case, we woald
reoommcud that he be paid the sum of
twenty-five dollars for the loss he has
sustained. Your committee also re?
port nnfavorably upon the petition of
the purchase of the Brooks' Alley, on
Pulaski street, by Oity Council. Your
committee woald call the attention of
the Oounoil to the condition of the
stock on band, whiob is totally unable
to perform the labor required of them,
and would reoommend that three of
the mules be sold, and three be pur?
chased in their stead thst will be able
to perform the services required; and
call yoor attention to hands on the
streets. The number now employed
is not sufficient to perform the labor
required on the streets, and would
reoommend that three additional I
bands be employed, msking in elij
fifteen bands. All of which ie respect?
fully submitted.
JOHN A.PUGrH,
Chairman Committee on Streets.
Alderman Brown moved to pay N.
Carter $25 for loss of horse. Adopted.
Alderman Griffin moved that tbe
Committee on Streets ascertain on
what terms they oan dispose of three
of the oity mules, and parohase three
or four others.* i: a j m
The City Clerk wss instructed to
advertise for the white-washing of tbe
Market to tbe loweet responsible bid?
der.
Alderman Davis, from Committee
on Guard House and Police, reported
on the resolution of Council of Febru?
ary 231. ,
Alderman Carroll moved the sdop
tioo of the report end it? pu1 lication
-#Tth-tfie pT?oeemogY oT' O^aITdn.
M. F. Nixon. Cbiefof Polios, in sc
count ?Ith oily of Golntnhla, S. C ,
May, 1874, to January, 1875, ioolu
sive;
1 Db ?1874 ? M??y 31, to amount of
flues, as per polioe docket, $133.25;
Jane 30. $248 85; July 81, $90.80; Au
{ast 31, $109 25; September 30,
134 00: Ootober 81, $74.50; Novem?
ber 80, $68 00; December 31, $64.50.
1875?January 81, $76 90?total,
$999.05.
1874?May, to receipts from balls, as
verbally reported, $20; November, $50;
December. $35. 1875-January, $20 ?
total, $125. Grand total, $1,124.05.
Cb ?1874?May, by expenditures,
no vonobere, $64.95; June, $39 65;
July. $21.50; August, $36 45; Septem?
ber, 826.00; Ootober, $81.75; Novem?
ber, $64.55; December, $18.50. 1875?
January, $50.40?total, $353 75. Gash
paid to polioemea, May, $566.90; Oity
Treasurer. W. IV Jones, $67. Grand
total, $987 65. Oash to Dr. Chief of
Police, $136 40. Amount paid to po?
lice ou pay roll, $606 25; paid to polioe,
per report, $566.90.
Gbnti.km.bn: In compliance with
the accompanying resolotiou, we have
to report, that we have examined the
books, &o.( of the Chief of Polioe, aud
faruish therefrom the annexed state?
ment for your approval or otherwise,
it snows a baleooe to the debit of tbe
Obief of $136,40, to be charged to his
account by tbe Oity Treasurer?less
$50, whieh he says he psid to the late
Treasurer. Mr. W. . R. Joaes and
which will be placed to his credit at
the proper time. We find that all
swine, -goats, horses, Aj , taken up
have been released by order of his
Honor the Mayor, on tbe payment of
the policemen's moiety of the Ones;
therefore, no funds have accrued from
that source. We have no vouohers for
any oi the ucoouuts to show, bat there
aie eatries ou tho Chief of Police's
books for all except reoeipts from balls,
Ac. Respectfully submitted.
Raport of Committee ou Water
Works was received as information.
Alderman Purvis spoke at some
length ou the application of Col. S. A.
Pearce, Jr., for the use of tbe old
water works, (which reverted, by con?
tract, to tbe oity in Deoember last,) by
the Columbia Water Power Company,
upholding that the said compauy bad
not fulfilled the contraot with the oity
iu any way, since it was made, and
that the city would not be justified in
complying. He hoped the Council
would unanimously vote against it.
In conolueiou, be otfdred the following
preamble and resolution:
Whereas, by the terms of the con?
tract with the Columbia Water Power
Company, the old city water works
bare reverted baok to the city, and
proper demand has been made upou
tbe agent, Col. S. A. Pearce, Jr., to
turn over the same; and whereas the
contractor has not complied, and
shows no disposition to do so, but, on
the contrary, is now soliciting the use
of the works, and has been during the
late freshet nsing the old city water
works, the new haviug proved entirely
inefficient,
Be it 7'esolred, That tho Mayor be
instructed to take possession of and
work tbe same for the sole booedt of
the oity. H. W. PURVIS.
Alderman Wells presented report of
Committee on Phoenix Hook end .Lad?
der House.
Aldermeu Pnrvis moved the adop?
tion of the report. Carried.
r Report of Chief of Polioe was re?
ferred to Committee on Guard Hoase.
? Alderman Wells looted i to recon?
sider the petition of Hagood A Trout
ion. Carried.
Alderman Purvis moved that the
petition of Hagood & Treotlen be re?
ferred to the Committee on Ways and
lleent. I
Alderman Carroll moved that the
report of his Honor the Mayor on City
Hall, Ac, be adopted aud published
with the proceedings of Council, as
follows:
Columbia. S. C, March 8. 1875.
To the. City Council?Gents: I have
examined tbe report of the City
Architect on new City Hall, und re?
port the following for your informa?
tion: The amouut of contract to build
the City Hall is $66,500; aud tbe con?
tract says, first, the said Clark Waring
to credit the oity of Columbia, apoa
tha acceptance and execution of the
contract, with tbe sum of $7,000. on
account of mouey heretofore paid by
the city to James M. Allen, the former
contractor, the said credit to be made
in part of tho aforesaid sum of $86,500.
Below I give yoa the Architect's
estimate of the amount of work doue
and the amonut of orders given, which
do not include the $7,000 mentioned
above: Amount of work done as per
report of Architect, $63,700; amoaot
of orders given by Arohiteot, $55,400;
deduct ten per cent, as per contraot,
$5,540; value of work over orders,
$2,760; deduot amount to be credited
to oity. $7,000; amount over paid on
work done. $4.240.
i Mr. Clark Waring, the contractor,
claims for extra work $2,002; but ss
the Committee on City Hall, together
I frith tbe contractor, has agreed to do
sway with a great deal of tbe work
?pon the same, named in tha contraot,
aaoh ss the difference in cost of brick
and granite sills of tbe back windows,
also between galvanised iron sod
wooden corn Joes for tbe first story and
the finishing up oi the corner base?
ment, which, in my opinion, will be
worth more than tha extra work
claimed. The arohiteot has given sines
tbe above estimate orders to the
amount of $175, which has been paid
iu part for closing in tho tower, which
is slowly progressing now aud will be
done some time. I would recommend
to Council that tho contractor be noti?
fied to.bsve the tower enclosed et onoe,
also tbe windows in tbe second nod'
third stores p?t iu at once, end in the!
erect of bis not complying with the
same within the ten days named in the
contract, that tbe Coaucil have tbe
work down. Tbe stores were to have
been finished before tbistim*. and.the]
city is luting by the delay. Tbe cor
ner store is rented to Mr. George Sym
mere, and he is anxious to got into tbe
same at onoe; and to enablo bim to get
into it, the tower will have to be
finished and tbe second and tbird store
window* pnt io; also the cellar steps
and bars in cellar windows. Since
making oat the above report, I find,
npoo examination, with the Oity Trea?
surer, tbat the contractor has been
paid over the orders giveu. All of
i which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN ALEXANDER, Mayor.
Council adjourned.
RIOHARD JONES. Oity Clerk.
Ridioal oarses, says the Nashville
Banner, like chickens, have at lost
come home to roost. Carpet-baggers i
have ssddled the South with millions
of debt and taxes, bat now tbe people
of the North have an opportunity to
know how it is themselves. The now
revenue bill, levying $40,000,000 of
additional taxation on the whole coun?
try, paased tbe Senate Tuesdsy night,
by a vote of thirty to twenty-nine.
Among the thirty who assisted to
fasten this enormous burden upon a
people already depressed by do social
misfortunes, we fiud no less thau nine
Southern carpet-bag Senators, includ?
ing such fellows us Clayton, Dorsey,
Spencer and West. Florida alone,
which in not hkelv to pay $100 of this
whole 810,000.000, furnished two af?
firmative vote-, those of Oouover and
Gilbert. Cast out these two carpet?
baggers, and the bill would have failed.
It is stated tbut in 1402, when the
continent of America was discovered,
the supply of gold uud silver in tbe old
world had become uearly exhausted.
Since tbut time, the sums exported
from this Western continent amount
to 83,200.000,000 iu gold uud 80.300,
000.000 in silver. This is a totul of
$9,500,000,000?two-thirds of which
was produced before the Spauiards
were expelled from the Americus.
From 1492 to 1874, the products of
gold und silver in other countries than
those upon the Westorn continent
amounted to about 82,850,000,000?or
about ouo-third that in America. Two
thirds of this gold bus been made tuto
ornamental and useful articles. The
United States are now the greut gold
and silver producing regions of tbe
Western world.
Colorado was admitted as a new
State In the last hours of Congress,
but the bill admitting New Mexico
was rejected. There w.is a majority
vote for both, but the "two-thirds"
rule which prevails on tho last days of
the session, was tbe cause of New
Mexico being rejected, tbe bill for that
State not receiving the necessary two
thirds vote iu the House, whilst the
Colorado bill did receive it. Colorado
is not to be admitted until 1876, how?
ever, sod her new Senators and mem?
bers cannot take their seats until after
the Presidential election, in which the
people of tbo new State will not parti?
cipate. By tbe census of 1870, Colo?
rado bad a population of 89,864, whilst
New Mexico had 91.874.
There was - recently a meeting in
New York of soldiers of the war of
1812. They think tbat inasmuch aa
the Government is annually squander?
ing tena of millions upon tbe soldiers
of tho late war, they themselves should
st least bo allowed a decent pension.
They are allowed a pension of $96 a
year, and, old and feeble, and ragged
and friendless, and with no earthly
want to gratify, what more can they
reasonably usk for? The difficulty
these poverty-stricken old soldiers fiud
in being ashamed of themselves, is
something remarkable.
Tux McCohuick. TsiiUaoopa.?The
refracting telescope, ordered some four
years ago of Messrs. Clark Sc Sons, of
Boston, by Mr. Leander J. MoOor
mick, of Chicago, of MoCormick reap?
er fame, und which is designed as a
present to Washington and Lee Uni?
versity, Lexington, Va., i* now uearly
complete,!. It is to cost $38,000 in
gold, and it is claimed will bo tho
largo-1 und most effective instrument
of the kiud ever constructed. The in?
strument has au aperture of 26 inches,
and tho object glass weighs 180
pounds.
A recently enacted law of Illinois
provides thst for stealing any sum
under $15, tbe thief shall go to tbe
County jail, and for stealing anything
over that amount, he shall go to tbe
State prisoo; but for stealing tbe exact
sum of $15, there is no penalty named.
It is said that since the enactment of
this law, the only psople in the State
who are not trying to steal an even
sum of $15, are those who haVe already
been imprisoned for having stolen
either more or lest than tbat amount.
They do say that the secret of poor
Pincbbsck's failure to obtain his seat
in tbe United States Senate was tbe
fact tbat he was a married man, and
that hin wile, a domely mulatto, was
ambitions enough to aspire to the first
rauk of Washington society. Conse?
quently, tbe vote of the Senators de?
nying tbe olaimaut his office may be
considered as tbe echo of Mre. Cau?
dle's ourtain lecture. When woman
meets woman, then comes s catas?
trophe. I) ij j
ArroisfMKNT?.?John H. MoDevitt,
Treasurer of Edgegerd; F. A. Ballen
gor, Auditor of Edgefleid. Trial Jus?
tices: City of Colombia?Ward 1,
Tresevant Sill; Wai d 8, S. B. Thomp?
son; Ward 4, J. Q Mars hall.
A train or ears filled with men and
women was recently thrown from the
track in Colorado and turned upside
down by the wind.1 That this way the
Colorado winds bare of turning oars
npside down, without giving the female
passengers a obanoe to tie their skirts
about tbeir ankles, spesks like angels,
trumpet-tongoed, in favor of a more
Southern route to the Paciflo, pobody
with ears to hear will dare to deny.
A Dibt? Job ?The charter of the
town of Abbeville has been emended
by our Solons in the Legislature, and e
her incorporate limits extended. It is
a nasty job gotten op for some dirty
political purpose. As we are all about
out of money, we don't think the in
stigatiors of this shabby triek will bo
paid for their trouble.
[Abbeville Medium.
Trouble is anticipated on the fron?
tier of Texas. At Brownsville, there
is great excitement all along the lower
part of the city. There are reports
from all points of armed Mexicans ga?
thering on their side of the river.
General Potter says be has not troops
enough to patrol all of tho river.
Many persons believe that Brownsville
is menaced.
Civil, Rights ? The first inetanoe,
in this im mediate section, of negroes
taking advantage of the new privileges
conferred upon them by tbe Civil
Bights Bill, was two "gem'n" of this
race taking a sleeping car from here to
Richmond, a few nights ago. We did
not learn where they hailed from.
I Charlotte Observer.
CoUiBCTOB Ranbibb's DlSTBlOT.?
The Seoond Internal Revenue District
of South Carolina, to the Collector
ship of whioh ex-Congressman A. J.
Ransier has just been appointed, is
composed of the Counties of Charles?
ton, Colleton, Bsrnwell. Oxangebnrg
and Beaufort. ,
A colored minister of Abbeville.
R?v. Mr. Porter, met with,a narrow
escape, tbe other day. He attempted
to cross a swollen creek, when' the
horse lost his footing and was oarried
a long distance down stream; the vehi?
cle was smashed and the horse drowned,
but the reverend get ashore.
A little two-year-older disappeared
frem bis home in Abbeville, a few.days
ago, and was not found till next day?
sitting on a fenoe eome distance from
his home. When asked where he slept,
he said in a fence corner; that he was a
little afraid, bat that tbe Good Man
took care of him.
A lad of sixteen years, named John
H. Johnson, was arrested in Camden
last week, for passing United States
currency whioh he had altered from
one doiiar biiis and made them appear
as tens.
Hundreds of bridges were dostioyed
in different ports of the State daring
tbe recent flood of waters. The
trouble extended from tbe mountains
to tbe seaboard.
Mr. Warren Thompson, a oitizen of
Spartanbarg, was found dead in his
bod Tuesday morning. Cause of death
unknown.
An incendiary fire destroyed the
dwelling of Mr. John J. Rajrvin, of
Sumter, on the night of the 5 th.
Tho Brooklyn Union, a mammoth'
daily sheet, supposed heretofore to1 be
on s solid basis, baa gone under.
There were 80 deaths in Charleston
for the week ending the.,9th-t--wbitas .
7; colored 23. .... 0 j
S|Mr. F. H. Kennedy, of Sumter. .
ied on the 8th, from paralysis.
FumeraI invitation. ?
Died, on Monday, March&VafUraaodsea
and severs illness. ELIZABETH LYONS,
I reliot or the late Henry Lyons, ia the'67th
, year ef her age. \, \
Tbe friends and acquaintanoea of the
I family are respectfully invited to attend
the funeral, from her late residence, corner
of Bull and Lady streets, THI8 (Thursday ]
AFTEBNOOM. at 4 o'clock. _
S D.EPSTm
AT to Ii pi ie "v at l. A w,
OFFICE, Boom Ko. 5, Southern Insur?
ance Company Building, Columbia,
8. C._March 11 late
Biohland Rifle Club.
THE members will attend the
regular drill of the corps, THI8
EYENINQ,at 7i o*pJpck, equip.-.,
"pod as heretofore..
WltfXHB'OF WILLIAMS.
Secretary*
March 11 1
The Attractions are Increasing!
AT TBK
OBAKD CENTEAL J
DRY GOODS ESTABLISHMENT
W.D.L??&COy
?i-?Wim* in'
We are dady adding to all the depart?
ments or oar Bstabtiehmetit large lines of
Choice and .'Iraairab!e SFBIN G OO?D9, fct
popular priese.
FamiuWlurfnsed Of fiPBrtfGlBtfPFLIatB
and strangers *isiWn? ,tk>-?ifcy eaeuld not
fail to give our stock enclose inspection be?
fore making their purchases. ?,/...
All needing DRY Q00D3, BOOTS, '
SHOES. CABPET8, OIL CLOtflB. Oonta'
FUBNIBHINO GOODS, or any article kept
in a First Class Store, 'wttT iavs money by
making their purchases at the Grand Cen?
tral Dry Goods Establishment of
WM. D. LOVE i- CO.,
Columbia, 8. C.
Samples seat RiaUitously to all parts of
the country on application. Mar It