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COLUMBIA, a 9. Thursday Morning, March 89, MdDKlIN LIBERALISM.-Mr, ThouUWS Carlylo shows no discrimination of power in his mental grasp, and many of the well known characteristics of his sledge? hammer style of writing, in the'short i sketches of, |*The early kings of Norway," whioh have been appearing in Fraacr's MagazUie. The has been brm?ht to a conclusion in the March number, and is capped by a blow at modem liberaliam, as presenting a strong con? trast between the hardy and manly virtues,'of these soa-kings, exerted in bringing human order, regulation, and real' government out of chaos, and the accursed looking temporary ending of order, regulation and government in "universal suffrage, with little possibility of any virtue," of the present epoch. Among these old populations, with all the violences, fightings and urimes which marked thorn, there was "one -saving element, the now want of which, especially the nnlamehted wnnt, trans? cends all lamentation." The)' lost not sight of the "quality and intrinsic value of things," Lliey kept in view always, what is now' largely out of view, the proper discrimination between worth und unworth in won. , "'My friends," says tho grim and stern old sage of Chelsea, in words which have the real Socratio sting in them to make them stick and- blister, "tho follies of modern liberalism, its rectangular beau titudes and spherical benevolences? theology of universal indulgence and jurisprudence which will hang no rogues?mean one and all of them in the root incapacity of discerning or refusal . to discorn worth and unworth in any? thing, and, least of oil, in man; whereas, nature and Heaven command you at your peril to discern worth from unworth in everything, end, most of all, in man. Your main problem is that ancient and ?. trite one, 'Who is best man?' and tho 'Totes forgive mnoh?foTgive the wildest, fiercest, crudest experiments?if fairly made for the determination of that Theft and blood guiltiness ore not plca ing in their sight, yet the favoring powers of the spiritual and material world will confirm to you your stolen goods, and their noblest voices applaud the lifting of your spear and rehearse the sculpture of your shield, if only your robbing and slaying have been in fair arbitrament of that question, 'Who is best man?' But if you refuse such in? quiry, and maintain' every man for his neighbor's match?if yon give vote to tho simple and liberty to the vile?the powers of those spiritual and material worlds in due time present you inevita? bly with the same problem, soluble now only Wrong side upwards; and your rob? bing and slaying must be done then to find out 'Who is worst man?' whioh in so wide an order of merit is indeed not cosy; but a complete Tammany ring and lowest circle in- the Inferno of Worst you are sure to find and to be governed A Cmzsk's Complaint.?A citizen of Laurens County, who pays taxes, as he says, for a government to secure and protect life and property, writes to us to complain that neither is safe in his im? mediate vicinity. He represents that stealing and killing hogs and:, breaking into smoke-houses arc forms of outrage' very common. It is almost impossibly to raise any hogs or keep any meat in the meat-houso. It is also useless for any person to try to protect himself, either by law or force. The thieving is principally done after dark, and, in some instances, by bands of men, and it is unsafe to go out to resist them. A widow woman of the advanced age of seventy years ventured out to try to save a hog, whioh she had in' a pen in her yard, and received a blow from whioh she will never recover. An attempt to prosecute is equally fruitless of any good* result It provokes burning of promises, and the juries aro also loth to convict for this particular offence. It is substantially not counteracted by any process available to the aggrieved citizen. Our corres? pondent asks whether it is possible, now that we have a Governor who is worthy tho respect of the people of the State, and of doing justice to all men, that wo can get more stringent laws passed con? cerning thefts and other popular crimes? As to that, we havo laws enough. The trouble is to get them observed and en? forced. There must bo a community whioh respects and responds to law, be? fore it can be efficacious. As onr corres? pondent is evidently a sufferer from depredations, and nnablo to get redress, and with but small means of making his injuries known, we give him the ad? vantage of a peonage in his letter whioh suggests the expedient of an appointment by the Governor of a, man from each township to protect property. He says: "Let every three school districts con? stitute one .protected 'district, and let it be the duty of the three men, when they have been notified that any property has been stolen, to take note of an 4 make search without regard to persons or pro? perty, 'and without warrant and. with authority to make arrest, and also con? sider it their duty to look after the wel? fare 0* their respective townships; and let such men receive a small amount of wages, nay otie dollar per day, and such wages tone paid, by tho protected dis? trict If.hack , m, law was passed, and men. of vigilance and good standing were appointed, the country wonld onoe more be got into a condition to prosper." Tnefnti^ Means, gained, ground enough in new Hampshire to be buried in. The Thick of the Tobjjado.?A cor? date ?f the ?2d, says: ? It* track was about rVte rndes South pi' Florence. Below McKenzie'* Mill, the destruction was fearful. Houses,-fences and trees were blown down, and some lives are reported lost. In the neigh? borhood of Hopewell' Ohnroh, it was singularly destructive. On. Mrs. Gods dch Gregg's place, most of tho buildings were levelod, the fences were blown away and two of the colored people are reported killed. Dr. E. Miller'* former residence was blown down and the large shudo ?rees around it twisted off or turned np by the root*. All the other buildings on Dr. Miller's place were blown uown. Every house on the plan? tation of A. W. Kosh, except the dwell? ing, was blown down, and the dwelling- - a very tine one?whs badly damaged. The gin-houso on Muj. K. G. Howard's plantation was blown down. Miles of fencing have been blown down, some of them borne away by the tornado. Hun? dreds of lnrge trees have been twisted off or blown up by the roots. A gentleman, who was caught in it and narrowly escaped with Iiis life, states thut rails, plank and branches of trees were borne through the air in wild confusion at a height of 100 to 300 feet The losses have been very severe, both in destruc? tion of property and interruption of the crops about to do planted. Dr. Miller's, Mrs. Gregg's and Mr. Rons' losses are about ?,500 to $2,000 each. It will bo impossible for some of tho sufferer* to procuro tho buildings, hands and stock necessary in making crops. The loss on thin account cannot be estimated, but as many of the most valuable plantations havo been visited, this will bo a more ruinous loss than that sustained in the buildings destroyed. The hurricane was accompanied by thunder and light? ning, hail and rain. Tho rain fell in torrents, and the washing of lands in many places is serious. The hnil varied from the size of buck-shot to that of grape-shot. It passed the North-eastern Railroad seven or eight miles below Florence. Its breadth about one mile and a quarter, tbrce-qunxters of a milo of its contre de? veloping its whole foroe, and demolish? ing everything in its way?houses, trees, &c. Wherever it passed through the woods, it either toro tbo trees up by their roots, or twisted them off in such u man? ner that not a single one remained stand? ing. On the outskirts of the cyclone, the'treos would merely tear up by their roots and fall with their heads towards the centre of the moving power. So for asT havo beard, but four persons were killed in this neighborhood, but many are injured. It approached with n fearful loud roar, like continuous claps of thun? der, and like a moving volcano throwing out lava, which were the limbs of the trees and the leaves of tbo woods; and when it passed a clearing, ono could sec large pines of eighteen to twenty-four inches in diameter tumble down like so many stalks of grain before a reaper. Oak leaves continued to drop from the skies for several hours after it had passed. On Saturday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, a fearful cloud gathered at the North-west of Orangeburg, and with appalling rapi? dity swef t towards that pluce. Hail and rain fell in great quantities. In some cases, tho hail was larger thtui a goose egg. The winds rose to a tornadoi and levelled fences, uprooted tho largest trees, and did other damage. The sky cleared for an hour, when a second Storni of still greater fury burst on us, abont 5 o'clock. So violent was the wind, that many were ready to flee from the houses. In tho yard of S. Glover, Esq., eight oaks were wrung off, and the bouse was moved about a foot Colonel Frederick's negro quarters were entirely destroyed. Nine negroes in a house that fell escaped in? jury. The tornado struck the house of a family named Bogard, and left it a wreck, killing a woman and mortally wounding a man and his wife. A subscription was taken up, by Mr. Boliver, for the relief of these unfortunate ones. Bedding has boon found a mile and more from the house* whence it was blown. Accounts from Marion arc to the same effect Destruction wherever the cyclone passed. It went into Horry in the Elliott settlement, still carrying destruction in its course. A large number of houses of colored people in the course of this dread? ful ktonn wore entirely demolished, and their scanty accommodations destroyed. Not a fragment of Nazarene, a Baptist church of tho colored people, near tho plantation of Mr. E. B. Owens, was left to mark its original site. Tho benches were carried forty or fifty yards and torn into splinters. It will bike 100 hands a week to clear tho public road from Gap way Church to Buck Swamp, a distance of about one mvlc and a quarter. This tornado entered, passed over and out of Horry County*, a distance of near forty miles, in about fifteen minutes. Thou? sands of property was destroyed, and many persons havo been left homeless and in n suffering condition. Without prompt and immediate assistanco, many farmers, whose plantations were swept over by this destructive wind, will not be able to moke a ciop. It becomes those who have not been subjected to this in? fliction to extend the hand of charity to their fellow-sufferers. Sumter had a touch of the oyclone, but the destruction to property was not very heavy, as far as beard from. accounts of the terrible fury of the torna? do or cyclone in different parts of Georgia. The people all along the route are destitute of everything. They have not a change of clothing, and nothing to eat, save what is given tbetn. Not a shelter, not even a tent Many families are huddled around fires in the roads, with not even a chair to sit down upon. They are in utter doanair. Never did the Furies do their wont more completely than did this storm. The picture pre. seated at the little railway village of Camalt", the intersection of the Georgia and Macon and Augusta Bailroads, was that pf all the rest Every house save one small store was blown down. The face of every person who i earns in actual contact with the oloud was blackened. Various persons tried to account for this. TBey said it was impossible for1 enough soot to be gathered along the track to do this, and ore of the opinion-that it was in the natura of its original elements. The storm oloud was cylindrical in shape, ran immediately along the* ground, was half a mile wido at the base, and half a mile high. In tho distance, and when papers contain lengthy approaching, it looked of black smoke arising on fire. As it approach iUumipated with a phoepht v.bilst in it, as one man ,? "there appeared to be a just struck." These ligh electricity. The horizon -i everywhere overcast with clouds. From these the R stood out as boldly as m|^_. picture from in* backgjounxtT' .-TT "tir& accompanied bv thunder. Tt Sniveled all of seventy miles per hour. This wan ascertained by comparing th?- time it passed through any given points apart. The roaring, appalling noise it produced was by the same causes that the noise of cannon balls are whilst dying through the air. It wa-> not mnr" than thr^e hours pan^int? over the *?nrlro Stat of Georgia. The killed and dying in Hull win | County ore known to be ten in number. The wounded will probably reach forty five. In crossing the river, the wind lifted the water up in a solid mass until it seemed a perfect wall of water. A tram of mules was standing at the depot. Two of them were blown IOO yards and killed. An incident can hero*be shown of the terrible force of the wind. A piece of lightwood timber was driven through a cedar telegraph pole. It was broken off and remains there still. I'p to yesterday, twenty-five persons wer?? buried in Glosseock County. Captain John T. Stovull, who was so liadly in? jured in Thomson, is dead. The kjlled. it is feared, will reach fully UK). An oc? cupant of the building says that Flam Baptist Church, in which about sixty persons wcro worshipping, was lifted from its foundations with the entire con? gregation, raised into the air and then hurled against the ground, a mass of in? definable logs, boards, doors, windows and people. A number were killed and tho rest wounded?some seriously. Tho house of Sirs.. Watson, in MrDuflie County, was in tho direct centre of the track. The storm approached within 100 yards, destroying every tree in its wake. There it jumped over her house and came again to the earth twenty-five steps the other side and re-commenced its work of demolition. The North Carolina papers also report great destruction of property in thai State from the cyclone. Exi'iTEMENT Ct RoMTKR. -A letter from Sumtor thus speaks of the r-cent tragic affair in that town: An unfortunate difficulty occurred last night, in which Butler Spears, colored, formerly u member of the Legislature, and now Chairman of the Board of County Commissioner*, was severely beaten by Joseph M. Skinner, white, a young lawyer of this place. Afterwards, Spears attacked Skinner with an iron plough-heel pin, when Skinner fired upon Spears, wounding hitn badly twice in the thigh. A crowd of excited negroes attempted to seifco Skinner, but he was safely lodged in the town guard house, and afterwnrds placed in the County jail. This morning Spears is improving, and expresses great sorrow for tho difficulty, and at his request Skinner was released. Tho cause of the difficulty was an at? tempt of Sheriff Tindall to introduce sooial equality at his house, between Spears and Bkmner. Growing out of the first affray, there was another fight be? tween Ned James, colored, and J. lletn bert Harvin, white, a youth of sixteen, which resulted in tue death of James by a stab with a pocket-knife in the hands of Harvin. Groat excitement prevailed among tho negroes last night, but owing to the judicious management of Acting Intendant J. W. Beardon, and tho cool? ness of the whites, a riot was avoided. In both affairs the colored men wcro in? toxicated, and the white men sober. Matters are now quiet. Harvin is in jail. John Mitchel died, as ho had lived, in active hostility to British rule in Ireland. The suddenness with which tho an? nouncement of his death has followed on the news of his second election to Parliament by the voters of Tipperary. gives it an almost startling dramatic in? terest; but we think thnt the general feel? ing will bo. that a useless conflict has thus been happily ended. Mitchel was an uneasy soul, a natural irreconcilable, with a great deal of vehemence, but very littlo judgment He has really never dono the national cause in Ireland any? thing but harm: and his election from Tipperary, while complimentary enough to nimseit', was a piece of illogical wrong headodness that could have produced no fruit but bitterness and strife. Ho has gone to his rest now, and that is the end of it His son, an ex-Con federate officer, will probably be chosen in his place. He will take his seat in the House of Com? mons, ami will never bo heard of any more. Tho truth is, tho time when mere agitation could accomplish anything for Ireland has gone by. It was tried once, as it never can bo again, by a really great man, and it failod. Tho "redress of Irish grievances," or tho independence of Ire hind, it may be, must be sought hereafter through calm and judicious statesman? ship, or not at all. Tub United States District Coubt, Chablestox, March 33.?Judge Bryan Jresiding. In the matter of Franklin . Moses, Jr., Thomas J. Harper, peti? tioner in the cause, not answering, and having abandoned the farther prosecu? tion or the case in this form, the injunc? tion continued to this date was dissolved by the Court. The report of Registrar Carpenter in the case of William Bavenel vs. Chas. H. West, assignee of James B> Pringle, was confirmed, and it was or? dered that the assignee, after advertise? ment, sell the property of J. B. Pringle at public auction for oash. On petition of John D. Singletary and Trie nan Eaddy, it was ordered that the assignee in the matter of W. N. O. Bogers, bankrupt, sell on sales-day in May next the real and personal estate of the bankrupt. Thn repot of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Now York, for 1874, presents some most interesting facts in relation to the operations of the common schools of that (Mate. The numb or of persons of legal school age in tho State Is 1*590,846. Of these, 1,224, 321 attended school some portion of the year. The aggregate attendance at the common schools was , 1,044,864. The average .daily attendance 615,226. Nearly 30,000 teach era are employed in the Aohoois, and their salaries amount to 17,600,000. ' The State school fund amounts to $2,884,634,84.. !' .. ,^^*?t?te Legislature. Ei ?-, /^0^^piffK^, Mar( h 21, H7~>. y^JejyffilitelTrtion proposing an aim nd ^S***&r*tBrahe Constitution was not cou uy3HWW|hePtHi to hills to cno iiiragi &M?f&BStfci%, and to punish persons Njrsuuutehtty -packing cotton, were con CUTrcd'to^d titles cnnnged to Acts. ? Messages were received from thuGo y?rnor, correcting u clerical error in an Act to regulate compensation of mem? bers of the Genend Assembly, and to fix tnile'ige of same: und disapproving an Act to incorporate the Georgetow n Build? ing and Loan Association. Roth of which wer?! concurred in. The official signature was placed upon the following Acts to amend an Act t<? provide for the administration of derelict estates: to pro? tect and encourage stock raising; to in? corporate South Carolina Mutual Insur? ance and Trust Company, of Columbia: Ui amend an Act to regulato election of Mayor and Aldermen of city of Charles? ton-.regulating manner of payment of all ?'Liims against the several Counties: to incorporate Raiirund Rolling Stock Ma? nufacturing Company,, of Port Royal; for relief of sureties upon official bonds of certain officers; authorizing County (.Commissioners of Itichlund to levy and collect special lax to pay past due in delifilness; to authorize and empower P. 0. Fludd to erect and maintain gate's across a certain lane in Darlington County: to incorporate German School Association, of Charleston: to procure si sit" for lazaretto on Morris' Island: to Authorize County Commissioners of Fairtiel.l to close a certain road: to am':u;l au Act to incorporate Kociutiea therein named. The President laid before the Senate a communication from Senator Dunn, in which he says: "Havingbeen elected to the office of Comptroller^!. nernl through the favor of the Genend Assembly, of the State of South Carolina, I have the honor of tendering you the resignation of my seat its Senator from Horry County, and at the same time expressing to you, ami through you to the members of the ho? norable body over which you preside, my profound thanks for the uniform kindness aiid courtesy which I have experienced at your and their hands, during the whole period I hove hail the honor of being as? sociated with you in the Semite." The resignation was accepted. Joint resolution providing for payment of certain moneys to the late County Commissioners of Darlington, received its third reading, passed and was ordered enrolled for ratification. Mr. Jones introduced a resolution, that for the purpose of defraying incidental expenses of the two Houses, the presiding officers are hereby authorized, after pay? ment of the appropriations for members, employees and contingent expenses of tho respective Houses, to draw pav cer? tificates, attested by the Clerks of tue two Houses, on any residue of the appropria? tion of $100.000 made for legislative ex? penses for the session of 1874-75. Bills to allow Jacob Cotton to erect two Sates across Garner's Ferry Road, in iichlnnd County: to amend an Act to provide for payment of the past indebt? edness of Georgetown County; to require County Treasurer of Picken* to attend sundry places in said County for collec? tion of taxes: joint resolution authorizing the State Treasurer to borrow a sufficient amount for tho payment of employees of tho General Assembly, received their third reading, and were ordered to tho House. An election was then held for a mem? ber of .the Commission on Sshnnl Text Books, and Senator Nash was chosen. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A bill to provide for appointment of Commissioner of Forfeited Lands was postponed until next session. lie-solving and enacting clauses of n joint resolution proposing an amend? ment to Article II, Section 12, of the Constitution, relative to the time of meet? ing of the General Assembly; bills to de? clare true intent and meaning of certain provisiona of "an Act to reduce volume of public debt, and provide for payment of siiine: to amend Sections 20, 22, 24 and 25, of Chapter LI, Title XII, of the Revised Statutes of tho State, relating to naval stores, were stricken out. A message was received from the Go? vernor, stating that ho had signed Acts to authorize Building and Loan Associa? tion of Spartonburg County to increase their capital stock; to provide for con? struction of a new jail in and for County of Fair field; to amftnl "An Act for tho relief of widows and orphans of persons killed because of their political opi? nions," npproved March 13, 1873; to re? peal "An Act to establish Charleston Charitable Association;" to amend "An Act to incorporate Limgley Manufactur? ing Company, of Edgefield County," ap? proved 180?; to repeal tin Act to renew and amend charter of toll bridge across .Savannah. River at Hamburg, approved February 22, 1873; relative to contracts for supplies for Executive Departments of State Government and for the General Assembly; to amend Sections 3 and 8 of "An Act to amend Chapter XLV, of Title XI, Part I, of Genend Statutes, relating to repairs of highways and bridges," ho far as same relates toOconeeand Pickcns Counties. Senate returned, with amendments, bill to require County Treasurer of Pick ens to attend at sundry places in said County for collection of taxes. Con? curred in and Aot ordered enrolled. Honato having refused to concur in amendments to an Aot to rednco all Acts and parts of Aots providing for assess? ment and taxation of property into one Aot, and to amend same; n bill to reduce oil Aots and parts of Acts in relation to County Commissioners, iuoir power? nnd duties, into one Act and to amend the H?mo; joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution, House receded and ordered them enrolled. Bill to withdraw certain undrawn ap Onations heretofore made, and to ly close certain obsolete account* on books of Comptroller-General -and * State Treasurer, was passed and ordered to Sonate. -r,: <???? - Bostonians of a thrifty turn aro open? ing their eyes wide over the published bill of expenses for the Sutuner memo? rial. George William Curtis was paid $1,000 for his supposed voluntary eulogy ?at the rate of $10 a tear. An abortionist in' New York recently killed an aocompUshed actress, in the practice of her profession upon Mrs. Anna J. Curtis. The murderess is in the : Tootnbs. Crrr Itkms.?To-morrow is Good Fri Cuvy. Look out for tho Old Folks' .Concert. The Legislatur* adjourns mm di", to? morrow, at 8 P. M. ; The weather wan decidedly cold, tcrday, with snowy indications. Look out for the Old Folks' Concert. Win forwarding subscriptions to the Phcknix and (ti.kankk. don't forget the postage. Tho best lot of mules brought to Co? lumbia binoo the war can be seen at tho stabhM of Messrs. K. Graham ?*. Co. Look out for the Old Fr?lla?* Concert. Col. H. T. Pcake, the prime mover to? wards the completion of the Lam-ens Railroad, is in the city. Look out for the Old Folks' Concert Mr. McKenzie has opened a lot of toothsome articles, which he desires the lovers of good things to sarcple. You can get all styles of job printing, from a visiting eard to a four-sheet post? er, at the Phosmix office. Prices satisfac? tory. New bonnets will have very high crowns this spriug, anil flare considera? bly high at the sides. Columbia girls, do you hear that? ?V hill passed the Senat??, yesterday, re? pealing the Act which makes it obligatory on insurance companies to make a depo? sit in the State Treasury as a security for policy-holders. An investment of may cause you to be the fortunate possessor of a con? venient house, a building lot, a pair of spanking horses, or a gold watch. The real estate distribution is the mode. M-ssr*. Orchr.nl .V Co. have taken pos? session of the?i- !>??.v quarters in the Southern Life Insurance Company's building, and Mr. (reo. Symmcrs is moving iiito his com >v. under the Openi Hons.-. The f*?/'?>?-HeraM is higb.lv indignant at the Legislature for electing Senator Dunn to the position of Comptroller Genend, and tires into that liody heavily. You can't have everything your own way always, Mr. U.-lf. The Christian Xciyhbor fnrnishes a co? lumn notice of the land distribution, for which the editor will accept our thanks. Of course, he is entitled to his opinion. We can assure him that tho affair will be honestly carried out. Again, the Christian Xcighljor is enti? tled to thanks for its gratuitous adver? tisement of tho real estate distribution. We will take pleasure in returning the favor when the endowment scheme is re? surrected, for tho next appearance of which we will keep a side rye. Madison Fcndergrass. James Abram Carter, James Coleman and Perry Hughes, eonvieted at March term, 187;?, of the Court of General Sessions in Ches? ter County, and sentenced to the peni? tentiary by his Honor Judge, Thomas J. Mackcy, were, admitted as prisoners, yesterday. A member of the Illinois Legislators has introduced a bill providing that "any person asking another to drink any intoxicating liquor shall be lined not less than $20 and not more than $100." This would be a bad bill for South Carolina. Who would set up lager for the boys, with a fine of e ven $20 staring him in the face? If correspondents would observe a few simple rules, many efforts might have a better destiny than the editor's waste basket. Always write briefly, write plainly, write truthfully, write on but one side of the paper, and when there is nothing of special interest to write about, don't write at all. For particulars relative to the real estate distribution, see advertisement in editorial columns of tho Christian Neigh? bor, of the 25th. Tickets can be obtained at Phoenix office, Indian Girl Cigar Storo, Columbia Hotel Cigar Store, Whoeler House, Snlzbaeher's California Cigar Store, and Sheridan's grocery store. ??Good Lord!" was the ejaculation of an interested individual, when the voto for Senator Dunn as Comptroller reached MO--and ho loft the hall. The municipal . ruler of a town near the sea-board can smoke freely and without cost, and : can also pay a few weeks' board, all at tho expense of a misguided ink-slinger, Do you want anything in the frujjt' oi vegetable line? then give Mrs. Huffman i i call. Among other articles received yes tcrday, were the following: /Apples oranges, bananas, lemons, oocoannts hard-head cabbage, carrots/ parsnips i and, last and best, Bologna and plaii ' ssnsages, hog-head cheese; pudding, etc ' The articles are all fresh/ I ? > An unoccupied shanty in the Vniver sity grounds was bprned down, las: night, about half-past 10 o'clock, ant i caused the np-town firemen to have i long run. As the, boys have been trying ? to knock it down for some time, and die not succeed, the supposition is that thej i tried the effects of fire, and succeeded ix 1 removing the unsightly object. Rev. (?) Sidi H. Browno, editor of th< Christian Neighbor, is not an agent for the sale of tickets in the real estate distribu? tion. Wo make this statement in justice to tho clerical gentleman, as many might suppose- ho had an interest in tho success of tho undertaking, by the gratuitous '1 advertisement in the editorial columns i of ita last i.mues. The name* of tho bona ?dc agents i>.re pueibihed else where. A large meeting, composed of tb - member*,.of the Msaftto and Indepen? dent St!*? F|re Fuginjp Companies and the'Phoihis Hook and Ladder Company, wan held at Palmetto Hall, last evening. Capt. Jolin McKenidc was called to the chair, and stated that the meeting had been called for the purpose of having a flremen's tournament, somo time in the month of May. The following citizens were appointed a committee to raise tho necessary funds: Capt. E. O'Neil, John C. Keegnrs, Esq., W. O. Childs. Esq., Henry Scott, Est]., W. IX. Cttthcort, Esq. Wo hope that the object may be success? fully carried out. ? ? ? i M.vsuFACTrROta Interests ok Coi.cii ni.v.- -A preliminary meeting of the cor-' porutors of the Congarec Manufacturing Company was held, last evening, at th* I office of Messrs. Seibels & Ezell. Thb question was considered whether it would be advisable to effect a temporary organ? ization in advance of the payment of sub? scriptions, as prescribed in the charter. The language of Section 8 is: ?This charter shall not go into eff ?ct until the amount of $100,000 shall be sub? scribed to the capital slock of said com? pany, and the one-fourth of said amount shall be actually paid in cash, which fiict shull be certified by the President of the said company to the Secretary of State, with a list of stockholders, and tho omcjunt paid in by each." Alter some conversation upon this point, engaged in by Messrs. Younians, llayne, Nash and Seibels, it was decided adjourn the meeting till 9.30 thU morning, at the same place, when, it is expected, an organization will be erfec'tod. ? ?, A DEMT.P.VEn Compliment.- -The New Orleans Pivajntne pays the following de? served compliment to our young friend and native Columbian, Peter J. Treze vant. The only point that detracts from the otherwise tasteful noHce is the fact that he is classed with the press gang. He has had some vicissitudes in life, but has never yet been brought down to the newspaper business: ?Yesterday evening, Mr. Peter J. Trezevant departed for his home in Shrevoport, after a sojourn of over two months in our city. Mr. Trezevant.s name has been familiarized to our ears by the prominent part which he played as Clerk of the Louisiana House of Rep? resentatives on the memorable 4th of January, and the address and ability with which he maintained his position, surrounded and beset as ho was. Since J that time lie has acted as clerk to the I Conservative caucus, faithfully devoting himself to the self-sacrificing duties of [ his office, und bestowing all his tima and labor to the depressing cause in which the representatives of the people have bo manfully struggled. Mr. Trezevont's courtly bearing and marked abilities gathered al^und him many estimabla friends, onA his popularity increased with each succeeding day of his resi? dence in the! oity. He was particularly appreciated by members of too press for continued kindness rendered." Sitri-.me Coirt Decxsisiox?Mabou 23, 187?.-Khnnedy G. Billings, exe cutor, respondent, vs. J. D. Perry et al.. appellants. ilotion dismissed. Opi- , nion by Moses, C. J. G.vlveston.?Cotton firm?middling | 151; low middling 15; good ordinary HJ ;' net receipts 708; exports Great Britain 825; coastwise888; sales858; stock59,371. List of New Advertisements. John McKenzie?French Bon-Bons. Ac L. N. Zcaly?Notice. H. & S. Beard?Auction. Acacia Lodge, No. 94, A- F. M. . New Goods at Shiver's Old Stand. John McKenzie?Cough Drops. Jacob Levin?Auction. J. H. Sawyer?Notice. C. F. C? Board Wanted. Hotel Arrivals, March 21. 1876.? Wheeler House?E. L. Davis, Worcester; Wm. T. Gary, Edgefield; Dr. S. Angle. Eugene B. Wiggins, N. C.; Wm. Dudley, Charleston; J. 0. Ford, Wisconsin; H. T. Ford, Pa.; W. Nelson Toler, Boston; F. S. Leonard, Mass.; John F. Jackson, N. Y.; A. Westheimer, Md.; F. B. Lloyd, W. E. Walker, J. F. Greon, Chester; Major H. B. Reese, U. 8. Army; J. B. Greens felder, Md,; T. N. Tolbert, Abbev?le; T, H. Cooke, GreenviUe; Douglas Hiss, Md.; C. H. Glidden, Charleston. Hendrix House?T. W. ErwvrC WhYr* Oak; J. F. B^oekJlugNftTZ,', Charleston; H?, Craps, Snprfmit; J. H. Brown, Winns boro; Hy S. Simpson, W. W. Simpson, Lauren:*; M. O. Teaadale, Pa.; Mrs. A. H. Wheeler, Conn.; J. K. Parkinson, Baltimore: J. B> Scott, Georgia; F. 0. TFoard. B. F. Williamson, A. A. William? son, N. C.; D. Counts, Lexington; M. T. Kelly, Pa,; C. W. Dudley, N. Y. Mansion House?W. J. Duffle, city; W. T. Butt, Ga.;W. Phillips, Florence; W. J. Herren, J. & Cathcart, A. Evans, Winnsboro; W. R Wheeler, J. H. Barn hart, U. 8. A;: J. S. Bowers, Newhcrry; W. J. Davis, Ridgeway. -Le^s--. ; Vast quantities of property ore being destroyed by tho war in Cuba. In Trini? dad twelvo estates, producing over 800, 000 hogsheads of sugar, have bean burned, and in Villa Clara and CienfUe gos more than 40,000 hogsheads of the same commodity have been lost' by in IS \^i^r^^J^d^a tion of property must ^>e aaaea tran m Sagua la Grande, consisting of twanty seven large sugar I states, and also the sugar warehouses at Sierra Moreno sand Carahutaa, numbering /over sixty vast structures, weU nlled with sugar waiting for transmission to Hatrana and other ports. These are some of the effeoa of a war waged by Spain to prevent Cuba from achieving its' separate nationality and independence. In the Cincinnati Republican Conven? tion, held on the 18th inst, f'Old" John Robinson, the well-known circus pro Srietor, was unanimously nominated Jttt layor. He ought to run well politically, sa he is accustomed to riding two horses && once.