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COLUMBIA, S.O. Tuesday Morning, April 18, 1975. The Winnsboro News After Prominent Citizens. The Winnsboro News, of Saturday lost,. shies at us the following inquiries: "The PntENix says that Mr. Southern was advised by 'prominent citizens' to accept the commissionership. "Will the Phoenix please inform us who were the prominent citizens advising this course, how many there were and whether they ore interested in ?scrip' or any other species of bonanza claims. What ren? ders these oitizens prominent? SVc aro asking these questions sincerely, with a desiro to bo answered, as we wish to ascertain npon what advice the advice of Mr. Southern, which we regard a bad mistake, was based." Wo should be pleased, if it wore in our power, to satisfy tho courteously-ex? pressed curiosity of our contemporary. But there aro difficulties in the way. Wo ask it to look at the local notice upon whioh [it bases its questions. It will peroeive that we do not Bay that Mr. S. was advised, &c.; but our language is: ?"We understand that Mr. S. has," Ac Now, the News knows what that means. It is a way of expressing what is con? stantly brought to a newspaper office. There ore other similar forms of expres? sion, such as, "we are requested to state, we learn, wo are adviaed," &c. In other words, it is on item of news or informa? tion, not amounting to an expression of ?opinion, which seeks publioity through tho columns of a newspaper, and gene? rally is viewed as of only transient im? portance. If it should affect the rights ?or trench upon the feelings of other parties, the journals which gave it circu? lation could justly bo held to accounta? bility. Then responsibility would at? tach and should be' recognized, and .?proper steps on tho part of those who take exceptions upon just : grounds should be responded to in a ?corresponding spirit The journal would -either have to shoulder it, or devolve the ? dutyiupon the shoulders where it might -liiTCo properly belong. This, of course, is not the present case. Our responsi? bility, as regards it, ip solely that of hav? ing been the medium through which a certain unimportant statement was made, and that is not much. And, considering the character of the statement, it is scarcely more upon the party who brought it to us. It was simply a fact which he had the right to state, and which hurt or injured no one else. The lost question?"What renders these citizens prominent?"?opens np a field of specu? lation and research upon which we aro tempted to enter. But we are compelled to desist In Tristram Shandy, we have an account of a man who visited tho pro? montory of noses, and supplied himself with one of the most exaggerated kind. We suppose he was prominent because of his astonishing proboscis. Aldermen of a oity government, from the effects of high living on turtle soup and the liko, seen in a certain protuberance of the abdomen, ore generally considered pro? minent A farmer is prominent sometimes because he raises huge turnips or big hogs. Merchants are prominent who put away large profits. The word politician who ?plits the ears of the groundlings, the actor who tears a passion to tatters, are sometimes complimented with the epi? thet prominent In fact, prominent men are not scarce, some for monoy, some from appetite and high living and some from peculiarities of mind, person, cha? racter and pursuit Some others aro prominent, but more rarely, from their virtues. Go to. Shall not a man have his friends, and may thoy not be promi? nent, witty, wise, genial or candid? No, not candid. For, sings a poet, "Of all tho ills, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save, oh, save me from a candid friend." The Tax Bill. ? Strange to say, several Radical jour? nals ohime in with Conservative com? plaints of the excessiveness and odium of the tax levy in the supply bill. They back up the suggestion made to the Go? vernor that he should veto it Tho day after it was passed we pointed out how heavily the weight of money oxaotion bore npon the slender resources of tho people, and how inexcusably high tho figures of taxation had been carried. We said what seems now to be more generally conceded 'that ."our reform is in vain, and all our talk about it but , little better than a pretense, as long as these heavy impositions weigh npon the property, olog the industry, ourb the energies and depress the spirits of the people." On the 2d instant, under the heading*of "The Odious Tax BUI," we expressed the desire "that the Go? vernor would put another of his stinging vetoes to if' Wo do not ?top to inquire the reasons, or to question the motives, but we hasten to express our satisfaction at receiving aid from this unexpected quarter. Should tho Governor, after weighing the , matter pro and eon., as is his duty, con? clude to Imarposo his voto, and throw the question of fixing the rate of taxation a year nearer to the time of holding the elections, when candidates like to assume tho robes of economy, and are ? forward to promiso reform, it will be a great ad? vantage for tho tax-pay era It will make taxation the prime question of the next ! sossion, and environ it by snob, circum? stances as should conduce to an unusu? ally favorable result. It will come up as matter upon which even Republicans; are divided, with the best and most in? telligent wing of that party on the right side at last The claims to be met by tho taxos will be thoroughly canvassed meanwhile, tho spirit of the people will be aroused, and they will demand that their money shall not be taken from them on such a mag? nificent scale. Our State- Government should bo a simplo, inexpensive affair. We have no nood of dukes and princes. Instead of near $2,000,000, $500,000 is ample for all honest and desirable pur? poses. We trust, sincerely, that tho question of paying this tax may be tided over till next session, when wc have no doubt it can bo curtailed and pruned, made lighter on tho people, more in ac cordanco with thoir means, and better confined in its disbursement to tho pro? per and necessary channels. Investigation Needed. The Union-Herald asserts that a claim for $250, which had passed both Houses of the Genoral Assembly at tho late ses? sion, had grown, through tho manipula? tion of the Clerks, to $2,250. It adds that this "raised" claim has been taken up and. canceled, and the original ono for $250 issued. It also states that while in its inflated state, it was offered on the streets for forty cents on tho dollar. In whoso favor was that claim? To whom was it offered at forty cents on the dollar? Who aro the parties? Is there any testi? mony in the cose? Tho same journal gives tho following bill as paid out of the Senate contingent fund: For rent of a house.$1,000 For groceries, etc. 386 Sole leather trunk. 45 Fine buggy harness. 60 Throe cords of wood. 18 Fine horse blanket. 11 Total.$1,520 It adds that the warrants were not issued in Senator Whittemore's name, but to tho Clerk of the Senate. Wo don't know that wo clearly understand what is here charged. Does the Union-Herald mean that the contingent fund of the Senate is usod to pay the rent, grocery bills and luxuries of the Senators? Does it mean and has it warrant for saying that this particular bill was paid for Whittemore? Wo should like to know exactly if that is the allega? tion, and if there is any proof. And if there is, then we say that the people ought not to stand such outrages any longer. Let this thing bo investigated to the bottom. It is somebody's business to do it without delay. In referring to tho elections in Con? necticut, the Philadelphia Times con? denses a great deal of timely truth in tho following comment: ? 'States aro regarded at Washington as the mere playthings of power. In the South they are food for bayonets?in the North they aro but fields for office? holders to swarm over and command obedience to tho personal ambition of their chief, and Connecticut had to bow to tho yoke or be broken on tho wheel. After tho recoil of New Hampshire, it was decided that Connecticut would swell the reaction, and the party was at once loaded with the third-term mania. Blaine, Hawley and others, who saw safety only in honesty, were hectored and bullied by the Administnvtion organs until they had to come to the front and apologize for the President. The result is defeat?disastrous, overwhelming de? feat, and a defeat in which even tho de? pendents of power have avenged them? selves by dragging Hawley down with them. There is line upon line again on the madness of the abject subsorviency of a great party to an ambition that is as insane as it is selfish, but no heed will be given even to this pointed admonition. Ingersoll's triumph is one of two things. It is tho death-knell of tho third-term pretensions, or it is the death-knell of Republicanism, and it may be both." There was a sad catastrophe near Au? gust, Go., on Saturday, by which Mr. Fred A. Maxwell and Miss Oorrinne Dunwoody lost their lives. It soems that the couple, with some of their young friends, were boating on- Burok's Mill Pond, when tho boat containing these two upset, and they were loft floundering in the water. Mr. Maxwell was a good swimmer and made a desperate nnd al? most successful effort to savo his fair companion, but the task was too great for his strength, and just before reacnimg the shorn thoy sank together to rise no more. Miss Dunwoody was a young lady of great beauty, and was universally be? loved. She was only sixteen years old and had not yet left school, and is the last child of a widowed mother. Mr. Fred Maxwell was only about twenty three years of age, and has been planting at his place near Augusta. He was a young man of high character and groat promise. Gen. B. S. Bipley, who has recently been brought eo prominently into notico through the Northern press by his letter to the Governor of Massachusetts re? turning the regimental oolors of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment, is the author of the severe oaatigation the Count of Paris received in.BUtckioood's Maqazineiov bis history,of the American civil war., , . ijewis B. Loye, the teamster at Bald ?in's Iron Works in PMUdelphin, who lied his;wife and out his own throat Wednesday night, died yesterday. He left a letter ohowing that ho had contem? plated the deed. Mrs. Narcissa Lowe, wife of Samuel J. Lowe, near Cross Hill, Laurens County, died very suddenly on tho 4th mat Pennsylvania has a ."Bepublioan" form of government and there* is just $1.70 iri her treasury. ' " The Mra-oovxBNMKNT in the South. ? The New York Herald, of iho 9th, prints the first of a series of letters on the con? dition of the Southern States from Mr. Nordhoff, well and favorably known, as an acourato and trustworthy" observer, and the author of soino admirable hooks, of travel, and wv s: The condition of the South is of vital importance to the North, and is at last generally felt to be so. We cannot at* tain a sound or lasting prosporitv-.while a great part of the Union suffera, from whatever cause. For a long time, it has been the fashion to assort that the South? ern disease was curable only by bayo? nets; but it begins to be suspected at last that the bayonet is not a good medi? cine, that force bills are not curative agents, and that, as Speaker Illaine wisely said in Washington, it is not the disease but the doctors that we ought to osaniine, and that it is not the illness but tho medicine that does the harm. Mr. Nordhoff s account of the plundering of Arkansas is cortainlv astounding. It is impossible, and wo hope always will bo so, that any part of the American peoplo should rest contentedly under the rule of public plunderers so bold and bo merciless as thoae in Arkansas appear to have been. Tho ?public, has here a statement of facts not generally known before, which put even the nets of the Tweed rinfj in tho shade. It is not a ploasant thing to remember that tho President's power was put forth energetically to sustain the men who were engaged in this act of spoliation. It will bo seen that in his next letter our correspondent promises to show by what means theso men preserved their as? cendancy during six long years. The country needs to know the truth about tho South, and wo have instructed our correspondent to tell it fearlessly. If anywhere in tho South there is lawless? ness, violence, interference with the rights of black men or white, ho is in? structed to point it out. If anywhere, as in Arkansas, bad men have mis-go? verned, robbed and oppressed, wo de? mand to know that It is not to bo tolerated that anywhere in the country, citizens, white or black, shall be de? prived of their just rights. The South? ern people should know that the North wants only justice; but it will have that at all hazards. It is the duty of all Southern men, their most important duty, to put down with a stern hand, and by all lawful moans, every attempt at oppression or injustice and to maintain the peace in their States. If they cannot or will not do that, then the North will require that the Federal power shall do it for thorn. On the other hand, we assure them that now, far more than ever before, the ej-es of the North are fixed on the abuses practiced in Southern States by the agents of recon? struction, and nothing is more certain than that tho North wiU insist hereafter that these abuses shall bo remedied; that plunderers shall not have tho support or countenance of the Federal power; and that mol-administration, so far as the Federal agents are concerned, shall cease. But all must be done in a peaceable man? ner. Wo must adhere to lawful methods. Violence and lawlessness cannot be tole? rated, even to remedy the gravest abuses. The peaceable and orderly attitndo of Now Orleans, under tho acts of last win tor, did moro to make tho peoplo of tho North feel kindly toward the South, and to direot their attention to the abuses in the Southern States, than anything that has happened since 1861. " We urge, earnestly, upon all Southern citizens thoir solemn duty to preserve the peace, and to prove to the nation, by patience under abuses and mal-administration, by preserving order and restraining and putting down violence, that they are, as wo believe them to bo, capable of Helf govcrnment, and fit to be trusted with its grave duties. Senor Castolar must have had a vision of Fernando Po when he resigned his Sirofessorshin in the University of dadrid, upon the publication of tho educational decrees re-establishing the ob? noxious text books of the reign of Isa? bella. Castellar was more sensible than Prof. Finer, who, for petitioning against tho decrees, has been shipped to a stupid and miasmatic penal colony. Piner should have resigned, and, like Castellar, have betaken himself to foreign lands until some new revolution will give him a chance to live in his own country. The liberal world pities poor Piner, for Fernando Po is a most execrable place. It is an island twenty-five miles from tho Wost coast of Africa, forty-four miles long and twenty miles broad, running up into a peak 10,050 feet high. It was discovered by tho Portuguese in 1171, ceded to Spain in 1778, seized by the British in 1827, who were, driven away by tho deadly fevers in 1834, after which Spain occupied it and made it a penal colony, where death is certain. The island is swarming with monkeys and rats, with whoso gambols Professor Piner must find his amusement. But the Bourbons will continue their play for crowns in Spain. Lxhchino a Minister roa PaEAcniso Hell.?Aman died, recently, at Sutter Crook, who had never adhered to any particular belief in any specified system of religion, but who bore reputation of being a liberal, kind-hearted man and good citi/en. A minister was requested to conduct the funeral service, and the good man, during his discourse, said in effect that the deceased had not tho least ohance of salvation, but had made a bee line to the hot plaoe. Those who heard him were indignant, and that evening a Earty of men went to the minister's ouso, droggod him out of bod, put a rope around his neck, declaring they I would hang him. He begged hard for life, and finally retracted tho aspersions he had oast upon tho deceased, and pro? mised to leave the plaoe at once. He was then roleasod, and next day he packed up his effects and left lAUa California*. ? The lost letter ever written by General "StonowoU". Jackson Is in the possession of tha Southern Historical So*?-?/. Ii was addressed to Gen. Lee, under date of May 2, 1863, and reads as follows: "General?The enemy has made a stand at Chancellor's, which is about two miles from Chanoellorsville. I hope as soon as practicablo , to ottaok. I trust that an ever-kind Providence will bless us with success," The latest Daubury.news?383 Demo oratio majority. *? Tni: Death of Aii-lu-te?The Ckinxsz SucozaaioN. ? A cable despatch from Sbjahghai, China, announces the death of Ah-lu-io, widow of the late Emperor Tung-che, who died of small-pox a few months ago. It will be remembered that it-was erroneously stated shortly after the domiso of tho youthful Emperor that Ah-lu-to had committed suicide, and ru? mors were rife that it was just possible that as she was about to become a mother, her career had been in reality cut short designedly by the political managers of the imperial household to prevent the accession of a possible pos? thumous heir of Tung-ohe. Her death even now may revive these rumors, al? though a new Emperor had already been proclaimed and formally invested with his dignities. At the death of Tung-che the Chinese political situation was com? plicated by tue respective pretensions to the throne in behalf of the son of Prince Tung, aged six years, and the infant son of Prince Rung; and as tho case all around began to look rather mixed, a couple of clever ladies, known as the "Em per esses Dowager," took the matter in hand and settled it. One of these ladies is the widow of the predecessor and father of Tung-che, the lato Emperor Hien-Fnng; the other was a concubine of that monarch and mother of Tung-che. It may, perhaps, be deemed unnecessary to sayUhat the names of these distin? guished ladies are respectively, Ts'zc-An Twan-yu-K'ang-Iv'ing and Ts'/.e-IIi Twa-yu-K'ang-I. Hut history must be written, and history without names would be the history of nobody. These eminent females, perceiving that it would be impolitic to wait for Ab-lu-te's baby, which after all might be a girl, and look? ing with disfavor upon the pretensions of the young hojiefuls, Tung and Yung, selected for ;he position T'sai-Tien, a son of the sister of Is'ze-IIi-Twan-Yu-K'ang-I and PrineeChun. generally known as the "Seventh Prince." T'sai-Tien is between three and four vears of age, and be has ascended the "dragon throne" of China as the son of Hien-Fung?not as the son of his own father, the customs of China requiring that each Emperor shall, by a pious fraud, if necessary, be regarded and treated as the son of some one of his predecessors, so as to preserve the impe? rial line in an ostensibly unbroken suc? cession. The death of Ah-lu-tc may silence forever anv claims which might arise on her behaif, but the respective partisans of the Princes Tung and Kung are, no doubt, still in n ?t?te of ambi? tious disquiet, and may yet give the Dowager?Empresscs and their monarch in the nursery some trouble. Uisuor Pierce.?.?? letter from this venerable servant of the Lord says: Thursday Morninu, March 25.?My ninety-first birthday was celebrated, yes? terday, at Sunshine, by a family re-union of forty loving hearts?twenty-one great grand-ehildren. Of course, it was a lively time, but sweetly so ?there was nothing but gushing, joyous life. Of our sumptuous dinner, for obvious rea? sons, I will not speak. But of two ele? gantly embossed cakes, with appropriate memorial inscriptions in raised letters of icing?one from Sparta, Oa, and tho other from Louisville, Ky.?I must say, and so said our lady guests, they would have been among the most conspicuous at a royal feast At the anniversary of the ninety-first birth-day of a worn-down itinerant Methodist preacher, they com? manded more distinguished respect, and we all remembered the donors with grateful thanks. To see about eighteen great-grand-children, from twelve years of age down to three, seated with whetted appetites at the second table of such a> dinner, is a sight which I hope God will ropeat to my children and my children's children. Never was any occasion of the I kind more richly enjoyed. Its most me ! morable feature was the baptism by my? self of one grand-child and one great grand-child. And now, beloved friends, I want you that are praying for my years to be many more, not to ask life for me, beyond ability to do some good. I am trying to leave the question of living or dying en? tirely with my Heavenly Father; and yet I would have all my brethren to join me in tho prayer that, if according to the will of God, my ninety-second birthday 1uav be spent in heaven. Farewell. L. PIEKCE. A Sad Fate.?Mr* Pauline Koohlcr pleaded guilty to grand larceny iu the General Sessions, at New York, on the 8th. She was without counsel, and ac? cepted her sentence of five years' impri? sonment without a murmur. Mrs. Koehler is the only daughter of William Christian Hinder, of Wurtemburg, whose conver? sion from Lutheranism to Catholicism was a sensation twenty years ago. He is the son of a Protestant clergyman, and was educated for the ministry. His tastes inclined him to literature, and he achieved such a reputation from philosophical and historical writings, that Prince Metter? nich made him Professor of Political Economy in the University of Vienna. He marriod into a noble family, and the prisoner sentenced on the 8th was reared in luxury and thoroughly educated. Her mother died when tho daughter was eighteen years old. Within four months her father married a servant, and the daughter was so illy treated by her step? mother, that sho journeyed to New York. She supported herself until married to Frodonok Koehlor, a Prussian officer, whoso course in tho revolution of 1840 drove- him from his country. Koehler, tho prisonor says, was a shiftless follow, who allowed her to support him. Thoy had six children, and all savo one died in infancy. In 1873 her husband and child disappeared. A few months ago sho was informed that her grand-aunt in Germany had left her a legacy, and it was her desire to raise money to obtain this legacy that tempted hor to steal. Municipal Elections.?Tho following came off Icjtt week, in Piokens County: Central?Intendant, V7. H. Hester; Wardens, James H. Games, W. L. Davis, B. G. Gaines, G. W. Borroughs. Easley ?Intendant, Thos. W. Kussel); Wardens, j. R. Glazoner. W. M. Ford, Nelson Hol oombe and Captain Bolt Pickens 0. H. ?Intendant?Prof. J. H Carlisle; Ward? ens, I. H. Philpot, B. F. Lesley, W. M. Hagood, W. II. Ash mo re. Bents are lower in Pitholo Pennsylva? nia. Where, a few years ago 15,000 people used to slap their patriotic bo soms and exclaim, "I am a citizon of Pi thole,'1 only fifteen families and the tax collector aro now to be seen. Cm-Items.?Subscribe for tho PHonrrx and then invest a V in tho real estate dis? tribution. Reserved seats for Morris' Mintstrels can be obtained at Parker's Hall. The moon was billed for last night, and put in an appearance. Kcal hair braids, one dollar and up? wards, at Jones, Davis ?fc Bouknights*. A frisky little snako, four or five inches long, wiggled through a pipe in Dr. W. C. Fisher's yai d on Sunday. The sale of dictionaries looks up bravely since t^c spelling tournaments began. The place to buy ladies', gents' and children's fine shoes is at Jones, Davis <fc Bouknights'. Miss Anna E. Dickinson delivers her celebrated address on Joan of Arc, this evening, in the Opera House. It has rained almost incessantly during the post three days, causing fears of an? other tlood. Tho great subject of discussion now is tho firemen's tournament, which comes off on the Gth of next month. Mattings at twenty-five cents, hemp carpets only twenty cents, at Jones, | Davis & Bouknights'. The firemen are nightly engaged in practice, and will soon make themselves so perfect that they will make diffioult competitors. J You can get all styles of job printing, from a visiting card to a four-sheet post? er, at the Phqimix office. Prices satisfac? tory. The tournament of the colored fire companies comes oft' on tho 11th May, and not on the 3d, as heretofore an? nounced. Another of thoso large glasses for the windows of tho stores under the Opera House was broken accidentally, yester? day, by the workmen. A child was made seriously ill, yester? day, by eating some of tho cheap candy sold at many of the stores. Pure sugar, or none, should be the rule. Real hair switches and pompadoro braids, twenty per cent below regular prices, at Jones, Davis & Bouknights'. j The soda founts have commenced to spout, and Mr. McKenzie or Dr. Fishor j will supply thirst}* customers with choice syrups. j A bargain can be obtained in the pur? chase of a fount of second-hand bour? geois or minion, with the necessary cases, at tho Pucenlx office. Tho ladies will have an opportunity of inspecting a handsome supply of milli? nery and fancy goodB, at the store of Mr. J. H. Kinard, this morning. Money was sold at the lust meeting of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Building and Loan Association at 3 per cent.? oheapor than it has yet been sold by the association. Captain Dunn, treasurer, reports that the gross receipts of tho orphans' fair was something over $500, and the net $140?a capital lift for the little unfor tnnatcs. j Dr. E. E. Jackson is not only increas? ing his facilities for putting up prescrip? tions, but also his barometrical and ther mometrical experiments, having secured improved implements. It is a pitty that some arrangements cannot bo made by which the lumbering steamers can bo transported to fires by horse power. They are very effective when they once reach the scene of a con llagration, but it is a terrible job to get them there. A burning feather bed, in a house in the lowor part of the city, about half-past 1 o'clock on Sunday last, caused a fire alarm and a general turn-out of the fire? men, notwithstanding the heavy rain. The only injury was to the men and ma? chines. Some great bargains in laeo pointH, opening this day, at Jones, Davis. A Bouknights'. ? We refer our friends of the Winnsboro Actes to the Pucssix, of the 28th March, for an article on **the mountain of taxes," in which they will find the items all spe? cified, the amount of each particular tax, and the object to which it is to bo op plied. In the number of tho 31st March, they will find the artiole itself in full. We would send copies with pleasure, but have none remaining. Riotous.?Yesterday afternoon, a party of intoxicated soldiers, while' misbehav? ing on tho street, wore warned by Police? man Henry Davis to desist, when they became more turbulent, and even as? saulted him. The polioeman, while on his way to the garrison guard [house, to havo the soldiers taken up by their own guard, was suddenly knocked down by one of them, when three or four more joined in the attack. After striking and kicking Davis for some time, a colored man came to the lattor's assistance with an axe helve, and dealt a few effeo?ve blows.. Just nt this time, the garrison guard appeared on the scene, (corner Main and Green tit roots,) when the sol? diers fled, hotly pursued by Policeman Davis, who immediately recovered from his beating. The chase was lively, and was joined in by two other polioeman and a crowd .of men and boys. One of tho soldiers was captured, and taken to tho calaboose, to meditate upon th? ovil effects of interfering with the' oinoers of the law in the proper' diacknrgo of their duty. ! A check bought at Nowberry on Charles? ton, and made payable to Capt 8. Ii. Leaphart, of this city, for $390/60, was spirited away from the mails in January lost, and the Captain's name being forged upon it, the check was paid at the Booth Carolina Bank and Trust Company, in this city. The parties implicated, it is believed, hove been "spotted," and will be brought up with a short turn. Not So.?An exchange says: *'We wish to correct an erroneous im Sression concerning Anna Dickinson, [any of our citizens presume she talks about "women's riirhts" and "men's rights," and such, one does not. Anna Dickinson does not belong to that school. Hor subjects, appeal to the intelligent mass. She aims to instruct as well as entertain. Irrespective of her historical portraitures, she speaks upon vital ques? tions?questions of the hour, and espe? cially upon a theme which is bound to awaken the deepest interest and sympathy of the Southern people." Hotel Ajiuivals, April 12.?Wheeler House?P. R. Haseltine and wife, Mrs. Chapman, Mass.; J. Wehe, N. Y.; W. M. Conners, Lancaster; J. T. Hastings, N. Y.; J. Kerr, Pa.; P. Duffle, Charleston; W. C. Fisher, J. W. McGuin, city; W. 8. Turner, Go.; J. T. Edson, N. Y.; P. H. Hampton, Ga.; E. S. J. Hayes, Lexing? ton; W. R. Kline, N. C; A. S. Douglass, Winnsboro; V. S. Jordan, T. H. Clarke, Camden; L. Dibble, Orangeburg; Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Led gar, child ana maid, Mrs. Rhinelander, Miss L. Rhinelander, C. E. Rhinelander, Mrs. J. Watson and maid, J. J. Vail, N. Y,; P. M. Cohen and i wife, S. C. Columbut Hotel?T. M. Emerson, city; John F. Roberts, Charleston; Francis C. Devlin, New York; G. M. Martin, Louis? ville; Ravlord B. Love, Hickory Grove; T. S. Clarkson, C, C. & A. R. R.; W. J. McDowell, S. Sc ?. R. R.; W. D. Boozer, Newborry. Mansion House?Daniel Ligon, C. T. Ligon, J. P. Beard, J. W. McDevitt, city; J. W. Biggs, Winnsboro; Geo. T. Reed, Cokesbury; N. W. Trump, city. Hendrix House?J. R. Rex, Baltimore; E. P. Swayne, Pa.'; R. W. Steele, Ga.; F. C. Foard, N. C.; T. A. Shorard, Miss.; J. Morrison, Hard Scrabble; W. Etheredge, J. G. Etheredge, Leesville; J. F. Glymph, J. lt. Crookes, Newberry; EL R. Flanagan, Fairfield; W. A. J. Boss, Doko; D. L. Glenn, Alston. List of Nkw Advertisehxnts. J. H. Kinard?Grand Opening. Meeting Riehland Rifle Club. H. A S. Beard?Foreclosure. ? D. C. Peixotto <?b Son?Foreclosure. C. J. Lauroy?Auction. Board for Lady and Gentlemen. People who do not like caste should go to Barman. The only distinction in that country between the people is, that the rich all ride on elephants and the poor walk. They also burn their dead, kiss each other's noses, and instead of saying "Good morning," ask, "Have yon eaten your rice?" All murderers are promptly punished by crucifixion, the carcass "of the wretch being left to rot Murder is not vory frequent in Burmah. England has long governed India, but no English sovereign has ever shown his. royal ta z e in that great empire, with its teeming millions. It is said that the Prince of Wales is now projecting a visit ! to that distant region; that he will start - in November, and will be accompanied by Sir Bartlet Frere. He will, no doubt, make a progress through the kingdom and meet his future subjects face to face. An Indianapolis detective, being sworn, deposes and says: "Pearl chinned me to fake this house-worked; this was not at the Sheenys. He told me to cheese it on tho Sheenys, as he had given him away. I then asked him what kick up he and the Sheeny hod, as my mcb had split on me and left me without a finneff." What a great California poet that man would be if he bed a chance. The fancy prices for real .estate is New York seem to have reached "hard pan," if we may judge from the sale of boule? vard lots, near the Central Park, which have just brought one-half the price, for which they were sold fonr years ago. There appears to be a decline in price of nearly everything in that city but per diem hotel rates. The father of Count Henry induced Mile. Diana to cast the Count off, just as the ctory is. told in the Dame a'ux Corne? lias. Count Henry bowed to his fate. Then Diana called on the father for the '200,000 francs promised her, and learned to her astonishment that there was no father, and that she had been victimized by an old rogue, who had stolen her dia- j monds. A Royal Base.?Belgium has been made happy by the birth of a royal babe, the Princess Marie, wife of the Count of Flanders, having given birth to a son. We hope the people who are destined to supply the youngster with pap are quite pleased. Princes are ornamental, but they are very expensive. The College of William and Hary, in Virginia, whioh was burned during the war by Federal troops, having in vain . appealed to Congnisa for aid, It is now proposed to raise a fund to rebuild Ibis ancient institution, of whioh Jefferson wan a graduate. ? British law believes in "propputy." Many houses were Tendered uninhabita-, Moby the great explosion to J|egB*fc.v Park, London, last year, but the judges decide that the tenants, though thus put out of doors, muss pay ih? rent? all' the same. . J. T. Pnrlong, 1 a I New Haven, Conn., hat merchant, committed suioido on Tuesday. It is said he had been betting heavily on candidates on the Republican - side in the present election, and, of course, lost. <k. i Arohbinhop Ledochowaky, whom Bia marok Imprisoned for violating his eoolesta6*neal l*ws, was preoonized with tho other Cardinals recently appointed. Hanging is onco more becoming fashionable. Four murderers paid the death penalty in different parts of the country on Friday' last The Czar of Busala has the toothache like the rest of us, and he uses almost the some emphatic expressions. Go and bay a cow right sway. A Wisoonsin cow came home, the other ' night, with a bog of gold on her horn.