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+.?wn, Maroh 17.?Tho debate ou
the ecclesiastical bill was opened by
the Minister of labile Worship, Who
insisted upon neoegBary frosb legisla?
tion npon the relations of church and
State. Bismarok spoke in support of
tho bill, and said the maxim that more
obedience was duo to God than man,
certainly did not mean that more obe?
dience was due to a Pope, misguided
by Jesuits, than to tho King. Tbe ]
Government was doiug its duty in pro
teotltig German freedom of mind
against Rome. The Honse agreed to
discuss the bill in full sittiog, instead
of referring to a committee.
Madujd, Maroh 17.?Mendez Monez
has sailed from Sautauder for Cuba,
with troops.
Paris, Maroh 17. ?Pasquier, npob
taking the ob air in the Assembly, used
strong'phrases against the Booapart
ists, which were applauded. Tho As?
sembly will dissolve in August, and the |
election for a new Assembly will occur
in the autumn.
Tcltgraohlc?Amei loan Kattark.
Port Jkrvis. Maroh 17.?At 6
o'clock, this morning, tbe shop whis?
tles, gave the "flood alarm." King
street was flooded by 7 o'clock. The
railroad bridge, three miles West, was
swept away. At 8.4?, the ice broke I
below; thirty blocks flooded and some |
houses carried off, but no lives lost.
Tbe railroad bridge from above ornshed
tbe bridge here and the suspension
bridge, eight miles below, is doomed.
WtLKBSBARBE, Pa., March 17 ?The
ohief engineer of the Erie Road has
gone to the Delaware bridge, to ar?
range temporary means of crossing.
No travel can go West of this place by
the Erie Road for probably two weeks.
Fail RrvRB, March 17.?The wea-1
veraand spinners have gone to work.
Pitts ton, Pa., Maroh 17.?The
bridge over the Suequehanna was]
sWept away ten minutes after the pass
ago of a passenger train.
Concord, March 17.?Obeny 39,285,
Roberts 39,168, White 754.
New Havbn, Conn. , Maroh 17.?Tuej
cashier of the Aosqnia National Bank
pleaded guilty to false entries in favor
of Henry Oiewe A Go., and was sen?
tenced to jail for five years.
New York, Maroh 17.?In a suit of
the Western Railroad Company, of
North Carolina, against Ii. P. Bay no &
Co., for 8480,000 in bonds, the referee
baa decided in favor of the railroad
company. Mr. Bayne was held iu
3200,000 to give np the*, bonds, bnt on
consenting to deposit the bonds iu the
hands of tbe Court, he was releused on
nominal bail?#1.000.
A letter from. Sagua says Col. Bo
nilla captured a hospital, where he
found 80 wounded soldiers in alleged
distress, whom Bonilla shot. This aot |
i explains. more fully why Pope, Gon
1aales and the other rebel ohiefs in the I
neighborhood of Sagoa aud Remedios |
have determined upon a general mas*
saore and bonfire.
Cleveland, O., Maroh 17.?The]
Auatin Powder Company's mills ex?
ploded: . twelve buildings demolished
and three persons killed.
Boston. Maroh 17.?Beck Brothers,
stOok brokers, failed; the senior part?
ner io dead, from an over-dose of chlo?
roform.
Atlanta, Match 17.?A destructive
fire occurred, this morning, in White?
hall street. ' G. W. Jack, confectioner;
Paul Jones, liquors, and others were
burned out; loss 8130,000, about 848. -
000 covered by insurance; origin acci?
dental. . "'.
Burlington. N. J., Maroh 17.? ]
Hamilton McDowell, Democrat, was
elected Mayor of this city, yesterday; |
also, the entire Democratic ticket.
This is the first time in six years that ]
the Democrats have carried the city.
Charleston, Maroh 17.?Arrived?
Steamships Manhattan, New York;
Sea Gull, Baltimore.
Washington, March ,17?1 A. M.?
The Sonnte, by a vote of 33 yeas to 30
nays, postponed tbe further considera?
tion of tbe resolution for tbe admis?
sion of Pinchbaok till the sooond
Monday of next December.
Nominations?Carpenter, Collector |
Third District South Carolina; Miss
Ellen Condo, postmistress, Aiken, S.
0.; ex or bogus Gov. Brooks, of Ar?
kansas, postmaster at Little Rock;
Glover, postmaster at Maoon, Ga.
The President sent a message to the
Senate regarding the Black Hills,
treaty will be attempted to open tbe ]
country; meantime intruders will be
expelled.
Tbe PoBtmaater-General has ordered
transient newspapers to be forwarded
at old rates until April 1. It is under?
stood that the Republicans will not
press, the resolution endorsing the
President's recognition of Kellogg as
Governor.
Commissioner Douglass decides that
thp,tariff, nnd tax bill, signed by the
President Maroh 8, commenced opera?
tion at midnight March 2. Tobacco,
cigars, ?tfgereptes stamped, sold or
with.q>ftwn after that hoar mast be re
potted for additional tax.
ProbabiUtlea-For the Golf Stetes, i
falling, foA-foeaeter, North west winds,
baokfijg to, South-east, low bat rising
wss>^q,^oj^h.east winds* apld and
oless weather.
and
boye were aipeswtf tjy oohaUblcs
forqed. to enter a disttfpi school
house. More arrests ore to occur to?
day* ?/,!?'. ' ..
, Amjahx, N. Y., March 17.?In tbe
Assembly, a bill to enable wives to tee
tili again,fc haobands in criminal oases
was reported upon adversely, and the
repor? was agreed to. .
. tSes. Loui^.Mecoh.n.?XiJ9..Ateamer
W. J. Lewie, from Viokstyjrg hi tbor,
wea loa!;?fewo Joet and thrae missing.
Baltimorb, Maroh 17.?A party of
drunken Bailors from' the Italian bark
Guisnppi Emaouelle, made an attack
on tbe orew of that vessel, and one of
tbe drunken men killed his brother.
The polioe ended the disturbance.
At a called meeting of tbe ruling
elders of the Presbyterian Ohurohes of
this oity, held last evening, to consider
the overture sent down from the last
General Assembly for the action of the
presbyteries, in regard to a change in
the constitution of tbe ohurob, by au?
thorizing the election of ruling elders
for a limited time, not less thau three
years, or what is known an rotary el?
dership, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted: Tbat we disap?
prove tbe Assembly's overture, and so
far as onr voice can be heard in the
response of tbe presbytery to thesame,
we return an emphatic negative.
Financial and Commercial tteport?. I
Columbia, March 17.?Sales of cot?
ton 83 bales?middling 15%. Market
quiet.
New York, March 17?Noon.?
Stocks dull and lower. Money 4
Gold 15%. Exchange?long 4 79;
short 4 83. Cotton dull; sales 786 ?
uplands' 15^; Orleans 16%. Futures
opened quiet: April 16%@16 17-32;
May 16%@16 29 82; June 17 7-32?
17%; July 17%@17 9 16. Flour, com
and wheat quiet and unchanged.
Pork quiet?20.50(?)2Q 65. Lard heavy
?steam 14%@14%.
7 P. M.? Money easy?4@4%. Ster?
ling weaker?4 79%. Gold active?
16%@16%. Governments active and
strong?new 5i 15.%. States doli aud
nominal. Oottou net receipts 1,053;
gross 4,975. Futures closed quiet and
steady; sales 20,800: Marob 16%; April
16%; May 16%; June 17 3 16, 17 7 32;
July 17%; August 17 21 32; September
17 3-16, 17 7-82; October 16 21 82,
1611-16; November 16 716, 1BJ?; De?
cember 16 15 32, 16%. Cotton dull;
sales 824, at 16%@16%. Southern
I flour qqiet and unohauged. Wheat]
dull, irregular and lower?1.24@1.36
Corn doll and lower?84(0)85. Coffee
dull?16%@18?? gold Bio. Sugar
dull and nominal. Pork easier?new
job lots 20.60@20.65. L*rd easier?
14 8-16 prime steam. Whiskey in fan
request?1.15. Freights firm.
, Boston, March 17.?Cotton quiet?
middling 16%; net receipts 125; gross
130; sales 212.
Philadelphia, March 17.?Cotton
quiet?middling 16%; net receipts 256;
gross 833.
Baltimore, March 17.?Flour
steady and unchanged. Wheat?
Western strong; Southern unchanged.
Corn, oats and rye quiet. Provisions
strong and buoyant. Pork 20.25(a)
20.50. Bacon firmer?shoulders 0.
Cotton quiet?middling 10!..,'; not re?
ceipts 13; gross 144; exports to Groat
Britain 448; coastwise 240; soles 330;
spinners 115.
Chicago, March 17.?Flour in good
demand. Corn dull and unsettled?
No. 2 mixed 65^; rejected 62%@
62%. Pork unsettled?19.00? 19.30.
'Ltrd in good demand?13*70(a) 18.75.
Whiskey firm and in fair demand?
1.11.
. Cincinnati, March 17.?Floor firm.
Corn steady. Park firm?20.00. Lard
firm?steam rendered 13%@14; kettle
14%(a)15. Bacon in good demand?
Bhoulders 8%; clear rib 11 %; clear
sides 11%@11%. Whiskey firm?
1.12.
Louisville, March 17.?Flour quiet
and firm. Corn firm?66@63. Pro?
visions very stroog, with an advancing
tendency. Pork 20.00@21.00. Bacui
?shoulders 8%; clear rib 12; clear
sides 12%; sugar-cured hams 13@14.
Lard in fair demand?prime steam 14
j@14%; tierce 14%@15; keg 15%(a)
16. Whiskey 1.12. Bagging un?
changed.
Norfolk, March 17.?Cotton quiet
?middling 15%(2)15%; net reoeipts
1,039; exports Great Britain 730; coast?
wise 700; sales 400.
? Wilmington, March 17.?Cotton
quiet and nominal?middling 15%;
net reoeipts 189; exports ooastwise 831.
Augusta, March 17.?Cotton quiet
and firm?middling 15%; net re?
oeipts 91.
j GALVBbTON, March 17.?Cotton no?
minal?middling 15%; net receipts
960; exports Great Britain 3,009; coast?
wise 190.
Mobile, March 17.?Cotton quiet?
middling 16%; net reoeipts 107; ex?
ports oontinent 1,210; coastwise 61;
sales 700.
Charleston, March 17.?Cotton
quiet and steady?middling 15^; net
receipta 698; gross 723; sales 600.
Savannah, March 17,?Cotton quiot
and nominal?middling 15%; net re?
ceipts 516; sales 300.
Memphis, Marob 17.?Cotton steady
?middling 16%@15%; low middling
16%; good ordinary 14%@14}{; nek
reoeipts 818; shipments 1,873: sales
1,000. .
New Orleans, Marob 17.?Cotton
quiot?middling 15%; net reoeipts
2,187; gross 2,147; exports to France
b\40U;.continent U.ilS; sales 4,500.
London,. Maroh 17.-Erica 38%.
Street rate % below bank.
?Pabis, Maroh 17.? Rentes 65f. 30o. [I
JLtvebpootj, Maroh 17?8 P. M.?'.
Cotton quiot and unchanged?mid
ofgpc/g, aaioa iv.vud, lUOlUCllng U,4UlX
American; 2,000 epeaolatinn end;ex?
pbrt;(ibB^i<nid4lihg uplands, notolbg
bylow' good ordinary, deliverable
Marob, April or May, 7%@7 13 10 t
nothing below low middling, dallveraV
b5o Mdroh or April; 7 18 16; basis'Aldi
[nyngj deliverable May or June, 8%. 1
' AvUfilanli oooarred in the lassi
part of Sumter Coonty, a few dajte
ago/ between: ? two - men, us med? Wind?
ham, and Ncsbitt, during whioh .the
latter was killed.
Wednesday^ Maboh i'f, 1875.
SENATE. <
The House returned, with amend?
ment, bills to charter Greenville end
QnrnhnrUnri Qan Railroad Company;
to incorporate Railroad Boiling Stock I
Manufactu ring Company, ol Port
Royal; to declare certain legal hull I
days. Concurred in and titles changed
to Acts.
I Mr. Nash presented olaim of B. I
, Vi8anska.
Mr. Nash introduced bill to amend 1
an Aot to incorporate town of West?
minster, in County of Oooneo.
A resolution to employ a steno-1
grapher to take proceedings iu case of
Hon. F. L. Oardozo, was ordered to I
lie on table.
Bill to provide for filling of any va I
oanoies that may occur iu certain State |
offices, reoaived its tbird reading and
ordered enrolled.
l HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A resolution to adjourn sins die was
discussed, amended and sent to Se-1
I nute, wbioh refused to concur.
A message was reoeived from the
Governor, disapproving of "An Act to I
provide for tbo eettlement aud re-1
demption of certain claims against tbe
I State." He says: In refusing to ap?
prove thin Aot, it in proper aud neces?
sary that I ehould stutu certain faotB I
o-mneated witb tbe history of tbe Aot. I
; Wben I entered upou my preseutj
office, it was my parpose to oppose]
any and all plans for tbe present settle- {
ment of any of tbe various classes of
claims wbiob constitute tbe so-called I
floating indebtedness of tue State, ex-1
oept tbe bills of tbe Bank of tbe State. I
This latter olasH of claims having been
judicially declared by tbe Supreme
Court of tbe Cnited States to consti?
tute a valid contract witb the State,
capable of enforcement by tbe courts, |
aud actually enforced in tbe oases be
furo that court, I reginiod it as disbo-1
nest aud scandalous to delay longer to
provide for meeting these obligations.]
This class of claims were likewise
pressing by legal means upon the
State, and seemed curtain iu the near
future to produce disaster unless time?
ly provisiou was made for their gra
dual payment. With reference to nil
other elapses of claims, I was persuaded
that the Statu hud tbe right, and tbut
her condition justly warranted her in
postponing aeUloment until she oonld
recover in some degree from the effects I
of a long course of extravagance und I
profligaoy iu the expenditure of public
funds and the contracting of public
obligations?at least, until wo should
be able again to pay our current ex?
penses during tbe year iu wbioh they
arose. I was oonvmood that the poo
pie should not be taxed for tbe present |
year to an amount beyond the actual
requirements of the public service, I
conducted on an honest and eoonomi-1
oal scale. My efforts were, therefore, I
mainly directed to the work and duty
of stopping all unnecessary expenses
and restoring our government to a]
cash basis iu its transactions, leaving
tho past unsettled claims against the]
State to await tho better times whioh
the coarse indicated would surely
hasten. Especially did I regard this I
as the only admissible policy to be]
pursued towards these classes of in-1
debtedness, which ure covered by the
present Aot, because they were be-1
lieved to be largely tainted with ille?
gality aed frauds. I was, however,
strongly pressed to consent to some
measure looking to tho adjas(|mout|
of the last named classes of claims.
Finally, being convinced by my own
observation that some plan would bei
adopted, I turned my attention and!
efforts towards seouriug tbe adoption
of a plan which would afford tho bsst
protection to the State, und be least
burdensome to tho people. Iu modi?
fying my policy in this respect, I hud
tbe counsel and advice of the best
men of both political parties, who
ugrecd with me that under all tbo cir?
cumstances it was wise to endeavor to
seonre the host possible measure. Act?
ing with these aims and views, I gave
my consent to a plan whioh embraced,
first, tho appointment by the Governor
of a commission of three, with power
to audit all claims of tbe classes re?
ferred to, rejeoting in whole or in part
any claim presented upon any grounds
satisfactory to them; second, the re
duotion of all claims thus approved by
the commission to one-half of their
nominal value, and third, the payment
of the claims wbeu thus reduced In
lour equal annual installments.
Persuaded as I was that these claims
were largely fraudulent, I regarded
that feature of tbe measure whioh pro?
vided for tbe appointment of tbe com?
mission as by far the most vital one.
Without a commission whose character
and ability would make tbe examina?
tion of tbo claims a work of aearohing
vigilance and honesty, tbe measure
would ba an atrocious and patent
frand. With a proper commission the
other features of tbe measure seemed
i to me to be reasonable. Such a mea?
sure was Introduced in the Honse of
Representatives, and was passed by
I that House. In the Senate, for reasons
which I have not seen explicitly stated,
the measure was changed by naming
tbe three members of the commis?
sion. The names inserted by the
Senate woro changed by the Honse of
Representatives, the changes Were
concurred in by tbo Senate, and the
Aot ae thus modified io substantially
the Aot whioh is now before me. Ro
ourricg now to the oireamatanota and
motives whioh led mo to conoonfe to
the measure in its original form, I am
oompelled to say that changes of cir?
cumstances have taken 'place si nee I j
wasooosalted concerning this measure, i
sufficient of themselves mm warrant an!
entire change of attitude on my part,
apart from in* complete'ehange- made
bj the most essential feature of the
measure. The response given by tbe
Genoral AsHoml ly to mj effurla to on-.
foroe a policy of rigid retrenchment
and reform iu our public expenditures
baa not met my expectations. The
paaaige of tbe legislative appropria?
tion Act, tbe failure to out down ap?
propriations to their lowest reaBonable
limit ia tbe general appropriation Aot,
tbe defeat of tbe bill reducing tbe
salaries of poblio officers, and the
gasssge of a multitude of miscellaneous
claims, have rendered it impossible for
me to consent to adding another dol?
lar to tbe weight of taxation which
will now oppress tbe peoplo of the
Hute. Iu addition to what has been
specified, tbe pa Beuge already of Acts
for the levy of special taxes in no lens
than fourteen of the Counties of the
State, these epeoial tuxes rangiug from
1% to 3 mills on the dollar, Bud tbo
prospeots of the passage of many more
similur Acts, is sufficient of itself to
make my approval of the present mea?
sure an aot, in my judgment, of un?
pardonable injaatioo to ail those whoee
interests I am sworn to protect.
The supply bill for the preseut fiscal
year has not yet reached me, but as it
passed the House of Representatives,
it provided for taxes amounting to
eleven and seven-tenths mills on the
dollar for general State purposes.
Addiug to this, in most of tbe Coun?
ties, six mills for regular and special
County taxes, and from one to three
mills for local school taxes, we have an
aggregate of taxation wholly without
precedent, as it ia without justification.
To all this are yet to be added the
taxes for towu, village and municipal
purposes, iu some instances amounting
to more than all the taxes for all other
purposes. Nothing will indnoe me to
contribute to swell this already into?
lerable burden of taxation. But if you
look ut the character of the claims
oovered by this Act, there is nothing
in general to commend to favor, and
scarcely to toleration. Included in tbe
vast mass, there are, doubtless, honost
aud just claims. There is no doubt,
moreover, that many of the present
holders of these claims are suffering by
the delay iu their payment. For up
suoh I havo profound symputhy, and
would gladly do anything reasonable
to relieve tbem. But speaking gene?
rally of tho vast majority of these
claims, whut are they, and what do
they represent? They are, for tbe most
part, tiie unpaid balance of the certifi?
cates issued during the lust four years,
under tbe guise of legislative expenses
of various kinds. Tbat certificates for
legislative expenses have been made
the cover for vast frauds, no man will
dispute. They are universally regarded
as the last culminating evidences of a
prevailing system of corruption, which
has disgraced our State aud offended
tbe nation. The State has already paid
on account of such claims, an aggre?
gate amount which, if I were nob fami?
liar with tbe faots, would pass the
bounds of belief.
Since the regular session of the Gen?
eral Assembly for 1870-71, tho Scale
had paid prior to the proseut session,
on uccou at of legislative expenses, tbe
vast sum of $1,661,000. According to
the registry already made by the Clerks
of the two Houses, tinder u recent re?
solution of the General Assembly,
there are still outstanding claims of
tbe classes embraced by tbo pruseut
Act to the umouut of $833.000, of
which amount over $5l)0,0iM) consists
of claims for legislative expenses, Is
there never to be an end to the pay?
ment of Buoh expenses? Is the fact
tbat suuh claims are outstanding to be
successfully pleaded in justification for
their p.iymeut, without regard to the
present ability of our people?
I speak, therefore, with accuracy as
well as with justice when I say that
these claims, as a whole, do not con?
stitute uu obligation which the Stute is
bound to recognize or liquidate until
her honest and valid indebtedness and
the annual expenses of her govern?
ment have been fully met. Certainly
they oaunot, with my consent, bo made
the oeoasiou of a levy of taxes iu addi?
tion to tho unprecedented umouut
already levied for tho present year.
But, if I could overlook all other
objections to the Act, there remains
one objection which would, under any
circumstances, forbid my approval of
tho Act. I mean tho character us a
whole of tho commission named in tho
Act. Upon tbis point I speak with
reluctance which all just men will ap?
preciate; but I am u public officer,
bound to discharge an imperative pub?
lic duty, and, while I speak with reluc?
tance, I must speak with perfect plain?
ness. Tho oommission named does
not, as a whole, command my confi?
dence for the work assigned to it. I
am equally confident it docs not, as a
whole, command tbo confidenoe of the
pnblio for that work. The duties re?
quired of the oommission demand the
highest oharaoter for intelligonoo,
: honor and inoorroptubility whioh tbe
State can fnrnieh. By no fault or
sgenoy of mine I am foroed to declare
that, in my judgment, the oommission
named in the Act does not meet tbat
demand. Tbe amounts involved are
too great, the frauds believed to be in
volved in the claims to be examined
are too wide-spead and pervading, the
temptations to oollnsion and bribery
are too powerful, to allow me to con?
sent to placing these duties in tho
hands of any man whose circumstances
and associations exoite the faintest
doubt of his inflexible determination
to stand as an insurmountable barrier
So the further advances of corruption
end frsud.> >?
The views now expressed compel me
to withhold my approval of the pre?
sent Aot. I should be blind if I had
not become fully aware that my action
will give, deep offence to many mem?
bers of the General Assembly. I re?
gret this, bnt I trust the lesson is
nearly learned by all that public duty
is my only master. It is not my nature
to aeek or,ej)jQj^o^fliaht>jraflrHiUllj.
witb tboBe witb wboo X have bad plea?
sant perionnl or political relations, bat
tbere is no Iosb or failure which I seri?
ously dread, except the fail ore to sue
my duty aud tbe loss of courage to do
it.
Thegqueslion, "Shall the House re
aonsider its action, and puss tbe Act,
the objections to bis Excellency the
Governor to tbe contrary notwith?
standing?" was debated until recess.
At tbe eveuiug session, the veto was
di-cussed, when a point .was raised,
that the "Claims Act" bad become a
law, because it bad not been returned
within the time prescribed?three
days. The Speaker rule*d that the
point was well token; but yielded to a
motion to refer tbe question to tbe
Judiciary Committee No other busi?
ness of consequence was transacted.
Members of the British Parliament
get no pay?but many of them pay
very heavily fur their seats. A par?
liamentary return, just issued, shows
the charges incurred by the successful
and defeated candidates at the late
general election. Among the dearest
scats are those for North Durham; tho
expenses of the two successful candi?
dates for this Couuty were ?17,001;
those of the unsuccessful candidates
were ?10,602. Thirty-two suooessful
candidates in seventeen districts paid
?116,650, an average of ?3,645 for a
seat; while their unsuccessful rivals
paid ?55,899, an average of ?1,803
each. In another group of districts
tbe losiug candidates p:ud more than
tbeir successful rivals?ten candidates,'
for eight districts, paying ?47,547, an
average of ?4,755 each; while tbe
seats were won by fifteen other gentle?
men at an aggregate cost of ?12,354,
or, ?2,823 each. The moat Costly
seats seem to be those of West York;
two losing candidates tbere paid ?10,
984; while the two successful ones got
the Beats for ?9,092. How many mem?
bers of Congress would pay 845,000
for their election, with the oertaiuty
that there would be no lobby agents
to hand around 81,000 notes for Pacific
Mail subsidy scheinen, or to till port?
folios with Elso or Credit Mobilier
stock? ' 1
United States District Court?
Charleston, March 16.?Judge Bryan
presiding. The registrar's report in
tho matter of Jas. B. Metts, bankrupt,
was confirmed, und the assignee, W.
B. Melts, was directed to accept 81,200
as a compromise of tbe claim against
J. M. Steele, administrator of Samuel
Steele. In thri petitions of A. Lips
combo and Gilbert Sarratt, creditors,
iu the matter of Obfldiah SarrHtt,
bankrupt, for tho setting aside of
homestead, it was ordered that the
assignment of homestead by the as?
signee bo set aside, and that tbe as?
signee sell nil tho real estate of the
bunk: apt described in the pleadings.
A meeting of the creditors of W. G.
Whildeu & Co, bankrupts, wan or?
dered to be held on tho 25th of March
iust. Tbo same day was set for a
meeting of the creditors of Cart, KoplT
& Jervoy, bankrupts.
A Tennessee gentleman, describing
a railway ride during the recent flood,
Bays that the cylinder, piston and con-1
uecting rods of the engine were all un?
der water. Tho engineer piled up
wood in the bottom of tbe tire box of
the locomotive and built a coal Qrc on
top, by means of which he was enabled
to keep up steam enough to get
through tho water; but they hud to
stop at the foot of the seconding grade
aud kindle a larger tire. From Steven?
son to Bass Station they passed in flat*
boats through water from three to
thirty feet deep. In some plaoos the
telegraph wires were on a level with
their shoulders as they sat in the boat.
Tho Teouessee River iu places was
twenty-five miles wide.
Don Piatt's Capital institutes an odi?
ous comparison: "LieutenantPearson,
U. S. ><'., risking his life in a gallant
exploit, is offered a trumper's decora?
tion by Queen Victoria. Congress de?
clines to allow him tbe barren honor
of accepting it. Mr. Fitob, Assistant
Engineer U. S. A., risking bis promo?
tion (over the left) in the gallant ex?
ploit of wooing and wedding Gen.
Sbermau's daughter, is (or his bride
is, whioh is worse) offered a deooration
the reverse of trumpery?value from
875,000 to 8250,000?by the Khedive
of Egypt. Congress concludes to al?
low him (her) to aooept it and d?n the
(Custom House) expense) Moral?
Consistency, thou art jewels."
On Thursday, a white man and two
colored men?all well-dressed?entered
a saloon on Broad street, not far from
the theatre, and the white man oalied
for three brandy oooktails. The in?
dustrious dispenser of spirituous com?
fort briskly compounded the fluids and
set before the negroes two glasses. "I
oalied for three glasses," said the white
man. "Yes," replied tbe bar-keeper,
i "I'm sorrv we oannot aooomodateyon,
bat ?e only sell to gentleme^.*?-';
cegroos grinned and imbibed,- ??d
then followed tbeir exasperated friend
I aud brother to the street.
I f Richmond Examiner.^^
Not long ago a oharming star* of
tbe roerripge of two regensr?ic? .vi*?-'
viuts in 'no Ohio State's priaoii went
tho rounds of the paper*. The Colunn
bus people bade them God Bpeed when
they were released from their sad con?
finement, and it was given oat that thr>y
wore to settle down and to be orna*
ments and blessings to and community.
The newly married oouple, ^however,
went on a wedding tour, whioh proved
to be a prolonged drunk, and* they
wore both oalaboosed for sixty dayo/
They are now grappling with remorse
instead of dallying with a honeymoon.
?Gayernnr nhsrnhsrlaln, faJi special
message to.tbe Gesfrel Assembly, s*j?
he has boon requested* by many citizens
in various parts of the Stale to call the
attention of the General Assembly to
the effect of a recent decision of the
Supremo Court of the State, by1 which
it is decided that working animals or
stook do not come within the. proper
meaning of the term "supplies," as
foond in Section 55, Chapter 120, of
the Revised Statutes.
Several lives were lost by the explo?
sion at the Austin powder mills at
Cleveland, Ohio, on the 16th instant.
The fire was still raging, and
and the wind is blowing it in the di?
rection of a magazine, where 800 tons
of powder are ntorod. 'A frightful ex?
plosion is momentarily expected. The
la?t explosion caused the infirmary
building and other buildings to rock
to their foundations.
Mr. Thos. Bronghtdn, a large stock
raiser, who residos at Fulton, in Cla?
rendon County, lost 500 head of hogs,
by the late tremendous freshet in Wa
teree River. A high knoll, in the
river swamp, whither he had taught
them to fly, on oooasions of high water,
was completely submerged, for the first
time in many years. .
The family of Theodore Moluskl, a
Polish 8boe-oaaker of Chicago, was
poisoned Sunday night,' mysteriously.
Mrs: Molnski and her daughter Con
stnnoe died on. Monday, at 8 o'clock,
and the other daughter is very ill.
Mo hi ski has been arrested on suspi?
cion.
An exchange eays: There is proba?
bly but ono woman connected with
Plymouth Church or the soindal
whom Beeober hasn't kissed?that's
Mrs. Beeoher. It was a narrow es-,
cape, for she, too, might have fallen
had she yielded to one of those
parozysmial kisses.
All the toolB of Workmen or other
implements of labor deposited with
the pawn brokers of Paris have been
redeemed and handed over to their
owners by the Duchess of Magenta
with the prooeeds of a charity festival
placed at her disposal.
Killed in a Minb.?A Mr. Mooney
was killod iu th<> mine at King's Moun?
tain, on the Air Line Railroad, on
Tuesday. His home is at Gold Hill,
Rowan County. N. C. He was in the
mine, when a quantity of rock fell in
upon him.
Were a negro to apply for admission
at Plymouth Church, nnder the clause
which says "theatres and all other
plsoes of amusement,'* could hebe re?
jected?
The late famine in Bengal, involv?
ing the Anglo-Indian Government in.
the responsibility of feeding the starv?
ing inhabitants, cost $32,500,000.
Tho Macon duel is "off," Mayor
HafT and Alderman Hodgkins having
amicably arranged things.
Somebody has stolen the Paris guil?
lotine. This was perverting its nse?
to cut stick with it.
A colored woman, named Leah Da?
vis, was killed by lightning, in Samter?
a few days ago.
Mr. S. F. Bradshaw, of Marion, died
last Week.
y"?' Funeral Invitation. J'
The friends and acquaintances of HUGH
F. saxon and W. J. Gainay and family
aro respectfully invited to attend the
funeral services of the formor, at the
Baptist Church, at 4} ' o'clock, THIS
I AFTERNOON.
' ->?? i i ' tt)i .
The friends and acquaintances, of Dr. A..
I Bylveeter and family aro respectfully in*
vtted to attend tlio funeral sorvlces cf
MRS. DR. SYLVESTER, artier roeide'nee,
corner Taylor and Bafnwcll Streets, THIS
AFTERNOON, at 4'o'clock. . ' itK '
Auction Sales.
Foreclosure oi Mortgage.
D. O. IMilXDTTO & SON, Auctioneers.
Ageea B. Talley ?s. Wra. H. LyBrand.?
Foreclosure of Mortgage.
PURSUANT to the powers of sale con?
tained in a mortgage from ffm. H.
LyBrand to Agnes B. Talley, dated August
1873, recorded in the office of Register of
Me.sue Conveyances llicbland County, Book
H, pages 625 and 626, I will sell, on the
FIRST MONDAY IN APRIL NEXT, before
. the Court House, in Columbia, S. 0., at 10
o'olook A. M., or as aoon thereafter as
practicable.
All that piece, paroel or LOT OF LAND,
Bituate, lying ana being in the city of Co?
lumbia, on the West side of Richardson
street, fronting thereon 26 feet, more or
less, and running back one hundred and
forty-nine feet four inches, more or lees:
boundod North by lot sold by executors of
Henry Daviu to W. K. Greenfield; Bast by
Richardson street; Booth by. lot sold by ex?
ecutors of Henry Davis to John B. Mela
tosh, and West by lot sold by "William H.
LyBrand to Lewis Baker.
Tarnte or Bajle?Cash; purchaser to pay
ror papers. . AG WEB ?? T ALLEY.
Mar 14_mth8
Union Council, Ho. 6, B. & B. M.
> TBE REGULAR CONVOCATION
kwiU be bald la Mesonia Hall," THIS
[(Thursday) EVENING, at S o'eloek.
-.JBy order of the T. I. Q. M.:
L>" JACOB BULZBAGHER,
Haroo ie^i Recorder?^
?ltioHAM EHBRELLA8 75o., SI, $1.50,
" $2. $8. .. '
ALPAO.V (flno) $8, SS.50. M, ?4.60, 85.
PARA30LB 85oY,-?Odi.'?to., $1, $1.50, $2,
BS"-? ?? vm. uiw ouiin>,
Buoh as patting iu New Handles, Ribs,
Braces and Ferrules. vVhy throw away
year Umbrella. 506. to $1 will put it in order
at tba?Mqr?bUA' FACTORY of BI?ELB
Mar 18 1 OHABLB8 W; 8TBIN.
Extra Fine Seed.
TT ThTTnirbanBQ?A3H, '
Mirblehead Champion BEAN;
UarbJabead Mammotb CUatN,
I HtqpeU'u Evergreen CORN, , .
Sir aale at HElNirsH'B DrugBtore.
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