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TJOErjMBIA,S.C. Friday Morning, April 23, The Parker Case. As mentioned in our issue, yesterday morning, the legal proceedings (hiider which Niles G. Parker, ex-"^eaSi|rerv_.pf the State of South Carolina, was arrested and is imprisoned in default of bail, was instituted by Messrs. D. H. Chamber laauj Ti ITi Pttutt ff~ w. Melton, w b. Noah and , Paris, Bimkins, as Commis? sioners of the 'Sinking Fund, alleging egMMSt?Farker th*?- embezzlement and MgelAo^stint of ~S28.100. in the ttir' relief, they refer h> the Act of the j General, j Assembly, Maroh 1J l?f?, to provide for the Sinking Fund, 'they Btate that the Commissioners were ^ttder It directed to sell such real and ; personal property, /assets and off ecu be? longing to the State as were not 4n actual use, ahd 'that tiro revenues thenco de? rived'were to be by it applied to the ex n\eU^the- public <rel? bf m v es ting the same in the public securities of the S^tbat.^^ gnjc^as the Treasurer of the Sinking Fund on May. 2$, 187, pA that OP .that day Parker iXrn^ ^easna-er*! the State; thet-Oh that dato ah* *? wo? in the fchnds of Go tick funds ?wnfolj bad beeti collected by the Com miasloners^'^el^ and that on that date he delivered to Parker. the sum of $28,100. They furtber clinched the matter by say? ing ^ to defendant (Parker) did not, as agent of the Sinking Fund or other ? w^% jusq the.ssid sura- of money for the purpose of extinguishing the public debt, *by (investing the same in the public securities of the -State, but embesaled and fraudulently misapplied the said 'money, contrary to the provisions,,Ac. Hon. T. C. Dunn makes affidavit as fol? lows: ? Vhata BulBcient cause of action exists Ih <mvor of the plaintiffs, as "the Com / ?mhuumtersof the Sinking Fund," against Ike defendant Niles G. 'Parker, and the grounds of which appear, by the sworn complaint hvthis action, hereto'annexed; all Ate Statement? concerned in which are true to^jk^knowledge of this depo? nent, except tSoso therein stated on in cial Joint Committee of the General As? sembly of thej State of South Carolina, appointed pursuant to a concurrent re? solution .passed 23d February, 1873, "for the purpose of investigating the sale of certain property in the cities of Charles? ton mid Columbia, made by the Sinking ?mTcoanWssion; also the stocks anS bonds said,-*? ^ayjboeti, -old by said Commission,*' of which said committee thiiideponent wa?a member. And this deponent further says that, from Infmaantlon desired from the ex? amination. OjC, witnesses -before said com? mittee, he is informed and believes that, on 29th day of liay. A. D. 1872. W. B. GuUck, as:Treasurer of the Commission? ed^ tbaJBdnlnns Fund, badinfciahands toe Bntte of South Carolina, in accord? ance with the provisions of law, proceeds of the Sale of the property of the State; that upon the order of J. L. Neagle, the Comptroller-General, Y. J. P. Owens, rbj the Senkte, and of W. J. vhip lea Cbarhnkri of the Committee of i and Moan* of the House of Repre? sentatives of the said State, and said parties constituting ,a, majority of the Board of the Commissioners of the Sink hog Fund; the said V? B. Guliok, Trea? surer, as aforesaid, sold the bonds in his hands and- transferred to the defendant, N. G. Parker, then Slate Treasurer, on the 29th May, 1872, the sum of $28400, and that the defendant, N. G. Parken thereupon embezzled and fraudulently misapplied the said moneys. vJRP?t^"W engage^in.tbo<nu?on the; Bide, of the plaintiffs, are Samuel AY. Wingata, Esq.. and Jamas If. Rion. Eec., mod jv.tmi (? i tr<+ e> ? ? M? Ps/*sf? Charged with Another Gigantic ' Kffeb ?. Parker, who is already in jail r.pon failure to answer tha complaint of the Cvmmiastonera of the Sinking Fund Comm'uwion, for embezzling public id in default of bail, was, yes baB again in the sum of a now and more flagrant , action' is brought in the name of the State by the' Attorney-Gene? ral? who, in .this more important ease, as in the other, is very offloiently seconded ahn" asttsted by James H. Rion, Esq., of ^innsb^ro, ?lShe SiMe alleges, and wiU i\qdj*rtake to profo, that during the years WtWQ and1871, Pusher, then Treasurer, am?^.-cotrtxms that he paid on valid bonds/left' 3*6?,000 of them unoanceled. That Jlyhipaid therxi, but did xtbtonncel them. They were thus preserved, in ordeti^b*?i^<?teaimd paid again at the Treasury. He then cut off from the convsrsidn bonds in his, oftce, which hsA-hot been signed by the Governor mutasad at that time, 4p?ee coupons thttpCMft rsbhjired no other authentica ti^tfVyVb*. the look of being, all right: ? Of this kind of coupon*, he sub ['?400,000' in 1 amount, for'the as.wf^ssidj h> bad, taken good aan?not, I I sssesii i?hast he paid mm These IsM* ant* made their appearance at the Treasury'and been taken up. Nearly aR of these vu^'couijohs thus paid but' ones, (within ft few thousand,)hove been funded during the present year. The State has lost by the j operation, unless thing can, in some way, be undone, ',000. Parker is ntrw required to give ?,000 bail,'a margin of $25,000 more the amount which the?tateiias jjoBt m in tbjb transaction. He has, 'no doubt, had accomplices in it, and|it will be the best atonement he can make to the plundered people of tho State, to f bring these accomplices in for their share I of the punishment and disgrace which \ have overtaken himself. The Lkxjngton Centennial-Gov. Chauibeiuuii was present at the Lexing? ton Centennial, and to the toast "The j State'of South Carolina," etc., responded | j as follows!" To stand upon the spot where our fa? thers gave the lost test of their devotion to civil freedom, is a high and sacred Erivilege. If our hearts respond to the ighest influences which human example and endeavor can afford; if personal gratitude for blessings secured; if honor ior self-forgetting, single-eyed fidelity to duty? if ?n -'sense of the far-reaching, limitless consequences which are some? times wrapped up in the actions of a few men; if any or all of these considerations have power to affect us, this placo and this day must call up the tenderest and proudest emotions. Such emotions are strong attd deep to be expressed in rfls.arhe' full lnsptration- of fhis oc? casion must be felt in the heart The lips cannot utter it I confess, there? fore, that I am loth to attempt to add to the tribute of words whioh this occasion has already called forth. The outward scenes which were presented here 100 ; years ago; the sequence of causes and events which led up to that supreme hour which witnessed the opening in blood of this great chapter of American histery; something, too, of the physical and moral lineaments of the actors in those | scenes; the vast results already attained, and the boundless future still waiting these here been presented before us with all the power which eloquence and poetry can lend. What remains except that we should &U bur hearts with the lessons and sentiments and principles whioh this day ban taught us, and again take our places in the ranks of that great army which on all days and on all fields must still carry forward the unending warfare of freedom against oppression, of justice Xn st wrong, of human progress against ?fforts to circumscribe the thoughts : fetter the actions of men except by the _L_LI 1-_. Ii., .in nal laws of truth itself? sonoj first first of all, as a devout pU i at this shrine of freedom. I come I to refresh myself for coming duties by calling up in vivid recollection the images of that night of alarm, that morn? ing of blood, the undaunted courage, the pnre simplicity, the high and reso? lute daring, which will forever embalm the name of Lexington among the most Ericeless memories and inspirations of uman history. But I come, also, in another character und for another pur? pose. I come to bring to this past of patriotism the greetings of the descend? ants of a colony which, from tho hour when Samuel Adams, speaking in the name of tho town of Boston to its repre? sentatives, bade them, "Use. your endea? vors that the weight of- the other North American colonies may be added to that of this province, that by united applica? tion all may happily obtain redress," till j the long struggle was crowned with final success, never faltered in her devotion to the cause on whose first battle-field we | now stand. On the 30th of May, 1704, Virginia, under the impulse of Patrick Henry's eloquence, declared that "the people of] Virginia are not bound to yield obedi? ence to any laws designed to impose taxation upon them other than the laws of their own General Assembly." On the 6th of June, 1764, tho Legislutnre of Massachusetts, on the advice of James Otis, suggested the calling of an Ameri? can Congress, to be composed of dele? gates from each of tho thirteen colonies. On the 25th of June, 1764, the suggestion of Massachusetts was debated in the As? sembly pf South Carolina by the then youthful and ? eloquent John Itutledge, and adopted under the leadership of the intrepid and sagacious Christopher Gadsden. Thus Virginia sounded the alann; Massachusetts proposed the Union; South Carolina responded with the pledge of her utmost support From 1764 to 1774, throughout the whole of the first epoch of the American revolution, while events were hastening forward toward the final struggle of arms, South Carolina responded with earnest and unhesitating fidelity to the call of Massachusetts. Tho aggressions of Great Britain were hardly felt by her. Her commercial relations wero almost wholly with England, but her proud and unconquerable spirit drew her to the side of her sister colonies. "Don't pay for an Ounce of the damned tea," was the message of Christopher Gadsden to the people of Boston on the 14th of June, 1774. When the Port Act fell with all its rigor on Boston, South Carolina was the first to testify her sympathy by a sub? stantial contribution of rioe for the sup? port of the poor of that town. And when the call arose for another Congress, the planters of South Carolina again re? sponded with Gadsden, Lynch, John Butledge, Edward Butledge and Middle ton as her representatives. When, in October of the same year, Corigress re? solved that if the grievances of the colo? nists Were not redressed before the Sep? tember following, no merchandise should' be exported to Great Britain, Christopher Gadsden, against the protest of his col? leagues, declared himself ready to adopt this measure, though it brought ruin on his State. I came, fellow-citizens, to remind you on this great day, of this early, unbroken friendship between Massachusetts and South Carolina throughout the whole revolutionary period. Differing, how? ever widely in lineage, in habits, in in? stitutions, they were still bound toge? ther by a common love for civil freedom. Together they watched the beginnings of ?^9g?b7t%o^r%nSMr *$& pendehce from Great Britain, together, with their lives and fortunes, they moin tnined that deelsrstto* through the long I war, together they devised the fabric of ch the republic I proportions, to-1 gather 'they have long labored to build up the strength, the prosperity and the glory of America. Those, precious me? mories of the post are secure. To-day, at least, we may recall them. At Lexing? ton, surely. South Carolina may still claim a place to do honor to the cowman cause of American liberty and independ? ence. I know that I am commissioned hero to-day to say for Sooth Carolina that she joins with equal gratitude and reverence with all her sisters of the early days in honoring the nineteenth of April, 1775; that she claims her share in the glory of the struggle begun at Lexington; that as of old she bade Massachusetts cheer in the struggle, so now she unites with her in these pa? triotic services. It is not for mc, it is not for any one, on this occasion, to Rpeak of later event", in which these two ancient allies stood face to face as enemies. Who that has an American heart does not rejoice that bock of all this recent bitter struggle there lies the gracious heritage of those common labors, dangers and sacrifices in founding this common government? Who that looks with a just eye even on that recent struggle does not now see, on either side, the some high elements of character, the courage, the devotion to duty, the moral lineaments of the Adamses and Hancocks, the Gadadens and Rutledges, of a hundred years ago? Who that has faith in the destinies of America does not see in this early friend? ship, aye, and even in this later conflict, the potency and promise of that coming Union, under whose protection lihertv shall forever walk hand in hand with justice, wherein the North and the South, re-united in spirit and aims, shall again respond to every call of patriotic, duty in the old tones of Samuel Adams and Christopher Gadsden, of James Otis and John Rutlodge? That spirit still lives, fellow-citizens, in South Carolina. If in later days she has erred, forgive her, for even then she dared and suffered with a courage and patience not unworthy in its strength of the days when Gadsden and Rutledge illustrated her civic wis? dom, and Suuiter and Marion her mar? tial prowess. "Magnanimity," says Mr. Burke, "is not seldom the truest wis? dom; and a great empire and little minds go ili together." Fellow-citizens, I offer you to-day the fraternal, patriotic greetings of South Carolina?of all her people. She marches again to-day to the music of that Union which a hundred years ago her wisdom helped to devise and her blood to cement There, in that hallowed Union, endeared and sanctified by so many blessed memories and radiant with so many proud hopes and promises, there, there she "must live or bear no life." Oh, welcome her anew to-day to the old fellowship! The monuments of marble and brass which we raise here to-day will crumble. Let us, therefore, build in the hearts of all the people that imperisha? ble monument, "on indestructible Union of indestructible States." Commenting on this speech, the New York Tribune says: Among the speeches made at the Lex? ington Centennial banquet, yesterday, that of Governor Chamberlain, of South Carolina, was especially noteworthy for I the eloquence of its utterances as well as I tor the apparent sincerity ana earnest? ness with which the fraternal patriotic greetings of the new South Carolina were offered to Massachusetts and nil the sister States. Governor Chamberlain's ad mi [lustration has thus far favorably disap? pointed his opponents, and the decisive stand whicn he has taken in favor of all reform movements in the State has so favorably impressed all the older citizens and the* better class of voters, that he may be considered in every sense a rep? resentative of the true sentiment of the people, and we do not doubt that his eloquent address expressed the real feel? ing of his people toward the Union. An Avoaciou8 Robdekv in New Yobk. I On Monday morning. W. 1*. Golden, a messenger employed by the Architectural Iron Works Company, was sent to the Eleventh Ward Bank for SIl.SOO, with which to pay off the workmen. He drew the money in small notes, and wrapping it up in a piece' of brown Euper, securely tied it up with twine, [e put the package under his arm and took an avenue D car. Two well-dressed strangers got on the ear soon after Golden, and stood leaning upon the straps. When the car reached Four? teenth street, one of the strangers stand - ing near the front door suddenly'threw it wido open. At this the other man snatched the package of money from under Golden's arm and leaped from tho platform. The driver had his hands oc? cupied in managing the horses and the brake, und though the alarm was given promptly, both the men escaped and ran down Fourteenth street. Golden and others raised a hue and cry and gave chase. A wagon was waiting a short dis? tance from too corner. Tue twj* men jumped in and were driven away swiftly, and were lost sight of speedily. Poob Old John Bbown. A gold medal Srocnred as a tribute to the memory of ohn Brown, by voluntary subscriptions in Paris, hos^ieen sent to' William Lloyd Garrison for transmission to Mr. Brown's family. It bears on one side, it is stated, an excellent likeness of John Brown, and on the reverse tho inscription: "To the memory of John Brown, judicially mur? dered at Charlestown, in Virginia, on the 2d of December, 1859: and in com me mo ration, also, of his sons and comrades who. with him, becamo the victims of their devotion to the cause of negro emancipation." It weighs nearly five onnees. It is fair to presume that the Frenchmen who join in this tribute tire of the bloody class called "Communists," who think it very virtuous to murder innocent prisoners, men, women und children, of ^ their own country and race, as they did in Paris during the late war with Germany. Those were not "judi? cial murders, ' by a good deal; neither was the execution of John Brown, who had gone into a peaceful country to stir up a servile insurrection, which, could only bring blood and carnage to many, or a swift retribution to the deludod au? thor of the wild enterprise -and for whioh many wicked people on the out aide, more cowardly than Brown, were perhaps morally more deeply responsible than he was. The County of Menth, Ireland, has re? turned Mr. Pornell, a Home Bale cham? pion, to Parliament A bold project for the civilization of Africa in announced in England. This U the formation of a canal for cora Bcrcial purpoRt s from the month of the tver Belto, on the Atlantic, in the neighborhood of Cape Juby and Cope PBejador, opposite the Canary Islands, to the Northern bend of the Niger at Tim buctoo, a distance of 710 miles. To snch a highway for opening up the African continent it is believed there arc no for? midable obstacles, but that the conforma? tion of the great Desert of Sahara favors the ?eherne. The author of the project is Mr. Donald Mackenzie. The meanest of thieves should be ashamed to rob the poor-box of a church. But a young man who has for some months been engaged in such contempti? ble larceny has been arrested at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York. Ho in supposed to have stolen about $500, all of which was taken from orphans and widows, whose distresses the charitable supposed they were relieving, while, in fact, they were sustaining this lubberly scamp, too lazy to work, but industrious enough in theft. The Northern steamers having made arrangements to accommodate the truck farmers in the vicinity of Charleston by c ban ging their schedule, are now leav? ing with scarcely any of this class of freights; where a week ago, they took 7,000 to 8,000 packages, thev have now scarcely 1,000. This sad falling off is due entirely to the late frost, which has effected the growing cropa even more se? verely than was at first anticipated. The following paragraph in the West Point (Ky.) Times led to the killing of the writer, L. A. Middleton, by John Love, of the West Point Citizen: "How much was the editor of the Citizen gniti fied, when he climbed that pole at the Court House, the other night, so as to look into the dressing-room of the ladies of the D'Estc Troupe, while they were making their toilets?" A serious riot took place at the opening of some pleasure grounds in the suburbs of Glasgow. A stand, on which were 1,500 people, gave way, and precipitated the entire mass to the ground. Thirty poisons were injured. The visitors, in? dignant at the carelessness of the proprie? tors, destroyed everything on the grounds, and burned the barricades around them. A Madison County, 111., girl has of? fered herself as a prize to the one of her four suitors who outspells the others. The trial is to take place in the district school-house, and twenty-live cents ad? mission is to be charged, the money to go towards furnishing a house for the young couple. The Yacht Disastkb. - Another one of the bodies of tin- unfortunate persons who were in the yacht Ella Anna was found near the black buoy, in Sullivan's Island Cove. It was that of Mr. Adolph Davis, twenty-seven years old, a native of Louisville. Ky., and an employeo in the United States Paymaster's Depart? ment. Mr. Frederick P. Warren, of Three Oaks, Michigan, a man of ingenious end mathematical turn of mind, whose mis? sion has been to make a practical calcu? lating machine, died on Friday. The ia*trumeiil lo* ^rnitiK loaves to the world is pronounced the most perfect over yet made. The lanterns were hung out in the tower of the old North Church in Boston on Sunday night, by Itohert Newman, son of the sexton of the church, who per? formed the same duty 100 years ago, when the British took up their line of march. The grand-son and great-grand? son of Paul Puvere were also present. On Sunday night last, a negro woman by the name of Milly Oglesby, fell from the trestle on Chocstoc Creek, near John Mason's, on the Air Line Huilroud. break? ing her skull. She was found dead next morning, and an inquest held, finding j as the cause of death, a fall of titty feet from the trestle. Keoicee Courier. The safe in the office of the abscond? ing Sheriff of Fairfteld, L. W. Duvall, has been opened, but not a cent was found. The books have not yet been I thoroughly examined, but the supposi? tion is that be is a defaulter to the extent I of about $10,000. Si'dden Dkath. An old colored man named James Williams was found dead in n sink on Mrs. Peoples' premises, 12 Rose Lane, Charleston, yesterday morn? ing. An inquest was held over the re? mains, and a verdict of death from heart disease rendered. Mr. Daniel McIIutu died at his humble home, nbout two miles from Spartun burg, on the 18th instant. He was 100 yesrs of age, and his last days are said to nave been "embittered by the presence of actual wont." Shakspearean quotation for theBeecher trial: "Thus have we swept suspicion from our sent. Ami made our foot-stool of security. Come hither, Bess." The proposition to call Mrs. Tilton as a witness in the Boecbur trial meets with general approval. Her story will be a strange one, no doubt, but cannot fail to throw light upon the mysteries of the case. The steamship South Carolina has been tendered to the German Fusiliers for an excursion around the harbor of Charleston on their centennial anni? versary?May 3, 1875. The dwelling-house, with its entire contents, of Mr. George Higgins, in the Hazclwood neighborhood of Chester County, was destroyed by an accidental Uro, hist Friday night Miss Anna E. Dickinson created a favorable impression in Savannah, by her lectures on Joan of Arc. Miss Anna is something of an ark herself. A novel but excellent bustle may be made of the toy balloons now offered upon our streets by peddlers. Three are all sufficient The "polar wave," of Friday and Sa? turday, shattered the hopes of agricul? turists from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The hog cholera prevails to an alarm? ing extent in the Britton's Neck section, Marion County. Col. James Burnett and Mr. Win. Hunter, of Piokens, died last week. Mr. Joseph Lauhon died at Bidgeway, on the 19th. Most disinterestedly good?good for nothing. -=??-? 1 \ 1 CrxT Mattebh.?If you are asked to lend your Fikknix, suggest to the would be borrower that he hud better subscribe. Tho South Carolina Dental Association meets in Columbia, on Tuesday. Ith of May. The weather is gradually getting straight again, and yesterday was re? markably pleasant. Dr. George Howe has returned to his old home, und can be consulted profes? sionally at his office, over Dr. Fisher's drug store. Tho Spuvtanburg, Greenville and Wal? halla papers complain of the destruction of fruit and vegetables by the recent cold snap. The children who are to take part in the Tableaux Vivants, are requested to meet at the Opera House, to-morrow, at 12 o'clock -bringing a port ion of their costumes with them. Tho price of admission to the Tableaux Vivants has been reduced to fifty cents. Refreshments will be offered during the evening. Mayor Alexander, of this city, has re? ceived the contract for the iron fronts to be used in thw construction of several new buildings now in course of erection in Greenville. Tho dull times force us to a half sheet occasionally, rather than publish 'dill up" matter. Headers lose nothing, as the full amount of reading matter is made good. The tableaux vivants, in which fifty children take part, and which come off on Monday evening next, in the City Hall, will be well worth seeing. Tho participants are practicing energetically. Persons desirous of contributing to the refreshment table at the tableaux will please inform Mrs. Coleman Walker or Mrs. Bachman. Contributions of milk, ice cream or eifke will be uccephi ble. j The world-renowned comedian, .lohn F.. Owens, gives two performances at the Opera House, in this city, on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 4 anil ."?. He is entitled In and will have a crowded house. Robert Lee, an employee id' Mr. Diercks, stirred up the hay in the stable loft, yesterday, after stopping up the holes below, and in less than five minutes, aided by two dogs, killed twenty-five of the corn-stealers. One weighed over a pound. The annual meeting of Washington Street Church Sewing Society will be held in the chapel, this (Friday) after? noon, at 5 o'clock. All the members of the society and the ladies of the congre? gation generally are requested to be pre? sent. Business will be brought forward of great interest to the church. At a meeting of the survivors of the Hampton Legion, held in Charleston, re? cently, Genend James Connor presiding, it was unanimously resolved that a re? union of the Legion be held in Columbia on the 21st of July next the fourteenth anniversary of the first battle of Ma nasaas. Father Patrick Quilter, a young priest, who belongs b> the Diocese of Pittsburg, Pa., and who. on account of delicate health, is visiting the South, by permis? sion of bis bishop, having kindly con? sented to take charge of St. Peter's Church and Parish, in Columbia, during the temporary absence in Europe of Father Fullerton, the regular pi^stor thereof, has been sent by bishop Lynch to assume the duties of the position. ?'Foil Yonn Own Sake." An audience, comprising, in part, the culture and fashion of Columbia, greeted Miss Anna E. Dickinson's second lecture in this city last evening! The lecture itself is n plea for the bestand highest, the noblest anil most generous life to be lived by individuals ami by us as a people for our own sake. Miss Dickinson went on to speak of the thirst for wealth which seems to possess the average American, and to which so many men sacrifice all that makes life worth living, starving brain and heart, losing the joy of home, scarcely acquainted with his own chil? dren, missing the glory and the beauty of spiritual life, of generous aims, of noble impulses worthily and per? sistently carried out. She deplored this love of gain as a national charac? teristic showing .that it was at the root of our enormous municipal and railroad und Government corruptions. Refer? ring to the shameless and reckless voting away of public lands the lands which should he the heritage and wealth of future generations, she said: "When strong men steal from strong men, it is a crime; but when strong men steal from children, it is an infamy. When we stand idly by and see millions put in the hands of a few men, the whole country is guilty of a crime." For their own sake, our people need to tine above the selfish pursuit of wealth and position to tho ful? fillment of their social and political obligations, and to comprehend that the only solid foundation for a nation's pros? perity is the essential truth of Christi? anity, the brotherhood of all, united to a full sense of individual responsi? bility and duty in carrying this out After a close personal application of her theme, an earnest urging upon men and women to live the noblest life for their own sakes, the sake of heart and mind and spirit Miss Dickinson olosed with a description of her ascent of Pike's Peak, and of the wonderful sunrise whioh re? warded the toils of the journey. We shall not spoil her peroration by attempt? ing to quote it from memory, but recall alone the closing sentence, in which she reminds us that ? 'to him alone who climbs the mountain top the glory of God is re? vealed." Supreme Coubt, Thursday, April 22, 187?.? The Court met at 10 A. M. Pre? sent?Chief Justice Moses and Associate Justices Wright and Willnrd. Heeder & Du vis, appellants, vs. H. K. W. Flinn *i ?/., respondents. Mr. Ed? wards was heard for appellants. Mr. War ley was heard for respondents. Mr. Mclver was heard for respondents. Mr. Edwards was heard for appellants in re ply. Survivors of Gilliland, Howell & Co., respondents, vs. E. H. Gasque, appel? lant ; Browii, Foster & Co., respondents, vs. same, appellant, and Survivors of Haviland, Stevenson A Co., respondenta, vs. same, appellant. Mr. Harllee was heard for appellant. The following decision was filed: Mar? th!? Lynch, administratrix) respondent, c.v. John H. Good wine, appellant. Mo? tion dismissed. Opinion by Wright, A. J. At 3 P. M. the Court adjourned until Friday. 23d, at 10 A. M. The official announcement of "Ye Grande Martha Washington Tea Paitye' appears in another column. The ladies are all on the qni v'we, and old publica? tions und pictures are being scanned in order to put themselves an fait as to the old-time fashion. The to-be General Washington gallantly agreed to sacrifice his moustache ?to properly fill the bill. We look upon this tea party as "the" event of the season. The object of the party is a good one, and will be heartily endorsed by the citizens. List of New Advertisements. ltichland Lodge, No. 39. Martha Washington Tea Partye. C. F. Jackson ? Fancy Articles. B. I. Boone?Final Discharge. Dr. Gco. Howe, Jr.?Card. R. O'Neale, Jr?Cotton Seed. Hotel Arrivals, April. 22.? Wheeler House? Walter Muer, Philadelphia: S. Sylvester, wife and son. Miss ?\ oodhnll, Miss Gibbs, Mrs. Coit, Mrs. Smith, N. Y. ; Wm. Dudley, Charleston; T. E. Gil? bert, S. C.; Miss Anna E. Dickinson, O. G. Bernard, N. Y.; W. A. Bradley, Au? gusta; Muster W. B. Lloyd, Charleston; D. S. Hoyt, N. Y.; C. B. Winn, Boston ; W. Henry Lee and servant, N. Y.; T. J. Mackev, C. C. Macey, Chester; M. E. Jenks,'Washington City; S. P. Mitchell, Blackstock; James A. Brice, Winnsboro; R. Crowly, N. Y.; W. H. Gardner and wife, Chester. Columbia Hotel J. H. Alday and wife, Philadelphia; Dr. M. P. Stephenson and wife, Mrs. E. F. Hunt, N. Y.; John D. Harper, Kingstree; J. P. Browne, Balti? more; E. G. Kinden, Marion; J. A. Piok ert, New Orleans; T. S. Clarkson, C, C. A A. R. R.; J. M. Baxter, Newberry. v Mansion House?J. C. Sullivan, Lau rens; O. B. Warwick, U. 8. A.; W. W. Kitchen, S. C.; E. H. Schimer, Charles? ton; H. D. Ha ruiter, Willie Ham it er, Kiel?land: A. Crawford, Foster Hamilton, city; R. H. Jennings, Fairfleld. A Washington despatch says: "Two women and one man have been recently sent from this city to the asylum for the in? sane, having gone crazy over the Beech ar trial. To-dav another candidate for the asylum paraded the streets and created a great excitement by his manners, ap? pearance, and often reiterated proclama? tion that he had discovered the true re? ligion. He is a man of about forty, and was clad in a decent suit of broadcloth; around his neck he had slipped a hang? man's rope, with which he bound his body and limbs nearly to the knees. On his shoulder be carried a banner bearing the inscription, 'Protestonism is the re? ligion of hell; I will disclose to the peo? ple the true religion. Then one below the other appeared in large letters the names, 'Luther, Henry VTII, Bismarck, Beech, r.' He declared that if the de? velopments in the Beech er trial continued as they have been, he would hang him? self. The police were ordered to arrest him. but he escaped. He attracted much attention, and was followed and sur? rounded by thousands of people." During the investigation of a fatal case of criminal poisoning with copper, in France, MM. Bergeron and Liftote, the scientific experts agaged in the inquiry, were led to examine the bodies of four? teen persons who had died from natural causes, and to whom no copper hod been intentionally administered, and their analysis elicited the curious fact that the met?l was discoverable in the liver and kidneys of nearly every one of these bodies in quantities ranging from a mere trace to about 2-100 of a grain. This constant presence of a foreign mineral substance in the apparently healthy human organism is attributed by the ob? servers to gradual absorption of infini? tesimal ly minute particles from the use of copper cooking utensils, from han? dling copper coins, Ac. The discovery is of obvious medicolegal importance in connection with the chemical detection of traces of this (and perhaps of other) metals in cases of suspected poisoning. The Edgefield Advertiser, speaking of the recent tragic affair in that town, says: "In this lamentable affair none of the parties were in liquor. But that other curse of our country and our time?the carrying of concealed weapons?as usual reared nigh its hideous and fatal head. The Stevenses are still in jail, and their wounds are doing well. They have made application for bail, which they will And no difficulty in giving when the applica? tion shall be granted. They are sons of Benjamin Stevens, Esq., of the Good Hope section, North of us, but have lived for some years in the country below us. They are both young men, both married, both have children. Democratic Oruan at the Capital? The publishers of the new Washington Democratic paper, the Evening Telegram, announce that it will be the exponent of Democratic principles, pure and simple, but independent of cliques, combina? tions or individuals other than them? selves, whose convictions it will reflect, and whose organ alone it is. They pro? mise to make it a first class newspaper in every respect, containing all tho latest telegraphic and local news of the day, and as the auspices are particularly fa? vorable at this time for an enterprise Of this kind here, it will probably be a suc? cess. 1