The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, May 30, 1875, Image 2
Sunday Morning, May 30\ XjjfrS.1
The Diamond Breastpin and Jet Cross
Not Found. < x
In the report of the rambling testimony
taken by the City Council In their mild'
investigation of the loss of the diamond
breastpin and jet cross, received into
thft keening of .spjnAJtf thai]: subordi?
nates as long ago as tho 2d instant, we
get ist one or two points that seem clear.
__FjjlL- Irf""*" J^gp- that 'the
^ftfj^fT tlJ?Uv?iI0d iuto his-ban da;
gecondly. lhat a list of them, including
the pin and cross, was made at Iiis ret
* qdeW 4>y Mri O. T': Jackson; third, Uiat
being thus listed and counted, he put
- them, book into the valise, each article
being checked off as it was put in. He
then locked-the valise in the presence of
' Mr. Jackson and several other witnesses,
pa admit? that ho afterwards opened the j
valise when he turned it over, as he says,'
i ?01 Sergeants I Willisms and Blizzard.
; The testimony of theso two, not denied
'" by, Xomax, is to tho effect that upon'
going out to duty they left Lomax alone'
ittthe onree of the Chief of Police, and
: thai tbd Ratchol was then open. In his
t'^fipiony, Cbiof Nixon makes no men
. tion of. the diamond pin and cross at nlL
f Upon coming to the guard house he
''g?iheiwd \kz article.", together, made a
list at, them (thecross and pin not being
included) and put them all into the
satchel, with the; exception of a watch.
Which he put on his person, and another,
which he. allowed Sergeant Blizzard to |
. wear. It does not appear that he Saw or
hoard at that time of tho inventory made j
by Mr. Jackson. This is the only testi?
mony that has any value in our eyes.
What one said of another here or there,
or their admissions to each other, have |
very little bearing upon the question,
, and are liable to suspicion. But Lomax's j
own statement is unsatisfactory as re?
gards him.' He opened the valise after I
tho inventory of the articles it contained
was made at his request Why did he
open it? He does not affirm that he told
the chief that an inventory had been
,made, and that, amongst the things were
a diamond pin and cross. Why did ho
not? He asked no receipt from Blizzard
And Williams, and none from.the Chief
of Pplioa .This ordinary prudonco
would.have suggested. Why did bo not
protect himself by this precaution? The
statements *of the Chief of Police scarcely
touch the real question. He does not
admit the reception by him of the miss
ins articles, of that he heard anything j
about them that morning, and there is
no proof that he did receive them. The
inveaUs/lnade by Mr. Jackson was not
banded' to him. It was not, so far as [
appears, mentioned to him that any in?
ventory had been made. What needs
explanation bom him, however, is the
fact that he had no curiosity to find out
exactly whet,' how many and what the
value of the articles captured were. He
was not earnest and active in hunting up
Mr. Jackson, to ascertain from him all
that he knew of the transaction. And it
was.a wholly unwarranted proceeding to
take possession and wear one of the
watches, and allow a subordinate to wear
another. He had the responsibilities of
office and the right and power of inves?
tigation. iv nowhere appears that he
'the one, or exeroised
out the mystery. As
ne cannot be consi?
dered a success. This it is safe to con?
clude, without referonce to the compli?
cations in which the statements of others
involve him. These we do not under?
take to jadga of yet Tho action of the
City Council is altogether lacking in
vigor and earnestness, and we are not
surprised that it has been attended with
ao little success^ How would it look, if
suit was brought against it to recover
damages for the loss pf those articles? If
the Council had realized that it is re?
sponsible to public opinion, and perhaps
liable in law for the conduct of its em?
ployees and subordinates, it surely would
have taken more j efficient and decided
steps to bring them to proper account.
It ismos .reasonable to ? suppose that, if
this larceny lay outside of this particular
oirole, and it had been.entrusted as a job
to the ohief and his staff to work up, un?
earth and detect they would have made
snoh a botch of it as tboy have done
As the matter stands, appearances are
very much against all tho parties con?
nected with tho anuir.
"The emphatio third term resolution
was received with tremendous cheering,
in which nine-tenths of the convention
participated, while the long-winded adu
lation of the President?which followed
like a large lump of sugar to take un?
pleasant .taste. out of the office-holders'
mouths?got only a very feeble response,
about a score of men feebly flapping
their hands." vv
The above froth the Now York ?Ti ibwies
report df the proceedings of the Penn?
sylvania Convention, which we noticed
yesterday, shows ' which way the wind
blowfc 'Thess^ people are recovering
from the>r fear of. Grant They seethe
dasperateneas of the situation, and are
now ready, rather than go down tbera
solvee, to threw the President overboard.
Senator Andrews, of. Orangeburg, in
answer to an inquiry, declares that lie
will not be a candidate for re-election.
ii 11 i in > mi ?mil !!? i n-"
Tn? BoefoK HoiirtOB.- -There i? a mys*
tory connected with the recent terrible
erp los ton in Boston, the particulars of
?hioh Wore furnished in our telegraphic
columns, several days ago: 7
'The building in whioh the singular
explosion occurred whs a substantial but
insignifloant -four-story brick structure,
on the North-west corner of LaOrango
and Washington streets. It might bo
called an ancient land-mark, but within
a few years it had been strengthened
and the exterior rendered somewhat
modern in appearance. The lower floor
was occupied by G. D. Dow & Co. as a
drug store, and just at this particular
Season and at the particular moment
, -hen the . explosion occurred, it was
chiefly resorted to by those who thirsted
for soda. Tho uppor floors were occu?
pied for various purposes; the extreme
attic being occupied, in part, by n
family, and a tailor doing a small busi?
ness. The intervening floors to the
lower ono wero filled with o perfect med?
ley of tenants. In one room, a dozen or
more girls were engaged as tailorcsses,
and in other parts of the building were
apartments occupied by clairvoyants and
fortune-tellers. At the hour of the ex?
plosion, it is believed a great many of
the ocoupants were in, and inasmuch oh
thny havo not been found since, it is
Srobable that they are buried in the
ebris. Descriptions by witnesses of
tho terrible disaster do not materially
differ. There was at first a bright flash
of fire, which scorned to leap out of all
tho doors and windows simultaneously.
Tlien there was a cloud of black smoke,
which was followed almost instantly by
another lightning-like flash, and imme?
diately succeeding this tho whole build?
ing settled down in one conglomerated
mass of ruins. It did not topple over
into tho street, cithor on the Washington
or LaGrange street corners, but seemed
to scttlo down on its own circumference
or territory like a ponderous pile of
brick dropped from a high eminence.
Neither was the explosion of any particu?
lar loudncss, but of a sort of a deafening
that was sensibly felt throughout the
immediate ' vicinity. Tho street at the
tinie was full of pedestrians, and all wero
stunned and some injured by tho shock
and tho flying pieces of wood and brick
which were rushed out after striking the
earth.
A Metropolitan horse oar was passing
down town at the time, and this was
blown bodily over against the curbstono
on tho opposite side of the street. Every
window was broken, and tho passengers,
some twenty in number, were rendered I
momentarily insensible by tho concus?
sion. Some of them were also bruised
and cut, but the injuries are not serious.
The horses, too, were rendeaed insensi?
ble and for n time it was believed that
both of them had been- killed. The win?
dows in the stores in tho immediate
vicinity wero generally broken. It is
not improbable that somo of the build?
ings closely adjoining were serious weak?
ened.
After all this, there came a new horror
in the shape of fire. Almost instantly
flames darted up through the ruins, and
from the few wooden fragments of frame?
work of the building which had been
spared. If every one in the building
had not been killed outright, it seemed
certain they were to suffer the more ter?
rible fata of being burned to death.
Everybody lent a helping hand to extri?
cate and assist the wounded, and not a
few were taken bleeding to their homes,
and, of course, hare not been heard from
since. The fire alarms soon brought the
department to the scene of the disaster,
ana the flames were early subdued, al?
though at one time many adjoining
buildings were seriously threatened.
Tho financial losses are hardly worth
mentioning, not amounting to over
$00,000 or $70,000; of course it is well
covered by insurance.
It is a disputed question as to the
cause of the explosion, and it is doubtful
if an investigation, however thorough, 1
will ever explain it satisfactorily. Mr.
Dow, the druggist, says there was no?
thing whatever in his store sufficiently
powerful to demolish the building so
effectually. Many are under tho belief
that it was the powerful soda fountain
which burst under a too heavy charge,
but it is claimed by scientific men that
nothing of that kind could havo effected
such utter demolition of the building.
The theory of a gas explosion seems
hardly worth considering, for no one has
noticed any gaseous odor about tho pro?
mises, cither before or after tho calamity.
It is rumored that some of the clerks in
tho drug storo havo recently been en?
gaged in experimenting in a cellar with
nitro-glycerinc, and that it was through
their criminal folly that the accident oc?
curred. Mr. Dow says he is ignorant of
any such experiment having been niNdc,
and, furthermore, ho is equally at a loss
to know what possibly could havo been
tho cause of the explosion. None of the
clerks have been seen since tho calamity,
and it is generally believed that they arc
in the ruins.
There was tho wildest excitement in
the streets all the evening, and now, at 1
o'clock in the morning, it has scarcely
abated. In the neighborhood of the ex?
plosion, there was probably a concourse
of 50,000 people assembled within half
an hour, and tho crowds are stilHinger
ins lo learn the fate ef missing friends.
All the theatres and other city entertain?
ments wero almost wholly deserted dar?
ing the entire evouing.
The Oolohkd Cadkt at West Point.?
The only colored cadet now at West
Point is Flippin, of Georgia, who in the
third olass, composed of eigh?y-flve
cadets, stands forty-sixth. A correspond?
ent of tho Now York Times says: "All
concede that Flippin is getting along
finely, though there are those who be?
lieve no will neyer graduate. They Bay
no colored cadet will be allowed to gra?
duate here, that ho may get as far as the
first olass, but there he will hp slaugh?
tered." James Smith, 4he other colored
cadet, who failed to pass tho examinationi
last year, has recently been appointed
inspector of fhe militia of South Curo-,
Una.
Coincidences.?An English journal
notes the singular coincidence that Mr.
Michael Levy, the leading publisher of
Paris, and Mr. John Harper, the leading'
publisher of New Y'ork, died on the
same day. Another eoinoidenoe is that
Mr. Breekinridge and Mr. Bright, whom
be sucoeeded as the presiding officer of
the Senate, died almost at the asms time.,
UkWMkWm WBBMMBB '"*?TvT~11
Ring the 9**11 SoftlJ. .*
Somo olio hos g?ne troid this stfoig'o
world of ours, '
No more to gather its tboras with its
flowers?
No more to linger where sunbeams must,
fade,
Where, on nil beauty, Death's fingers are
laid;
Weary of mingling life's bitter and
Hwcet.
Weary with parting and never to meet;
borne ono has gone to the bright golden
shore?
Ring the bell softly, there's crape on the
door!
Rome one is resting from sorrow and sin,
Happy where earth's conflicts onter not
iu?
Joyous us birds when the morning is
bright,
When the sweet sunbeams have brought,
us their light;
Weary with sowing and never to reap, j
Weary with labor, and welcoming sleep. I
Home ono's departed to Heaven's bright
shoro,
Ring the bell softly, there's crape on the
\ door!
Angels were anxiously longing to meet
One who is with them in Heaven's bright
street;
Loved ones havo whispered that somo
I one is blest.
Free from earth's trials and taking sweet
rest
Yes?there is ono more in angelic bliss ?
I One loss to cherish and one less to kiss;
I Ono more departed to Heaven's bright
I shore ?
Ring the bell softly, there's crape on the
I doorl
j Costly i iner itai.it y.?Wo are noi sure
I that Boston upon a lato occasion wanted
I to see Gen. Grant; but at any rate she
I paid roundly for tho rapture, tho honor
lor tho bother?whatever it might be.
I Tho keepers of that renowned inn, the
I Revere House, have rendered their bill
I for boarding and lodging tho General
land his tail; and tho lesson which it
I toacbes is that yon cannot have Prcsi
I dents et al. for guests without making
I dreadful inroads into the municipal
I money chest We havo perused the
I particulars with a kind of awe. The cost
I of keeping F. G. for four days was $1'J0.
I Belknap came lower; he, liko Robeson,
I General Jewell, Baboook and Wilson, is
rated at S10 a day, or $200 for the whole
I illustrious crowd. We do not know
I what there is about Secretary Delano
I which should make him more expensive;
I but whether bo ate, drank, smoked
j bathed or slept more than tho others or
I not, it is certain that his keeping cost
I $18 a duy? $8 more than your common
I Secretaries. During their short stay,
I they consumed wine and cigars valued at
I $43(1.2!), and there is an item of $12 for
I oxtra meals, with n large number of fires
at $5 each. The sum of $3.25 appears,
I being the cost of bringing up the Presi
I dent's trunk from the depot All tho
[meals, wo note, were "private," which
doesn't say much Cor the sociability of
I the party. We really do not like to
think of all these jolly icllows eating
I solitary and alone. Rabcock, poor man,
I without meaning it, added considerably
I to the "dem'd total" by leaving a faucet
I running in his room, so that the rains
I descended and tho floods came and the
I water went through the floor and ruined
I the frescoed coiling of tho parlor below
I ($100.) Being superintendent of an
I aqueduct when he is at home, the Gene?
ral should have understood better the
[workings of those water-fixtures. But
I the glory of this big bill was in its ulti?
mate charge: "To banquet to President
I Grant and party?$1,000." However
[hungry, we think we should attain a
I tolerable sense of repletion just by read
I ing the bill of fare of that banquet with
I the aid of a French dictionary. Even
I the strawberries were $3.50 per quart
I Then $480 for "flowers, bright flowers, to
I strew in the conqueror's path." Then
I $50 for rent of picture to hang in his
I room, with $17 paid for insurance against
I the President's looking at it too hard, or
I falling into it, or against the superfluous
{water perhaps from Gen. Babcock's
I basin. Wo read in ancient history of
I tbo luxury of the Roman Emperors?
[?well, this, too, seems to have been a
I very Cajsaroan time. We condolo with
[Boston. Presidents do come high.
[.Veto York Tribune.
A Mam, Boy and Hoosk St suck by
I Lioutnino.?A terrible tragedy occurred
[ near Allendnle, on tho Port Royal Rail
| road, last Wednesday afternoon. A young
I man named M. O. Pitts, a law student in
[tho office of Joseph Irving, Esq., started
I out Tuesday morning on a business tour
[through the neighborhood. While riding
I leisurely along Wednesday afternoon, be
I overtook a little white boy, about twelve
I years of age, traveling in tho same direc
| tion. Ho immediately halted and invited
I the littlo fellow to take a seat behind
I him. The two then proceeded slowly
[ along. Soon after pnssing a log cabin
I by tho roadside, in which an old negro
I lived, a small cloud iipproached and a
J light shower of rain commenced to fall.
J Young Fitts urged his horse under the
I overhanging boughs of a large tree and
I halted. A few moments afLerwards,
I there was a blinding flash of lightning,
I and ho'rso and riders fell upon the earth.
I Almost immediately, there was a terrific
I peal of thunder. .Horrified beyond mea?
sure, tbo negro rushed to the tree.
I Horse, man and child woro all lying mo
II ion less. Tho negro sped as fast as his
I legs would carry him to Dr. Irving's, a
j mile distant, and told bis and tale. As
I quickly as possible, the doctor proceeded
I to the spot, but tho unfortunuto young
I man and the child woro beyond human
laid. Tho horse was also completely
j dead* Death was, undoubtedly, instan
| tnnoous. There wore no marks or bruises
I about either the young man, tho child or
I tho horse, nor was there anything to in
[dicatu whoro tho electric fluid bad
I touched thein, except a small singed
I placo on the child's hair, near one of tho
I ears. The troo had not been struck.
I Er-Senator Carpenter writes to the
I Milwaukio ffcion about tho "clamor"
over his appear.moo as counsel for the
I whiskey nng* Ho is practicing law
[now, ho says, and "I snail,' thereforo,
I accept the duty of defending such por?
isons, charged with any offence, as may
[wish to employ mo, whether charged
I with larceny, perjury, forgery, murder
I or treason; and my present impression
I is?though I should vvaul m.oro time to
I consider it?that 1 should even defend
I editor seed for libel."
agaaa??rfi-~i r s - saai a sa ? aa
Captain Nixon's Evidence Concluded.
*-\ Betweeh 3 and 3 o'clock, w hilst I wok
eating dinner, Sergeant Williams Same
to my house and told me that there was
a great deal Of talk by Policeman Sam.
Williams and the citizens nbout a valua?
ble diamond pin, and asked me if I had
seen it; I told him no, and asked him if
he had seen or heard of any diamond
pin; he said he had not, but thought it
was rory Important to let mo know that
the talk was going on; ho then asked mo
for leavo of absence to go to church with
his wife; stated that everything was quiet
in tho city; I granted tho leave and went
back and finished my dinner; between 4
and 5 o'clock, Lomux came to my houso
and told me that his wife had been bap?
tized thatinorning, and asked permission
to go to church with her that night; I
granted it; he then started to tell mo
about the haul that Policeman Sam. Wil?
liams hud mado that morning; he enu?
merated tho articles, and mentioned n
diamond pin and n gold or black cross;
I asked him if he had seen the pin; he
answered yes; I told him to come in; I
put him in the parlor, went up-stairs
and brought the satchel down; 1 went
into the parlor where he was; we went
over to the far end of the piano; I opened
tho satchel and turned it right over;
Policeman Lomax picked up the large
pocket-book aud said that is tho very
pocket-book that tho pin was in; 1 exam?
ined all tho pocket-hooks, and then ex?
amined the satchel inside the lining
and all through it; I think 1 made use of
the expression "it's a damned nico piece
of business;" I put the things back into
the satchel; told him to goto Sergeant
Blizzard's houso aud tell him to come
round to nie: 1 went up-stairs and
dressed; came down and stood on the
front piazza; 1 got impatient and weut
out at the gato and saw Policeman Lo?
max standing at Rose's Hotel comer; he
beckoned towards me, anil I went to
him; he said Ser'gout Blizzard would be
here in a moment; 1 got tired waiting at
the corner for him; Policeman Lomax
and myself walked down Gervais street,
pretty near to Sergeant Blizzard's house,
and met him; we went along Gates street
towards the guard house - all three to?
gether; there was a crowd of about half
a dozen at the corner by Can's store,
and also another by the alley, midway
between Gervais and Lady streets; I
asked Sergeant Blizzard if he had seen a
diamond breast-pin and cross amongst
the articles taken with Daniels that
morning; he said he had not; I said it
was very- strange that neither him nor
Sergeant Williams had seen it, when
Policeman Lomax said lie had turned it
over to them it was certain somebody
had it, and it had to he produced; I do
not think there was anything more
of importance said about it just at that
time; I staid at the station houso until
mid-night, trying to ferret it out; next
morning, Alderman Simons came to the
guard house about t) o'clock; I reported
the case to him; I also reported tho case
to] the Mayor, ami an investigation of
the case was gone into, which lasted up to
about 3 o'clock; I had to leave the city
that evening to go to Charleston to attend
United States Court; also Policeman
Louiax; wo returned on Thursday morn?
ing; I went to see the Mayor at once, and
asked him to call a meeting of the Guard
House Committee or the City Council;
ho instructed me to call a meeting of the
City Council at 12 M.; after consulting
with Alderman Simons, it was concluded
to call the meeting at -1 P. M., which was ]
done. I
By the Mayor When Policeman Lo?
max called at your house on Sunday,
did he say that he did not want any
shenanigan about it? Ho did not. Was
any mention made of a diamond pin at
the guard houso to you? Nu moution
was made of a diamond pin until Ser?
geant Williams came to my house. Did
vou examine the large pocket-book which
is said to have contained the diamond
pin? I did.
By Alderman Simons Did Sergeant
Williams hand the paper, left by Mr.
Jucksou, to you? No, no paper at all.
By Alderman Carroll?Diu you make
any inquiry a:: to how that paper got
into tho pocket-hook? I did not.
By Alderman Davis - Did you say to
Lomax, say nothing about the cross
ouly speak of the pin? I did not.
By Alderman Pugh?Did you say to
Lomax, my evidence and Blizzard's will
clear yon? I did not. Did you hear
Lomax ask Sergeant Blizzard if lie heard
him tBomax) tell Sergeant Williams
about tho pin on Sunday morning? 1
did. What reply did he make? He said
ho did hear him.
Alderman Davis moved that the inves?
tigation close.
Alderman Simons moved to adjourn.
Council adjourned.
RICHARD JONES, City Clerk.
Council Cuamuku,
Columbia, S. C, May 25, 1875.
Council met at 8 o'clock P. M. Pre?
sent -His Honor the Mayor, John Alex?
ander; Aldermen Cooper, Davis, Griiliu,
Wells, Thomas, Pugh, Purvis, Brown,
Carr, Carroll, Swygertand Simons.
Alderman Davis moved to suspend the
rules, and that we dispose of the diamond
pin and cross case. Carried.
Alderman W ells offered the following
preamble and resolution:
Whereas the City Council by resolu?
tion have suspended Sergeants Blizzard
and Williams for being implicated in the
loss of u diamond pin aiid cross; and
whereas others were as much implicated
as they wero; therefore, be it
Resolved, By the City Council, that all
who were implicated in the matter of
the missing pin and cross be suspended
from the service of the city in the same
manner that Sergeants Bizzanl and Wil?
liams are.
His Honor t lie Mayor offered the fol?
lowing as a substitute:
Whereas, according to the evidence
before tho Council, Policeman Lomax
was tho last one in possession of the pin
and cross, and there being no evidence
that no turned thoin over to any other
officer, hols,' therefore, i bo only responsi?
ble officer for those articles; also, that he
violated the tuIch of the guard house,
Inasmuch that he did not take a dupli?
cate of the list taken by Mr. Jackson:
and that he left the guard houso whilst
Sergeants Blizzard and Williams were!
taking an inventory; therefore, be it
Resolved, That Policeman Lomax be
discharged from the police force.
During argument on the case, Council
adjourned to Wednesday, 2<ah, a't H
o'clock P. M. RICHARD JONES,
City Clerk.
Klirr oh I'HrENtx: 1 never stated in my
tt'stiinony, or at any other time, that I
sow Lomax tum over the 6ft to hoi to the
two sergeantH, or anybody. What I did
Ray, was?tho last I saw of th<> aatchel, it
was in tho hands of Lomal, alone, in the
captain's other. I never left auy inven?
tory at tho guard house for the captain.
I kept it myself. We compared our lists
on Monday morning, in tho presenco of
the Mayor and Guard House Committee,
an<l that was the first time and only time
Captain Nixon saw my inventorv.
C. F. JACKSON.
Tho Hon. Julian C. Burrowes, of
Michigan, who was the champion bloody
shirt orator in the last Congress, but
whoso constituents forgot to re-elect bin*
last fall, fitly closed the scenes at Lan?
caster last evening with a flaming dis?
charge of rhetorical fire-works. Mr.
Burrowes is sure that another rebellion
is brewing, and certain that the South?
ern people, if tbo Administration is de?
feated in the coming elections, will cele?
brate their victory by re-reading the
resolutions of secession at Philadelphia
during tho centennial year. Tho State
Central Committee should engage Mr.
Burrowes, and keep him on the stump
from now until next November.
[ Philadelphia Times,
The new Masonic Temple at New York,
which will be dedicated with public
ceremonies next month, is expected to
bring into line on that occasion 25,000
Masons. The building will be one of
the finest, if not the very finest, erected
in the United Stales for Masonic pur?
poses, and win n completed will have
cost $1,000,000. The project for the
erection of the building has been matur?
ing through thirty years, and started
from the small beginning of a single
silver dollar cast cm the altar of his lodge
by Greenfield Pope, i brother whose
family was dependent on the labors of
I his hands.
! Tho Rev. A. II. Cornish, who was rec?
tor of St. Paul's Church, Tt udleton, for
over a quarter of a century, died at New
berry, on Monday last. ' The deceased
I was Lorn on thc2?th of June, 1812; gra?
duated at Trinity College, Hartford,
Conn., in 1830, nud at General Theologi?
cal Seminary, New York, in 1838, was
ordained deacon hy Rt. Rev. Thomas
Brownell, in the same year, and ordained
tiriest at Grace Church, Chicago, by tho
it. Rev. Philander Chase; in 1844, ho
took charge at Abbeville, and in 1847, St.
Paul's, Pendleton, which latter he held
until his death.
Navoi.kon.?It is officially announced
that the French Government will replace
the statue of Napoleon upon the summit
of the Column Vendoine. This is wiso.
Whatever any French Government may
think of Napoleonism, tho erection of
the column without the crowning statue
would be an argument in favor of Bona
purlism mot u cogent than 10,000 monu?
ments.
Some editors have no regard for the
President's feelings, and no fear of the
penalties should be sue them for con?
structive libel; in consequence, the fol?
lowing remark of Thomas Jefferson is
having quite an extended run: "I have
tho consolation, too, of having added
nothing to my private fortune during
my public service, and retiring with
hands as clean us they are empty."
Mary Fogarty, a domestic, aged 23,
disappeared from the residence of Post?
master Robertson, at Troy, N. Y., on the
10th instant, and yesterday her body was
found in the Hudson River. Tbo faco
was terribly mutilated, and there were
evidences that she had been tho victim
of an outrageous assault.
Iceland has been getting up an exten?
sive volcanic display in tho mountain
regions known as the Dying ./uft' Joll,
one large crater and a number of smaller
ones having recently been openod, while
not to be outdone by such a frigid rival,
the Molnccun tiro-mountain Termite has
spouted fifty new craters.
Senator Booth, of California, in a
speech delivered in front of the Grand
Hotel at San Francisco, last week, to an
immense crowd, came out squarely and
emphatically for the "People's Inde?
pendent Party." The Senator is looker!
upon us a traitor by the Republicans.
Squire A. Mellen has m arly consum?
mated an nrrnngement with Messrs.
Sampson, Hall A Co., by which flreen
vilh; will have another largo cotton mill,
witli a capital stock paid in of S175.000.
The entire subscription, with the excep?
tion of about $15,000, has been made up.
Th<> coroner's inqnAd in the matter of
the death of Anna Whetstone, returned
the verdict that she came to her death by
a fall from a step; and in that of Scilla
Gontt, that sh?- died of lock-jaw, caused
by epileptic fits. Both colored.
[Oranijebura Xeies.
The death of S. S. L'Hommedieu, the
well-known railroad man, is reported,
this morning, by telegraph. He was 70
veal's of age, and one of the pioneers of
Cincinnati, and for a longtime President
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton snd Dnyton
Railroad.
Hon. N. W. Wood fin, ono of the oldest,
most benevolent citizens of Buncombe
County, N. C, died at his homo in Asbe
ville, on last Sabbath morning, May 23.
Mr. Wood tin for many years was tl>e
leading lawyer at the Ashoville bar.
The Supremo Lodge of the World,
Knights of Pythias, in session at Wash?
ington, has rejected the application of
some of King Kalakau's snbjects in the
Sandwich Islands to organize leagues of
tbo order there.
Rev. O. H. Lanneau. a prominent di?
vine, died in Greenville on the 18th, and
Dr. lt. G. White, a prominent citizen of
Georgetown County, died on the 20th
instant.
The gratifying intelligence bus been
received that the gnus-hoppers are dis?
appearing from several points in the
North-west, where they have boon depre?
dating.
Among the recent failures, are G, P.
Comstock & Co., grain brokers, of Chi?
cago, and Erashburg A Co., stock
brokers, of Now York.
Henry Rex, private wi^chrnen in New
York, shot und killed John McKonna,
aged 14 years, for teasing' hiin. Rex'was
arrested.
The taxablo wealth of Texas is said to
have been increased 33 per cent, in fbirr
years.
The turpentine distillery of Mr. James
Norton, at Mullins, WilliamburgCounty,
was destroyed by fire op the 25tn inst.
? ii.^gggg^BgipiisiiBrt^
City MayteS*.?U yo* aft asked to
lead jour Pho^ox, suggest to the would
be borrower that he" had better Rubscribe.
: What may bo done at any time is never
done.
1 Summer regularly set in, yesterdays
and it was'hot.
Spring chickens are held at prices
rather high for a poor man's purse.
There were seven deaths in Columbia
for tho week ending the 29th?whites 4;
colored 3.
If every day was like Saturday, mer?
chants would not complain. Yesterday
and last night, a heavy business was
done.
Tho summer resorts are beginning to
feel not a little alarmed at the tardiness
of spring, and dread a cold summer,
fearing it may lessen their profits.
We return our thanks to the commit?
tee for cards of admission to the Catholio
pic-nie, which comes off on Tuesday
next, at the Sohnetzen platz.
The Palmetto steamer was exercised
very satisfactorily, yesterday. The boys
are satisfied that they can best 2.06 now,
and not half try.
Wc learn that about $0,000,000 worth
of bonds havo been funded by the
Comptroller-General and Treasurer,
under the Act providing for that mode of
settlement.
We are glad to uee one bouse, at last,
has sympathy for the peopie. W. D.
Love A Co. have made a reduction of 20
per cent, on their entire handsome and
immense stock of dry goods.
If Governor Chamberlain does not
soon begin the pardoning business, so
energetically carried out by his prede?
cessor, ho will soon have the peniten?
tiary over-crowded, as every day there
arc numerous arrivals.
It is understood that Judge Carpenter
will hold a special term of the Court for
Rich land, on the Cth July, at which time
the* Parker cases will be acted on. Other
officials, it is said, will bo "brought up
standing."
The pic-nic season is now in full
blast ?that happy, happy time when you
sit down in the shady grove and eat
strawberries and get up with something
like a map of the surrounding country
printed on your light summer Cassi?
ni eres.
An individual became ho excited at
tho Schuetzen pic-nic, on Thursday, that
he forgot that he had gone out in his
own conveyance, which, with the horse,
was left in the corner of the lot; and
about 10 o'clock, a bret was chartered
and he rode home, leaving his stock to
take care of itself.
The Charleston Telegraph says the
sleeping cars on the South Carolina Kail-,
road have been visited with the general
maledictions of travelers. The editor of
the Telegraph must have traveled in-com?
pany with the demon of indigestion.
The night cars on that road have been
universally voted cooler, cleaner and
better in every respect than the Pull?
man "sleopers."
Tho newspapers have published a bill
from the Revere House, Boston, which
gives as one of tho items in the enter,
tainment of the President and party
when on tho centennial frolic, over $400
for wino and cigars. It has attracted
the attention of the Massachusetts State
Temperance Alliance, before which a re?
solution was offered by Mr. Cashing, to
inquire whether these liquors were fur?
nished by the State.
Religious Services To-Day.?Presby?
terian Church?Rev. J. H. Bryson, 11 A.
M. and 8 P. M. Sunday School, 5 P. M.
Trinity-Rev. P. J. Shand, Rector;
Rev. J. 11. Stringfellow, assistant--11 A.
M. and 5 P. M.
Lutheran Rev. Z. W. Bedenbapgb.
10$ A. M.
St. Peter's- Rev. Father Quilter? firsj
Mass, 7 A. M.; second 10} A. M.
Baptist?Rev. A. B. Woodfln, Pastor?
11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Sunday School, 9
A. M.
Marion Street Methodist?Rev. W. W.
Williams, 10* A. M.; Rev. W. D. Kirk
land, 8 P. M.r Sunday School, 91 A. M.
Mission (Odd Fellows' Hall) -Rev. W
W. Williams, 41 P. M. Sunday School,
31 P. M.
"Washington Street - Rev. A.W- Wajker,
HA. M. Report of National Sunday
Schqol Convention, 8 P. M.
Preaching at Irwip's Hall, by Rev. D.
B. Clayton, at 4J P. M- 8nbject?"The
fear of hell qs a means of converting
men to godliness,"
List of New Advertisement^..
B. I. Boone?Citation.
Meeting Phoenix Hook A Ladder Cp.
Change Schedule W-, C. A A. B. R.
Hotel Arrivals, May 29.?Hendrlx
House--H. C. Peniston, Mo.; T. B.
Campbell, Bichland; J. C. Bedell, J. C,
Coles. M. S. Arnnar, Charleston; Mrs. J.
C. C. Fenster, Rose Hill; H. D. LeQueen,
Statesville; J. D. Upson, Fla.; Miss L. .
Solomons, Columbia.
Mansion House?3. L. Black, Charles?
ton; J. Athuley, Pa.; D. McWhorter,
Sumter; W. B. Wheeler, U. 8. A.; A. N.
Talley, Jr., city.
Consignees by South Carolina Rail?
road, May 29, 1875.?J. Agnew A Son,
C. Brookbanks A Co., G. A Wi J. C. Dial,
H. Solomons, O. O. Brown A Bros., R.
Tozer, L. N. Zealy, Loriok A Lowrance,
[W.,3 [0..1 J. Witcofskey, G. Diercks,
IA.,1 John E. Gyles, agent, H. Wier, (4.
A C. R. R. Co., M. Goldsmith, W. B!
Burke, Rev. R. Mcllwaine, E. L. King ?
Scm;'J. D.Bstemarf, [S.,^ [E.,1 th..yO.
J. Lanrey, [O.,] A: Palmer, Goldsmith'A
Kind, J. Alexander.
"Dry Rot" is the title of Anna Dickin?
son's last lecture.