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Sunday Horning, May 9, 1875. -~ = -rr Getting in a Corner. We keep up with tko disclosures, testi- ] inony and arguments of the T?ton Bocehor trial. It is to us a curious psyc | ohological study, more particularly in the incidentol and tributary issues ?which turn upon the truth of statements, the aoouraoy of memory,- the motives to evasion ond.tjie. immense power of sup? pression and perversion of facts which has-been developed. -The main stream wo oare less-obout. ~ It is both too turbid and too unatfvory to touch or come in contact V- itb. ' The trial will bo the gravo of too/ rep?frt|qn/'of all \yho have been intimately' Jo&h?Giud with it The light lot hi upon them, whether direct or cross, roveal?; ft ?fato of tilings, a rotten? ness of m^r|ll?^$ ^'eaMheps of principle, a Vioipusnefsnf temper and oonduct, a propensity lc4 ipjrevaiication and false? hood 'wnicn dtsgraoes' the age. Tracey has gone t^DWHi ntf the attorney, who, upon pledgo'iof a certain course of con? duct, qlicitctl statements from one stand? ing in the position of a friend and then turned against him, sold hiB scrvioos to the other side and contemned his pro? mises. But the man worst involved in contradictions, who mosts resort to dis? reputable subterfuges, is Mr. Becchor I himself. A fresh one has just been brought to light. His explanation of | his remorseful letters was that he ad? vised Mr. H. C. Bowen on a certain spe? cified occasion to dismiss Til ton from tho Independent newspaper, and that he afterwards sorely repented of having done this. Now comes Mr. Bowen, and upon tho stand positively swears that Mr. Boecher gave him no such advice. Mr. Beech er'h letters overflow with pas? sionate and bitter remorso, the cause of which, as. he avers, was his imprudent .and unkind advice given to Bowen ad? verse to Tilton's interests. Mr. B. swears that he did not give him this advice. Then, why, asks the New York Imie.s-. all that remorse and ragged edge busi? ness? Streaks of Light. A Ku Kinx outrage, a sample of a largo class in this and other States South, was exploded in Montgomery, Alabama, on last "Wednesday, by the testimony of a once forward aUd notorious Be public an. He says that he fired a bullet through his own hat, and then had the military called out to (irrest the mythical assailants who had attempted to take his life. "I kept the troops^Jhe saifl, "as long as I could uso them as a political machine. Our purpose was to seouro the Legislature at all hazards, and elect Spencer." How familiar this sounds here! Fortunately, the day of such fellows' influence and control in Alabama 1ms passed away, and may it soon dawn here, too. We can see the faint streaks of light which herald its j approach. In ^^ontgomory,. the very day this damaging confession was made, nearly one-half of tho colored men voted, with the whites, for the first time sinco reconstruction, and the result was a de? feat o^l thV' carpet-baggers, which has thrown ntt. the'good people of the city into ecstasy.' One- of the successful can? didates is. an ex-Confederate, who re-' eently-i^i'd a feeling and hftudsomo tri? bute Wjithu Federal dead. ' Will all such cattle who are here stick? ing their dirty hands and dirtier mouths in affairs, misrepresenting and maligh ? ing the people whose property they have plundered, whose humble population they havo debauched, whose good namo they have fouled, take a lesson from theso two coincident facts, and hereafter govom themselves accordingly? The Texas Pacific Raily/ay. Col. Thomas Scott's party wore re? ceived with a perfect ovation by tho citi? zens of. .Marshall, Texas, on the Texas Pacific Railroad, upon their return from Mexico, it is stated that they went over all the finished portion of the Texas and Pacific .Railway, of which there aro 325 miles in operation. They expect to iron and equip 150 miles from Brookton to Toxarkana, which is already graded; also to build come ninety, miles from Sher? man -down to Dallas, and arrangements are made for finishing the incomploted portion to Fort Worth by tho end of the present year, making a clear stretch of 450 miles of .tho Texas and Pacific Rail? road/' When that' is done, as we learn on the authority of the St. Louis Repub? lican, the further,construction of the great trans-continental route will proba? bly rest until Congress sees fit to grant the subsidy to complete the road to tho Paoifie Ocean. I^-.ur^^?^1 llerald -smwesta to Judge M, Moses, that if be would pay more,attention to tho transaction ofgene ral business of the Court brought -before him, and desist in attempting, to perse? cute honest' men on political grounds, he might at least gtvo satisfaction to tho people whom ho -is- paid to servo, and there would no&brfiuifh good ground for complaint against, him for inefficiency. Nifo is too short to, be annoyed'with such ftMW!^ W^uagerMos?Tj--; mwttocfatfo'sachems of Ohio will gather around the counoil-firo at Colum? bus on Thursday of .this week, prepara? tory to gomgjy?#a*tho ?war-path. Go? vernor Allen l*3R?3bml up Yrbm Fruit Hill.to talk over .matters with tho (other "WfrtawukVo.- bris .i-Va ..?> ) NJO< }}W :> i U V. ..." Jl -ft .'J f, Mti ?V) : the Bad Son an? Brotheb.?"William S. Calhovm, convicted of forgery on ovi dence of his quadroon mistress, Olivia WIIHamu!" W.'X ? If ' Thin announcement in the Sunday pa? pers supplies the text for a long ana In? structive moral discourse, and a very interesting chapter of domestic history. The'Calhoun referred tolls the only, son of the late Meredith P. Calhoun, for many years before the war tho lnrgest and most lordly planter in the South. Tho wife of Mr. Calhoun was tho daugh? ter of Jutlge Smith, formerly Of South Carolina, where he played a very promi? nent part in tho politics and society of that State. Judge Smith was of one of the YttofiC ancient and respected families in South Carolina, and inherited large estates, which he augmented in value by his judgment and enterprise. In the political arena he was regarded as the only formidable rival of the great John C. Calhoun. Judge Smith was the ac? knowledged leader of the Union party in I the great secession fight of 183?. Shortly i after this, he removed to Huntsville. I Ala., whore ho bought large estates and established himself in an elegant resi? dence, which was the home of a largo and generous hospitality. Tho eldest daughter of Judge Smith married Mere? dith Galhonn, a young adventurer from the North, of polished manners and good address. Mrs. Calhoun received as her dowry a large Hum, which was invested in an immense tract of the rich land on Bed Biver, then held in groat demand oh tho most valuable and productive in the State. This is the land which embraces tho greater portion of what is now known as Grant Parish. It ex? tends ten miles on the river, and has been leveed at vast expense, and pos? sesses unlimited resources for the pro? duction of cotton and sugar. Upon this estate Mr. Calhoun expended a very great sum, stocking it with 1,100 slaves, and all the expensive structures and ma? chinery required to produce cotton and sngar. In the pnlmv days of this culture the vield of this large investment was highly remunerative. For several years before the war the regular income was between $250,000 and $300,000. Having made several visits to Franco with his family, Mr. Calhoun acquired a taste for French society and habits, and during the latter period of his life resided in Paris. Here he expended his large in? come in affording his wife and daughter every opportunity of participating in the elegant and fashionable enjoyments of that gay and luxurious capital. Besides his daughter, an accomplished and ele? gant young lady, who was born and edu? cated in France, so that she speaks the French language with more facility than her mother tongue, Mr. Calhoun had a son who came into this world partially deformed, but not on that account was regarded with loss affection and tender? ness by his parents. No child was ever more carefully and tenderly watched and cared for than the poor little hunchback, Willie Calhoun. Preferring to live on the plantation rather than expose him? self in the brilliant society of Paris, Wil? lie did not accompany his parents abroad. Devoting himself to agricultural life, ho finally became a sort of'head was the condition of the family when the war broke out Mr. Calhoun was residing with his wife and daughter in France, and Willio had charge of the plantation. Of course, the war pro? duced most disastrous effects oil the Cal? houn estate. The destruction of the slave property alone was enough to swamp the whole estate. Mr. Calhoun died about the close of ttbe war, and the widow had given her power of attorney to Willie. In 1808, she returned with her daughter to Louisiana, and' pro? ceeded on a steamboat to the landing now known as Colfax, with a view of seeing her son, and investigating the condition of her affairs. Her mind had been greatly disturbed by rnmdrs of her son's "carrying on," from old servants and others. Among other stories which had reached her, was one to tho effect that ho had become a practical as well as a political miscegenationist?that he had been elected by an exclusive negro vote to the Legislature, and had formed a liaison with a buxom quadroon, who claimed to be his lawful wife, and who assumed all the airs and authority of the lady of tho Calhoun mansion. It may be imagined with what crush? ing force these terrible stories fell lipon the pride of the high-born mother. Whether it was the realization ?>f their truth or from somo other warning, Mis. Calhoun, after a brief conversation with some of her old servants at the river landing, came to the conclusion not to expose herself to the humiliation of wit? nessing the son's degradation and the profanation of the family mansion, so with her daughter, she returned 'on the boat to the city, and procuring board for herself and daughter at tho Bay of St. Louis, sojourned there for some months. Here Mrs. Calhoun died in tho summer of 1808, leaving her daughter alone in the world, moneyless and nlinost friend? less. Nothing could be got from the estate. It had been hopelessly in? volved by Willio. Miss Ada had been nur? tured with boundless indulgence. Sho had never known what it was to want anything which money could command. And hero was she, totally inexperienced, an orphan thrown upon the world, from a position of long-assnrod wealth and high rank, with no other relative but a "brother, who was now her bitterest enemy. But the young lady jirbved equal to her great emergencies. It would, perhaps, be an intrusion1 upon her private affairs to refor to'the shifts and expedients to which she Wee driven to regain her fortunes, and to1 save her from tho miseries of a poverty1 which would be' (en-fold bittor to ono feared as she had boon. Sufflco it io. Say that, with the aid.of a zealous and persever? ing young lowyer, she has been placed heyond the reach of the perils so much feared by her, and we sincerely hojje her fortune!) are in a fair train of restoration, andtbat J>er future will- realise the, cid drictnattb ^climax of '-virtuei fcwasT and vice puniabogh". ') * And surely this conviction of. tho bad brother for forgery would seem to fulfill the lost condition of dramatic and poetic Rustics. After degrading and disgracing umself and family by a disreputable alliance, and inoumbering his mother and sister's estate,' by consenting to a judgment for breach of a promise of marriage, of $20,000 in,,favor of his quadroon ?mistress', he'sought to rid him oolf and tho estate of this inenmbrnned' rxt for his father. This Oy* anTict*wnl?lT'fho^ufy * Iiave deoloVe to be a forgery. Truly has the Psalmist declared "the way a of tho transgressor ore hard." Mb/ Editor: In the account of the firemen's tournament, given: in your paper of the 7th inst, no explanation, of the "unfortunate interference" with the run of the .Etna is made, nor is it stated that after tho decision of .the judges was announced the Eagle and Stonewall, of Charleston, and the tnde penden t, of Columbia, withdrew from tho tournament and "declined to run in the reel contest. It was noticed that be? fore the /Etna reached the woll some person eiterged from the crowd on the sidewalk in front of tho bank of E. j. Scott A Son and removed the cover from tho well. Objeotion was made under the rule prescribed for tho contest: "Cover of well to be lifted for the use of each company by some member shirting with engine or reel," and it was demand? ed that the run of the Minn, should not be recorded. Upon examination, it was found that the man who removed, the cover from the well did not start with tho engine or reel, tho man himself ad? mitting the fact. After consultation the judges dqrided in favor of 4he -Etna, whereupon tho Eagle, Stonewall and Independent unanimously withdrew from the tournament, declined to run in the reel contest and refused to receive any prizes. I do not desire to reflect upon the conduct either of tho judges who are gentlemen of character, or of tho /Etna, but I do desire that tho com? munity shall understand the cause of the withdrawal of the Eagle, Stonewall and the Independent from tho tourna? ment. That tho decision of tho judges was erroneous and improper is manifest, and I have no doubt that the community will approve tho action of the INDEPENDENT. Failure to Get Troops. ?A. Washing? ton despatch says: "L. Coss Carpenter, a member of the lust Congress, now an Internal Revenue Collector of one of tho South Carolina Districts, who was here last week solicit? ing the co-operation of the army in col? lecting tho revenue in his District, failed to secure the favor of Commissioner Douglass for his proposition. Collector Carpenter gave out a statement to the newspapers that illicit distillation was carried on in his section to an alarming extent, and that those engaged in that il? legal work openly sold untaxed whiskey on tho streets from wagons in defiance of the revenue officers, several of whom had been murdered while attempting to suppress such Bales. Upon investigation the Commissioner has been unable to discover the lawlessness described by Collector Carpenter. Disturbances have occurred in that vicinity, but not re? cently, and none have occurred since Carpenter's appointment to office, which was since the adjournment of Congress. The Commissioner informed Carpenter that he had better return to his field of duty, make an honest effort to collect the revenue, and if he made it apparent that he cannot discharge his duties without the aid of tho military, its assistance might then be invoked. The Commis? sioner does not believe in confronting the people with .troops upon every pre? text, and ho informed the Collector that such nid should not be asked for until it is clearly established that the civil of? ficers are powerless to execute the laws. Carpenter s application for military aid was referred to the Supervisor of tho South Carolina District. As Carpenter was appointed Collector after the ad? journment of Congress, Mr. Douglass does not believe ho has had time or op? portunity to encounter the desperadoes whose sanguinary operations he reported to the Department." Unitbu States Circuit Court, May 7? Chief Justice Waite and (Judos Bond Peesidino.? The case of tue Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company against H. H. Kimpton, for discovery and ac? count, was resumed. The Court reserved its decision. The case of Bnulley T. Johnston et at. against the City Council of Charleston, a bill in equity to restrain the defendants from paying annual ap? propriations of money to the Catholic Orphan Asylum and the Institute of the Church of the Holy Communion, was begun. The bill, answer and testimony were read, and arguments made until tho hour of adjournment. In the District Court, Isaac McDitffie, colored, was tried and found guilty of robbing the post office at Colir ?? in of $:t'.tO tikon from a letter. The eua< of Alonzo Payne, indicted for selling i stamped medicines, was begun ami heard to the hour of adjournment. The Mecklexburo Centennial Mcrni. The first impression of the modal struck at the Philadelphia mint to commemorate the Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde? pendence has been received in Washing? ton. In size and value it is equal to the half-dollar pieces. Its design and finish are very creditable. On one side is a hornet's nest, which is typical of the an? nouncement by the king's officers that Mecklenburg was a hornet's nest, of rebels. On the samo side is also a liberty cap surrounded by tho rays of tho rising sun. Beneath aro two clasped hands, which are typical of the united North and South- at the close of the last war. On the reverse side, within a circle, are tho inscriptions: "May '20th, 1775, and May 20th, 1875?Mecklenburg Declara? tion of Independence." 2,000 silver mo dals have boen ordered by tho executive committee of tho centennial celebration, and a large number of copper impres? sions. Increase ofT>iphtueuia and Small-Pox in New York.?Tho number of deaths in Now York city for tho week ending May 1 from diphtheria was 84 and small-pox 93, against 77 from the former and 84 from the latter disease for tho previous week, showing a marked increase. Tho Tribune says: "The oases of diphtheria laro grouped in the crowded tenamcnt districts, both on the East and West sides of tho city. The nests of small? pox hovo bosn discovered in the Seventh, Tenth and Eleventh Wards, but cases have also boon found scattered over tho city. Tho accommodations of the small? pox hospital have boon reported fully adequato to tho increase in the numhor of cases." t The peach orop in Greonville was almost entirely destroyed by the late frosts. Apples are untouched. ''. ?rrr Katteus. -?If y?u "are asked to lend your Pnonax, anggest to tho would he borrower that he had better subscribe. Pio-nics overy day. Deathsin Columbia for the week end? ing M>y,8, 6?all white. . DorVt iuu into debt. It is quito as easy to walk, and much more dignified. Yesterday was hot lenough to sweat a motoh. When you keep a man waiting it gives him a chnnce to count up your faults. Straw hats and white duck suits hang fire no longer. Tho line of a lady's love is supposed to be the masculine. Our telegraphic columns give details of a terrible marine disaster. The complaints in regard to dull times g<?t no better mighty fast. We have received a catalogue of the University of Virginia, for 1871 17,. Now is the time for two paper collars and one plate of ice cream per day. C. F. Jackson is in full blast - plenty of customor* and a large utock of goods at low prices. Mr. Frank Palmer, of the Columbia Hotel billiard saloon, has our thanks for late New Orleans papers. Gen. Ashor Palmer and a party of fishermen have gone angling at Wacca maw. To-morrow will he Memorial Day, and the ladies were busy, yesterday, prepar? ing wreaths, etc. A man once objected to sleeping on e straw bed, because, ho said, it was be? neath him. I The colored firemen's tournament comes off on Tuesday, the 11th. We wish them a jolly time 1.19] is nowhere! For cheap and handsome dress goo Is g i to W. D. Love & Co.'s. The removal of trees blown down by the recent tornado is being carried on, and tiro wood is a drug in the market It is singular that tho man who borrows a paper is always the man to find tlw most fault with its contents. What beautiful whif goods, ribbons and fans Jackson is selling, and what a rush he has for them. We here take occassion to emphatically remark that the spelling bee and tho buffalo gnat arc not intimately related. You can got all styles of job printing, from a visiting card to a four-sheet post? er, at the PiifKNix office. Prices satisfac? tory. Col. H. T. Peake i? stirring up his tim? ber contractors. He says the Lnurens Railroad will be completed by or before September. The best indication of the heat a mortal is subject to hi a thermometer in the hat. Those in Epstin's hats recorded 1)0 degrees at 2 P. M., yesterday. The attractive array of spring goods which fills the windows of the .stores just now and the mild weather have the effect of bringing out the ladies in full force. If any one will lake the trouble to ex? amine the matter, he will find that those business men who do tho most adver? tising, ore tho most prosperous in busi? ness. There will be a strawberry festival at Carolina Hall on Thursday and Friday evenings next, for the purpose of raising ' funds for the improvement of the Marion ! Street Methodist Church property. We are indebted to the committee for a card of invitation to a ball to be given to the graduating class by the corps of cadets of tho Virginia Military institute .it Lexington, on Friday ow ning. July 2. All parents and attendants upon tho sick, especially where medicine i-. to bo administered, cannot be loo cautious as to what thoy give the patient; and all poisonous drugs should, by all means, bo so labeled. l>y reference to announcement in an? other column, i'. will be observed that I the Richland Ride Club are ordered to assemble at their hall at 1J o'clock to? morrow afternoon, in full uniform, to participate in the memorial ceremonies. The Governor has made the following appoints:! Notaries Public?M. F. Horn, of Darlington: Donald Matheson, of Marlboro. Commissioners under the Act to procure a site for a Lazaretto on Mor? ris Island?H. G. Worthington, W. G. DeSaussuro, Robert Lobby, M. D. Wednesday next, the 12th, is the day for the election to determine tho contest between Rarnwell and Blackville, as to the location of the County seat. It has been decided before at the ballot-box, the Supreme Court, and before the Stato Board of Canvassers, and each time in favor of Barnwell. The Post Office Department at Wash? ington has recently issued three cent postage stamps made on a new principle, to prevent tho dishonest custom of wash? ing them in ordor to sell them again after having been usod. The paper ol which they are made is porous, and they absorb the ink from tho marking stamp, thus making it indelible. As serenading time is again in order, always acknowledge all conrtesies in n kindly spirit Throw a bouquet and a card of thanks to a serenading pnrty, il not prepared to invite them in. If you hnvn't a bouquet or a card at hand, throw a boot-jack, or a briok, or anything of I that sort, juBt to show your appreciation ! of the kindness intended. Dr. David Oeioer.?Tim widely known and highly respected citizen died in Charleston on Friday, in the seventieth year of his oge. Ho was originally from Lexington, but had been residing in Charleston for upwards of forty years. Ho belonged to that intelligent class of agriculturists who, by their practical and comprehensive knowledge of tillage, have done so much in developing the subur? ban farms. He had a large circle of friends, who will feel the loss of his so? ciety and its pleasant inflm nccs. Memorial Day. The beautiful custom of decorating the graves of the Confede? rate dead will be observed at Eluiwood Cemetery and in other spots where tho soldicro* remains lie, to-morrow after? noon. Flowers culled with pious care, evergreens imaging undying love, will dock with their splendor and freshness the mounds underneath which the brave, the true, the patriotic, the self sacrificing ripose in quietness and peace. They died trite to their country and duty, obeying t'ae instincts of manhood and the lessons and traditions of honored homes. Alas! that we can do so little I in their honor, beyond cherishing in our heart of hearts the example of a devotion which -toid the highest tests, and was consecrated by the cheerful and joyous surrender of life itself. Memorial Day.?Monday, May 10, be? ing Memorial Day, the usual ceremony of decorating the graves of the Confede? rate dead will take place at Elmwood Cemetery, at <; o'clock P. M. Otllcers ami soldiers of the Confederate army, strangers visiting the city, and the citi zens generally, ure cordially invited to attend. The Iliahland Rifle Club will unite with the Memorial Association in the ceremonies at the cemetery, on Monday. May bl, and will form a guard of honor to the procession. The officers of the club will also act as marshals of the day. The proc -ssion will form at the port r's lodge of the cemetery, at 0 o'clock P. M. precisely. Persons desiring to contribute wreaths for the soldiers' enclosure at Elmwood Cemetery, are requested to send them either to Chancellor Carroll's or Colonel McMaster's, before :J o'clock on Monday. Those sending wreaths for the graves out? side of the enclosure, will please send them to Mrs. Hugh Thompson's before :J P. M. on Monday. Corax ok General Sessions.?The Court met, yesterday, at 10 A. M. The continuation and conclusion of the case of the State against Ellison M. Weston and William M. Hayne?a nolle prosequl having be n entered as to Uriah Portee, yesterday?occupied the Court until 2.30 P. M. The persons in attendance upon the Court, other than those engaged in the ease against Weston ft o/., were dis? charged until Monday next, at 10 A. M. This ease, as made out by the testimony, was substantially as follows: While J. H. Bryant was Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, from 1870 to 1H72, he paid to one William M. Taylor $'.?00 for repairs done to the County jail, Taylor receipting therefor as having re? ceived the money from Brvnnt, indivi? dually, per order of the Chairman of the Board?Bryant himself being that chair? man. After several interviews with Bry? ant, one Spencer paid Bryant $500 for the $'.)i)D claim, and assigned it to one Sheridan. The names of J. H. Bryant, J. J. Goodwin and Uriah Portee, the board from 187U till 1872, were signed to this paper, whioh was an unitemized and unsworn account, beneath a statement that this claim had been allowed and was receivable in payment of all dues of the County, except for payment of money duo on land sold by the County. A new board was elected, consisting of the de? fendants and Uriah Portee, before this claim, then in the bands of Sheridan, had been paid. It was presented to this new board for tho purpose of having it audited and paid, Mr. Porte ?, who testified for the State, said his name had been placed upon the paper without his knowledge or consent, | that he had never heard of the account while on the old board, and had his name envied. Bryant testified that Portee had authorized him to sign his name for him. which Portee denied. Bryant and Goodwin contra dieted Portee's testi? mony relative to his having never heard of the claim while on the old board. When this account was presented to the new board, it passed a resolution that when it was proporlv itemized and veri? fied it would be considered. At a subse? quent meeting this was reconsidered and testimony as to the justice of tho claim taken. At a subsequent meeting to this the claim was ordered to bo paid. Mr. I). B. Miller and Mr. Portee considered that it had been audited and the entry was made upon tho minutes that was usually made when itomized verified ac? counts were audited. Messrs. Hayne and Weston said that they did not audit the claim but ordered it paid. Mr. D. B. Miller testified that the records showed that more than $1,000 had been paid to different persons during 1870 and 1872, for repairs to the jail, in addition to tho $900 paid to Taylor by Bryant. No at? tempt was made'by the defence to prove that at n meeting of the formor board, Taylor's account for $900 was presented, itemized and verified, but that both it and the minutes of that meeting were lost Mr. Miller, the Clerk, and Mr. Portee, one of that board, knew nothing of any such meoting. Tho Court ruled . that tho Board of Commissioners is a body of record, and nothing, not of re? cord, could be proved. MrrlXB.* Miller always opposod tho payment of this claim, and when tho vote ordering it to bo paid was taken, Portee did not vote. The account which Wm, M. Taylor , swore he presented to the old board, containod, among other items, entrees r of money loaned Bryant, and ho receipted for tho money as for repairs done to tho County Jail. The Attorney-General said the wholo transaction was a gigantic fraud, knowing perpetrated by EUi?on IM. Weston and Wra. M. Hayno. The I charge ot the Court to the fary/wks able 1 and exhaustive. Messrs. Bachman A Youmans represented the* defendant*'. The jury, after an absence of half nn hour, returned a sealed verdict. The grand jury reported .that they had no new bills to present ^ I Religious SEKvrces To-Dax.?Wash? ington Street Church?Rov. A. W. Walker, 11 A. M. Mission Church (Odd Fellows' Hall)? Sunday School, 4 P. M. Address by Rev. A. W. Walker. Marion Street Church?Rev. W. D. Kirklond, 10? A. M. and 8 P. M. Sun? day School, i>i A. M. Fresbytoriun Church?Rev. J. H. Bry son. 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Trinity Church?Rev. P. J. Shand, D. 1)., Rector; Rev. J. H. Stringfellow, As? sistant?11 A. M. and 5 P. M. Baptist Church?Rev. R. Mcllwaine, II A. M.; Rev. Mr. Witherspoon, 8 P. M. Sunday School, 9 A. M. St. Peters (Cotkolic) Church?Rev. Father Quiltor, first Mass 7 A. M.; second Mass lO.j A. M. Lutheran Church?Rev. Z. W. Beden baugh, 101 A. M. Sunduy School, 4 P. M. Hotel. Arrivals, May 8. ? Columbia Hotel?Mr. and Mrs. Owen Daly, city; John A. Weir and daughter, Pa.; Miss M. Rion, Winnsboro; R. P. Spencer, Jr., Co. ; L. Muller, Charleston; J. T. Darby, Fort Motto; F. M. West.N. C.; J. Trnm blo, J. D. Stoney, S. C. Consionees by South Carolina Railroad May 8, 1875: J. A. Hendrix & Bro., L. McPherson, W. D. Love & Col, W. S. Plumer, J. H. Altee,. H. Solomon, J. C. Dial, Capt Alligood, G. A. Shields. List of New Aovebtikemexts. Pair of Grey Horses for Sale. Mechanics' & F. B. & L. Association. $3,000 Wanted. Richland Rifle Club?Meeting. Proposols for Stationery. False Theoiues Overthrow*::.?Wc live under n ne*aj medical dispensation, very different from that under which bo many of our forefathers died. The sick arc no longer bled till they faint, nor gorged with mercury, nor prostrated with violent cathartics, nor blistered on their shaven heads. Ever since the in? troduction of Hostetter's Stomach Bit? ters, twenty years ago, renovation and restoration, not depletion and prostra? tion, have been the watch-words of the judicious portion of the profession. Tho remarkable success of this famous vege? table preventive, invigorant and correc? tive has worked a complete revolution in the general treatment of disease. At first, the dogmatic members of tlye faculty would not believe in it * "What!" they exclaimed, "cure liver complaint with? out mercury, chronic rheumatism with? out Colchicum, fever and ague without quinine! Impossible!" But the most obstinate incredulity must yield in the end to practical demonstration. From that time to the present, dyspepsia, biliousness, intermittent fevers, muscu? lar diseases, nervous complaints and constipation have vanished under, the operation of the great specific, in at least ninety per cent, of the cases in which it has been used as a remedy for those ail? ments; while as a preventive of all mala? dies generated by change of climate, sudden revulsions of temperature, epi? demic poison iu the atmosphere, and un? wholesome water, its beneficial effects have boon so obvious and uniform as to secure the most perfect confidence in its properties as an antidote, safeguard and cure. M7 |3tl It is truly wonderful, the variety and ingenuity of the conveniences for the desk and office?pens of varied patterns, inkstands possessing unmberloss ad vantiges, letter files, each one the best, envelopes of size and qualities infinite. It is almost bewildering to enter tho largo Broad street store of Walker, Evans A Cogswell, in Charleston, and sec the number of these attractions. Hero you find the largest, stationery stock South of Baltimore, and you only have two tronbles?first, sufficient cash; p.nd, second,. the difficulty in deciding among the many things offered, each equally suitable to your wants. M7f A Perilous Balloon Voyage.?rrof. George S. Peduzzi, a Brooklyn druggist, ascended from the Capitoline Grounds, Wednesday, iu a balloon of Mb own ma? nufacture, and of 15,000 cubic feet capa? city. The arial ship passed over Far Rockaway, and then made directly for Long Island Sound. The professor, dis? inclined for a sea voyage, attempted to land at Glen Cove, and threw out a grapnel for that purpose, but after demo? lishing several fences and tearing the \ ground for Rome distance, the cable broke, and the balloon and its .occupant soared away to Oyster Bay. The profes? sor, discovering that ho could not cros3 tho sound' before his balloon descended, threw himself from the car to the ground, a distanoe of thirty or forty feet He was severely shaken, but not seriously in? jured. m -? Mrs. James A. Oates, tho well-known actress, has dissolved partnership, matri? monial and professional, with her se? cond husband, Tracy Titus. It appears to have been a case of mother-in-law; Mrs. Oates' mother having ' cross-exa? mined Tracy in regard to some lady, and his memory( like Beeoher's, being de? fective, M.ro. Oates put her husband out of her apartment and her business. Now Mrs. Oates runs a portion of th'o theatri? cal Company and her husband another, rendoring the house , divided against itself ana marital divorce- imminent In . the ?bel. suit brought by Willis PhelpB, of Springfield,'Mass., against I the Republican, of that city, judgment has been rendered in favor of the plain? tiff, with damages for $100. Tho snit was instituted to recover $200,000 da? mages, claimed to he due to Pholpa on account of remarks made by the Repub? lican during a local election, in which certain railroad interests were involved. On Wednesday morning last, the wifo of William H. Chadwick, proprietor of the Wilmington Museum, West Fourth street, Wilmington, Del., died after an illness of several -days, and reports hav? ing, been circulated that her sickness ana death had been occasioned by vio? lence at the hands of her husband, ho I was arrested. The trial and execution of Yosquez cost California $'2,722.43.